hearse signal or the death of democracy studio. b and script dates on al jazeera holding the powerful to account. as we examined the u. s. his role in the world on al jazeera, ah 3 people are killed in su. don's capitol as security forces fire tear gas up for testers opposing military rule. ah, you're watching al jazeera life from headquarters in south. i'm getting an obligation also coming up. ukraine's former president petra poor shanker, appears in court on treason charges after returning home from abroad. china's birth rate tips to a record low raising concerns. it's rapidly aging workforce could affect its

economic growth and australia, new zealand, sand reconnaissance flights to the pacific island tango which has been cut off after an undersea volcanic eruption. ah, at least 3 protesters have been killed by security forces, and so don, a crowd of thousands was marching towards the presidential palace in the capital har tune, calling for an end to military rule. protest her is ivan taking to the streets since the crew in october, calling for civilian rule to be reinstated, protest organizer say more than 60 people had been killed in the past few months while demonstrating. hyper morgan is joining us live from her to him. so have i talked to us about how much momentum there remains with these protests and whether there has been any movement on the political front while despite the amount of violence that professors have been with missing. and on monday,

they have witnessed a lot of violence by security forces, what the un has described in the past as excessive force, being used by security forces against law, the peaceful protest this by that we see that the 1000 still continued to take to the streets now monday, protest was not just in the city of her whom i known. there were $1002.00 also took to the streets in the twin city of on demand as well a quarter to north and other major cities across the country, all coming out to condemn the military rule and continued demanding the military handle power to civilian government and returned to their barracks, this of course is happening while the un initiative is on the way that initiative was launched last week with the you and trying to bring the various association, civil society organizations, the political parties and the military to try to get them to a round table to negotiating to end the political doubt that love that has been in place since the military take over last october. now this is also coming just

a days before a visit by senior us officials are expecting the us assistant secretary of state for african affairs, as well as the us special envoy for the home of africa to visit to me on wednesday to discuss that us initiative and try to get the political parties to the negotiating table because of the deadlock that has resulted and put down being without a government for more than 2 months now. but protested, say they're going to continue to keep this momentum. this is not the 1st process that we've witnessed on monday. they are more protest scheduled in the coming days, and they say will continue demanding the military handled part the civil enroll despite the violence that has seen several been killed on monday and dozens being injured. thank you so much. have a morgan for that update from her to me. at least 3 people have been killed in an attack or getting an oil facility in the united arab emirates. police have identified the dead as to india, nationals, and one pakistani they say drones may have been used to start 3 fires in the

capital. i would be humans who the rebels claimed responsibility for an attack, but did not specify what it was. the u. e announced a partial withdrawal from yemen in 2019. but does maintain a military presence there? mohammed laptop has more from yemen capital sent out. we have heard from the healthy spokesperson here. sorry. he said that he will give more details in the upcoming hours. we know also the, according to some media, means that the hoses have also carried out some attacks to the southern areas of the, the saudi arabia kingdom. also these attack, according to the hokies administer and formation. he says that the, this and inside the united amorous is to teach the united amorous. listen, i, according to, to what he said, that in order to stop its involvement and also its participation and the saudi did quality war in yemen. according to his statement,

all the saudi led coalition says and intercepted several drones fired at the kingdom. according to state media, 8 were launched, all were destroyed. yet men's healthy rebels regularly target facilities in saudi arabia. they've had airports in oil infrastructure in the past. the saudi led coalition intervened in the war in yemen in 2015 let's i speak to our correspondent asher. my head about i was covering yemen extensively. so the whole of these claiming responsibility for an attack that took place in the united arab emirates. why the united arab emirates hasha because the health is blamed the you a for being the key player in yemen for providing significant military assistance of the or international recognized government of the muscle. hardy of the other was, will have made significant impact on the secessionist movement in the south, providing them with weapons and training some of the elite earl forces. over the last few weeks, there has been some intense fighting over show,

