exactly what's happening, like, i think that's true. so we could just focus on the child's space to deliver your vision. oh, this is al jazeera. ah, hello, there. i'm here today, and this is the news i live from our headquarters here and are coming up in the next 60 minutes. celebration and presentation and ivory coast. fuller president are owned by bo returns for the 1st time and to the rest. and they to a quick on war crimes charges john b, a founding president kenneth told us the size of the age of 97. he was one of the

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a 4 month civil war when nearly 3000 people were killed. he was charged with crimes against humanity, but then eventually acquitted by the international criminal court. he has been met by supporters who as you can see, crowded to catch a glimpse of him at the airport that lined the streets of the city kilometers burglars. conway travels to the size of his former campaign headquarters itself, pension husband high in the city. ahead of his return today, alley a police fire tear gas demonstrator and security forces use live fire to prevent protest is from breaching barriers at the air force. well, honored interest is at the airport for us in abidjan, where he's been watching events unfold on that. that was really quite the reception that mr. barber received. exactly quite reception. natasha. why we are now. we are just one kilometer away from the airport. its a mix reception actually was back home after 10 years and then the events

preceding his arrival here in abbey jones mix for testers. not wanting him to return back to the ivory coast. and of course, the support of thousands of them pool water fuels continued into the airport to receive them. because what we're hearing right now is you can see the price out of the camera pans that are still supporters of mr. bubble on the street. i'm going to still have the police presence on the street. few minutes ago we still heard the sounds of to you guys been looked at these protesters, it appears that they are broken through the code owned by the police and are approaching this policeman at this key round about close to the port here in our b, john this is a celebration we'll continue to see over the next few days, whether or not it will result into violence. we're not sure at the moment, but right now there is concern, but things to guess get a bit

a bit miss. yeah. the way things are now thinking of getting messy on that way. i literally watching pictures of a huge amount more gas in downtown, on where the murder case has been heading. you were saying earlier that he is headed to party headquarters. and obviously this whole return is an opportunity for reconciliation. but as you is suggesting that a huge divisions could all of this also go the other way. you could put me in a bad way. right now we're talking about a country divided on the day. you said one of the key he was knowledge is who is expected to leave the reconciliation f one is coming home. you have the scenes on the streets of abi john. it's concerning. this is not the reception is gone. he's plan for the truck to happen. one of the leading figures was

told that they were not happy, but the government did not stop in with the necessary support. they did not allow cost of all the supporters to go into the airport to welcome him. and then there was not enough security on the start, but the, despite the fact that the board in government restored privileges due to form, i have stayed in this country. now, what remains to be seen is how this day and i lot of people i know moving from this side of town to, to watch it quarters. why destruction are big reception. it's been organized, bug bowl. and then of course, the reaction from the other side of town. well, activity, people who are not happy with mr. coming back to this country have told me that they will not allow the celebrations to continue, and they will not agree to the government given preferential treatment according to them. but in the own eyes, it's still

a criminal. he needs to be held accountable for some of the things he sort of watch over happen as a result of his refusal done over 2010 years ago. so for them, they want the government to of course take necessary action of both. they want him to read to apologize and then they want to see some report issues. although mr. bubble or the 21 to centers or what's interesting, i've sent you for 22 people in i because believe that the government will go ahead and convict him or take him to prison for 20 years. right now it looks like the country meets the piece that is required to move forward from this, from the, from the trouble of today. and of course mr. mark was to return you. so the only concern that i does is position tickets for currently in exxon out of the country and then need to come back as well if any reconciliation for succeed in this kind clearly still a nation divided. i'm interested just outside the airport for us and i'll be john.

thank you so much on it was now take a look at just how we got here. the former history professor lauren by birth served as president from 2000 until his defeat by alison tara in the 2010 election by refuse to accept the result. and that led to a full month civil war which divided the country. a year later, bagwell was arrested and then handed over to the international criminal court to face charges of crimes against humanity has been acquitted in january 2019. although in november that year and i was in court as our mentor, thank sentenced him in that censure to 20 years for losing the central bank. now, although bank boy remains very popular at home, there is still a chance he could be arrested. well, let's not speak to nick, nor brooke. he's the managing editor of the africa report, a leading magazine on african politics and business. he joins us now from paris. nick, we've seen mostly supporters out on the streets or fall, but there is also a big part of the war in populations you aren't out to reason how launch is that

