accused of concealing its agents crimes like the men in black. they really don't. you don't see them that they're just there to clean up the mess and to cover up impunity at the border on a just either watching the world cup in 1982 glorious technicolor from spain. i've never seen anything like these plays a lot of come from a different planet. and after that, i was all in on the welcome. i think we're forcing from doha, which is now my home on the very 1st woke up is going to take place in the middle east. it's going to be a night. it is a hugely complex and often controversial events cover. but once a ball is kicked, the passion and the excitement of football takes out. ah, the world's richest man eat on musket reportedly closes a $44000000000.00 deal to a quiet twitter and begins by sacking its top executives.

ah, i'm hasn't seeka. this is al jazeera life from doll house are coming up. president von a demons zalinski urges ukrainians to find strength in darkness. the accused russia of destroying energy infrastructure and forcing power cuts ran protests into betts regional capital, lhasa against china's 3 month long coven 19 locked down in the city. and a barrage of misinformation targets voters online before sundays, hotly contested presidential run off in brazil. ah! allah, the world's richest man, ellen mosque has taken control of one of the world's most influential social media

platforms. his 1st move at the helm of twitter was reportedly firing at least 4 top executives, including the ceo and chief financial officer. the billionaire tech entrepreneur changed his twitter bio 2, chief twit and announced the acquisition writing simply the bird is freed. a must had until friday to complete the $44000000000.00 deal he signed in april. he was seen walking into twitter headquarters on wednesday carrying a sink. the closing of the deal follows month of high profile legal challenges. a must began questioning the acquisition within weeks of its agreement, accusing executives of misrepresenting how many real uses the platform actually has . in july he announced he was abandoning the deal. twitter sued musk in response, and a trial was set for october. he tried and failed to negotiate a lower price, but musk finally said he'd go ahead with the original deal if twits dropped its lawsuit. the judge put the case on hold until friday,

giving him 3 weeks to close the deal from washington, d. c. his russell and john were more a lot must have until friday at 5 pm in order to complete the purchase of twitter, the global social media platform. otherwise, he was going to find himself in a federal court room being pushed to make good on the $44000000000.00 offer to the companies. previous owners. instead, lead on thursday must apparently fired the c e o the chief financial officer, as well as the legal counsel and the woman in charge of legal standards. she was the person who pushed to have the former president. donald trump kicked off the platform in the wake of the january 6th. the 2021 attacks on the u. s. capital. now it's not clear yet whether donald trump is going to be allowed to rejoin twitter. but there is already considerable discussion on the social media platform

about whether other users should stay and try to confront what they believe his to be his lies and outright hatred. or whether they should leave and possibly force you on must to declare bankruptcy. because ultimately, the people who are on twitter are customers, people that advertisers want to reach in order to sell their goods. if there aren't any users, then the advertisers won't make any money and that could possibly harm your muscle ultimate investment. ukraine is accusing russia of attacking its energy infrastructure and shelling power facilities across the country. a standing in the dark streets of key of president, villa d. m. is a lensky urged his nation to find lights in the darkness as power disruptions continues. ukraine is facing at least a 30 percent shortfall in electricity supplies, and the government says that we more rolling power cuts to repair damage facilities

ahead of the winter of the capital k of is one of the areas most affected to him. i'm a jim. jim joins us live from nasa. mohammad, how are people they're coping with these power outages. what has him on the one hand, it really has emerged in the last 24 hours. how much more of the power grid here in ukraine has been damaged, especially in the central region. you had local officials speaking yesterday throughout the day about the fact that there had been a from wednesday going to thursday. there had been these missile strikes on critical infrastructure in the key region. of course we're in the capital and keith city in the surrounding region. there was critical infrastructure that was hit by russian attacks in those overnight hours. and because of that you had many power regulators, many government officials yesterday talking about the fact that there were probably going to be more power outages throughout the central region of areas like sharon, a heave, ange thormayer, those 2 regions as well as here in keep last night we went around the city and

