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several homes were damaged, it was the largest u. s. rate in italy, province since an attack in 2019 that killed the previous leader of iso us president joe biden says i so lead the ice, a leader detonated an explosive, which killed him and his family. let's take a closer look now at who i will be here while as she me of could i, she actually was, he was born in northern iraq in 1976. and later rose to become an officer for the former iraqi president saddam hussein's army. he joined them all to affiliate after the us invasion of iraq in 2003. but he was detained by the us. a year later, the founder of i saw the bucket out, but daddy was detained in the same prison cry she is said to have cooperated with the americans helping identified dozens of al qaeda and i still members in that reportedly led to him being released he later joined the ranks of i saw as a close,

aided to back daddy. he was known for playing a major role in attacks against the z, the minority group. this operation is testament to his merrick, his reach and capability to take out terrorist threats, no matter where they try to hide anywhere in the world. i'm determined to protect the american people from terrorist threats. and i'll take the decisive action to protect this country. and we'll continue working with our close allies and partners . the searing democratic forces directly security forces, including the kurdish pressure target, and more than 80 members of the global coalition to keep pressure on isis to protect our homeland. we remain vigilant. we remain prepared. last night's operation took a major terrorist leader off the battlefield and has sent a strong message to turn round the world. we will come after you and find you. a patty co hand you. it's a slack now from the pentagon in washington. so patty,

what have we learned about how the rate was actually executed? well, i want to point out that there's been a little bit of conflicting stories about the total number of casualties here at the pentagon. pentagon spokesperson john kirby said that there were 9. not all of them innocent civilians, but basically what they're saying is that they've been watching this house for months that they believe abby abu abraham l. she has she, me, of karachi, that he was living on the 3rd floor with his family. that he very rarely ventured out, they believe on the 2nd floor of this 3 story building was his lieutenant and his lieutenants family. and then on the ground floor, it was a family that had no ties to i saw at all. so they planned this mission instead of an air raid, they flew in about $24.00 special forces as operators they had back up with re re armed reaper drones fighter jets attack helicopters. so basically they landed and according to the pentagon, there was a loudspeaker in arabic telling people to get out,

we believe then that family and the 1st floor that was a husband and wife and 4 children, that they were able to escape. the pentagon says shortly after that the 3rd floor exploded. they believed that al cargyle crushing actually ignited the explosion, killing himself, his wife and 2 children. then they said there was a gun fight with his lieutenant. on the 2nd floor, they say he and his wife fired at the troops, they ended up going in killing those 2 and 4 children. as 4 children escaped from that apartment, they said later in the operation, of course they went back in and they were making identification and getting whatever intelligence they could. they said later in the operation that there were a group of men that came at them, obviously wanting to engage. they did engage that group, and 2 people died. the others they say fled that the big question though that the pentagon is looking into now is that child who died on the 2nd floor? john kirby addressed that in the briefing this afternoon. we're always mindful of

the potential for civilian harm or harm to innocent life. and while the strong indications are here is that that the life that the lives taken in this operation, the lives of innocence taken in this operation, were caused by a dollar and his decision of blowing himself up and everybody else with him on that 3rd floor as well, as the resistance of his lieutenant on the 2nd floor, we're willing to take a look to just examine and make sure that there wasn't any action that we might have taken that could have also caused harm to, to innocence. and so that he will sort of reaction, has there been to this so far domestically lucy, members of congress, both democrats or republicans applaud the president's actions, saying that it was an important step. but truly,

when it comes to the general public. it's not as if alcor rush, he was a household name, unlike a summer, been logged in, or even like daddy. so it really the i home idea of i sole, if you look at polls concern over the islamic state and iraq, levant, it's really, really far down there. the american people aren't really talking about it a one thing. i think it's important to point out the president and he was talking about this, talked about this person's role in the jo horrific atrocities of the cities. a one thing at the pentagon though, they want to remind people that iso was responsible for those 13 service members who died during the evacuation of cobble the president at the time said that they were hunt down the leadership of iso. but realistically, that's probably the last time the american public really had any sort of knowledge that ice will still exist. so unlikely to help the president's poll numbers. but he is getting approval from both republicans and democrats in the congress. petty colina with the latest that from the pentagon in washington. patty,

thank you. or p. j. crowley is a former us assistant secretary of state. he says the operation will raise many questions about the actions of special forces and the ongoing threat posed by i sal . any time that you can, you know, put a dent in the leadership of a group like this. it's meaningful. think about al qaeda, for example, is never quite been the same. so it's a loss of them or some have been lot. so leaders will be replaced, or they can also be capable of, but it takes some time for a group like the islamic state to recover from what we've all been focused on ukraine and all of a sudden we're brought back to syria. but it's a reminder that a global power, like united states, can do more than one thing at once. so we do have the situation in ukraine. we still have a negotiation going on with iran. and yet, you know,

