this is al jazeera. hello and welcome i'm peter w. you're watching the news live from our headquarters here and coming up in the next 60 minutes escaping killing loosing and rape fighting in central african republic forces tens of thousands to flee to neighboring countries we'll have an exclusive report from one remote congolese region. where exposed tomasky malaria and everybody here says that there's hardly any food to eat or clean water to drink. mass testing and quarantine centers in hong kong and china rest infections sore

beijing and searching people to scale back on travel ahead of the lunar new year holiday. the u.s. says his commitment to taiwan is rock solid warning beijing after multiple chinese jets bombers flying to the islands a defense of. also heard the sound of music the festival in chile that won't be silenced by the coronavirus pandemic. and the biggest star in mixed martial arts corner mcgregor suffers a shock to see the u.f.c. to fight 7 american fighter destined for a stuns the irishman the tactical knockout in the 2nd round picking up the biggest point of his career. over. the disputed election a rebel alliance close to the capital and local and world powers in proxy wars the

conflicts in the central african republic is now drawing in its neighbors tens of thousands seek refuge for. the violence the u.n. refugee agency is warning the needs of the recently displaced are mounting and it faces a substantial funding shortfall many of the refugees an estimated 74000 of them so far have been forced to find shelter in remote border regions of the democratic republic of congo al jazeera is melcombe web got exclusive access to one such village where refugees say there's hardly any food to eat or clean water to drink. killing looting and rape by fighters from armed groups in the central african republic the 10s of thousands of villages on the run many of them of crossed this river. in dugout canoes on the other side is relative safety in remote villages in the democratic republic of congo only accessible by boat we went to look for

them with the un refugee agency. and we found them in their thousands sheltering in villages along the river bank. our arrival crowd people here say they've been waiting for help since they arrived here last week they lined up hoping we brought it. and more keep coming. others go back to retrieve possessions from their homes or crops and their farms. that's what to leave tried. and she came back with nothing. the rebels attacked our village last week we had a lot of gunfire they destroyed everything they raped and they kidnapped some of them we didn't see exactly what happened because we had to run. violence escalated since elections last month which political opposition says were rigged. the armed groups say the government must go the occupy about 2 thirds of the country

including most of its gold and diamond mines the armed groups now control the villages that we can see just over there on the other side of the river people who live on this side say they can hear gunfire when they're fighting this is one of the homes of one of the usual residents of the village of some biloela it's basic the villages being completely overrun its population is fallen by about 20 times of the new arrivals those lucky enough to have a mosquito net sleeping on the way out in the open many others have just built basic structures made of branches and leaves their exposed tomasky toes malaria and everybody here says that there's hardly any food to eat or clean water to drink. people told us of eating whatever edible plants they can find in the bush the local office of the u.n. refugee agency says it doesn't have funds for the new arrivals are supposed to treat them with dignity so let that they make this all work that up and i'm not up

on the world i mean the culture you don't want to see the promise of blacks by their absence. is not safe to go home but without help they can't relocate and settle here in congo they're wondering how long they'll be stuck here. after a few hours we had to leave people here desperately hope somebody will soon come back and help malcolm webb al-jazeera tsonga lola democratic republic of congo. well the number of people from central african republic seeking safety in neighboring countries has soared since dispensed december's disputed election already 100000 people displaced within their own country but more than 84000 people have been forced to seek shelter elsewhere and that number is expected to rise almost 5000 people travel to cameroon and an equal number have gone on to chad 400 people travel to the republic of congo but the vast majority of that's the 74000

we're talking about have crossed to the democratic republic of congo where they're facing an uncertain future let's talk to lose a horse she's the country representative of u.n.h.c.r. in the democratic republic of congo she joins us live on skype from kinshasa as a whore what sort of state of the people in who are arriving there. thank you very much for having me. this the situation in the d.s.e. of the refugees that have a right as you rightly say to that and more than a close to 90000 now estimated by the authorities we can classify as quite desperate because one the physical location in which this refugees have a right is very vast they are in 3 provinces and they are basically very very difficult to reach secondly didn't come emotionally depleted some of them

this is not the 1st time they're crossing into the d.r. see those or even left let last year help found themselves again been to again been displaced so emotionally in a very very hard position also in terms of their. 'd pick an area needs fault water sanitation slippin and. science rippin and at the moment because we're a house we're still really looked at in assistance from kinshasa and from but only to this location. where the find themselves in 3 provinces and the host community that normally would assist them were the 1st responders that themselves and buried in a precarious situation and that's it where how close we ought to be for interrupting you listen to how close is your own organization or other