a lot, mid up, a lot more parts of the city. a lot more neighborhoods were plunged into darkness. as a result, you did see a lot more blocks that didn't have street lights on a didn't have a didn't have building lights on. some of that was because residents are trying to conserve on their power usage. others were because simply they weren't connected to the grid any more. and you had official saying that most likely, within the coming days you would have parts of the city that would be disconnected from the grid for even more than 4 hours. at the time of that all being said, though, has him. you still had people coming out going to dinner to restaurants, where there was no electricity and they were eating or drinking their coffee in candlelight. you had people taking their families out for strolls, even in the darkness. so you really did see this resilience spirit that we've come to get accustomed to here in ukraine during our time here. and to that end, ukrainian president fella to ms. lewinsky did address the country last night from

out in the dark in cave. and he really spoke about the resilience of ukrainian spirit at such a trying time. here is more of what presence zalinski had to say. stress me sir. what a hurricane will nozzle shall and will not break us to hear the enemy's anthem on our land is scarier. than the enemy's rockets in our sky family, we are not afraid of darkness. the darkest pines for us are not the times without light that those without will in our military strong volunteers are tireless. nerin partners are reliable and people are unbreakable. hardimen, the 2nd army of the world will get smaller and smaller. they will be more and more losses for the army. well, i'm sure that hostile propaganda does not work right. provocations, do not work. threats do not scare any tough winter when not scarce. can we know that the darkest night becomes the dawn each day as we've done ukrainian president to try to rally his people there and he's literally dark times. so ma'am, and what are we hearing then from the or the front lines? what's happening there?

so hasn't let me just bring you and our viewers up to speed on, on what we've heard from government officials as far as at the latest attacks that happened in the overnight hours a thursday leading into friday, according to local officials, there were attacks that happened in the d denise pro petrov region that's in the center of the country. we're told that russian troops shelled the nico poll scott community. the marg, connecticut community and the chair, no vote could have bought a sca community. and that the as a result of the shelling that occurred in the genova, ga gov school community. that there are more than a 1000 households in that area that are without electricity's. we're told that it was grad missiles and heavy artillery that was targeting the area. also we got information that the city of nichol pole was hit and that several power lines and a dozen high rises. i am private residence residences were damaged. as a result, we should note that we're told that no casualties were reported. and we should also mention that of course,

the city of nickel and the other communities that i mentioned are fairly close to the as apparition, nuclear power plant, which at russia is still occupying. we've also been told that the city of nikolai of was attacked, and the overnight hours russia attacked it according to local officials using s $300.00 missiles. but we do not yet have an indication about if there were casualties there. our i for the moment. mm hm. my dear thank you. mm hm. a jim jim lifer, stay in keith me while russian forces are shelling the city of buffalo. what's in the den yet screech him. i said beg, went to the city and witnessed the devastation there at the main interchange of baltimore. i reminder that the road here are not safe on buildings, empty streets, and no power. those who remain have little food and you can't afford to leave and says you only stays so she can take care of her dogs. she feels abandoned. luca will you know, people under the rebel were screaming for help for 5 days. nobody needs us. never

before and not even now that's the truth. few people remain here. the rubbish is piling up, and the playgrounds wants full of children and thou empty. for most, it's too dangerous to be outside and to escape the shelves and rockets, they live and the ground track. whatever you get them off of the wall. yes, we don't have water and heating, but we have a basement where we live. despite the hot ships, she's happy to be with her granddaughter. others are angry. who got sir? j doesn't blame the russians, but his own government though, is that the worst? if a lot of the fun, the death. yes, i will hang our government on the lamp post. i can understand why we can't give us electricity in donetta. it's 8 years of war and they have electricity, though he doesn't say he is pro russian, but he doesn't linked the russian invasion and he's living conditions. shops are closed after being damaged by shelling and people are angry. do you mind that at this market? people shouted to us to leave other say they will have

a shot document. they blame reports by journalists for enabling attacks by russian forces. for those that remain here, the situation has really deteriorated of the last few months. this town continued to be a battlefield ukrainian forces, still holding on to it. but for the russians, not far out. as i beg, i'll jazeera buck mort in moscow, russia president, let him put in warn the world is facing its most dangerous decades since the 2nd world war. use the west of inciting the war in ukraine and said he had no regrets who and also denied moscow, is preparing to use nuclear weapons. a steady just we stand at a historical frontier. ahead is probably the most dangerous, unpredictable, but also important decades since the end of the world war 2. when we have never been the 1st to ever say anything about russia, possibly using nuclear weapons, we have only made allusion milk while answering to the declarations made by the

