a few years of blood costs also this hour south korea says its batting arms exports to myanmar as a jew day is accused of torturing and persecuted and tied to protesters and shit break is working in unsafe conditions in bangladesh when the right to sue british owners in london for deaths or injuries. i'm going to get your score with the sports african football has a new man in charge just south african billionaire patrice months epic takes over the presidency of its governing body can. gunmen in northwest nigeria have raided a school and taken a number of students hostage the armed who targeted a forestry college of iran 300 students late on thursday officials say 180 students were rescued in the early hours on friday but 30 students remain unaccounted for this comes just days after nearly $300.00 girls were abducted and then released in a neighboring stay. wait kidnapping is a tactic commonly used by armed groups and criminal gangs in nigeria amnesty international says it's been escalating since january 2 mass abductions of school children took place within 10 days in february of vishal say they are carried out by a band is loosely formed on gangs that rob and kidnap for money i geria denies paying ransoms but many believe regional instability in north western states has allowed kidnapping to become a lucrative source of income some believe book or rams 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 speak to fidel is in a butcher for some on this story quite significant this time fidel is set older students were targeted in this kidnapping what more you hearing about the circumstances. well those states and he couldn't a state government has come up with a statement saying yes thank you mentioned in 180 of them have been rescued and fenty students are still on accounted for and witnesses had a n.-d. day said that most of the those taking we have female students and this is the 1st time that a high is titian of lending is being targeted by the packets in mass abduction previous abductions have been in secondary school where you where the 2 with them so young and then at some point something they were rescued eventually will governments and the ransom. money changed hands before they were released but in this case no group has claimed responsibility for the kidnap and state governments efforts or be made to trace the whereabouts of the more 30. bandits to go along with them and expand schooling really awesome right not a week goes by now fidelis without a case of kidnapping of school children in nigeria what is showing this tell us more about the reasons and what the government doing to stop it. this is a trend that is really disturbing trend for many nigerians because the case of insecurity nigeria prompted calls for a change in the christian. program off the military at the picture which resulted in the president changing the said his chiefs in january so with the appointment of a new scent his chips for the military formations made us had expected that the issue of kidnapping be a thing of the past or will be at least contained to a minimum level but right now since december kidnappings have been happening almost on the lead basis apart from school up the options who have been taking a major highways commercial buses from the homes and the misfits sometimes some of them play around some and some of them being killed. the government has said that if what's a been made to contain the security of the country which is actually escalating because right now we have the military in about 130 of these 20 of the 36 states of the country now containing one security problem but the issue of banditry specially kidnapping for ransom is more prevalent in the muck western region of the country which is actually one of the most populated regions of the country today ali thank you very much for that fidelis live for us an average. italy is flying to impose another nationwide lockdown over easter weekend in april the government is trying to contain a new surge in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations italians will be ordered to stay home from april 3rd to april 5th except for emergency reasons our work other restrictions will start coming into pace as soon as monday restaurants and bars will close in no risk yellow areas and movement between towns will be severely limited now the world health organization says there is no reason to stop using the coronavirus vaccine manufactured by astra zeneca thailand is a latest country to delay its rollout on thursday denmark norway and iceland suspended use of the vaccine after several reported cases of blood clotting including one death victory gave him the reports. 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 luxembourg and latvia also stoke 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. there. to their education. of risk and so. on but at this stage there is no real evidence to suggest that the astra zeneca that it is the cause of any might decide that but but nowhere does it 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 us remains the epicenter of cave in 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 is 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. histone year has ended a month long lockdown after aids for capita coronavirus infection rate became the 2nd time in the world the country of 1300000 people has recorded nearly 80000 cases incest out of the pandemic and new measures include the closure of schools nonessential stores and restaurants the fight against corona virus is far from over that's the warning to americans from president joe biden in his 1st primetime address since becoming u.s. leader his age people to get vaccinated to keep social distancing and to continue wearing masks alan fischer reports from washington from the east room in the white house joe biden's 1st national presidential address good t.v. my fellow americans when you don't from the global pandemic being declared the president took time to consider the human cost the growing number of deaths