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good you have done. in the name of god, god calls grew louder for the british prime minister to resign. after more revelations of parties during the height of the code with 19 lockdown pos, dozens of new westbound flights cancelled or rescheduled, as concerns mount about the roll out of the 5 g mobile network. i'm devin ash, with sports beijing winter olympics organizes one athletes not to process and tickets go on sale for the cats are wild cup with 306 days ago before the tournament kicks off. ah, welcome to the news our the u. s. secretary of state antony blinkin is warning that russia could attack ukraine at very short notice. so he's been holding talks in kiev with the ukranian president vladimir zalinski. lincoln said ukraine faces an

unprecedented threat from the 10s of thousands of russian troops. amassed right now, along its border and recent months, a prisoner by asked me to come here to underscore our steadfast commitment. do you crate sovereignty and territorial integrity? and is why we will continue our relentless diplomatic efforts to prevent renewed aggression and to promote dialogue and peace. at the same time, we continue to bolster ukraine's ability to defend itself and make clear the costs of the united states and europe will impose on moscow if it rejects the diplomatic path that we've laid out and, and proceed with an unwarranted unprovoked, unacceptable invasion, or d, stabilization of ukraine. well, moscow ascending more troops to neighboring bella roost for joint exercises racing fears. if an even greater russian presence on ukraine's border. and russia is again

excusing the u. s. i nato of stoking tensions, demanding they stop supplying ukraine with weapons. the biden administration has pledged $200000000.00 off military aids. we have 3 correspondence following all these talks. we have rosin, jordan from washington d. c. door said jabar is in moscow and her dob, bill how me the standing by for us in kiev. but 1st, victoria gate and b has more on the day's events. and i said, you are secretary of state, meets ukraine's president vladimir zalinski in care of where antony blink and renewed calls for russia to choose diplomacy over confrontation. today. there are some 100000 russian soldiers near ukraine's, orders are and in that sense to threaten friends, unprecedented. so the president asked me to underscore once again, our commitment to ukraine, cert, or integrity to sovereignty, or to its independence. oh, the hastily arranged visit comes as washington confirms another $200000000.00

a military aid for care of that anger. moscow. it says that's a threat to its security unless in ukraine say, the aid may change president vladimir putin calculations, but they're not hopeful. declaring political support from or the side of united states and to providing for such military a new theory, supplies, janitorial, russian aggression, of course, rational. we'll emphasize that are you providing could be a military weapons. you saw a red line for them, but it is the only way in our 2 or 40 grand to defend itself. now. tensions between nato and moscow. oh, the ukraine have been growing for months. booted is demanding that the americans pledge never to let ukraine join nato or expand the military alliance eastward. a demand the u. s. refuses to accept. russia's leader also says the us shouldn't be concerned about joint military exercises with palo russian forces due to start next

month. western countries have accused the kremlin of preparing a pretext for an assault on ukraine. but some analysts say there's still room for a diplomatic solution to this crisis myself. i find it unlikely that russia would attack ukraine in this manner, but people expect with huge land force, but will inevitably result in many casualties. i do not think much russian society and russian political system could take that psychological blow easily. lincoln is due to whole talks with russia's foreign minister said a leverage in geneva on friday as well. pal is trying to defuse the crisis, but the u. s. on its own, i say they all ready to respond with severe consequences if russia attacks ukraine . victoria gates and be al jazeera, let's get updates. so the correspondence we begin with without that, i mean who is joining us from key of so good at a press conference wrapped up

a short time ago between blinkin and the ukranian foreign minister. what was the takeaway message? there was certainly we haven't heard anything new. it was more of a show of solidarity by the u. s. to ukraine. the same mantra coming up from both the u. s. secretary of state and his ukranian counterpart. no decision about ukraine with that ukraine. do your secretary of state going further saying no decision about europe without europe? now? if at the end of last week, it seemed that the diplomatic route had reach a dead end. well, the message coming out to day, at least from anthony blanket, is that he would do you as will pursue that diplomatic route that it will hope to reach a diplomatic solution he is going after. here he is due to mar, in berlin, and then on friday, that key meeting again with sergei lab row. now on the other hand, when you listen to the ukrainian foreign minister,

well it you seem to understand that you create would like to see sooner rather than later as a tough sanctions on russia. not just talks about those sanctions, but actually those sanctions being implemented and being quite a broad range of we're not there yet. and to the blinking did not give a timeline for that. all that he said is that we will continue with the diplomatic way. but if need be, we are here standing by our ukrainian or friends and allies, and we will if, if there is need for military intervention, then we will do it, but not directly with soldiers on the ground, but rather by providing military support military advice by providing weaponry and hardware, but not with boots on the ground even though the main message coming out is that a bit low matic solution would be the preferred way to get out of this crisis and

