and go down as a face drowned, wild animals and men may threaten the constant flight to survive. briskin it botswana on algiers. ah heis intentions on the korean peninsula. pyongyang tests what appears to be its most powerful miss. alt since 2017. ah. i there, i'm can vanelle, this is al jazeera live from doha. also coming up al jazeera gets rare access to separatist control, donnette, skin east and ukraine with the skulls of a forgotten war. ha, still fresh. most of the people that used to live in this neighbourhood a too afraid to return because of the sporadic shilling,

and now increasing phase of a potential renewed conflict. paul's opened in portugal snap general election with no clear winner in size and bloody sunday remembered. northern ireland marks 50 years since british soldiers opened fire on civilians. killing 14 people. ah, north korea has testified what appears to be it's most powerful. miss thousands 2017. south korea's military says the intermediate range, ballistic missile was launched from jargon province. it travelled around 800 kilometers before landing outside japan's exclusive economic zone and the sea of japan around 30 minutes later sundays long with young 7th this month. soon after that, south korea leader monday and held an emergency national security council meeting. he says the north is coming close to destroying

a self imposed moratorium on the sol, pests souls. ally, washington is urging north korea to refrain from such provocations and engage and talks span as condemned the launch and says it violates un security council resolutions. equivalent done don't. so to go, because what are some commit? north korea is activities, including the consecutive firing of ballistic missiles, is a great threat to the peace of our nation, the region and the international society wiring such a high intensity ballistic missile violates the united nations security council. and we strongly protested to north korea. well, as cos, logged out his soul and speak to young, he is an associate research fellow at the asian institute for policy studies. thank you for joining us. what is north korea trying to do here? what actually no school is trying to do. there are, you know, political statements. so saying that, i mean,

be more than $21.00 to allow. it's all about be, well, the suspension of the nuclear are developed one time the develop lunch. i mean, they will love, keep that privacy anymore. so while they are trying to imply by putting this 7 past, they are trying to say that they will develop a nuclear nuclear warheads and icbm. i guess my question is, what do you think or career is trying to achieve? what is it hoping the response will be to this? well, actually, the last quote is kind of like now that they, they are the way to go. and us is not into north korea anymore. and the china is not factional north korea father. so i mean, what they, what they're trying to do is that you have to get out there, you know, economy,

hardship, the thing is that they could be the situation. and this continue calling family or what they need the, what actually the sanction lifted. and i mean by, by putting those, you know, miss, so are they, they're making a statement. ok, what do you make of the timing here? i mean, the winter olympics coming up with china and elections in south korea. what do you make of the timing? i mean it's, it's, this is perfect time for last quarter. yeah. do you these kinds of seeing that? the thing is that us this right now, you know, in go to the ukrainian issue and i want to issue and china is trying to, you know, get the stuff that's for will olympic and south hotel is in those in its own play the election. so no school you need further attention from those countries, especially for china because i mean with the u. s. i mean,

it's really hard to see much more they would say on going on. but i mean to china, i mean, they can get some kind of, some kind of economic support and, you know, much more active trading. what do you think can move diane will be thinking about this in terms of the timing ill. i mean, he is, you know, trying to do this, you know, declaration or wrong. uh, well, and the war. but i mean, he's all gone. so i mean, he has normal each of you all this, you notice on piss, you know, he took the and now while he had told me that there was a lot of big problem and he is see an old policy toward north korea have bail or i can live at that time. thank you very much for your time. oh, can an associate research fellow at the asian institute for policy studies? we appreciate it. ukraine is urging its western allies to be vigilance and fern.

