ah. ready ready this is al jazeera. ah, it is 10100 hours g m t. here on al jazeera, hello, uncommon, santa maria. welcome to the news our diplomacy in the shadow of war. the french and russian leaders whole talks in the hope of easing. the crisis at ukraine's border also in the news, the corruption trial of israel's former prime minister is on hold. as a spyware scandal deepens hong kong imposing stricter measures to combat a record rise in covert infections. and trying to make a living a stitch at a time where in series largest community for displaced people to see what they're doing to survive. and i'm,

we're harding with sports on another busy day at the winter olympics tennis players . pang shy makes a rare public appearance at the games to watch one of china's biggest winner sports stars. i take good action coming up this our ah, american nato, russian ukraine forces. they are all in place and seemingly ready for conflict. but still the hunt for a diplomatic solution goes on. the french president has just arrived in ukraine after his trip to moscow. and on monday, the u. s. president joe biden host to germany's chance all of schultz biden is warning russia of tough economic measures, including blocking a crucial gas pipeline to germany will stop as news our with a report on that from our white house correspondent, kimberly hawkis u. s. president joe biden and german chancellor, olaf schultz sat down in the oval office for their 1st white house meeting,

attempting to put on a united front to state the obvious. germany is one of the murders closest ally, working on a walk step further deter russian aggression. your biden statement follows weeks of criticism that germany has been vague in it supportive nato allies. schultz is also fighting accusations. he's been soft on russia, as it's a mass, tens of thousands of troops along its border with ukraine. but the biggest concern might be the issue of nord stream to a contentious $11000000000.00 natural gas pipeline. being built between germany and russia. germany relies on russia for natural gas. and even though nord string 2 is not yet operational, if russia invades ukraine, the u. s insist nordstrom to must stay dormant, but germany has been noncommittal until monday. if russia invades that means tanks

from troops crossing the on the border of ukraine again, then there will be a week, there will be no longer a norse tube to we will bring it in. will you commit to day to turning off and pulling the plug on nordstrom to as i already said, we are acting together. we are absolutely united and we will not taking different steps that answer may not be enough for republicans and democrats in the u. s. congress who railed against shorts for failing to increase troops to nato, or send lethal weapons to ukraine. biden pushed back on the criticism of his german counterpart. there's no need to win back trust. he has a complete trust of the united states. germany is, are one of the most important allies in the world. there is no doubt about germany's partnership with united states. none. the german chancellor is expected

to travel to ukraine and russia next week to build on white house discussions. it's diplomacy aimed at averting a russian invasion of ukraine. kimberly hell kit al jazeera, the white house that say from edward joseph. now an adjunct professor at johns hopkins university school of advanced international studies explaining why biden, on sholtes differ in the way they discuss the consequences of a potential russian invasion. let's remember that the reason for schultz to come here was affirmatively to demonstrate that germany is a reliable ally. so that's the context he doesn't come here in a posture of disagreement with washington. he comes here in an effort to assure up the alliance and shaw american of faith and to push back against doubts expressed here in the u. s. and in europe as well, about germany's commitment and 2nd, the way i read this press conference and nordstrom to the all important question.

nordstrom to is that i see it that by then and sholtes have agreed on a formula for dealing with towards dream 2, in which it is biden who emphatically, without any question, says this project will be terminated, it will be ended, not just suspended, but ended. if russia invades and shots, yes, dodges the answer because that's the agreed formula. sholtes doesn't say nothing. he says we're in full agreement with the united states for shots to come out. and state that domestically in germany is highly problematic. he's just taken over in december, who in this unprecedented 3 party coalition and odd, there are formal agreements and formal constraints within that aren't as part of the coalition agreement about what germany can do to support ukraine. and obviously there's divisions within germany in the business community. and let's remember the

former german chess or care hud shredder is basically in the hands of the russians on this. he's just been appointed to the head of gas prom after representing rosena . ok, let's leave the u. s. in germany that the french president, my new micron, is now in ukraine for talks a day earlier in moscow he praised ukraine's president of ultimate landscape for showing great self control. that was after a 5 hour meeting with the russian president vladimir putin, which both sides say was, quote, constructive. here you could because you don't pretend not to get sure it's a president who has assured me of his willingness to engage in logic and have a desire to maintain these balances of initiative. and in particular with regard to stability and territorial integrity of ukraine. again, the next few days will be decisive and well obviously require deep discussions that we will pursue together. that's fine if you wish to know. but you know what, i hear president micron considered it necessary to come to russia to exchange views about how to proceed from here. it's too early to speak about a number of his ideas. i consider it possible that they could serve as

