inspire you one of us ever go to responsibility to change versus place. on al-jazeera. escaping killing looting and great fighting in central african republic forces tens of thousands to flee to neighboring countries we have an exclusive report from a remote congolese region. you're watching out of syria live from doha also coming up the nightmare ends for 11 miners who spent 2 weeks trapped underground in china but for several others the ordeal continues. ultra-orthodox protesters in israel fight with the police as the government tries to close religious schools that violated virus prescriptions. as

hospitals are overwhelmed in brazil protesters called for president. to resign over his handling of the pandemic. the u.n. refugee agency says more than 100000 people have fled the recent violence in central african republic for neighboring countries foreign forces supporting the government of the c.a.r. have been battling with a coalition of armed groups since last month most of the refugees have been forced to find shelter in remote border regions of democratic republic of congo al jazeera is melcombe web got exclusive access to one area 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 to send 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 riverbank. our arrival drew a 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 from their farms. that's what to leave home or tried. and she came back with nothing to see. 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 have to run. violence escalated

since elections last month which political opposition says were rigged. the armed groups say the government must go. 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. it's basic the villages being completely overrun its population has 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 they're exposed to. malaria and everybody here says there's hardly any food to eat or clean water to drink.

people told us everything 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 and so let me. and i'm going up on the world i mean. i want to see their promises but. it's 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 hoping somebody will soon come back and help malcolm webb dizzier. democratic republic of congo. well the number of people from central african republic seeking safety in neighboring countries a sword since december's disputed election already 100000 people displaced within their own country and another 100000 have been forced to seek shelter elsewhere and

that number is expected to rise about 5000 people travel to cameroon and an equal number have gone to chad 400 people travel to the republic of congo but the vast majority that's 90000 people have crossed the democratic republic of congo where they're facing an uncertain future. how is the country representative of the u.n.h.c.r. in the d r c she says the refugees are in a vulnerable position. that and more than a close to 90000 now is to mitigate the authorities we can't 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 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. 'd science at the moment because we have we're still a relook at in assistance from kinshasa and from but only to this location. where they 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 11 miners have been rescued in china's northeast after being trapped underground for 2 weeks they were among 22 caught in a blast of a gold mine in chandon province at least one miner is known to have died or the

condition of the others is unknown here's laura burton many blindfolded to protect his eyes after 2 weeks in the dark but grateful to be a life this is a moment ago the mind was pulled to safety after being trapped hundreds of meters below ground he's part of a 5th group of miners rescued in east china shandong province. 7 miners were able to walk to the ambulance others were too exhausted from their ordeal rescue teams say they pulled up those most in need 1st. critical case comes before the light one which is the principle of mine accident rescue so the severe ones have been pulled up 1st and the following are in better physical and psychological conditions. but more a still trapped. and animation shows what happened a blast deposited large amounts of rubble in the shaft rescue teams then began

trying to rescue those stranded a handwritten note from the miners was hoisted above ground using a metal cable it read don't stop trying to reach us rescuers load food and medical supplies to the contrary the rescuers checked the miners to see if they had any injuries and covered their eyes for protection generally speaking the rescue operation proceeded faster than expected after lifting all the trapped miners discovered will go on with the search for the other missing miners. the safety of mine is in china has improved in the past few years following a government campaign that's after hitting a peak of 5000 deaths in 2003 but what's went wrong in this mine is yet to be determined the al-jazeera taiwan says several chinese military planes have entered its airspace for the 2nd day in a row the island's defense ministry has reported that

a total of 15 chinese aircraft including 12 fighter jets entered the southwestern corner of its air defense identification zone tensions between beijing and taipei are at an all time high after the u.s. lifted a decade's old restrictions on direct contact with taiwan officials last week. the u.s. state department has called on china to stop exerting what it calls military diplomatic and economic pressure on taiwan it comes as a u.s. aircraft carrier group has entered the south china sea on a mission to promote what the u.s. military is calling freedom of the seas ultra orthodox protesters a battle with the police in 2 major israeli cities after regulators tried to shut down religious schools the police moved in to try and close the schools for violating the current coronavirus lockdown restrictions 5 police officers were injured and at least 4 people have been arrested harry forces joins us live now from west jerusalem harry what's the latest on the clashes between the police and these protesters. oh yes they took place in 3 different cities around israel during

