murder with detailed coverage, helpful for shall say the transmission of this virus among humans is very rare, but they're worried quicker for summer season is about to begin from around the world formula. you probably be okay. living in a building like this with blown up windows, but the temperature plummets such conditions really take that whole. lou american basketball player, brittany griner, heads home after she was released by russia and a prisoner swap from arms. dina. ah, on carry johnston. this is out to sarah wildlife, and also coming up with anger in lima supports is a former president petro castillo, demands his release on, he was impeached and detained on charges of attempting

a coup. we look at gender based of audits in senegal, after a female m. p 's attacked in parliament and counting down to the world cup quarter finals. little messy looks to and dutch dreams as argentina, care up for big tests against the netherlands. ah, american basketball star, brittany griner is expected to land in the us very shortly after being released from a russian prison greiner, who had been detained since fabri was free as part of a prisoner swap. a white house correspondent kimbry huck no reports. 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 him once been unjustly detained,

and 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 russian penal colony. us officials, led by the president, condemned her sentence as disproportionately harsh for a month. the u. s. has been negotiating with russian diplomats to release her was happy. you fly back home to the to the never mind. there is a little bit 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 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. 20 all have been. i'm so privy to one of the darkest moments of my life. and so today i'm just standing here . i'm 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 and espionage charges. his family says he's innocent, sadly, per totally illegitimate reasons. russia is treating paul's case differently than brittany's. and while we have not yet succeeded securing paul race, 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, how can al jazeera the white house. these are pictures of russian arms due to victor boots, who landed in moscow after being freed by the u. s. he was greeted by his mother and wife. boots says he wasn't told he was being released ahead of time and

demonstrators in peru have fought with police soft the rest of impeached president pedro kasteel, the former leaders, supporters in lima, demanding his release. costeo was detained and removed from power on wednesday, or 2, attending to shot to congress and rule by decree. his are facing charges of rebellion and conspiracy for peruse. new president in up with an rti has sworn in shortly after kasteel removal. ariano sanchez reports from the capital marching for the former leader supporters, a feeble casteel gathered outside the prison, where she's been held from the heart of the capital city to the south of the country supporter say they want him freed it. whose latest political crisis and didn't wednesday, when cathy was impeached by congress when he left the presidential palace the order to arrest him had already been issued. he was on his way to the mexican embassy to seek asylum. at cassius own escorts were instructed to detain him at gunpoint.

he was flown to this prison on the outskirts of the capitol, where he'll stay for at least the next 7 days as an investigation into allegations of rebellion and conspiracy gets underway. again. i think his lawyer has rejected the charges and says casting his detention is illegal outside. angry supporters blamed the new precedent enough on what the forecast the years down for. yes, that's a man's, don't miss it as yet. until a month ago, she was saying that if diana say she castillo, there would go with him. now she takes over the presidency and says, she doesn't agree with a crew to tom. bon water bass bid 6th precedent in 5 years. and the 1st woman to lead the nation on her 1st full day in office. she appealed for a political truce, but refused to rule out the possibility of early elections. just take a al moon as was some voices are calling to have early elections and that is

democratically respectable. i think that after the assumption of the presidency, it's time for a bit of a reorientation of what else to be done with a country audience. 7 opinion pull, say 87 percent of peruvians want fresh elections, frustrated by years of political turmoil, most of beatles, former leaders are being investigated for some form village at corruption. castillo is being held, the sink, prison as former precedent. albert, this is him already been garcia and i went the whole he, marty, who is serving a 25 year sentence for human rights abuses. they are the only 2 former resident of hayden closed congress illegally. you now will, you are the ones to bring an end to the political feuding which has paralyzed the country for years as she chooses those who will be in her cabinet. she wants to show peruvians, they will not be forgotten. adiana sanchez helped us. he don't leave happy to 9

people have died and an explosion at a coal mine in indonesia is not know what caused the blast in west smarter. local governor says a rescue operation for one person is underway. people in the philippines are protesting against plans by the ruling party to use money and government banks to create an investment fund. the fund is to be managed by close allies of present ferdinand at marcus junior. many fear their savings might be at risk only below reports from another. many filipinos are up in arms over a proposed investment fund that would use a public money. now, most of the outrage has been online, but there have been small protests like this out on the streets. now the initial objection was because this fund was going to draw pension money from government corporations, handling both government employees and private employees, pensions. but proponents have already backed down, now they say that they're only going to use funds from government banks,

