no matter where it takes a fear, i am power and passion. we tell your story. we are your voice. your news. you're not back out here. ah. nigerian government blames arm groups were killing 200 people in days of reprisal attacks on the northwest. sam far estate. ah, but again, i and pete adobe are watching al jazeera alive from doha, also coming up tensions in iraq's parliament as the newly elected members meet for their 1st session. china orders, mass testing for millions of people, is army kron. cases are detected near bay ging just weeks before the winter

olympics and the controversial celebration bosnian serbs defy a court ban to mark statehood de stoking ethnic tensions and intensifying a push for secession. ah, government in nigeria being blamed for killing at least 200 people in the northwest people returning to their damaged villages. the attacks were retaliation after air strikes on the attack. as high doubts, mass burials had been held in some far a state after hundreds of gunman on motor bikes reportedly attacked 8 villages on tuesday. that followed air strikes on monday, which the military said killed. $100.00 bandits including 2 of their leaders, dozens of hostages were rescued on tuesday, after being abducted by armed groups 2 months ago. acquaint address has the latest from

a boucher this happen because of days of intense bombardment of binded high doubts in the zone for a stage and other neighboring states. remember this conflicts trotted more than about a decade ago, and we haven't seen increased military activity until the last 3 years when the president ordered that the military be deployed to tackle what was then a growing threat. i just then it has metal forced into our most that to d today we've been massacres. was than this before in the, for a state we've seen recently about 40 travelers were burned to live in a bus and a touch blamed on this bended. so right now, what's happening in the 10 villages were tight by the bandits who the president said, what are treating from these strikes? what carried out in 10 villages? so the villagers are actually not going back to these villages. some of these villages have been completely destroyed. men of my in school hearts and things like

that. they're only going back now to recover buddies. i said 24 hours ago, 100 more than 150. such bodies had been recovered. some of them have been burned or mutilated on recognition. so at the moment what is happening is that we are expected to see more burials. and as the recovery effort continues in some for our state. but i'm a because he is a senior analyst at the tony blair institute for global change. he says, kidnapping has become the biggest business in nigeria. it was initially purely financial and unfortunately they have over the past 10 years extorted and estimated $20000000.00 from ordinary nigerians. i'm so kidnapping, over the last 30 years, especially became was driving industry the biggest business in my area, especially with the kind of big in pocket 19. i mean, legal companies don't make the amount of money criminal guns making,

and these payments come from or 99 units, but also from security forces office as i get now. and their families would have to pay runs on before that loved ones. and that was a sign 499 to dance that lease office that i did not. and they paid i'm some then everyone would have to pay and i'm so the government is this, i mean, and he had an extended warranty of what's going on. well, it was a big business, and then there were limits of these groups. i said there were about 100 of them. some of them have been infiltrated by book or am, which is the group can fight for men in the most part of my food. yeah. it has that see that, you know, and some element of it and for some of them now a who, who i do not. you can reason that are also other strengths. and so it is a complex picture that is getting deborah by iraq's new parliament has met for the

1st time since elections 3 months ago and assertion marked by disarray. they initially failed to elect a new speaker, and the eldest member of parliament had to be taken to hospital. let's go live now to mac, went up there. why heard? who's inside the parliament building there in like the matter it has it all calm down now as far as we know inside that chamber will it as calm down after another. a temporary speaker has taken over to run the integral session and also to run the election of a new speaker and 2 deputies. now after the hustle that happened, the heated argument between a members affiliated with him up to the southern whose block, the socialist movement won. the majority of seats on the one hand and those 4

belong to that. what is so called here, the chord nation framework, which includes the pro irin, she or political parties at the conflict happened over who has the majority of c t who has the biggest block in the parliament. because by virtue of the iraqi constitution in this session, new speaker, she shall be elected and 2 deputies, and also the biggest majority of the parliament should be identified, should be named, so that it will later be assigned with forming the government. now, what happened is that the coordination framework, which includes their up, she a political parties which are affiliated to iran, that last many seats in the election, they submitted a list of $88.00 members, claiming that they have the biggest to block. then they were confronted by them. proof sutter members and then the heated argument started tension was rising. and

