we need to go green is very, very difficult, giving all of voice we chose to live because we wanted to escape war and violence. when you humanize this narrative, you allow people to really understand the reality and break down misconceptions. the st. on al jazeera african narratives from african perspectives could be from one in a brush. i just want to be a good choice. i knew series of short documentary by african filmmakers from kenyan nigeria and rwanda. martin renault drive. i would love to talk some more conservation from about joy in the traffic and feeling the game africa direct on al jazeera. ah the fight fully, the ukrainian town of sullied all keys denies,

claims that russian forces have take control. ah, well ok. so robin, you're watching al jazeera, along with headquarters here in doha, also coming up flights to the u. s. resume after thousands were grounded for hours to to a technical problem of the u. s. and japan set up the security cooperation as tokyo seeks to counter threats from china and north korea. antigua rebels in ethiopia, begin hunting over the heavy weaponry as part of a deal and 2 years of conflict in the knolls. welcome to the break up. russian forces led by mercenaries from the volcanic group say the unit st. control of the eastern ukrainian town of solid. but keith denies

the salt learning town has fallen. the fighting them and in battle has led to some of the bloodiest battles of the wall so far. latasha butler has moved from keith. the in solid. all the battle is relentless. the once thriving, full mining town and east in ukraine is now a wasteland of the months of fighting between ukrainian or russian forces supported by mercenaries from the russian. wagner group its head. yes, kenny precaution places a photo of himself and his troops online saying that taken control of folder, but there is didn't huge. you look at rog and get a vaccine unit to take control of the entire territory. so laid out, a cauldron has been formed in central city, in which urban fighting is going on at ski, probably, and of course, the spokesperson for rushes, defense ministry didn't comment on the claims, but said the russian airborne unit surrounded the town, securing it with help russian forces net push to capture the entire bus region

bought ukrainian military officials and some soldiers on the ground. se solar door has not fallen, and the ukrainian forces a holding on here. but as all our positions are still holding from time to time, this close combat and artillery fire on trains president, all those dismiss, rocking claims will additional money that develop at least they know the terrorist state and its trip again to to try to pretend that some parts of our city of solid are almost completely destroyed by the occupiers is some kind of achievement of russia. they will present and are already presenting this to their society in order to support mobilization and to give hope to those who are for aggression. but the fighting continuous dynamic front is holding 30 as lengthy, was in the western city of louise to pay his respects to soldiers who died in the conflict meant the less way noon, present and foolish present. andre,

due to the said poland with and left the tanks to keep as part of an international coalition to help create keepers. long said that among the heavy weapons that it needs tanks are essential. but western powers have been reluctant to send offensive weapons that could be regarded by moscow as a sign of escalating the conflict. but the tide is turning from 2 pledged heavy armored vehicles and the u. k. is considering send to give them a challenger to tank some european countries or increasing pressure on germany to do the same tanks alone, clearly can't change the walls direction, but they'll certainly help both ukrainian forces in the face of moscow's ongoing firepower, cache a butler, this era julio, here is the director of frontier europe initiative at the middle east institute, and a former military adviser to nato. she says,

russia is pushing for change in strategy. looking just adds back loot and solid are in and around the mood. the fighting has been going on intensely the most intense battlefields from, from all in ukraine for 5 months now. and over the last 6 months, the russians have not managed to make any territorial gains. on the contrary, they've lost big portions of what they initially gained around hard keep around here on now, if for again, booming into the mood and saw the dar, we see in deeds a changing off the russian attacks led by pre gauzy in the head of the bargainer group, and the wagner group, the private mercenary group itself in focusing on solid are that is the, the whole off important salt mines. where mr. because you might have some economic interest and solid r is connected to bottom,

went by underground korea doors due to the salt mines. and so the after, not managing to take back moved in 5 months, despite heavy, heavy fighting. they're now shifting. the russians are now shifting to solid, dark in the hope that they will, in this way disconnect the call the bathroom. can bo, this is sending a team of mine clearance experts to ukraine to help clean up land mines, an unexploded ordnance. they will take that they can take them decades experience so they have decades experience expertise that they learn to their own country. tony chang report stuff, put on pants. ukrainian mind clearance teams. painstakingly go through recently, regain territory. it's slow but essential work for civilians can return and start rebuilding their lives, lactation all dressers. and in fact,