we still have this lingering battle with the united states and the region, you know, against the islamic state. obviously they're trying to make a, come back. and, and this is a reminder that we haven't overcome, you know, the threat, that is the, a small mistake poses as of yet. this will obviously be scrutinized there. there should be a lot of video that allows people to kind of go back over, you know, what happened? i think we have to be very cautious of the specific details. so, you know, even going back to the re, the killed or some of the law in 2011. it was days or weeks before we had a firm understanding of what happened. so was just say a case where there was an explosion launch from the outside, an explosion launch from inside. who are these people? how good was the intelligence that we had? not just about the location of islam estate leader, what, who was surrounding him? i think we've got to be got to let wait and let's you know, a lot of the details. you know, i emerge, be verified, and then we'll have

a full accounting of what happened and lessons learned from them. still to come on the news hour, the un says $4000000.00 people in ethiopia face critical water shortages after the failure of the last 3 rainy seasons. on the eve of the 2022 beijing winter olympic games activists release, a spoof of video drawing attention to the treatment of weaker muslims in china and the they're being already been some big hits. peter will have action from the beijing winter olympics a day before the opening ceremony. all of that coming up and support. ah. in the latest diplomatic effort to ease fears of a russian invasion of ukraine turkeys president has met the ukrainian president

followed him. your zalinski turkey has good relations with both countries and hopes to act as a mediator. and then another development, the pentagon says it has new information suggesting russia plans a so called false flag attack to justify a military invasion of ukraine without providing any evidence of this is russia condemns the u. s. decision to send more troops. the eastern europe, the u. s is around 74000 military personnel stationed around europe. many of these forces can be deployed on behalf of nato. germany hosts the lion's share of years personnel, but there are also some in easley, britain, spain, and turkey. the u. s. also repeats soldiers through poland when later boasts of 40000 strong response force is that it could call on if a threat arises. france and germany are leading a spearhead force that can be operational within 72 hours. but there are also several multinational battalions permanently in place on the continent with around

$4000.00 troops stationed across the ball, picks and poland in another $4000.00 in romania. the u. s. is also providing military aid to ukrainian forces. how the bill, i mean there's more now from here. well, we're actually here at gave air force and we have the 7 delivery of military aid. part of that, you 200000000 a packet from to you as that just arrived. i'm now at this time it's scaring about 80 tons of, i mean, nation for grenade launchers. now this is all being loaded into the trucks via the ukranian army. but as for the main agreement, which is that these fire agreement between ukraine and the russian back separated this hardware dissemination game not go to the front line. it would be a violation of that. i agree with the moment. all of this is being loaded by the

ukranian army. i'm going to ukrainian bases were also they need to get training on how to use this new military hardware. german broadcaster, deutsch avella, says rushes decision to shut down its operations in moscow is an over reaction. it's director promised to take legal action saying it's being made a poor in a way that media only have to experience in order. christy's. russia shut down the state funded news organizations bureau and revoked employees accreditations. after a german regulator band, the russian broadcaster r t for a senior aids to the u. k. prime minister have resigned within hours of each other as pressure mounts on morris johnson. over the party gave scandal director of communications jack doyle step down shortly after the departure of policy had. we need a mirror that they've been followed by the chief of staff, dan rosen, field and senior civil servant. martin reynolds. the prime minister is facing

increasing questions over his leadership as investigations continue into events held that downing street during covey locked out for a challenge for this live now from southern england by sky. but tell us a little bit about these people. how significant are they? and now significant a blow. are these resignations for the prime minister? well, i don't think any of these names are household names, even in the united kingdom let alone around the world. but that doesn't mean that these are not important people. and then they're not important resignations, they are some of the core team that runs the downing street operation. i think 3 of these regular resignations could have been expected. certainly dan rosen, field martin reynolds and jack doyle, dos 3

a. we're probably going to be the departures that boris johnson promised. in his big, clean sweep that he said would come after the su gray report. but my never mother is a bit different to that. and she left earlier on in the day she was the 1st to go basically when with a bit of abroad side at the prime minister in her resignation letter. she said that basically she was leaving because of the prime minister's false claim that he made in parliament the other day kissed alma leader of the opposition labor party failed to prosecute jimmy sample who is a dead tv presenter who turned out to be a p to file that kissed alma had failed to prosecute jimmy's have when he was

