under the cover of covert on her jazeera oh, you want to help save the world oh, sneeze into your elbow. oh . evacuations halted as clouds of hot ash blanket areas surrounding in. denise is her volcano? ah, i'm sammy's a dan. this is al jazeera alive from dell hall, so coming up 5 people are killed. the security forces in me and our drive into a crowd of antique who protested the gambia awaits the results of an action scene, is an important test for its newly found democracy.

bethlehem's christmas tree lights up bringing hope of an economic revival to the city it hard by the pandemic. ah, now we begin in indonesia where at least 13 people have been killed after a volcano erupted on the island of java, there have been countless injuries as well. conditions on the ground, forced emergency crews to suspend evacuations. they're telling people to seek safety on their own should and wolf has the latest assessing the damage from above. after mount sinners viewed piles of ash, 12000 meters into the sky. down below, entire homes have been submerged. villages blanketed with falling ash. the creeping lava is destroying everything in its path. scenario is one of indonesia, nearly

a 130 active volcanoes, get past and is the highest peak on the nation's most densely populated island of java. the sudden russian was triggered by days of heavy rain. a room scared in running a panic because this or option was much bigger interruption that could last year. smoldering debris, 6 smoke and power outages have hampered search and rescue operations. evacuation efforts have been suspended for now with the cloud surrounding the affected area, remaining too hot to handle. people who managed to escape have been up to the center of the people behind me. evacuated local villages at the moment. they need assistance like daily necessities, food and drinks. we also don't know how long they need to stay careful. the, those who want to return home have been told they todds,

and to stay far away from the craters. now, the volcano have seen an increase in activity in recent days, but its alert status was not raised. now. many here want to know why they weren't warned. why? what weight your price? what went wrong? if somebody's really being on the job or our way of communicating to danger, it is not. so if we hear an answer, many will be seeking as we'll pick up the pieces of what is left behind julian wolf out of the iraq. 5 people are reported to have been killed and me, and mas largest city after security forces ran the vehicle into a group of pro testers thousands more injured during the anti q demonstration in the am gone, the so called flash mob rally was targeted just minutes after it began there have been anti government brownies across me, and marci submitted for coo in february. tony chang has more from bangkok while

his peers to have been a very swift reaction to the flash mob that hit the streets about mid morning in came in dung district, which is in central yang. gone just a few streets away from the iconic show. the guns ago to the crowd had just assembled and if you can see in videos posted on social media a, an arm, a truck appears to move in very quickly from behind at speed. powering straight into the 5 reported to have died dozens more injured bodies lying on the street. you can see in the aftermath it does appear to fit. also the pattern that we've seen emerging a protest as who still want to maintain that presence on the streets and the visible objections to the queue that happened back in february. but very aware that the security services are going to crank down, hosted with very little thought for the preservation of life so that they're doing this very quickly in young, gone, and other big cities across me. and more clearly,

in this instance, the security services were on the scene reacted very quickly and again, with very little thought for life. and i think it's just an illustration of how much these people are taking their lives into their hands, even protesting for just a few minutes that clearly customer lives. on this occasion, indian official say 13 civilians have mistakenly been killed during a military operation. it happened in the northeast in state of nagel, and the army is reported to shots as a trunk, carrying dozens of people troops then later 5 at a crowd that gathered to protest against the truck attacked mon soldier was also killed. india's ho minister meet shaw has treated about the shooting, saying he's anguished and expressing his deepest condolences to the families of those who lost their lives. he says there will be a thorough investigation by the state governments. the indian government and tribes

and negligence, have been involved in a dispute about sovereignty. that's often more than 50 is not good. tribes are spread out across the region, including parts of me and ma. they declared their independence before the british left india, but were integrated into the public in 1947 new delhi took its 1st step towards resolving the district in 2015. then the 2 sides reached an agreement on a framework for a piece deal that made progress on a number of issues that some clauses on sovereignty remain unresolved mega land lead is one separate flag and constitution. make peace fis who is a journalist covering the northeast region of india. she explains what's behind the incident if inputs as well, even the statement of the army that they had credible intelligence. however, you know, turned or ray, when they fired at civilians are the millions who are called mine laborers who were

