i won't sleep, we don't have litem in this study. he's about 2 weeks now. i say 3 day journey to a shelter. western cried. so one destroys our country. someone needs to rebuild. lou, she's safe. she's on a plane. she's on her way home. yes, basketball and brittany griner is released from a russian jail, swapped where an arm's dealer known as the merchant of death. ah, i'm tired of this is al jazeera, ny, from london, also coming up the road ahead for peruse new president. deena put out a political truce as she proposed to form

a government german officials expect more arrests and reigns as they unravel a right wing plot to overthrow the government. claims nigerian army ran an illegal abortion program, forcefully, terminating fountains of pregnancy. ah, russia has freed basketball or brittany griner in a dramatic high level prison, a swap with us. she was exchanged for notorious arms dealer, victor boot. it was once one of the world's most wanted men. just days before russia invaded ukraine in february, griner was detained at an airport for having less than a gram of cannabis oil in her luggage. she was sentenced to 9 years in prison for drug smuggling, to boot to serve 12 years of a 25 year jail, him in the us for conspiring to support terrorists and kill americans. he's accused

of selling arms to warlords and rogues, governments, and is known as the merchant of death. the one for one swap was a surprise, as us officials had also pledged to bring home for marine and corporate security executive pool wheel, and he's been detained in russia for 4 years on espionage charges. his family and the u. s. government say a baseless white house correspondent, kimberly how can begins on coverage. president biden announced the news in a tweet, releasing a photo of himself, vice president comma la harris and brittany grinders wife sharelle, speaking to the basketball star. as she flew back to the united states, she said, she's on a plane. she's on her way home. after once been unjustly detained in russia, grant was arrested in february at moscow airport for drug possession and smuggling after authority found trace amounts of cannabis oil in her luggage. she was

convicted in august and sentence to 9 years of hard labor in a rush and penal colony us officials, led by the president condemned her sentence as disproportionately harsh for months . the u. s. has been negotiating with russian diplomats to release her was happy but home to the mind. fine. she endured miss treatment showed attitude a show trial and russia with characteristic grit. the white house won't say what suddenly changed only that this week brought a breakthrough on thursday. grider was sent to the you a is part of a prisoner swap for russian army dealer, victor boot referred to by some as the merchant of death. he's been serving 12 of a 25 years sentence in the u. s. federal prison for conspiring to kill american,

acquiring and exporting anti aircraft missiles and providing material support to a terrorist organization. before his arrest, who had built a business, allegedly supplying weapons to support wars and uprisings around the world, from africa to afghanistan. at the white house grinders wife expressed relief, her ordeal was finally coming to an end month. y'all have been so privy to one of the darkest moments of my life. and so today i'm just standing here overwhelmed with emotions. but the most important emotion that i have right now is just sincere gratitude. the biden still faces questions about american poll wayland left behind, and currently serving a 16 year sentence in russia on espionage charges. his family says he is innocent, sadly, for totally illegitimate reasons. russia is treating paul's case differently than

brittany and while we have not yet succeeded securing paul race, we are not giving up. still, their fear about president violence decision to swap a convicted arms dealer for an american convicted of drug possession. their fear is it could encourage further hostage taking and send a global message about the price. the white house is willing to pay for american lives. kimberly, how can al jazeera the white house is kimberly mentioned questions being raised about the release of victor boot earlier discuss the situation with elizabeth bro, defense specialist and senior research fellow at the world united services institute. so mr. booth is one of the world's most famous honesty and us, and he's not, let's say an official arm state or not that a defense, right? not representing an offense company. he trades in the world of illegitimate on transfers. and that makes him known as the merchant of death. he's really

