the fires, climbing up the hill just behind us on the ground. this is what the business of fighting fires looks like. holding back, the inevitability of mother nature's fury is dangerous and exhausting work done to give whatever with the hope is, the fire will stop when it runs out of fuel. but for the moment, the fuel is everything in sight. o. risking a civil war, the u. n. as a die warning about the conflict in ethiopia, tig ry region. ah. hello, darren, jordan, this is al jazeera live from dough are also coming up, sending more soldiers to the board of poland accuses bella luce, of helping migrants illegally cross into the you going on, indefinite strike unions. in bolivia, protest,

a new law. they say could be used to prosecute political opponents. ah, and is the music oba jordan zone, the orchestra running out of money and struggling to survive? ah, the conflict and ethiopia tegra region could spiral into a civil war. that's the warning from the un security council, which has matches rebels threatened to march on the capital addis ababa government force has been backing them for a year. the u. n's calling for an end to the fighting and urging dialogue. my kind of reports from the united nations, the message to the security council is clear, the time is short, the window to secure a mediated settlement. the conflict is closing in a country over a 110000000 people over 90 different ethnic groups and 80 languages. no

one can predict what continued fighting and insecurity will bring. but let me be clear. what is certain is that the risk of ethiopia descending into a widening civil war is only to real. the council was addressed remotely by the african representative leading mediation efforts. all these other, i'm not agree individually. train them political, political solution, through dialogue. deaf war constitutes a window of opportunity, but the high representative warm that the window of opportunity is small. the piano bescedy made his country's position clear. we remind everyone concerned that there are no 2 parties here. there is

a government representing the all of the people and representing these have been step and there is a group advancing. it's a criminal close through atrocities. it's a stance that has the support of some members of the council, especially russia, which is privately insisted that an elected government should not be asked to negotiate because forces attempting to unseat it. the security council president has insisted there's no division on the issue. and it does appear that all agreed on to point that there's a vital need for humanitarian assistance and that it's the african union that should take the lead in mediation if it's the majority view, perhaps reflected in the statement to the council by the u. k. for emergency which said the dressing, the humanitarian and human impact of the conflict should be the immediate focus. it continued. it's past time for all parties to put the e p o p,

and people 1st. mike hannah al jazeera united nations, poland as close part of its border with better route south. a large groups of migrants tried to force their way through their court in the middle of a diplomatic route between the neighbors. poland accuses the bell or russian government of helping people to illegally cross so they can get into that. you. some of the yoga report. her chopped between the woods and a highway in bella ruse. these people have been walking towards the polish border, anxious to enter the european union. on the other side, polish security forces in riot gear, part of the 12000 that had been stationed there, guarding the front here, preventing hundreds of refugees and migrants from breaching the border. but it is a dead log that risks igniting into another migration crisis. on the doorstep of the you for months, thousands have been entering the block through bella. ruth,

at 1st via lithuania and latvia, now mainly through poland. the e. u has accused bellow received leader alexander lucas shanker. of orchestrating wave upon wave of undocumented migrants and asylum seekers. in retaliation they say, for sanctions it imposed on his government over its violent crackdowns on the opposition court in the middle of his brinkman ship. those attempting to escape the harsh conditions they find themselves in it, no shelter being to steer towards poland by bela rusty and state border officials. some had taken a chance after hearing that bella was in travel agents was selling these invitations to the you only to find themselves surviving for weeks in the forest that border, poland, and belarus. yet we will give us the cut of deer. they provide everything then, but when you say when you said to them, okay, i want to go to men sick. i want to go. i want to go back to my country so

dangerous. they said no, you forgot to bullen been bills. they bought the gun to our dollar heads. when we were, when we say we need to go to mince, if so far, poland nationalist government has refused help from the eas frontier agency. despite reports by polish border guards of hostile behavior and threats from better were seen forces in for those stuck in this no man's land. there is no guarantee how long they will have to face the elements with little access to food and water, human pawns, between 2 hostile neighbors, sonic imo al jazeera, the u. s. as we opened its borders to all vaccinated travelers for the 1st time in 20 months, visitors from more than 30 countries had been banned since early 2020. when corona virus restrictions were imposed, lamb borders between mexico and canada. i've also reopened john homer has more now

