we need to take america to try to bring people together trying to deal with people who left behind me. ah, you have your sleepless nights and not knowing what to expect. desperate for news from loved ones and told me i have to volcanic eruption in the pacific islands to get us an army. at least 3 people have been killed. ah. are you watching or did they were like my headquarters here in doha. also coming up to invite russia to a new round of tools to deescalate tensions ukraine. british prime minister boys

johnson denies and accusation by his former advisor. he lied about a lockdown party. new charges filed against outlawed nigerian separatists leave him . de connie is accused of terrorism and treason. ah, welcome to the program. it's been 3 days since the volcanic eruption and synonymy in tonga, but the full scale of the destruction is only now beginning to emerge. the government says several small islands have had to be evacuated because nearly every home that has been destroyed. new satellite imagery shows a thick layer of ash on the runway tongue as main apples on the left is how it looked before the eruption the ashes, delaying deliveries of international aid, and is expected to take days to clear the ashes proving quite problematic. not just for water and sanitation because tom collected water from the roofs of households.

but in terms of access for the aid from australia, new zealand, and other flights, they need to clear the runway. latest information i have is that 60 percent of the runway has been cleared and this is done manually. i hear up to 200 volunteers are sweeping the runway in preparation for the supplies to land on thursday or friday. if things happen according to plan. well, it's our tongue as port looked to the end of december and the latest satellite pictures you can see containers flung about. and the area is smothered in grey ash and dozens of homes on the main island of tongue. the top 2 was severely damaged or even destroyed. sarah clark has been following developments brisbin in australia. these are some of the 1st satellite images showing the extent of the damage after a volcanic eruption triggered a synonymy and wave surge 3 times, $170.00 islands. the zealand and australia have fit military aircraft to assess the

damage for the surveillance work that was done was really quite crucial. but we know that there is more work to be done to make sure that someone can bounce back to me. i know why mo has been unable to reach her family and toner since saturday to 2 sisters live on the main island. tomba top, who, her brother and her family live on the small on. and i'm worried. i like everyone else. they, you know, you have your sleepless night and not knowing what to expect a fiber optic cable. one of the countries main lines of communication was damaged bob eruption and may take weeks to a store. we've been a week or 2. we should be able to know whether we can be able to get our full connectivity up and running. for now, this is the only communication. many people in tang have

a tv and radio station in australia covering the pacific region. it's fielding calls from relatives around the world who are desperate for uptime, with a home ins calling from sweden, austria, pots of japan. and so for just desperate for any news from home. debts have now been confirmed, including angela glover, a british woman who was rescuing her dogs. when she was hit by the powerful wife we just chatted. is the only word i can think to describe it. any family that you loses, such as treasured member of their family would know exactly what you know, what i'm saying here. a girl is struggling navy ship is on its way from sidney to britain, to load humanitarian humanitarian groups. and now coordinating a joint relief effort. the volcanic ash means it's difficult to same supplies by air. so water and sanitation keeps tents and blankets being lighted on ships to be sent from australia. new zealand. high tides, triggered by the volcanic explosion,

the toner had been filled as far away as peru where a ship supplying the country's main oil. processing plant was rocked by waves, generated body reduction the result, a 2 kilometer long oil spill. sarah, clock out a 0 brisbin, australia, japanese foreign minister has met her russian consult in moscow to emphasize the need to diffuse tension with ukraine. and elena babble was welcomed by a level 24 hours after i talked with ukrainian b t as in here. now the kremlin says it has no intention of invading ukraine, but russian troops are massed near the border and that's raised phase of confrontation. though such bowery has more for moscow. there's certainly a sense that that impasse remains, that the gaps have not been breached bridge between the 2 sides. but there was a sense that diplomacy is very much needed and dialogue is very crucial. and

