and abuse of power around the globe. on now to sierra we understand the differences and similarities of culture across the wound. so no matter what you call hand out you 0 will bring you the news and current affairs that mattie houses in south africa pays tribute to anti apartheid hero. and nobel peace prize was not one of desmond tutu remembering what's being described as his persistent fight for justice and freedom. archbishop does much to do as we know a moral compass. but he's also been our national conscience. ah,

i'm wrong by this, and this is all the 0 life and doha also coming up marches in iraq to remember customs cilla mani. the powerful iranian general killed in a u. s. john strike 2 years ago. back in business, uganda lifts its covert, 19 locked on paving the way for schools, bars and cinemas to reopen and recovering mexico's last treasures. ancient artifacts are heading home centuries after they were stolen. ah a crusader in the struggle for freedom, justice equality and peace that so south africa's anti apartheid hero. archbishop desmond tutu has been described during his funeral service in cape town. his ashes are being entered at saint george's cathedral, where he preached against racial justice for years from

a de miller reports ah, to people around the world. archbishop desmond tutu was a champion of freedom and the fight against racial segregation in south africa. to others, he was simply a husband, father and grandfather. many of the messages we received have said, thank you for sharing him with the whoa. well, it actually is a 2 way street, because we shared him with the world. you shared part of the love you held for him with us. and so we are thankful among the speakers at saint george's cathedral, michael newton, who served as tu tuesday pretty for many years. for the chief mama, my dear call many times

i for as the owner, he cried easily and in the life of our country, both post and prison. he had the service for many was deeply personal. much of the proceedings down, according to archbishop to his last wishes, a plain pined coffin adorned with the symbols of the church. while the eucharist server sent it around to his anglican beliefs and spiritual leadership, his activism against global oppression. and as the leading bois against apartheid laws in south africa was to the full o. bishop doesn't want to do too much without question a crusade in the struggle for freedom, for justice, for quality and for peace. not only in south africa,

the country of his best around the world as well. 0 $1.00 at times shalom the service also celebrated the archbishop to his favorite hymns and scriptures. his last moments at saint george's cathedral, marked by a final blessing, bishop desmond tutu was loved by many, but coven 19 restrictions limited. how they would have liked to pay the final respects. instead, they participated in services of small parishes across the country. ah gee, and bishops form a god of honor as a final, goodbye to a remarkable man, simply known as the arch his ashes to be late to interred at the church. he called home for me. the miller al jazeera kept up protest have been held in cities across a rock to mark nearly 2 years since the assassination of a ron's top general awesome sala money. it was killed and a u. s. john, striking baghdad almost 2 years ago along with a leader of veridian box,

popular mobilization forces resident donald trump ordered selim on his kenny, saying he was planning an imminent attack on us interests. lochlund adore hud has more from the iraqi capital. thousands of iraqis got out of here, nearby dodge the green soon to market. the 2nd anniversary of the killing of iranian commander awesome sleigh manny and abu madam hunt is a tub commander of iraq. soon, popular mobilization forces 2 years ago by an american john attack and they say that they are demanding the clarity in the investigation. they say that that hasn't been transparency in the investigation. meanwhile, the demand immediate withdrawal of all u. s. troops and iraq. they say that any u. s. military presence in the country will be resistance that have been leaders of

the political part as pro iran political parties that they spoke here today. threatening to take matters into their own hands. they say they will take up arms again and resist the military presence of the us troops in iraq. thousands of come from other iraqi, a province is to join the protest here. they're blaming the government for what they consider collaborating with the us a troops. they say that the government should implement the resolution passed by the parliament in january 2020, stipulating that all foreign should leave the country. and they say that they will continue protesting until the government responds to their demands that