leaders of western countries. a south says north korea has fire to ballistic missiles off its east coast. the launch comes a south korea concludes nearly 2 weeks of military exercises. growing young has tested several missiles in the last month. many western analysts believe north korea is getting ready for its 1st nuclear tests in 2017 iranian stay. tv says 3 people have been killed in confrontations with security forces in the city of my bad. it happened after a funeral for a protest, the killed in unrest. the night before. 2 people belonging to parliamentary unit was shot dead in ama demonstrations of rock iran since a young woman mass. i mean died in police custody last month was still ahead. the on i just, it was just devastated us completely. the proposed fishing band threatens an island community off the coast of inc. and will look at the security measures being taken

to ensure the fee for well capitalized in contact is a safe one. ah . well the theme continues its wall and it should be throughout most of europe and sometimes it's wet for those wet areas are quite limited to spot the magic clad. you see the concentration is really in the west. so we will see, for example, during friday, rain getting fairly heavy in western side of scotland, this whole system eventually and the up in scandinavia. but not until later in the weekend as inducing that suddenly breeze. which means of course, everything's being caught and certainly breathe, that tends to be quite warm. so temperatures are several degrees above average, everywhere from spain, rod across the balkans and the heart of europe. as you can see,

there's not much right around to change things. the picture continues on saturday, that rain just catching the edge of portugal, and spite attempts is typically 5 to 7 degrees of ours. in some places, more math, particularly in the mediterranean, leaving europe for africa, the rains all going sized with the sunshine, but still as far north as guinea bizarro. for example, where we seen flooding kerstell dawn are particularly nigeria. there are still channels around here. but further north is now dryer and dusty. the rains are heading cyrus and because it's spring, we see more rain in the countries of southern africa, which suppresses the recently higher temperatures. ah, a new documentary series discovered how centuries old indigenous knowledge is being used to deal with current problems of climate change. and was hamilton economic

ambition is so often at odds with many of the worlds indigenous communities and the traditional way of life. life, consider them honor to share the dreams of our people with others. fascinations frontline, coming soon on al jazeera blue . ah, but again, you're watching, i just need a reminder of our top story. this out. the world's richest man, ellen mosque has taken control of one of the world's most influential social media platforms. after finalizing the $44000000000.00 deal to acquire twitter, his 1st move was to fire at least 4 top executives. ukraine is accusing russia of

attacking its energy infrastructure and shelling a power facilities across the country. president bodine zaleski called for unity. i made the disruptions, ukraine's reporting at least a 30 percent shortfall in electricity supplies. russian president vladimir putin has warned the world is facing its most dangerous decade since the 2nd world war. you choose the west of inciting the war in ukraine and said he had no regrets. the war ukraine has led to a global energy crisis, but some believe the high price of oil and gas could shift the market permanently towards renewable energy. in a report, the international energy agency says global demand for fossil fuels will peak this decade, all while russian exports drop in terms of money. this could mean more than 2 trillion dollars a year in green energy investments by 2030. and the report shows the russians invasion of ukraine marked a turning point. many governments accelerating their clean energy policies to less

than their reliance on moscow and lower its geopolitical influence. of fatty b roll is the head of the international energy agency. he says, the report proves that the energy crisis could pay the way for green future. and now looking at the results and the findings of diverter and look, i can confirm that the, the numbers a here, the analysis here, new, confirm that the government responses around divert given to the energy crisis promise to be that v are seeing a turning point in the history of energy and distresses, indeed, accelerate clean energy transitions of the head of a un inquiry into israel's illegal actions in the occupied palestinian territories has rejected. claims of anti semitism report out last month accused israel of

