china has been the protector of myanmar at the un security council. in 2017 when the military committed genocide against the rohingya people and has always been an obstacle for any kind of action in the un security council. so that is obviously a big hurdle to get over. the united states has the presidency of the security council starting tomorrow so i think there should be increased pressure there but many of the things ijust spoke about are things that states and regional organisations can do outside of the un security council. and they should absolutely do so. and given the calls you have been making, how optimistic are you that international countries, be that china, or whoever, are actually going to step up here? i have no faith in china. given their track record, given a genocide wasn't enough to stop them from shielding the generals in the myanmar, but certainly i think more pressure could be put on them. as i said, there is a whole bunch of actions that can happen without the un security council but you can't help but be hopeful seeing the abso

china has been the protector of emr at the un security council. en the military committed genocide against the rohingya people and has always been an obstacle for any kind of action in the un security council. the united states has the security council starting tomorrow so i think there should be increased pressure there but many of the things i just spoke about are things that states and regional organisations can do outside of the un security council. and they should absolutely do so. and given the calls you have been making, how optimistic are you that international pressure, countries, be that china, orwhoever, pressure, countries, be that china, or whoever, actually going to step up? i china, or whoever, actually going to step up?— china, or whoever, actually going to step up? i have no faith in china. _ going to step up? i have no faith in china. even - going to step up? i have no faith in china. even their i faith in china. even their track record, given a a genocide wasn't enough to stop them from shielding the generals in the myanmar, but

she went on to say that china and russia has veto power in the un security council is obstructing action that needs to be taken in myanmar so far the council has voiced concern but has not condemned what's happened since the coup but there will be a further test of that on friday as another security council meeting has been called to discuss the crackdown on protesters this week it's got harder now to 0. $47.00 whole goal pro-democracy activists charged with conspiracy to commit subversion will remain in prison the decision came after 4 days about the hearings which led to some defendants falling ill now the call granted bail to a 3rd of the defendants but it said the entire group back to prison after the government appealed the decision on complaints of arrest of $100.00 people of the controversial national security law which beijing imposed on the city 8 months ago . china's largest political meeting is due to begin shortly 3000 officials are meeting in beijing to set out the government's plan for the next 5 years between a year reports from beijing. 2 thousands of china's most powerfu

and there are reports off the un security council sitting down over the to cry crisis. what kind of concrete action would need to be taken at that level and could be possibly see that it looks that the un security council at best is going to make a sort of renewed call for the federal government to provide unimpeded access because monetary agency is to take great so it's important that the un security council is addressing this issue but simply a call for improved humanitarian access does not look like it's going to dramatically improve the situation on the ground unless there is a rethink a cessation of hostilities and the beginning of some form of political process to begin is to bring this conflict to an end right that's what dave sent from the international crisis group thank you. thank you very much. story is in cameroon where boko haram insurgency has displaced thousands in the north of the country people who lived off their land have been forced to flee to safety of the country but these cities don't offer many economic opportunities now women are. because it's mu

there are reports of the un security council sitting down over the to cry crisis. what kind of concrete action would need to be taken at that level and could be possibly see that it looks that the un security council of best is going to make a sort of renewed call for the federal government to provide unimpeded access because monetary agency is to to great so it's important that the un security council is addressing this issue but simply a call for improved humanitarian access does not look like it's going to dramatically improve the situation on the ground unless there is a rethink a cessation of hostilities and the beginning of some form of political process to the to begin is to bring this conflict to an end right that's william daves and from the international crisis group thank you william. thank you very much. story is in cameroon where boko haram has insurgency has displaced thousands in the north of the country people who. have been forced to flee to safety the country but these cities don't offer many economic opportunities that women are because it's much

we should welcome this. >> some have said there is a concern that the un security council can step in delay the investigation, perhaps if they are able to get a peace process. do you think it may happen? >> it is theoretically possible. it would require the security council to adopt a resolution. that is going to require the five affirmative votes, or cooperation of the permanent members, the u.s. will try and get them to stop it. but i don't think we can assume russia and china will agree. it is theoretically possible. i think it is unlikely. >> thank you so much to all of our guests. thank you for watching. you can watch this and our previous episodes visiting our website. for further discussion, go to facebook.com/ajinside story. and you can also reach us on twitter. bye for now. r■ç■ç■ç■q■q■q■q■q■q■q■q■q■q■q■q■ man: i've already had a rewarding career representing artists writing the first review of basquiat, being the first person to buy his work, being jeff koons' dealer duringhe nineties. i've already done very rewarding things like this. i'm a stealth bomber. i can walk the wa

