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many had said it couldn't be done. but portugal socialist prime minister has won an outright majority in parliamentary elections. ah, north korea has released photos as proof that conducted its most powerful missile test. and for years, the latest in a flurry of missile testing activity, making it the 7th of january, a record of a single month. the photos published by state media showed the house on 12 miss all taking off on sunday from north korea's east coast. the release also for each of these images showing the korean peninsula from space. state media says they were taken by a camera installed on the missiles war head. it's believe the rocket reached a height of 2000 kilometers. on 12 miss all is a nuclear capable weapon. and according to south korea and japan sundays test

travelled round 800 kilometers but its maximum range is much further than that at 4 and a half 1000 kilometers and sent off to reach the u. s. territory of guam, a target feeling youngest, threatened to hit before washington is urging north korea to engage in direct talks . we are open to having diplomatic discussions. we've offered this over and over to, to the do p r k, and they've not accepted it, but we're absolutely open to a diplomatic engagement without pre conditions. our goal is to, to, in the threatening actions that the dpr k is taking against their neighbors. which on gravity is the head of asia pacific news with james defense intelligence, he explained to help young maybe trying to achieve by ramping up launches careers spend a lot of time and investment in the past 2 or 3 years. certainly during cove,

it in developing some of its missile capabilities and that, that is a line very closely with a 5 year weapons planned that north career announced at the beginning of 2021. with the aim to develop capabilities that will enable the north korea to fight a model, a modern conflict. so, so these developments are in line with those capabilities that it onto outline. wanted to achieve then. and again, it's consistent with what we saw in 2017 leading up to 2017 to when north korea did test nuclear weapons and did test icbm into inter continental missiles. that would, that will provide a very clear risk. and then in 2018, of course, no, great. it was suspended a lot of these developments in response to a requirement, a perceived requirement to get close to, to move closer to the us in meetings between kim and donald trump. but that now

that kind of effort has changed tactic in north career and they're now looking to put pressure on the us administration to go back to the table and to see if they can ease some of the sanctions. i think that's the real kind of strategy behind these, these escalating missile tests that we're seeing. certainly since the beginning of january, the united arab emirates says it's intercepted and destroyed a missile fired by who the rebels and yemen. it was the 3rd and recent weeks and came on a day when the israeli president was visiting the gulf station for the 1st time. the target was unclear, but the defense ministry says debris fell outside of populated areas and that nobody was hurt. the us has launched a strike in yemen in response to comes a fortnight after who the drawing strike on the capital of darby killed. 3 people earlier this month will add tweets for you. ease, general authority of civil aviation says and movement in the country is going as

usual and all sides operating normally. and there is no impact on flights and airports as a result of the ballistic missile launched. i was calling the who the terrorist militia and the country will have it all top has more from the capital sun. all, now we are witnessing another cycle of violence between the whole seas, from one side and also the solid quality and the whole visa spokesperson, especially on the spokesperson or send a message or a statement about that. his groups are turning again the letters and that he will give more details in the within the coming hours. but so far we are still waiting for this press conference. we expect to meet on tuesday or press conference to be held as the afternoon which he was expected to give more details about the operation that he described as a bio scale operation that has targeted of what he described,

the eval bobby and also the a us buzzer so far, the as ministry of defense as that the counter such a dag and they have intercepted such missiles that have been launched by the hope is and also one of these missiles had landed in, in an area where the star populated area and no harm has been, has happened there so far, the observers believe that the occurrence of the, this cycle of violence has taken place outside, short lived of some kind of says fire between the whole of these on the unit, rob emerald. they're just a few days to go before the winter olympic games open in beijing and athletes have been arriving at a strict cove at 19 protocols. team members, coaches support staff and media and joining an bottle to keep them separate from

