conflict in his air prepares for a presidential runoff vote attackers raid 2 villages killing at least 50 people. come on down jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up iraqis mark a year since the assassination of iranian general cos i'm still a man in baghdad while iran and the u.s. trade warnings. a new currency exchange rate comes into force in libya raising hopes of an economic revival. and india's drug regulators set to approve to cope in 1000 facts scenes as the country looks to knock in 8300000000 people within 8

months. at least 50 people are feared to have been killed in 2 attacks on villages in western asia it happened in the tele barre region an unstable area neighboring mali aquino fastow and benny fighters from on groups linked to al qaeda and i saw a cross in and out of the poorest borders our correspondent argument addresses in the capital niamey and says the attack took place on the same day as election results were announced. and officials said the gunman who targeted the 2 villages have crossed in tunisia from the border with mali and that is not the only problematic area. the border with brooke you know faso is porous and has seen attacks from armed men on groups loyal to al qaida and islamic state and on the border with nigeria we've seen increased activity in both attacks targeting not

only c.v.s. but also military personnel a senior security official confirmed to all jazeera that in one of the villages more than 50 people have been killed but it's not sutton the number of people killed in the 2nd village he said a government delegation is on its way to the village to assess the situation and. help to the victims as well as properly secure that particular location and this is all coming at a time when the country is preparing to head into another election i don't know if election result of last sunday's outcome of the presidential vote no but no one was able to score the necessary 50 percent vote to avoid a runoff now the 2 contenders full of the senate for the pursuit of president in the. a former head of state in this country as well as a one time minister of foreign affairs as well as interior minister missourians are putting their hopes that with their experience in government they will build on the successes and also introduce measures that will help the country overcome its

security challenges well modern the can say is from the university of aberdeen he says the regional security challenges are part of the structural problem. these so many different things that are causing the security situation in out. growing population or climate change this islamists problem as well as the problem with this in this region is ridiculous 8 charged with kenya thraso more have a fundamental structural problems where over so many years many parts of this deeds and gunned down a man now incapable practically incapable of providing security so the main problems with the economy get all of that have been compounded by is problem that is deeds simply cannot wear that individual or collaborate he cannot provide

security is the fact that we we need to deal with and accept and start thinking about how these deeds could be formed and mentally roof to meet the tactic challenges that they are facing in the 21st century bourbon vigils and protests in baghdad marking a year since the us assassinated the iranian general qassam solomonic he was killed by a drone strike may have baghdad airport iran and the u.s. have accused each other of escalating tensions in the run up to the anniversary earlier this week the u.s. conducted bay 52 bomber fly overs in the gulf and also sent a nuclear submarine to the region for a spokesman for an iraqi militia with close ties to iran has demanded the removal of american troops but others who are unlucky but that the presence of these american forces who kill the leaders of victory is illegal in iraq they are not welcomed in iraq god willing the investigative committee and the iraqi judiciary

will continue to investigate this crime and will work hard to prosecute everyone who helped. our heroes child stratford tells us more about the events in iraq's capital. this was for want of a better description some sort of memorial we are expecting launch protests in the capital to 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 all on demanding that the iraqi government put pressure on the americans to withdraw the remaining soldiers and military personnel from the country 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 all of a see very concerned about any kind of escalation any kind of deterioration in the security of this country and leaders in iran have warned against any hostile moves ahead of the anniversary. they will witness severe ravines what has come so far has only been glimpses. do not presume that anyone even in the position of the u.s. president who appeared as a murderer or a session may be immune from justice being carried out neiva none of those involved in this assess nation in crime will be safe on a. feather on i explicitly say that the path of force and the path of resistance does not change with the evils that the u.s. commits the past is still the same path bamboos battle you have today we have no problem of apprehension in encountering any of the world powers we will have our

