brokered by the united nations countries been split by 2 opposing administrations which emerged following the end of monica duffy's rule a decade ago james bay is at the united nations well this is obviously an important development we now have a new interim.

what this tells officials is just how much the same actions that are put in place by the united native nations as well as the united states have really had an impact because the amount is certainly significant in terms of the desire by north korea to get its hands on hard currency so these are charges that are again building on what was already in place and do have some connection to that 2014 attack by north korea on sony pictures here in the united states but we know that there have been other attempts as well as not just the extortion methods of the hacking we also know that there have been some spearfishing attempts by these individuals allegedly targeting the state department the pentagon they operated under a number of different names the lazarus group as well as advanced persistent threat so the united states taking this threat very seriously that's why they have handed down and announced these charges. now the black owner of more than a dozen mcdonald's franchises in the u.s. is suing the company for racial discrimination from a professional baseball player habit washington says the fast food

brokered by the united nations countries been split by 2 opposing administrations which emerged following the end of monica duffy's rule a decade ago james base is at the united nations well this is obviously an important development we now have a new interim government for libya we have an ambitious timeline to elections this year to take place on the 24th of december but there are many parts one we've been here before there was a u.n. backed government announced 5 years ago that came to absolutely nothing that unity government as you say we have the foreign fighters and foreign involvement in libya certainly a deadline has passed for all foreign forces to leave libya and they have not left the country. in all their lines the u.s. house of representatives is approved a budget package which should help the president's recovery plan joe biden and appeal to republicans who are holding up progress of his nearly 2 trillion dollars stimulus plan it came as new figures showed there were a few a new jobs in the month of january than had been hoped. too many people nation have already suffered for too long through this pandemic an economic crisis and telling them we don't have th

which emerged following the end of one look at duffy's role a decade ago james base is at the united nations well this is obviously an important development we now have a new interim government for libya we have an ambitious timeline to elections this year to take place on the 24th of december but and there are many parts one we've been here before there was a u.n. backed government announced 5 years ago that came to absolutely nothing no unity government as you say we have the foreign fighters and foreign involvement in libya certainly a deadline has passed for all foreign forces to leave libya and they have not left the country. the u.s. house of representatives has approved a budget package which should help the president's recovery plan president biden had appealed to republicans who were holding up progress of his nearly 2 trillion dollars stimulus package it came as new figures showed there were a few a new jobs in the month of january that had been hopes key sectors like manufacturing and retail laid off workers last month because of the pandemic the international criminal court says it ha

the cheese 7 leaders who meet on friday to kick start this process james al-jazeera of the united nations. well still ahead here on al-jazeera. and bad rap the violent scenes in barcelona as protesters demanded musicians released from jail. and a longtime critic ever wonders president credit for saving hundreds of lives during the genocide goes on trial. it's time for the perfect gentleman the weather sponsored by qatar airways another blast of snow is falling at the moment i will do throughout so stay in a good part of japan there are warnings up because of that it's also a warning out of high seas big waves crashing into the coast. but that wind is about to fall out and change direction have a look further west the sun is out the thames to ferry the 18 shanghai one in seoul but bring a southwesterly then rapidly temperatures rise the whole feeling is different the snow has stopped falling you'll notice if you just take case in point of shanghai the temperatures keep rising on average for february should be about 10 has been up and down over the place but going from below average to around abo

kimberly thanks very much a diplomatic editor james bays is live for us at united nations he's looking at this story as well and james previously the united nations has said that yemen is suffering from the world's worst humanitarian crisis what could a more active engage role from washington mean for negotiating efforts. well diplomats here have been watching this issue very closely and in some ways it's not a big surprise because if you look at the comments of candidate joe biden he said he was going to stop u.s. support military support intelligence support for the war in yemen his comments on that those in his own words he hasn't really made any since he made a big speech in new york in 2019 and many diplomats were wondering whether they would be saudi diplomatic pressure and he'd have to walk that back and wouldn't actually proceed with that policy but it now looks clear that he is going to proceed with that policy of dropping u.s. or bought remember the u.s. support didn't start under trump it started under the obama administration where he was the vice president so what does this mean for the u.s. fo