deescalate ok. thank you so much. had i been jaime, giving us the update from kiev, let's on bring endorser jabari to give us their point of view from moscow. so how are these comments by blinking, likely to go down in moscow door sun and how are they responding to the various accusations leveled at them by the us? well, the accusations coming this way or be met with counter accusations the russian form mr. has said, that's what the united states is accusing. russia is absolutely not true. and they have no intention of invading ukraine and they're not interested in escalating their tensions with that country. the quite the opposite. and they believe what they're doing alongside their own border as well. within their own rights, we've been hearing from the russian deputy foreign minister, circ a recall who has said that a scheduled event here in the capital on wednesday that any kind of a military aid to kiev will be considered an act of aggression against russia. that it threatens russia, and that to any kind of pressure from the u. s. about what russia should do with

its own troops will not be tolerated. it will not help the situation. the deputy foreign minister also went on to say that russia is not going to make any changes to their troop movements in their own country, and that russia will never allow ukraine to join nature. and that is something he was very clear about. he said that russia will do everything, it can't prevent ukraine, as well as georgia from joining the nato alliance. and that is something that will continue and that any kind of a temporary fries on their membership is also unacceptable. this is the line we'll be hearing from the kremlin, as well. earlier on wednesday, the spokesperson from the court for the kremlin dmitri test called that said that this upcoming meeting in geneva on friday is extremely important for russia. and that the agenda is already clear. the russian foreign minister will meet his american counterpart and it is believed that the russians are expecting some kind of an official response from the americans about the security guarantees that

they're looking for in terms of nato not expanding further eastwards, which is something this country considers very much red line. okay, doors, i thank you so much. dorothy jabar reporting from moscow and on dorsal point about the meeting in geneva on friday. let's not bring in rosa jordan. she's joining us in washington dc. so, rosalind, that all important meeting between sexual state, lincoln on the russian foreign minister on friday. how are the u. s. going into it and what are they expecting? while the u. s. is saying that this is of proof that to diplomacy is still very much the preferred way and they consider it a good sign that sergei la rob is willing to meet with antony blank. and in geneva, on friday, we just her heard from the secretary of state, after his meeting with the foreign minister, mr. calissa. and which a mr. blank and indicated that tom, there are some areas where the us and russia might be able to find a way to diffuse tensions. he didn't get into too many specifics,

but he did indicate that the things that moscow has been demanding are simply non starters. the u. s does not want to see russia in bay ukraine. the u. s. does not want to see war breaking out in eastern europe, and certainly on the bind administration has already said that if there were an invasion of ukraine, that the u. s. would not be deploying ground troops in order to reverse the situation. this is a, however, a matter of trying to not only deescalate tensions, but also prevent us some sort of real shock to the global economy because the u. s . and its allies have been talking about significant economic, ga sanctions against the russian government that could possibly imperil its ability to access international currency markets. and that could be a real blow in the middle of a pandemic, a to the global economy, not just to the russian economy. so there are

a number of concerns of that washington has. and they are certainly trying to bring everyone back from a what is arguably a very difficult and tense situation. rosin jordan, reporting from washington d. c. thank you. while germany's new chancellor all are sold says staying silent on the russia. ukraine tension is not an option. adding that borders must be respected . take the intensive talks we have been engaging in with russia since the beginning of january. it is still too early to tell whether they will hope deescalate to situation. russia created by concentrating 100000 troops along the border with ukraine. but after years of rising tensions, staying silent as not as sensible option. that is why we are talking to moscow in a range of different formats about or commitment to you, greens, territorial integrity, and about

a key principle of our common european piece order that borders must not be moved by force. the french president also weighing went in and he's calling on the european union to urgently draw up a new security plan, which would eventually be presented to russia to de escalate the situation. see pushing simon, these next weeks must lead to a european proposal to build a new security, instability per law. we must build it between europeans before we share it with our allies within nato, and then offered up for negotiations with russia. lewis have 2 state also setting here that unity with them. ukraine was important for maintaining its strength. this comes as the former president petra per shanker, faces treason charges. on wednesday, a judge rejected a request by prosecutors to arrest him. per sankoh has been accused of dozens of crimes including helping pro russia separatists sell millions of dollars worth of coal. the billionaire was president from 2014 to 2019,

and he says the chargers were concocted by allies of the current president vladimir zalinski, or ukraine's neighbor. moldova is also facing pressure from russia because it can't afford to pay its gas bill from all those gets a supply from russian company gas brom, which has rejected a request for the payment to be delayed. the company has worn gas supplies may be cut unless an advance is paid. the government seeking parliamentary approval to introduce a state of emergency in its energy sector. the kremlin says it's a commercial matter. here are the news our plenty more heads, including why the philippine government to the queue. the penalizing the poor was tough over 1900 restrictions evicted. then their home is demolished by is really police will have the latest reaction from occupies east jerusalem protests on be punished. beijing, olympics organizer is worn athletes. again,