the families torn apart the lives left to be rebuilt we all lost something a collective suffering a collective sacrifice a year filled with the loss of life and the loss of living for all of us. but in the last we saw how much there was to gain an appreciation respect and gratitude biden was somber but also hard to provide hope coming he believes in the form of the american rescue plan the massive 1.9 trillion dollars act he signed into law just hours before the plan to give hope to people struggling to kick start an economy to expand a vaccination program so desperately needed i'm announcing that i would direct all states tribes and territories to make all adults people 18 and over eligible to be vaccinated no later than may 1 we do this together by july the 4th there's a good chance you your families and friends will be able to get together in your backyard or in your neighborhood and have a cookout or a barbecue and celebrate independence day there is overwhelming support across the country for the relief plan even among republican voters but republican politicians think it's not targeted and it's too expensive this isn't a relief bill it's pretty much a payoff for palosi is political allies and it will be the american people paying the bill we can't let our guard down by going appealed for unity for americans to work together we don't want to go back he said and the arch people to wear masks as the man who became the face of the u.s. covert response has lamented how much politics got in the way of doing the right thing we had such divisiveness in our country that even simple common sense public health measures took on a political connotation look forward to seeing the president will feel up to force one and start tuning parts of the country to tell the benefits of his 1st major legislative success it is essentially a victory lap and he hopes the country will start looking more normal by july the 4th more like the america everyone know it's and hasn't seen for a year alan fischer al-jazeera. washington. health officials in brazil are warning hospitals in major cities a nearly for the number of people dying from go over 1000 every day exceeded 2000 for the 2nd day running on thursday intensive care units in more than half of state capitals are reported to be at least 90 percent of their capacity brazil's most populous states has announced suffer a strict meanwhile they include a 2 week overnight curfew and a suspension of religious gatherings and sporting events a nationwide search in cases is being partly blamed on a highly contagious variant of call that 19 1st detected in the amazon city of man hours in indonesia the island of bali one of asia's most popular tourist destination while the pandemic there has forced dozens of hotels of close leaving thousands of people unemployed and with no indication of when tourists might return some say bali needs to diversify its economy jessica washington reports. this is bali's kuta beach once packed with foreign tourists now almost completely empty. nearby many restaurants and stores are closed. hotel owner debbie yet though says she had no choice but to temporarily shut her resort and lay off staff yeah it's a set form there's nothing i can do except it to survive and know that. most of the visitors are gone and the people who call bali home have had to have done it's . called months when he could have been a tour guide for 17 years he's now working in construction. but he tried to survive with what little we have you sold dog and some of our belongings to. he's registered to get vaccinated and is anticipating the return of foreign travelers to bali. but he says authorities should learn from the pandemic. economy when i was in a financial sense it is really bad and painful but this is a lesson for me to be stronger mentally it's also listen forward in the future you shouldn't rely only on one thing what. the indonesian tourism ministry hopes bali can welcome back tourists soon but doesn't know exactly when we're very optimistic . we. short a period of time we would be able to are you open the borders. be a good buy go of tourism going to. around 80 percent of the population in bali work in tourism and many turned to agriculture when they lost their jobs the indonesian government is trying to encourage domestic terrorism and says it is discussing the possibility of trouble corridos with other countries but it will be months before the border can safely reopen and community groups say reverting back to mouth tourism will make the population vulnerable in the future. environmental groups advocate for a more balanced economy with more opportunities in farming fishing and other industries as well as tourism. the intonation form for the environment says mass tourism in bali has resulted in polluted beaches uncontrolled development and water scarcity because of hotel consumption. health experts say bali is still a long way from being ready to reopen its borders before the 6000000 by the well know. many people in bali and now not just hoping for a return to the way things were but have their sights on an even better future jessica washington al-jazeera jakarta. still ahead on the news hour south africa's king the most influential traditional good will is when he dies at the age of $72.00 machines of war innocent children the colombian government is under fire after several miners are killed during a military operation and british cycling finds itself at the center of a doping scandal after one of its former top doctors are guilty of ordering testosterone joe half the story in sports. now for the 1st time the leaders of the u.s. japan australia and india a group known as the quad will hold talks later on 5 day and. timing is significant china is in a trade war with the u.s. it's engaged in a diplomatic war with australia there's been also tensions with india over the last 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 that concerns some australia and india over how much to push shina without impacting ties meant it