there in maryland well let's not get the view from china and speak to katrina you our correspondent in beijing so we've heard reaction from the state department katrina from the united nations as well and until we when we spoke 20 minutes ago there was still no official reaction from beijing has changed . so fun over there is a briefing from china's foreign ministry in a few hours and certainly we expect some sort of response then but still we may not get a strong more angry or critical response like we've had from many other western nations china has had this approach of playing noninterference not meddling and kind of letting that country do its own thing and respecting that but of course the backend of this is that beijing is watching this very very closely milan mar is a very significant partner traditionally a very reliable partner for china and china is going to want to keep it that way and mine are of course relies on beijing for a lot beijing is the largest trading partner with me on my land is in beijing for foreign direct investment they share a border 2000 kilometers or so or end my i really wasn't beijing for a lot of infrastructure investment a lot of the key i

states condemning the actions of the military in myanmar and also the secretary general of the united nations as well continuing coverage of the events in myanmar here on al-jazeera of course throughout the morning. if you're just joining us it's coming up to almost 4 g.m.t. and 10 30 am in myanmar where the military has seized power and installed a former general as president a state of emergency has been declared it will last for a year and in the run up to this call myanmar's leader on sansa and other senior members of the ruling party were detained in dawn raids and shortly after that internet services were severely disrupted in the commercial capital yangon myanmar spent 10 since november when un stance which is national league for democracy won elections in a landslide victory but the military cast doubt on the results claiming large scale voter fraud victoria gate and b. has still a test. the military made its move in the early hours of the morning detaining myanmar's democratically elected leader and son suchi and other seal figures from the ruling party su cheese n l d government won novembe

a stronger stand on this table will have to wait and see but from a james bays at the united nations thank you. well on the ground in myanmar police interviews stun grenades to disperse protesters in the country's biggest city young goan i think. people fled from lines of right police at one of the city's busiest intersections so far have been no reports of injuries but several protestors words attainments scott hines is monitoring developments in myanmar from bangkok that's where the protesters usually have started their gatherings you know the last 3 weeks plus that we've seen them come out that's where a lot of those images that we were just showing came from where the lines of riot police and the use of stun grenades the groups has to be said are a little bit smaller today than we've seen in previous days but obviously that didn't stop the police from trying to break them up to try to prevent them from the even really forming into larger groups you know stun grenades were used now this came after a night of late night and one neighborhood of yangon that also saw a kind of police dispersal like t

unite. reporter: there is a growing list of nations expressing concerns as well as the united nations.hey say the military chief is pursuing his personal ambitions. >> he wanted to be the president, so he can stay in power. the reason he needs to stay in power is his family has so muc at stake. in businesses, businesses run by the military or its cronies, its associates. reporter: the power play has left many in myanmar uncertain about what happens next, and with banks and some shops closed, people are stocking up on supplies. reporter: let's take a closer look at the general now in charge. he took over the military in 2011, the same year man mar underwent political changes. under a power-sharing agreement, the military has had a major say in affairs. it has also guaranteed 25% of the seats in parliament. the general has been credited, such as cease-fire agreements with armed ethnic groups. two years ago he was sanctioned by the united states for his role in a military crackdown that led to more than 735,000 people fleeing to neighboring bangladesh. in a recent interview, he said he wo

been pointing in this direction for the last couple of years, and, indeed, there was a united nations report as well for extradition additional -- extrajudicial executions are called for more action from the united states and the european union. let's not forget also that congress passed several resolutions during the trump presidency to push back against saudi arabia, including measures to and u.s. support for saudi air operations in yemen and to halt an arms deal with riyadh. both of those things were vetoed by trump. they were unlocked, so to speak, by the by an administration. a lot of things have been pointing toward this result. >> president biden has talked in the past about resetting relations with saudi arabia. he talked previously about it being a pariah state. this report takes things to another level, doesn't it? now the finger has been explicitly pointed at mohammed bin salman . >> as i set, the cia had assessed that mbs had done this, but if you look at the actual visa restrictions announced by the state department, they are against 76 saudi individuals believed to have been engaged in

