no matter where it takes us, absolutely, a fantasy again with my eyes and power and passion. we tell your story. we are your voice. your news, your net out his ear. ah . mister speaker, i want to apologize. the u. k. prime minister bars johnson take full responsibility for attending an event during the height of lockdown, as the opposition calls for his resignation. ah, hell again, i'm come all santa maria here in tow. with the world news from al jazeera, the head of nato says, significant differences remain. after meeting with top russian officials tension continues over russia's troop build up on ukraine's border. this was not an easy

discussion. but don't this exactly why this meeting was so important. wilson, the news north korea announced as a successful test launch of a hypersonic missile as lady kim joan urges his command as to show more military. most the search continues for victims of a massacre in nigeria in which dozens of people were killed. ah ha! from the u. k prime minister bars johnson has apologized for attending what he says, he understood to be a work event. johnson, but still facing calls to resign with the labor leader of the labor opposition party, criticizing his account as untrue fall as evidence of a government garden party during the height of a cove in 19 lockdown. in may of 2020, a leak to email, show johnson's 8 inviting,

a 100 government staff for drinks. i have learned enough to know that there were things we simply did not get right. and i must take responsibility. number 10 is a big department. with the gardener's extent, as an extension of the office, which has been in constant use because of the role of fresh air and stopping the virus. and when i went into that garden, just after 6 on the 20th of may, 2020, to find groups of stock before going back into my office 25 minutes later to continue working. i believed implicitly that this was a work event. more with not in bob a who's following events to day in london, it was extremely uncomfortable to watch, wasn't it not aim because really all of bars, johnson had in the end was an apology, and a continued coal to well, just wait for the investigation. that's why it came out.

it was also very unusual because you saw boris johnson, the prime minister apologizing that doesn't usually happen. but when he said, i want to apologize. there wasn't another part of that sentence. he didn't say why he was apologizing. he then said that he understood that there was a lot of rage felt towards him and towards the government. he said in his words, that were the things that we got wrong. he regretted the way that that was handled . he then said that he believed that that was a work function. that something that many people have a hard time digesting because we've seen the email to 100 staff saying bring your own boost to this event at the end of the day. and so really, that's the key reason why kiss stormer called this excuse so ridiculous it was offensive, and stormer joined in with many members of the opposition in calling on bars

johnson to resign. the prime minister pretended that he had been assured there were no parties. ha, with that i do not know that then the video landed blowing, the promised his 1st defense out of the water. so then he pretended he pretended he was sickened and furious about parties. now it turns out he was at the parties all along cause the problem is to see why the british public think he's lying through his teeth. so what happens next? nadeem? because clearly there will be a lot of continued public anger about this and from kia, stammer in the opposition, but a feel might be any unrest within the conservative party, which will make the difference. absolutely, amin, thee frustration, if not, sir,

downright term anger from the public is unlikely to go away from people who were unable to go to c o. dying loved ones in the hospital, for example, at that time. but apart from the, the, the restrictions that were in placing that 1st locked down there are, were reportedly 8 hundred's, or fines are given out. that same week the same week as the garden party for people who were breaching the regulations meeting more than one person from outside their household. and we know that the police are already in touch with the cabinet of it's many people want to know what they will do. will they look at this and see if the the guidelines were breach. as it seems, is the case. there is a senior civil servant who's started an investigation into this event in their number 10, a guard. and we don't know exactly how quickly that is going to go. it's into the event and not into the prime minister. it could be embarrassing,

or it could end up accepting boris johnson's version of events that he did. honestly believe this was a work event, but many people find that very hard to countenance. there are a number of m p 's who said that if he was there, he would have to resign basically because his situation, his post would be untenable. he's admitted he was there, they haven't now come out and said it's time for him to go. there is a meeting by chance of the back bench, or m. p. 's committee in westminster, in the next few hours. we don't know yet how strong any move to replace boris johnson is how much a ground swell varies. but there's certainly a lot of public on ease right now. now bet i can add in. barbara, thank you for that and ins, outside the british houses of parliament, there are other top story concerns nato and the head of the alliance. as differences with russia over ukraine will not be easy to resolve in stoughton, but once again warned to moscow of consequences if it were to invade its neighbor,

