collapsed sending water and down a valley at least 14 people have died and run 170 are still missing elizabeth purana has more on the rescue effort from where she cashed in a sort of calm and. rescue personnel have just begun working on a tunnel near the top of one and they had to stop work on sunday night because of a rise in this is a 900 meter long tunnel that around 30 workers are believed to be trapped and. were only able to dig about 150 meters of the tunnel before stopping work on sunday night just restarted the work again because of the rise in the water level people along the river bank and. district who remain have once again pushed on. the police and have used water cannons on protesters after thousands returned to the streets for a 3rd demonstrations one week after the military seized power for days a growing civil disobedience including strikes. u.s. president joe biden says he won't lift economic sanctions against iran until it complies with terms as agreed to under the 2015 g. c.p.o. a nuclear deal but iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali family is maintaining to iran would only return

missing the water swept away 2 hydroelectric power plants and forced evacuation of villages elizabeth purana reports from cash in the state of iraq and. a wall of water dust and rock rules down the ganga river in northern india the bridges and dams in its path damaged or destroyed. a portion of the number they've said to have broken off said. the tarn surging down the mountain and through now a valleys but. people living on the several neighborhood tributaries will want to move to safety immediately what is it to give them one that i've never seen anything like what i saw at the rashid power plant about 50 to 100 people were running for their lives they could not be saved and they were engulfed by the river . rescue teams and the military quickly arrived at the area where dozens of people working on major hydro power projects like the one vishnu got plant which was under construction. scramble to reach at least one block tunnel people were trapped inside. here at least some good news but several workers pulled from the rubble. in that in the movies it's in these difficult times the modi gove

of a truck and stayed back to asians are underway on the army has been deployed to help from elizabeth purana who is on the phone from new delhi this glacier growth in the state of. morley district has triggered the added 9 under massive flooding along the. actuation of thousands of people from surrounding areas damaged homes and nearby. power plant a local official told that 100 to 150 people may have been killed in the flash flood border patrol officials were told and they fear they will be casualties because some water bodies flooded and destroyed many islands on the riverbank and looking through pictures that flood a torrent of water and the green movement through the. internet access has been partially restored in me and maher according to the monitor net blocks is growing defiance there nearly a week after the democratically elected government was ousted by the military thousands of people are protesting despite the risk of arrest astra zeneca is working to adapt its coded 19 vaccine against a variant 1st identified in south africa a new study shows its efficacy could be significantly r

dead including people who were working at super power plants when flash floods hit both sites elizabeth purana has more from russia cash in the foothills of the himalayas. for rescue workers said they are going to be working throughout the night at the moment they say that there are 30 people believed to be trapped in a tunnel and that rescue operations are proving difficult because they believe a lot of people are trapped on. a lot of debris now local media are reporting that at least 8 bodies have been recovered so far but the state's leaders said around $125.00 people are missing we know that hundreds of homes have been washed away tens of thousands of people have risked violence under arrest to protest to me and maher these have been the largest demonstrations yet against last monday's military coup holes of opened in ecuador's presidential election voters will choose between 16 presidential candidates as well as elect $137.00 lawmakers to fill the national assembly countries suffering a severe economic and political crisis. african leaders have wrapped up their virtual african union summi

now in the area to help with the rescue effort with fears of people trapped inside a tunnel elizabeth purana reports to us now from.

trigger another deluge least 36 people have died but more than 170 people are still missing elizabeth purana sent us this update from the site. rescue workers continuing at the top of one tunnel good digging machines being used to remove the sludge that filled the tunnel when it flooded on sunday i spoke to the engineer who built the tunnel and he said that rescuers trying to reach the right places but they're not making enough progress but the sludge is one of the most difficult substances to deal with it's not liquid that you can drain and it's not solid enough to remove quickly rescuers also haven't been able to reach the last known location of the men the silt filtration tunnel that's about 30 meters below the entrance they said they were only able to drill about halfway before they hit unstable rocks and couldn't go any further meanwhile the family members of the men inside the tunnel are still here they've told us they've lost all hope and just want the bodies of their loved ones bodies of people swept away in the flood have been found more than a 100 kilometers downstream from where t