the public. i'll be tested daily. some athletes have already had to pull out of the games on to testing positive. i think not to katrina you who is in beijing. so katrina, a lot of effort going on to making sure that this bubble isn't breached, but it's not working. what's the latest? that's right, kim. so chinese authorities have promise that this will be the safest winter olympic games ever held, but they are still struggling to prevent cases from mounting from within the bubbles. so officially we've had about 7000 people arrive in china to participate in the games in already at least 176. people have tested positive for corvette 19. now authority say that this is not spreading, the outbreak is not spreading within the bubble. they're able to catch more people at the airport, but still the very, very intense restrictions and pores right now to give you an example for athletes

and participants have to go through even before they arrive in china for the 14 days leading up to the flight, they must report the temperature and the health status and when they arrive they must test every day 1st at the airport and then every day, from inside the bubble. and this has meant that there is a very tense atmosphere during this games. a lot of athletes in that teams are terrified of catching curve at 19, because as soon as you test positive will mediately separated in quarantine. and you must test negative twice before being allowed to go back to your usual routine . so there's a very high chance of missing out on competing completely, and that's 4 years of preparation wasted. and already we've had a russian by athlete and a swedish scare among those who have tested positive and outside the bubble of already continuing to try and contain an outbreak of both delta and on the chrome. that's why it's the latest number that we've had is 58 new cases identified in

china. on sunday. there have been about $4000.00 cases, notion since the beginning of the year. and this outbreak has reached 50 cities and 20 provinces. the latest hosp caught spot is a southern city of hung joe, where they don't fight about 2 dozen cases over the weekend. but what is most alarming for chinese leaders is that cases are continuing to rise within the capital. not that many. the latest figure was 3 noted on sunday, but that is 3 to many because china is trying to maintain this 0 tolerance approach to the pandemic. there are a number of residents, a residential compounds that are as a result, walked down within china already about 2000000 people who live here in beijing have had to undergo mass testing because of this. they're trying to control these infection numbers and today is monday. it marks the beginning of the lunar new year period in china and more important public holiday and millions of people

traditionally return home from the cities. they go to the countryside to see their families reunite for this special occasion. and many have not been able to do that because right now and lead up to the olympics. so just true. many strict restrictions related to controlling carpet that many people have to stay put away from their families to celebrate the luna near katrina. you there for us and aging . thank you. a cabinet minister in hong kong has stepped down after attending a birthday party despite the government called for people to avoid large gatherings . cause to see was the home affairs minister and arising figures and the prob, aging political party, the d. a. b. the celebration has become a source of embarrassment for hong kong chief executive kerry lab among the $200.00 guests that the party are more than a dozen top politicians, including the cities, police, immigration, and anti corruption chiefs in full gum guy. his conduct has brought the hong kong government into disrepute and his action has caused a negative

a perception by the general public in relation to the conduct of principal officials. we have high expectations and requirements, and these officials shoot of the highest standards, helped us no conduct and integrity at all times. and they should promote and support these principles by leadership. and example. portugal is prime minister has won a 3rd consecutive term office, and tony cost as governing socialist security parliamentary majority and sunday. snap collection is probably the thing to govern for all portuguese. the economy struggled to balance back from the pandemic. i'll do. there is an, a brady report from lisbon. the stunning mandate, prime minister and 20th cost. as ruling socialists have won a majority of people in portugal, snap election. it's a feat, few could have imagined coming into the election. pre election polling had them

nearly, even with the 2nd place center, right. social democrats. the election was triggered when other left, his parties voted with right wing parties to kill the 2022 budget. that put cost his rule at risk until he pulled off sundays victory. the socialist will had the votes now to pass the budget. for the 3rd year, it was a victory of humility, of confidence, and forced ability. firstly, i want to say thank you to all the portuguese for the example away. the electoral campaign took place for the civic way that these elections took such a difficult moment for all of us. his main rival, really rio, the leader of the center, right? social democrats acknowledging defeat and implying he may step down his party leader bank while he's on the phone with the socialist party governing period of 4 years. i truly don't see how i can be useful in this framework. the party will decide, but i sincerely don't see how i can be useful in this context for 4 more years.

