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a united front to russia and china say they oppose further expansion of nato. as president vladimir putin visits beijing, prussia grows on the u. k. prime minister as 5 of his top aides that resign within hours. i'm adarine in northern portugal home to europe's largest lithium deposits. locals here whose families, date back generation, say a proposed lithium mine threatens their way of life. i'm going to get raska with his thoughts away from the glitzy opening ceremony. the competition is already underway. the beijing games us lead off to the opening day, the team figure skating events. ah. the opening ceremony of the 24th winter olympics is underway in beijing. the cities the 1st to host both the summer and winter olympics representatives from $91.00 of

taking part. but the build up has been dominated by covered 19 restrictions and diplomatic boyd cars and go live now to the stadium, to speak to associated press correspondence, stephen, wait, stephen, you've been to so many of these different events took us through this. one might be different from other ones. well, i was in the 2008 opening ceremony here. 13 and a half years ago, it was 30 to 33 degrees, sweltering hot pac stadium, 91000 people. right now back and we have maybe 20 or 30000 fans. we're not sure. maybe 40 percent sole and it's below 0. it's one or 2 degrees below 0. so it's a very different different atmosphere. and what are games of course are much smaller than the summer game, so they're really not not comparable but much more low key event. basically, we were talking about the kid, the coping, 1900 restrictions. tell us how, what your experiences with having gone through that process

for journalists like myself and for athletes. the process was this. you left your home country before you could leave. you had to pass to cobra test. then you had to download an app, put in a lot of documents, trace your health history over 14 days before you left. get on the plane, come to badging, be checked with to p c r test. getting a bus, go to your hotel. and then from the hotel, all you can do is go to the media center for a journalist or go to a venue, go back to the hotel, that's it, and you go by bus all sanitized buses. there is no walking around beijing. i have friends here. can't see them, so it's strictly in this bubble and when it's over, they're going to put us on a bus and we leave. there is no circulating around tokyo journalist after $1014.00 days can go around the city, eat, enjoy themselves. none of that were completely shut off from the main beijing population 00 contact, and any host country that hosts the olympics obviously uses. it tried to boost its

global public image, its global p r. several countries on sending diplomats because of allegations about china's human rights records. and so, and how does this reflect on china and also the olympic committee itself there's a long story here. i'll try to make sure what basically happened is that begging is the most unlikely. can i have one or lympics, but in 2015, 6, europe in countries who should have had or could have been ford dropped out too expensive or political problems. the c one had was left with months because x on and beijing they chose beijing. beijing, i think was more surprised than anybody. so the games are here. the run up to the games have been filled with contention. the we're, the genocides is going on in northwestern. john, the region here has occupied the press. the chinese have tried to avoid it. they see has tried to avoid the sponsor. they've tried to pretend like they don't see it . i think everybody will be glad like yours or when the game to get started. the

focus goes on, the athletes and the politics probably will be put aside. however, it's very possible with natalie to may speak. god, or we have a lot of contention for these 2 and a half weeks while we're very ging. i think it's important for us to mentioned just balance that of course china denies all the allegations presented against it. about the treatment of weavers in seen jang. but i want to ask you about the atmosphere for the, the fix as well, the hip, it's a similar sort of thing with the corporate restrictions and other restrictions in terms of tokyo. is this any in any way different for them, other aspects here, no reconciled to the fact that they're not going to be able to have the crowds that they would normally want to move in through the games. the restrictions here are 10 times more than tokyo. talk you always sort of bubble light. you had your quarantine for 14 days. a japanese were much softer about it. people moved around the city. this is a much more severe quarantine here. it separates everybody from the beijing

population. nobody who is in this bubble, not the way it's not the journalist, any contact with anybody in beijing and to the point about the wiggers. china does contested but and also china does not allow access to that region. but from the best research we can find for researchers from photographs from tellus catholic photographs, what's going on there is real, the term are these 1000000 wiggers is real, this is not made up. and i know just trying to deny that the receipt is not denied . they just won't talk about it, they won't even raise the name of the lawyers. just very briefly on that point, we have seen him in the past that some feeds have made processed to certain issues over the course of the years. what do you think is gonna happen if any assets attempt to do that this time around? we don't know, there is see has something called rural 50 and then they basically say you can say what you want to say, but don't do it on the podium when you're getting the metals afterwards and press

conferences, you're free to speak. however, the chinese government has made it very clear that if you speak out in a way that reflects valley on china, you could be under prosecution by chinese law. i don't think that's going to happen . but the threat is there, the sense of intimidation is there. so i think any athlete who is even thinking about it know is that can be repercussions. athletes go in general, athletes, go, athletes, go one time, do a game, 70 percent of athletes go one time, watch them. this is a one shot. they don't want to risk it. speaking up, most of them are not politically astute. many don't know, understand geo politics very well. but there may be some who, who are there are some who are plugged in who may speak, but they will run a risk of being sanctioned by war by the chinese government. and by the i o. c. steven way talking to us from beijing. thank you very much indeed. among those that the so many rushes president vladimir putin, his country's deteriorating relations with the west took center stage earlier as he