organizations to being able to begin to look after these people. we have deployed unicef has already deployed a team to the window where we also move in and now food items so by next week they should start receiving at least. 'd not yet food but there will be receiving what we'll call not for the items that is my. tents to shield them from the elements and we'll will be in a position to ridges that confirm that yes this is a refugee is that on the in the territory tuesday a 2nd team is going to all at different locations since they're in 3 different provinces so we have. been we have going to self that has already rehabilitated 2 wells and we have. a n.g.o.s that have been working with us

who have acted that is already in place we have action aid and other n.g.o.s that are working with us in the different provinces so assistance is on the way but as i say that only a very difficult to reach areas the cause all assistance has to be effort that there are no roads how do these people survive between where they are today which is a precarious situation to be in any way and the point where they've got something to sleep on shelter and the basics of a diet food stuff coming in the usually as i said the course community is the phone that they're out for the 1st responders because that why. given the vastness of the territory and given the. narrative with which the people are right we didn't have and then already pre-positioned there but as i say we are counting in the next one week at the

maximum as all of this. unfortunately on what they can get from they revamp saying that they believe. most of them and what the course community is they want to share with that ok we have to leave it there is a whore in contrast thank you very much thank you for. mass testing is underway in hong kong for thousands of people in neighborhoods sealed off because of a coronavirus outbreak people in 150 residential blocks are forbidden from leaving until the testing is complete the area accounts for half of all new coronavirus cases in hong kong over the past week the city is struggling to contain an upsurge in infections over recent days and weeks there are similar concerns in mainland china there the authorities are rushing to build a new quarantine senses in

a province just outside the capital big ging the country seeing its biggest wave of infections since march and the largest clusters are focused in the northern provinces the rush to stamp out the infections comes weeks ahead of the lunar new year holiday when hundreds of thousands of people are expected to travel back home already beijing is restricting residents from leaving for non essential reasons sarah clarke has more now from quarantine zone in hong kong. on saturday they conducted around tested around 2 thirds of the 10000 people that live in this area behind me. behind me this morning and most of the day we've had these mobile units set up where the residents can come to be tested they're also the health authorities have been going into the apartments to test those people who live on the 2nd. i hope to. morning and

this is where they're hoping that these residents. can return to work we've seen a spike in. prices and of course a quarter from this particular area and how i can describe this area it's probably one of the lower socio economic groups minority groups and they live in these subdivided apartments so they crammed areas where thousands of people are forced to live together and as a result to adhere to these social distancing rules and as a result of the being tested and we've seen some of the. numbers at this particular district. and the last few weeks we've seen 70 to 100 cases on a daily basis as a result we've seen the restrictions and put in place this is the 1st of the last 12 months and next week we do expect the government to. put in place mandatory testing for and 70000 staff at the head of the chinese new year celebrations which is in the coming weeks. israel is expected to suspend travel for

2 weeks to prevent the new 19 strain from crossing its border under the proposals being considered by the government only internationally just with special permits would be allowed into the country israel has started to see a promising dropping cases it's done is set to expire at the end of the month joins us live now from west jerusalem the government taking this measure. from discussions between the prime minister and senior officials of ministers late on saturday as you say the key concern is about mutations i think there is an acceptance now that the british strain the u.k. identified strain is now at large within the population there have been worrying signs about the 50 percent increase among young people infected in this wave compared to the 2nd wave but there are concerns that because of israel's very fast

vaccine rollout they don't want to see other strains which might be less susceptible to the vaccine potentially coming through the borders if they can help it and so there is this measure being considered and likely we think to be voted through and the cabinet meeting which takes place on sunday there's also a political element to this there's been a good deal of public opposition to the fact that so many people have been coming through israel's main port of entry at ben-gurion airport between jerusalem and tel aviv without needing to show a negative coronavirus test up until that is yesterday when there was the enforcement of that 72 hours before flying people now have to show have had to show a negative drone a virus test about of being palmed off on the legalities of it and then a few days ago the attorney general's a well known actually asked me in the whole year long pandemic so there is a political motivation i think as well to show that they are taking airport