they're both foreign ministers agreed that there needs to be a continued dialogue. the russian foreign minister surgery, la rob for his part, says that it is not up to germany or any other country to dictate how and where their own troops can be deployed within their own country. referring to of course, the nearly 100000 russian soldiers that are carrying out to drills near the ukrainian border and southwestern part of this country. since early late last year . this has cause of course, a lot of concern and the german foreign minister alluded to this. she said that these troops, you cannot help. but be alarmed by the troops that have been asked alongside the border with ukraine. but the russian foreign minister reiterated moscow's position, that they are not looking for conflicts with ukraine, and that they are still waiting for a written response from the united states about their security proposals for nato, and their concerns about the possibility of ukraine becoming the latest member to

the security alliance that is nito and that is something that is very much a red line for this country. and the foreign minister reiterated that position. there was a sense that this meeting was not very, very positive. demeanors of the 2 foreign ministers was not as friendly as one would have expected, though they to security general against ulta buck says that he has invited russia to new talk a new round of talk. he was speaking in berlin, after holding talks with the new german chancellor. the main toss now is to make progress on the political way forward or nato allies are ready to meet with russia again. and to day are, have invited russian. all the nato allies are to attend the seas or meetings in the nato, russia council, in the near future to address our concerns, but also listen to russia's concerns or concerns and, and to try to find

a way forward to prevent any military attack against the ukraine. a correspondent, dominant cane has more from berlin. there's no question that's from mr. jordan bags perspective, he's trying to send a message, not just to the world's media, but also to moscow about what his organization's perspective is here. and there was tough talk, but also the suggestion that if there is the, the readiness in moscow to, to debate, to negotiate that there were, there is an invitation, a standing invitation from him to all nato members and allies, plus the russians to discuss the situation in ukraine and how to diffuse that situations at the thought that was echoed by all shots saying that's in his opinion . all formats should be used as diplomatic formats. he means to bring all sides together to try to diffuse things. there was a question put to both men,

but pointedly to mister shots about the pipeline. the gas pipeline nord stream to which connects russia with germany goes through the baltic sea. it's circumvents ukraine. many people are wondering, will it ever be switched on? and mr. shots in answering a question was saying, well, if there is further regression, he spoken about what, that's what response the germans might give. didn't say exactly what it would be, but the implication was clear that maybe not stream to wouldn't really come into operation. that has been speculated about for some considerable time, but some clarity starting to emerge from the german government about what it might do if there was a further aggression in their eyes from the russians. these of ukraine, the okay prime minister boys, johnson has denied that he had lied to parliament about a lockdown party. he told reporters, nobody had warned him the gathering might contravene covert rules. johnson's former advisor, dominant cummings, accused him of misleading and peas about the event. more than

a dozen events held by politicians on their staff while a public was under restrictions are now under investigation. let's go over to ne barker who's in london a need. we've been talking about this for heaven's how many weeks now. and we're still just as confused about what the prime minister says and whether it's the truth. yeah, that's absolutely right. and what were also incredibly confused about how many times of britain's prime minister can apologize in the same way that we're confused now about exactly how many events may or may not have taken place at dialing street or other government offices. while the rest of the united kingdom was observing the government's own time locked down rules for johnson though has appeared in front of camera for the 1st time. in 6 days. he's been hunkering down low because a member his family had tested positive for cove it and possibly even conveniently using that time to think of how to weather all of this the last time he was before

cameras was in the house of commons, where he had to apologize for attending that got him party in downing street. he claimed, at the time he believed it was a work event. since then, though, we've learned so for several other parties at downing street one of course, on the, or a double one, at least on the, on the eve of the funeral, of the duke of edinburgh. a time when the nation was a morning answer, the queen had to set apart from her family. bobo johnson now facing questions about these accusations from dominic cummings that he may have been warned that the events he was attending was indeed a party. and nevertheless, decided to wave it through boys johnson saying that he hadn't been told by any body that he was heading off to, to a party. and that simply isn't the case. thus, despite dominic coming, saying that he would go on record under oath to stand up those claims coleman cummings, saying of it, he had told boris johnson categorically to get

