no, i'm fully vacaville. you're watching al jazeera life from door ha. also coming up. hundreds more black africans are being repatriated from denisia, after enjoying racist attacks, indiscriminate arrests and force expulsion. the search continues for a sunken fuel tanker in the philippines as crews struggle to contain a major oil spill, which is threatening protected marine air plus ah, we report from a tattoo festival in china. that's invoking the spirit animal of some people. ah m. thank you for joining us. the cholera. our break in northwest syria is getting worse. following last month's earthquakes. at least 3 people have died. health facilities, water sources and sanitation weigh extensively damaged by the quakes. and many more are concerned that authorities in the rebel controlled areas won't be able to cope . meanwhile, millions of people in neighboring turkey are also living in makeshift camps after their homes were flattened by the earthquakes. health workers say they need urgent support to help survivors deal with trauma and mental illness. while al jazeera hush am i, herbert, is that a cam for the space people in gaussian tab, turkey. but we go 1st to it live in northwest syria and speak to a journalist nor carwash, nor eye surgeon cholera cases in northwest syria. what more can you tell us about the outbreak in it lib? yes, fully. well, despite the continuous more need from the civil defense teams and you've got to the wide spread of color and the areas of the northwestern syria, we'll still see thousands of families lost their houses due to the devastating lakes forced to live in a temporary shelter centers installed and now the spread of colorado is making the humanitarian response for the n g o that the matcher even more complicated. they themselves are still recovering from the damages of the previous week. the death. so now on our stands out 3 best after the testing a week. and the number of cases as increased to reach more than 570 suspected cases. and these numbers, according to officials, are likely to increase in the upcoming days. and the main reason for the watch spread of the, of the, of this disease. as a result of the severe destruction that was called the, to the infrastructure of the area as the entire area of syria lack, proper sewage systems, even before the devastating wing, according to the response coordination, go to 63 percent of the sewage systems in the refugee camps are not proper and 43 percent of them lack access to clean water. newer what resources are in place if any to handle this outbreak. well, the hospitals are trying their best to meet the increasing needs of both the effective cases of the quarter and the injuries from the devastating rig. however, they themselves were severely affected by the disaster as more than 50 health facilities were either destroyed or and now are out of service, which added more pressure on the remaining ones and even the remaining ones, they them self suffer from lack of enough stamps and resources to deal with both get downstream is and they have been appealing for an international aid even since the disaster began, as they didn't see any long term solution or a coming from international committee or the you. and they are demanding that demanding the diesel core to the health facilities in b and b. i know the areas of the syria must not stop and also asking for fordable hospitals and the installment of medical points in the shelter centers across northwest through syria. now our car wash, thank you for the update from it. no commotion, i fair in italy, in northwest interior, less crossover not to southwest and can take here and gas the on tap hash and i had barrow is there for us. what are the health conditions? caching in the area is affected by the lakes in take you follow when you travel across the area that were affected by the earthquakes. basically talking about at german bellagio as archer, nor does he got a man much hard time. you'd get a sense of the magnitude of the devastation and the number of people who are affected. we're talking about over 2000000 people displaced during the earthquakes, and this is creating a huge problem. for example, i stand now near this a makeshift camp that was established in ga seattle and you get many, many of those camps in different parts of the country. the authorities are under mounting pressure to deliver assistance to the people in those areas, particularly when it comes to the hygiene kids. medical supplies that i'm low while pharmacies deploy to those areas. but the government is thinking about phase 2, which is basically establishing containers shelters throughout all those areas before people are moving to permanent places when the reconstruction comes to an end. in the meantime, this is why we have it. this is the biggest problem now, as far as engineers are concerned and help workers while operating in those areas, you have water shortage and you have contaminated water in urban areas, particularly garner man malice, and hattie, this is why they have been asking people not to use tap water until bit light, basically exclusively just on bottled