director of public prosecutions. now that is a false claim. it's been proven to be a false claim and, and pretty much everyone knows it. but the prime minister still said as a min, air murder, when she resigned today, said that you are a better man than many of your detractors will ever understand. which is why it's desperately sad that you let yourself down by making a scurrilous accusation against the leader of the opposition. so critical words, they're very critical words for from an error murder that now poorest johnson's loyalists are presenting most of this as the big, clear out that he had promised the change that he has promised. but he doesn't actually seem to be in control of these resignations, certainly not meant air murders, and there is a sense certainly that this is people fleeing a sinking ship jumping perhaps before they were pushed. dominic cummings, of course for us. johnson's form aid. now his arch enemy tweeted out, iran the, this is the unmistakable signal. the bunker is collapsing, and this p. m,

this prime minister is finished. even richey su neck. the chancellor of the exchequer and ally of paras johnson said that he wouldn't have said what boris johnson said about jimmy saddle. and he's glad of the point promised to clarify what he did, what he said. so that is another significant sign. i think that the chancellor of the exchequer is distancing himself from the prime minister as on many very challenge with the latest there from southern england. dory. thank you. west african countries will send a stabilization force to guinea be south 2 days after an attack on the presidential palace, which has been seen as an attempted coup. this follows a meeting of economic community in west african states in accra ganawe's president who chairs the group, which referred to as eco, was warned that a string of recent cruise has become quote, contagious,

and could prompt even more. the block decided against further sanctions and were keener fossil after soldiers there toppled the government last week. it's the 3rd country in the 50 nation block to be taken over by soldiers in the past that 18 months. rescuers off the coast of nigeria, a searching for 10, missing oil workers after a super tanker used as a storage depot sank, following a massive explosion. the 130000 ton trinity spirit blew up on wednesday with around 8000000 liters of oil on board. the tanker was permanently more than shallow water off the coast of the niger delta. there's no confirmation yet of how much crude oil but actually have spilled into the ocean. now there is concern that the mild, less of the on the con variant of cubic 19 could be stopping some africans from getting vaccinated. the variant is now known to be in 5 african nations and the director of the continents centers for disease control. and prevention says it's

not yet a concern, but the world health organizations regional head says she's worried that the milder infection could be harming vaccination rates that were already too low. only around one and 10 africans are jogged with vaccine scarcity, and the lack of trust often blamed the un says more than 4000000 people in parts of ethiopia are facing critical shortages of water. after the last 2 rainy seasons failed. hundreds of thousands of children already severely malnourished in those areas. malcolm web reports. for nearly 2 years, the rainy seasons have failed in the lowland regions of eastern ethiopia. the un says more than 4000000 people are facing critical water shortages. in recent months, livestock, they depend on to survive, have been dying in their tens of thousands of access for journalists, n e t,

a period restricted to un release. this video from the somali region, hundreds of thousands of people are depending on health and nutrition support from the u. n's agency for children. the u. n says around 200000 children, a malnourished, and the numbers are growing foss. mobile clinics like this one, people can get some help, other victim enrich, therapeutic feeding, paste can help to bring children back from the brink. most of the people here depend on hurting livestock to survive. they have to walk further every month to find water. the pools where the animals drink her a fraction of their usual size. getting out what's left of the water isn't easy for the keeps. first, the camels alive. do you, any mobile clinics are helping some? but it says it needs about 30000000 dollars to reach all the people who are in need of this. that's a key that we ship to minimize i'm this is sort of, that's

a more children. and it's a critical integrated package of life sitting with sanitation, promotion to, to mental focus magician on the treatment of common illnesses, i'm including vaccinations. as more animals die and crops fail, the number of people in need just goes up. the un says in 2 months from now, nearly 7000000 people who need help group. malcolm web al jazeera, the 2022 beijing winter olympics kick off in less than 24 hours with some sporting events already underway. it's an unconventional games for many reasons. there is scrutiny over beijing's heavy handed response to the corona virus. and from the on said, there have been concerns of china's human rights record, particularly it's treatment of ethnic wiggers. now some nations have decided not to send officials to attend the opening ceremony and the united states speaker of the

house, nancy pelosi has accused the international olympic committee as sponsors of putting money and profits 1st. now the i o. c, aided by corporate sponsors, once again turns a blind eye with the 2022 winter olympics just to bolster their bottom lines. mister the government, as i was said, if we do not speak out against human rights violations in china, because of commercial interest, we lose all moral authority to speak out against human rights violations anywhere. well, china's been accused of committing wide scale human rights abuses against the week of people and minority groups. there around 12000000 wiggers living in the western region of sheen jung. they speak their own language which is similar to turkish and are mostly muslim. you are an experts and rides groups accused china of detaining

