excellence is ladies and gentlemen it is an honor to address the area formula meeting of the un security council on the situation in myanmar i like to address the challenges facing the democracy movement across in ma including by the n.d.p. and religious minorities this statement is made in my own capacity as a myanmar citizen and it has nothing to do with the openings of individuals or the organization that i have a fairly with in the us. after 3 months of the illegal military coup d'etat in myanmar over $2800.00 civilians have been arrested over $500.00 have been charged and many are in hiding over $600.00 civilians have been killed on the street and india homes most of them were deliberately shot in the head and back they were also shot with rocket propelled grenades the military and police under the c'mon have committed extrajudicial killings torture and looting with total impunity the fallen ones including the 7 years old community shit are not just numbers of statistics they have names and families who dearly loved them didn't i haint a 20 years old trainee notice from when you are went to

we are hoping, obviously, there will be more pressure from the un security council. lobal arms embargo that would be imposed by the un security council resolution. that is, really, i think the key thing that needs to happen now. the special envoy is here now in thailand. she's in quarantine for a week. but then she will be talking to the thais and others in the region about the situation. there is supposed to be an asean meeting, a special meeting on myanmar on april 20th where there will be a discussion among the front—line states about what can possibly be done. but the problem is that asean is hopelessly split. just like the un security council's hopelessly split. there doesn't seem to be a clear way forward that everyone can get around. the irish prime minister, micheal martin, has warned that northern ireland must not be allowed to "spiral back" into "sectarian murders and political discord". the taoiseach's remarks, made on the 23rd anniversary of the good friday agreement, came after a 12th night of unrest in parts of belfast. 1a police officers were injured. f

the un security council strongly condemns an escalating military violence in myanmar but the clinton shows no signs of stopping its lethal crackdown on protesters who oppose the takeover and the mismanaged vaccine roll out in europe risks prolonging the pandemic warns the w.h.o. what can be done to speak things up we ask the w h o's european advisor and this party is not on police in belgium step in to break up the crowds after an april fools day prank gets out of town. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program at least 36 people have been killed in a train crash in taiwan dozens more were injured in the accident in which the train derailed after emerging from a top. well and colliding with the truck survivors were seen climbing out of windows and onto roofs to reach safety rescuers are still trying to reach passengers trapped in some of the carriages. correspondent lilian gang has the latest for us from taipei william dozens of deaths have already been confirmed by police what more do we know we know that most of the deaths and the serious injured are all in car 78 and that's initially

we are hoping, obviously, there will be more pressure from the un security council. resolution, to have a global arms embargo that would be imposed by the un security council resolution. that is, really, i think the key thing that needs to happen now. the special envoy is here now in thailand. she's in quarantine for a week. but then she will be talking to the thais and others in the region about the situation. there is supposed to be an asean meeting, a special meeting on myanmar on april 20th where there will be a discussion among the front—line states about what can possibly be done. but the problem is that asean is hopelessly split. just like the un security council's hopelessly split. there doesn't seem to be a clear way forward that everyone can get around. thousands of people have been evacuated from the eastern caribbean island of st vincent after a volcano on friday sent a cloud of ash and smoke high into the air. the prime minister said evacuees had been temporarily housed on cruise ships and on safer parts of the island. 0ur central america correspondent w

we are hoping, obviously, there will be more pressure from the un security council. lobal arms embargo that would be imposed by the un security council resolution. that is, really, i think the key thing that needs to happen now. the special envoy is here now in thailand. she's in quarantine for a week. but then she will be talking to the thais and others in the region about the situation. there is supposed to be an asean meeting, a special meeting on myanmar on april 20th where there will be a discussion among the front—line states about what can possibly be done. but the problem is that asean is hopelessly split. just like the un security council's hopelessly split. there doesn't seem to be a clear way forward the greek prime minister kyriakos mitsotakis has ordered a speedy investigation into the killing of a veteran yorgos karavaz was shot at least six times outside his home in athens. courtney bembridge reports. the wife of yorgos karavaz sits on the sidewalk where her husband was shot multiple times with a silenced weapon by two men on moped. senior police have d

