to balance stories, the good, the bad, the ugly, and he's the people who allow us into their lives, dignity into money. she asked me to tell this story. ah, the un calls for an investigation after saudi led coalition air strikes in yemen, kill more than 80 people being held in a detention center. ah . hello, i'm darren jordan. this is al jazeera ally from dough are also coming up. no breakthrough. it talks to diffuse tensions are but ukraine of the top us and russian diplomats meet in geneva, rescue teams and western gonna continue searching the site of a huge,

accidental explosion on thursday that killed at least 13 people and a desperate cleanup as an oil spill blamed on last week's pacific tanami ravages the coast of hulu. ah, you and secondly, general antonio tatters is calling for an investigation after air strikes by the saudi led coalition, killed more than 80 people in western yemen. at least 3 children are among the dead . the strikes hit, a detention cent and solder and the port city of ha, data during condemnation. a statement from the saudi official news agency as deny that its coalition forces targeted the facility. diplomatic editor james bass reports from un headquarters in new york. i have washer, as strikes had been carried out on who he held territory in yemen all week. but this one was by far the most dead. i'm the main target seems to have been a detention center in the healthy stronghold of sedar in northern yemen. the death

toll continues to rise as they find bodies many believe to be migrants, while searching for any survivors. bombardment this week by the saudi led coalition follows a brazen attack by the hu thies, using drones on the capital of the united arab emirates, abu dhabi on monday, which killed 3 people in new york. the un security council met behind closed doors to discuss that attack, but not the attacks on who the controlled areas. the current president of the council is no way i asked at some bassett, a mona jewel for her country's reaction to the scale of the death toll in saddam. it is not acceptable. i'm be absolutely call for for restraints on all sides. after the meeting, the ambassador of the united arab emirates flanked by representatives of 6 of the council members, including the permanent members,

the u. k. fronts and the u. s. gave a statement that disagreed with aggression by the who sees as well as the proliferation of miss fall and other technology that enabled the terrorist attack. she made no mention of the saddam attack by the coalition of which the u. a is one of the 2 main members. so i press the ambassador. your defense under law has to be proportionate. does it not? and the president of the council, no way speaking in a national catholic capacity, said the attack that took place and saddam was on the accept what you have heard today. and you will know following the work of the council that this is rare. what you have heard today is the unanimous condemnation by the security council against the terrorist attack against the united arab emirates on monday, the 17th of january, not ask you about that. i'm asking about your response and whether it was proportionate given that at least 60 people have died, maybe as many as i'd like to refer to the coalition statement on that matter. but i also like to affirm here that the coalition undertakes to abide by international

law and proportionate response in all its military operations. human rights groups have criticized the security council's approach as one sided. the council did issue a statement, but again, only on the drone attack, on abu dhabi, the secretary general of the united nations, antonia ca terrace, has addressed the cottage and saddam and other attacks and who controlled areas. he's called for prompt, effective, and transparent investigations. james bowes al jazeera, at the united nations. well, human civil war has turned into the world's worst humanitarian crisis. millions are short of food and the arab world, poor country. the un development program estimates the 377000 people died last year from violence, hunger, and disease. more than 5000000 on the brink of famine, around half the country doesn't have access to enough food for and a half 1000000 emanates have been forced on their homes with nearly 3500. and the

1st 2 weeks of this year alone. while the saudi, that coalition has cause most of the devastation booth, ease of use child soldiers and lay landmines across the country. but he evans, who he health minister, has appealed to the international community for medical aid, and he accused the saddler coalition of deliberately targeting civilians, national. and i'm judy and i can get it done. they're looking at a very big crime and there's a green light from the americans to kill civilians. you know, that's what we see. what the targeting of the attention center inside the province and the continuous killing of civilians, war criminals, escape prosecution. and consider this a war crime against humanity, but the world should take responsibility at this critical moment in human history. we are witnessing many victims. while jamal benomar is a former us special envoy for yemen, he says, the strikes all the latest in a series of war crimes committed by the saudi led coalition. it is a sign of desperation. you know, from the, the saudi coalition side, you know, when they enter this, when they decided to launch this war and yemen, you know,

