ah ah ah morocco we're heading to the world cup semi final lot of busy in portugal, one middle ah, about this and this is all the 0 light from doha. also telling up the nobel peace prize is given to 3 recipients, have denounced rushes invasion of ukraine. one of them calls the war insane and

criminal demonstrations in bangladesh, calling for the government to step down and new elections to be held at a breakthrough in jam research, how scientists and nigeria helping farmers to grow more tougher strains. morocco have made history and cut out by beating portugal to reach the world cup semi finals. the only goal of the game at all for mama stadium came in the 1st half or so found misty, was the hero morocco, the 1st african nation to reach the semi finals of the world cup. they're going to play the window between england and france. replace him, the funny does it is jemma nash was out the game. she's joining us from all for a lot of the stadium here in. don't doha, jump out one night from morocco and of course, for african football. a huge

night, a huge night. the african folk like huge night for the arab world morocco, the 1st the african side ever to reach the semi finals of the world. and you have to say they deserved it based on this performance. the 1st off, well they have less possession, didn't have to be said, but when they did have possession, they certainly made it count. so they took the lease or use it and the price highest above everybody. you have to cite with them, but he's not gonna have to put it down as a mistake, but that's taking nothing away from rural heights. they defended a brilliantly as i expected. they were dangerous on the brake. they frustrated rural portugal. this whole match, they were limited just a couple of chances. they promised honda christiane, over now in the 2nd half in the heart, that he would rescue them as he has done so many times over the years. but it was not to be real close stood up and they thought really deserved this historic

victory. jemma tried to give us some indication of what it was like inside the stadium. i can only imagine that i can think i can hear some of the noise behind you as you're talking, but just talk us through what it was like. as i'll say, can pretty much show we expected the porch. these farms to be far outnumbered by the real thing and that was certainly the case. the noise was deafening. every single time a portugal play. i had the bull jamming the booing. it was incessantly continued the whole match ever. thus as soon as the broker regained possession, the chase were massive. it was an incredible atmosphere. they suddenly sold that same. i have the line and it's not just the american funds of schools the whole our well is behind the this to him and i saw some flags from a georgian from saudi arabia, everybody uniting behind united i now back in 1977

resilient rights of pele, set in african side would when the well talk to by the 80000. okay. that was a little less than not that that didn't happen. but we are now quite as of this whole to seeing an african team next the well tracing jemma for now. thank you. is jemma nasha. they all from on the stadium here in doha. we're going to speak now to nicholas. fact, he's been falling in the action on the ground in casablanca, we heard from jemma, vera, but the noise that the hebrew welcomed funds were making here on dough. how one of the funds saying there, well, it isn't absolutely electric people here. i've been down there and you can hear that you're behind me. this is what it's all about. the world cup and tried to win that cup. the atmosphere here with the theory one that what he scored the goal. it's absolutely wrong with your people were dancing and people were celebrating and it's gonna kill you through the streets of them won't go there. well,

a people with the goalkeeper who is rob tells the blog. so i know there's a sense here that i need to call people know that they have the entire world now, and then it's not abrasions here and go africa in the middle east and among the many other people more in europe in north america, there's a feeling that anything is possible now rob nick, one would imagine though that one can that there is tremendous excitement where you are at the moment. but of course, there's a lot of pressure on the team, and that means there's gonna be a lot of pressure on the funds in casablanca and elsewhere. morocco, as the team moves on, that's right. in just a moment, before the game ended, i saw people re, i saw people in here,

i saw people celebrating people came with their families over people. i met 2 families that blew from saudi arabia and other from my turn to come here in morocco to be amongst all kids to experience the moment. and i can tell you what i suspect that a lot of people are coming now on their way. want to come to morocco to witness to nice game. this is really a making for the air of world war africa and for so many other people for the muslim world, i saw palestinian flags early on being wave. it is a rob. i have never seen anything like this. i've covered football games before, but nothing like what we're seeing here today. and it's just the beginning. very briefly talk us through the kind of preparations that morocco has been making to sit for this kind of celebration. one would imagine it's not expected,

but now it's happened. it feels like each and every word of them were players on the pitch. you know, when they were watching the game here, they were living each and every moment i saw people using their feet, their hand as if they were on the ball was be passed to them. so they are really living. it is absolutely a moment of pride for morocco to be an arab country, making history in an arab nation in character to move forward is absolutely a moment applied for money. many people here feel like this is the color. so why don't read and gram, i think that anything is possible from now on. anything is possible. rob, next. thank you very much. indeed. that is nicholas act, talking to us from the grime, casablanca, we're going to go to our side in gaza. human. this was interesting,

