child marriage to happen legally these are basically archaic walls they are often the jet mines and legal one is pedophile. online jump into the conversation and the team to discuss this dream on out is the era. this is al jazeera. i know i'm not matheson this is the news our live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes tens of thousands flee violence as on the group said violence towards the capital in the central african republic al-jazeera reports exclusively from across the congolese border. clashes in israel ultra-orthodox protesters demand the religious schools be opened as the government considers closing the border to stop

new variants of covert 19. the un says the pandemic has severely disrupted the education of more than 1600000000 children. and the nightmare ends for 11 miners who spent 2 weeks trapped underground in china but for several others the ordeal continues. and in school one of mixed martial arts biggest stars a suffered another career damaging defeat. mcgregor beaten by dust in korea in abu dhabi. and the number of people fleeing from violence in central african republic to nearby countries is soaring according to the un refugee agency foreign forces supporting the government of syria have been backing a coalition of on group since last month its estimate. that 100000 people have been

left internally displaced after being forced from their homes among those who fled almost 5000 people traveled to cameroon a similar number have gone to chad well 400 traveled to republic of congo but 900000 people have crossed into the democratic republic of congo and it's not clear what's going to happen to them al-jazeera as malcolm webb's 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 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. 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 last week we had a lot of 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. 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 sun biloela it's basic to 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 and so let that they make this all work that up and i've got it up on the wall well i mean the culture you want to see their promises

blocked by action. is not safe to go home but without help they can't relocate and settle here in congo. and 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 out his iraq song lola democratic republic of congo. liz oha is the country representative of u.n. a.c.r. and democratic republic of congo she says the refugees are vulnerable. and more than a close to 90000 now is to mitigate their authorities we can classify as quite desperate because one the physical location in which this refugee is how i write is very vast they are in 3 provinces and they 'd are basically very very

difficult to reach secondly didn't come emotionally depleted some of them this is not the 1st time that crossing into the d.s.e. those 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 big canary needs fault water sanitation slippin and. science at the moment because we're out we're still really looked 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 'd were the 1st responders that themselves in a very. precarious situation and that's it where. bus

testing is underway in hong kong for thousands of people in neighborhoods sealed off because of corona virus the city is struggling to contain a surge in cases over recent weeks mainland china is worried to it seeing its biggest wave of infections since march sarah clarke 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 $150.00 buildings had been forbidden to leave their homes in a 48 hour mandatory lockdown 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. pro trial date all for a fortnight what of all this today mandatory lockdown in hong kong is the 1st but is not expected to be the last but 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 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 that the government advising its citizens to stay home sarah clarke al-jazeera hong kong flights in and out of israel could be suspended for 2 weeks to stop new covert 19 strings being carried into the country some international air passengers might be allowed to travel but only if they've got a special permit israel started to see a promising drop in cases it's locked and i said to expire at the end of the month or how the forces joining us live from west jerusalem just talk us through the details of this move because it does seem as though israel is get least to some degree getting on top of the virus. you know in some ways it is but there is also deep concern about the fact that it could linger around. a long time yet and potentially new mutations of the virus springing up in various parts of the world might and some of the israeli population and challenge the efficacy of the vaccine

and so that is why in late night meetings on saturday with senior officials benjamin netanyahu discussed this plan of putting at least a 2 week moratorium on entries and exits to the main airport. between jerusalem and tel aviv unless there are very serious exceptions required for serious reasons or can't be done remotely and that is something that we are still waiting for in terms of it's being approved by the cabinet there has been a cabinet meeting going on this afternoon quite a contentious one by all accounts and so when you have that happen there had been a call for restrictions on entry without a negative coronavirus tests for some time that was finally put into place as of saturday but now they are looking into a more serious and more rigorous as i say to try to stop any mutations further

mutations coming in that might challenge with action in terms of the vaccine rollout but in still going on a pace soon a half a 1000000 israelis out of the population of 9000000 have had at least 11 dose of ww and had both doses and there are encouraging signs from the early studies of those people that hasse was ations new cases are starting to diminish as a result as i mentioned of in the lock down there is plan expected to end i think at the end of the month but already people are pushing to have some of the schools they open up. yes well this is a specific issue really regarding the cultural finance community within israel and there has been a huge debate in each of the love towns and again now in this tightened lockdown about the behavior of. schools in particular which often disregarded the instructions and remained open that has happened again this time

