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a secret must abortion program and seeking shelter, so called warm banks being set up across the u. k. take the edge of the cost of living crisis. ah, american basketball player, brittany griner has been released from our russian prison, grime. it was freed as part of a prisoner swap. yes, president joe biden says she safe and now on her way home. our white house correspondent kimberly help get reports. 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, he said, he's on a plane. she's on her way home. after once been unjustly detained and russia, grinder 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, to the on that but you wouldn't mind the fine. she endured miss treatment showed attitude a show trial and russia with characteristic grid. the white house won't say what suddenly changed only that this week brought a breakthrough on thursday. griner was sent to the us. he is part of a prisoner slot for russian army dealer. victor boot referred to by thumb as the merchant of death. he'd 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 the 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's innocent,

sadly, for totally illegitimate reasons. russia is treating paul's case differently than brittany, and while we have not yet succeeded, securing palsy race, we are not giving up. still, their fear about president biden's 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 dina bellow. artie has been sworn in as peruse, interim leader after congress impeach president federal castillo. he was arrested just hours after saying he would dissolve congress by presidential decrees. movie countries. constitutional court said was a qu, follow are to the 1st female president of the country, and as, as peruvians for unity not sanction has more hi,

neat hoops of people that are slowly joining it to support barrett or gassy, or people who have been there's a, he's supporter for these the 18 the 60 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 are not 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, if a p doing poll, say they want a new general election because we've been in a political turmoil throughout now. that's why the new president a, the and i will know out of the has asked for a truth. germany says it expects more arrests and raids in connection with the far right plot to overthrow its government. police raided a 130 sites across the country. on wednesday,

a small town in the east was at the center of the plan. so when it came reports from berlin bot lorden. stine 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 store their weapons. it belongs to hi miss weiss, a minor aristocrat who styles himself as prince heinrich, the 13th, but who investigators believe is the ringleader of the group. a man long denounced by his family and by other towns people for espousing conspiracy theories either built often by 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 a german origin documents with, with the sender called the voice administration. the driving ideology of the royce group is from the far right rice spoke a 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. 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 again. certainly the mood among many germans is one of incredulity. shortish, tough, but it's not really comprehensible. you hear about 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. 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. this is just a consequence of allison, 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 its might. bryce good as have a love hate relationship with this building as the buddhist target federal parliament, it's a demonstration of a democratic germany they would abandon. but as the old rice tags building its 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 the victims of om groups. reuters reports

at least 10000 pregnancies have been terminated in the countries northeast since 2013. the report says many of the women and girls have been kidnapped and raped by members of our groups such as bulk are um. many of the abortions were reportedly carried out without the women's consent. nigerian military denies the program existed. in the beginning, we were in our town book harass, came in, 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. for me, the miller has more now from a bu, jess. 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 of that thousands of women rescued from book all around fighters had been forced to

undergo abortions. and that report by reuters agency had said that at least one of the women they had 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, b like to in military has, in that statement that they issued as youth a number of adjectives to respond to these allegations, saying that they alive. if 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. now that statement issued by the military also went on to say that thousands of books on by to 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 on fighters. and it also said that it had wanted to respond to this. reuters report as 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 legal 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, the us secretary of state says he's competent. finland and sweden will soon be made to members. therefore, administers are in washington dc for talks,

rush of invasion of ukraine pushed them and applied to join the alliance. it's been delayed by concerns from turkey. of a code is separatists in both countries. sounds in a blink and says those issues have now been addressed their militaries work, nearly seamlessly with alliance forces been on sweden will bolster our lives not only through their military capabilities, but also through their values, an abiding commitment to democracy, the rules based international order, respect for human rights, respect for human dignity to come here now just very including keeping common, carrying on king charles refused to comment on his son's tunnel tv series. plus this is how fortress europe looks like. i'm steadfast reporting from the battleship lithuanian border about how my going asylum seekers are all being pushed back into bellows. ah,

here's your weather in a minute 15. this is the addition 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, got our next weather 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 look 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,

the trade runs not as strong. so just the odd shower here, burst 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 a 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. a in depth analysis of days headlines from around the world. do you think diplomacy still stands? it's sean very up to me. about any negotiation. a winter,