water. but for the emergency agency, particularly are far to deliver bottled water to those hundreds of thousands of people is going to be a mammoth task. and this explains why they are pretty much concerned about the outward of disease as canada, in particular, particularly among the vulnerable, the elderly and the, the children. and they say that we have to be monitoring the situation and to have to wait because this is going to be a protracted recovery plan which is take, which is going to take many, many months ahead. and in the meantime, the how to continue to were to, to watch the situation as is further evolves. thank you. thank you very much for that hash m, i had bad life. i st. guardian tab take here. ah . in other words, the head of the you and nuclear watchdog says iran should be transparent about its nuclear program. raphael go see made the come in during a visit to tehran. he's been holding talks with the radian government. the visit comes days after i. e, a. inspectors found an iranian nuclear side had in which she rainy him to near weapons grade level to iran says it's nuclear program is for peaceful purposes and not for developing nuclear weapons. we have to have a vague deep and serious systematic dialogue with iran. and this is why i am here, it's been too long. there have been a number of issues throughout the year, and i'm very glad that long last i have been able to return. i think it's going to be more than satisfactory and important visit al jazeera dos. such a barry has more from tehran, all sides saying publicly that they want to cooperate, that it's important for them to continue to have this dialogue. refilled grossi the director general of the nuclear watchdog. are you and nuclear watchdog arrived in town on friday. it's been almost a year since he's been here. he's been holding meetings with various high ranking officials and he held a press conference with his radian counterpart, mom and mom had a slummy who is the head of her own atomic energy organization and the director general saying that she's in terror. wrong to get assurances from iranian officials that their nuclear program is trans parents. the iranians for their part have said that they are cooperating with the agency. and that these reports of what the inspectors found at 4 joe are being politicized the traces of uranium and richer rhenium. at 83.7 percent, which has been reported by the agencies inspectors back in january. the information was leaked to the public last week and the rain and say that there was a reason that this was done. it's because to put pressure on her on to comply with the agency further than what is mandated for it to do so. so this meeting is certainly very important. his visits, wrightfeld gross, his visits certainly very important at a very critical time between the agency and iran, the the war in ukraine now in the head of russia's wagner mercenary group, says the ukranian fee of back multi is almost completely surrounded by russia and its allied forces russian troops have intensified the shelling of roads to the west, making it harder for ukrainian forces to move in and out. wagner's chief called for the town to be evacuated, to save what he says, but to save ukrainian lives. he says, and soldiers, victory and back mart would give moscow its 1st major when in the concrete, in 6 months. now the man who faced criticism for the lack of any major victory for russia in the past few months as fatal visit to the frontline denise and ukraine. the defense minister said a show go, reportedly inspected a command post samples don't yet sc. meanwhile, german chancellor shoals and the u. s. president joe biden has said they will keep punishing russia for its invasion of ukraine. the 2 leaders met on friday at the white house. they pledged to continue supporting ukraine together. work blocks, chapters 5 critical security assistance ukraine, and everything from what we've done to walk step ammunition, artillery armor tanks, air defense systems. and we've been together throughout this. let me just say this is a very, very important, you know, because of the very dangerous piece that comes from russia. ukraine and it's really important that we acted together organized except that we made a feasible because we can give the necessary support to ukraine during this time. i think it's very important that we get the message that we would continue to do so as long as it takes that long. that's the theory that we are ready for staying with the ukrainians as a, as long as it's necessary. while a year after the invasion of ukraine, russian artists and performers say, there are victims of council culture in the west. several prominent artists have been shunned and performance has been cancelled, or some been driving reports from moscow's bolshoi theatre of 1877 by a darker valet has continued to perform. but it takes hard work and years of training to be able to pull off the performance, which continues to come out. ah, at moscow historic poetry theatre. there's no time to think of the conflict which has dominated the airwaves. but internationally, russian art and artists are