held talks with his chinese comes upon, she's in pain, the joint statement, they said they opposed the expansion of nato. i'm called on the lines to ditch what they called cold war approaches. because it's, and this is sonya through our bilateral relations. they are developing with the spirit of friendship and strategic partnership and have reached an unprecedented level there. an example of upstanding relations which are both sides, these develop and support each other at the same time. well, that's all coming. his tension between kevin moscow show no sign of falling. russia has massed more than a 100000 soldiers near the border with ukraine. both countries have been holding military drills. russia has also offered to increase its gas supplies to china. the us in europe, a striking moscow with unprecedented sanctions. if ukraine is attacked, she would say, she's our old producers prepared a very good solution on hydrocarbon supplies to china. for today's meeting, and we made another step forward in the gas sector. i mean the new deal to supply

china with 10000000000 cubic meters of natural gas from the far east. return to you is in beijing with more on today's talks. what we were really looking for was any specific signal from china that it would support you, craig? now from this joint statement, we haven't heard from aging yet, but what we're hearing from the kremlin is that china really still on paper wants to maintain its neutral storms. but there are some statements within this state, which implies strong support of russia when it comes to its policy in ukraine or its actions on the ukraine border. they joined them and said that each country supports each other's foreign policy, that no country should improve its security at the expense of others. and also that both countries are per unilateral actions towards specific countries. i think really this relationship it's, it's have to main dimensions. one is political,

do use countries, definitely a lot in common in terms of the ideology and i think specifically what they're both very tired of and what they both oppose is a world order under which the u. s. is the dominant power. so i think during this meeting, what they're doing is showing how strong their partnership is and also showing the world, perhaps a potential count away to the u. s. and other european powers. and of course, the other dimension of this relationship is very practical. it's based on the economic and economics and trade. china is russia's biggest trading power. they did about $12840000000000.00 and trade in 2021. that's an unprecedented volume of trade between the 2 countries. and that's only set to increase francis programs among the macro will travel to moscow. and kiev, next week to discuss the standoff between russia and ukraine is visits will be followed by another european leader, japanese johnson off schultz will also go to the region next week. my dominant came

standing by in berlin 1st. let's go to natasha battle in paris. natasha. what is president macro hoping to achieve for this trip? the french president will be in moscow. on monday he will be meeting with the russian leader of latham in putin for talk clearly say confirmed this after the 2 leaders had a telephone call on thursday evening, which last did we understand just under? and now it's a 3rd call, or the least say, have organized with the kremlin as if i might call certainly being stepping up his diplomatic efforts to try and defuse the crisis with russia. ukraine. well, in terms of what micro was hoping to achieve is obviously hoping to persuade russia to continue on the part of diplomacy to not take the part of conflict that's been very much the math, the message all alone. and micro is also going says the lease

a very much on behalf if you like of the european union, france has the rotating presidency of the you. this is not about a fraud for no thought of a so low micro mission to moscow. this is very much with the backing a blessing of european powers, but he's still very much also in a minute micro style. he is a leader that likes to have personal contact. he believes in frank discussions, and he's also always kept dialogue very much open with moscow and put in during his presidency. he is a believe that that is necessary in order to continue with a good diplomacy. so he's looking in a way to use his own personal powers of persuasion. he will then travel to the day off the key, made the boot and go down to brief the ukrainian president on his meeting with the russian leader and offer ukraine

a reassurance. of course that europe and powers are still supporting ukraine's desire for sovereignty in terms of its territorial integrity in natasha. thanks very much indeed. natasha butler talking to us from paris. let's go to all many cane who's in berlin. so germany, chancellor, all are shots making a similar trip, i believe, to at least among occasion to ukraine. but he is getting pretty pressure from his critics who are suggesting that he's just not tough enough in this whole situation . one of the interesting things right now is that you see articles, not just in the german price, but also in some of the international press. asking where is all of shots? because they wonder why it is that mister schultz, why he hasn't been particularly reticent over the course of the last few weeks, hasn't really been to the forefront of german efforts, diplomatically speaking, that has been left to a certain extent to the foreign minister, the green leader analynn, a bell bark, who has been to many different capitals in the course of the past few weeks. the

interesting thing is, in so far as germany's mediation, the role is concerned diplomatically from that particular front. the german government is clear. it wants to be seen at the fraud, forefront trying to leads the 2 sides in the equation, ukraine, russia down the path of politics, of diplomacy, of peace, stressing the minsk agreement that was agreed in the normandy format that involves the french, the germans ukrainians. the russians because that agreement was signed many years ago and it's still we find ourselves where we are right now. also, one problem for the german government, for mr. shots and for, and lena bear bought foreign minister. it's pretty clear it's that the ukrainians are beseeching the germans for military assistance, weapons weapons with which defensively to try to ward off any potential act of aggression. and the german government is steadfast in saying it will not do that. so you have this situation. germany as a leading power politically in the you and