they promise to know that they will bring back their proxies or the clients to power, you know, within 3 weeks, 7 years have passed and they have not been able to achieve any of the objectives they failed consistently to bring an end to this war. in fact, that intervention has only complicated an already complicate to situation political situation in, in yemen, there has been no, no accountability whatsoever since the start of this war. it's a failure from the not only do and the state side, but the permanent members of the school to counsel the realities that all the 5 members instead of cooperating to try and find a way how to compel the saudis to and the war in yemen. and compelled the m and the sides, you know, to enter in good faith in a political process. you know,

to end this strife. um, they in fact have been competing for lucrative contracts with sarabia and e. so the highest body in the world and united nations. this us go to council, you know, the members have not been, i have not played, i'm afraid of positive role in the last few years. the us and russia. hell what they say, frank talk as they try to resolve their stand off of the ukraine. moscow insist nato should not let ukraine join the alliance. but that's been rejected by washington. it's european allies and nato. natasha butler has more now from geneva . at a hotel in geneva, the u. s. secretary of state and russian foreign minister arrived for crucial talks . ain't it diffusing tensions over ukraine? antony blinkin and sir gala for offset the tone early. both said to break through was unlikely. we don't expect to resolve your late work. i do as far

as whether we are over middleton is doing very well, because we are not expecting a breakthrough at this meeting either. we are expecting answers to our proposals after the meeting law for offset moscow wanted a written response from the u. s. to its demands, including a guarantee that nato will not grant membership to ukraine. something blinkin has repeatedly called a nonstarter. but he said the u. s. would respond to russia if moscow addressed it's concerns and respected ukrainian sovereignty. we've been clear if any russian military forces move across ukraine's order that's renewed invasion. it will be met with swift, severe, and a united response from the united states and are partisan allies. u. s. intelligence says russia has already amassed at least a 100000 troops on its western border and is moving weapons into allied belarus,

north of ukraine. the u. s. and russian positions are clearly far apart to blink and allow for making very little real progress. but the 2 men did agree to continue to pursue diplomacy, as waived, the escalating a crisis which could lead to war. it was on the shores of lake geneva, the talks between the u. s. and russia led to the end of the cold war, decades on how old rivalries have resurfaced, both sides accused each other regression and relations of dangerously deteriorated . the outlook for the coming weeks is turbulent. natasha butler, al jazeera geneva, or despite the differences, the u. s. and russia say they're open to further dialogues, dosage bar reports from oscar. the russian foreign minister said that there is currently a lot of hysteria that russia is not interested in invading ukraine. and all this

talk is a false narrative that's been created by the western powers to give them an excuse to put more nato troops alongside the border, a with russia. and that is something this country cannot accept. he said they will wait to find out a written proposal in a written answer by the u. s. government next week, where the u. s. stands on what the russians are asking for, and they will decide how to proceed from that point forward. he said that it is not an out of the question to continue the dialogue and it was not worthy to hear the u . s. secretary of state saying these are not negotiations there. just discussions. and i think it's important to highlight that because each side, they are very much entrenched in their demands and that is not likely to change. but what is now clear is that dialogue and diplomacy is not dead. both sides are eager to continue dialogue about the differences they have when it comes to the

looming crisis and not just ukraine, but also nato, and its role in this part of the world. and the russian foreign minister said that they will study carefully, they're written answer from the u. s. and then decide how to proceed for their part . this is what they want to hear, that they will get a written response and they know it got a time frame for that from the u. s. government of next week, and they will decide how to proceed from that point on. well, for many ukrainians, the build up of russian troops of the border has echoes of 2014, when war came to the east of that country or the other, hamid is in care of for some bracing fool bob's. i know many of the she's come to pay her respects not to forget friends lost since the war broke out in the east of the country in 2014 in millsboro got sca was a volunteer back then providing support to the soldiers on the front line the idea of possible renewed fighting worries her me of course,