in all cannon, he is an iraq analyst, and he says pro iranian factions are losing support or challenging an accumulation of many defeats. most recently, the major electoral defeat that the parties that are affiliated with these groups in the early election last october, which also led them to another crisis where they failed to convince the leader of the suggest moving to create a consensus government wisdom instead of a majority government and then the last another battle where their appeal, which was rejected by the supreme court, where they claimed the elections where rick, so the accumulation of the fifty's defeats is what pushed them to signify. their strength and presence on the streets as though preparing themselves for 1000000 protests and remembers of the assassination of some sort of money. and while i'm this, the government has been struggling a lot and managing some type of test on my should. these groups are not a coaching,

be the political system with, with the government for the 1st time. a few weeks ago, it was of a same groups that most reports believe that they talk the house of the prime minister. what the government can do now is just wait for the government to before and because they know it's a current government. although a lot of sources claim that the scientist movement might push for a problem this, they're called me for another term. but they are dealing with the messages here. they know it's not really something that they're actually trying to do, or we're actually attacking them for forces or the us forces of the always claims to do. the main messages here is that they still enjoy a powerful fan base across the country. it's messages to the suggest moving roughly one to be a part of the a consensus government this majority government. and the electoral defeat is a great reflection off of their extremely decreasing across the country. they can get hundreds of thousands of people protesting,

but they will never be able to whitewash or what shall way the memories of the lexical violence that a committed against civil society, activists and, and an activist and buddhist. there is a since october 2019 with your gunners reopening after one of the strictest lock downs in the world. schools will start up again after being closed for nearly 2 years and a nighttime curfew is expected to be lifted. victoria gave them the reports. the end of the look down means children in uganda will once again get to experience one of the most important parts of their lives. education schools there have been closed since march 2020. shortly after the 1st case of coven 19 was confirmed on the african continent. some classes reopened in february last year, but shut down again 4 months later as the country faced a surgeon infections. analysts say the last 2 years have had

a devastating effect on children and young people wise girls had you're me and closed will this long is a question that bond lives. nobody can ask even begun to self convert. it's been completely, there has been a huge increase in a child exploits molestations. ah, but ziegler leads in a greg lucy's or across the country reported. i had the been huge cases, awful child marriages, balls, disclose, and cinemas are also due to open up in the coming weeks. much to the relief of people who work in the countries entertainment industry, a wilson way too long watching like we're scared of it in tons of the nozzles on them. but yet lou ality, we're ready to live with doesn't look like it's about to go away. ugandans, i've suffered a lot in the pastry us. rather than get you me nice. i'm quite of misdirecting filthy. you going to impose some of the most strict and lengthy rules in the world

to contain the virus? since the pandemic began, it's reported a $137000.00 cases of corona virus, and more than 3000 deaths. the president says a high vaccination rate means it's now safe for the country to reopen. but during his public address, he added that some measures could be reinstated, it cases rise steadily, victoria gate and be al jazeera new york and washington d. c. or again, the upper centers of america has covered 19 outbreaks, recording the highest number of daily infections to date. 2022 began with more than 45000 people in new york tested positive for the virus nationally. a number topped 647000 bot. health officials say the number of fatalities is falling, even though cases have gone up by 60 percent. more than a 1000 people are now in hospital with corona virus in australia's most populous state. new south wales has the highest number of cases since october,

just over 18000 people have tested positive that's down for more than 22000 on saturday. that our warnings the states hospital system could reach a critical phase. the health minister assigned a public health order reducing isolation rules for staff, and that means that can go back to working at home. sarah clark's in the noosa and queensland, she's got more on the situation in australia, victoria, which is the 2nd 2nd largest dice. it also recorded plot big numbers in the 172 new cases and trade this and the decrease in delhi tie sub since christmas. having said that, the tissue numbers have also coincide with that drop. we had most testing centered across a victoria shop. they said we'd use the high temperatures, we have a stream degree. and that also was a case where we had some testing since close, and therefore it was a drop in the south wells numbers the previous days. we've had 20 to 23000 cases