a basis for further steps. we will see how microns meetings will go, regrade that after his visit to the ukrainian capital, we will have a call and exchange views on the matter. right from oscar on 2 kev hot bill. hum. a is there. as is president macro. now hotel. what's expected out of these talks? well, certainly president my call will brief is ukrainian park, your counterpart president vladimir and n sky. about that 5 hour long meeting. he held in moscow yesterday with the russian president from what we understand as a few ideas there on the table. when president macro arrived, he just had a brief comment, one of them being debt and the idea of fin lyme disease, sion of ukraine was under table enough in meditation is a term that basic to refers to the fact that phil lead during the cold war was

under the political sphere of the soviet union, but still remained quite autonomous when it came to running its own businesses and how to and governance. that's the only thing he said really so far they will both hold a press conference or later on. but i think from what mr. michael said yesterday in moscow, he is coming here and he is trying to show that europe is on the table. europe is on the offensive, is not by prince it and said both michael was in moscow. the same time to german chancellor own of shoals was in washington. these under 2 power houses of d e. u. now michael also had talked about the situation in ukraine and about how a president zelinski has been dealing with all of this. this is what yet to say whose will be the president since he is pretty don't happy today? ukrainian president zalinski is the president of the country with

a 125000 russian soldiers at its border. so if i may say it makes one nervous, it's new development in these past few months, and it wasn't the reality on the ground at the start of 2021. so i would like despite everything to pay tribute here beyond the course of global political comma trees present, zalinski is among those who shown great self control and that should be commanded under how to just to build on earlier points about diplomacy. obviously, all of this diplomacy going on is about trying to stop and in an eminent invasion. but it's a big thing than that, isn't it? it's about moscow's place or rushes place in europe and, and all these later sort of lining up to, to help shape that yeah, absolutely. and actually, the french president was quite clear about that. he says, this is about europe. this is about the future of europe and about to security arrangements, a new job, and that's why european leaders should be taking the lead when it comes to

negotiations about all of this. i mean, from the beginning, russia has been insisting that ukraine should never be part of nato, but also russia has had grievances for quite a while. now going back may be a judor. begin, you know, the early, 2, thousands and we so that play out in georgia, 2008. russia is worried about nato advancing, closer and closer towards its borders. and president vladimir putin said it very clearly said, is not us advancing towards nature. it's need to advancing to torment us. now, the french president is come and he's, as he sort of agreed with a vladimir putin that a new arrangement has to be done. a new way of looking for it has to happen because older treaties that now ah, governing europe, are those teachers that were made after the 2nd world war and taught. and this is time for a change and to find a new path ahead. great context there with hot abdul hamid in kiff on the news. i

thank you. her francois the news. the corruption trial of israel's former prime minister has been delayed after allegations of illegal spyware used by police on monday, and has read the newspaper reported officers hacked the phones of benjamin netanyahu . son and his associates, protesters, business leaders, cabinet ministers, they're all said to have been targeted using these rainy made pegasus spyware. current prime minister natalie bennett has promised an inquiry. well, shut the pegasus. these cyber tools are intended to fight terror, intended to fight crime, severe crime there were knight attempted to be used against citizens. we will, i should to check the matter in a thrust baron, profound and swift way. because all of us, the citizens of the state of israel, as the ministers of the government, to all the system we all deserve, answers me on a witness in benjamin netanyahu. corruption, traumas believe to be among those targeted by the spyware williams. a whole him do

not do flu. this is a black day for the state of israel without referring to my issue, which of course has wide implications. i think this case concerns all citizens of the country, not right, not left. all citizens of the country, without exception or something inconceivable has happened here more with harry force it in west jerusalem. now any clarity will further clarity than harry on how this will affect the trial. it seems to pretty much flown at wide open well yet since not clear yet what. busy we have at the moment, is a temporary stay on proceedings of the lawyer, the lawyers for the prosecution, ah, supposed to give their response to questions from the judges as to the involvement . oh, the supposedly and allegedly illegal use of the technology in question by prosecutors by police on the story so far from that side of the trial

has been that yes, if this was used, especially the case of this one with this one witness. it wasn't part of the investigation at hand into these particular charges. we'll have to see if that is maintained as more and more is unveiled. i mean, the revelations or the allegations will put forward in this report on monday of it, not just this one witness, but also netanyahu's son and 2 very close aids were also targeted by police in this way. and so there is new information that prosecutors will have to address as you heard from netanyahu. he'll say, hey, this is less about me. it's more about the nation at large. that's him trying to be a state from, but certainly his lawyers are arguing that it does put this trial, at least in some question. any commission of inquiry into the actual allegations, the pegasus allegations harry, what does it actually need to target and, and, and find out and, and, and clear up, i guess well,

