once prosperous fishing village sinks beliefs about. parliamentary elections like fierce winds that will determine the future of this depleted and politically divided community. a microcosm slept in the plight of a nation witness venezuela to sink the ship on and just. at least 35 people were killed and hundreds injured as a powerful earthquake topples buildings in indonesia's soloway cia. you're watching al-jazeera live from doha with me for the back to go also ahead a message just strength to the biden administration north korea and vales a new ballistic missile system capable of being launched from submarine its

security concerns in afghanistan after the u.s. reduces job deployment to $2500.00 as agreed on 3 peace deal with the taliban and google is accused of strong arm tactics in australia for blocking out some new sites from its session results. thank you very much for joining us at least 35 people are dead and 600 injured after a magnitude 6.2 earthquake hit the indonesian island us soloway see thousands in the cities of my janey and mahmoud 2 are displaced and authorities are warning of the potential for further aftershocks and a possible tsunami jessica washington break for some jakarta. on the indonesian island of sumatra e.-c. a massive search and rescue effort is underway a 6.2 magnitude earthquake. in the early hours of friday morning struck at

a depth of just 10 kilometers the cities of marginalia mahmoud you have been hardest hit with many buildings being severely damaged. search teams found this young girl trapped under the debris of a house but she says her name is angel and she isn't sure how many people are still under the rubble and. she's told she will be ok. the earthquake and aftershocks triggered landslides blocking roads and making it difficult for more rescue teams to gain access to the affected cities president djoko doto says every effort will be made to get to those in need. in the name of the indonesian government and all the people of indonesia express or condolences to the victims who had passed away i urge the people to stay calm and to follow the instructions given by officials on the ground. if these a small communities margin is home to just 150000 people and at least 15000 of them

have now been displaced authorities warned there may be more destruction. the buildings were hit by 2 quakes and at least 28 aftershocks and because the epicenter is near the beach there's a possibility of underwater landslides so that's why the stills and i mean potential. hospital collapsed in the disaster and local media report at least 4 people were trapped beneath the debris the air traffic control tower at the nearby airport was also damaged communications are being restored and military personnel and additional search and rescue workers are attempting to reach the area. and let's get an update from jessica who joins us now live from jakarta jessica watson for from the affected areas on the rescue efforts. proly authorities are still trying to establish communications electricity is still

down in the affected areas once it is reestablished we will have a clearer picture of the extent of the damage authorities have confirmed that 8 people are dead in the city of 26 in the city of. they have the stablished 15 in back u.s. evacuation centers for residents of those cities and we've been told by local sources that some residents are seeking shelter in the governor's house the president has instructed the military to assist with the search and rescue effort this is a terrible time in indonesia we've had a plane crash earlier this week with 62 people on board now this earthquake earlier in the week landslides which killed 11 people and flooding in entirely month on a on a national level resources are stretched in terms of search and search and rescue operations but on a provincial level authorities said they offer 1000000 with this process and a confident that all the resources they need will be supplied to evacuation centers

such as food supplies but children and backup generators thank you jessica for their updates jessica washington is our correspondent in indonesia now let's speak to danny hellman who is an earthquake scientists working for the intonation institute of science he joins us via skype from the capital city of west java province thank you very much sir for being with us as rescue efforts continue on. concerns about aftershocks 1st of all busy how high right now is the risk of a tsunami triggered by these aftershocks. yeah i thing that is very unlikely many show it's only like. the opposite. simon lee. kuan stay small within x. the magnitude 5 some of the below. and the big eyepiece and looks like on land not. so you've done thing it has

a pop at 000 tsunami. ok this region of indonesia is prone to disasters of course it was also an earthquake and tsunami back. in a way you say right now the risk of a tsunami is no tell us more about the notable cash to capture of this particular earthquake because there's also been concerns about underwater landslides and yeah yeah. in this area the main hall the main source of the big is all char and it has a bucket shop a tsunami of course and the bag need to be allowed to then 7 but this particular today it's a care not on the main fault not in the main exhaust but it's like on the indication and the like a secondary splay of the fall which is smaller and it seems to be on land not.

