a united front against china the world health organization says there's no reason to stop using astra zeneca scolded $1000.00 vaccine after several countries suspended over a few years of blood costs and shipped break is working in unsafe conditions in bangladesh when the righty supervision owners in london for the deaths or injuries to. the air gunmen in northwest nigeria have raided a school and taken a number of students hostage in the 4th mask or kidnapping in the country since december an armed group targeted a forestry college of iran 300 students late on thursday officials say $180.00 students were rescued in the early hours on friday but 30 students were so i'm accounted for and this comes just days after nearly $300.00 girls were abducted and then released in a neighboring state kidnapping is a tactic commonly used by armed groups and criminal gangs in nigeria a misty international says it's been escalating since january 2 mass abductions of school children took place within 10 days in february officials say they are. carried out by bandits loosely formed armed groups that rob and kidnap for money geria denies paying ransoms for many but many believe regional instability in north western states has allowed kidnapping to become a lucrative source of income some believe the qur'an is well publicized kidnapping of more than 270 schoolgirls in the town of chibok in 2014 prompted more armed groups to turn to mass abductions of children let's get the latest with fidelis by who joins us from a butcher fidelis quite significant that the slate is kidnapping has targeted older students tell us more about what you're hearing about the 2nd census. this is the bank 1st time that. the armed men have targeted the high institution of learning to abduct again because people subduction is happening secondly schools where younger girls or boys were targeted and taking in and after a few days rescued by government forces or sometimes to negotiations but in this case no group has come out to claim responsibility for the could not be government statement talked about the rescue of more than $180.00 of the student but the statement did not hire over state where they were rescued and how they will rescue . those who say that means of the students are still will be. but as soon as we speak. the presence of these students are marked as 2 women children and so was the with. who complains that no 220 street government we were in that number with 2. there's been a spate of kidnappings of fidel is since december what is fueling this and what's the government doing to address this problem. the country has been witnessing its high level of insecurity in we sent yes just to be stuck to the government of mohammed hari right from the previous administration of president lula former president goodluck jonathan but in recent months we experienced far more options than record on what's a good day to let me take even bigger old family members or people. from commercial boats and so long we've taken from their homes and the government has already let it would place the security chiefs the happening generally aren't like us were expecting that placement security height is the goal to achieve that is about the situation would improve in the country but we still don't see an almost a week now since december. when the one or the groups because of the ransom payments they are not giving me the not really because it's down to more like could have been the price for these armed groups who. and then demand ransom from prominent members and sometimes from a vision with people what what fidel is back in a bush i thank you for that update. for the 1st time the leaders of the u.s. japan australia and india a group known as the quad holding talks and the timing is significant china is in a trade war with the u.s. is engaged in a diplomatic war with australia there's been tension with india over the order and in the south china sea their ongoing disputes with several states the quad was formed after the 2004 indian ocean is quake and tsunami but concerns from australia and india over how much to push china without impacting ties meant it fell apart but in this in november all 4 nations held military trails china has accused the quad of undermining it's legitimate rise as an asian powerhouse while in his opening remarks u.s. president joe biden stressed the need for corporation and stability in the region a free and open indo-pacific is essential to each of our future countries the united states is committed to working with you our partners all around allies in the region to achieve stability and this is a group of particularly important because it's dedicated to the practical solutions and concrete results let's bring in our white house correspondent kimberly hauck at who is live in washington kimberly these 4 countries the u.s. japan india australia have already been cooperating on and off for a number of years so what is washington hoping this summit will achieve. it comes down to 3 c's i left went out the last hour when we talked it's kovac it's climate change and it's china with respect to cope with there is a concern about the disparity of vaccine distribution around the globe so there will be discussions of how to potentially ramp up production and manufacturing in india in an effort to try and reach a goal of a 1000000000 doses by 2022 with respect to climate change we know that there is the goal of trying to implement the paris climate agreement many making pledges and not living up to their end so we'll be working hard on that and the 3rd and biggest sort of elephant in the room is the issue of china the fact that there is concern in the united states is identified as this as the greatest geopolitical threat so the group will be talking about how to strategically move forward with their chinese counterparts and we should point out in reaction to this meeting the chinese foreign minister has issued a bit of a statement saying that they're calling on countries to refrain from creating blogs which is exactly what the quiet is it says that exchanges between government should avoid targeting 3rd parties so very much aware that the discussions will be talking about china and some of these countries kimberly already have strategic and economic ties with china some strong ones