very good at bringing the news to the world from here piers and for me to the point is good because a renowned for their courage under fire. one i want to east point out what it takes to join the elite brigade. on al-jazeera. escaping killing looting and rape fighting in central african republic forces tens of thousands to flee to neighboring countries we have an exclusive report from a remote congolese region. now exposed tomasky malaria and everybody here says that there's hardly any food to eat or clean water to drink. so raman you're watching arms there on life my headquarters here in doha also

coming up taiwan says multiple chinese military planes are flown into its defense zone for a 2nd day as the u.s. says its commitment to the island is rock solid. also as hospitals are overwhelmed in brazil protesters call for president john paul sonority to resign over his handling of the pandemic. and repatriating indonesia's stolen cultural heritage financial problems and covert 19 affect plans to being back bringing back artifacts from the netherlands. welcome to the program the un refugee agency says more than 90000 people have now fled the recent violence in central african republic to neighboring countries foreign forces supporting the government of the cia are have been battling with a coalition of armed groups since last month many of them. forced to find shelter

in a remote border regions of the democratic republic of congo. got exclusive access to water area where refugees say any food to eat whole clean water to drink. killing looting and rape by fighters from armed groups in the central african republic tens 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 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 and their farms. that's what to leave tried. and she came back with nothing. the rebels attacked our village last week we heard a lot of gunfire they destroyed everything they raped and they kidnapped some of them didn't say 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 tows 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'm in the culture i want to see the promise of black by the 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 have to leave people here desperately hoping somebody will soon come back and help malcolm webb al-jazeera tsonga lola democratic republic of congo. the number of people from central african republic seeking safety in neighboring countries has soared since december's disputed election already 100000 people are displaced within their own country and another 100000 have been forced to seek shelter elsewhere that number is expected to rise almost 5000 people will travel to cameroon and an equal number have gone to chad 400 people travel to the republic of congo for the vast majority that's around 90000 people have crossed to the democratic republic of congo where they're facing an uncertain future liz who are is the country representative for the u.n.h.c.r. in the democratic republic of congo she says the refugees are in a vulnerable position. that and more then at close to 90000 now is to mitigate

their 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.s.e. those who are even left let last year help found themselves again being to again been displaced so emotionally in a very very hard position also in terms of their. big canary needs forward water sanitation slippin and. science at the moment because we have we're still a relook at the massive stance from kinshasa and from but only to this location.

where they find themselves in 3 provinces and the host committee that normally would assist them were the 1st responders that themselves in a very day a precarious situation and when that's it where. taiwan's several chinese military planes of ended it's and space for a 2nd day the island's defense ministry has reported that a total of 15 chinese aircraft including 2 fighter jets and to the southwestern corner of its air defense identification zone is the 2nd day in a row chinese warplanes have conducted what taipei is describing as an incursion into its airspace. the u.s. state department has also called on trying to stop exerting what it calls military diplomatic and economic pressure on taiwan becomes a u.s. aircraft carrier group and to the south china sea on a mission to promote what's the u.s. military called freedom of the seas william yangon is a journalist and vice president of the taiwan foreign correspondents club he says

this move by beijing is a message to the by the administration it's a continuation of from the policy and the strategy that china has adopted since last year of the last year the taiwanese government has been deploying its fighter jets for more than $300.00 times throughout 2020 in order to respond to all kinds of different incursions by chinese fighter jets into the a.z. id i think this is a very clear sign that china is sending to the u.s. 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 that biden at the mistress and beijing is closely watching the monitoring how washington is planning to at the end for continue its relationship with time line 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 he's administrating 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 well be viewed as a way that bite and the station is going to walk away from what the taiwan and the u.s. have been building over the last 4 years. well of miners have been rescued in china's northeast after being trapped underground for 2 weeks they were among $22.00 caught in the blast at a gold mine in chiang dong province at least one miner is known to have died while the condition of the others is not yet known mass testing is also under way in hong kong for thousands of people in neighborhoods sealed off due to a corona virus outbreak now the city is struggling to contain an upsurge in cases over recent weeks a similar concern in mainland china as the country saying is biggest wave of infections since march sarah clarke has more from hong kong. health authorities

have sealed off hong kong densely packed district of jordan after a surge in infections those living in around $150.00 buildings had been forbidden to leave their homes in a 48 hour men. the sewage systems in several blocks have also been contaminated with high concentrations of the virus found in movie samples this part of callan is home to many elderly and poor residents living in small and subdivided flats the district accounts for half of the new transmissions recorded i've the last week are actually. we should have a complete lockdown for. pro. troll gave all 4 of. this today mandatory lockdown in hong kong is the 1st but is not expected to be the last for the chinese new year holiday just weeks away the government is tightening restrictions to avoid another spike in tysons as families gather for the