it's going to be hell. hold their inside. story on al jazeera lou . ah, welcome back and look about about top stories here at this hour. russia has freed basketball player brittany grimay in a honda, a prisoner swap with us. she was exchanged for notorious honesty, the vic to boot. yes, president joe biden says gramma is safe and on her way home, dina palo alto has been sworn in as peruse in trim leader on to congress in peach president federal castillo. he was arrested just hours after saying he would dissolve congress by presidential decree. a move, the country's constitutional court called a more rest. some raids are expected in

germany in connection with the far right plot to overthrow its government lease rated a $130.00 sites across the country on wednesday. not only for when it has turned away, maybe 20000 refugees and migrants in the past year, despite having an official policy to medically assess them. first al jazeera met some asylum seekers who say they had serious injuries when they were rejected. step batson spoke with 2 of them, a 530 kilometer long, 4 meters high barbed wire fence to keep out refugees and migrants. but video footage given to us by the lithuanian border police, shows people are still crossing the border. some have accused the bell erosion forces of copping defense to let people through. not long after they are seen being pushed back through the same hole by the lift away the ends. this re lanchen man who does not want to be identified as this is what happened to him to after crossing from bellows, he says his feet are injured,

but lithuanian border. police did not supply medical aid. the other day. we raised our hands asking for help, but they showed no mercy. they took us right back to the forest. i was praying that i would buy the experience. he says he spent 10 days in the cold forest. after crossing again into lithuania, he was finally admitted to hospital both his feet suffered from serious frost bite and had to be amputated. his lawyer is preparing a legal case against border police for negligence. well, there was intentional or intentional threat to life. failure to perform the duty. every person has a right to life, and nobody should be left in life threatening situations without assistance. what and 4000 refugees and migrants mainly from the middle east and africa, arrived in lithuania from bellows. last year. the you accused fellowship leader,

alexander lucas shanker of youth and follow people as a weapon of war. after europe and the u. s. imposed sanctions on his government. this is one of the recently build bought offenses. aiming to turn the european union into a fortress for refugees and migrants. still people are risking their life, making the journey through the forest and freezing temperatures, trying to get through to friends into the e u. a journey that often ends right here in the cold forest. the list when he and deputy interior minister says all of those pushed back will be medically assessed. but when asked about the 23 lankin, he admits they may have been returned with injuries very few cases. perhaps better keep in mind that they are, are they hiding in any cases they want to escape from the border guards are not responsible that they enjoy themselves this way. lumpkin man is suffering from serious mental health issue fences,

amputation while human rights organizations say the push backs is against the un convention for refugees, with awareness as it will continue. as long as the situation at its border with bellows does not improve, steadfast and else's era. vilnius. iran has reportedly executed a demonstrator who took part in the anti government protest that began in september . most in chicago, he was convicted of wounding a member of the paramilitary forces with a weapon and blocking a st. nationwide protest broke out after the death of 22 year old martha. mimi in police custody nearly 3 months ago. on sunday runs, public prosecutor announced the morality police had been defended. katara has held at 6 am to corruption towards the event, recognizes those who contributed to the global campaign to uphold the rule of law. 7 organizations and individuals are recognized during a ceremony in the capital hundreds of protest as in sudan that cold for the country's military leaders to step aside lease fight, tear gas at the crowd,

who march in the capital cartoon on thursday, protest, i want the leaders of last year's military to, to be tried in court and an angry open agreement signed with sedans, main pro democracy group. earlier this week, people in portugal capital had been urged to stain doors after heavy rain caused flooding. at least one person has died cause was submerged and some road tunnels and metro line shut down in lisbon. the severe weather is forecast to last until friday. temperatures in the u. k. are set to fall below freezing. it comes at a time when energy prices are high. charities and community groups are responding with the creation of so called warm banks, their spaces, where people can go to avoid the cold. if they can't afford to heat their homes. me back, i traveled to oxfordshire where volunteers are helping vulnerable people. rural england on the coldest day of the year. so far. picture perfect villages. but for

some increasingly rustic living standards. think mary's church is opening its doors every week during winter for those seeking warmth. comfort and company and i'm certain times everybody is 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 all right, 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 costs of energy bills, which have doubled. it's down to charities, businesses, a community groups to step in amid a worsening cost of living crisis. this is an affluent part of the country, chocolate box, england for this crisis is affecting

