the capital me with 2 more protests is killed in peru, supporters of the ousted form of president demand his immediate release from custody. ah, i haven't seek this. is it a life from the house that coming up? iran publicly hangs a man linked to anti government protest. it's the 2nd execution in less than a week than i. jerry and ami is accused of carrying out massacres, targeting children during its war against om groups in the northeast. half ganesh found struggle to sell the world's most expensive spice

ah at least 4 people have now been killed during protests in peru. demonstrations began last week when former president pedro castillo was impeached and arrested. his successor dina watson says she will ask congress to call early elections, but many protest this one, the former lead it to be released immediately. in the 2nd largest city attic keeper . they blocked access to the airport and fort with police and in and the who while yes, the grieving family of a 17 year old boy who died during demonstrations on demanding justice. that's a remote rule region, dominated by indigenous people who support was crucial to pedro custio's election when a while in scuffles broken out between protesters and police officers who were trying

to clear blocked roads. marianna sanchez has more now from lima on pedro castillo's response. he wrote a letter, a handwritten letter from prison. i think it was funds that he's feeling that there's a lot of people who are in bro testing and want him freed. this is not what people were protesting in the last few days. most of her movements were asking to close congress or for new general elections. but more and more, we see people who are protesting in thing her a former president guess who wrote this letter and say, saying the left hand with the letter, saying that this was the most difficult time of his life. that day he had been kidnapped that he had been mistreated, that who was income when he had. oh, and there he went after president a lot to build his right hand or person for a 16 month that he was in office and said that she had sold them up

residency. now this happened just after a few hours after congress, i, after congress had a motion to live, the press, former president, immunity, so he can be prosecuted. he is facing charges for playground rebellion with perhaps the most serious charge, maybe for 20 years in prison. how long with more of these ministers, one i heard his former prime minister and 3 other ministers. let's talk more about this now with joe marie, but she is associate professor of political science at latin american studies at george mason university. join just now from washington. thanks for being with us. so let me ask you, 1st of all, just how, how powerful are the protests, how and how well are there?

demands reza, to resonating and peru. well, the protests are very powerful. they're across the country. they're not just in lima, they're, they're especially concentrated along the southern quarter of peru, which is where a former president custio's base is strongest. and they seem to have fairly unified demands. and many of them are calling for the restoration of cost to you as president. they're calling for new elections. they're calling for the closure of congress and for a national assembly that would in theory, write a new constitution. i'm. but i think it's important to also note that in the situation it, there's been, there's been numerous people are injured for people who have been reported dead. the government response has been, you know,

to dismiss the legitimacy of the protesters that the probably, the new prime minister actually said that people were being paid to come protest. so some of the right wing legislators in congress have dismissed the protesters as pro shining pappa, a mouth insurgent group that was prominent in the 1980s in 1990 s which doesn't really exist any more. and so it's just a very volatile situation in the country right now. well, the problem is the government is failing to really listen to what people are saying, but so many of us mr. castillo critics will, will point to the fact that he, he tried to, um, dissolve congress and ruled by decree. and this is profoundly anti democratic, and that's why he was impeached and removed from office. what to his supporters have to say to that. yeah, i mean that's exactly right he, he, on december 7th, he announced that he was shutting down the congress and going to rule by decree and

intervene in the, in the judiciary and so forth. and within a matter of hours, the entire thing collapse. he clearly had not gotten the support you need to carry out a maneuver of that kind and he was almost, you know, within hours arrested. that's a fact. a lot of his supporters in congress and elsewhere are claiming that he was some of the claims he was drugged. some have claimed that he was tracked some he himself, as of that he was kidnapped. and none of which is really true. um, he did try to carry out a coup. it's an illegal act. he was removed because of that, a problem is, is that the congress, which is in the body that you know of voted to remove castillo from office, is a, has the worst, an approval rating of all time. i think in the most reasonable. it was some like 9

percent of peruvians approved of the congress. and you have to keep in mind that the congress is controlled by a series of right wing groups. that from the very beginning deny the legitimacy of castillo government regardless of this december. 7th qu, attempt back last year when he was elected president, legitimately the far right parties tried to claim that there was fraud and tried to or not recognize his government as legitimate. and they still maintain these arguments to the state, despite the fact that there is 0 evidence of any fraud. and they will also, there's also been a bit of racism against custody you who is, you know, a rural, a teacher from provinces. and there's a lot of racism that has been deployed against them that, that some of his supporters fine, really disturbing if i could, if i could just jump id for my move because i kind of guess to might, to my final question, which is the sort of the anger, ah, that this is rooted in,

especially in the remote areas of peru with as heavy concentrations of, of, of indigenous a people what, what, what's that the roots of that angle for many people it well, it's been building. i mean, this problem did not start with castillo. ah, there has been a long simmering resentment over a politic amongst the stem net was imposed in the early 1990 is by the dictatorship of about the food you more who carried out be original. so qu, in peru, in 1092, he impose the current political system, peru lives under the constitution of 93. he installed after carrying out that who so it was a, it was a constitution installed by a dictatorship essentially. um, and he installed an echo, a neo liberal economic model that excludes the vast majority of the population.