a very notorious character. he is a russian national and he was convicted in the u. s. criminal court that years ago for his arm stealing, which has contributed to, to american death. a allegation was, and he was convicted, so he's really a very notorious person, and russia has wanted him back ever since he couldn't be freed in a traditional spice war because it was not coming through of espionage. he was convicted of. i'm seeing. so this seems to have been a convenient and actually very desirable trade to make for the russians that the u . s. government will do anything and it's power to get us citizens out if they get into trouble in another country. and that makes it very attractive for campus that, that want something from the u. s. to seize an american citizen and trade, that person for somebody they want, or something they want. perused new president disabilities describe calls for early elections democratically respectable. but we'll 1st consult with critical groups to

determine the best way forward to i took office on wednesday, following the impeachment to a former president pedro castillo under peruse, constitution boulevard. you must complete the current governmental mandate until july 2026. jessica wooten, as war says k and b, i know that there are some voices calling to have elections and that is democratically respectable. but i think the assumption of the presidency at this time is a bit of a re orientation of what needs to be done with the country already. and later on in coordination with all the organizations, we will be looking at alternatives to better re orientate the destiny of the country. peruse as to former president is facing a rebellion charge a day after his removal from office. pedro castillo was arrested just hours after saying he would dissolve congress by presidential decree a move. the country's constitutional court said was a kuda top or in a sanchez has more from lima. we are the center of the capital where we are seen

small groups of people like the one behind meet groups of people that are slowly joining it to support barrett august. the, your people who have been, there's a huge supporter for these, the 18, the 16 months that he was in office. people who are angry at the fact that he has been in prison. and people who are demanding more than anything that they want. not just the you're not only goes to you to be freed, but they want the government to close congress and for everyone to leave most of the people, most of peruvians obedient, pulsate. they want new general elections because we've been in political turmoil throughout now. that's why the new president, a, the novel new out of the has asked for a truth, not only for politicians to wait and let her be able to bring back the country together. but asking a truth to, to journalists who are asking

a lot of questions among them, asking her will she be able to finish her term in 2026? she has a lot of challenges ahead. ah, germany says it expects more rest and rates in connection with the far right plot to overthrow its government. police rated a 130 sites across the country. on wednesday, a small town in the east was at the center of the plan that came to ports. ballad bot, lorden stein is a sleepy town in the eastern german state of 13 year. and yet in this castle, police say the alleged plotters would meet to discuss their plans and stole their weapons. it belongs to hi, miss weiss, a minor aristocrat who styles himself as prince heinrich, the 13th, but who investigate his believe is the ringleader of the group. a man long

denounced by his family and by other towns people for espousing conspiracy. theories often move to all citizens of bad lunchtime received a letter this past summer in which we were told that we were not german because our passports were not german. we were then given the opportunity to apply for german origin documents with, with the sender called the voice administration. the driving ideology of the royce group is from the far right rice book tradition. it would do away with democracy and reimpose, the imperialist rule by a monarch or kaiser. many thousands of people have a loose and not criminal affiliation to the wider principle. but very few have actively plotted to bring it about. convince people can be very st, and germany can be very radical and can be violent. we have seen that in our history, and this is the very reason that the big majority of the people say not comes.

certainly the mood among many germans is one of incredulity. mission tough, but it's not really comprehensible you hear, but such lands and other countries. but for this to happen outside my front door to the government, we have is not ideal, but probably better than what they had planned to be honest, i have no words so far away from what i personally believe it. so i find it hard to grasp. one central question being asked is how some of the alleged plotters could have reached positions of relative power and influence in society. another question is what the country should do to remove such people from office earlier. and johnson, steve is just a consequence of television. the most important consequence of this is that everyone knows that we have a true state and a defensive democracy, which is able with its security authorities to tort such violations of the law and repelled him with all my cries, bryce. good, i have

a love hate relationship with this building. as the bond is target federal parliament, it's a demonstration of a democratic germany. they would abandon. but as the old rice tags building, it's a reminder of the imperial germany. they would bring back for now. ministers say they've sworn in that ambition. dominic cane al jazeera berlin. the nigerian army has been accused of running a secret illegal abortion program among victims of armed groups, which is reports of at least $10000.00 pregnancies have been terminated in the countries northeast since 2013 reports as many of the women and girls had been kidnapped and raped by members of our groups, such as booked her. many of the abortions were reported be carried out without the women's consent. nigerian military leaders deny the program existed. in the beginning, we were in our town, book, harass, came, and attacked. they grabbed us and took us away to the bush. after that we were in