i think her the words going on and on from 2014. ah, i don't know where we have a big world, but we held guns and we already talk of war and a possible russian invasion concerns many ukrainians. but people here feel things could be different this time around many a grateful of the support. some western countries have provided ukraine some publicly thank in the u. k for its recent delivery of mid ridge weapons. but elsewhere around here, people are going about their daily lives wondering if war is as imminent as their leaders have been warning. there's also a sense among people here that the situation is made more complicated because of the competition between russia and the west,

over influence in this part of the world, ukraine being at the center of it. dmitri sokolov and his wife allan. i left crimea soon after russia next to peninsula in 2014. like many, he thinks that ukraine has come a long way since we are different in mentality the road different. we are very much different now from, from russia. and we are very much different from ukrainians. that war, you know, 2014, more than 50 percent v vi. we believe that this is just a part of game. like, let's say a kind of trade in, you know, over which are what states we'll provide to rush on the brochure, et cetera. so we hope it, sol, blubbering, i think, but for catch a push, ne and skia. the problems also come from within. she hasn't returned to her home tom of logan's, since pro russian separatist took over me, i thought she summoned up to do that. the problem is not only russia, sometimes i don't feel part of this country. sometimes my friends and colleagues

make the point that we are guilty of provoking this conflict. i really don't understand where i belong. 8 years on ukrainians have learned to live with the threat from their big neighbor. many say is become part of their lives. but what they fear now is that any move by russia order us could bring more divisions among ukrainians. without the hamid elders you are kiff more so to come here and i'll just say are including the poll struggles to contain his biggest wave of corona, virus infections. so far as the panoramic continues to drive 2 modems is on the line. the sundance film festival is going virtual one ah, with thank you for joining in. we had extreme flooding

in montevideo earlier in the week, and i think there is more than the forecast for you on saturday with these rocket storms around the river plate region. the darker the color, the more intense the rain is falling so severe thunderstorms to be expected for the top end of south america. right now. storms also through the andes, the amazon basin around in dallas. but really the concentration will be for western areas around mexico. we had a lot of activity in the gulf of mexico that's press further toward the south and east. so we do have some driving rain to be expected here for the yucatan peninsula, including can coon, with a hive $25.00 degrees. all of those icy conditions. we saw long the carolinas have mostly pushed out a shot of snow to be expected. could see some storms for southern areas of florida as well. so the bulk of the energy out toward the atlantic right now, but it's going to raise up an impact at the canadian province of newfoundland and labrador saint john's could see about 10 centimeters of snow. still cold in the east country all minus 19 the high for you off to the west. settle conditions to be

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oh, we'll go back and pick them out about top stories a at this hour more than 80 people, including children, have been killed in 2 s drugs in yemen. you and has condemned the latest act by the saudi coalition, and of colon all sides and the conflict to begin dialogue. the u. s. in russia. hell, what they say with frank talks was they tried to resolve the standoff of a ukraine, a russian troop build up on the cranium border, a few weeks of tension and raised fears of a conflict. peru is tackling a large oil spill on its shores linked to the volcanic eruption their tongue out freak waves caused by the undersea eruption struck an oil tanker. and as it was unloading its cargo, pitching 6000 barrels of oil into the sea man, a sanchez as this report has been declared, an environmental emergency crude oil washing assure after

a devastating spill along the peruvian coast, lima, the sooner the cost by the county corruption near that, on january 15th, apparently butchered an underwater pipeline. as a spanish retro oil tanker wasn't loading crude at a refinery, causing the disaster. and the investigation is underway. authority see the challenge to contain and clean the estimated $6000.00 barrels, dumped me, be impossible to accomplish. book teams of volunteers have that kind of a to beach near the main spill area. are doing their best a few kilometers away at the bay. of course, another team is recovering only 20 barrels of the still per day by market size, but what's really not much just going to sand. the attention on the clean up campaigns should be more aggressive. concerns university students up to up to see some fish. but for now, we are cleaning and seeing what we can do with their credit because we are not going to be so heartless and leave them their environmental authorities,