follows the 1st meeting of the nato, russia council in brussels since 2019 stilton burges. his allies are concerned about a russian troop build up on ukraine's border and want them to withdraw immediately . nah, sco, turn once guarantees that nato would not accept ukraine as a member. this crisis is a, is, is a making of russia. and therefore, this important debate deescalate the ukraine, has the right to self defense our ducks and shrine. and you an a family charter anger for so many dollars when they didn't, they dollars and natal helped them to uphold that her right to, to soft of it will talk to our, to correspondence about this natasha butler in paris who we will be with shortly 1st also jibari in moscow at me it's pretty much as advertise, wasn't it? we didn't think a huge amount would come out of it and that looks like how it's gone.

certainly come all and i think the meeting took longer than we all expected that this press conference by the secretary general a was delayed, but in the end, the very stern wards from the secretary general about where things stand and it things are not looking great. but to there is a glimmer of hope because he said that they have agreed to continue meeting and continue dialogue, but the very specifics are about how nato reiterated the 2nd general rate. reiterated nato is a defensive alliance, and that they're not aggressive, but russia sees it very differently. the russians as see nato as an instrument of confrontation. now, the russian delegation was led by the russian def russian deputy of foreign, foreign minister, alexander, gro sgo, who said that this meeting was

a moment of truth in a rush of nato relations. and i think it's very evidence that they did not reach any kind of an agreement, but that was not expected. i think what was more important is that the dialog continues, and that it doesn't end here and it doesn't take another 3 years for there to be another meeting. in terms of the ukraine's possible membership into the 30 members alliance. as the secretary general said, that it is only up to nato members and ukraine to make that decision. and russia cannot demand or dictate to who can and cannot join this alliance. and that, that the russians have said that they see it as a threat for them to have a continuous buildup of nato allies around their borders. and that is something that they will not stand for. and they won't guarantees that ukraine will not join at nato, but it appears that that will not be something this a alliance will tolerate in that it remains to be seen whether or not they will

proceed with ukraine's membership into nato. ok, that's jibari and moscow. now natasha butler in paris. i'm gen stoughton berg said we're not ready to day to agree on a future schedule of meetings, but there is a future will. there is a chance of a future schedule of meetings, and i just that something well, that thought of all there is for now because he installed hamburg the nato secretary general said at least to both sides. nato members and russia had agreed to continue talking, but it does seem that they didn't really agree on much else. so both sides still are very much deeply apart. poles apart in their positions, both sides seem to be accusing each other of escalating the situation. rather than deescalate in the situation. russia of course, apparently said, stole to bed, repeated its demands, that it doesn't want nato to continue with its eastwood expansion. it doesn't want

ukraine to become a nato member in the future wants guarantees from later that's gonna happen. nato saying that is good, but completely unacceptable to the alliance. now, sultan bugs said that he hoped future talks would. of course, continue to be on this issue would also cover other issues like arms control missile control. but he didn't seem to be a much more a positive about the future are much more beyond another round of talks. again, as you said, no, no talks, no date set for those. he said, though, that nato members remained extremely clear eyed about russia. that western powers do fear that russia could attack ukraine. and he sent a warning. he said that was repeated a to russian negotiators in that meeting in brussels to day that if russia was to invade ukraine, that they would be, he said, consequences. ok. natasha butler in paris. thank you for that. it's been an

explosion in somalis capital market issue. it's killed at least 10 people, including 5 security offices, authority, say a car bomb targeted a security convoy the armed group. i'll show bob's as it carried out the attack on a road leading to the pores. the rest of the days news is coming up. we'll look at the unemployment crisis in india growing despite the government saying the economy is bouncing back, fighting escalates between the groups on the border between columbia and venezuela, we will speak to the families displaced by the funds. ah, well i think we'll see some more flooding in indonesia in jakarta, but if you follow singapore columbia, it looks like

