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coven. 19 policy troops are deployed to stamp out protests and major cities. ah, i'm several then. yeah, it's great to have you with us. this is al jazeera life from doha. also coming up to day somali forces ended siege by al chabad fighters at a hotel in mogadishu, 9 people have been killed. east african leaders meet again to try and end the violence in eastern democratic republic of congo, but the main rebel group is boycotting the talks, and it is world cup to liked for gone. they beat south korea 3 to an a nerve wracking game at education, city state ah, as security forces in china or on the streets to quell ongoing protests against the

government. strict cobra 19 policy. oh, the demonstrations or rear display of public defiance against one of president shooting pings, signature policies under pressure. a few restrictions have been relaxed in some neighborhoods despite 3 years. and some of the toughest grown virus restrictions in the world cases in china have hit record eyes in recent days. her chill tunnel natasha. a feel that is a heavy burden, but i didn't think this many people would come. i always thought that in china's count society, there aren't the conditions to organize something like this. because as everyone knows in the past few years, our freedom of speech to various ways we express ourselves are all being blogs. i didn't think that they would be a day when we can come together on the street to express out demands. i mean, i think chinese people struggle to get feet and still has a long road to go. we don't have a set way to go. we need

a more complete action plan. and protests have taken place in shanghai, beijing and the city where the pandemic 1st began won. they started in chief, the capitalistic young province, after a building caught fire and 10 people died. many there say that rescue efforts were delayed by lockdown restrictions responding to a question. during a briefing on the protests, china's foreign ministry spokesman disagreed with some of the reports. did i know the you weren't well, distribution you described does not reflect the reality of what happened. china has been following to dynamic 0 corporate policy and has been making adjustments based on the realities on the ground. katrina you is invasion and my colleague tom gray spoke to her earlier today. she says many people are still obeying lockdown. well, i think still people are sticking to it. generally the streets are eerily quiet around here, which is very strange for china's capital. there are still hundreds of cases being

recorded by authorities every day and people are being told to stay harm. i think on top of that quietness, things are also very tense. now where i am located, it's about 10 to 15 minutes walk from the genes, leon's, mom river, which was the site of that per test on sunday night here in a jing. and i went there earlier today just to have a look at what was happening. and there was a very heavy security presence there, iso, several police vans filled with police officers just waiting every 25 meters or 50 meters or so there was a security guard or a uniformed police officer there waiting. so it's very clear that the authorities are expecting more crowds to form their to day, and people are worried that there could be some violence rafting violence, akin to what we've seen in many other a protester locations around the country. we're also hearing that or 30 sam censoring the fee for will, cup broadcasts, and a not showing of a sell out crowd set to the stadiums. that's right. if you look at will

a comp coverage every or a pretty much everywhere else in the world who seeing these jovial crowds of people gathering in pubs in horror, mr. to really watch this, this spectacular sporting event from whatever public place they can gather. and i am not seeing that anywhere here in china, and we have to remember chinese, a chinese of sports of fans are very big fans of football. they really are watching this very closely. but what they are seeing is that they're sitting on the couch in their arms watching. cctv, which is the state broadcaster broadcast these games. and they're seeing the stadiums full of people, not wearing masks, not having to take core via tests. now what we had last week in response to this broadcast, was this viral social media post? oh, would somebody saying i have 10 questions and mulder's questions. he said, do people in doha, not get core of it? are they not? why they not wearing moth a we even living on the same planet as these people. and obviously that post with

shortly taken down. but since then, because of all these questions that raised cctv has now sense that all changed its edit of what it's showing in terms of these football matches. so instead of showing close ups of people not wearing muff, it's simply just showing long shots of people in the crowd. so you cannot see that people aren't very much. and earlier i spoke to victor gower, the vice president of the center for china and globalization in beijing. he says, what the country need is political stability. i would say demonstrate, says have some digital bit points. they do not want to have very harsh restrictions, are locked down to their neighborhoods or buildings for example. and to that extent, i sometimes share their anxieties and the frustrations. on the other hand, i think they probably mostly think about their personal freedom has no liberties which are very important. but for a big country like china, with 1400000000 people, we also need to really care about the social stability and the general well.

