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a long series of witches. donald trump attacks the decision to appoint a special counsel to oversee investigations into the former us president. ah, i'm about this, and this is al jazeera, alive from doha, also coming up on florence louis as a polling station in kuala lumpur 21000000 people are legible to vote in what's been described as malaysia's most competitive elections. your grains capital face is a complete power shut down as russia keeps hitting energy sites with air strikes. i'm bad blood in u. s. business. the founder of a failed testing stop is sentenced to prison for defrauding investors. ah, former us president donald trump's hit out of the decision to appoint

a special counsel to oversee investigations into his handling of classified documents. after leaving office. jack smith has been picked to lead the probes which include an inquiry into trumps attempt to interfere and the results of the 2020 presidential election. smith's appointment comes 3 days after trump announced he'll run for president again in 2024. i'll de zillow's hydro. castro has more of a special council investigation, means the federal government criminal probes into former president donald trump will have a new boss that will be jack smith, a former top justice department attorney currently working for the international criminal court at the hague. smith will return to washington as special counsel to take over the investigations into trumps efforts to overturn the 2020 election results and trump handling of national security documents after he left office. this so council will have day to day autonomy and the ongoing, he says,

taking the investigation out of the justice department's normal chain of command us attorney general merrick garland said, given trump's announcement this week, that he's entering the 2024 presidential race, a special counselor is the only way to lessen the appearance of a conflict of interest in but based on recent developments, including the former president's announcement that he is a candidate for president in the next election. and the sitting president stated intention to be a candidate as well. i have concluded that it is in the public interest to appoint a special council. this horrendous abuse of power is the latest of a long series of which once i started a long time ago, his belief in american strength and his commitment to american speaking from a moral law gala hours after the special council announcement, trump accused the bite and administration of political attack,

the corrupt and highly political justice department just appointed a super radical left special council. better referred to as a special prosecutor. this is a rig deal just as the 2020 election was rigged, and we can't let them get away with it. we can't do it, we cannot let the shepherd door code to the white house has consistently declined to discuss investigations involving trump abide and spokesperson said the president had not been involved in the decision to appoint a special counsel. it might not have been strictly necessary at this early stage, but merrick garland is a, by the books kind of attorney general, he's extremely cautious and he wants any indictment that comes down regarding donald trump's actions to be beyond reproach. the accused part of this group smith, who previously led justice department prosecutions of democrats and republicans for corruption, is described as an e political. and by the book prosecutor,

he'll be under pressure to complete the trump investigations quickly and decide whether to recommend criminal charges against the former president. i to jo, castro, al jazeera washington, one in malaysia. people are casting their votes and what's expected to be the tightest general election since independence. in 1957. malaysians are choosing from 945 candidates for coalitions vying for the 222 parliamentary seats estate. once louis has more from appalling station in colon and poor, well, it's highly competitive because voters have more than 2 strong contenders to choose from. and one of them is the national front. it's lead by um, no party which is i suppose the best way to describe it is the grand old party of malaysia. and they've been dominant in malaysia politics until they were finally defeated in the last election in 2018. and then there's the opposition, the alliance of hope led to by former deputy prime minister turned opposition

leader onward a bright now. and the opposition has been making steady gains and they won the last election 4 years ago. and then you have the national alliance, a relatively newcomer, but old faces, their main parties are the malaysian islamic party. and also bruce sat to a splinter group of unknown. now, all these parties have had a stint in governing malaysia. so voters will also be able to choose to decide who to vote for based on each party's performance in government. now complicating matters is the fact that they're 6000000 new voters because of automatic voter registration. and because the voting age has been lowered to 18, it's not a small number 6000000 considering this is a population of around 30000000 people and less say this group could be the wild card that could swing these election. so they're not just the most competitive, but also being described as one of the most difficult to predict.