way the people it is significant. of course, the, the residence of that be john suffered a great deal in several months civil war. but there was also a reign of terror that happened in the years leading up to it was the master of controlling a group of young people that were coalition by 3 who very violent and would sometimes dispose of political rivals. so the, the memory of the back era certainly will lodge in the minds of many people to not be jo and many other parts of the country who are, who are badly affected by that civil war. i'm sure, well, we haven't seen much of bad for today, just glimpses here and there and is carpet. what kind of a man is he now after all this time abroad? he's 175 years old. he is. and although he's, you know,

looking much more brightly than when they pulled him out of the bunk in 2011. he, he has managed to retain a very strong network. he's surrounded by a group of very loyal partisan who have been pushing his course. and i've been communicating on his behalf and who have been driving his path, not agenda, but certainly the idea that boys houses politics is incorrect. and the party that he founded in 1982 has been legally handed over to a former political ally. but partisans of, of backed bo have created a new party, which 117 seats in recent elections. so he's, he's, by no means a spend force. the question is, will he turn himself into a king maker or

a troublemaker? well, i'm curious then if he is potentially thinking about getting back into politics, what's his relationship like with president what tara. 6 now it is strange, but cordial from what we hear, he was allowed home. so clearly what sir, i believes that that relationship is, is on a new footing and see that 20 year sentence that you mentioned earlier. i think it's being held over by both had, has as a way of perhaps keeping him on the right side of the rail. nicholas no, brook there, the managing editor of the africa report really great to get you insights here on out there. thanks for joining us. next, thank you. moving on and zambia has announced 21 days of morning after the death of its founding president kenneth colanda, aged 97. he led zombie from independence in 1964 until 991. and during his

role, he made john b, a sense of an anti colonial groups who were fighting to end minority white minority rule and southern africa having which also has more on his long life in politics. it was 1964, zambia gaines independence from britain for many who were there. it was the time for new beginning people had high expectations from zambia, the 1st president kenneth calendar. it was an exciting time as one by one liberation movement in africa, gained independence from the colonial master calendar rules ambia for nearly 3 decades in what was effectively a one party state as life got tougher for the poor. many became frustrated and angry. some blamed the struggling economy on colon, the socialist policies. as his puppy, that as he waned zombie and had had enough off the 27 years in power that be as founding, father was defeated at the polls. then he did something that still very re and africa. he accepted the seat and willingly stepped down. he had been forth from the

political arena through the ballot box, but he didn't disappear in the years that followed. he had a troubled relationship with subsequent zambian government. at one point, he was a keys approaching a coo and they had to fight to retain his ambient citizenship. in court. later, he became very much the eldest statesman, engaged in human charities, and gradually winning back the trust and the fiction of me and his ambiance, many se they'll always remember his trade walk white handkerchief. but also the fundamental role played helping of a neighboring countries gain. the independence for years than be offered refuse to african national congress members during a party in south africa, the $800.00 radio fleet and was allowed to broke off from the capital lusaka. it was under code is protection that the ac wait for an arm struggle when a diplomatic one against the apartheid regime. zambia also helps to bob. again, it's an attendance for white minority rule in 1981. and after

a long life spent at the center of politics cohen there lived out his final years at home in the country. he loved the zambia. he had helped lead to freedom like you all at now. i think tessa show us a show he is electra and african history at the university of zambia, and he focuses on sunday and politics and history. he joins us now from cape town. i want to start with kohen does legacy ins ambia, because it is a bit of a mixed bag where he was a liberation, but also an authoritarian leader. but then he left when defeated the ballot box and the economy didn't fed too well under his leadership fever. that's right. he a, he's the guy that was many being different thing that different times not be i got to see on the point in time that he credited united john b into a meeting place and just had

a question of you that the country you today in kansas and it will be out of $23.00 . i've been looking for examples and it was new friends in the nationalist organization that lives under 6419, and one that he resided. all they unification of be a diverse in groups into echo hair and a national identity. andy, where did, what do you hear today saying, you know, run them the one nation to do to better granted about the he presided about unification. but also founder was credited with mark of investment in, in, in the caching and, and running structure as being the fact that he, even the way i teach was constructed by government, from definitive services. we provide the design manager cation university for free