certainly there's economic growth for some people. and some people have clearly benefited from this model that the vast majority of peruvians have not. and you could add to that sort of historic demands of inclusion and end to racism and so poor. and this is where peru is that. right? yeah, it's a little bit of a powder. appreciate your perspective. thanks very much for talking to a said jo marie butts in washington dice abuse. thanks for having me. i, ron has executed another prisoner linked to anti government protests that have engulfed the country for months. it is the 2nd execution in less than a week. magid reza at odd was publicly hanged on monday, and iranian cool convicted him of stabbing to security, forced members to death during protests. last month the been widespread demonstrations across iran since 22 year old mass. i mean, he died in police custody in september dosage. a body is in tehran with more on the

man who was executed. he was a 23 year old according to reports and who was arrested in iran, 2nd largest city that is mash at today's after an incident that took place during the protest that were ongoing. at the time he was arrested on november 19th and according to reports and magic, i've arg was then show some footage that was apparently cctv footage that apparently showed him committing the actions that were including murdering to members of the military forces as well as wounding for others with a knife as he was try and convicted, and then his sentence upheld in the country supreme court all within the span of 23 days. he was executed early morning on monday in a public execution, which is quite rare in iran. it's only the 2nd time this year that we have heard of

a public execution taking place. but executions are not that rare in iran. this is $500.00 and 5th execution to take place this year alone. of course, iran has one of the highest execution rates in the world, only 2nd to china. dozens of soldiers and civilians have told the reuters news agency that the nigerian army massacre children in its war against armed groups. the agency looked into 6 specific incidents in which at least 60 children died. they found that the army commanders were ordered to, quote, delete children assumed to be collaborating with groups such as vocal what they will often killed because it was feared children of factors would grow up to join the arm groups becoming suicide bombers, informants, or used to avenge the groups losses it found most of the children were shot. but witnesses said others had been poisoned and suffocated. the nigerian military says

the report is part of a foreign effort to undermine the countries fight against arm. bruce could be done . who is a security analyst for nigeria and the sad region from beacon consulting. he says, it is unlikely, the government will thoroughly investigate the claims. but it is not the 1st time that the legation the been made against the military in 2015. i think i'm the internet for me to be mila allegation. and at that time, there was an attempt to investigate delegation and unfortunately not in came out of it. but we know in a practical, we did. our military has made some changes. it tried to improve human rights record . it has tried to improve if them community relations with the resident of the area . so perhaps the follow up some of the earlier divisions. he's not likely that this one would be investigated, except for instance, if the change and the protection by the government,

but the current reaction would the military and the government has been one of denial and rejection. unfortunately, however, one of the leg long give the military rule in europe is the parliament has not shown this type of capacity for the investigation of the nature of the president would also please, but your rule enjoyed about to hold an election if a general election to the entire of the government and trade virtually everyone on that election. it's not likely that the time of the relief of this report would, would be, you know, help if it at camellia before the election. perhaps the government would be more interested i saw has claimed responsibility for an attack on a hotel in cobble on monday, asking security forces say 3 armed men were killed after they stormed a building and opened fire. a series of explosions and gunshots were heard and a fire broke out. authority say all the occupants of the hotel were rescued.

the belgian police have rated more european parliament officers as the legislatures president vowed to launch an internal investigation into corruption allegations. roberta itala says there will be no impunity for those caught up in the probe upon commentary. vice president ever kaylee is one of 4 people charged. by belgian police, prosecutors say a golf country was involved. they're not named the country, but widespread media reports in both brussels and katie's home nation. greece identified as kata, and no official source in brussels or athens has contradicted that the countries deny any involvement. a still ahead on i just see that the british government holds emergency meetings over a wave of strikes by vital sectors over the holiday period. ah ah.