a leading diplomatic force in ne, so, but not prepared to, to stump up as it were in terms of military assistance for the ukrainians. it's quite a thorny path in one sense for mr. shots and his colleagues to try to, to plot their way down. they want to help. they want to be seen diplomatically to make every effort, but they're not prepared to put their weapons into the hands of the ukrainians defensively when the ukrainians have been asking for us. thank you very much. less dominant came from berlin. russia back, separate us, anything ukraine of setup training comes for youth. instructors say students are told about patriotism and self defense just transferred supports from a ton of lucky of these teenagers. some of the 5000 members of a youth movement in the pro russia, separatists controlled region of east in ukraine. they are all still at school.

you know, me roughly translates to army of the use in structures. many of them form a separatist fighters say they teach patriotism and how to defend the self declared republic of dimansky jobs. 8 years of conflict with ukraine remains unrecognized by any country in the world. even its main baccha, russia. the students, the tools, a range of skills including martial arts, 1st aid and assembling, and disassembling weapons which we are not allowed to film. 14 year old christina joined 2 years ago after her cousin was killed during fighting between the russian bank separatists ukrainian army. just think of it ocean, it's very painful for me when i remember she was like my brother, i joined because of his death because i wanted to remember those last in the war, especially. we don't want to make the same mistakes that we did when the soviet

union was attacked in world war 2. murals in the school. cordele celebrate russian history and cultural figures like the novelist and poet alexander, pushkin. a map shows crimea painted in the colors the russian flag, so our jewel come on. today's class is about the victory of soviet forces over the nazis and the bustle of stalingrad considered one of the bloodiest battles in history, claiming around $2000000.00 lives. the manager to the crew that i should get that i don't unami feels like my 2nd family, my 2nd home. when you go through so much together, you become very close to our bit over the nation, develops our patriotism, we remember, and a proud of our predecessors. and i want to eventually serve in the army outside students prepare for a mock battle. we split into 2 opposing sides and fired each other using laser guns

and stacks of tires as cover. but this isn't just again, this might look like fun, but of course it has serious implications. and it's important to recognize that there are similar use groups on ukrainian government control side also being trained like this. there they, it's whole, the danger is what the crane is described as russian expansionism with its roots in the soviet past. here it starts to tell the children that the danger is an ideology that has huge resonance with both the young and the old. they are working ok, he know the work for susan ukraine is not our enemy fascism. is that the enemy in 2014, when the conflict started, we were standing up against fascists. like our grandparents did. we can say we have enemies. our only enemy is fascism. we don't want to adjust to make fascism. our friend,

christina friends are too young to fully understand how history can be manipulated to serve military or political ends in any conflicts. if you could almost as away on the abandoned ruins of homes in places where children once played destroyed in 8 years of war with no peaceful solution in sight, a conflict into which the young on both sides of being drawn shall stratford al jazeera. don't ask. plenty more had on the news r, including working out more than the young boy morocco who got into trouble after falling into a $32.00 meta deep hole at egypt, which the final of the africa combination is after tennis penalty shootout with hosts. cavalry. joe is going to have all the sport coming up ah, you get pregnant as well as johnson is facing pressure to shore up his premiership

as the so called potty gate scandal deepens. 5 aids have now resigned, including johnson's chief of staff, private secretary and director of communications. a 4th aid, the head of policy, monita mercer said she quit because of a false accusation. johnson made against the leader of the opposition. john hall has more from london. the initial responses after those resignations on thursday were pretty unkind towards the prime minister. one former foreign secretary said he'd become toxic within the party. another unnamed cabinet minister was reported to saying it feels like the end. it's all falling apart well, those abuse and that's a particular view that we have heard in recent weeks. another view, the opposite view, comes from another unnamed cabinet minister, also reported on friday morning saying he promised action on mondays. you mentioned that to clean up the downing street operation. the action has begun and maurice

planned over the next 48 hours. the problem with that view is that while 3 of the 4 . busy in fact, now 5 resignations, there's been a 5th on friday, i'll talk more about that in a moment. while 3 of those resignations were connected in a variety of ways with the party gate scandal, including one of them, the private secretary mach reynolds, who wrote the infamous, bring your own booze, email. the 4th the resignation you mentioned, that movie is quite different. she, a person more loyal to the prime minister than most he's been at his side for 14 years, the head of the policy department in downing street hers. and indeed, the other person from her department this morning, the resignations of principal following that false accusation in the commons against kiss tom of the labor party leader johnson said as director of public prosecutions he had failed to prosecute the peter file. jimmy's hovel. well, ammonia mercer wrote that was unacceptable. a partisan attack scurrilous. she said, not part of the normal cut and thrust of politics. he'd asked him to apologize. he