the 1st train to newly liberated hassle has left ukraine's capital, restoring a crucial railing between the 2 cities. the journey is being called the train to victory, and it's going to arrive in the regional capital on saturday workers of prepared trucks and carriages, which were damaged by washing forces. the majority of ukraine's rail network has stayed in operation during the war despite repeated attacks. while ukraine's prime minister says waves of russian missile strokes of crippled almost half the country's energy, infrastructure officials and kiva warning that a complete shut down of the cities good is possible. you are his warning of a humanitarian emergency because of power and water shortages keeps mer, vitality critical says preparations are being made for rolling blackouts through the winter. i said big has more from levin for temperatures have dropped and it started snowing. in some cases, the temperature is already below 0, and that's a major concern for authority president lugging miss leslie said there's about

10000000 people with electricity as this know for the main electricity provider has said that they're trying to keep the black, short and on schedule many people around the country have been experiencing those electricity records as a strike have targeted energy infrastructure in the last few days. some of the biggest massage beverages in this country has space since the start of the war world, allegedly, one of those missiles, at least, according to the korean, went over into poland until 2 people, the crane and the arguments that it was a russian massage. here from the foreign minister here, he says that they are now a part of the investigation and they want to be open and constructive. but what we're hearing from poland, the united states and nato, is that it is unlikely that that was a russian. we saw that when cross the border to pull it in until 2 people. it's more likely that it was one from the ukrainian defense. but the investigation isn't finished, but ukraine is adamant. beckett was a russian massage out in the country. there's

a richer region. the missile strike and says they, the death time for that when it hit the residential building has gone up to 10. and the nuclear power plant is a nuclear power plant. the russians occupy the class, the 3rd resolution urging russia to stop its action against the sun. kenyon, as former president and rwanda's leaders, a fighter should withdraw from captured territory and eastern democratic republic of congo and 23 fighters made major gains in recent weeks. advancing towards goma, the congress governments accused or wonder of supporting the group, but could galle denies this. hundreds of people have been killed nearly 200000 to be enforced from the homes. markham web reports to his area for our i was pregnant with twins when a bomb hit, her house shrapnel was blasted into her leg and sigh and she passed out. she was rescued and brought to this hospital run by international committee of the red cross. will i see i see in coma in democratic republic of congo and emergency,

says arion section saved class. and maurice, but they'll never know their father nick walker and get, i was in our village. and then the fighting started, and one of the bombs hit our house. my husband lost his legs and died and i was taken to a hospital nearby, but no one could help me until was brought here. congos fighter jets have been bombing positions of m 23, unarmed great, widely believed to be backed by wonder. well, they were wonder denies it. more than 200000 people have fled to fighting and them 20 three's recent advances to people here left everything behind. when they ran life into come to tough and it hasn't been much help here, they're lining up to register with the humanitarian agency, hoping that more help will come soon. but things a much for those who have been trapped by the fighting, need the side let people who even ambulances cross the front lines,

areas controlled by m 23, have been cut off from humanitarian supplies. i c r c says the few health facilities that remain open in areas where it is fighting have no way to get medical supplies from goma. we have been told that there is a lot of wounded, but they just don't manage to reach goma. a lot of health in the conflict area has been looted a lot of health personnel has left the health structures so people can find health care. it seems incredible that jack's emma corey is alive. he's just 12 years old. he had multiple gunshot wounds in his chest and legs. un peacekeepers found him on the roadside and brought him hear. said they do show quadrille marchese. we feel very traumatized by all of this. we're living in the camp in the rain without even plastic sheets for shelter when they were only asking for the

people in power to bring he's so we can go home because we're used to doing our own work. and living by our own means, jack and his uncle hit him on a, are among the 10s of millions of congo leaves who don't benefit from the countries vast mineral wealth. and then also, among those who suffer the most in the seemingly endless conflicts the control of it. malcolm web al jazeera coma, democratic republic of congo, said i had an al jazeera forced to choose between school and work why some children in syria may never return to the classroom. under major you turns from the world cup organizes and cotton over some beer in stadiums. ah hello there. let's have a look at the weather across africa and the middle east. and from the satellite