but still these protesters object to the proposal, my g, and that is that my, me up, they bought the cars. are they going to ask my mission for i don't the policy thought that maybe or not they will use their mind me for, for investment that we are not sure of. but legislators and economic managers in this, this fund is this area. and then back on it is long overdue because the national budget just isn't enough on all the necessary document projects and they side, but it's accessible examples such as singapore, in indonesia, where earnings from these kinds of sovereign wealth funds have been able to find the infrastructure projects on the shipment, so we're in wells fund, dried and best investment. jo that us been huge by government the 1st world and developing countries. yeah. but there are also trust issues here. the main on the bill that comes in on the current president where the non global mark is junior,

the speaker of the house, marketing one desk. and one of the co authors is his son, representative of eagles angel marcus, depressed the parents of the president raul quintinella and mark is senior and imelda marcos, former 1st lady, the horton power back in the seventy's and eighty's are believe to 100 an estimated $5.00 to $10000000000.00 from government coffers. so there is fear that this will go the way of malaysia, one and b b where $4500000000.00 right there, worded along the shelf companies and officer a bank account on former malaysian prime minister. now she resolved, who is in fact a serving of 12 your sentence in connection with the one mtv case. ah, the football well cup is back in action, late on friday is the 1st quarter final matches get on the way croatia are up against 5 time champions. brazil at 15 g empty,

and at 19 g m t the 2010. ron and stop and evidence will face argentina with more fans. excitement about friday's games that's close to catch your lopez the young who's at soup walker in dough wants to catch you up. thank you to look forward to oh, yes, definitely a good vibe here at the sick walk. if this is a place to be where fans me before a match to kind of meet up with other fans and also cheer on their team to show off their costumes. and we see a lot of foot traffic, so fans are gearing up for that for the match later on this afternoon. as you mentioned, a teams are left so the stakes are definitely. * high and fans are feeling. yeah, we see here there is excitement, but there's also a bit of nervousness, especially with so many surprises here in the world cup. later on today, as you know, pro asia ah, well play against brazil. we have seen a lot of checkered jerseys and also yellow jersey. lot of fans from brazil telling me that back home. it's basically like a national holiday with

a lot of fans saying not going to work. my going to school are just gonna focus on the game and see what happened. so definitely a lot of my eyes on this map. something i wanna mention as a resident here in ohio, that is very unique to see a lot of locals here from doha mingling and walking around with a lot of fans really from all over the world. so we see that here that they're talking to one another, they're sharing meals, the chain tables, and also a lot of se, for a lot of the matches today. one of the about much more than just a match, especially for argentina and brazil, their identity, their national identity in a way is tied to football. so a lot of eyes, a lot of focus writing on this game, not just for football, but also for a lot more issues. instead play beyond the pitch in the, the stakes are high indeed. county, thank you for that. geminus and pete estimates. we'll have more in our special well

cup coverage. coming out next hour. he said ahead here in al jazeera and wakefield . every single one of you is been on a thank you. end of an error in the late night television, that african, comedian trevino says good bye to the danger and a community putting together through adversity and take a look at the dragon boat is of cut off. ah, hello the ne monsoon as they pushing some very heavy showers into the malay peninsula, big downpours here over 200 millimeters of a re not too far from a kuala lumpur and it stays very unsettle here as one would expect as we go through the next few days more pockets, a very heavy rainfall coming in across southern parts, a toilet northern areas of malaysia, some very wet weather,

to little disturbance there brewing up into central and northern parts of the philippines over the next few days. and that is lottie to call some localized flooding. follow that chain of organized storms there across northern parts of bornea, a rash of showers. they're coming into indonesia, particularly across java, over the next couple of days. still got a few showers into the far southeast australia. meanwhile, but they are the prices declaring away, i think of greater significance have been that cold, rare, just pushing up across the far south east of the country and the aptly named parish or valley. so temperatures dipping to minus 7 celsius. so that's a new record for australia, for the summer months. now we are looking at something a little marla, pushing in as we go on through the next couple of days. a 25 there for melbourne. 35 in a little over temperatures will just drop off a little as we go through the next few days. rein pushing in here and wet autonomy, sealant. ah, ah,

