the united nations is no stranger to little rivalry. so what happens, does your country notoriously, don't see i the i are competing against each other in the world. tough. well, it brings it's huge crowds to bill delegates lounge peer at the united way. oh, that's really evening at the world top audience either reports to the semi finals. not the bt the nebulous shoot. ah, i don't the clog, this is al jazeera life into ha, also coming up, supporters of peruse impeach president petro castillo. the mom is released 2 days after he was arrested. thousands of people had protested bangladesh calling for the

resignation of prime minister. she casino had to break true research in nigeria, how sanchez to helping young families for the youth string. so argentina and star plan, the old message, well, cup dream remain alive after a when the gates, the netherlands, the south american t. europeans fulfilled penalties to progress to the semi final argentina were leading by 2 goals to strike the host into the action. he's school his team's 1st golden, the 83rd minutes. and another injury is also dramatic. milk for the 5 time champions, brazil ultra stunning loss to pro issue a miracle to final. not one of the favorites were knocked out in full gracious school for the penalties. jill, miss 2, it's the 2nd time in a row that brazil had been toddler woke up at the quarter

well, saturdays appoint election includes the all european match up between england and france and the winner advanced to a semi final game. see the morocco, portugal back game. i kicks off at 1500 g m t at alpha mana stadium. gotta walk up, is seen some impressive performances from goalkeepers, morocco's. yes, seen a buddha is one of them look talk, spoke to some of his friends in casablanca. yes. this is the popular neighborhood of mere sultan in downtown chasm, like, and this is where you're seen bruno, the goalkeeper of morocco's national team grew up. in fact, he used to play football just on this very street. he lived down the road as a child, and this is where he learned how to block goals. and on the walls here, you'll see it's painted red and white, not just the colors of the moroccan national team, but also if we dad wouldn't at the local football clubs where he used to play. he

is the pride and joy of this nation, of this neighborhood. he's only conceited, one goal so far in the world cup. so these are some of munos close his friends. and they're showing me some of the pictures of him when he was growing up. right here in the neighborhood alpha. i me lucky. it's a miracle because he played with us in the streets and now he plays against messy and christiana ronaldo. we used to play against them in the video games. now he plays against them on the field who of course there they are, the roaring lions of the atlas. this is a historic moment for morocco through to the quarter finals. the last time they went to the round of the last 16th was in 1986 in mexico, and people are dressing up for the occasion for the game against portugal, wearing the colors of the country red, green, and the white this team is strong, jorgen croatia it beat belgium, canada,

and of course spain some of the favorites in this tournament. according to this former coach to the goalkeeper venue, he believes that the team can go all the way diva then shall amendment an arab country. organizing the world cup has motivated us to reach for glory. we can go through to the same of finance and why not when the cup, it's a dream dick can come true in an arab nation reba. i mean there is. so my love for the moroccan team at the moment beyond this country in africa, the middle east and in asia. and if morocco wins against portugal, millions of people across the world will be celebrated. would it be a jib? the $37.00 portugal christiano. rinaldo is almost certainly playing in his last woke up, rumsey spoke to fans in bridget,

about the future of their best and player. there's a big star at the heart of this portuguese community, and it overshadows the little ones around it. christiano, rinaldo is the hot topic of debate. here in the city of basia should portuguese coach fernando santos have left rinaldo. out of his team's 61 went over switzerland for a bad attitude. a setting is loved one player and his 4 wing were we, they knew for may sacrifice. a lot of people criticize him or think his, now he's a to brag, but if any other person was in his place, doing the same things being so watched out. i, he is most likely they would do much worse things than he's ever done, nor responders acted like decorating ronaldo. he spent as big i think he couldn't ronald, he's a very good player still, but he needs to retire because this is