fell apart but in november all 4 nations held military drills china has accused the quad of undermining its legitimate rise as an asian powerhouse australia's prime minister scott morrison says the group benefits all countries in the region this is about and i think if the peace and stability in the indite perceive it can happen if it's a license to be in that city it benefits all the sovereign nations and particular asean partners that with a close friend of theirs for so long this is about ensuring that we can try to move what worries me it's about ensuring that we can do that peacefully that there is freedom of movement within the season and and the other flight of the area to ensure there is the facilitation of tried and movement across our great region and for those for nigel's liberal democracies standing up for a values coming together and suring that we are in a queue for peace and stability in that city as for now it has correspondents not for the view from washington kimberly hockett thank you for being on the news hour kimberly these 4 countries have already been cooperating as we've said on and off for a number of years now what is washington and the biden administration hoping this summit will achieve. well it really comes down to 2 major themes and they both start to see kobe and china. obviously there is still a growing concern about what we're seeing is the disparity when it comes to wealthy nations of poor nations and the veil ability of vaccines and wealthy nations not so much for everyone else and so the united states under increasing pressure to not hold onto a surplus once all americans are vaccinated but instead to make sure that the global nations are also vaccinated so what we expect is coming out of this meeting there may be some sort of announcement potentially on some sort of global vaccine effort even ramping up production in india goals being set of possibly a 1000000000 vaccines by 2022 so we're watching carefully to see if that develops and on the issue of china as you mentioned the timing so significant because of course this meeting coming just in advance of the national security advisor as well as the secretary of state heading to alaska next week where there will be a meeting with their chinese counterparts the united states has identified china as the most important geo political threat and the concern being that china is in fact going to continue to ramp up what the united states sees as assertiveness can be some of these countries already have strategic and economic ties with china so how is the biden administration planning on competing with that. well this is what is being discussed right now and so as a result what we know is that really there are a couple of areas that are being zeroed in on and it comes down to military and economy what the united states believes is that china has increasingly been influencing not just the united states through cyber threats through cyber crimes but also has been threatening the region ever more alarmingly is specially the south asian region pacific given the fact that there has been an increase in military might be displayed so these are the things that are being discussed as again the united states has identified this as a top threat not just to the united states but really to the international community in the global system you have to remember that donald trump what he put in his very aggressive china policies that there was bipartisan support for the end state but not the means of achieving it so this is an example of the biden administration taking a different approach to meet what they see is increasing chinese might kimberly thank you very much for that company how cute is our white house correspondent not only i spoke to happy was an associate professor at the center for international politics organization and disarmament. university he says the quad countries are eager to develop the group. i think that has been their feeling separately. for some time now about that the it's all my time strategy and before and so if we don't want to pick on the walk that has been some concern of the recent boss to other than you have to this if you have a station wait for all the policy followed by trump beside the china water i mean because i think i think the fact that you have. that there are some really important statements coming from washington d.c. all quiet and on the positive even gentle short of it is etc all the enthusiasm in washington that is equal or more involved if it was just that we do believe in the wake of course or even if we stop if you get china in the summer of last year and the chinese assertion the gentry think that he did so i think all of the all of the 4 authors in this overall group big realize the importance for for standing up to china in some way or one way or the other although none of the statements i say. you know or should be given out by these governments have mention of china it is it is portrayed as an inclusive sort of outage meant and i think the suffix is basically it is china but it won't die and china has consistently argued that you know you have to have a binding. economic relationship educator measures or by the summit meeting makes integrated it abundantly clear that you can deal with china economically yet even technology perhaps at the same time you need to look after your own security and strategic interests in the us if we didn't for that you need to have other friendships. russia says it's in favor of afghanistan forming an interim government that includes members of the taliban is said to host a conference on afghanistan next week and says it will not liable previous negotiations in doha the u.s. has drafted a peace plan calling for an interim administration until a new constitution is agreed and elections held turkey's also planning to host afghan peace talks in april. lawyers for russian opposition figure alexina has been moved from prison to an unknown location of army was preparing to travel to a penal colony just serve a 2 year prison