believe them over there will be a solution when all the people unite there's a growing list of nations expressing concern over the situation as well as the united nations its former special rapporteur on myanmar says military chief min and lying is pursuing his personal ambitions i mean i wanted to be the president are so that he can stay in power the reason he wants to he needs to stay in power is his his family has so much at stake in. businesses are businesses run by the military or its cronies or its associates minimum lines power play has left many in myanmar uncertain about what comes next and with banks and some shops closed people are stocking up on supplies early file al-jazeera yangon. british on and we're going to the u.n. special envoy for man march he joins us on the line now from geneva thanks very much indeed for your time can you give us initially your reaction to events in men are so far. yes thank you very much i am really deeply concerned especially about the decorrelation of what your state of emergency and also the transfer of all legislative teeth executed fanchet the show powers to the military did a command

believe them over there will be a solution when all the people unite there's a growing list of nations expressing concern over the situation as well as the united nations its former special rapporteur on myanmar says military chief minimum lying is pursuing his personal ambitions. i mean i wanted to be the president so that he can stay in power the reason he wants to needs to stay in power is his his family has so much at stake in. businesses business is run by the military it's cronies or it's associates minim lines power play has left many in myanmar uncertain about what comes next and with banks and some shops closed people are stocking up on supplies early file al-jazeera yangon. earlier i spoke by phone to christina shauna borgen to the un special envoy for man maher she told me that the country's democratic progress since 2011 has been reversed in just one day i am really deeply comp her especially about the declaration of what your state of emergency and also the transfer of all legislator people executed anche at the shore power to the military and the commander in chief and peace means a real serious blow to the democrati

believe them over there will be a solution when all the people unite there's a growing list of nations expressing concern over the situation as well as the united nations its former special rapporteur on myanmar says military chief minimum lying is pursuing his personal ambitions. i mean i wanted to be the president so that he can stay in power the reason he wants to he needs to stay in power is his his family has so much at stake in. businesses are businesses run by the military or its cronies or its associates minim lines power play has left many in myanmar uncertain about what comes next and with banks and some shops closed people are stocking up on supplies . joins me now live from young gone there is 24 hours now since that coup took place what is the feeling on the ground are we likely to see those protests that are on 6 he called for. things here in yangon a reasonably quiet at the moment it doesn't feel like anything hearing imminent slave but you can never be sure with these things certainly last night the world very few people on the streets this morning there were rumors of a curfew and lots of people not quite sure abo

believe them over there will be a solution when all the people unite there's a growing list of nations expressing concern over the situation as well as the united nations its former special rapporteur on myanmar says military chief min and lying is pursuing his personal ambitions i mean i wanted to be the president are so that he can stay in power the reason he wants to needs to stay in power is his family has so much at stake in. businesses are businesses run by the military or its cronies or its associates minim lines power play has left many in myanmar uncertain about what comes next and with banks and some shops closed people are stocking up on supplies early file al-jazeera. well let's take a close look at the general in charge when ally took over the military in 2011 the same year that we have our began undergoing major political changes under a power sharing agreement the military is had a major say in defense and porter says it's also guaranteed 25 percent of seats in parliament general has also been credited for his part in critical national security decisions such as a cease fire agreement with ethnic groups but 2 years

there is a growing list of nations expressing concern over the situation, as well as the united nationse u.s. state department has called on the military to release all those who have been detained. australia's prime minister says his country is keeping a close watch. >> these are rather disturbing developments. i am aware of those troubling reports. the foreign minister has been following them. reporter: the banks have shut due to poor internet connection and not knowing what comes next, people are stocking up. anchor: one of the few western journalists gives us an update from myanmar. reporter: from 4:00 in the morning, the phone connection was cut off. for the first few hours of this, it was really unclear what was going on, which was incredibly unnerving. lots of rumors, people pouring. we are now hearing that mostly the people left in detained are being detained within their own homes or compounds. the mp's for example allstate in one it compound together. it is reasonably easy to keep them detained and rounded up, but it seems they are still able to communicate. there is informati

