oh, just a morocco take on portugal at the world cup with the hopes of the entire arab world riding on there for the final match. ah, hello, i'm emily anguish this is al jazeera alive from dough house coming up. i know about these prizes awarded to 3 recipients to their efforts to document war crimes in the russian invasion of ukraine. thousands of people protesting

bangladesh calling to the resignation of prime ministers. shake the senior and to break through research how scientists in nigeria, helping yan promise with the new strain of the crop. i begin this program with all your lightest well cut news and morocco fans are out in full force ahead of their teams. all important or to final match against portugal. the atlas lions as they're now now the only african side remaining in the world cup these alive pitches. they're also the only arab nation in world cup history to make the tournament last ice. my whole life. i have been watching every good, every game and i do a will this moment, let's go. we have a court appointed with oh,

where closely following the showdown between portugal and morocco, but 1st, where live at l to momma's stadium with jim and nash. hello there, jim with less than an hour until kickoff. what's the atmosphere around the stadium? la? well, i believe certainly building there is a see a red and green on. obviously it's not quite as rowdy as it was before the spain much, but maybe i'm not quite at the right end of this idea. but one thing is to show what i got inside that side of the atmosphere. it's going to be in that trick vis moroccan side, so well supported not only by europeans, but by the whole power of well that coach said he feels like they've got not any pool of africa behind them. but the, our vote as well. and there is a real sense of unity. i was that this is main rock match. and i so people that from egypt from jordan from over this kind of region they what that supporting rawhide. and it was actually incredibly intimidating for the spanish side who in

the j ring, every time that i thought the whole, it was absolutely deafening at times and it definitely got into the heads of the spanish class. so of course you go to a site to lead, going to be feeling that tonight's m okay. will definitely have a majority of the crowd behind the gym. no african side has ever made it though to this stage of the world cup. so what really morocco's chances of when he well, the one thing about this rock inside that biggest strength is that defense, they are incredibly organized. they have conceded just one goal. and that that last 7 matches say they are going to be incredibly difficult for this support east side to break down, but a different to say between portugal and spain is waiting for the told them. and aside from the 7 rushing, costa rica, they were struggling up front, they left the final side with

a not lacking in the last much gonzalez ramos hat trick. he starts again tonight in place of a christy on it right now. so he, someone that's going to have to keep quiet this. there's no doubts about the this is the biggest test i saw, but of course they didn't press. i saw they got the better about the welcome to rec, side, 3 with probation who we now all said we find this site. you certainly cannot discount the atlas like it's going to be a great match. thank you very much for the update. jim and ashley for us there at elton mama stadium. let's cross to morocco now where nicholas hank is standing by for us and following the action on the ground in casablanca. hello, then, nick, how offensive couldn't make it to jo, planning to watch the match. well we're in a where people are trying our gathering to watch the game here. i tell you most moroccans are going to be watching in their neighborhood in cafe at home. but the

entire nation to be sure to, to confirm are going to be watching this game very closely. things early this morning we've, we've been hearing people honking their horns, the sound of movies, l as and as you can see right behind the people, dressed in red, red, white, and green, the colors of morocco. this is a historic moment for morocco, for africa, for the middle east and beyond. the this team go so far is a moment of pride. enjoy. and, and one fan told me it's a dream come true. they were at it before in 1986 in mexico, where morocco face portugal, and 131. and they want that same score today again. and here is specifically in casablanca, it's a moment of celebration because for members of the squad, our parts are originally from casablanca, or at, played for, with dad, which is the local team here. and the coach himself,

was the coach of the dye here. but we were in the neighbourhood yesterday as of yet seen warner, who is the gold keeper who only competed one goal since the beginning of the game. and it's this defense, this strong defense that morocco has that they hope will help them move forward and be portugal. so there is a lot of excitement, a lot of hope. and in the words of when found out and like you think that rocco can win and he report as a can they, when of course they will win. such is the level of confidence that found here have and a few days ago it was in senegal. and when morocco one that again, spain, the capitol erupt, it enjoys. there is celebration. now i can assure you across africa and among moroccans living in belgium, friends, canada, this is really a moment that is going to be watched across the world by millions of people. emily