boy and bad. if the elite forces that live that fight, we're back on financed by the m earth is so the, the, they're drawn attack a novel bobby was a mess is by the hope is that if the amount is don't stop that involvement, india more than likely to get one attacks in the future. so why is it that they m i that is have recently intensified their efforts in yemen because over the past few years they've taken somewhat of a less prominent role. one could say, well they've been very active in 2015 to the point we're called to, to the assumption that the saudis who lived the coalitional will be the ones who will have the are the of the upper hand. it was the amenities who made significant impact in human. first of all, the managed to embolden the secessionist movement was she's now the defacto ruler of the southern part of the country. and they're saying that they're taking that ambitious further to declare the south an independent state number to the of the ones who give the most significant support to the elite forces operate in in mad

we're talking about people loyal to the for the president. i love the law was killed by the health these and they say that the aim is to research reinstall a 2nd estate in yemen for the health is this is an existence threat. and they said that as long as the amenities continue to play those roles, they are likely to further undermine the our chances to expend our influence across the game and had it not been for the hurt for the saudis. and the amount is the healthiest chances for taking control of all of yemen with have been higher. so where, where do you think stand has them in terms of some sort of negotiated settlement or, or political toss? it will have to depend ultimately on the 3 key players. the side is the amenities on one hand on and the iranians. there is a, a healthy delegation as we speak in iran talking to the iranians and the, the you ends. biggest challenge in yemen is it is difficult to convince all the

parties in the amount of set aside their differences. if you cannot get hold of the key players or other key regional prayers. now the amateurs are the saudis say that as long as iran continues to use the health is as boxes in your mother just further . as you're likely to further spread their ideology in the region there will. the chances for a political settlement are almost a thin, the health is on the other hand, say there is no peace deal until the saudis and the amount is recognized that will remain and will how to continue to be the legitimate authority in your money of the near future, who is likely to move forward and to extend the olive branch to the other party that remains to be seen. but i can see some sense of apathy when it comes to how to move forward in yemen. 70 years of massive political and military conflicts, and hundreds and thousands killed. exactly. have massive destruction of different parts of the country. there's no, absolutely. and to this block problem insight. thank you so much, hassam al,

but i thank you. ukraine's former president pet report. shank o has appeared in court to deny treason charges. prosecutors accuse him of financing pro russian stuff is just an eastern ukraine hearing in the capital here, which is still under way. come shortly after portion co returned home from poland. he says that his innocence of what he calls politically motivated accusations, source of jabbar, is following developments from moscow. he did arrive earlier in the ukrainian capital, and he was greeted by a large crowd of supporters and he took some time to speak to them. he said that he has come back to ukraine to help the country faced the growing threat of russian invasion. petro per shanker also said, i accuse the form the current president, his successor, alexander vladimir zelinski, rather by betraying his country. he said that we are now here to unite and defend ukraine, and this is a man who is still very much of the forefront of politics in the country. and he is

maintaining his innocence and that these charges against him are politically motivated. the accusations against him date back to when he was in power in 201415. he's accused of funding groups that are according to the state now terrorist organizations and he lost power in 2019 but he's still a member of parliament. he's the leader of opposition, whose call it's your opinion solidarity. and he's one of the wealthiest men in ukraine he's estimated worth is at $1600000000.00. he's often referred to as a chocolate king because he owns a confectionary empire, as well as to tv stations in the country. so he's still very much influential man, and he's adamant that these charges against him are an attempt by the current government to try and rail attention from the economic problems facing ukraine. and he says that he will fight to the very end. the german 4 minister says she'll do everything in her power to guarantee ukraine security and lena bear boss,

made comments during her visit to key to meet ukrainian officials. they're both pushing to revive for where peace talks with russia and france to end the conflict in the eastern dumbass region. russia has been gathering troops of the ukrainian border raising fears of an invasion. dominic cane has more from berlin, said the thing that really stood out from this meeting, at least the news conference it emerged after the meeting of the 2 foreign ministers was a reiteration of germany's perspective. germany's support for ukraine on the line a bell book saying effectively to the russians that any further, and each further aggression would be met with some diplomatic response from her country and others saying in her opinion, that diplomacy is the only way to solve this crisis. also referring to the normandy format, saying that the full way meeting of ministers between paris, he if moscow lead that that's a format that they want to reinvigorate where possible. but it is worth making the