and their talks with russia. it follows the u. s. president announcement of a small troop deployment to eastern europe. mid fears of a russian invasion equipment has denied that it has any such plants that it shall stratford reports from. don't ask. many living and separate is controlled east in ukraine. already align themselves with moscow. this is no man's land between ukrainian government forces and separatist fighters with the self declared don't ex paypal's republic. the russian banked authorities and ask have given us rare access to the territory they control. for the 1st time since 2017, the city seems more russian than when we were last year. on the surface, at least the statue of lenin still stands prowled over the main square next to a russian flag. but they're also vast pro russia mil rules on buildings. this one reads russian, don bass, a heart in the colors of the russian flag,

sits in the snow covered park destruction from 8 years of conflict is worse nay. what used to be done at square port? this was where some of the heaviest fighting took place between pro russia separatists and the ukrainian government forces. when conflict started in 2014 nichol, i says he and many people like him see little chance of a future with a ukrainian government wanting closer ties with europe and nato. russia promote russia will help putin warned the west don't dare to put a foot in this region. there is no future with ukraine unless it changes. some residents, like vladimir occasionally come to try and repair their homes. mccook should say, we are between a rock in a hard place. there are no jobs. we are doing our best to survive. many people say they don't want to go back to ukraine off to what's happened, eat people want independence or to join russia. most of the people that used to

live in this neighborhood, a too afraid to return because of the sporadic, shelly, and now increasing phase of a potential renewed conflict. but there is a side to life internet, so that perhaps reflects a determination to live a normal life, especially amongst the young generation, many of whom were children. when the conflict started, many young people have left for russia or elsewhere in search of jobs. night clubs like this one only open at weekends and have to close when the curfew starts at 10 p. m. engine as we are separated from the rest of the world. for example, we cannot use international payment systems and it's difficult to get in and out. my travel to, to buy in europe, but those i can't afford to go out. they just stuck. ne, here really, no matter what happens, he a young paper, a trying to find joy in life. we try our best to live like people, day in the rest of the world. russia has always denied supporting the separatists

militarily, saying the conflict is an internal matter for the ukrainian government and their opponents to solve. but russia's influence here seems stronger than ever. something people say the ukranian government, whom it international backers always fail to understand charleston but al jazeera, don't ask you. k prime minister ball johnson says he too is considering a major, military deployment and response to russia. amassing hundreds of 1000 troops on ukraine, florida, britain, foreign defense ministers are planning to go to moscow for talks in the coming days . one of the most powerful winter storms in years is battering the eastern united states. millions of people are experiencing heavy snow and strong winds. more than $120000.00 homes without power and more outages are expected. gabriel elizondo reports from new york. it was by far the biggest snow storm of the winter in

new jersey and pennsylvania. the snow hit hard and fast, and local officials urged people to stay home and be ready for anything were prepared. we've got plenty of food and we'll just hunker in. in boston, the storm was being compared to a historic wizard. 44 years ago that left the city buried in 60 centimeters of snow . this storm seemingly packed close to the same punch. it wasn't quite as bad in new york, but the city didn't escape unscathed. the snow left every one and their dogs shivering. what is your name? little guy? this is basil. basil you're shaking. are you cold? oh, my gosh. call for the tourists in times square who braved the minus 10 degrees celsius conditions. it was something to behold. i've never knew where the snow is actually. well, like american dream winter, well,

i think it's awful, but it's nice while the snow is beautiful and it can be fun to play in, it also can cause problems and be quite dangerous. the storm is being called a bomb, say clone, and it's affecting the entire northeast of the united states, where 70000000 people live. at the coastal peninsula of cape cod, near boston, twitter users posted this video showing how strong the wind and snow were blowing close to upwards of a 112 kilometers per hour. storm surge was a concern in low line areas all along the eastern seaboard. once all the snow melts, it turns to water and officials warned of localized flooding. throughout the northeast, there were at times blizzard conditions, wreaking havoc on travel. at airports, thousands of flights were canceled, and commuter train lines were halted. the storm is expected to taper off,

meaning sunday will likely be the day of cleaning up. warming up and digging out gabriel's condo, al jazeera new york, go ahead on al jazeera. why peruse, government says an oil fil off the coast as being significantly underestimated. and we meet the indonesian fishermen jails people smuggling off the rescuing stranded brinninger refugee. ah, ah, look forward to burritos guys with sponsored by capital airways. hello there. this is sylvia winter weather sweeping across europe at the moment. i was more of that to come. thanks to storm malik. it's working its way across the north to the east, bringing powerful winds and heavy snow. we've also got the return of wet and windy