served and security for the people of myanmar well let's cross live now to our diplomatic editor james bays who reported on those developments from the united nations james how do you think the international community are likely to react to his sacking. well the military door say that they have fired him does that mean he is no longer the ambassador here in new york that is not entirely clear at this stage it's worth reminding you that the other strong speech we heard 24 hours ago was from the u.n. special envoy christine chrono bergan or she made a strong speech and she is the official representative of the secretary general in that speech she said that no other countries should recognize the current regime run by the military so if that is the case and the secretary general is encouraging other countries to not recognize the military regime then they shouldn't one assumes they recognize the decisions of the military regime of the firing of their ambassador this i think is going to end up as quite a drawn out affair assuming the ambassador wishes to stay in the united states and we assume he won't want to go back to me and mar because of possible

what this tells officials is just how much the same actions that are put in place by the united knighted nations as well as the united states have really had an impact because the amount is certainly significant in terms of the desire by north korea to get its hands on hard currency so these are charges that are again building on what was already in place and do have some connection to that 2014 attack by north korea on sony pictures here in the united states but we know that there have been other attempts as well as not just the extortion methods of the hacking we also know that there have been some spearfishing attempts by these individuals allegedly targeting the state department the pentagon they operated under a number of different names the last a risk group as well as advanced persistent threat so the united states taking this threat very seriously that's why they have handed down and announce these charges. in washington d.c. thank you. one of the u.s. conservative media's most influential influential figures has died of cancer rush limbaugh rules a provocative talk show host who used his positi

knight there's a growing list of nations expressing concern over the situation as well as the united nations its former special rapporteur on myanmar says military chief minimum lying is pursuing his personal ambitions i mean i wanted to be the president are so that he can stay in power the reason he wants to he needs to stay in power is his his family has so much at stake in. businesses are businesses run by the military or it's cronies or its associates minim lines power play has left many in myanmar uncertain about what comes next and with some shops closed people are stocking up on supplies for early file joins me live now from young go on so the people of myanmar have had about 24 hours now to digest the coup what is the feeling on the ground now are we likely to see people go out on the streets and protest like sun city house call whole. well so far this morning it's relatively calm things are returning to feeling slightly close it's no malady banks have reopened i just took a walk around the neighborhood i'm in and saw people queuing up for banks to be open it's almost business

believe them over there will be a solution when all the people unite there's a growing list of nations expressing concern over the situation as well as the united nations its former special wanted to be the president are so that he can stay in power the reason he wants to needs to stay in power is his his family has so much at stake in. businesses are businesses run by the military or its cronies or its associates minim lines power play has left many in myanmar uncertain about what comes next and with banks and some shops closed people are stocking up on supplies early file al-jazeera yangon. no news a plane carrying south africa's 1st 1000000 coronavirus vaccine doses has arrived in johannesburg the country is battling a 2nd wave of infections driven by a more transmissible variant 1st identified there after seneca jobs produced in india will be given 1st to health workers britain is ramping up covert testing after it emerged the south african variant may have spread in some regions experts want to test 80000 people urgently in 8 parts of england health officials say 11 people have tested positive for the variant over the past 5

knight there's a growing list of nations expressing concern over the situation as well as the united nations its former special rapporteur on myanmar says military chief minister lying is pursuing his personal ambitions i mean i wanted to be the president so that he can stay in power the reason he wants to is he needs to stay in power is his and his family has so much at stake in. businesses businesses run by the military or its cronies or its associates minimum lang's power play has left many in myanmar uncertain about what comes next and with banks and some shops closed people are stocking up on supplies early file al-jazeera yangon. our diplomatic editor james bays has the latest on international reaction from the united nations real shock at the united nations at the move that had been taken the secretary general had warned about the possibility of a coup now he says he's gravely concerned about the situation and we've also had in the last few hours a new statement a very strong statement from the u.n. high commissioner of human rights michel bashfully which was read out by her sp

