miss garcia is yellow when the war to stop on al jazeera, the stage of friend, and it's time for a different approach. one that is going to challenge the way you think, from international politics, to the global pandemic, and everything in between. upfront with me, markham on hill, on out 0 ah, the u. n. calls for the immediate release of 16 of its staff who've been arrested in ethiopia capital. aah. lauren taylor, this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up, hundreds of migrants and refugees are left freezing at the poland galleries border, where the e u says the ben russian president has new had them with gangster style tactics,

warnings, there's still a mountain to climb at cop 26. as analysts say, current pledges would allow us temperature rock rise to point 4 degrees and kobe towards are converted in several indian states to cope with a major spike in dingey cases. ah, we begin in ethiopia, where the u. n's is 16 of its local staffers have been detained in the capitol at a saba, and is working with the government to get them released. 6 other, you and workers were also detained, but have now been freed. as far as i know, no explanation given to us by why these are the staff members are, are detained. i'm the there are 16 remaining in

detention and 6 have been released so that that's the, the, the break up, or they come from various or you and agencies. there are all national staff it is imperative that the that they be released in while diplomatic efforts to stop ethiopian conflict escalating into a full blown civil war, a gathering pace, the african union envoy on a segan over sandro as i traveled to the em horror and our far regions at the rebels from tig rye in the country is north of advanced, closer towards the country's capital. they've been seen in the town of. can me say about 300 kilometers from addis ababa. the african union is also mediating between the government and rebel forces to withdraw troops and get humanitarian access into t gray, where there's a crippling shortage of food and fuel u. s. as many 400000 people are living in famine like conditions. and the federal government is accused of blocking aid. we have correspondence monitoring development sir at the u. n. and in at isabella start with mike hannah,

the united nations. michael, what the you and said about the detention of their stuff. well, the spokesman for the secretary general has been speaking to you and security personnel on the ground in ethiopia. and he gave us these figures that 22 un staff were originally arrested. 6 of these have subsequently been released. so 16 remain in detention. but we also understand that a number of dependence have been arrested as well. the exact number, not really known that the u. n is doing what it can at the stage, given the very poor communications that appears with addis ababa to establish exactly what is happening. some of those and attention have been visited by you and personnel. you had personnel in constant touch with the government finding out exactly why these arrests were made. a what is not clear as well is whether the un

itself was intentionally targeted or whether the arrests of these, you and parson l were part of a wider range of arrests of a t t p, people from the to grey ethnic group. now that is a question that has been unanswered, but above all this, well, the un deeply concerned about the humanitarian situation. there are still no humana tarion flights allowed into ethiopia. this is now some 2 and a half weeks with the last flight took place. and they are finding ways in which these flights can resume and in which the steady flow of monetary and aid can start going back into a country in which some 2 and a half 1000000 people have been displaced. i can, i thank you very much for escalate to him. i had her in at is have us what is the impact likely to be on efforts to get vital aid and to take her i well yes that has been worked upon as was pick. lauren: all these piece efforts,

the 1st priority they want to achieve is to get aid to those who need it most more than 400000 people in the ticket region who are living in famine like situations according to the you and no aid has entered the ticket region since mid last month. and many people are trying very much to get this aide as quickly as possible. a 2nd of us on july, the african unions envoy to the horn of africa, said that he will have a plan by the end of the week for negotiations. and the 1st thing he wants to see is a humanitarian corridor opened towards a to grey. and also for armed millis. she is under defense forces that can as far away as possible from the main roads leading to, to gray. so it is still a walk in progress. and what is the latest on the diplomatic efforts to stop the war from escalating further?