international leaders�* condemn the myanmar crackdown ahead of a un security council meeting on fridayand, protected by the national guard, senators vote to go ahead and debatejoe biden�*s coronavirus aid bill. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world, i'm kasia madera. as china opens the annual people's congress in beijing, there's a new threat to the remaining independence of hong kong. according to state media, beijing willaim to, what it says "improve" hong kong's electoral system. president xijinping was given this reception as he arrived at the great hall of the people on thursday. it's reported beijing wants to see what it describes as "patriots" in charge of hong kong. it's potentially the biggest blow to the city's democracy since its handoverfrom british rule in 1997. our correspondent in beijing stephen mcdonell, joins us now. talk mcdonell, joins us now. us through what we can e) from talk us through what we can expect from the people's congress, specifically when it comes to hong kong. specifically when it comes to hong kon i _ ,, ., , specificall

un security council is set to meet tomorrow to discuss the situation.aids have driven members of an ethic minority into thailand. >> threatening the junta with kelly issue. in a rare joint statement, free of myanmar's groups called on the military to end the bloodshed. >> if they do not stop and continue to kill the people, we will cooperate with the protesters and fight back. it was an unusual show of unity by armed groups in myanmar, a country long divided. after gaining independence from britain in 1948, myanmar was left fractured between a myriad of cultural, ethnic, and linguistic minorities. dozens of rebel factions ok up arms and began to fight over resources soon overwhelming the central government. in 1962, the army took advantage of the chaos to stage a military coup and sees power. largely dominated by one ethnic group, it presented itself as the only force capable of ruling the country. it also prevented various armed actions from pursuing joint interests, instead preferring to cut individual deals behind the scenes. in 2015, 10 of the bigge

diplomats say the un security council will discuss the crisis fright -- friday. sanctions have been spoken of by countries including the united states. marco: the special reporter for myanmar joins us. ung sung cichy is under arrest, facing dubious charges. at this point, what can the u.n. realistically do? guest: it can do several things. there has been universal condemnation of the horror we are seeing before our eyes in myanmar, which is an important first step. there are steps that need to be taken -- sanctions, focused, tough sanctions, not only on individuals but the business interests of the myanmar military need to be hit. we need to have asset freezes where we can, strong, tough sanctions from the international community. a global arms embargo will be very important to stop the flow of arms into the hands of the generals. and i would like to see the security council make a reference of this horror to the international criminal court so the court can investigate and prosecute and those who are responsible for those atrocities we are watching day by day wi

one track would be within the un security council. been profiting from myanmar's military. between 2008 and 2018, china has gained $1.3 billion u.s. from selling weapons to the myanmar military. russia is selling a lot of airplanes to me and mark. -- to myanmar. the un security council initiate d arms embargo may not go that far, but the european union and democracy in the united states could coordinate international sanctions through some sort of -- combined with economic sanctions and anrms embargo. they have done this in the past. it's a possibility. katty: ok. professor, joining us from carleton college, thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you. katty: a quick look at other news from around the world. tanzania's vice president announced today the country's president has died. the announcement came on the country's state television. the president who was 61 had not been seen in the book since february 20 6 -- the president, who was 61, had not been seen in public since february 26. russia is trying to prevent what he called

the un security council has condemned the use of force but so fall -- so far calls for restraint have gone unheeded. japan marks 10 years since a triple disaster of earthquake, tsunami, nuclear meltdown. we'll take a look at how the country has been coping. plus -- >> we're committed to doing that. however, there's a challenge with both of vaccines that are out there. brent: dw speaks with jordan's foreign minister about the country struggle to vaccinate just -- not just it sounds -- not just its own citizens but hundreds of thousands of refugees. ♪ brent: i'm brent goff. to our viewers on pbs in the united states into all of you around the world, welcome. we begin tonight with another diplomatic row between the european union and former member great britain. this one over covid-19 vaccines. british prime minister boris johnson says his government has not blocked the sale of covid-19 vaccines to the you. this was after london summoned that you envoy took spain cassation's made by the european council president. he's accused -- the latest bat comes as that you faces increasing criticis

