with detailed coverage healthy, she'll say that transmission of this virus among humans is very rare, but they're worried because the summer season is about to begin from around the world formula. so you'd probably be okay, living in a building like this with blown up windows, but the temperature plummets tough conditions really take that whole. ah, us basketball player, brittany griner is released from a russian jail pot of a prisoner swap for noms data. ah, hello, i'm darn jordan. this is they are alive from to also coming up the ruse. new president faces a tough task ahead. united to a country in the wake of a corruption scandal that brought down have previous as shocking claims. nigeria military's accused of running a secret mass abortion program. and

a downtown in hong kong sees more people reliant on charity, leading the groups themselves and now under pressure to provide ah, american basketball player, brittany griner has been released from a russian prison grind. it was freed, as part of a prisoner swap. you as president joe biden says, she's now safe and on her way home. our white house correspondent, kimberly hall kit report. president biden announced the news in a tweet, releasing a photo of himself, vice president, kama le 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 to russia. rider 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 harper's per month. the u. s. has been negotiating with russian diplomats to release her. was happy back home to the to the never mind never will be 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. 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 year 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 until had 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, but 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's, and while we have not yet succeeded securing paul henry's, we are not giving up. still, there's fear about president biden's decision to swap a convicted arms dealer for an american convicted of drug possession. their fear, as 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 hell can al jazeera, the white house. well, let's bring in mike vigil. he's a former chief of international operations for the da, that's the drug enforcement administration to join us live from albuquerque in new mexico. mike, good job. you with us? look, i mean, as you know, it was a d. i special operation that took down victor boot back in 2007. how dangerous was see and how much of a threat to be posed to us national security. well,

victor booth was a russian arms dealer that operated for many, many years. selling weapons to terrorists organizations around the world. and da, conducted a sting operation where they used to confidential sources to penetrate victor boots organization. and they post as part members your, the arm revolutionary forces of columbia. they told them that they wanted to buy weapons to be used against american and in american aircrafts that were operating in columbia. he was arrested in 2008 and then in 2000 and he was expedited in the united states. he was convicted and given a 25 year sentence, president biden had a difficult decision to make. i think most people would agree with that. but do you think brittany griner release was a fair trade? i mean, a basketball player for a convicted international arms deal. i mean,

many in your community, say boot should never have been released. well, here's the thing. we're talking about lights in the exchange. as far as i'm concerned isn't when we have to stop the noise and look at, you know, the, the end of class partisan politics. you know, i've seen a lot of individuals then also come from the 8th. and they pack about bite. and because they're all lying by them, but they completely ignore. they have trump had my 1000 hello bon released and then bandwidth or leader at camp david. so as far as i'm concerned, this was a win win because i think every country has a righteous situation in terms of protecting its citizens and making sure that it tries to bring its citizens home safely. okay, let me get

a final thought from you mike. i'm in, does this prisoner swap now make it more unsafe for americans to travel abroad for fear of being detained by countries like russia, who can use hostages as political leverage against the united states? well here's the thing is that when americans travel to foreign countries, they have to be really, really careful about the things they do. you know, for example, there was one individual that travel into a foreign country installed a coaster, and he was sentenced to many years in prison. i, brittany, griner, i had the base material. so when you went to a point country, you can do these things. but when it comes to victor bow, you know, he is, he operated with in the shadows. he's no longer going to be able to do that. and you know, he's been in jail for 10 years,

so somebody has built that way. and then there's going to be numerous intelligence services around the world that are going to be monitoring his movement. but no, i don't. i don't think that this is gonna cause a situation where more us citizens are, are taken into custody and foreign countries. they just have to make sure that they don't do anything that goes against the last, however, minor they baby, because they can get them incarcerated. mike, visual, get to get your thoughts. thank you very much and have a talking to out to sarah. thank you, mike. thank you. now, didn't about lottie has been sworn in as peruse. interim lead up to congress impeach president federal castillo. he was arrested just hours after saying he would dissolve congress by presidential decree a move. the country is constitutional. court said was a coon on a lot as the country's 1st female president and as our peruvians for unity.

marianna sanchez has more behind me. groups of people that are slowly joining in to support photo gus the people who have been there. he's supporter for these 18 the 16 months of 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, not only a feel to be freed, but they want the government to close congress and for everyone to leave most of the people, most of peruvians predict pulsate. they want new general elections because we've been in a political term all throughout. now that's why not the new president, the, you know, one of the has asked for a truth. germany says it expects more arrests than the raids in connection with the far right plot to overthrow its government. police raided $130.00 sites across the

country on wednesday, a small town in the east to the center of the plan. so when it came report from building bot lorden stein is asleep. han 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 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 white administration. the driving ideology of the royce group is from the far right rice book, 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 comes. certainly the mood among many germans is one of incredulity. nisha is fasfa. 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 which was going 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. have another question is what the country should do to remove such people from office earlier, johnson history is just a consequence of elevation. 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 look like bryce borders. 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. dominant cane al jazeera berlin, francis albright care, not as era when we come back the great migration we look at how climate change in

