failed, it's time to back and you surely, that's why you get to get out of the minute over by the dialect and do something better informed opinion then, really with dorky. this is the appointment inside story on al jazeera. i care about how the u. s. in gauges with the rest of the world, i cover foreign policy, national curity. this is very much a political impact here. the conflict. how do we illustrate it? are we telling a good story? will people get what we're trying to do here? they're living outside and make sure this is not the way any family wants to raise their children. we're really interested in taking you into a place that you might not visit otherwise. it's actually feel as if you were there ah,

a passenger plane crashes in the nepalese town of for heart of 72 people were on board. ah, sammy say that this is al jazeera alive from dell hall. so coming up, brush and missiles smashing the targets across ukraine, the largest coordinated attacks in weeks killing at least 14 people. the world health organization welcomes the release of new cove. 19 data from china showing 60000 people have died in the past month. the philippine president's plan for oil exploration is scuttle off to the supreme court gets involved ah, 1st, let's start with the breaking news out of nepal, where a passenger playing with $72.00 people on board has crashed. it happened near

pohardo airport, around 200 kilometers west of the cap. so kat man do the a t r i croft was operated by a domestic carrier. yeti airlines not yet clear if there were any survivors. the russia has unleashed a barrel. she misses striking multiple targets across the crane for the 1st time. in 2 weeks, at least 20 people have been killed in the central city of denay pro where rockets hit 2 residential buildings. that according to the governor, at least 16 were reported injured. rescue teams a searching for survivors in the rubble and stripes also reported in cave and the western city of livermore one rocket left a huge crater in a village near the capital. the missile attacks hit power infrastructures resulting

in major blackouts across the country. united kingdom, meanwhile, is announcing it'll send tanks and artillery systems to ukraine. the reinforcements will include 14 challenger 2 tanks, which are seen as crucial to recapturing occupied territory. the u. k. will begin training ukrainian forces on the new equipment in the coming days. russia had warned it will intensify. operations in ukraine if cave was supplied with weapons. ukraine is refuted. russia's claims it captured the eastern town of solid czar. the president of all of them is that the sky says this force is still fighting in the small salt mining town, which moscow wants to secure in order to help it's offensive in nearby by moods. charles stratford reports from outside san his off. thank we don't have authorization to take him

shouts the military paramedic on. there was that a wounded ukrainian soldier with a torn a k on each leg to slow the bleeding is lifted from the car i'm thought and can't. okay, we've got to go further down the road, right. let's move now from an ambulance point virtually deserted road. we drive to wald solider, we pass a few ukrainian military vehicles heading the other way. there's no obvious sign of ukrainian withdrawal from the salt mine in town. it seems some of the most intense fighting recent days. alarming medics waited intervals along the way to take the injured hospitals back from the front line of shore pro jolla g obstinately as the battle continues. yeah, we have to stay in place, even if we could wait closer, we would no more, but we are ready to move. felicia childress, a civilian empress. kimberly the soldiers say the road over the brow. the hill is being shelled. russia says it's taken full control of solider,

but the smoke rising from impact sites. the explosions from almost constant artillery and heavy machine gun far suggests otherwise ukrainian troops in these apc's these, all the personnel carriers heading toward solid are sorry, a couple of kilometers down this road. troop carriers at tree lines seem prepared for a potential withdrawal of soldiers. there's western supplied weaponry here, but a lot of it's soviet made. these anti aircraft on is almost 60 years old because those are the west coast and i know it will be hard for us to push them back. will suffer big losses. they move in such great numbers and solid are that sometimes our guns overheat as we try to shoot as many as we can. soldiers,

dick fresh trenches on a slope in case russian forces push up from the valley. others watch the battle unfold. ukrainian forces still have a foothold in the western outskirts of the town. they say, the fight. the solid isn't over yet. john strafford al jazeera, nice solid all eastern ukraine. well, let's go back to our breaking news story that plane crash in the pool. we can get some more of that with ron miasca, limbo in the capital cap. men do so. first of all, any word i want happened to the crew and passengers. 9 well, what we've been here that i'm receiving from monday is that at least $72.00 people were on board, the paying the full crew members and the rest passengers apparently needing to be about to have the car.

