challenge of pilots that can he security the he seem to be stateless people. what he's going to happen to us is going to be the fate of the rest will for weakness and finality thin. ah. the un working to release 16 of its staff, detained by the ethiopian government, accused of participation in terror. ah, 11 doha brown. i'm come out. santa maria with the world news from al jazeera, poland. i'm sorry, poland is pointing the finger at russia over a desperate surge of thousands of migrants camped out on the bell roost. poland border also use judge over turns of major rolling for drug maker,

johnson and johnson. the 2nd blow in the fight to hold pharmaceutical companies responsible for the opioid crisis harsh reality present volunteers in a push to vaccinate children against polio in afghanistan. ah, so ethiopia, 1st of all with united nation said 16 of its local staff as have been detained in the capital, addis ababa a call into the groups. immediate release. 6 other, you and workers who were previously detained have now been freed, but this is all coming at a time of escalating conflict between ethiopia, central government, and rebel forces in the countries. not as far as i know, no explanation given to us by why these are the staff members are, are detained. ah, the,

there are 16 remaining in detention, and 6 have been released. so that, that's the, the, the breakdown of they come from various are you and agencies, they're all national staff. it is imperative that the of that they release more from montana at un headquarters in new york. well, the a spokesman for the secretary general briefing journalist there he had just spoken at that particular time to you and security personnel in addis ababa trying to get out exactly what had happened. now, what the u. n. does know at this point is that initially it would appear 22 people were arrested. along with it. he said there dependence. now how many people that is, that is not clear either. now, subsequently, 6 of the you and workers were released either you and says it is engaging with ethiopian government, 1st of all, to get the rest released and also to find out exactly why these arrests took place

. now, there had been some reporting that these arrest took place in a wider round up of people supporting at the at t grey, a group of fighting against the ethiopian government. however, no confirmation of that. and that question was put directly to the un, which also could not confirm. so it is struggling. it says as well, with communications issues, very difficult to communicate with you in personnel on the ground in at us above, above so detail stole sketchy hours after that initial announcement. but un insists it's going to continue to press the ethiopian government for the release of its workers. the mother diplomatic pushes, gathering, paste, to prevent ethiopians conflict from escalating into a full blown civil war. the african union envoy, a supernova sandra has traveled to the em horror and afar regions. rebels from ethiopia, ticker i region of advanced closer towards the countries capital the been seen in

the town of kimmy se sonya about 300 kilometers from madison over the african unions. also mediating between the government and rebel forces to withdraw troops. and the i use also discussing humanitarian access into tig, i, where there is a severe shortage of food and fuel. the u. n says any 400000 people living in famine, light conditions. the federal government's been repeatedly accused of blocking aid into the air. is muhammad, oh, with more from etc. 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 i region who are living in famine like situations according to the you and no aid has entered the to grey bridge and since mid last month. and many people are trying very much to get this aide but as quickly as possible. osa going about san jose,

the african unions. m boy 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 an armed millis. she is under defense forces thick and as far away as possible from the main roads leading to to grey. so it is still a walk in progress, was where the news and pollens prime minister is accusing russia of orchestrating the wave of migrants trying to enter poland through belarus. the u. n's refugee agencies, as it's alarmed at the situation on the border, says thousands of vulnerable people must not be used for political purposes. this report is from breach allen's. yeah, i don't 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 bella russian security. heading towards poland. the large numbers of escalated a crisis that's 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 bodyguards. we can never be certain what happens to the 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 be really awesome, even though they apply for international protection here. for months,

thousands of been entering the e. u vibe salaries at 1st through lithuania and latvia. now may me 3 poland. the e u accuses bell russian leader alexander luther shanker, of orchestrating ways of migrants and refugees in retaliation at the sanctions imposed on his governments for violent crackdowns on the opposition with he accuses poland of military intimidation, brought the subordinate pro to new grant lea a part of them, women is in 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 a drill a hole, intimidation, africa. of course, we face it without anxiety. what kind of stuff, but going to was for you on monday, poland said it had withstood attempts by migrants to force their way across the border. prime minister mateusz more of etzky, has been visiting troops,