the course of sunday and in one instance in in been a brac which is sort of a satellite city or a suburb of teller gave there was even a policeman who was surrounded by ultra-orthodox protesters. he was sort of in a line separated slightly from his colleagues and he was rushed to some extent and he pulled out his weapon and fired in the air to try to clear a space for themselves so these are some of the more serious such instances that we've seen with police trying to crack down on what has been pretty widespread disregarding all the coronavirus lockdown in many cultural of the docks areas we've seen. religious schools open despite the restrictions there have been instances of people gathering in synagogues conducting relatively large weddings and the like and so this is been a long term political commander for the prime minister benjamin netanyahu because

he relies on the ultra orthodox political parties for support in his governing coalition while at the same time under some pressure from. and we've lost that line there to west jerusalem will try and go back to harry if we can in the coming hour or so. a group of riots is in the netherlands was torched a coronavirus testing facility on the 1st night of a nationwide curfew the authorities say use in the village of work also through fireworks of offices and stones of police cars 3600 people will find nationwide for breaching the curfew the 1st one imposed since the 2nd world war the country is trying to stamp out a 3rd wave of covert injections driven by more infectious strain of the virus. still to come here on al-jazeera while low income workers in the u.k. survey don't have enough and support to self isolate during lockdown. and it's been

lying dormant for decades so why is the philippines thinking about reviving its nuclear power plant. a. bit of a change on the way for japan the sun's come out and for china and the korean peninsula this frontal system which doesn't look much will change the feel of things is mostly light breaks of rain but it's cold enough to snow in the north and the real cold stays a long way north mostly mongolia so beijing gets a touch of briefly on monday that it's clears up gets briefly warm and then it gets colder came particularly at night there's the snow as it goes through north korea's is tuesday and there's more cloud rain building further says so one's going to be up and then to have to rise as well hong kong's more reliable about 22 degrees

a change in a have in the shower seems likely in the next day or so it has happened in the last day over a good parts of southeast asia so the northern philippines northern new zone will be sharing not much in the rest but then focused further south and a good part of into these look is to pretty wet as far east. this property again in india i'd like to see a change on the right there's been a bit there is snow falling in the fall and also in search of god otherwise we've got persistent fog you can't see it because nothing happening to be honest but the cold wave is back temp is wrong the lows side a lot in northern india and bangladesh and this is the forecast the new delhi it is not very promising. for. the. welcome to down from every one of us. even those working quietly behind the scenes. so you can relax enjoy the perfect

break in your journey. and when you leave with a smile we know law day's work is done cats are always welcome to our home. i've. i've. welcome back you're watching out is here i'm peter dopy these are your top stories this hour an upsurge in violence in 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 those displaced are growing. 11 miners have been rescued in china's northeast after being trapped underground for 2 weeks they were among 22

people caught in a blast at a gold mine in the province of norm at least one miner is known to have died while the condition of the others is unknown. and ultra orthodox protesters have battled with the police in 2 major israeli cities as regulators try to enforce coronavirus restrictions a number of religious schools have remained open despite the government ordering them to close. now a bipartisan group of u.s. politicians will be discussing president joe biden's $1.00 trillion dollar stimulus bill it aims at providing a lifeline to the american economy and whether the bill can be approved by congress is seen as an early test of biden's hope for bipartisanship direct relief accounts for around one trillion of the bill among the key points is another round of direct payments this time for $1400.00 about 4 $100000000000.00 will go towards bolstering the code with 19 response that includes spending for a national vaccination program expanding testing and increasing public health jobs

another $130000000000.00 will be put aside to help schools reopen a portion will also go to colleges bearing the brunt of a major shift towards distance learning scott lucas is a professor of american studies at the university of birmingham in the u.k. he says mr biden is trying to kids start better state and federal coordination on coronavirus relief. the reason why we have more than 25000000 cases in the united states the reason why we have this death toll which is now almost 420000 is because the federal government would not coordinate under truck with the state and local communities what joe biden has signaled did so on the very 1st day last week when he was inaugurated with executive orders is we're going to work with you so he has appointed a coronavirus task force and a specific coordinator just wants to work with the states and with the city but here's the kicker that coordination needs money and since march of last year