the country they say the government is using repressive measures to clamp down on the protests elizabeth purana reports from. police used to cad on these protesters in the southern city of put them on saturday for their courage sorry they were among thousands of people around the country who heated fama schools to join their movement was. many stopped traffic by sitting on roads and told collection centers in the states of. punjab and ted and donna they said they wanted to show their solidarity with those who've been blocking the highways around delhi for more than 2 months. there are at least 80 places employed job where farmers groups are protesting and blocking roads against the government and the farm laws to force them to roll them back there is a blockade here at the golden gate to. $50000.00 police and paramilitary personnel have been deployed in and around the capital new delhi police say they're taking extra precautions since the outbreaks of violence between police had protesters on india's republic day january 26th since republic day police have erected many rows of barricades outsid

and debra down a valley at least 14 people are known to have died under around 170 are missing elizabeth purana has more on the rescue effort from ritchie cash in iraq and rescue personnel have just begun working on a tunnel near the top of one and they had to stop all work on sunday night because of a rise in water level this is a 900 meter long tunnel that around 30 workers are believed to be trapped and they . were only able to dig about 150 meters of the tunnel before stopping work on sunday night just restarted the work again because of the rise in the water level people along the river bank into more of the district who remain have once again pushed on. thousands of empty coup demonstrators in myanmar have returned to the streets for a 3rd day of protest a week after the military seized power and follows days of growing civil disobedience including strikes rights groups say dozens of people have been detained. u.s. president joe biden says he won't live to economic sanctions against iran until it complies with terms agreed on the 2050 nuclear deal but iran's supreme leader the ayatollah a

government's crackdown and will continue their protests until the agricultural laws have repealed elizabeth purana al-jazeera the pool with her pradesh. odds are journalist margaret is saying has been released after more than 4 years in prison in egypt he was arrested in 2016 while visiting relatives in egypt who was never formally charged with a crime or put on trial or a go process report. home at last and the joyful welcome for mahmoud hussein after 2 years in prison. multiple organizations campaigned for his release and say could open the door for other journalists wrongly held in egypt but news release can be a step forward. loosening up the repression in egypt there are dozens more journalists in egypt in jail there has been a mass crackdown closing of. sharon. i think it really didn't help but we hope it will be a stepping stone. mahmoud was detained in december 26th seen after traveling him to cairo from his base and to her he was accused of incitement broadcasting false news and receiving foreign funds to defame state institutions allegations he and al jazeera have repeatedly rejected al-

debris down the mountain valley at least 58 people were killed beds and close to 150 missing elizabeth purana reports from states. the himalayas the highest mountain range in the world renowned for its majestic cliffs and breathtaking beauty but it's now under threat more than ever before from warming temperatures and development projects scientists say february's flash flood was caused by an ice sheet for an offer placed here on india's 2nd highest peak the number they ve mounted. dozens of bodies have been recovered in an estimated 150 people are still missing. environmental activists say the force against the building of hydroelectric power plants of the number they've been national park for decades if not sensitive we're being told that our troops to the area will hurt its flora and fauna but those rules don't apply when they use explosives which shake the entire valley today we're witnessing the results of their projects which have led to hundreds of deaths. and it's not just dams and power plants which environmentalist say opposing the threat to the region and 2016 promised in the day t

dead including people who were working at super power plants when flash floods hit both sites elizabeth purana has more from rissa cash in the foothills of the himalayas. for rescue workers said they are going to be working throughout the night at the moment they say that there are 30 people believed to be trapped in a tunnel and that.