and health of the majority of the people in china to that extent, i personally hope the protest will think about to these personal safety and health, as well as public safety and health. while the overwhelming majority of the people both very well, i think you to lose political stability you lose ever the. and these answers will come one after another. and i will a few of those protesters to wake up to the realities in china. china needs the ability more than anything else without the ability. we are not in a position to continue to find off this part not making any way imaginable. a somali security forces of ended a siege by elsa bab fighter. is that a hotel in the capital that lasted nearly a day? at least 9 people were killed after gunmen storm to the villa rose hotel in mogadishu,

it's close to the presidential palace and is regularly used by government officials . several people were rescued al jazeera arabic, sir. oh, more. my mood has more from the somali capital alvo's all melody instead of her than the attack targeted the hotel, which is located in the secure fortified area close to the presidential palace, security officials. parliamentarians and other prominent figures from the somali government were present in this hotel, you'll be attack, started with some explosions outside the main gate. then gunman affiliated with al shabani, entered the hotel and stayed inside. after that extensive security operations began by the security forces of all kinds and there were direct armed confrontations over a period of more than 12 hours valley gather that east african leaders have been meeting in nairobi the discuss how to restore peace in the democratic republic of congo, but the m $23.00 rebel group, widely believed to be backed by ro wander. isn't part of these talks the fighters have taken large swats of land in the east of the country,

forcing hundreds of thousands of people to flee. we believe that at the end of this process, we will be able to see increased coordination and coherence of the nairobi process. with a b, d, d r c's, yahoo groups that are yet to see if we're still it is to all other commitments to seize on activities and to grant unhindered humanitarian access and the full employment. and i put a limitation of east african regional force. chris, i just saw one of the group a mile the mainland us as this year. and i don't what jason bro. bye. under this comes on top of other resolved security and the body

injuries. we therefore work on with the rigor is assist response and the robust mechanisms being established out there is malcolm web reports from the front lines where congress soldiers are fighting and 23 rebels near cuba to fall for the democratic republic of congo. his army has been fighting the n 23 armed group up and down this stretch of road for weeks. a congolese army captain took us to the front line is near the border with rwanda, which is widely understood to back the armed group. they ruined the denies it. this soldier says, we'll fight them back to rwanda. whatever support they have, one of them. this is one of 3 front lines where congress army, his for 1023 in recent weeks. this time a year ago and 23. and he had a few 100 unarmed fighters. since then, the u. n's filmed fighters enter in congo from rwanda and rwandan. soldiers have

been photographed among and 23 fighters. the soldiers here said fighting the enemy, that's better equipped than, than they say. m 20 three's fighters get more food, more water and that they have heavy artillery hidden on the hilltops that makes it difficult for them to fight and advance mode. the captain told us their enemies on a hill side less than a kilometer away. and 23 is rejected. international calls for it to withdraw and disarm by a deadline that passed on friday. corners army says we're one, the ones military control of this area, through its proxy and 23. it's rich with golden colton. mines. congress government says and 23 can't be part of the nairobi piece talk unless it withdraws and disarms. who don't put it. we don't have time to waste because m $23.00 and $1.00 to only understand the voice of bullets. if they don't listen to the calls of

the leaders, we'll have to force them back to the place where they came from. congress military has jet fighters, a new attack helicopters, military sources say they wondering why the government rarely orders them to bomb m . 23 are tillery, and help the infantry at font. nearly 300000 people were fled, the fighting, and living in insanity re camps. many of them also question why the government's not doing more. growing up again and soldiers are fighting with the rebels, but whenever they are about to win, the authorities tell them to stop fighting for one or 2 days. this is exactly when the rebels always take advantage and advance. we were told to leave the area so that soldiers can continue to fight back at the front line. soldiers told us their enemy is used a few days of calm to bring reinforcements from rwanda and no sign of this conflict ending soon. malcolm web al jazeera, keep on the democratic republic of congo,

still head on al 0. we speak to a frustrated residence in the nigerian capital as patrol pumps run dry. a unesco meets to discuss nominees for the status of intangible cultural heritage. we see one of the contenders in action later on and so ah, anticipation is rising. and so with that are always her low there. it's looking largely quiet across much of south asia at the moment, barely a cloud in the sky. so much of pakistan and india just a few showers tucking into the western coast from heavier downpours for caroline and sharp, a thunderstorms for southern areas of sri lanka. now what's dried up for much of

the bay of bank gall and we had a weakening area of low pressure that's still chucking a few showers. however, at me and my, but for the ne, it is looking much dryer with temperatures sitting at where we expect them to be for this time of year. it's up for the north in central asia, we are going to see some temperatures drop down over the next few days and it's a similar story for east asia. we've had a severe cold wave blow out of mongolia across more than the areas of china. dropping temperatures rather dramatically edit that we've had this band of rain that's going to be very heavy. rain to the likes of japan on tuesday. a bit of a wintry mix as well. in the northeast of china and rushes far east. we're also going to the temperatures dropped dramatically across the korean peninsula as that cold air bitterly cold drives its way towards the south east drops in beijing as well as soul and shanghai wet weather, pushing its way further south is likely to edge into hong kong by thursday that to weather, ah, the weather sponsored by cats,