weather to the southeast corner. we'll have a look at that in a moment, but for now, let's start in north west. we've got another storm aiming for northern parts of the u. k. this one has been called storm cory, for expected to bring severe gale to the likes of scotland and northern parts of thing. and we've got those warnings in force until monday. we're going to see jing winds and we could see coastal flooding from dangerous waves. it's likely to cause more travel disruption. by the time we get to sunday, it's going to blow across the north sea and into the low countries dumping lots of snow to the likes of germany as well as poland and bringing some powerful winds to denmark. also looking on a bitterly cold for the baltics of that winter wave pushes its way east, not to the south of this wedding windy weather on the cards for greece. you can see that rain putting into northern areas of africa as well, libya and egypt. and we are going to see some snow in turkey once again from tuesday. but to the west of this listing, plenty of fine and dry weather across iberian peninsula with sun in spain. ah,

the weather sponsored by katara ways to al jazeera while the army, as we listen, design is, are making serious effort in order to distract the trend. we need to store the us is always of interest to people around the world. people pay attention to walk on here and it's very good. they're bringing the news to the world from here. ah, the me.

what's your all just a reminder of our top stories. this on the us says north korea has demonstrated a threat and violated un resolutions by carrying out its 7th, mis all past this month. it appears to be the most powerful list all 5 since president joe biden took office a year ago. u. k prime minister boss johnson, that he's considering a major military deployment response to the russian troops on ukraine. border partition russian ministers is set to hold talks in an effort to de escalate tensions. millions of people are experiencing heavy snow and strong winds in the united states. is one of the strongest winter storms, bashes the east coast, more than $120000.00 homes without power. more outages are expected. nothing has just gone and portugal snap a general election was called last month after blocked spending bill brought down the minority socialist government from lisbon. adam rainy report on what's at stake,

green grocer, pedro gomez says his business, one of small margins has gotten even tougher. the past 2 years, right now, businesses are being strangled by higher taxes more than ever. and it's been hard to cope with that. and ever since cove it had, it's been crisis over crisis. and for small businesses that's, that's he'll and he really hard to deal with. bouncing back from the pandemic is the top concern for many voters? prime minister antonio costa over saw one of the most successful vaccination campaigns in europe. and the government has helped bring unemployment down to prepare demick levels, whole show cost as socialists, holding a slight edge of the social democrats. few voters though are fired up. he said it made me pretty. i don't have a lot of hope in the. i'm still not sure which party to support, maybe it's better if we have a correlation. when voters go to the polls here on sunday,

they could end up electing a new government, whether it be on the left or the right that further polarizes portuguese politics rather than bringing parties to the center. that's how political scientist, antonio cost a pinto, sees it. the 2 major parties will face basically the same type of challenges. if the socialist, when they will have problems and negotiated with their left, the communist and the left are in block. if the social democrats wins, they will have problems in negotiate with agreement with the radical right tween hawkins is a party expected to make gains on sunday. it could be shaker. a far right wing party form just 3 years ago. currently holding just one seat. it could win as many as a dozen according to polls. adarine al jazeera, lisbon, ethiopians, prime minister, is in the united arab emirates for an official visit. i'll be off and arrived on saturday, i met the dog these crown prince shake mohammed bins. i had my young in november,

i'll desert revealed that the u. e was providing if you appear with extensive military support and it's fight against to grow and rebels and then off israel's president size, the cars aren't as in the u. e. also, it's the 1st thought to visit by and his way the president to the goal stage is also says, the aim is to strengthen ties in the gulf at a time of hyphens, regional tension, as well. power was trying to revive the 2015 iran nuclear deal. the west african block equals has helped talks with became a fossil military will with you. and officials are also expected to join the discussions on monday, because foster was suspended from a loss after last week's coo. the army is now on a recruitment drive to send more people to the front line with nicholas hawk reports from log into in search for his family's approval. miriam's brother joined burkina faso, his army with the uniform comes respect, but also the risk of death. she didn't make much of the call he made when night announcing he was going to the frontline,