. and the generation of the margin that new services is down now and we want to 3. so i'm going to give you is in terms of the national government and also many of them. i'm sorry, i do want to ask you as well, because you mentioned this huge investments in services, but also an infrastructure. he also was quite the different that and he invited a huge amount of chinese investments into the region, and that's become rather controversial. how is that now regarded a good time in the sixties and seventies china and major brands ambien life day, then residency and integration of chinese african zambia is something that can be faxed to the editor of an illegal to see how much do they are

not the region where the poor them yeah. i mean, we saw in the video to me, but i didn't like bob way, africa media big because the he projected to the motion of the country. many movements were hoping that the leadership went to school for 3 and i'll be on well, i think that, remember that make it one edition to struggle back. and i do think that, you know, that i can one, another edition version of the china question is something that is more recent at the time, you know, we really don't know know, live and movement on the quote, a little politics. he's not the one who negotiated complex issues who wrote that

was about me to being back to the best time to talk to people like me, bob way after because to be that negotiation document needs key to the end of my going in these regions. i'm not reaching on people, are you putting those why your opponent, you want that too much? i can a left, a huge legacy and date including for the entire region. so she was the issue of that from the university of sound via great to get your thoughts with a phone out there. thank you for joining us. while there's still plenty more ahead for this news hour, including warnings that kind of suns. corona virus pandemic is spirally out of control, as it records its highest daily desk toll. since the panoramic began a major victory for american v. us president hale for supreme court for rejecting a challenge for national health care and in fort tennessee. rock adult says he is withdrawing from both wimbledon and the olympic find out why coming up?

i know radians are going to the polls on friday to elect a new president. right now, any full candidates are left in the race off to 3 drop down just shortly before election day. top leaders are calling for a high turn out, but record numbers are expected to boycott because frustrations about the struggling economy. well, let's speak to us a bag. he's in the capital terran for us. so i said by my understanding know, campaigning today can you talk us through what we're expecting in the coming out? yes, as you said today has been the day of silence from this morning and tomorrow it will be election day, 7 o'clock in the morning there on time, the polls will open. but if you've been watching state tv here and iran, the pulled, i told the stops, they've used all the arguments and all the the points try trying to persuade people

to come out and vote. they've used a religious want a political, one of them, the nationalistic ones, because there is a concern that they will be a low voter turnout. and even the supreme need to the how many has he spoke? and he has encouraged people to come out and vote, and even those reformists that were disqualified the camps of come out and us people to come and vote and think that the boycott isn't the way forward. but regardless of who is elected, they will have to address a major concerns of people in iraq. now we were out on the streets and this is what they had to say on the streets of iran. there's one topic that everyone is talking about, the economy hit by some of the toughest sanctions iran has ever seen. as well as what some believe is government mismanagement, the coven pandemic has caused the economy to plummet further in 2019 the country. so widespread demonstrations after a fuel price, like, according to the iranian government, more than $200.00 people were killed in violence, the still unrest,

but it's not limited to fuel prices. the muslim social goods we sell our basic necessities since last year. prices of some items have gradually increased by 30 to 50 percent pastor, noodle salad dressings, junior tomato paste. everything you can imagine has had a 30 to 40 percent price rise in just one year. it rains the carpets, a famous around the world. but even this trade has been hit hard long. they blame it on many reasons, but usually it's the sanction we have to live, but we're struggling economically. certainly the main reason that these things, but management has a significant role to the new president will have an uphill challenge when it comes to the economy. when i'm sure was that we didn't have a room in the chronic problem with always faced as inflation. it's always been high in the past decade was 40 percent on average. we had to inflation shocks in the last 4 to 5 years. inflation in the short term,

could be controlled by interest rates, which in turn leads to recession. we can't continue going on with the card 40 percent inflation anymore. the government should phillips budget deficit and implement reforms. the size of thereon many people earn less than $150.00 a month. the woods here have adverts for laborers, usually paying less than the minimum wage and get the cost of living is very high. it's very difficult. people have many problems, rents, and other miseries. you don't know whether to pay to rent or do shopping. only god helps us. officials should think about us renters, the youth and their future. i just feel ashamed when i can buy something for my kid a times. i can't really buy what i want for her once. that cannot be, conditions are very bad. the price of cooking oil used to go up once a year, but cooking or butter went up $4.00 times. last year. we can, we can meet our condition wasn't good, but it wasn't very bad either. now i can't buy butter or cheese. i expect from the

new government to make goods cheap. men in this poor neighbourhood. some still hope things can change. so there is concern around the economy has been hit by the crone of ours and sanctions, and many here already believe that this election is a done deal that the election french are not current. judicial chief abraham, right. you see is the head in the polls. i mean that any real opposition that he will become the country the next president. so the question isn't, who is going to win the questions right now the been off is how many people are going to turn out to vote? what percentage of the vote with the next president get and what will he do to make the standard of living better for many iranians will be watching voting very closely. indeed. tomorrow us back there for us into iran. thank you. awesome. now now aid groups are wanting to kind of in 1900 situation is spiraling out of control and f canister on the international committee of the red cross says hospital. the