then the temporary speaker, mo hm. would that mush had any who was in the middle of that tension? he was later air taken to the hospital because at something to say he fainted. others say he was literally beaten by the bruce other members. now currently another speaker, temporary speaker, is running the session and they're now running their procedures of selecting and electing. in fact, a new speaker, and to the beauties to the bottom, it might help pussy. the current speaker of the former, at parliament is most probably a winning this as the negotiations and the understandings there has been happening between the blocks. it concluded that he is must probably going to be the next speaker of the parliament batman. thank you very much ma'am. what of the war had

the inside the parliament campus in baghdad? turning our attention now to sudan with the security forces of fire tear gas into crowds, protesting against the military government. earlier bridges were closed around the capital cartoon to keep demonstrate as away the main pro democracy group has rejected you and efforts to get sedans, transition to civilian rule, back on track mo has worn out from the capitol cartoon. a lot of the jackass has been used in the center called tom against thousands of protesters who march to words a presidential policy. they tried to reach the building, but they couldn't, as usual. they well watered, pushed back by heavy presence of security forces using tear gas here in on demand where i stand. the crowd is just picking up. i'm trying to maps, it was the presidential police trying to march to work central cartoon, but not takes crossing the bridges, which are understandably closed. as security forces are lying in wait. c in big numbers and what happens every time they try to march is have use of tear gas and

sometimes 5 bullets people get killed here on the man. yeah, that has been the case over the last couple of weeks and today. i mean everyone here saying they are expecting the same to happen. but as you can see, they are adamant these protesters that they would not go back home until they realised their gold, which is a complete removal of the military from power. we have heard about us not initiative by the un yesterday, but they haven't yet to deliver the details of so many players. yet, many of the stakeholders are saying they have not yet received the details, but also they are not going to negotiate with the military. and here i'm talking about that assistance committees, har, behind these protests, and also about the movement. all the forces of freedom a change. they have made it categorically clear that they're not going to negotiate with the military or so the up sedans, doctors, associations to dance professionals, associations,

all they have the same united states to words this initiative by the you and to resolve a problem to them. you know, secretary of state antony blinkin, says any order to shoot to kill protests as in kazakhstan should be removed to 164 people have died during several days of buying an antique government protests there . the cassock, president cassim jerome, ought to care for thrice to security forces to target protest is to restore order, but mister blinkin says it was the wrong move. we make clear that we are expect, the, the cause i government are to deal with other with protesters and ways that respects their rights are that pulls back up from violence at the same time. it, of course, as a right to the furies now or shoot to kill. that is something i resolutely reject. are the shoot to kill order to the extent that exists is wrong and should be resend it. because i called dorothy same old and 5000 people have been arrested, including former security services, chief karim massey, murph robin,

christy walker, as more known queues for fuel and the food as the public comes to terms with reality. after the unrest. a picture is emerging of a power struggle within cassock, stones, political elite. in protests, this week, anger was directed at independence, as it stands, 1st president, 81 year old, nor so 10 as a buyer. old man, get out, they taunted with those protests turned violence in our mattie. as a boy was removed from the powerful position he still occupied chair of the security council. now his loyal associate kerry must seem off fired from his role as chief of national security. has been charged with high treason, very difficult mother by hand picked cassie jermarta took i have as his

successor in 2019 but did not relinquish power. both men played a leadership role, attending international meetings together as recently as last month were that has now changed. we now enjoy the talk i it either like it dis, guy is gonna be in charge because he's not going to put his own man in charge of his own government in charge. so he got to read over all the people were hanging over for the chrysler jeep the swift deployments of c s t o security forces. $3600.00 russian lead troops is a clear sign. tokai of has moscow's backing. they are now helping to strengthen his position in north. so turn the capital renamed after now that by