versions of them, submissions with amazon, who would think to 3 months ago that we would be dealing with actions that are characterized by the use of human shields. lucas shank has regime uses civilians, weapons in a hybrid war. what we can see today, our new methods, and you are a fasting against the nova metal that 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 bela russian authorities. and she also announced the exploration of measures against 3rd 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 i'll say the pledges which countries have made it comp $26.00 to tackle climate change this decade will still lead to a $2.00 degrees celsius temperature rise the century, far more than the 1.5 degree limit, which they've committed to around a $140.00 countries covering 90 percent of global emissions of announce targets to cut emissions at the climate action track. a great says many of the pledges lack practical detail and short term plans. 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. little early andrew simmons spoke to iceland, environment minister. he thinks the cop 26 climate talks could be making some headway, more intense negotiations, taking place in this building. and they're getting longer, more involved, more tense. that has to be said, that's what we're hearing from all sources. there's so much to play for here as a lot of things to do and not a lot of time to do them in with me right now is one of the representatives of a small, the smallest states iceland, the environment minister goodman, the good branson. thank you very much for joining out 0. welcome. thank you and tell me this. how is it going? how does it look? i would say i'm more positive towards a battery. so i was a week ago and i based on the fact there have been some improvements when it comes

to the n p c. and when it comes to contributions of country and trying to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions. and also that we, we here know that we might be likely to close the financing gas to the developing countries. the 100000000 promise that was made here on the president of the united states of america bomber referred only on monday to the disappointing action of russia and china and not being here and saying that it was crucial that they were there with it was dangerous it was dangerous, dangerously lacking that response. what do you say to that? and what do you say to that? coupled with the that the pressure that the lobby groups, the fossil fuel nations are putting on the whole effect? first of all, obama. so president obama also said that has been made progress in 2015, and i agree with them because a lot of businesses, a lot of countries have stepped up their game. there are countries that still need

to do better. there are countries that are responsible for lots emissions and you mentioned china and russia, we could say australians all this as well. and i'm really hoping that they will like we all need to, to step out of the game when, when it comes to climate issues. just to underline the climate situation at the moment, the indian taj mahal shrouded in small g as air pollution. it's dangerous levels across new delhi and other parts of the north. the severe deterioration and air quality is being blamed on farmers violating a ban on crop burning. also, people ignoring a ban on fireworks to celebrate devali. one survey found 80 percent of families in the region of reported ailments like headaches and breathing problems due to the air pollution. i'm in toxic foam, which is covered parts of the human, a river which flows through new daily, local act of as say it was caused by illegal dumping of industrial waste and untreated sewage water. it comes as hindu, devote his babe to mark the child who j a religious festival, to thank

a son god who checked the world, whether next and then what's causing and alarming dang a fever outbreak. gannon, india, the country still working to recover from the devastating waiver corona virus. a shortage of vital ingredients that's threatening to pull the brakes on one of ages . biggest account. ah, ah, look forward to brighter skies. the weather sponsored my cattle at ways. hello there. let's have a look at the weather in south asia, and it's an increasingly wet picture across southern parts of india and sure lanka we were ready seen flooding and we could see more seems like this from tamela do. we've also seen flooding in southern parts of sri lanka, as the weather is set to continue over the next few days. we've got the ne,

a monsoon that's enhancing the rains, but we've also got this area of low pressure working its way west. across the bay of bengal. it could turn into a storm system. but what we know is that it is going to bring to wrench a rain to the southern air is going to red warning out full time on the do. and that extends up into under pradesh. by the time we get into thursday, we could see flooding and possible land slides with the heavy rain we could see up to 300 millimeters as i said. but for the north of this, it is looking fine and dry and lots of sunshine coming through for new delhi. and a lot of that warmth extending into pakistan is looking calm and collected as well for bangladesh, but common collected. it is not for china as we move to east asia. we've got snow storms playing the north east, very icey conditions. and we have got warnings for those storms to continue over the next few days. but it does start to warm up for beijing. the temperature is sitting at 14 degrees celsius. that sure whether oh,

with sponsored by cats? all right, ways in the vietnam war. the u. s. army used to heidi talks the cod, beside with catastrophic consequences. agent orange was the most destructive instance of chemical warfare. a decade later, the same happened in the us state of oregon. these helicopters flying over the ridge braying something and they didn't even see the case. but 2 women are still fighting for justice against some of the most powerful forces in the world. the people versus agent orange on al jazeera with ah, you have al jazeera and these are the top stories, the you and is calling for the release of 16 of its local staff is detained and