we are hoping, obviously, there will be more pressure from the un security council. that would be imposed by the un security council resolution. that is, really, i think the key thing that needs to happen now. the special envoy is here now in thailand. she's in quarantine for a week. but then she will be talking to the thais and others in the region about the situation. there is supposed to be an asean meeting, a special meeting on myanmar on april 20th where there will be a discussion among the front—line states about what can possibly be done. but the problem is that asean is hopelessly split. just like the un security council's hopelessly split. there doesn't seem to be a clear way forward that everyone can get around. the former president of brazil, dilma rousseff, says the current leader, jair bolsonaro, has left brazil adrift on an ocean of hunger and disease through his response to the coronavirus pandemic. ms rousseff, like her predecessor lula da silva, also accused mr bolsonaro of genocide for failing to slow the number of deaths. mr bolsonaro has downplaye

special envoy for me on my has urged the un security council to act she wanted the country is at risk of falling into civil wall activists on the ground say the situation is dire we've been crying off oppression from the military and continuous effort from our forces to this very. civil war you know must try and i i would like you know a few to the united nations to do something about it because we could see a lot of sanctions coming from the u.k. the united states and japan and other european countries but they hasn't been any form sanctions coming from that un. oh many demonstrators now believe an alternative force is the only way to return democracy to me and my several of the country's minority ethnic groups already have armed militias some have denounced the current saying they will protect their territories and protesters. well earlier we spoke to ban correspondent david greene bomb and we asked him if really is on the brink of civil war as the u.n. envoy is warning. when you look at how the situation has deteriorated during the past few weeks the massive uptick in violence secu

security council saying about what is going on in tigray. the grim situation on the ground has been relayed to the un security council in a closed meeting they've been having on the situation they were briefed by the undersecretary general for humanitarian affairs the top humanitarian official of the un mark it was behind closed doors but we've spoken to diplomats and we have been told exactly what mr lowe cox said and it contradicts what ethiopian government officials have been saying he says the humanitarian situation in t. grey is deteriorating the conflict is not over and things are not improving he says targeted violence mass killings executions as well as reports of systematic rape going on rake and sexual violence taking place in t. grey he also contradicts the statement from the the european prime minister that eritrea and troops have been withdrawn from t. grey he says i must say neither the un nor any of the humanitarian agencies where we work with have seen proof of an era trend with drawl and he even says that there are trained troops they think are now being put into ethiopian defense fo

un security council has been warned to the nation is on the brink of civil war. 7 pro-democracy activists in hong kong have been convicted for participating in an unauthorized protest and $29.00 t.v. including media tycoon former legislators and a veteran democracy activist. body camera footage has been shown of the trial of former u.s. police officer accused of murdering george 42 reveals the last moments of floyd's well if you can be heard begging police not to shoot. the u.n. has raised in almazan reports of grave human rights abuses by russian mustard reese and central african republic they're accused of crimes including mass summary executions torture and the indiscriminate killing of civilians and humanitarian workers in. the unix purge describe grave human rights violations and abuse they say carried out by russian fighters the fuck out which are the central african forces and the un who they say are behind mass summary execution torture and the forced displacement of people more than 240000 people have been displaced since december's election which was won by president hu we had t

november when ethiopian soldiers launched an offensive against the regional government the un security council issues hold a meeting on the conflict on thursday that the massacre to james space has more now from the un. the current president of the un security council the ambassador of vietnam confirmed to me that the council will have a meeting on to grow a it follows a discussion they have over lunch with the secretary general of the united nations and the subject was raised during a security council meeting about sexual violence in conflict zones in the remailer mountainous regions of north and central to great we might influence our grievance the object of sexual by letting me be a level that would see beyond comprehension ok we're ok documenting no cases of rape and when we begin this part of the of your replies there was an attack on but movement. and community mean operation we as a council must address what are its. military abstract. and reports its actual. refugee camps other nation it is the us that's called this latest meeting it's now almost 6 months since the start of the ethiopi