madagascar is forcing people to find new places to live and outrage among victims is the man behind the 2002 bali bombings is released on parole. wanna stay with us . ah, anticipation is rising. and so with most of my cattle aways i cyclone is creeping closer to the southeast of india harbor one. here's the details. so this is the name storm. it's going to make landfall just to the south of tonight. so lot of rain. that's a concern. but also the winds around this are going to guest up to about a 100 kilometers per hour. and some of that what weather will also leak into under pradesh over the next few days as well. water view of india right now toward the northwest. it remains foggy and smoggy in places like new delhi, for example, with

a high of 26 degrees. after se, stager, the bulk of the energy is actually falling to the south of indo, china will pick up the store there in one sack, but got some concern over this, potentially could cook up into something. so it is something we'll watch over the next little bit of to indonesia, malaysia we've got is waves of rain. so some concentrated rain southern subaru and west chappel province. on friday, temperatures are coming up a bit across china after that called snap. and then we've also got this wave of rain clipping on northern taiwan was somewhat weather for attack. pay with the hiv 19 degrees. it remains snowy for that western side of whole. cato island, we've had some heavy snowfall lurks in play. there had a bad day in tokyo with the high of 14 degrees to round out the work week that trip the catch a later to with sponsored by kat. are they ways ah,

with from propaganda, a managed manipulation to the colossal consequences. the listening post reveals the powers behind the media and the impact on our life. it's one of the biggest reasons why iraq is back at a democracy. there's no accountability. oh, now to sierra. ah ah, welcome back. a good amount about top stories here. this, our russia has freed basketball player, brittany grimay, and a high level prisoner swapped with the u. s. she was exchanged for notorious arms dealer, victor boot. dubois, tell you has been sworn in peruse, interim leader,

after congress, and piques the president federal castillo. he was arrested just hours after saying he would dissolve congress by presidential decree to move the country's constitutional court called a more arrests than raids are expected in germany in connection with the far right plot to overthrow its government. this way that a 130 sites across the country on wednesday. but my g or an army has been accused of running a secret illegal abortion program among victims of groups. roaches reports that at least $10000.00 pregnancies. i've been terminated in the countries northeast since 2013. the report says many of the women and girls had been kidnapped and raped by members of on groups such as boca her. um, many of the abortions were poorly carried out. without the woman's consent, nigerian military denies the program existed. in the beginning, we were in our town, buckle her arm 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 tequila barracks and they a boarded r pregnancies. now covered 19 restrictions in hong kong may not be as severe as they are in mainland china. but a full reopening of the city and economic revival could still be some way off. a downturn as being people living under hardship increasingly rely on charity groups and social enterprises to make ends meet. does patrick faulkner reports many groups of themselves struggling to survive? ha, once a month, social workers from hong kong charity group chicken soup foundation, paid michelle nie visited her. michelle is a single mother struggling to get by on a meager income in one of the world's most expensive cities. she can barely afford the basics for her and her autistic daughter, the tables and chairs, no home with donated by the charity mahonnan hyundai, the young delica. lemme to other people. they may be ordinary things,

but to me and my daughter, it makes us feel fortunate that somebody shows us love article oh shoot a chicken suit, foundation main support the single parent families providing counseling as well as necessities including medical supplies. his washing machine was also a recent donation. since the start of the coven 19 pandemic, many upon comes poorest are facing unprecedented hardship. no, i know her c, seeing people face such difficulty has an emotional effect on us t. over the last 3 years, there's been a big rise and people seeking relief for charity workers. it's been particularly demanding. i. c. s. sam burn out our staff, her dare, especially during the faith web cast. at that time, we have more than 50 percent of our staff got covered as well, but we still have to serve our family. and that's not the only reason. many charities are facing staffing challenges. according to the hong kong social workers, general union,

as many as 28 percent of social workers quit that jobs from the last year. many of them left the city altogether because restrict pandemic curves and political uncertainty forming a crackdown on the pro democracy movement. on comm, struggling economy. as a result of the panoramic has made fundraising more difficult. also, one survey conducted by a local agency found a 5th of the organizations interviewed, had shuttered or suspended operations. so that an upright is a, is a platform for the people to help the society to do good in over the community. so without his pad form, i think there will be a feel opportunity for the people in hong kong to, to our have our channel to, to, in, to do good for the society. and the loss of such organizations means many who have been struggling here and rely on their help will find it difficult to get the support they need. patrick for al jazeera hong kong trade unions. intro lanka,