didn't. so she decided enough was him enough and she has gone. but its exit from the european union continues to cause rebels in northern ireland. thy court in belfast says post brags at checks and food coming from the rest of the u. k. should remain in place over turning an order from a government minister at stormwind. european union says that order breach the northern island protocol and agreement between westminster and brussels. it's aimed at avoiding a hard border with the republic violent, which is part of the e. you didn't bother is lifeless in london and it not in this whole question of northern ireland border checks is notorious for being confusing. just try if you can to talk us through what the situation is at the moment. all the latest from via courts in northern island has put a holds suspended checks on her food and farm products coming from the mainland. great britain into northern islands until that is

a full judicial review which is expected next month. but on the ground, those checks haven't stopped in practice because officials are waiting for legal clarity. now the agriculture minister for northern islands, edwin boots, whose from the democratic unionist party ordered a halt to the checks on wednesday after months of his party, protesting about the northern ireland protocol. and then on thursday, we saw the 1st minister of northern ireland pull given actually resign. and, and he said victim the protocol had undermined a key part of the good friday agreement, which created the conditions for both peace and for power sharing. in northern ireland video, the part that he was worried about is that they have to govern with the consent of both the nationalists and the unionists. so this is a big sticking point. clearly for the d u p, the biggest nationalist party, but the resignation of forgiven also means that the deputy 1st minister michelle of

neal from the main nationalist party sion fain. she's also gone as well. so it leaves northern islands with no executive. and if there's no executive ministers can, carrying, can carry on doing their jobs. but a key decisions can't get made there is paralysis met him. it sounds like an incredibly tangled web. is there any suggestion that there might be any sort of resolution for this? it's hard to see it right now. and northern island is holding local elections in may. so not that far away. shin, fain, a calling but early elections. there's no sign of movement on that right now. now next week, the you case, foreign secretary list trust is due to meet the year, the vice president of the european commission in london for ne, for more talks on trying to agree changes to the protocol and that they haven't

been forthcoming. and in fact, the dps leader jeffrey donaldson on friday has said, boris johnson privately told him that the chances of getting some kind of renegotiation this month were 20 to 30 percent. and also boys johnson couldn't guarantee the d u p. there, if there were no changes that britain would unilaterally go take its own steps, that's a reference to so called article 16 triggering that the right in the you case view to, to, to take measures to guarantee power sharing and dumb stability in northern islands . so the other part is in northern ireland without the d u. p, have met on friday. and clearly there is great worry about what this will mean for the people in northern ireland, notably and the 3 year budget that's due to be agreed on. and things like how they are devolved, government agrees on ending the still existing covered 19 regulations. there are many other areas such as health care and what happens to victims of the decades of

violence in northern ireland as well, which potentially are in jeopardy if the government grinds to a halt there and him. thank you very much indeed. that said in barbara live for us in london. the us says the leader of ice or was killed when he set off a bomb during a special forces operation in northwestern, syria. him off her, she meet all courage. she was one of at least a 13 people including 6 children who died during the raid in the town of atlanta and rebel held it live province. it was the biggest us rated there since an attack in 2019 that killed the previous leader of ice on white house correspondent, kimberly hall that has more this horrible terrorist leader is no more in an address to the nation from the roosevelt room of the white house us president joe biden spoke about the operation. he ordered that killed the isolator abu ibrahim l . how she me al,

crushing and i directed the department of defense to take every precaution possible to minimize civilian casualties. knowing that this terrorist had chosen serrano self was families including children. we made a choice to pursue a special forces raid at a much greater risk than our to our own people, rather than targeting him with an air strike. as us special forces moved in the ice, a leader reportedly detonated an explosive and a final act of desperate cowardice. he chose to blow himself up, taking several members of his family with him. the mission happened thursday in north western syria in it live province. residence on the ground said at least 13 people, including children, were killed in the operation. the pentagon said there were no true casualties. with the credit or more might in his vice president and national security advisors over saw the mission from the situation room of the white house. it was the biggest us

rated, syria says the 2019 operation that killed the ice. a leader abu bakar albert daddy . this operation was literally months in the planning the u. s. targeted the ice, a leader for threats he allegedly posed to us interests and crimes committed in iraq in 2014, including the enslavement of his edi women. the raid comes a week after the defense secretary ordered the u. s. military to do more to protect civilians in combat operations often largely forgotten in the west postilion may be the only, it's sort of a lining of this is it has brought back media's attention to the conflict and syria seems from their perspective that no one really cares so a one advantage in the sense is that this is now go to your back into, into the news. despite efforts to limit casualties, some members of congress are now calling for an investigation into the civilian