the bush in their hands. soldiers came and took us. after that they took us to get our barracks and they boarded our pregnancies from an amino has more from the boucher neil on thursday. the night julian government twins the media as well as issued a written statement in response to the allegations made by the reuters news agency that thousands of women rescued from book around fighters had been forced to undergo abortions. and that reports. busy by reuters agency had said that at least one of the women that spoken to had described how she had been taken to a dark room off to be rescued. forced to take tablets as well as given injections, which been resulted in abortion. and in her situation, there were at least 5 other women in that room. now, the 2 in military has, in that statement that they issued as youth

a number of adjectives to respond to these allegations, saying that they alive it. these are concocted stories concocted allegations that they're wicked, and also calling it demonic journalism and a fictitious series of stories intended to insult nigerians and nigerian culture. that statement issued by the military also went on to say that thousands of bikers specifically had surrendered in at least the last 18 months. and many of them were part of a re integration program following their surrender from the book of fighters . and it did also said that it had wanted to respond to this. reuters report as to the journalist from ways that agency had to be collecting their information. but it has now had the opportunity to respond. it is said that the

nigerian soldiers have, under no circumstances taken part in any systematic or illegal operation to conduct abortions that this hasn't happened and to show soldiers they cherish life . and that despite the difficulties and the challenges the nigerian government is facing in terms of security in the country still to come on out of here. we visit a so called warm bank set up by u. k. charities to help the vulnerable cope with rocketing energy prices. and we're also madagascar where the drought thrilled migrant crisis is threatening fish stocks and the ocean fine. ah ah, here's your weather in a minute 15. this is the edition for the americas. great to see you still breezy

through the great lakes. we've got a shield of snow across the midwest, but for chicago, i think it's going to be a bit of a rain snow mix. nothing major there. briefly through the northeast in that rain starts to push away from halifax gutter next, whether maker in the pacific that's going to slam into the west coast of the us over the course of the weekend. so it means another saki weekend for northern california. ahead of it. gloomy conditions, s f, with the high of 13 degrees. now for the u. s. gulf states the southeast got this rain running across northern georgia. as we looked toward tennessee as well. it's where a cool and warm air colliding can really see the difference between the carolinas. right. charleston, 22 and raleigh. just 11 degrees. the high for you on friday, tradewinds. not as strong. suggest the odd shower here. bursts of rain on that border with believes and guatemala bigger storms are really east of the pedro vian andes, through the amazon basin coming out to the east coast of brazil. but to the south of this, it is all about the heat. so we paint the colors on dark or the red. how are they

temperature port to lake rate? 40 degrees? you could match a temperature record for the month of december on friday. we'll see if it happens. take care. ah. alongside the conflict between india and pakistan. a pristine captain mounted one in one east. that's the kashmiris pioneering industry. on al jazeera. ah oh, now jesse a no . lulu

ah, ah. reminder the top stories here now 0. russia has freed basketball, a brittany griner in a high level prison. i spoke with the u. s, she was exchanged for a notorious alms de la vic to boot years. president joe biden says brenda is safe and on her way home. peruse, ousted former president, pedro castillo is facing a rebellion charge a day after his removal from office. a successor. dina vulnerability was sworn in to not castillo was impeached, and then arrested. germany says it expects more arrests and rates in connection with the far right plot to overthrow its government lease rated a $130.00 sites across the country. on wednesday