image, you can see a long line of cloud pushing out of north africa across the middle east. and that brings and showers in storms to the likes of saudi arabia. as well as q way we all, i could see that cloud shift its way a further south could bring a shower to, to some of the gulf states like could talk. but it does start to clear up on sunday, that was shamal wind is set to pick up. it may feel slightly windy, but if we look at the 3 day for doha, lots of pleasant and warm weather to be found at the start of the fee for world cup . now as you move to north africa, we're still seeing some bits and pieces of rain pulling into the northwest corner. that's thanks to weather systems. moving across the mediterranean, the heavy rains set to intensify for the likes of algeria as well as to nicea by the time we get to sunday. now it's looking much dryer around the gulf of guinea. much of the weather weather has shifted its way further south. we're still seeing some very heavy falls affecting western areas of tanzania and further south of this for south africa and expertise. in particular, you can see that very heavy rain to come. by the time we get to sunday,

we can see that shift its way across the sea, towards madagascar, lots of sunshine, in places like cape town and johannesburg by sunday. ah, a korean reporting to the whoa. is it here? one journalist documents life beyond the headlines. ah, but certain stories can change us in easiest crazy story. well, i mean the news media story. it turned into what a unique journey into what it means to be human. the things we keep a witness documentary on al jazeera lou

ah, or 00 reminder of our top stores this our donald trump's criticize the apartment of a special counsel to oversee investigations into the former us president jack smith for one time wall. crohn's prosecutor will lead the probes voters underway. malaysia's general election opposition leader on what abraham has cast his ballot in penang voters of choosing from 945 candidates of polls expected to be the tightest since independence in 1957 kenya's former president under wanda's leader. se fighters should withdraw from capture territory in eastern democratic republic of congo. i'm 23 fighters made major of gaines in recent weeks. dozens of palestinians and garza, my morning victims of a fire which engulf to residential building. 21 members of

a family died while they were celebrating a birthday on thursday. now let me give you a warning. some of you may be upset by images in this reports by you now side thousands, march carrying the bodies of 21 members of the abriya family. all were killed by a fire in their home in jubilee refugee camp. most where children are does a lot of good. this tragedy has affected every one. we slipped through a terrible night. i came home and found my children crying out of grief and fear. my god, have mercy on on her. but everything that happens in gaza is because of his blockade on live with him. the neighbors said the family had gathered to welcome home, celebrate the birthday of not here up with a year who had just obtained his ph. d degree overseas. but shortly after neighbors heard screams and so smoke billowing from the apartments windows,

and people try to enter the 3 story building, hoping to reach the family. but they were prevented by the intense heat, and many were injured. the 21 members of the upper your family have died in the fire. now their bodies remain and separated as they are buried tear together in the cemetery. o israel's 15 year siege of garza and it's tight restrictions on the entry of the equipment in material has left the civil defense and fire department in the occupied territory with limited sources. eye witnesses say that some major reason, none of the victims were saved. police investigations also indicated pachel stored in there is a den shall home fuel the fire. that was cool by a gas leak. most people in garza store fuel in their homes is winter approaches

to provide he to, during long power cuts. and i've been on the model cam in my boy, we express our full so derek with the entire family and their relatives. and we can son that he and just israeli siege that caused a lack of capability with the civil defense. and now the department is the major reason for the high number of victims in this tragedy gave you the policy and president mahmoud abbas and palestinian factions in gaza. and now to friday would be a day of morning for those who died. and they called for international pressure to end israel's locate of this strip. you may see it al jazeera, got the latest moran, the asia pacific region are gathering in bangkok for the 2nd day of the apax summit . the trade talks have been overshadowed by north korea fighting a ballistic missile on friday. the u. s. and south korea, i'm how joint military drills a few hours after the launch. apec leaders are also discussing inflation,