on the way back to the village in a buck pickup truck. and the 1st fire or the 1st shot. the 1st round of firing was done by the, by the indian palet paramilitary. so it is clearly an intelligence, a gone, terribly, terribly wrong. the state of novel and of course, has had a very long history. all for you know, session for session is movements that have in place of since the time that in young, again, an independent independence in 1947. so it has the very idea of novel in being a part of india has been highly, heavily contested by several groups in the state. are, you know, as time went by, you know, and despite of course, several negotiations and attempts by the indian gate to reach a compromise. there are so groups who have asked for, you know, for the, for the state for the area to be recognize a separate entity. so there is a group called the national socialist council of novel in which is fighting for essentially a separate flag and a constitution. these areas are not just madeline,

but other seats in the northeast of the fall under what is called the distilled area. of these areas which are classified as a still barriers by the whole ministry in delhi, effectively have something called the armful to special act in place. in such places, the army department of paramilitary forces have been given unbridled power to arrest or shoot are merely on just suspicion or they don't have to verify anything . they don't have to be convinced. the gambia as president adam barrow has taken an early lead as results from the presidential election come in. he's trying to secure a 2nd term in a vote seen as a test of stability and democratic progress. military st joins us now from bon jewel, that can be as capital. so i'm at how those results shaping up another. have been officially outset. but what are the indications? tell us. well, the results are coming in from

a in trickles. they started arriving since late last night into this morning, the independent electoral commission and some of these results and the next batch of results i'd do this hour. and that's why you see some activity in the background here. the election commission is expected to and now in the next sets of results. however, the big number consequences are yes to some of the big number. consequences are yet to be an i was so far the incumbent has very wide margin lead over his causes competitor form of vice president. of course, one of the key architects will be coalition that brought mr. barbara to power in 2017, following the 2016 election. when mister borrow both mister borrowing, mister city and i will talk to the supporters and that will tell you that looking forward to victory. however, we are way to be independent electoral commission, which will give the final verdict of the people as decision on who rules gumby, but all the 2 candidates weeks or can to indicate that they are indeed going to win

this election. president, item of battle arrives to cast his vote away as it in this tightly contested election. there could be surprises by the president and his supporters, accounting on a divided opposition to achieve victory. or i hope i am the unfortunate of supporting this one. everybody knows not even you regularly, you won't be doing that. i'll let you borrow is challenged by the leading arctics of the coalition. but and the team, the victory of ice produces a ya 5 years ago. they also voted and i confident of winning. when i went to say that i have got my look alum didn't let it down to god. what is it to him? this election is significant in many aspects, from the record number of candidates to the nearly a 1000000 people who registered to vote solomon boss as the difference between the

2016 election. and this one is clear, the feeling of fear was there. but this one has no feeling of fear from my own, from my own of them as does it mean anything for us? a voter. yeah, it means something. yes. because then someone can do that anything which is not in line with his own desire for 1st time for to how a demi, it's a dream come true. you'd feel nice wooden pretty soon because since i was a dad i wanted to feel like i should 141 as an old previous elections since 947 unique system is used traditional models along with a drum and belt inside. this could be the last time the mobiles system of voting. if you understand the gambia with a list of candidates going,

it's becoming increasingly expensive to produce borrowed boxes for each candidate. and in all of the countries, 1503. the election commission was paper ballots in the next vote. because the system that a software country for more than half a century is no longer sustainable. turn out across the country was impressive. and the process largely peaceful people are enjoying greater freedom the, you know, the individual elections as a means to piece because that was very, got a piece in, but also the result of the election is expected within 24 hours of poles closing on saturday night ahmed rece algae 0 by jewel, the gambia, the us and a group of 20 other western nations have condemned to todd a bond for legit killings and false disappearances. the former members of afghan security forces. this follows report by human rights watch that documented the