community in particular the united nations security council will not let this atrocity get going on in myanmar. and can members of the security council and the un secretary general for the support expand it to the people of myanmar that it is necessary to have strong and object actions on the un security council in order to see if lives are in those uncivilly and in myanmar. collective strong action is needed immediately i miss of the essence for us is take action now but then change information or and look in media as well as social media covers a wide range of utrecht and atrocity committed by and the military at it daily because it. you see a lot of our time i will not repeat them here but i would like to stress that the people of myanmar really happened last boss of the leg educate and strong action around the international community especially the united nations security council seems very very 2021 more than 600 civilly and have been killed by the military if you wait a day more. the military will kid more people where to commit moral ukra act and world war 2 are more people. who will again. take the strongest possible action without the

corps a committee ceasefire monocle a committee from their un security council. but in my opinion it is fragile it's still i mean the cease fire agreement has so many provisions within it are not able to have i mean like opening the road the coastal road between the east and west it's been weeks now or maybe 2 months that they are trying to reach an agreement on this but they didn't steal the comic is responsible in this still didn't reach an agreement and beside you know stopping the actual military acts in the country nothing further has happened in this. i mean thing in executing this agreement so that's why in my opinion it is our jives of our can be provoked into nascar has. yeah i think i agree with that it's so fragile but i also say that through the negotiation into the g.n. you this new government of national unity that they were able to achieve that the libyan national army had about those forces that attacked tripoli were probably able to take out more through negotiations than they were to take out of the war they had a president or the head of the pr

but also coming up the un security council strongly condemns escalating military violence in the on the market but the junta shows no sign of stopping its lethal crackdown on protesters who oppose the takeover and german tourists flock to the spanish island of majorca for the easter holidays despite coronavirus travel warnings just how risky is this trip to paradise. i'm sara kelly welcome to the program of these 34 people have been killed in a train crash in taiwan dozens more were injured in the accident in which the train rails after emerging from a tunnel and collided with a truck survivors were seen climbing out of windows and on to roofs to reach safety rescuers still trying to reach passengers who are trapped in some of these carriages. dramatic images there correspondent william yang has the view from taipei is following these developments for us as we've heard there dozens of deaths have already been confirmed by the police is that toll expected to rise. fortunately i think we're going to expect that told to continue to rise at least 61 have been hospitalized and some of them h

why we are being blocked here in santa for the last 6 years get us to the un get me to the un security council and i will talk to them not but we are in santa and we cannot take a plane to london or to new york to talk to everyone in the world you are putting us here in santa so you can talk about whatever you want and here we cannot respond to the world we are leaving or your having a child you very strong now should obviously unless you have a chance to respond now and since trying to 16 i was around a has registered 6 the don't know know of arbitrary detention 770 k. no been forced to sign 344 days are. numbered route hours are they are numbers that my son or sorry you had you know the line numbers are nice as i said get asked that arse get us to the international media get us to your capitals and i will show you and big books what is happening in yemen not what the us says i get the saudis to allow me today to take a plane and go to london and get you all of our pictures our books and talk in front of your people in england or in the us they don't allow us to take even a small flight to dj

the syrian people have been waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting for the un security council to come to their aid, and we cannot keep them waiting. as i have said throughout the month, the 11th anniversary of this horrific conflict in syria has left so many hungry, desperate, and in need, and it just cannot look like it. we also addressed some of the emerging crises happening around the world, including the situations in ethiopia, in haiti, as well as in burma. with burma, the security council issued a presidential statement that highlighted our staunch unity against the coup and the terrible violence by the military forces that has followed. and with respect to haiti, the security council adopted its first presidential statement since 2017. finally, throughout the month, we made sure to bring civil society, particularly women, to the forefront of every briefing. in the first six months of 2020, the security council meetings had 40% fewer civil society prefers that before, and this was not because of covid-19. we know some are trying to silence these necessary voices. so this mo

to go to james pays has more from un headquarters in new york. the security council has finally broken its silence on the situation in t. gray the military operation there is going been going on for almost 6 months and in that time the security council hasn't managed to agree the words of a statement they have finally done so brokered by the arash ambassador geraldine byrne nascent she said that she felt that they'd heard the alarm bells about human rights violations and abuses taking place in t. gray they've issued a statement which talks about that it talks about deep concern about allegations of human rights violations and abuses including reports of sexual violence against women and girls you've seen widespread reports of that it was mentioned in a security council meeting about women in conflict zones we could go seen lots of media reports including on al-jazeera the other factor the security council highlights is the humanitarian situation where it says it wants scaled up humanitarian response unfettered humanitarian access this follows i think strong comments