up to $1000000.00 wiggers and subjecting them to torture and forced labor. in recent years, china claims had sent people to what it calls re education camps, the combat separatism, and terrorism. the several countries including the u. s. canada and the netherlands of accused the china of genocide. the un has been trying to visit seen jung since 2018, but will only be granted access after the winter games on condition to visit as friendly and not an investigation. or meanwhile, activists have released a spoof video highlighting the contrast between the olympics and the treatment of the weaker muslim minority in north west china. olympic medalists are seen celebrating on the podium before being brought there, metals and flowers by olympic officials, assisted by enslaved wiggers writes groups are strongly critical of the treatment of the weaker and syndrome province, accusing the chinese government of systemic repression and severe human rights

abuses. ah, boy got these genocide games close the curves and free lawyers. and we can talk to one of the people behind that video now are slang he there yet. the general secretary of the weaker revival association jones is via skype from sidney in australia, sir. thank you so much for joining us here. i'm all now jazeera. first of all, what do you make of the reaction? like they're off from a lot of countries to these olympics? how prominent do you think the issue of the weaker minority is for a lot of the countries appending? well, 1st of all, think about me and barbara a genocide is going on and we are not acting like there's genocide going on. countries need to step up. we made a promise 75. what years ago when this happened to the jews, when, when germany used the olympics to prop up, what when hitler used and hijacked and hijacked the olympics and exploited to pop

up as dictate hitler and ball state support. and we witnessed the game is being used as the backdrop to whitewash and polish the reputation of a tyrannical racist regime. and the gym i just standing on the boat stage and the regime that went on to killed 6000000 jews for you side of so were really worried that countries are not doing enough. and you have family experience, of course all of this repression. tell us a little bit about your own personal family story. yeah, especially my, my wife, so me, so my mother in law, my father in law, my 2 brothers in law are currently locked up in chinese prisons serving anywhere between 7 up to 17 years on a suspicion of these ridiculous crimes of terrorism which millions of weekends are in this case at the moment so, so we have others 40 times you can call either i mention of the receipt and memory on the other shit which i innocent civilians, people who i've just been going about, their lives rubbing, caught up just like millions

a week is currently in these concentration camps. and so, i mean there are some countries that, of course, are not sending big trees to china. we've heard some strong words there from nancy pelosi accusations of putting prophets before human rights. do you think that these olympics though, could also be used by activists like yourself as a means to highlight what is actually going on in china because olympics are not, of course, there are enormous commercial deals and links between china and the rest of the world. yes, it is an opportunity, but it's sad that we have to use such an event. and if you use the word opportunity, you know, these olympics should not gone shouldn't, should not have gone to genocidal regimes like this. i can't believe in the 21st century. we are rewarding countries for committing a genocide and we are rewarding with a, with a platform such as the olympics. it's very sad and it's very saddening and disappointing as well. and what do you make of specific care countries?

as i've mentioned, obviously, china is an enormous financial economic power that has links across the world. what do you make, for example, over a reaction at, from the muslim world a, to what has happened to the week? who's in china? i mean it's, it's very, very sad. we, we feel that we've been back stabbed and you know, all the support what, what we're getting so much support from the west. we should be getting most of the support from our fellow muslim brothers and sisters in, in the muslim world, whether it be the oh i see organization course, i'm a corporation or this, the quote unquote muslim governments out there and especially our own or to turkish or turkic back governments in central asia and, and the 2 and the in turkey itself. i, it's very sad or there is a deafening silence. from there, it is obviously also very hard to get information out of china. it's very difficult

for reporters to move about freely. we've seen even the un investigation, everything is kind of being postponed up after the olympics and we'll have lots of restrictions. you know, how difficult, again, is it to get information out of china to make the world understand and see what is going on there. i mean, i'm sure your reporters have witnessed this yourselves. a china have nothing to hide. why don't they let report as in and in, instead of having activists like us, you know, make, will be part of films like this. it's all at the situation. let us in, you know, if you've got nothing to hide, if you're totally innocent, you know, you should be able to show the, well that there isn't a genocide like you say, but there is a genocide and countries need to do more. and we need to need to do more like economic sanctions taking these