sentence he was found guilty of parole violations linked to an embezzlement case last month the kremlin critics noise say they want to visit him only to find he'd been shifted from the prison south korea has announced its suspending defense exchanges and banning arms exports to myanmar it's the latest country to have ties after the military coup on february 1st security forces are accused of torture and persecution in their response to peaceful protests south korea says it's also reconsidering its aid payments scott hi there is monitoring developments from thailand 7. it's a mostly symbolic move by south korea to sever the ties and to prevent export of anything that the military might need quite honestly it's more symbolic than anything because they're not big trading partners but what it does is it kind of adds to that growing chorus international chorus of condemnation of what's happening by the military on the streets of myanmar so that's that's where it might not be that much money that the joint is not going to be getting but it's definitely symbolic that another country has severed ties you know we've seen other countries do similar things in the region also you know the united states hasn't even has gone as far as to freeze some accounts personal banking accounts tied directly to the top leadership so the all these things kind of add up and obviously are you know building the international condemnation but the voices we really they the international community is really waiting for are those of china russia and india they're the big players they're the big traders with myanmar but they have not taken the step nor do we really expect that to happen take the step that we see like south korea and other nations but those are the nations that really need to be focused on because that's where the military gets most of their material from. meanwhile a un special rapporteur tour says it's likely not modest military joined to has committed crimes against humanity is calling for more sanctions against its senior leaders and oil and gas industries the military has dismissed this claim diplomatic as a james space reports from un headquarters in. given the pictures the world seen in recent weeks the statement to the human rights council from the generals in myanma claiming they using most restraint was far from convincing it was made in the recorded address by a veteran diplomat who sounded nervous and mumbling his words and was going to stand the country's pressure of it mandate which ran on trying to their principles of university impartiality. objectivity. in the home issue of the country. however as the permanent secretary at the foreign ministry chan i previously worked closely with. the state council at one of her jobs was foreign minister observers are now wondering whether someone who was a close aide of the now detained leader was speaking freely or perhaps was in fear of reprisals the statement was in very clear contrast to that of the un special rapporteur tom andrews who said at least 70 people have been killed by the military since the coup on february the 1st there is growing evidence that this same thing in the military led by changing your leadership is now engaging in crimes against humanity including the actual murder in forces appearance persecution tortured and imprisoned in violation of fundamental rules of international law the human rights council meeting highlights an ongoing battle over diplomatic recognition while the position of the generals is read out at the un in geneva here you know i said nations headquarters in new york ambassador george moore turn has denounced the military continues to hold the country's seat in the general assembly. al-jazeera of the united nations time now for a check of the world whether hearings prop. maybe surprisingly for march there's the potential for historic winter storm running through colorado and where is it you might ask well it's actually this sort of thing developing we're driving warm air up from the gulf and it's quite a significant walled the still plenty of cold over the rockies and that difference might well turn into something significant a proper circulating still but 1st it's rain that stretches across the ohio valley then the snow starts to fall heavily particularly in denver and the whole the whole thing starts to rotate and we end up with potentially nasty thunderstorms in the central plains and even this snow we're not through when the brusca and south dakota but certainly is it going to be on the higher ground of colorado so this could be something really quite nasty at the same time on the coast of california another systems working its way slowly dying with snow quite happily in the cascades and rain down the coast there is a bit more of a breeze in the end this time of the year so more showers around for the greater antilles a few of the lesser antilles and of course the central america away from billie's down to panama as increasing like to be cloudy with outbreaks of lightish rain in south america the heaviest showers are probably going to be around about ecuador. still ahead on al jazeera trying to get their own protection order the campaign to end attacks on the boy is in the philippines i'm on a mission but she is one of a number of independents confronting obstacles in a key vote in chile and it's on is even after the 2nd day's racing had sailings america's cup told how the details of its students. on counting the cost of the perfect storm pandemic drought and china's demands to prices hit 6 year highs argentina and beef soaring inflation sounds demands would slow since the 1950 s. last ethiopia 6 help was it that burden becomes too much. counting the cost on al-jazeera. and on the. military takeover a mean momma a splint piercing mistreats want to one east is the ground investigation will see it means for the future of the southeast asian nation on out you see. the. you watching the news out on al-jazeera are with me fully back or a reminder of our top stories gunmen have. kidnap students in northern nigeria and it's the 1st time high it's too soon of learning has been targeted officials say $180.00 students were rescued early on friday but pretty soon so are unaccounted for italy's running to impose another nationwide over easter weekend in april after searching corner virus cases and hospital admissions people will be ordered to stay home from april the 3rd to april 5th and south korea is suspending defense exchanges and banning arms exports to be unlocked it's the latest country to scale down ties after the military and security forces are accused of torture and persecution in response to peaceful protests. 