ethiopian capital out of saba, at a time of escalating conflict, as well, between ethiopia, central government, hon forces in the countries north. an african union envoy has travelled to ethiopia, horror, and a far regions in a diplomatic pushed to and the conflict rebels from ethiopia. tiger i region of advanced closer towards the capital as the un wounds at risks spiraling into a wider civil war. and poland prime minister mateus. moreover, he has accused rusher of being behind the wave of migrants trying to enter his country through deliveries. he says moscow's actions threatened e u stupidity. the top court in the us state of oklahoma has overturned a $465000000.00 opioid ruling against drug make a johnson and johnson. the pharmaceutical giant was accused of fueling the opioid epidemic which has killed more than half a 1000000 americans through deceptive marketing and gallagher with more on this

from miami. there are 2700 other pending legal cases, but what makes this one so significant? it is, it was seen as a template, it was the 1st time big pharmaceutical companies were in court and were held responsible for the opioid epidemic. so if that is the template, i think all the other states that are taking legal action against johnson and johnson and other big pharmaceutical companies will take know basically what the oklahoma high court said was that the a public nuisance law they were trying to use in this case was far too broad, they say that doesn't take away from the tragedy of the o. p. o crisis that really plagues this nation. so i wouldn't say that johnson and johnson, or many other big pharmaceutical companies, are off the hook. and in, and in fact, big pharmaceutical companies are offering about $4000000000.00 to settle, always cases at once. but i remember i was there the day this judgment came down in

oklahoma and i met a doctor who run clinics of people who are hooked on these kinds of painkillers. and he said this kind of cash, even the 500 or so 1000000, was not enough to even keep those clinics running for a year. so they've certainly got away with it in this case in oklahoma. but as i said, there are almost 3000 other cases pending in other states and they are now bound to take a different legal direction. 6 more former associates, a former us president donald trump, have been ordered to appear before the congressional committee investigating the january 6th storming of the capital building. they include national security advisor, michael flynn, former senior advisor, jason miller, and attorney john eastman and the $700.00 people have been charged in relation to the rise of the capital building. on january the 6th and increasingly tense. political deadlock in bosnia herzegovina is raising concerns the country could return to war. it has been nearly 3 decades now since the 3 main ethnic groups

signed a u. s. bank p. steel. now that demands for more or tommy from bosnia sub community are threatening to unravel. it'll demolish reports from sarajevo. it's been a gloomy few weeks in bosnia herzegovina, with dark clouds filling both the sky and the country's political horizon. after almost 3 decades of peace, the prospect of war is being discussed by many people. the reason statements and the parent attempts by leading politicians here in bosnia, serv, enclave of republic, a. serv. scott, threatening to withdraw from state institutions, including the national army paving the way for cessation. after the un stop official one, the country could break apart. the united states sent its envoy to the region meeting, buzz me as 3 member presidential council, as well as other sort of leaders. the message from each of them was there would be no war. but divisions in the country are clear to see and republic

a surf scott. it's a struggle to find the bosnian national flag raised anywhere, not even on government buildings. instead a variation of serbia, property, flag adopted by strip. scott is widely flown. i don't have any feelings to to deflect of of my state. i'm respecting it, believe me. but i do not have feelings because my people didn't, didn't be a part real part to, to create flick lubishefski trust which belongs to bosnia and sir president miller, dot x party and is the mayor of a town in republic, a service. scott, that border, sorry, a vote. he claims that attempts to form a militia or as you calls it and the army would not contravene the country's constitution. there is no position of, of army have to go within that constitution. so if you're talking about the coming back some, some jurisdiction or from state level on entity level,

then you must said that all this your additions present, yours ation of most a has to go no state level. it is not written that seemingly contradictory stance is what's causing concern for many borne after the war journalists, john told mitch, tells me young people have no appetite for armed conflict. the problem he said is in the political system sets up by the dayton peace agreement. as in the 3 pallets in the country with the presidency is absolutely dysfunctional. most young people i know, want to leave boston enough. they feel they're your basis years other than views like these have anger sla jan's parents whom as a result he hasn't seen for almost a year now. ethnically served, he sees his family don't share his views on the unified, pluralistic state. the us that was we had, i will remain here and fight for society where everyone is equal regardless of the