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is different story. and once again, the focus is probably going to be paraguay and southeast of preserve between rio and potter legacy. it's been wet, head has been flooding and the big chows are still there tops at the reservoirs. but it's hardly pleasant spring weather is it. ah. to inculcate a culture of knowledge, openness and pluralism, world wide, and to reward merit and excellence and encourage creativity. the shake come out award for translation and international understanding was founded to promote translation and honor translators, and acknowledged a role in strengthening the bonds of friendship. and co operation between arab islamic and wild coaches. ah, oh, the,

the the me again, you're watching, i just get a reminder of our top stories. this out least, and 4 people have now been killed in protesting, peruse demonstrations began last week when former president pedro castillo, was impeached and arrested. his success the bottle. wattsey says she will ask congress, call early election. iran is executed a 2nd prison that linked to anti government protest. magid reza, and what was publicly hanged on monday. and iranian court convicted him of stabbing to security for members to death during protest last month. not hearing army is being accused of killing schools of children in its war against arm groups and

investigation. by the which is news agency estimates. thousands of children thought to be linked to on goods were targeted or libyan man accused of making the bomb the brought down panel flight one or 3 in lockerbie has appeared in the us court. abu i gila mohammed masoud, had ill muddy me, was taken into custody on sunday 2 years after the us justice department and i was charged against him. the attack in 1988 killed all 259 people on board, the plane, and 11 on the ground. this is something we thought for for over 3 decades. are we satisfied? no, i mean let's hear what happens when this trial is, is he the only person out there that is responsible for this bombing that it's the live and out there in free? no. are you quine? officials say at least 4 people have been killed in attacks by russian forces in the east and south. russia has released drunk footage, allegedly showing strikes in the done yet region. miss alt landed in the front line

. the village of kemi anchor just north of russian hill territory attacks on ukraine's energy grid. i've also left millions of people without power in freezing temperatures. the u. k. government has held that emergency meeting to discuss plans for a waiver. the contingency plan for a wave of strikes, work is across the u. k. are demanding pay rises to keep up with the soaring cost of living. the disruption is expected to affect several sectors over the december holiday period jona hall reports from london. in 27 years as a paramedic, steve johnson says he's never seen the abilene service. so short staffed the national health service, so over stretched ahead of a planned ambulance strike next week. steve says, if the government doesn't offer a significant pay increase, he like many of his colleagues may quit. so this isn't just about pi. oh, that is the main issue for the moment. we have devastating staff shortages. we've

got a record number of vacancies across the chair, across the ambulance sector. in facts, the health and social care committee up in parliament stated, were experiencing the greatest workforce crisis in the history of the n h. s. and it's on sustainable. yeah. the coming days and weeks we'll see already striking postal workers joined by paramedics along with the railway and airport star. the border falls bus drivers. and for the 1st time in the history of the union nurses, we're seeing a wave is industrial action, and that's in response to 12 years of the government holding down public sector workers pay. we know that the pay award given by government this year amounts and we'll take on the back of that long pay squeezed public sector workers, the trades union. congress says about a 3rd of key public sector workers are in the process of quitting or considering it

. that includes 34 percent of education workers and 31 percent in the health sector . while n h s. nurses are calling for a 19 percent pay rise. the government is offering 4 to 5 percent rail workers want a 7 percent increase. the government is offering them 4 or 8 percent over 2 years. and royal male workers are asking for 9 percent raise. they're being offered 7 percent over 2 years, plus a lump sum. the government is refusing to give any more ground warning, the public sector pay rises will only fuel inflation itself. already take away at workers, real wages and the pay hikes will eventually have to be paid for by the public. in tax rises, the strikes come at a crucial moment, not just during christmas and the winter cold when many public services needed most, but also in the midst of a cost of living crisis,

driving many of the poorest and most poorly paid further into poverty. and strikes are expensive for both sides in a battle of attrition over this festive season of discontent. it will be a question of who can sustain the cost of strike action. longest jona whole al jazeera london, the remains of $53.00 people killed during spain. civil war had been at zoomed in the northern basque region. investigators will try to identify the bones dug up in the town of or do not, and then return them to relatives. it is part of a process aimed at healing the wounds of the franco dictatorship, which began after the conflict ended in 1939. more than half a 1000000 people were killed during the war, many of them buried in unmarked mass graves. farmers and trade is in afghanistan are struggling to find international buyers for their saffron. the spice is a major source of income and pharmacy output has increased significantly this year . exporting,

it has become difficult since countries several times with afghanistan when the taliban returned to power. last year, poverty mccaul has more it's been a bumper season for saffron grew a said, the weather conditions in western have gone astray on our ideal for cultivation. international agencies have trained farmers for years and it's paying off many switch to saffron off to the taliban band. their crops. he said he would, michelle, so we see a lot of farmers who earlier drink, bobby, don't to suffer. and this is one of the reasons for the increase in production. also suffering needs less water. farmers have worked very hard to increase the quantity and the quality of cetera. saffron is the most expensive spice in the world. a kilogram can fetch nearly $2000.00. and if garner style is a leading exporter, inherit province, it's a major source of employment, especially for women who make up most of the workforce. but this year traders are