a much draw picture than it was. this is where the most actor weather is cutting rad, through bonia, and to us to cross the rest of java. some heavy rain in the south, the philippines. but in the north, i'm in vietnam. that breeze, those still blowing isn't containing many heavy showers. real winter still in japan, i think we'll see some snow just catching the edges of south korea as well. but huge amounts in home shoot. accardo would increase the avalanche risk to in snowing now for about 3 days is forecast is full. thursday will stop eventually, the cold air really is cold behind. it's the teen is the high carbon minus 13 that this is unusual whether again for india, this cloud up in the north east has left but 42 millimeters in calcutta, 4 times a january. he's not a wet time of the year despite it being which is part of the world somewhere in the northeast of indiana is more rain to come up and ask as well, tends to fade out for the sas, you see more dynamic protection than to was telemarketers react, which is seasonally correct. it's left behind largely dry weather. now we're slowly

increasing temperature for delhi and the whole but decreasing air quality ah, the killing the debate, 90 percent of the world's refugees have come from of common impacted country. the climate emergency is putting more pressure on cities across the world and amplify your voice. it's not really the future 8 now. it's not our responsibility piece. good luck can bleed back. we cannot lose hope. we know what to do, and we have the tools to do to get back with all these papers. this to you are now to sierra lou.

ah, he was al jazeera, these are the top stories, the u. k prime minister bars. johnson's apologized for attending a gathering that broke corona virus lockdown. he says he understood it to be a work event. elite to e mail reveal johnson's aid and invited a 100 government staff. the drinks ahead of nato says, differences with russia of ukraine will not be easy to resolve in stoughton burgers . once again warned moscow of consequences if it invades its neighbour. it follows the 1st meeting of the nato, russia council since 2019 and an explosion has hit somalis, capital mogadishu, killing at least 10 people, including 5 security officers, authority, se, cobble, i'm targeted. a security convoy on a road leading to the north korea is claiming the successful launch of another hypersonic missile state media released images of leader kim jong and

observing the 2nd launch in less than a week. hypersonic missiles can more easily avoid detection and interception of ballistic ones. kim said his new year's aim was to improve north korea's defenses. hypersonic weapons a little more detail on them because they are different speeds. a big factor. hypersonic missiles, a flight towards targets at low altitudes and can travel at more than 5 times the speed of sound are over 6000 kilometers an hour. the main difference though, is that they can be maneuvered after they've launched quickly as well. and like ballistic missiles, hypersonic ones don't follow a pre determined path, their trajectory can be altered, which means they become very difficult to stop. all of these things, speed, agility, and low altitude, make it difficult for ground based radar systems to detect them. russia, china, the us, they are the leaders in hypersonic weapons use and several other countries, including japan, germany, france, and india are report late investing in them. we talked to bon young chick about

this, who was a research fellow at the institute for north korean studies at yon se university. he told us it really is time to take north korea's improvements and weapons technology seriously. the warm has consistently underestimate the ingenuity of the korean scientist and weapon development. and that lady is the true test. fighting amidst, prove that the north koreans are really determined to strengthen the national defense capability. as he was announced in the 8th party congress last january, january, 2021. so all of these are part of the grant plan to strengthen its capability with long term plan. so the bad news is that this is not going to be the last time that we're going to witness the north koreans testing their weapons. the north koreans are moving ahead on its own

schedule until it reaches the goal set by the mid term. you know, mean take capable of the development of this pony is a great threat to the national security of staff because the type of hypersonic mythical by north korea can reach from capital city of north re upped, hung out to assault the capital city of south korea. within 1000000, so either be increasingly difficult or they can just think of them deployed in south korea to have a complete and reliable b cell defense. and the search underway for more bodies in the niger inside of some fara of the gunman rated villages shooting people and burning homes. the number of victims remains uncertain. so far as governor says about 60 people are confirmed dead. the witnesses reported seeing up to 200 bodies, 10000 others have been driven from their homes by the violence,

