what is it, and can we bring you the stories and developments that are rapidly changing the world we live in without the international aid? what do you think is going to happen? the afghani common counting the coast on al jazeera ah haitian kidnappers the man, $17000000.00 for the release of christian missionaries snatched from an orphanage near the capital. ah, hello barbara, sarah, are you watching elders? they were alive from love that also coming up, demanding a recount in iraq, supporters of pro iranian parties accused the government of vote. rigging dozens, bed and downstream communities. now at risk days of heavy rain push reservoirs to

capacity in the indian state of carola and banana growers in la, paloma watch on helplessly as an erupt in volcano, smothers their harvest, and livelihoods, a nash, ah, a notorious haitian gang, responsible for the kidnapping of 17 christian missionaries has made its 1st ransom demand, known as $400.00. my was all the gang that snatched the 16 americans and one canadian, once $1000000.00 per person for their release. the $17000000.00 demand that was made to the country, chief of christian aid ministries and confirmed by the haitian justice minister, or the missionaries were returning to port or prince after visiting an orphanage in the town of gun to year, which is east of the capital. when their bus was seized by gang members, john henderson has more now from the missions headquarters in the u. s. state of ohio. a haitian gang has put a price on the lives of 17 missionaries,

taken captive in port prince. $17000000.00. the ransom amounts to a $1000000.00 for each of the 5 men, 7 women, and 5 children, captured by a group called $400.00. no, was it was, they were building an orphan. it's a risk haitian missionaries now face daily. it is like living in a war zone. you don't know when you're going to go try that. you one you're going to get can nap. that is a very real concern here in ohio, where many in the religiously conservative mission mennonite community consider it their christian mission to fund advancements abroad, even as many of them live much as they did in the 19th century. the random demand is a drop in the bucket for an organization that brings in a $130000000.00 a year and donations from around the world. but now christine, a ministry has an ethical decision to make, do they pay it in risk funding? the kidnapping machine and haiti, or do they refuse and risk the lives of the missionaries they sent there?

at the white house president joe biden is getting updates on what is both a crisis for the missionaries, families and a criminal case. the f, b r a is a part of a coordinated u. s. government effort to get the u. s. citizens involved to safety. all gangs have stepped up their campaign of kidnapping, extortion, and sexual violence across large parts of haiti. u. s. a visual say they've been trying to help the government cope with the problem. we realize what a priority this is for the people that he and that's why we have provided funding to the tune of $312000000.00 in assistance over the last decade alone to strengthen long foresman and capacity of the haitian national police. and to maintain peace and stability throughout the country. even so us citizens have been repeatedly willing to glanced, visiting haiti because of the violence in instability. president jovan our moisture was assassinated in july and an earthquake struck in august. us based cristian aid

ministries is just one of dozens of religious groups doing work in haiti. summer now asking whether the u. s. should send in troops to rescue the missionaries, or whether the united nations needs to expand its peacekeeping operations in a nation where hostage taking is now on average in every day occurrence. john henderson al jazeera miller berg ohio. ah, supporters of pro iranian fractions in iraq are protesting against the result of last week's parliamentary elections. o. parties that linked to the paramilitary group, known as the popular mobilization forces, saw big losses in that election of crowds and baghdad have gathered to demand a re count populist shia cleric looked at al, sad that and said his move when secured the biggest number of seats in parliament, back with a bill were hid,

has worn out from back that thousands of angry protest her as are protesting in front of the green zone in baghdad, demanding a manual recount of the votes of the legislative election. now these protest her as their supporters of their political parties, most leesha political parties that last in the election, many of them here, despite, although they are in civilian uniform, many of them are military individuals belonging to the popular mobilization forces that are commanded by a members of the shia political parties that last and the election the protest that is to have set up dozens of tents here. and they say that planning to continue protesting here in this area, blocking several roads leading to the green zone until their demands are met. they