security council highlights is the humanitarian situation where it says it wants scaled up humanitarian response unfettered humanitarian access this follows i think strong comments that came from the un's humanitarian chief mark lowe cock when he spoke to the security council behind closed doors. at least 13 coronavirus patients have been killed in a hospital fire in western india the blaze destroyed an intensive care unit about 70 kilometers north of mumbai it comes as hospitals struggle with rapidly rising infections for the 2nd straight day india recorded the world's highest daily tally of cases of more than 332008 also registered more than 2200 deaths a new national record india's total caseload has now passed 16000000. canada has banned flights from india and pakistan for a month in response to the growing wave of covert 19 cases in the region the health minister said half of travelers testing positive on arrival come from india flint flights rather from india account for about one 5th of canada's traffic arrivals from india are also being restricted in new zealand has been designated a very high risk country along with pakistan papua new guinea and brazil from wednesday only says

months later when video of the incident spread online they've been charged with murder the un security council has been warned that me and mas on the verge of civil war and immediate action is needed u.n. special envoy christine tshwane a burden to brief the security council on the increasingly bloody military crackdown since the general seize power in a coup 2 months ago the army has also launched air strikes against a rebel group raising fears of a return to ethnic conflict our diplomatic editor james bays is at the united nations in the past the security council has released 2 statements about the situation in myanmar but the generals defied those words and there was further violence this time no statement the outgoing president of the security council for march the u.s. ambassador linda thomas greenfield spoke to reporters. it's the credibility of the security council at stake. i don't think our credibility is at stake i think what has to happen is we have to redouble our efforts what the military is doing in burma to the people to the people of burma the violence the attacks the killings

security council is due to hold -- hold a meetingn thursday. our diplomatic editor has more. >> the current president of the un security council, the ambassador ofconfirmed to me that the council will have a meeting on tigre. it follows a discussion they had over lunch with the secretary-general of the united nations. and the subject was raised during the security council meeting about sexual violence and conflict zones. >> in the remote mountainous regions of central tigre, women and girls are being subjected to sexual violence with a level of cruelty beyond comprehension. health care workers are documenting new cases of rape, despite the attacks on the shelters and clinics. >> we as a council must address reports of women being forced by military elements taps sex with basic commands and reports of sexual violence in refugee camps , among other horrific information. >> it is the u.s. that has called this latest meeting. it's now almost six months since the start of the ethiopian military operation. in that time, the security council has been absolutely silent. they have not managed to agree on a single statement on the subject. >> the developm

. >> the un security council is calling for an investigation into human rights violations in ethiopia'sn. the council says it is concerned about the humanitarian situation including reports of sexual violence against women and girls. access is being limited since ethiopia's military launched an operation against rulers in november. ethiopia responded saying its operation is an internal affair. our diplomatic editor has more. >> the security council has finally broken its silence on the situation. the military operation has been going on for almost six months. the security council has not managed to agree the words of a statement. they have finally done so, brokered by the irish ambassador. she said she felt they heard the alarm bells about human rights violations and abuses taking place in tigre. they have issued a statement which talks about that. it talks about deep concern about allegations of human rights allegations and abuses including reports of sexual violence against women and girls. you have seen widespread reports about that. it was mentioned in security council meeting. you

world a member of the european union alan secured the $128.00 votes required in the un general assembly to win a 2 year nonpermanent seat in the security council the country's top diplomat foreign minister simon coburn is determined to promote what he calls values on the world stage kovan even traveled to terror on recently to meet with iranian president has signed rouhani aiming to make a mediator between the parties involved in the disputed nuclear deal will he succeed at what seems to be one of the world's most pressing diplomatic challenges and what's the perspective on other international affairs from brics it to the code with 90. pandemic. foreign affairs and defense minister simon talks to. simon comique minister of foreign affairs and defense of the republic of on and thank you for talking to al-jazeera currently your country serves as one of the 15 members of the un security council the 4th time you've had that role since arlen joined the u.n. in 1955 what do you see as the obligations and the current challenges for you in this role. well i mean we've been incredibly fortunate as a country to be voted on to the u.n. security council f

