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3 line says battles of power in what's being cold malaysia's most unpredictable election. the question of who leads malaysia may still not be clear even after all votes have been counted. ah, hello, i'm emily anglin. this is al jazeera alive from jo house are coming up. this sharinda's abuse of power is the latest of a long series of what church started on. donald trump condemned the decision to appoint a special counsel to oversee investigations into the former us presidents as east african laid is a gray. the rebels should withdraw from east and democratic republic of congo. we made the people hit hardest by the violence. and in the last minute you turn world cup organizes say, alcohol will not be sold at state m during the tournament in cutter.

ah . welcome to the program. we begin in malaysia, where it's being called the most competitive election in history with 3 main alliance is battling for power. the country has been dogged by political instability with 3 prime ministers in the last 4 years. florence louis reports from cologne. paul, some had been standing in line and hour before poles opened the 6000000 new voters because of ultra magic voter registration. and because the voting age has been the what to 18, squeezed by the rising cost of living. many vote to say the economy is one of the main concerns for the future, where they send educating that increase career opportunities are best to environmentally living will for everyone else for funding coming generation to

economic what's important is the economy to get rid of corruption and bribery and voting for my children's future. and of course malaysia don't want to finance the craft is a major issue. the top ranks of one of the main contenders varies national or national front is tainted with corruption. they were voted out in the last election, but made a political come back as part of a new alliance after the previous government collapsed because of infighting and defection. the main opposition, the alliance of hope is hoping to repeat the electro victory in 2018. then the, the national alliance, a relatively new partnership. they've been accused of encouraging the defection which led to the collapse of the previous government. and i think the considerations that people would meet now would be, which is the more fitting government, rather than where do i cost my protests vote,

or redway express my dissatisfaction analysts regardless as malaysia the most competitive election. it's also one of the most difficult to call. some surveys predict the opposition will take the most seats, but not enough to form government on its own. the question of who leads malaysia may still not to be clear, even after all votes have been counted. florence louis al jazeera qualify for former us president donald trump has hit out at the decision to appoint his special counsel. to oversee to us justice department investigations. jack smith will lead the inquiry into trump's alleged interference in the 2020 presidential election and into his handling of classified documents. after leaving office, smith's appointment comes just days after trump announced to run for president again in 2020 full. heidi jack hester has the story. a special council investigation means the federal government criminal proves 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 an trumps handling of national security documents. after he left office, the special council will have day to day autonomy in the ongoing cases. taking the investigation out of the justice department's normal chain of command us attorney general merrick garland said, given trumps 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 stolen, 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 witches shorted 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 announced, 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 this up. and dork ok 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 of beyond reproach. the accused or part of this group smith, who previously led justice department prosecutions of democrats and republicans for corruption, is described as an apolitical. 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. heidi jo castro, al jazeera washington, a one to ukraine. now where the 1st train to nearly live related liberated hassan is expected to arrive from keith. the rallying between the 2 cities has been restored off to russian troops withdrew earlier this month,

most of ukraine's trains have continued to operate during the war despite repeated attacks. a while ukraine's president says 17 regions without electricity, as russia continues targeting energy infrastructure, the capital keys are dis, fia, and 10 uphill. of the worst case president vladimir lensky says there's heavy fighting in eastern dumbass region. un has warned. the power and water shortages could cause the humanitarian emergency. you can use formulator who, who ru, kinyata, and rwanda's, president polka government have agreed on the need for sci fi in eastern democratic republic of congo, m. 23 rebels have made major gains in recent weeks. advancing towards going up, hundreds of people have been killed and the only $200000.00 have been forced from their homes. the congress government has accused for wonder of supporting the group, but could golly denies this. as malcolm web reports to his

area for our i was pregnant with twins when a bomb, his house shrapner 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. cool. congos fighter jets have been bombing positions of m 23, unarmed great, widely believed to be backed by wonder where they were when the denies it. more than 200000 people fled to fighting and m. 20 three's recent advances. people

here left everything behind when they ran life in to 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 much for those who have been tracked by the fighting. neither side let people who even ambulances cross the front lines, areas controlled by him. 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 help in the conflict area has been looted. a lot of health personnel has left the health stretches. so people can find helps kit. it seems incredible that jack semi glory 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 here. there we shall 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 and 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 kang elisa, who don't benefit from the countries vast mineral wealth. and they're also among those who suffer the most in the seemingly endless conflicts the control of it. malcolm web al jazeera, goma democratic republic of congo. thousands of palestinians have held a funeral for 21 people killed in a phi and garza, their coffins were carried through crowds of mourners to the cemetery. and

a warning, some of us may find the images in this report upsetting human, seed reports thousands, march carrying the bodies of 21 members of the above. family. all was killed by a fire at their home in japan, the refugee camp. most children in this tragedy has affected every one. we slipped through a terrible noise. i came home and family children crying out of grief and fear. may god have mercy on. but everything that happens in gaza is because of this blockade live within the neighbors said the family had gathered to welcome home and celebrate the birthday of mahar abriya who had just obtained his ph. d degree overseas. but shortly after neighbors heard screams and so smoke billowing from the apartments windows. some people try to enter the 3 story building, hoping to reach the family. but they were presented by the intense heat and many