already full in many areas and oxygen supplies are running out. the countries recorded the highest daily death toll there since the beginning of this pandemic, less than half a percent of the population has been fully vaccinated. so far. i spoke to dr. neil mo, barriers, she's the president of the african red crescent. and she told me about the difficulty is facing us kind of sounds. pandemic response. first eastern part was head and slowly not, not slowly but it quickly. after that, it is all over the country almost cobbled with its 4500000 population is really very big shortage. we have an fortunate not received oxygen plants on time and that was another big problem. currently to oxygen shortage is huge. a little bit under control by the ministry of

public sheltered cells. unfortunately, our national partner said to bring on time. meanwhile, indonesia has reported its biggest increase in infections in january with more than 12000 cases. the well health organization is wanting. the restrictions on people need to be increased. president job without a has ordered authorities to speed up a vaccination campaign. there he wants, the number of people are not connected each day to increase to 1000000 by next month. only around half that currency being vaccinated. while africa is also experiencing a 3rd wave of current of virus infections, as millions across the continent remain unvaccinated, it's 1300000000 people announce account for 18 percent of the world's population. but the continent has received only 2 percent of all vaccine doses administered globally. that ted wave is, here is the reality. as i said, 15 countries across african union members,

it now experiencing that. we would anticipate that more countries will be in that at the logic for how long it would take for us to peek. we don't know, you are depend on our behavior and collective actions that probably had measures that will be taken off surgeon current of our cases in libya are pushing hospital se close to collapse. one of the country's biggest struggles has been trying to vaccinate all its health care workers and neighboring south africa restrictions are being tysons following a rise. in cases there and nighttime coffee will be extended and the sale of alcohol limited, new daily infections have doubled over the past 2 weeks. now, web has one from the kenyan capital, nairobi, the director of the african union center for disease control john and kanga song with speaking to the press. the said, the 3rd wave is he said 15 countries in africa are experiencing it now. and that

number's just going to go up in the weeks ahead. 13 countries recorded the presence of the delta very, very. and that originated in india and some health care. but a concern that africa is yet to see the kind of coven crisis that was recently seen in india. but that here it could, in fact, the potentially much worse in life to the fact that africa, people in africa have, on average, much less access to health care than any other continent in the world. and there's also a great the shortage of medical workers compared to every other continent. the cdc earlier said this just point 79 percent of people in africa have been vaccinated. health care act. it stay that it's not just a delay in the rollout. i mean, the doses that were meant to come here from india that were held up following india's coded crisis just a few weeks ago. but they were saying that the whole program for vaccinating africa

is wisely inadequate. even if you include the nearly a 1000000000 vaccines that were pled by the g 7 nations in the summer last week, i forgot, has about 16 of the world's population, but it's only received about one percent of the world's vaccines, so far, hostile ahead few here on out of era, lebanese businesses closed in protest against a growing economic crisis as questions raised over what happened to tens of millions of dollars in a press. freedom is hanging by a red warning from hong kong top pro democracy newspaper. it's executives are arrested and officer now the number of coca cola you are 2020 both help is to respect their sponsors. that's coming up with a use hello. nice to

see you here or whether story across the middle east. you know, we didn't have the hottest temperature on earth that was actually in death valley, california on wednesday. but this is still impressive in oman. 51.6 degrees is what we had. but the big story we're watching are those should ball winds blowing across the gulf and that swirling up the sand and us having a big impact on visibility. we'll look for those winds to die down a bit. but still, we could see those gus, a 60 kilometers per hour on friday. next up i want to take you to turkey were by and large racine, and improvements across the country. but i've got to keep the risk in there for some showers, rolling across the boss 1st impacting its stumble. a hiv 26 degrees is mere. we've got you in for 30 on friday, the tropics of africa. we've got some weather across the ethiopian highlands, uganda democratic republic of congo, and the central african republic. on tap for you for friday,

toward the south. plenty of sun, we can find it, but we do have a bit of what weather, grazing the eastern cape. this is mostly drizzle, but a lot of sun can be found while the y o $23.00 degrees. and if we look at the next 3 days for namibia, plenty of sun, but those winds could pick up a bit as we head toward sunday and monday. the weather bag, energy and change to every part of our universe. more small. to continue the change all around the shape, my technology and human ingenuity. we can make it work for you and your business. a city defined by military occupation. there's never been an arab stayed with the

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