nation's worst aviation disaster in decades. ah. hello, i'm a jim, jim. this is al. does your alive from durham also coming up, rescue officials in ukraine or racing against time to find survivors a day after an apartment block and any pro came under russian fire, a bomb ribs through a church in the eastern democratic republic of congo, killing worshippers. the government blames an armed group and i'm katrina you live at babies railway station when millions are traveling home. do you for the 1st time since 2020 without covered 19 travel restrictions. ah. at least 68 people have been killed in the pals. worst plane crash in 3 decades. it happened about 200 kilometers west of the capitol cap man. do. the crash side is between 4 car is new international airport that only opened 2 weeks ago. and it's old one. a domestic flight of yeti airlines went down in a forest along a river from ya to limbo reports from cat man to the plane was flying low and to to land. when it came down in the tourist town of poker. martin, i'm with you. this is the plane made a loud noise. we turned around and saw a bamboo tree fall down. i told my friend that the plane was falling to the ground . then we heard a blast. play rescue book has raced to the scene, finding parts of the wreckage on fire, local people joined officials to search for bodies and survivors. but now got la esco, the incident was very tragic. the full force of the maple army and the police have been deployed for rescuer creations as any guy of his angelina that michelin security agencies have to accept this challenge. it difficult is a word that is not an al vocabulary. we are actively working to retrieve and identify the bodies as soon as possible and hand them over to the family. so in that she, the yeti airlines flight from gutman do was fullest passengers. 15 of them were foreign nationals. footage posted on social media shows the flight 5 lonely between pro atheist appears to make a sharp turn before coming down by standards captured footage of flames rising from the wreckage. it could be that the air cross go. i mean, that's an aerodynamic stole. when the speed is too low and one of the wings stops flying in siri. com that should never happen. or if they had a sudden engine fire off to say off, they should have been able to continue all the remaining engine. poor maintenance and deluxe standards have led to several fatal accidents in napoleon recent years. here in nepal, flying can be challenging as it has some of the worlds most remote runways, surrounded by mountains and difficult terrain. it can be challenging for pilots to land in the yeti airlines. a craft was reportedly 15 years old and equipped with an older transponder with unreliable data and investigation into the cause is underway regularly. bu i g 0 guzman, do there have been dozens of plane crashes in the pol over the years. last may, an accident in the mountainous mustang district killed 22 people. in march, 2018 and aircraft landing and cap man do came off the runway and crashed. $49.00 people on board died and 19 passengers on the site. seeing flight around mount everest lost their lives in 2011. a 167 people were killed when their plane had a mountain range near katmai do. in september 1992 only months earlier, a tire weighs 5 also crashed into a mountain near the capital. 99 passengers and 14 crew members died. sean math, it is an evasion analyst. he says nepal has a long history of poor air safety record. they actually recently and only had 5 across now they've only got full and so they're not a very big line. but in general terms, a nepali airlines are not thought of globally as being particularly safe. in fact, no airline from nepal is allowed to fly into the european union because of their safety record. and it does appear though that the aircraft stalled. and that's the ation term for when you lose lift from the wings. and usually you lose one wing before the other, which is what seems to have happened here. the aircraft was pointing upwards, and then one wing the left wing drops and then spirals into the ground, which suggests that the left wing had indeed stalled but to say. and the asian term for running out of lift when it's not got enough airflow over the wing surface, basic part of training for all pilots to be able to cope with stalls and to recover from them. and particularly not to get into a stalled condition in the 1st place. so we don't know how that happened. and by the time they were trying to recover, it was already too late. ah, the number of people killed in saturday's russian missile attack on an apartment building in the southeast has now sword to 30 rescue workers in denise pro are scrambling to look for survivors trapped in the rubble. dozens are believed to be still missing from keith. here's natasha butler. i smoke billows from the rubble, his rescue was continued to search for survivors in the city of emergency teams. it went through the night in a cold and dark sifting through the deputy of an apartment block that was destroyed by a russian missile. some people were pulled out alive. some were badly injured. among the dead was a 15 year old girl, less emergency workers tried to console one woman who had lost her son in law live . what have you done to my son? you cowards. i'll curse you for ever. let the whole world curse you. ah, the missiles strike was part of a wave of russian attacks across ukraine on saturday. that official said targeted power infrastructure in a village nick heave 1 may saw, landed near this man's house. elsewhere in the capital, people took shelter after a series of explosions while cities including hockey, even the viv, we're plunged into darkness. it's terrible what happening nipple, i hope there aren't any more victims. it's a shame that the whole world is watching these and that no one can stop this horror . they could, of course, but they don't want to. ukraine's military says a shot down more than 20 of over 30 russian missiles that were launched in the biggest wave of attacks on the country since the new year. because a yogurt in auction years, napoleon boyle, green, ukraine's president said one only way to stop what he called russian terrorism was for the west to send with more weapons. even a does roy a year. the weapons that our apartments have in their warehouses are