a grip of the downing street might house. that's how coming says he put it in a blog that say he put out on a tuesday evening, asked whether he would resign, boris johnson said, let's wait for the results of the su grey inquiry, which we may now be only days away from the expectation. is that we may have that by the end of the week, which may be the nail in the coffin, football. johnson's political quick career. or it may mean that he tries to hunker down and continue to whether this political storm and the dominant cummings obviously has its own ax to grind with the prime minister. but the prime minister's own party, an en piece of supported him and got re elected into parliament, said he don't have any ax to grind, but they certainly do an ar listening to that constituents in respective parts of the united kingdom. wondering what the public make of it all and how he's going to impact on then the re election and especially for local councils coming up to those

elections in may. yes, and of course that deeply worried about that korea being on the line. but across the political spectrum, from the conservative party, the labor party, and others, there is a really deep, profound feeling that so the culture, the boss johnson presided over, allegedly, at downing street and across the government has, in some way, solid politics across the board. it is undermined trust in these positions and public office. it is undermined the top job in the land, the job of prime minister at a time of national crisis. i. yes, you're right. some of those am piece. have gone banks that constituencies over the past week and they have listened to large numbers of bitter and angry complaints from their constituents. and they now feel duty bound to do something about it. we know of at least 6 of 7 am,

pays are publicly from the conservative party. cool for boris johnson to resign. many though still remaining silent, waiting for the result of sue grey's report before formulating a response. all eyes really seem to be pointed towards the outcome of that report. that's where boys johnson says, we should focus our attention and we wait. oh, i would bite in breath to see exactly what's in that report. indeed, perhaps, until the next revelation, who knows what is going to happen for the moment. me thank you. well, still had hail al jazeera sound in the long cold. so 5 g, y airlines, a warning of catastrophe when the new wireless network switches on also. ah, and because it will in malaysia, that's been scaled down for a 2nd because of the corona virus. ah.

hello, thank you for joining in. here's your weather report for asia will begin in india as to see by the way, we have an interior when so that's pops up temperatures along the western gods into the 30s, which is where we would expect to see them for this time. the europe northwestern sections foggy and foggy, and new delhi still with the hiv 18 degrees. and now here is an update on the ne monsoon. it's going to give us a few showers for sri lanka, but stain dry and tamela that do. tonight is got a high of 28 degrees. i think we'll see some flooding across indonesia, sumatra java volley loan bought great in to sue the ways a we have concentrated bands of rain falling here over the next 24 hours. that ne monsoon also given us some rain for taiwan central southern parts of that philippines and coastal sections of vietnam on wednesday, clouds are drifting away from the pearl river valley that's going to give us more

sunshine in hong kong with the high of 20 degrees. and the snow certainly piling up and western japan, especially as we look toward the northwest of honju, where there is a snowfall warning in play here. looking at about 30 centimeters over 12 hours. and there was northwind dragon down temperatures, gang yang, just the hive minus 4 degrees on wednesday. that's it's susan ah, killing the debate, non exempt walls, refugees have come from a common impacted countries. the climate emergency is putting more pressure on services across the world and amplify your voice. it's not really the future 8. now, this is not a lock, can get it completed back. we cannot lose hope. we know what to do, and we have the tools to do to get. we must build all the stream on al

jazeera lou. the me book about kill watching on visit with me, the whole run the reminder of all top stories. 3 days unprovoked corruption triggered a synonymy that had toner. the scale of destruction is beginning to manage. the government says several small islands have been evacuated because nearly every home that has been destroyed. russia says it will not continue talks with ukraine until the us responds to security demand. the russian foreign minister met his german counterpart to discuss moscow tension with russia was sent troops to the border, raising phase of an invasion. also the u. k. prime minister bar,

his johnson and ny that he had lived to parliament by the party lockdown. johnson fullborne adviser accused him of misleading m. p. 's about the events that he maintains that nobody had warned him the gathering might be or might contravene covert rules. allied chief executives in the u. s. are warning of catastrophic disruption to flights when telecom companies switch on 5 g. they're concerned that the new wireless signals will interfere with the flight deck, equipment, the airline bosses, what the government to delay the 5 g roll out to prevent passages and cargo being grounded. so the trial has adjourned in niger area of a separate as they are accused of treason. mountain de connie is a leader of a group called the indigenous people of biafra. it campaigns, the secession of the south eastern region of biafra in nigeria. it's separated from nigeria and $967.00, which led to the jerry and civil war for december as the latest from the capital