we need a new un security council. we need a new un security council. istration away from the policies of president trump. there's no one going to veto a resolution on yemen. it needs to go through and give martin griffith the kind of support that he needs to move forward politically. so the challenge for the uk government is first how on earth could they be cutting aid when it is famine stocking for million people. secondly get moving at the un so we can get some political progress from this misbegotten war that cause not just humanity to look back humanitarian cartilage but also destabilised a part of the middle east heretofore not been subject to the kind of war with seat over the last five years. thank you for joining us. the former french president, nicolas sarkozy, has been sentenced to three years in jail for corruption, for attempting to bribe a magistrate. a court in paris has suspended two years of his jail term, with sarkozy expected to serve the remaining year outside prison, with an electronic tag. the 66—year—old is the first former french

a warning for the un security council — that anti—coup demonstrators in myanmar are beginning to losen the organisation. and they're usually a sign that spring has sprung, but why is this host of golden daffodils being left unpicked? now on bbc news, ade adepitan looks back at some of the travel show�*s top european adventures, including rajan datar testing a ferrari—themed rollercoaster in spain. this week, a look back at some of our favourite european adventures. we test—drive the continent's fastest and highest ride. watch some masterpiece maintenance in the netherlands. it looks incredible. yeah. 0h, here we go again. and travel back in time — over 2000 years — as wejoin the crew of a replica galley in greece. hello, and welcome to the travel show, coming to you from a very chilly st pancras station. now normally, this place would be bustling with people going back and forth from the uk to the continent on the eurostar. pre—pandemic, it was carrying around 11 million passengers every year between britain and mainland europe but that number has dropped by 95% since last march and t

has the presidency of the un security council, and ambassador thomas greenfield, chaired a meeting ondes the live broadcast portion of this meeting. >> before she led a discussion on the issue in tigray. during the meeting, the humanitarian chief spoke about era train troops. countless corroborated reports suggest culpability for atrocities. the defense forces must leave ethiopia, and must not be enabled or permitted to continue their campaign of disruption before they do so -- destruction before they do so." they you and high commissioner for human rights says an independent inquiry into what is going on in tigray needs to be carried out now. she says some atrocities appear to amount to war crimes. james bays, at the united nation. >> the u.s. has tightened export controls in myanmar in response to the escalating crackdown on protesters. the human rights investigator demanded more sanctions and global weapons embargo earlier on their own embassy. they said it is deeply distressed by the deaths of civilians. pressure on the military is building daily, with protests like this one in ba

diplomatic editor james bays tells us what we can expect from the un security council late on wednesday. the security council has already issued 2 strong statements on the situation in myanmar but they've been ignored and the violence and killing has continued in the streets the secretary general of the united nations antonio good terrorists in recent days has issued fresh condemnation and his call for united international action. we need more unity in the international community with more commitment international community to put pressure in order to make sure that the situation is reversed what's your message to the generals right now. my message to the military is very simple stop the killings stop the repression of the demonstrations really is the political prisoners and return power to those that have the receipt of their rights to exist lies it. saturday was the day with the highest death toll yet at least 114 people killed in 24 hours. saturday was also myanmar's armed forces day an event attended by representatives of 3 members of the security council china russia and vietnam al

york and james the security council is meeting 10 years after this civil war began in syria are they hoping to achieve anything at all with this meeting. sadly the dynamics in the un security council on syria have not changed throughout this war mr patterson has just described how this is now longer than world war one and world war 2 put together the suffering and the misery of the people of syria and i think it's fair to say that the security council itself is a very important part of this story assad is still in office some would doubt he's actually totally in power because obviously he doesn't control the country but would he still be in office if the security council hadn't been as divided as it has remember whenever things are gone to a vote for example accountability sending the crimes in syria to the international criminal court then the u.n. security council has voted and the veto has been used by russia and china whenever they've tried to push for action the veto has been used by russia and china so all they've managed to do is get some negotiations at various stages in the war going and every time they've gone to geneva for talks the talks have become bo

a warning for the un security council that anti—coup demonstrators in myanmar are beginning to lose faithtion. they're usually a sign that spring has sprung — but why is this host of golden daffodils being left unpicked? but why is this host of from 1 the arrival of pope francis baghdad, the arrival of pope francis at a cathedral where he is about to give mass for iraq's much diminished christian community. it was about 2.5 million 20 years ago, now down to something over 100,000. nonetheless a passionate and devoted part of the christian church, and one of the oldest, in fact. the territory that is now iraq, in the first century ad, some of the earliest people in the middle east to adopt christianity. the pope giving matt there this afternoon, we will bring you some pictures and the atmosphere of that a little later. —— giving mass. welcome to hardtalk — i'm stephen sackur. what is the chinese government doing to the muslim uyghur population of xinjiang province? well, a combination of personal testimony, leaked documents and satellite imagery points to a systematic policy of repression