is going to be a brilliant man. thank you very much. nicholas hog live for us in casablanca, and of course morocco are up against portugal and christiana rinaldo. his role he met team has been the top of the hour. but coach ferdinand santos says too much attention has been put on rinaldo ill. betsy said him and we need to leave her an elder alone. he deserves it. he gave a lot to portuguese football, met rumsey, he's in the portuguese city of pharaoh. he is meeting fans preparing for the match tonight. the how they think the game will go. there's a long history of battles between port to go and morocco here in the city of faro, the more modern day moroccans, as we know them even room these lines of the golf over $500.00 is tonight's fif. a world cup code of final class brings the old enemies face to face. once again, i seen portugal will win and the because i have a great players. and the morocco is nicer ever nicer team,

but to not so than butch wilson article has no chance to win because the experience and there are lots of famous there player i think, or if we have to so that that's not ok. and we know it's it'd be better what's her own? probably it's all, it will be perfect. so i think what role they going to be a lot of difficulties to, to, to leave this game for me. it's a simple question. we score 1st, we, when, if it goes to over time, it will be hard when to decide. maybe we're going to, to go to penalties or something. i'm thinking something like that but, but not to, to finish the game earlier to 0. why? because we are better than the moroccans. this might come as a bit of a shock,

but morocco had beaten portugal once before it was back in 1986 at the mexican world cup. rinaldo was just a year old, and most of fernando sent off his team weren't even born. it's just another example if one was needed after the spanish game of the heritage and threat that moroccan football represents mat rumsey al jazeera faro, portugal. and as we've been hearing when morocco take to the field, the team will have not just an entire nation behind them. the legion of fans throughout the arab world. let's go live to humid outside who's in that gaza. hello there. you know why this much so important for palestinian football fan? yes with

eric. i've seen a never happened before. and that's why they're very, very excited about today's date. their reasons i did a lot of them hold with others how hold with so many here. how come or in about sending out with for you today that excited this guy, the rock was fred had a god that it just it did in god on all it needs to the guys that it does it have

a good job? do you know it? say i message you put aside from god that the model that we ought to got a message for dialogue that we love the life we are loving this not model kind of hi, it's 6. i think it's silly, but this was very guys, i hear. okay, tell me the story about youth come to this whole to watch the game. why are you watching in another cafe or and on the other player and fact, yeah. so all the games a player, the walk up with some of them with the family at home. some of them wanted to put it inside sometimes with the big a big flags is a literal called a god. we need this atmosphere go. it will be with

a lot of people together go had to korea, this is the exact thing that was for it's we whole bunch that motorcycle can be work the guys to me exist. medical i good a yes. and the me so as you can see, we're still, we're still watching many other come through the door is of this whole, oh, so just a reminder, this is a home where it's a sports where the country foundation or the cut to read comments by the reconstruction in gaza has is still large screen right there and can come here and watch for free. and of course this is this overcome. the challenge is electricity, where many a residency goes to don't have electricity at this time in their home. it also overcome the challenges of having to pay coffee shop. good faith in my to all

the difficult conditions for most here. it certainly sounds like a vibrant atmosphere. thank you very much for the update unit and say you live for us in gaza. that's close to doe hon now where katia lopez, leon is standing by for us in sick. what case inter huh? with vance, have been gathering to so cut the excite and katia the other match to nice is of course france versus england. how confident english fans they can bait the writing champion. yeah, there's definitely a lot of excitement we saw throughout the morning and also the afternoon. a lot of curious former raso, a lot of support from the arab world and also from africa. but now the attention of course is to that match with england and france. they both have very strong teams and the team knows are strong, and the fans know they're strong. we have here supporters from france. tell me