how administrative and planning on competing with that. well that's part of the discussion and the united states has made very clear whether it's joe biden the u.s. president or the secretary of state anthony blinken that they believe that the path forward for the united states is not only diplomatic but also in partnership with allies and so that's what these discussions are about but the timing is critical because this is meeting is coming in advance of another very important meeting the takes place next week on u.s. soil in the u.s. state of alaska just north of canada and this is where there will be some serious discussions taking place face to face with chinese counterparts the national security adviser will be there the u.s. national security advisor as well as the secretary of state so we know there that there will be some tough conversations addressing human rights dressing cyber crimes and the military concerns that of the ever increasing assertiveness as the united states calls it so this meeting this taking place right now this virtual meeting at the white house this is a 90 minute prelude to what could be a very uncomfortable conversation taking place next week kimberly thank you very much for that kimberly how good life or stare at the white house. italy's planning to impose another nationwide lockdown over easter weekend in april the government is trying to control a surge in corona virus cases and hospital admissions people will be ordered to stay home from able 3rd to april 5th other restrictions will start coming into place on monday restaurants and bars will close in no risk yellow areas and movement between towns will be severely limited by the world health organization says there is no reason to stop using the astra zeneca vaccine thailand and belgariad are the latest countries to delay its rollout and there is a denmark norway and iceland suspended use of the vaccine after several reported cases of blood clotting including one death it tory gate and b. has more. thailand's prime minister and members of the cabinet was supposed to receive the astra zeneca vaccine on friday but instead health officials announced a delay to the vaccine rollout after a number of reports of blood clotting in europe then. there was one patient in denmark who died in the other patients with blood clots denmark's government announced a suspension because they were not sure this is not to say it's related to the vaccine but when such cases occur for safety we have to postpone the destruction of the injections to allow for the investigation to take place. on thursday the danish health ministry said it hadn't established any link between the clothes and the vaccine but would stop using the astra zeneca job for 2 weeks so it could investigate austria said it wouldn't use shots from one batch of the vaccine after a woman died soon after being inoculated dystonia little luxembourg and latvia also stopped jabs from the same batch and italy withdrew another batch of the vaccine after 2 men died in sicily although no link has been established between the vaccine and their deaths in terms of the different situation. those were later there to their education. or risk and. but at this stage there is no real evidence to suggest that the astra zeneca that it is the cause or any might decide that but but oh it does make me doubt it. several countries have said they'll continue using the astra zeneca vaccine france and canada say the benefits outweigh the risks and they see no reason to suspend injections mexico has expressed confidence and australia says it's monitoring reports of side effects but it's see no evidence to suggest the astra zeneca vaccine causes blood clots i would say that the ones that have been developed in. private the madonna back then occurred jan jay back. to turning his back they'd have a track record not being safe and i would go that's not a chinese that clean take it i want to go back to work and i want. the u.s. remains the epicenter of 19 with more than 29000000 cases and the world's largest vaccination program for former presidents have americans to get vaccinated as soon as possible this vaccine means for. protect you and those you love from this dangerous deadly disease many other countries a struggling with the virus italy is braced for a 3rd wave and brazil's health care system is close to collapse public health experts are warning the longer people wait to take the vaccines the more likely it is move ariens will emerge victorious al-jazeera. has tonia has entered a month long lockdown after its infection rate per capita became the 2nd highest in the world a country of $1300000.00 people has recorded nearly $80000.00 over $1000.00 cases since the pandemic started the u. measures include the closure of schools nonessential stores and restaurants still ahead on al-jazeera south africa's zulu king the most into ensure traditional full of good will 20000 he dies at the age of 72 machine wars machines of war innocent children the colombian government is under fire after several miners are killed during a military operation. the end . equality this winter in beijing has been remarkably good but it's not now nor for the past week has been really quite poor sometimes has disappeared 2.5 the smallest particles that get this haze and a pretty bad particular aspect suffers now it's not going to change very much on friday even though it's spring all the active weather is further east this low spinning through honshu we have a wet day in tokyo for example and then that backwash cold still cold enough for some snow in the mountains but it is spring so despite the brief bit windy wet weather which we're in for a damaged cherry blossom temperatures up to about 20 in tokyo probably some fern a fact warms the air coming down off the least side of the mountains and beyond that is still relatively fine beijing is a 14 believe you know air quality is poor that's true for much of northern china more clouds in the south a bit of rain in the west but not very much talk paired with recently south of all that and it's rather more wet in the philippines you might like there are warnings out for potential flooding particular in the central philippines and this hint of any circulation further west will produce heavy rain here mostly over water