al-jazeera will bring you the news and current affairs that matter to the. al-jazeera. al-jazeera. hello i'm barbara sara this is the al-jazeera news hour live from london thank you for joining us coming up in the next 60 minutes presidential election goes to a runoff as the 2 main contenders fail to win a majority iraq marks the assassination of iranian general kasim sulaimani amidst heightened tensions between the united states and iran india is on the brink of authorizing its 1st coronavirus vaccine for emergency use it would be one of the

biggest rollouts in the world. i'm damn an ass and i have all the sports it's finally official friend champions of paris. is that new head coach. but we start the news hour with some breaking news out of new share reports are coming in of attacks on 2 villages in the west of the country now they're said to have happened in monk a highly unstable region known as 3 borders area because of its proximity to mali burkina faso and the binyamin well i've made that. we're hoping to speak to him a little later he is in the capital of share for us with the latest on that but

remembering that new share was also in the news because the presidential election has failed to produce an out right to win another of the 30 hopefuls got more than 50 percent of the whole vote has more on that story after 10 strive to wait. commission to a verdict. that no political party was able to pass the few 50 percent threshold enough votes to avoid a runoff. this is. all representatives of the political parties the declaration to the constitutional court which has the power to validate it and only say the $1000000.00 vote difference between the frontrunner on the run up out of $5000000.00 votes cast was both expected and deserved. the results show that frontrunner. campaigned hard to all nukes in the corners of

new jersey and while the opposition was listing its time on the courts seeking to disqualify him his citizenship is suspect in the opposition went to court 3 times to try and barbers who mohamed from the presidential election but the court dismissed the cases the governing party was looking to win the election outright. presidential election may have failed to produce a winner in the by the country is on course to mark i supported my store in february there are no obvious expected to lead to the 1st transition of power from one civilian government to another and a peaceful one across the capital many voters say they will still come out february 21 to vote in the runoff others may not. come out to vote others will not it's only one candidate who is going to win in the end they need to finish the process the constitutional court has 2 weeks to validate or reject the declaration of the election commission but most here believe

the results will be ratified comedy agrees. the army. let's go to iraq now where events are underway to mark the anniversary of the assassination of iranian general kasim silliman him he was killed alongside several top iraqi figures in a u.s. drone strike near baghdad airport last year washington and tehran have been accusing each other of escalating military tensions as the anniversary approached well earlier this week the u.s. conducted the b. 52 bomber flyovers and sent a nuclear submarine into the gulf and iranian leaders including the head of the revolutionary guards are vowing to act eve provoked we'll get the latest from baghdad in a 2nd but let's cross to ship returns he joins us live now from washington the season fellas a little bit more about u.s. posturing in the run up to this anniversary she had. we've had mixed signals

now because the latest posturing is deescalation the removal of the u.s.s. nimitz aircraft carrier from from the region by the acting defense secretary apparently over the objections of the military commander of the of the region of the middle east but this is specifically according to reports an attempt to deescalate the situation ahead of the general 3rd anniversary of the assassination of generals sort of money so it was interesting there because that followed as you mentioned so many provocative actions from the u.s. including these these interesting round trips from north dakota in the latest case of b. 52 bombers to the off the road in case around 96 kilometers off the iranian coast and back again 36 hour round trips apparently as a show of force these b. $52.00 is obviously going to look an old nuclear missiles so we've had 3 sets of those round trips in the last several weeks but now we have this deescalate tree deescalate tree move in the meantime there are other moves as well the u.s.

position the submarine in the region already said transit through the gulf which was capable of launching tomahawk missiles israel to very publicly. submarine dispatched to the gulf region as well so all those escalate tree military moves now we have the deescalate removed removed but it's all all with the undertow of that that general an ease about what donald trump is up to what's in his mind what he plans for his last days in office we had the report in the event where he was considering a strike on iranian nuclear facilities a. would that have been multiple reports now of israel and saudi arabia low been lobbying the president to take some sort of action against iran in his last days in office to try to stop any chance of detente with the incoming biden administration so still that uncertainty but at least for now deescalation is the message chevrons here with the latest from washington d.c. she had thank you well let's go to baghdad now and speak to charles a stratford at charles people there marking the one year since the killing of the