justify your long seizure of power there's a growing list of nations expressing concern over the situation in myanmar as well as the united nations the u.s. state department has called on the military to release all those who have been detained australia's prime minister says his country is keeping a close watch. rather disturbing. developments i'm aware of those troubling reports in the foreign minister has been following the the banks in myanmar have shut due to poor internet connection and not knowing what might come next people are stocking up on supplies it's got hardly al-jazeera. let's take a look at the general now in charge being on flying took over the military in 2011 that was the same year that man maher began undergoing major political transformation under power sharing agreements the military has had a may just say in defense and border affairs as also guaranteed 25 percent of seats in parliament. has been credited for his involvement in critical national security issues such as cease fire agreements with ethnic groups but 2 years ago he was signed by the us for his role in a military crackdown on rango musl

knight there's a growing list of nations expressing concern over the situation as well as the united nations its former special rapporteur on myanmar says military chief minister lying is pursuing his personal ambitions i mean i wanted to be the president. so that he can stay in power the reason he wants to he needs to stay in power is his has finally has so much at stake in. businesses our business is run by the military or its cronies or its associates minim lines power play has left many in myanmar uncertain about what comes next and with some shops closed people are stocking up on supplies while a foul joins me live from young go on an alley we've had some developments in the last hour or so since we last spoke we've heard from the n.l. de on facebook what have they had to say. absolutely there's been a statement posted by an m.p. on facebook and on the m.p. . which is attributed to the central executive committee which is the board of the of the let's say and they have called for the release of president wimmin and don't censor to the state councillor and they've also asked that

knight there's a growing list of nations expressing concern over the situation as well as the united nations its former special rapporteur on myanmar says military chief men on plying is pursuing his personal ambitions i mean i wanted to be the president so that he can stay in power the reason he wants to he needs to stay in power is his his family has so much at stake in. businesses business is run by the military or its cronies or its associates been online is a power play has left many in myanmar uncertain about what comes next and with banks and some shops closed people are stocking up on supplies or because me too early live now joins us from young gone so 24 hours old what's the feeling on the ground are we likely to see those protests that suchi called for. it's not getting very likely at the moment the last. overnight the quote the streets were very quiet there were rumors of a look at curfew widely shared lots of people saying it was curfew between 8 pm and 4 am i haven't done any especially at night but it seems like people are sticking to it anyway so as always it is a self

were taken into detention before dawn there's a growing list of nations expressing concern over the situation in myanmar as well as the united nations the u.s. state department has called on the military to release all those who have been detained australia's prime minister says his country is keeping a close watch. rather disturbing. developments on the way or of those troubling reports in the foreign minister has been following the the banks in myanmar have shut due to poor internet connection and not knowing what might come next people are stocking up on supplies it's got hodler al-jazeera. one of the few western journalists in me and maher alley foul gave us this update from yangon . from around 4 in the morning they phone connection was cut off there so for the 1st few hours of this it was really unclear what was going on which is agreed to be on moving lots of people lots of rumors lots of people worrying about what's going on when they're hearing that most of the people who have been detained being detained within their own homes or their own compound the m.p.'s for example all stay in one big compound together so it'

embassy the japanese embassy and the chinese embassy as well as the united nations office so that's been a very pinpointed focus for them and a very sophisticated move by them and that obviously is putting the military on their back foot as well politically but what's interesting within that context you have china and china has stayed with their longtime ally in the m.r. they have a very tight relationship in previous uprisings and previous military dictatorship so china has stayed next to its ally so that is going to be something of a challenge when we move forward with the international community community and how they react to the coup and what they can do against the myanmar government scott either for inside story. it's time now to bring in our guests in yangon we have men who executive director of the institute for peace and security in bangkok we have so long a human rights activist who was involved in the 988 peoples uprising in the law and then kuala lumpur richard welsh an honorary research associate at the university of north asia research institute in malaysia very well welco

