i want to publish even if it doesn't let me ask truth is it anyway on al-jazeera. understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the board so not matter how you take it will bring you the news and current affairs that matter to you. back in russia back on the arrest a russian opposition leader alexina rally is detained in moscow shortly after returning from. hello i'm maryam namazie and london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program inside the washington d.c. green zone and the security preparations now in place for joe biden's inauguration . security forces are overwhelmed in guatemala as

a massive migrant caravan continues its journey north towards the united states. one vehicle says top of my life. and israelis business is suffer in lockdown the government faces a major test. russian opposition politician alexina valmy made it no further than possible control before being arrested on returning to his homeland he landed in the russian capital moscow on a flight from lynn where he intreated after a poison attack that might have been ordered by president putin now the u.s. and the e.u. are demanding his immediate release or a challenge reports. it takes a particular type of person to survive a probable state sanctioned poisoning and then returned to the country you believe tried to kill you the country or you face imminent arrest. never gave the slightest

suggestion he would do anything else following months of recuperation in germany alexei and wife yulia took their seats on a moscow pound plane from berlin mines in. british columbia in the number of the boy bring us a little vodka we're flying home says yulia closing a much loved russian gangster movie it's a member of your. that he and his family make light of the many dangers they face and what he faced was jail on arrival it violated his suspended sentence by leaving russia to receive life saving treatment he makes a choice is a brave man because he always pretended he's a brave man who. or has no fear before that gorgeous it's no for iraq walton he has no fear of law and order machine now it's the time to prove. prove these claims.

and show the deeds that's why if he states brought. well he diminish his claims of being well number one and pray for position at the airport where he was due to land police detained members of his team have 3 supporters out around his playing was then diverted to another moscow airport away from the crowds after landing he spoke to the journalists who traveled with him yeah absolutely it's not him i am not afraid i feel ok we can free immigration i will particularly go home because i know that i am right and i don't need a criminal case against me had been forged so scary story that they have tried to scare me wave it is not only the truth by my side but also to quote us. but at passport control after a goodbye kiss with his wife police lead the valley away the kremlin denies the

f.s.b. had any role in last year's novacek poisoning that nearly kills the opposition leader but now it seems likely russia will jail no brownie for surviving it rory chalons al-jazeera. washington d.c. is under a security lockdown as police in the military of perth a possible on rest out of the presidential inauguration the u.s. capitol and other key buildings have been surrounded by barricades with streets closed off and the national guard deployed the f.b.i. has warned of more protests by supporters of president on a trunk it believe joe biden wasn't legitimately elected the city's mayor says she is concerned that any violence could be funneled away from government buildings and break out in residential areas instead. not only concerned about their state capitals i'm also concerned about other parts of washington d.c. and what you're showing is really the federal enclave of washington d.c. now we're in the 700000 of us live so our police department working with

our federal law enforcement partners and the united states army quite frankly are also has a plan to hit if we have any attacks in our neighborhoods or he joins us live now from the u.s. capitol and a huge military presence we've been seeing there describe to us some of the scenes and really what it feels like to be in washington right now. actually you do feel that there is a lot of apprehension in the air this is a country on edge you just heard from the mayor of washington d.c. the only concern about what good unfold here in sort of the downtown area the area around the white house the capitol hill and the mall but also worried about what could happen elsewhere we've also heard this kind of warning from the f.b.i. saying that they are fearing that they could be some large scale an armed protest in basically all 50 states across the country. out of apprehension you can see just

behind me how much security there is a national guard from pensive pennsylvania some of the $11000.00 plus that have already arrived here in the capital many more will be coming over the next hours and days. and days on wednesday there should be about 25000 national guards in the capital alone just to give you a comparison on the new gratian of president trump just 4 years ago there were 8000 national guard times more that probably gives you. gives you an idea about how concerned really. to secret service are going to be in charge of security on inauguration day they have this in need today and national security special event and making sure that everything goes smoothly but it is

a huge challenge and. this roadblock here. and you could see anything that looks suspicious a bag a person a vehicle anything with immediately. someone journalists actually had gotten a a back here whether it was the whole area was cordoned off then there was a car that was badly parked also that attracted the have security. you do feel that really they are expecting anything could happen at any time today when they were supposed to be protests. neither here in the capital nor elsewhere in the country as far as we know but that atmosphere of edginess that. things could go in any direction. you have all around the capitol sort of perry meter circles the white house the capitol hill the

mall where usually. during any time they will not come because of the coronavirus pandemic and because of the security. very different inauguration for president elect joe biden and probably one. of the most secured in recent u.s. history. i mean in washington. well joe biden has made it clear waste no time in taking swift action on a number of issues from day one and that includes immigration and executive order will be signed on inauguration day itself to reverse president charles ban on arrivals from 13 muslim majority countries he said that he'll immediately send a bill to congress outlining a route to citizenship for the so-called dreamers 11000000 people living in the united states illegally but his teams admitted it will take longer to change trump's asylum restrictions including raising the cap on refugees from