assassination of kasim standing by me how is it being marked and what is expected to happen on the day itself. well certainly at the moment there is what's being described as a commemoration ceremony at the site where that assassination took place close to baghdad airport seeing pictures of thousands of people that have gathered there we understand that this was for want of a better description some sort of memorial we are expecting launch protests in the capital tomorrow a call out has been given to people in various cities across the country to come and join those protests those protests very much focused on demanding that the iraqi government put pressure on the americans to withdraw all the remaining soldiers and military personnel from the country it's fair to say though despite

listening to shia have in the states there saying that there seems to be this want seems to be deescalate tree language or hints coming from the states certainly in the build up to this anniversary there has been increasing tension and they were attacks on the u.s. embassy rocket attacks on december the 20th the main pro iran or iran by groups denied any responsibility for those attacks but then when the government's arrested suspects people it suspected of being involved there was great pushback by some of those groups and threats were made to the iraqi prime minister and meanwhile every day people on the streets are very concerned about any potential escalation because as we've been reporting for months the protests that have dominated the streets of baghdad and other cities protesters demanding jobs better economic conditions wholesale political change in an end to corruption all during a coded pandemic these people oversee very concerned about any kind of escalation

any kind of deterioration in the security of this country well of course you mentioned the many problems affecting the people of iraq so what level of support deliver on fact groups have among iraqis. well. it's fair to say that it doesn't matter who you are skin iraq they are all very grateful to the kind of efforts and sacrifices that were made by these iran backed groups in the fight against eisel let's not forget that it was 2014 when the iraqi military frankly dumped their work weapons and left mosul to eisele and it was after that that there was a fatwa a called by the grand ayatollah ali sistani here in iraq calling on all iraqi men to pick up weapons and defend the country or fight eisel and that's when we saw the

rise of these groups with a lot of iranian money but since then those groups and the power that they represent have become far more institutionalized not only in the military they were brought into the military officially institutionalized as part of the military in 2018 and a paid by the iranians but they also have huge political power here as well so iraqis are very concerned about notions of sovereignty and the amount of iranian influence in this country iran has huge influence militarily economically and politically but one thing that brings all iraqis together is this idea that iraq is for iraq is they are very concerned not only about the radiant influence here but of course american influence too and that brings us back to the focus of those protests that we're expecting tomorrow in baghdad just transferred with the latest from baghdad and of course will be speaking to you tomorrow from all of what's

actually going to be happening on the day itself for the moment thank you meanwhile in tehran senior military and political figures have been outspoken in the lead up to the anniversary with the head of iran's revolutionary guards vowing to retaliate if provoked. we would respond with a reciprocal decisive and strong blow or to whatever action the enemy would take against us and this has been proven time and again there is a diary takes a look back at the nation that plunged the region into crisis just over a year ago in the early hours of january 3rd 2020 shortly after arriving at baghdad international airport major general hossam so in mind he was killed in a u.s. drone strike his close ally the deputy head of iraq's popular mobilisation forces. this also died along with 8 others missiles from the us drone hit their convoy as

it left the airport. so the man he was the commander of the courts force a unit of iran's revolutionary guard responsible for foreign operations and he was also considered to be the 2nd most powerful man in iran behind the country's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei and those with whom i noted all by knowing the news of his death made official by iran's state t.v. a 3 day mourning period was announced and iran vowed revenge as u.s. president donald trump stood by his decision with this claim last night at my direction the united states military executed a flawless 'd strike that terminated the jurors ringleader responsible for gravely would be unburdening thousands and thousands of people and hundreds and hundreds at least. he. solo money has been kill and

his bloody rampage is now for ever. a law for ayatollah khomeini so the money was a trusted confidant a member of his inner circle and a friend for more than 30 years almost 12 months on the commander in chief of iran's armed forces says he's not done avenging silliman his death. you know him built woman as a politician whenever it's possible we will take revenge we will take revenge on those who ordered so him on his assassination and the ones who carried out that assassination just hours after saw him on his body was laid to rest in his hometown of care mon on january 7th the revolutionary guard launched 13 missiles at the u.s. space assad in iraq no americans were killed attentions increased iran was on high alert and accidently shut down the ukrainian airline passenger plane killing all 176 people on board while the united states said they were not