well, yes, that is going on and there are parallel efforts. one of them has been led by the african union, which seems to have been mandated by the international community to spearhead the efforts to try and find a negotiated settlement to these conflict further than it spreading over to other parts of the country and becoming some sort of civil war. already the conflict was built over to the dam. hara and offer regents where fighting has intensified. in recent weeks, alyssa, going about san jose. husband has been to michaela where he has a met with cindy, a leaders of the to get a people's liberation front that was on monday. and today has been to visit them harder region and the are for region. and the prime minister tweeted earlier on today that his government was ready to to, to, to, to walk with friends as he said,

to try and overcome if european temporarily challenges jeffrey feltman, the u. s. special and boy to the horn of africa has returned just days of the living for neighboring kenya. he's also spearheading a puddle effort in which the international community is trying to bring the parties together. but then one thing that has been an obstacle so far is that tugged if european government has given to the to great fighters, which is putting them in the list of terrorist organizations. that is one of the reasons why negotiations and dialogue between the 2 sides has not been possible until now. whether the, if europe in government is ready to remove the tag is still unknown. thank you very much indeed. nominated pushing for staff amount is hema. ah. the temperature sitting on freezing at the border of poland and paris and in the coming hours it's expected to drop well below 0100. possibly thousands of people

from the middle east. afghanistan on and africa huddled around camp fires that migration west across europe, blocked by poland. extra polish troops had been deployed to the area after miners tried to cut through the razor wire fence. on monday. the border guard says more than 300 attempts to cross the border, have been made. poland says the migrants are under the control of been a russian armed units. it fears the military could provoke a violent incident. a claim, the bell or russian defense ministry has been dismissed as an unfounded accusation . the european union says batteries as president alexander lucas shanker, is during people through false promises of easy entry to europe as part of an inhuman gangster style approach. or re challenge report. yes, go in the middle of every humanitarian crisis. there are always human faces. and these are the children, women and men stuck in a deadly stand off on the poland. better roost border thousands and now in

makeshift camps along the razor. wire humanitarian group say they're lacking food and medicine. social media footage from recent days shows several 100 refugees and migrants escorted by masked bell russian security, heading towards poland. the large numbers of escalated a crisis has been boiling for many weeks. this family says it's kurdish, the grandmother isn't well, they're lucky enough to have found their way into poland after 2 weeks in the forest. but what's next for them isn't clear, according to the refugee charity watching them be escorted away by puerto gods. we can never be certain what happens with people that lead the that we offer help in the for us because the polish authorities are breaking the law and a convention they offend. send them back to abilene. i even though they apply for international protection here for months,

thousands of been entering the e u via belarus at 1st through lithuania and latvia. now may me 3 poland. the e u accuse is better. russian lead alexander luther shanker, of orchestrating ways of migrants and refugees in retaliation of the sanctions imposed on his governments for violent crackdowns on the opposition of he accuses poland of military intimidation, brought the subordinate brought to me grant the earlier part of them. women is so fighting migrants with tanks today. well, excuse me, why we both have the military background. we understand that being in a war with these poor people on the polish bella, russian border and moving in tank columns with, it's obvious that it has some sort of drill a hole, intimidation, africa. course we face it without anxiety. we kind of still spoke with them prior to was so you. on monday pohden said it had withstood attempts by migrants to force their way across the border. prime minister mateusz more of etzky,

has been visiting troops. nations versions of them. summations with amazon. who would think to 3 months ago that we will be dealing with actions that are characterized by the use of human shields. lucas shanker regime uses civilians as weapons in a hybrid war. what we can see to day on new methods and you are a passing against the nova. germany is urging e u. member states to do more so far, there's been little coordinated action from you, though that might be change a president called on member states to approve extended sanctions against the bella, russian or authorities. and she also announced the exploration of measures against that country. airlines that are active in human trafficking. several people along the border have already died from exposure. there could be many more to come, rory, talents out 0. and your report is warned that the well is heading for at least 2.4

degrees celsius, global warming in the next decade. and that's with all the climate action countries of french to take at cop $26.00. some $140.00 countries covering 90 percent of global emissions have announced target to cut emissions. but unless say many of the pledges lack practical detail and short term plans. in while european union has paid $215000000.00 to a u. n. fund for developing nations most affected by climate change. we are making progress at cop $26.00, but we still have a mountain to climb over the next few days. and what has been collectively committed to go some way, but certainly not all the way to keeping 1.5 within reach. the gap in ambition has narrowed. now the world needs confidence that we will shift immediately into implementation. that the pledge is made here will be delivered,