15002125000 there's a promise to create a task force to reunite hundreds of children separated from their parents on a trances 0 tolerance policy on a cold border crossings well an early test of minds intentions could come in the form of a migrant caravan carney travelling towards the united states thousands of people from honduras it appear to still be heading north despite an attempt by the authorities and to push them back but he's fired tear gas and form human walls to try and stop them but the crowds remain determined to reach their goal the u.s. border john heilemann reports. the confrontation between guatemalan security forces and thousands of people from honduras trying to cross the country the bench really reached the u.s. . congress though. this 6000 people traveling what modern authorities estimate that makes this one of the biggest currents from honduras

since they began in 2008 the. police tried to stop them on the buddha. authority said they wouldn't let anyone him without a code test all the right papers they called this a danger to a country really struggling with the pandemic. the who they got through these people desperate to get out of my goes to reach the united states why because of the level of crime that we have in this country because of the lack of a. work the lack of education because of extreme poverty. and duress was already one of the poorest the most boiling countries in latin america but 1st the pandemic and then through massive storms in november have made things worse. they're also travelling at a moment when joe biden is about to be inaugurated as the new us president many see him as more sympathetic to soil and seekers would be acting customs and border protection she told these people not to waste their time or money on the trip he

says any change of administration makes no difference to the rule of law. even that message didn't get to them or more likely the 2 desperate to listen john home now does it or. we want to look at uganda now because the opposition leader bobby wine is saying that he is still under house arrest as his party pledges to challenge his election loss weiner has not been seen in public since going out to vote on thursday and says soldiers and police are surrounding his house and the singer turned politician failed in his bid to prevent longtime president yoweri miss 70 from winning a 6th term in office which was announced on saturday that he is accusing the government of fraud ballot box stuffing and the violent intimidation satiny violence against opposition supporters will probably wind has been tweeting and

he's that made these comments on twitter he says it's now 4 days since the military surrounded our home and place my wife and i under house arrest we have run out of food supplies when my wife tried to pick food from the garden yesterday she was blocks and assaulted by the soldiers staged in our compound. now at least 83 people have been killed in fighting between rival tribal groups in sudan's darfur region according to state media buildings were also burned down in the city of allegheny and the capital of west for state violence broke out over a dispute between different tribes with local officials saying all groups got involved making the situation even worse we'll have a morgan has more now from sudan's capital hard to him. renewed intercom in violence in the western region of darfur this time in the west are far in the capital janina has raised questions on the ability of the transitional government to be able to secure and stabilize a region that has been torn and marred by 17 years of conflict that did not end

till last november when most of the armed groups fighting in the region signed a peace deal with the transitional government on saturday verbal clashes between 2 individuals from opposing tribes led to violence that left at least 2 people killed and several injured state authorities said that it has imposed a curfew and still further notice and also our security forces to use force if necessary to control the situation now at the same time another incident unfolded and attacked by armed groups on a displacement camp led to the deaths of dozens and displacement of people who are living in the camps due to the 17 years of conflict and who once again found themselves on the run being displaced seeking safety and refuge now this raises questions on whether this is the result of a vacuum that has been left by the african union united nations peacekeeping mission which was known as the in the med and which its mandate and that on the 31st of december people in the region are quite concerned they've been calling on the government to to to take control of the situation some of them even calling for

disarmament because they say the region is washed with weapons due to the years of conflict but they also say that they are worried with the withdrawal of the intimate and with so many insecurities happening so many intercom and clashes happening that the government may not be able to control the situation and that they may need other a 3rd party to be able to control the situation until the transitional government can step up and provide them with the safety and security they need. without life from london much more still ahead on the program as power from the paddy fields we'll 'd tell you about the indian manufacturing is turning straw into electricity . also looking at how house price at red tape and regulation has snarled up scotland's fishing industry.