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cities across china, have protested for a 4th day against the government. strict coven 19 measures. it's a weird display of public defiance against one of presidents shooting things. signature policies dorky has resumed the airstrikes against kurdish fighters in northern syria on sunday jets bomb. the area is controlled by the y p g, a kurdish group linked to the p k. k, which turkey considers a terrorist organization, east african leaders a meeting to discuss how to bring peace to the eastern democratic republic of congo m $23.00 fighters and not there though. they have rejected calls to disarm and withdraw from the areas they have taken. so turkey has resumed airstrikes against kurdish fighters in northern syria had targeted. eric is controlled by the y p g. that is a credit group link to the p k. k, which turkey considers a terrorist organization? the defense ministry says a ground defensive will be launched soon. sent him garcia, glue reports from kill us near the syrian turkish border. i'm

a little has been living in this camp for displaced people in the northern syrian city of as, as for 6 years, like many others here. he was forced from his home and tell were fought less than 20 kilometers south. when the y p g c is control o. the city from the opposition with the turkish government saying it intends to launch a ground offensive against the searing kurdish grove armored hobbs. he'll soon be able to return home safely. her slab life is difficult. here for you. on farmlands, relieving tents, we stalk in the winter and burning the summer. we are ready to reclaim our stolen lands and home. the lands where we spent or childhood silly her mother mother wants to return to tell her father, it's a possible target for a turkish military operation after anchor blamed the y p g for a bomb attack. and his stumble earlier this month, she says, leaving was not her choice. ebara of her at day. at home, you live like a king, but here it's tense. it's not a life any more. even if our houses are destroyed,

we can still build tents over the rubble. just let us get back to us as the y p g is the syrian branch of the current, some workers party or p k k. and it doesn't want what it considers. threats along the borders with iraq and syria, but the y p g is also supported by the united states, which focuses on the kurdish groups opposition to isolate any turkish incursion into northern syria. risk making relations between the 2 nato allies. more difficult than the over the are the commander of the syrian democratic forces. muslim of this s a turkish offensive could also target members and i know around and has threatened to reply with attacks along to kids. for the thousands of syrians living across the board are facing other people's choice. the years the war have forced them from their homes and other parts of syria. some say they support

the turkish military operation, hoping it will bring peace and stability. but others say they don't have anywhere else to go because took is adamant that it won't take him any more. refugee, c noncustodial al jazeera killers se, and trickier ukrainian president volunteer. zalinski says russia is planning more missile strikes. is warned of a difficult week ahead. elderly people are being moved at 1st on where there is no, he think water or electricity. russia insisted still in control of these upper region nuclear power plant in southern ukraine. on sunday, the head of ukraine state run nuclear energy companies suggested russian forces could be preparing to evacuate the area. both countries have accused the other of shilling europe, the biggest nuclear plant, and that has resulted in warnings of a possible nuclear catastrophe. meanwhile, russia has postponed bilateral talks with the united states on nuclear weapons control. one day before the meeting was supposed to start in cairo. the 2 countries currently abide by the new start treaty,

which limits nuclear arsenals to $1550.00 warheads each. but that expires in 2026. anger over petro shortages is growing in nigeria. sellers say they cannot meet a government regulated price of $0.37 a leader because import costs are high. despite being a major oil producer, the country is the only opec member that has to import most of its refined oil. because it doesn't have any refining facilities for me to mila is in a boucher with more or less people have been doing for hours for what in a boucher has become a scale commodity patrol. they can't seem to get their hands on any. and the shortage has been worsening over recent days. a cities like the commercial capital lagos are even worse off amongst other cities as well. now, the government is meant to provide a subsidy for the price of petrol, so that people can afford it. importers are saying that that hasn't happened for

months now, and there's no word from the government around when that will happen. and what exactly the problem is, but what people queuing up, it simply means that the cost of petrol has gone up and those resorting to the black market, because they can't spend time in choose like this. having to pay double the price they normally pay. now this is a massive inconvenience for people in major cities where they have difficulty getting to work, getting to school, and also running things like generators, especially in a country like nigeria, where there's an unstable electricity supply. i run out of work. i'm just trying to get to it before i do my car. it's unfortunate brought to our experience. it's very, very unfortunate. not good to go. mo, comped are, is how come with producing or yellow country i did of it was operate learning dina, to just to wish you talking highly frustrated if what it is or bearable to do, must cease mark cannot,