seeking regime. change in iran trump's decision to kill him still in money has far reaching repercussions feared by his enemies inside iran so the money had for years been one of the most popular national figures in the country the international face of iranian resistance to american pressure he remained largely untouched by the diminishing popularity of the country's elected government his death prompted calls for the expulsion of u.s. troops from the middle east by iranian officials as well as a rainy unbacked groups in iraq and it's a demand which still stands a year later a presence here called so the money is assassination and you tapper in the history of the middle east while many countries condemn the act no one has actually been held accountable this by efforts by iran to prosecute u.s. president donald trump who in support. him on his role was quickly filled by his deputy or his legacy is now in print in iran's history. north of the bari al

jazeera iran. let's go live now to ahmed address in the capital of nice hair to talk about that breaking news story that we've been getting that reports are coming in of attacks on 2 villages in the west of the country i made it was you're speaking to us from the capital what are you hearing of these attacks. well basically the attack happened in the morning this saturday morning and it's believed that the attackers crossed over from mali which is bordering the area and so the 2 villages were attacked and an official a security source was confirming to us earlier this evening that the number of people killed in one village is but 50 and they are not sure how many have been killed in the 2nd village but they're sending a delegation which will arrive there in the morning to assess the situation but they are also confirming that no security personnel killed in the attack the attack

was. carried out by armed groups that have infiltrated according to the source have into truth rated from the across the border from mali and so a lot of people are worried that in the next few months or so we will see an escalation in this region it's been quiet for the last 2 weeks on this side of the border people who are expecting more attacks because the armed groups threaten to just of the. oh we've lost the connection there to. talking to us from the capital of the share where the reports are coming in of 2 attacks on 2 villages in the west of the country near the border with mali ahmed was just telling us the attacks happened earlier on saturday morning we will of course bring you more on that developing news story here on al-jazeera as we get the details. still to come on this hour of news from london with the u.n.

peacekeeping mission in sudan store for region coming to an end thousands of refugees are facing an uncertain future. is a problem of not. just food it's not. a temporary shelter set up for a 1000 refugees and migrants stranded and freezing on the bosnia croatia border but they say it's nowhere near adequate. and in sports and health update on this indian cricket legend who was admitted to hospital earlier on saturday. to india now with a drug regulator has recommended the country's 1st 1000 vaccine for approval it hopes to give the green light for a rollout of the oxford astra zeneca vaccine with a population of more than 1000000000 the indian rollout represents

a huge logistical challenge and reports. gearing up for the world's largest immunization campaign this health care workers are taking part in a nationwide drill to test the delivery of vaccines. 300000000 indians are due to receive injections in the 1st half of this year right here. we're not worried to get rid of this pandemic we have to get injected i've been working in public health for the past year and i want an injection and to motivate others to do the same india's drug regulator has received a recommendation for approval for the oscars anika oxford university vaccine for merchants to use it can be stored and transported understand the grid frustration that gives it an edge over those that need to be stored at extremely low temperatures it's also cheaper than the alternatives tens of millions of doses have been stockpiled and will be given for free to health care and front line workers in the 1st phase and more are being acquired fast others bought up india is what are

the only country where 4 vaccines are getting ready are one dying and those others include copaxone a locally developed vaccine from behind a biotech that has been recommended for emergency use by a panel of experts but many are asking whether the vaccines will be effective or reach the right people. they go low speed led me to believe there's often an example in fish said yes i did that as often then i mean. yeah i just didn't. get an option of the great meal that. it be that he did but that is. enough you believe. that i'm not really. mission we didn't. the sarah minced attune of india has partnered with the u.k. based drug maker astra zeneca to produce 1000000000 doses for low and middle income countries but the anti-poverty charity oxfam says 9 out of 10 people in the world's

poorest places may miss out on a vaccine this year and al-jazeera. thailand has just doubled its order for the oxford astra zeneca vaccine to 52000000 the 1st shipments are expected to arrive by february the capital bangkok has entered a partial lockdown to control growing covert 1000 infections a ban on bars nightclubs and alcohol sales in restaurants has come into force with health authorities recommending even more restrictions on managed to keep cases low in the unishe allowed break but a seen a spike in the past 2 weeks. police in northwestern france finally shut down in the legal new year's eve rave after 36 hours of partying about 2 and a half 1000 people attended the warehouse event close to the city it was held in the fire ants of the nation's strict covert laws including an 8 pm curfew police