and that the policies and investment will swiftly follow orders. there is andrew simmons is in glasgow and has this update on the talks. you mentioned in your introduction the a $150000000.00 from the european union that is aimed at really as a poor countries that have really been hit hard a by a climate change. it is a, it would seem at 1st sight generous, but there's a colossal amount needed for these countries. and they are bringing a lot of anger to the whole process in a position where you have to see at the end of the week, a consensus decision amongst the maybe 200 parties involved in, in comp. they will have to come up with what is known as, as a, as a, as like a, a cover document which is effect to be a communicate. but it's key that they can get there without any further fighting. and the pressure is on as of this moment, still to come, this half hour,

dangerous pollution and toxic fail pollution in ways to create environmental hazards across india. back where they belong, fast agrees to hand a, the dozens of ancient african artifacts to many ah hello there. let's have a look at the weather across europe over the next few days. and it remains very stormy in the south. it's wintery up in the north, but we are still seeing a lot of fine and dry weather across those central areas. but for wednesday, we got strong winds and snow pulling into western parts of norway, pushing across sweden and onwards the baltic states and western russia. that's going to be snow in moscow through the weekend. for the south of this,

it is looking a lot finer and dryer temperatures are on the up across ukraine and romania and remains relatively mild. so much of greece and turkey as that winter weather pushes off the east. now it's a similar story for the northwest. we've got mild but mixed conditions for britain and ireland. a mixture of showers, showering spells and sunshine, here. but for the really wet and windy weather we have to head to the south west. we've got storm black that's plaguing the western mediterranean, bringing some very windy conditions as well as heavy rain to places like the belly, eric islands, as well as some parts of italy, sicily on sardinia as well as corsica. but it's not only here, it's also the north of africa. we are going to see those showers effect in coastal areas of algeria that she weather update. ah, ah, 25 years ago, a new era in television news in the middle east began. ah,

the conclusion of the 2 documents with the story analogy, view a unique hulu . ah, around the top stories are 0. the un says 16 staffers have been detained in ethiopia. the african union and boy has traveled to the country to mediate in the spiraling conflict. as rebel fighters have been seen advancing closer to the

capitol, thousands of migrants are stuck on the belly roost border blocked by polish troops, mentoring the e u. the temperatures set to plunge overnight poems as people are being ushered over the border by bell russian armed units. and a new report has warned that the world is heading for at least 2.4 degrees celsius, global warming in the next decade. and that's with all the climate action countries of pressure take his cop 26. analysts say many religious lack practical detail and short term plans. india's taj mahal has been shrouded in smoke with air pollution hitting dangerous levels across new delhi and other parts of the north. a severe deterioration in air quality has been blamed on farmers violating a ban on crops, double burning in agricultural states. he would also ignore the ban on fireworks. to celebrate devali, one survey found 80 percent of families in the region and reported ailments like

headaches, breathing problems, and runny nose is due to the air pollution or toxic foam has covered parts of the yamuna river flowing through the indian capital, new delhi liberal act of a say it was caused by the illegal dumping of industrial waste and untreated sewage . water comes as hindu devotee's phase to mark the charger and religious festival. to fight the sun, god, indians, wolf supply board blames industrial waste and untreated pollutants from neighboring states. the rivers, worsening pollution. finally hop aboard them by the water is extremely dirty, but we don't have many options and it is a ritual to take a bath in a body of water. so we have to come. i hope the government pays attention to the cleaning of yamuna, india, seeing a massive spike in danger cases. most of these are coming from 8 state hospitals are being asked to redirect cov 19 beds to take in patience with the mosquito borne