point that in questions both to mrs. burbock and to her counterparts. me total, clear, but when the question walls about whether the german government would seek to provide some form of material support in the form of weapons, perhaps. and alina beveled did not touch on much choosing not to answer the question directly, which of course is interesting in itself, because they're all those who say that if germany wants materially to support ukraine and perhaps weapons would be a way of doing it. but as a say that was not touched upon, at least not by the german foreign minister. frances, for right presidential candidate erickson moore, has been fine. 10000 euros for hate speech that were made comments about unaccompanied migrant children in 2020 is previously been convicted of inciting racial hatred against black, an era people and has been charged with religious hatred for making anti islam. comments. still ahead on al jazeera,

we look at america is homeless crisis and why it's affecting people about 50 at an alarming rates. and an icon of classical indian dance with here is some of the many tributes being paid following the that are version, maharaja ah, ah, look forward to brighter skies the winter sponsored by cattle at ways. here's your weather report for asia right here right now. hello everyone, good to see you. northwestern india, we still have this cool pool of air. so it is foggy, and smoggy cooler sink to the surface. so all that pollution in yap is fear. just being shoved right down to the ground in time in the interior, wind has temperatures along the western godsend, the thirty's. but that's where we would expect them to be for the sap. the year. the ne monsoon carrying some showers in to tamela do,

and sri lanka. nothing major but changeable. whether to be sure off to southeast asia and indonesia as to the ways the island scooping up about half a month's worth of rain in the span of 24 hours. and still heavy falls in the forecast on tuesday. pursue the ways he read across java and same goes for 2 bathrooms. that ne monsoon also brushing some showers along the coast of vietnam. we've got a slug of rain along, denying with a height $22.00 degrees and those showers that were falling across the pearl river valley mostly petered out. a cloudy day in hong kong. at 18 degrees. that northwind off the sea of japan is flicked on this sea effect snow engine. so the snow will pile up here across western areas of honshu into hole. kado support has got a high of one degree on tuesday. that's it for me. thanks for your company. susan lou with sponsored by katara always what happens in new york has implications all around the world. it's international perspective with the human

touch zooming way in, and then pulling back out again on counting the cost, the cycle great resignation, guys, global. why all people increasingly quitting that john egypt 1st canal achieve the highest revenues and it's been high, why he was wearing between napoli and indian head count him to call on al jazeera. ah, the me again, the top stories on elders or the sour. several professors have been killed by security forces, and sir john josh was used to disperse thousands, marching towards the presidential power in the capital cartoon. calling for an end

to military rule. at least 3 people have been killed in an attack targeting oil facilities in the united arab emirates, police suspect bruno aircraft started 3 fires in the capital, the ukraine, former president, petro, for cinco has appeared in court in the caps appear to deny trees and charges. prosecutors accuse him of financing pro russians deficits and eastern ukraine. china's economic growth slowed at the end of last year after a strong start. the pandemic real estate troubles and the lowest birthrate in decades are being blamed for the slum requirements reports from hong kong. as china tackles it's on the chrome spread, a temperature check on the health of its economy shows mixed results. 4th quarter g d p rose by 4 percent from a year ago. according to china's national bureau statistics, that's stronger than the government's own target. but nearly a full percentage points slower than the previous quarter. the chinese economy grew

by 8 point one percent in 2021 with the help of steady industrial output. as the world continue to buy china's goods for years and actually father, industrial production experienced sustained development and high tech manufacturing and equipment manufacturing experienced fast growth. but momentum is waning and its economy last steam in the 2nd half of the year, triggered by a slow down in the real estate sector and regulatory clamp downs authorities restricting the amount of money property developers could borrow. after the fall out from the debt hid ever ground crisis, authorities will also need to address the effects of an aging population and the lowest birth rates since 949, just 7.5 births to every 1000 people. that's despite relaxing family planning measures like the one child policy. young chinese couples are increasingly choosing not to have babies because of higher living costs. other challenges on the horizon for china include supply chain problems and uncertainty surrounding the pandemic.