of state media no longer mentioned his name, intimate blackouts have made it difficult to gauge public reaction. i finally reached a political activist via telegram. he didn't want to be named just informational chairs, which i know last because we have a lot of rumors. it was as other as with his rarity and there's an hour shift. all the stories and theories are based on this lack of information. rumors and official propaganda, those rumors only adding to the uncertainty that that dominates life cast on robin forest t. a walker out here. more than 300 hearts house in ringo. refugees and bangladesh of burn down after a big fire broke out in a refugee camp firefighters. in the city of cox, his bazaar been deployed and an effort to bring the flames under control. officials

have been preventing refugees from entering the camps still to come here on this program. several states in india impose new restrictions to prevent another cupboard 19 catastrophe. and a rerun election in the venezuelan states of berlin us becomes a battlefield, but he government and opposition candidates. ah look forward to brighter skies the winter sponsored by kettle airways. hello, good to see you. here's your weather report for asia. we're going to begin in india where things are drying off across the northwest, some thunderstorms for central areas and that's spilling into additional state. also got some showers down toward careless state on monday. now the ne monsoon is driving some rain in tissue locker and this could generate some flash flooding. it

is dry. however, in tamil nadu tonight it's got a high of 30 degrees on monday, off to southeast asia right now concentrated bands of rain over southern areas of sumatra as we hit toward java, bali and known buck islands running the risk of seen some flooding. here was foggy and missed the start to the day for central areas of china. a lot of cloud here and also some showers, stretching for move, han down to grey, lynn and closing in on hong kong with a high of 21 degrees that have a breather. from the snow as we head toward japan seems fairly quiet and across the korean peninsula. so it's got a high of 4 degrees, doesn't sound so bad, right? but we'll take your 24 hours for monday on tuesday. paint the colors on here, darker the purple. the lower the temperature sol, just the high minus 3. look at the winfield here, that's out of the northwest. so things are going to feel cold on tuesday. by the luck, that's it. we'll see again soon. ah, the weather sponsored by katara ways in packets. don't largest

t t. climate change in water shortages are driving from residence to desperate measures. one 0, one east to meet the water of corruption analogy 0. ah, allow government oh al jazeera, where ever you know, a ah, 16 minutes past the hour you're watching. i'll to 0 live from doha. i'm peter w. headlining stories. the nigerian government says the death toll from attacks in

the northwest has risen to at least 200 armed bandits attacked villages in the state of sam faro. following as strikes by the military on their high doubts has been tension inside iraq's parliament with the newly elected members of meeting for their 1st session. they've been debating who to pick as the next speaker, but they have so far failed to reach an agreement. and these security forces in so dawn of fight, tear gas into crowds, protesting against the military government. earlier bridges were closed around the capital cartoon to deter demonstrators. cobit 19 testing has now begun for 14000000 people in one city in china. doctor's report, at least 2 new infections of the all micron variant in 10 gin. it is just a few hours drive from bay jing where the winter olympic games ought you to start next month that you cases have emerged despite the government so called 0 cobit

strategy. katrina you is in beijing with more. the main problem for chinese authorities is its books imitate to beijing. it's only about 3 hours drive away ill, one hour by high speed rail. there is a loss of frequent commuting between the 2 cities and aging authorities are on high alert that anxious to make sure that there is no outbreak in the capital before the beginning of the wage in winter olympics on february the 4th. so as i mentioned, change residents have been ordered not to leave their homes until they are tested and then they cannot leave their city unless absolutely necessary. those who work and aging the work from home and all of those in aging, who have traveled to the affected areas in change and in recent weeks, must begin home quarantine. now this outbreak that we know so far with these 2 content on the con cases, the 1st locally transmitted cases of the on the cross variance have been centered around a school community. and this is really going to test china 0 tolerance approach to