people to court for their crimes against humanity and the genocide they are committing on a daily basis. son, he the yeah, the general secretary of the week are revival association. joining us from sydney, australia, sir, thank you. thank you very much. it's al jazeera life in london still to come a worrying up taking a tax on the colombian border is rebel groups battle of a drunk routes and resources. a $200000000000.00 wipe out for facebook's parent company is more users choose to log off for good and we're going to hear from india is only athlete at the beijing winter olympics that's coming up and sport with ah, with i'm sure you're familiar with this picture

all the way the tumbles in across the north of europe, down through the middle and down towards the east, where it redeveloped into a storm system without still going on. but this is party bit hard and i had to what was a fatty settled, middle admitted has been snow showers, all overcast conditions quite often in eastern europe. but now we're going to change that a little bit more. so here's the overall picture for friday. then the winds are cold, runs the british isles, and same to norway in sudden canada, just a line of rain stretching back to france is to relatively warm spain to put you with a bit more clarity. the few more sharon was the case recently. so saturday, proper stormy picture, that in northern parts of norway, the wind is strong again, with snow for scotland, increasingly light if you wet but london at 10 degrees paris system at 9 degrees. this snow proper isn't extreme. it's just snowed like to potter winter. where in february now after all, and here's the picture for the south mediterranean a scattering a showers bit windy maybe for some of the islands in the mediterranean, maybe in italy later. but largely it's a sunny picture, as it is increasingly in turkey. but the rush out blowing into the coast of the

event and briefly to no need. in fact, let me take you to friday picture briefly to shoot. so show you that northern egypt is not the place to be ah, the stories of life and inspiration as series of short documentaries from around the world that celebrate the human spirit against the odds with al jazeera, select change makers. the corona virus has been indiscriminate in selecting this victims. it's devastating effects of plague every corner of the globe, transcending class creed and color. but in britain,

a disproportionately high percentage of the fallen have been black or brown skins. the big picture traces the economic disparities and institutional racism that is seen united kingdom fail it citizens britain's true colors. part 2 on al jazeera. ah ah, reminder now of the top stories on al jazeera, the u. s. says the leader of ice, so has been killed in a special forces operation in northwestern syria. i will abraham alice schumacher a. she was one of at least 13 people including 6 children killed during the raid in the town of ottoman in rebel held. the italy province turkeys president has met his

ukrainian counterpart, as he hopes to act as mediator with russia, while military pensions continue to build. this comes as russia condemn the u. s. decision to send more troops, the eastern europe and the key west african leader warns a string of recent cruise has become contagious and could prompt even more. canadian president at nana, who for otto, was speaking at a summit following a coup in burkina faso last week. bomb explosions and kidnappings, in columbia during the past months have killed at least 50 people, rebel groups or bathroom for control of cocaine smuggling and the oil which region of at oca and the similar kit is there. and as he reports, the attacks are terrifying. the local community workers are busy reconstructing the actor martinez building in the center of the vienna. last month, a car bomb exploded, destroying much of this flock. the students of former fight grab both are being

blamed for the attack, which killed one person, the buildings house, human rights groups, social organizations and unions lay nomic us if we were holding a security meeting because of the way the conflict with the evolving with direct attacks against social organizations and community leaders got that out. the far distance are accusing us of sympathizing with the ellen. and that's how they justify to taking us out. ok, an oil rich region on the border with venezuela has been mostly calm since the signing of a peace deal between the government and 5 rebels in 2016. but violence returned as far as dissident groups began to fight e l. n. rebels for control of drug trafficking in contraband routes. since the beginning of the year, more than 60 people have been killed, others kidnapped or forcibly displaced. at that time though, they got the sister of security guard see me on that guy. the killed in the

explosion says locals are terrified when this war is sad, and my brother is just one of many victims. everybody's anxious because we don't know what will happen tomorrow. at the moment, even on a quiet day, people can't sleep or can't rest. well, they see a leaving the house. yes. everything has been affected. i normally at 6 30 pm, the streets of the center of said i may and i would be alive with people shopping. but since the conflict started, shops are closing early and people are hurrying home, fearing and other possible attack. and on top of that, the mayor has imposed a curfew every night, starting at 9 pm. the government has increased this military presence of the area under the violins has pushed more than a dozen health workers to quit after hospitals. we're also threatened by the groups catholic priest, albert here, al doris, holding healing sessions to help workers deal with trauma. we love what he says,