from tuan on the us mexico border as we were in the sunny seat through, which is the busiest border crossing point in the americas, you can see the cars sort of rolling down here going towards the united states. so united states checkpoints, united states officials here, and the people that live in this city, tiquana, they've got a really cross border lifestyle. they've got call to the if you're a resident in t one or you can go 25 miles into the united states. so a lot of people do that for their shopping, where they want to go to restaurants when they want to go to cinema and krishi when they want to see family. and they want to see friends who are the over the other side of the united states. so it's a really big deal for them. the people, the women speaking to that they've been able to get back into that. of course, there's another population in cities like pick one or met school board with the united states, and that's the floating migrant population. many of them wanting to seek asylum in the united states that want to get into that country where they feel that they are going to have a better future. we spend time with some of those people as well. some of them are

in a tank cap that just by the side of the border. and obviously this is going to be a different situation for them. the fact that this border and the restrictions are easing permit, can locals to get back across and visitors does not gonna change the situation for them. that do remains as firmly closed as it was done before. so there's a different situation for the different population to. well, melanie lieberman is siena travel editor at the points guy. that's an online travel blog. she says this is a monumental day for the industry. the infrastructure is in place, it's been developing, but it is a logistical challenge. and one thing that travelers have to keep in mind is that there are ongoing staffing shortages across the industry. so really, i think one of the things that travellers are going to need to think about, particularly if they're traveling abroad for the 1st time, is that they should expect delays. they should expect some different challenges along the way as this system gets up to speed. certainly leaving extra time to have

your documents check reporting is going to be really critical. it will take some time, but we're already seeing huge demands right now. travelers can still expect some good deals on international plates, but we expect those prices to rise as demand increases. and that capacity comes back online. but certainly this is a huge opportunity for airlines, which is really a major international hubs for the hotel industry, which is the waiting to fill rooms. i mean, this is such a significant turning point because of the facts. so many travellers, and i think that's one of the really key things here. and that is a major turning point, but it's going to take some time to see just how long it takes for that recovery to really show denmark is re imposing cobra 19 restrictions less than 2 months after scrubbing measures, it's in response to a sharp rise in infections, how false will be re introduced to help stop the spread. authority is a worry, the country is entering a 3rd wave. on monday i reported more than 2000 cases. for 5th day.

believe has transport and retail unions began an indefinite strike on monday. there protesting against a law on so called ellis of profit some terrorist financing critics. a, the legislation is a government tactic to seize private property and crock down on descent histories about this base either on the streets to fight government attempts to centralize power and cracked down on descent. thousands of people turned out on monday across olivia protesters are concerned about a law. the government wants to pass to fight illicit prophets and terrorism. was that it hasn't me lackey fe. mosher says the law will hurt people like her near a forest and we want a low to be and not that are articles that harmless that could make us lose all our belongings. they should fight for our country for our well being. we are here for our children, x, we say the low violates rights to due process and could be used to persecute

political opponents. the nation is deeply divided since abel morales was forced out of office in 2019 after i disputed election that forced him to leave the country. oh lisa to see from what alice must party won the elections last year with a landslide vote during his date of the unions peach on monday. he said he has the responsibility of helping will even move forward. and that's why he's hoping to pass a series of laws that will help the contra recover from the pandemic. when the people voted last year, it was set clear that they did not want unconstitutional governments and gave us legitimacy to govern. it told us they want political, economic, and social stability to advance. they trusted the economic reconstruction of our country, of the health system after the pandemic, the right to education, and showed us the way of peace through justice. but not everyone agrees in the low

land city of santa cruz, the stronghold for the conservative position protesters block roads and set tires on fire. the government says the opposition is using the law as an excuse to generate instability in the country. the strike while widespread does not have the support of a major labor union close to the government. but or monday, thousands showed their concern on the streets. they believe the loss to fight what the government calls elicit. profits could lead to an attack on private property. and that's why they vow to remain on the streets until the government gives into their demands. it is um under cedar also to come here and i'll just say are including coals for an investigation of the palestinian rights group. say up to this phones where hunt using israeli spyware. on the warning from former us president brock o'bonham about the things was like a virgin sea in climate. so it's more of those