say that they are accusing the election commission of fraud of votes rigging. they say that our end to the national parties are intervening and the election an are also directing the results of the election. these are accusing the government of collaborating and what they call a vote. rigging, flooding a landslides over the past 3 days, have killed dozens of people in the southern indian state of carola, where people are bracing for worsening conditions. dams near capacity have been opened with more rain actually predicted on wednesday. in katia district 13 were killed by a landslide, triggered by heavy rains and at least 6 of them were from the same family. thousands of people have been moved to relief camps so far with fears. the close proximity of so many people in shelters will actually trigger

a rapid rise of coven 19 infections. elizabeth per album is in one of the worst affected districts of careless fate. we're downstream from cameras biggest water reservoir. that's the it okey dam, which is releasing $100000.00 pieces of router every seconds. now the government is doing that is releasing water from 3 dams because they rapidly filled up with the to renshaw, rain over the weekend. and that means there's people living in a live in downstream along the patio river as far as the city of co ci have been put on alert in case of flooding from the release of water. now they're doing this because there is more heavy rain predicted for all of kettler from wednesday, and this is what the states water resources minister told us about their preparations. dinard are horrible for all the dams are under control now. and the

government has made all arrangements regarding the allocation of people living near the catchment area of the dem's and also to other places where this water could flow. no one is relocated as of now, as the water discharging isn't limited and controlled manner. now what the government is trying to do is avert the kind of disaster that happened during the monsoon floods of 2018. when at least 400 people lost their lives. the government faced criticism of the boys delaying the decision to open the waters to release the waters rather from the reservoirs. and then once they made that decision for not giving any notice to people who were living downstream, those are both cited as reasons to some of the widespread damage and destruction. they're also emphasizing that the release of the water from the dans is being done in a staggered and in

a controlled manner and catalyst chief minister that the state leader that i vision has said that they have increased the number of relief camps of shelters in the state 240, keeping in mind that as well as all of those people who all ready lost their homes over the past week 2002 and shelters. more might need evacuation because of the release of the water from the dams. and if those heavy rains which are predicted for wednesday do come through and in the northern state of altera, can that least another 24 people have been killed and many more are missing in floods. roads have been damaged and buildings destroyed with the resort town of 90 cal completely cut off from the rest of the state. scientists say that landslides and funding are becoming more frequent in india due to climate change. pictures of emerged of damage caused by government airstrikes on the capital of ethiopia. conflict ridden

t grier region. at least 3 people were killed and medically the strikes were denied by the government. but they came a days after a new offensive was launched against the t gray forces. the state on the news agency says communication equipment was hit with care taken to avoid civilian casualties. the conflict has been ongoing now for nearly a year and thousands have died as a result and decrease health care workers are calling on the federal government to live to the siege on macular. a shortage of medical supplies is worsening. a humanitarian crisis in the region. the un says 400000 people are experiencing famine now. and the further 1800000 people are on the brink of it. journalists that samuel get a chew says there is no end in sight for the blockade against t grey. there doesn't seem to be any compromise from the ethiopian side and from a t p, a level of what we've seen from, for example, those, those thoughts are protesting. integrity is trying to express the fresh they've

been going on in local clinics and hospitals trying to kick take care of so many victims. and so many people that are in need of medical help and a system that's almost broke. and that's why they were protesting in front of the u . n. trying to express what's been happening and thus much we are beginning to see from a distance 91 percent of the population are in need of some kind of emergency aid. and according to us aid close to 1000000 people are facing family conditions. the need is so much overwhelming, you know, you can send and so many so much trucks from w p. the fact is the need to so much and the people are in need of the support are just overwhelmingly so much and this only so much you could do and much of the pressure i've seen it. i've traveled to the region, you know, in last the earlier this year, what we beginning to see,

what we've seen from far as and from near is the fact that the hospitals are just being overwhelmed with not enough medicine to even treat the most basic needs. north korea has confirmed it launched a new ballistic missile from a submarine into the sea of japan, north korean state media case k c n. a reported the launch on wednesday local time . now the launch took place tuesday morning. it's reported that north korean leader kim jong on did not attend the missile test. a u. s. envoy has made a fresh appeal for talks with pyongyang still to come in this half hour. an inquiry condemns the brazilian government handling of the corona virus pandemic. but some fear the report will change nothing. the boat trip that uncovered a 900 year old relic, a crusader night sword found in the waters of israel. ah