the war in the north feels far away from walker. do go. almost like it's happening in a different country. but now the reality of war is heading home. bodies of soldiers are returning in coffins among them. museums, brother. he was killed in an ambush by al qaeda fighters. he's healthy people that he can like. when i see soldiers uniform, i want to break down and cry. it reminds me of my brother of a corpse laying in a coffin. still, the sight of uniforms makes me scad. fear is spreading. millions are displaced. al qaeda in iso fighters continued to gain ground almost a week after colonel dominga took power in a qu, there's a precarious calm in the capital and fear that with political instability he will likely be more tax. this is what is less of kenneth fossils. military headquarters was attacked in 2018 by now canada affiliate for years on it still has not been rebuilt. curled them, he bought promise. this change in the military to shore up the morales troops that

has suffered so many losses. and it starts with a call to arms broadcast on the radio. across the nation, the message of colonel de amoeba joined the fight to save the country. i am ready to take up arms of because each time day attack to put our country in morning. why is this happening to our country? why are we under attack? those that killed her brother are al qaeda fighters, but only by name says miriam. they are locals, she believes poverty is fueling the violence and not to ideology. poverty and unemployment means young men are lived by armed groups. we need to find a way to feed families and bring back the state so authority in those remote areas . while she cannot bring back her brother, she hopes peace can be brought back to this nation. gripped by bloodshed, nicholas hawk al jazeera walker, dooku, a military court and democratic republic of congo has sentenced 49 full messages to death for their pass in the killing of 2 united nations. investigators 5 years ago,

side, a consulate from sweden and american michael shop were murdered while investigating atrocities in the cause. i reach it. happened as government forces were fighting a local uprising. peruse, government says an oil spill triggered by the volcanic eruption. natalia is twice as big as feared. it's estimated nearly 12000 bowels as leaks into the pacific ocean. marianna sanchez has more from lima. ah. oil continues to slowly move north with precedent. federal cathy, you're flying over the area on saturday. the scope of that disaster is much worse, official say, with the italian flagged oil tanker, maddie dodie, co losing nearly $12000.00 barrels of crude oil twice as much as initially thought government ministers have been meeting the ship's captain to try to understand what happened. official said, the captain doubted that as soon as me from the volcanic eruption near tonga,

caused a pipeline to break. as the matter doughty could, was offloading nearly 1000000 barrels of crude to a refinery. it would have your look up, your bank. i, according to the captain, apparently the issue was not so much due to the waves. these ships are so heavy with a big draft, so a swell does not actually create much of an impact. your chief prosecutor adeel top guess is he wants to know if the pipelines were properly maintained regardless. he says it is clear that spanish oil giant rep ssl has some responsibility a lot better. yes. bama rib. so who's not denied the spill? there is a responsibility for delight action. obviously we see they have not acted swiftly in the mitigation or mediation. and now the rehabilitation on their reps all controls peruse most important refinery. it's now facing the possibility of losing its operating license and define of nearly $5000000.00. do you probable mean?

do we follow the public prosecutor to enter the refinery? explained what happened and we are ready to fully collaborate with public prosecutor's office. we got a judge has ordered 4 top executives from travelling abroad for 18 months while been investigated, which could eventually mean at least 4 years in prison. the environment minister says wrestle is not complying with basic measures to clean up the oils, feel protesters here outside the refineries say they're angry because they said that the company is dragging its feet. oh, i was, you know, thought about eliza rule affected isn't. it's not fair that such a large company has not taken the necessary measures you have so many families have been hom not, and the company site are not responsible. oh, repulsive. it's hired more than 2000 people to try to clean up the mess and the 35 percent of it has been removed. regardless as the oil slick advances with the

current that damage from the largest ecological disaster in decades continues to grow. by the end, a sanchez, i'll just see that lee might be due in ecuador, is amazon, that privately owned crew pipeline has ruptured. the burst occurred in the same area where operations were halted in december after major erosion. indigenous organizations say communities are being affected by water contamination and anti land to state of emergency has been declared along the east coast. his oil continues to wash up on beaches to 50 tons of crude has spilled into the sea rights groups. the calling on the indonesian government to free group of fishermen, they say, have been wrongfully imprisoned. men rescued were hanged. refugees stranded at sea now are 2 almost 18 months ago. they were later arrested and sentenced to 5 years in jail. people's monthly jessica washington spoke with the men in a prison and it looks emily until province noodle heater and her 6 children are