speaking up at the winter games. ah, what 1st the un says it stepping up its response to the volcanic eruption and soon me and tongue are. the government has described it as an unprecedented disaster. australia, new zealand are sending aid by boats because tongue has main runway has been covered in ash. wayne hay reports from oakland help is on its way to tongue up to new zealand navy ships carrying supplies have begun a 3 day journey which should see them arrive on friday. perhaps the most essential cargo will be fresh water and a dissemination plot to make more while the ships are there, we're hitting their way now with a whole lot of water. the ship can hold. currently holds over 250000 liters of water and will be able to provide that once we arrive. and then every day thereafter,

we're going to be producing another 70000 liters of water. satellite images show, a thick layer of ash on the runway of tongue is main. airport, on the left is how it looked before the russian. the ash is delaying deliveries of international 8 flights volunteers, which is cleaning up the runway and the stains before the end of the week, that might well be completed and there will be an opportunity for a craft to lean slightly. but we won't know the full extent of that outcome until the run might create a proper assessment. i can be undertaken. communicating with tanya is difficult. there's no internet and limited phone calls, because the soon army severed the fiber optic cable connecting the country to the rest of the world. the telecoms operator says it will be at least 4 weeks before the connection is restored. prime minister, see all see saline released his 1st official statements confirming what many feared the eruption caused an unprecedented disaster with the volcanic mushroom plume

covering all of tongue is 170 islands. the red cross is to make that up to 80000 common may be effective. the devastation is why we're and i mean, it was one of the most catastrophic volcanic eruptions. in decades, the tongue in government has given approval for the new zealand navy ships to arrive in its waters, but the a carrying must be delivered contactless. tanya has had just one case of coven 19 since the pandemic begin. while it desperately needs help, it doesn't want to risk an outbreak. now, wayne, hey, al jazeera auckland's o. britain's prime minister has again told parliament he won't be resigning over the so called party gate scandal. or, as johnson faced a barrage of ridicule and demands to start telling lies, he urged everyone to wait for the outcome of an inquiry into parties in his downing street home during corona virus locked downs pa brennan's covering the story for us

from london. so clearly the prime minister, very much on the defensive paul and his weekly appearance in parliament. yeah, i mean, it was a more fighting performance by boris johnson, the prime minister than on tuesday when he gave a television interview where he, i mean, he looked like a broken man on tuesday. so by comparison, wednesday's appearance in the parliament building the weekly session of prime ministers, questions, which was rather more comparative against his opposition member is opposition counterparts. a clear star, my empty and the prime minister was pressed very hard though on, on the parties that took place in the building behind me here. number 10, downing street, the prime minister's residence his home, but also the workplace. and the idea the drinks were, were being had and sandwiches were being eaten and garden parties got and gatherings were taking place at the same time as the rest of the population here in the u. k. was operating under severe lockdown has not gone down well with the wider

public and particularly with the conservative m. p. 's, who, who had been forced to support or boris johnson so many times in the past. it seems that the biggest rebellion at the moment comes from the 2019 intake of new m. p 's, new conservative and peace. who came in in that new general election? that said, though, there was one intervention from an old tori grande, david davis, a former conservative party leadership candidates who am at towards the end of the prime minister questions quoted from the 1940 debate to the norway debate. when he said, look here, you've sat there for too long for all the good that you've done in the name of god go. and he directed that at fullest johnson. but forrest johnson at the moment has not returned hits and on the term we understand he still in the parliament building, meeting with m p. 's trying to prop up support in the hope of surviving at least to the end of the week. so paul, why all of this is happening? he also did announce that he is planning on relaxing some coven restrictions. what

do we make of that? yeah, well i, yes, i did that there are 2 possible ways of that this, the science which says that look the number of infections here in the u. k. and particularly in england has been reducing and therefore it is time to reduce the restrictions that the public had been operating under and specifically, or you were described here is plan b restrictions. and that's namely mask wearing and public spaces mass growing on public transport. for example, the recommendations work from home where you can and also the requirement for vaccine passports, for certain circumstances. those will all be swept away next week as a result of the announcement by the prime minister today. the 2nd aspect of it not is whether or not the premise is actually chosen now to make that announcement, because of what you might call operation, red meats, that is to throw some red meats out to the walls and that the bill devour that instead of devouring prime minister boris johnson. and well, you can make your mind off as to what the intention is. all right,

that we will. thank you so much, barbara and reporting from london. now the u. s. says it's distributing 400000000 and 95 masks right across the country for free from its national strategic stockpile. health experts say they are the most protective against the on the kron variant. and they'll be made available at pharmacies in health center starting next week. the bite in administration's face criticisms for shortages and high grade masks, as well as at home testing kits. that's as ami kron drives up, infections and hospitalizations to record levels. the philippines has the highest number of covers 1900 cases in se, asia, the army con variant is driving up infections in the capital. in manila, as well as surrounding provinces. the government has opposed new restrictions, especially on unvaccinated people. and those dramatic allan duncan reports many are feeling the strain of the measures. joseph marine, yes, it used to have 8 barbara shops like this one. but since the pandemic broke out,