. either your world, whether update begins in asia pacific in you know, over the last 72 hours, top end of indo china, northern vietnam, more than half a meter of rain. it's starting to peter out on wednesday, but still getting striped with some heavy rain for southern sections of indo china, southern parts of china. we see this run of rain. it's move him further toward the east and that kicks down the temperature and shanghai to 16 on wednesday. weather maker moving across honshu, central northern parts into whole kado. and there are weather alerts in play here. heavy rainfall, who kado honju islands next up southeast asia and still a heavy concentration of rain over borneo to be expected. on wednesday jakarta getting up to $31.00 degrees temperature, it's all about that story for australia,

top end of west western australia, $43.00 degrees. very close to a record temperature was 43.9. you'll get another kick at the can as we had toward wednesday, 44 degrees and then we've got this until system moving across a bytes. white to and windy conditions are for south australia and new zealand, high pressure building. so calm conditions, auckland, you're above average with the high of 21 degrees on wednesday. look a good see soon. ah, the stay propaganda media, censorship and the rise of all of their italian rule wake up. one day the system has been turned from an electoral democracy into a competitive before a turing machine. i looked at the loss of power in hungarian me to the experiences of those who live in every day. that is a pressure on us, but we have to be very careful, of course, and we have to be brave enough to support how democracy dies. democracy may be on

al jazeera lou. ah, a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera of haiti's justice ministers as a criminal gang is demanding $17000000.00 for the return of 17 foreign christian missionaries, the mostly american and canadian group was kidnapped near the capital. puerto prince on saturday in iraq, supporters of pro iranian factions have been protesting against the result of last week's parliamentary election after parties linked to the paramilitary group known as the popular mobilization forces. so big losses and north korea has confirmed

that it launched a new ballistic missile from a submarine into the sea of japan. launch took place tuesday morning. it's reported that north korean leader kim jong and did not attend. he was secretary of state anthony, blinking his in ecuador worry is held talks with president guillermo law. so on counter narcotics operations and regional security. the top american diplomat reinforced washington support for ecuador is cracked down on drug trafficking. as long as it remains just the legal and constitutional lincoln also praised ecuador for housing, a number of migrants from the americas, including many fleeing. the diary coloma cont, humanitarian situation in haiti was go straighten out with her as a boy who is live for a think. he thought that is the entry of lincoln has just been speaking to the media. what did he have to say? well, what is the 1st cup of lincoln strips to the region?

he's coming, he came here and then he's heading to columbia. you just said he will be discussing on narcotics operations, democracy, migration, among many other things. but during the press conference that happens just a while ago, he mentioned the situation in haiti state in the united states. we really concerned about the situation on going bear with 17 missionaries that have been kidnapped by a ganga group. he says that the united states and the state department is doing everything possible in order to secure their release that they have deployed f b. i. agents to try to track down the 17 missionaries. they include among them at least 5 children. and he also said that the current situation of security in haiti is, can sustainable that the international community and the united states need to work towards a long term plan to control the security situation and to control gangs. lincoln is coming here at a very special time in a while when president get more. last one has just announced the state of emergency

in this country follow we wave of violent crimes related to drug trafficking. this state of emergency will last for around 60 days. a period in which the armed forces will be involved in operations in drug operations, weapons operations, and many other things. there's also a political and economic crisis. so came to power in this country without promise to jumpstart what all this economy. but every bill he has sent to congress has been blocked so far, and that's why he has threatened that he could shut down the national family. so there's an ongoing crisis with the labor unions within digital, threatening to take to the streets, to protest against the current ministration and in all with all of this that's going on, blink and strip to this country is seen as a show of support a so show of support to and i like that he's facing a difficult time to wrestle with the latest from quito on that visit. my you are