where i'm in queens that we've had the highest number of daily taken time, 3587. and i should know that that is because there are so many people traveling across the board and was already in the last few weeks with equations that has opened border to trouble saying hundreds of thousands of people across the board. busy to come here, we expect to see that number here in claims and to continue to ride. 1 as a result, and on a side note, the prime minister potentially exposed to a positive type. last wednesday. he said at the moment monitoring symptoms, but there was a press conference held at his home and to billy as a result that have now concerned one of the people attending that press conference has tested positive citizens of the united, out of the amorous. so non vaccines is against coven 19 will not be allowed to travel abroad. the new rules will also require those who are fully vaccinated to have a booster shot if they want to travel, the policy goes into effect on january the 10th. but the for the ministry says it

will not apply to those with medical or humanitarian exemptions. still had an al jazeera ah musician by night cleaning tires by day, the challenges facing venezuelans now living in peru. and it's a wrap for plastic. packaging in france, a new la bonnie: it on most fruits and vegetables goes into effect. ah, it is now snowing over what was just recently a major far in colorado, the wind directions change, the temperatures of dropped away in the snow could well pile up is not gonna be particularly heavy in the immediate future. indeed, much of the u. s. is free of a large amount of cloud. the deep cold has been around has been pushed away as snow

comes in. the western side of canada, rains, stretching down some the california coast and this stormy line. and we're talking about some of these for cassie will have wandered down the se, some pretty significant thunderstorms seem likely. now, progress continues during monday. the storm system brings a lot more stern to washington. and right, the south of that and everything goes offshore on the east coast. and youngest attempts is dropped down in calgary bismark at minus 4. in fact, this whole area is much warmer than it was, but that cold is arctic cold in the middle of canada on its way south again. bismark that miles 11, eventually even get down to again minus 12 in minneapolis which is 18 degrees celsius. below normal compared with 23 below normal in calgary. so y'all to cares around and there's a border once again where you will see by mid week thunderstorms forming in the middle of the u. s. which could well turn tornadic. ah,

i'm counting the coffee climate emergency, the price of going green and why it doesn't lead to cost the earth, the legs and unlikely leader and economics become the test bed for controlling our prices was no gold deposit. so why is it one of your walks biggest exports counting the cost on al jazeera. what we do in ology theera is try to balance this story and leave the people who along with, into their lives, dignity, and humanity. ah ah ah

your child is it a reminder? what top stories this are archbishop desmond tutu has been described as a crusader in the struggle for freedom, justice equality and peace. at his funeral, the anti apartheid herald died last sunday. at the age of night protested being held in cities across a rock to mock nearly 2 years since the assassination of a top a rainy and general ha some sel amani was killed in the u. s. jerome striking baghdad, along with a leader of the arabian back to popular mobilization forces, uganda's reopening off to one of the strictest loc. done in the world. schools will start up again off to being closed for nearly 2 years. and i time curfews expected to be lifted on january. the 10th sedans, military leader has called for unity warning that the country faces, existential threats. general abdel father albert hans televised address was to mark the country's independence day. would have been ongoing protests against the military takeover which he led in october. i knock them to the corner. you mean you're all aware of the difficult situation at our country's going through and the

magnitude of the challenges and crises that threatened the entity of the homeland. and they are, in fact, existential threats. that cannot be ignored and can only be confronted with full awareness impure actions and a sense of belonging to the homeland and putting its interest above any other interests. the leader of marley's interim authorities has that proposed elections due to take place next month should be delayed following our military coup in 2020 . the transitional government initially agreed to hold elections in february. now it was supposed to be held within 5 years. the west african regional blog echo was as imposed sanctions and officials and as promised more if marley's leaders don't produce a plan for a democratic transition. united states has blocked ethiopia, marley and guinea from a duty free trade program over a ledge, human rights violations. and recent crews, the african growth and opportunity act or are guar, allows sub saharan african countries to export certain products to the u. s. and

avoid certain taxes. if he of his trade ministry, he says it's sudden by the decision and has asked the by the ministration to we consider the suspension of benefits is likely to affect ethiopia. as textile industry, the most experienced president has used his new your message to say his main goal for 2022 is ending the war in the east of the country. large parts of the region have been taken over by russian by separate us almost 8 years ago. no tensions of a russian troop movements near the border of lead to mutual threats by the us and russia. let him bother reports, pearl novel. we're not scared of any army on the other side of the border. that's the message from ukraine's president in his new year message, one clearly aimed at russia. and there was more defiance in the sign with bookish music in chile. unfortunately, we have not ended the war in the east of our country yet. this is our primary goal . that's why i say not yet, because next year we'll definitely be better. according to ukranian officials,