security and the virus entry seriously israel's vaccine roll out harry fastest in the world are there any signs that starting to have an impact on the infection right there. still epidemiologist are saying it's a little bit early to take conclusive readings of that but certainly the numbers are starting to go down that there is of course a lockdown which is still ongoing here is due to expire on the 31st of january but we have seen the numbers start to tail down a little bit in recent days from that peak of a 10000 a day last week friday we saw just over 7000 there are signs though from some of the house providers here that the vaccinations are making a difference to the most recent take as we've had a from the 2nd largest health provider which says that up to 23 days which is when people take the 2nd dose of the pfizer vaccine already just 2 days after that 2nd

dose which is the $23.00 day mark missing a 60 percent reduction in new infections also some potential signs about transmission as well so there are relatively good signs israel has. lost count racks natured with the 1st 2500000 of its 9000000 people so pushing on to 30 percent of the population what they're going to do is to try to maximize the efficacy of little by not allowing new strains of the virus and to try to challenge that ari thanks very much kyra for so they're reporting live from question. plenty more still to come here on the news hour for you including. a call for change in 2 newseum demonstrators say they're fed up with broken promises corruption and poverty and they want the government out. he was considered tough but fair the legendary u.s. talk show host larry king has died at the age of 87. and in sports 3 of the biggest

superstars in the n.b.a. come together to hold off the miami heat action from the n.b.a. coming up in about 30 minutes. 11 miners have been rescued in china's northeast after being trapped underground for 2 weeks they were among $22.00 caught in a blast at a gold mine in shandong province at least one miner is known to have died or the condition of the others is unknown the u.s. has called on china to stop exerting what it calls military diplomatic and economic pressure on taiwan another warning from the u.s. state department comes after taiwan said 13 chinese bombers and fighter jets entered its airspace on saturday i want a defense ministry described it as one of the biggest incursions by chinese warplanes in recent years meanwhile a u.s. aircraft carrier group presents at the south china sea on a mission to promote what the u.s. military called quote freedom of the seas william yang is

a journalist and vice president of the taiwan foreign correspondents club he says this move by beijing is a message to the biden administration. this is a continuation of from the policy and the strategy that china has adopted since last year over the last year the 20000 men have been deploying its fighter jets for more than 300 times throughout 2020 in order to respond to all kinds of different incursions by chinese fighter jets into the a.z. id and then today we saw the biggest number of single day incursion. prompted by the chinese fighter jets and i think this is a very clear sign that china is sending to the us it is very unhappy with what the trump administration has done before it left the office and it should also be seen as a message to bite and at the ministry shinde beijing is closely watching the monitoring how washington is planning to at sam's work continue its relationship with

timelines for the part of taiwan it really depends on how the company's government is going to interpret the messages and also the engagement coming from washington and at the same time for biden it is. at missed ration well have to walk a very fine line between not angering beijing by very publicly in handling the engagement with taiwan but at the same time ensuring that how many people are not going to worry that the lesser public engagement won't be viewed as a way that the bike and the station is going to walk away from what the taiwan and the u.s. have been voting over the last 4 years. the u.s. and the u.k. have condemned what they call harsh tactics used against anti-government demonstrators in russia tens of thousands of protesters from the far east to moscow and st petersburg to fight police warnings on saturday to demand the release of the kremlin critic alexey sagna explains. from the far eastern city of

lagos stock was the only supporters faced off with police in subzero temperatures was the searches have denied permission for the demonstration was side was that it didn't stop the crowd gathering to call for the release of the man leading russia's most prominent opposition movement. in the capital moscow tens of thousands could gather it was at least using batons on the crowds so more fierce backed by protesters as a childhood freedom alexei navalny was was was there you're from are you among those detained never alys wife u.t.m. . apologies for the poor quality she wrote on her social media page very bad light in the police van was as much as president vladimir putin has attempted to play

down alexina valise influenced the arrest of one of russia's most prominent opposition leaders has only inflamed his supporters i was told from the law is being trampled on can an absolutely incredible man at this arrest is one of the most serious violations of human and civil rights in the russian federation but it will set a precedent that could lead to the destruction of all our civil liberties. from a glove in the year away at the with him earlier in the week and have only had released a video alleging president putin was the owner of a 1000000000 dollar property on the black sea this was denied by putin spokes person. one of only supporters corruption is a major source of a discontent and the constant crackdown on their movement is they say an attempt to silence them all check the video. is difficult i'm fed up with keeping quiet we've been silent for too long and it's probably time to speak so that's my position and

time to say that we have the right that we have the freedoms and that we have the desire to live in a completely different country. rather than are the only may not pose an immediate danger to president clinton's power but economic problems in the country are only going as is the discontent and some analysts believe the kremlin fears the potential of a bella roost style mass dissent and the prospect of more protests. sunny day you go out to syria. the government has extended a nighttime curfew on ban gatherings until february fourteen's to curb the covert 19 pandemic but it hasn't stopped hundreds of people in several cities protesting against repression on employment and poverty so to carry out reports. the people want to bring down the regime a child that 1st emerged a decade ago has made a comeback on the very same streets what's newsy is just one revolution on folded.