diplomatic editor james praises at the united nations with more now on mark statement to the un security council. it contradicts much of what the government has been saying in public he says the humanitarian situation is deteriorating he says the conflicts not over and things are not improving and targeted violence mass killings execution as well as systematic rape gang rape and sexual violence taking place in tikrit province remember the ethiopian government said the eritrean troops were being withdrawn but mr lowcock told the security council i must say neither the un nor any of the humanitarian agencies we work with have seen proof of an era trend withdrawal he says there are even some reports that the eritreans are now wearing ethiopian defense force uniforms remember the ethiopian or thora his so the humanitarian situation is improving not so calling to mr local to the security council he says the vast majority of tikrit is completely or partially inaccessible and he says out of a population of 6000004500000 need humanitarian assistance they are not getting that humanitarian assistance so a

the un security council is calling for an investigation into human rights violations in ethiopia is to grow a region in its 1st joint statement on the conflict the council says it's concerned about reports of sexual violence against women and girls and it wants unfettered access to provide an aide. says its military operation against the 2 gripe people's liberation front is an internal affair but welcomes offers of help our diplomatic editor james space has more from the u.n. in new york. the security council has finally broken its silence on the situation in t. gray the military operation there is going been going on for almost 6 months and in that time the security council hasn't managed to agree the words of a statement they have finally done so brokered by the arash ambassador geraldine byrne nascent she said that she felt that they'd heard the alarm bells about human rights violations and abuses taking place in t. gray they've issued a statement which talks about that it talks about deep concern about allegations of human rights violations and abuses including reports of sexual vi

that the internationally recognized president had the asked them to intervene and later the un security council issue security council resolution arguably justifying. their intervention a number who sees fighting in. their own agenda a big part of that message is that they stand against foreign interference in yemeni affairs even though as you say there won't be accused in the very credibly of having close tires with with iran. a partnership of equals rather than a proxy relationship with telling them what to do or operating them on control i was going to ask that it maybe should and you can jump in here to what i want you to respond to to what peter just said but also is it overly simplistic to frame this as a proxy war. yeah i think it is simplistic i don't think that this is a proxy war at all yes the saudis are backing the hadley government the u.a.e. is backing the government as well as does separatist rebel group in the south the s.t.c. iranians are supporting the who these in some way are the evidence for that is not as concrete given that countries under blockade but i think the questio

the un security council meanwhile has stopped short of considering sanctions on myanmar because both china and russia are against it earlier we spoke to political scientist for hard to sound snyder and asked him if the threat of sanctions is pushing me in more closer to beijing miramar is in china's arms even without this military coup it would be closely connected to china but the problem is what else could we do we could condemn it we could just have to sanctions this leads us to this old and familiar debate about sanctions sanctions do have effects but most of the time as we can see in russia and in many other cases they do not have the intended effects they are created for so i would have my doubts without strong words from western countries even military economic sanctions would really change the behavior of this brutal military regime in the end it will be up to the people who are near they take the courage to do the streets they risk their lives they don't need only start strong words they would need anything else but this is what we do not supplied to them they are getting. r

anchor: the story is also playing out at the un security council. held an emergency meeting over the crisis once again, china rejected attempts to sanction who leaders. they argued the move would aggravate matters. tom andrews is the special repertoire on the situation of human rights in myanmar. he has called the international response an abject failure. >> so far, we have had lots of words of condemnation or concern or resolve to do something about it, but we have yet to see those words backed up with action. anchor: and who is responsible for that? >> i think we are all responsible. the fact is there is a catastrophe of enormous proportions going on before our very eyes. we know the junta that came to power with an illegal coup is responsible for this. and we know there are options we could be seizing, that we could be taken, including making sure that revenue is cut off from the junta and their generals, that we can stop the flow of weapons, that we can refer them to the international criminal court so they can have their day of reckoning. but n

