really is in bangladesh home to hundreds of thousands of manned mars rohingya refugees but 1st scott heiler explains how the coup unfolded 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. . the name of the state of emergency 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 song party the national league for democracy a landslide victory in november. recently the army made accusations of election fraud and tension between the civilian government and the military increased last week when a general refused to rule out the possibility of a coup but everybody there like this member of parliament and all the leaders and military critics were taken into detention before dawn this is our worst nightmare quite clearly this is the myanmar military scrapping the democratic experiment you k

tuesday her lawyers said the military filed additional charges potentially prolonging her detention scott heiler has a latest update from bangkok. what the day started with is a campaign a creative way to cause a little bit of disruption in yangon the largest city in myanmar and that was there was a broken car campaign essentially hundreds of drivers if not thousands of drivers around the city pretended that their cars were broken and just stopped parked right in the middle of streets right in the middle of bridges yes to send a message yes to further their civil disobedience movement idea but also to kind of style me the traffic of military vehicles of police vehicles as they started to gather for this larger protest today it was so successful that they also prevented protesters from coming out so what we've been told what we're hearing is that that broke up that campaign broke up so the cars have been moved now so that those thousands of protesters can gather around yangon part of the reason why we're seeing an outpouring more so than we have over the last several days and that's why there's b

she has been criminally charged and her lawyer says she is set to appear in court on wednesday scott heiler is monitoring things from neighboring thailand. this arraignment this hearing i should say has been pushed back until wednesday and we hear heard from her attorney who actually turned up a court and some some other people expecting her to be released today monday but that was not the case election be on wednesday and issue actually be released then or what the next steps in the proceedings will be is still opaque right now you know we're dealing with a joint us so the military is running the court system right now and making rules and laws almost every other day so be interesting to see what they do with the official charge right now criminal charge is that she illegally imported 6 walkie talkie radios so that's the charge that this was supposed to deal with today on monday be interesting to see if that's the same charge of the deal with on wednesday or there anything else the anything else that's added to that we really don't know because there's not much information coming out from

for her release have now entered their 10th day suchi is due to appear in court later this week scott heiler has the details from bangkok. but we're hearing now from her turner who said that there was a conversation with the judge in the floor of the capital that now it won't be until wednesday so wednesday the 17th so we don't really know if that means that she will be released on bail and then these charges are still there or they're going to be different charges put on top of that we're not sure just yet but bottom line is we thought there be some type of movement with her the case against her or why they're keeping her in detention today on monday but now we're hearing that's not going to happen until wednesday lebanon's vaccination program is under way and on monday it's elderly citizens are getting their doses lebannon is struggling with a recent surge in cases intensive care units are full and there's a shortage of oxygen tanks zimbabwe says it will begin its covert $1000.00 and occupation dr next week after receiving its 1st shipment of vaccines 200000 doses of china cinna farm vacci

arresting more people who are organizing or even just taking part in the movement to counter its coup scott heiler al-jazeera. un says an offensive by yemen's hooty rebels to take the northern city of my rib threatens to displace hundreds of thousands of people who are being urged to return to international negotiations amid concerns the world's worst humanitarian crisis could grow victoria gates and the reports. aid workers comp put tents up quickly enough that this newly created camp for internally displaced people on the outskirts of. fear is this oil rich area was a refuge for people escaping the fighting in other parts of yemen but the heat is now trying to seize the city the internationally recognized government's last stronghold in the north there are $125.00 i.d.p. camps around in recent days 4 have come under attack. i was displaced and there i have that camp 5 years ago it was very basic there then suddenly there was a hoot the attack and we left everything behind and came here. we were displaced from on the run we were in hours or come for 4 years but due to the fighting in various atta

extremely popular most see this move by the military as a nullification of their vote and their voice scott heiler al-jazeera. did a good polity is following developments for us from hong kong let's just begin with the incidents we're hearing about and firing in mandalay it's been quite a turbulent day overall. absolutely a turbulent day but let me just start with the scene at the moment the streets are largely quiet a curfew is in place and also in a few hours there will be the end and internet blackout now this was announced earlier now this internet cuts will go from 1 am local time to 9 am in the morning this is also the case on sunday and many are worried there are reports of many people being worried about this mainly due to the fact on sunday when this happened there were increased reports of harassment and arrest by security forces and security forces and touring homes which they down don't need a warrant for any kind of court orders so there is much concern as darkness falls on me and maher and as you said earlier in the day there was an increased troop presence and presence of security f

urging supporters to protest and resist scott heiler 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. . the name of the state of emergency 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 song party the national league for democracy one a landslide victory in november. recently the army made accusations of election fraud and tension between the civilian government and the military increased last week when a general refused to rule out the possibility of a coup the matter where like this member of parliament and all the leaders and military critics were taken into detention before dawn there's a growing list of nations expressing concern over the situation in myanmar as well as the united nations the u.s. state department has called on the military to release all th

