To bring food and medicine yes most people of children have been dying of malnutrition and disease. Though this is al jazeera live from our headquarters in doha and fully back to people also coming out the main challenger to egypts president calls off his Election Campaign after being detained by the army and the u. S. And russia clash at the u. N. Security council over the alleged use of chemical weapons in syrias rebel enclave of to. Thank you for joining us unease olds outbreak is feared to have killed hundreds of malnourished people in indonesias eastern pa province Officials Say sixty nine children have died but Church Leaders estimate the death toll to be much higher correspondence that boss and her team gained rare axis. To some of those forgotten villages in one of the worlds most remote regions they took a commercial flight from the capital jakarta to get to timika in papua province from to macau the team took a small plane to get to a gas then they travelled by boat through the river inlet and into the jungle to get from a guy at a time. Is now at a church in advance of spain uses an emergency clinic from where she explained what she saw. Where we found heartbreaking scenes in the village where many children had died one of the hardest hit villages twenty seven children were reported that because of malnutrition of course that we bodies they were very vulnerable to. Like measles and chicken pox and what we found is that none of these children had actually had proper actually nations and also no doctors had visited this area for over a year people told us they are writing also was not only the among the skinny children and babies but also their models are in very bad condition so many of these babies are already born malnourished and they wont have a good chance to survive the first five years the people who are really feeling that they were left alone they were calling on the government especially the Central Government to help them they have no faith in the Regional Government they think they dont care about us they never pitted me so its a very very challenging situation and also very remote as you can see in our report. The land of the smart spreads across a vast jungle delta only reachable by boat a challenge in journeys most outsiders prefer to avoid. In that settlement in the middle of dense forest we are welcomed by grieving parents dozens of topless died after their malnourished bodies didnt survive a Measles Outbreak a doctor has yet to visit the remote village. Let me by your giving our lives have become so hard we need a doctor to come here the government in jakarta has to help us because the local government has never visited us a government hell Department Spokesman has said stuff are working with very limited resources and theyre trying very hard to help the people are threatened by a lack of medical care and address to change in lifestyle to find food they used to spend months in the forest. They used to eat sad go from palm trees and drink natural water but since the government opened district offices here everything is changed instant food and Energy Drinks entity area but the us most people dont know these things are bad for them. While some smart women go through the long process to put prius psagot we find children eating uncooked instant noodles and the baby drinking instant coffee while the children have been dying these are smart people are left on their own far away from any doctor or government officials who dont make the effort to make the long and difficult journey only government commitment to reach out to these poor papa once can help to prevent another tragedy. To handle the Health CrisisCatholic Church workers are handing out food to Young Children and give how the vice tomatoes many of them are malnourished as well. But the us must con continue to live on donations of food aid forever to survival depends on their ability to refine traditions and the willingness of the government to really help and guide them. When the government has declared a medical emergency and whats happening now is that theres a task force consisting of police and military the military is here now go into the villages also together with help workers from the how become and interact and they go to this village just trying to save childrens lives bring the worst patients to this church basically in our gut this is an Emergency Hospital right now because the rest of the hospital the clinic is already over full so the children are being taken care of right here and we got this very rare access and a lot of people here the powerplant are very worried that if journalists are gone and also these medical emergency things are gone that the as much will be left to themselves again they will have to go back to their villages still and who will take care of them then. In other world news egypts military has detained his former chief of staff just days after he said he would run for president in elections scheduled in march sami in and has been seen as a main challenger to president abdel fatah sisi but hes now called off his campaign. Has the latest. Just days after year nouns to his candidacy in his countrys upcoming president ial elections egypts military has arrested former Egyptian Armed forces chief of staff sami on on words. In a televised statement the military said imam committed violations when he announced his president ial bid without obtaining permits from the armed forces hes also accused of committing forgery to be included in the voter database there are two explanations for this one is that he actually miscalculated the level of support that he has within the military institution and within the security and his so within the politest to sions the second one is he actually did not mistaken a decision he expected this step and this is not the end of the story you told the see something account of the action on his part or the part of his loyalists so its still too early to tell im an announced his intention to run hours after current president of the fatah has sisi declared his plan to seek a second term even before sisi made his candidacy official it wasnt just widely assumed that sisi would prevail in the march elections it was also widely expected that real opposition to sisi was likely to be thin on the ground potential candidates have either already withdrawn or seen their candidacy while. Some have blamed an atmosphere of fear to other president ial hopefuls were forced to quit the race earlier this month one of them and one said that the nephew of former leader anwar sadat said last week he wanted to protect his Campaign Workers from intimidation or arrest another former Prime Minister and air force general ahmed shafiq had also announced his interest in running but he was placed under house arrest before being deported from the United Arab Emirates where hed been living in exile according to his lawyers was detained as soon as he landed in cairo. And then there is Egyptian Army colonel ahmed consul in december he was sentenced by a military court to six years in prison after he announced his plans to run for president leaving many to wonder just how serious a threat the military men may have posed to sisi a former military chief of staff said not only is somebody with hes a serious contender he was the former chief of stuff the deputy head of the Supreme Council of the armed forces did with body after mubarak and he is much senior in terms of the military command and in sisi so hes somebody who is a very well connected with the americans very well connected region and so hes not someone who was a lightweight anyway during ccs rule which has been marked by a crackdown on freedom of expression human Rights Groups have been placed under severe restrictions and many critics in the media have been silenced the question now how many more president ial candidates will be added to a seemingly growing list of those being suppressed. The United Nations says an estimated five