had been met by violence when they initially attended the party but they were able to break it up peacefully when they arrived with reinforcements about $800.00 people have been charged with the rest are urged to isolate for 7 days. they've actually kingdom government says medics could mix and match the 2 types of vaccines they are using both the fines are in astra zeneca vaccines have 2 doses and the latest guidelines say in exceptional circumstances people could receive one of each this contradicts guidelines issued in other nations including the united states and joining us now by skype is professor john moore professor of microbiology and immunology at cornell university in new york sir thank you so much for joining us here on al-jazeera is so the government here has said that this will happen in exceptional circumstances both of these vaccines need doses from around 3 weeks apart or it could take longer the government is already thinking of doing that but what do you think is worrying about them effectively mixing so you can

have one pfizer dose followed by the astra zeneca. well there's just no data to support it it seems to me to be guesswork and that's not the best way to formulate public policies that can affect tens of millions of people there's not adequate discussion of it is not adequate information about it and you know while it may well be effective and safe we simply do not know that there's been a lot of head scratching in the us where i work about what is going on in the it can bury ations that are being. proposed all in and imposed already on how to best use these vaccines do you delay the doses for up to 3 months there's very little support for that and it won't be happening in the us in the usa based on statements from. highly authorises sources 'd and they asked danny so what was happening and i don't know why 'd the that they take of this really

putting all this folded for the sake of clarity it just to separate the 2 issues one is the mixing of the vaccine so with the doses would come from the 2 different types of vaccines and the other thing the government is suggesting is to basically lengthen the time the space of time between the 2 doses once you make of that most 2nd doses will be given the same should be given around 3 weeks the government is sometimes thinking of delaying that till 12 weeks the idea being that that way you protect more people. well the question is are you protecting more people if people are only partly protected for that 3 month period then people will get infected 'd after receiving the vaccine and then again there's so 'd little days for on this that it it's in the realms of of guesswork and finger crossing and there has been discussions about this in the u.s. am i says they it will 'd not happen based on statements over the last few days

from 25. people associated with the f.d.a. any so the americans have looked at the same ideas and have basically saying it's not going to happen again and again because the day said don't justify it and you know the wider angle problem here is how do you hoops public confidence and vaccines in both the u.s. and in the u.k. there is a significant fraction of people who are hesitant about taking back seems they don't trust that they don't they are concerned about the outcomes the last thing they need is is control over say is. and the imposition of policies that are based on minimal amounts of updates there are no dates or at all so but rather than having a healthy debate which is happening in the u.s. the u.k. government seems to be squelching the opinions of british scientists and british physicians and simply saying go with the policy we don't want to hear any opposition to it and that's very unhealthy and it's an all out western democracy

should behave i'm sure you've been following the developments when it comes to the levels of contagion here in the u.k. the new variant that certainly seems to have taken a lot of people by surprise the number is skyrocketing some london hospital saying that they're now at capacity when it comes to intensive care do you see i suppose the political pressure and the idea that you know we are under exceptional circumstances in the u.k. and so perhaps this ad this approach would be one way of getting the country out of what is a very serious situation. well i understand the dynamics and it's actually very similar here there are over 200000 in sections a day in the usa 'd and over 3000 people a day are dying so it's not dissimilar and yet the decision taking process seems to be much more transparent and proposals are being discussed you could for example you could give 2 doses of the pfizer vaccine each at half stratton's that

is being discussed and that based on actual 'd data would reduce the strength of the antibody response by perhaps 2 or 3 fold whereas giving only one would reduce it by up to a 100 fold so you know there are alternatives that can be discussed and potentially implemented too in already infected convalescent patients require 2 doses whereas some of us think that one dose might be sufficient in those narrow circumstances nor a lot of insecta people and therefore a lot of potential doses but these are not being discussed in a in a free society the way you would expect them and i think that's really not very what's interesting is that the u.k. is i think well not the only but one of the few countries that's actually approved it to vaccines does it surprise you that it's actually taking this long it's predicted to take this long to vaccinate

a. solid proportion of the population well when you're talking about anything balding tens to hundreds of millions of people it's never going to be simple and all 'd 'd projections will fall back in time and not be done quicker than you would hope so we have to expect things to go wrong it's not simple to do a 100000000 any. but there are 2 m. in a vaccines approved in the usa and the oxford banksy in the us oxford astra zeneca vaccine is not approved in the usa because the day after it was. not satisfied that the quality of the clinical trial day so that came from the british trials and the us the us is waiting for a an american phase 3 trial and they're f.d.a. standards to reach an endpoint and only than will the f.d.a. decide on whether they be oxidized as anika vaccine is appropriate for use in