further south in the showers are most likely to be at the heaviest i think ensued away easy rather fewer for most of malaysia. but. the welcome. from every one of us. even those working quietly behind the scenes. so you can relax enjoy the perfect break in your journey. and when you leave with a smile we know our day's work is done cats are always welcome to our home. in the old the in the. welcome back a recap of our top stories on al-jazeera gunmen have kidnap students in northern nigeria it's the 1st time a high institution of learning has been targeted officials say 180 students were rescued early on friday but 13 are unaccounted for. u.s. president joe biden says a free and open indo-pacific region is essential he's addressing leaders of australia india and japan collectively known as the quad the group is seen as an effort to counter china's growing influence and the world health organization is rejecting concerns in europe and asia about the astra zeneca corn virus vaccine saying it is safe thailand in vogue area are the latest countries to delay its roll out after reports of cases of blood quality. to south africa now where tributes are being paid to the zulu king who has died at the age of 72 the nation says good will just as well a teeny had been in hospital for weeks to treat diabetes when his health took a turn for the worse kings when a teeny was a leader of south africa's largest tribe is served as a monarch for 5 decades has more from johannesburg. the king goodwills in italy had been ill for more than a month admitted to hospital for treatment related to diabetes a source of africans have known for some weeks that he has been ill but i think he's passing has been met with shock and mourning from many south africans the zulu nation specifically there are at least 11000000 zulus in south africa many of them in kwazulu-natal and we also heard from the former deputy president in south africa who spoke about the point of pride that the king had in the hearts of many south africans and what he represented in terms of the unity created amongst many people specifically impossible to tell but also particularly within the apart traitor during the apartheid regime in there to united people against that kind of repression at the time we have heard from. from the prime minister of the zulu nation that his body world will be held in state for a few days and that this is an opportunity for many to bid farewell to the king this is somebody whose role was largely ceremonial or symbolic but i don't think it can be ignored that he did have political influence in a couple of instances during negotiations to end apartheid there were many tensions between people of different ethnic groups and at that time former president nelson mandela approached the king to try and quell tensions between zulu people largely aligned to the cart of carter freedom party of the political party and the a.n.c. at that time human rights lawyers 'd in the philippines say they fear for their lives in are demanding protection from the government dozens of been killed since president of regurgitator took office 5 years ago and warning viewers may find some of the images in jamil indents reports disturbing. angelo carluke in the end is a human rights lawyer who was stabbed in the head in pan island in the province a week ago even in the philippines long accustomed to violence the images were a shock to many police say this may have been a case of attempted to cooperate but billions colleagues say it was a deliberate attempt to kill a lawyer who has been representing 16 indigenous farmers including 9 who were killed in last year's raid by state forces the farmers were accused of having links with communist rebels and is recovering in hospital but not all lawyers who were attacked survived benjamin ramos a prominent human rights lawyer in negras province was shot dead in 2018 his death was a blow to marginalized communities including the farmers he represented for decades but 2 years on his killers remain at large. it was not the elected since president or a very good authority took office in 2016 at least 54 lawyers have been killed and some of those who have died were government prosecutors and judges others were likely in lawyers representing activists journalists and indigenous people from impoverished communities these lawyers have also been exposed to what's called red tagging the once accused by the government of being communists or you. know i may call it the interest of serving those who are in danger or boys that's what the. last and the last in our society there are you. know. what that. what we. all but the just. this department says investigations are proving difficult because most of the attacks were carefully planned and committed by professionals but many years see it is simply not enough in the fear that the killings will continue unabated government data shows that only 5 out of the $54.00 killings actually reached the courts this is why critics say the government should not be surprised if believe in due process in the country is at an all time low this is expected they say specially when those who are mandated to administer justice are themselves killed dogon al jazeera manila. a u.k. court has ruled that ship breakers in south asia can sue british ship owners over deaths or injuries suffered on the job hundreds of vessels are demolished by ship breakers in bangladesh india and pakistan every year the landmark ruling says the british shipping companies or a legal duty of care earlier i spoke to mahmud ali shaheen who's a spokesman for young people in social action which is nonprofit organization for sustainable development he says ship owners have taken advantage of the situation for too long. the shipping company who are selling their ships to dismantle their ships in such a countries like bangladesh and india or other countries i mean there should be irresponsible that they are seen sims are going to dismantle you know very safe and environmentally friendly manner and because it's densely because they're shipped it but they're responsible and it's a polluter paid us i mean they have to take the responsibility. when the workers are dying it's that it means that the shipping company was dark when concern where was was was was not giving any care that