were injured. the 21 members of the opera, your family have died in the fire. now their bodies remain and separated as they are buried tear together in this cemetery. israel 16 years, see just garza and it's ty, restrictions on the entry of equipment and material has left the civil defense and fire department in the pipe territory with limited sources. eye witnesses say that's a major reason. none of the victims were seen. police investigations also indicated patrick stored in there is dental home if you will, the fire that was caused 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 a beriah 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. the policy and president mom, the boss in palestinian sanctions in garza, and now to friday, would be a day of morning for those who died. and they called for international pressure to end israel, located off the strip, you may see it al jazeera. gotta fill a head don't al jazeera is millions, go hungry and madagascar we look at what or who is responsible for the 1st time. north korea later releases, photos of his daughter as an unusual occasion. ah

ah, hello there, the weather's feeling rather wintry across europe at the moment. and we're going to see those unsettled, cooler conditions, dominate and intensify as we work our way over the we can certainly across more eastern and northern areas, more heavy snow to come. and we will see that where the linger in the south and intensify in the west. we've got another round of rain or pulling in from the atlantic on saturday. that's going to be some very heavy rain to the island of island and work its way towards the u. k. certainly on sunday, moving across into france and towards the low countries on sunday, the farther east of us you can see that snow pulling across finland into places like sweden and some of the baltic states. russia as well as ukraine, seen those wet and wintry conditions, temperatures dipping down here. we've got that stagnant rain sitting across it. see

that's gonna bring some thunder down. pause working its way towards the balkans knocking temperatures down in croatia as well as albania, and it remains rather stormy for much of greece. some of those unsettled conditions being felt into kia as well. but it's an improving picture for much of spain and portugal as we go into sunday. we have a look at the 3 day for madrid, lots of sunshine on saturday, feeling warmer on monday. ah, [000:00:00;00] ah, ah,

ah, hulu. ah, ah. and are you watching al jazeera? i'm emily anglin. he's a reminder of our top stories this. our voting is underway. malaysia's general elections voters are choosing from 945 candidates. the polls expected to be the toughest in since 1957 independence. donald trump is hit out at the appointment of a special council to oversee the justice department's investigations. jack smith will lead probes into trumps handling of classified documents and alleged election

interference. and kenya's, former leader who, who wrote kenyatta and were one does president polk, a guy may have agreed on the need for a cease fire and east and democratic republic of congo m. 23 rebels have made a major gains and rates and wakes, causing hundreds of thousands of people to flee. the cop 27 climate summit in egypt has been extended after delegates failed to agree on a deal by friday. an agreement on a loss and damaged policy remains one of the sticking points. it calls for rich and nations to compensate developing countries for the impact of climate change. 27 president summit schoo cree has told negotiators to work faster. madagascar is famine last year was said to be the world's 1st climate change, induce disaster. however many disagree with the un assessment and blame poverty and poor governments for the crisis. either way, more than

a year on millions of people are facing acute hunger mc. clark reports from a rudder in southern madagascar. when crops consistently failed, you take what you can find. who cares if normally only cattle, characters, and boiled up, it fills a gap for a while. they had only zonati and it had been an hour. poor dick. she, she, the village is in a very bad situation. no food, no water. i. that is the biggest issue in this region. we need help to solve this because people are living on cactus. that's all there is a general ha, in the regional capital of amber von bay, a woman has brought a 7 month old daughter to hospital after she became seriously ill with diarrhea and vomiting to her name is sarah. i that i how may i live on the now can i get them in every day? it what the peak of along the road. like with cactus fruits,

i'm exhausted and i just can't breastfeed my baby because i'm so hungry. i have nomic in my blessing. them, if there is no food, you just like water and slim in here in the malnutrition unit, they're preparing for big influx in december and january. we're going into what it's called the de leon season. so it's a time when it's very difficult for families to grow their own food harvester on food. there's a lack of rainfall we expect cyclones to start appearing sometime in the new year. and so this is the time when families are really forced to forage for food. and so there are estimates that around $480000.00 children between now and february, april of next year, may need to be treated for acute malnutrition. ah, not that the food isn't there, and i have always market you wouldn't think times are hard, but these goods are mostly imported into the region and spiraling prices push them well out of reach the poor. hundreds of thousands across madagascar depend on

outside support from the likes of water aid, the world food program. here the government is delivering 1st loads from seeds to fall and they need all the help they can get. but it has no rain, no m l to fertilizer will. i'm the melodic is on a didn't need to hoola. our soil is fertile. but when there's no rain, things out this cassava die. i think in the future it will be a desert here. i think the next generation will have nothing the they will die young. now the you and call the family here back in 2021. the 1st 5 men cause in the world, certainly by climate change. but a lot of people disagree with that. they say it's down to poor governance and to poverty. the truth, i think it's a combination of all 3 climate change that it's wreaking havoc around the world, calling devastation here in madagascar. poverty, 90 percent of murder, gaskins live in poverty and poor governance inside and outside the country.

