the united nations is no stranger to political rivalries, but what happened those who country notoriously don't be i the i are competing against each other in the world. well, it brings in huge crowds, delegates lounge peer at being ah, china ease is locked down, restrictions in a major shift from a district covered 19 policy. ah hm. so yeah, this is ally from bo also coming up. the people have spoken ah, democrat refer warnock when to run off in the u. s. the state of georgia giving the party an outright majority in the senate argentina as

a vice president. christina de courtenay sentenced to 6 years, imprison guilty of corruption in a $1000000000.00 fraud case. ah, an epic wind from a rocker, the atlas lions knockout spain to advance to the quarter finals of the work up for the 1st time in its history. ah, china's announced it is loosening it's 0 cobit policy. people who are asymptomatic or showing mild symptoms will now be able to isolate at home. the government is also reducing the amount of mandatory testing. it comes after widespread protests over harsh prevention measures. it is a major reversal in a country that is impose some of the toughest lockdown policies in the world. and patrick fog has more from hong kong. the national health commission has announced

that it will now implement the policy nation wide, and people who are low risk will be able to isolate at home, even if they are infected only if their condition gradually worse. and they then be taken to hospital. so is a dramatic change and it really shows the beginnings of your life if you like, of china living with the virus, so to speak, and people law, as you can imagine, overjoyed and excited about these new developments. after all, this is really what the protest movements have been about, essentially, so they have gotten that way and force the government to ride a bus equally. there are a lot of people in china that are still very much concerned about the virus spreading. foster now when we've been hearing reports and seeing images of lots of people queuing up outside pharmacies, trying to pick up medical supplies, anti gen kits and the fever medicine and so on and so forth. and something needs to

change with messaging and away. remember, china's classified curve at 19 is on the same level as bonnet, plague, so you know, in that, in that sense, people still need to change their attitude towards the bars. in many ways in united states, democrats have tightened their grip on the senate after raphael warner defeated republican challenger, herschel walker in georgia. warnock victory in the closely 4 run off means. democrats will have 51 seats in the 100 seat chamber. 2 candidates were separated by less than one percent of the vote in last month's midterm election. i am george mm hm. i'm an example and a little racial, a little bit history of its pain and as

promise of the brutality and the possibility. what because this is america, because we always have a path to make our country greater again against unspeakable odds. here we stand together. thank you, georgia alara russell is a professor of political science at georgia southern university. she says the tie center race prompted more people to vote in the runoff. turn out in the selection was significantly higher than most midterm elections. and in particular with the runa between walker that turn out that approximately 77000 people turned out to vote. in the runoff election, who had not voted in the general election, which suggests significant interest. notably, former president trump did not come to campaign for

a walker in the past few weeks. and it's possible that that's due to the controversy surrounding the former president. it's a big moment for the state of georgia, and in addition, it's a big moment for the united states. we've had an election that was this close and i think the division in the results exemplifies the division that currently exists in the united states. a former us president donald trump's, a company has been found guilty of tax fraud in new york. trump is facing a series of legal was, as he campaigns for president in the 2024 elections. claire finkelstein is from the university of pennsylvania law school. she says, trump may struggle to get the republican nomination for the 2024 elections. these are a 17 counts. so basically tax fraud and tax evasion. and what

the company was doing was giving extensive benefits to its top employees as a way of helping the company with regard to its tax bill by declaring business expenses for these employee benefits. and at the same time, not taxing those individual so that they were getting to wish and pay tax free and so on by the from organization. what's also very serious here is that this conviction comes as part of a collusion between the top executives like alan, why so berg are and the trump organization. and so immediately the question is, what other top executives in the organization? for example, donald trump were in on the scheme and could also be held criminally responsible. it does seem as though a lot of his fellow republicans are fleeing from donald trump and are looking for

alternatives to sort of recess 8. the g o p, the trump back candidates did rather poorly in the mid terms. and so we see a lot of g o, p higher up saying look, you know, we need to back off this candidate. we are possibly not going to back him though. of course, if he did turn out to be the selection for the republican party, presumably it would be party over principal once again, and they would vote for argentina's vice president. christina fernandez, de kirshner has been sentenced to 6 years in prison. she was convicted of corruption and a $1000000000.00 fraud case that i saw by reports from well series. oh, the so so borders of christina fernandez. the kirschner who came to the federal court building in when a site is to protest against argentine as to de sherry cushion,

or was sentenced to 6 years in prison. and given a lifetime ban on holding public office. after being found guilty of corruption is the 1st time an argentinean vice president has been convicted of a crime wealth in office. following full amelia says kirschner is a victim of political persecution. to log again and it is the same. so what they want to do is get her out of politics in a good way or a bad way. they fail to kill her. and now they have this option 3 months ago, kirshner was the target of an assassination attempt. when a man pulled the trigger of his hand gun inches from her face as she greeted supporters, the gun failed to fire. on tuesday, a panel of 3 judges found kitchener guilty of aggravated fraud, continental or christina elizabeth fernandez. the kitchener is sentenced to 6 years imprisonment. life disqualification hm. holding public office legal accessories and

