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were doing was, as you say, against the rooms. britain's prime minister denies being warned that not to host parties because they would breach lockdown rules and sounding the alarm call for 5 g y u. s. airlines are warning of cat to toss catastrophic when the new wireless networks, which is on ah, it's with 3 days since the volcanic eruption and soon ami in tong are. but the full scale of the destruction is only now beginning to emerge. the government says several smaller islands had to be evacuated because nearly every home there was destroyed. new satellite images show a thick layer of ash on the runway of tongue as main airports on the left is how it looked before the eruption. the ashes, delaying deliveries of international aid and is expected to take 10 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 runways been cleared. and this was done manually. i hear up to 200 volunteers of sweeping the runway in preparation for the supplies to land on thursday or friday. if things happen according to plan. well, this is our tongue as airport looked at the end of december and the latest satellite pictures you can see containers flying about. and the area is also smothered in gray ash, dozens of homes on the main island of tongue, a top who were severely damaged or destroyed. well, you can see the power of that option right here. this was the volcano before it's

massive explosion on saturday. and now most of it disappeared under the see the reduction sent atmosphere. it shock waves around the world and soon army surgeon throughout the pacific. sarah clark has been following developments from 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 waves surged through time, $170.00 islands. the zealand and australia have 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 solar can bounce back. i mean, i know why mo has been unable to reach her family in tongue since saturday to 2 sisters live on the main island to the top of the brother and his family lived on the small island vasu. i'm worried. i like everyone ill stay, 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. within 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 tongue have a tv and radio station in australia covering the pacific region is fielding cause from relatives around the world who are desperate for update this with a comments calling from sweden, austria puts 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. and 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, a struggle navy ship is on its way from sidney to prison, to load humanitarian humanitarian groups. and now coordinating a joint relief efforts, the volcanic ash means it's difficult to same supplies by air. so water, sanitation keeps tents and blankets being lighted on ships to be sent from australia and 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 eruption the result, a 2 kilometer long oil spill. sarah, clock out a 0 brisbin, australia, secretary of state, anthony lincoln will visit ukraine this week and meet with president of vala, damira, zelinski. that's the tensions between the u. s. and russia escalade over moscow's

true build up at the border. germany's foreign minister has met her russian counterpart of moscow to emphasize the need to defuse tension. and elaine of airball was welcomed by sore gay law for 24 hours after her talks with ukrainian leaders in the kremlin says it has no intention of invading ukraine. the russian troops and mass near the border has raised fears of confrontation next, more than 100000 russian soldiers with tanks and guns have gathered new ukraine in recent weeks for no understandable reason. and it's hard not to see this as a threat. russ, as for a minister says, a 2015 agreement mentor and the conflict in ukraine needs to be implemented well, no, so cheap when you money visit the remote you of the stimulus on ukraine. we have a common understanding of absence of alternatives to the minsk agreements. we indicated to our partners that it's an acceptable to present russia as a part of the conflict. we've seen such attempts lately, and it's unacceptable to shift the responsibility for absence of progress in

implementing mince agreements to russia to where we have the german colleagues. we weigh in on their ukrainian partners to make them finally fulfill their obligations . on nato secretary generally and stolen berg says he's invited russia to a new round of talks. and 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 rush on all the nato allies a to attend the cedars or meetings in the nato, russia council in the near future to address our concerns, but also listen to russia's concerns, concerns and, and to try to find a way forward to prevent any military attack against the ukraine. we have our white house correspond. kimberly hawkins standing by for us in washington,

d. c. but 1st let's bring dominic kane, who's joining us from berlin on that meeting between the nato secretary general and the german chancellor. what more came out of it, dominic the interesting thing about the meetings on tuesday, both here in berlin and in moscow, is that the real meeting of minds as it were, was between all our shots, new german chancellor and the in stoughton. back. the general secretary of ne, so we know that we heard that the invitation from mister stoughton berg, too. nater, members, nato allies, but also to russia to get around a table, to talk through the issues, to try to find a way diplomatically to achieve the resolution of the crisis. but then there's also to bear in mind the meeting in moscow between angelina bow box, the new foreign minister of germany with her counterpart, sergey lover off. clearly, miss burbock would have wanted to hear commitments to diplomacy commitments, to peace and commitments not to for acts of aggression or anything like that from