arresting more people who are organizing or even just taking part in the movement to counter its coup scott heiler al-jazeera. the un secretary general has called on wealthy nations to lead a global vaccination effort intended to terrorise warned that the pandemic will last longer if the virus is allowed to spread like wildfire in poor countries yet progress on vaccinations has been widely and even and fans just can't come to these evan minister did 75 percent of all covered in 1000 vaccines meanwhile more than 170 countries and not received a single dose and those affected by conflict ending security aren't particularly risk of being left behind. well the u.k. is launching the world's 1st human challenge trial in which healthy volunteers will be given coronavirus and $1000.00 volunteers between the ages of $18.30 will be exposed to the disease and then observed in a controlled environment the aim is to help scientists better understand the effects of covert 19 let's try and better understand the effects of the strong let's bring in dr john ashton he's the author of the book blinded by corona how

extremely popular most see this move by the military as a notification of their vote and their voice scott heiler al-jazeera let's go live now to david kampala who's following developments from hong kong interviewer what more do we know what's the latest. well our sources on the ground say that those bullets fired in mandalay were rubber bullets security forces and police also used catapults to disperse crowds there they also tell us that journalists have been particularly targeted there with the rest maidan journalists being beaten meanwhile over and yeah and gone for the 1st time we've seen quite a heavy presence military presence there with tanks on the ground and armored vehicles now the protests numbers have somewhat. become smaller in the many cities across me and mar but what we also know is that there is in tandem a civil disobedience movement which means civil servants have not been showing up for work and trying to cripple several government functions but despite the show of defiance that seems to continue regardless of whether there are troops on the ground or warnings from the militar

extremely popular most see this move by the military as a notification of their vote and their voice scott heiler al-jazeera let's go live to divvy it up holland our correspondent in hong kong who's monitoring events for us from the same place now after what spain a day just bring us up to speed. well the streets are largely quiet now due to that curfew many people are back at their homes although that is done does not necessarily mean that they are safe it's been a day as you said which was turbulent with increased troop presence in many parts including mandalay where troops fired rubber bullets a new sling shots to try to disperse a crowd of protesters who were protesting peacefully outside a state bank also neon good there was increased gone there was increased troop presence there that may in march 2nd largest city but there were still protesters out and numbers but there's still concern despite this defiance as much of those troops that are on the ground are from a particular combat unit who is who are known for their brutality particularly against ethnic minorities and previous protests the

poor internet connection and not knowing what might come next people are stocking up on supplies scott heiler al jazeera alley fall has more from young gone. the military are very unlikely to want to get rid of this constitution they spent years writing it they spent me is implementing it and getting to the states right now where they are quite comfortable and you know that a lot of them they still have a huge a huge amount of power and influence at all the full magenta rules have great business interests they're all living quite comfortably so i think it does really comes on to men on lying in his personal ambitions and the way he sort of doing this. in other news hong kong media tycoon and pro-democracy activist jimmy lie will remain in jail while judges consider his bail application the 73 year old is accused of conspiring with foreign forces under china's sweeping national security law and a hearing on monday government lawyers argued those charged under the law should be held in custody but lies said he has agreed to strict house arrest measures the judges said they would deliver their r

carrying security forces are lining major roads the civilian leader detention has been extended scott heiler has details from bangkok but we're hearing now from her attorney who said that there was a conversation with the judge in the or the capital that now it won't be until wednesday so wednesday the 17th so we don't really know if that means that she will be released on bail and then these charges are still there or they're going to be different charges put on top of that we're not sure just yet but bottom line is we thought there'd be some type of movement with her the case against her or why they're keeping her in detention today on monday but now we're hearing that's not going to happen until wednesday the world health organization is planning a rapid response to an ebola outbreak in guinea after the 1st signs of the disease there in 5 years 7 people have tested positive for the virus and 3 have died dozens of people have been killed in fighting in northern yemen the rebels are trying to seize the city of motive and they've intensified their attacks against forces from the internationa

arresting more people who are organizing or even just taking part in the movement to counter its coup scott heiler al-jazeera. the man whose story influenced the hollywood film hotel rwanda is going on trial in the country's capital of could gali as a beginner is appearing in courts all 9 charges including murder robbery belonging to a terrorist organization he was praised for its role in saving the lives of more than 1000 people during the rwandan genocide but later fell outs with the government's let's cross over to catherine sawyer joining us from nairobi covering tell us more about the charges against him and what to expect in this trial. well the court has just john and this aspect did not take opinion this is because most of the day the focus was on submissions by the defense and the prosecution about the nationality of the poor it has become as well as the competence of the high court in rwanda to try his case he says that he is not around a national he says that he is belgian and he wants his case trans fat to belgian courts he also says that he was abducted by government operatives in bel

arresting more people who are organizing or even just taking part in the movement to counter its coup scott heiler al-jazeera. the man whose story influenced the hollywood film hotel rwanda has gone on trial in the country's capital kigali paul rusesabagina a pedant caught on 9 challenges including murder armed robbery belonging to a terrorist organization he was praised for his role in saving the lives of more than 1000 people during the rwandan genocide and they fell out with the government his family and lawyers say he was abducted of a c.s. and brought back to rwanda illegally the trial has been adjourned to february 26th . and more ahead on the news our including. south africa kicks off its delayed vaccination program and the president is among the 1st to get a vaccine that's yet to be approved. remembering the cost of freedom 10 years after the start of the revolution that toppled libya's longtime leader. in sports an unforgettable night in barcelona for this world cup winning striker is here with that story. the u.n. secretary general has called on wealthy nations to lead a global vaccinati