the cost of the proceedings because she is criminally responsible for the offense of fraud, lent administration to the detriment of the public. o kirschner is accused of directing millions of dollars of public works contracts to a family friend. prosecutor say, they have found dozens of irregularities in public works contract in the province of santa cruz, or the cushion of family originally comes from. for the former president denies all charges accusing the trivial in charge of a political witch hunt and serving the interest of the opposition you to what you must see. this is much simpler. it's not, no fair, but it's not a judiciary party. it's not a patent state and mafia. it's a judicial mafia. christina hernandez, the curtain or were the argentina president for 8 years between 20072015 is now this country by frenzy that invite them bigger in this country. while there are many continued the water,

there are many others would like to see her in prison. kitchener is expected to appeal against the court's decision. despite her conviction, she has congressional immunity and is unlikely to have to jail any time sooner. she doesn't like what the baby, so i'll just see that one aside. if 2 people have been killed and a wounded in a suicide bomb blast in indonesia, the explosion occurred at our stana ano police officer in abandon west java. local media report say a man entered the station with a motorcycle and detonated explosives where police were lining up for morning assembly. the attack apparently brought to bombs to the scene, but only one went off. was job as governor says, the counter terrorism unit is investigating at the trial of 2 men accused of bombing a popular shrine in bank cock has resumed after shifting from a military to a civilian court. 2 ethnic league, a suspects have been in detention since 2015. difficulties finding translators

delayed proceedings, and then coven 19 shut the child down. now, 7 years on survivors and families of the victims are still waiting for answers. as tony chang referrals, ah, parisian tourists, it's one of the biggest attractions in bangkok, the arrow on shrine, a hindu god. but a symbol of good fortune for all these days kink on sonya can only watch from afar to get any closer is too painful. even then like i, i felt like i couldn't walk past it even through the skywalk. now i can, but i'm still scared if i have to walk and street, even when i drive past and stop at a red light, i pray that the green light will come quickly. king khan was there on the night in august 2015 when a bomb exploded. 20 people were killed and a 125 injured. most of the victims were tourists, including

a number of chinese nationals, prompting the theory that they might have been the target. now, after several delays, including the pandemic, the trial of the main suspects has restarted. the problem of this case started with the military call, the military call to everyone who could be a potential use case. no, no, no close. danielle, are witnesses a crucial voice? the questions remain about the 2 accuse. both were traveling on false passports, chinese nationals, but ethnic weakness. cctv footage is far from conclusive and circumstantial evidence has been contradictory and confused. that didn't stop the police, awarding themselves $90000.00 as a reward. but the speedy resolution of the crime, and even though the case has resumed a verdict isn't expected for several years. of course we have to regard to the

driver to weaken, but at the same time we have to keep some kind of legal protection in terms of procedure to the defendant as well. but that takes time. the attack on the arrow on shrine was the worst bodily anti history, yet 70 is on that still no clear answer. the question, who was behind the attack or who were they targeting? and the victims still struggling with injuries and memories went on since when i did that time of getting any closure passed a long time ago. it's so long that i don't feel like i need to know hated it yet. but do i want to know? yes i do. that resolution seems a long way off tony cheng l to 0. bangkok. marcella head on average, yet a kenya so called elephant graveyard is getting more and more inhabitants as the drought takes his toll will bring you that report from salvo national park.

ah, anticipation is rising and so is the atmosphere a you read in the way sponsored my cattle aways. hello, we're still clinging on to a little bit of heat across southern parts of europe. for the most part it is cold . if not snowing, we still have high pressure dominates in the weather, across sea are far northeast there and that's blocking off these weather systems. this area of low pressure rolling through here that is packed with snow and then we got a cold normally blast up towards the north west. they're coming in, cross scotland, she st. mary's of england, chris sunshine for good part of england and wales. some snow weather down to northern ireland and the republic, but we have got an area of where to weather trying to push its way in is being forced further south because of those highs that will bring some heavy rain across

your beer potentially over the next couple of days there we go with those temperatures. many of them as well, around freezing, if not below things sort of even out somewhat as we go on through the next couple of days and very cold air. they're across a good part of norway, but it is going to be chilly as we go on through the coming day still at ward, they're down towards southern most passes. say a few showers. they're just around the grease pushing up into the balkans. there's that snow around the baltic states, there's the snow there for scotland, eastern part of england. and then we got that where to weather coming in across spain and portugal as we go one through thursday. and it has to snow across the pyrenees to with sponsored by catch all day weights. with mm