the on the chrome varied has spread to a number of its cities, prompting locked down and wrapped up restrictions. at least one case has been detected in beijing, which is gearing up to host the winter olympics in less than 3 weeks. restrictions are being stepped up to contain the spread ahead of the learn a new year holiday by so honestly on board that the winter olympics will bring in more cases. when people come from other countries, we do not know how the situation will go. i'm not worried, i think the government has been doing well. chinese officials of warning people in high risk areas including beijing, to avoid traveling during the festive period bridge clinic al jazeera hong kong ticket sales in china for the beijing winter olympics have been suspended. the 1st local case of crone was reported in the chinese capital a few days ago. only invited groups will be allowed to go to venues next month, as long as they stick to cover prevention rules. after being deported from

australia, novak joke of it's now face as being banned from the french open as well. the tennis world number one is due to defend his parish title in may, but the french sports minister says no unvaccinated athletes will be able to compete in france. and everyone has to have a vaccine certificate to enter restaurants, cinemas, and other public places. in england, the self isolation period after testing positive for covert has been taught from 10 to 5 days. the government announced the relaxation to help ease staffing shortages caused by a surgeon army crowd infections. everyone will be required to show negative rapid tests on days 5 and 6 of their 14 or more revelations are merging that the u. k. government holding parties during the current of iris, locked down the daily marin newspapers as prime minister boys. johnson attended a farewell gathering for a staff member in the run up to christmas. 2020. more than a dozen events are being investigated by senior civil servants stu,

graeme. she's reported to have question johnson. he barker has more from london people who is 5 days. his prime minister boys, johnson was forced to stand up in parliament and apologize to m p. 's and the public for attending a drink policy, the garden of number 10 downing street. he said that he believed it was a work event. although that excuse seems to have fallen flat with members of his own conservative party, the opposition, and increasingly so with the british public as well. over the past few days, we been learning more about other events that have taken place. we've learned also about a, a wind fridge installed in number, tend to allow officials law to let off steam and of a regular friday night drinks event tabled into the downing street diary for all to see this isn't about whether or not boris johnson attended every single event or least organized every single event. it's about the kind of culture that existed in downing street with forest johnson at the helm,

a culture that opponents of the prime minister say allow for regular and habitual rule breaking. well, there is a key inquiry underway by a senior citizen, 7th to grey, a woman nicknamed as the sleaze buster of why whole she is overseeing the departure of some senior mpg in the past. the results of that inquiry could well influence them more and more conservative m. p 's to table letters of no confidence in boys. johnson, if 50 for a written so 15 percent of conservative mpg write letters of no confidence that it could well force a leadership contest. some questioning though, whether boys johnson good fallen disorder resign before that, or whether or not he will try and hunkered down and hope that all of this blows over. there is, of course the question that so he could face a challenger from within his own ranks from within the cabinet. what is clear though, for a prime minister who's made it very much

a part of his job to skirt around scandal and controversy? this is one particular scandal that isn't going away. overnights and boys don't. some, sooner or later, we'll have to face the music. reconnaissance aircraft from australia, new zealand had been sent to the tongue islands to survey damage from saturdays volcanic eruption and su nami, earlier flights were prevented by the towering cloud of ash over the chain of islands in the south pacific. with telecoms cut off, there is no news on casualties so far. alexey o'brien has more. 2 days after this massive undersea eruption angeles unami, which followed tongue of remains, counsel from the world fiber optic cable, one of the main lines of communication to the pacific island nation, now broken, we spoke to someone for same reason, relatives, and also to ministry of furniture so just before the communication was founded,

i tell you, it was on believable and they were not able to explain to us the noise and the song. and what happened at the time is england has seen to surveillance aircraft to assess the damage, australia's also sending a military plane to help. both countries had waited for a 20000 metre high mushroom cloud of ash to lift the 4 take off clearance was given . this is a very challenging time. communications are deeply, deeply affected by the events of the volcanic eruption. it has been felt in other parts of the region. the ash is toxic and has been fooling a coast hung as islands. everyone's being told to stay in doors. if they can use an immediate need for food also for water, because there is to be a cash flow that has been reported. and as a result of you know, what i have been contaminated in most of the islands while it's great damage is

reported after the erosion triggered astronomy and wave surge through tongue is a 170 islands. police reported seeing homes thrown around along the coast. the owner of one beach resort said it was completely wiped out. a remarkable thing about this or option was your head, the rapid rise in the expansion of the gas and steam plume. and the in parallel to that, you had the soon army radiating outwards and also the shockwave radiating outwards, went around the entire world. miscommunication disrupted the full impact from saturdays eruption, which could be seen from space remains unclear. as does the scale of aid needed to help the token people. alixia brian al jazeera, a tornado has destroyed dozens of homes in a trailer park in the state of florida. winds reached 190 kilometers an hour. the storm cut off power for more than $100000.00 people across several states. police