hungry and increasingly desperate. her husband fazel has been in jail for 15 months, and the family source of income is gone to them. my baby was only 4 days old when they arrested vital. sometimes we only eat twice a week. but as i was working as a fisherman when he was arrested on a good day, he would earn about $9.00. in june 2020, a group of 99 ro, hank of refugees, including 56 children, were stranded in waters near northern archie. their rescue by a group of indonesian fishermen, including 5 all captured global attention. but that wasn't the end of it. fossil and 2 other fishermen were convicted of smuggling for their role in that rescue. going along our line, my priority was the safety of the revenge children. i just wanted them to be safe and on land. puzzle says he was approached by abraham a man who asked him to help rescue his family from the sea. the 3 fisherman

accepted a payment of about $200.00 each. that's i've never done that. we didn't understand that we broke the immigration law. i hope my country can forgive me. now as the fisherman await the result of an appeal, they spend their days in this crowded cell. this is to con prison, where the fishermen are sent to spend the next 4 years of their lives, human rights, per se. the sentences are too harsh and should be reconsidered. many fishermen in archery believe they should help any one in distress at sea, but that tradition also carries risks. there is a possibility where smugglers made use of you know, in the sand, fisherman's or madison busier men's poor of his ermine to, to, to achieve their goal. the government says the laws are clear when we're done. hopefully this will be a lesson for other fishermen. unless so,

they won't do the same thing again. in december, when about her for anger, refugees arrived in waters near archie. the fishermen did not tow them to shore, as they have done in the past. don't know, and i will return to la saying we're trying to help as much as possible without having it backfires. the arrests have unnerved them. they are more cautious about rescues now. as they wait for the release of their friends, they say they don't want to face the same fate. jessica washington, out to sarah. ha. it's 50 years since bloody sunday. the day british troops shot 26 unarmed, protested the northern ireland, killing 14 of them. it was one of the darkest moments of what became known as the troubles sectarian conflict lasting more than 30 years. and his address, chappelle reports, families are still seeking answers you. this photograph was taken back. it's been 50 years since kate last heard her brother's stroke. his guitar to music on the

radio startup. at the age of 19 william was killed by the british army. his death became part of a cover up by the british government. that absolutely should never have happened am and, and even at that, ah, it should have been dealt with a long, long time ago at she had not been covered up. well, always muslim. always muslim law on january 30th, 1972 british paratroopers open fire normal civil rights demonstrators in protesting against tribute without trial and discrimination against catholics. the minority community who wanted northern ireland out of the u. k. and for unity with the rest of ireland, dennis, bradley witnessed it all unfold. i remember standing here, i deal in a young group of people coming with a body carrying body and running towards that. and seeing that a young,

a young man was very badly injured. the victims, 7 of them, teenagers, were branded terrace. the soldiers cleared in a british judicial inquiry, viewed by historians as a farce. it took nearly 4 decades to expose the army coverage and for the families to receive an apology from the u. k. prime minister, david cameron in 2010 the violence that day led to a surgeon recruits to the provisional irony which fought and armed campaign against british troops and police trying to force the u. k. to abandon its control of northern ireland. the conflict known as the troubles continued for more than 30 years of sectarian violence also involving pro british loyalist paramilitary organizations. more than 3500 people died and thousands were injured and estimated 10000 bombings were carried out. oh, but none of the 18 former paratroopers who carried out the bloody sunday killings as to trial the family say they will never give up in the fight for justice and

accountability with the people he took up the model number of the people he expose the british army on the british government for what they really did on blood is on the not their original. and it's very important that we will keep us going well. now hilde, the next generation of grandchildren will, will keep this on. however, we'll keep the story like 50 years on the families are still waiting for answers and a day in court, and are chappelle al jazeera. ah, this isn't there, and these are the top stories. the u. s. as north korea has demonstrated a threat and violated the un resolutions by carrying out its 7th missile past this month, it appears to be the most powerful miss all fired since president joy bought and took off as a year ago. countries in the region have condemned the move equilla little done, don't say to go to club because the letter has some commit.