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i came, jeffrey's is elected democratic leader in the us house of representatives. he is the 1st black man to lead a major party in congress. ah, i'm cyril then. yeah, it's great to have you with us. this is al jazeera live from dough. also coming up, a religious school comes under attack in northern afghanistan. at least 15 people have been killed. china's former leaders, young jamming, who led the country the communist party after the tenement square crack down has died at the age of $96.00. and researchers hail of breakthrough in the treatment of the early stages of alzheimer's. ah, so we begin in the us where a democratic member of the house of representatives have elected had keen jeffries

as their new party leader. he is the 1st black person to hold the ro, jeffries will take over from nancy pelosi, who served for 19 years. his leadership comes at a critical time as the democrats lost the majority in congress during the mid term elections. id show, castro, join me now from capitol hill. heidi democrats have a new leader in the house. who is hecky jeffries. that is a name that we will have to be saying for a long time, cyril, as he is now, the new leader of the democrats in the house of representatives. he is a 52 year old congressman from new york. he describes himself as a pro progressive black representative, and he has strong ties with a democratic establishment as well. this is a moment that had long been seen coming. jeffries had been serving in another leadership role in the u. s. house since 2019 and his election that just happened

minutes ago was unanimous and not only with his ascension, but also the number 2 and number 3 spots of house leadership. this is a new face of the democratic leadership in the house we're seeing. they are younger, they are more more diverse, pete angular, a member of the hispanic caucus. he will be serving as the new house caucus chair. and this is a major shift to given that they're the people they are replacing. are 3 octogenarians of course, led by none other than how speaker nancy pelosi, who announce that she was stepping down from that role after the democrats lost their majority in the house in the last election. but we're not expecting a huge shift in direction policy wise. this is a trio that has ties to all wings of the democratic party, plus they won't have that much power, at least not for the next 2 years. given that democrats will be largely playing defense against republicans who will now have the new house majority. or heidi on

capitol hill. thank you very much. at least 15 people have been killed in a bombing in northern afghanistan is happened that a religious school and i back the capital of so mangan province at least 20 others were wounded. the interior affairs ministry. so students are among the dead, no group has claimed responsibility for this attack. while there have been a number of attack, kenneth stance is the taliban takeover, including the bombing of a mask in the northern conduce province in october. last year, at least 60 people were killed. days later, another mosque was targeted this time in kandahar the death told there more than 65 than in april a secondary school in cobble was rocked by 3 explosions. 6 died, dozens more were injured. many of those were teenagers. 2 days later, i so claimed responsibility for an attack that killed 31 people in belk province and in september, a suicide bomber targeted female students in cobble more than 50 people, died. 5 velander is a professor of political science at cobble university,

and he says, the attack is a challenge to the taliban hopes of bringing security to the country. never, no gun is done again and passed one year. there were several such big tags happened on mobile phones like in missouri and also from those but didn't as someone got to the 1st time, usually such attacks in ices taken the responsibility to talk. so somehow again, it's in the, symbolizing the country talking about a strong hold of security taliban and ninety's. they were known that they brought security with themselves while they were so many other things going wrong. but people who are happy, ordinary people this time, and you're facing a 3 year to the location and it's a community aspect brought us a while for me and the job listeners and other problems take some sure

is on, on exemptions on telephone is government. they have been increasing the difficulties for taliban so many on mother says, which are the main areas of recruitment and stronghold of taliban leadership on provincial level, it should be affiliated with the governor's office or the police chief of taliban out the district go into attacking such kind of centers again, it shows that the taliban has been challenged on this important area of improvement, which is bringing security to talk. got it done after the fall of carbon. a key figure in china transformation to global power status has died. former president jang, him in with $96.00, he came to office just after the $989.00 gentlemen square protests and the crack down. katrina you looks back on his life. rare among chinese leaders, joncelyn seemed to enjoy the spotlight. he stepped into the top job during