a future. now because he's from the, from the south eastern parts of my era, he decided to take on the leadership of the indigenous people of i guess for after a similar movement called the movement for the actual position of this. obviously the bad for more like the leader was in detention. he took over why living in london with broadcast of messages to nigeria as people from the south east who are this in the country and that's of the country. and in recent years, he's had to run battle with the government results, and he says he's arrested 2015. and then later he came to he left the country mysteriously 2017. and again, last year in june, he was arrested in kenya and brought back to my year to 5th trial. and it's been a case of back and forth with the judicial system with government,

and the big cause for his release conditional release. but the government insist that he had to go to do no more trials because he didn't seem to have reached fitting portion at provisions of the law. and now he's been before it said, now he's been facing 7 count charges of tree scene terrorism. and to be waiting for school against president michael harris. but now the government has amended the chinese bringing up to the 15 count charges bordering on terrorism. no call to annoy his deciding whether to grant parole to the gunman who killed 77 people 11 years ago. and at bearing brave it began the hearing with a nazi salute. the self proclaimed right wing extremist has already served 10 years and as appealing for early release from his 21 year sentence. he designated a bomb outside the prime minister's office in oslo. they went on to a shooting spree at a summer camp for teenagers. brazil has begun vaccinating children as young as 5

years old against covert 19th knots, despite resistance and delays spearheaded by the president, monica, and here as more after a month of political wrangling, mass vaccination of children is finally underway. in brazil, lunar or the viet told us his relieved his 5 year old asthmatic son has just been inoculated against cove at 19 icebreaker. as of a sna song, the vaccination campaign could have started before delay. brazil was result of the government's denial of the pandemic. and the lack of leadership. health officials expect that most of the 20000000 children between the ages of 5 and 11, will show up to get their shots. despite president jay bull sonatas repeated attempts to discredit the vaccines efficacy and safety, he has announced that his 11 year old daughter will not be inoculated. oh, are you going to vaccinate your child against something which someone young can

catch and have an almost 0 chance of dying? some 300 children have died in brazil since the pandemic began bristles health regulatory agency and visa approved the vaccine for children in december. but the president publicly questioned the decision, suggesting there was something shady about it. the stuff we're doing is what's behind this? what are the interests behind it? what are the interests of vaccine maniacs? they his remarks were contested by and visit president antonio bad paul. his who, like many of both scenarios, advisors, is also military officer. he asked the president to show proof of wrong doing, or to apologize for making unfounded accusations. political analysts sable so narrow is trying to maintain the support of his hard core followers. as polls show, he will probably lose his bid for reelection in october. he has lost nutrition and death situation on the, in the end there were,

there were other i'd yell at me that showed that he has also walked from the military on his position about the vaccination. or why? because the did, the military themselves have said determined that no soldier or opposite should go to work without proof of vaccination. meanwhile, the delay, vaccinating brazilians, both adults and children, has had serious effects. i've asked them why we lost time and could have avoided many hospitalizations and deaths. luckily, brazil as a country where people trust vaccines and show up when there's a national inoculation campaign in our bathroom. cassiano says her family never had any doubts or 14 year old son has already had 2 shots and her 8 year old daughter will be vaccinated next week. whenever somebody may feel more members, politics in brazil is very polarized, and the vaccine ended up being a part of this political lawyer where people are more interested in proving his right. and he's wrong instead of treating this is what it is. a public health issue

and a right to life. i did that. that's a recent poll says 8 out of 10 brazilians are in favor of the coven, 19 vaccine, despite their political preferences, and fake hughes monica. and our give, i'll jazeera provincial governors and japan's government, have asked leaders in turkey to impose the states for emergency because of a record rise on record infections or restrictions on eating out and meeting safely could be on the way for the solomon has more from tokyo japan has been experiencing a huge increase in the numbers of infections with caught on a virus with the numbers nearing almost 50 times. what they were a month ago. some major cities, including or 2nd, was in japan, are also reporting record numbers of video fictions the governor's off. talk you on 3 neighboring fixtures. have agreed this week to ask the central government to enforce the so called quasi emergency. it's