we are much that was so important for palestinian football fans. you were talking to a sally or about the crowds that have been gathering their in gaza to watch this much . what's been happening? yes, definitely. role by mean this whole here, this is the largest sports will in gods, but it was mix really packed with thousands of guzman fans who are cheering here today. tonight, for morocco, with every defense, with every estimated goal, they shouted like clap, the drum, they sang and then, and then with the winning with the winning and the ending of the match. the thousands of them went out to the streets to continue their celebrations, or to actually start their celebration up dozens offense that we were able to speak to to night. they told us how important this game is for. then they said that this

is a historic night for a rog good to be the 1st a nation or eric nation to read or to make it to the quarter final. it's an amazing, amazing memory in history for all arab nations, not just for them broken. and now these thousands of going out to the street to show their support, to show their joy and happiness, to a be american see, went to the broken nation for winning this game tonight. you're going to thank you very much. that's in the, i'll say the aim that guys and we're going to go to lower con, who's that so walker for in doha, where the funds have been watching the action morocco funds clearly all over the world watching this a nail biter of a match. what's been happening where you are? well, absolutely. i agree. it has been a nail biter. i spoke to many moroccan funds they had hoped they had dreamers,

but i think this is a puzzle expectations i currently in the restaurant which they were all watching the match. only the last 3 minutes they've entered out on to the streets, but a couple have stayed behind to have a little chat to us. so we have have timothy the moroccan fan. thank you. joining us. how do you feel? yeah, i told you before the match we will look for now. do i do not find them? where is it on our do think great match from lead in tactical match, and the whole team, blank quality and bono, bono von, or what the globe, key bottom, and morocco, semi fine. i mean morocco really stepped up the game, but the famous defend you haven't to play to game and to have a good game that they want to win at least one goal. and then the 2nd game, it is technical game. they played any great game and they just did it at the day. they kept up that famous a t o no,

actually it is not. you don't know when you consider what bono meant. i just didn't know. now that way, past the board in cove morocco, they've had a huge amount of support from across african nations. and the arab world here to join me is the same from bahrain why it's supporting more. okay. i'm so proud that that person out of big team regions to me find that i'm so happy or that i'm still happy for that. and then why are they getting so much support from across the ark was good finish time workshop and out of the country. and this is fair to shine it's team reach and see me find it. i'm so proud of this and i, i would to thank the thought about when dupel ward come into his study. i really appreciate a amazing thank you very much. so, plans are truly emotional here. i can already hear the celebrations taking place

just off the balcony down the steps that we will be back later about what's happening there. laura, it's interesting isn't it because of where you are and sit. walker front door has really been almost to the main street in many respects of all funds that have been coming through for all the matches we've been watching over the last few weeks or so. and it really has been a whole point for fans to demonstrate just how enthusiastic they are about the matches that they've been seeing. busy oh, absolutely, this is a main meeting place for funds coming from all over the world and you know, it, this is a traditional our marketplace. but with thing people mitchie celebrating on a nightly basis on the i was here when morocco one on sundays. if there was thousands of people out, they was setting off planting streets. it was

a very to go out there. so really, this is the central focal point. will certainly be about ah no doubt thing. we're okay celebrating throughout the night. thanks. laura, that's laura con, talking to us and soup walker. fin doha. we're going to go to mama da da walker, who's got the reaction from baghdad in iraq. and this is another indication of just how wide spread the support for morocco has been in this. what is it been like within baghdad or amongst all the funds there? hello. ringback rob bought that debt, and if you can see right behind me, people are sensitive rating, and they will continue celebrating overnight as they say that dad is celebrating. what many fans here considered historic victory made by the american team over the portuguese team. and it's advanced to the semi finals. they say that this is so

symbolic because this victory is not as they say, not only for morocco, it's for the whole african continent for the whole arab world. and in fact, for the whole middle east region, as you know, because visit the fittest i am in world history and out of country you reaches that semi at final as they say that this has been all those beyond their dreams and ambitions and prayers. people are very excited, as you can see, they say they will continue to let braids overnight in baghdad and in many other provinces, especially in central and southern. but that they say that today they're feeling of that this historic victory as if iraq has one. and that much markwood, thank you very much. indeed, mac mont, abdur walk head in baghdad. i want to take you to some live pictures. we've got from a to the lorna we're talking about earlier, which is essentially the main street done to suit suit walk of here. and how,