the guy looking now that he visibility wise, the weather was quite good. so it is it's then you shopping and surprising denise coming in at the moment about i believe again on the passage is for a national tv. i'm interested in things on board to and to be 50 people are the sites are the ministration police would be a walk and the crash basically plays info crowd which is a tourist town about 6 guys doing about

a 30 minute flight. some cuts monday and 8 basically try see the creation of continuing that. it's really shocking for so many people move on board. i will leave you there. thanks so much. world health organization is spoken with china's top health official and welcome the public release of data through uncovered 900 related deaths. aging says nearly 60000 people have died in hospital since it lifted severe current of virus restrictions. and early december, china had previously reported just over 5000 death since the start of the pandemic . now some scientists for cost they'll be at least $1000000.00 current of virus related deaths in china by the end of the year. katrina,

you are full now from beijing. this is the 1st acknowledgement by beijing that there has been up until now a severe underreporting of curve, a daughter here, and it follows criticism from the w h 0 as well as the u. s. and other governments that china has not been transparent about the scale of the outbreak. this really is the 1st indication really of how big this outbreak has been in china since lifting a virus restrictions in early december. and the number is really spectacular before this. the only official figure we had about for a death hole was just over $5000.00. so this jumped 260000 is really quite big. let me just break down those numbers for you. what the government has said, they said between december 8th and january, the 12 there were 5503 people who died as a result of re spirit. 3 failure due to corvette and the vast majority, though $54435.00 died. as

a result of the combination of one illness with corbett, they said that the average age was 80, and the majority of people who passed away were over the age of 65. now the good news that the government is trying to focus on here is that they're saying that the peak of the outbreak has now passed. they said that peak occurred around christmas in 2022. so around december 23. and that there has been a downward trend in infections according to their was coming to fee. the clinics at that figure is now down by about 80 percent. although we have to remember that this dig around 60000, this is just hospital depth, does not record or acknowledge the depth of the youth who might have passed away at home. so we often know that the true figure, the true death toll from carpet here, must be much higher. now main marzola jones, her stepping up its air campaign against armed opposition groups. at least 10 people, including a mother and a toddler, were killed in to sat for their strikes last week that speak now to tony chang

joins us from bangkok. so do these attacks highlight a military shift towards using more air power? tony? absolutely, and we saw this increasingly over last year or where the military facing increased opposition not just in the a border areas where they traditionally been fighting ethnic dom groups for decades . but in the heartland of mir meyer as well areas where they traditionally had very strong support. indeed, towards the end of last year, there was an air strike on a school, in which tens of of, of children were killed. and a little later in the year, an attack on a music festival or where is reported more than a 100 people died. so it is a tactic the military is prepared to use and with little regard for the civilian casualties on the ground. these 2 attacks refer to one on the west and border where

the miniatures apparently targeting the headquarters of the chin national army, but accidentally dropped to bombs inside indian territory in the state of manor paper. and people made the point that over the course of the last 2 years since the crew took place in attacks like this, the men mar military have dropped bombs on, ty, territory, bangladesh, charity, and now indian territory. and none of those governments has registered proper complaints. so i think there's a feeling here that they're being accommodated to a certain extent by their neighbors. the 2nd attack was in the south or in a korean state, it targeted what appears to be 2 churches. a 5 people killed their, as you mentioned, the mother, a toddler to catholic pastors and a local villager as well. so very much the bronze of, of these attacks being felt by civilians on the ground. but i think it also illustrates the fact that mia must match it, although it's stalled on the ground, has unparalleled control. mia complete mastery and as we understand it,

mia mars military out shopping at the moment, amongst their allies countries like china, russia, and a we understand yugoslavia as well. what ever resources they can get their hands up doesn't need to be fast, but as long as they can get in the air and drop problems, that's what they're looking for because the only challenge they face a small arms fire on the ground. all right, thanks. so much, oh, hang on time before we go, one thing did catch our attention, my attention, the un secretary general. now he's been talking a warning about a breakdown in the rule of law in may and me off. why this warning now? no trouble seen going on for a while. what's the, the situation, how badly is it deteriorated to, to, from this sort of talk? well, this is the interesting thing. while the military has complete control in the air, that's because on the ground, they do not. they faced unparalleled opposition in the past military governments

have had some support on the ground. apart from the air is close to the boulders. now they don't. now, i think pretty much universally that's being pushed back. they're still strong. and in large cities in garrison's that they control, but elsewhere their soldiers are feeling very much on the threat. there has been a complete breakdown and civilian laura enforcement. and we're also seeing groups where people's defense forces, so called the sprung up since the coo and 2021 ethnic groups that have always been there. or in some cases, just criminal gangs who are operating. we see a huge amount of drugs coming out of ma'am, or as a consequence of the breakdown of law and order. so it really is a problem as we understand that within the country, pretty much people are feeling that they're pretty much on their own. all right, thanks so much. tony chang there. let's take you back to the breaking news story.