deaths to ensure that every reasonable step was taken to protect innocent lives. kimberly help get al jazeera, the white house. it's time for the weather is rob. an intensity, of course i turns about to make landfall madagascar in about 24 hours time. it's gone across of indian ocean. it's affected britches which took out the power from but 700000 people took down some trees as well. but it's 150 kilometers to the north of both this island and narrow union as it went by is going to maintain that strikes. it makes land full in this part of madagascar that's low lying coast. nichols is mountainous in land. now we do see quite a few cycles in madagascar, but in this particular area, not that many. this is the condition likely during landfill saturday afternoon, 185 going to be for our wins. 50 meter ways already being generated, flooding raines, and a storm surge. so it's going to be some coastal flooding at

a minimum the specific land for hasn't been hit recently. 93 andry, very small storm kind of crossed in the west. anything near equivalence, bobby, 10 years ago with javala. when that went across, it killed quite a few people that a lot of damage. this will be of a similar order, and it's not tricky. well prepared part, madagascar, the storm becomes weaker as it goes across the island than regenerates on the western side. over the next 2 or 3 days, still add on all the 0. i'm christian salumi along the jersey shore or help wine and signs are posted everywhere, but will, there'll be enough workers to fill the jobs down. go back to this head, the slopes of beijing. we're going to have all the news from the winter olympics coming up in sports with job ah. as punches intensify along,

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ah ah, what does it our reminder of our top story? is this our, the opening ceremony of the 24th, the winter olympics is underway in beijing. the city is the 1st to host both a summer and winter olympics, but the build up has been dominated by covered 19 restrictions and diplomatic boy cars. the games are happening as tensions over ukraine are high between russia and the west. russian president vladimir putin is in china, moscow, and beijing. se the oppose metal expansionism, and accused of cold war approaches. ok for more now in the political ramifications of the winter olympics. let's bring in steve saying he's the director of the sauce at china institute. he's joining us by scope from nottingham. good to

have you with you. i'm good to have you with us on al jazeera, like every other host country. china is going to want to use the olympics to bolster its international image. do you think it's going to be successful in doing that? well, it will be successful in this sense that the chinese government will pull jackie image successfully as they were light to domestically. i don't think the games in school is to win china, so many friends in can nationally to fat. get so many leaders, all major countries, democratic countries in particular, not going to beijing ease. every faction dropped that wasn't to jim paying has tied himself very deeply to providing a successful games. he said, to have been involved in almost every part of many parts of the process. how much of a risk is he taking by, by tying himself to that? well,

the winter games really are seeking ping's games. he's been so kind to it from the very beginning. that even with the monopoly of the truly in china, it will not be easy for them to extricate his role funding the games. so they just have to make sure that the games will be a set as a fast and more an embarrassment. pushy jim. p, failure is not an option. is this more geared towards the domestic audience? as far as soon pena is concerned, the country at the moment is, is, is going through a difficult time in terms of the economy. because it's slowing done. she doing fingers seeking a 3rd term as the general secretary of the communist party. there is growing international criticism over the treatment of rigor. you was linds in sin shying. how does that factor in, if indeed it factors in a toll to the way that she ging ping it regards these games? well, it would the way how politics goes under the companies. but the in china,

domestic considerations always come ahead of international considerations. even when you when's that has clear international implications. so you are absolutely right. that the 1st and foremost audience for the games and the ceremonies are for the domestic consumption. and that's not just for the general public in china, but for the communist parties. nike 5000000 members as well. she needs it to be a success to ensure he guess a good term. but she's also keen that it is being project projected as a demonstration of superiority of the chinese system in containing coal, which running to gain better than democratic japan managed to do last year. i think that is an important message to send. so what do you think the reaction is going to be if,

as we have seen in the past and in other olympic games and other major sporting events, some athletes decide to to mount some sort of protest against something very often . some of them use that use the event as a stage to, to voice their own criticisms. what do you think china is going to react? if that happens very robustly and swiftly, the chinese government's already warned all the at least dead. any one who'll get one wrong step in the political message, he will be punished and i think they absolutely intend to deliver that promise. so saying we appreciate as always your opinion on this kind of story. thank you very much indeed, sir, for your time. thank you. thank you. south east asian countries are welcoming back foreign travelers this month with several popular tourist destinations. reopening their borders for those who are vaccinated. thailand is resuming

a quarantine free entry program and the philippines will do the same next week. jessica washington reports from the indonesian island of bali, or direct flights of restarted for the 1st time in almost 2 years. not long beach, near valley, southern coast is a popular spot with surfing and dining couple among the few foreign tourists already. oh my god i, i thought about this place man is so mainly time, so peaceful, soul, and prayer bowl. it's relatively quiet, but that may change soon. the invalid us and i got no. okay. i really want to see barley like how it was before. back to normal, late last year, indonesia allowed tourists to travel to valley. if they quarantine in the capital to count as no international direct lines to barley have redeemed for the 1st time