a little bit holes or his time is passed and he has done everything for our country and we are very grateful for it. but the, the coach needs to move forward and portugal needs to move forward from there we own a lot, but it says time where we have a lot of good players that needs to shine, may be christiano. and his reaction to to being substitute was not very good. this isn't the 1st controversy. rinaldo is faced in recent weeks. his dramatic departure from manchester united was a result of critical comments he made about coaching staff, their room as of rinaldo quickly the world cup in frustration of started to surface . but there are always rumors about rinaldo willie or warranty be picked to start against morocco. as portugal, most cap player, an all time goal scorer, if he sits the quarter final out, and portugal lose,

no one here will be kind to manage a santo's. renados legacy as a player is already written and it's a masterpiece. 5 champions, league titles, 10 player of the year awards, and the list goes on and on how he'll be remembered off the field as he heads into retirement. well, that's a work in progress. mat rumsey, al jazeera badger portugal the french defending champions, and had the torments top at score and now kill him. bob, a bits, england young stars of also impressed and cutter into teams face each other in tonight's quarter finals. and he registered as this. how to stop killian and pay the solution to this particular riddle has so far alluded opposition. defenses with 5 goals to his name already. buffy seems intense on foreign. his country to a 2nd straight will title is amazing and the still young

would chaise carry because he still can improve these game. but he is very efficient, you know, and, and from the beginning of the competition, there is been chris shell for us. very decisive, very competitive. this kid is, it is not a scrooge, like defense and sackful of goals for on england's christmas list. and as a team, they've outscored france in capsule. scott has been studying the form of past winners. the tron break, their major title droughts, england manager care with south gate says his place i was ready as the ever be to take on and pappy and his teammates about standing young midfield players as well. so every way you look, when we're studying france, every age group, they have incredible talent in every position and it's, it's a huge test,

but one that we're really looking forward to, and he's a great challenge for our team now. covers his eyes are also being cast over many of england's young styles in particular, 19 year old mid field at jude bellingham. he's been central to his country success so far. i like you to know is a really good, good person, you know, mature for his age is what great leadership skills as well. so yeah, well i'd say is to keep working caitlin, and you know he's got plenty years ahead of him and i'm sure he'll want to teach him, proven him straight to have him with us with him. this will be only the 3rd will cut meeting of the historic rivals england won both the previous matches, set the firm the whole thing. they hadn't celebrated valid victory finals and the richardson l g 0. they're moving on protests of continued improve. 2 days after the rest of the impeach president, peddler castillo support is demanding his release,

and have held rallies across the country to see was detained that removed from power wednesday. after attempting to dissolve congress and ruled by decree, he's facing charges. rebellion, conspiracy, president and block was a sworn in shortly after christie as removal, but demonstrated to calling for early inactions. and, you know, the only thing that stays is the people nothing more. we don't have authorities, we have nothing. it's a national embarrassment. all these corrupt congress representatives have sold themselves, betraying our president pedro castillo. he is not a communist. he is not corrupt. i'm here for new election if the president is leaving and everyone that's recall to election because a president is elected by the popular marina sanchez is more now from lima. whoa. people are protesting in the center of the capital. here in the center of lee, my people are very angry. many say they want former precede on facebook,

i feel to be freed from jail, riah police, or protecting congress. and the prosecutor's office. people are very angry. we won't, congress closed a new general elections. oh, nearly 300 kilometers south appear. farmers have blocked the pan american highway. they're burning tires. another southern cities also strong hold of former precedent . paid august. the yield. there are protests in several cities in the andes. people say they want precedent been i would wanted to resign. on friday, she presided the armed forces parade. earlier, she said she didn't discard, calling early elections. you see as k less if the situation warrants it would advance election scene in conversation with the democratic and political courses of con, worth, listen and you know, a lot of it has not yet named a cabinet or ministers. so this is adding instability. an insecurity to the

situation in the country. supporters of bangladesh as main opposition policy have been protesting, and dr. coding on the prime minister to resign. tens of thousands took to the streets to voice their frustration of the rising cost of living and soaring fuel prices. another rally held in decor on wednesday turn violence, and so one person killed and dozens injured, protested in the philippines roach in the government for marcus junior to protect human rights. and march to the presidential palace in manila, marco's came to power in may. rights groups were worried that history repeats itself is father let the philippines for 21 years. for most of his term, marco senior, imposed martial law period, marked by additional killings, pretensions, and torture. if a sled hearing al jazeera, russia has used those iranian drones to kill civilians, the okay accuses rush of attempts and by weapons from iran and north korea in