the rates on villages, the said to be reprisal attacks after government air strikes targeted to hide out of criminal gangs. his more from us majors, he's in the town of goods, saw in some far a state to update us about the situation here in some for a state is the commissioner for information a brian mcgee door. sarah, can you talk to was, can you update us about this situation in here in them for a state, the victims? what is their condition now? what is being done to help them? because it's been 5 day says will latest her cycle of policy happen. and thousands of people have been displayed from more than 10 villages here in san for us it what's being done to help them? well, i am, the situation here is be managed by the government of the state. when the incident happened, the governor went himself with a team of heads of security and also members of his executive council to visit the

scene of the incidents and also condone with the people. he ordered for the assessment of the damage is done to them and also ordered for the repair of houses that were upon to go in the attacks. now, how bad is the situation hands for in terms of security? how bad, how exposed these villages are? honestly, it is a terrible thing. ah, our people in the rural areas are on bad threats and they are also a livin in fears and apprehension because of the activities of the bundis. and there, one particular problem we are facing is the shortage of manpower in terms of security, as well as the inclusion or rather the infiltration of the community into the activities of the bundis in terms of um, informants, people who supply them with their,

their needs. and people who supply them would say, food stuff, and the other necessities like there we punch. now that for a braimer, get you to sorry, the commissioner for information in some for a state. now we expect the military chiefs to be here any time from now, but what people are expecting is action more action and the ground to stop discounted from continuing. the trial of 25 men accused of organizing the easter bombings and sri lanka has been adjourned until march. nearly 270 people were killed in a series of attacks on churches and luxury hotels back in 2019. and though the defend its face, some $23000.00 charges, the government is still facing criticism for the investigation. and now fernandez has more. delicious. fernando who has been anton, and their 3 children, were attending easter sunday mass at st. anthony's church. when a suicide bomber struck, now below the end of it was a lamb on the cabal to with

a loud noise and fire started raining down from the roof. i told my girls to head out, my son was thrown by the impact. he's the one who found my husband, dad about it, they eliminated from a lender, lo load, and as a law, 7 suicide bombers struck 3 churches and 3 hotels, all within an hour. 270 people were killed and more than 500 injured. the government blamed an obscure local group, the national thou, he jamal. but many people don't accept that explanation. opposition and be her in fernando is one of them. biggest griffin for me, or who benefited out of these? and why con the goldman? when we are is christians on sir fernando says vital information uncovered by both the parliamentary committee and presidential commission has not been investigated. the catholic church has been skating about the investigations cardinal malcolm runjun. the archbishop of colombo has frequently criticized the slow pace of the

investigation and implied that people now in government may have been involved in the attacks. government representatives and the police denied those allegations. they point out that hundreds of suspects have been detained. an indictment issued in a dozen cases $25.00 men appeared at a special court on wednesday, indicted on more than $23000.00 chargers. security was tight, and anyone entering the court was checked. lawyers for some of the defendants told al jazeera that their clients weren't involved in the bombings. the trial was adjourned until march. meanwhile, delicia and dozens like her face a long wait for justice. calling a banner guillory, i think i've told god only you can show me the way to secure justice because people keep exchanging allegations about who did us while the years go by. we can't live with peace of mind, les stating, look identical and they can only hope their prayers are answered. mere fernandez al

jazeera colombo unemployment on the rise in india as night. curfews. and we can lock downs or impose because of an increasing cove in cases. the government says the economy will grow very more than 9 percent this year, but financial experts say most people won't see any benefits. elizabeth per annum reports from new delhi. the village of oak, who in indian administered kush me to supplies 90 percent of the wood, houston indian pencils, the moisture levels in the regions. poplar trees make them perfect to right wed. but with schools being closed, for most of the past 2 years, demand for stationary is down and many workers in accrues factories have lost their jobs on i've got here, i am a university graduate, but there are no jobs available. thank god that we were hired to work here. so many have been fired and other factors and it's impossible to get a job in these tough times. unemployment in india vas to