and other gatherings and synagogues weddings and the like and there is pressure on benjamin netanyahu to try to crack down more in terms of influence and on the rules and we have seen a little bit of that with police moving in and slightly greater force in recent days and on sunday and 3 separate locations around the country there have been pretty serious crashes between ultra-orthodox protest is and police have been trying to close down schools. to stop lessons carrying on in one instance a policeman drew out his gun and shot him to the edge of trying to clear parts of the crowd as he was being surrounded by and abused by a group in other instances policemen have been thrown to have things thrown not them rubbish and stones and the like some of been injured during the course of the day netanyahu relies on the ultra-orthodox political parties for his coalition for support in his governing coalition there was an argument between one of his likud

ministers and one of his colleagues. with an ox minister is blaming each other for the scenes that we've seen during the course of the day so it's a very sensitive political issue he's on the pressure from secular mainstream israel to crack down more but he's been reluctant to do so because of these political reasons kyra thanks very much indeed hire a force of bring us up to date from west to receive them. 1.6000000000 children and young people had their education severely disrupted last year because of the coronavirus pandemic now this map by the un shows 29 countries in red that have closed schools due to covert 19 the ones in blue a partially closed as of january 258000000 children have been unable to attend school juta closures while children in more developed parts of the world have been able to continue classes remotely many more without access to computers or the internet have been unable to learn the un secretary general antonio terrace marks

the international day of education on sunday by saying it's a fundamental right that must be protected to avert a catastrophe he will none of us antony says is director of the us go global education monitoring report he's joining us from paris by skype is really good to have you with us sir thank you very much indeed for joining us i want to talk to you about the the psychological impact that this separation from school is having on children because school obviously is not just about the process of learning it's about social interactivity is well. you're absolutely right in on this day in the international day of education it is a stark reminder of the multiple purposes that education serves in children's lives and i think it is also a feeling now down to politicians minds and governments minds all around the world that it is really essential to maintain schools open it is really to be really the

very last resort to have the schools close but inevitably in some countries the. health situation does not really leave them must choice they other thing of course the schools do is to give children who are able to attend school a structure to the day and to the week what is the risky thing that eventually when the schools do start to reopen we're going to see a large number of kids who are simply not of the mindset to go back to school and who may actually be just dropping out may not return. dropping out is not unusual mindset i think around the world everyone believes in the value and importance of education but unfortunately many children are going to be faced with the poverty of their families and the lack of means to continue their education and it's again not a mindset issue it's the broader issue so many children have been actually left behind because of limited access to the means that will enable them to follow

distance education and also because at the end of the day we know that distance education despite reagan's efforts all around the world is only a subject maybe sometimes a poor substitute to what education in presence and offer and it is there is advantage that children really are about to fall behind for that because it is them that are suffering more from the living condition that make falling education from a distance much more difficult but also from the means and the support they can get . it's often been said of course that teachers go into the job because that's a vocation for them rather than they have financial incentives to do it one would imagine also that there's a psychological effect on the teachers as well when they have been basically unable to do the job that they have wanted to do for so long. it's true that the world's 100000000 teachers and educators essentially become front line workers in these

periods and they are the most important actors in the educational recovery they must because of the priority grouping vaccination campaigns in all countries because at the end of the day the need to research showing that schools are but the areas where the teachers are really particularly vulnerable i think if we were to take one positive message from this and then we can describe it is really how the community if you get a community has and understood what's more they're all the teachers be able to it's not just the role of instruction and passing the knowledge it's their role as essentially leaders in their communities in many teachers around the world but really done the most good to keep in touch with the students especially in what is advancing that something we should be really cherishing it's really interesting to get your thoughts on this medicine and he says thank you very much for joining us and i'll just ear thank you very much anymore head on the news hour including repatriating indonesia's stolen heritage we'll look at how the pandemic is

hampering efforts to bring back artifacts from the netherlands. the young patients feeling the impact of a health sector many say is stuck in the past. and the olympic champion who is back at the top of a sport after a 2 year time out at university. 11 miners have been rescued in china's northeast after being trapped underground for 2 weeks they were among 22 caught in the blast at a gold mine and shandong province at least one miners known to have died or the condition of the others is unknown or about money reports. blindfolded to protect his eyes after 2 weeks in the dark but grateful to be alive this is the moment a gold miner was pulled to safety after being trapped hundreds of meters below ground he's part of

a 5th group of miners rescued in is china's 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 kind of 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 miners 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 went wrong in this mine is yet to be determined the al-jazeera. taiwan says several chinese military planes of enters its air space and for a 2nd day 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 it's the 2nd day in a row chinese warplanes conduct what taipei is describing as an incursion into its airspace. meanwhile the u.s. state department is calling on china to stop exerting what it calls military