it has to clear up exactly what the police were doing. and also there are questions about the kinds of inquiry. it will be the public security minutes to talk about governmental inquiry. there are those within government and some of the people on the list who were allegedly targeted for me and very senior public officials. a saying it needs to be a fully external, judicial, impartial inquiry. and it will have to sort out exactly what took place the police, the police head, who is currently in the united arab emirates and is calling short his visit to try to address some of this is being a little bit more forceful in his response today than he was. busy on monday, saying that there was never any indication of use without a proper, proper judicial permission and certainly no fishing outside of currents and criminal investigations. however, this is stuff that took place before he came into that job. so the question is

still very much open as to whether that is, in fact the case or whether as is alleged in this report. there was a very broad, very casual use of this extremely powerful technology. on a fairly wide range of officials, activists, boys, journalists, people associated with an s and yahoo trial and with an s, young family, it's a very broad range of people that is under the auspices of this report. and it is something which has really shocked is ready public officials and that the public more generally people who perhaps would have been less interested in this. and so pegasus software when it was being used by foreign governments in palestinian n g o z and the like. now that it's come home to roost in this way. there's a culture the boomerang with the word pegasus on it. now that it's come home to roost in this way, it's become a much bigger story nail a bit different, isn't it? thank you very for sitting wester's 1. 15,

almost 16 minutes past the hour. here's what's coming up. ah, putting the right on the protests, canadian truck drivers are banned from sounding their horns as demonstrations against vaccine mandates. ramp up. also burgundy is the government accused of covering up the number of people killed in a prison fire back in december and in sport, more action from the winter olympic games. as an austrian skier makes history another gold medal invasion that with lee attend to the starting our current of ours news from hong kong where tougher restrictions are being brought back as the territory battles record cove at 19 cases chief executive carry lamb announced the new measures including the closure of religious venues. public gatherings will also be limited to 2 people. come here, come, may i, getting a games on there, given this severe pandemic, i have to publicly accept that. we have to go back to this most stringent level.

we'll be introducing a ban on crosstown, we gatherings even in private and will increase a penalty for those who don't comply with the compulsory testing requirements. if they don't comply, the fine will now be doubled. brit planet in hong kong are brit just 24 hours ago. we were talking where we about how the 0 covert policy of hong kong seemed to be outdated. now the action that's right, come out. it was a recall then, and it's another record now, prompting hong kong, toughest restrictions we've seen yet since the pandemic started, it's now 2 people live on gatherings from thursday. and for the 1st time they'll be a limitation on people who can gather in private i. e at home, there's also been an increase in fines, and certain venues are closed, including places of worship and hair salons too. we're also seeing a big emphasis on vaccine passes in kamala, we've spoken about this before. you know, those elderly rates just aren't where they need to be,

where authorities would like them at people over 70, certainly around 30 percent. so authorities have really put emphasis on vaccine passes for places like wet markets and soup markets and, and shopping malls as well. we've also got now a shortage of vegetables in the city after some truck drivers who are responsible for bringing in most of hong kong supply of fruit and vegetables were found to be covert positive. so that's triggered some panic buying and a certain supermarkets saw shelves bare when it came to the fruit vegetable areas. so a lot of cause for concern here carry lamb. the chief executive of hong kong said, let's say one dog authorities across the board. i have offered to help in terms of manpower, if we see that hospitalized hospitals and the quarantine facilities are overwhelmed, they're looking into whether people who are asymptomatic may be able to quarantine at home. but certainly it looks like we are still sticking by this 0 cove. it no

tolerance approach to the virus. what hasn't been mentioned is whether or not we might be looking at city wide lockdown like we see in mainland china like we saw in she on for the moment. it looks like these mass testing centers, which are scattered all across the city. but this will be the main point for people to come to if they're a close contact or if they're ordered to take mandatory tests. this is saying, here's surgeon demand with same long queue, some people waiting for hours. and that's because, let's not forget, this is a record number of cases, people in the city last year, so month to month with no local transmission. so this is uncharted territory for the city. come pretending reporting from hong kong. thank you. and didn't malaysia recovered? 19 government advisory panel is calling for the boldest to be reopened. if international travelers should no longer have to corn team, malaysia, borders have been shot for nearly 2 years, more from quote unquote,

with florence. the data analysis by malaysia's health ministry projects, the number of new covert 19 cases could reach 22000 by the end of march. as the health minister puts it, the only con, waive is here, but malaysia is better prepared, better protected, the very high vaccination rate in the country. around 98 percent of adults are fully vaccinated, while around 53 percent have gotten that booster jobs and the government recently started vaccinating children above the age of 5. now majority of the cases are a symptomatic or mild, but the government says it's prepared in case there is a search in the number of cases that require hospital care. it's reactivating a cove at 19 task force. this is a committee that's able to take quick action, including ordering the building of field hospitals where necessary. now the government says it's not going to impose stricter conditions and it's not planning

