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a salivating power. china's gigi and paying promote, says top aids wiley's appointed communist party need, if an unprecedented term ah . hello, i, melinda, this is out there, ally from doha. also coming up the race is on for the top job in the united kingdom forest. johnson and richey soon i called face to face talks with each other, with both man seen as the top contenders wide spread power outages across ukraine. after more russian missile strikes on energy facilities and in search of water into route had, can hear the story of one woman who makes a long and dangerous journey every day. ah

hello, welcome, chinese president. jean ping has secured a unprecedented 3rd term as head of the communist party. he's also announced 6 other members of the party senior leadership. the group is dominated by the presidents allies and had come to day after the party concluded it's week long. congress which solidifies eugene pings grip on power. shoes. your father? yes, she all can go. justice. china can't develop in isolation from the world. it needs china for its development. through over 40 years of relentless reform and opening up. we have created the twin miracles of fast economic growth and social stability . the china will open its doors if a wider we will be steadfast and deepening reform and opening up across the board. a prosperous, china will create many more opportunities for the world with patrick falk. has the

latest from beijing it's no surprise perhaps that the new line up is the top trending topic on chinese social media right now. perhaps no surprise is given that a lot of people did think that it would be packed with that she loyalist served. but at the same time, it has been a bit of an eye opener with lee chang, a seeming be taking the number 2 position over from leaker chang that was off to shanghai is bruising locked down just recently. and a lot of people had felt that his chances were slim following what a lot of people saw as really being a bit of a disaster for the country. and also we saw a child, she and lee see being included in that line up. it's notable in particular because those 3 have not held central government positions before, so they are helicopter being helicopter in from the provinces, if you like. and these are people that rose through the ranks of the communist

party with president ship and paying. so it does seem as though loyalty has trumped everything else here. and the notable emission of course is who and was he was seeing that once upon a time as a possible success at the present judge and being. but he is seen as being more closely aligned to his predecessor who's in town. that was no place for him in this line up to day. well was as we had that from patrick, 63 old li chang is now china's 2nd highest official behind president. gee, he's expected to become premier in march and take charge of china's economy. now unlike his predecessors, he hasn't served as a vice premier or worked in the central government in any capacity. chung has bounced back from his mishandling of a crown of iris outbreak in shanghai where he led the local branch of the communist party. now like the rest of the new senior party members, lee is also close to president g. i speak now to unto long he is an

international and independent chinese stretch. jesse joins us now from hong kong. thank you for your time, sir. what do you make of the new line up? would you agree that in the people she has chosen, he has prioritize loyalty above all else, even experience? well, one has got to understand how the child is common. his body works at the time or the chairman mouth. it's awful that party was i am at the stabilize by a lot of internal or rivalry in especially eligibles and then every m, i transition from one generation to another. i would rattle the whole country of it, the party or the party pop members have come to terms with that long time ago. and so you can see a relatively smooth transitions. and of course there are disagreements, there are affiliations, i will call them at. ready positions one of them factions, because they are unlike in some worse than give off the season opposite qualities

with white to the death. i tried to kill each other as it was, but of course i don't differences. are there all, but these are being negotiated. all of this car. okay. all the way at long time ago . okay. oh they can i just interrupt you there. it is so much power. centralized under one man. ever. a good thing. i mean, china is the 2nd largest economy in the world with one man at the hound. is that no carry some degree of uncertain, see not just domestically internationally. well, what is going on is that what this is cause a precedent to the 3rd term. in fact, the constitution has to be rewritten have amended to an answer and enabled this to happen. but as i said, any kind of disagreements on that score i have already been discussed and smooth out. and the consensus is that china as president see the highlighted is entering

into aid and new era, all of rubble at this order, as well as internal challenges. he has mentioned a lot of the internal hurdles at the party and the nations facing, including worsening demographics and, and, and, and very fierce arrived in confrontation with united states and other countries. and, and, and of course the. busy economy is slowing down and for the country to be lifted to a higher. busy plane, as part of a china dream, an interesting government set. it's interesting. he mentioned the economy because his number 2 choice is a man called li chung. and he will have the economy as his priority. but some would say he's been brought in from sang i, he doesn't have the right experience. he also oversaw a very contentious cove. it locked down. is he the right man for that job? well, as i said, i want to go to understand how. busy the top comes co,

his body. busy all the people that make it to the top have got this gone through so many layers of very fears. competition is a kind of go to talk lasy and people who have risen to the even to the central committee of 200 people with any kind of stem charms to get to the top. have already a mass, huge experience running cities big and small. busy provinces, and you will reach the very top in the port of bureau. they would have done the rounds of a big provinces. some of the problems is, are bigger than countries. for example, the whole economy of russia is equivalent to only the economy of the province. so all these people are highly experience and of course that the decisions is not made at the drop of a hat. there are, i work in groups including experts. and of course at the graduate level there is also a lot of mechanisms. ready getting feedback from the from citizens. busy so this is