our soldiers are immediately followed to the liberated areas by those who restore all conditions for normal life. the 1st and most basic one is de mining by the occupies leave behind thousands of unexploded minds and ammunition, he believed, replied an estimated 25 percent of the rockets missiles used in ukraine. don't explode on impact, leaving a deadly hazard that must be carefully removed. and destroyed to the mine is from cambodia due to arrive in ukraine. this is familiar territory in an unfamiliar country. now will be a similarity. there will be a difference. and however, i strongly believe that stand that operation proceed year to ensure the safety of operator. ah, not very much difference. after the civil war in the 19 seventy's and eighty's, an estimated 6000000 pieces of unexploded ordinance remained hidden across cambodia . finding it in the thick undergrowth is difficult when the explosives become more

unstable over time. but the munitions deployed on modern battlefield, such as ukraine, a very different and this is where the cambodian team can pass on its wealth of knowledge to be of right, the order munitions that have been use across the globe. all of us, the different obviously technology is progress. i'm hugely, in the, in the last 2030 years. but the basic so d, mining, you know, will, will transfer. often those weapons are produced in nations, not immediately impacted by the war in which they're deployed. and the can also serve as a testing ground for new a moly for munition is the cambodian genocide was a very different conflict to the war in ukraine. but it was wage with weapons from the superpowers of the time china, russia, and the united states weapons that remained lethal. decades after the conflict was over. 30 years after fighting stopped on the killing fields of cambodia,

unexploded munitions still kill maybe hundreds of civilians every year. the legacy of a conflict that prevents people leaving it behind tony chang, al jazeera, non pen. the flights of resumed in the united states after a technical glitch saw thousands of planes grounded for hours. the problem is being blamed on a computer outage of the federal aviation administration, the government's transport agency. i did your castro reports now from rural reagan airport in arlington, virginia. it was a sight not seen since $911.00, thousands of plains round. it all us airports due to a nationwide stoppage called by the federal aviation administration. no, nothing like this. so it's been a love and obviously, you know, everything just happens because of a system. i think they should just punch control alt delete the as a says a computer failure was to blame. specifically the notice to air mission system or

not m suffered a temporary outage without it, like crews could not access the latest safety alerts about fly conditions and runways. we still consider this to be a vital safety system because this is the one that moves messages that pilots need on anything from a taxi way or a runway being out to an issue with a navigation beacon to maybe an upcoming military or space operation of in a certain sector, the outage did not impact quite already in the air. the ground stopped last it about an hour and a half until yes, a said the computer problem was fixed. the cause of the outage remains unclear. there is no direct indication of any kind of external under various activity, but we're not yet prepared to rule that out. president joe biden has ordered an investigation. the white house says there is no indication of a cyber attack. the f a is working aggressively to get to the bottom of the root causes for the system outage, so that it does not happen again. meanwhile,

thousands of delayed are canceled flights, have colored flight status for the airports read. this is the domino effect of the ground stop and it's impacting travelers already battered by a chaotic holiday travel season. try to wilford smith hopes his flight from washington to fort lauderdale. florida will take off on time. his wife is waiting there, he said, and he hasn't seen her in a long time. oh, my 1st thought was freaking out. like no, i haven't seen or in 5 months, and now it may be a day or 2 more that an apparent technical college can hope. the u. s. air travel industry impacting millions has drawn renewed scrutiny to the systems, vulnerabilities. a full investigation has been product id, jo, castro, al jazeera, washington, the secretary of state anthony, blinking on us defense equity, lloyd austin, hosting that japanese counterparts in washington dc. let's talk you agreements.