i told her all the nicest news from the world cup his arist model at auto hawk waterfront studio in cutter. lena massey's emotional world cup story continues in the quarter finals on friday against the netherlands after 8 to one when in the last 16 against australia argent interface. a team with high hopes of ending mess. he's final run and richardson report whether he likes it or not. a little messy is the focus, the most camera lenses. when argentina hit the training ground, competing at his last world cup. 35 year old messy is closing in on his 1st global title, that tens of thousands of fans have traveled to capital from argentina, hoping to witness one of the games all time greats. kathy's international career with football is biggest price. financials i'm with ford is again casey, we see the effort that everyone has made to come here and be part of the games and also the people enjoying it from argentina. i know that all of our different tina

would like to be here, but that isn't possible. the unity that we have enjoyed for a while is very beautiful at every much. it's incredible how they are living each game and transmitting so much passion and energy. i thank them because it's incredible in the netherlands t no face in the quarter finals certainly enjoyed a knockout when against the usa at the last world cup of parents in 2014 dutch fun came to an end with the seat against george and tina in the last 4, we know that you're 3 games away from glory. you could be 3 against. ready from glory and we are in this position right now. we wanna show we want to perform and get, leave it all on the page and hopefully get success. and this is opportunity. dutch coach louis van hall is another rallying point for the players. he returns the job for a 3rd time last year, the 71 year old,

guiding the team through world qualification, while also being treated the prostate cancer of the bed. she's a very good guys. well, you can speak to a normal and i think everyone is good for with him. and i think also because this will be the last one. yeah, i want to fight for women duelfer argentina center, hoping it will be their team that can bring the netherlands 19 game unbeaten run to an end. and the richardson al jazeera, our football analysts won. rango is with me now. and one can the nebling stand in the way of argentina reaching the final for a could be a rematch of what happened in 2014, when both teams really went down to the wire and had to define things. and finally kicks. it looks and things tend to be in that direction, but with messy and the way he's been playing in this tournament, he just needs a couple of moments. a magic to really make things turn around against. it does say that maybe aren't the best as a as individual names,

but collectively they show that they are motivated to be able to make their, their coach very proud, but also very motivate to get really deep into this tournament. now brazil are the favorites of so many people that live here in katara by do you think croatia can cause an upset? the crazy could cause an upset against any team. but this is probably one of the biggest challenges are going to have. if you date back to the world couple finally, 2018. as a matter of fact, against france, they haven't seen a team as deep as talented as motivated, but also in sync with what they look to do and what they need to do on the page. so to me, when you start seeing brazil, yeah, they are going to have a hard time, i guess the crucial side. that's very competitive. that's always looking to get the results necessary and also do whatever it takes to do so. okay, and what's your prediction for the 1st time? a final line up. oh you got me for the 1st one. it would be brazil, croatia. i think brazil will get through now as far as the, as far as the netherlands and argentina up at garden. tina ok

hurry, thanks so much. one. well, after 2 rest phase, this is how friday's action look. agitation city is the venue for the opening quarter. final between croatia and brazil, 1500 gmc added, followed at 900100 gmc by the netherlands and argentina from at least sales stadium . so plenty to look forward to hearing tar and our team will have it all covered right here on al jazeera, the iran has announced the execution of a demonstrator who was involved in anti government protests. most in chicago was convicted of wounding a member of the paramilitary forces with a weapon and blocking street. nationwide protests broke out after the death in custody of 22 year old massa. many, nearly 3 months ago, she was detained for wearing unsuitable attire. trade unions in for lanka,

a leading a wave of protests over the spiraling cost of living. it follows print and running, which are missing is decision to privatize some state institutions. and during its worst economic crisis in decades for at least $22000000.00 people struggling to pay for central goods. here in the u. k. charities and community groups are responding to a surgeon energy prices with the creation of so called warm banks spaces where people can go to stay warm if they can't afford to heat their homes. with temperatures falling fast need bunker visited rock switcher, where volunteers are helping vulnerable people cope with the cost of living process . rural england, on the coldest day of the year. so far, pitcher perfect villages. but for some increasingly rustic living standards saint mary's church is opening its doors every week during winter, for those seeking warmth, comfort, and company. in uncertain times,