diplomatic and economic pressure on taiwan that comes as a u.s. aircraft carrier groups enter the south china sea on a mission to promote what the u.s. military called freedom of the seas a bipartisan group of u.s. politicians will be discussing president joe biden's $1.00 trillion dollars 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 for biden's hope of bipartisanship direct relief accounts for about one trillion dollars of the bill among the key points is another round of direct payments this time for those in $1400.00 about $400000000000.00 is going to go towards bolstering the covert 19 response and that includes spending for the national vaccination program expanding testing and increasing public health jobs another $130000000000.00 is going to be put aside to help schools we open a portion of that 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 he says biden is trying to kick start better state and federal coordinator and on coronavirus relief . we're reason why we have one in 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 not rated with executive orders as we are going to work with you so he has appointed a coronavirus towns force and a specific coordinator just lines to work with the states and with the city but here's the kicker that coordination needs money and sense march of last year mitch mcconnell has held out against any type of monetary assistance to the state and that it's like oh they'll just spend it on other things the democrats will

waste the money now to a critical point where washington not just the biden ministration but republicans as well as democrats work with the states in the cities or will both local communities be hostage not only to the pandemic but also to politics doctors in kyrgyzstan say they're struggling to treat their patients because of a lack of public funding the health care sector has been hit hard by 3 decades of political instability in the country since the breakup of the salvage union charles stratford went to a clinic in northern accent district. the uk sue rehabilitation since a norton kyrgyzstan was built by the soviets in the 1950 s. to treat polio victims. did not treat children suffering from a neurological condition the doctors say could be prevented pregnant mothers receive basic health care. but not something often not available to many women forced to rely on what experts say is a struggling government health sector stuck in the past 7 year old as easy to

suffer from cerebral palsy since birth it's a neurological disorder that affects a person's ability to move maintain balance and speak. her mom brings you here to the center for physio and voice their plea every few months as easy clearly enjoys it mom says she's improving it isn't just. previously she couldn't talk sit down or eat but this therapy is helping and she can now even play with her sister our lives are beginning to improve with a city is on shockingly basic proof experts say of years of government neglect but around $3000.00 children come from all over the country every year for treatment for cerebral palsy. despite lacking basic modern equipment and few professionally trained staff the center has built up a reputation for being the best in the country in treating children with cerebral

palsy. it was constructed over a hot spring because of the therapeutic qualities of the water. shaman and then cut their off drives his son is law 8 hours from the capital bishkek to get the hydro and physical therapy he needs. his condition does not affect could need to function like intelligence he can be treated but not cured janet as a cough will graduate this year with a degree in i.t. he's been receiving treatment here for almost 20 years and staff say he is proof that despite the difficulties they face success can be achieved. i want to be a good auntie specialist and work for a big company that's my pliant he says it's hard work constantly trying to improve yourself but you have to and that's my advice. they doctor he says there's not enough government money to offer basic medicine invisibles let alone more

specialized treatments that some of the children need to have my suitcase that did they do we have difficulties i believe the government is trying to help us to provide free treatment but it has to fund every sphere of the health sector it can't just focus on us. the challenges are immense aziza her family and the staff are the to santa but with the cancer piece she needs there is every reason she should live a long and fulfilling life charles trafford al-jazeera north kivu star. still ahead in al-jazeera it's been lying dormant for decades so why is the philippines thinking about reviving this nuclear plant. and low income workers in the u.k. say they don't have enough financial support to self isolate while the country is in lockdown. and the italian champions are not backing down as they look to retain their title football action coming up and the support.

for. the weather remains surprisingly quiet stretch the arabian peninsula the levant and iran the good part of turkey if anything temperatures are slowly rising by approximately a degree day that's not quite true in western turkey here is breezy and sherry and the miles from blood has become much lighter down through the gulf the temp is in die hard coming up a degree of sight per day as well otherwise it is remarkably quiet for this time of the year. we just got pictures in from places further south we've seen actually where was tropical soccer eloise which just about gave us winds about 130140 kilometers across beta now these pictures show some wind damage there's widespread flooding i would say maybe he's mine