i think that despite it bringing political change people in the capital tunis and several other cities are angry thousands have once again been protesting demanding further economic social and political reforms better living conditions and an end to police brutality that is the better to if you go to protests you will die if you go to school you will die there is always police repression and yet we haven't seen their presence when there are murders fests rape and terrorism. that i let you know therefore i believe i will demand that the politicians have mercy on this country we're tired of the income. iton of their lies and robberies leave to his ear we want this country to stand up again we've had enough thank god yes. some of this week's demonstrations have turned violent and security forces responding with tear gas and water cannons. activists say more than $1000.00 people

including minors have been detained or charged with theft and vandalism all the young men who marched the past few days must be released this is our demand and we will not give up they can say that they can suppress us with the police but we are not afraid of the police or the public prosecutor. to musea faces severe economic problems made worse by the pandemic than a 3rd of its youth are on employed some even trying to migrate to europe in a national address on tuesday to see him prime minister his german machine she tried to calm the situation and i won and when i'm well aware that there is anger and frustration in many areas i know that they cannot make and social situation is a crisis deepened back over 1000 your voice is heard and your anger is a legitimate it is my role and that of the government to work towards their demands

and make the dream of to come true. the iraqi government has announced a ban on gatherings until mid february and extended a nighttime curfew because a growing number of coronavirus cases and even deaths but many are defying not to demand change so high that. the pro independence group in disputed western sahara has launched an overnight attack in the un patrolled buffer zone close to the border with mauritania the policy audio front says its fighters fired rockets towards good guy but in november the group declared an end to a 3 decade old cease fire after moroccan troops carried out a military operation in the area. polls have opened in portugal's presidential elections as the country deals with its highest kogut 19 infection rate to date 2000 extra polling stations opened in an effort to prevent crowding during the ongoing lockdown the country has the world's highest 7 day average of new cases and

deaths per capita the government has refused calls to delay the vote as it would require a change to the constitution for the functional public i don't agree with the election because you can only leave home to go to work then you cannot go out to the polling stations now. i think that there will not be as many people voting in the elections scheduled for sunday and it seems like it's going to be the highest abstentions since the 1974 carnation revolution still to come here on the news hour for us hospitals are overwhelmed by corona virus infections in brazil protesters call for change at the very top. been lying dormant for decades so why is the philippines thinking about reviving this nuclear plant. no sedan no problem real madrid's were in great form in the absence of the head coach details in about 20 minutes.

when i much of europe is colder than usual and snowy this u.n. year for example wintering ground 0 regard for many birds is not looking to ticket lee bad to be honest however that is the direction which all the storm systems are now going that series to europe right across the baltic states that's the general tenor of things where the comes in from the west gets stormy to the mediterranean and turns right and just goes up to western side of the black sea this is now a blocking area mosque is not as cold as it was for example but in plenty of snow on the outs as more to come in the balkans been stirring in the british isles as well then you get the sun that's colder. night but it's quite acceptable to add by day for those because of that sunshine is the story of vilnius rather ever crossed here the winds are only slowly picks up but you say you could see significant wind sure what you've got snow snow and snow with a pretty consistent round about 0 or just below pretty nasty bitter winter but it's

just this limited area you'll notice everyone else sees an improvement day today the exception might be seen down here through greece and into western turkey where the storm system eventually gets through and istanbul's forecast shows a change we go from 15 degrees and suddenly when it starts to rain down to about 3 degrees the potential for sleet or snow showers not by thursday. but. frank assessments you've got colleagues on the ground and in the canaries what is the situation there is only one doctor and one nurse or $2200.00 people informed opinions how big does foreign policy figure in the early stages of a bi ministration he comes into office with a huge amount of foreign policy experience in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines how will a place like it lead get the vaccine when there's no money at all the rest of rich countries are fighting for an inside story on al jazeera it's the biggest sport.