final words on the battlefield with our enemies. in the u.s. ted cruz says he'll spearhead an effort by nearly a dozen fellow republican senators to overturn joe biden's election victory plan to object to an electoral college results tallied in congress on january 6th but the senate's role in certifying the results is largely symbolic president trump has refused to concede repeating baseless claims of electoral food have a chance he has more now from washington d.c. . there are a lot of theories but this group of 11 senators joins and other services under george surely to add 12 senators who say they will be challenging the certification process on the 6th of judges that's almost a quarter of the republican senators and over a half of congress republican congress people are expected to challenge the results in the house and why are they doing it well this 11 this group of 11 says they're doing it not because they they intend to overturn the results but because they want

the 39 percent of americans who feel that the election was rigged to have their say so they're kind of threading this needle perhaps off of keeping true to a trump base who could publish them enormously over the next 4 years either in primary challenges before the 2022. midterm elections or if they have presidential election issues themselves they could be in trouble if they were seen to be not sufficiently trumpy and when they had the trolls and the trump base is still going to be a big part of republican politics it's a very seemed to be the reasons why they're putting up the symbolic fight but it's not going to change anything we think now the devaluation of libya's currency has taken effect it's a move it's hoped will help the economy exchange rates a varied across the country because of conflicts the black market and bank notes printed abroad money training reports now from misrata which is considered to be libya's economic hub. a new unified exchange rate comes into effect in libya on sunday the central bank has agreed to

a devalued exchange rate of $4.00 enormous $2.00 while the official rate was $1.00 dinars a lack of availability of u.s. dollars and banks created a black market on which it currently trades at $5.00 dinars the bank's board members held a full meeting for the 1st time in 5 years on wednesday since libya split between warring factions in the west and east the central bank of libya is based in the libyan capital of tripoli also the seat of the internationally recognized government of national of court the easterner branches base in benghazi stronghold the warlords leave the house tours libyan national army who had printed alternative banknotes in moscow the us government called them counterfeit libyan currency printed by a russian state owned company and ordered by an illegitimate parallel entity analysts say the alternative bank notes increased inflation in an already struggling economy here in this market people tell us prices for goods are going up

. there are long lines at the banks they give you 500 that's not enough to feed a family for one week. at the moment business is a cave but i think it will slow down salaries of 1000 dinars that's not enough for people to provide for their families. the political divisions in the gap between the official and black market rates has distorted libya's oil dependent economy the move to unify the central bank and the exchange rate has been welcomed by some business leaders or residents here hear that the price of everyday goods may increase as a result. abdulhamid is a professor of the economy he says although prices may increase in the short term the devaluation was the right choice to make in the long term and. the central bank didn't have any other choice but to take this decision otherwise we would have seen

a devastating rate of inflation the closure of oil fields by have tar in january 2020 meant libya wasn't getting dollars from exports i believe will see the rate stabilize after the 1st quarter for libyans the next few months will likely get harder before they get better trainer. misrata. an artillery strike has killed at least 5 people at a wedding in the yemeni city of data a shell landed in front of a hole where people were celebrating the saudi led coalition and who the rebels are accusing each other being responsible. and yemen's prime minister says an attack on the wednesday at aiden's international airport was an attempt to eliminate the new unity government it happened as a plane landed with members of the government on board $25.00 people were killed and more than 100 others injured who has denied being involved but prime minister mine of demonic saeed insists that they're responsible. must also to come here not to 0 including departing peacekeepers leave behind an uncertain future for the

families in sudan's darfur region and why in the nation so farmers are struggling to make a living along one of the world's longest comes lines. it's time for the perfect jenny. sponsored plan qatar airways hello there the weather looks nice and quiet across the middle east over the next couple of days the chance of one of 2 showers having said that to northern parts of saudi arabia a little more clout just sliding through here is to go through the next day or so nothing too much to speak of it is a similar picture as we go on into monday further south of this generate dry lots of hazy sunshine always here in doha of around 22 degrees celsius follow the dry weather into the horn of africa somalia essentially set fair you call plain sea of showers having said that across the heart of africa some heavy showers into uganda