when it comes through the un security council to eat met council which is discussing on friday the situationed out. who now is representing them in front of the un?— them in front of the un? nobody. last week we _ them in front of the un? nobody. last week we sought _ them in front of the un? nobody. last week we sought the - them in front of the un? nobody. | last week we sought the myanmar publicly said that he would not be taking any orders from this military jumped also other governments not to recognise there is a military government for them this is a huge embarrassment for them. they lost credibility and they lost a little legitimacy they have. in the past previously when there were discussions about me and mark put me and my ambassador would approach the other diplomats and asked them a to defend them. there is no one to defend them. there is no one to defend in the un for the current junta. a great great blow to the junta. china's top lawmaking body, the national people's congress, has formally unveiled plans to ensure all candidates standing for hong kong's assembly to be approved

china is i protecting them at the un security council but we saw a resolution went through last week,s some points of agreement between the un security council members so it is possible to work in china. they're not terribly happy because it is destabilising the economic relationships in myanmar so i think there is possibilities for doing something that has to be some real teeth on the targeted economic sanctions against the military. iliaiith targeted economic sanctions against the military. with what military goods _ against the military. with what military goods to _ against the military. with what military goods to certain - military goods to certain groups and with unrest in the country they are prepared to use any level of force. would it be possible for them to put down this unrest? is it possible for them to rule a country in this way with so much force and fear?- country in this way with so much force and fear? well i think what _ much force and fear? well i think what we're _ much force and fear? well i think what we're seeing - much force and fear? well i | think what we're

responsibility but local officials have already blamed the taliban that within hours of that attack the un security council condemned the alarming increase in attacks on afghan civilians in a statement the un security council said it condemned in the strongest terms the alarming number of attacks deliberately targeting civilians in afghanistan same continued these heinous attacks have targeted civil servants the judiciary the media health care humanitarian workers including women those who protect and promote human rights and ethnic and religious minorities where we cannot speak to mushtaq writing he's the founding member of the afghanistan affairs unit a security think tank and he joins us now from kabul that was a very rapid response that we saw there from the u.n. security council given the state of the peace talks and the push that we've been seeing from the u.s. to try to get things going again is this a sign then of the pressure mounting. well yes indeed i think 1st of all let's look at the incident you have started to get out of course we didn't who are in such a huge jack spot as the time distance

north korea fired two short—range cruise missiles into the yellow sea, but these do not flout un security councilrea fired two ballistic missiles into the sea to its east, pyongyang is banned from testing ballistic missiles under un security council resolutions, and joe biden warned that there would be "responses" if launches continued. i'm joined now byjean lee, who has covered north korea extensively as an ap journalist and is now the director of the korea centre at the wilson centre in washington, dc. what is north korea playing at? what is your assessment of this ratcheting up of the pressure? tt is ratcheting up of the pressure? it is startin: to ratcheting up of the pressure? it is starting to feel _ ratcheting up of the pressure? te 3 starting to feel like deja vu. it is still very early in the us presidency, and i think what we are seeing is two months into his presidency, north korea becoming a bit impatient with the fact of the biden administration has not revealed its north korean policy. the biden administration is putting its finishing touches on that policy, we should see that in a

security, battling covid, discussions on economic cooperation and ireland's leadership now on the un security council any. i just welcome your leadership and partnership, and you know my view. we strongly support, them think it's critically important and may be maintained, and the political and economic stability of northern ireland is very much in the interest of all our peoples. i think the idea that we talked about about renewing our partnership and the all ireland consortium, cancer consortium, u.s., ireland, and northern ireland, it's something where we can learn a lot from one another. i'm going to focus heavily on this for our national institute of health on dealing with cancer. we all know what it's like and we are going to make major investments into cancer research and development and i am looking forward to working together. as a matter of fact, my relatives in mayo just dedicated one of my cousins who headed up the hospice effort for cancer and not just cancer but hospice and ireland, and they dedicated a new significant facility to my son, beau biden, who died of cancer. so everything be

the united nations special envoy to myanmar has called on the un security council to stop the militaryo restore democracy, following last month's coup. days of violent protests in senegal have led to the death of at least one person, with young people taking to the streets nationwide in support of the main opposition leader who was detained on wednesday. several stores as well as gas stations, have been looted and burned. the senegalese opposition leader 0usmane sonko was arrested after a hearing over alleged rape charges. the bbc�*s emiline nsingi nkosi reports. supporters believe it to be a plot to remove their leader and suspect they are looking to run for a third term. at the beginning of february a young 20—year—old masseuse working in a private practice in the car filed a complaint against him. believed to be his last strong rival. she accuses him of sexual assault and death threats. in a series of public state to eight statements he has denied the accusations against him and maintains that it is a conspiracy hatched by the president. the president has denied any involvement in w