all. busy part of the mechanics, but of course the final position has got to make at the top and then with the powerful leader. this could take country of the country and to face the edelmans that stand in the way of taurus cheating. his aims all the time, a dream. i came under lung international, an independent, china's fascist joining staff from hong kong and key now to the likely runners in the race to be the case. next. prime minister has hell late night face to face talks, but neither boris johnson nor his former ally wishy cynic had declared that they are running. in fact, any senior cabinet member penny mordant, has confirmed she is running 19 other reports back in britain of to cutting short his stay in the dominican republic. his 3rd holiday. since he resigned in july, former prime minister boys johnson's considering going for the top job again. off

the list trust his government collapsed, but to say that prospect is divisive would be an understatement. good morning, i'm currently former chancellor richey sooner he resign during the last days of the johnson publish. it has the most supporters, among conservative m. p 's when he's not spoken yet. i've done some amazing things in my life. i've had a seat at the table at the world bank and they take the leader of the commons. penny morton's is also trying again after losing out to trust in last month's leadership contest pulse. if more than one candidate has the backing of at least a 100 and p's or monday, the decision then goes to around a $150000.00 conservative party members. they could well back johnson who quit off to doesn't have his m p. 's resigned, following scandals including rule breaking parties in downing street during covered 19 lock towns. but one well known figure who served under johnson says it's not time for him to return with a parliamentary inquiry still looming at the job of any cabinet member left alone, the prime minister this relentlessly im consistently be concentrated with

a laser light focus on the british people from the economy through to the n h s. schools crime regression. it's difficult to see how you could do that if at the same time you're getting evidence giving test me will be called back in the ground hog day. the political, a soap opera of party gate, some conservative m p. 's have already said they'd leave the party if johnson became prime minister again. there is a question mark about whether or not mister johnson could create a stable and effective government. and to be honest, the same question has to be asked about mr sooner there are people who are in the id body, but mister, so not count. they blamed him for mister johnson's done for much of the public, so that tired of the instability in government, and one opinion poll suggests merely 2 thirds, one. whoever emerges this new conservative leader and hence prime minister to call an early general election. of course events could always force them to do so.

nadine barbara al jazeera london, the equations president has urged people to save electricity in the face of russian attacks on power facilities. ukrainians are experiencing rolling blackouts and to waive up strikes in the last 2 weeks. a lot, mr. lensky says, christmas are then iranian made drones we used, he says, attacking civilian facilities ahead of winter announced to terrorism as go say to harry forth that his life for us in keith harry. what is the latest in the situation and particularly when it comes to ukraine's energy grad? well, the ukrainians are saying there were more strikes overnight. they're not specifying exactly what the targets were, but they are saying that they themselves shot down some 16 of the iranian drones. the watering munitions that are being used by the russian side in recent days are

14 of them in the southern area around mc alive and another 2 in northern, in east new. great. now these are fired in swarms. so the assumption is, i suppose that some of them will have got through, but as i say no details as to exactly what was hit. but they are saying that there has been a real shift and strategy towards civilian infrastructure, particularly in terms of energy. the strikes on saturday they said were as a wide spread, as those are some 10 days earlier on, on that monday, when more than a 100 missiles were fired or most of them were a lot large number them targeting energy infrastructure. at one point this had 1500000 ukrainians were without power as a result. and so as you say, the president is talking about the need to conserve energy on a personal basis on a business basis. we've also heard that the city wide central heating system, which is a hangover from the communist period that that has been turned on some as early in

the winter about 3 days ago to try to assist people who might otherwise be using electricity to heat their homes. and as well as that, there are plans for mobile heating units in case that system gets targeted mobile units on trucks that can plug into a school or not an office building on apartment building as so that those are bits of infrastructure can be kept going even if that city wide system is being hit, so major preparations underway for what could be a very difficult winter on teams at and the focus of the fi thing in recent days and weeks has been around the course on region. what is the latest on that front? yes, sir. there is something of a news blackout being imposed by the ukrainians in that area. we can't get in. there's not been very much being said from the ukrainian side, but what we are hearing from the russians of course, is that there is now an immediate call for civilian evacuation. from her son were seen as images of people being taken across the been to be for river on our fairies

are there are all sorts of reports of russian military personnel and hardware being taken out as well in preparation for what is now expected to be a ukrainian advance on her son, but both sides also accusing each other of preparations to blow up a very significant damn at the ha, kafka oliver cut off cur, hydro electric power station which holds back a vast amount of water in a reservoir on the river. upstream from care sun. so the, the, the analysis coming from a lot of western reports at least and from the trainings, is that there could be some attempt by the russians to mind that and blow it up to cover their retreat from her son. which could be extremely devastating. the russians accusingly, the ukrainians are planning to launch strikes on that damn as well. and then further north as well. there are reports from the ministry of defense. it is, it is noting a, a plan put in place. it says by the head of the wagner,