her counterpart, from mister oliver off. and there was some commitment, but not perhaps what she might have wanted to hear. the question therefore is, what is the you do next? mr. shots, in taking over the chance fellowship from angular merkel has stressed the importance of the trans atlantic partnership between the united states and the e. u, and ne, so in europe. now the question is, what does he mean by that? and that will play itself out over the coming days and weeks. okay, thank you so much. dominic reporting from berlin. let's bring in our white house correspondent, kimberly how can she's on us from washington dc. so the secretary of state is planning on visiting ukraine this week. what is he hoping to achieve, given that last week's diplomatic talks ended without a de escalation commitment from russia. kimberly a right those talks did. and without any sort of commitment by russia that it would not invade ukraine and that has left the united states and its european allies,

particularly nervous given the fact that not only have there been these consultations and discussions that have been ongoing in the last week. but really, 4 weeks, if not months and disturbing for the united states, as well as the fact that u. s. intelligence has indicated that russia is planning some kind of invasion, some time early this year, and even putting in place in social media the pre conditions, if you will, for a false flag that would allow russia to conduct that invasion into ukraine. not to mention that a massing of tens of thousands of troops along the border near ukraine. so what we know is that the u. s. secretary of state is putting a place this hastily arrange trip in order to meet with president a lift gate. this is really an effort of the united states to show its support amidst the fact that there has not been the security assurance by russia. now we

should also point out the secretary of state has gone a step further. he has also spoken with his counterpart in russia survey lab, rob, and we know that once again, the united states stressed the importance of a diplomatic path in order to de escalate the tensions that exist as a result of that amassing of troops along ukraine's border once more we should also point out that we're watching very carefully. there is an upcoming press briefing with the white house press secretary in the next hour to see what more she might have to say about this situation. okay, you'll keep us across that story. kimberly, thank you for the time being still ahead on al jazeera will have more from pakistan which is struggling to contain the army con, very, and zip code. 19 hundreds of health workers are now instructed, also ahead the colorful and festival in malaysia. this one scale down for a 2nd here because of corona virus restriction. ah,

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central southern parts of the 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 in western japan, especially as we look toward the northwest of han show where there is a snowfall warning in play here. looking at about 30 centimeters over 12 hours and it's northwind straightened down, temperatures, gung, yang. just the hive minus 4 degrees on wednesday. that's it. season. oh, the weather. sponsored by katara ways, the virus is indiscriminately yet those living in poverty are far more vulnerable to the dangers of cove it 19. ollie re examines the reasons for this disparity, the social and economic inequality that surround us. how much deeper and much more problematic than we thought i'd asked where the lessons learned from the global pandemic could lead to positive change because of the pool of the hill. oh,

which all hail the locked down? expose of privilege and poverty during a crisis on a j 0 lou. the me. hello again. the top stories on al jazeera, 3 days after a volcanic eruption triggered aids to an army, the head tongue on the scale of destruction is only beginning to emerge the government. several smaller islands have been evacuated because nearly every home there was destroyed. nato secretary general has warned russia that any further escalation with ukraine will come at a high price. he's invited russia to a new round of talk. the kremlin says it will not continue to talk to ukraine until

the u. s. response to its charity demands. the russian foreign minister met his german counterparts and discuss moscow's tension with ukraine. russia has some troops to the ukrainian border raising fears of an invasion. u. k prime minister boris johnson has denied that he liked to parliament about a lockdown party. he told reporters, nobody had warned him the gathering might contravene cobra rules. as former advisor, a dominant cummings accused the prime minister of misleading m. p. 's, about the event. more than a dozen gatherings held by politicians and their staff. while the public was under restrictions are now under investigation. nobody told me that what we were doing was, as you say, against the rules that the event in question was something that we were going to do something that was into a work event. and i said in the house of commons, when i went out into that garden, i saw that i was attending