un security council sanctions would require russia's signature, and here is moscow's deputy defence ministerforces day parade. russia is an important source of their weapons. diplomats from eight other countries also attended, including from china. the general still has friends... but not amongst the vast majority of its people, who are determined to defy their military rulers. laura bicker, bbc news, bangkok. a second mp has defected from the snp to join the new pro—independence party launched by the former scottish first minister alex salmond. neale hanvey, who represents kirkcaldy and cowdenbeath in the westminster parliament, follows the formerjustice secretary kenny macaskill, who announced yesterday he would stand as a candidate for the alba party. police in manchester have arrested 18 people who blocked tramlines, as part of a protest against the government's police and crime bill. greater manchester police said the event was largely peaceful, but "significant disruption" was caused by demonstrators sitting on the metrolink line. protests were also held in bath, falmouth, nottingham,

special envoy to myanmar has a un security council to take action to end military repression often on tycoon protesters this comes amid reports that at least one person was killed in a 2nd city of monday on friday after protesters clashed with police and pope francis has called for an end to violence in iraq as he begins a historic visit to the country the pope hopes to provide. the rocks dwindling christian population and strengthen interfaith ties. to the u.s. now where the senate is debating president joe biden's massive coronavirus relief bill the $1.00 trillion dollars package would go towards vaccines emergency payments and help for the unemployed it narrowly passed its 1st hurdle on thursday night but a number of amendments are expected over the coming hours a package of existing relief measures expires next weekend let's get the latest with our white house correspondent kimberly hockett so how is the bill progressing in congress. well i say it is progressing but it's still not quite there are in terms of being passed what's happening is they call it a vote a rom what it really

a warning for the un security council that anti—coup demonstrators in myanmar are beginning to lose faithorganisation. now on bbc news, while the west bought billions of vaccines quickly and cheaply, some people argue a global vaccine apartheid is unfolding, with less wealthy nations missing out on supplies. zeinab badhawi and guests discuss in global questions. hello, welcome to global questions with me, zeinab badawi. world leaders are constantly saying that covid—i9 is a global problem that needs international cooperation. but do these words sound hollow when we see how rich nations are buying up supplies of covid vaccines. as they rush to vaccinate their entire populations, many poorer countries have yet to administer a single jab. that's global questions. vaccine apartheid. well, to bring you this edition of global questions, our two panelists and our questioners join us via video link. let me tell you who's in the hot seat this week giving the answers. carl bildt is a renowned international diplomat. he has served as both prime minister and foreign minister in his native sweden, and

a warning for the un security council that anti—coup demonstrators in myanmar are beginning to lose faithorganisation. they're usually a sign that spring has sprung, but why is this host of golden daffodils being left unpicked? in cricket, india thrash england by an innings and 25 runs in the fourth test to secure the series 3—1. and the fate of the uighurs has become a geopolitical issue, but is anything going to change? we'll be finding out in half an hour's time, on hardtalk. good afternoon. if you have just joined if you havejustjoined us, welcome to bbc news. the group representing health service trusts, nhs providers, hasjoined unions in saying the government's proposed 1% pay rise for health service staff in england is not enough. ministers have defended the rise, saying the pandemic had placed unprecedented strain on public finances. here's our political correspondent, jessica parker. pulling up a very public row about this week's i% pay offer with claims an increase of 2.1% had been baked in as part of a longer—term settlement. which is actually enshrined in an act of parliament,

a warning for the un security council — that anti—coup demonstrators in myanmar are beginning to losee organisation. and they're usually a sign that spring has sprung — but why is this host of golden daffodils being left unpicked? hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. pope francis has held a symbolic meeting with one of the most powerful figures in shia islam on the second day of his landmark trip to iraq. the pope's encounter with grand ayatollah ali al—sistani, the spiritual leader of millions of shia muslims, took place in the holy city of najaf. it is the pontiff�*s first international trip since the start of the pandemic — and the first ever papal visit to iraq. our rome correspondent mark lowen is travelling with the pope and has sent us this report from the city of ur. if the first day of the pope francis�*s visit to iraq was about the politics and about meeting the country's dwindling christian community, today was about the outreach towards other faiths. most notably a meeting this morning with the country's top shia cleric, grand ayatollah ali a

there are reports of the un security council sitting down over the to cry crisis. what kind of concrete action would need to be taken at that level and could be possibly see that it looks that the un security council at best is going to make a sort of renewed call for the federal government to provide unimpeded access because monetary agency is to take great so it's important that the un security council is addressing this issue but simply a call for improved humanitarian access does not look like it's going to dramatically improve the situation on the ground unless there is a rethink a cessation of hostilities and the beginning of some form of political process to the to begin is to bring this conflict to an end right that's what dates and from the international crisis group thank you leon. thank you very much. story is in cameroon where boko haram insurgency has displaced thousands in the north of the country people who lived off their land have been forced to flee to safety parts of the country but these cities don't offer many economic opportunities now women ar