a medical set of emergency which would allow them to a shortened operating hours for supplements such as restaurants on bars and also another temper fixtures around japan are also planning to submit the same request to the central government following the special medical emergency status that have been implemented in 3 pre fixtures on the 9th of january, including okie noah, yamagata, and hiroshima. the occupancy rates of hospital beds are for recovery. 19 patients in tokyo has it is 21 percent on monday. and if this number increases to 50 percent, that would warrant a full, a medical state of emergency. but i, mr. for me. okay, should i and his what is the speech which he delivered in the parliament on the opening of the ordinary session on monday vote to tackle that spread off or make room variance in the country through measures such as strengthening the medical system and moving forward. the blood of providing fed shorts of vaccines to the

people, especially the elderly hospitals. in pakistan's largest city of karachi are facing a shortage of staff that's up to hundreds of health care workers. tested positive for crone of iris in the past week that he presented to people tested in the city, were infected, not more than 4 times the national rate. health officials of said that the on the con, varied counsel. and any, all you cases qual, hider has more from a vaccination center in islamabad, the national command and operation center i had reported over 5000 positive cases of go over 19, now the new where year and all maker on edge driving the city of karachi and the worst case where there was a dvd rate of or what 30 percent other cities such a lot have recorded or what per diem for st. lama by standards. all march to 11 percent. the national command and operations 10 k is going to be carrying out mass testing and education institutions before to decide on the closure of food. they

filled up cause and emergency situation. however, the maker on radio and it's considered to be less liter than the agenda radian, that are over a 100 critical cases in the hospital, the mortality rate as low as part of this new radiant concern. but the country does not want to take any chances. over 102000000 people have already received a jap, 77000000, 445000 people have received a 2nd job. the advisory, a debt, all wasn't liberal people. over the age of 50 should get their booster shots and also their shorts. that being rolled out to the younger population over 12 of gosh, bugging tons. national command and operation center has been monitoring the situation across the country. it is an alarming trend, given the fact that 500 health workers have also been effected in the city of

karachi and the fear that if this strike the help could it could put a strain on non already precarious situation. the panoramic is putting a damper on a popular hindu festival, celebrated by tamil communities around the world. for some festivals in malaysia, which are usually accompanied by large processions, i've been scaled back, florence louis has moved from call a little hindus usually start celebrating type with them in the early hours of the morning with prayers and montrose to invoke blessings. and to celebrate the victory of good over evil. as they've done for years, premier cigarettes a single and her family will bring pots of milk to a temple. but this time, there's one difference. i want to give my offerings to lord morgan, but because of the coven 19 restrictions this year, i'm choosing to celebrate it a few days earlier. type was em is celebrated by the hindu tamela community. in

honor of lord morgan, the hindu god of war, whose believed to grant people their desires. this year celebrations are more low as no procession, and to vote is only allowed 30 minutes slots. here at the main temple type was em celebrations at the bottom. caves in kuala lumpur temple usually attract up to a 1000000 people devoted and tourists. some devoted carry a cavity, a portable shrine dedicated to lord morgan. they enter into a trance and pierced their bodies with hooks and spears. but this year, like last, authorities have banned the cavity, citing corona virus restrictions. pulfer ambien, but don't go do i. my problems is after i started carrying the cowardly for you, sir. goring, him? so when i heard that the cowardice did not allow this, you know,

i was disappointed. other rituals, like people shaving their heads as an act of sacrifice, or symbolically purifying themselves by taking a bath in a river, have been allowed to go ahead. while typing them this year may be less festive. people celebrating it. say it doesn't make the day any less meaningful to them. florence li al jazeera quite little boy. ah. he watching a dessert with me to her robin in doha. reminder of our top stories, a thick layer of ash on the runway of thong, was main airport is delaying international deliveries of aid is expected to take days to clear after saturdays volcanic eruption and soon army 3 deaths have now been confirmed. the ashes proving quite problematic not just for water and sanitation.