increasingly being shunned. ukraine has removed russian port and writer, xander pushkin and others from most public spaces. even scientists in right is the luminous of are no longer allowed to be visible. ukraine wants its allies in the west to boycott russian culture as well. moscow calls it a manifestation of discrimination against russian artists and limiting cultural interaction. in recent weeks, the foreign ministry has summoned the italian and dutch messages for shunning russian performers upsetting the russian artists. but the remain undeterred. fortune is that you made the term deal counseling russian culture. i mean, i feel sorry pity for these people. come with them. i can't even understand who could think of counseling chikavsky. and i think these are shallow, narrow minded politicians who make decisions like that from tolstoy that you called ski art and culture has a special place in russian society. many countries have cancelled or restricted russian performances since the invasion of ukraine. but for those who dedicated their lives to performing arts, they say it's unfair for them to be dragged into politics. russians are also concerned about cultural appropriation. artists ari plenary is now labeled as a ukranian at new york's metropolitan museum of art cleans you died in 1910 in the russian empire, while ukraine, as a state only existed from 1918 critic se russian painter. even i was off ski who died in 1900, has recently been made ukrainian a star conductor. villette, he get a give and prominent pianist, denise smith, who is, are no longer performing at the op scream, carnegie hall for the pro camera views. oh, and the metropolitan not proposed popular soprano, anna, nebraska, from a run of shows last year for quote, not demonstrating she had seen the distance herself from present blood in there, put him in austria, canada, switzerland, and poland, soloists, an orchestra, and her face similar actions. the royal opera house is famous, common garden ban bullshit valleys, london tour distill. it was the respect that you and i have from the age of 10. they start at the academy and continue like that for 3035 years. now think about it every day from morning till evening. your work translates into tremendous physical exertion. the foot western pub is what russians to distance themselves from the government. but artists too, always relied on patronage and support from the state. the stifled but been warring people in power, some of the java down to 0 altro theater. moscow. santa had on al jazeera, how the chinese comedies, spotty pants to lean force its power at its most important on your godaddy. ah. rushed over to warn ukraine has sent shock waves across the globe with what does it mean for its neighbour? georgia decided not to, to ross tolerant, because is very much pro bratia with their country. still, partly under russia, occupation, an influx of russian citizens and an elite with moscow connections. many ga, see the conflict as a barometer for their future. these window for porcine t old punk because of that. and of course ukraine fight our fight as well. george as tough choices on a j 0 is a wave of sentiment around. well, if people actually want accountability from the people who are running their countries, and i think often people's voices are not heard because that's not part of the mainstream news narrative. obviously we cover the big stories and we report from the big events to going on. but we also tell the stories of people who generally don't have a voice. i mean, whatever the child might actually never be afraid to put your hand up and ask a question. and i think that's what she really does. we ask the questions, the people who should be accountable, and also we get people to give their view of what's going on. how do you state control information? how did the narrative informing public opinion? how if this is in to them? listen, we flaming the story, the lithium post. dissect the media. we don't cover the news. we cover the way the news is cover. lou ah, ah, you're watching al jazeera, my from doha reminder of our top stories. a cholera outbreak that followed earthquakes in northwest syria last month is getting worse. at least 3 people have died. more african nations are flying their citizens out of tenicia after a government crackdown act of his see many black africans have been attacked since president chi side accused them of changing tenacious demographics. and the head of the un nuclear watchdog says iran should be transparent about its nuclear program. rafael gross, he made the comment during a visit to tehran. his trip comes days after the i. e. a. and it's and tractors found any rainy and nuclear side had in which you rate him to near weapons grade level to iran says it's nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. now francis president, emmanuel, my call is in the democratic republic of congo on the last leg of his tore of central africa. he was greeted by the president in the capital. kinshasa mccoy is trying to repair free ties and find new ways to maintain french interests in africa, in the face of competition from russia, in