violating international law. unable to get it to change, bass has more israel for many years is said it's a victim of unfair criticism that the united nations that says it singled out where other countries are not israeli officials repeatedly criticize the un human rights council. it's inquiries and it's investigators, but the criticism from israel has never been a strong as this a tweet from the israeli prime minister. yeah, the peed criticizes a report by relatively new body. the commission of inquiry on israel and the palestinian territories. he says its authors have shown themselves to be purveyors of their lunch anti semitism with one goal, d, legitimize ing and defaming israel. the commission is chaired by the former high commissioner of human rights now of a pill. a she used to be a judge in south africa appointed by nelson mandela. and this was her reaction to

the criticism of the prime minister. and i'm 81 years old. and this is the 1st time i've been accused of anti semitism. and we sent messages to the city general and to states that she has 3 of us who i mean without any of them innovation, web, austin, we didn't, we didn't apply for these positions and we giving all our time energy because we still committed to justice rule of law issues and human rights, and we should not be subject to abuse such as this was just told to the faults. she says she is planning to protest to the un secretary general antonia good terrace, about these rarely criticism others at the lose of misinformation spreading through brazil at of sunday's tightly fort presidential runoff. teams of fact checkers are working to verify or debunk social media posts, but the sheer volume means it's hard to keep ahead of the fake news as

a latin america editor at lucy. a newman reports from sao paolo social network hungry brazilians are being targeted with disinformation, some of it to ludicrous to believe. and yet many people do not wanting from claims that incumbent candidate jade bull sonata and his rival lula. da silva have made packs with the devil and satanic cults to unsubstantiated claims that both sonata is a pedophile and a lula has warded churches to be burned down. fact checkers and brazil can't keep up in a condo, can provide a nation wide coalition of investigative journalists is fighting this information and helping brazil's electoral court identify it from it. i remember another montage uses an unidentified voice to say that lula ordered this boat destroyed because the owners hadn't voted for him in the 1st round. by herbert hoover, this one uses an old interview with bull sonata taken out of context to claim that

he's a cannibal young with. the electoral court has banned at least 500 social media posts for quote, knowingly sharing and distributing untrue or gravely de contextualized information pulled out on this day alone. fact checkers here are analyzing 1600 dubious tick tock, postings. my think what thank you. does it can essay least it's important to say that while there's more disinformation spread from the pulse, narrow camp, that is dis, information on both sides. indeed, both sides are plain dirty. spreading this information into just about every household. lunar has been struggling to shake a social media slander campaign claiming he's a drug trafficker. this after a recording of a leader of south america's largest drug cartel, the p. c. c was leaked, suggesting he supported lulu campaigns before our request for clarification from

lawyers representing leaders of the p. c. c. were denied. but sources that are close to the criminal syndicates tell us that they don't pick sides during national elections, only local ones. as to the video, it turned out to be from 2019 and was clearly manipulated. as of the electoral court ordered that it be removed, but only after it had spread like wildfire. also now to supporters or accusing the electoral court, judges of censorship. but disinformation expert alexander, a particular disagrees. they're trying to, to actually fight against this. in my view this harmful phenomenon, because this information could actually not only influence voters, but can actually lead us true. an episode of alice, why violence that has already shown its ugly face while dis information fuels the most polarized election campaign in brazil's history to see in human al jazeera,

so follow with a pablo a football. pablo mari was one of several people injured at a supermarket, stabbing incident near milan. the spaniards is an arsenal player, who's on loan of the italian side. mazar 46 year old suspect is in police custody. they've ruled out terrorism as a motive, saying the attacker has mental health problems. a china is reinforcing is 0 coven policy in many cities, nearly 3 years after the 1st case emerged in worn into bet, an economist region, a red video, has emerged of what appears to be large scale demonstrations. the hardy reports protests are rare here in china's tibet region. but these migrant workers are angry . they came here to make money and haven't been able to. a coven lockdown has stopped the city for the last 3 months. locked downs are being imposed all across

the country in beijing, testing positive for corona virus can lead to long quarantine. no pay an isolation from friends and family dental. yes, i'm worried. of course, i'm worried. i've been affected by it. i've been quarantine twice as yes ma'am. i'm basically afraid to go out and have dinner with friends, because it may affect my work. china has reported a 1000 new coven 19 cases for the 3rd day in a row. a small number by global standards, but it sent 28 cities until locked down, impacting more than 200000000 people. who do what they tell me rent and sharon apartment in beijing, and sometimes it's nerve wracking once. there's a case somewhere and then you become a close contact. you've got to be in quarantine. it's also quite expensive, so that's a difficult tune. i've been through to centralized quarantines. proof of a negative p c r test is required to inter most places, including public transport,