have reported hundreds of accidents under powerful winter storm along the east coast of the united states has knocked out power. suffice to thousands of homes forecast her se freezing conditions could worsen as a storm heads. ne state emergencies 7 declared in georgia of virginia and both north and south carolina. police in the u. k. have arrested 2 teenagers in the city of manchester, in connection with saturday. cj at a synagogue in texas, a british national was shot dead after taking 4 people hostage. the man was identified as 44 year old magic face on a crumb all the captives for rescued unharmed us president joe. right, and has called the incident an act of terror will stay in the united states and take you over to california because there is increasing alarm over the number of over 15 who find themselves living on the streets. they make up most of the more than half a 1000000 people there who are homeless and many have been forced out because

they're unable to pay large increases in their rents. reynolds has more from l. a. i feel there's no way to say it, but when you're out there you feel like everybody's laughing at you. we met rita rose in a women's homeless shelter in hollywood until recently she'd been living on the streets after being forced out of her apartment now was literally laying on benches . and b, i just, i was like, scared to death. i didn't know what to do. it's just been hell, i mean, i'll be 66 years old and june. i mean, i have no business on the street. people over age 50 like rita, are becoming homeless in alarming numbers. they make up half of all on house people in california 2020, which were our latest numbers. the estimates where for l county, you know, you had a roughly, a 13, a 15 percent increase in homelessness, but

a 20 percent increase in older adult homelessness. homelessness takes a heavy toll on older people. the average life expectancy of a person experiencing homelessness is about 47 years old. as compared to a person who's in permanent housing of about 77, few homeless persons survive past age. 65 for on house people. years of living on the street actually celebrate the aging process. people in their fifties often show signs of illnesses or conditions war, common people in their seventies. we do see this phenomenon of accelerated aging. you see things you know, such as urinary incontinence dementia, you know, just being able to complete activities of daily living becomes more challenging for this population. and then you talk about somebody who just in their fifties, correct? yeah. experts say the housing shortage and steeply rising,

rents are the main reasons for the surgeon, homeless elders, older people on income's like the federal old age pension program are being pushed out of housing. they rented for years for others, a one time medical crisis or a major expense can end up in homelessness. california's governor gavin knew some plans to spend an unprecedented 750000000 dollars this year on housing for the most vulnerable reader. rose, who receives disability payments is waiting for a subsidized apartment to open up thrilling, you know, by that a chance for housing in, of course, i'd pay my bills, hoping for a basic need to be met and a measure of dignity in life's waning years. rob reynolds al jazeera los angeles tributes are pouring in for a bears. who maharaja was died at the age of $83.00. he was consider it one of the greats of indian classical dance torn again,

be looks back at his life the family of bird. you maharaj pay their respects at his home in the indian capital need jelly. they say the legend re dancer had struggled with his health. in recent months. i take men is a one car max. so he was being treated a hospital for the past month. he was diabetic and had kidney related issues. he was on dialysis and he was undergoing treatment and getting better. i think he had a cardiac arrest because all of a sudden he had trouble breathing and then he passed away like you will go daddy. i got his dea, oh mirage was a master of contact the type of indian classical dance. oh. ready he often dream inspiration from his own life in his performances, and was known for his enemies, had facial expressions and his light footed movements ah, in a career spanning nearly 6 decades, maharaj not only performed can't act but took it to opening a dance school in the capital which he ran for more than 20 years. in 1986,

he was wounded. india's 2nd highest civilian owner in recognition of his achievements in a tweet, prime minister to rent remade. he said, his passing is an irreparable loss to the entire ot world. many of his former students now stars themselves say his contribution to the world of dance was historic and will be carried food by all those he influenced through his aunt bed. you maharaj was 83 years old. ah, ah, hello again. the headlines on al jazeera, 7 processors calling for an enter motion rules on have been killed by security forces. serious was fired at thousands marching towards the presidential palace in the capital cartoon. at least 3 people had been killed in an attack targeting or.