been protesting for months now against government reforms of the agricultural sector well as a elizabeth purana has moved from new delhi. robbery broke down in court she said she just wants to support the protesting farmers that she edited 2 lines of this document nonetheless she is in police custody for 5 days until her next hearing police have also taken action the issue warrants for the arrests of 2 other climate activists including a lawyer by the name off mic at the jacob they say that she was also working on behalf of the sikhs a separatist group to organize what they call the tweet storm on twitter head of protests on india's republic day on january 26th when they walk where violent clashes between some protesting farmers and the police there has been a lot of condemnation of this police action against the show ravi by many people here including noise opposition politicians delhi's chief minister that's the leader of the region has said that the rest of the 21 year old arrest of 21 year old the show ravi is an unprecedented attack on democracy that supporting our farmers is not a crime a

they'll work through the night to find people believed to be trapped in tunnels and under debris elizabeth purana al-jazeera rishikesh with that outcome. or other top story this hour the opposition to the coup in manama is growing stronger tens of thousands of protesters of ford back out onto the streets right around the country for a 2nd day of protest against the military takeover shots were heard in the southeastern town of male y. d. where police charged the group of demonstrators some of whom appeared to have been injured but internet services have now been restored after being blocked on saturday without further protest as the pope has been speaking out he expressed his solidarity with the people of myanmar using his relational sunday address to voice his concern over the coup for its newly reports now from kuala lumpur. for a 2nd successive day people in myanmar have taken to the streets to protest against the military takeover marching through downtown yangon they held up a free thinker salute a symbol of defiance against authoritarian rule. even people who weren't part of the demonstrati

so this report is from elizabeth purana. rescue is say that time is the most crucial factor here that the stir 72 hours are the most important after such a disaster and it has been nearly 72 hours since the flood hit rescuers continue to work throughout the night there are hundreds here they are clearing the sludge from the tunnel what they're trying to do is get to 180 meters inside the tunnel because they say that if the members still alive the best chance of finding them is in pockets of air that are 180 meters from the entrance where they were able to reach 110 meters yesterday but this morning it's only 120 meters the biggest challenge remains the amount of sludge that keeps pulling and from the inside because it has been so long since the flood had rescuers say that a really big concern of the men are alive is that they'll be suffering from severe hypothermia with temperatures drop into below 0 degrees at night alex halves of the people inside the tunnel making their way as they have over the last few days to watch the

they'll work through the night to find people believed to be trapped in tunnels and under debris elizabeth purana al-jazeera rishikesh with the dhaka. well it's a week since the military launched its cohen man marm protests against it continue to grow tens of thousands of protesters poured back out onto the streets around the country earlier for a 2nd day of protest against the takeover shots were heard in the southeastern town of male y d where police charged at a group of demonstrators some of whom the pay to have been injured but internet services have now been restored after being blocked on saturday further angry protesters and the pope has been speaking out expressing his solidarity with the people of myanmar using his traditional sunday address to voice his concern over the coup fronts louis reports now from kuala lumpur. for a 2nd successive day people in myanmar have taken to the streets to protest against the military takeover marching through downtown yangon they held up the finger salute a symbol of defiance against authoritarian rule. even people who weren't part of the demonstration

the floods at this stage at least 35 people have died but around 200 are still missing here is elizabeth purana reporting from the top of. the rescue operation to find the 35 men who were in the tunnel when a flooded is facing get another challenge in the middle of the night drilling teams began drilling into an area that they hadn't looked into before the silt filtration tunnel that's 12 to 30 meters below the entrance behind us the police say that they were only able to truly hof way down before they machine stopped working meanwhile all of the agencies involved in the rescue efforts that the police the army navy disaster response the indo tibetan border police they continue on with their operation to remove large amounts of sludge from inside the tunnel this still hoping to get to about 180 meters from the entrance where they believe there are pockets of air and that is a possibility of where they could find the missing men meanwhile relatives off the 35 men are here and they are growing increasingly frustrated. under hardly so dark i have no heard from the administration or come with the ho