part of the problem is that the military is mainly protecting the oil infrastructure in a region long neglected by the government as always thought equal. it's a problem that goes back in history. the government has always prioritized, protecting military infrastructure. instead of the people, the church has asked the president to re open the door to apiece dialogue with the yellow divorce. supposed to be a meeting in stockholm, the government didn't go. we're also trying to talk to then dissidence, but to we are on our own for hundreds of left. others like sonya lobbyist promised to rebuild and continue their work for the people, even if it might cost them their life. allison that i'm p a t al jessia said i've been up with him. he was present, and joe biden has been in new york to outline his strategy for dealing with a surgeon. gun violence. speaking to police see said enough was enough and that it was time to give them the tools that they needed to protect the community. every

alexander is in new york. the public is worried for the most part about the increased crime throughout the united states and increased gun violence. several cities in the us that have seen almost a 100 percent increase in the last year of gun related murders and fatality, including here in new york city where there is a violence has gone up. it's not at the same levels that it was 20 years ago. but it is still been creeping up. so biden is here to announce or to, to push for more of his plan, which entails 2 things. prevention and enforcement prevention meaning more, play more money for local jurisdiction to try to put in programs to get guns off the streets, illegal guns, but also enforcement more police officers. not only here but elsewhere throughout the united states to enforce the laws. there is some skepticism by some or looking

at this is perhaps over policing, and they say that there shouldn't be too much of a focus on policing so much as the underlying causes for gun violence. and that is what many advocates and critics, if you will, are worried about. they're saying there needs to be more of that investment in local communities. they can help in gauge communities to bring illegal guns off the streets. the 1st minister of northern ireland has resigned the proposed bricks at customs checks on goods crossing from the rest of the u. k. pro unionist paul givens the parcher leaves, the devolved area without government leadership. his party, which usually aligns with prime minister boys. johnson's government has routinely criticized the terms of johnson's deal with the e. u. r. institutions are being tested once again and the delicate balance created by the belfast anson andries agreements. husband impacted by the

agreement made by the united kingdom government and the european union, which created the northern iron protocol. nadine barbara is following developed developmental this from london will in a short statement. northern islands, 1st minister pul, given, said that the institutions of northern island will be impacted by the northern islands protocol. part of the u. k. bricks it deal with the european union. now on wednesday, this is the backgrounds. edwin boots also from the democratic union as party northern islands, agriculture minister, had ordered a hold to checks on food and animal products coming from mainland great britain into northern ireland. now those checks are in place because of the protocol they're there because they can actually, those products can actually enter the european union of which the republic of ireland is a member. and that's why they're,

they're currently in place on thursday. the use and financial services commissioner marie begin is called the decision to hold the checks a breach of international law. and the e. u has said that the move creates further uncertainty, and unpredictability certainly creates unpredictability for people living in northern islands. because the resignation automatically means that the deputy 1st minister michelle niel of the main republican party, she fain also goes there will be no executive. without that, they come to prove a 3 year budget, which is currently being looked at another elections local elections in made in northern islands. and opinion poll suggests that shouldn't be. you could actually leap frog the d u p to become the biggest party in the province, putting on the doubt the, the d p and the pro british sides. right,

to actually have the 1st minister for now we know that the u. k. government will be very worried about this putting pressure on the d. u. p to a point somebody else, but it's very unclear what happens next. well then, 6000 car workers in mexico have voted in favor of a new union in one of the 1st secret ballots. of its type, the vote of general motors plant in the central city of c now is seen as a test of the new mexican legislation aimed at helping workers find the voice and break the group of traditional unions, john home and has this report. ah, a change of shift in the general motors factory salon mexico's and the change of god with the union to of the 25 years. they now have new representation and hoping things will be different. love that they say she bear the true faith. that always was a union here, but they never represented us. they always looked just for personal benefit, protected the factories,

interests. now in independent workers union has taken charge. that could be hugely significant for more than just the $6000.00 workers here. it makes core, it's a common story that unions are in cahoots with big business, rather than getting employees better wages and benefits. the g m workers. insulin, for example, told us they were paid lesson attempt of what the counterparts in the u. s. good. i've always thought that a labor reform, one of the requisites of a renegotiate to trade deal between this country. the us and canada, aims to change that. it gives met, can work as the right to vote on the unions and labor contracts and secret ballot. something that really happened before the election in salon was seen as a bell with a vote, with the new secret elections work. on thursday morning, the results, the new cynthia union trance, the old one. it's headed by paint worker alejandro morales. now she's came to get started the content of this at any up with the contract that we have was completely