which as, as a say, has become like the main street, essentially from many of the fans here at the world cup. you can see some of the morocco funds, their eyes celebrating the fact that morocco have made history hearing fatpipe beating portugal to rooster won't come in the semi finals local the 1st african nation to reach the semi finals and woke up. they're going to play the winner between england and france replaced the final that much is going to be happening in the next few hours or so. we're going to be bringing you coverage over as well. i'm still ahead on al jazeera corona virus infections drop in china is tough. restrictions are easy job to be lead to protests. ah hey, here's your weather update for the middle east and africa. quieter conditions for

the middle east on sunday. no rain to speak of. it's still this wind up blowing down from iraq at times. it will spin around the sand and dust, so $24.00 degrees for us here in doha. we can look for when guys say we're from 40 to 45 kilometers per hour, but that's not all day at times. that's what the wind will gas stop to in time there's been a cool pool of air locked into this part of the world. for example, hirata 4 degrees, your temperatures will come up in time. so here's a peak at the 3 day forecast to go from 7 up to 14 by tuesday, which is more in line with where you should be. for this sum of the year. we've got rain slamming in to the western part of turkey. i also what day in antalya at 17 degrees, but it's funneling out warmer air. so that pops up the temperature and is stumble to 90 degrees on sunday. central africa. sure, we've got our rain in storms here, but it's really south of it. we're. we're seen more severe stuff. so let me show you pictures from a suburb and johannesburg. there's been another round of flooding here. homes

flooded out and there is more rain falling over top of this over the course of the weekend for that eastern side of south africa in time for western portions of south africa. some severe thunderstorms in the forecast for you. ah, indonesia, your investment destination, the world's 10 largest economy is busy transforming, ready to be your business partner with a robust talent pool, politically and economically stable and strong policies. being the power house, indonesia is confirmed by the g. 20 presidency. bringing opportunities for you. invest indonesia. now lou.

aah. ga or does it or might have a top stories this our mo rocco have made history by beating portugal to reach the world cup, semi finals morocco the 1st african nation. to reach that stage, they're going to play either england or france for the place. and the final that much is going to happen in a few hours time is a live pictures from so walk up here in doha. this is essentially what's becoming the main street of the world. come here in. these are some of them. iraq, the funds were celebrating that victory that happened just within the last half hour or so. you can just see just how excited they are. this is the 1st time as i say, back at their team. i'm a rocking team has reached this point. let's take you to paris now. these are it's celebrations in paris as well. this is part of them,

one of the main streets in paris, montana. sure, which means through that is, but again, more moroccan moroccan fans who are in the process of fire sit mid celebrating their as well. it is these shows and lisa is a matter of fact, and you can just hear very slightly, some of the chairs and shouting and chanting. that's going on there in post mortem fans all over the world, celebrating this victory. of course, the next stage is to go on to face either england or france and bags is going to be a tough match. let's move on to other news. this year's nobel peace prize winners have been given the prestigious award in our slow the include alice b elliot ski, a jail to bella, russian human rights advocate. the recipients also include to human rights organizations from russia and ukraine. they were recognized for their efforts to document war crimes and human rights abuses. the award winners were announced in october. they're going to share the prize, which is worth nearly $1000000.00. natalia pin shock is the wife of alice billy. at

scheme she attended the ceremony on behalf of her jailed husband, proven. but ansel 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 bell auctions. tens of thousands of those who are repressed unjustly, imprisoned for their civic action. some beliefs are imprisoned. hundreds of thousands had been forced to feed the country for the mere reason that they wanted to live in a democratic state. but he's offended a hosted situation in a shopping mall and the germans city of dresden, the mall, and a nearby christmas market had been closed off to the public. a fort, he rolled, it was held by police as died from injury sustained while hostages were being freed . now and van suspected of killing his mother, whose body was found in another part of the city supporters of bangladesh. his main opposition party had been protesting in the capital dot ca,