disease. have limited reports from new delhi. this was supposed to be a festive time for the caution families. they're sending out invitations for their oldest son's wedding next month. but the sudden passing of his aunt combination, davy, days after she contracted dingey mean celebrations will be muted. to make clear dicky daniel, good after she went on the ventilator, the doctor warned us that for dingey patients, laker there was only a 5 percent, so i wonder title, even after the fee was up, say to you, there is a desk of organ feel. 100 rental growth financial at all on our family. india has reported more than 120000 cases of genji this year, while pen jobs case load has reached an all time high. several other states have reported more cases over the last few weeks compared to the same time last year. in new delhi hospitals like this one are converting other wards to cope with the influx of patience. the city recorded 1100 cases last week at par with the total

case count in october. at least 10 people have died there. dang jakita. the current situation of dangling is very bad in delhi. we are getting many cases of favor, almost 250 to 300 cases of fever, and out of that to 70, to 80 percent and angle cases. exports blame the extended monsoon this year and improve testing for the recent optic in cases change in rainfall. pattern, coupled with rapid openings ation could increase dangly season in india and make it more deadly. another issue is that the o system good will use the stanton systems and all the him, you know, system is getting stronger in terms of distinction. while some civic bodies have carried out fogging and fumigation to arrest the spread of dingey, the central government has dispatched public health experts to several states to improve testing and manage response. the local re,

19 caseload in the country has made it easier for the underfunded health care system to address the dang he outbreak even as an organ say to vote for there is c, a sergeant cases of the vehicle virus excellency. cases of both diseases, wilson declining in a couple of weeks as temperatures continued to dip ahead of winter park me. little al jazeera, who deli satellite images obtained by the united states, appeared to show china has built mockups of u. s. navy warships in its northwestern desert. one dummy aircraft carrier is mounted on a giant railway line. some naval and analysts believe it could be a practice target for anti ship missiles. comes with a time of growing tensions between china and the u. s. over taiwan and the south china sea. chinese government has yet to comment on the images fast careers facing a major shortage of a vital fuel additive, the threatening to bring its transport industry to a standstill. the chemical compound known as urea is essential for the operation of

the diesel engines used in south korea. but it's biggest supplier, china is cutting exports back up to explains this vehicle is running short of urea and so could millions of diesel cars, buses, trucks, and emergency vehicles across south korea. the fuel additive is imported from china, but it's putting on the brakes yamani or me. so the situation is really bad. i drove about 70 kilometers to a petrol station to just get some urea for my truck. and there were long queues and vehicles and my turn didn't come. so i just left entry 100 drivers, a panic buying. and the reports of hoarding fuel stations are running out of storm load m 8 or 9 truck drivers out of 10. don't come any more than leave ross 80 to 90 percent of our big customers. they always ask why we haven't secured enough urea, so we feel very sorry for them. uria water solution is used to cut toxic emissions

of nitrogen oxide from diesel vehicles. in 2015, in an effort to cub rising air pollution, the south korean government made it mandatory for all diesel part cars, buses, and free trucks to use the chemical china is a country's biggest supplier. but since october it's phase to cold shortage. that's created. it's worth power crisis in years, and b ging has now tight in exports. in south korea, the president is calling for com. so we're super featured or the government is doing our best to solve euriah import issues promptly and find alternative sources . so there was no need for excessive concerned or military aircraft as being for dose trailer to get supplies. would you ever utilize all we firstly arrange to import urea from australia and the currently talks of government levels. regarding this defense ministry is also preparing support for rapid transportation. many fear

the shortest good force, millions of cargo trucks off the roads, causing major disruption, informing businesses, industrial ad factories, the overall production of any kind of material. here, korea is threatened to be to behold it. so this is a supply chain crisis for home here inside korea, but also for export. and korea is of such and the import them export in country in the global scale. so this could also mean global impact. asia, the food biggest economy has so far managed to offset much of the economic damage from the crone of ours pandemic to strong exports. but many here are worried if the urea shortage continues that recovery could get a lot tougher. priyanka hooked up all the 0. according to dawn, as ordered that internet services be restored more than 2 weeks after most, were blocked during a minute to take over. or some of the sudanese uses of managed to find a connection blackout has made it difficult for most people to communicate the