the ones our warriors are waiting for you. if time runs out, we could not stop the terrace were methodically killing our people with missile wyatt. but now, britain says it will send some of its challenger to tanks to keep the lensky hopes that will persuade all the western powers to do the same and help ukraine better defend itself against more attacks. like this. natasha butler, al jazeera keith. russia's president vladimir putin says the military operation in ukraine has gained what he calls positive momentum. in the media briefing, the defense ministry didn't specifically mentioned to me pro, but said that the russian army carried out a successful missile strike on ukraine's command system. on saturday, the little girl l. a massage strike was carried out against ukraine's military and infrastructure. shy, gentlemanly, all assigned objects. we're hitting, the targets of the strike have been achieved on the ground in ukraine. there's a fierce battle for control. raging in the east. russian forces are inching closer towards the city of buck mood, a major transport hub in the 20th region. trough stratford was there were to spend the last few hours inside the besieged city of bar mote were here at a new ukrainian tank defensive position on the outskirts of the town. effectively. the reason why these men are here is because of an intensification of the shelling of buckman in recent days. we do know that russian forces have taken control of a loss, at least of the town of solid on the surrounding areas to the north apartment. and we also know, and we saw today the intensification of shelling from villages to the south east of bottom route as well. an indication of russian force is trying to completely surround the city of bar mood. we spoke to some of the estimated to 2 and 5000 people. civilians are still living inside the city, most of them refusing to go, they say because they've got nowhere else to go. but most of them elderly and the infirm as well. living on the desperate, desperate conditions, i mean, the town has had no electricity since august. and you can imagine how cold that is in conditions like this. no water since october. as i say, the big fear now is that wasn't forces or trying to completely surround bottom of what you can hear there is artillery. far in over our heads, we understand at positions of russian positions on the eastern side of the city, of the conditions there. absolutely atrocious. we spoke actually to one man who described having to finally leave his house in that area of the city around 4 days ago. because he said that the russian forces were coming in there. we know, certainly according to the military that we've spoken to in recent, as they say that the russians all making advances in that area. and as this defensive position is an indication of the ukranian army or high a load for further russian advances. earlier i spoke to alexander the vote via the editor in chief of the swiss military review. he explained why russia is set on capturing the town of solid. r salazar is not important as such, it is not the possession of the town that is important. it is important because of the context, it is very difficult. it has proven very difficult for russian troops to take about mood. and so they are now trying to in circle the city. and we're, we're going to see most probably it to this russian advanced, is not successful. there will be another movement in order to try and circle a wider area in order to finally eventually take about mode. and then of some of that. so you're talking about the battle for buck moved here. how strategic is buck lute and is the battle for buckman representative of the current state of the war on ukraine's eastern front. in order of importance is worth one quarter of all the russian forces that have been committed to this special military operation. so the rough and at least seem to weigh this as a very significant, very important element. and it is the only area on the field today where the russians are actually advance. it is so russia appointed valero, a garage model. he's the most senior general in the country as us overall commander for the war and ukraine. this is just the latest in a series of shake ups of moscow's military leadership. what does all this mean? and is it going to make a difference? in short, it's not a very good sign for russia. because if you are going to change the commanders of an operation during the operation, it means something has gone wrong. it means you need some fresh blood, some fresh brain power in order to address the situation. and it is not a good sign that russia has actually appointed the chief of general staff, who's the most senior military person in the armed forces into this particular role . and it is even worse, that the previous commander really is actually staying on as his deputy. so you could understand the co imitation of between the different personality going to be quite difficult. hundreds of millions of people are on the move in china for the lunar new year. despite fears of further coven 19 outbreaks, health authorities have announced nearly 60000 hospital deaths in the past 5 weeks . that the sharp increase from previously reported figures the world health organization has appealed to china to keep releasing information about its wave of covet 19 infections. the chinese lunar new year is the world's largest internal migration of people. all right, let's bring in katrina, you who's life for us in beijing. katrina. what so significant about this year's lunar new year in china? well this is the 1st time in almost 3 years that people are able to actually go over and spend a lunar new year. the most important annual holiday here in china, akin to christmas with family since 2020, since virus restrictions were lifted up. so it is a very big deal. many people have not seen family and friends for these 3 years. an understanding of aging railway station, you can readily see crowds of people exiting the subway beginning their journeys home. even though looney does not begin for another week, the government says that there has been a surgeon ticket sales for plains buses and trains, and that they're estimating $2000000000.00 trips will be made across china this year. that's double the amount of trips that were made last year about 70 percent of