he's had to close 5. right now. only this one is making money. but we can't take anymore locked down small business owners like us or saturday and the poor are getting poorer. the capital manila is now on the alert level 3, the 2nd strictest lockdown tier, imposed by the philippine government. that means schools as well as amusement centers are closed again and the movement of travelers is restricted. president rodrigo the 3rd to has implemented a no vaccination, no ride policy designed to restrict the movement of unvaccinated people on public transport. hoping to also convince many filipinos to get inoculated, but the rights group say the band is unconstitutional, and penalize is the poor, will have no means of private chance sports and can't work from home. but across

the street, laurie lynn karen's as says she doesn't mind to having to present her vaccine card . oh, it makes me feel safer, safer. but we also understand the vaccination shouldn't be forced on any one because it's not right. the philippines is facing in an unprecedented search of coal with 19 cases. since the start of the pandemic with health official sellers, they remain hopeful that because hospitalization rates across the country remain manageable, at least for now, nearly half of the country's population is now fully vaccinated. but with the controversy surrounding mandela's new anti cove, it rules that may not be enough to stop the spread jamal alan dorgan al jazeera manila. a new vaccine plant has been opened in south africa to try and boost the

continents manufacturing power. it's hope the plant will produce a 1000000000 vaccines per year by 2025, around half of the world's population has been fully vaccinated against corona virus. but only 10 percent of those living in africa have for me. the miller attended the plants lunch event less than 5 a nationwide with this project will advance medical key and innovation until meet in south africa. but across the continent, especially at a time when the income countries and so boggled with access to vaccines during the global pandemic. now the emphasis is on making africa self reliance and research will not only deal with the corona, virus, and future pandemic, but also cancer, t b and h, hiv aids. so africa supports vaccine manufacturing in africa to ensure that we become self sufficient as

a continent that we shared to those colonial chains that have always bound to us. we shared them and become self reliant. and today it's a demonstration of how we're moving forward to being self reliant as a continent and we. ready should be proud of what we are. africa should no longer be the last in line to access book scenes against pandemic. africa should no longer bow cap in hand to the western world, banking and begging for vaccines that they just want to rip off from their tables. this partnership is planning to manufacture winding plant doses of calls that vaccines for africans. within the next 5 years, developers say what is key for these vaccines? is that it will be stable at room temperature in mind. and that allows great

transportation and storage in countries with infrastructure. it may be limited to countries like south africa and india have been pushing for payton waivers to allow for the development on spec scenes in low income countries specifically. but there's been significant resistance from big pharmaceutical companies against the transfer of technology, health, african africa, sciences where some of the best science done during discovery pandemic. and then when would they ask why, why is that the case? when we have a continent, let's much deprived on technology. and the reason for that is quite simple. we have very use it for the past 102030 years to deal with them, make them when they mix. and so when know how to react very quick. this project will make mixed reflexes using new technology against co written cancer. essentially, a project aimed at african innovation for africa with critic say it maybe early

days and the challenge of intellectual property and patience still remain. fella had on the, i'll just renew our gummy, as president has been sworn in for a 2nd term. we'll have more on this. what this might mean for the west african nation mass trials and cuba. why some protesters could phase decades in prison, in sport, raphael and del remains encores for record 21st grand slam title. the best for the australian open action is coming up with jemma a little later. ah . this weather reports feature the theme of snow. hello everyone, good to see you right off the bat will take you to sue the money in northern iraq. quite a decent amount of snow and rarer to see this much. so folks are out there is snowball

fights, building snow man's looking pretty cool with those shades. and i'll tell you what, there's the risk of even more snow or beale rate into sil ammonia on thursdays it pushes into western sections of iran. talk more about that in the sec, but 1st let me get you to the golf. still breezy on thursday is, is a wind out of the northwest blowing down from iraq. it's going to drive down those temperatures. colors are on dark, the blue and purple, the lower the temperature. this is friday night into saturday morning. re add minus wine minima. 9 doe had 9, and those winds will be crank into 70 kilometers per hour. you're going to feel it cold in there. of the season, off the pakistan, sunny in karachi at $26.00 degrees. there's that shield of snow into western iran, tater on some showers for you, but snow over the higher ground. and we could see some snow in its stumble late friday into saturday, switching over about 5 to 10 centimeters to be expected. off to madagascar, there has been some flooding here. hundreds of people displaced from their homes.