name or it needs to be. it seems that for now both politicians and international diplomats have agreed at least verbally to prevent any further escalation. but the reality is bosnia herzegovina is far from united. and while the countries currents constitution helped to bring about an end to the last war, the fear among some is that unless it is amended, it could one day possibly be the reason for the start of another. dramatic show you sorry, able in afghanistan, the 1st polio vaccination campaign since the taliban came, but to power as being don't, the aim is to an kill millions of children against the crippling disease. and as mom and vow reports, the campaign signals a change in policy towards vaccines, from the country's new rulers. medical volunteers in the african capital cover going from door to door to deliver anti polio. but the problem that you do want to come point during this campaign around $1300000.00 children will be vaccinated. we

have $7130.00 volunteers in carrying out the program is. the ultimate aid, though is to reach old eligible children below 5 years old. a total of $10000000.00, including about $4000000.00 remote or previously inaccessible areas. benefiting vaccines. enough, gunston hasn't always been an easy process where they got me out of them like the challenge is massive when traveling between provinces and there isn't much transportation. it's not easy for the teams to go to the rural areas to vaccinate the kids was in lieu of a sudden we had to wait until afternoon because the regional counselor wasn't allowing us to start vaccinating. we got harassed on the road because we are women working on this program. before coming to paula, the tiny body part of the prevented the delivery of vaccines in some of the areas under their control. the allegedly used to warn villages against the vaccines as a western plot to steady lives. muslim children,

that stuff seems to have changed on the coaching. now with the grace of allah, we look after all the $34.00 provinces and $400.00 districts. there is no conflict now, there is peace and coordination under the top to bottom. we are in coordination with all ministries, media groups, international health organizations, and donors aversion to vaccines. how of us to link as among presidents in the far flung regions. camp cleaners are trying to both gain access to and spread the wellness in those areas. vaccines are coupled with an extra dose of vitamin a to help strengthen that children's immune system, the you and is planning more vaccination companies in both afghanistan and pakistan . the only 2 countries who are polio is still in the mich hammered fun. al jazeera parts of india, seeing a significant spike in dangle infections, most star in 8 particular states,

with hospitals being asked to redirect cove at 19 beds to take in patience with the mosquito borne disease. pardon him, ital reports from new delhi. this was supposed to be a festive time for the cautious family. 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 means celebrations, will be muted to legally ricky daniel garcia. i after she went on the ventilator, the doctor warned us that per diem. he patients, laker? there was only a 5 percent of i will retire. even after the fever subsides, there is a risk of organ failure. her treatment took a financial tool 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 dingey 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 anger cases. export blame the extended monsoon this year and improve testing for the recent optic in cases change in rainfall. pattern, coupled with rapid organization, could increase dangly season in india and make it more deadly. another issue is that the o system god will use the state health systems and all the immuno system is getting stronger in terms of distinction. while some civic bodies have carried out fogging and fumigation to arrest the spread of dang, 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 said about the for this is c, a sergeant cases of physical virus exports say, cases of both diseases will san declining in a couple of weeks as temperatures continued to dip ahead of winter park me. little al jazeera, who deli south korea, is facing a di shortage of a vital chemical compound needed to run diesel vehicles. without urea, the entire transport system could shut down, impacting all aspects of alliance, including food and medical supplies. soccer is biggest supplier, china is the one coping the exports priyanka up to explains how this vehicle is running short of urea and silkwood 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 here, maddy or your 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 empty handed dry was a panic buying. and the reports of hoarding fuel stations are running out of store with isn't loderman 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 powered cars, buses, and free trucks to use the chemical china is a country's biggest supplier. but since october it's face 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. john, while soupy turtle 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 just really to get supplies or do you think you touch a little? we firstly arrange to import urea from australia. and a currently in talks are government levels. mo, regarding this good offense minister is also preparing support for rapid transportation. many feel the shortest good force, millions of cargo trucks off the roads, causing major disruptions in farming, businesses, industries and 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 in south korea,

but also for exports in korea is of such an important are exporting country in the global scale. so this could also mean our global impact is just full of biggest economy has so far managed to offset much of the economic damage from the krona virus pandemic to strong exports. but many here are worried if the urea short is continues that recovery could get a lot tougher. priyanka gupta al jazeera ah help us the our on al jazeera. these are the top stories. the un calling for the release of 16 of its local staffers, detained in ethiopia. capital at us arbor comes at a time of escalating conflict between ethiopia, central government, and rebel forces in the countries north. as far as i know, no explanation given to us by why.