pre pandemic levels. now it's also expected that people are not just going home to see family. there's also expected to be a domestic tourism room. and a lot of people are heading to popular destination here in china, such as united and santa people are also going to macau, in hong kong. especially since the borders have vino been and many are also choosing to travel internationally. we, on the way to this station, we drove past the embassy area here and aging, and they would accuse if people lining up particularly outside the embassies of southeast asian countries, waiting for travel visas. know that looking forward to spending the holiday in warm weather in countries. weather had me no. coven, 19 restrictions imposed so far on chinese passengers and katrina. how are people dealing with concerns about the continuing spread of corona virus? ah, well, the chinese government has released new guidelines encouraging people saying that if they have any elderly relatives who have not yet caught over 19 that they should very much think twice about visiting them. of course, the elderly are more vulnerable to the corona virus, and we have heard over the weekend, the government announced new jobs or about the out. right. kids saying that since the beginning of the restriction being lifted at the beginning of december, 60000 people have passed away in hospital due to clover 19 and the vast majority of them will over the age of 65. now because of this, the government says at the strengthening of hospital beds, ice, you beds and, and other facilities in the rural areas are also pushing to get more people vaccinated. but still, people are still planning to make their trips harm. this is not enforced. mandate, this is just guidelines encroachment by the government. and i guess the positive news here is that the government has said in most areas, including major cities, the wave of infections, the peak seems to have passed. and so far, tiny cdc says that they have not identified any new strains of coven 19 here in china. all right, themselves years. katrina, you live for us in beijing? thanks so much. katrina still had on al jazeera pharmacies across europe. are running out of severe several common medicines as winter infections sore, and new evacuation orders have been issued in parts of california, battered by heavy rain and snow. ah hello there. let's look to east asia and the story of extreme heat has been kicked out by cooler conditions. however, we are seeing clear skies for much of northern china pushing across the korean peninsula. even though temperatures in soul have touched a sub 0 figures. there will be some warmth of flooding back in potential. won't be as high as they have been out of that sunshine, extending down to the eastern coast. shanghai at 5 degrees celsius. now japan still see some wintry weather coming in. it is an improving picture by tuesday, however, still some snow flurries stretching along the west coast from her kinda down to han shoe tokyo coming in at 8 degrees celsius, looking rather cloudy. here, cloudy as well across southern parts of china. but hong kong, seen the temperature at 16 degrees celsius on tuesday. as we move to south asia is largely quiet picture for much of india, belly, a cloud in the sky, that wet or weather. however, continuing forceful anchor. we are expecting that rain to continue till about the mid week for colombo, across the north. however, we got those cold wave conditions back in foggy as well across much of northern india, extending through to bangladesh. the whole coming in at 15 degrees celsius on monday, temperature, holding through till tuesday, that to weather ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah, you're watching, i'll just hear a reminder of our top stories this our, the search for those missing after a plane crash in the fall has been called off for the night. at least 60 people on board the yeti airlines flight have been killed. it happened about 200 kilometers west of cap men to the death toll from saturday's russian missile attack on a tower block in dundee. pro has climbed to 30, dozens of people are believed to be trapped in the rubble. the battle for control of towns in eastern ukraine has intensified. the kremlin says, russian forces have advanced towards the outskirts of the city of buck looked at least 12 people have been killed in a church attack in the eastern democratic republic of congo. 52 others were wounded, including children. the attack happened in the city of cassini in north keybo province. harry faucet reports the bomb ripped through the center of the protestant church in the middle of sunday service images to graphic to be broadcast, showed the dead and injured lying among these pews and chairs, survivors screaming children were among the victims that what the army says was an improvised explosive device. let's get. we heard a loud noise coming from the church and we didn't know what was happening. it was only of some minutes that we were informed about the bomb attack. we have many victims among members of the church, unfortunately. separately. yeah, we have too many victims of these attacks in our city of ga cindy. we are all affected by the situation. it has touched our brothers and sisters. it's the latest to rupture in years of violence in the borderlands between the d. r. c and uganda. soldiers from both countries have been battling fighters from the allied democratic forces, or adf, which in 2019 pledged allegiance to i. so it, boom, i explore the a bomb exploded inside of pact church. it caused many deaths and injuries. there it is clearly that this terrorist act was carried out by terror results of the 80 f, who had originally a ugandan armed group. the adf has been based inside d r. c territory. since the 19 ninety's. it's accused of killing hundreds of villages in raids. over the last 2 years, i will sit al jazeera in burkina faso local officials and residents say that nearly 50 women have been kidnapped by fighters in the north. the women were taken from around the town of r. binda several managed to escape and returned to their villages to raise the alarm. the city has suffered several raise by armed groups linked to al qaeda and ice. israel's president is warning of what he calls a historic constitutional crisis over the government's attempts