a work event. i think it's very important that we see what su gracie, what the, the inquiry has to say. ne barker's in london with more dominate cummings boys. johnson's former chief advisor, turned arch nemesis, who released the statement on his blog on monday, saying that he had on she advised the prime minister, and he has witnesses to prove it. he says, to say that attending this event would be very, very body wouldn't look good. and the prime minister needs to get a grip off the downing street madhouse. and according to coming sports, johnson's response was simply just wave this through and attend the event. johnson saying that that is not the case. he is defended, his stance that he believed he was indeed going to a work event. but it was a pretty bruising interview all round boris johnson holding his head down

throughout the entire question. when he was asked about a double leaving, do that took place at number 10 downing street on the eve of the duke of edinburgh funeral. a day in which the nation was in mourning. the queen was sitting in isolation away from her family. we now have at least 6 conservative m p 's who have gone on record calling for his resignation. but money still remained, saw them waiting for this all important investigation into wrongdoings to number 10. danny straightened elsewhere on whitehall to come back with its conclusion that conducted by a senior civil servants to grey, known as the sleaze buster of white horse. she is presided over the departure of very senior m. p. 's in the past. will her conclusions implicate boris johnson and sustained wrong during a quarter? norway is deciding whether to ground parole to the gunman who killed 77 people 11

years ago. and there is varying breville has served 10 years of his 21 year sentence, the self proclaimed right wing extremist began his hearing of the nazi salute. he detonated a bomb outside the prime minister's office in oslo, and then he went on a shooting spree at a summer camp for teenagers. airline chief executives in the u. s. or warning of catastrophic disruption to flights when telecom companies switch on 5 g on wednesday. they're concerned that the new wireless signals will interfere with flight tech equipment. their lines want the government to delay the 5 year. we're allowed to prevent passengers and cargo flights grinding to a halt. so the federal aviation administration is directing airlines to take extra safety procedures. john, 100 reports from chicago, that the white house is now trying to find a solution that allows the new mobile phone technology without disrupting error travel. the airlines have warned that commerce in the united states will quote,

ground to a halt. if rules aren't changed. now those telecommunication companies spent tens of billions of dollars to buy a frequency. they're very excited to roll this new 5th generation 5 g technology out on wednesday. but the federal aviation administration is worried that it will interfere with cockpit equipment, stuff like the old tim anders, so that in low visibility, those planes will have to use those that equipment to land. the federal aviation administration has said, if that happens, these planes much to be grounded, the airlines say that could ground thousands of planes. united airlines alone says 15000 of its planes could be grounded stranding 1250000 people. and that would be magnified across the world and that would affect not just commercial airplanes, but also helicopters and cargo planes. so they're morning of absolute chaos. the

telecommunications companies say they're, they won't be any interference. this is already happened in 40 other countries. but in those countries, they create a buffer zone we've been here in the us. airlines are complaining that invited administration hasn't done enough to coordinate between the federal aviation administration, which regulates planes and the federal communications commission, which regulates those airways callbacks. on a former president, north fulton, as i have, is denying rumors if a power struggle among the political elite speculations, been fueled by a purge of his associates from government positions by president catherine jo mart . okay. of those are by, of, has been seen in a video for the 1st time since days of anti government wyatt. earlier this month, he's refuting reports that he fled the country customs and one of the firewall he's 20. 19 i handed over my full powers to president catherine, jim archive. i've been a pensioner since then. right now on having weller and time off and cause expense

capital. and i have not less than full power is in the hands of the president. he's the chairman of the security council. he will soon be elected the leader of the routing party. there is no contract or standoff among buildings. such rumors are absolutely baseless. trial has adjourned. in nigeria, a separatist leader accused of treason. now, media county was the leader of a group called indigenous people of be from it campaigns for the secession of the southeastern region of b. r for it's separated from my julia in 1967, which then led to the jury and civil war. fidelis and the latest from the nigerian capital, a boucher now because he's from previously from the salt, isn't part of my dear. he decided to take on the leadership of the indigenous people of a different after a similar movement called the movement for the actual addition of this. obviously the bath for more like the leader was in detention. he took a while,