ah, al jazeera with oh, but again, you're watching, i just need a reminder of our top stories. this, our, china's announced it's loosening it's 0 code policy. people who are a symptomatic or showing mild symptoms will now be able to isolate at home. the government is also reducing the amount of mandatory testing. democrats have extended their slim majority in the u. s. senate after raphael warner wanna run off election in georgia. warner defeated, former football star,

herschel walker. the split in the senate is now $51.00 to $49.00 in favor of democrats, argentina's vice president, christina fernandez. the coach now has been sentenced to 6 years in prison. one of those countries, most powerful politicians, found guilty of corruption in a $1000000000.00 fraud. case with woke up has witnessed several thrilling around of 16 matches as the last games played on tuesday. morocco made history reaching their 1st quarter final, but a woke up when they beat spain on penalties. the 1st arab country to reach the last 8 of sheila packee me took the winning spot, pick and go. keeper bono kept out. 3 spain penalties. morocco will face portugal who thumb switzerland, 61 on caller ramos was the star man. scoring a hattrick was john rinaldo was dropped to the subs bench for this match.

geminus was that the mulatto spain game and spoke to some of the fans after the match. you want and knights of former. okay. and that bands here it's education at city stadium through to the wild card. the quarter finals are for the 1st time i'm just going to the wood with some of the delights it finds now so well. cap core to find your wants. how does it feel amazing? it's really something which is i cannot even explain. it was really amazing to players to play very hard. and can i ask you what, what this means? not only to moroccan fans, but to be our world in general to this victory. what does it mean? all of the mean a lot for us with african as well because the way how to support all the way how they pushed off like. and they were also like the at every, each place to celebrate with us when we're winning. so we really appreciate them. and we loved them, we really love you,

out of people in africa. it's amazing from them. that's what's gonna and do you believe you go all the way in and when the welcome? definitely definitely. as i say from the beginning, we believe impulsivity and we're out of here more to play for like just to qualify for the found or well here, to fight for it till the end. and we're not going to get it. and god will and we believe in our place the recall on it was of course an amazing night for the american fans, but i'm just going to bring in a gemma still i hear spanish from blacks, gemma just to word on the atmosphere. it was pretty hostile for the spanish side of that. it definitely was, i think somehow might have affected the more the, the atmosphere to style. they created the games a spain was like, they were the low go to the fanbase where the player to number 12 and although i'd less lay on definitely, and i think it somehow affected the team. the spanish team to young team is still growing with some problems, especially in the hardware labor. they're worried about the scar, a gall during

a 120 minutes and through penalties. so it's such an embarrassment for spain. well, this match was played out to education city stadium and american side all sides and gave a lesson in how to defend. they were incredible at the back maybe could not break down and they remain the last hour of side standing at this tournament has the right the history we have right there is to report to be i. busy oh yeah, so all a teams have now booked their places in the quarter finals. as you can see there, the matches will be played on friday and saturday. the 2010 runners up netherlands will face argentina, croatia going up against 5 time. when is brazil and england are separate clash with defending champions? france? morocco will take on portugal, hoping there fairytale run continues. santa amersham, raoul patrick,

will have more in our special walk up the coverage coming up. surely. in columbia, president gustavo petros, plans for peace are starting to bear fruit. peace talks are underway with columbia law surviving rebel group. meanwhile, people are celebrating 12 months of relative calm in the pacific port of went to ventura. it is an area that's been devastated by violence and asunder amputee reports. songs of resistance and hope sound in a neighborhood were terror in violence once rain. oh, the columbus port city of win of in today celebrating more than 2 months without alma sites after the towns to largest gangs. the shocked us in the ispa panels and nouns to cease fire in preparations for talks with the government. well, nath, i'm well at the yale 18 year old community organizer and singer alejandro mia

recently returned to his neighbourhood. after fleeing with his family, he was targeted for his leadership and feared he could be forcibly recruited in one of the warring armed gangs as they scrambled to expand their territory when gallop . every body was war each, living in fear. yes, nobody could leave the house or cross into another neighbourhood, long marked by poverty, neglect when having to. it has lived through escalating turf warfare between gangs . what is one of the main drug trafficking routes to the united states? now locals are re painting, houses, and sidewalks. commerce is picking up and people are feeling confident again, no, as will m as in learned, i see. and there's just a few months ago this would be totally empty, not even dogs, one at around. but now with this piece building process moving forward, people are out and about again. when gustavo pitt took power in august, he vowed to negotiate with all on groups in the country as part of his total peace