on the side of the employer. there weren't many rights for the workers, and we have to change that and we have to be a union that really defends them. but it's not just mexican workers who stand to benefit from this. there's a reason why you're us union writ watching this vote carefully. obvious why in particular the us once this and negotiated for it in the u. s. m. ca trade deal, we curl, co opted unions mean less pay and benefits for employees, which in turn means cheaper mexican labor costs. the u. s. wants to stop, what it sees is unfair competition. there's no guarantees it's allow, will be repeated in the many mexican companies that don't affect u. s. or canadian businesses. nozik thought is the last embrace us in the sectors where there's interest from the u. s. government and unions, he promoted this reform a going to be observed and will now see the closest we've had to free and fair elections. but we're talking about a very restricted number of company indic. there are thousands of others in mexico

that have protectionist unions and will never have those elections below massive generally, june is lean biased. oh, it will be up to the mexican government itself to choose if it wants to change that or simply lead its own reform languish. john holman, al jazeera metzger city. the value of shares in facebook's parent company collapsed by 25 percent as markets opened in new york, wiping more than $200000000000.00 off the firms value meta reported week or the expected profits on wednesday after revealing lost the 1000000 daily users worldwide. facebook's grocery store in the us and europe with the klein's vow in africa and latin america. christian salumi is in new york for us. this is in part due to the company's earnings. the last quarter were lower than expected. and predictions for the current quarter are also being down played by c o. mark

zuckerberg. they had their annual meeting yesterday. part of the declining revenues has been attributed to changing policies that apple, believe it or not, apple change its privacy policies. that's having an impact on advertising and advertising. big source revenue, obviously for facebook. so that's one big issue. also, facebook has been you losing daily users for the 1st time. it recorded a drop of 5, i'm sorry, 500008 half 1000000 users. most of them in africa and latin america, this is the 1st time they've seen their user ship go down and not obviously spooked investors as well. most of those drops coming in africa and latin america suggesting that maybe facebook has reached a saturation point. they're also dealing with competition from other social media platforms, tick tock,

in particular. the video social media site has been gaining and popularity. so all of that combining to make investors very concerned about facebook's future. coming out on al jazeera, the winter olympics, set officially start on friday, but the curling action is already underway in beijing. that's next. been sport with peter. ah.

with mm pool. ah ah, lithium is a key element in the fight to slow global warming. it's used in batteries that

power electric vehicles, which it's hoped will soon replace fossil fuel burning cars and trucks. rob reynolds reports now on a california community at the center of the race for lithium, california's salt and see shimmers like a mirage in an arid land. but its waters are nearly lifeless, full of salt and agricultural chemical run off the farm and communities near the sea are among the poorest in the us, with high unemployment and nearly one and 4 people living in poverty. frank salazar is a local resident and activist. what we lack is opportunity, you know, i think opportunity is what we need here in this, in this county. the salton sea is shrinking as streams are diverted to farming on windy days, toxic dust from the dry lake shore fowls, the air. when you look at the asthma levels of our local children, when you look at the cancer levels of our local residence there through the roof but far below the seas, flor lies

a vast reservoir of super heated water rich in lithium. the element used to create batteries for electric vehicles and a key to slowing global warming. we have what some of described as a saudi arabia of lithium here in the state of california. the stakes are high, not only for the regions, future prosperity, but for us national security. the u. s. wants a domestic supply of lithium today. more than 80 percent of all, lithium is mind in australia, chile, and china. but the salt and seas, treasure trove of the mineral, could change those numbers dramatically. we expect to produce a 3rd level in from this site. it's incredible. resource companies are already drilling what you say in the background there to production wells, full diameter wells that will produce enormous ments abroad to fade the plant that which will be located. he state and local officials envision

a lithium based industrial complex with battery factories and electric car manufacturing, while paying jobs with benefits that currently are in here in imperial county salivate. when i think about it 510 years down the road, how big it can be. conservationists like aileen anderson, approve of the environmentally friendly extraction process, powered by geothermal energy. they hope lithium projects will generate funds to restore the salt and see which is a crucial stop over point for migrating birds. and she's looking at the big picture for going to transition to clean energy and get off our fossil fuel induction. the fans going to being changed your opponent, hope for a region down on its luck, and a planet heating up. rob reynolds al jazeera, imperial, california, kate, stand for the sport. now here's peter barbara. thank you. egypt have beaten

cameroon in a penalty shoot out in the 2nd africa cup of nations. semi final, the host nation had chance to take the lead, but they were unable to beat either the post. all the opposition, goalkeeper, referee, bacardi gossamer, grew tired of the constant, moaning by pharaohs, coach carlos ghettos and saint luke just before the full time. and often extra time there was still no separating these 2 sides. cameroon, missing 3 penalties in the shootout, st. egypt into sundays, final against senegal. but you ease al jazeera, have comfortably made it through to the 2nd round of the fee for club world cup. so yet allah mattie opened the scoring for the host as they went 3 know up at half time against the ocean. he is a spray from tahiti, the visits his gifted and own go, the start of the 2nd up, but up denied the i'll be feel the for one when with a brilliant strike out there in our face. saudi arabia's all, he love in the 2nd row.