private military group, the russian private military group saying that there are major defensive lines being put in in place in the lo hunter or blast in, in what russia has now said, is annex territory. well, behind the current front lines, so preparations potentially therefore a reinforcement behind any further ukraine in advance into that territory. to thank you for that update harry for sat there for us and keep still ahead on al jazeera ah anger against economic reforms in columbia's 1000 say no to a taxing friends. plus here is our ford. with milla itself. one of the most luxury villas in the city, 5 star luxury to student dorms. we go behind the scenes to see where the wall cup starts will be sleep. during the cat's home tournament.

ah, ah, the time now for your weather update across europe and africa. good to have you along and our biggest bursts of rain once again through iberia, the northwest of spain and northern portugal. and we'll see the winds crank up here to about 80 kilometers per hour. still some big downpours in northern italy, still high temperatures in the bulk in here. in fact, red cross serbia, there is of weather alert in play for how high these temperatures are for this some of the year. also some poor air quality rate across the balkans as well. for turkey . things are looking good. a few showers sneaking into the levant, though that includes b routes with a high of $26.00 degrees, and the return of showers right across the islands of ireland and britain's not going to be raining all the same goes for western areas of friends and then low

temperatures through scandinavia, also at 6 degrees that's below average for this sum of the year, off to africa still raining in that southwest corner of nigeria. there has been some flooding, and i suspect that we will probably see some more to the south. we go, we're seen that rain pep up once again through south africa, really rate across this area and think some big downpours in southern moves in beak . not too far away from my put so with a high of 26 degrees on sunday. that's a snapshot of your weather. we'll see you soon. bye. ah, with

lou. oh, well, come back here watching al jazeera mind all top stories this our chinese president, gigi and ping house clench, stay. historic 3rd term is head of the communist policy. he's also now 6 of the new members of the policy senior leadership group is dominated by jeez allies to the likely runners in the race to become the u. k. next, prime minister have held face to face talks by force johnson. and where she student acts say they have the support of 100 m. p. 's,

the number needed to enter the race. ukraine's president has urged people to save electricity in the face of russian, a tax on power facilities. several strikes in the past 2 weeks have caused rolling blackouts in ukrainian cities. people in columbia have protested against economic reforms proposed by the president. gustavo petro wants to increase taxes on people earning more than $2300.00 a month. i was on the road, i'm here to reports from bogota, addressing white and displaying factory arctic symbols. a 1000 colombians marched through the capital rubica with a long list of grievances against the 2 months old government of gustavo pay through it all more. we are very worried by what's happening in the country, the crime and economic insecurity. the uncertainty with the tax, political, and electoral reforms. that's why entrepreneurs fleeing the country. that's why the dollar is now almost $5000.00 pesos. most of them are middle and upper middle

income colombians that could directly be effected by the government's ambitious tax reform that aims to raise almost $6000000000.00 to find social programs. oh, others are workers of the oil in mining sector, the fear pinterest promise to accelerate the transition towards clean energy and go yeah, not bad at all. petros government has a totally irresponsible, ultra environmentalist position a protest to prematurely. and one of the sectors contributes from most to the country economy that generates hundreds of thousands of jobs, like these people came into office following a wave of discontent in the means for change in a country deeply defined by social and economic inequality. is ambitious. agenda goes from seeking total peace deals with rebel groups and crime gangs, a series of reforms to change the traditionally market friendly policies in the country, from health to pensions, to land reform. this error owning when

a recent polls shows petra's approval, fell from 56 to 46 percent. you're mostly due to concerns about the difficult economic situation. the honeymoon period has ended, but that not means that we are going to see a separation or even a souring of the relationship between the citizenry and the current government. i still think that the current government has a large political capital do that will allow him to operate, at least for a year. more organizers are calling for another demonstration a week from now to keep pressure on the government, but to have any chance to stop the reform from going forward and congress, they will need to mobilize a much larger number of protesters. i listen that i'm just the and i will go on saturday marg, 60 years since you as president john f kennedy's historic address on the cuban

missile crisis, he announced in american spy plane had discovered soviet nuclear missiles on the caribbean island, less than 200 kilometers from the us mainland. it shall be the policy of this nation to regard any nuclear missile launch from cuba against any nation in the western hemisphere. as an attack by the soviet union on the united states. requiring a for a territory response upon the soviet union. which sank was a professor of russian and european politics of the university of kent. he says that the war and ukraine has become far more serious than the cuban missile crisis ever was in 962, it was a relatively short instant, 13 days. this one has been going, in a sense booing for over 30 years. and of course we've got a war now for nearly 8 months. the, and the fundamental differences that in 962,