china, in south sudan, the president, his sons, to top security ministers, violating the terms of peace deal with opposition, party leader, react my char saw the care fired at the defense minister, who was also mattias wife and the interior minister on state television has given no reason for his decision care. and masha signed a peace agreement in 2018 that ended 5 years of civil war. but the implementation of the deal has been slow, the opposing forces of clash frequently over how to share power. now to china, where the top political advisory body has started, it's on your session in b, jane prison. she's in being attended the opening. the 8 day conference is a platform for political consultation and discussion regarding the handling of state affairs. badging is also gearing up for its most important daniel political gathering on sunday. delegates at the national people's congress are expected to lay out the country's policy for the upcoming year. katrina, you reports m b, j top chinese leaders will gather on sunday for the 1st national people's congress since the start of the pandemic. in recent years, the meeting has been postponed or shortened, but in 2023, a full program is in place and it'll include an or if a whole of communist party leadership under president she didn't ping. lee chung will officially be confirmed as premier taking over lee could chung who's held the role for 10 years. a slew of top economic and political positions will also be filled, including central bank, governor, vice, and state ministers. all by officials reportedly close to see the re shuffle followed the 20th communist party congress in october, where he secured an unprecedented 3rd term as china's supreme leader. who for the 1st time in 10 years that segan paying is going to have his people leading all of the major organs of state power in china. so the outside of that is that we could see more efficient policy implementation of she's priorities. but the downside is that after the 20th party, congress is become pretty clear that stage and paying wants to continue taking china in a more ideologically controlled, more economically statist and more diplomatically assertive direction. there will also be an extensive reorganization of state and party institutions giving see more control of china's financial system. last year's growth rate of 3 percent was the slowest and half a century. a new target for gross domestic product or d. d. p will be announced. economists say a relatively high figure of 6 percent, ne point to more aggressive pro growth policies ahead. the one thing that the government can control is to make that assert stayed sacto a stronger, not necessarily bigger, but certainly more competitive and stronger in order to provide are enough support for growth. this is congress comes as china faces increasing headwinds at home. the government is grappling with an aging population and unemployment crisis abroad. beijing is navigating and increasingly adversarial relationship with united states and sanctions on technology threaten it's access to the global market. oh, it also fuller's widespread protest against seized 3 years. 0 corvette policy analysts are divided over how far they damaged confidence in the president's leadership. what is clear is following this meeting. she didn't things grip on power will be more comprehensive and consolidated than ever before. it is katrina, you al jazeera teaching in the philippines. the navy and coast guards are scrambling to contain a leak from her sunken tanker that's creating a huge oil spell. the princess empress, which had engine trouble sank on to say off the coast of no, john, the slave stretches for a 120 kilometers and his 9 kilometers off shore is threatening protected marine areas. thousands of fishermen in the philippines have been ordered to say ashore. barnaby, no reports from oriental min doris. it's been 5 days since an oil tanker carrying 800000 leaders of industrial fuel oil or on filtered oil. sunk off the island of a min, doro, which is where we are right now, and that has cost and an oil spill. now on friday morning, the philippine coast guard said that there were signs that this oil spill is not as bad as previously thought. an aerial survey showed that the oil spill within the passivity of where the ship had sunk, had shrunk from 6 kilometers in length to 3 kilometers. but by the end of friday, there were more coastal towns that were reporting sightings of oil suspected to come from the oil tanker that is submerged right now. we're talking about an area that is a 100 kilometers away for where the submerged oil tanker is. and is actually away already from the island off, mean doro, closer to the popular tourist island of variety. so there are fears that the oil spill could further drift into brought dye, which is a, you know, a crown jewel for philippine tourism. but the main concern really here is that thousands of people live along these coast lines that have been affected by this oil spill. and we have been talking to fishermen and they've been telling us that they have no other source of livelihood, that this is what