ah, canada are flying in their quest to qualify for the cost world cup they beat el salvador to know so they can live in games and be in the north central america and hire a be in region, a fee, but hutchinson and jonathan david, schooled for the canadians who are looking good to make their 1st move come since 1983. so the 3 guys together, it's canada full points, clear that's up with the u. f and mexico occupying the other, 2 of them as a qualifying spots. the team in full go into a play panama ahead of cost 3, can el salvador, as it stands. they still one day before the start of the winter olympics in beijing, but some events that already begun the mixed doubles. cooling competition has started the national aquatic center with a small domestic crown because of coven 19 restrictions. but those supporters chit on china competitors in the game fan to young and lindsey,

who won their opening match. but we're having a great day for the host in the women's ice. hockey china were beaten 31 by the check republic, but there was a big hit for the 2018 silverman list canada. faith, switzerland opening, match the canadians winning that one convincingly 121. it all gets going for real on friday with beijing becoming the 1st 30 to host the summer and winter olympics. the olympic torch relay continues, having stopped off the great wall of china, making its way to the opening ceremony at the birds nest stadium, which was the venue for the 2018 or 2000 and 8th summer lympics. but these games have been controversial since beijing one. the hosting was in 2015. i've been hit by diplomatic boy called from several countries, including the us prison and australia over china, of human rights record athletes are allowed to express their views, but not in the field of play on podiums, international olympic committee. presidents almost once the sport to stay separate

from politics. we're writing a new check. in sporting history. we can only accomplish these mission a lindsey games stand above and beyond all political differences. this is only possible if the olympic games are politically unusual and do not become a tour to achieve political goers. india is home to the world's largest mountain range, but it has apache recalled in windsor sports. only one athlete is representing the country of the beijing olympics. when to athlete say there is little government support and few financial incentives, the sports people, probably metal has more nestled in the himalayas in indian administered kashmir. the town of good mart is one of a chas highest and largest key resorts he drug. it's also way out of con, 1st took up his key pulls and now he's competing into slalom events at the olympics

in beijing committee skiing queue training. i was trained by ricardo for the 1st 8 years. he taught me the basics, the state and national level champions, also trained good and good mug. they inspired me by and i also learned by watching daniel. eventually i started training in europe and other countries. those experiences what great for exposure and skill development. take him every couple of heavy the india has sent only 15 olympians in the history of the winter games and has never won a metro. con is the only entrance with yeah. many of those came to compete said as little money and no internationally recognized federation to support athletes. constraining was funded by his father who runs a ski shop. his family and friends also supported him, but had night is a national level nor border who once dreamed of competing at the olympics, due to no support from government and from the private please. i couldn't make it

in reality. and i think this dream is gonna die in goldberg only. oh, as far as the infrastructure is concerned, i i, we, we snowboard here on a very, very basic infrastructure. we don't have any slopes for snow borders, no lift, fuss, no boarders. over the last 2 years, hundreds of enthusiasts have attended training camps and competition sponsored by the government. but the local sporting body says more needs to be done to spot and support. budding talent might have e mon, i hate other countries are winning metals. so why not india? kashmir has the best assets in terms of snow. we have slopes and new equipment. we request the ministry to conduct international level tournaments and coaching camps to boost our youth. there is no darth of talent here. we will have more irish cans . con hopes to break into the was top 30 at the game. his greater goal is to inspire more people to take up the sport. but no said getting the support that's needed will be an up his dos. bob middle al jazeera new delhi,

top 10 gulf. a bryce in december has reportedly been offered more than $130000000.00 to become the face of a new gulf super league. the project back by saudi arabia has approached several big names, but it's yet to be launched to chicago and any other player who signs up risks a lifetime band from the more established p g and european to say the most will tennis number one of the chunk of bitches made his 1st appearance since being deported from australia of his career of our effects in status. the 3rd made president alexander who changed to thank him for the support during the 11 days the 23rd grand slam 5. when i was in and out of detention drunk of it's described as an unfortunate event, but said he will give you side of the story to the media in the next week. 15 days . that's all for now. most policies on the way later bober back to you in london. peter, thank you so much and that is it for this news? our dear stay with them and i'll be back in just a few minutes with more of the days. thanks for watching for bye.

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