mitch mcconnell has held out any type of monetary assistance to states and cities all they'll just spend it on other things the democrats will waste the money now is the critical point will washington not just abide ministration but republicans as well as democrats work with the states in the cities or will those local communities be hostage not only to the pandemic but also to politics mass testing is underway in hong kong for thousands of people in neighborhoods sealed off to corona virus outbreak the city is struggling to contain an upsurge in cases of the recent weeks there are similar concerns in mainland china as the country seeing its biggest wave of infections since march sara club reports from hong kong. health authorities have sealed off hong kong's densely packed district of jordan after a surge in fictions those living in around 150 buildings had been forbidden to

leave their homes in a food alimentary. 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 hof of the new transmissions recorded i've the last week are actually. we should have a complete. pro trial for all of. this today mandatory lockdown in hong kong is the 1st but it's not expected to be the last but the chinese new year holiday just weeks away the government is tightening restrictions to avoid another spike entices as families gather for the biggest annual celebration chinese new year is the most important family holiday celebrations have been impacted by surging 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 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 and sarah clarke al-jazeera hong kong. the u.k.'s vaccination rate is speeding up though the country is struggling to keep infections down some senior government ministers are demanding tougher penalties for those who disobey lockdown rules but others are calling for new policies to address people in casual jobs there are fears low income workers don't have enough financial support to self isolate john a whole reports laura is among tens of thousands of food delivery riders considered

critical workers out and about despite the coronavirus lock down i only had what. i currently have i think they pull it out of my count it does feel like a moral decision. is specially now with peak time winter and autumn 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 kind of 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 served to highlight what many say is an abject failure of the 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 it 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 joel how al-jazeera london. the italian government says is considering legal action against the vaccine maker astra zeneca after it announced plans to cut its supplied to the european union the company has reduced its offering by 60 percent for the 1st quarter of the year blaming production problems this is a major setback for the bloc spanks the nation program last week pfizer said it would delay its shipments of the vaccine for up to

a month. thousands of people have joined protests convoys across brazil calling for president also naro to be impeached over his handling of the corona virus pandemic there also angry about a vaccination program being delayed in amazonas state a lockdown is being imposed as of monday as hospitals in the capital mouse remain overwhelmed by a surge in infections monica reports now from rio de janeiro. you know you hear him he was a man my goodness is among the lucky few in my nose. was out of there thank god i am much better but 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 2 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 there's also a lack of oxygen tanks for patients and the court those are full. many have died of suffocation but as matters 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 physiotherapist 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 the whole health professionals the elderly people considered to be more vulnerable should have been vaccinated 1st but there are over again for some people

like rich businessman have managed to skip the long. brazil has the world's 2nd largest cove in 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. what the people want a vaccine for everyone people want emergency support people want paulson 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 paolo and rio de janeiro some bubbles governor is imposing new restrictions to stop them from spreading monica. rio de janeiro.

heading to the polls in portugal for the presidential elections as the country deals with its highest cope with 19 infection rates to date 2000 extra polling stations opened in an effort to prevent crowding the country has the world's highest 7 day average of cases and capital the government has refused calls to delay the vote for the constitution to be changed or the folks are not bothered 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. 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. kuwait symeon has reappointed shakes up. as prime minister resigned along with his cabinet last week during a standoff with the parliament but came after 38 m.p.'s back to request to question

him on constitutional affairs including his choice of ministers the emir has asked the prime minister to nominate a new cabinet. one of the world's most wanted men accused of running asia's biggest crime syndicate has been arrested in the netherlands c. law coup was taken in by dutch police on a request by australia the united nations office on drugs and crimes say is believed to be the head of a multi-billion dollar heroin and methamphetamine operation now 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 gun went to the facility and but 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 put 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 a lecture city 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 butter and nuclear power plant it tells the whole world we're ready for a nuclear b and b 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 who say that but the and nuclear power plant belongs to a bygone era there's already a big push back on nuclear technology itself now we're going to jump start the bad which is all embroiled in controversy we don't want to start their nuclear program in the wrong foot you want to start it in the right foot 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

dick addicted to or not one thing they say is for sure the energy crisis in the country is a social justice issue and one that me worsen if there is no investment in the country's energy system to get al-jazeera but i'm province northern philippines. welcome if you're just joining us i'm peter dalby here in the hall or something the top stories so far an upsurge in violence in central african republic is forcing tens of thousands of people seek shelter in neighboring countries the un refugee agency is warning the needs of those displaced are growing. the physical location in which this refugees i write is very vast.