a truly global game. and it doesn't end up the final whistle. in a new series al-jazeera uncovers the passion the rivalries and the politics at play . because beyond the pitch that beautiful game is a way of life. the fans who make football coming soon on al-jazeera. i've. pulled him back you're watching me out here and use our own peter dhabi your headlining stories upsurge in violence in the central african republic is forcing

tens of thousands of people to seek shelter in neighboring countries the un refugee agency is warning the needs of the displaced are mounting an estimated 74000 people have been forced to find safety in democratic republic of congo. taiwan's reporting that several chinese military planes entered its airspace for a 2nd day earlier the u.s. said its commitment to taiwan is rock solid and want what it called beijing's quote attempts to intimidates the island threaten regional peace. 11 miners have been rescued in china's northeast after being trapped underground for 2 weeks they were among 22 course in a blast a gold mine this one miner is known to have died while the condition of the others is still unknown. the scottish nationalist party has revealed plans to hold what it calls its own legal referendum on leaving the united kingdom the scottish 1st minister nicola sturgeon says they'll push ahead with a 2nd vote after the pandemic if the british prime minister refuses to grant one

himself but says new polls reported in a british newspaper the sunday times show scottish voters want a referendum to the tune of 49 percent they want independence a majority of all u.k. voters do expect scotland to become independent with in the next 10 years. those same polls show majority of voters in northern ireland also want a referendum on irish unification on the island of ireland the sunday times reported that 48 percent of voters in northern ireland believe there will be a united ireland as well within that time zone of a decade let's talk to in mclean he's professor of renaissance studies at the university of oxford he joins us from there on skype in good to have you back here on the news hour boris johnson london prime minister u.k. prime minister has already told nicholas sturgeon you can't have india reffed too so why is she doing this. well 1st of all politics not really

study is that's my namesake so why. this is what you might call a game of chicken between prime minister barak's johnson and 1st minister nicola sturgeon each is waiting to see if the other one will blink 1st and. first minister sturgeon actually is being very cautious about trying to ensure that the referendum that she wants to hold after the scottish election in may has a sound legal basis this is because she is looking over her shoulder at what happened in spain and catalonia a few years ago where the council and government tell the referendum which the spanish government said was illegal is this risky for nicholas sturgeon in as much as scotland like the rest of the u.k. like the rest of the world in the middle of a global pandemic the positive testing result in scotland out of the number of people who are being tested for cove it is running at more than 9 percent that's

a bad enough figure point number one point number 2 the economy is taking a hit clearly point number 3 they had an independence referendum 56 years ago scotland voted no so she's got to get the timing of this right so why is she trying to shake up the snowglobe of scottish politics here. well as to points $1.00 and $2.00 she has said that the referendum will be take place after the pandemic is over the reason she is shaking the globe now is that she is trying to prepare the ground by publishing a bill before the scottish parliament election which is in may so that's the timetable that determines her as to the argument that being put forward by the u.k. government that there was a referendum in 2014 which voted no and that settled it she has quite

a strong argument against that which is that in that referendum those who wanted scotland to stay in the u.k. said only by voting no can you stay in the european union well the scots voted no and now they're no longer in the european union and so she's entitled to say things have changed and would she also come the referendum if she manages to get it at some point which you also have to on the same ballot paper i guess say by the way scotland do you want to rejoin the european union. she has not said that it will be on the same ballot paper but the scottish national party government has made it clear that they want an independent scotland to rejoin the yes is there a bigger problem here in for boris johnson it's the reality of the reality is that the u.k. looks like it's going to break up particularly if you look at a country like scotland where roughly there are the birth rate means there are

50000 new 16 year old voters every year when they think about elections and they generally would vote for independence that's that's a broad sweeping statement on my part i get that of course but they are almost statistically directly replacing 505-5000 people who are shuffling off the mortal coil and not casting a vote and those older people would generally vote not for independence. that is probably true i don't have the numbers in front of me but i'll take them and try on trust the dangers from prime minister johnston are that he can go on saying no to a referendum. in fact i think from his point of view there is more danger in the situation in ireland than there is in the situation in scotland you mentioned in

your introduction that the idea of irish unification which was completely inconceivable until i would think the last 12 months is now moving rapidly up the agenda there and the disruption to trade and every day life in northern ireland that has occurred since breaks it i think is pushing people there towards the idea of irish unification that one will be more difficult for him to stop. keeping on your professor of politics hat for a 2nd ian why is it again whenever we see the question of scottish independence being raised particularly out of hollywood nobody ever makes the fiscal case for this i remember in the run up to the 2014 referendum alex salmond was saying oh we've got oil we've got north sea oil it was trading in that it at that point 20132040 or was trading at 2 at $140.00 a barrel within 6 months of that referendum it had gone down to $40.00