missing rescue has spent days raising enough to bury just about teams to enter the tunnel from elizabeth purana mess up the site of the tunnel collapse. it is day 3 sons the flood head and rescue workers are continuing their search for the men who were in this tunnel when it flooded on sunday they are removing large amounts of sludge and they're trying to reach 180 meters from the entrance because they believe that if the men are alive the best chance of finding them remains pockets of air which are 180 meters from here they were able to dig up to about 110 meters yesterday but by this morning it was only 120 meters rescue teams say that large amounts of sludge keep pouring in as they clear more and they also say that if the men are alive they will 'd be suffering from severe hypothermia given it's been a 3 days since the flood hit meanwhile relatives of the men are continuing to come here to watch the rescue efforts and there's been a small protest by frustrated residents who say that the rescue efforts aren't moving fast enough there is going to be a meeting with all of the agencies involved

lot of villages and as we say 2 big hydroelectric project are in the path of all of that water elizabeth purana is our correspondent in new delhi she's on the line just now what more are you hearing this hour live hello come on so what we're hearing is that there's glacial burst in the scope of that arc and only this trick has triggered 9 a massive flooding along the i like number and the league of those. versions the evacuation of thousands of people from surrounding areas damaged homes and the nearby this uganda power plant a local official has told indian media that 100 to 150 people may have been killed in the flash flood border patrol officials were told and the leader that they fear they will be casualties because some will have body flooded and destroyed many homes on the riverbank and we can see pictures of that flood tall and and agree moving through the only ganga river with an icon of disaster on ports have said that more than a 150 label working at that she's on the project which was touched by the floods a missing representative of the power project disaster response that they're n

collapsed into a river at least $36.00 people have died and around $200.00 are still missing here is elizabeth purana at the site of that tunnel with an update. the rescue work is continuing at the top of entente obod digging machines being used to remove the sludge that filled the tunnel when it flooded on sunday i spoke to the engineer who built the tunnel and he said that rescuers are trying to reach the right places but they're not making enough progress but the sludge is one of the most difficult substances to deal with it's not a liquid that you can drain and it's not solid enough to remove quickly rescuers also haven't been able to reach the last known location of the men the silt filtration tunnel that's about 30 meters below this entrance they said they were only able to drill about halfway before they hit on stable rocks and couldn't go any further meanwhile the family members of the men and by the tunnel are still. here they've told us they've lost all hope and just want the bodies of their loved ones bodies of people swept away in the flood have been found more than a 100 kilometers downs

are collapsed at least 20 bodies have been recovered while around 200 people remain missing elizabeth purana reports from just your mouth a town in the area where the accident happened. the rescuers are relying on heavy equipment to barge the piles of mud and debris clearing a tunnel where workers have been trapped since a torrent of water and debris swept through on sunday after part of a glazier broke off upstream. working on the crown of the tunnel when we heard screams get out get out we didn't know what was happening we started running to escape when the force of the water gushed in through the mouth of the tunnel. it's thought the workers are stuck in an outlet about 180 meters then. my brother was here he used to work here and now i'm hearing he is trapped inside we have no information about him there were 6 people from our village over here. but they are about 2000 members of the military police and specialist the mountain rescue of involved in the search. while they hoping to find survivors of the tunnel some teams have been out on the river fearing the worst. our team is here searc

$34.00 people have died but around $200.00 are still missing reporting for us from top of on its elizabeth purana with the search is still going on the latest from eunice. the search in fact had expanded with members from the state from power company the national thermal power corporation of mt p.c. starting to look in a part of the tunnel that they had and for the possible days in the middle of the night they started drilling into a silt filtration tunnel that's about 30 meters below the entrance where we are but we've just heard from police and they say that after drilling about halfway through they're not able to go any further because their machine broke down meanwhile all of the agencies involved in the rescue efforts that's the police the army navy disaster response the endo tibet and border police personnel they are continuing with their operation that they have for the past 4 days and that is removing sludge from the tunnel to reach an area that's 180 meters from this entrance where they believe there are pockets of air and the men trapped men could be but i spoke to a senior army officer