to suspend schools for the time being. but it has advised employers to allow staff to work from home where possible and to avoid face to face meetings, where they're not necessary in a bit to cub the spread of the corona virus. and a convoy protesting against pandemic restrictions has caused disruption in use evens capital, wellington hundreds of people, mostly mosque. las demonstrators clogged the streets around the parliament. as politicians returned from this summer break angry about mosque mandates and requirements for workers in some industries to be vaccinated. trump like 2nd us candidates prime minister justin trudeau is calling for an end to a protest there by hundreds of truck drivers against vaccine mandates. a truck has on their supporters of shut down parts of the capital also were but mayor is asking for additional forces more on this with priyanka gutter. oh canada

seat of power ottawa occupied by truckers on this supporters for more than a week. now. protest is call it a freedom convoy. the police say it's a siege on the capital. in the depths of winter truckers from across canada are off road, adamant that cove 19 vaccine mandates for cross border drivers must end or at the prime minister should resign. on monday, just intruder accused them of trying to do a democracy. it has to stop the people have auto don't deserve to be harassed in their own neighborhoods. they deserve to be confronted with the inherit violence of a swastika flying on a street corner, or a confederate flag where the insults and jeers just because they're wearing a mask. the police are turning off supplies of fuel and funds to put

a break on the protests. we went after the funding. our efforts combined with the cities efforts eliminated to go fund me. $10000000.00 are no longer accessible to the demonstrators. but the battle is far from one. the truckers are showing no signs of leaving. i would guy on the streets for my kids and my grandkids head here in a personal personal and like we saw people on the side of the street with their sorrows at o'clock at night, 40 below in the weather, standing there with their signs and telling us that were the only hope a bunch of truckers with their hawkish dixon, flags that come on. how did we get here? hundreds of kilometers away from ottawa at the main crossing between the us and canada. there's heavy traffic as the poultice pouring from south of the border, prominent republicans including former preston, donald trump, tesla founder,

ellen musk, and far right, i'm anti vaccine groups have shown their support for the truckers, but in canada, most people are vaccinated, including many of the protest as why it is not because canadians love getting needles. is because canadians trust science or canadians trust each other. but these demonstrations show trust in the government. i'm a throughs, maybe winning for some crock of up there. i'll sera people displaced by 10 years of war in syria, and struggling to survive in the northwestern province of egypt. unemployment is wide spread. prices are rising. in cost jojo, as our report from the town of ottoman these women in the town of ottoman in northwest and syria, hope every stage might bring them some income. there among at least a 1000000 people. the place by the war were living in 10 cities in what is

considered the largest community of this place, people in the country. maria opened the workshop for women in her communities 2 months ago. with a few resources. marya and her friends make traditional dresses from fabric that's been donated their seeking supports from n g o. so more women can join them, especially those who lost their husband. we launched this project because there are many which was around here. we only to work to provide for our families that we don't have the opportunities here except for knitting at home and selling our work . and that's why we try to include as many women as we can. very, i'm husband died in an accident 5 years ago. that left or depending on whether we're help, she could get and raising her 3 children alone. others are grateful for the hope she's given them. i have 7 children and my husband doesn't have a job, will learn how to. so here from miriam, now hoping to make

a life of our own at the province in las rebel health area and syria with a population of nearly 4000000 people. and unemployment is right. the turkish theory is used as the main currency, but a collapse in its valley is making daily life harder for the cost of living. rising fat. the people who live here tell us their lives have been calmer for the past 3 years. what's the revolve? and rockets attack, but the latest battle they face is the rising food prices in the market. 2 years ago, the local authorities switch from using the syrian pound to the turkish director and collapse in the war torn regions, fragile economy. everybody on the exchange rate, you ask for a bunch of parsley. if they let me check the dollar price, people don't have mercy on each other. this is the wholesalers raise the prices. so do i make total profit? because many people can barely buy a packet of bread, some displaced people here have been uprooted several times,

and starting over has become more t n a say they need international support. now, if they're to cope with a di conditions, they live in the num castillo al jazeera asthma. it live ne, syria, in the news. a had a wide open field was campaigning, begins in the philippines for candidates vying to be the next president's. we look at the problem of addiction in iran, which has one of the highest rates of alcoholism in the region despite a ban on liquor. and then sport christian ericsson trains with his new football team, 7 months off to suffering cardiac arrest lea, a has your school a little later? ah. you're locked into your weather update for europe and africa hand. wow. they're

feeling it in turkey. we've got blustery conditions pouring rain through the boss 1st western areas and toward the south, and i think it is stan bold. those winds are going to crank up to about 60 kilometers per hour. now all of this weather moved in from central europe. we had a swath of heavy snow through the alpine region over the higher ground in the balkans. that's now dip to this south. a band of rain is stretching across the islands of ireland and britain, and we've got some steady snow for western norway. but look at this, a mile push of air london at 13 degrees, but you know, the name of the game, right? what goes up must come down and it certainly does for london by friday, just 7 degrees in an over night. low of zeroed out. so complete opposite for africa, temperatures are approaching record levels. for example, in bungie would put the colors on darker the red, the higher the temperature $38.00 degrees in boggy on wednesday, the record $39.00. so we're getting mighty close there. here's an update on tropical cyclone bat, sir i over open waters but still heavy rain for northern sections at madagascar.