leading several protests against aspiring cost of living follows president ron wicker, a single decision to privatize some state institutions. shlang has been going through its worst economic crisis in decades, at least 22000000 people are struggling to pay for central goods. indonesian authorities have given early release to one of the been behind the 2002 the bali bombings. it's caused outrage among victims particular australia which saw $88.00 of its citizens killed one on holiday for the account reports do more. potash was released on parole after serving just half of his 20 year prison sentence for his role in the 2002 bally bombings indonesia the worst ever attack. he was convicted in 2012 after almost a decade on the run of mixing bombs which read through to nightclubs in one of the valley busiest tourist areas. 202 people were killed and hundreds of others injured . a local arcada link group was blamed citizens from 22 countries were among the

dead. 88 of them were australian tourists. there the news of new, more politics early relief has caused outrage that i care about a straw that i care about. the people that dart over here that i care about. the other 21 countries that were involved at the top, i don't kid. the only care about the people that i try to think in terms of their own mind is to directly claus which is crisis. australia hazards indonesia government not to release partic, bus authorities there say he has been reformed thanks to a di radicalization program in prison. fast hasn't convinced cambrai my thoughts today very much with families and communities who have lost a loved one. this is a person who was in the indignation justice system. my personal view is his actions are inexcusable and completely of heart. we don't control the innovation justice system and that's, that is the way of the world for local victims to the bombers. early release brings

a sense of unease there, unconvinced that he's a changed man. keep us looking for a long soon as the victims directly impacted. we have our own opinions and in these people cannot do good. they might have behaved in jail, but off today, fried by the authorities guarantee that they will not re offend tours, still flocked to the island which hasn't seen an attack since a monument to its victims reminds visitors of what mar patek and others did here 20 years ago freddy, a car al jazeera climate change is causing drought in a crop st. in south madagascar, and an increasing number of people are moving to the coast in search of food. the influx of migrants is putting huge pressure on fish docs and ocean life. as mc clark, my reports in bello sir mer, 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 is, 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 pay for it. but with fishing we can friendship even free food. i in the local fish market amongst the myriad species, hammerhead shark is available for sale. we don't even 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 of 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 enough sin, many lemurs on the trees here, the dancing lemurs. i've seen them many times in the common way here. there were here and is 5 years ago. yeah, we stopped here to take them pictures. and are they come on round

a at dow red faulty the brown limits of soul. there were here was 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 lands was gate rising, sees putting more pressure on environmental resources here in madagascar slowing the ecological decline is key. but fundamental to that is improving the well being of the average, malagasy as a climate, they once new changes beyond recognition. nick clark al jazeera bella, summa, madagascar, ah ton apple. the latest news from the world cup is far s mail that i don't have waterfront studio. leno massey's emotional world cup story continues in the quarter finals on friday

against the netherlands after $8.00 to $1.00. when in the last 16 against australia, our duty to face a team with high hopes of ending mess, he's final run at the richardson report. whether he likes it or not legal, 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 catherine from argentina, hoping to witness one of the beginnings all time greats. kathy's international korea with football is biggest price clinicians. i am waiting for it 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 arch in tina. i know that 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.

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 team now face in the quarter finals certainly enjoyed the knockout when against the usa at the last world cup of parents in 2014 dutch fun came to an end with the seat against georgia sina 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 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 to qualification, while also being treated for prost cancer of the fifty's. and he's a very good guys when he comes between normal and i think everyone is good for with

him. and i think also because his will is last one. i want to fight for him and to welcome argentina's fans and hoping it will be their team. it can bring the netherlands 19 game unbeaten run to an end. and the richardson al jazeera are for buying a swanner angle is with me now. and one a can minneapolis stand in the way and argentina reaching the final for it 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 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 of magic to really make things turn around against a dud. say that maybe aren't the best as a as individual names, but collectively they shown that they are motivated to be able to make their, their coach very proud, but also very motivated to get really deep into this tournament. now brazil are the

favorites. have so many people that live here in katara by. do you think however, shaking high's and upset me crazy can cause an upset against any team that 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 pits. i'd say to me, when you start seeing brazil. yeah, they are going to have a hard time against a crucial side. that's very competitive, that's always looking to get the that the results necessary and also do whatever it takes to do so. okay, and what's your prediction for the 1st semi final line at all? you got me here for the 1st one. it would be brazil, croatia, i think we're brazil get through now as far as the as far as the netherlands and argentina. a pic, argentina. oh okay. hey, thanks so much. one. well after 2 rest days, that this is how fridays actually look at the education city is the venue for the

opening quarter, final between croatia and brazil, that's at $1500.00 gmc and it's followed to add to 1900 g m t by the netherlands and argentina from lately sale stadium, so plenty to look forward to hearing cats are and our team will have it all covered right here on out is their act with crit, chargeable. the headlines here on al jazeera, russia has freed basketball player brittany, growing up in a high level prison swap with the u. s. she was exchanged for notorious arms de la victor, boot. yes, present. joe biden says griner is safe and on her way home i read it with .