in the boss yes in this area create tsunami but i don't thing this at the tsunami on the main so as and we had tsunamis on the up the so it's it's not it's very very unlikely unless you've got another large as big as he's another. one out of could be they could should be a tsunami with this one tell us how you are able to evaluate the risks and is it possible to warn populations before hand. we know that this hour is friday. and we have to go by. it many. years 7 like 6.8 so you know it's critical that. we have the seismic hazard map the national maps that describe the. estimate how much growing more should that occur in this radio and so i think unfortunately i thing that building in this area and in many areas and in the

doesn't really hasn't really followed the regulation of the building so i would say that most of the. construction is because some of the houses are maybe a lot of it's not properly. be our structure and is it possible to warn the populations before hand. in the give us right i don't thing it's possible. as a scientist and you know this joe is absolutely going to need the meds they are not possible the only possible that we have to pay. the area. with according to the building. they're not on the tsunami zone are not that the little vixen zone accepts and so he does have to

minimize the effect of there are such as because tsunami occurred thank you so much for speaking to us danny hellman from the indonesia institute of science is joining us there from bandung thank you for your time. thank you. in other news north korea has unveiled what it says are new submarine launched by lisick missiles they appeared during a parade marking the end of the country's largest political convention a display of military strength is being seen as a message to the united states and its incoming president joe biden bribery or some soul. you know it's coming after a rare congress of the ruling party and before a gathering of its supreme people's assembly this was north korea on tour 8 its leader kim jong un has admitted his country faces extreme economic problems in part because of isolation from the global pandemic but the densely packed ranks of soldiers were another illustration of his country's claims of being coronavirus

free. and that it remains a potent nuclear armed state showing off the kind of military hardware that it has largely hidden away during the recent years of summit diplomacy. the secret path we are following will lead our socialist korea to be more powerful and prosperous. the star attraction what is claimed to be a new type of submarine launched ballistic missile possibly a direct challenge to the incoming administration of u.s. president joe biden the question for many analysts is whether north korea might be tempted to show the potential of such new weapons with a return to provoke a missile testing if north korea should be so corner and so frustrated then we cannot rule out the possibility that north korea will take all wrong path at least say at the beginning of the biden or the ministry shown mainly in order to get

attention from washington to restart negotiations with the united states in recent speeches kim jong un has made it clear he intends to push ahead. for the development of his nuclear arsenal that doesn't necessarily put him on a collision course with the u.s. i will return to the acrimonious relations of the past but it does confirm the compilation we needed but the recent period of face to face summit miles is officially over almost cried out there so. the u.s. says it has met its goal of reducing its number of troops in afghanistan to 2500 by this month despite an all bearing it congress passed new measures measures 2 weeks ago prohibiting the move that was promised by donald trump now with uncertainty over peace talks and an increase in violence some fear the drawback could further destabilize afghanistan feel contra for the reports from kabul. it's america's

longest war longer even than vietnam but it could now be approaching an end for afghanistan however it could just be the beginning of even more uncertain times the pullout of u.s. troops has raised fears that without a peace deal between the taliban and the afghan government in place there will be even more violence you already reads he defines there because as we speak there is fighting going on inside kandahar city district 8 or 9 so the taliban are now moving from rural areas to urban warfare and that means that the afghan forces are now fighting the taliban in fact the cities now or the city outskirts the american soldiers who remain in afghanistan are part of a u.s. led nato mission foreign troops from dozens of other nations for the 1st time outnumber the americans nato trains the afghan security forces and relies heavily

on the u.s. military for intelligence and logistics nato says it will decide on its future in afghanistan in february a former afghan military chief warns of dire consequences and not all. only for afghanistan if all countries decide to pull out and 5 years time if the democracy the gained newly gained very fragile democracy is not supported then it will break. it will go into pieces the current 2 will be turned back and towards we had in the ninety's now then what happens you will have explored every day in london and frankfurt and bonn and washington and a role model whatever street you think nato secretary general jens stoltenberg says the alliance may pay a heavy price if there is

a hasty and i'm co-ordinated withdrawal he fears of ghana stand could again become a place from where international armed groups could organize attacks on the united states and its allies the taliban has welcomed this abrupt drawdown of american troops because it brings it closer to its main goal a complete 4 into a withdrawal security has been rapidly deteriorating across the country and even here in kabul explosions and targeted assassinations have become daily events afghans see their country in a downward spiral and some are more than happy to be rid of us troops. americans must leave us a presence is meaningless the reason is that americans were not able to bring security in afghanistan in 17 years and were not able to bring peace for the afghan people. but others see problems ahead.

we're going towards more difficulties and we're getting more concerned and all the people especially the young are asking the u.s. to continue their support the keep their troops at least some to stay in afghanistan. now all eyes are on the next u.s. president joe biden who has suggested he wants to keep a small military presence in afghanistan in which case america's longest war will become even longer fill your country for a couple. still ahead on al-jazeera is one of the world's largest religious events and it's taking place during a pandemic we take you to india manifests of all. seeking entry hundreds of asylum seekers for new migrant caravans in honduras in pursuit of the american dream.