special envoy for myanmar urged the un security council to act.he warns the country is at risk for falling into civil war. activists on the ground say the situation is dir >> with this kind of oppression from the military, and continuous effort from ethnic armed forces, is highly likely there will be a civil war in one month. i would like to appeal to the united nations, to do something about it. because we could see a lot of sanctions coming from the u.k., the united states, and japan a other european countries. but there has not been any uniform sanctions coming from the u.n. >> [shouting chants] >> many demonstrators and armed force -- believe it armed forces the only way to return democracy. several areas have armed militias and some have announced the coup, saying that will protect their territories and protesters. brent: earlier we spoke to our myanmar correspondent and asked if myanmar really is on the brink of eight civil war as a you and envoy is warning? >> when you look at how the situation deteriorated the past few weeks, the massive u

the un security council's conference best the into human rights violations in ethiopia is -- in ethiopiathe council says it is concerned about sexual violence against women and girls and wants unfettered access to provide aid. ethiopia welcomed offered's of a --aid. multiple people of drowned off the coast of libya after a ship capsized. russia is set to begin moving his troops away from its border with ukraine in the coming hours. moscow maintains it was a military exercise area --. but they say some equipment will be left behind for another drill later this year. restrictions will be reimposed in our tina -- argentina as its country faces its most -- worst moment of the pandemic. it's health care system is buckling as the daily case toll rises. more news coming up right after inside story. ♪ >> make the climate great again. u.s. president joe biden urges 30 world leaders to committing to cutting emissions. can you restore america's credibility on the climate crisis? while summit lead to action -- will the summit lead to action? this is "inside story." ♪ welcome to the program. america'

in the country's conflicts once and griffiths was speaking during a virtual meeting of the un security council he urged yemen's warring parties to accept the proposed peace plan. to give a progress toward a peaceful settlement because the continued violence on the ground that everybody hear from are almost certainly moderate as we have endless lead discussed in this council referring to the major center of gravity and this is politics it is either true today as it was last year through those many mosques the party marilla. receivers. in the fall ball. reforms of escalating once again. the u.s. is calling for the immediate withdrawal of eritrean pfizer's from ethiopia region there have been reports that eritrean forces are dressed in his ethiopian military in order to remain in the region the un's humanitarian chief says there's been widespread reports of systematic rape by men in military uniform the security council was told 4 and a half 1000000 people into gray needs humanitarian aids. well from the pandemic to america's racial reckoning 2020 was a momentous year photographers and storytelle

necessary to do that so many haven't done that yet and time is running out if you look at the un security council well you seem strong steps being pushed from western countries u.s. u.k. france but to other countries that have veto power russia and china have not allowed any strong actually come out of the u.n. security council would either of those countries do anything individually china could make a difference here china's got some leverage here but china doesn't seem to have an interest in doing that they haven't shown that yet the association of southeast asian nations which is me m.r. is a member of they could they could have some real impact here they generally have a policy of noninterference in each other's internal affairs but lately we're seeing stronger statements coming out of members such as singapore indonesia philippines malaysia thailand but they're going to have to really do more and they going to have to step up the pressure politically soon if it's going to make a difference. from kuala lumpur malaysia thank you very much for this as mine. let's take a look now at some of the

special envoy for me on my has urged the un security council to act she wanted the country is at risk of falling into civil wall activists on the ground say the situation is dire with this kind of oppression from the military and continuous effort from our forces it is very. civil war you know must try and i i would like you know a few to the united nations to do something about it because we could see a lot of sanctions coming from the u.k. them united states and japan and other european countries but they hasn't be any form sanctions coming from that you and. many demonstrators now believe an alternative force is the only way to return democracy to me and my several of the country's minority ethnic groups already have militias some have denounced the coup saying they will protect their territories and protesters. and joining us now for more insight on this from london is caylee long a researcher with an esteemed international is long the u.n. security council is condemning the are the army violence and britain is imposing sanctions on any company dealing with the military but as i c

world for the better and today we're lagging behind france is the only permanent member of the un security councilthat has not developed its own vaccine. do flu will get a 2nd sputnik 3 job in 3 weeks during his next trip then he can go home with one less thing to worry about. japan's government has announced it's planning to dump contaminated water from the fukushima nuclear power plant into the pacific ocean more than a 1000000 tonnes will be released the process is going to begin in some 2 years time and is expected to take decades to complete the water will be filtered diluted to reportedly safe levels 1st the move has provoked anger from neighboring countries. despite doubts and opposition from home and abroad japan has unilaterally decided to release the fukushima nuclear waste water into the sea before exhausting all safe ways of disposal and without fully consulting with neighboring countries and the international community this is highly irresponsible and will severely affect human health and the immediate interests of people in neighboring countries. on the japanese government's decision