a structural damage but song it was fairly major this is a big signpost brought down or across the road so that was you know it's pretty widespread stuff but the communications of being restored slowly now so the next day or so we're going to be looking into what happens with the remains of this tropical cycle well this is what happens it's a likelihood of significant flooding in the far south of mozambique the eastern side of south africa botswana reasons sudden zimbabwe the likelihood is one to 200 meters the right or in hunts than storms with significant hail from many. al-jazeera is investigative unit putting censored and unseen video for blue hot filmed as the coronavirus are great is just beginning. leaning on all the bullshit that the iraqis have really got more exposing the secrecy and censorship by chinese authorities. fox clock and health system struggling

to cope al-jazeera investigation 3 dates that still the world. watches the rose here to report on the people often ignored but who must be heard how many other channels can you say will take their time and put extensive thought into reporting from under reported areas of course we cover major global offense but our passion lies in making sure that you're hearing the stories from people in places like palestine libya yemen the sahara region and so many others we go to the make up for we care we stay. remove. the old. oh.

you want to call it is it a reminder of our top stories this a surge in violence in central african republic forcing tens of thousands of people to scrape across the border the un refugee agency says those fleeing attacks by on groups desperately need help. 11 miners have been rescued in china's northeast after being chopped 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 done it. all to offer dogs protesters have battled with police in 2 israeli cities as regulators try to enforce coronavirus restrictions a number of religious schools have stayed open even though the government told them to close. thousands of people have joined protest convoys across brazil calling for president yet to be impeached over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic they're also angry about

a vaccination program which is being delayed in amazonas state a lockdown is being imposed from monday as hospitals in the capital now say remain overwhelmed by a surge in infections want to you not have reports from rio de janeiro. that you know you're really heavy. my god is among the lucky few in my nose. was out of there 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 millennium. 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 cold those a full. many have died of suffocation but his modest 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 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 scene's 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 again for some people like we're. businessmen have managed to get along. brazil has the world's 2nd largest couvade 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 that's right 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 paolo and rio de janeiro some bubbles governor is imposing new restrictions to stop them from spreading monica and i give. rio de janeiro germany's to begin using the same experimental cocktail of antibodies credited with helping donald trump's recovery from covert 19 the former us president was given

a therapy developed by a general before it was approved by regulators it said to prevent high risk patients becoming seriously ill if it's used in the early stages of infection 200000 doses are jus to be delivered to german hospitals in the coming week italian government says it's considering legal action against a vaccine maker astra zeneca after it announced plans to cut its supply to the european union the company's reduced its offering by 60 percent for the 1st quarter of the year blaming production problems it's a major setback for the blocks vaccination program last week pfizer said it would delay its shipments of the vaccine for up to a month. 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 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 hall reports from london 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. 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 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 serve 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. testin ptrace 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 in markets that the very people who are the most exposed to this virus who

are those on the frontline and low paid for example i 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 jonah how al-jazeera london the scottish national party has revealed plans to hold what it calls its own legal referendum on leaving the united kingdom scotland's 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 that says new polls reported in the british newspaper the sunday times

showed 50 percent of scottish voters want a referendum and a majority of all u.k. voters expects cotten to become independent within the next 10 years. well those same polls showed just over half of voters in northern ireland also want to referendum an irish unification the sunday times goes on to say 48 percent of northern irish voters believe there will be a united ireland within 10 years and we spoke to ian mclean who's professor of politics at the university of oxford and he explains what's behind the renewed support for independence movements. this is what you might call a game of chicken between prime minister barak's johnston and 1st minister nicolas 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 held a referendum which the spanish government said was illegal the reason she is shaking the globe no 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 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 so she's entitled to say things

have changed the dangers from prime minister johnson 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 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. coates emir has reappointed. as prime minister resigned along with his cabinet last week during the standoff with parliament that's up to 38 m.p.'s back to request to question him on constitutional affairs including his choice of ministers the mayor has asked the prime minister to

nominate a new cabinet 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 so alan dorgan visited the facility in baton and sent 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 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 x. 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 now you get a jump start which is all it embroiled in controversy we don't know. to start their nuclear program in the wrong foot 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 to go to 30 or not one thing they say is for sure the energy crisis in the country is a social justice issue and one that we 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 that's the law was taken in by dutch

police on a quest by a stray or united nations office in drugs and crime says it is believed to be the head of a multi-billion dollar heroin and methamphetamine operation for more than 300 years in the netherlands colonized what is now modern day indonesia 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 they say it's a long and complicated process as jessica washington reports from jakarta. this dagger is 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 god i think that. 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 middle and so that indonesian culture can be experienced there too but there are also financial reasons for it at the dock and when we did that was

a meal 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 witchcraft 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 for 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 when they get that and it's you know many of our items are related to dog or free they 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 diamond 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. still ahead on al-jazeera on the sound of music the festival in chile that will be silenced by the coronavirus pundit. and one of god's rising stars begins the new european citizens with the wind and is here with that story shortly. it's the biggest sport. a truly global game. and it