they turn basically to the status quo today. oh russia. moscow is quite clear that it does not want to return to the situation before the conflict. this makes it far more intractable and far more difficult to find any negotiated pathway to peace. and as i say, it's been going on for a long time, a very dissatisfied thought, which has led to this awful war. and of course, all sorts of other elements are involved, including in particular, i think stream lack of trust. and in fact, contempt between moscow in washington today by didn't and put in, haven't been in contact for many, many months. they were early in the early part of this year. 8 to the point at which this upcoming g 20 summit indian denisia the united states seems to be absolutely intent to making sure that they don't meet to talk. so it's a much more deeper, much deeper, much more intractable conflict which, you know, and of course they miss out technology, military technologies have changed in,

in these years. so it's, you know, clearly we, the only way forwards is negotiation, but it's very difficult to find a pathway. of course, there's also the issue that any deal will have to be between moscow and washington, but it cannot exclude. obviously, ukraine and the other parties to the conflict. senior member of the palestinian arms group. the lions den has been killed. 33 old tama kalani is a prominent member of the group. lyons den has claimed responsibility for a number of attacks on illegal settlements in the occupied westbank over the past few weeks and blamed israeli forces for colonies. kidding. the horn of africa is facing one of its worst droughts in 4 decades. it's putting the lives of 3000000 pastore us in northern kenny at risk as a man leave home to heard that animals, women are left behind with the children and now being forced to search for water

increasingly dangerous conditions. we spoke to one of those women. now there was enough blue window to go when we were you. my name is selina, poor. i am from to connor county and northern kenya. i have 6 children and a husband, and i am his 2nd wife. i burned charcoal and make rooms. that's how i make my living. i knew yet, i said, i knew i did on every morning, i go to the river to fetch water. it's a long distance away. i take the water from shallow welds alongside other women. sometimes the walls of the well collapse and it can be dangerous. the water is also usually very dirty mobile, yet you might be coming out of a low young a lot. the 1st thing you do when you go to the well as remove the dirty water until it is clean, we use these containers to drag the water home you back. oh, it's a long process. it takes me hours to do several trips to my home when i arrive home, it's already late and i am tired all the money out of god. i got off the man. when

i get back home, i have to do other choice. i have to go to the market. the money i get from the market is what i used to buy some food for my family. to day i don't know what my children will. 8. there is no money for breakfast, lunch or dinner on the broom and charco business is not doing well. people have no money. if i don't get money, my children will sleep hungry with yellow. every one has been affected by the drought. the rains have failed. my family have been hit hard. the children are not eating low low than a little bit. i'm going to laguna when in remember making i had 4 goats. 3 have died as the result of the drought. some time back i heard that food was being distributed in some villages, but these areas of fire, i could not get there panama, elena. i think they're gonna get mama as little matter anyway. i hope we will soon get help from the government. we are hungry and thirsty yet how can we survive

under these circumstances? now when you are well class footballer away from home playing for the well kept trophy, there are some certain essentials you need to be at your best could food, a hot shower and of course, comfy bed are the basics for most of us. but top players need that little bit extra joanna, get raska when to see where the stars will sleep. some resemble an arabian palace, others and a waste in the desert. whether it's a luxury resorts or student accommodation, the 32 well cut finalists have booked their rooms and if they make it all the way to the final, they'll be staying in them for up to 5 weeks. so that choice of accommodation may well prove crucial the compact nature of this tournament means is the 1st time

teams haven't had to change locations or travel long distances to get to games. 24th, the 1st 2 teams have made their home base within a 10 kilometer radius of the center of dough hop. while others have chosen to stay much further away. belgium and saudi arabia are close to the saudi arabian border. the german team has exclusive use of a wellness resort as far north as you can go in the country around a 100 kilometers from doha. the most basic rooms here cost around a $1000.00 a night. and mexico chose to base themselves in the small seaside town of the mace ma, 30 kilometers north of dough. here is our ford vigil villa. it's one of the most luxury villas in the city. i believe the mexicans who have selected the lease earlier. they can visit one of their choices before even they get qualified. i think the privacy here is the key. you still have to have something

from a culture or something from their background for the mexican, the other guy do it, should be essential to be there. the jelly and of course the, like get something very, very important and we will make it happen for them. and it really feels like we could be in mexico, doesn't it? through a little a little metric was a little bit a little the play is it is tournament may be worth millions of dollars in the wall of the mustang and luxury lino, messy garden, tina and former champions, spain have chosen catholic university campus where they can walk to their training ground, australia and student accommodation to be at the state of the art aspire sports academy. well, this is a knife. the student dome i've ever been in the beds are very comfortable. as you can see, there are 2 beds in this room that the sucker is. let me put one player in a room like this. he'll have his own private ball through and then that she, you know, the bedroom on the other side of the suite. 263 suites like this in this building.