policy. and he sees whenever into that as a blueprint for peace across columbia. the government is hoping the truce will lead to gangs being disbanded in return for judicial leniency and social investment. yet many here are wandering for how long can the truth last given that alice and other for on groups operate. and when i went to as rural area, where violence as increasing resentment. some gang members have been recruited as peace operators. one of them tells us only major social investments can make the true sustainable in the long term. we need opportunities, we need to, we're, we need to study, you understand opportunities that can help us change our way expectations. it'll miasca somewhat of bishop reuben, that you had amelia, who helped negotiate the truce, believes there's a real chance for long lasting piece. okay. you know, meet eyes into different approach group was the garment listening to the gangs before there was only arms confrontation and on forces to see an opportunity and

are betting on it. let me go to follow. it remains a high risk strategy, but for now the people of when of into it are celebrating peace, hoping that this time, their expectations will be field allison that and betty al jazeera when of in today . officials are still trying to find a solution to the crisis in eastern democratic republic of congo. the government says 272 civilians were killed in the massacre in the eastern town of she she last week. congress arm groups have met in kenya for 3rd round, a peace thought, but for many in the country, it's too little too late. malcolm went reports, armed groups from democratic republic of congo, met in nairobi for peace talks, absent with m $23.00, widely understood to be a proxy of neighboring wonder. about 300000 people have fled them. 23 recent advances in eastern congo. it refused to withdraw in disarm by

a deadline the past 10 days ago, and so was excluded from the talk. being rwanda because soldiers have been photographed with m. 23 fighters denies backing. the group in nairobi form a kenyan president who kenyatta was facilitating the talk. i want to say the problem is foreign groups engaging in congo and leaving destruction. the same groups need to engage with their governance and leave congo in peace. it's a problem this lasted decades over which canda and miranda have and vast profits from congos minerals. most of the representatives of our group here say any picked up arms in the 1st place in the 990 s. when you got one or invaded con game and they say, unless the problem of foreign armed groups and foreign fact on groups is resolved and unless the congress is army can actually protect their communities,

there's no way that they will lay down their weapons. joomla moved the president of one of the more than 50 armed groups represented here we 1st met in 5 years ago. we were covering a series of ethnic clue. targeted massacres in east and kong, denied his group is responsible and he told us in i, roby. he needs to continue defending his community. it's not possible to put down guns. what else could be, are killing in our country in that our people are being killed by different groups such as him, to the city from wanda, from uganda, donna, thousands of people from his young close to wise community of fled to fighting. we met him in congo 2 weeks ago. he says they can only go home for wonder, was forced to stop its military aggression. he won't the east african community which hosted deny re be talks and western countries to sanction rwanda. so he's

disappointed the european union has just given one the $21000000.00 of military aid was already up when the european union sends money. it is in a way, financing rwanda's operation in congo. and we call upon france the u. k. and the usa to stop this hypocrisy, that's the only way we can believe can have a decent life and not live like animals, the peace doctor g to continue in january. and he said to make any progress, almost everyone here says foreign military meddling in congo needs to stop. malcolm web. al jazeera nairobi, kenya. hundreds of wild animals in kenya have died this year because of severe drought. it's affected parts of east africa as well as the horn of africa. millions of people also facing starvation, catherine soy reports from sabo, east national park. most of his calls and bones found in these museum in this

sovereign national park, while collected nearly 6 decades ago. that when a drought killed thousands of elephants, scientists informally call the museum the elephant graveyard. frederick la la has been collecting such remains for years. for research, he said elephants and other hobby wars are again finding it increasingly difficult to get food and water. the government says more than $200.00 elephants and other gain have died this year. we understand that land is shrinking some of the disposal areas that the elephant has to go to during the dry seasons or during been drought. most of them are now being occupied by people. the rainy season usually starts in can you around this time? and although some areas are receiving rainfall and several and others,

it's been sporadic. you don't have to go very far to find carcasses in this park. most of the animals that have died graces and browses of taco officials with spoken to say that the are trying to do the best they can. they say this is a devastating season. large animals are walking farther in sight of water and forage. the space is shrinking as human populations are growing. the situation has not been very good because we haven't seen most of our us going up aggressively. we've seen a lot of most of us remaining bay alarm and buddies, a city of effect because now because we're limited for age for both what they found in the lifestyle was working in the park. said this season the was the drought they've seen in wizard. yes. but a fact they're happening more frequently is warring, getting water into some of my fatal has been an issue issue over

there activeness of the rainfall. we have what happens with the puck, but most of them are not able to sustain what life of a longer period of time. and is also these ropes in taishan. some of the rivers ranges are tasked with collecting carcasses, particularly those of elephants. they remove the tasks to prevent poachers taking them, but they say coaching is last was threat to the animals. then climate change, katherine saw at the sava national park. ah, this is around up at the top stories now. china's announced is loosening is 0 coven policy. people who are a symptomatic or showing mild symptoms will now be able to isolate at home to governments also reducing the amount of mandatory testing. the move comes off.