violation of international law. and mckesson says she's leaving the democratic party which could reduce its majority in ah hi there. it's been poor rain across a huge swath of portugal and stain for days. now, this is the results in lisbon. we've had some flooding there, a number of rescues having to be carried out, and people being told to stay home. now, here's the thing, bit of a breather on saturday before that next portion of atlantic re moves in late saturday into sunday. it's going to be intense stuff so it's going to get worse before it gets better. north of this, a cool pool of air mixed in with some snow dublin thoughts for the snow of the seasons and snow round the irish sea. top temperature of 3 degrees in london on

saturday, that's below average. now that rain that brought flooding to portugal in spain. now moving across the sardinia, corsica italy lung the eastern shore of the adrian ecc. so i think we're bound to see some flooding in this area. and some snow for the alpine region filled gloomy conditions and it's stumble on saturday, top temperature there of 17 degrees and after africa we go through the northwest. it is unsettled, all of that weather in the mediterranean. it's dropping down into northern algeria . and tunisia getting some pretty big downpours there on this one off in south africa, we're really seen the rain filling across the country. but i think it's this eastern side could see the risk of some flooding over the course of the weekend. that sure weather update bye for now. aah! from propaganda and managed manipulation to the colossal consequences, the listening post reveals the powers behind the media and the impact on,

on life. it's one of the biggest reasons why iraq is not a democracy. there's no accountability. oh, now to sierra with lou ah, again you what your desert are might about top stories issa an argentine or through to the woke up so we find victory of the netherlands and a penalty shooter. it was too old after extra time. quantitative will face croatia in the last 4 of the vin brazil. protest continued in peru or to

the rest of impeach president petro castillo. he was arrested and detained on wednesday to porters or demanding his release and have held rallies across country supporters of bangladesh. his main opposition ought to be purchased only in the prime minister to resign houses to the streets in the capital city defying a credit ground by a court in hong kong, his sentence, media tycoon, jimmy lie to nearly 6 years in prison. he was convicted of fraud in october related to the lease of the building that houses is now closed. apple daily newspaper law has been detained since december 2020 for organizing anti government protests rights group. say that beijing is trying to crush descent and curb media freedoms in hong kong. or china's health commission says the number of corona virus cases are decreasing after easing some of its tough restrictions. none of the new rules, infectious cases with mild symptoms are allowed to quarantine at home and health

status checks on mobile apps have been removed. raging decided to loosen it 0 cobit policy on wednesday. after days of protests in beijing and in shanghai authorities urging people to remain vigilant and to continue testing. a chinese president, cheating thing has been meeting gulf leaders in saudi arabia. friday, summit included discussions with the 6 members of the gulf cooperation council. the lead is discussed a supply of oil and gas by arab states to china and a free trade agreement. the chinese president also spoke about his support for palestine fund. i would like to reiterate china's term support for the establishment of an independent palestinian state based on the 967 borders with east jerusalem as its capital. and enjoying full sovereignty, we support palestine becoming a full member of the united nations. humanitarian assistance will continue to be provided to the palestinian side. a psych clone in india's southern coastal sate of

time will now do his cause. destruction after making land full on friday. strong winds and heavy rains, damaged properties flooded residential areas and up routed hundreds of trees in this major logical department cycle mandate has now we can from an earlier severe category, the man known as imaginative death is back in russia after a prisoner swap and already take his swipe, but most of those enemies arms delivered to boot has given his 1st interview to state media, accusing the west of trying to destroy russia. i need hashim has this report now from moscow. it took months of secret diplomatic negotiations. what in the end, one of america's most wanted men returned to russia, a free man. he was released from the u. s. facility as part of a prisoner exchange with the american basketball star, brittany greiner, who had been detained in russia, russian all the de la victor booth was called the motions of debt and spent 14