a turbulent period. he was appointed communist party general secretary, in june, 1989 following the military crackdown on student led protests in tenement square. his predecessor delta young had been removed from power for openly sympathizing with the demonstrators. john was a former mayor of shanghai, a city then at the forefront of ambitious, economical forms, slowly spreading across the country. those reforms would eventually allow china to grow into the worlds 2nd largest economy and shanghai into global financial hub. although china presents itself as a communist country, an increasing number of party members are becoming millionaires. and some billionaires. as economic growth surged under junk, foreign investment poured in. in 1997 patriotic pride sought when britain returned hong kong in 1999, john initiated a ruthless campaign against the spiritual practice of fallen. ha,

human rights groups said hundreds of thousands of people were imprisoned or sent to labor camps. under his rule, china became a member of the world trade organization and was also awarded the 2008 olympics. but some things remained unchanged. the leadership continued to crack down on descent. china's market as ation of its centrally planned economy brought dangers. the gap between rich and poor widened and corruption worsened a legacy junk successive huge and power inherited in 2002 in chinese history. only mother dawn dung shall ping and the current president. she didn't ping lou larger than jung. it remains to be seen whether he will receive the same reverence as china builds its position on the global stage. as bringing ron and mister, he's a professor of the history and politics of modern china at the university of oxford . he joins us now. what's his jones admins legacy?

i mean, his place in history. i think he will be seen as the chinese leader who essentially opened up china to international institutions. after the horror of gentlemen square, 1989, where workers and students were shot down in the street in beijing that event essentially turn china inward, alienated from road the world. gentlemen did work hard to bring china as your report, said cyril into the world trade organization to get the lympics and also to become part of the international financial system real similar to them. but of course for the fact that he maintained the authoritarian rule of the chinese communist party was relatively more liberal under his time than might have been the case to day under. she's in pink. but it was still very much or authoritarian state. and he officially left power in 2003, but he actually continued to exert influence on the political stage after that to me, he did. it said that during the rule of his successor president, would you tell that johns amends faction,

particular people associated with his time as mer of shanghai continued to be very powerful, very influential in terms of chinese politics. and i think it's fair to say that during the decade, let's call it the 20 ten's, during which huge in town was in power. he was seen very much his 1st among equals . but as johnson means grouping, still had quite a bit of power behind the scenes that did change though under she didn't ping from 2012, when she started to centralize power under himself. and that process is continued to this day. there is this dodger be expressed on chinese social media to day for jamming? why, why is that? how do you read that? yes, there's been a lot of discussion actually even before he died in the past few months or an even years about jonathan's period in power. to put it in its most basic a lot of people, particularly the chinese middle classes, feel that life under junk have been had space of the edges. yes,

it was an authoritarian state. it still is, as i've mentioned, but there was more space for investigative journalism. there was a bit more space for freedom of speech on chinese social media, which started to really take off. during his period of rule. there was a feeling that you could discuss certain things just to give one quick example. in 1998, he invited us president bill clinton to china to debate democracy and its value live on chinese television. at a debate held at peeking university that was a $998.00 on the jung. it's very difficult to imagine that happening in china's day on the teaching ping in the 20 twenty's. i understand he had a less than flattering nickname within china that he was sometimes referred to as towed or the toad. you know why? absolutely, cyril, this is actually you, st. unflattering. i think it's actually meant to be affectionate. hama in chinese means towed or, or frog. it's partly because his face was broad and he had these big glasses that made him look a bit like a, like a frog. but i think that if you look at the social media posts in china about, you know, that the period of, of the frog or the towed,

they're often very nostalgic and affectionate. they feel as we were just saying just now that actually maybe things were a bit more liberal a bit more open because you wouldn't think that if you remember the fall and go, what are those groups or persecuted under junk, simon. or indeed, dissident like hulu shop, or who called for charter freedoms and was arrested that died in prison. but for lots of ordinary middle class chinese, yes, it did feel like a more open period. and that's why, in a sense they're playing the tribute and that prague reference to reference is actually puts affectionate as well as in some ways a little bit critical. remember, thank you so much for joining us on the sort of thank. so i still ahead on al jazeera after beijing and shanghai anger in guam, joe against china's coven 19 restrictions and plans to increase immigration. germany says it will welcome another 7000000 people. ah