a barrel you can't base the economy of scotland on oil it just won't work surely that's that's of course that's completely correct the economic arguments that were put forward in favor of independence in 2418 were pretty terrible and mr john has taken that on board they are much more realistic about the economic prospects risk auckland than they were in 2014 and it is the weakest part of the argument for independents because the taxing position and spending musician of an independent scotland would start out pretty terrible at present. there in public expenditure in scotland runs far ahead of the amount of tax raised in scotland some something would have to give ok we have to leave it there i could carry on talking to you about this for another half hour but i can't i'm afraid in great to get your thoughts you and yours are in mclean there at the university of oxford thank you peter. thousands of people have joined protests convoys across brazil calling for

the president to be impeached over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic they're also angry about a vaccination program being delayed in states a lockdown is being imposed monday as hospitals in the capital manassas remain overwhelmed by infections reports from rio de janeiro ok you know you hear her she was mine my god is among the lucky few in my nose the cause of the worst of the thank god i am much better after a lot of work at physiotherapy it is called me a lot of hospitals in the largest city of the brazilian amazon have no room and oxygen is scarce to new strains of the corona virus have only made things worse my family and. we were told to treat him at home because they have no capacity to receive more patients results or lack of oxygen tanks for patients and the court

those are full. many have died of suffocation but as mad as children were able to see their 60 year old father by improvising in emergency care unit in his home they bought an oxygen cylinder on the black market and hired physiotherapists to help him breathe oh my dear it's a war with no gunshots but there are fatal victims the federal government and other states have helped my mouse and other cities of the amazon a state by sending oxygen tanks and vaccines indigenous people in remote villages have received the 1st shots of the chinese corona back vaccine. corruption has put in operation in the amazon a state on hold health professionals the elderly indigenous people considered to be more vulnerable should have been vaccinated 1st but there are obligations some people like rich businessmen. i have managed to get the law in. brazil has the

world's 2nd largest proven 1000 death toll but it was late to start inoculation when it finally did a week ago there weren't enough vaccines to go around. 2000000 doses of oxford's astra zeneca vaccine have only just arrived from india. the thousands of brazilians took to the streets to protest against the government's handling of the pandemic they are true to what the people want a vaccine for everyone people want emergency support people want bolton are out brazil's president datable scenario has always downplayed the virus he's once more doubted the efficiency of the vaccines that infections are also growing in big cities like some paolo and rio de janeiro some powers governor is imposing new restrictions to stop them from spreading monica al-jazeera rio de janeiro's

the italian government says it's considering legal action against vaccine make. plans to cut its supply to the european union another company has reduced its offering by 60 percent for the 1st quarter of the year blaming production problems it is a major setback for the bloc specs anation program last week pfizer said it would delay it shipments of the vaccine for up to one month. ukraine's struggling to import doses of coronavirus vaccine the authorities say banks and nations could start by the middle of february although no fixed delivery date has been announced yet all of the country's neighbors have started their vaccination campaigns or they are about. as yet to receive one single dose the philippines is looking to revive a dormant nuclear power plant to solve its energy crisis experts say it could reduce soaring power prices by up to 70 percent. visited the plant in the tom she sent us this report. entering the philippines only nuclear power plant is like

a step back in time the but the nuclear power plant was built in the seventy's and was the 1st in south east asia but it never opened it was marked bald and past presidents were hesitant to recommission it because it was a reminder they say of the excesses of former president ford in the markets his regime but the country's electricity prices are among the highest in southeast asia partly because it's dependence now on imported fossil fuels that means the average filipina family spends between 10 to 20 percent of their monthly income in the electricity philippines has for decades now been avoided as an investment destination in southeast asia because. electricity has either been expensive or in short supply and unreliable philippine president rodrigo the turkey has ordered his officials to look into the possibility of including nuclear power into the country's energy mix and