killings or this appearance is a 47 form, a military personnel. a more than a 100 government officials from brian has more on that joint statement from campbell all stems from the human rights report that came out last week. detailing the cases of more than a 100 members of the full, the security of forces of the previous administration. that since the takeover by the taliban have either been killed, it says or have simply disappeared. now it says says that these words were carried out over a period of weeks that sometimes the taliban would have been using employment records to track down these form members. or in some cases it said actually trick them into coming forward. declaiming amnesty, only to identify themselves, give themselves away, and then to be targeted. now, these allocations are not particularly new. we have had a number of allegations of human rights abuses of potentially war crimes by the

taliban, especially in the run up to it's take over during the take over itself, often backed up by what would appear to be documentary evidence from social media and so on. but these allegations refer strictly to these crimes edge crimes that happen since the takeover and also that they were condone by the taliban itself. now that is particularly damaging because it says that while local commanders carried out on many cases, these crimes, it had the knowledge and was condoned by the taliban itself of the taliban. they have denied that these allegations. they said they will look into individual cases, but they have had deniability because of course the taliban is not a single structure with a well disciplined hierarchy. while the leadership is here, many of the taliban groups in provinces do work with a certain amount of ptolemy and it does have that ability. well. this report says that the leadership knew about it and condoned. these apparent crimes said i had now just sarah rusher is accused of weaponized,

its energy resources for more pressure on ukraine plus $21.00. cubans are seeking refuge in greece despite significant challenges. ah, ah, look forward to burritos guys. with the sponsored by capital airways. hello there, this weather install for southern areas of japan this week. thanks to the remnants of a typhoon that move to the east of the island is going to bring some heavy rain to places like a soccer. and that's in contrast, what's happened to cross much of the stage over the past few days at high pressure in charge, keeping things lodging fine and drive to places like beijing, shanghai, temperatures here above the average about a warmth as well for places like hong kong and it's going to change over the next few days. we are going to see temperatures come down. we got a bit of a wintry mix. moving into the north east,

edging into north korea and we are going to see that rain trickle down into the south in the days to come, but it's gonna get very wet with southern areas of japan will have rain in a sock on monday and it will get wetter in tokyo on tuesday. that was move over to south asia. it's very wet indeed, that northeast corner of india, that tropical fight, clone east and turned into a depression and moved away from under pradesh, leaving clear skies behind. but it's very wet indeed for a dish, and by the time we get into monday, it will be bungler dish. and on tuesday, me and mar that see some of that very wet weather. we got flooding raines here from that system, but it's moving rather quickly. we're going to have clear sky skies in dhaka by the time we get into wednesday, that should weather update. oh, the weather sponsored by casara, always a gynecologist working as a volunteer in areas of conflict. you know, he's not only a skilful doctor, but he's also known for his time delivering babies and treated women who medical

services are limited. you're truly a doctor of humanity and hope to see we're world. what was the don't to me to call mission syria, yemen and southern turkey. dr. with hold on now to sierra lou . ah, welcome back here watching. i'll just hear a time to recap. our headlines. evacuations have been suspended around indonesia as mount seminary because of clouds of hot ash raining from interrupting volcano. so fall 13 people have been killed and dozens injured. 5 people are reported to have

been killed in maine mas largest city, awful security forces, ram their vehicle into a group of pro testers. thousands more were injured during the anti q demonstration in the i'm gone the gambia as president. i bet my barrow is taken in early lead to san sac. today's both been has been high turnouts in the presidential, paul seen as a test of stability and democratic progress. francis has visited a camp for asylum seekers in greece to hear about their hardship and suffering. the pompous met some of the 2000 refugees and migrants living in temporary housing on the island of les both roman catholic liter use the 2nd leg of his training until to highlight the 5 of the many forced to flee that countries because of war of at the end depression was assign him seek as from cuba, joining others from africa and asia, trying to enter the through greece, but the shelf house of established procedures and processes,