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 when a teeny had been in hospital for weeks to treat diabetes when his health took a turn for the worse teeny was a neat-o. south africa's largest tribe he 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 our part traitor during the apartheid regime in that he united people against that kind of repression at the time we have heard from. from the prime minister of the zilla 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 the gauche ations to in the part 8 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. the usa is some hopeful progress has been made towards a cease fire in yemen but he says more commitment is needed from the warring parties especially envoys timoteo lenda can made the assessment after visiting the region yemen's government backed by saudi an erotic coalition has been fighting with the rebels for more than 6 years now and be a core is a former u.s. diplomat and former deputy chief of mission in yemen he says the un security council to take a tougher stance on the rival sides the leadership. is insisting on lifting the siege and stopping the aerial bombardment from saudi arabia 1st before they stop that seems to that's unrealistic and it seems like they are just biding for time so that they can finish taking over matter in their own media channels they are talking about victory they feel victorians i think this is very unrealistic and very unfortunate the u.n. security council should take it off worse than what that those than disappointing as well as this goes on regardless of which side wins matter it will only cause the war to continue and the suffering in yemen has already reached beyond any limits that we know off in this current international environment the yemeni population is being starved and this needs to end and urgently turkey and egypt have restarted diplomatic level contacts after years of disrupted time as the 2 countries have fought over a range of issues including the war in libya where their backs rival sides ties uteri elated in 2013 after then president mohamed morsi of egypt was overthrown in a military coup led by abdel fatah sisi was his government was supported by type of wands morning party. human rights lawyers in the philippines say they fear for their lives and are demanding protection from the government doesn't have been killed since president or draco teta took office 5 years ago a warning that some viewers may find some of the images in jamila and indents reports disturbing. angelo carla gilliam is a human rights lawyer who was stabbed in the head in pan island in illusion 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 grab a ring 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 communists rebels 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 elected since president agree go to 30 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. our day. or boys that's what they just lost. in our society there are you. know what we're. what we've. all but the justice department says investigations are proving difficult because most of the attacks were carefully planned and committed by professionals but many years say it is simply not enough and 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 we 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 jamelle in dogon al-jazeera manila. a u.k. court has ruled that ship break has in south asia can sue british ship owners over deaths and 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 all a legal duty of care of the breaking down of these 300000 tons of ships is mostly done by hand thousands of workers work in dangerous situations and intense heat cutting and carrying away salvageable pieces of metal hundreds of people mostly with no contracts die or are injured every year in accidents and explosions it's led to heavy pollution as well littering the coast saw the coal struggle with oils asbestos and dangerous chemicals shipping companies have been able to avoid responsibility by quickly changing ownership of vessels and using tax havens and middlemen early i spoke to mohammed ali shaheed who's a spokesman for young people in social action which is a nonprofit organization for sustainable development he says ship owners have taken advantage of that situation for too long. the shipping company who are selling their seems to dismantle their ships in such a countries like bangladesh and india or other countries i mean there should be responsible that they are seen seems are going to dismantle you know very safe and environmentally friendly manner and because it's downstream because their ship it was their responsibility is a polluter paid us i mean they are 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 battle in a very safe manner or not so they cannot avoid the others on civility and so that's why we will come to. the court and this will bring some of 'd the change we hope this is going to rule in but can't make changes because. when their own principles aren't even close of course it can make some changes and it's going to root not only foreseeable cycling any any other big d.v.d. which is you know destroying human lives or environment and bring some positive change. a u.s. judge has reigned sadie's a 3rd degree murder charge against a former policeman accused of killing george floyd that's in addition to 2nd degree murder and manslaughter