calling on the prime minister to resign tens of thousands of turns up devices and frustration about the rising cost of living in soaring fuel prices. another rally how the doc on wednesday turn violent and so one person killed and injured children has more from the capital. the 5 government prevention, hundreds and thousands of people are able to gather near the reli. you can see this is a road atlas hopper kilometer from the rally on all around this different introspection, the lines of people waiting to get near that early. but they come because it's jam . fact, the government has tried to prevent people entering the capital city to prevent that boss truck any, any transfer movement. thousands of people were detained arrest that was coming towards us not. i incident comes also on wednesday when the government come down on the part of the main opposition party, the ban phase, and during the clash,

at least one opposition member were shot dead by police. honda range change yard including some police man. there has been condemnation by the wes, including the united states, the un i travel all the rest, an embassy, even the white house, front, down the balance. everything seems cloudy right now because many things are uncertain as to where they're fed late to come to. the general election is in 2023, if not by january, 2000, and 24th. the main demand of the opposite party is that the government right now under should reside from the parliament and create a name term government for the election to take place. a lot of common people, not just opposition members on here and those rallies. there aren't upset because i'm high inflation. what price, high blood, high side economy is in bad shape. those lower if the government is not a major and in hand, government tide is best to stop this rally. the opposition for last 3 months had

been rallying across the country with massive gathering. in many cases that are for walked by the police, at least 7 people, right tail within last 3 months. hundreds and thought people were injured 1000 for the tenant arrest. i will ask to see how things fall out and coming days among hundreds of jan isn't protested against president. i said the head of next week's parliamentary elections. their kings, him of undermining democracy after he suspended parliament last year and rewrote the constitution to give himself more powers. among con has more the flags were strong display of unity among tin is yours, norman. firstly, rival opposition parties. the protestant eunice come on international human rights day. the parties are calling for the defense of democracy, or rejection of what they call the force of the electoral process and preserving freedoms. it's aimed

a case side that gene is in president dissolved parliament in march off to suspending it last year. so i did this through a referendum which shifted power from the legislative assembly to the presidency, but only 27 percent of the voters turned out that referendum calling into question its legitimacy. the opposition parties are clear in their message that democracy faces a serious threat. after the referendum? no, no, no, no, no. we are gathered to day on international human rights day. however, our hearts a heavy because we are all now back to square one. over the last 10 years, freedom prevailed over each corner of the country, and each one of you had the liberty to express himself completely freely moved into freely listened to run an elections and to freely vote. we were among the developed democratic states in the last 10 years and this fact cannot be denied with nearly every opposition party expected to boycott next week,

parliamentary election turn out is also likely to be low estimated at under 35 percent. oh, the lack of participation is a possible indication of the resentment towards president state government has not been present. we are here to day because of parity because of the rising prices that we see today. everything is so expensive and we can no longer live in this country. and that anger means at once again to nicea is facing an uncertain future . m. ron carne, i deserve protests of continued in peru. 2 days after the arrest of the impeach president, prince kasteel, supporters of demanding his release and have held valleys across the country to see it was detained and removed from power on widens day after attending to dissolve congress and ruled by decree. his facent charges of rebellion and conspiracy. new president deena bolo, artie was sworn in shortly after the studios removal demonstrate as a calling for early elections. china's health commission says the number of corona

virus cases are dropping there and some of its tough restrictions have been eased. beijing decided to loosen 0 covered policy on wednesday after days of protests in beijing and shanghai. but people are being urged to remain vigilant and continue testing. chinese president, she doing pain, his mouth, gulf leaders in saudi arabia. by the summit included discussions with the 6 members of the gulf co operation council. they discussed the supply of oil and gas by arab states to china, as well as a free trade agreement. she also spoke about his support for palestine. ya condom fundy. i would like to reiterate china's firm support for the establishment of an independent palestinian state based on the 1967 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 protesters in the philippines,

urging the government of ferdinand marco's junior to protect human rights and they be marching to the presidential palace. in manila. marcus father led the philippines for 21 years and for most of his term mark of senior, imposed martial law. a period marked by extra judicial killings, detentions, and torture markers. junior came to power in may rights groups say they're worried that history is going to repeat itself. as i clone in india's state of tamil nadu has caused destruction after making landfall, strong winds and heavy rains damaged properties flooded residential areas and uprooted hundreds of trees. satel models has no weakened a seasonal high tide has partially flooded. venice is st. mark's square but not badly enough to trigger the protective barriers. italian city can be inundated up to 60 times a year during autumn and winter. metal barriers were built in the square not to flooding 3 years ago, caused extensive damage to the basilica. scientists in nigeria have developed

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nobel peace prize include a jail, the bell, russian human rights advocate and to human rights organizations from russia.