it's time for the perfect gentleman the weather sponsored point qatar airways siberia remains deeply cold it's not exporting much of its cold further south is basically keeping where it is which means you're getting more or less as standard winter weather from most to china the korean peninsula and japan that does wind up into storms as more snow coming for honshu and her car to live his time are still left over north korea but to south korea during saturday but mostly it is sunshine cold by day and of course by night there is cloud increasing over central china edging out for the himalayan plateau some rain or snow is a possibility here mostly of entirely on the high ground as you can see otherwise just think cold and sunny with out about 70 is max again in hong kong 114 in taipei as for india the persistent cold and fog spreads those stars of the border in punjab further north it goes right up to the foothills of the himalayas and it's

not just fuck of course it gets very cold by day it does briefly get reasonable but by night we're down to single figures down to 2 degrees yesterday in new delhi that's colder than average another might be a small improvement by the time to get to monday's the esters a bit but not much basically it is cold dry and often 40. sponsored poll qatar airways. the 2nd episode of the series exposed the rise of the major drug cartels and their reign of terror and 19 sentenced a mexican government to little and told the traffickers we have to produce the body because they know it is good cut america's public enemy number one is drug abuse and the launch of the international war on drugs drug trafficking and politics and power. of drug lords on al-jazeera.

you're watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories a powerful earthquake has hit the indonesian island of pseudo way sea killing at least 84 people and injuring hundreds more civil defense authorities are warning strong aftershocks could trigger is tsunami. north korea has unveiled what it says are new submarine launch mystic missiles in a show off military strength the strength leader kim jong un has vowed to expand his country's nuclear arsenal. and the u.s. says its methods goal of reducing its troop numbers in afghanistan to 2500 despite an all barry u.s. congress passed new measures 2 weeks ago prohibiting the move that was promised by

top. of the votes are being counted in uganda's closely contested election with the final results expected on saturday early indications suggest president yoweri most 70 has a strong lead over his main challenger a pop star turned politician bobby why by the opposition candidate has rejected the preliminary count insisting that the vote has been mobbed by widespread fraud and violence catherine soy has this update from uganda's capital kampala. i'm actually at the main tally center here in kampala where provisional results are being relayed it's still our lead times but the president yoweri museveni has taken an early lead we have results from 10000 about 10000 polling stations over 34000 we have 1800000 votes against bobby wines 821000 and 41 had a press conference a little earlier saying that he has evidence that this election august results are

really good he says he doesn't trust them the electoral commission has spoken to that says that he has evidence the onus is on him to prevent to present that evidence beyond reasonable doubt and joining me to discuss this further is the government spokesman a foreigner pando thank you very much for your time what do you make of bobby wines allegations about rigging well this was expected before your admission receipt show that with the 4 went into poland but like the commissioner said is representation candid indeed every candidate in this election was allowed to polling agents per polling station so presumably doing had $78000.00 polling agents each of them are supposed to be given. that declaration form which they signed who would want him to produce his declaration forms the copy and you see where the results have been altered according to what he says if they have been altered at

all but it is a prediction is that we are used to india going to an election if you look at that map but why is winning massively 60 percent 55 percent in central going to a region and is losing the massive race so i was wished not to waste not east africa ginger. if you had one here what has prevented reading him here so that he's only outside the brand but surely the credibility of the election the of the process is at stake we have an internet shutdown on the us they have all said that the process is already is already tainted it lacks transparency and accountability. first and foremost we don't hold our elections for the us to give it a stamp of approval to gain credibility we hold the elections for the people of uganda who voted yesterday defeated transparently. voter who went to vote and was denied

it to vote local observers at the ugandans secondly we have acquitted over $800.00 journalists who $176.00 internationals from foreign countries who have come. to observe this election who have diplomatic missions in uganda led by the e.u. the african union east african community the god all of them the british high commission let us wait for their report they will tell us their findings and huge deployment of security forces including the military and security forces have a q been accused of human rights abuses in the lead up to this election what is the government afraid of were possible there are people who have been threatened voters that issue they come out they would provoke a violence so the deployment was to neutralize it was preventive measure but we have no going for the election yesterday you so much. across the country there was

not a single incident where the security services interfered intercepted a that with the voters or with the voting process i think this is going to be. the election where the turnout is going to go over 70 to 75 percent and that the testimony that the deployment actually encourages the voters to come and vote and go back results are beginning to come out we have seen massive losses by the ruling party ministers have lost this election the people over to them have want to back their homes nothing has happened to them this year because the money that the deployment did not cut the voters did not intimidate voters from coming out all right. thank you very much. the government spokesman as we wait for the final declaration of the presidential result on. the hundreds of thousands of hindu