biggest annual celebration chinese new year is the most important family holiday large celebrations have been impacted by surge in cases on the mainland mad recovered tests are ongoing in chanche and city in the north of china residents in who by province surrounding beijing as well as those living in julian and helen jang province have been forced into another lockdown temporary quarantine facilities are being built to cope with the highest number of infections since march last year millions of people in mainland china would normally travel across the country to see their families over this holiday break for a 2nd year in a row chinese new year plans are under threat but the government advising its citizens to stay home sarah clarke al-jazeera hong kong. israel is expected to suspend travel for 2 weeks to prevent the new covert $1000.00 strain from entering its borders under the proposal is being considered by the government tony

international passengers with special permits will be allowed to leave all enter the country israel has started to see a promising drop in the cases it's not data set to expire at the end of the month sorry force it has moved west jerusalem with more on the measures. discussions between the prime minister. and see how. late saturday the key concern is about mutations i think there is an acceptance now that the british strain of 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 as being 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 how to show a negative coronavirus test about of being palmed off on the legalities of it and then a few days ago the attorney general said well known actually aust name in the whole year long time that makes it there is a political motivation i think as well to show that they are taking airport security and the virus entry seriously. well still ahead here on al-jazeera why low income workers in the united kingdom say they don't have enough financial support

to self isolate while the country is in lockdown also. was a call for change in 2 nazir demonstrators say the start up with broken promises corruption and poverty and what the government. it's time for the perfect gentleman the weather sponsored point qatar airways the fortunes of change recently in japan the thames is risen rain has fallen but the snow has melted however are about to change again whilst the sun is told degrees in tokyo there's a frontal system running east was the real cold air behind it is in mongolia in the far north of china in fact as it goes through drops a bit of rain or even snow for north korea the temperatures behind rai's in beijing

are up to plus 8 and then the rain comes back into southern parts of japan and south korea rain not snow you'll notice but he does well for a good part of china and hong kong 22 much of the northern indian plain and bangladesh is sitting in this persistent fog it doesn't break even during the middle of the day for many places and the cold way just the north and synagogues given more snow the snow is finished now but the cold continues particularly not so anywhere up here so you can see it is cold nights and not particularly warm days and you know what it's not going to change anytime soon you did his forecast reflects those of you who are unfortunate his foggy quality in all cities and is going to be pretty low almost dangerous in places but beyond that the northeast monsoon is weak or a very few showers even in sri lanka. sponsored paul qatar airways frank assessments you've got colleagues on the ground in the canaries

what is the situation there is only one doctor and one nurse or 2200 people informed opinion as to how big this foreign policy figure in the early stages of a bomb that this russian 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 live get a back seat when there's no money at all the rest of rich countries are fighting for an inside story on al-jazeera. talk about your jobs there with me so rob a reminder of our top stories not sergeant violence in the central african republic is forcing tens of thousands of people to seek shelter in neighboring countries an

estimated 90000 people have been forced to find safety in the democratic republic of congo. testing is underway at home kong for thousands of people in neighborhoods sealed off due to the corona virus outbreak there similar concern in mabel and china which is seeing its biggest surge an infection since march and 11 miners have been rescued in china's northeast after being trapped underground for 2 weeks their way or they were among 22 caught in a blast at a gold mine at least one man was known to have died while the condition of the others is still unknown. to the thousands of people have joined protests convoys across brazil calling for president diable sonera to be impeached over his handling of the corona virus pandemic but also angry about a vaccination program being delayed in amazonas state a lockdown is being imposed from monday has hospitals in the capital but aus remain overwhelmed by a surge in infections monica yeah like you have reports from rio de janeiro. saying

all the 3 years he was a man my goodness is among the lucky few in my now. as i. thank god i am much better after a lot of work and physiotherapy it is called me a lot of hospitals in the largest city of the brazilian amazon have no room and oxygen is scarce 2 new strains of the corona virus have only made things worse for millennia. 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 called those are full. many have died of suffocation but as mad as children. and 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 don't want yeah 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 that seeing us indigenous people in remote villages have received the 1st shots of the chinese corona back vaccine. corruption has put an operation in the amazon a state on the whole health professionals the elderly people considered to be more vulnerable should have been vaccinated 1st but there are obligations some people like rich businessmen have managed to skip along. 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.

thousands of brazilians took to the streets to protest against the government's handling of the pandemic treaty 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 down to the efficiency of the vaccines that infections are also growing in big cities like some barlow and rio de janeiro some bubbles governor is imposing new restrictions to stop them from spreading mining. rio de janeiro. the u.k.'s vaccination rate is speeding up though the country is struggling to keep infections down some senior ministers are demanding tougher penalties for those who don't obey lock down rules but others are instead calling for new policies to address people in casual jobs now there are fears that low income workers don't have enough financial support to self isolate joan hall explains. laura is among

tens of thousands of food delivery riders considered critical workers out and about despite the coronavirus lockdown i only had what. i currently have i think they pull it out of my account it does feel like a moral decision. is specially now with peak time winter and often time is when we have most deliveries and when we are off it most rewards as well she admits that it's common among her fellow riders to bend the rules sometimes the widespread sort of attitude is so if it's not going to happen i'm not going to pass it on or i'm not carrying it. it's probably like sweeping under the rug in favor of your own personal life instead of really considering the global situation. government discussions reportedly underway about whether to offer fixed payments to anyone required to self isolate only serve to highlight what many say is an abject failure of test trace and isolate measures that the prime minister once promised would be