in almost 2 year. old visitors must complete the 5 days hotel quarantine, but they will be confined to their rooms in the hotel. they can use any facilities and the hotels had we have, i had a dresser on the pool with the beads despite perhaps others southeast asian countries are also trying to attract foreign visitors again. but unlike indonesia, thailand and the philippines have no quarantine requirements. the highly anticipated reopening of folly comes as covert 19 cases rise again in indonesia. but authorities say they anticipated the increase and are better prepared. none. president joker widow says indonesia hospitals and health workers are reading bucket, overshadowed by the pandemic. if the saints too soon to say whether the reopening will be a success, while i think the regions in a state of flux,

we've been waiting almost 2 years. there's been a big period of uncertainty locked downs. people have tried to open and it hasn't worked out tourism officials in bali said the island has had enough time to prepare for international visitors. i mean, we want to show the outside world. the valley is very much ready to success of the reopening depends on whether phone tours feel the same way just to washington, out of here, sunny over 900 lockdown. and tara has been extended by another 48 hours. the pacific islands have 5 confirmed infractions after having only one until last month to not disaster. much needed aid also brought the virus. russia has again registered a record breaking number of corona virus infections as the amok on variance spreads . on friday, more than a 168000 new cases were recorded in the preceding 24 hours. 682 deaths

were reported. the country is not considering locked ends despite the surge. india has officially recorded more than half a 1000000 corona virus deaths, but some expert, so the actual figure is much higher. the i'm a crime variant is behind the countries 3rd wave of coven. 19 a study published in the journal science estimates about 3000000 people have died. a government says the claims are baseless americans have been putting their jobs in record numbers and low wage service industries have been hit particularly hard. as a result, economists say factors such as colored 19 concerns, lack of childcare, and general stimulus benefits to blame, not employers having to rethink their hiring entertaining practices. kristen salumi explains beach weather is still a month away, but businesses along the new jersey coast are already looking to fill summer jobs,

including more than $400.00 at this boardwalk, fund zone. if we don't have the employees unfortunately, like we had to do last wait a short hours. so a lot of the guess i wanted to come, we couldn't stay open and see the whole time that we usually do. so a lot of guess are disappointed in that, so we're hoping we can go back to our regular operating hours. we just need to have those employees to fill those long days. nearby restaurants are also looking for more help. normally we'd wait for april or may to start hiring for the summer. we're starting now at the robinson l house. they've raised their starting salaries to $15.00 an hour. well above the states minimum wage. places that rely on tourism like here on the jersey shore really have struggle, but labor shortages are a factor nationwide across retail and service industries. many businesses that have been dealing with supply chain issues, forcing them to raise prices, are also now having to raise wages. big chains like macy's, department store, have cut operating hours. others are getting creative,

offering bonuses or in the case of this pizza delivery chain. cash incentives for customers who pick up their own orders. some states have even deployed the national guard in response to health care workers shortages experts, blame fewer child care options for working parents, and generous government benefits during the pandemic for the problem. i think those jobs become a lot more unpleasant. we've also giving people lot of money. they're not still getting money, but they certainly got a lot of money over the last couple years. they have less need to work. and also they have more options. other say, the pandemic lead many people to rethink how work fits into their lives and to question whether jobs involving long hours and low pay are really worth it. industry groups, including the national retail federation, are pushing the government to authorize more work. the says for immigrants to make up for the shortages, for every worker is looking for a job. there is almost 2 jobs open that they can choose from. so that's really putting a strain on our, on our,

on our members for sure. with the pandemic and it's special unemployment benefits beginning to fade away, they're hoping to bring back the workers and the fun before the summer tourism season. really heats up. kristen salumi al jazeera seaside heights, new jersey teams trying to save a 5 year old boy, has fallen into a 32 metre deep. well in morocco. they've been working for 3 days and the hope to free him with an hour's victoria gave him the reports. a camera is lowered down this well, and shows 5 year old raeann alive, but unable to move. he's been trapped since tuesday rescue teams or giving him food and water, 3 pipes. also some up a plan more on the on the bottle. i managed to communicate with the child and asked if he could hear me. there was a response. i waited for a minute and saw that he began using the oxygen. the accident happened in the north american village of a grand rescue team say they can't widen the well to reach him as it's too

dangerous. so they using diggers to strip away the earth to the side of it. it's an agonizing weight for his family. nobody earlier better than normal. when he disappeared, i prayed to god and i begged him to get him out of that well alive and safe. i pray to god to ease my pain and he is in that whole of dost, via the rescue has gripped the nation and beyond. hashtag saver an has been trending on social media across north africa. and in love with. it's the 4th day that rayon has been under ground. we're asking the authorities to bring him out. he's been down there too long rescue team say they're close to rescuing ran a police helicopter his own standby to take him to hospital victoria gate and be al jazeera portugal sir to decide whether to give the go ahead for europe's largest lithium mine it seen as a vital mineral in the fight against climate change because it's used to make