safely you don't you correspondent when you so you just joining us from thank you thank you well the united nations and great britain are calling for evidence that a missing dubai princes is still alive concerned for shake the daughter of the leader of the united arab emirates is growing after her friends shared a secret video recordings in which she claims she's being held hostage in a barricaded villa. a troubling new video has emerged from dubai this land of oil wealth. and a hostage and this village has been converted into a jail by the windows are barred shut account of any window open by myself solitary confinement. no access to medical help every day i am worried about my safety in my life. don't you know something similar situation. princess a teacher is one of the daughters of dubai's billionaire ruler shaikh mohammed bin rashid and the to me it's believed he has dozens of children from several wives princess letty for has already made 2 unsuccessful attempts to flee her father's family last year the high court in london heard testimony from princess hire the rulers former wife the judge c

say 50 and security for the people of myanmar are diplomatic had sir james basis at the united nations with more. well the ambassador would have known what was at stake when he made those words he would of very carefully judge that he knew the the possible repercussions against his family he knew that the military would try to sack him and recall him the big question now is is he going to go is he going to give up his job or is he going to say that he is the legitimate representative of the people of myanmar and of the rulers of the country who are currently jailed it's worth reminding you that at the same general assembly session the special envoy the secretary-general special envoy on myanmar christine seana bergen said it's important the international community does not lend legitimacy or recognition to this regime so will they recognize the decision of the regime to sack the ambassador i'm sure that the military will now is try and send a new ambassador that will reflect their views but which one is the united nations going to recognize it will go to a rather obscure body part of the general assem

believe them over there will be a solution when all the people unite there's a growing list of nations expressing concern over the situation as well as the united nations its former special rapporteur on myanmar says military chief men on plying is pursuing his personal ambitions i mean i why i wanted to be the president are so that he can stay in power the reason he wants to he needs to stay in power is his his family has so much at stake in. businesses are businesses run by the military or its cronies or its associates minimum lines power play has left many in myanmar uncertain about what comes next and with banks and some shops closed people are stocking up on supplies early file al-jazeera yangon. earlier spoke by phone to christine china borgen to the un special envoy for me in march she told me that the country's democratic progress since 2011 has been reversed in just one day. i am really deeply come her especially about the good cooperation of your state took an urgency and also the transfer of all legislator people executed anche at the shore power to the military and the commander in chief and east means a real serious b

believe them over there will be a solution when all the people unite there's a growing list of nations expressing concern over the situation as well as the united nations its former special rapporteur on myanmar says military chief minimum lying is pursuing his personal ambitions. i mean i wanted to be the president so that he can stay in power the reason he wants to he needs to stay in power is his his family has so much at stake in. businesses are businesses run by the military or its cronies or its associates minim lines power play has left many in myanmar uncertain about what comes next and with banks and some shops closed people are stocking up on supplies early file al-jazeera younger. while u.s. president joe biden has called on the myanmar military to give up power or face sanctions let's get more on this more white house correspondent kimberly health it joins us from washington d.c. your reaction was swift from the u.s. as soon as that news and in the early hours of monday morning kimberly about the coup what exactly is being said now. well president joe biden has released a statement in the last hour and essentially the

believe them over there will be a solution when all the people unite there's a growing list of nations expressing concern of the situation as well as the united nations its former special rapporteur on myanmar says military chief min and lying is pursuing his personal ambitions i mean i wanted to be the president. so that he can stay in power the reason he wants to is he needs to stay in power is his his family has so much at stake in. businesses are businesses run by the military or its cronies or its associates men online is power play has left many in myanmar uncertain about what comes next and with banks and some shops closed people are stocking up on supplies only file al-jazeera younger. ones take a closer look at the general in charge of mina leering at took over the military in 2011 the same year that mere bobby gallant to going major political changes under a power sharing agreement the military has had a major say in defense and border affairs it also guaranteed 25 percent of seats in parliament general lang has also been credited for his part in critical national security decisions or to cease fire agreements with arm