sent to roofs. they down to move lincoln teresa, thank you. brazil's 6 months parliamentary inquiry of the government's handling of the cove at 19 pandemic has resulted in a damning report that will be made public on wednesday. senators have said that they will ask for indictments against president charitable sonata and many of his close advisors, monica in a key of his more the last day of hearings and the most painful of all. outside brazil's congress, hundreds of white handkerchiefs, a symbol of tears shed for the victims of the pandemic. they were hung in rio de janeiro iconic up up on a beach when brazil reached the tragic milestone of 600000 deaths by proven 19. the world's 2nd largest, the handkerchiefs were then carried in a box to the capital, brazilian by taxi driver must struggle. nasty mailto whose son died more than a year ago. he spoke on behalf of thousands of resiliency, who lost their loved ones and blamed the government for their suffering,

specially president j april. so model, who denied the severity of the pandemic. that'll scoffed at social distancing measures and delayed the vaccination campaign. it was marge, me to see him. bridge you're going to school. i think we deserve an apology from the highest authority in the country. them out. this is not about politics. it's not about belonging to one party or another. we're talking about people's lives. if police got so new for job scheduled, muslim fallen view bush reesha, he's not alone. ok, evolve. my nurse might up beatty's that was working in my now's brazil's gateway to the amazon rain forest. when the city ran out of oxygen, her brother and sister died leaving 4 children in her care. people there young a bit of common sense in humanity on the part of those he'd govern us could have helped avoid such tragedy. in the amazon student, javan la gomez mean gish spoke on behalf of brazil's 120000 corbett 19 orphans

georgia. she lost both parents which are within 2 weeks and was left alone with her 10 year old sister and no means to support themselves. okay, if we had friends and family who helped us along any do not of giovanna said that government she claimed should be financially responsible for them female. so the result of this 6 month parliamentary inquiry of the government's handling of the pandemic will be at $1200.00 paid for port, asking for the indictment of at least 70 people. among them president shy bull sonata and his sons. man in brazil believe it will have no impact over because of the locker room. this investigation will lead nowhere. the report needs to be examined by brazil's attorney general, and it will probably end up in a draw. ah, the vice president of the senate committee in charge of the investigation told us they will try to get justice for the victims by all means. so even if it means i'm

turning to the international court, my view, he says the probe has already produced a change for birds that aren't local. mr. paloma doesn't care or but as before, the pro began president j. lable sonata was the only person who had to say in brazil, he acted in the worst possible way, and there was no response, no g m. the senate was the 1st institution that reacted to the atrocities he committed and investigated his crimes. and to our surprise, re unveiled corruption scandals involving the acquisition of vaccines, but from the investigation has already taken a toll on ball sonatas, popularity or then half of brazilians reject his government. monica, and i'll give, i'll jazeera, the international monetary fund, has started discussions with lebanon, which is in dire need of economic assistance. but the government has been distracted by another crisis. the political infighting about the investigation into the bay route to port explosion. tensions lead to st. battles last week, then

a harder reports. it's been nearly a week since the most violent st battles in beirut, in years ended with an undeclared truce. but the political tensions about the investigation into last year's explosion at the report haven't gone away. just weeks after ending 13 months of political deadlock, lebanon's new government is unable to do much. she political groups, emmelyn has below who supporters fought with. as of yet, and identified gunman from the stronghold of the christian lebanese forces, party are threatening to walk out of cabinet. if the lead judge in the case taught at the time is not removed. it will be interesting to see what has been done and are willing to do and how much they are willing to escalate. the implosion of the government from within remains of an option. because if the mass resignation card that has been met could play technically, but that would effectively propel the country into

a political crisis to avoid that prime minister. and as she may add, he says he won't convene cabinet until a solution is found to differences about the judge, who's some accuse of political bias. this means they can't focus on rescuing an economy that has all but collapsed the investigation is the biggest legal challenge to the governing political class, which has for decades use the system to escape accountability. the tar is the 2nd judge to take on the case. politicians remove this freed assessor what he's started to charge officials was criminal negligence. the enquiry shows many of them knew of the dangerous material at the port that triggered the blast. judge baton has tried to prosecute some of those believe to be responsible. he has issued arrest warrants for officials who refused to show up for questioning. but there has been no cooperation from the political and security establishment, which is now trying to find ways to take the case out of the doors. hands.