waiting in line for a test can take several hours and needs to be repeated every few days. but no one will be waiting in line at universal resort in beijing. the theme park is the latest company to close after contact tracing show to spread in cases over the weekend. the strict measures weigh heavily on those who live under them. as a venture, i feel my worries have become a form of numbness. now i've come to accept it, worries that won't end until everyone here has negative, lia hardin, al jazeera, a tiny island community off the coast of england says its future is being threatened because of proposals to ban fishing. wholly island is home to dozens of species which the government says need protecting m. hayward reports laden with lobster and crap. the crew up with the freedom comes into the harbor to unload the morning's cache. a joke they've dumped the decades but could lose the fishing is

bound of holy island. it would just devastate us completely. it was no way we could possibly carry on. fishing from holy island would have to move the boats and all gear to other ports and of course, the trouble waters. they've all the guys working from different port, so mean conflict straight away. and this is what's left of one of this part of england's oldest fishing plates. just a few boats including richard sco out now. all of the 3 of the all over to robert's amazing. and we get some beautiful days or are you see dolphins swimming round your holy island is already protected landscape. one rich im biodiversity. the u. k. government is hoping to create a number of highly protected marine areas, including here where fishing would be banned. they say the scheme would allow nature to fully recover to a more natural state, allowing the ecosystem to thrive and that they will take the views of the local

community, fishermen and environmental groups on gold. what happens out at say really to of the fact of anti community because once this tidal causeway floods, holy island is cut off for hours at a time. many, it's difficult for people living behind me to commute over for the mainland loving father. we pray for this holy island for us fishermen and their families inside saint mary's church. prayers are sad for the islands community. some of the fishing families work in hospitality. the other main industry on the island, the economy is not just about losing the fishing and the, the money from the fishing it's, it's losing all those other people who, who do really vital jobs in the community. it's there has been fishing here for thousands of years. we know that it would be the absolute death know of this village. it's just got ranching. i mean i go to bed at night. i can't sleep

restroom looks turning on line. they're thinking no one's ask no end. what reason is the for this is just devastating. some wildlife campaign is say, the protected areas will offer a lifeline to the see many here a hopeful they'll be able to carry on. i'm remain part of this islands, future m a. he would al jazeera in northern england. ah. that security for, for, was woke up has been put to the test coppery forces have taken part in exercises including protesters, suspect packages, and even hijacked vehicles or salad. been job aid reports. i hadn't that crowd ahead comfortable would be the security officers taking part in the exercise, holding weapons, which means nation arabic,

halbens of civilian and military officials from potter and 13 other countries are doing the final stress tests. a joint cutlery turkish unit is responding to a bomb threat. if the match continues inside the are pulling out all the stops to prepare for any eventuality. all the while there will be charged crowds inside and outside the stadium. and among them, a few troublemakers, drunken, disorderly behavior. oh, and hooliganism concerns authorities, a tips wellbeing just as it to happen and people would be rowdy. and that is what security forces you are preparing for. how to handle those people and what to do with them. next, people want to know, how will the security forces respond? somebody who's making trouble on the streets? are you going to beat them up?

are you going to do for them? what will you do? everyone is we'll come in here and catch up. what's we are looking for it to show respect to our culture and to tradition. we are here and this what's an exercise to overcome any scenarios in this case, to make sure that everyone is safe and secure, and this in our country and to reach the goal. a unique tournament. in addition to the 11 ministry than other military insecurity, experts from pakistan, saudi arabia, jordan to wait, france, germany, poland, italy, spain, the u. s. the u. k, and turkey are involved for those who don't speak english, translators will ensure smooth coordination. ah, there are scenarios where buses are being hijacked, boats are happening, riots are happening, some bombs are exploding until june operated. so it's all happening as if it was a real life scenario during the.