say the damage. now extend 3000 square kilometers affecting and con based which biodiversity from the fisherman's protected islands to the coastline. for now, we're about 4 kilometers of the coast of the bay. if i'm gone and here the water is completely under a blanket of oil. the ocean current is helping to spread it even further, making it more difficult to clean to contain its advance environmental authorities have caught enough the small bay area fishermen. i really not. i mean this is more than 800 families who need it for their living now. have nothing to sell a barrel to eat or everything a stop to. no one is going to see because we know that the fish is unusable and will be contaminated. it's surprising that wraps has not had a contingency plan on thursday president bengal castillo declared. the environmental emergency describing the oil spill at the most worrying ecological

disaster. in recent times, some are blaming wetzel but the company says it had no warning of the su none and is not responsible. while judicial authorities open that investigation, expert st. reversing the damage is impossible, especially with so much to be done. and so few volunteers at work on the ground, and he and as anxious i just eat acne, my middle, fresco teens in western garner asserting the sight of a huge explosion on thursday that killed at least 13 people. dozens were injured in the accidental blast in the western town of up yard, a heading baba report. ah, this greater hints of the size of the explosion in western gonna blast happened on thursday when a truck collided with a motorbike, gather the truck was carrying explosives to a gold mine. the result was shocking. as filmed by eye witnesses. yeah, also had a with

dozens of homes were destroyed in this village near the town of bogo. so 300 kilometers west of the capital. a crow on friday morning, gunners, vice president mohammed dubai woodmere visited a shelter as food age started to arrive. he assured the community his government would help them recover and rebuild embezzlement. elizabeth constable, fully fully all the eye medical everything. the gone, a in government says it's investigating the explosion. i witnesses say after the collision, the truck driver jumped out of the vehicle, which was on fire and shouted at people to stay away. a police spokesperson has said the truck did have a police escort who also helped alert people. but with so many dead ghanaians, doubtless wondering how this could have happened. nadine baba al jazeera energy, john, chevron and total have pull down to the major gas project and me and mot,

citing the worsening human rights situation. falling last year's qu, rights, groups of welcome the decision, the energy sector has been the armies biggest source of foreign income, human rights. what says the military's crime down amounts to crimes against humanity? myra data poor is from the unitarian universalists service committee, which works on human rights and disaster relief. she welcomes the company's decision, but says it won't have a big impact on the governments finances. the problem is that the, if the military is still receiving money from other channel, not just only from server and to tom, then it's mean that the military still has the income from other countries, which going to be a whole lot of money. and that is why m c, they literally have to cut of the receiving of the payment by a for the military only then they probably lose about a $1000000.00 a year, which is put a lot of money for the firms military and bad is when they are going to lose

the fund that can, can, can allow them to buy further all kinds of sophisticated, strong weapons that they've been using to kill the people on daily basis. right now, the situation on the ground is getting worse than ever. i mean, look from february 1st until now you have seen more than 7600 arm count on pleasures. and then the attacks on the civilians on the ground. and now leading close to the february, 1st anniversary of the brutalization by the firm's military, only get stronger unlike before. now they are not really using the ground troops as, as much as they used to, but instead they used the aeroplanes in order to draw bounds to attack the civilians. they use all kinds of big weapons. and this is where it's getting so

intense. the interior minister, not gonna storms taliban government is calling on the us to remove him from its list of most wanted terrorists the f. b i is seeking, said judy connie, in connection with a tax against coalition forces in afghanistan. but in his 1st sit down, interview connie told to 0 that the taliban husband fulfilling its commitments, agreed with the us during talks. and the on the stage had of the, for the month, from a bill with her love the, there was a fighting phase. and of course, that means that both sides targeted the enemy militarily and politically. and his face has ended. now. maybe the united states doesn't know that i was appointed as interior minister of kenneth stand. we lead a 19 or 20 campaign against the us to defend our country and our people. and did our judy and we weren't harmed by the impose sanctions. and it didn't affect marell, but they sanctions and blacklists only hit the people. and this shouldn't happen. we can oppose