they're currently around a $100000.00 russian troops near the border. western government say they're concerned about a full scale invasion. the fighting in eastern ukraine between separatists backed by moscow and the ukrainian army started in 2014 as huge protests in the capital give lead to the pro russian government being overthrown. the conflict has killed more than 14000 people, devastating ukraine's industrial heartland known as the don bass, leaving civilians terrified earlier this week, the russian and u. s. presidents had a phone discussion lasting nearly an hour and involving threats on both sides. i made it clear to the president for that he or makes any more move goes in to ukraine. we will have severe sanctions. roy increase our

our presence in europe with our nato allies and the heavy price to pay for the leash. but our president immediately responded that if the west decides in this or other circumstances to impose the unprecedented sanctions mentioned, that could lead to a complete breakdown in ties between our countries. because the most severe damage to relations between russia and the west rushes worried by what it says is the west's rearming of ukraine. and it will be taking part in a series of meeting starting in 10 days time. it wants legally binding guarantees that any future expansion of the nato alliance will exclude ukraine and other former soviet bloc countries. it's not clear at this stage where any compromise will come from. nadine barbara al jazeera, more than a 1000 homes, have been destroyed by wildfires in the us state of colorado and at least 3 people and missing heavy snows helped to bring the fires under control. several towns had

been hit by the wildfires on thursday, with strong winds fanning the flames. more than 1000000 venezuelans have fled to peru in recent years. they've been trying to escape poverty and political upheaval in the home country. but life in peru is just as much of a struggle. many of them are working for low pay and don't have access to affordable health care. on a sunshine reports, ah, a holiday gala far away from home. you visions of the road, a market struck, get free concerts to promote themselves. ah, the musicians are mostly business. will em migrants trying to make it in bid, but it's hard says lead viola player ye at melissa. ah. although he's a professional musician, the only job he's been able to land cleaning car tires has increased injuries to his back. modernist will and migrants are willing to do any job,

and most without health care is the fear, the neil a thought a lemma. i stopped eating some food to buy pills. one of my colleagues gave me part of his salary. so i managed to pay for $10.00 appointments. but for the most part, no one gives me a hand paper. oh, more than 1200000 venezuelans are displaced in bay do. and national superintendency for migration says nearly 80 percent of them don't have health insurance or other benefits. ah, at the santa rosa parish on the outskirts of the capital, at least 50 per venezuelan families live on handouts cannot be an impact on most don't have money for food, or a stable job. and many have health problems. the low here says that only migrant children under 5 year sold and pregnant women can have free medical care. the risk must have residence card, but the majority doesn't have one dose in the little has this. her son christian

will soon turn 6, a lose his free health care. however, she says it doesn't make much of a difference to have a work permit. when i, when i met her, my husband has the residence he card, but he works in an, a formal job where he has no benefits. so we're simply up in the air without anything economist here, see venezuelans have contributed to bidders. g d p with 0.2 percent last year. but the challenge is continue to be great, but it didn't work. and then there were talking about an extraordinary situation for which we have to generate extraordinary norms. we are talking with the authorities to advance the paperwork. is the door opener for these race. but a boy, ah, nearly 30 percent of venezuelan migrants are professionals at 9 out of 10 do not work in their expertise. among these musicians, there are security guards, cooks, street vendors, many say they hope they can soon play full time at for now. their contribution to