, they are not a huge geopolitical issue, though they have a boats, they have a veto in the un security councilut theyjust want in the un security council. so they are important. but they just want to get money out of this. it's unlikely that they have much real interest of what happens inside the country the way others in the region and those of us on the outside do.— of us on the outside do. derek mitchell, _ of us on the outside do. derek mitchell, thank _ of us on the outside do. derek mitchell, thank you _ of us on the outside do. derek mitchell, thank you very - of us on the outside do. derek mitchell, thank you very much j of us on the outside do. derek i mitchell, thank you very much for your time. mitchell, thank you very much for our time. ., ~ mitchell, thank you very much for your time-— mitchell, thank you very much for your time._ much - mitchell, thank you very much forj your time._ much more your time. thank you. much more re ”ortin your time. thank you. much more reporting and _ your time. thank you. much more reporting and analysis _ your time. thank you. much more reporting a

week's violence against protesters she made the remarks during a closed door meeting of the un security council in new york but the council is unlikely to pass a resolution on miramar because of china and russia's detail wilderness seats or than 50 people have been killed over the past 7 days as protesters keep up their calls for a return to democracy. the march for democracy perseverance in me and mar despite brutal crackdowns by the military authorities. demonstrations are regularly dispersed by tear gas the violence has escalated in the last week. with radio free asia published this c.c.t.v. footage it allegedly shows authorities beating up medical volunteers in yangon on wednesday the broadcaster says they were then taken to prison the video follows reports that police opened fire on medical workers in the city where several protesters died it was their self-styled front line protesters keep the demonstrations going they equip themselves with shields helmets and gas masks and it's their job to assist anyone injured. in what their routine or rules to those who died in the revolution had fami

mandalay that is despite as collating violence that saw 38 protesters killed on wednesday the un security council is due to hold talks on the crisis later today the un's special ruffa tour on myanmar is calling for a global arms embargo and targeted sanctions against the military rulers for more let's bring in a man tom to a journalist who is joining us from young gone as we've been hearing in the crackdown on demonstrators traitors has really intensified this week with the death toll climbing are there more protests planned for today and over the weekend. yes there are more protests planned and they are currently already happening we are seeing a shift in protests from having these sort of static standoff with police into protests that are more mobile and more agile and so on are hopefully at least from the protesters perspective a little bit safer and less likely to result in that the sort of violence that we have been seeing this past week international pressure is also growing on the junta the u.s. expanding its trade blacklist for me on maher how effective do protesters hope that measures li

down as quote one of the darkest chapters in recent history here patterson was briefing the un security council on the 10th anniversary of the conflict expressing profound regret that the un has been unable to broker peace and diplomatic editor james bays looks back on a decade of failed diplomacy the b.b.c. meeting of the security council is called to order for 10 years the security council has held this monthly meeting the u.n. though is not just an observer to the war in syria it's been a key part of the tragedy the council remains deeply divided on the issue diplomacy is stalled and despite the mounting war crimes over 10 years no one can be held accountable after russia and china use their vetoes to block refer to the international criminal court has the un and in particular the security council failed the people of syria it is clear that if a war lasts 10 years. the international security governance system that we have is not effected and this is something that should be a source of reflection about everybody involved i put the same question to the un special envoy pedersen who's been hol

is imposing sanctions on 2 adult children of the country's military leader while the un security council has condemned the violence the number of deaths from covert 9000 in brazil in a single day has exceeded 2000 for the 1st time wednesday's figure pushes the toll since the pandemic began to more than 270000 health experts say the recent surge is being fueled by more contagious strains of the virus and those are the headlines the news is going to continue here on al-jazeera after investigations the hidden genocide good buy. may 2012 western man mark. a british woman is raped and murdered. the authorities charged 3 muslim men. a week later 10 muslims were murdered in a revenge attack. what happened next was hidden from the outside world. as they are on my machine my job got the. news about. the run down and down the line now and. you know there's only the visit the. pain the. my. mother nor the nudity month mark is not the one it is what i. thought of and why do you. think you know that. this is a story of a people fleeing the land where they were born of a people deprived of citizenship