also heavy falls in the forecast for southern angola, western namibia. but it's a sunny pitcher in cape town with a hive 28 degrees on tuesday. soon ah, the gunnery z conservation park officer with bringing nature and people together to work with what life is my pleasure, my talk is late between o'clock and upon unity in african management to find love or do i go to the to it as to teach the community that living with the wife lives, it's excellent. elliot slim palumbo riding with las, my zimbabwe on al jazeera, examining the impact of today's headlines. there are threats to peace and security that don't appear on the tv screen. setting the agenda for tomorrow's discussions.

thousands of palestinians being displaced and having that himes destroyed on that land unexplained international filmmakers, m world class journalists, bring programs to inform and inspire you. climate has to become part of the way we tell stories on al jazeera lou . ah, ah, you're on the news out here at al jazeera, these are our top stories, western leaders scrambling to find a diplomatic solution to the ukraine crisis. french resident manager mike rod, is now in t of for talks after one day after meeting rushes. vladimir persian talks,

which were described by both sides as constructive that headlines. the corruption tron of israel, former prime minister, has been delayed after allegations police used controversial spyware. not for any use paper reports officers hacked the phones of benjamin netanyahu son and his associates, and tougher restrictions have been brought back in hong kong. as it battles reco, coven cases, public gatherings will not be limited to people and fines for those failing to comply will be doubled. but stay in asia, the philippines were campaigning as officially begun for a presidential election in may. candidates vying to succeed president rodrigo, to 30 as his 6 year term comes to an end. contenders include mayor of manila, the son of a former leader and a retired boxing champion. jamila allan german reports from manila. on the 2022 presidential campaign is one of the most contentious in recent philippine history. opinions told suggest bobo marcus, junior,

the son of former president for den marcus is the head. his father was overthrown by a popular revolt in the 1980s. for years his family has been using social media to rewrite history. he's facing disqualification cases before the commission got on elections as of gun vice president, lenny robledo is leading the fight for the opposition. before joining politics, roberto was a human rights lawyer and a development worker whose campaign theme radical love has garnered widespread support. but her biggest challenge is how to counter the large scale disinformation attacks against her sen, pine to relax on has the longest experience and government out of all the presidential candidate thought he was the chief of police and is served more than 10 years in the senate. but many question is human rights record and his push for a controversial anti terror law, manila mayor is calmer and his story is quintessentially filipino as

a boy scavenged for food before becoming an actor. his position as manila mayor has made him a formidable candidate, but many think he may not be ready for the presidency. just like renowned boxer mine, he buckled the witness says, was like in his boxing career, it will be god once again. who will help him be the way to become the next president? this year's election will be in no different patronage politics remain rooted in the country. his electoral system. most candidates are using their popularity, family connections and money to get elected. but the fight for the highest post in the land is also seen as a test for the kind of values the voters would seem important. democracy benefits and thrived from this kind of diversity. and that kind of polarity dijon will be reflected in the way the presidential bench to their messages. the online world is

the obvious fear, and that online world is easily money to lead. election day is on may 9. and although it is just a few months away, presidential elections here have historically been quite difficult to predict. but whoever wins will have a huge jump ahead of them. issues, including the pandemic, unemployment, regional relations, and drug violence will all lead their undivided attention to melinda. again, al jazeera manila or is a pleasure to welcome richard had therein to al jazeera political analyst, an author of the rise of dur, total, your populace revolt against elite democracy. rich had been name recognition in this election, the name to turret, i will still be around there. those my cos, vest pack. yeah. i mean it's almost this that it will, there is this domestic quality to this election? well, i mean,

this is one's fundamental problem with the suppose at the most craddick regime that replace the markets dictatorship in 1986. there was no effort to bring bob boss political parties. there was no effort to prevent the proliferation of political dynasties which are making a mockery of the philippines claim to being in democracy. busy i mean, for heaven's sake, between 7, t to 90 percent of offices in the legislature are occupied by political dynasties. are so for many ordinary filipinos, they don't see real democracy, and that is precisely why all authoritarian populace, there's like to 132016 and now free benign bomb bomb or because you're are doing so well precisely because they're exploiting to people's isn't transparent with the lack of genuine democracy. so who, if you were a voter there and we're looking for someone who is generally talking about, about breaking through all of that elite ism a. who is that candidate? is there that candidate? well, you know all the candy,