the the far right wing, party, shaker, or enough also celebrating they received the 3rd highest number of votes. the 1st set showing for far right when party, since the rival of democracy in 1974, a sign of the traction populism hold after 2 years, have pandemic pain. one of the problems that we have, and this might explain a little bit why this writing party is rising. is that possible? it's not growing. as the other comes in to be a union and it's getting backwards now, it's the 7th poorest country in the $27.00 is due to be in union dawning protective gear poll workers even received with positive voters who left isolation to cast their ballots. and what many saw as the most important election in decades, the election was defined by the pandemic with voters calling on parliament to get the economy going again into affectively manage the handling of billions of dollars

from the e u. recovery and resilient fund. adam rainy out to 0. lisbon just come on al jazeera, seeking justice for a slave president, i hope to summon to kina also riding on a landmark trial. and the world's biggest music streaming platform. spotify takes action after a growing disuse amount covered 19 misinformation. ah, ah, look forward to burritos guys. with sponsored by capital airways. let's go with your weather update for europe and africa. hello everyone. this one feature is a theme of wind. so powerful winds blasting across the northeast, running into the low countries, red weather alerts in play for the netherlands. so amsterdam could see wind gusts exceeding a 100 kilometers per hour. we do have snow cutting across germany rate into

switzerland, austria, and the czech republic. and also howling winds for the south of france, marcell or the next 3 days you're going to see your winds went up to about 80 to 85 kilometers per hour. south facing wind is pumping up the temperature in grease to 15 degrees after all that snow you saw a, but we do have a developing disturbance in the atria see on tuesday. that's going to strike grease with rain western turkey and it's stumble. we'll see some showers as well. ok back to monday, last day of january, getting pretty close to record temperatures and seville. the records 24. we've got you in for 23. now for the northwest, spend the northeast of africa and showers in the forecasts for you, sand and dust, meantime for newark, shot at $25.00 degrees. and it's not a question if we'll see flooding. but just where and how much through namibia and south africa on monday into and look at the temperature in cape town, $32.00 degrees per you. that's it. that's all mostly again, soon take care. oh, with sponsored by casara,

always chilling the debate. they erased out of like, people from the american and global story was very powerful on it online. i'd your voice, the comment section is right here. join our conversation. we had all protected when everyone is protected. it is not to play being nationalistic about this. you just look at it in a very different way, say that perspective men and men meeting each other and they don't have any solution. let me put it clear for you. this dream on al jazeera lou, lou cardiology era monitored on top stories this out nor career is released photos as

proof are conducted. it's most powerful missile tests since 2017. it's the 7th, the launch and january record in a single month. the u. s. is calling for direct talks. you a, he says it intercepted a miss all 5 by who the rebels in yemen. early on monday, it's launched a strike in response to the attack as the 3rd and recent weeks, days before the start of the winter. olympic games athletes have been arriving in beijing under strict cover 19 protocols being kept apart from the public and will be tested daily. canada's defense minister is in ukraine for talks and announced canadian troops. there we're moving to the western side of the country. canada is temporarily withdrawing non essential employees from its embassy in kiev. it's also providing military aid and training to ukraine. russians foreign minister has accused nature of trying to pull ukraine into the alliance. you close there as well, not a should in you blue chairs the store. it turns out that the nato defense line continues

to move eastwards. now it has come close to ukraine, which is they also want drag this country into nato. although it is clear to everyone that ukraine is not ready and will not make any contribution to strength, may mater security. stand off between russia and ukraine, has europeans, worried about gas supplies? a 3rd of europe's natural gas comes from russia. and if there is a war, europe would have to turn to other provide its dominic gainer ports from germany. this is the am or natural gas installation in central russia. one of many such plants is product is pipe to destinations in asia and europe. all of which generates an export revenue of more than $200000000.00 a day for the provide a gas problem. the greatest single market is germany, closely followed by other european countries. cumulatively 128000000 cubic meters of gas flows to the e each year, representing around a 3rd of its annual impulse. but what would happen if the ukraine crisis became