just around like the doria weather there would be the democratic republic of congo pushing all the way across into northern parts of angola for southern africa this week we have some really heavy rain with pulling that tropical moisture out of central parts easing down across the eastern side of namibia the remnants of i wrote tropical cyclone charlayne there and that wetter weather that's going to continue just pushing its way into south africa so really peping up as we go on through monday some heavy downpours coming through here that wetter weather will gradually ease over towards the fall south of mozambique and there just quite a few showers there the madagascar. sponsible qatar airways 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 in the race but this is the one

political topic anybody and everybody is this message the far right is preparing for battle and their opponents or anyone who is different. prejudiced some pride in hungary on al-jazeera. welcome back to one of our top stories here at this hour at least 50 people have been killed in attacks on 2 villages in western asia it happened in an unstable border region neighboring mali aquino fassel and many. have been vigils and protests in baghdad marking a year since the u.s. assassinated the iranian general qassam tsunami iran and the u.s.

and accused each other of the escalating tensions in the run up to the anniversary . and it does not republican senators say they are challenge joe biden's election victory when electoral college results are tallied in congress on channel 6 but the senate's role in certifying the result is largely symbolic so the effort has 0 chance of success. but more now on the fragile situation in a historic presidential election which was expected to end political instability as failed to produce an outright winner none of the 30 hopefuls got more than 50 percent of the votes it means the better runoff next month and as ahmed address reports now from the capital niamey many voters may stay away the 2nd time around. after tensed 5 day wait. commission came to a verdict that no political party was able to pass the few 50 percent threshold enough votes to avoid a runoff. this result has been signed by all representatives of the

political parties the declaration will be passed to the constitutional court which has the powers to validate it. analysts say the $1000000.00 vote difference between the front runner on the run up out of $5000000.00 votes cast was both expected and deserved. the results show that frontrunner. campaigned hard. and while the opposition was wasting its time at the courts seeking to disqualify him claiming his citizenship is suspect the opposition went to court 3 times to try and buy mohammad from the presidential election but the courts dismissed the cases the governing party was looking to win the election outright. to produce. by the country. in february.

to lead. 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. only want. the process. the constitutional court has 2 weeks to validate or reject the declination of the election commission but most believe the results will be rectified comedy grease. india's drug regulator is set to approve the country's 1st code 19 jobs the world's 2nd most populous nation has the highest number of cases behind the united states health care workers in india have taken part in a drill to test the delivery of coronavirus vaccines. gearing up for the

world's largest immunization campaign these health care workers are taking part in a nationwide drill to test the delivery of vaccines. $300000000.00 indians are due to receive injections in the 1st half of this year that was yes the pain is part of that. i am. 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 seneca oxford university vaccine for merchants to use it can be stored and transported understand her 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 one of 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. you don't know nobody. they don't know yet david speedie led me to believe there's often an example in fish said yes i did that not as often then i mean. yeah i just didn't. get an option of the great meal that after. that he did all of that is on does not believe. that i'm not really going to. ask me should we didn't. the sarah minster today 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 n.c.

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. zimbabwe has gone into its 2nd national lockdown only places like hospitals pharmacies and supermarkets will be allowed to open for the next 30 days and an overnight curfew is in force there's been a huge spike in infections over the holiday season in a country already struggling with a deepening economic crisis soaring inflation and high unemployment but u.k.'s had yet another record jump in new infections announcing more than 57000 on saturday many of being attributed to what scientists say is a more contagious strain of code 19 that's particularly rampant in london it's adding to the urgency of vaccine rollouts hospitals have been getting their 1st doses of the one developed by oxford university and astra zeneca is the 2nd to be approved along with pfizer biotech the british government says it will allow mixing of different vaccinations if supplies