expanding the military ties and have been discussing the growing threat from china's ambitions in the region, lincoln commended japan's position to double the defense spending by 2027 being a key american allies since the end of the 2nd world war. public lane is in washington dc with more of the agreements that have been fine. one of the things that the japanese officials say they're going to be doing is they're going to go to an inhabited island and they're going to build a training center. they're complete with to run runways from the defense side. what the news they made there is that they're going to sort of change the way us marines are grouped on the island. they're not going to increase anymore in japan because obviously that's very controversial with the japanese public. but they're going to be doing these things where they create a basically 2000 man, grouping their focus will be answer valence. and be able to launch missiles and ships. we believe that the u. s. has agreed to said more missile more missiles at

ammunition that can target ships. we don't yet know if that's going to be us based equipment that is based there. or if the japanese are going to buy that, one of the big asked has been, japan wants to buy tomahawk missiles, the tomahawk missiles are a very sophisticated weapon to cruise missile. you can go up to 1600 kilometers. it's precision in. it's an important thing to realize the us only actually sells tomahawk missiles to one other country because they're potency and that's the united kingdom. so we'll be looking for that to see if that develops on friday. they also said that there were sign agreements involving japan in the us space force. so it is a sign that japan feels that it needs to shore up it's allegiances. and another sign that the u. s. e. 's, china, as their biggest, is what they call the pentagon. pacey and threats isolate claim responsibility for suicide. explosion that killed at least 24 people in the african capital cobble

a dozen more injured in the blast, which happened near the foreign ministry office. now, the chinese delegation was reportedly in the building meeting with the taliban when the blast happened. a new 2023 human rights. what support says unchecked, authoritarian power is leaving behind a sea of human suffering. its spotlights abuses happening in 100 countries covering everything from war, media, freedoms, gender rights, and refugees. amongst others, it puts the war in ukraine at the top of its agenda, saying russian president vladimir putin is operating with impunity. it welcomes its national communities response, including the u. n. agencies collecting evidence of war crimes. but it says other crises are being ignored and is calling on governments and international organizations to take action or correspondence have this update from some of the countries mentioned in the report. ringback

ready ready ah. ready 2022, with your estimated 1200000 people came to germany, claiming refugee status, the vast majority of them. ukrainians, many of them thunder at germany's berlin's main central station here where their application process could begin. but it's estimated around 200000 people from syria, afghanistan, iran, iraq also came to this country, the treatment they received ever, slightly different because koreans have freedom of movement around europe. as others don't. ah, lebanon's political class is accused of denying people their basic rights by

failing to address and economic crisis that has pushed the 80 percent of the population into poverty. low income households have cut back on food, while the large refugee population has been it hides decades of corruption and mismanagement, has nearly bankrupted the state, which is no longer able to provide services like electricity, financial losses are in the billions of dollars. ah ah, for the reporting kelvin litany of apparent russian war crimes including in poacher, a town north of heath was occupied by a russian forces usa for the least 70 people were unlawfully killed or again. maria pole in the south is the country russians formed

a theatre that had been clearly marked out as a severe shelter. hundreds of people were killed, including chilton ah, 230 palestinians were killed in conflict and confrontations with israeli security forces in 2022 and a further 9000 were injured. those figures in the palestinian health ministry and that includes those killed in 3 days. it is rarely asked right on garza in august a bouquet. and israel is further taught in the financial school on the palestinians . now deduct more than a 3rd of the $256000000.00 a year. it collects on behalf of palestinian authority and duties and taxes. well still a had here on al jazeera, why hundreds of families are being falsely the homes in the town in the indian himalayas. and was it prepares the rescue mission, the crew members,

only international space station stay with us in on august. ah, with california has got yet more rain on the way the pacific has not given up this time. the facts is probably further north than it was. it's throwing huge amounts of snow into the high ground across in the rockies, which means cold air. the cold air then sinks across the plains states, and as you know, as a result of that usually produce big thunderstorms. this is no exception. thursday whether be very wet with potential tornadoes, certainly flash flood, they're all right through their higher valley east of the great lakes as well, leaving cold re behind. but in the sunshine and for california, mostly the north. we've had a huge amount to read and i in san francisco, but look to the north of that across the canadian border for rain. during thursday,