climate change and the pandemic tony chang has more from outside the summit in bangkok. the fact that there's announcement an announcement a toll i, i think is probably a good result. or yesterday, we saw those a side bar meetings about north korea. a statements released by the united states and its allies condemning the firing of that into a intercontinental ballistic missile. we also saw a statement released by the apec secretariat about the war in ukraine. but very much a word for word pretty much what we saw at from the g 20, that most of the countries here condemned the actions of russia. but clearly not the acceptance of russia and china who both represented here. i think we'll, we can expect some kind of communicate at the end. but i think the big point of this meeting was that they, that the, these people were able to come at all. and the fact that it wasn't overshadowed

like the other 2 big summits we've seen in the past 7 days at ass, in the g, 20 and volley by other issues, namely myanmar and the war in ukraine. you are cedric volley. entrepreneur elizabeth holmes has been handed a lengthy prison sentence for fraud. her time as the c e. o, blood testing company, toronto's, sponsor documentaries, books and a television many series, rob reynolds reports, theme disgrace, now prison. formerly high flying tech entrepreneur elizabeth holmes was sentenced through 11 and a quarter years in federal prison. on friday, holmes was convicted of fraud and conspiracy in january, in pronouncing sentence, judge edward darville, i said, this is sad because miss holmes is brilliant. failure is normal, but failure by fraud is not okay. prosecutors had asked for 15 years in prison. holmes, his lawyers asked for

a much lighter sentence of 18 months of home confinement before sentencing homes apologize saying she was devastated and full of regret. the 38 year old has one small child and is expecting another baby. homes founded thoroughness, a silicon valley start up that claim to have perfected technology that could diagnose a multitude of diseases with a single drop of blood. but the technology never worked. a fact, homes kept secret from wealthy investors, like fox owner, rupert murdoch, and oracles, larry ellison home set of persuasive ability and was able to recruit figures like former u. s. secretaries of state henry kissinger and george schultz to sit on thoroughness . his board, digging by investigative journalists, eventually revealed their noses, thackeray and the whole edifice collapsed 4 years ago. prosecutors also asked for hundreds of millions of dollars in restitution, but the judge deferred

a decision on that till later. at the height of her fame, holmes, as company was worth $9000000000.00. she hobnob with politicians, celebrities and billionaires, and the media treated her to numerous adoring articles. now it appears she will be spending time behind bars, although she is likely to appeal her sentence. rob reynolds al jazeera los angeles . yes, republican representative long volva has been violated in colorado, after her opponent on him, frisch, conceited. the race was close with bobo, leading by fewer than 600 votes. republicans have taken control of the house of representatives with boba's victory, giving them 219 seats. the democrats of 212, with 4 seats still too close to call. meanwhile, hocking jeffries, as formerly launched, a bid to take over from nancy pelosi, his democratic leader in the us house of representatives. if he wins jeffrey's

would be the 1st african american to head a party caucus in congress speak of los and, and she's going to step down when republicans take charge of the house. in january planes caught fire in peru after hitting a fire truck on the one way of lemurs international airport to fire fighters were killed from the latin airlines jet crashed into the moving vehicle. the 102 passengers and 6 crew members on board, escaped unharmed. after years of conflict, families in syria struggling to send their children to school. many youth are to find work to support their household, and the pandemic has made the situation worse. the city of rocca, i some of the highest levels of child labor center casino reports nearly 12 years into the syrian war child. labor has dramatically increase the northern city of rocker and elsewhere. what's children working long hours in difficult conditions for many boys? education is a luxury because they have to find work to provide for their family. many of their

fathers have been arrested or killed during the war. jacobo hammer is 16, but he's been working in this mechanic shop for 8 years. he says it was not easy to make the decision to drop out of school, but it was necessary them in the national album, magellan, because of the war. we couldn't learn anything in school, nobody, even so i've learned his job as a mechanic. it's better than wasting my time he several schools and rocco are damaged or does for during the fight against iso more than 70 percent of them are still on the same condition. according to the angio, 13 year old mohammed has worked as a sweet vendor for 3 years. he was rather study, but he must support his family because the cost of living is rising by the day. while a dinner bare, know, and the idea and nobody, it's difficult to work outside when it's cold and i can't even push this trolley in some places. we can't afford school. even with this job,