more war and all of this was suddenly switched off. it's got it. so i don't have, it could be an interruption of gasoline or whoever the russian government should weigh carefully. rebelar really wanted that it was possible to put europe under pressure. you would eventually turn to liquid gas from other country mothers. if liquid gas or l n g is a solution, there are a few of these potential suppliers, most notably the u. s. and the state of qatar, while neither could fill the shortfall of so much gas, immediately, one analysts told me qatar might be able to provide a more medium and long term solution. that guitars indeed, did supply europe with a lot more gas in the past. but given the fact that the europeans were not very fond of the way that the contracts are structured, kotor pivoted to asia and now supplies from most of the gas to them rather than the europeans should be some se, reconsideration on the european end when it comes to the contractual elements and their compatibility with european energy law,

then this might actually change the situation and he's in the medium to long term. from the geopolitical perspective, there are increasingly loud voices in western europe who don't want to be so dependent on russia for the energy supply in full. but here, because we have to build a foundations of our sovereignty, which means more independence from russia. when i look at our important domes of oil and gas to get, we are not independent from russia. this won't happen overnight. on the he, you lead us have been clear that a russian active aggression against ukraine would have dire consequences for president putin and his country. it would mean an end to his hopes of switching on the north stream to gas pipeline. depriving him of tens of billions of dollars in revenue, and depriving the e u of hundreds of billions of cubic meters of russian gas. the few in berlin isn't such a price is worth paying if it can deter moscow from invasion. ministers here don't

want to arm the craniums. they believe the most potent weapon against tutoring is sanctions. no matter the cost dominant cane al jazeera in the german capital. and politicians of the us debating what to do about russia has more than 100000 troops stationed on its border with ukraine. one senator is posing a potential compromise with pinnacle hang reports from washington, d. c. a most of shows. tours tanks artillery more than 100000 russian troops. the u. s. military says, this is now a strong enough force to take over the country of ukraine. on monday, the un security council will put the issue front and center with the us ambassador saying she will try to make russia feel isolated in the world. our voices are unified and calling for the russians to explain themselves. we're, we're going to go in the room prepared to listen to them,

but we're not going to be distracted by their propaganda. and the ukranian ambassador to the us is hoping to rally the international community as well. with a warning, if ukraine will be further attacked by russia, of course, they will not stop in india after ukraine, but with russia able to veto any action at the un. this is likely to be more theatre than a solution. but one prominent us senator has a new suggestion saying the u. s. can't give into russia. demands that ukraine will not join nato, but ukraine can, but it's his decision to make if he decides that the future membership, if there's a b, one in nato, for ukraine. and the question of russian occupation of ukraine are 2 things to put on the table. i think we may move toward a solution to this this week. the u. s. senate is expected to take up a bill that would spell out severe consequences if russia acts, which would include sanctions, which would include more military assistance, which would include helping them to fight back against the cyber attacks that the

russians will continue to use against ukraine. and also to help on the disinformation campaign, rushes actively involved and to try to stabilize the zaleski government. but the biden administration wants to hold off on sanctions as a deterrent, hoping that the threat of freezing russia out of the internet banking system is enough to stop any military action which russia says has no intention of taking in kiev on sunday, a show of gratitude ukrainians take to the streets to send a message that they appreciate the support, even as many hope they won't need it. patty call hain al jazeera washington. gone, men in pakistan have kill the christian priest in the northwest and city of pressure wall. father william sir alice was shot multiple times. another priest was injured. no one has claimed responsibility for the attack. members of the christian community have previously been targeted in peshawar. come on, hot as more security for their garage budget on. i don't know high state of alert

off or targeting of a senior christian and that video for a gun down by 2 people writing a motor bike. there was a gun badger recently and shower, also in ridge, a number of islamic state quarter on a fight where they were caught, indicated that they are now trying to target insight budget on it. read the christian race. killing, of course, has fog a wave of broadcast by the minority christian community and the capital of the high book. while province dick glowed the missionary schools and protest your day that day for the fraud, saying that the friend, appropriate great day of what was in our young badges recently with a number of islamic quarters on fighters in the city of draw up the military. d for dog doing it more district and just on do both the morale of georgia and all