their ships are going to this battle in a very safe manner or not so they cannot avoid the others on civility so that's why we will come to. the court and this will bring some positive 'd change we hope it's going to rule in can make changes because. when the rules on principles are imposed of course it can make some changes and it's going to root not only for should be cycling any any other big deal which is you know destroying human lives or environment and bring some positive change in the ground . he one rights organization in colombia says it's outraged by reports that up to 12 children might have been killed in an army bombing against fock rebels they denounced sponsor for their anger aimed at the defense minister has called the miners machines of war. these are the few available pictures of the march 2nd bombing by the colombian army of a dissident faction of fark rebels in southwest colombia in which human rights groups say up to 12 miners could have been killed one teenager is known to have died in a noble. the government acknowledges there were young people there to rebel camps but not their children were among those killed defense minister. to public outrage saying that any young victim should be regarded as a machine of war while insisting the operation followed international protocols. it's clear under international law that recruited minors of victims but after being trained prepared they become young competence the active student disposition of affecting life and generating terror against the population we can't afford that many criminals who started this guerillas at 13 in committed all sorts of crimes. you know that's not a position politicians say that if confirmed the killings are shameful and that the minister should resign. throwing bombs over defenseless children being victims of force recruitment who are sleeping in the camp is a clear violation of the principle of proportionality is not a military trial it's a failure of the state. this is not the 1st time the government of president has been criticised for its use of force in its effort to dissident rebels in drug trafficking groups in 2019 then defense minister was forced to resign after several children were killed in a similar strike incidents like this one were often the norm during the worst years of civil conflict with that even a minor skin say that collateral damage but since the signing of a peace deal in 2006 things colombians have become less prone to accept and a recent report shows that more than $200.00 miners were recruited last year alone political analysts said hugh guzman says public outreach is important but will not be enough to prevent this from happening again the structural problem is the lack of state presence in rural areas on top of the pandemic and the closure of public schools so it's important to recognise that the recruitment of these child minors is a crime against humanity but also the state has been has done a huge disservice to if confirmed these deaths promised to weeknight accusations of human rights abuses in a country still reeling from decades of war i listen to them and just. people in chile will head to the polls next month in a historic election they'll choose delegates for a congress that's whiting a new constitution but while this pressure to lex many independent candidates they're competing on an even playing field from pine a lot americans to see a new man reports. constitutional congress candidate comedian a viral organizes her husband her toddler and group of supporters as they set off on another day of campaigning this time at a popular market in the rural municipality of planing on the outskirts of chile's capital. she's no stranger here the 25 year old has been an activist for as long as she can remember especially for water rights in this area hard hit by drought and i think we've launched a new constitution to guarantee our social rights a dignified life and to protect our environment. you know about who is an independent candidate which means she gets practically no campaign financing or television airtime from the state as do candidates from established political parties. we've had to scratch for money from friends and family face masks were donated by my sister in law we had to gather thousands of signatures to qualify to run as an independent. she isn't alone again. at another food and vegetable market benito brando who is well known for his work with the homeless is campaigning in lapin bana and low income area. i'm an independent he boasts 90 percent of chili inch don't belong to the country's highly discredited political party. last year the majority voted in a referendum to rewrite their constitution and next month they'll head to the polls again to elect the $155.00 member body that will draft it the referendum confirmed that 80 percent of chileans didn't want members of congress to have that privilege but it's still an uneven playing field for those pushing for citizens representation. we aren't allowed to form a law that says or pacts with the of a political forces which the political parties can the but the parties who wrote the rules. despite there are enormous disadvantages independents are actually hoping to capitalize on what until now has been an extremely high abstention rate and apathy on the part of voters this time their very is that millions of chileans will actually come out and vote for anyone that doesn't represent the status quo when it comes to writing their new constitution. your insolence will is one of them there was it would go through in all my 52 years of living voted but now i will for an independent who's one of us. hundreds of independents are running but chile's complex electoral system has been designed to favor the country's mainstream political blocs which have long resisted calls for profound reforms to guarantee basic social rights. the biggest danger is that unless this process is viewed as credible the social crisis and uprising that led to calls for a new constitution will get worse you see in human al-jazeera bahrain it kitty. play again i'm fully back to bo with the headlines on al-jazeera gunmen have kidnapped students in northern nigeria it's the 1st time a high institution of learning has been targeted officials say 180 students were rescued early on friday.