and there is still more rain on the way on thursday. ah, the americans are increasingly saying authoritarianism might not be so bad. there were several steps along the way where the chain of command, it seemed like tried to cover what's your take on why they've gotten this so wrong . that to me is political malpractice, the bottom line on us politics and policy, and the impact on the world on al jazeera holding the powerful to account. as we examined the u. s. c. z row in the world on al jazeera and one of the fastest growing nations in the won the cost of needed to oakland and development school to attract international shipping companies to become a p middle east. and we'll try them money skillfully mapped out 3 key areas

of development, filling up from it. so connecting the world, connecting the future on the cost cutters gateway to whoa trade. oh, i know that we're going to top stories on the algebra, renews our secretary state, has warned russia that russia rather could attack ukraine at a very short notice. anthony blinking and hel talks with his current with the ukranian president rudders lensky, and he's urge russia to choose diplomacy. over confrontation. burton's prime minister has again told parliament he won't be resigning over the so called party

gave scandal, or johnson urged everyone to wait for the outcome of an inquiry into parties. and his downing street home during corona virus lockdown for us will distribute 400000000 and 95 mach across the country from its national stockpile. they're biting administration has been criticized for shortages, as on the cross drive up covered 1900 cases. the master will be given out for free starting next week. so airlines including emirates, an air india have canceled flight to the united states because of 5 g safety concerns. that's despite us telecom companies, delaying switching on their latest mobile technology near some airports. john henry reports from chicago o'hare, airport airlines have warned that the 5 g signals could cause catastrophic disruption to flight. for the 2nd time in 2 weeks, the potential air travel and economic crisis is postponed. as telecommunications

giants, 80 and t and verizon prepared to turn on their 5th generation wireless system on wednesday. major u. s. airlines warned that faster found using 5 g would set off catastrophic flight cancellations and slow the economy to a halt. the largest american based airlines say the 5 g system would ground thousands of planes, the f a is uncomfortable with the safety rules. and as a consequence, the impact on our operations to mitigate that would be a significant setback in a letter to the federal aviation administration and other biden administration agencies. the heads of the major airlines and cargo companies say the u. s. face is a, quote, completely avoidable economic calamity, and they warn of a major disruption of the traveling and shipping public end to the supply chain vaccine distribution and the broader economy. airlines want a 2 mile buffer around affected airports. they say those 5 v frequencies,

the telecommunications company, spent tens of billions of dollars to buy up might interfere with a key piece of cockpit equipment. the altimeter hold radio altimeter help planes and helicopters to land in poor weather. the activation of 5 g potentially leading the federal aviation administration to order planes grounded in low visibility on tuesday. big telecom relented temporarily and with obvious peak in a statement 80 and t said at our sole discretion, we have voluntarily agreed to temporarily defer turning on a limited number of towers at certain airport runways as we continue to work with the asian industry. but the company added, we are frustrated by f a's inability to do what nearly 40 countries have done, which is to safely deploy 5 g technology without disrupting aviation services. and we urge it to do so in a timely manner with verizon following suit that postpones the confrontation

between telecom and airline giant. once again, but doesn't resolve it. whitehouse policy makers say they're working on a permanent solution. we have the safest air space in the world. our committed to reaching a solution around 5 d deployment that maintains the highest level of safety. united airlines alone says that deployment of 5 g could force the cancellation of 15000 flights, stranding more than a 1000000 united customers. other airlines say you can multiply that several times . john henderson, l g 0, chicago. let's discuss all of this with harris chris. now, swami, who is a professor for electrical engineering at columbia university, is also the co founder and chief technology officer of mixed. com anc, that's a company that actually builds hardware for 5 g. joining us from new york, thanks for your time with us on al jazeera. so as you are very well aware, the telecom companies have now delayed switching on the 5 g networks. i mean, is this just kicking the can down the road or how do things move forward and

estimates? thanks for having me. the pleasure to be here. i think this is definitely more than keeping the can down the road. so this is bonded mentally a soluble problem. and so you know, as, as, as we've just discussed, the feedback frequency, those that are called that the 5 g is the point of potentially interfere with these radar old matters. but there are, you know, solutions to the problem. so the buffer space that we discussed earlier is one solution where carriers turn down the power, the big transmit in a certain radius around airports. and that will help to reduce the interference. also, studies have been performed that show that certain classes of ultimate or that are more sensitive, aren't actually jammed by the band frequencies. and so just in the last couple of weeks alone from early january to, to today, yet, it was actually able to clear roughly 50 percent of aircraft that use the newer

ultimate ers. and, you know, they're cleared for, for use, for in a poor weather landing. and so, you know, upgrading older alternators to newer solutions that don't suffer from the center grants problem represents the other forward. from what i take from what you're saying, you seem to be saying that the frequencies will overlap in some cases. so if they do, how significant is that and how do you actually mitigate the risks and the effect of overlapping if any at all right, so the frequency you don't see bandwidth was allocated, does overlap with the reader on that. our band, which is from $4.00 to $4.00 gigahertz in order to mitigate the risk the fcc and carriers have actually decided to use the lower portion of the band than doubling perfectly overlaps with our ultimate or frequencies. that being said, if you have powerful transition and transmission that are in

a frequency that's very close to where the ultimate or work that can be a problem also, that can jam the ultimate or as well. and the way to mitigate the risks is transmit lesser power near airports near a certain radius, also upgrade to new world submitters that have circuitry in there that can mitigate the interference. and so those would be the up with the pathways forward. so our airline leader of the right, when they say they are worried and they are concerned about this 50 out near airports and how it affects certain seats and particularly the triple 7. so there's definitely cause for concern. you know, i think there have been studies that show that ultimate earth can get jammed, also talking to books in the, in the sector, the ultimate or is actually very widely used in the, in the aircraft. and it's sort of part of many control systems within the aircraft . and so now given that people's lives are a state,