ah hello they, let's have a look at the weather in north america and it's been rather mild and settled across central areas of the us and canada. but that is going to change. it is going to turn west a and wind dea and cool across many of those central states. and that's thanks to a winter storm that's blowing into the west. it's brought some rain heavy snow to pots of british columbia. we've had warnings out for vancouver island and a lot of that snow is going to push into western areas of the u. s. a. california, oregon, and washington. and by the time we get to wednesday, gonna move across the rockies and into the plains. and as that cooler and mixes with the warm air, we are going to see some severe storms roll across the midwest. we could see some

flash flooding as those torrential rains and storms come in to play. by the time getting late later in the week, it's going to move across into the great lakes. we are going to see the temperature come down in places like toronto, for example, but well, much of the east coast. it remains easy breezy, lots of sunshine coming through from new york, washington dc. it's dryer in the southeastern corner, and it remains dry in the south west. the temperature in los angeles recovering. and it's a similar story from mexico as we move to central america with a few showers in southern areas. ah, it's the world's. 2 most populous democracy, diverse dynamic, an undergoing momentous scene. context india dixon. in depth. look at the people and politics of india. exploring how the coven 19 pandemic struck the nation. it's continuing impact and the lessons learned for the future. join me favor. those are

for context india and alex is eda ah ah, welcome back. a quick reminder about top stories here. this out, the un security council has warned the conflict. and if you just take ry region could spiral into a civil war. it's calling from the end to the fighting and urging dialog. huggins closing part of its border crossing with better roofs. after large groups of migrants tried to force their way through and accuses the bell or russian government helping people to illegally cross. to get into the u. the u. s. as we opened its borders to all vaccinated travelers for the 1st time in 20 months,

visitors for more than 30 countries. i've been banned since early 2020. when corona virus restrictions were imposed, the committee investigating the storming of the u. s. capital is calling 6 associates of former president donald trump to testify panel is determining if trump and his team plotted to overturn the 2020 presidential election results. on january 6, trump support a storm congress to stop the certification of jo biden's election victory. the committee hoped the documents on testimony, but shed light on the origins of the attack. soon as military says, 2 soldiers have been wounded in an israeli strike. state tv showed explosions. it says assyrian defense system shooting down israeli missiles. damascus says is ready . war planes find themselves are flying of a neighboring lebanon space monitoring group says raids, hit a military airport in central homes province. israel is yet to comment. 6 palestinian rides grooves designated as terrorist organizations by israel say the

phones of at least 3 of their stuff have been hacked. the activist groups believe the spyware to pegasus was used on the devices more than a year. that calling on the you end to investigate or the force that reports not from ramallah and the occupied west back of the week spent rejecting israeli accusations of links to a designated terror organization. 6 palestinian rights groups went public with accusations of their own and investigation found that 6 iphones, at least 3 of them, belonging to staff from the palestinian and jose had been infected with pegasus spyware. either it's a strong feeling to have your privacy violated. even the simplest of things my wife couldn't sleep for 3 days after finding, being extremely worried about our privacy was violated as a family, the children, their pictures are conversations with family and friends. i guess this is sold to governments around the world by the israeli company, and so on the license from israel's ministry of defense. in recent years,

there have been many reports of the spyware being used by authoritarian regimes to target journalists, activists, and politicians. last week, the u. s. blacklisted the company, pegasus is supposed to be blocked from use on israeli or palestinian phones on monday. and as i said, we cannot confirm or deny the identity of our government customers, as we stated in the past. and as a group does not operate the products itself, the company licenses approved government agencies to do so. last month, 3 days after the investigation into suspected phone hacking began. israel designated all 6 organizations as tara groups, accusing them among other things of funnelling money to the popular front for the liberation of palestine. there was significant pushback from international donors, but this sunday, the israeli army endorsed the move, giving itself the power to shut down offices, confiscate money, and make arrests. the groups are demanding international protection and an investigation into who's behind the spyware attack. that this technology was viewed