america so again the standards of difference and it's not people being go across sick about ringback this it's maximizing public confidence in what the public is bang us to take and if the public doesn't see a fully transparent proceed to place to the high standards then the public will resist taking it the f.d.a. conducts its meetings and public there are that anyone can zoom and a meeting watch the discussion watch independent experts see old tapes there is it is loaded onto the internet for anyone to look at so scientists and physicians can view the process and decide that this is a clean appropriate procedure we can get behind the vaccine we can say to our families and friends on the public this is good you should take this faxing but this doesn't seem to be happening like that in the u.k. and i think that's in the end to the detriment of the vaccine robot john law

professor of microbiology and immunology at cornell and joining us from new york sorry thank you thank you. much more to come on the news hour from london including. imports of rub salt into the wounds of a struggling industry big easy and farmers see commute technology to save their life. and come off 2021 in style the latest from the english premier league coming up in sports. we've got some proper winter weather across europe at the moment because some really nasty stole swirling away essential parts of the medics right away this deep

area of low pressure here with dragging up relatively mild air from the south sweeping across safely pushing up across the balkans where we got that model red is where we see the heaviest downpours as it bumps into the cold air is readily turning to snow so sad road mix of rain sleet and snow coming through central areas pushing a little further north but you can see the western parts of potent seeing some snow some snow there coming into germany and snotty but it's across the british isles as well just 4 or 5 celsius there for london paris that 4 degrees cool enough here and even further south madrid at around 7 celsius there be some snow over the peyronie's too as we go on into monday and notice by on monday madrid will see temperatures no higher than around 4 degrees 5 degrees celsius here so take the cold when she makes continues to swirl its way across central parts heavy rain pushing across greece and into that western side of the weather that we do have in the med will prolong the shoals of north america northern parts of algeria further

south it is generally find dry and sunny. but. across europe immigration is high on the agenda and in hungary it's presented as a pressing issue we didn't have immigrants at all 0 immigration but this is the one political topic anybody and everybody is discussing the far right is preparing for battle and their opponents or anyone who is different. prejudice some pride in hungary on al-jazeera. we know what's happening in our region we know happened get the play things that others cannot i wasn't done but only if you're a guy by the footy the only purpose i did the iraq had that time in its programming to go live on the amnesty to go live to where another story that may not be

mainstream is happening in fires there's still no more normative you. know being let in by. the way that you cal death story isn't what can make a difference. the route to. the old. reminder of the top stories here on al-jazeera reports are coming in of attacks on 2 villages in the west that we share at least 50 people are feared dead in one guy's a highly unstable region commemorations are being held in the iraqi capital baghdad to mark the 1st anniversary of the assassination of iranian general kasim somalia which has led the heightened tensions between iran and the goods india is on the

brink of approving its 1st coronavirus vaca. a panel of experts are recommending the oxford astra zeneca back soon for emergency use. african union and u.n. peacekeepers are to begin withdrawing from sudan's darfur region their joint mission to protect this place people there and their. troops will gradually pull out over the next 6 months as morgan reports now from cal and south are for the space people fear of returning home but they don't know if the camps they live in are still safe. this little space is and his family's home in a camp in south dar 400 says he was forced to abandon his actual home when regional conflicts reached his village his thoughts of his family here his children. i. know i know my home village and to recognize it but my kids were all born in this

camp this is the only home they know they don't know their ancestral home if you ask them which village they come from they say coma if you ask them which county they say karma it's not just a displacement camp for them. settled his set up a pharmacy in the camp it's one of the structures that gives the camp a sense of a small village there's also a market a school and a health center was established after fighting started in darfur in 2003 between mainly non arab rebel groups and the government more than 300000 were killed and more than 2000000 displaced the camp is the largest in the region more than 150000 families live here and until the end of last year it was the cured by united nations and an african union peacekeeping mission known as the intimate come up camp may seem like a small village or town but it lacks basic infrastructure like running water and power lines and while many folks at the pains of income other similar aid to survive with the end of the images the dance government has promised to continue