this are mixed baggage in one were in the other is just a question of magnitude, right? i mean, money for cow, you know, he came from rags to reach us, but he's now also building his own kind of a political dynasties. you know, he's family members have been involved in politics all. then of course, in the case of vice president lanyard bred though, they don't come up necessarily from political dynasty, but their late husband gesture to read that was a major political figure. and of course that helps to become the kind of national figure she is today. all but there are other candidates, like the school moran or the manila mayor who really came from, directs to reach us, doesn't come from any political dynasties and he's trying to provide an alternative . but the reality is that very demand markers junior, is garnering some sort of a prohibitive, aug jane, all over all other candidates. he's coordinating more than 50 percent of the total votes. this is unprecedented. no frontrunner has enjoyed this kind of edge these close to the election day, which if we strip away the the names and the personalities which is not easy and an

election of this. but if we get rid of that and just think about the issues, what matters to filipinos now, i am going to guess it's still the basics of employment, of access to, to food, to infrastructure, all these sorts of things and things which are important to any person well, absolutely, service i've been consistent that really got issues are number one to average filipinos, especially now, i mean the pandemic after the economic damage that depend them garad really economically recovery has been at the center of the campaign messaging of all candidates and all of them are saying once they coming to power, they're going to make sure that economic recovery and transitioning to post pandemic scenario is going to be their priority. but the reality is that this is also bought a broader political side guys. the surge of the markets is, is nothing short of a counter allusion to eviscerate essentially the legacy of the 1986 people in power default. should the marquesas return to the presidential palace. the philippines

will never be the same again. for sure, they'll try to attend the constitution any new instead, create a new political order altogether. that is why this election is perhaps the most important election, philip in history, at least for the past half a century. fascinating, it's going to be really interesting, isn't it? thank you richard arian. great to talk to you later. let's look at libya where the speaker of the parliament says elections won't take place this year, but a new intern prime minister will be chosen on thursday, the incumbent abdul, hamid debarber, who leads a unit. unity government says he will stay until elections are held in june. but some legislators say his mandate actually ended in december when the presidential elections were supposed to take place. that vote was delayed because of disagreements between the rival legislative houses. malik, trainer in tripoli. they just kind of get this election to happen coming. well, that seems to be the case. come all, i really the feeling here among people is one of disappointment,

of one of one of disappointment and sadness that they weren't able to exercise their democratic right to vote who they want into power. i think it's also really important to talk about why the elections didn't happen to begin with the high council state, which is a length legislative house based here in tripoli. o, and was voted into power in 2012. the eastern base parliament was voted into power in 2014. now, when libya divided into 2 separate governments, a 2 separate sides, a lived deliberate political agreement took place in 2015. a disagreement called for, for both legislative houses, they extended their mandate and stated that they were to agree on a constitutional framework for elections to be held. fat never really happened. so really, people, libyans are really just sick and tired. they're tired of the parliament,

they're tired of the legislative houses. they want to vote in a new parliament, a new legislative house. but, you know, these parties haven't been able to agree. so i think the feeling here now is one of disappointment, and you know, really libyans are just sick and tired of these politicians stain in power and right in the countries. so in the interim, what happens as new and new prime minister or intern prime minister chosen on thursday? is there clarity of a who that's likely to be in what people will think of that? well, there's 2 candidates and i think the most significant is said table shows up that table. charlotte was the former minister of interior under the government of national court, the predecessor to the current, a government deformed that of the, the, to the, to before this government. and he was really western libya, a strong man. he took a strong stance against him, malicious,

and he gave really the police. he helped build the police institution, helped get power. thought the feeling is that that he might be able to be to be able to bring about stability to take a strong stance among against malicious and build state institutions. uh, but we're gonna have to wait and see come thursday, one of the parliament will be able to actually find quorra, get, get enough votes to vote in that extra. okay, thanks for all of that. malik china in tripoli. prisoners had their relatives in burundi. i've told al jazeera that between 3 and 400 inmates may have died in a prison fire in the capital. you take it back in december. the government says only $46.00 inmates, they were killed. malcolm webb has the story of this woman's husband was an inmate. it could take a prison into rudy, hidden her face and changed her voice for her safety when it caught fire 2 months

ago. she was worried. she says she's been to the prison to try and find out if he survived, that she's not been able to see him since the gods told her nothing and sent her away. his another inmate told her husband was among those who burned to death. we don't know how they were buried. our children keep asking me where their father 8th. i told him, but he died. one of them asked me, will you take us to see his grave when he has someone called me, he's asking if it is his father. because he didn't see his funeral or his body. she's one of many relatives of inmates who haven't had any official answers. and really 100 year old prison was over crowded, holding 3 times as many inmates as it was built for. the survivors say one block was badly burned, and the guards refused to unlock the door. the vice president visited the following day. he said in electrical folk started it. the government has since said