warship as have gathered in the indian city of hardwire for one of the world's largest religious events is going ahead despite the country recording more than 10000000 coronavirus cases and there's concern whether the city's medical facilities can handle what's to come and as a random reports from new delhi. before sunrise on the 1st day of the festival hundreds of thousands of hindu pilgrims congregate on the banks of the ganges river in the northern city of what it was. as well as offering prayers people immerse themselves in the river in the belief that it will wash away their sins. everyone has come here because of the gun blessings. and all of the problems of. the 3 months festival is going ahead this year despite the coronavirus . this country is a hindu country the majority is hindus so even the government needs to show some flexibility when it comes to just festivals and beliefs. the event organizers and

police said the deployed thousands of officers to ensure in $1000.00 protocols were followed. that really we are. all are welcome in the fair please come be offered prayers but follow the covert protocols where mosques use sanitizers. but few seem to be listening at the command and other hindu festivals in india this week millions of people are expected to visit. state with this year's call maida with a tourism director said the event will revive the economy that depends on religious tourism. but the state's high court has criticised the local government for allowing the event to go ahead it said medical facilities are insufficient and the state isn't prepared for what it calls an explosion of this is his elizabeth purana al-jazeera you daddy. mexico's attorney general says charges will not be laid against the country's former defense minister who is accused of drug trafficking in

the united states salvador was arrested in los angeles you know told her about the u.s. that in return to mexico for investigation the u.s. has accused him of conspiring to produce and distribute illegal drugs but mexico's attorney general says the evidence shows. never met criminal organizations or farm is to protect them the u.s. has added chinese smartphone makers shalmi to its economic blacklist washington says shalmi and 8 other companies have links to the chinese military and u.s. investors have until november to divest their stakes or face penalties the company has become the world's 3rd largest smartphone maker benefiting from a previous blacklist of huawei. guatemala has stationed more than 2000 police and soldiers along its border with honduras a group of migrants is heading its way helping to make it to the u.s. and hoping for a warmer welcome under the biden administration john heilemann has

a story. a couple of 100 people gathered in some pedro sula honduras in the early hours of thursday morning to start their journey to an improbable destination the united states. it's a far cry from the thousands in the caravans of 201819 who hoped that by sheer force of numbers they could make it to their promise land. but the last one didn't get further than guatemala and this time to the country is deploying security forces and demanding code vitesse from anyone wanting to cross the capital and you only bring up papers supposedly what they've asked us to bring they asked for the covert 19 test and have all the paperwork in order even if they make it further up the route the mets computers equally tough i so want to try to. the answer for many is that they're desperate after a double whammy of tropical storms in november many people have been left with next

to nothing but a middle up on the 1st the pandemic then the 2 downpours that left us in crisis and i think that because my child is disabled we can get through if god wants a story they may also hope that in coming u.s. president joe biden will be more sympathetic to them than donald trump but biden's team is reportedly already wary of encouraging any rush on the border the many of these people the trip will surely end where it began back in honduras john home an al-jazeera. australia is urging tech giant google to focus on paying for news content instead of blocking it is followed reports australian news websites are not showing up on google search engine google and facebook are among tech companies fighting against the government's plan to force tech companies to pay for news content australia insists its plans will save jobs in struggling years publishing path forms marcus storm is the federal president of australia's media union he says the goal is to get google and facebook to make up for the advertising revenue media

outlets of last. well google and facebook now have an effective monopoly of the distribution of online news but in a strike there and in many other markets the amount of money that they've given back is obviously being welcome but it's it's a drop in the ocean compared to the amount of money that is being driven out of advertising from news organizations which was used to sustain journalism into facebook. so what this is seeking to remedy is for some of that money to go back to news organizations part of the problem is that there's no guarantee that money will go towards journalism that's one of the concerns that we have as a union these big tech companies seem to be regulating what goes on in civil society suspending people from. networks and rather than civil society being up to regulate what happens on the on the tech giants what a strike is trying to do to get around that is where as in spain. google just

suspended their entire google spain news tab if that was to happen here and google was still distributing. astray in news or as they were in spain on spanish news google operating he could still caught up to $10000000.00 fine for those breached so that's one way they've got around but it is something that we need to face up to as a society these organizations to be do they have too much power and how can we effect of li regulate big take when they operate across jurisdictions. to to to tell again i'm fully back to go with the headlines on al-jazeera a powerful 6.2 magnitude earthquake has hit indonesia's island. the epicenter is believed to have been about 6 kilometers from the city of my journey at least $34.00 people have been killed and hundreds injured rescue operations are underway to save those trapped in collapsed buildings including

a hospital thousands have been displaced by the quake indonesia's president has r.h. people in the disaster zone.