everybody was affected. we had it so easy to may. you know, you've turned the tap has been hot water. i'm have money to pay a bill so and he turn heating on. there's only been very, very lucky in this country. very lucky and we always rate how others. now, we need the help across the country. thousands of public buildings are being turned into so called warm banks, where people can go to heat up for free, especially if they can't afford the soaring cost of energy bills, which have doubled its down to charities, businesses, and community groups to step in amid a worsening cost of living crisis. this is an affluent part of the country, chocolate box, england. but this crisis is affecting a broader spectrum of people than ever before. everyone is getting poorer, every one's wages are being squeezed, and every was casa going up. for those people who've been just about managing money,

couldn't be any tighter. and now, increasingly, poverty is embedded within communities form banks operate on the same principle as food banks like this volunteer jo. payton is packing surplus goods destined for people who can't afford to feed themselves all their families. it was seen agatha last month as we're seeing people that are working, or people who've been on benefits, but they've coped. and now they've got to stages there's, there's nothing left, there's nothing left me to put on the matter. i comp heating on because i hadn't got any money left this week. buquet is the only g 7 country with a smaller economy. the before the pandemic and inflation is at its highest and 40 years, the pandemic and war new crane are undeniably at fault, but breaks it. and recent political mismanagement of stifle hopes of a fast economic recovery. the result, more people relying on the kindness of strangers to meet their basic needs needs. barker, al jazeera oxfordshire,

climate change is the big talking point at the cop 15 biodiversity summit in canada . when people are feeling its effects, thousands of calamities away in madagascar drought is forcing many people to move to the coast, and the influx of displaced people is putting huge pressure on fish, stocks and ocean life. at clark reports from madagascar western coast in bello sir mare, the wind blows the fishing boats home as it has for the countless centuries. people have lived here. lucky living by what nature provides, but not all, as, as it seems, these are malagasy migrants. they move from the drought written south in such a means to survive. and their story is the interface between climate change and biodiversity. los alamedos to the med, operates in our place who are suffering, and there was no food, and the kids are starving. so that's why they came here to believe so now it is too

expensive to buy $45.00, but with fishing we can find cheap or even free food. i am in the local fish market amongst the myriad species, hammerhead shark is available for sale. he's not even, i think it's a legal catch, but it's a globally threatened species. the arrival of the migrants is adding to the precious on fish, dogs and marine by diversity already stretched. by over fishing, we speed out to sea into a marine protected area. but with few resources that no fish stones, a haul to police from a double threat, he la la premier say, let me guarantee. the 1st one is the migrants who are coming in the dry season. here. the 2nd is the big fishing boats who don't stay outside the protected zone, and they cut the nets and damage the gear of the smaller fishing boats. i. smoke rises in the distance that's more biodiversity loss happening before our eyes slash

and burn deforestation. and soon we see the effects up close. 10 years ago, there were forest here. glen tells me 900 square kilometers a virgin forest was destroyed by the migrants fleeing the southern drought to grow crops like peanuts and mays. the habitat loss is devastating. i've even, i've seen many live her son, the trees here, the dancing lemurs. i've seen them many times in the column were here that were here this 5 years ago. yeah, i always talk to you to take them pictures. and then they come on, rhonda read faulted the brown lemurs to the soul. there were here is no home for them. none here for people fleeing the impacts of global warming. it's survival at all costs. and this is going to happen all over the world is impacts like sea level rise, called people to move further and further in land to escape rising sees,

putting more more pressure on environmental sources. here in madagascar slowing the ecological decline is key. but fundamental to that is improving the well being of the average, malagasy as the climate, they once new changes beyond recognition. mcclark al jazeera bellis, humor, madagascar, and a quick reminder can catch up with a one news any time on our website. the address for that is al jazeera dot com ah. the top stories are now to 0. russia has freed basketball, a brittany griner in a high level prisoner swap, where the u. s. she was exchanged for a notorious arms dealer, victor boot. she'd been sentenced to 9 years in prison. a drug possession and smuggling grind aspect to russian media seemed before her plain departed with.