a report is being prepared and $46.00 inmates died. oh, we spoke to an inmate who says that's not true. from my sale, i could see the bodies being removed in the morning. they pitched tense, and in each tent they packed $15.00 to $20.00 bodies and we counted, there were 20 tenths. so it's about 300 or 400, a shocking number of dead people. the government declined to comment when we asked rights group say the government is going to cover up a disaster, which is responsible that it should investigate and publish the list of names of those who died when you have a fire such as this with, with potentially massive death counts, that goes well beyond the official number. that's an embarrassment. it reflects the reality, which is that there is it, there is a systemic issue with incarceration in burgundy. this man says he wants to know

what happened to his brother. he was an inmate that he feared being jailed or killed himself. we cannot continue asking questions for the sake of our safety. asking again is like a criminal offense. we have to keep quiet our lease from one of dozens, maybe hundreds of bereaved families seeking closure. but a too scared to even ask what happened to their loved ones. malcolm web al jazeera, taiwan is relaxing an 11 year ban on food imports from area near the size of the focus human nuclear disaster in japan. a few items including mushrooms will still be prohibited. while some products will still require radiation safety certificates, taiwan imposed a blanket ban after radioactive particles were detected on some imports. someone's president says removal boost its chances of joining a regional trade pact. now this is one of those extraordinary sort of did you know stories? iran has one of the highest rates of alcohol addiction in the middle east,

despite have been on liquor since these i'm inclusion and 979 of the government slowly missing. guess there is a problem, critics, how many addicts are left to fight their own battles. russell soda with the support from terror on the gun is that a covered alcoholic. it was just over a month ago that he decided to get help and iran now reaching out more people like him, his toughest days may well be over. just after staying sober for 5 years, i had a relapse and started consuming alcohol in a way that made me realize once again that i was losing control of my life and destroying myself. addiction is a chronic disease and having now been sober for 41 days, i can say that anybody who wants to quit most let go of the fears if they are after a beautiful life. i'll call is talk in iran with tough lows down by selling and

drinking at the very least our colleagues face being shown by society and even their families. and this makes it hard for them to come out and seek out last month . the depth of the interior minister said around quite meeting iranians drink, i'll call the annually and with alcoholism becoming too big a problem to ignore iranian authorities have begun to take measures. government institutions are open in how best special awards, and we have centered to 3. i'll call it, but some doctors believe a lot more can be done. what task one to the son was after, when there aren't enough clinics for the people to get help. the health minister says they said a 50 rehabilitation clinics across the country, but i don't think any more than 5 or 6 of them are active. and so a staff don't have sufficient skills to treat alcoholics with only a handful of we have couldn't mix a way to bo uranium or turning to the other organizations. john gibbs, he is no stranger to the top of our call is in the organizes of quality anonymous

meetings, inter around to provide a space for addicts to share their stories and get better and must be 19 years since i got sober and 15 since i started holding these meetings, we make an effort to help people, but it's not enough. we should work on the issue culturally make the issue public. but our government turns a blind eye because our religion says alcohol is forbidden. but it also says it's mandatory to help others and save life. with no clear government regulation says of bootleg i'll call in iran are likely to thrive. but for those see can occur. there are at least some places they can go. this will say that al jazeera to her on still, i had the on this use our grease that considers new measures to curve violence of sporting events. after the murder of a football fan. and go to china's biggest olympic styles, delivers, when it really matters in beijing winter olympics action with leah. ah.

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full lou. ah, just before we get to sports news, greece said stepping up measures to stop violence at sporting events. after football fan was killed by supporters of arrival team, the prime minister has called for action to curb unruly behavior. the support from cathy lopez or the on this is were a 19 year old football fan, was killed in the northern greek city of the salvo nicky. the street is now lined with candles and flowers, hawkish come panels was scammed to death outside the artist to sell nicky club stadium. he's believed to have been killed by supporters of arrival team after

a brawl. the case has led to a national debate about violence and sporting events for 3 years ago, so we can't get over it. my entire family has been affected. i have a 17 year old grandson who wears the teams yellow jersey all day. and now we feel afraid, i'm 72 years old and i've been going to the stadium since i was 8. we never had these types of situations that at least 9 suspects have been arrested. that many say it's not enough. the outrageous fueling calls for tighter rules and punishment under pressure at the government announcer will submit a bill in the coming weeks to parliament with stricter penalties. and more police controls. he had him adopted by the gifts are combating violence. among football fans is an obligation we have towards greek society of the youth and the millions of fans in our country. yet in the past 2 years, it's significant steps have been taken up. the government will continue in this