they've been accustomed to, their source of food, their source of income. it's all in the sea, and now fishing is bad. swimming is banned and they don't know how long this is going to take. there are a number of challenges that philippine authorities are facing right now. number one are the strong currents as well as strong winds. they're having a hard time installing booms that could contain the oil spill. but the bigger problem here is the location. so the exact location of the sunken oil tanker the can't get to it because it's so deep it's ah, more than the height of the i felt our and not with the reach of technical divers. they would probably need, ah, mechanical equipment, but which the philippines doesn't, doesn't have. so they're asking assistance from their foreign partners. winder, below i'll jazeera or young men dorothy, the philippines. one of thailand's most celebrated tattoo festivals has resumed after covet 19 shut downs. the festival celebrates the memory of a man cool tattooed villages to protect them from attacks by wild animals. and as tony chain discovered some claim that their tattoos have special powers. o, a devotee flaps his arms and shrieks, he stamps, jumps up and down and stutters. like the monkey spirit that he believes has possessed his body. eventually embraced by another disciple firmly but kindly, until he snaps back to reality. others in the crowd outside bung prod, temple show being possessed by more violent beasts, tigers, elephants, oxen, the manifestation of the beasts. their tattoos are supposed to protect them from the charge. ford. as the spirit animals try to escape into a solid wall might seem like an act. oh. 7 to these disciples the possession, very real. i was conscious while i was in a chance, but i couldn't control myself. so i just let it fly through me with an old line. it's faith and i don't care what other people think. the tattoos are like a reminder for my teachers to always do good deeds. we got it. but i mean, i like the i but he founded the temple, became famous for his skill as a tattoo artist who was said those had been marked with his ink would be safe from attack by wild beasts. these days the tiger tattoos are still popular, but the aspirations of those to wear them a slightly different on a lamb. however, we asked a person who has gone to get tattooed about what kind of effect he or she wants. in the old days, people wanted a tattoo that made them invincible. but these days many want a tattoo that will bring them luck and well. oh yeah. back outside the spirits of the beasts are taking control of the way. can my the present time split? does it genuinely believe? yes, by that. ah. then the whole crowd seems to serge ford. with oh wow. eventually orders restored and the abbot leads the crowd and prayer. monk spray the disciples with holy water rejuvenate the powers of their ink. and keep the spirits that have possessed them at bay, at least for another 12 months. tony cheng elder sir, no competence, central thailand. and that is in use for now on al jazeera and fully back to those so raman will have more nice. were you right after inside story series? ah hello, it's slightly dry. enquire to cross batch of china, the korean peninsula and in de, pushing across into where japan at the moment. nice big area of high pressure keeping it settled, some warmth as well. spring warmth. they're getting into the mid teens, therefore, beijing for soul. and also for turk tokyo, we will see some wet weather just creeping into that eastern side of hun shoe. as we go on through sunday, pushing little further northwood says we're going to work monday, but essentially it's a fine pitch was a dry pitch with plenty of sunshine. is that warmth in shanghai at around 20 celsius, getting up to a pleasant $23.00. in hong kong, now we have got large, dry weather to across much of south asia, chance of one or 2 showers there. into that eastern side, austria lanka may be the final to pakistan just around the foothills of the himalayas. just noticed one or 2 thunderstorms. they're still cropping up across central and western parts of india as we go on through the next couple of days. nothing too much to speak of, but always a chance to sing a little bit of wet weather as we go on through the next few days and still very much on the warm science is still a good deal of sunshine around. we will see yoga till a warm weather across a good part of the arabian peninsula. as we go on through the next couple days. warming up here in doha with high a 29 on sunday. ah. bought the law, will the law win? with neither side, willing to negotiate is the ukraine war becoming a forever war is america's global leadership, increasingly fragile. what will u. s. politics look like as we had to the presidential election of 2024. the quizzical look us politics, the bottom line. what we do at al serra is try to balance this story and he's the people who allow us into their lives, dignity, and humanity. israel in crisis, a wave of killings in israeli military rage attacks on palestinians by jewish settlers. and continuing protests against proposed changes to the judicial.