years in the us prison. he was sentenced to 25. i'm only be watching in russia. the mood was jubilant. watts boots returned whole media outlets celebrated the big deal as it was described in one of the leading newspapers. while boots sat down with the country's international broadcaster place 1st interview, since his release was up, west believes that they didn't finish herself in 990 when the soviet union begin to disintegrate. and the fact that we are now trying to live and not depend on any one to be a truly independent power. this, of course, such shocking use to them. they believe that they can destroy again and divide russia. president vladimir putin welcome boots release saying he'd be open to similar deals with the united states. was mostly there are other exchange as possible. yes. everything is possible. this is the result of negotiation that and the search for compromises before in this case, compromises were found. we do not refuse to continue this work in the future. once

a military translator during the soviet era booth became a war profiteer after the collapse of the union is often but ation as an alms de la extended from parts of africa. what he was based to several areas of the war. he was arrested in thailand in 2008, while negotiating an alms deed with us agents posing as colombian, fox. i bows most coffee is that it is of good as a symbolic achievement. in the times the president would want to emphasize to his public that he cares for his national even those robbie, god, the as hopeless cases in prison and that he would please any option. it's unlikely beautiful as you many public roll anytime soon. but some believe his network could be used by moscow to add pressure on the us and its allies in a time of war. i would agree that they really wanted him. they've been pressing for

his release or exchange for the past 10 years. census conviction. i mean, it's hard to believe that he didn't have extensive ties where the russian national security community, i mean, he was operating one, the largest fleets of military aircraft transporting helicopter. and i really have the weapons from app to africa, latin america, asian officials, he se boots relieves one to me, that improvement in relations with washington. but it shows the 2 nations can still the lines of communication open even if they're in direct shooting at each other. in ukraine, the actual jazeera, more school you as possible star is undergoing a health jacket, a military hospital in texas. public political have moved from washington d. c. on the debate surrounding grinders release. president joe biden getting a lot of criticism, mostly from republican politicians and also conservative media. and it's pretty

twofold one. they say that this makes russian president vladimir putin look strong . and joe biden look week. and the reason for that is the white house was pretty open about what they wanted, the swap to look like. they wanted brittany greiner paul wheel and in exchange for victor boot obviously didn't come home. so a little back story on why real and is in a russian prison i. he was in his hotel room. he said he went there for a friend's wedding. forces came in, they said they found a bunch of classified information on a hard drive for his part. wayland says that a russian friend had given him that hard drive and told him it was filled, filled with holiday photos. so he believes he was set up, but in 2020 he was sentenced to 16 years in prison. an espionage charges. another part of the criticism that by and is getting is that he brought home a basketball player and left a us marine behind. now it is true that we'll and served in the military several

tours in iraq, but he was discharged this honorably, there is mark fogel. he was convicted of bringing half an ounce of marijuana. he's been sentenced to 14 years. so those are the 2 americans that the white house says they still want to get out of out of russia. the question is, what do they have to trade with? but it does seem clear that both sides are going to continue talking. although after this experience, it's likely from the white house, it's going to be a much quieter conversation. away from the public view. a prominent russian opposition figure has been sentenced to 8 and a half years for spreading a fake news about the military. the charges against india. yes. and right to a huge you live stream video in which he talks about ukrainians being killed in the ton of butcher. it was arrested in july. the united nations security council was met off to russia's allegations that weapon supplies to ukraine have ended up in the hands of criminal gangs, but moscow's facing allegations of its own. with the you case, ambassador accused in the kremlin buying weapons from iran and north korea. russia

has used those iranian drones to kill civilians and illegally target civilian infrastructure, wiping out homes, electricity, power supply schools, hospitals. russia is now attempting to obtain more weapons including hundreds of ballistic missiles in return in return. russia is offering iran, an unprecedented level of military and technical support. within from kristen silly re who has more russia called the security council meeting and tending to highlight the risk of weapons being supplied to ukraine, falling into the hands of terrorists groups and non state actors rushes ambassador