to make changes to the judiciary. isaac hertzog says he's trying to mediate between prime minister benjamin netanyahu is government, and those opposed to the overhaul. protests had been held for days. the plan changes which severely limit the power of the supreme court and give the government the power to choose judges an economy to mccann we are in the groups of a profound disagreement. those tearing our nation apart is conflict words, me deeply as it were, as many across israel and the jewish diaspora. miss garcia, i'm convinced that after the important and in depth discussion in the constitutional committee, we will complete legislating the reforms in a way that will correct what needs correcting one will totally protect individual rights and will restore the public's faith and the justice system that so much requires this reform. new evacuation orders have been issued for parts of california as the state, braces for another burst of heavy snow fallen rain. at least 19 people have died and around 25000000 people have been affected by 3 weeks of severe weather systems . on the west coast of the us particle haine has more muddy water and debris blanket in much of the state of california. one area getting half the precipitation that usually gets in a year in just 16 days. the reason 8 so called atmospheric rivers in a row since late december. and here we are, by some estimates 20 to 25 trillion gallons of water fallen over the course. last 1617 days stacking of these atmospheric rivers, the likes of which we are not experienced in our lifetimes. atmospheric rivers, or long streams of moisture from the tropic, the cotton, the jet stream, and carry tremendous amounts of water. this is just the latest one flooding caitlin clancy's home 3 times since the beginning of the month and the cleanup was awful. but you know, we cleaned it up and then next thing you know, fast forward like what 6 days was it or no i was letting again. so we are in shock because even though we prepped for it, we didn't prep for it to get as high as it had. and so that was even more mass, mar, destruction. it's impacting much of the state in the mountains dumping $54.00 centimeters of snow in just 24 hours in the hills charged by wild fires. the soil is unable to retain much moisture in the long term. that means all of this rain will do little to ease california's drought right now. it's causing major mudslides and send in massive boulders, into valleys roads. irene washed away sinkholes, making travel impossible, and in drought stricken california. thousands of trees weaken by the floods are now be knocked down by wind gusts of up to 96 kilometers an hour. people have been killed and power knocked out for tens of thousands. this major emergency declaration will allow citizen states to use some federal money to help cover the cost of the rescues and the recovery. it will provide grants to people who need to find temporary shelters or make minor repairs for those who don't have insurance, they can get low interest loans from the government to help them rebuilt. more people will need that help. the next atmospheric river is expected to hit sunday evening, and last through monday, patty gl haine al jazeera washington. iran is restricting supply of cheap oil to its ally, syria. it's doubling the price to damascus pays for crude to the market rate. that's more than $70.00 a barrel to iran has also refused new deliveries on credit and asked syria to pay in advance for any new supplies. iran or russia have been the main military backers of the syrian government during the civil war. tens of thousands in the spanish capital have demonstrated against government plants to cut public health funding. protesters in madrid say that the city is favoring private health providers. with the proposed cuts, regional authorities deny the claim and save the strikes and rallies are being organized by opposition. parties in the run up to local elections for months, people across europe needing basic medicines have found them harder to get. the european medicines agency says there's a shortage of 13 drugs commonly needed to treat conditions, including covered 19 and cancer. dominic can reports from berlin 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 it 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 been 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. sam, such sight of the problem is not just affecting simple painkillers and antibiotics across the continents. the european medicines agency says currently 13 key drugs are in short supply to offer fighting, arthritis, and help combat the symptoms of cove it another to. but to help patients who had a heart attack or stroke among the remainder or drugs, the 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 sides are not close to us, so they're not, and you have any more, let's say, like an india and china was a cheap or 2. it makes a very complex supply chain, not only and providing the basic product puzzles to get it. so you get it the soon as it was a new. and thus souping. comp commission has decided to give incentives for production so in you, of. but that takes decades right now, some say the you need to consider building up a stock of 3 to 4 month supply of the most needed medications. so that shortages can be avoided back at the pharmacy and listen back. patients are still getting the treatments they need, but it's clear that stop here and across europe a having to improvise solutions for their customers. dominant cane al jazeera berlin. a group of millionaires has joined climate activists calling for higher taxes on the rich demonstrators gathered ahead of the world economic form and the swiss town of davos. the annual meeting, which kicks off on monday, is attended by the world's top political and business leaders. protesters say it's time for them to get serious about global wealth disparities and the climate crisis . great collection of wealth concentrated together in davos. and i'm here with patriotic millionaires from the okay. i'll come back to join the high in the protest here, because we're in favor, well toxicity, really want to reduce is level of wealth inequality in the world that so corrosive to society. ah ha, sounded era, and these are the top stories. at least 60 people have been killed in the pals worst.