for the people, though, it's all irrelevant for them these times simply known as katie, the hon. that clark al jazeera iraq librium protest is in iran have gathered at the funeral for people killed during this week's demonstrations in as in the mother of 9 year old, he and her father had told the crowd who was shot by security forces. state officials say the child was killed in a terrorist attack human rights group say 342 people have been killed in demonstrations in the past 2 months. meanwhile, a mobile phone footage shows or appeased to show a fire at the ancestral height, the via toler. my name protest is surrounded the size in the common a was said to be born in the house. the semi official has been news agency denied. there was

a fire most laid is that the pick asia pacific summit in bangkok have condemned the war and ukraine in their final declaration. they acknowledged different views on the war and noted that conflict is worsening, inflation, supply chain, trouble, food security and financial risks. russia eason apec member and so is china. tourney, chang has more from outside the summit in bangkok. the fact that there's a noun, smith, i didn't ask the toll i think is probably a good result. yesterday we saw those side by meetings about north korea. statements released by the united states and its allies condemning the sorrowing of that into the continental ballistic missile. we also saw a statement released by the apec secretariat about the war in ukraine, but very much word for word pretty much what we saw from the g 20 that most of the countries here condemn the actions of russia. but clearly,

not the acceptance of russia and china who represented here, i think we'll, we can expect some kind of communicate at the end. but i think the big points of this meeting was that the, these people were able to come until. and the fact that it wasn't overshadowed the other 2 big summer through the state in the past 7 days and asked in the g, 20 and volley by other issues, namely and the war in ukraine. for the 1st time at north korean leader kim jong own has revealed his daughter to the world. her existence had never been publicly confirmed before the photos show the true hand in hand inspecting a ballistic missile. on friday, the young gang testified last song as 17 intercontinental ballistic missile. an airplane has caught fire after heating a fire truck on the runway of peruse and leave me international airport to find boxes killed when the last time. airlines plane crash you to the moving vehicle.

the cross $102.00 passengers and fix crew members on homes. us silicon valley entrepreneur, i and is that hines has been hannah's lengthy prison sentence for fraud at time. as the seo of blood testing company fairness spawned and document trays books and television many series as prop reynolds from fame disgrace. now prison, formerly high flying tech entrepreneur, elizabeth holmes, was sentenced to 11 and a quarter years in federal prison. on friday, holmes was convicted of fraud and conspiracy in january in pronouncing sentence, judge edward davila 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 homes as lawyers asked for

a much lighter sentence of 18 months of home confinement before sentencing homes apologized, 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. effect homes kept secret from wealthy investors. like fox owner, rupert murdoch, and oracles, larry ellison homes had a 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 hobb dobbs, 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's likely to appeal her sentence. rob reynolds al jazeera los angeles. ah, it's just one day until the world cut begins and organizes have announced alcohol will only be available in hospitality suites in stadiums. it's a reversal of the original plan to sell beer around. he ain't venues but in the ticketing perimeter. consumption of alcohol in public is a legal encounter. alcohol will be available at fan parks and licensed bias to vailable ny obviously, and cats are also in license premises and that will continue. are some of the

additional farms ohms and fun activities. it's also available for the fee for fun festival. for example. karen mcguire is a football, finance lecturer and liverpool university. he doesn't think the decision will prevent cancer from being awarded. major sporting events in the future for an event says large and significant to the beef. well 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 the 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 rewarded 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 that the world can offer and

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 able to cope without cope with that for a couple of hours. so it's a, it will be a mind to irritate and 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. speaking of her fans, katara has been pricing itself for an influx, and many of them will be coming across the land border with saudi arabia, victoria gate, and b reports. authority say they're expecting thousands of fans to cross to saudi cattle today in the coming days in the lead up to the match between saudi arabia and argentina on tuesday. now they've overhaul the facility is so they have created it in a with car parkway. they're asking people to bring their cars and park them. and

what will happen then is that people, once they've been processed for board pre buses, all the way to do hosted, he said this is where people will come to have their id and passport checked as well. as their higher cards, this 22 counts is here for that to happen. and they'll then put their bags through the scanner. and beyond. here is a bank of buses waiting to take them to do how we spoke to a couple of people who've been through this process today. and this is what they had to say. it is really good, organized people are weren't coming to help us on the process. part of it is really not really just rug roll going to watch it, but it's been brought also rather too much out. so excited to do like this game of golf player plan and we want to do so for the fans. hair that well cut journey is finally underway. when they get on the road to cattle,

they will see thousands of flags lining the root. the flags of the world carpet the