hello with season wet weather across northern parts of the middle east. recently, this is the scene in a lebanon where we had huge amounts of rainfall. it has caused flooding in to parts of the country there. and you can see some really nasty conditions coming through waste, deep or water coming through here. that wet weather is now with the process of moving across a iraq drawing out a little as it pushes up toward southern parts of the caspian. chas have a little more cloud to down towards q 8, but here in kata it should stay dry and find temperatures around $29.00 celsius gentle breeze. over the next couple of days. cool enough, you can see they're full of events to care. seeing a little bit of wet weather still as we go on through friday, but a much better picture by this stage. somewhat wet weather may be as clipping the far north of africa, but we are going to see a lousy drive for many northern parts of america. could see

a shower to mr. king on to wanted to coastal showers across west africa. joining up with the seasonal rains that extend the way into where the democratic republic of congo system or big storms rolling through higgs to that line of cloud, which comes down across sir zimbabwe into central parts of mozambique steps rather wet by the 2 for a time in 2, where madagascar but lottie try for south africa. ah ah ah, ah, ah

ah, ah, ah, ah, watching al jazeera reminder of our headlines this hour, at least 15 people have been killed in a bombing in northern afghanistan. it happened that a religious school in a back, the capital of some mangan province no group has claimed responsibility for this. i came, jeffries will replace nancy pelosi as the democrats leader in the us house of representatives . he will become the 1st black person to lead a major party in congress. a former chinese president james a member, has died. he was 96. he rose to power just after the chairman square protests serving as president from 1993 to 2003. staying with china. 2 major

cities, one joe and john king have east cove in 19 restrictions. it comes a day after violent protests as frustration, mounts against the government, strict 0 cobra policy. patrick falk, reports protest taking a violent turn of the southern city of gong. jo, one video posted on social media. people tear down a cove at 19 testing tense. in another protest, his whole glass bottles had police officers. moments later security forces dressing has met, suits advance information, holding protective shields. the reuters and air p news agencies of verified the videos were filmed and high jew district, but are unable to confirm when they were taken all the sequence of events high jew is where the bulk of china's recent infections have been reported. much of the area's been under locked and since october, the unrest mark's an escalation and

a movement that spread to several large cities from shanghai in beijing. to chung do and will hom, i would say that a la commute party actually under estimated the anger at a crossville level. i will, i will not think early are a well prepare or a protest ah, a curry on a past. we tend, the latest developments come despite stern warnings against taking part and demonstrations. in a statement, john, as top security agency, has called for a crackdown on what it says, a hostile forces. it's not clear who or what the government is referring to. and as yet to provide evidence of any external interference, it's also reiterated confidence in its approach to the virus to mm hm. do me to go back over the years, have fully proven that china's covered protocols have protected the security and help of the chinese people to the greatest extent, genuine and minimized impact on socio economic development. some countries have made remarks on china recently. these nations have enough issues to deal with at

home. we hope they would hit the waste that interests of their own people, instead of pointing fingers at others. meanwhile, authorities have begun easing restrictions in some areas including jung jo home to the biggest i phone factory and china, reduced mass testing requirements and allowed more businesses to reopen. still demonstrate as fear possible retribution r beijing. some people have voiced support for the protest. her daughter, i can still work from home, so the lockdown hasn't affected me too much. but seeing them fighting for freedom, i think, is very inspiring her anger about the 0 coven policies, more people speaking out against censorship. and what they say is an overbearing government. patrick, fog, al jazeera hong kong, a magnitude 5.6 earthquake has been felt in southern iran. it was centered 88 kilometers northwest of russell came and the united arab emirates at a depth of 10 kilometers. iranian state media says rescued teams have been