i've been following the reported crash of a yet airlines playing that crash in the pool. now we're getting some details about some of the nationalities, at least on board. still no updates, i must point out on what happened to those passengers and crew, but here the nationalities we know about so far. there was one australian, one french, one argentinian national, on board, 5 indians for russian, one irish and to the south koreans. now, as i said, we still don't have any confirmation about what happened to those passengers. what is the others? of course will bring you those details as soon as we get them us president joe biden is declared an emergency in california. storms continue to back to the state. a new weather system brought heavy rain. so and strong winds to the region of the weekend. tens of thousands of people have been forced from their homes and then the 26000000 or under

a flood watch on saturday. at least 900 people have died and extreme weather related incidents in california this month said i hadn't now just 0 hard pill to swallow. an extreme shortage of basic medications in germany, puts pharmacies under pressure, etc. how they're coping and the new mega 1000000 in main. how to dollars change the life of one lucky holder of the last ticket in the us. ah ah, there is rain falling over top of cyprus on sunday. hey there thanks for stopping by. and this disturbance really just spinning its wheels around the eastern mediterranean. the worst of the rain will say over the open waters. it's still going to hit the levant with some rain,

but nothing like we saw in on talia over the last few days. rain is also petering out across ireland in britain. put were dragon in colder era. here you think this is bad? 8 degrees in london. march. what happens on tuesday? 3 degrees? snow chances for the south west of england, wales, northern ireland, and the scottish highlands. k. we'll call this a bit of an appetizer before the main course in terms of rain across the northern spain. that's a forecast on sunday. watch what happens on monday. pouring rain here, wind gusts, exceeding 80 kilometers per hour, and some snow for the parent ease. the snow starved alps, i think we'll get some snow over the course of the weekend, is that precipitation moves west to east and falls the snow in the alpine region. some disturbed weather, further northeast of libya, northwest of egypt. it's going to be a rain and wind combo there, and rain returns to vint hook on sunday we saw some flooding in namibia as capital last months will keep tabs on whether that happens again and still high heat for the northern cape province, up into in 42 degrees on sunday,

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low go watching al jazeera time to recap those headlines now. a passenger playing with 72 people on board is crashed in to pull. it happened near pohardo apple to round 200 kilometers west of the capitol cap. man. do the plane was operated by a domestic carrier yet. yeah. lines 15 foreigners were among those on board. and therefore the official says full t bodies have been recovered so far. that's according to reuters news agency. russian missiles attack targets multiple target stuff is in several of ukrainian cities for the 1st time in 2 weeks. at least 20 people were killed. more energy infrastructure is being hate leaving the blackouts across several regions. ahead of the world health organization as well. come, china, public release of dalso uncovered 19 related deaths, begging says nearly 60000 people have died in hospital since it lifted severe corona virus restrictions another december. so the theme supreme court ruled an 18

year old agreement with china and vietnam to search for oil in the south. china sea is unconstitutional. analysts say this could be a major obstacle to plans. vice president fed non michael junior to revive talks for joint oil exploration with china falling below. as more from the no it was a success philippine government official said when president for dina and marcus junior returned home from a state visit, engaging earlier this month with billions of dollars in investment pledges in more than a dozen agreements. marcus and president, she did being also agreed to restart discussions on a possible joint oil venture in the south china sea mow, the friendship, one on tuesday. the supreme court delivered a surprised word. it declared an oil exploration agreement with china and vietnam, dating back nearly 2 decades,

unconstitutional your ownership. teddy casino is one of the former congressman who filed the case in 20 o 8. the constitution was very clear it's, it's basically very categorical that exploitation of natural resources or research for filipinos and filipino corporations being views almost the entire south china sea, 3000000 square kilometer area as its territory. the $25.00 agreement covers less than 5 percent of that, but includes waters, manila considers its own a claim reenforced by an international ruling. in 2016 oil exploration in the south . china sea has been on and off the government's agenda for years, while the 25 agreement languished in court. the 2 countries signed another deal in 2018, only for it to be terminated 4 years later. so the big question now isn't if marcus can succeed, but whether such an undertaking with china is possible at all. and in the said,

the ball is in china's court later, whenever the philippines cox to china, it always ends up with bay jane. telling manila, what is ours is ours. what is yours? we fair. it's difficult to come up with a workable agreement. if the premise of the discussion is in that framing leave on china, what president marcus believes searching for oil in the south. china sea is crucial and i think there might be a greater mcneese around it that will let in thing a government, the government partnership. we have to find out why it may not be a necessity, china, but it is for us. with reserves of the countries only offshore gas plant shrinking in an economy that relies on oil imports. the portions of the south china sea to the philippines, future energy sources, is something on which everyone can agree. barnum below al jazeera manila to new here. so let's go off position as lead rallies, demanding the president stepped down over was sitting economic crisis. they say