leaving them desperate for food and shelter. surplus reports from athens. one spends his days on his phone, contacting other asylum seekers from his native cuba, italy, thermometer. i thought of making a list to see how many cubans there are and give this to which our organization we could there are lawyers, doctors, civil engineers were not brigands. we wanted the country, the will embrace us to see that we can offer things to society. we're not here to extract wealth and go home. let's be part of society and contribute. quan says he became aware of the plight of other cubans when he was arrested while trying to catch a plane to italy. the walls of his cell were covered in graffiti opposing the communist regime and havana. cubans have been arriving in greece since food shortages lead unrest and a violent crack down in havana last july. the u. s. border is close to them, so they fly to russia visa, free than to serbia and walk to greece. many pay about $9.00 a night for a bed and

a flat, but with their money running out, they sometimes find themselves on the street horns. friend carlos managed to find a week of work in construction to what our hon. i have 11 euros on me. that's all that's left from the week i worked. there are 9 children, one and i pulled our money and bought milk and other groceries for them. we are part of a group where everyone helps each other than to night. i don't know where i will stay. it will make some calls. if i can't find a place, i'll make a plan. but there are others who are worse off. carlos, spend all the money he brought from cuba, buying several tickets to fly from greece to germany or spain. police foiled all his attempts to get their cubans could apply for asylum that would entitle them to run subsidy and monthly cash allowance. but they would have to have registered at reception center like those found on the east genie islands, where usual and free route for refugees. there was no such center on the north macedonian border where they entered greece. so their only option now is to apply

online. even that is difficult, says basil is papa hopeless who runs a legal aid charity for refugees. the not even simply the not even the spanish interpreters because this is in your, in your, their future waverly too late. now what is going on is that the authorities do not register them as, as alan, she chose and to force them realty to live either back to their own country, to cuba, or to find their own way. let's elsewhere these refugees have another option. they can formally apply for asylum before being deported, but then they'd risk being imprisoned back home. we asked carlos how he felt about that, but i feel like that personal, i'd rather spend my life in jail here, dead return to cuba jumpstart opal. us al jazeera athens, a date has been sat for us, president joe biden and russian president vladimir putin to hold talks after the

recent tensions in east in ukraine. the leaders are due to speak on a video call on tuesday, as thousands of russian troops gather near ukraine's border. new ass and ukrainian officials say intelligence suggests an invasion or attack as possible in the coming weeks. the kremlin has repeatedly dismissed those concerns. u. s. defense secretary lloyd austin says america is committed to making sure ukraine has what it needs to protect itself. i think there's a lot of space here for her, for the policy and leadership to work. and, and again, we're going to remain engaged with our, our allies in the region and our partners in the region. and, and we're going to continue to do everything we can to help provide ukraine capability to protect the sovereign territory. russia has stopped exporting. call to your crime, the mom saying it needs to cover high demand at home. ukraine depends on rush and coal to keep its lights on them as long accused moscow of using energy as

a weapon. child strive for reports from tourette's case in ukraine, a coal mine close to the front line in eastern ukraine. mines, such as this one, have helped fuel industry and the don bass region and across what was the soviet union for over a century. but ukraine remains dependent on russia to meet its energy needs, especially coal, which is vital for fueling ukrainian pow stations in 2014 pro russia, separatists seized control of the majority of the mines. further depleting, ukraine's access to call decades of neglect means much of the mines infrastructure is close to collapse. the bottle, do you know, is your thought, the equipment we have is from 958, lack of investment and government negligence is one of the reasons why we face a shortage that things could be difficult this winter. another problem is that

russia caught ukraine's coal supply last month. russia has recently stopped exporting coal to ukraine, saying that there's just too much domestic internal demand for the natural resource . some analysts are describing this is nothing short of blackmail. an effort by russia to weapon analyze its vast natural resources as a means of putting pressure on ukraine. and it's not just cold that russia is using to try and control your grain. these a gas pipelines similar to those that transport russian gas across ukraine to europe. europe relies on russia for around 35 percent of its energy needs. and ukraine gets paid transit these, which were around 2000000000 dollars last year. those days on nearly over the non stream to pipeline, which is expect you to be opperation next year, bypasses ukraine,