showers are frequent but light in the caribbean, maybe a bit more concentration. his pan mueller's you'll see, and in panama looks while persistently ret wet in south america. there's a light across a brazil the stretches down towards rio. this is produced historically some pretty big thunderstorms that might continue flash flooding. likely south of this, an argentine of ticket has been scorching the hot recently that's gone away temporarily got showers in the northern part washington. this circulation of commodore riverview has been pretty stormy. it goes away during so se, but we left with only 20 degrees, should be much better. ah, african narrative from african perspective. a voice guy. this is a be a good flight. a new series of short documentary by african filmmakers from kenya,

nigeria and rwanda. martin will not join our lunch, talk somewhat conservation from about joy in the traffic and feeling the game africa direct on just ah ah, welcome back. you're watching all deserve me. so he'll robin a reminder of all the top stories. russian forces led by mercenaries from the wagner group say that they've gained control of the eastern ukrainian town of solid r. keith denies the claim fighting the areas intensified in the past few days. as russia tries to gain ground flights of resumed in the us after

a technical glitch saw thousands of planes grounded for hours of the populace being blamed on a computer outage at the federal aviation administration. as to biden has ordered an investigation. and your secretary of state entity blinking and us defense secretary lloyd austin of signed new agreements with their japanese counterparts to expand that military ties. they also discussed the growing threat from china as ambitions in the region. thousands of venezuelans have marched in the capital crackers, demanding better wages. the group included public health workers, teachers, and pensioners. they're employed by the government and, and between $30.00 and $100.00 a month. but inflation is making it hard to make ends meet. it rose to 155 percent . last october. thousands of health workers in the united kingdom have gone on strike demanding higher pay. this time ambulance workers walked out after negotiations with the government failed. emma, hey,

would report soft sheffield in northern england. in the cold of winter solidarity among striking stat more than $20000.00 ambulance workers are taking industrial action in england and wales in a dispute officially about hey, but really so much more than just facts. the frustrations of the long, long hand opposite the hospitals which are delaying arabella t to turn out until of care to our patients. the pressure that that's putting upon us stop, we will join to look after folk and we're not. we're waiting, we're waiting to look after folks. we're losing valuable staff because they're the precious they're feeling. we can't deliver the care that we want to deliver as paramedics. there are concerns about public safety. during this walk out with fewer emergency crews available. people are being told to only call for an ambulance if it is life threatening or a very serious situation. like be rural college of nursing, who agreed

a national minimum service level. the ambulance unions have refused to do that, insisted on local arrangements. obviously that made contingency planning much more difficult in terms of safeguarding patient safety. the ambulance service here in yorkshire is still providing some cover and we saw people on the picket line rushing off to respond to emergent says this crisis comes after talks between the government and unions broke down early this week. but staff say it reflects a deeper crisis within britain, st. 8 chairs and there suspense become prime minister, where she soon acts winter of discontent with nurses and other public sector workers being so walking out. the truth is mister speaker, i'm proud to come from an anita family and that's why i'm passively committed to protecting it with more funding, more doctors and nurses, and a clear plan to cut the waiting list. donna has been a nurse with 37 years. she's also

a labor counselor and was always advocate for our patients, which always may, may take an action like this quite difficult, and the morals are. lemme as much as anything. however, i think that now because of the staffing levels, because of the safe looking at safety of patients, we need to be able to offer our patients. and this is the only way that we can see to do it. many staff say this crisis isn't just down to winter precious, but years of under investment, which is denied by the government. here they concerned about the impact to strike half of my patients, but say they need to faith god, the future of the service they set out to provide. and he would al jazeera sheffield in northern england, doctors and nurses and barbara who go on strike and face up to 6 months in prison. the government has introduced a new law making into legal lustre. thousands of health professionals walked off the job for more than a week, demanding a pay rise. workers have resigned in huge numbers,