justify your long seizure of power there's a growing list of nations expressing concern over the situation in myanmar as well as the united nations the u.s. state department has called on the military to release all those who have been detained australia's prime minister says his country is keeping a close watch but these are rather disturbing. developments i'm aware of those troubling reports and the foreign minister has been following them the banks in myanmar have shut due to poor internet connection and not knowing what might come next people are stocking up on supplies scott heiler al jazeera alley fall has more from young gone. the military are very unlikely to want to get rid of this constitution they spent years writing it they spent me is implementing it and getting to the states right now where they are quite comfortable and you know that a lot of them they still have a huge a huge amount of power and influence at all the full magenta rules have great business interests they're all living quite comfortably so i think it does really comes on to men on lying in his personal ambitions and the way he sort of doing t

united states and in washington d c. do not forget that there is more formatting that have been fact checking. just head to the bbc news website as well. the united nationsrelease of aung san suu kyiand immediate release of aung san suu kyi and others detained. as a fever lifting and passing which are not ending the eighth day a fortnight of the coup took place, as michael bell reports. the track hundreds of people are participating in protests which are now entering their eighth day. the stand—off between protesters and police is deepening. rubber bullets fired on the streets in the south—east of the country. casualties amongst those standing firm against the coup. others taken away. it is not what the military hoped for from their february the 1st takeover. could their authority now fade into thin air? translation: we need to maintain this dignity. due to unscrupulous persons�* incitement, some civil service personnel have failed to perform their duties at present. but the defiant chant here is, don�*t go to work, struggle to be free. translation: we are united and growing. i we lawyers and civil servants must work together to get rid of authoritariani

united nations - dubai? we had the uk court rulings. come with the united nations rulings as well therefore determined that shepower now to exert some diplomatic influence and if they don't, we can end up with a sort of escalating thing that puts everyone at risk. and it's notjust daughters lives there, his average citizens and we do not want to see that escalating behaviour that can really lead to death on british soil as we saw earlier. they could've easily been a british national. it is time for countries to stand up and say that this is not on any more. the count , that this is not on any more. the country. the _ that this is not on any more. the country, the whole _ that this is not on any more. the country, the whole of the gulf is a difficult reputation when it comes to looking after transparency of legal rights and legal protection. you go for princess to a domestic worker, just talk us through the judicial process for people like that, kind of nuts are the sponsored position that many domestic workers have. we position that many domestic workers have. ~ . . ~ position that many domestic workers have.

assignment as the first african-american to command the united states forces korea and the united nations command as wellcombined united states and korea combined forces command. these are firsts that are still happening in the present time. firsts for african-americans. even though we've been present since before the revolutionary war in formations and yet there are firsts that are just happening, i had the privilege of commanding the big red one, the first infantry division. i was the first african-american to command it when i took command in 2009. so, there are many things that are still happening today. so, while we've seen general c.q. brown as the chief of staff of the air force, i can tell you there are a lot of firsts that are happening all over the place. my assignment as the brigade commander at west point was a first. i'm glad it's not the last. it shouldn't ever be the last. it's a great honor to be a trailblazer, to be a door opener. but it's not an honor to be the only one ever. that means something is wrong that we have retrenched, moved back as you talk about as the long pattern of histo

the east the stove and the west of libya there are a lot of unknowns in that process as well as the united nations tries to ringfence a period of calm in libya as it moves forward towards hopefully free and fair elections let's listen in to what's being said near geneva unified temporary executive authority in libya. this was the result. by day meeting here in geneva the members of the libyan political dialogue for we went through several stages of voting there was voting initially for the presidency council on tuesday none of the candidates reached the 70 percent threshold for that vote so we went towards the vote today. where there were 4 lists that were comprised and voted upon there were 2 rounds that were held today 2nd round was 50 plus one. at the end of the at the end of the voting process we had $73.00 votes cast there is one or one abstention but no spoiled votes and the winning ticket took $39.00 votes and the the presidency council designit president is a gentleman by the name of mr muhammad yunus menefee. the 2 other members of the presidency council so mr menifee is from eastern liby