national consumer protection council. as soon telecommunication companies over the shot down, they face arrest if the course decision in implemented the outage was imposed to prevent protests and the campaign of civil disobedience out of the military takeover in late october thanks president is officially finalized in agreement to return 26 african artifacts to been in. emmanuel mccormick means president, but waste and all in paris on tuesday. the pieces are some of africa, most significant artworks that were looted by colonial troops in the 19th century and taken to europe. they'll be shipped back to been at the end of the month just to do so, do it a possibility. this gesture means that the youth and their name of africa will be able to see again the works of his history and heritage to be able to admire them at home. and i wish for this movement to carry on, and that what is universally accessible in berlin as much as in france. and we will continue this work together with texas and president mac,

or has been addressing the nation this hour about the coven situation in france. let's get more now from natasha butler, who's live in paris was met. what did michael say? well, this was the 1st time that the french president has addressed the nation since july . about the coven, 19 a situation in france. and really, it was a reminder to people in france to be careful to be vigilant because emanuel macros said the pandemic isn't over and people shouldn't let their god slip. in fact, he said that the w 8 show has said that many countries in europe and the grape of the 5th wave, and whilst a france was suddenly faring better than many of its european neighbors said micro . people still need to be careful because in the past week there has been a 40 percent rise in cases. we're now looking at about $6000.00, a new covey to a positive cases a day. not that is of course, a far from the $60000.00

a day we were seeing towards the end of last year when france was in its 2nd lockdown. nevertheless, of course, macro is saying that all must be done to avoid having to put more restrictions in place. he also said that all people over 65 from mid december will have to have a 3rd dose of the coven vaccine in order to be able to use a covert health pass. now those are the are covered health policies that many people have in their telephones. with a q r code that allow them access to things like cafes, restaurants, sports venues and a theaters in order to continue having that. so q r code people will, over 65. as i said, we'll have to have that 3rd dose that will be obligatory from december or otherwise the french present. really reminding people that we are coming into the winter months. that of course, there are many viruses, circulating cove it is among them. in fact, the president himself sounded like had

a something of a sore throat and seemed to be struggling through some of his speech, looking a rather pale. but he said that we must remain vigilant and on our guard. natasha wagner. thank you very much. indeed. russia has reported more than 1200 current of ours deaths on tuesday. another new dainey record was 39000 new cases. what also reported on monday, a workplace shut down named curbing. rising infections was lifted across most of the country. the health minister says it helped turn the tide, although 1360000 people under various kinds of medical supervision for kevin 19 across russia. rights groups in georgia say the prison hospital housing, the former president because she really lacks proper medical equipment. and he's been threatened by other inmate's secretary when he was moved to the facility on monday, not being on hunger strike for 5 weeks. his lawyers lead, she was assaulted during the transfer that was really was arrested last month when

he returned from exile on the eve. of local elections. he was convicted in abstention of abuse of power. it says the charges are politically motivated. top court in the us state of oklahoma has overturned a $465000000.00 ruling against drug maker johnson and johnson over its alleged part in the nation's opioid crisis. the pharmaceutical john was accused of fueling the epidemic through deceptive marketing. but the okay, mr. supreme court has ruled that a lower court wrongly interpreted the states public nuisance law in 2019. while the half a 1000000 people in the u. s. have died from period or in the last 2 decades. it must be amiss and he's $26.00 schools for girls have reopened in afghanistan's 3rd largest city, herat girls there can now attend grades $7.00 to $12.00, despite the tire vans ban on classes for older girls in the rest of the country. no

other secondary schools are known to reopen for girls elsewhere inherit province of to seizing power. nearly 3 months ago the taliban promised some form of education for girls under international pressure. women and girls were banned from school and work when they were in power in the ninety's, autism. why in a gap? i did that them. i got them that i wish that schools all over afghanistan would start soon, and that girls and women have the right to study because half of society is made up of women. don't yet have us as anton. ah, it up stories on our desert. the un says 16 of its local staffers have been detained in ethiopian capital, addis ababa, and it's working with a government to get them released. 6 other, you and workers were also detained, but have now been freed. as far as i know, no explanation given to us by why these are the staff members are

are detained. oh the there are 16 remaining in detention.