dispatched to the effected area. there are no reports of deaths. germany has announced plans to increase immigration. the government estimates it needs $400000.00 skilled workers a year to cope with an aging population. industries facing major shortages of workers saying they will need 7000000 employees by 2035. you don't. kane has more on this from berlin. and the points that really is confronting germany is politicians right now if they have a bit of a demographic time bomb on their hands has been the case for several years. but it's getting worse that their population is aging. and they say that hundreds of thousands of migrants are needed to fill the sorts of jobs that aren't being filled by people already in germany. the government, as it is currently composed, says the way to deal with this is to encourage more people to come to germany and to say that they don't necessarily need to have a job offer or a specific qualification if they fall into

a particular category. the other parts of this proposed legislation would make it easier for people who have already been in germany for a long time to acquire german citizenship without having to give up their own. now the point that really sticks out for certain politicians and the opposition, that's mainly conservative is they say that this d values, the german passport in german citizenship, they say that only those migrants who already have a job offer should be allowed to come to germany. and it's worth saying that the opposition is really quite considerable, and they're all those who say that at least one of the parties in government right now, it is a bit queasy about parts of this legislation. and it's not the 1st time that this sort of legislation has been mooted back at the end of the 19 ninety's. something similar was proposed and failed. and they to discuss sending more air defense systems to ukraine, who was part of a meeting in romania where the alliance also pledged support the rushes neighbors.

the foreign ministers reassured moldova, georgia in bosnia herzegovina which all fear being the stabilized by moscow i think, is if there's one lesson learn from ukraine, is that we need to support them. now, the more support you able to provide to these countries being different, but the under russian to influence in different ways. it is much better to support. and now down down to when we see the relevance in going the absolutely wrong direction. as we saw with the invasion of ukraine earlier this year, and you drug has been shown to slow cognitive decline in alzheimer's patients. japanese and american pharmaceutical companies have published results of a trial of luckily mob. it was tested on about 1800 people in the early stages of the disease. harry faucet has more. for over 30 years, scientists have tried and failed to design

a drug the tackles the cause not the symptoms of alzheimer's disease. now comes the 1st evidence of real success and antibody infusion that attacks specific protein in the brain slowing the development of early stage outsiders by around a quarter. professor john hardy 1st developed the theory of it. we said that this approach might work 30 years ago. and you know, if you'd asked me 30 years ago how long it would take, i'd say 5 to 10 years. so for me it's, it seems definitely momentous. i think for patients, it's a real step forward, a real step forward. and it's going to take a couple of years to get it into the system. it's patients like john teeling in the early stages of the disease who stand to benefit the most. john says he felt the ground open up when he was diagnosed. he'd embrace anything that gives him more time with his wife and family. you put it, i have your mom and you know what you grand upright. no,

there's nothing you can do about it. but you can't worry about it because there's no way you can do someone be accepting of it. the new drug laquanda mab inhibits the build up in the brain of a protein called be to amyloid visible is so called plaques. in the brains of alzheimer's patients. nearly $1800.00 patients around the world took part in the study which showed a 27 percent slow down in the deterioration of their cognitive skills over 18 months. but it's approved. the treatment will be laborious and costly to administer through blood infusions twice a month. and will also require major investment in screening for the disease to catch it sufficiently early. and at the moment we do that through pet scans, altering cerebral final testing from a lender puncture. and that is we need to broaden access to ways in which we can have access to those kind of test. we also want to see new techniques that are quicker and faster and potentially cheaper, for example,

blip her 30000000 people around the world. subtle with outs, heinous in itself, just one form of dementia, much difficult and costly work remains before treatments. let alone cues a widely available. but this is a hugely significant 1st step. harris will sit al jazeera london, the soon as you are out of the world cup, despite beating the reigning champions. friends, why? because regard teenagers 1st goal at kotor 2022. that was enough for one nail when the game, but not enough to put them into the la 16. that means australia's one neil went over denmark, put them into the next round. matthew becky got the goal to put australia into the knockout stages for the 1st time since 2006. the former president of croatia will be watching her country take on belgium on thursday. and glinda