you can explain how it is to the masses compared to what is up in, you know, other countries, other fuel station, like this one are close, they simply isn't any patrol to sell. they're also complaints that supply is all providing patrol with some fuel station that allow for a cheaper transportation costs than others. simply ignored and this is what is also contributing to the shortage and the hike in prices. nigerians would normally pay less than the equivalent of $0.50 for lead to federal. that has now gone up to almost a dollar, and again, even higher on the black market, there's simply no word on just when the situation will be resolved. and for now, many people struggle to get their hands on the fuel. iran says it will refuse to cooperate with the united nations probe into alleged human rights violations during a crack down against protesters. the demonstrations were sparked more than 2 months ago by the death of 22 year old man mimi while in police custody. he was arrested

for allegedly not following the countries dress code for women to have her on says the allegations of human rights abuses are mc accusations. israeli forces that report to be detained. 16 palestinians in the occupied with bank. the rates took place over night. it is unclear why they've been taken into custody human rights groups say, israel has detained $690.00 palestinian since the beginning of october. a search teams are continuing to look for survivor as falling a landslide on the italian island of s q on saturday. italian authorities say 8 people have been confirmed dead, and 10 is still missing in the town of casa mitchell. the landslide was triggered by heavy rainfall. the government has declared a state of emergency that will unesco committee meeting and morocco to consider 56 nominations for inclusion on its list of intangible cultural heritage. but you an agency aims to protect and promote cultural practices to prevent them from being

lost. the history, a dance team from zambia is among the nominees. the my number is my son coach. i'm the director of the color la dance team that you see there. we see a new role. well, we adore our cataract drivetrain from, with their significance of their color. le dance is celebratory. done every trip. don't color la duncan, and we have 5 just dump amongst the people. all these 2 are from the same plan over a month, and that is verizon, right? it's only common amongst these people. now what happens is that when we happy i turned over the weekend or the color la cream got to deliberate and have fun

with the color gun depicts our social set up. for instance, we have fishermen, you will see one dance or depict people bringing the fish and getting the fish cooking the fish another gun would pick. since we, our civil depicts people have a think a thought about pounding, you know, i'm attending into something new. we are very happy that you never go out, come on board to try and promote their present vision of our culture. i think in this way, none of our cultural activities, i'm not to edition will ah, a gonna have given themselves a great chance of reaching the last 16 and the world cup. they beat south korea 3

to it. education city stadium. the west african nation were 2 up at half time before korea drew level. only for gun it to then spore. a late winner well gave elizondo is in worcester, massachusetts with gun ne, in fans in the us. oh, mr. massachusetts. this town only $200000.00 people, but it's got the most guardians per capita of any city in america. 40000 roughly here of ghani and immigrants here in this city. worcester, massachusetts were at this restaurant a note she, chrome of fame has gone ian restaurant here. the food is great. i can confirm that cuz i had lunch here yesterday. i'm now going to talk to, to george dark. well, you were watching the game here. you're from here, you're originally from, from gonna, i'm originally from gonna yes. what do you think of the game? all they will awesome. we're a site. i'm filling it out. definitely. we need that are when you know, dad, that,

that is thing. the face off was great. the boys really executed day, the game girl. and i finally, they gave us a women, you know, so we, it's a site that is really exciting. feel like the game started. 8 am here local time on monday. so people are taking off work a few people to come watch the game. i mean, it was pretty just not the ideal time to come watch a football match. but if your team plays at that time, you've got to watch it. right. exactly. you know, most i want to took a day off to beat, to watch the game because i would definitely need it to watch the game in all the set off that a face game went down and stuff like that be against portugal. so des game was like something bout johnny anita to win. so and obviously the boys really educated well and we want this be the year everyone to time. how could this be the year that the world cup trophy comes to africa? why in all? yeah, we are looking for we are looking for it, you know, definitely, you know, we just want our guys to step up the game and i'm just execute just make sure i lose people file, you know, if not to come get the copy. you know,

you're not gonna, you're not in cut, they're watching it for you here in worcester, massachusetts watching. yeah, this is a place to be flying a new england area. you know, it's about 40000 guardians around here. so it's like a close like home. thank you. have everybody here, you know, thank you. what's gonna happen over here now? i think someone wants to play some music. go head. you're gonna what's, what's happening here? ah, my name is francis a coffee. we came from new york to support our brother. oh, shoot restaurant. but today, we wasn't much a match. my dad we were, let's hear you've been telling me you're going to place. and you said, oh, everybody has to come around a stay. god. oh, okay, god, hulu, day guy. oh, with a guy, hulu. now i know

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