charges they are experts say law for the jury an additional options a conviction derek chauvin is accused of killing george freud by kneeling on his neck for nearly 9 minutes for his death sponsored global protests calling for racial justice and an end to police brutality. the u.s. house of representatives has voted in favor of legislation making background checks mandatory for all gotten by as the bill will now go to the senate if passed the new laws will tighten regulations that allow gun sales to proceed without a background check if 3 business days have passed house speaker nancy pelosi as members of congress to pass the bail it's hard to imagine legislation being more popular than the rescue plan 75 percent whatever this legislation background checks closer to 90 percent bipartisan support across the country receiving the support of gun owners hunters and the rest they've all had to do a background check why shouldn't others and as i say about these members of congress there's no if you are afraid to vote for gun violence prevention because of your political survival understand the political survival of none of us is more important than the survival of our children. to colombia now way human rights organization says it's outraged by reports that up to 12 children might have been killed in an army bombing against rebels he denounced as part for the rangar aimed at the defense minister who is called the minus machines of war. has a story from bogota. 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. the government acknowledges there were young people at the rebel camp but not that children were among those killed defense minister added 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 miners of victims but after being trained to prepare they're becoming young competence the acted 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 what opposition politicians say that if confirmed the killings are shameful and that the minister should resign. throwing bombs over defenseless children being victims of force or couldn't who are sleeping in a camp is a clear violation of the principle of proportionality is not a military triumph 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 twats dissident rebels in drug trafficking groups in 2019 then defense minister guillermo but there 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's even of miners considered 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 recognize that the recruitment of these child miners is a crime against humanity but also the state has been has done a huge disservice to them 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 50. people in chile will head to the polls next month in a historic election they'll choose delegates for a congress that's writing a new constitution from piney latin america its interest in human reports i do mean constitutional congress candidate comedian a bottle 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 piny 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. and i'm pleased . 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 one 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 for anyone that doesn't represent the status quo when it comes to writing their new constitution. is one of them through. in all my 52 years of living voted but now i will for an independent who is one of us. hundreds of independent 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 forms to guarantee basic social rights. the biggest danger is that 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. said ahead on. whole makes one goal for school. it's. my. dream. over and. over over. and over sports his job fairly thank you very much south african mining billionaire patrice must separate has been elected as the new president of the african football confederation months i pay who is the owner of mamelodi sundowns football club stood unopposed at the general assembly meeting in morocco he succeeds madagascar's achmet who is banned from all football related activities for 2 years because of financial misconduct working together we believe that he may have faith in the ball but just leave the family but be among the best in the. well african football journalist ayesha come a geisha says that fans across the continent can be hopeful of a new dawn under a man untainted by political corruption. from madagascar as the standards were really you know following the chaotic 4 years that he was in charge and we're talking about a bigger name and so we expect. that to. change the face of african football especially from a business point of view and run this organization as a businessman and by that i mean bring together you know companies and investors from the private sector we have not seen that markets in the last 30 years or so or . are. meanwhile asian football teams will get 8 host hubs for their world cup qualifying games which have been delayed because of the current virus pandemic one team in each 5 nation group will stage the remaining games that have been pushed back from march to june for example 2022 host nation cattle will hold all remaining group eeg aims china saudi arabia and japan as some of the other nations that have been chosen which is cycling is found itself at the center of a doping storm one of its former team doctors has been found guilty of ordering testosterone to administer to a rider richard freeman who is also the chief doctor and team sky ordered the banned hormone in 2011 medical tribunals ruled on friday that he knew or believed it would be administered to an athlete to improve their athletic performance freeman also admitted to destroying a laptop before giving it to forensic experts conducting a don't pay investigation. japan's olympic minister says her country's athletes will not take the chinese curren of ours fact scenes that have been offered ahead of this year's tokyo games the international committee and nouns to struck a deal with china for the vaccines to be given to participants at the next 2 games but that took