in these cell phones, but we don't know who was implementing get and what for. and this is why we are calling for more investigation in the case. and in order to find who's responsible and to try to find him accountable for the relation, the story has emerged on the same day as the washington post published results of an investigation into an israeli facial recognition system known as blue wolf. it said to use a huge database of smartphone images, the palestinians taken by israeli soldiers to target people to detention a. we thought comment from israel on the alleged use of the pegasus spyware, on israeli and palestinian phones. but so far, the only response has been from the military, which is denied using pegasus as for the palestinian groups. they say they will continue to operate as normal, despite the heightened risk. hurry for said, i'll just hear a ramallah in the occupied was thank a fired a school in the jazz 2nd biggest city of killed at least 26 children. they were age

between 3 and 8. it happened in muradi, near the southern border with nigeria. 3 classrooms made of straw have been completely destroyed. temporary classrooms are often used to make room for students . in the crowded schools, funerals have been held the victims of a fuel tank explosion in sierra leone, at least a 115 people were killed. 3 days of national morning have been declared. a mass ceremony was held for those who died. more than 100 people remain in hospitals. the u. s. and european union are leading calls to reject the outcome of nicaragua election. president, daniel ortega, one around 76 percent of some days vote. securing a 4th term, but most opposition figures had been arrested or barred from running a latin america editor alicio newman reports from san jose in neighboring costa rica issue is not whether nic robin, president daniel ortega, one sunday's controversial election, but rather whether he seized it or take

a had imprisoned scores of critics, including 7 of the most competitive would be candidates and barred. independent observers and journalists from entering the country. international condemnation was swift and harsh, nor song and resolution and leaders. this was not a free election. this should not surprise us because this was a chronicle of fraud and foretold countries him chile to neighboring cluster rica to the united states in the european union denounced the election as illegitimate and democratic. and a pantomime saying they would not recognize the results. but venezuela, cuba and russia have rushed will take us defense. look here, when you, my uncle was the bill when the voting was over yesterday evening. the white house announced its refusal to recognize it and called on other countries to do the same . we considered unacceptable and firmly condemned such policies through the biden administration, and the e. u is already considering going beyond current individual sanctions against vice

president reciting. real, who was ortega's wife or the chief of police was accused of gross human rights violations. in neighboring costa rica, television journalist c, a. p. nila, who was accused of terrorism and released from prison. following a brief amnesty, continues to broadcast from exile. her news channel was rated and expropriated along with other independent media. she says, restoring democracy in nicaragua will be difficult, very good, and what are you now you get a that nobody wants to die. nobody wants to ross in jail. in nicaragua, the ortega is have gone out of their way to spread fear and spy on people going house to house. but i have faith in god. i'm waiting for a miracle, the miracle of freedom and a little tiny kettle. oh, well they wait for that miracle opponents of daniel ortega and his wife acknowledged that would they also need is to put aside their differences and join forces, something that has eluded them for years. amnesty international is predicting that

there will be a new wave of repression against critics of the government following the selection, which should only fan the number of people who are fleeing from the country and looking for refuge elsewhere. like here in costa rica record numbers of nicaraguan tal ready joining others central americans in their quest to reach the united states. adding more pressure to an already unprecedented migration crisis in the region. to see in human al jazeera san jose costa rica, former george and president because suckers really has been transferred to a prison hospital. he's been on hunger strike for more than a month while in jail. sarcastically, supporters of been holding rallies took over his release. he was arrested last month when he returned from exile after being convicted in absentia of abuse of power. u. s. investigators of see $6000000.00 in ransomware payment. some charge to alleged hackers in relation to major attacks. a ukrainian man is in custody.