batteries for electric vehicles. the local people fear the mile to cause lossing environmental damage. adam running reports from ne portugal ida fernandez and her family have been stewards of this corner of northern portugal for 5 generations. a cattle farmer, she's convinced a proposed lithium mine if approved, would destroy her livelihood. unlimited streams must have failed. we rely on our perimeter of the proposed mind. it is not green and is not sustainable. it is not going to benefit us. and it is going to destroy one more region, rich and water, and pure air and nature and biodiversity. the us food and agricultural organization has declared this area, but also a globally important agricultural heritage site for the blend of grazing and sustainable farming. the wider area is also home to europe, the largest lithium reserves, a metal key for producing electric car batteries. electric cars are crucial to

phasing out fossil fuels and can help europe reach its goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2050. it's estimated the mind footprint would be $270.00 hector's. besides about 375 football fields. every year the mine would produce enough lithium for up to $600000.00 cars. and over 12 years that would result in a reduction of a 100000000 tons of c o 2 from the atmosphere. climate change is a huge challenge and to the carbon as economy we need lithium for our electric vehicles, but that has a cost and we want to minimize it by excluding the areas where social and environmental impact is considerable. the be made a little bit, peters doesn't feel she's on the cusp of the environmental revolution. she points to where the minds perimeter would be and you've been the worry about the destruction. it could cause any ruining our lives. we are here in a little corner of the world that they're going to damage opposition to the mine

run strong signs against it, like this one are found across the community. that's despite the promise of job and a region people continue to leave behind in search of opportunities. we spoke to the company waiting for approval from the environmental agency plans who have 0 impact on the last styles or practices of farmers in the region. i think, you know, millions of european town and city dwellers are really trying to appreciate the, you know, the transformation, electric mobility to the quality of life in the cities of europe. government officials point out environmental and strategic benefit of mining lithium in europe . and if our objective is to be f, the final, as we can, then i good way to start using those materials which are not source properly outside of europe, and europe has the opportunity to do it in a sustainable way. my dea,

loretto isn't convinced she fernandez show us where mining samples were excavated, laredo says, shall lose some of her land to the mine and that what remains will be contaminated in some not, we're not the ones polluting the environment, let the ones pleating pay the bill not us a sentiment shared by many who fear they'll pay the price for europe's green energy . adarine al jazeera and northern portugal go to nicaragua, convicted to prominent government critics, and charlotte spart, concerned among human rights groups. former rebel, come on to daughter murray. i'll tell us, is one of dozens of political detainees, write it out. but as of last year's presidential elections, she was found guilty of undermining national integrity student protests. the list of element was convicted of the same offense. it comes on the 3rd day of trials against opponents of president daniel uptake. stella had on august the end of this year is one to relent. thinks opens in beijing. joe's going to have details of the ceremony in the chinese capital.

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whole lou. a darwin sport his joe. rob, thank you very much, wallace. start where else that in beijing where the controversial winter olympics are officially underway, there are no foreign funds in the games in the athlete or pricing in a very strict bubble because of curbing 19. but despite all the restrictions, only $3000.00 of them are ready to compete. david stokes reports a big win again after

a troubled build up the 24th winter olympics have officially begun in beijing. the venue for friday's opening ceremony was the birds nest stadium originally built for the summer olympics, back in 2008. it's the 1st city ever to host both the winter and summer games. like the tokyo olympics last year cupboard 19 has given these games a different complexion that taking place inside a closed loop system, keeping competitors and stuff away from the general public athletes must get tested for cupboard 19 daily. and there were no foreign fans with only a small handpick domestic audience allowed to attend. some of the world's best winter athletes are unable to compete after testing positive. this is not tough, an injury because you aren't putting yourself out. let's take the risk. it's just the risk is everywhere around us, and i really feel for those athletes, i can't, i can't even imagine how it must be to day 4 years of work and then at the last minute. so had that taken away by something that's out of your control. several world leaders have travel to beijing for the games,

but other nations including the u. s. britain and canada had declared a diplomatic boycotts over china's human rights record. specifically, its treatment of muslim wiggers, china to noise human rights abuses. the people's republic of china is perpetrating a campaign of gross human rights violations, including genocide. over the next 2 weeks is an urgent moral duty to shine a bright light on the many human rights violations being perpetrated by the host nation. beijing 2022 organizes say the games will be carbon neutral. oh, venues will be powered by renewable energy, and 5 of them have been repurposed from 2008, but with very little snow full more than 200000000 liters of water have been used to generate fake powder for the alpine locations. next none benet, even, you know, artificial snow is used in a consistent way for decades. you know, in winter competitive sports. what is really important,