world beating it seems britain's pandemic never stops breaking new ground highest death numbers record hospital admissions even its own deadly variant and while the vaccine rollout is currently the most advanced in the world the current lockdown is also projected to be the longest one yet this in part is why recent government research shows that only 17 percent of people with symptoms are coming forward to be tested and just 11 percent of people actually self isolate when asked to do so by n.h.s. test and trace in many cases these are the lowest paid who can't afford not to go to work. there is no point in testing and less you can get people to self isolate because that's where you stop transmission we now know and actually we've known for months and months that the very people who are the most exposed to this virus who are those on the frontline and low paid for example like care workers can't afford

to sell isolate and literally they are in that really difficult position where they have to choose between self isolation and putting food on the table so laura is not alone among society's least well off the cleaners carers and supermarket workers short of being physically ill herself she says if told to self isolate she'll instead go on delivering food to british doorsteps she has no choice john how al-jazeera london. polls opened in portugal's presidential elections as the country jails with its highest cave in 19 infection rate to date 2000 extra polling stations opened in an effort to prevent crowding during the ongoing lockdown the country house the world's highest 7 day average of new cases and deaths for capita the government has refused calls to delay the vote hasn't said it would require a change of the constitution. the tunisian government has extended

a 9 to curfew and banned gatherings until february the 14th to curb the covert 900 pandemic but it hasn't stopped hundreds of people in several cities protesting against repression unemployment poverty so high right has more. 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 needed is just one revolution on folded . 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 that 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. rape and terrorism. i look at the end of the

half i believe i will demand that the politicians have mercy on this country we're tired of the incompetence of their lies and robberies. we want this country to stand up again we've had enough. 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. the young men who march 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. i don't is here faces severe economic problems made worse by the pandemic that a 3rd of its youth on employed with 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 another one and now look i am well aware that there is anger and frustration in many areas i know that the economic and social situation is a crisis deepened back over $1000.00 your voice is heard and your anger is a legitimate it is my role and that of the government to work towards the demands and make the dream of to come true. the 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 that to demand change so high it at. a pro independence group in disputed western sahara has launched an overnight attack in the un patrolled buffer zone near the border with mauritania the policy front says its fighters fired rockets towards goggled arch in november the group declared an end to

a 3 decade old cease fire after american troops carried out a military operation in the area. for more than 300 years the netherlands colonized waters now modern day indonesia and took thousands of cultural and religious artifacts after years of negotiation the dutch government returned some items last year indonesian historians want more to be returned but say it's a long and complicated process as jessica washington reports from the capital jakarta. this dagger was called the christian indonesia it's made from gold and is covered in precious stones it's one of $1500.00 items returned last year for more than 300 years dutch colonizes occupied what is now indonesia they stole thousands of precious cultural and religious artifacts and took them to the netherlands. after years of negotiation the artifacts were finally handed back the

1st time such a large collection has been returned to indonesia. it includes this shield used by the dayak people in cali month on hundreds of years ago decorated with the hair of their enemies. but you know that i think that i am it shows that as a colonized country we had our historical culture and this is important for future generations to understand. getting these items back took 6 years of planning and putting them on display was delayed due to the outbreak of covert 19 the dutch government offered to return more than $12000.00 artifacts in total the indonesian authorities chose to select only a small percentage of them indonesian historians say some items should remain in the netherlands so that indonesian coaching can be experienced there too but there are also financial reasons for it at the dock and when we did the and which i mean that is we don't want to museum to become a warehouse by taking items which are not important it would just add to our

maintenance costs because all artifacts need special care. this manuscript for example contains instructions for protecting against which craft it needs to be stored at 25 degrees so that it isn't damaged by humidity there are thousands of indonesian artifacts still in dutch museums and authorities hope to eventually bring more of them home but it's a long and complicated process and historians say they'll need to carefully curated items that are returned those of great interest are the ones that reveal more about the country's past but with a i pad and it's another many of our items are related to us an auger free to add to our understanding of the many ethnic groups in indonesia which we did not have before in october a dutch commission on colonial collections recommended its government return items taken from former colonies that includes this diamond which once belonged to the sultan of punjab muhsin and used to be 70 carats it was violently seized by dutch

troops who are bullish the sultanate and sent the rough diamonds back to the netherlands to be caught into this rectangular 36 karat jam. if something belongs to indonesia they should return it to indonesia but the repatriation of such a valuable item is complicated the descendants of the sultan say it should be given to them and not to the government jessica washington al-jazeera jakarta. your child is there in the cell rom the reminder of our top 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 that the needs of the displaced are mounting an estimated 90000 people have been forced to find safety in the democratic republic of congo less.