i think certainly there is cause for concern. however, this kind of interference is sort of it with every new, gee there is interference between newly allocated band and some other application. whether it's, you know, whether it's air travel or, you know, other military operations. and so, you know, there are ways to mitigate interference which involves buffer zones which involved in the newer hardware that are more resilient to the interference. and so i think certainly we've seen over just the last couple of weeks, a lot of action and movement to words, fearing flights, clearing airport, one way's good laying some of the launches. and so i think, you know, the big the stakeholders and sprung into action recently. and i think you know, in, with this additional delay that 18 can rise and have promised for i'm optimistic that will be solutions and probably we will be keeping an eye out. thank you so

much for speaking to us from new york. absolutely, thank you very much. now record in germany has begun hearing a case against the syrian doctor who's accused of crimes against humanity. he's facing 18 counts of torturing detainees, and hans and damascus between 20112012. he's also accused of killing one person charges. the doctor denies so many. kane has more from berlin. so what happened today in court was that the charges were red outs to the lawyers to the defendant and to those gathered in the court room and the defendant, this doctor from syria who's been in germany for since 2015. he did not directly enter a plea in wednesday, celebrations. instead, he spoke to the judges and to those gathered in court about the course of his life

while he was in syria and what he has been doing here in germany since coming here in 2015. now the detail of the accusations against this individual, some of the evidence that we will be hearing in the course of the trial, is particularly harrowing, where individuals describe what was done to them, what they allege was done to them. the significance of this, tribal, this is the he is the 3rd person from syria to go on trial in germany, accused of war crimes, crimes against humanity carried out in the, during the cit, the syrian civil war, these a legit offences took place at the start of it from 2011, 2012 and 2 separate institutions, one in homes, one in damascus. that's the allegation. now, court officials suggest that this case, this case, may, will take several months to, to go through the different stages from today, which is the start of the trial to

a potential verdict at some point towards the end of march. clearly the presumption of innocence applies here until and unless a guilty verdict or a guilty plea were to be entered into court. neither of those has happened yet, and the case continues. a palestinian family living and occupied east jerusalem has lost their fight to stop is really police demolishing their home. and the family of 15 had threatened to destroy the property if forest from the sheriff neighbourhood, hundreds of other palestinians. they're also face eviction despite protests by activists. as well as international criticism off the israeli policy on the zeros harry faucet has more from the demolition site. was around 3 o'clock in the morning on a very cold and rainy morning here, knocked bodies through them. but about a 100 is ready, security forces moved in to the property, they cut off electricity, they cordoned off the area. they arrested some 18 to 25 people,

some of them members of the family, some of them activists who been supporting them. and they then proceeded finally to demolish the home on this land. now as far as the israeli municipality and police are concerned, who issued a joint statement about this, they say that this is land that was appropriate to long ago has been destined to be made into a school, a special needs school for children in the area. and they said that the family did not have a legal right to be there. however, as far as western diplomats, we've been protesting this activists and palestinians more generally, a concern. this is not a question of his railey lords, a question of international law. this being occupied land and therefore such action is illegal and comes in the context of a wide, a systemic attempt to make it more more difficult for palestinians in occupied east jerusalem to jude eyes. this part of the city so slightly less clear cut than some

of the issues that have made checked her are such a flash point in recent months, but nonetheless, attracting protests. and we have to wait and see what the reaction will be. the indonesian who organized the bali bombings is starting a 15 year prison sentence. 0 caruana's, he's known, was arrested in 2020 after alluding capture for years since the attacks on 2 bars. 202 people. many of them australian tourists were killed in the bombings by the arm group, chima, media and october 2002. the gumby as president has been sworn in for a 2nd term. adama barrow on last year's election with 53 percent of the vote. the opposition contested the victory saying it had been fraudulent, but a court dismissed the allegations, pharaoh's promise to bring in a new constitution. nicholas hark has more from the car in neighboring synagogue. remember in 2017, it was his inauguration took place right here in senegal in eggs,

all at the gambia, an embassy. we were there where he was sworn into office. he couldn't go back into the country because the then president didn't want to hand over power. the west african forces had to intervene. so this swearing in ceremony that's taking place inside gambia is a historic moment for adam barrow himself. but also for all guardians, it's a following a, a popular vote in december where barry won the landslide of the vote over 58 percent of 53 percent of the vote, and only 23 percent of the st. barrett, who is one of the main contenders. now this shows the testimony in the tribute that can be a has for democracy, and that's why you have so many heads of states. 8 heads of state of the region, almost all of them from west africa, attending this swearing in ceremony in a region where there's been a step back away from democracy, especially in molly or in guinea. this swearing in ceremony is seen as