about the enthusiasm that you're feeling just a few hours away from the match. yeah, you're very happy to be here visiting the country and bring to the study in about more, more or less. sorry. are you into the game you see the final before the final and of course france, one of the world cop 4 years ago, back in 2018 what i've been, but we will be again what champion in the next few days. yeah, great. so you guys have a great team, do you think there is a risk of being too overly confident? now, because we know then, so we know that this is a good team with a good players, but we are key on embed. or even though we are very confident and you mentioned you went to the world cup 4 years ago. now you're here again with your friends. so is this becoming a tradition now? is it just no, no pets? $8250.00. the city meeting people taking football with the countries and we

got pretty ready for the next walk up in your as mexic, mexico and in kind of that as well. so of course i like i mentioned england is very strong family, very strong. what do you think will be the math to the ending score? one is you could be 5 and maybe do the ones is my thought because rather than leave you to go is there you go. a lot of predictions here. i kind of feel like i'm in las vegas. so one thing that did come up with a lot of bands that i will be earlier today is a lot of them have been telling me that even though they're excited for a good match, they're also hope it doesn't go to penalties. a lot of fans who are still recovering from the exciting but also very stressful of matches that they saw last night. yes, it's the only one stress, so thank you very much for the update. kathy lopez, how do you live? press a and is england and france prepared for this show down in the coming out as the

countries ambassadors to come met to discuss who they thought would when the stuff a thought on the crunch of a father and mobile center. we have been friends or like in b b movie, a quote for the mission of current should be really i perform a lot of barbara black and white house motor setting and shopping . not up on the buddy show you what i should know about mission and our model in the i didn't know what i can did that come into the buddy and already what the need thought a lot

a little bit when you said that i saw my shot record i am sure the over to is so when the on system and festival would you come out and john, when i did a blue book, but on the topics don't but i can go on england. i was, it was, i still a hands on al jazeera, we take a closer look at the 3 when this is a nobel prize and why they're being held to their standing currents. ah, here's your headlines for asia. nice this view and right off the bat,

let's talk about that cyclone that made landfall south of janai in town. now do states we saw about 3 quarters of a months worth of rain in that span of a few hours, hundreds of trees uprooted here, but that rain has now spread into entrepreneur dash taylor gardner. karnataka and careless states on sundays. and for the philippines, we've had this disturbance here, just wobbling around the coast, but it's moving off shore. it's going to join up with this. what weather and looking like. it will become a tropical storm over the next few days for indonesia, sumatra island. i think that's where the heaviest falls of rain will be on sunday. north of the dang south of dang, enough to china. we go. certainly a fresher field across the yellow river valleys. young jo down to 5 degrees and still getting clipped with rain for that northeast corner of taiwanda winds are picking up there as wall and temperatures have come down in shanghai to 9 degrees on sunday. as we looked toward japan, really, the snow keeps coming at you for that western side of her cato island. still more in the forecast on sunday, but just not as much as we'd seen as of late and disturbed weather for southern

areas of honshu island will end in pockets. dom we're in the hor, it's been so foggy and smoggy that trains have been delayed and canceled that sure weather update. ah, with oh,

a. you're watching out 0. i'm emily anglin. he's a reminder of our top story. this. our moral fans are out in full, full ahead of that team for the final. again. these are live pitches outside elton mama and stadiums. live the only african side remaining in the world come. they're also the only arab nation in history to make the last 2 of the world news now, and the man known as the merchant of death is back in russia after a prisoner swap and already taking a swipe, but moscow's enemies, victor boot has given his 1st interview to state media, accusing the west of trying to destroy russia. ali hashim has this report 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 american basketball star, brittany greiner, who had been detained in russia, russian all his de la victor booth, was called the motions of death and spent 14 years in the us prison. he was sentenced to 25, him only. thea was lashania in russia. the mood was jubilant towards booth returned home. 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, it was believed that didn't finish herself in 990 when the soviet union began 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, is such shocking news for them. they believe that they can destroy us 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. so if everything is possible, this is the result of negotiation that and the search for compromises. 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 base to several areas around the world. he was arrested in silent in 2008 while negotiating and on the with us agents posing as colombian fox. i bows. most of the see is that it is of route as a symbolic achievement. and the times a for president got him put in would want to emphasize to his public that he cares for his national even goes, robbie, god, the as hopeless cases in prison and that he won't leave any ocean. it's