like for any other activities that there we practice is to try to do it in the most efficient way. with the lead up to the olympics dominated by politics and covet 19, most of the athletes will hope to focus now shifted to the action every 3000 competitors for 91 nation's fort to take home a gold medal stokes o g 0. when the build up these games, the ethics ability to speak up for human rights has been discussed under olympic roles, no political protest can take place on the field of play or podium. but in theory, athletes can say what they like to the media on thursday. you as how speaker nancy pelosi wound athletes to focus on their sport rather than risk angering. the chinese government, the head of the u. s. l and pick committee says there's been no outright ban on american athletes speaking out we didn't issue warnings, we didn't issue proclamations. we simply provided information to them and explained

that you know, whether laws of a country or cultures or norms of a country or the environment, and that we find ourselves in the olympic games is a time for us to come together in the spirit of sportsmanship and the olympic values and we, you know, we promote that with real sincerity. and away from the opening ceremony, the action has been underway for a couple of days and some events. early at the u. s. took the lead off to the opening day of the team figure skating event. winning performance is from nathan chen and ice dances madison hubble. and zachary donahue put them 2 points clear of the team from russia. we've also seen the 1st action out on the slopes with qualification rounds. in the miracles, 2 of africa's best footballers will face each other in the final of the africa combinations on sunday. mohammed salus, egypt will place santiago and his live full. t bates. saudi

a money of the egypt beat, host cameron in the semi's. frustrating go las draw it full time and did with egypt coach carlos heroes. receiving a 2nd yellow card for badgering the officials and being sent off, he missed the extra time and penalties. cameron missing 3 in the shootout to send 7 time champions egypt into the final. it was also payback off the camera in beat egypt for the title in 2017. and this is what it meant to fans on the streets of the egyptian city of visa, just outside cairo, egypt who go in to sundays, final looking to extend their reco run of titles, but also to win their 1st since 2010 in the m b. a, the la clippers beat the lake has by single point, and a thriller on thursday, making it 5 straight wins over that crosstown rivals. there were 5 lead changes in the final 63 seconds of the game. emily davis for the lake,

his 110 to 19. he finished the night with 30 points bots with 4 seconds to go. reggie jackson made this lay up to put the clippers back out in front. davis then went from here to 0 is he missed a jumped shot that would have won the game to the lake. his the cliff is taking this 1111 to 110. we just said we're a week away from the biggest sporting event in the u. s, the super bowl, the cincinnati bengals will take on the l. a rams for the vince lombardi trophy at the so fi stadium in california, the bangles and the team streak of 31 years without a playoff when the season and pulled up a late fight back to meet the kansas city chiefs to the f. c. championship. but much of the talk around the big event has been about allegations of racism by former miami head coach brian flores. he's suing me and i found 3 teams claiming their hiring practices a racist haven't been overlooked for several positions. he was interviewed for the teams. deny the allegations. flora says he hopes his lawsuit will help increase the

number of black, general managers, head coaches and coordinators. and his message is being heard by the place. you know, you got 31 on the street, you honors, but you know, people come to see the players and you know, the players and his league are on a majority, you know, black in an american. so it is huge for, you know, to player, to speaker, for me or, you know, i always want to be, or i always want to do, you know, things if or, you know, after my career is overweight and um they just, that just gives me an extra incentives to um, you know, to become a genome. it, you know, becoming a for alpha. so you know, i can, i can change things for the better australian open quarter, find less gamble. fees has been built by his home crowd in france. the thirty's. well and truly thrashed in the round of 16 at the open sea. the false in montpelier, sweden's makalya, taking just 58 minutes to seal a 616 to upset french france clearly disappointed monkeys performance,

let him know. all right, that is all your sport for now. we'll have more we later rob jeff, thank you very much indeed. and i said from the rub madison, for this user, i'm going back in a moment with more of the daisies join me. if you can. good by ah, i will totally sell the result of this great and historic presidential election if i win. a lot of people tell him what was being turned upside down the way that has been manipulated by populace, like donald trump playing on racial anxieties. one person that citizens have political equality and of course, in the united states, as in many other parts of the world that remains an ideal, but not a reality. runs

a foam, a slave and a family before before you're gone. well, baby, for down for double the fable of brotherhood, i have a dream. my dream is that people may my daughter, the young people just have a full voice and don't feel targeted because of their race or ethnicity. egypt strong man is ruling with an iron fist and the silence from his allies is deafening. for us was perfectly happy to trade off tomorrow for see for security. why are western leaders turning a blood di, when even their own citizens have fallen victim to his repression? executions, torture, censorship is not acceptable. and you won't hear such strong words from, let's say berlin or paris or london man in cairo on al jazeera. but

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