nation. >>> well, the chief of the united nations nuclear watchdog agency says iran will begin to offer u.ns as tehran tries to pressure europe and the biden administration to return to the 2015 nuclear deal. president trump pulled the u.s. out of that deal in 2018. trey yingst has more on that from our mideast bureau. >> reporter: jon, good evening. iranian officials are halting plans to expel weapons inspectors from their country as a stalemate on the nuclear deal continues. rafaeling gross city, the director general of the international atomic energy agency, met with the iranians today in tehran to discuss the issue and was able to make some progress. he left the meeting saying that iran will continue to implement the comprehensive safeguards agreement and that a temporary understanding was reached to allow the iaea to keep monitoring iranian nuclear activities for up to three months. under a new law passed by iran's parliament in december, the aiea will no longer have access to camera feeds that allow them to monitor from afar. it's unclear if the agreement today changes that implementa

to raise this in the international community so they are going in front of embassies as well as the united nations building so it's interesting to see how yes as you mentioned deja vu all over again but what's amazing is they're still coming out and they're still coming out in force so the middle truant step aside it won't be moved but it will announce an amnesty for $23000.00 prisoners what's the story there. interesting move now this is something that's traditionally done on holidays that there's an amnesty for prisoners $23000.00 is a lot and it was interesting timing obviously because of that but also the rationale the reasoning the military junta said was for a new democracy and to promote peace in this new democracy ironic considering that this is in place now after they overthrew the democratically elected government on february 1st that's the reason they're saying that they released these 20000 more than 23000 prisoners there is concern within the protest movement within activists that it might be them making a move to some of the prisons making room in some of the prisons i should say pos

vassar to israel, joe biden communications director and the secretary—general of the united nations — nations. wellpes of the nation desperate for spring rest on the shoulders of one groundhog and i'm glad to say live from puxatawnee is puxatawnee phil and his handler aj dereume. thank you so much for being with us. of course in bringing punxsutawney phil with you. given this blizzard, is he even going to be able to see his shadow tomorrow do you think? first off, i've got to correct you guys _ first off, i've got to correct you guys. those us and after that happened early on when i became a handler. _ happened early on when i became a handler. it's— happened early on when i became a handler, it's ajay, somebody interpreted that as al, and sometimes that gets through. apologies. tell us, do you think he's going to be able to see his shadow given the snowy conditions here in the united states? but shadow given the snowy conditions here in the united states? not right now he sure — here in the united states? not right now he sure wouldn't _ here in the united states? not right now he sure wouldn't se

issue for me and more so it shouldn't been brought to the united nations so that obviously does not sit well with the protesters but it does show that direct connection between the chinese government chinese communist party and the military leaders and scott it's been nearly 2 weeks now i believe since i'm frontin she was arrested do we know how she is anywhere from had to the protesters on the streets atoll. no there really hasn't been a word you know we've heard from the end of the that's her party the national league for democracy they have made statements about her her health and that she's ok this is pretty soon after she was detained on the february 1st. early morning they were detained so really nothing more than that then and now the occasionally saying that she's ok but we haven't heard much for several days but we do know that more people are being detained rounded up at night it was as we saw in that video it's very interesting this here how it's the net has been widened as to whom the police and the security forces are going after it's not just the top end of the leadership or an

the united states accuses iran of holding 30 american dual nationals, some canadians among them as well countries have engaged in hostage swapping, to secure their release. 50. engaged in hostage swapping, to secure their release.— secure their release. so, who is this really _ secure their release. so, who is this really a _ secure their release. so, who is this really a message - secure their release. so, who is this really a message for, i is this really a message for, would you say?— would you say? well, very clearly the _ would you say? well, very clearly the initiative - would you say? well, very clearly the initiative grew l would you say? well, very i clearly the initiative grew out of the arbitrary detention of michael kovrig and michael spavor, canadian citizens who have been arbitrarily detained in china in the wake of the huawei executive meng wanzhou�*s depredation from canada to the united states. that was the immediate initiative —— deportation, it has been almost three years, and that is why canada has been particularly involved in this. the targets are very much china,