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brittany greiner is expected to land in the us shortly after being released from a russian prison. griner was freed and a prisoner swap, an exchange for convicted alms at the pick to boot. police in peru have fought with supporters of impeach president pedro castillo. he was detained and removed from tower on wednesday, after attempting to shot congress and lou by decree. 9 people have died in the explosion of a coal mine in indonesia is not known what caused the lost in west sumatra. the local governor says a rescue operation for one person is underway. people in beijing are being urged to remain vigilant against the coping. 19 of the government east, it's tough restrictions which lead to protests. china's national health commission is now allowing people with mild symptoms to quarantine at home. health status checks on mobile apps have also been dropped. people have been lining up for routine testing on the streets. many say they're ready for things to go back to normal. her long high school. the had been actually the opening up of beaching has

been quite fast. and now with the end of the year, fast approaching the easing of cove, it policies will mean many people will be able to go home for the new year because many haven't been able to. in the last 3 years, kirby 19 restrictions in hong kong may not be as severe as they were on mainland china. but a full reopening of the city and economic revival could still be some way off. a downturn has seen that people living on the hardship increasingly reliance on charity groups to make ends meet. but as project fortner reports, many such groups are themselves struggling to survive. ha, once a month, social workers from hong kong charity group chicken soup foundation, paid michelle nie a visit at her home. michelle is a single mother struggling to get by on a meagre 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 in her home

were donated by the charity mahonnan hyundai, the young, delicate, 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 america. oh sure they go chicken soup foundation main support the single parent families providing counseling as well as necessities including medical supplies. washing machine was also a recent donation. since the start of the coven 19 pandemic, many of hong kong poorest are facing unprecedented hardship. now i have see, seeing people face such difficulty has an emotional effect on us tea. 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 webcast. 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 their jobs from the last year. many of them left the city altogether because the strict pandemic curves and political uncertainty forming a crackdown on the pro democracy movement. on comm, struggling economy. as a result of the panoramic is made fundraising more difficult. also, one survey conducted by a local agency found a 5th of the organizations that 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 this platform, i think there will be a feel opportunity for the people in hong kong to, to have our channel to, to, you know, to do good for this was 80 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. now south koreans will get a year or 2 younger in january, at least on paper. the government has passed laws to scrap the countries 3 different age counting systems in favor of a standard international one. this includes the tradition of accounting people as one year old at birth, and adding one year every johnny. the 1st units came reports from so near is stay here is also left with a little bit of angst. and that's because on january 1st one year is automatically added to everybody's age. much like it was for our ancestors. this means also for babies. once they are a boy, there are automatically one year old, making the korean age, often one to 2 years older than the international standard of pul twirl around. the sun, which is being used in legal and health matters,

would struggle. we use international age when banking, so i often get confused. that's at the change, at least on paper, starting in the middle of 2023 president you sonya is set to sign a bill that was nearly unanimously approved by a parliament to standardize age in south korea to align with international norms. so how do south koreans feel about getting younger next year from a, from 72 years old? now that means are we 7 to years with the change? i also think it'll be great news for people who are getting married later. people over 40 years old. all voices, they're reflecting what was found in a september survey, 8 out of 10 people said they agree with the change. only 6 percent said keep the status quo. but given the hierarchical structure of south korea society observer say it will likely take some time before the international age. truly seeks into

the social structure. now, there's been a color outbreak can make shift camp outside goma, eastern democratic republic of congo. the past 2 weeks more than 250 patients have been admitted to a local treatment center. doctors without borders assess diseases spreading because of a lack of shelter and sanitation. thousands of displaced people living in the areas congolese soldiers fight against m. 23 rebels in senegal, agenda based violence is in the spotlight after recent bruland parliament in which a female m. p was slapped and kicked by another politician the fight to broke out. while a global activism campaign to end violence against women was underway because hawk has more from deco, a routine parliamentary session descends into violence. a member of parliament slaps and kicks one of his colleagues. the woman was pregnant and has since miscarried, even so some politicians say she deserved the beating is regular. so velma,

this is from she started it. i understand but impede that. he to he insulted his religious eda that i disapprove of what happened. debra charges have been laid against the offending m p, but despite robust new laws to protect women and girls in senegal, research shows 68 percent of women victims of such crimes. never speak out. it took on my bang it 19 years to summon up the courage to bring an end to her marriage and the daily blows that came with living with her husband. he would beat her unconscious, hitting her so hard, so he damaged the nerves at the base of her skull, leaving her blind in the right eye. and bang eventually left him and approached the police. but he continues to threaten her falcon mouth, asked the girl. it's painful, it really hurts that he is still free. after everything he has done, he continues to harass me and goes looking for me. but i want to live my life. her