a form on pi of nearly 8 percent in december. the softer, more states imposed restrictions to slow down the spread of the corona virus. fueled by the army kron variant that handled it for english leave. the situation is always 10 took over the last 2 years is the 1st time schools have been shocked in india and other countries to why riches impacted us bad went ahead. the business has started to recover in december. but with this new coverage gradient, we're back to square one. it's a sentiment being shared by business owners across india. jim own it should arg seti says james had been forced to shot for 9 of the past 22 months, all the dom, order that already the board and optic. okay. but now with this logged down, it is actually breaking not back because not even had more money lip. nobody is giving us any lawn. be of sword that julie will are weiss on mothers, people of swords, really, people are for the cars. people have begged a board or whatever they could do to just sort of i of the last long he,

despite the downturn, the government says the continental grow by nearly 10 percent this year. but a comma saved too early for optimism. i don't think that these estimates are factored in all micron echo. and so what you're likely to see is that there will be a provision in the 2nd advance as to what, which will come out at the end of february, which will be done and quite, maybe quite seriously downwards, depending upon what happens when next couple of months as the government prepares to release its budget next month, the queues and the capital of daily wage laborers waiting with their tools, hoping to be selected for work, keep growing longer. elizabeth koran and al jazeera, you deli, quebec could soon become the 1st canadian province to tax adults who are on banks unaided. the premier francois legal says they are placing a financial burden on the health care system. and so on tuesday he announced plans for those without a medical exemption to pay

a health care contribution cove. at 19, the hospital admissions in canada surged with the spread of army crop. these 30 people been chilson the start of this year and fighting on the border between columbia and venezuela. the colombian government says rebel e l n 5. are battling a dissident group of former font cripples on a thunder rump? yes, he has our report from burger to her for dyslexia time in less than a year. colombian store owner, hydro guy miss and his family had to flee escalating violence between norm groups. last march, they left venezuela for columbia alco region. they're now here in the capitol hill gotta searching for health and shelter, energy and business. we've got a small sewing venezuela and at times we sold things dissident that was enough to be targeted as supporters. when the killing started last week, the brother commander arrived and told us, you have 2 options. you can come to this meeting, become part of the guerrilla forces while you're going to have to leave. because

the e l n, u. d lane is columbia, the largest remaining rebel group after the fight made peace with the government in 2016. but they sit in factions of the fire could since appeared. and in recent weeks, violence in the law, this region along the border with venezuela's been growing. some 30 people have been killed since the beginning of the year, while others have been kidnapped or forcibly recruited or displaced. the fighting that create the not so beer in the population. many people fear that the region is going back to the the call that they live between. and then between the and the far back then and the human impact has been really, really to be. the violence has reached a new level since a long standing truth between the arm groups broke down. the last word between the

den 5 gravels and the land less a 1000 people that and displaced almost 60000. the colombian government and now blames have been a swell for the current violence. accusing the venezuelan government of sheltering the on groups in their territory. something the government and cut up because denied people from towns along the border of peak into the streets, demanding peace. colombian president, divan duke is deploying 2 battalions to regain control of the region. but some experts believe more troops won't solve the problem. and that guy, you know, to make awfully, a rica still has a huge unresolved conflict, and people have no confidence in the states. it already has the highest amount of soldiers per square meter in columbia. sending $600.00 more trips will not make a difference. what's needed is to restart patient negotiations with the l in that ok. and until the troubling that outcome can be contained, humanitarian crisis will only continue to grow spreading here to the capital and

beyond. allison, the and p a t t l, just gotta tennis start another joke of it has admitted breaking isolation rules and his native serbia. last month in social media post the tennis world. number one accepted, he had made an error of judgement, joke of which said he met up with a journalist 2 days after the positive test. and they went on to blame his agent for making a mistake on his visa application. ahead of his arrival in australia. ah, but how fast they are, these are the top stories u. k prime minister bars johnson has apologized for attending a gathering that broke corona virus lockdown rules. he said he understood it to be a court work event. that elite d males reveal johnson's a de invited, a 100 government staff for drinks. the lead of the opposition labor.