leaving in london with broadcast messages to major people from the south east who are days in the country and out 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, he left the country in 2017. and again, last year in june, he was arrested in kenya and brought back in a year to face trial. and it's been a case of back and forth with the judicial system, with government, and the big cause for his release of conditional release. but the government insist that he had to go to do no more trials because he didn't seem to have reached set in pushing at provisions of the law. and now he's been before it said, now he's been facing several kind of charges of 3 seem territories him to pay to

waiting for school. he gave president medical harry. but now the government has amended the chinese bringing up today. 15 con judges bothering on terrorism. guineas, deposed president of a con days reported to have flown to the united arab emirates for medical treatment . the 83 year old has been under house arrest and the military to 4 months ago. the regional organization was demanded, his release in a military leader gave him permission to travel for up to a month, inter lanka pay rises for government workers and tax cuts have been announced to boost the economy damaged by the coven crisis. president goes to bio roger park, so outlined his latest rescue funds in parliament. he's asking one of the islands biggest lenders, china to restructure a debt repayments. the pandemic has cost the popular tourist destination $9000000000.00 in the past 2 years. when l fernandez has more from the capital, colombo, the president,

basically talking about food security being a top priority that it needs to be addressed in 2022. he talked about a, some of the plans for green economy. this is a president who basically brought in a band, a complete ban on chemical fertilizers, drawing a lot of criticism down at the grass root level for the sort of quick wait happened . but the president said their policies and goals weren't properly communicated to the people. so he was talking about that he also talked about investment essentially either gamut of air is that the government is looking at a one addressing essentially the energy sector, which is a very real problem at the moment. ah, where we're having sort of power outages, power cuts, also because of the foreign exchange crisis that the government is facing. there's a very limited amount of fuel to run generators at the power plant and the president outlining

a wide series of sort of projects to bring in solar power to increase the generation of power in the next coming years. he also talked about the need to increase exports, essentially because obviously in terms of natural resources are oil, that kind of fossil virtual anchor does not have. so he talked about maximizing what areas that the country can offer in terms of bringing in that important foreign exchange hospitals in pakistan's largest city, correct? you're facing a staff shortage and not after hundreds of health care workers tested positive for corona virus in the past week. 30 percent of people tested in the city were infected, and that's more than 4 times the national rate. health official say the on the chron variant accounts for nearly all new cases. come hider has more from a vaccination center in islamabad. the national command and operation center i had

bordered over $5000.00 positive cases of covered 19, now the new where year and all maker on edge drive in the city of karachi and the worst case with their budget devotee. rate of all what 30 percent other cities such a low hor, have recorded or what per diem for st. lama by standards. all march to 11 percent. the national command and operation can k is going to be carrying out mass testing and education. then it's fusion. before to decide on the closure of food, they filled up cause and emergency situation. however, the army con, radiant, is considered to be naturally tested under general, radian, that are always $800.00 critical cases in the hospital. the mortality rate a low as far as the new radiant is concerned. 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 available. people over the age of 15 showed get the booster shots and also the chart that being rolled out to the younger population. over 12, i've got budget on 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 the strike d help could it could port up for the strain on non all ready, precarious situation. well, the pandemic is putting a damper on a popular hindu festival, celebrated by tumbled communities around the world. they put some festivities in malaysia, which are usually accompanied by large processions, have been scaled back floor, and st. louis reports from column for a 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 sag harassing him 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. 9 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 on volleyball. i, my problems is after i spotted 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 typos of 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 kuala lumpur. while it's not only people who are being infected by

current a virus, the hong kong government has ordered the killing of 2000 hamsters. the order was made after several rodents in a pet shop tested positive along with an employee. customers have an order to quarantine and return their pets to be put down. hamster imports have been stopped down. all sales have been bent. ah, now that we're going to headlines on al jazeera, 3 days after volcanic eruption triggered through nami, that had tongue on the scale of destruction is just beginning to emerge the government. several smaller islands have been evacuated because nearly every home there was destroy the ashes proving quite problematic. not just for water and sanitation because tom collected water from the roofs of households. but in terms of.