rivers in utter con state evacuations are under way and the army has been deployed to help from elizabeth purana on the line from new delhi. around 20 workers stranded in a tunnel near the day when the rescue operation is underway there local officials have told indian media that 100 to 150 people may have been killed in the 1st clash . because some bodies they flooded and destroyed many harmes on the riverbank to keep the bridge the ahead of jewish market area has been washed away by plot and disaster response force has said that 150 laborers working at that issue got a project which was hit by a flood of missing they haven't been able to get a hold of them and authorities are really concerned about the number. who are employed at ongoing graden and road projects and in the area there are headlines internet access partially restored in me in ma where thousands of people are risking arrest to attend protests against the military coup for a 2nd day astra zeneca says it's working to adapt its coded 1000 vaccine against a variant 1st identified in south africa a new study shows its efficacy could b

now in the area to help with the rescue effort with fears of people trapped inside a tunnel elizabeth purana reports to us now from rishikesh in the himalayan foothills. rescue workers said they are going to be working throughout the night at the moment they say that there are 30 people believed to be trapped in a tunnel and that rescue operations are proving difficult because they believe a lot of people are trapped on a a lot of debris now local media of a call to that at least 8 bodies have been recovered so far we know that hundreds of homes have been washed away and as well as the homes that have been destroyed rescue teams have also saying that they're finding bodies really far away from the size of where the worst of the flash floods happened and that's because of how fast the we'll show it was moving again as well as the homes that have been destroyed to power plants hydroelectric power plants have been damaged one of them is on the construction we did see 16 workers being rescued from a tunnel near the top of on dam that's the power plant that was under construction but there are fe

collapse and the water and devery down a valley at least 14 people have died about 170 are missing elizabeth purana has more on the rescue effort from russia cash in what's a recount. rescue personnel have just begun working on a tunnel near the top one they had to stop. on sunday night because of a rise in the ocean level this is a 900 meter long tunnel that around 30 workers are believed to be trapped and. only able to dig about 150 meters of the tunnel before sunday night they've just restarted the work again because of the rise in the water level people along the river bank in gym or the district who remain have once again. police say they believe most of the people who are missing worked on hydro electric power plants one is that dam there are $125.00 workers who are still missing at another one. of the flooding that happened on sunday actually swept away a. that's used to divert. and there are a lot of questions being asked about why hydroelectric power plants are being constructed in such ecologically sensitive areas there are also a team of scientists making their way to the non the. to asc

they'll work through the night to find people believed to be trapped in tunnels and under debris elizabeth purana al-jazeera rishikesh. left this economy as says claiming victory in ecuador's presidential elections but i exit polls from the field of 16 candidates suggest he's likely to face a runoff in april the main contenders are also and a conservative. haiti's president has announced that more than 20 people have been arrested for a failed coup attempt president you have in our moyes has brushed off criticism from the opposition and human rights groups who say his presidency expires on sunday a new case has been detected in eastern democratic republic of congo more than 2 months after the end of the last operation in fact woman from the key region has died last november the country declared itself a bona free south africa has suspended plans to vaccinate frontline health workers with the astra zeneca coronavirus jaf follows a trial showing it might be less effective in countering the new variant that's caused the country's recent covert nineteen's. a police officer has been detained in chile

himalayan glaciers collapsed 18 bodies have been recovered while around 200 people remain missing elizabeth purana reports from. the rescuers are relying on heavy equipment to barge the piles of mud and debris declaring a tunnel workers have been trapped since a torrent of water and debris swept through on sunday after part of a glacier broke off upstream. working on the crown of the tunnel when we heard screams get out get out we didn't know what was happening we started running to escape when the force of the water gushed in through the mouth of the tunnel. it's thought the workers are stuck in an outlet about 180 meters then. my brother was here he used to work here and now i'm hearing he is trapped inside we have no information about him there were 6 people from our village over here. about 2000 members of the military police and specialist in mountain rescue of involved in the search. while they hoping to find survivors of the tunnel some teams have been out on the river fearing the worst. so our team is here searching for bodies if we see anyone near the banks or in the river our work is to

