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a year of desperate journeys the you and refugee agency says 2022 was the deadliest for rainbow refugees at sea, from nearly a decade. ah, allow, i'm mary, i'm noisy in london, you're watching al jazeera also coming up on the program. she honoring the victims of friday's deadly shooting in paris. support is dem on truth and justice. south korea scrambles helicopters and fires warning shots wind at north korean. drones enter. it's as space china's covered spread becomes too big to track, but arrival restrictions will be eas. anyway. ah low welcome to the program. we begin with this morning from the i to,

nations are saying that this year has possibly been the deadliest for wranglers at sea. in almost a decade, the un refugee agency said at least a 180 wrangle refugees had been stranded at sea for weeks. and now presumed dead refugees continued to leave desperate conditions encamped in bangladesh where more than a 1000000 people of escape persecution and me and my and now living rights group say the number of wrangler leaving bangladesh by boat this year jumped fivefold from 2021. nearly 200 people were ready, fear dead or missing before the 18 shells announcement. they're often trying to reach places in southeast asia, like malaysia and indonesia. earlier this month to wrangle writes, group sat up to 20 people, died of hunger or thirst while trying to make the journey in a boat carrying at least a 100 people. 240 people did manage to arrive in indonesia ha province. since sunday poorest brings us this report. now. this boat survived its dangerous journey

across the indian ocean, now beached on the shores of northern indonesia for weeks. it was home to dozens of wrangler travelling from refugee camps in bangladesh. your family and wear wearing go glare by marriage. when my father, my mother mother, the refugee said they've been drifting at sea for a month before that boat washed up near the fishing village of ladon. 3 of them are in a serious condition, but most of them experienced dehydration. that's why they are quite weak. further along the coast and that 185 men, women and children, received medical aid on monday after being spotted out at c. m. i'm attend the one a man, many different his toys hadn't had many money tele release many, many genocide and mothers fathers with their escaping places like this refugee camps in bangladesh. and to many of the 1000000

rang your muslims who escaped persecution in my unmarked. the un refugee agency said over the weekend that a 180 refugees who left bangladesh in about in november. when our presumed dead. the un estimates the number of ranges risking the crossing is increased by 500 percent this year compared to 2021. we have seen that more people who would need to to seek safety. and this is the point we are trying to make resentment. people do not see that there are safe pathways for them to seek protection. we will sadly see more and more people are trying to take these dangerous and risky journeys. we are playing and asking for international support to bangladesh and local authorities and communities, but also on the leader states that to when den know there is a boat out there with desperate human beings need to be ingest, you dear,

this should act, these refugees are lucky in one respect, they're still alive, but where they go from here is another question. paul reese al jazeera lungs on me as a human lights action, as from me and my fellow genocide documentation sent to cambodia. it describes white conditions in those camps and driving people to make such treacherous johnnies my buyers. i visited the camps myself, like at least 3 times since the largest exit dust took place in 2017 as the direct result of genocidal destruction of their community. inside where my, where they belong and, you know, the, the camps there are some humans and none of us, you know, would to consider ourselves or see ourselves in those situations. ab absolutely no future or no hope that no prospect for getting any type of like your substantive

efforts from the, you know, wealthy industrialized countries the way the ukrainian refugees, half of the received us since the war earlier on april of the 300000 rangers, our school age, the children of the, from kindergarten to the university levels of bangladesh, denied them any type of access to any anything that we will call education or schooling. and so you're absolutely red chip supp human conditions so, so they consider themselves dead on land. that's why they, you know, they risk life. oh, the 3 people killed in a shooting, a kurdish cultural center has been honored in central paris. crowds walk from the scene of friday's attack to the site where 3 kurdish activists were killed and 2013 has been shock and anger among the kurdish community over the past 2 days. a 69