curve at 19. they're already about 14000000 people in china under severe lockdown in the provinces of san she and her non province. and these infections are continuing to spread to other areas as well. now this is really going to be a test of china as current lockdown policies. it's nass testing reactions here. and we're going to have to see whether this on the kron variant is going to spread here . what is concerning to authority so far is that they have not nailed down the origin of the virus when it comes to these cases and change in india is reporting nearly 860000 cove in 19 cases per day. that's the highest figure. in 7 months, several states have imposed new restrictions including curfews and suspending political rallies. partly motel reports now from new delhi, usually bustling wood shop, or markets in new delhi, emptied as the weekend cause. he started most of the capital shut down as

a number of daily life union traction least 7 months high. the new clubs followed the city imposing a nice curfew as well as closing schools, jims and cinemas. a few weeks ago. governor, i'm more scared of the lockdown because we can't leave our students like me. recently graduated, it's been very difficult to get a job. people who have recently lost the job are also looking for jobs, but in vain. it's very frustrating. as infection serge nationwide, other states have talking restrictions could not go in sudden india is imposing a coffee for the next 2 weekends and sunday lock downs are planned in some a lot. marashi which is in just hard as his state will have a night. caufield schools and colleges have already been closed for a month as have jim's, and so long day 3 cases have been doubling every $2.00 to $3.00 days. such a rapid surgeon, colonel, nevada says concerning people are getting infected even when they come in contact

with patient for a short time. in a further effort to stop the infection, spread inaction organizers have suspended rallies and restricted public meetings as well as door to door campaigns. for a week, hundreds of millions of indians are due to vote and state elections next month. and mass gatherings like these have been heavily criticized for violating cove in 1900 protocols. and in fact, even for the 2nd wave, i don't think it was locked down that prevented infections on the country. it was the mos gatherings that actually exacerbated the infections. so you don't need to have lot, as you just need to not have mass gatherings. the government has tightened rules for international arrivals. they now have to quarantine at home for a week that follows hundreds of passengers from italy testing positive at an airport in northern india, with relatively few patients in hospitals, particularly among the not related. the vaccination drive is being increased, but total jobs crossing one and a half 1000000000 this week on top of that health care workers and those above 60

with underlying health conditions. we'll start getting the booster shot on monday bargaining. they'll al jazeera you delhi. and the british education minister says reducing the isolation period. people who test positive for corporate 19 from 7 days to 5 would ease staff shortages. as our micron spreads businesses, schools and hospitals are struggling to find enough workers. it would certainly help mitigate some of the pressures on earth, the schools on critical workforce at ubs. but i would actually be driven by the advice from the experts, the scientists on whether we should move to 5 days from 7 days. otherwise, what you don't want is obviously oak creek or the wrong outcome by higher levels of infection pull brandon with more now from london. what we have at the moment is

huge pressure on the u. k. schools and hospitals because of staff absences. part of that is because the staff themselves have got cove it another part of it is because they beat the tested positive or somebody around them close to the test the positive as well. at the moment, the restriction is that you have to isolate for 10 days, although after 7 days in england at least you can test and if you're negative, you can then go back to work with the education secretary, the man in charge of education here in england has said, is that perhaps that could be reduced to 5? what he says is that that would go a long way to reducing the kind of staff pressures that we're seeing here in the u . k. the government advising bodies to prepare for anything up to 25 percent of workplace absences. enough clearly going to put enormous pressure on workplace efficiency. whether or not it's possible is, is an open question. this is the education secretary. he was doing the broadcast

round of radio and tv on a sunday morning. and so it's him expressing his opinion rather than setting government policy. it's really interesting insight into how the u. k. government appears to be thinking, and i'll give you a quote on the said, i hope we will be one of the 1st major economies to demonstrate to the world that you can transition from pandemic to endemic. and then deal with this, however long it remains with us, whether that 56710 years. so you can see that the government is not playing this wakeham old game anymore. we're talking about reacting instantaneously to sudden spikes. an infection rate that play the looking at a more long term process of how you can actually live with around a virus. live with the potential variance that come with corona virus and the same time, keep the economy going. hundreds of bosnian serbs in republic, a serb scope have defied a court ban to celebrate what they call statehood day. it comes to the time of heightened tensions about succession plans. from bosnia, the bosnian serb leader millard dudek was among senior officials who attended