a possible revival of the but on nuclear power plant it tells the whole world we're ready for a nuclear b. and p p s 3 sister plants that have been running for over 30 years that sat. there in slovenia in brazil and in south korea but what people forget is that no nuclear plant in the world operates without the blessings of the international atomic energy agency the watchdog it is quite clear that some parts of the nuclear power plant are aging but regulators here tell us all it needs is a few years and an estimated $1200000000.00 of commissioning and it will be as good as brand new. but there are also those in government to say that but the and nuclear power plant belongs to a bygone era there's already a big push back on nuclear technology now you get a jump start which is all embroiled in controversy we don't want. to start their nuclear program in the wrong for you want to start in the right for environmental

activists also believe that the government should focus on producing clean energy instead like wind and solar but whether but to and will be recommissioned by president or d. good at their day or not one thing they say is for sure the energy crisis in the country is a social justice issue and one that may worsen if there is no investment in the country's energy system to get al-jazeera but on province northern philippines. one of the world's most wanted men accused of running asia's biggest crime syndicate has been arrested in the netherlands. see more quiz taken in by dutch police on a request from australia the united nations office on drugs and crimes says see is believed to be the head of a multi-billion dollar heroin and methamphetamine operation music an arts festival serves taken a back seat during the pandemic but some of us have gone online and that's allowed

them to accommodate more people than usual latin america edison the sea and human went to check out one festival in los angeles is in central chile. the end is mountains surrounding the portillo ski lodge are often filled with the sound of music. 50 especially gifted young musicians from the americas are chosen each year to partake in classes from world masters all expenses paid. this year the pandemic is silence the noisy halls and salons of the port deal international festival and academy of classical music but it's going ahead regardless good morning welcome to a new day of the party your international music festival simply are not that we now conductor and violinist alexandra lutea is hosting a hybrid version of last year's. resistance from many of the world's most prestigious orchestras are giving students personalized classes online we have this

urge to to be able to communicate now even if we if we are so far apart there is a silver lining because the festival this year is being broadcast via streaming globally a far larger audience can now take part in master classes that aim to showcase the often unrecognized power of music not just to dissolve distances but often to repair fracture hearts and minds in a spanish psychiatrist and therapist typical middle left many speechless when he showed how music can stimulate the brain and revive memories in people with all time is disease and dimentia. this video demonstrating how hearing the music of swan lake reconnected former prima ballerina medical and sallust has gone viral. thankfully it's been scientifically

demonstrated that our musical memory loss and told very advanced stages of alzheimer's you can forget your son's name or your birthday but songs or music. important in your life or main in an area of our brain that is less damaged. nuala just to show that music is key for developing a creative mind but classical music is timeless says conductor killed that the handbook state opera is this in touch with the common man. who greets you melissa movement was what. he says that the shared mission of musicians is to ensure that these humanitarian ideals stay alive and relevant in these times of upheaval especially when art and science are being shown to be increasingly codependent you see in human al-jazeera

you know scientists chile. the best known u.s. talk show host larry king has died in a hospital in california at the age of 87 king conducted more than 50000 interviews in the korea spanning over 6 decades gabriel looks back at his korea. with his trademark suspenders and rolled up shirtsleeves larry king was a legend of broadcast a fixture not only in america but around the world larry king died on saturday at a hospital in los angeles cause of death unknown he had been hospitalized earlier this month from covert 19 came conducted nearly 50000 interviews over his career with presidents and heads of states celebrities you name it he interviewed them earning himself the nickname of the king of talk and countless awards and recognitions like this lifetime achievement award bestowed on him in 2011 i'm very

proud to have. been in this business still in. going to be doing other things i jam leave that i can retire. born in new york to orthodox jewish parents from eastern europe king started in radio before moving to television it was larry king live his trademark interview program on c.n.n. from 1905 to 2010 where he often landed interviews with world leaders who rarely spoke to western media news outlets our special guest tonight is brother leader moammar gadhafi the leader of the nation of libya what you used to be called colonel what changed from colonel to brother leaving. what sort of relationship do you want now with the united states. had everything larry king or not recorded in any way. king who married 8 times faced numerous health challenges later in life but as he aged and his career wound

down he was able to remain relevant to you has he never fully retired working the final years of his life hosting an interview program on russia government backed r t an english news channel larry king as he was on saturday after his death was announced this scene at his star on the hollywood walk of fame and sadness by his passing by those who had listened to his voice for so many years i mean this tour star was here. because i used to listen to him up to see. celebrities to barbara streisand tweeting in part he was one of a kind rest in peace l. and generous i can think of few people in the world of television more iconic than larry king i don't know what to say except to you. my audience. thank you and instead of goodbye. larry king was 87

years old gave rosendo. still to come here on the news for you the sports news will have more on what could be in store for this mixed martial arts star just suffered a jump defeat. al jazeera world takes a road trip across spain spanish people enough to d.v.r. and where they come from and i am no exception. one woman's journey seeking her heritage covering new insights into christine spies it's of muslim all region it's a story that seems to have been airbrushed from the street. in search of migrants on al-jazeera.