in the world for the better and today we're lagging behind france is the only member of the un security councilthat has not developed its own vaccine. do flu will get the 2nd sputnik 3 job in 3 weeks during his next trip then he can go home with one less thing to worry about. or that is where they are to international news team signs off for the next few hours for some essential maintenance but we'll be back bright and early on wednesday morning with all your midweek news updates and join us then stay close for more great programs starting. the pandemic no certainly no borders just plotting to nationalities. you just as americans we told the truth to you we don't have the facts in the world needs to be the. judge of. commentary crisis what is the sentence. we can do better we should. everyone. is contributing a way but we also know that this crisis will not go on forever the challenges crave the response has been masked so many good people are helping us. it makes us feel very proud that we're in it together. this. one i'll show seemed wrong but i'll quote just don't call. me the ultimate get t

government now the security council is due to hold a meeting on the conflict on thursday our diplomatic editor james bays has more from the u.n. and. the current president of the un security council the ambassador of vietnam confirmed to me that the council have a meeting on 2 grey it follows a discussion they had over lunch with the secretary general of the united nations and the subject was raised during a security council meeting about sexual violence in conflict zones in the rebuilding mountainous regions of north and central great women and girls arguing against the sexual balance with a level that's beyond comprehension. ok we're documenting no cases of rape and. that's partly a fear of the prime service and the platform but movement. and community. we as a council must address what. military are abstract. and reports of sexual. refugee camps other information it is the us that's called this latest meeting it's now almost 6 months since the start of the ethiopian military operation in that time the security council has been absolutely silent they haven't managed to agree a single statement on the subject. at least 20 children have died in a fire to school i

un says women have been subjected to sexual violence in ethiopia's northern region of the great the conflict began in november when ethiopian soldiers launched an offensive against the regional government the security council is due to hold a meeting on the conflict on thursday as our diplomatic editor james bays with more from the un. the current president of the un security council the ambassador of vietnam confirmed to me that the council have a meeting on to grow a it follows a discussion they have over lunch with the secretary general of the united nations and the subject was raised during a security council meeting about sexual violence in conflict zones in the rebuilding mountainous regions of north and central to great we might embarrass our group been subject to sexual violence with a level that is beyond comprehension. ok a worker documenting the new cases of rape and then rebuilding the spark there for your replies there was. some but movement. and. we as a council must address. military aspects. and reports of sexual. and refugee camps other nations it is the us that's called this latest meeting it's now almost 6 months since the start of the ethiopian military operation in that time the securi

be higher rights groups say more than 600 civilians have died since the protests began the un security council has heard fresh pleas from the people of me and maher for action to stop the crackdown at an unofficial meeting of council members diplomatic editor james bays explains. as the military continues its crackdown on peaceful pro-democracy protesters there also now reneging on their own promises a spokesman for the jointer says although at the time of the coup they pledged to hold elections in a year they now won't take place for 2 years at the un in new york a meeting was held to give security council ambassadors a picture of the deteriorating situation people feel that they are left alone to freeze the brutal regime armed to its feet start from by the same international actors who preventing action the military nord are condemnations a test of the security. with the council well council where over language in yet another statement are we apt to save the lives of the people myanmar's u.n. ambassador who opposes the generals called for a no fly zone an arms embargo and targeted sanctions

involved once again on the streets to market exactly 2 months since the military seized power the un security council has been warns the nation is on the brink of civil war. let's get more on the process and campaign as a warning with the intensifying crackdown some protestors are being pushed into joining armed groups al-jazeera has spoken to fight his and current state who say they have no choice but to defend themselves. so almost never thought he would become a soldier he was a youth leader and activists in the qur'an community in part the capital of state in southeast. like many others he's taken part in protests against the coup since they started nearly 2 months ago. i went to a protest every day the police in the open fire at us with real bullets he says he's training to fight after witnessing a friend being shot and seriously wounded by the military during a protest. after i graduate i will go back home and work with the villagers to resist the. al-jazeera met other activists including from young god who have traveled to state to train with the current national defense organization it's one