year old frenchman has now been charged with murder. he told police he had a pathological hatred of foreigners sullivan. java has moved from paris f kurdish activists commemorate the 10 years of the death of 3 of their comrades. we're hearing more details emerging from the prosecutor's office details which included the that the perpetrator says that he was a racist. he wanted to commit suicide, but wanted to kill as many foreigners before. he would commit suicide all x from the concert by the credit community. a diverse goodish community here, people who are not just from iraq, they're from syria, from iran, and from 30 event. and this has given them a chance to express their own particular problem in their own country. then we're hearing a chance of freedom. we're heading chance for justice and revenge as well. and what these people are calling for is justice the calling for it now. and they're not happy with the way the government have dealt with this incident so far away in miss

sasha a tier attack planned and carried out by a racist, an attack against the kurdish community and against the kurdish women. the kurdish community wants the french state to tell the truth, the victims were refugees and the government didn't give them proper protection. one of them was here for 2 years, and she didn't even have proper documents. we were asking for protection before, but now we want justice, continental america. what they are saying is that they don't deny that this was a somebody who was the races to guard out the fact that this needs to be declared it. there's incident so that there can be a proper investigation. south korea says if 5 warning shots when several north korean drones entered its air space, local media, se the drones were detected in civilian areas in young g province. south korea's military dispatched jets and helicopters to respond to the threat 3 days earlier. south korea accused the north of launching to short range ballistic missiles. what

unit cam has been following these latest developments from sol? hearing from south korea's joint chiefs of staff. who said that there were at least 5 unmanned aerial vehicles detected since 10 30 am this morning. apparently one of them flying past us border area, town of pud, you before getting as far south as the north part of the capitol sol. there were at least 4 other drones detected over a con why island that is an island near the border area on the west coast. and of course, the military here condemning this as clear provocation as it does violate south koreans sovereign aerospace. now, other than trying to shoot down these drones throughout the afternoon, south korea also took corresponding measures. we are learning that south military sent manned and unmanned surveillance aircraft near the border area,

if and also north of the military demarcation line and a tit for tat of sorts. to take pictures of north korea as military installations. now the drones, the north korean drones that is dead fly for several hours. some media reports you're saying is as long as 7 hours since being detected again at around $1030.00 this morning, passenger flights were grounded just after lunch, including at the main airport in china international airport as a safety precaution, as these drones were flying through civilian areas and all the development taiwan is reported china's largest ever incursion of its ass bay $71.00 aircraft, including fighting jets and drones crossover, and a 24 hour period. 7 ships also sent towards the island china times taiwan as its silver and territory. it set the drills in response to provocations from the u. s. and taiwan. now,

a drawn shot down by russian soldiers has killed 3 of their colleagues. russia's defense ministry says it was a ukrainian drone flying over an air base in sar, 12 in southern russia. security cameras near by filmed an explosion about the time rush in air force. personnel shot it down, falling debris killed 3 technical staff. the base house is heavy bomb aircraft, used to attack ukraine roches accuse ukraine of previously targeting the base. but to ukraine is not said if it sent this drone on dessert char stratford has set been in cave and he reports. now what's been happening in ukraine itself. ukrainian military say russian forces have been shilling thousands of towns along the eastern and some front lines. they talk about the regions of donates, can new guns as well as zach parisha and in the south head of san. now there is no specific details as to casualties or indeed what has been targeted and it's impossible to independently verify this information. what we do know is having

spoken to the authorities in their song, they are saying that one neighborhood in particular on the west and banks of the neat pro river, a neighborhood with around 8000 people living in it, is getting hit, especially hard journey around 700 meters, they tell us across the river to russian forces. they saying that russian forces are shelling that area and the area is very vulnerable to sniper fire. the have all the lou ganske military administration this morning claimed that ukrainian forces have pushed russian forces back a few kilometers along the front line that was established about 2 and a half months ago. near the russian occupied town of camina, as i say, impossible to independently verify this information. we know that is ongoing heavy fighting around the flashpoint city of moot where we understand that the russian