closest relatives knew about the violence, but did nothing to stop it according to the un. when in 3 women worldwide experienced sexual or domestic violence. yes, yes sir. you see, i said less of the rising number cases is linked to fear of denouncing such accent . so to the level of negligence and normalization of domestic violence, it is certainly the case in the household and beyond. glad to lead the brawl in parliament has parked a national conversation about the treatment of women. and it's not the only case in the public spotlight. we're outside the main court house in the car where we spend sancho, the main opposition leader is standing trial for rape. look at the headlines. it says she is finally ready. the moment she has been waiting for this one. the sweet and beautiful duel. there is an undertone of sexism where the owners is on the women to prove her innocence, rather than on the man. few women are willing to come forward. many of those who do

are still afraid, but defiant, rebuilding their lives. one step at a time. nicholas hawk al jazeera de car. if the final day of a chinese president set trip to saudi arabia, she's in pain med king from been i'm does is and proud principal harmon in solomon on thursday. local media is reporting sheeting thing has invited the king to visit china. the presidents also leaders of palestine, egypt to wait and saddam and this one person is dead after a fire at a shopping center in russia. it happened in the northern outskirts of moscow at the mega him keep more russian media sate was caused by malfunctioning electrical equipment. fire safety rules were also reportedly not followed or the popular host of the daily show has given his farewells, as he recorded his last episode on thursday. so african comedian at trevor noah has been the face of the american tv show for 7 years. replaced john stewart,

you had brought the daily show international fame? no, it took on the difficult task of making committee out of events such as coven 19 in the black lives matter movement. black, i'm grateful t i remember more we started the show. we couldn't get enough people to full an audience. and i that was think it's good. that's how comedy is funny enough. i read all my shows. people do the one tickets that you know have on the empty seats on in the light. and i look at this now i don't take it for granted ever. every seat that has ever been filled to watch something that i'm doing, i always appreciate because i know the entity that sits behind it. so thank you. that with a well kept the quarter finals getting underway later sports is in the spotlight in the host nation,

cattle dragon boat racing has been around for thousands of years. and bobo has held competitions. hundreds of members, including cancer survivors, take part in the water sport each week is a bring child of sunday thompson from canada. my name is sandy thompson. i'm the founder and the head of the jo. how wireless warriors are you ready? we are a cancer dragonball team. i arrived in build har in 2010. i had been diagnosed with breast cancer 2 years prior to that go 129 years ago jeff ching brought in one dragon boat. and i was part of that. the very 1st day was exciting and every time, so 14 days after i was diagnosed and had had a bilateral mistake to me, i actually had a team together with when i was paddling. i didn't think about anything else. i didn't think about radiation. i didn't think about the treatment i didn't think about the fear 1234. now there are 14 dragon

boats. there are 11 teens. most of the teams are competitive. our team is not, you know, our race is really against time. to be a good dragon voter, you need to have rid them in a dragon road at the front is your that's your pacers and they have to keep the rhythm of the boat going in the middle. we have the engine. that's where the bigger people are. so the tall people, the wider people, the stronger people. and at the back if you have a race in the back, is what we call the rocket. and those people paddle very quickly because the water is moving faster than we have some people in the boat who have metastasized cancer and they're still paddling. it gets them through treatment, it gets them through the fear. oh, they were so depressed. nobody understood, they couldn't get out of bed during the day and suddenly this, this gives them

a reason to get up in the morning. and they have a community of people who understand what they're going through and want to support them. 34. we have one member of our team who's with us today actually he was told 4 years ago. go home sick about your family. you've got 2 months to live. well now it's actually 5 years. and he's been in the boat with us for 3. we sent some love and like to bob and to leo, we take a moment to reflect, to be grateful to send out love and prayers or whatever people do out to the world and out to those people we know who are suffering with cancer right now. and then we switch sites with one, i believe it's very important to, to pump the loop system on both sides and to get strong on both sides. we switch half way. i already said it's a really wonderful way to have a community, not just with our own team, but with all the teams that are here at the beach. so we do some racing. we do community events. ah,

the take away from dragging noting is that you can do anything you but you might if you want something badly enough, even if people say you can't do it or she can attend a lot of i don't have family here. so we are family. they just have to reach out on the team and somebody response at doesn't matter what time of day or night it is that special for me. i'm wow, ah, this is out here and these are the top stories american basketball store, star brittany grinder is expected to land in the us shortly. i was being released from a russian prison. she was exchange for alms due to victor boots on thursday before boarding a plane back to be knighted state a are you ready for.