of their men were killed in an attack which appeared to have come from across the border budget on god says send a message to the wrong dollar bond that they want more action against the group using one story. chinese naval vessels carrying disaster relief supplies have departed photography in the south pacific. the 4800 tons, shipment includes food, medical supplies, track this temporary housing. tonya is still recovering from a volcanic eruption and through nami, that struck earlier this month. a delivery and distribution has been slowed by the countries strict pandemic restrictions. closing arguments have begun the trial of more than a dozen defendants accused of the assassination of bikini fos. as president thomas alcorda, he was killed with 12 others and a crew in 1987. it was hawk reports from the capital. in the heart of warrior dooku, a tribute to a pen african icon and a symbol of strength in defiance. burkina faso as president de my sancho. i was

killed in nicu 25 years ago, long before eldric warmer was even born. and yet his murder trial is important and significant to her. it comes at a time of uncertainty following monday school. we need justice, so we can even believe in the, in a possible future. this has been all the few days that we are in this situation. you know, we have no government, let's say that we have no institutional laws that i stable now. so we just asked me, i was selves if we can just hope that what has been started will continue. so i think it won't affect this what i think. but i'm not sure. last monday as lawyers and to my son car, his murder trial were about to give their closing statements. the hearing was abruptly adjourned. had happened after colonel dunbar arrested the president and took power and acute in a televised statement. he said, justice will follow its course. their trial is now said to resume in the dock of

the accuses colonel them. he was former commander. she'd bow gender he along exile formerly to bless, go by way. are accused of being behind sanker as murder, whom only available every one tons to wanted truth. but actually, he didn't want damn version of the truth away and not the reality of what happened to convince god you surely after company was ousted from power in a popular uprising in 2014 january stage a coup. it's in this hotel in the wealthy neighborhoods on the outskirts of walker drew that heads of states from the west african block eco, was met with general gender. they held talks, ended the qu, which led to his arrest. this was seen as the success for echo was in restoring democracy to this country. 3 who's in one year echo us is now facing an institutional and regional crisis. to terica cartoon is daniel gets fierce,

the latest, who could delay on cars, trial fuel, a molded hogan about the death of sanker. we all feel like we know what actually happened. who it was like and who was, where was the question here is we, are we going to be able to purchase the current political situation and bring justice so we can move on for people like coma leaving the pants behind. also means forging ahead into an uncertain future. nicholas hawk al jazeera walker today, us based music streaming site. spotify has an else new met his to combat cove. 19 misinformation follows a decision by several high profile musicians to remove that music from a platform in protest against the pub coff has been accused of spreading falsehoods about vaccines. julian wolf has the story. signing with its highest paid podcast personality is spotify has chosen to keep joe rogan show on the platform as it attempts to tackle the growing backlash over his controversial views on cobra. 19

the company has announced plans to add an advisory to any podcast episode, discussing the pandemic, directing listeners to the latest information from trusted sources in health and science. but despite an open letter penned by hundreds of health professionals calling on spotify to moderate misinformation, and a growing number of celebrities raising concern, including the duke and duchess of sussex, who have a 25000000 dollar content deal with the platform. some say it's an issue that isn't sold in silencing one voice. there is a misinformation challenge tied to joe rogan in particular, but there's also a broader mas information problem, i think, in this entire ecosystem. that is a lot more challenging simply because it is so decentralized and there isn't really one platform. there isn't really one player involved who can take the lead and moderating. it's very decentralized. you know, you basically could be playing effectively whack of all the fall out began when

rock star neil young accused rogan of spreading misinformation while offering spotify an old maiden. remove his work or the comedians, the singer joanie mitchell soon followed, announcing her solidarity with young and while the streaming service says it has removed more than 20000 podcast episodes that cover cobra. 19 since the start of the pandemic, it fell short of ditching one of the biggest stars after it's exclusive 2020 licensing deal that netted rogan more than a $100000000.00. gillian wolf, al jazeera. ah, there are these. the top stories. north korea has released photos as proof that conducted its most powerful mis.