a power grab by present, say it has reversed political freedoms, gained more than a decade ago. president sided fax, his government, and suspended parliament in july. the 20th july 2021. that is, his opponents accused him of staging, a qu, science, and he acted legally to rescue his country. and we've been awarded himself power to rule by decree. 2 months later, and march last year, members of parliament tried to reverse his decisions, signed responded by dissolving parliament. then in june, a fire dozens of judges. the rest of the just judiciary went on strike. a month later, a new constitution that strengthened the presidency and weakened parliament was passed in a referendum turn out was low and many physical parties boycotted the vote. and the december parliamentary elections boycotted by the opposition. so a record low turn out of 11 percent versus laura con has more on the protests.

ah, protesters like how be bogey the avenue and the heart of tuna they want present a fleet out of power. the street had long been states for political change. 12 years ago, protest grew here, spread across the country, and with him, weeks toppled long time president. vinny albertine benner lee. oh, no opposition. groups that have long been rivals have unified and they include the national salvation from coalition and the free constitution party. on their anniversary of the revolution, they are more united than ever before. and that a lot of progress has been made in this particular point. and the way out is quite simple or is it is actually a dialogue, a national dialogue between stakeholders in this country and national are at we're

presented to us a bit different. if i move many thaws and attempt to placate the protesters, the president attended to rally on friday. one man shouted to him, they're hungry. the country isn't an economic crisis. inflation is thawing. jobs the skiff, and $1900000000.00 bailout from the intestinal monkey fund is being discussed. but with many concerned the country is becoming more authoritarian. the united states may block it last month, parliamentary election, thought 11 percent vote of cost ballot. it was meant to reshape the legislature to solve for the president of the thief, executive powers in july 2021. ah, but now k. i said it's under pressure from growing opposition groups and anger on the streets, nor hon. i'll to theorem tens of thousands of people and television demonstrated

against the new israeli government plan to overhaul of the judicial system. prime minister benjamin netanyahu, the far right administration unveiled sweeping changes, protest this se dale weakened the power of the supreme cold and threatened democracy. and the independence of the judiciary demonstrations were also held in haifa and outside the president's residence in west jerusalem. for months, basic medicine has been becoming harder to get hold of across europe. the european medicines agency says there's a shortfall of 13 key drugs needed to treat a range of conditions including coded symptoms and even some forms of cancer. bullying before to dominate kane has been finding out what's causing the lack of supply in the laboratory as the dell pitch pharmacy in paris. medicines are being prepared. in this case, it's the common antibiotic amoxicillin. the owner here says,

since people stopped wearing masks, they are catching more infections again. so the demand for simple medication is higher and the major pharmaceutical companies cannot keep up. the shortage of medicine applies across europe. at this berlin pharmacy staff are increasingly having to find alternative drugs to those doctors are prescribed in order to help their patients an aluminum there for me at so basically we have a lot more work to do to supply the population with medicine. so far we have still somehow found a solution for people, but we often have to improvise. so sometimes we release another active ingredient more strongly than was prescribed and being had to adjust the dosage. wanted even simple treatments to treat coughs. and colds are harder to come. bye. m. i, i would have preferred a cough syrup, but the pharmacist offered it to me in tablet or that's okay. the most important thing is it helps the same active ingredient is in it. same such side of the

problem is not just affecting simple painkillers and antibiotics across the continent. the european medicines agency says currently 13 key drugs are in short supply to offer fighting off prices and help combat the symptoms of coven, another 2. but to help patients who had a heart attack or stroke among the remainder or drugs to fight leukemia, diabetes. and to prevent the rejection of transplants. one of germany's leading oncologists told me why he believes this is happening. a major problem is that most production sites are not close to us, so they're not and you have anymore, but they're like an india and china was a ship or 2. it makes a very complex supply chain, not only and providing the basic product puzzles to getting your, to get it. this was in your, as i said, you come commission has decided to give incentives for production site in you

of but that takes decades right now. some say the e, you needs to consider building up a stock of 3 to 4 months supply of most needed medications. so that shortages can be avoided back at the pharmacy and listen back to patients are still getting the treatments they need. but it's clear that stuff here and across europe are having to improvise solutions for their customers. dominant cane al jazeera berlin. now an ex nato general, and a billionaire, former prime minister, leading after the 1st round of the check republics, presidential election, former premier under bobbie sch and retired general pet pavel. each took around 35 percent of the vote. will face off at the end of the month, the window will replace the last them on. president, presidents in the czech republic do not hold executive powers, but appoint prime ministers and judges, and have a say in foreign affairs. pro is declared

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