securing camps for those displays until they return to their villages but for many this camp has become a permanent home. a peace deal was signed between the armed groups and sudan's transitional government last october it allows for the return of those displaced and gives them back their farms and properties but camp leaders here don't cross the deal and don't think it's safe to leave. our homes have been taken over by a promise there's no security back in old religious and with your name and gone we don't know what will become of the count's the government is saying that there will be a joint force to protect the camps on to leave but we can't leave because we don't trickle denies the deal signed the government says it won't force anyone out of the camps but that providing for them will become increasingly hard. yeah thought it had a service when there were plans to make the camp a town but how do you do that when people don't want any government force or

official to into the camp we can't provide services we can't provide protection we can't implement law and order inside the camps because the people are unwilling to leave our son and the location and the layout of the camps do not allow for it to be a town and with the implementation of the peace deal people should return home. that's easier said than done for the people living here whether they were forced from their homes or whether they know nothing else they see danger and insecurity outside the camp now life inside the camp is also under threat people morgan al jazeera camp south dar for the tomorrow as you braille is a sudanese human rights activist she says the camp residents fears over the withdrawal of peacekeeping troops are well founded. situation is still far gyle the violence continues we hear. you know every other day and you attacks by the militias who are very heavily armed and roaming. unsupervised

in the in the villages in daraa for only last week we hear that there is more than 13 people who were killed. in darfur so so i think. you know it is very untimely security is not still a concern for displaced people in darfur who fled. attacks and when it started in 2003 and went to live in camps for busy now over 17 years but. who are for the peacekeeping mission to appear at this time where they're sudanese government to this tale transitioning in and very hard job and living economy crisis we can see that it will be very difficult for the forces that will be full md to be able to protect civilians in our 4.

also his military a set up tents for hundreds of people stranded in freezing weather after the refugee camp burned down in a protest they've been left without shelter for more than a week and attempt to relocate them has been blocked because of objections from people living nearby as other young reports. a sign of relief and of new shelter this will be home for hundreds of migrants and refugees stranded in bosnia-herzegovina sleep a camp near its northwest border with croatia back the military set up tents to shield hundreds of migrants from the winter's freezing weather after days of sleeping out in the cold the nation face mounting criticism for leaving the migrants without proper shelter heat or facilities to do we'll stay here ok we don't mind how we cannot adjust and we can drink of water that's enough for us but the problem is my main problem for us we need to contain this ok. for days

there were cries for help earlier this week migrants and refugees once on a hunger strike i am it reports of frostbite and hypothermia they held a protest to bring attention to their poor living conditions when all these nor the despite the problems caused when these people were abandoned by un organizations and by local authorities we must show solidarity we're here today with the red cross we're trying to help them as much as possible. most of the camp was destroyed in late december when police say occupants deliberately set a fire to protest the schedule closure and lack of alternatives plans to move them to another facility fell through rejected by politicians and people living nearby aid groups have warned of a potential humanitarian crisis is a problem of more humanity just food is not enough. bad madness mostly but diseases most of the people here are from south asia and the

middle east they are among thousands hoping to make it to western europe to start a new life we don't have beyond gates we don't have jack up you can see this i don't have shoes the new camp will be run by the international organization for migration it's not a long term solution but it is a way to help people with nothing but survive the winter katia locus of the ground 0 to 0. 0 peter of and our way out of to is the international organization for migration is representative for balls in herzegovina he blames the government for the situation. well i think that sort of you need terry and suffering that you are not seeing clearly the responsibility lies with the reality of the authorities and policy and it's going to come to a consensus as to how to move forward in terms of providing a communication for the markets and refugees that. give you 2 examples look i count

was always intended to be an emergency response recovery 19 the only thing that you have toward it is the local tourism ceded to do what if you do it if you steal water so it could be heat and that's containers you point out proposed containers there are no he's not workable as the local authorities know because that is not all the will typically these containers still and that would also lead to people being in the coal secret element is the issue of there was going to be looking at the migrants to the but also to a new location but i think it reaches into another part of the country are also there local officials and local people who are patient with mike and so need the national support international assistance is available 'd and can be activated immediately but we need to local authorities to take a decision as to where you might my concern is going to be the locate that then accommodate the inappropriate human manner and does he still has to be nice and as a final point no he says we have been warning together with others or it is for months some are actually saying we need about 2000 places additional accommodation