claimed responsibility but local officials have claimed the taliban in a statement to un security un security council said it can damage in the strongest terms the alarming number of attacks deliberately targeting civilians in afghanistan the statement continued these attacks have targeted civil servants the judiciary the media health care and humanitarian workers including women those who protect and promote human rights and ethnic and religious minorities for your country for already has the latest now from google. seems that the police station was the actual target what would make this attack that happened last night in her different is that it happened inside an urban center herat is the 4th largest city in afghanistan and if you look at the pictures that are coming out of the city since last night they're absolutely devastating and whoever did this it seems like they were planning to inflict maximum damage it seems like it was a minivan but it was packed with explosives that blew up and some people that i've spoken to they told me that should this have not happened late at night but had other ti

right, looking at the security council, in any major conflict, the un can only go at the speed of thehe security council. in the case of myanmar, does this mean that the scale and the speed of the response is decided by china? look, i will leave that analysis to you. i think what is clear is that everyone has a role to play. there are no bystanders here, whether it's the secretary—general, whether it's security council as a whole, or whether it's individual member states. those who have an influence on the situation in myanmar, whether it's the regional powers, the asean countries, everyone has a role to play. and what is important is that we all move in the same direction, and that is stopping the violence, ensuring that the prisoners, the political prisoners, are freed, and that the voice, the democratic voice in myanmar, as expressed in their own elections in november, is fully restored and respected. but if china says no to an arms embargo, if it says no to sanctions, there is no direction. well, there are other pressure points and i think what is clear is that the military needs

this starts with un security council resolution imposing a global arms embargo and imposing targeted economic sanctions against the myanmar luke perry. -- military. china and russia may try to block this. let them. let them make the excuses, justify the defending of the indefensible. >> following airstrikes on the villages, an estimated 3000 locals crossed the border into thailand, forcing authorities to prepare for an influx of arrivals. the prime minister said he did not want an exodus of refugees but he found to respect human rights. >> [speaking thai] >> despite the growing danger, many protesters remain undeterred. activists have called on ethnic minority forces to back the campaign against military rule with thousands continuing to take to streets across the country on monday. monte: president joe biden is making an ambitious promise. he says 90% of all adults in the united states will have access to a vaccine on april 19. they are reinstating mask requirements citing what he called some reckless behavior during young people -- by young people during spring break. >> now is not

people fled as gun shots were fired the un security council call for restraint but failed to agree on a statement condemning the coup. those were the headlines will be back with more news in half an hour here on al-jazeera next it would make change do stay with us and i'll see you in about 25 minutes. latest news as it breaks with schools continuously being targeted just freshening in northern parts of nigeria very obvious that the region to translate highest rates of poverty before it would fall behind with details coverage of this scenario the non-solution campaign was temporarily suspended because there weren't enough vaccine from around the world these volunteers it was be routinely tested to private instead they'll be getting regular not stumbles. i've got almost 2 months of. what i eat when enslaving did they think the problem with thinking been days is not. the and. let me show you something this is a $1.25 a where i live it's a very small cup of coffee millions of people around the world exist on less than this amount a day of the numbers have gone down with a still a lot of w

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the un security council met today to discuss the deadly violence inflicted by the military junta following a coup on february 1. protesters have been killed and a number of ethnic groups are threatening to join the fight against the military. lawyers for ousted leader aung san suu kyi says she appears to be in good health despite two months of detention. reporter: wounded civilians from eastern myanmar have found refuge on the thai side of the border. the army has bombed the region. a major escalation in the ongoing conflict between local rebels and central authorities. >> when i got hit, i could not walk. i had to climb to hide. my mother and father ran away into the jungle. the people who are not seriously injured are hiding in the jungle still. reporter: since it seized power two months ago, houston aung san suu kyi -- ousting >> [speaking -- ousting aung san suu kyi, the army has led a crackdown on protesters. in this state, rebels said they expect a major military offensive. some have accused thailand of pushing civilians back into myanmar, which thailand denies. >> we have discussed