grabber kit the rubbish has been meeting football fans in doha began to to support the team. she was on every tv in the world at the last world cup, final, where she hugged all the players, including the french team who had just defeated her croatia. well, i spoke to her a little earlier. lots of football fans from all over the world, recognise me, they come up to me. you know, we all fight in the field of play, but we celebrate friendship. and this is of what the sports should be all about. i'm grateful to everyone because i feel so welcome. so safe and so wonderful here at the world cup. so let's talk football. tomorrow's crucial belgium. if corey shall lose, this will be their last game, right? this is a do or die game. are you in touch with the team or the players at all in this tournament? well, yes, of course i do send them messages of encouragement, but also i take care that i don't disturb them before. at the games, they are theoretical options on know what will happen about i am quite confident

that croatia, well when that you know, i bought tickets to come back for the semifinals and finals. so i obviously have a huge expectations though, my team and no pressure whatsoever, but i have invested in them and i believe in them. obviously, i wouldn't ask you about a specific moment from the last final in 2018. the way you comforted your team just after they lost on the biggest stage. do you remember there's this, this now iconic, almost picture of you hugging motor? it was bell door. i believe that you're if i'm not mistaken. what did you say to him? do you remember i can't remember what i said to him, but i remember very distinctly the expression on his face when it was announced that he was the best player of the cup. and that was the moment that actually broke down and started crying because you could see in his face that he would the much rather tre, that personal award for the big cup for the team. because it was really about the

team. the reason why croatia was not just the quality of the individual players, it was the team spirit that they truly played as the team. it was motivation. it was support from everyone in croatia and around the world. because after tell you that after the world cup, i received a letters and messages from all over the world. we did not win the gold at the time, but we want to heart hearts of the world. argentina has not only produced 2 of the world's most talented football players, but also some of the sports. most unusual, some would say bizarre superstitions and customs our latin america editor, lucy newman, tells us about the widespread use of what is known as the kabbalah. ah, football players are notoriously superstitious. former french striker long blown used to kiss the bald head of his team's gold keeper before every match . your nel messy. can't got his beard until after the world cup. argentina's

national team seems to believe it's there. good luck. charm. ah, anne, speaking of argentina, nowhere is football more associated with superstition charms and rituals lou, 31 year old musician, white filling it in, considers himself a rational person. why? except when it comes to cobble us before the world word refers to objects, rituals, words or habits, that football fanatics used before and during the game to help their team when it the, like i said, like a bizarre, a beetle, i. pruitt, this jersey of my club in 2014. it brought us to national championship. after 41 years. i used to weird every game, but after we won that was it. now i need the new kabbalah, we're like, especially for this world call and i saw and it's all part of you had a gunshot pelligrini the watch,

the next game with the same group of equally superstitious friends in the same place, sitting in the same order and where he the same clothes, but that's nothing compared to this football shop called tv cordial. it's named after a man who became famous in 1982 for putting a curse on rival teams. argent, time football coach, catalyst be louder. law incorporated, dd colacho into his team, dyer k, through under who are going to run a keyboard each time a student as de la casa, played. he would make it a coach or greet the routine, but each time a student has would win or draw, i'm sure. except for the one time that kid a coach or mr game, he obey. since then, the cursor kennicott show has become famous, is also the cubic coach, a spray the aroma is called aroma of a goal. and a lot of parents buy this for their kids and doesn't smell bad actually. but my favorite of all is the d, the caught your revenge t shirt. you wear this and you don't have to say

a word. you just send out the vibes of p. v got you. it's even crossed the atlantic from argentina, italian captain, georgia. coline admits he put the kitty coach of course on the english team, so it would miss a penalty that cost at the 20200 come good quadrille madness. so with the rationale that we consulted psychoanalyst marcella, helpful and i did dinner very. she has ancient read, well, it has to do with withdrew on magical thinking that occupies our rational mind. is the more you suffer more the more intently you believed in it to woman thought, he adds that in argentine of football is a religion for and like all religions here in argentina, football and it's cavellas. however, irrational or saint got to see a newman al jazeera window situs ah.