direction and we expect everyone in society to contribute to eliminate sports violence. the sport has been played by violence on and off the field in recent years. these photographs of makeshift weapons are among the items confiscated by police. a sign that the threat of violence is always lurking. and now the murder of alkies is pushing the issue to the forefront. i feel awful about it. how can you not? i wonder what these people are thinking? how can they live? it all seems on thinkable. all this violence taking place yellow jerseys of the audio football club have in place in the neighborhood where alkies was murdered. people here say it's a reminder to authorities and the community of a senseless tragedy. castillo facility, gun al jazeera, who yeah. winter olympics leave go to the action for us. thank you. come all yell at

certain. beijing were chinese tennis player, peng, shy. she's made a rare appearance at the winter olympics. the 3 time summer olympian was seen speaking to the icy president, thomas bock at the freestyle scheme competition in beijing pangs. well, bean has been a global concern after she accused a senior chinese official of sexually assaulting her and a social media post in november. but in an interview with the french newspaper, this week, she denied that she made such allegations. paying was there to see china's irene guzzo when gold in the women's free ski big air competition. the 18 year old was born in the united states and this is her 1st ever olympics. she saved her best jump for last with a for rotation 1620 complete with a perfect landing, the only other french woman to do that tests ludo. she's pulled off that move in the competition as well, but low dough had to settle for silver. this time go had more chances has more chances for gold in the slope style and the half pipe, which is an event she's unbeaten in the season. so do is from san francisco and

learn to ski in california, but it's chosen to represent china, not the usa in these games that comes as a sensitive time and relations between the 2 countries. with the u. s declaring a diplomatic boycott of the games over china's human rights record. i definitely feel as though i am just as american as i am chinese, i'm american when i'm in the u. s. and i'm chinese, when i'm in china, and i have been very outspoken about my gratitude to both the u. s. and china for making me the person who i am. my mission is to use sport as a force for unity to use it as a form to foster interconnection between countries and not use it as a divisive force. so that benefits everyone. and if you disagree with that, then feel like that someone else's problem will go, has a big fan base in china. and so many people they went online to celebrate her goal . that is temporarily. so it temporarily crash the country's leading social media

platform. the supporters were watching at one of beijing's new ski resorts. more ski resorts like this had been built in the lead up to the game so much so that china says 300000000 people have played in some winner sports since the games were awarded to beijing. back in 2015. your un, ugh, wagon government, lean group is around my age and she has always been my idol. she wasn't expected to be the gold medal winner in the big a competition. that's why i'm so excited and very moved. possibly. i've only learned skiing for a year. so i really hope i could be some one like her, and no wonder the chinese were so excited use when lifted them to the top of that metal table with 3 golds in total, sweet and also have 3, but fewer metals overall, austria mathias mer became the 1st man to win an alpine skin gold medal at 3 consecutive olympic games. that's after he won the super g title on the rock course by just for hundreds of a 2nd mer also won the super g for years ago in south korea and downhill gold. at

the 2014 olympic games synagogue football footballers received a hero's welcome as africa cup of nations, champions, thousands lined the streets and duck heart to welcome them home. i found a goal all the best. no, just in africa bought everywhere. we have the best place in the world. i'm gonna be really happy because is the 1st time we won the africa cup of nations. we had really, really happy the celebration was all a build up to when the team finally touched down in the capitol al, you see says team beat egypt on penalties. to win the trophy, the highest prize and african football synagogue, had lost their 2 previous finals in 222019. the country went into the tournament as favors favorites and are now the highest place african team in the fi from rankings . the coach of the african club champions al ali has once again attacked world football bosses for putting african teams at

a disadvantage. l ali are currently competing at the club world cup and faced south american champions pon maris and the semi finals later on tuesday. but the tournament is organized in such a way that africa's champions have to play at an extra game to get to the semi finals. whereas the south americans enter at that stage. al ali are also without several players who were on national duty at the africa cup of nations. when was the last time tell me how to play football. that fresh. they've been here for the last 3 days. we were here running injuries, fighting up to, to the end. so that is why sometimes i think her deb an advantage as, as, as, as the south americans to the africans. because they, they tend to play semi final end to the final. imagine if we should be in the final now, you know that they have an advantage, life is good. it. so we africans who are struggling, my friend, but,

and shall honda love will make it to, you know, good is grace. and maybe if we, when i think you guys should be talking to people to say, what is this point now, what are you trying to see? if they can move that african 2 times, they should play fast faster, and then we should play left. because this time we bid them, they should be playing fast. but as you know, far care for, i don't want to go, they christian ericsson has been training with bradford for the 1st time since his move in january. the former tottenham player is back in the premier league 7 months after suffering a cardiac arrest while playing for denmark at the euros. he left enter milan as a free agent because rules in italy banned him from playing with an icy d deficiency later device. good to see him back. well that's it for me. he's back over to come all. thanks leah most but with leah. now next use our 13 hundreds g m t. i'll see you for that one as well. after the break that adrian finnegan, with the latest news on al jazeera, ah

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