peruvians is music that heals the soul. medina, center center cedar, lima biddle and stanley legal to use plastic to package most fruit vegetables in france when new laws gone into effect. president emanuel macro has called the move a revolution showing the country is committed to phasing out single use. plastics by 2040 larger parks and chopped or processed fruit will be exempt from the ban. later this year, public spaces will be forced to have water fountains to reduce the use of plastic bottles. and elizabeth will take as a french journalist and writer, and she says there's been a mixed reaction to the new law. it's a friendly because on the one hand, the french and very much aware of the need to reduce plastic use those brought support to the general use sort of not using so much plastic and they complain about this at the same time. ah, the ones you buy the vegetables yourself,

you realize that nothing has been calculated to find new ways of wrapping vegetables. that doesn't sort of make them decompose too fast. in the case of up, i'll give an example that i've been through myself during your shop. i often buy and when to on and dice, which i will love french when to the table. and they were wrapped all the little plastic tray and wrapped in sort of thing. and now the plastic tray has been replaced in both of the the, the, the cut off of the rule by a cobbled one and you put those in the fridge and the, the, the, the end of the moist, i'm soon the called bolt sort of melted them and the whole thing is completely rotten. so then my, i buy ziploc bags which are made of plastic to put them because otherwise i cannot keep than more than a day in my fridge. and the, the center is very much aware of that. and they say they're all things that people will not touch because they can't keep them the same way. and the, you know, when, as long as it's something like bananas, nobody cares,

something that you have to appeal, nobody cares. there's one implication. the other thing is that this comes right at the time of coded, and quite frankly, people were just happy not to have lots of people pulling than the tools. i'm trying them in, spelling them, and then, and then buying on, not buying them. so it's, it's, you know, people do not know exactly how to take it as plus and minus on this. mexico has long been a treasure trove for archaeologists, with its wealth of ancient cities, tombs and artifacts that many of the countries pieces have been whisked away. scattered across the world, now the mexican government is trying to get them back. john holman, husband lost treasures returned home after being recovered from abroad. the being shown off in a new exhibition cooled, the greatness of mexico. some of the pieces are on display for the 1st time. this 1200, you're a woo. relief came home from los angeles. these copper hatchets,

which were used as money in southwest mate's co, 500 years ago, also returned from the u. s. over the last decade, the mix can governments mounted a big push to bring home the country's historical objects. more than 10000 have been recovered. christina talked to us from germany after voluntarily returning 27 figurines, that have been with her for decades now miss yesterday. but again, if i don't feel sad, because if i die tomorrow, my children won't have this problem and they won't end up in a rubbish down, which is my biggest fear. the daughter on the quote to feels the same sample has promised comments 0 again, though the laws were convinced that all the artifacts from every country should be given back to them. not just mexico for more than a 100 years they've been stolen. these are the pieces christine inherited from her husband, who got them as a gift from a met can student many years ago. many the recovered treasures had

a circuitous route abroad, and it's tough to get them back using litigation. instead, the mexican government relied on diplomacy goodwill. we've been very successful in receiving voluntary returns of these pieces because people really want those pieces to go back to their um, origins. meds because long been a paradise for archaeologists, and collectors with temples tunes jewels and ceremonial objects to be found and sometimes wished to way in if the momentum than the ratcliffe hinder may he go. mexico was growing and a lot of people were looking at it from the 1940 to the 1970 his later then, with the law of 1972, our institute had more tools to fight the pillaging and it went down. now the river of artifacts flowing out the country seems to be reversed. what the exhibitions literature says is that when a countries are to fight for last, it erodes part the nation's memory. and that's why the big hunt to find that these

are like little bits of mexico's memory that are scattered around the globe. the return of some of them is celebrated by this display, which marked 200 years since met, code gained independence from spain. john holman, out 0 mexico city. the you case enjoying the warmest new year's day and record with high temperatures, sat for a 2nd consecutive day. the weather was unusually mile in central london, with temperatures reaching 16.3 celsius last time the channel here was this one was more than a 100 years ago. ah, this is our disease. these are the top stories. a funeral has been held for south african, the archbishop desmond tutu is been described as a crusader in the struggle for freedom, justice, equality, and peace. the anti apartheid hero died last sunday. at the age of 19 persons of

people have marched his cities across iraq to voice their anger at the u. s. 2 years after a top iranian general was.