authorities are still searching for the other suspect, who is a russian citizen. it's alleged the men are tied to the prolific russia based hacker group are evil. it's accused of carrying out attacks, costing american firms millions of dollars. to date are evil. ransomware has been deployed and approximately $175000.00 computers worldwide, with at least $200000000.00 paid and ransom. as a result of the casea attack, businesses that relied on casias services across the united states and around the world were impacted. time is running out. that's the message from for my you as president barack obama. he was speaking at the top 26 summit in glasgow. a bomb appraised the progress made since the 2015 paris climate deal, but wound, it's not enough collectively and individually. we are still falling short. we have not done nearly enough to address this crisis. we are going to have to do

more. and whether that happens or not to a large degree is gonna depend on you. not just those of you in this room. but anybody who's watching or reading a transcript of what i say her today, what mitsy janelle town is with youth advocates for climate action, philippines. she says, worley does need to do more to fight global warming. former president obama pledged the $100000000000.00 us dollar climate finance for countries in the global south in 2009. that was the same year that they get. santa devastated the philippines and i 1st experience that very real fear of grounding in my own bedroom and my whole beings washed away by the floods and these scenes of typhoons and washing away for homes by thousands and people be scattered, rooftop. it's still happening in the philippines today, and today you still don't have that $100000000.00 per year. climate finance like

a promise. and what we need right now is drastic emission, that's and reparations from the global market, the global stuff, so that we can adapt and bounce back from all these impacts. i am confident that it has to happen. that doesn't mean that i am happy and congratulating them for doing the bare minimum. it means i remain critical. i won't say now that oh, you're not going to be able to do it because then that gives them like an excuse. well, you don't believe in me. ok, whatever you give up, know today we have to remain critical. we have to hold them accountable. all the pledges and make sure that they do actually do this. i'm seeing some positive steps such as nicholas sturgeon's support into the lawson damage fund. specifically, i think that is so crucial and so important that we need to see more of that. but we also have to make sure that when we talk about climate finance, it's not in the form of debt or loans but in the form of grants. because otherwise

we go into that. are countries that are impacted by the impact going to that the same countries are causing the climate sizes in the 1st place and they get some profit during scheme. now, jordan, to establish the 3rd national orchestra and the arab world, back in the late eighty's before with renown. daughters including the italian tenant hon. chelly. but it's now struggling to survive as natasha reports from a to b. call it and on and off love affair with hope. last pipe demon dean is jordan's only professional tuba player and a member of the national music conservatory orchestra. but due to lack of funding, she's only been able to perform with the orchestra 3 times in the last 2 years. it's like taking from a doctor the ability to do surgeries or see patients. it's just, it's what i do with music and what i do, who i am. so when i don't do that,

it's just, it makes me frustrated. the orchestra has never had a stable source of funding in its 33 year history from 2006 to 2011. the city of man was a benefactor until it ran out of money that in 2014, a wealthy businessman supported the orchestra for 3 years until he could no longer afford it. the conductor says it costs about half a $1000000.00 a year to keep the orchestra playing regularly. mm hm. and city is the conductor and the director of the national music conservatory. 400 students school offers beginners classes to college degrees and was the pathway for musicians to join the orchestra. but he says now it's become more of a gig for higher plane only sporadically. and it'll remain that way until the government provides funding in the arab world,

some governments financially support national orchestra to have an orchestra. it's always a losing project because you have the cost very high cost. and what you have benefit for it is you have culture and this is the face of the country. the minister of culture says, the government hires the orchestra to play its special events. it doesn't intend to turn the musicians into public employee's mission, couldn't mikka as a funeral to love. and we are hoping that the orchestra gets proper funding for not like no only playing for special occasions. every musician dreams of playing solo. if there is the orchestra, how will this dream come true? applicable had, with few opportunities available. it's a dream. many musicians are now pursuing abroad. natasha colleen, l 0, a man, georgia. now a librarian in indonesia has out a novel way to kill 2 birds with one stone. this mo, bar library gets books to children who wouldn't otherwise have access to them. and

it reduces the amount of litter in the neighborhoods on java island, kids can borrow books in exchange for plastic cups and other waste. they collect rowden row ram doughty, then sells it to buy more books a day on our own, the circuit that the down people around our neighborhood that still don't care about how to dispose of their ways. and that our target and our target is not only have in the more by library in one village, it is expanding now, and we hope that people will be more aware of the environment. ah, try for a quick check of the headlines here on al jazeera, the un security council has won the conflict in ethiopia to grow region, could spiral into civil war. the kinds calling for an end to the fighting and urging dialogue in a country over a 110000000 people over 90 different ethnic groups and 80 languages.