unlikely brutal as you have any public role 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 since his 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 helicopters and, and are really heavy weapons from app to africa. latin america, asian officials, he se boots, release one to me, that improvement in relations with washington. but it shows the 2 nations can still keep the lines of communication open, even if they're in direct shooting at each other. in ukraine, the actual jazeera,

more school. now to know why, where the recipient of this he is nobel peace prize have been given the prestigious award and also include the alice barely at scheme. a gel found a rush in human rights advocate and to human rights organizations from russia and ukraine. they were recognized for their efforts to document war crimes and human rights abuses. the recipients which were announced back in october, we'll share the nearly $1000000.00 in prize money effect a closer look now at the fees of $3.00 lawrence alice filiette ski is about russian activists who's fought against the abuses committed by the soviet union and by his own government, he was jailed 3 years ago. he's supposed to say it was done to silence him. the criticizing president alexander income. the 2nd recipient is a russian human rights group known as memorial established in the 1980s. it records information on rights violations and political oppression in russia. last year, the kremlin ordered the organization to be shut down. and the 3rd recipient is the

center of civil liberties, which focuses on promoting human rights and fighting corruption in ukraine. since the gremlins invasion, it is documented what it says, the russian war crimes against ukrainian italy a pin choke is alice bailey, his wife. and she attended the ceremony on behalf of her jailed husband. but also allison, we all realize how important and risky it is to fulfill the mission of civil rights defenders, especially in the tragic time of russia aggression against ukraine. alice is not the only one to be in jail, thousands of celebrations. tens of thousands of those who are repressed unjustly, imprisoned for their civic actions and beliefs are imprisoned. hundreds of thousands have been forced to feed the country for the mere reason that they wanted to live in a democratic state. supporters of bangladesh, his main opposition party have been protesting, and the capital decor calling on the prime minister to resign. tens of thousands

turned off to voice their frustration about the rising cost of living and going to frances and now the really held in decor when they turned violent. and so one person killed and doesn't dr. graham ticket because the prime minister, she casino, and her government are torturing our supporters all over the country and know thousands of us have gathered here against them. i believe her autocratic government will fall very soon. have continued emperor, 2 days after the arrest of the page, president petro castillo, support is demanding his release, and have held rallies across the country. to stare was detained and removed from power on wednesday. after attempting to dissolve congress and ruled by decree, he's facing charges of rebellion and conspiracy. new president dana latte was sworn in shortly after 2 days removal. the demonstrations of cooling, early election. no,

no. 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 leavings and everyone. let's recall to election because a president is elected by the popular scientists in nigeria have developed new yam varieties that are helping to increase output. they say the new strengths will also help to cut farm is losses, as well as reduce hunger and poverty as an interest reports from evidence. and then we perform up here, there are legit lava. camara and his staff are walking a new ways to get rid of the viruses that for centuries, have destroyed harvest if there is single feed contaminated and if it is used for propagation, that means from one contaminated plant will end up generating thousands of infected

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ah, hello, are you watching al jazeera? these are the headlines this our america fans are out in full force ahead of their teams quarter final against portugal. the atlas lines are the only african side remaining, the world cup. there also the ernie arab nation in history to make the last dance my whole life. i have been watching every again, every game and i do a will this moment let's go. we admitted to the quote appointed when measured, do i the recipients of disease nor bell peace prize have been given the prestigious award in oslo. they include.