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week or. 2 or. these are going to it's percival's have taken a back seat during the coronavirus pandemic but some advance have gone online and that's allowed them to bring in more funds the news will are latin america added to the human want to check out one festival in central chile. and the end these mountains surrounding the port deal 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 portier international music festival simply are not that we now and conductor and violinist alexander all is hosting a hybrid version of. 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 fractured hearts and minds get out of the 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 timers disease and dementia. this video demonstrating how hearing the music of swan lake reconnected former prima ballerina medical and sallust has gone viral. or should it 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 are main in an area of our brain that is less damaged. or all of just shown that music is key for developing a creative mind but classical music is timeless says conductor killed that the god of the handbook state opera. distant touch with the common value system of.

greek humanism well one movement is 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 scientists chile. it's time for the sport is on the hey thanks so much for a birth 5 games in the english f.a. cup this summer it somehow abraham scoring a hat trick to help chelsea advance the england international efforts helping the blues beat luton 3 want a round for its results a little pressure off manager frank lampard chelsea on a pretty bad run in the premier league they're down to 9 theft or winning just once in their last 5 games. liverpool and manchester united are about to face

each other for the 2nd time in a week that seems played out a goalless draw in the premier league 7 days ago the calls only win this year come against a very weak aston villa team in the last round of the f.a. cup. so what there are 2 directions 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 we have to judge we are not. like you said be doing just because we dry you should we are really ready for the flight we're already at a battle 100 percent italian champions are you venters one on sundays they tend to keep pace in the sorry art cycle rice on dry pillow side beaten by long yet to nail it hollow arts or in western mckenney getting the goals. also means you they are 7 points behind leaders ac milan they do their have a game in. common i guess says he's heartbroken after

suffering suffering a career damaging defeat on his return see the u.f.c. on give me the sport's biggest commercial draw knocked out by the same poor the 32 year old irish man has vowed to carry on fighting if form at sea weight world champion claimed he was struggling with a leg injury during the concert just too little too late that i was compromised i didn't they just and that's it for play those i'm very happy for i am very happy that i got the company in this in these times and and come back we are live and u.f.c. main event and that's it. you know i don't know i don't know where i'm at the minute he asked well earlier we spoke to sportswriter john morgan who is in abu dhabi for the concerts he believes that despite this loss mcgregor will be back. 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 if we back nothing could 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 it would have its economy you know to me it's interesting where you put kind of mcgregor 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 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 on to the sport that didn't know about it before and what he's done for itself is pretty amazing. really micro let his overnight lead slip at the abu dhabi championship well number 6 mcroy had a one strike advantage going into the final day. when he hit trouble england's terrell happened over holding the final round of 66. that's and winning the opening events on the european soil but for all shocks. even they're not in the pie in an 18 doesn't kind of seem won the tournament. see is amazin. i've always loved start my season here in abu dhabi and to now add my name on that trophy which so many great champions before me is is a huge honor now the women's tennis tour has arranged for them it's exclusively for players unable to leave their hotel rooms drink or unseen ahead of the australian open the event start on february the 3rd is the build up to the 1st grand slam of

the season $72.00 players in strict quarantine at the moment the positive coronavirus cases were detected on my flights to melbourne 28 scene olympic champion chloe came is back competing and winning after a 2 year break. this victory in snowboarding half point comes after the 20 year old american time outs in the sports guys university events in switzerland was her 1st world cup competition since 2019 came is now building up to the defense of the 2022 beijing olympics. she's. so excited you know that like 30 min away in between is a no nerve racking. visualizing over and over. and i was hoping that my coaches so yeah definitely it was a staying positive the whole time which i really think. ok i'll be back a little bit of action from the f.a. cup game between liverpool and manchester united then but for now i will think and

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a desperate situation of the indian government set up a new commission to monitor sources of evolution across 5 know from the state's health experts and by i mention this and been wanting for months that the easing of the lockdown would lead to an increase in pollution and the impact that would have on those because of 19. tens of thousands from violence is on the group's advance towards the capital and the central african republic al-jazeera reports exclusively from across the congolese border. town of mothers and this is obviously a live from doha also coming up israel is banning air travel in and out of the country to try to contain the spread of coronavirus. the u.n. says the pandemic has so.