instead transporting gas from russia to germany on the baltic sea. russia trying to lead to devise europe for russia to energy relations. ready was different states separately rather than with then go the year from your perspective, this means that russia will have, has free to disturb belies station in. ready between more actively germany has warned russia not to use its gas exports as a weapon, but has been criticized by other european states and ukraine for exposing key to more economic pressure for moscow. silas say, russia's aim of trying to keep ukraine in expire of influence is impossible. it is simply not possible to have that sort of control away our neighbors. we've all, with the investing huge resources military as well as economy because in

b and as i see on russia, i think it moscow and age to modify its aids because very simply, natalie winter is just beginning. yes is so worried about the potential electricity blackouts that it's been forced to start importing coal from as far away as the us and colombia. so analysts say economic, an energy pressure from russia will continue because the more ukraine talks about future nato and e u membership. the more moscow sees read charles rabbit al jazeera tor esque eastern ukraine, france and saudi arabia of how the joint phone call with lebanon's prime minister and was seen as a gesture in resolving a diplomatic crisis. the call was made as french president, emmanuel my call, visited saudi arabia. after trips to the u. e. and cutter, the kingdom and other gulf states, withdrew their ambassadors from beirut last month. they were angered by government

minister who criticize this, how the lead war in yemen. the minister resigned on friday. now, sedans, military chief, says, the army will leave politics after elections scheduled for 2023, general abdel for the headboard. hon offered the assurance during one of several interviews he gave with international news agencies for hind leg, the military takeover. tobar before a deal was struck last month to reinstate the prime minister at the house. when a government is elected, the armed forces and all organized security groups, i believe, will have no participation in political matters. this is what we agreed upon and this is the army natural situation for the armed forces to carry out its duties because there will be a government elected by the sudanese people that expresses their will and hope. the mayor of ria diginero has cancelled new year's eve celebrations after brazil confirmed its 1st cases of the crown variant. thousands of residents and tourists,

usually flocks to the cities famous cover cabana beach, to watch the fireworks on december 31st. more than 600. 15000 people have died in brazil from cove at 19. a giant christmas tree has been lit up in the occupied westbank city of bethlehem, where christians believe jesus was born. the faithful gathered outside the church of the nativity, hoping cove with 19 doesn't ruin another holiday season. bethlehem was all but closed last christmas. that abraham was there. as the lights went on. this is the busiest bethlehem has a season in 2019 ever since then i make head start and figure, do i need wendy? this is the 50 that the take that to or is that because bob and weren't even allowed to do with 3 lighting ceremony last year. but the day that the for

in the thousands and thousands of palestinians are here, that these people are coming from different places from quantity occupied lot back at the city and is ready. this is one of the initiatives this year to revive the economy christmas market where people can sell their products as well as their crafts people. here in bethlehem have depended on tourism for decades. so naturally when tourism stopped, the economy took a hard hit. now, you know, christmas people are looking to buy presents and the things are turning around, at least for the holidays. people are willing to spend more to try and bring some bright brightness and hope into the house and have like a happy holiday. so i think during this time people will spend, even if you know it's a bit difficult for them, palestinians do not control their own borders. so they have to rely on what restrictions israel has in place. november. israel has allowed vaccinated tourists to come in and so people here were hopeful that tourism is going to be back. but

soon after news of the new barian has emerged, israel has shut down its borders again. people here are saying that while they're glad that there is some sense of normalcy coming back to town, especially during the christmas season, it's the tourism. it's going to revive the economy. ah, let's take a look at some of the headlines here. now, just evacuations have been suspended around indonesia mount summer because of clouds of hot ash raining down from the volcano. so far, 14 people have been killed and dozens injured. experts say it's not clear how warnings of interruption could have been missed. man who mountain is located in one of the most eventually populated areas. it's been it's always a closely monitored by our knowledge of the.