struggling to move their produce most country sever ties with the finest on when the taliban took over in august 2021. cutting off access to traditional markets. receiving payments has also been challenging. if there is limitation is then recon to receive our money and time and we should train from our money in case we are running customer escrow has a bank account in dubai for ether. i'm sorry to do very i didn't bring it in here. i'll throw the selfie on it is our most a here's percent of losses in transaction and wiring pharmacy doing business domestically has become easier and there's less corruption. john. busy word no more skill house for the yeah, some old problems have been solved. for example, it becomes faster to process people work than during previous governments. we have about 100 hectares of land under cultivation, proximate mother. it's become easier to access it and look after it himself. transport facilities have improved. it's easier to get to cobbled by road than and

by an recently of gone. as stan revise some export it ship dried fruit, and saffron was $2000000.00 to the e. u. this month grew as hope the taliban government will do more to revive industries to uplift the struggling economy. pardon him, then i'll just see that. all right, tom, to catch up now on the latest cut out 2022 news added the semi finals his joanna gazer, oscar at our welcome studio, a leading voice that footballs wild governing body fee for says this has already been africans greatest ever, wild cup foreman, i jerry a coach sunday elisa made his judgment off to morocco reached the semi finals, and every team representing the continent secured a victory in qatar. and he rich sin reports the story of morocco's progress. it is well cup has threatened to not the narrative of lena

massey's title quest off top billing injuries may be mounting for morocco, but so 2 is the team self belief and a global awareness of the country's talents. this is the greatest tournament. my continent of ever experienced foreman nigeria international sunday elisa is part of faith as technical study group, which analyzes all the factors that can make it seem successful. the morgan so don't something that is very very rhythmically the course. what people are not probably not noticed, nor cancer playing more docile be placed on the up by the side watching begins. i don't, if you cindy players got some of their motors, the arab men or the african man, is always very sentimental to the modem. so does play the one of the super ah, at the last world cup for european teams, including morocco's next opponents, france made it through to the semi finals cat. so 3 consonants are represented at

this stage of the tournament. some countries obviously did very, very well in adapting to the time now playing it in november, december, 1st time ever in the middle east and in the middle of their club seasons in europe, especially. so you had to adapt to a lot of things, especially from our a mental point of view. lien, unless he has willed his homage and seen it seem in the semi's. his country's 1st title when since 986 remains in achievable, ambition, parent services, and not to be done in the garage. he is our captain, our leader, he's the one pushing us, motivating us. he's a special advantage on the patient. we know we have line all messy and it is motivation for us. we're really happy to have messy as our captain. we're all working together to achieve our dreams, and we can with messy by our side. it short history resale stadium has become

a 2nd home for argentina and that tens of thousands of fans. 3 of their 5 matches have been played, hit by thornton, siena and croatia will be hoping they have 2 more matches to come in this venue. it's where their semi final and the world cup final will be played. crecia do have form when it comes to world cup winds against storage and tina. they beat them 3 nail on their way to reaching the final 4 years ago. andy richardson, al jazeera, do sale. let's bring our football analyst asha comedy show shack, croatia, and luca madrid will be the underdogs, but it will still be difficult when to fill in a messy analogy. tina absolutely, we've seen the car wash or at the store and the only conceited 3 goals at the tournament, and that just shows you how defensively set up they are. but also in terms of character, they've shown a lot of character in this tournament, but also we saw them play 3 games going to extra time of the 2018 edition. the

already done that now here at the start men's and they've shown a lot of resolve and their goalkeeper absolutely incredible areas are about moderates, but live a coal, which has been amazing if it goes to penalties. you know, i didn't, you know, we'll have a very hard time trying to deal with that thousands of rural confines as well here to support their team. will they help some get past from? absolutely. i've been to morocco games and they start them and especially the one against portugal. and i honestly felt that, you know, the moroccans were playing at home. the funds were incredible. they kept giving a lot of energy to, to the team. and you could see that it was really helping them and put to go there were really playing an away game. so just going and, you know, talking about the front game. there's a lot of rivalry actually between the 2 countries. the coach and captain of morocco were born in france, so that in itself should show you how much that meant for them. i know so, you know, i'm sure if i keep me place o p s g, so it's very familiar with the front fans as well. all right, i should come

a geisha, thank you. well off to, to rest stays, the action resumes on cheese day. it's a 1900 gmc kickoff atlas sale stadium in the 1st semi agency taking on creation of the places sundays. well, the final date, a big t days to look for in castle and our team will have it all covered right here on al jazeera, the, the, all right, let's get around now about top stories on edge 0, at least 4 people have been killed during protests in peru, demonstrations began last week when former president pedro castillo was impeached and arrested. his success at dina bought a warranty says she will ask congress to call early elections. adiana sanchez has moved from lima earlier today. about 2000 people took over the airport in the region of the keep out. this is the 2nd most.