al-jazeera. and. that. the. time for sports is far peter thank you so much of the biggest star in mixed martial arts connor mcgregor has suffered a shock to seat by american fighter dust employee at the latest u.f.c.

event in abu dhabi it was a 32 year old irishman who dominated the fight from the opening bell block the summing blow came in the 2nd round when poor a the underdog in this match up beat mcgregor with a technical knockout picking up the biggest win of his career for mcgregor who was retired from the sport 3 times already it was the 1st knockout loss of his 13 year career he's a pro man and nothing but respect were one in one maybe we have to do it again you know but. i'm just happy man i'm i'm i'm i'm happy in the place i am like i say over again i'm happy with the man i see in the mirror and this fight is great this win is great it wasn't as countable as i needed to be and i mean it's the inactivity and that's the of the distance assume. you know here in here today if you put in the time in here you know you're cold here not so used. the days that often come back and that's and that's what i will do. earlier i spoke to m.m.a. journalist john morgan and he believes that even despite the loss mcgregor will be

back for more. he certainly doesn't need to compete anymore the guys put a lot of money away made a ton of cash and is fighting career best for the floyd mayweather fight for those that need to but man after the fight you could see it burning in a me was he was up there talking about the things that have gone wrong and what he needs to correct and how to fix it i think you'll be back nothing can be back with kind of renewed focus and renewed energy he actually said you know he thinks one of the problems with him this time was the long extended layout so maybe we even see him fighting more frequently so i'm i'm kind of excited to see but what i would have its economy moving forward you know to me it's interesting where you put kind of macgregor history i always say you know if you were to write a book about the history of the u.s.c. you couldn't not have a chapter about trying to mcgregor i mean he's that important to the growth and he is one of the most fantastic fighters in the history of the sport and his rise was amazing but you know i don't think he's a pound for pound great at the moment you know didn't have that long legacy that's the last thing you know record of title defense is i think what you have to have

sustained dominance over extended period of time to really establish yourself as one of the all time great didn't and he never did that but that didn't change his impact on the sport it didn't change what he meant to the growth of it i mean he really turned a lot of eyeballs off of the sport that didn't know about it before and what he's done for itself is pretty amazing. football now in the spanish league a 2nd place around madrid were in and press of form on saturdays they beat out of those 41 rail recovered from their shock spanish cup exit karim benzema scored twice on the ice to keep morale 4 points adrift of leaders at that ago whilst blanco's are missing their head coaches then it seems it dan who is self isolating after testing positive for corona virus well in italy ac milan slate at the top of syria has been cut to 2 point sets after they lost 3 nil to addle antenna it's man's heaviest home defeat in the league for nearly 4 years 2nd place interest of gone level on points with a win but they could only draw on them though with that in ac. and liverpool face

manchester united for the 2nd time in a week on sunday as the 2 rivals meet in the f.a. cup 4th round the reds were held to a goal with straw in the premier league at old trafford last week level have won just one in their last 6 in all competitions and their manager says they're ready to turn their poor form around. so what direction one is you keep going exactly on the same level which is if you go with. the other one it gets a little bit less so in a moment it feels like it's a lot less and that's what be obama's have to change we are not. like he said be big just because we drive. we are really ready for the flight we were ready for the battle. a man city mannish avoid a big shock on sunday they came back from a goal down to cheltenham town 31 the game was briefly stopped in the 1st half because of a fireworks display near the ground cheltenham who are 3 leagues below city went

ahead with half an hour to go but the premier league sides fought back with goals from still fought in gabriel has and taurus. earlier holders arsenal were knocked out of the competition after their defender hyperreal scored an own goal saw his side lose one nil away so. little claim that blew away the competition holding off the miami heat had a hard fought n.b.a. win on saturday then that's how their big 3 superstars playing kevin durant's scored 31 points while kylie irving added 28 james harden finished with 12 points as brooklyn overcame bad mouthed bio's career high 41 points and 12820. ok and that is all you sport for now peter back to you. so hail is here with me 11 g 30 minutes of al-jazeera well i'll have it on the news of the 13th seal.

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