laws the government is cracking down on farm leaders and journalists to break up the rallies elizabeth purana reports from new delhi. they came to march through central new delhi but were blocked and pushed back by hundreds of police offices. despite being forced to stay on one road people taking part in the so-called citizens' march so they wouldn't be deterred from showing their solidarity with protesting foreigners on the outskirts of the capital the government of the farm was demolished the fact. that your fire. was the last time the streets and now you. are me outside the sites. the number of security forces that protest has increased since violence broke out between some protesters and police on republic day last week police have erected rows of barriers around the sides using concrete and steel barricades bob wire and stone. and atrocity and internet services have and to mission. and police have also taken action against journalists. monday pone i was detained after he reported on a large group of people who were throwing stones at protesters in the area of said his wife has accused th

in the winter but climate change and growth of disrupting the nesting areas our correspondent elizabeth purana has the story. it is a welcome sight and sound everyone to hundreds of thousands of migratory birds filled the skies of indeed administered kashmir among them geese he quits docks and coal mines all traveling thousands of kilometers from east to shift. and turkey to feed here botch the himalayan wetlands of the coming less welcome and. that report just a little bit earlier will go back to if we can for fortune looking at right now is the u.s. secretary of state mr blinken warming up before we hear from jill biden and the u.s. president's major foreign policy announcements coming we understand from mr biden we've been trailing it here on al-jazeera we have heard as well from kabul harris the new u.s. vice president it is our top story of course here on the news mr biden what we know he's going to say about american involvement in the continuing conflict in yemen we're also expecting him to talk about relations between washington and russia let's have a listen in to see what mr blinken

the country they say the government is using repressive measures to clamp down on the protests elizabeth purana reports from ghazi poor. police used these protesters in the southern city of put him on saturday. their courage for a favor among thousands of people around the country who heated fama schools to join their movement was. many stopped traffic by sitting on roads and toll collection centers in the states of. honey ana punjab and ted and donna they said they wanted to show their solidarity with those who've been blocking the highways around delhi for more than 2 months. there are at least 80 places employed job where farmers groups are protesting and blocking roads against the government and the farm laws to force them to roll them back there is a blockade here at the golden gate to. $50000.00 police and paramilitary personnel have been deployed in and around the capital new delhi police say they're taking extra precautions since the outbreaks of violence between police had protests on india's republic day january 26th sense republic day police have erected many rows of barricades outsi

and debris down a mountain valley at least 58 people were killed and run 150 are still missing elizabeth purana reports her constant. the himalayas the highest mountain range of the world renowned for its majestic cliffs and breathtaking beauty but it's now under threat more than ever before from warming temperatures and development projects scientists say february's flash flood was caused by an ice sheet for an offer placed here on india's 2nd highest peak the number they ve mounted. dozens of bodies have been recovered in an estimated 150 people are still missing. environmental activists said the force against the building of hydroelectric power plants of the number of a v. national park for decades if not sensitive we're being told that our trips to the area will hurt its flora and fauna but those rules don't apply when they use explosives which shake the entire valley today we're witnessing the results of their projects which have led to hundreds of deaths. and it's not just dams and power plants which environmentalist say opposing the threat to the region and 2016 promised in the day that

we'll get more from allie felony angle on katrina you is in beijing with the reaction from china elizabeth purana is in new delhi and time very challenged really is in bangladesh home to hundreds of thousands of manned mars rohingya refugees but 1st scott heiler explains how the coup unfolded myanmar was supposed to mark an exercise in democracy on monday but instead the military rounded up the nation's democratically elected leadership including on song suchi it then announced a coup on military run t.v. . the name of the state of emergency is in effect nationwide and the generation of the state of emergency is set to one year military chief men playing now rules the country monday was to be the 1st session of a new parliament after on song party the national league for democracy a landslide victory in november. recently the army made accusations of election fraud and tension between the civilian government and the military increased last week when a general refused to rule out the possibility of a coup but everybody there like this member of parliament and all the leaders and military critics w