it's barely enough to buy bread. a boy cost him as the father of 3 boys and a girl. all of his sons come to work despite their young age, when as well at the abbey, much study is better for the kids, but unfortunately we don't have good education. it's useless. oh, so i decided send my son to learn a profession which will help him earn money. at least, syria has seen a lot in the past decade in its struggling city of africa, a generation of kids now risk being lost, forced to choose between going to school or finding work as a matter of survival. seen em counselor else's era. the cops already some climate summit in egypt has been extended after delegates failed to agree in a deal talks were supposed to end on friday, but now they're going to continue into saturday. an agreement and a loss or damage policy remains one of the key sticking points. it calls for richer nations to compensate developing countries for the impacts of climate change. cop 27 president summit shockley has told negotiators to walk faster. on monday we

shifted years and accelerated the peace of our work to day we need to shift use again. time is not on our side. dear friends, i remain committed to bringing this conference to a close to morrow in an orderly manner with the adoption of a series of consensus decisions that will be comprehensive, ambitious, and balanced. india's 1st, privately developed rocket, has been launched into space woocommerce, was built by a start up with an engineering team of 200 people. the project took just 2 years and as a michelson sheriff report said, paves the wave for the private sector to enter the countries space program. re. oh, are they are this bluster from free honey coating east in india shatters and nearly 6 decades dominance of the countries? national space agency occupies a full year old start up, has placed 3 satellites into orbit on

a rocket built on low budget. if you take the 6 meta victrum as weighs less than 600 kilograms and is equipped with state of the art 3 d printed engines, the waykell, this space to an altitude of 89.5 kilometers and completed the required mission objectives. this bottom mischa as the name signifies, is the beginning of a new era in the indian space eco system. scheduled in space is the 1st top to work with the indian space research organization. after the government amended lawson 2020, a loving private firms to build rockets and satellites, and dozens, and now lining up a major step forward to india, developing its own space ecosystem. an emerging as a front lay nation in the community of all nations. and of course,

at dunning point in india's start a moment, india occupies less than 3 percent of the global space, mark a chair, and spends a fraction of what u. s. and china do, under such bar from government support, drivers, good players will eat breakfast and he should be reported visitors from whoa, whoa, for starbucks. good. and the one, but we will finance it and move forward. will also be required. and also of course, the short market, which is just not in india, but little indian national space agency has long collaborated with other countries to launch hundreds of satellites. now, private firms are pushing to take the industry further into space, or may consume shareef al serra ah, just 2 days before the world begins has been announced,

alcohol will only be available in hospitality suites in stadiums, et cetera, versus of the original plan to sell beer around the 8 sites within the ticketing perimeter, consumption of alcohol and public is illegal in caught up, so is being drunk in public. alcohol will be available that fun parks and licensed bars available. now obviously in cas are also in licensed premises and that will continue. are some of the additional found zones and fun activities is also available for the fee for fran festival. for example. kevin mcguire is a football, finance lecturer, the university of livable. it doesn't think the decision will prevent cut off from being awarded major events in the future for an event says large and significant to the beef well and copy. it is unprecedented. that will have lots of planning, being taken by all of the senior sponsors of the world cup, and therefore those will have to be changed that very short notice to make

a change with so little notice, i think will be a negative market in terms of the awards all future activities, but whilst it might delay some delay decision being made, i don't think it's necessarily going to prevent cas all being awarded events in the future on the longer term basis. i think anybody that's attending a world cup events want to enjoy all of the aspects, but the world can offer not just the football, but they the culture and the hospitality of the, of the whole nation and so on. and also the opportunity to meet other people, consuming alcohol is not consuming. alcohol is an inconvenience, but people should be with cope without cope with that for a couple of hours. so it's a, it will be a mind to irritate and see if everything else as far as the running of the tournament is a success. then i suspect that this will be relatively quickly forgotten by those bands who are attending. ah.