thousand people have been displaced by turkeys military offensive against kurdish fighters in the region of syria. The operation which involves shelling and strikes is said and to its fifth date its believed around eight hundred thousand civilians are living there activists say at least twenty three civilians have been killed now freeness surrounded by turkish and Free Syrian Army forces to the north east and west and Syrian Government forces to the south as believed most of those fleeing are traveling through government territory to an enclave inside aleppo city thats controlled by Kurdish Forces meanwhile at least twenty one people have suffered breathing problems after an alleged chemical attack on a rebel held enclave nias syrias capital damascus the syrian observatory for human rights has accused the government of being behind the attack it says white smoke was released after Syrian Forces fired a barrage of rockets into the neighborhood of duma it prompted warning sign the International Community diplomats from twenty Nine Countries have met in paris to push for sanctions and criminal charges against those responsible for similar attacks and the Un Security Council has met to discuss chemical weapons and the situation in syria Christian Salome reports from new york. Russia called this last minute Security Council meeting on the issue of chemical weapons in syria to defend itself against attacks coming from the United States alleging that russia was ultimately responsible for ongoing Chemical Attacks in syria because it had failed to authorize ongoing investigations by the u. N. Into those attacks the u. S. And Russian Ambassador were quite friendly on their way into the meeting but once the meeting took off into formal statements they went on the attack the russians said they are all for accountability in syria when it comes to chemical weapons but past investigations they say. Unscientific and politically motivated those past investigations found evidence that syria and eisel both have used chemical weapons syria of course denies that they have used chemical weapons russia suggested that the recent attack being talked about and Eastern Ghouta was actually being manufactured or somehow exploited by the west suddenly this is not seem strange to anybody that this alleged episode the veracity of which is yet to be confirmed or perpetrators yet to be identified for so many reasons converges with the meeting in paris and the forthcoming Syrian National dialogue in sochi when russia doesnt like the facts they try and distract the conversation thats because the facts come back over and over again to the truth russia wants to hide that the assad regime continues to use chemical weapons against its own people russia also announced its putting forward a new proposal to address chemical weapons used in syria but the United Kingdom pointed out in its remarks that past proposals undermine the councils intent to hold the government of syria accountable instead focusing on nonstate actors like i saw clearly this will be a problem Going Forward something that will have to be negotiated the United States for its part said that it would not accept any proposal that undermines its ability to get at the truth. At least twenty seven people have been killed after a car bomb exploded in libya a blast in the eastern city of benghazi killed worshippers who were leaving a moscow after evening prayers a second car bomb exploded just half an hour later injuring security and ambulance personnel. The u. S. Justice department has confirmed that attorney general Jeff Sessions was questioned last week over alleged collusion between Donald Trumps president ial campaign and russia its believed to be the first time a member of president cabinet has been questioned in inquiry. Spahn and Kimberly Hockett reports. Getting closer to the president the department of justice confirming attorney general Jeff Sessions has been interviewed by Robert Mueller steam as a witness in the russian vest a geisha and its the first time a member of Donald Trumps cabinet has been questioned by the special counsel the trump says hes unfazed by what sessions might have told investigators but not at all thank you all the investigation is probing possible Truck Campaign ties with russia of whether the United States president tried to obstruct the russian vesta geisha as the head of trumps Foreign Policy team during the twenty sixteen president ial Campaign Sessions has unique insights given he was also involved deeply in the firing of the former f. B. I. Director james comey in tweets and publicly trump has complained bitterly that sessions recused himself from overseeing the investigation or am disappointed believing sessions should have done more to protect him sessions as one of more than a dozen current and former Trump Officials to be questioned earlier this month it was revealed one time from strategist steve bam and has also struck a deal with muller seemed to be interviewed. Late last year former National Security advisor Michael Flynn and advisor George Papadopoulos pled guilty to charges in connection with the probe and are now cooperating as witnesses is suggests muller is ratcheting up pressure on the president who has been cryptic about whether he will speak with the special counsel will see what happens and despite claims by Donald Trumps lawyer that the russian investigators and would wrap up by the end of last year the questions by the special counsel continue and appear to be intensifying kimberly help at aljazeera washington. Still ahead on aljazeera. Uncertified in hong kong coming up why the city famous for its neon signs and glittering skyline may be under pressure to keep the lights and switch off. And that core is you to decide the fate of brazils former president guilty verdicts could end his plans for a reelection bid distilling this. By the springtime flower of a mounting lead. To the first snowfall on a winters day. Welcome back as we look at weather conditions across the levant and western parts of asia weve had quite a nasty area of low pressure around the eastern side of the mediterranean giving snow across parts of lebanon Higher Elevations and also turkey but its all seems to be dying out of the moments not very well not just eight degrees celsius sixteen degrees in beirut and pushing on into thursday we will still the Northern Edge of the system more snow returning and temperatures struck in the ancrum monis one subzero in places like van in turkey also and generally unsettled weather here looking to buffered by data twenty two fourteen in tehran couple coming in at thirteen degrees below zero marty that maximum honest fifteen really cold air across more eastern parts of asia now the Arabian Prince is fine weve lost the shemale wind so we may get Early Morning mist and fog coming back for doha around the gulf states generally but otherwise weather conditions here looking lovely this time of year find on the other side of the peninsula with mecca coming in with temperatures of twenty nine degrees this little bit of cloud from time to time had a across into southern portions of africa weve got to find conditions across many areas the showers across angola northern parts of zambias about by and through towards mozambique but you havent spoken i stay sunshine highs of twenty five. 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Welcome back our top stories aljazeera has gained or a rare access to one of the most remote areas in the world where hundreds if youre dead due to a Measles OutbreakOfficials Say the crisis in indonesia eastern pa province has claimed the lives of sixty nine children but Church Leaders estimate the death toll to be much higher the gyptian military has detained its former chief of staff just days after he said he would run in the president ial election in march sami anon was seen as the main challenger to president abdel fatah anon has not called off his Election Campaign. And the United Nati