tokyo games organizers by surprise and japan has not yet approved the chinese vaccines these aren't just the more we are taking comprehensive anti infection measures including activity management and testing so that people can feel secure about participating in the tokyo games even without a vaccination since we're continuing to consider these measures there's no change we're proceeding on the assumption of people not getting vaccinations one famous name who could appear at those lympics is boss school star le bron james the los angeles lakers forward has been named on a short list of $57.00 players for team usa the 36 year old has already won 2 gold medals with his country in the past james is open to it but says it will come down to the n.b.a. schedule. so you know to play more about whether or not you know how do you know where my family is going to go as far as i have the disease and then there's a lot of. you know a lot of players you know. but i'm happy to be a part of the finalists was always a lot of been on it for years and years and years as you know us they were in the country. red bull sergio perez and for always color signs have accepted bahrain's offer of a coded 19 vaccine making it them the 1st formula one drivers to do so the current the country is currently hosting 3 days of pre-season testing out of the opening race of the 2021 calendar in 2 weeks' time as well as getting a 1st glimpse of the new cars friday's opening session also saw return to the track for the schumacher name mc who is the son of 7 time world champion michael schumacher will make his f one day before haas 30 is after his father 1st drive in the series. to sailing an america's cup challenges luna rossa defying expectations after the 2nd day of racing these hellion team once again match defending champions team new zealand they took the owners in the early race in light winds off the coast of clint winning wife 37 seconds to new zealand rallied back in the 2nd race of the day when it by just over a minute's level the best of 13 series a 22 there as a really good race for us just got off a stop on slightly better than the race before very similar to snakes but we just never skied the jump on them before the boundary but it's going really well and you have mr exton are saying. yeah now we know what bike school on the ground rice improvised teams credit to the kiwis in the last job but that rice is the filter tomorrow so your garcia leads the players championship in florida after the 1st round the foremost is champion shot a 7 on the paul round of 65 that saw cross on thursday it puts him in a 2 shot lead gulfs unofficial 5th major is not such a good day though for playing partner rory mcilroy who finished 7 over par after a quadruple bogey 8 at the 18th. that macros problems paled in comparison to those of south koreans ben the famous island paul 317th claimed several victims on day one but none did worse than put 4 balls in the water before eventually walking away with an 11 that was the 2nd highest score ever at home. 20 time grand slam champion roger federer has pulled out of next week's a.t.p. tournament in dubai saying it's best to go back to training after losing his latest match the 39 year old swiss player was playing in just his 2nd match back following double knee surgery when he faced nicolas bustle ashville e in the quarter finals of the counts are open on thursday federer won the 1st set 63 but lost the 2nd 61 and despite having a much point in the decider he was unable to convert it his georgian opponents took the victory instead federer wasn't the only big upset of the night's roberta battista good overcame top seed dominant team in 3 sets 2001. 100 bullets in the semis all right that is all your sport for now it's back to folly joe thank you very much for that is more news coming out very shortly on al-jazeera after this chopper. 11 on is grappling with its worst economic crisis in generations. exasperated by the coronavirus pandemic and then this. one of the biggest non-nuclear explosions in history shine a light on a nation already in economic and political freefall people in power travels across the country to find out what's next for the trouble states lebannon the state of collapse on al-jazeera. mong i want city to alice. now due to a religion in. the journeys of we women teachers. the struggles with isolation and battles with physical hardship. sacrificing their lives for the education of future generations. women in the way. israel's vaccination drive has been the one unqualified success in it's often criticized response to code 19 the aim is to vaccinate everyone over the age of 16 by the end of march prime minister benjamin netanyahu is promising israelis that theirs will be the 1st country in the world to emerge from the pandemic of he's persuaded pfizer to commit to an excel aerated supply of its vaccine in return for israel being used as a data rich testbed for its efficacies palestinians living in the eastern half of jerusalem the only non israeli citizens getting israeli procured vaccines the palestinian foreign ministry says israel is neglecting its obligations as an occupying power by not providing vaccines to the 4500000 palestinians in the west bank and gaza the ready a clear gap has emerged between rich nations and poor ones when it comes to vaccinating their populations israel's own program has outpaced even the richest countries but that's only made stock of just how much the palestinians have been left out of the process and how far they've been left behind. i am i. dozens of students abducted in northwest nigeria it's a 4th mosque or kidnapping since december. i am. fully back to boil watching al jazeera live from doha also ahead free open because essential to our future leaders of the quad grouping hold talks for the 1st time in what is seen as a bid to present a united front against china the world health organization says there's no reason to stop using astra zeneca as cover one.

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