a step forward for democratic institution, and remember out of about used to be a security guard in a department store in the united kingdom. he became then the co, the, the candidate of the coalition to, to, to, to campaign against edge i'm a and during his time in office, he's taken real steps, concrete steps towards democratic institution. a russia led military alliance has withdrawn all its troops from kazakhstan as the state of emergency. and there the last plains have left from the capital nurses, tom and the city of almighty. because like president appealed for moscow's help, earlier this month was the country witnessed its worst street violence since independence in 1991 began his protest over raising fuel prices quickly descended into unrest. that's aw, 225. people killed puerto rico's, 5 years of bankruptcy may be coming to an end. after

a judge approved its debt adjustment plan, the restructure cuts the largest portion of the government that sum $33000000000.00 by 80 percent. it will also save more than $50000000000.00 in debt payments. puerto rico was the 1st u. s. territory to ever declare bankruptcy. and in 2017, it had more than a $120000000000.00 in liabilities. professors in cuba who demonstrated last year to denounce that communist run government could face years in jail. they were angry about food shortages, raising prices, an economic hardship to raise a bow reports. and then these are relatives of a young cuban protester detained during anti government demonstrations. last year, a few days ago, police arrested them as they were driving to a trial of their family member in the city of santa clara. before being taken into custody, they managed to record this message. and at the moment then i'm gone. but i'm one

of the grandma, so we're going to be detained. they are not letting us get on the motorcycle we were using. please help us shade this to spread the word of what is happening here . in july, hundreds of people were detained by q one always when people took to the streets to demand better economic conditions and more freedoms. angry protest against the government have not been seen in cuba in decades. last month, trials began for those accused of serious crimes. amelia roman lives in one of the poorest neighborhoods in havana. his 3 children were detained last year. they are now facing between 15 and 20 years prison sentences suitable in boy yourself, every 11 shouts because of the noise was of the going to have a party. but nobody thought they were going to are so severely if they had committed a crime than that could be sanctioned. but just as they told us, it wasn't a big deal. the number of years they are seeking. this was if they were terrorists

murderers, human rights group say the government is trying to send a loud and clear message to the demonstrators dollar process of finality or the reason for the trials of the july 11th protest are to serve as an example for the rest of society, the objective is that in cuba, in any part of the island, people won't go out to protest again. the government says those detained were violating human laws a locker. so i took it the marianella, another. the cases we've seen on television where police cars will overturn that, it was violence, they attacked our police officers with molotov cocktails, machetes, and stones. know, these require different type of handling. our instructions are to treat these behaviors with more severity because we can't allow it. cov 19 has deteriorated. the economic situation on the communist island, people have been struggling to obtain food and medicines. but the trials show

speaking of is risky because it means protestors and their relatives could end up in jail, berries i will, i'll just cedar. stella had only alta 0 and who's our i scored my 1st natalie goal . it was not only loan 1st, but it was the winning goal. vienna chow honor is its 1st block player, lead boston, who runs hockey team, retire willie always number 22 in jersey. for quite a few decades casa, has been dealing with political and economic turmoil. and its people struggle to access essential needs, like adequate quantities of potable water, a sufficient number of beds for a pregnant mothers, and limited access to up to date information for students. and in huzzah. the ground water is not sufficient to meet the daily needs of all of its residents.

this led to the development of the new water treatment facility and hun eunice slowing down further pollution. the extension of, as if, as medical facilities was accomplished to provide expectant mothers with a safe and reliable opportunity to get the care they needed. the kuwait library at the university college of science and technology is not only a repository of knowledge but an access point to the world beyond. oh, a fellow again, time for the sports insurance drama. thank you. the rain,

the 1st tickets have gone on sale to the general public for this is a football workup in cat. that's a $306.00 days to go now until the tournament kicks off. with more than a 1000000 support is expected to attend the lowest ticket price globally as around $70.00, which is one such cheaper than the last tournament in russia. john carrasco, takes a look at how fans can get their hands on them. the 1st thing you should know about buying tickets for the catherine world cup is that there's only one official place to do that, and that's on the fee for website free for dot com. forward slash tickets. now as you can imagine with all well cuts demands will be high and especially is this is the 1st middle east world cup. you may find yourself in a waiting room. now there's no need to worry. it is not 1st come 1st served. all registered fans will be entered into a balance and find out later if they will be allocated the tickets they once. once you've made it to the 1st page into your details and the matches, you want to attend. prices for capital residence start at 11 us dollars for group

game. now that's the cheapest seats out of welcome. since mexico in 1986 where they were sold for $3.00 a seat. and it's around a 3rd cheaper than those on offer in russia, in 2018. this is where it gets a bit tricky because only 13 countries have so far qualified for the tournament with another 19 places still up for grabs. the drawer takes place in a pool and the qualifies will be finished until june. so some funds won't know if the teams will make it before buying the tickets. in any case, fees will allow you to resell those tickets, but only through their official website. organizers of next months paging winter olympics of warned athletes not to protest or they will be punished. sanctions could include having the accreditation canceled. the games have been hit by diplomatic boycott from several countries, including the u. s. britain and australia, over the treatment of muslim wiggers. although china denies allegations of human rights abuses, podium protests are already banned under olympic rules,