leaving hospitals understaffed to grow and rebels have begun handing in heavy weapons to the e. c. o p, an army. it's part of a p still signed in south africa 2 months ago. to end the conflict in the north. malcolm web reports more than 2 years since the conflict began to grow. and rebels have started handing over weapons to ethiopia, the federal government. it's part of the peace agreement signed 2 months ago. bo lome had been a mess or an esper, the agreement to sum it needs to be carried out. we have disengaged it from our frontline for life. p d. f has also done the same thing. we have done this by agreement. the leaders of the 2 grey and rebels dominated ethiopia, politics and military for nearly 30 years. after prime minister abbey took office in 2018. they defected with a substantial fraction of the army and its weapons. african union inspectors were there to see them being handed back to the government. we have seen the hand in and

taken over the military hardware by above, due to ground defense forces and the plan nation. i defense force the p. still so stated that foreign forces should leave to grey. i retry his army fought there on the government side. access to the gray is restricted, but humanitarian workers say, era trained soldiers a still there have been accused of executing and raping civilians. activists say the to grey and rebels have been pushed into a corner. they have been told by the a on, by the american that they have to accept what they what has been offered to them now is the trickling of a exchange. the total disarmament. ready principals is the only posted, not protecting the tracking, but again it be bought by every sample and they get that the un

estimates half a 1000000 people have died from violence instead of ation. during the conflict, hundreds of thousands of others have been forced from their homes. people are still waiting to see if they'll be lasting, peace, or justice. malcolm web al jazeera, a former iranian defense ministry official, has been sentenced to death on charges of spying. for the united kingdom. ali reza body was arrested in 2019 and accused of spying, and my 6, which he denied you. case of the rain, you know, authorities to release him. heavy, 17 people have been killed in storms, continued to bounce, or the us state of california. emergency work is struggling to clean up the widespread damage. thousands residents are still under evacuation orders in some parts of the state. officials expect another powerful weather front to hit the states on friday. well,

drought that spin accelerated by climate change is threatening food supplies into nicea. at least 110000000 cubic meters of water has fallen in the country since september. that's one 5th of the normal rate. the water level in the dams ranges between 10 and 25 percent, much lower than normal and is prompted the government to raise the price of water. and to dams are alarming farmers in the northern hills and eastern plains. they rely of water for the production of olives and wheat who lives in michigan. soberness became a snake were not used to dealing with the problems we have been facing before the season. and during the last one, the idea of watching trees in the winter. this didn't used to happen, but now we were in january and i have watered my plans for the 4th time because the autumn season was dry. room clay, it's michelle of a shadow. natal and phelan had it is time to declare a state of water emergency because all indications show that if we remain silent, 10 thousands of families will be thirsty and deprived of drinking water. we must

declare a water emergency russia plans to send an unclean capsule to the international space station to rescue 3 crew members. the spacecraft that was going to bring them back to earth was hit by a me to me, throw it russian cause middle guy pro coffee and dmitri petulant and nasa astronaut frank rubia arrived at the i s on september the 21st. while on december, the 14th, it was discovered that the count seal had a one millimeter hole in its rear radiated coolant could be seen streaming into space company. there was 7 people on the station, but just one functioning escape pod for evacuation. it could only carry 4 people. now the replacement craft will launch on february the 20th and carry the 3 crew members back to earth. colonel terry that says a former international space station commander, he says, the issue of space daybreak is getting worse. we can track the big things that are

in orbit, but the very small things we can't or things that are coming from elsewhere in the solar system. we don't see them coming in. and so when i did space walks on the space station, i saw lots of little divots and, and craters on the outside of the station were small things had hit the station going kilometers per 2nd. luckily, they saw a hole in the soil. we used the robotic arm and a camera on the end of the robot, an arm, and they found a small, i think it was less than a millimeter size hole, which is what you would expect if they didn't see that. it would be a real question, like why did all this fluid leak out? but because they found that whole, it makes sense that something went through the line and it leaked out. and now with a lot of commercial companies operating in space, they're launching micro satellites. and small internet satellites and we're putting up thousands and thousands of satellites. and so this debris is an issue. we have to maneuver the station a few times here to keep the astronaut safe.