in those years of government we have $8000.00 migrants in the country it's a country of 3500000 people 6000 are in interest in the war and getting access to military says it shouldn't be too complicated for a country of 3500000 to find accommodation for 2000 people especially if you can get national international support and tinker assistance is that they are bearable . indonesia is surrounded by salt water and yet it can't produce enough salt to meet domestic demand millions of tonnes is imported each year which leaves local salt farmers unable to earn a good living jessica washington reports now for in their lie you want the island of java where the government thinks it may have a solution. in indonesia's west timor this is the process behind harvesting one of the world's most common minerals these men have farmed felt this way for years it's low tech and low cost the salt they farm can be used for consumption or

industrial use. but not all of indonesia's salt is this quality indonesia has the 2nd longest coastline in the world but despite being surrounded by salt water the country still imports millions of tonnes of salt each year. we have got we need to improve the quality of our indonesian salt we need it to be the best quality so that we don't need to buy from abroad the government said a quota of around 3000000 tonnes for industrial salt imports an increase from previous years scientists working with the government's research and technology ministry say they're trying to improve the quality of locally produced salt by using technology to increase sodium chloride contents finally being made not. because we want to make the farmers become more what's very important

but common say they don't receive enough support there are more than 800 souls farmers an injury my you on the island of java. one farmer showed us inside a warehouse with thousands of kilograms of unsold salt. across this area there are many similar warehouses with bags of salt going to waste. the government isn't on our side salt imports are always open and the amount the important creases every year family say the techniques used by the government in the past to improve the quality of their self haven't worked and they're struggling to sell their harvest this salt has been farmed and processed by local farmers here in injure my you it will be packaged and sold for consumption across indonesia but farmers here say it's increasingly difficult to on a living they say imports are to blame the farmers said they're feeling the impact of low salt prices because of imports from the stranding in india and china. the

government says it's not possible for indonesia to stop importing solve but across communities where hundreds rely on the mineral pharma say more should be done to train them in modern farming techniques so they can match the quality of imported cells. we have experts from the government they should come here and tell as what kind of production they need so we can compete with the imported salt if their prospects don't improve these men fear for the future of their farms and their livelihoods jessica washington al-jazeera interim. still to come on the program trying to keep their heads above water the ongoing efforts to protect argentina's the actual wildlife and then sports one of the world's top coaches makes his return the latest football news coming up in just a moment. for

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argentina is losing one of its national treasures treasures the better wetlands in some of the most biodiverse regions in the world with a bounty of natural wealth both beneath and around the water but industrial farming is calling a way of the environment that i suppose with conservationists in korea and this who are trying to protect the species under threat. even or means in the local indigenous what any language water the chimes and here in the province of korea in this in with eastern argentina there is splendid of it but in the past

few decades the wildlife in the event our national park that covers more than a 1000000 hectares of land began disappearing because of human activity. and that's what people like my long are trying to change in a sort of i guess i'm a controller as less that i mean the hell we are working to really wild argentina this means reintroducing crucial species that disappeared from the ecosystem in this case we're working with the jaguars the main objective is to generate a sustainable population and. these jaguars now will and i.c.'s are kept here so their cubs can one day repopulate the area jaguars are seen as a threat to agriculture of settlements in the area and that's why their numbers have plummeted in the past years in fact in the province of korea because they have been extend for over 70 years now and that's why projects like this one are crucial

to reintroduce this kind of species into the eco system. a little but there are 7 other jaguars who have almost no contact with the humans and i ready to be released they are kept in 30 hector corel's it's extremely difficult to see them but using our stay one of them might be what needed a g.p.s. color changed. he's. going to be said for this is likely the last gone that we will have with him so we are digging all the possible samples that they last how she said and then buy a mint in the area. the project is part of rewilding argentina more than 20 years ago american philanthropist douglas tomkins and his wife kristen began buying up land in argentina and chile to protected and then donated to

a national park service rewilding argentina has now given thousands of hectares of land to at least 6 national parks. and. it's very strange in argentina that a private owner donates to the state but when we do it all the prejudice is crumbled we start to see the projects because the animals start to appear like the giant the pompous dia the tourist start to come and communities get involved this is a model of producing nature because it leaves resources to communities it's an economic alternative. the rewilding foundation says it's about helping nature heal and local species are crucial to that process. the giant and eater bear had disappeared from even a mainly because of hunting but thanks to rewilding their beers they brought here have started to reproduce. but it is here where we found medicine and her