forces have been trying to make probing attacks. now for days, if not weeks to try and surround that city. meanwhile, with respect to the supply of electricity across the country, we spoke to the head of the national electricity operator. this morning. he said up to 2000000 ukrainians, a still having to endure rolling blackouts and not 24 hours. they do not have access to heat 24 hours a day because of this russian campaign targeting ukraine's energy infrastructure. china says that january 8th overseas arrivals will no longer have to spend time in quarantine. passengers will need to provide a negative p. c. r. test. chinese prison. gigi ping is urging officials to take strong steps to protect people from cove it. as the country experiences the wells biggest surge in infections since abandoning its 0 covert policy, or beijing is admitted that the scale of the outbreak has become impossible to

track the health officials in ginger young province estimates at least 1000000 people a day of being infected they're in ching dow, about half a 1000000 people of being infected every day. despite this child says that they've been know covered related deaths in the past 6 days. lawrence louis has more from hong kong. this is not official data, but one private hospital in beijing is chief medical offices that they're receiving 5 to 6 times more patient than they normally would. and you also said that the average age of patient has shot up from 40 to 70 in the face of a week. now in another private hospital staff that they've been told to report to work even when they test positive and have a fever. and i think that really just underscores how desperate the situation is in china at the moment. now, in cases of breaching a 1000000 and they're expected to go up, especially with the new year celebration coming up next month. that's been

described as the biggest annual human migration with tens of millions of people. chris crossing the country, one health data firm based in the u. k. estimates that as many as 5000 people are dying a day in china. that's of course in sharp contrast to official data, the government has recently announced that it wants to increase the rate of explanation amongst the hours. and some senior citizens have told reports that they're afraid of getting back to native because they're afraid of the side effects . and officials now have to persuade the out, and he said that it's safer to get vaccinated than it is to be without the vaccine . now what makes us even more urgent is the fact that china extremely strict policy has meant that case numbers have been very low. so there are few people who have the natural anti bodies as well. and so the spread of cov, it, it fits that it's not only going to be deadly, but it will also be very noisy. al jazeera live from london much more still ahead on the program. arctic snowstorm continues to wreak havoc in the us killing at

least $48.00 people, leaving hundreds of thousands without power. why the removal of these willow trees is key to restoring one of asian largest mesh water lake. ah. the. your tune into your weather update for asia and australia. nice to have you along. so 1st i want to point this, how we got a when just come in around here are giving us some pretty persistent showers for the main island of java indonesia as main island of java. but you know, for the philippines it has been buckets of rain from sabu city to devour over the last few days. and there are some severe flooded visor is in play here as a result of that. off to china, a fairly gloomy picture through the yang, super valley same goes for the yellow river valley,

but conditions will improve throughout the day. so in hong kong sends out with the high of 19 degrees that see effects. now, finally, starting to back off, you know, some areas of western horseshoe island about a meter depth of snow so far. just to give you an idea of just how much snow has been falling, but that backs off on tuesday, down under looks like this. rain east of alice springs alice itself looking to pick up about 5 millimeters. look at adelaide, 41 degrees, but you know that's about to change. here's a 3 day forecast. going from 41 down to 24 on wednesdays. those wind shift around and some severe thunderstorms around the northland region of the north island of new zealand that clears away on tuesday. just a few showers though, for the south island on tuesday, see you later. ah, why do people tell stories and take risks to share their experiences? from every corner below,

binding us together and inspiring us to expand our realities? why? because like most awe award winning voices telling groundbreaking stories. with on al jazeera lou. ah, i'll come back. look at the main stories of following the ones refugee agency says at least a 180 wrangle refugees who is stranded at sea for weeks now presumed dead in a separate incident. at least 240 people arrived on indonesia western atr