it's cycling season and we have another named one for you developing off the coast of queensland this sizzle circle of thunderstorms here approaching kane's is cold kimmie it's not particularly big the winds aren't particularly strong it brings in fairly high waves but i think what's going to happen is once it gets over land you get a problem of the amount of rain for this area of queens and there's already been saturated couple weeks ago admittedly readily we'll get flooding once more assisting makes landfall during monday there might be some minor wind damage at bisley right it will be major now beyond that there's not a lot of thought of going all rain was a few showers in the still truly tropical air in sudden queens and something around darwin or to the east otherwise windy weather is obvious in tasmania the sun is out in melbourne and adelaide the temperatures reasonably high for summer but the purse of course strips shoot $34.00 degrees rising to $38.00 come tuesday. the wintry

weather there has been very cold recently in japan and the korean peninsula is briefly not ask what is more snow to come through through the korean peninsula and back into japan and then temperatures revert to no subzero insall with a maximum of minus 3. for the venezuela colombia border has become a stomping ground for trespassers. as desperate people transgress an illegal passage. to feed an emerging field trafficking markets. we follow that perilous journey unguarded through the line of fire. risking it all. and israel in colombia. on al-jazeera.

welcome back and look at the main stories a russian opposition politician alexina valmy has been detained after he arrived back in moscow following treatment in germany for a poison attack last year his plane was redirected to another of the city's airports away from crowds of supporters. the militarized green zone has been established in the u.s. capitol with fears of armed violence out of the presidential inauguration 25000 national guard troops have been deployed to washington and then are all the headline is security forces in guatemala review sticks and tear gas to try and stop the caravan of thousands of people heading north through the country between 7 and 8000 migrants are forced be trying to reach the united states.

italy's government could collapse this week with the prime minister decepticon t. facing a vote of no confidence over the state of the economy a new emergency decree means that lockdown regulations have now been extended it's having a devastating impact on businesses which have barely made it through the last year stephanie decker reports from rome. through most of the last challenging year madhu's at 5 he has kept his family run tie shop open now he says it wasn't worth it something like a tragedy i don't want to be catastrophic but i have. thousands of euros. with the bank with my parents who help me. room is a city that is heavily dependent on tourism and so has the world stopped travelling gigia the coronavirus the once bustling in vibrant italian capital has ground to

a halt to have these world famous sights almost all to yourself would have been unthinkable simply played impossible a year ago and even though it may be a privilege to see the trevi fountain without the usual towards a tourist this is unprecedented and tells a story just how desperate the economic situation here has become such a vaccination campaign is underway and the government says at least 1000000 people have already been inoculated it's giving some hope but most people say they know it's not a quick fix italy is one of the worst of congress on both counts the number of deaths and the economic impact what we do know is that the economic effect of all this is going to be very tough and that he tell you is going to get out of the. almost unmanageable public that that's

a certainty. what is uncertain is this country's political future ziplock on to the prime minister is facing 2 votes of confidence early this week after one of his coalition parties pulled its ministers out of his cabinet it could lead to a political crisis at a time when the country needs at least. lockdown measures of recently been extended meaning restaurants and bars need to remain shut and a nighttime curfew extended for at least another month. italy is defined by a food and wine culture and restaurant owners are desperate i feel like 11th wrong for go. so nothing this changes the. nothing nothing some time i feel like a stupid because i say i spend the 20 here why why i spend the tour and say here is a possible one vehicle so stop of my life. like so many other

italians tibetans left worried about mounting debts continued restrictions and no idea when it will end stephanie decker or just 0. the scottish food explore industry is being badly hit by the u.k.'s exit from the european union it's wise valuable catch shellfish goes almost entirely to members france spain and the netherlands the industry was promised friction free access to these crucial markets but that's not happened and as jonah hall reports from glasgow and the nearby fishing port of clinic many people feel betrayed. scottish langoustine reputed to be the best in the world destined for e.u. markets but even as it leaves the glasgow processing plant no one can be quite sure it will actually arrive it's very very difficult but we don't know what's often girls a time to wait for you know used to take when you fall off the beach front no you

can take food 34 days to the front last week when the boss. we lost it all someone else we could spot the products well it's like that last week of a half a tonne. in a bit dump it was all right up front losses are mounting seafood sometimes left to rot with e.u. customers cancelling orders and prices plummeting because of border checks and failing computer systems but it isn't forced on the cell phone also for us now you know because you lose so much money you know it's not viable and it will but solutions to now permanent trade rules may be hard to find and the scottish fishing industries main trade body has accused the government in westminster of lying about the benefits of breaks it warning many of its members fear for their livelihoods scottish fishing communities aren't alone among u.k. businesses in feeling the pain of new border checks the difference is that up here a majority of people never wanted breakfasted in the 1st place and many see in