a military parade. he faces american sanctions after cooling for separation from the rest of bosnia herzegovina, liliana milan, it shall mourn out from the city of bunyan luca in bosnia herzegovina. while this day albert public, a strip scar is a dispute for many years, the hearing bars in her sabina but decisions of the constitutional court of bosnia herzegovina are clear ripple because of sky is entitled to celebrate the day of april because of sky, just not on the january, the 9th. so there's a dispute about the date because for serbs here in this part of bosnia, herzegovina, 9th, january of 1992 is a date when at lucas of scar. herb started to exist and that is something sacred and important for them. or something that, as they say, ah, guarantees a liberty for them and a best conditions to live in bosnia herzegovina. on the other hand, for abortion,

acts living in this part of bosnia herzegovina, the same date means something completely different. the start of the war, horrors that they endured in the public assertive sky during the ninety's and layer on war crimes and genocide and sabbath lisa. so there's a lot of dispute about that, but this year it's even worse because we've been in a serious political crisis for over many months. and we keep listening to miller, daddy who is saying that if bosner has galena is not functioning in accordance with the constitution of the country, he will begin the process of declaring article because have hska as an independent state. and he also announces that he would a, bring back some levels of authority from bosnia herzegovina to ripple because of so which means that he would, again, for him or the army of republicans subscribe. and that he would completely control the tax system. and the traditional re protest is in ukraine or on the streets of

the capital to denounce the russian and american security talks that has to be held later on sunday. russia is ruled out making any confession of the talks with the us . diplomats that you to meet in geneva, to discuss moscow's true build up on the border with ukraine. washington has threatened sanctions if russia invades venezuelans voting for a 2nd time in 2 months to choose the governor of purina states. it's the latest battle ground between the opposition and the governments of president nicholas madura. his ruling socialist party has control the home state and murderers. treat assessor chavez for more than 20 years. theresa po reports now on what's at stake? yeah, it's the home a former so cities president award charlie's a place of enormous value for the government of nicola mother. that's why who carried her what one's venezuela foreign minister is hoping to become the new

governor of readiness. i came here, we are making a commitment together because we are going to govern together, right? we're going to govern together. you can't leave me alone. we're not going to walk away anymore. we're not going to disconnect from the people ever again. get them to be out of yes, kids the copy of the sort of independence. he will see mom while you are and brought the power of the state to help him went on sunday. during last november's, no collections in which the governing party won in most states voters him. but he never showed ample support for the opposition candidates to venezuela. supreme court, we try to actively disqualified him and called for a new election after an apparent defeat of the governing parties. candidate, chavis' brother, he's chavez. now both parties have elected new candidates that you are, you know, he's hoping to become the 1st governor of but enough in more than 20 years,

who does not bear the chavis last name. this is a massive demonstration from the people who are enough and we're going to win january the 9th. in spite of the differences we have, the government has all the resources of the state money resources coming from drug trafficking. even we have the people and with the people who are in us, we are going to win january the 9th. be assured this be the case. god is with us. no more than the us. the elections in november. when wanting toi, by the european union, for the 1st time in 15 years, your position ran divided and was unable to defeat the governing socialist party in most states. but in body nest, the situation was different. is it the war? yes, the government was desperate to gain some credibility internationally to try to get the reduction of some sanctions to be able to sit and be able to maneuver in some crucial offices internationally. but they still went ahead and dismissed the past election in berlin us in spite of it all, it could become an inflection on whether elections or a way out of the current crisis in the country. venezuelans have been struggling

with a devastating economic crisis that has affected every aspect of their lives. this sunday voters in body mass will test once again the countries electro system. the results will show whether the ballots will help them in the fight for change. that is how al jessia ah, this is al jazeera, these are the top stories. the nigerian government says the death toll from attacks in the northwest has risen to at least 200 armed bandits attacked villages in sam farro states following airstrikes by the military on their high doubts. ask mad address has more from a buddha. what's happening is ah, search and recovery effort ah, about 2048 hours since the attack.