basically the because the night now trying to put in place is one that was, is supposed to oversee what judge feet are does. it took my cousin to try and control the flow of the investigation to try and put some controls over the movement of judge guitar. and what he finds, but ours findings haven't been revealed and it's not known. if he found evidence linking those seeking to undermine his investigation, to the ammonium nitrate responsible for the devastating blast at the port. this investigation has caused a deep divide that led to a dangerous escalation on the ground. and now political deadlock center there al jazeera, beirut. it's one month since they come review heavily k. now on the spanish island of la paloma erupted and scientists say there is no indication that it will stop any time soon. in that time it has destroyed more than 1800 buildings, mostly houses, about 7000 people have had to leave their homes. the agricultural sector has been

among the industries hardest hit. alexander lurch is on the island for us, where he's met, banana farmers, worried that they will have nothing left to harvest. for more than 4 decades. jose alvaro has worked his families plantation near the western coast of la palmer, but he says the month long volcanic eruption is now affecting his health partners in vienna. no day, i don't feel good. i don't want to work or eat. i don't want to do anything, but this is the situation we are now leaving on. we have to continue in a typical year, alvaro could expect to harvest more than 13 tons of the islands, much prized bananas. but the eruption means the fate of this season's harvest is uncertain. is my last, i don't know if it, but those kind of effect everything because of their, when it's everywhere,

reduce production and income. we are washing their bananas with water and below where the net is extra work. yet in the end we get practically nothing. when we try to sell them, it looks like their banners have been funded down inside the same tasty. but on the outside to the eye, it doesn't sell that the lava has destroyed more than a 133 heck tiers of banana farms. scientists warned the erupt could continue for several months. but say a lesson may be drawn from the islands history to the plantation. here we're constructed or we're blended big because the transport saw it from other from other places where they put this on the lava flows on isolated options. so probably the future will, they will do the same. i mean they will transport thousands of do we meet this and they cover the lava flow so they will say that they will have new positions. i mean, the only way to recover once the lava has cooled, there is

a chance that some of the land may be reclaimed in the coming months and years. but for the farmers, all they can do is wait for the option to end. while they hope that the help provided by the government is enough to see them through the year. the bananas or the engine of the economy on the canary islands accounting for 30 percent of jobs. the spanish government has designated more than $16000000.00 in financial aid to help farmers recover. local officials say the government should do more. the you look is the word of the dental shania. the 14000000 euros of a to been provided to the community is a start. but it's only equivalent to what the affected areas produce in just one year. after sunset, the glow from cranberry bicker lights up the landscape yet again, and the threat of the lava becomes visible from tens of kilometers away. all alvaro

can do is watch and hope. his farm is spared. alexander lurch al jazeera la palmer in israel. a sharp eyed diver has recovered a complete sword. believe to be from the crusades almost a millennium ago. the meter long blade hilt and handled in crusted with marine life was spotted after the undercurrents shifted sands that had previously concealed it . archaeologists believed the sword to be from a knight based that the crusader castle of athlete a templar base from the early 13th century. it's the 1st time that a complete sword has been found in israel, with preservation attributed to the under water environment being mostly free of oxygen. following that will hit, or this saw the we assume that they denied that holding the sword. it was very strong because to fight with these they await and the size of a sword. it wasn't so easy even today to hold it. it's heavy. so

away and this is typical sword of fur, conceal early in nights. and you can find out much more on everything we've been covering and beyond on our website the address. there it is. al jazeera dot com. ah and now the top stories all al jazeera haiti's. justice minister says a criminal gang is demanding $17000000.00 for the return of a group of christian missionaries. 17 people including 5 children were kidnapped near the capital, puerto prance on saturday. if b i agents are now helping haitian law enforcement, who.