these post breaks the trade difficulties evidence that westminster simply doesn't have scotland's interests at heart. langoustine trawlermen alister roberts calls the u.k. e.u. trade deal a disgrace the told us it was going to be a sea of opportunity. and what. you have got are for should is vanished. when they do come out on christmas eve never even read the deal the agreement. when we were all very busy on christmassy and my case organizing the local nativity trail. roberts and many others think politicians like fisheries minister victoria apprentice could hardly care less and that's a powerful incentive for those who believe briggs it signals the end of the united

kingdom helping to propel support for scottish independence to its highest levels yet jonah how al-jazeera glasgow for the 1st time a palestinian court is hearing a case against israeli settler why it might be a step forward the process itself is for with legal problems that the abraham brings us the story now from new york west bank. was that method has been trying to build his house for the past 30 years but he hasn't been able to he says israeli settlers regularly attacked the building in the occupied west bank so he filed a lawsuit against one of them but in what is believed to be the 1st case of its kind it's a being heard in a palestinian court not an israeli one his house is located the village he says problems began after 2 illegal israeli settlement outposts were built in the area during the past decade. for 7 kilometers towards my house and tell me that i am in

the settlements land this is mile and when i insist on building my house i'm staying here. never as lawyers say this is the 1st lawsuit to be brought against an israeli settler in a palestinian court they have been able to bring the case as the sutler has dual nationality it followed a decision by the palestinian president to dissolve agreements signed with israel. relations with israel were later restored but palestinian authority officials still encourage plaintiffs to seek legal action on little palestinian courts do not touch jurisdiction over israelis they can look into cases against dual citizens but it's unclear how any order by this court would be implemented the court is going to get difficult to serve the south there with the writ and al-jazeera was unable to obtain details of his nationality identity or response now after his lawyers say the case could establish ways for palestinians to achieve justice outside israeli

jurisdiction. this could be a preliminary step when we have a final court order we can resort to regional or international courts one could even file for compensation in israeli courts. plus 10 years one the international criminal court in the hague or i.c.c. to investigate israeli settlement activity in 2019 the i.c.c. prosecutor said she believes there are grounds for opening an investigation into alleged war crimes in palestine this actually supports the prosecution's contention that the state of palestine does have jurisdiction over all or all areas or all parts of its territory. and also over all people in its territory the i.c.c. is pretrial chamber has yet to rule in its jurisdiction in palestine but many palestinians say they have little faith that the court's decision will change the reality back

in but he never says he plans to keep building his house no matter how many times it's vandalized. the occupied west bank in india farmers and factory owners are getting creative with left of a straw from the harvest season is that of discarding the waste actually using it to generate electricity instead as a both front and discovered an hour the idea is save one businessman a $1000000.00 a year. a novel way to produce electricity in punjab leftover straw from some of the state's paddy fields is being burnt to generate power for a 50 acre industrial area. have got to be on a hunt says he began looking for cheaper and more environmentally friendly alternatives to pal his factories when petrol prices peaked in 2030 this is were.

these 200 percent on the back useful here but we are believe we are running busybodies for an american former we are generating hybrid history and regardless of who we are going to follow. pays follows to collect paddy stroll for the factory is no shortage of that in the state which is one of india's biggest rice produces about 60 people who were employed by bell they've saying over the one month policies and last year when 5000000 kilos of straw was connected from 500 farmers. before this we used to burn the house but since these machines and this opportunity opened up we have my mr reduce pollution and by selling the house we also make a profit. as well as converting the leftover stroll to cleaner and atrocity some also selling it to companies which make cardboard out of it around punjab farmers and others are finding ways to recycle crop stubble instead of burning it in the fields that causes pollution to rise to hazardous levels for hundreds of kilometers

. india's government began imposing fines on farmers for burning stubble and 2015 but remove them last month after protests fathers say they shouldn't be paralyzed where they don't have alternatives to clear their land in time for the one to sowing season the government office follows just over $1.00 for every $100.00 kilos of stubble they collect and daunte but experts say most farmers don't have the expensive machines needed to gather the waste so it is the lack of attention of government. to put a wired possible solution to your. kind of were docked to develop electricity plants this sucker knows that they have been. developmental correcting blondin. hundreds god exists he saved around a $1000000.00 a year on power since using paddy straw to fuel his factories he also paid leave

saying 27000 dollars last year for the straw and what they both say is a win win situation for farmers industries and the environment elizabeth proud of al-jazeera i'm a little punjab. a quick look at the headlines now police have detained the russian opposition politician alexina valley as he arrived back in moscow if you and from berlin after treatment in the german capital after a poison attack last year his plane was redirected to another of the city's airports away from crowds of supporters who gathered to meet him legal papers had been presented to a court last week over alleged violations of a previous suspended prison sentence alexandra 4 is in moscow they issued a warrant on him for as they say to quote a multiple of iowa.