special envoy for me on my has urged the un security council to act she wanted the country is at risk of falling into civil wall activists on the ground say the situation is dire with this kind of oppression from the military and continuous effort from our forces it is very. civil war you know must try and i i would like to you know a few to the united nations to do something about it because we could see a lot of sanctions coming from the u.k. the united states and japan and other european countries but they hasn't been any form sanctions coming from that un. oh many demonstrators now believe an alternative force is the only way to return democracy to me and my several of the country's minority ethnic groups already have militias some have denounced the kerry saying they will protect their territories and protesters. or earlier we spoke to me and mark or spondon dave grusin about them and we asked him if we had maher really is on the brink of civil war as the u.n. envoy is warning. when you look at how the situation has deteriorated there in the past few weeks the massive uptick in v

coup that overthrew me and more civilian governments it's also opposed stronger action by the un security council. 22 members of india's security forces have been killed during a raid on a maoist rebel hideouts in eastern chad to scar states it's the deadliest battle between the 2 sides since 2017 the maoists have fought the government for more than 4 decades demanding land and jobs for farmers hold on and reports. the security personnel included paramilitary officers from the central reserve police forces elite cobra unit special forces police who were supposed to be well equipped to tackle the maoist fighters known as next else instead their intelligence led raid on a naxalite hideout in the dry brush and sparse forests rapidly escalated to 24 hour firefight of extraordinary ferocity one of the chief of operations in the region described how the rebels used rocket launchers and hand grenades against the security forces he denied that the police tactics had been at fault the casualties were unfortunate he said but the rebels also suffered numerous losses the extent of those rebel losses on not c

world for the better and today we're lagging behind france is the only permanent member of the un security councilthat has not developed its own vaccine. do flu will get a 2nd sputnik 3 job in 3 weeks during his next trip then he can go home with one less thing to worry about. even briefly in our student at a high school in knoxville tennessee has been killed by police after he opened fire the suspect in barricaded himself in a bathroom one officer was injured in an exchange of fire. but was in a village in georgia trying to breach a police cordon surrounding construction of a new hydro power plant they're furious they were excluded from talks on the project which they fear will create environmental problems the plant is billed as the largest energy project in georgia for 13 years. and that's a sign of covert restrictions being eased in london for the 1st time in months nonessential u.k. businesses have reopened among them pubs although they're only allowed to serve people outdoors. average about it today thanks for your company our return with more on our top stories in half an hour. well the dem

france is the only member of the un security council but has not developed its own vaccine.do flu will get the 2nd sputnik 3 job in 3 weeks during his next trip then he can go home with one less thing to worry about. so the government german based vaccine manufacturer says u.s. export restrictions are putting vaccine production risk that's coming up. the 2nd day of the race riots in minneapolis is seen in the u.s. city flooded with national guard troops from the state of emergency declared in the rest follows the fatal shooting of a black man by a police officer. if you get pulled over. pulled them over. taken from the our. i. rocks. thrown at the police department there were reports of shots fired in the area of the police department. but i don't want all of my. people also took to the streets of new york on monday to demand justice for the rights thank march chanting his name was banished leaving driving while black. be a death sentence for him or officer dominic is a told his incident as there are serious problems with the police because. this is either bad training or th

special envoy for me on my has urged the un security council to act she wanted the country is at risk of falling into civil wall activists on the ground say the situation is dire with this kind of oppression from the military and continuous effort from our forces it is very. civil war you know months time and i would like you know a few to the united nations to do something about it because we could see a lot of sanctions coming from the u.k. the united states and japan and i'll buy you a few countries but they hasn't been any form sanctions coming from that un. oh many demonstrators now believe an alternative force is the only way to return democracy to me and my several of the country's minority ethnic groups already have militias some have denounced the kerry saying that will protect their territories and protesters. were earlier we spoke to me and mark corresponded david greene about i mean we asked him if me and maher really is on the brink of a civil war as the u.n. envoy is warning. when you look at how the situation has deteriorated there in the past few weeks the massive upti