meanwhile, the un's special envoy on myanmar has urged the security council to restore democracy to the meeting in new york, members were told that anti—coup demonstrators were beginning to lose faith in the united nations. mark lobel reports. the crackdown continues on citizens calling out the coup. all chant. they remained defiant, despite the deadliest week here. appealing for international support, these signs are reference to the un's responsibility to protect principle, to prevent mass killings. now, one month after the un's top security body called for a return to democracy, and for the immediate release of detainees, including unsung ct, it has met again. including unsung ct, it has met aaain. ~ , , again. we requested this morning's _ again. we requested this morning's meeting - again. we requested this . morning's meeting following further deterioration of the situation in myanmar. as of today, more than 50 people have been killed and many more injured since the coup began —— aung san suu kyi. over 1000 people have disappeared or are unaccounted for. the economy is in a state

years one of the reasons that there isn't a different fate currently in syria is because the un security council the ultimate court of the world on international peace and security has been so divided on this issue for example why is there no accountability when you've seen war crimes committed by all sides in syria over the last 10 years while i tell you the reason they've tried to get a resolution through 4 on that and russia and china vetoed it and it's the same on very many different aspects of the situation in syria the fact the security council is not united means there cannot be an international push to try and end this war and also bring those who are responsible for war crimes to justice what is the feeling at the u.n. james about the future prospects for syria the future role of the u.n. it perhaps finding a political solution. i was just speaking to the special envoy mr patterson and will see the interview later today on al-jazeera he has been pursuing this constitutional committee in geneva which has met 5 times over almost a year and a half and made absolutely no progress he knowled

russia has sold a lot of plans to myanmar, so in that case, the un security council rules of initiatedand the democracy of the united states can co—ordinate sanctions to some sort of targeted economic combined with ascension and it can be done, they have done this in the past before and that is a possibility. in the past before and that is a possibility-— in the past before and that is a ossibili . ., , ., ,, i. possibility. professor, thank you very much _ possibility. professor, thank you very much for— possibility. professor, thank you very much forjoining _ possibility. professor, thank you very much forjoining us. - in other news. tanzania's vice president announced today that the country's presidentjohn magufuli has died. the announcement came on the country's state television. magufuli, who was 61, had not been seen in public since february 27th. the country's opposition leader says he's spoken to the vice president and offered his condolences. russia is recalling its ambassador to washington for consultations, as it tries to prevent what it called the �*irreversible degradation

russia and china voted for that as part of the un national security council. e both violating that. the united states should go to the un security council and lay in front of that where the russians and chinese will be sitting, the indisputeable evidence that they are violating their own resolution by providing economic assistance to north korea and throwing them a lifeline, so-to-speak, and that's one of the reasons why kim jong un has been quiet all these last couple of years, because of that assistance. the other thing that needs to be done, a lot of nations are supposedly administering sanctions as well, eric. in the beginning, many of them start out full throttle but a lot of them start to pull back as the number of years go by. we've got to revisit everyone of them and make sure the rigor is there and some from the beginning are half-hearted. we have to get on top of all of that. and listen, these short range missiles, they were fired in the vicinity of 80,000 u.s. troops and allies in south korea and japan. we should not minimize it the way that presiden

back on the streets a day after 38 people were killed by a crackdown by security forces the un security council will discuss the crisis on friday. the fighting between supporters of senate guards leading opposition figure and police have turned deadly to protesters of are being killed in the latest clashes the 1st deaths since our service on the arrest on wednesday they're demanding sancho's release he was arrested for participating in an authorised rally those are the headlines about with more news in half an hour next hour because there is a view finder asia to stay with us. 4 months ago violence erupted in ivory coast after a disputed presidential election and now it's time to choose members of parliament on march 6th voters cast their ballots could the vote revive the fortunes of the main opposition and how will this affect the region the ivory coast parliamentary election on al-jazeera viewfinder fresh perspectives through the. filmmaker. the fall of the golan the part of the country where. there aren't a challenge. on the war on in chapel or in the. ground of enoch bora only and. i said i

. >> talk us through the un security council which is discussing the situation in myanmar.s representing the junta? tan: nobody. last year, we saw the un ambassador to united nations publicly say he would not be take any orders from the military junta and orders the government not to recognize this military government. this is hugembarrassment for the junta and they lost what little legitimacy they had. in the past, when there were discussions about bmr, myanmar would approach as diplomats. -- discussions about myanmar, and marwood approach as diplomats. now there is no support for the junta. >> thank you. china's nationals people that national people's congress has announced plans for people standing for candidacy for hong kong's counsel to be approved for loyalty to beijing. critics say this would undermine freedom of democracy. >> nearly 3000 delegates are in the chinese capital to rubberstamp initiatives already approved by the upper echelons of the comet as part, and next week about the many challenges the country is facing will be presented in various forms. one issue