a broader spectrum of people than ever before. every one is getting poor. every one's wages are being squeezed and every was costs are 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 peyton is packing surface goods destined for people who can't afford to feed themselves all their families. it was seen again the last month is 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. you can 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 worn ukraine are undeniably a 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, park al jazeera oxfordshire. now in a new series produced by netflix britons, prince harry has opened up about why he left the u. k with his wife megan and their 1st child. in the 1st episode, when he's on thursday, it tells of their love story on why they decided to leave. the royal family didn't bother reports. it's really hard to look back on it now and go. what on earth happened? it's 2020 and prince harry and his american wife megan, that you conduct yes of sussex a leaving the u. k. we've just finished ah, 2 weeks on the final push a loss stant of medications. it's just 4 years after they 1st met the level of 8 that has been stood over the last 3 years as she gets my

wife and my son, as if my mom out fagley archie. i'm generally concerned for the safety of my family for children. the 1st of 6 episodes of his netflix series goes back to harry's childhood. oh, we do look at if can replace this one. but i'm, it explores how he felt the glare of the media of the effect it had on his mother, princess diana, who died in a car crash while being chased by press photographers. as a panel in the series, harry says, members of his family questioned why mega should be protected from the press. the difference he told them was the elements of race. the way tabloid. newspapers used races, tropes. when talking about megan, marco has been well documented. but there was, according to the sussex, is also racism from within the royal family. something the families denied. it led to a breakdown in relations, which notably with harry's father, king charles and his brother, prince william and contributed to megan feeling suicidal for

a long time. people at myself in talking about the insidious nature of the racism in britain, and we've seen it so many times. light reflects to us in the british press. and we've been told that we imagine they're always things he sensitive. what this us is . it forces a conversation about race and racism and the class system within brits. her over interviews in the netflix series were done by august this year, the month before queen elizabeth died. oh, it's very much the couples accounts and the royal family says it's not commenting on it. the worsening relationship between the sussex is in buckingham palace is an institution dominated, royal coverage here in britain during the last years of queen elizabeth's life with prince harry's father. now on the throne, you might think that be a chance for a reset. this new documentary suggests it's still complicated. nadine baba al jazeera london ah.

all right, tom, apple latest news from the world cup here. as far as mad at our doha water from studio in keta. lena math. he's emotional world cup story continues in the quarter finals on friday against benevolence after a t y. and when in the last 16 against australia, argentina thesis team with high hopes of ending massey's final run, andy richardson report whether he likes it or not so little messy is the focus for 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 catherine from argentina, hoping to witness one of the giddings all time greats. kathy's international korea 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 autrand tina. i know the all of our tina would like to be here, but that isn't possible. the unity that we have enjoyed for one is very beautiful at every match. 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. female face in the quarter finals certainly enjoyed the count win against the usa at the last world. cup of parents in 2014 dutch fun came to an end with defeat against george and tina. in the last 4. we know that you are 3 games away from glory. you could be 3 games away from glory. and we are in this position right now. we wanna show we want to perform and give leave it all on the page and hopefully get success. and this is opportunity. touch coach louis john 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 will to qualification, while also being treated for 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, everyone wants to fight for him and do well for auction, seen his friends and hoping it will be their team can bring the netherlands 19 game unbeaten run to an end. andy richardson al jazeera, our football analysts won. rango is with me now, and one can abilene stand in the way of argentine reaching the final for a could be a rematch of what happened in 2014. when both teams really went down to the wire intent to define things and finally kicked, it looks and things tend to be in, 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 the 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 can 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 cup final in 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 pitch. 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, the results necessary and also do whatever it takes to do so. okay, and what's your prediction for the 1st semi 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 in argentina. opic argentina. oh okay. a hurry. thanks

so much. one. well, after 2 rest days, that this is how fridays action locus education city is the venue for the opening quarter funnel between croatia and brazil. about sat $1500.00 g m t and it's followed to add to 1900 g m t by the netherlands and argentina from at least sales stadium. so plenty to look forward to hearing cats are and our team will have it all covered right here on out, is there a ah folk who took up a headlines here on al jazeera, russia has freed basketball, player brittany groin up in a high level prisoner swapped with the united states, she was exchanged for notorious abdulla victor boot years. president joe biden says grime, it is safe and now on her way home. this

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