capital as imposed tough corona virus measures as the country battles if the biggest outbreak yet, the government fails daily case numbers could double to $20000.00 by the end of the month as health workers continue to contract cobit 19 right now, the limber reports now from cap managers. so she la committee owns a store in the heart of tommy gut. monday's tourist and business hub. she and her family have remained safe from cove it. but the virus has hit business hard when the corporate linen body us had a body hague, uncovered as hurt us. people are afraid to come out in the bars and clubs or clothes. and even if there were open, people wouldn't come. can i veneer a dance for, during the 2nd wave last year, the delta variant was killing hundreds of people. hospitals were running out of oxygen cylinders and intensive care bay. this time, the army kron stream, which is more transmissible, is spreading to the community health experts say it is infecting nearly every

household in the valley, but hospital admissions and fatalities are significantly lower nepalese is the sergeant corbet cases this week with more than 10000 people being infected every day. it's a record daily high for the country. since the start of the pandemic, the government projects, the daily infections made double by the end of this month and has implemented a series of measures for the 3rd. the cut monday district administration office suspended major services after a number of its stuff contracted cove it including the chief district officer. because go to gonna be rather nuclear valero, than we are focused on discouraging mass gatherings and large crowds. and instead encouraging people to follow government health protocols, manosalvas, i only got her schools are shut till the end of the month. and fronting workers are receiving booster doses. gatherings of more than 20 people are banned and masks are mandatory outdoors. people will need vaccine cards to enter public spaces and to

access public services. the 3rd wave has infected health workers in hospitals and health care facilities in large numbers. well aware of my bill, emily, rather than the previous wave left her health care system in shambles. we were unable to cope with the overwhelming number of patients. this time we have to look out for our health professionals who are the backbone of the. i saw that top known only 40 percent of nipples. 30000000 people are fully backdated. 50 percent have received a partial dose with a relatively low vaccination rate. experts say that hauled should expand its vaccination dr. moscow and maintain social distance revenue at the liberal edges. eda cut $12.00 flooding on landslides and peru have cut off access to the ancient city of mac, pitcher mud and flood waters of submerged roads and rail tracks in and around the unesco world. heritage site tourists founded in the area of being moved out. now

the sundance film festival has begun showcasing the best of independent cinema, but because of widespread corona virus infections is not being held in person this year. rob reynolds looks at how the pandemic is challenging in the filmmakers. independent filmmaker, april mac sees short subject work. premieres at this year's all virtual sundance film festival. i like back back around us. the film starring mary salazar bato explores themes of loneliness, break up and isolation. maxie says pandemic experiences influenced the work go winter break. i have, i had to move um and there were a lot of times i felt very isolating. and so i just changed my script. i was like, i can't make this like, sneak love story i. i poured what i was like feeling i'm into the script and updated it. independent filmmakers are used to working on very tight budgets and

are highly resilience. i've seen the business pivot multiple times during the panoramic. oh, it started off as everyone thought the sky was falling. oh, the sky didn't fall streaming services like netflix, h b o and amazon demanded more. pandemic era content, giving independent filmmakers a lot of work. i think it's a golden age and the respect that tv has become such a massive cultural force. during the pandemic box office revenues have dwindled drastically. and some of the art house cinemas, where independent film found their audiences were forced to close. even with all the disruptions caused by the coven pandemic, declining ticket sales, and the rise of streaming services industry observers say, independent filmmakers will continue to do what they've always done, adapt and roll with the punches. every in the film has some kind of job dropping

story attached to it in terms of what it took to make it. you've got to be nimble, you've got to be quick, you've got to be passionate, and quite frankly, you've got to work harder and longer and not quit and not give up. that's why maxi is looking on the bright side. the virtual festival thing is interesting because it opens up the access more. whereas if it was in person, it would have been a few select screenings. it's so i'm hoping that you know more people will see it. the sundance festival will announce it's prize winning films virtually. on january 28th, robert olds, al jazeera, long beach, california. ah, type of creature headlines here on 0 more than 80 people, including children have been killed in 2.