extremely popular most see this move by the military as a notification of their vote and their voice scott heiler al-jazeera let's go straight across to david pollan who's monitoring events for us from hong kong so a curfew is in place now divya after what has been a turbulent day in parts of the country. yes the streets are largely quiet because of that curfew and the government's announcement internet blackout from 1 am to 9 am now is the same on sunday overnight and suring this period there were increased reports of arrests and harassment so that is also of concern of the many who are now in there many protesters who are now in their homes monday was also a day where there was increased troop presence in several 1 parts of the country including mandalay where. security forces and police used rubber bullets to break up a group of a 1000 protesters who were peacefully who were in a peaceful rally outside of the state bank over in the end gone which is me and mars biggest city there was also heavy troop presence on the ground with armored vehicles and tanks despite that protesters still did come

extremely popular most see this move by the military as a notification of their vote and their voice scott heiler al jazeera so let's go live to david pollan who's following developments from hong kong and give is that we've heard about soldiers shooting at the protests what more do we know. that's right in the city of mandalay which is the 2nd largest city of the enemy and maher we've heard that security forces and police were shooting to disperse protesters there now it's unclear whether they were using rubber bullets or live fire now in that city the protest movement has been quite strong as it has been in the largest city young gone which is also the commercial hub and for the 1st time there there have been tanks and armored vehicles on the streets and as scott said in his report people still remain defiant video of people shouting at the military to leave and cars honking that disappear disapproval have been circulating now despite their that their defiance there is still a lot of concern though that the situation could escalate given that those soldiers in those tanks and the those that hav

continue to demand the release of the elected leader and so on suchi and rallies across the country scott heiler begins. coverage from bangkok. protesters gathered in front of the indonesian embassy in yangon calling for regional involvement as tensions grow across me and mark. this as the military appointed foreign minister visited bangkok for crisis talks meeting his thai and indonesian counterparts as well as thailand's prime minister pay a general job that's all part of stepped up efforts by the regional group of nations called aussie on to find a way out of the crisis following the february 1st coup and i'm not going to be as a man must i just didn't like to see on countries not to recognise the cue government if they do recognise that the will be eroded aussie on is reported to be planning to send of pictures to monitor a new b.n. more election promised by the general but the protestors are urging arceo to recognise the november polling the put their deposed leaders including on song suchi in office. one group earlier organized a protest at the bangkok indonesian embassy calling an aussie

popular most see this move by the military as another if occasion of their vote and their voice scott heiler al-jazeera let's cross over to divvy it up holland who's monitoring events for us from hong kong and what more are we hearing about the firing. that's being ongoing for the last few hours and obviously it's part of a very turbulent day overall. that's right from what we understand in local reports on the ground about a 1000 people have been protesting or demonstrating peacefully outside the commercial bank and not long after about 10 trucks came but spill east and security forces and they started firing rubber bullets and using slingshots to try and disperse the protesters our sources also tell us that journalists were threatened to have been trying had been trying to report on the incident and some journalists had even been beaten but there was also action in other parts of the country in yangon which is the largest city in the me and mar where the much of the protest movement in the focus had been people still gather but not necessarily in the large numbers we have seen in recent da

gathered in front of the chinese embassy accusing beijing of supporting me a mosque leaders well scott heiler is monitoring the situation from bangkok in neighboring thailand and scott. has been pushed forward what more do we know about the. yes it will be wednesday now net the attorney was actually at the courthouse today i'm expecting something to happen if there's going to be hearing if she's going to be released was kind of unclear and then the judge just said that the hearing has been pushed back until wednesday so really not sure exactly what that was if that what that was if it was procedural if there was a misunderstanding but what we do know now is it's not going to happen until wednesday and then even in that we don't know if this is just going to be a hearing and then the trial continues or she'll be kept in custody it's still very unclear at this stage but one thing we do know for sure is the military government is really kind of changing the rules as they go along so it could very well be that there is another extension because you can imagine how long some suit she would be trea

protests and there is a massive all disobedience campaign including strikes let's get an update from scott heiler he's joining us from across the border in the thai capital bangkok and scott interesting that me and mark would be looking to thailand for the 1st visit both of course have a long history of military involvement in politics so what's the foreign minister hoping to achieve from this visit. that it's a very good question we don't really expect a large announcement from this meeting you know as you mentioned this is the 1st physical meeting between the 2 nations since the coup on february 1st the military appointed foreign minister coming here to bangkok the thai capital for talks the indonesian foreign minister is also was also in town here she was going to go over to myanmar for a meeting but she stayed here and then also met her counterpart from me and mark because he flew over here so you know a round of meetings there's really nothing really tangible we expect out of it but at least this is a step down the path where the regional members are part of a bloc called early starting to t