a short as well as delays between them says john moore is a professor of an analogy at cornell he says any delay is a mistake. people are only partly protected for that 3 month period then people will get infected after receiving the vaccine and again there's so 'd little dates wrong it's that it it's in the realms of of guesswork and finger crossing and there has been discussions about this in the usa and that's the it will not happen based on statements over the last few days from attorney for. people associate with the f.d.a. so the americans have looked at the same ideas and in place they saying it's not going to happen again and again because the data don't justify it and you know the wider angle problem here is how do you who 1st public confidence in vaccines in both the u.s. and in the u.k. there is a significant fraction of people who are hesitant about taking banksy they don't

trust that they don't they are concerned about the outcomes the last thing they need is is controller sees. and the imposition of policies that 'd are based on minimal amounts of potato no day trips or 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 simply saying go with the policy we don't want to hear any opposition to it and that's very unhealthy it's an all out western democracy should. israeli police arrested nearly a dozen people at a protest and the prime minister's residence in a western thousands of people have been holding weekly protests for 6 months demanding binyamin netanyahu steps down of a corruption charges netanyahu is charged with fraud breach of trust and accepting bribes in 3 separate cases he denies any wrongdoing israel is headed for a 4th general election in 2 years next month. african union and u.n.

peacekeepers will begin leaving sudan's darfur region the joint mission to protect displaced people and on new year's eve and that's causing among the thousands of lived in displacement camps for years i was there as here in mobile reports from outside a company allah in south darfur. this little space is high level and his family's home in camp in south dar for helen says he was forced to abandon his actual home when regional conflicts reached his village he started his family here his children know nowhere else i would say one will hear more about who. 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 karma if you ask them which county they say karma it's not just a displacement camp for them. 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 secured by united nations and an african union peacekeeping mission known as the thing come up may seem like a small village or town but it lacks basic infrastructure like running water and power lines and while many of the pains of income other similar to survive with the end of the dance government has promised to continue securing camps for both this place 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 trust

the deal and don't think it's safe to leave. our homes have been taken over by foreigners there's no security back in or religious and with gone we don't know what will become of the camps 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 signed the government says it won't force anyone out of the camps but that providing for them will become increasingly hard. yeah if you could have had a server when there were plans to make the camp or 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 harm.

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 security outside the camp now life inside the camp is also under threat to the morgue and al jazeera camp south there for rescue is in no way are searching for 6 more people including children 4 days after a village was buried in a landslide at least 4 people died a hillside collapsed over the village of asked 25 kilometers northeast of the capital. only helicopter rescue operations are possible because the ground is still unstable more than a 1000 people have been moved from their homes. at least 3 people have been killed after a small plane crashed into a house in the u.s. state of michigan and he's believe the pilot and the 2 passengers on board lost their lives no one died in the house is not yet known what caused the crash the incident happened in the city of detroit. police in pakistan arrested one of the alleged masterminds of the 20081 by attacks zeiger recommend luck he was detained

in the eastern city of lahore on saturday on charges of financing terrorism in a separate case has long been suspected of planning the mumbai siege in which 166 people were killed like he was detained days afterwards but a pakistani court released on bail in 2015. in the asia has one of the world's longest coastlines yet its so farming industry fails to meet the needs of the domestic market millions of tonnes are imported each year and that's threatening the livelihoods of salt farmers but as jessica washington reports an interim are you on the island of java the government hopes investing in technology will save jobs. 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 be made not the. bed i believe we need. because we want to make the farmers become more with. this most important but common say they don't receive enough support there are more than 800 sold 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 harvests this 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 farmer said they're feeling the impact of low salt prices because of imports from the strain in india and china. the government says it's not possible for indonesia to stop importing solved but across

community. 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 fell. we have experts from the government they should come here and tell us 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 bombs and their livelihoods jessica washington al-jazeera interim. time for a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera at least 50 people are feared have been killed in 2 attacks on villages in the western asia where it happened they tell a bury region an unstable area bordering mali the kenya fassel and binny fighters some armed groups linked to al qaeda deisel cross in and out by the porous borders our correspondent often address has more now from them a nice u.s. capitol well an office.