a province since sunday, after spending weeks to see the free people killed in a shooting, a kurdish cultural center has been honored in central powers crowns warm from the scene of friday's attack. to the site where 3 kurdish activists were killed in 2013 . china says that from january 8th overseas arrivals will no longer have to spend time in quarantine stead. they'll have to provide a negative p. c. r test. china is experiencing the world's biggest surge in infections since a bad thing is 0. other policies. now east 48 people have died in severe winter storms as a pommel. the u. s. in canada, freezing conditionals have bought travel chaos with more than a 1000 flights grounded rosalyn jordan reports. the u. s. is 1st major storm left behind, picturesque ice creations and opportunities to play in the snow. but as the official said on monday, this storm was and is all very dangerous. i had the very sad news to report

that in addition to the 13 confirmed dots yesterday, the erie county department of health medical examiners office has confirmed an additional 12 deaths bringing the total. ready for the blizzard, $225.00 deaths county wide. that number is expected to go up, not just in new york state, but across the country. as rescue crews struggle to reach both residents and drivers trapped during the blizzard. new york state was already trying to recover from a blizzard in early december, and this last storm, his historic storms are no longer historic to us. that's becoming a way of life in our state. and that's result of climate change. as you seen, see extreme weather events all over our country. but all of us in state and county, local government know we had to prepare for the next big one. the storm forced us airlines to council thousands of flight,

meaning hundreds of thousands of travelers nationwide have to wait and wait to get to their destination. while in south carolina, a frozen pipe that ruptured has put that state's largest food bag temporarily out of business. oh, that is in the water in all the food in our region. with all of it is all meteorologist fe temperatures nationwide should rise during the week making it 0 for the ice and snow to low roosevelt of the buffalo area that break in the weather. can't come quickly enough. another 30 centimeters lift to know is in the forecast through tuesday. rosalyn jordan l 0. well, there's also been heavy snow in parts of japan leaving 17 people dead and more than 90 injured disaster management team say many were killed or wounded when trying to move snow from their roofs or buildings. hundreds of homes are also still without

power. some areas of ne, of your pan of had 3 times as much snow as usual this season. thousands of people who been forced to leave their homes in the philippines after heavy rains triggered flash floods, rescue workers help people out of chest, think waters after 2 days of rain. at least 8 people have been killed. 19 others are missing, mostly fishermen went out to sea. despite the bad weather. about 46000 people, a sheltering in evacuation centers at least 18 people have been arrested after violence interrupted between protests and police. in southwestern park, his son, internet and telecommunication services of also been disrupted in the city of garden. demonstrators have been demanding a stock to illegal fishing. they say it deprives them of their livelihoods. come, r hider has more from islam apart. 1000 off for day stones have glass to read the police and a port city of gorda and baluchistan along the, at

a b and c gorsline. now these projects that have been raging, sit in on a key. busy road leading to the board city there warned that illegal fishing should be stopped in the seas adjoining the area regard. this is a main source of livelihood for them. these projects have happened before, but this time the protest as clashing with the police. the police are locked into gear, guys has relative making arrest. the administration say that this trying to resolve this particular issue or the leader of the group of got to threatening to continue that blockade of the city by blocking that or done did them on the main idea doroty that saying that they are drained at best for their dog, this is true, but this is not a new problem that has come up in the boss the administration of contractors big seriously. given the fact that baluchistan has also been dropped by a number of dogs against the security forces in recent days. and because of the

high red alert in that area. so the progress of gotten sticking to their demons. key access to the area had been blocked, telephone and internet services have also been shut down. and most of the video footage of building is on the social media. men. john knows that and focused on have not been carrying their story. but we are told that they said indeed, a large broadcast that the government has to take seriously. an ethiopian government allocation is in north and tank lines each in turn, the 1st time since conflict brown count 2 years ago and far as an agreement between the government and the to great people's liberation front which was signed last month was it is aimed and sharing the deal is implemented violence. integrity has killed thousands and prevented humanitarian aid from reaching millions of despite people or large scale protests against the downs. military leaders have been held in the capital har tune crowds and marched towards the presidential palace,