vaseline ban. zia alleges, it's already happening, not only in europe, but also in the middle east and africa. but before the meeting, even started, the united kingdom accused russia of trying to purchase weapons from iran and north korea in violation of international agreements. ambassador barbara woodward pointed to iranian drones that have been shot down in ukraine. russia is now attempting to obtain more weapons, including hundreds of ballistic missiles in return in return, russia was offering it wrong. an unprecedented level of military and technical support. russia denied any deals with the wrong received because pursued in the military. industrial complex in russia can work perfectly fine and it doesn't need any one's assistance. whereas the ukrainian military industry does not basically

exist and is being assisted by the western industry and western companies. the united states, the largest supplier weapons julian crane, said they had no evidence that their weapons were being diverted and they, and other nato aligned countries promised to continue supporting ukraine. while us democrats control of the senate has been shaken off to arizona, senator kirsten emerge decided to register as an independent. she says she no longer wishes to participate in the bi partisan structure of the u. s. government. democrats maintain control of the chamber with vice president common harris's tie, breaking vote, she every time she has more from washington d. c. cinema herself. characteristically, didn't explicitly say that she would be caucusing with the democrats, but she didn't say she didn't expect things to change. day to day, but what this does do is give the democrats a dilemma moving into 2024. so that was an unpopular figure in the policy. she was

expected to be primaried by a challenge because she's seen as having stood in the way of key elements of jo biden's legislative agenda, for example. she was standing in the way of ending tax loopholes for wall street bank as well. she herself was accepting corporate donations from wall street. now she avoids the primary challenge. the democrats have to decide whether to put up their own confidence in 2024 if cinema, rums and risks missing the votes. and along the republicans and the world's longest serving president has been sworn in for a 6 term that withdrawal guineas to daughter of young gramma. and so go to the presidential aid before inspecting a military parade. the a 2 year old declared he was and always would be the leader of all equitorial giddeons. he sees power in a qu, in $979.00. scientists and jerry had developed new young varieties at a helping to increase output in the world's biggest, cheaper producing country. and they say the new strains will also help to cut

farmers losses reducing hunger and poverty. i would address reports now from then we perform a r p a. they're all just lava. camara, new stuff, walking a new ways to get rid of viruses that for centuries have destroyed harvest if there is single feed contaminated. and if it is used for propagation, that means from one contaminant plan, we will end up generating thousands of infected material. nigeria that gets produced yams, accounts for 66 percent of global output. but unlike other countries, there is no form of system to analyze and stores feed. this has limited its production capacity. these scientists are creating new seed varieties that are more robust and sustainable. what goes on in this lab work, he has the potential to change the fortunes of hundreds of thousands of nigeria and young farmers and the countries agriculture industry research just say they work

could improve yields by up to 400 percent. the breakthrough research as medic possible to grow seed from the plan stems. each of these plans has at least $300.00 notes that can be transplanted to produce to us that are not only bigger but also disease free. was it mr. to farmer east? mob cash. better health, but than leticia, while foot, i'm been more general with what to say. i'm glad you saw my dad is one of the few farmers of tried the new varieties. if you're black, yukon jam, let way. national boa. the 2nd, if done of fairly e might gate the big one. the was d. if, if you look at the, how did to bies beak?

i was safe. we see you bank testified, i did. these valets. the is good. like most nigerian farmers, he's been using nearly a 3rd of his anal harvest to plant for the next season. but the new research means he is able to keep his entire yield and even produce seeds from leaves of the plans already in the ground. how much edris algebra, a bubble? ah say this is our desert. these are the top stories and argentina through to be well customer final offer tense victory of the netherlands, and the penalty shooter, due to laughter. extra time, argentina will face felicia and the last 4 of today, not top, told him that favorites. brazil. protests have continued in peru off the rest of impeach president petro castillo. he was removed from parliament, detained on wednesday, supporters demanding his release and have held.