cub. was born in the region and says attitudes in this rural area are slowly changing. there's lots of people that have never been here they did not know that it was a natural reserve sometimes they get messages when they let me know they saw a bear they're starting to become aware that it's not ok to hunt you. argentina has tough economic problems to deal with and that's not being helped by the corona virus been demick which is why preserving nature is a major challenge but it's not just about protecting the wildlife it's the wildlife that would generate outearn and the work opportunities that would convince locals to protect the natural wealth they already have. already in this argentina ok time to get all the sports news here is jeff thanks barbara form

a certain amount of reserve which is you know has been officially confirmed as the new head coach of paris he signed a deal until june 2022 with the option for an extra get the argentinian plates of the french team in the early 2000 he replaces thomas who he was fired just 4 months after taking p.s.t. to the champions league final project i know it was in charge of spurs for 5 years before leaving the club at the end of 2090. if you said citing the. start. to be. again this listenership been always for the police and the manager to play here always. ready to reveal the full. part to you know his former club tottenham have moved up to 3rd in the english premier league after beating leeds united 3 nil acumen song and to be out of their old scoring their goals before kick off spurs issued

a statement criticizing 3 of their players eric le mela dividing myself so surgery regularly for breaching coronavirus rules by attending a party none of them made it onto the pitch for the game. of course we feel disappointed because. we give the players all the. education we give the players all the conditions and of course we are not we are not happy was. it was a negative surprise for us. spurs were supposed to play follow on wednesday but that day was perspiring and after a number of full and players tested positive for corona virus and now films next game against burnley on sunday has been called off after more cases were found at. rabaa dritte have gone top of spain's league they beat out of a go to know the boat about thanks to goals of from because vazquez and marco asensio their win leaves them a point of leaders and city rivals athletic limited do have 3 games in hand the

former india cricket captain suresh ganguly is in a stable condition after having a heart attack ganguly developed chest pains whilst exercising at his home gym and was then admitted to a hospital in kolkata on saturday where he had a procedure to unblock one of his arteries the 48 year old who's president of the indian cricket board is said to be responding well to treatment india's current squad a touring australia at the moment and 5 players from the team has been placed in isolation of a potential breach of by a secure protocols a video was posted on social media appearing to cherie rohit sharma. shipman pretty sure enough to say the eating indoors at a melbourne restaurant according to the guidelines set out by cricket australia players are allowed to leave the team hotel and sit outside was not permitted to dine inside restaurants are investigating and the players are allowed to continue training but not with the rest of the great india levelled the series at 10 by winning the 2nd test and they did it without caps in very early he returned home on

paternity leave opening batsman david warne is back for australia following injury and he expects india to be a tough opposition again in the 3rd test in sydney which starts next week. you know you look at where we are it's one hole in the came back i think everyone thought that there might not have been with the captain leaving but like any occasion you know you find that spirit in yourselves to get up when i want to imply what that leaves the environment and leisure quite because it's all that they capable of and you know they're not going to get that far off the struggle that's for sure come to sydney so you know we know what we're going to be up against and we're going to. give away the wild toughest rally race is about to get under way back on rallies being housed in saudi arabia for the 2nd time he offered event will start and finish in jeddah over the next 2 weeks competitors will take on a course that stretches at 7 in the house 1000 call mrs ira 5 different vehicle

categories to race in may spikes quotes cars trucks and utility terrain vehicles. by thing i've been able to do you know go through my routine i more or less know myself and i always prepare in the same way that the race before you start at the base the base used to respect the race on the ground by the person of course i believe we can have a chance of winning again i know it's going to. be done 15 i think i can do 15 more about. european courts at the moment concentrating next year. right way i feel physically strong enough. i feel weak enough to fight even if i don't win then i probably will come back but. i always wait and see

after the next one. and that's we all support for now barbara thank you so much. that we for we go 1000 thousands of white swans have flocked to the caspian sea in ca's ixtapa they're migrating south to escape plummeting temperatures in russia they frequent the coast of kazakhstan each winter but this was the largest group seen in recent years. more on that and all the other stories that we have been covering on our website there it is a top story there trump may launch a reckless attack on iran experts fear as they with us because just in a few minutes we're going to have more of the day's news including an aspect of that story which is how iraq will mark the one year anniversary since the assassination of general soon they money joined me in a few minutes ago thanks for watching by.

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