demanding an immediate transition to civilian governance. military leaders this month agree to a 2 year transitional period to hand over power. but pro democracy protest as have rejected the deal saying the army will still have too much influence and control over decision making. i've been several setbacks for democracy in west africa this year with delayed elections, cruise and attempted curs. our affairs, the instability could help on groups linked to i still and al qaeda. nicholas hack has more another drill for soldiers in togo, and exercise, encountering possible attacks by al qaeda in iso. at least 5 have been reported since the beginning of the year in, during dozens of people. and displacing hundreds togo has become the latest target for arm groups operating in the self selected prison instructor, us to take all necessary measures to ensure that we can protect our people, that we can deal with this credit, which is making headlines in our region. researchers from the armed conflict,

location and event data project have recorded a surge in attacks and so held countries in 2022. they say togo's neighbor, burkina, faso experienced a 400 percent increase in violent incidence. in january, the democratically elected president caulked mac cowboy was toppled in a coup by colonel amoeba. he promised to bring an end to attacks by armed groups, but face of them, a series of military set in october, a qu within a qu, saw e brain tow it over throwing demi back after soldiers lost control of 60 percent of burkina faso to arm groups not only is this another delay to democracy in a region that has experienced a cruise in 2 years, but gentle leaders have made as little progress as the democratically elected officials. they toppled in curbing the violence fighters from iso or gaining ground

threatening coastal nations in the gulf of guinea. we continue to watch him and how the activities of terrorists and extremist groups have resolved to view the unfortunate disregard for the national sovereignty and territorial integrity law states. the painful degeneration of the strength along democracy, the wanton displacement of masses of our populations, and the needless loss of considerable numbers of lives. in november of french president m n, when mo announced to the end of back gun a decade long counter terrorism operation, 3000 french soldiers are expected to leave the sail. stepping into the gap in molly or russian fighters from the wagner group. but so far, they too have failed to stop the attacks that are making countries such as been in ghana and togo, the new frontline in the fight against arm groups. nicholas hawk al jazeera

decades of mismanagement, a choking. what use if he one of the largest lakes in asia? the problems act will, are fresh water lake have taken a serious toll that now authorities in engine and minister kashmir, say they're taking action to revive that. pass me midtown reports, winner lake and the kashmir valley is preparing for winter boats like these are making the last rounds as villagers extract any remaining water. just nuts. the lake is famous for them and output has increased over the past 2 years. if you are still 0 is used to be a field. there were trees here, but after the dredging water chestnut started growing back and livelihood resumed before death. the silt and marshlands made it hard for us to sustain our lives as dwellers. oh, god, one nestled in the himalayas. the wolf lake is a critical source of water in the region,

and pounds of people depend on it. but in a matter of decades, it shrunk by nearly half an hour because of these widow cheese housings are planted for firewood trading mounds of silt that are choking waterways, affecting vegetation and water quality restoration projects are underway. the government aimed to cut down 2000000 trees. by march. so bundari is one of the contractors that you like to bud guillermo, like me. i printed hundreds of thousands of trees for 35 years, but it was a mistake. it destroyed the lake well that the government wants to restore it and cut down trees. this will bring back the lakes, glory. i feel very lucky. i got the contract. authorities are planting other cheese, still, belly for of the 90 square kilometers of la surface area. had been restored in 5 years, basically the lake aided or changes seasonally or from you can say at the door. 050

square kilometers. so it is not necessary that we are, we had to restore all our video as a water body, because wetland has its own feature that has, it has to how it is mud flaps to has to her. it is ah, solid areas her where her birth against it. denique serves as a natural barrier against flooding. but environmental se, pollution levels need to be controlled for it to be effective. that you more pick set up of which meanwhile, is says that it has grown to flooding. and most of these flood waters used to find a sinking ground order sinking in invalid. but if you look at land system changes that have happened over the course of last 50 years or 5 decades saw on, or there have been some center land system changes. we're just not a law. basically, waters flood waters to sink into will alec, authorities are planning to restore another 23 square kilometers. villagers node it, take yes for the league to return to its former glory. but a happy with the 1st signs of revival party metal al jazeera. ah.