but many filled up from all athletes have a right. many athletes feel they have responsibility. and they have every right to be speaking out, whenever it is that they're competing, why is because the world place is so many global challenges right now that now industry is immune there, there should be blanket protection for any api to speak up at any time about issues of human rights, that's why asked me to continue to use the podium even though the c promises to, to punish them for doing so. it's because that's when people are paying attention, that's when they can get the message across. and they understand that these issues are bigger than sport and bigger than human rights campaign. as an athlete, bodies are devising competitors not to speak up on issues. while in china for the safety. there's really not much protection that we believe that's going to be afforded to athletes. and the i o. c has not come out proactively to indicate that

we will protect and safe make sure everyone is safe. that decides to speak up. silence is complicity. and that's why we have concerns, so we're advising, it's not to speak up, we want them to compete, go home and use their voice when they get home. and that's a sad statement that we have to say that at the australian i turned a raft down as our mains on course for a men's record at 21st a grand slam title. the spanish dispatched german qualify janese hoffman at 62636 for the down needed 5 match points before seeing the victory and leaving free to the 3rd round melvin the seat. alexander vera is also 3 women's loud number one asked party ease into the 3rd round, beating italian qualified lu, chip rooms, etc. she wrapped up the 1st set in 25 minutes and was equally dominant in the 2nd ceiling. the 6161 went in under an hour as a proud indigenous australia, australia and i should say bought his when also came on the tournaments in order 1st nations day barked is on track to meet defending champion them in

a socket in the 4th round a sock of reach, round 3 with a counsellor. when over american madison wrangle, 6 love 6 full before she potentially faces bought. you shall have to get pos, another american amanda, and the some of the national hockey league has on it. it's 1st a black play. it really, i re he break the leagues racial barrier in 1958, heidi j. castro reports broke a mile from the grass. you never know it by the way, he says old on the ice. i scored my 1st natalie goal. it was not only my 1st, but it was the winning goal, but as the 1st black player in the national hockey league in the late 19 fifties, canadian born willie a re endured racist chance from the stands and segregation on the road, you'd have to be in separate rush ranch was to meet your to say different hotels yet to use different restrooms, defra thrown her weight. barons were leaning over the board. strong beard. i'm

still like, you know, every single point on it was like going to a gauntlet. i'm hate. the 6 ducking slater, 86 year old or re, is recognized in the hockey hall of fame. and on tuesday, his former n h l team, the boston bruins retired his number to honor him as one of their greatest players of all time. i will never forget how my teammates in the bronze locker room, accepted me as one of their own. this was a time when some of the friends and opposing players were not ready to see a black man in the, in a jo, a real career and hockey spanned a 20 years playing with the bruins and in the minor leagues. and while he became a public symbol for civil rights and inclusion, he also faced a private challenge. he was secretly blind in one eye. i told myself, willie, forget about what you can see and focus on what you can see. i mean, anything else?

diversity ambassador for more than 2 decade visiting rings, canada, pulling him in firing of 14 year old daria's nichols is among the many young players who've met a read. he says, while he continues to encounter racism in hockey, he looks to his mentor for help. i've had kids call me in word i've had kids just come at me for no very reason or was on all the things he's been through and all the things i'm going through the pre the same. and i feel like i have to be like him just now worry about it. the n h l remains 90. 7 percent white and has been criticized for being slow to respond to the black lives matter movement. but o re says the league has come a long way since his trail blazing path using the way for those who followed hydro

castro al jazeera. and that's what he spent more later. thank you so much. we'll see you later on. and thanks for watching the news, allan back in just a moment. and frank assessments this great, this is continued to weaken. look, a shell call up even though perhaps he believes in the beginning. there have looks frank for her informed opinions. i think politicians will now be under incredible pressure from their young people. that is one of the most hopeful things that come out of this critical debate. do you think a should be facilitated? not choke. it's a gray. it's a really simple question. let's give samuel tossed once the inside story on al

jazeera, extraordinary men and women who are breaking the mold from the taxi drivers, investing everything they have in to their mini bus. only to face extreme danger on the suitors. roughest tracks to the joke he turned paramedics saving lives, transporting the sick and elderly from medical help. blue to whisking it all on al jazeera. in just under a year's time castle is our bait stadium. will host the opening match of the 2022 world cup. the official opening of the stadium came on day one of the arab cup for many friends were already counting down to the big kick off next november 10th, 22. as this tournament unfolds over the coming days, we will play a key role. but organize is getting ready to host the middle east. biggest ever

school thing event next year. for the castle national team, they get used to playing in front of expect and home crowds. they'll be hoping to convince both the fans and themselves, so they really are ready to take on the world. mm. i think it is unprecedented. such us sector states as washington is committed to ukraine's territorial integrity warning. russia kind of target and very short notice. ah, you're watching all their life from a headquarters in jail high and getting navigator also ahead.