and unstinting questions. up front, cut through the headlines to challenge conventional wisdom immersive personal short documentaries. africa direct showcases african stories from african filmmakers can public private partnerships. so some of the world's most pressing challenges when government business in civil society did meet for the world economic forum, clinical host, the all africa musical was a celebration of talent and creativity from all corners of the african continent. january analogies, era, ah, the course of mere mar sentences, deposed leader, ensued she to another 7 years in prison on corruption charges shall serve a total of 33 years. ah,

11 o'clock, this is our desert life and are also coming up tributes across the world for legend of the beautiful game pele has died at the age of 82, brazil declares 3 days of national morning. also this, our russia launch is a series of kamikaze drones on ukraine a day after one of its biggest miss allah, texas has thought of the war more than 100000000 people forced to flee their homes this year. we'll look at the implications for countries around the world. ah. so then mammals to pose liter uncensored. she is facing more time in prison. she's been found guilty on 5 counts of corruption and sentenced to a combined at 7 years. and jo, since the military seized power last year, the former nobel peace prize winner has been convicted on

a range of offences including corruption and flouting cove. it 19 restrictions. she's faces a total of 33 years in prison. and so she denies the charges. they want to bring me is falling the story from singapore. she is her faith. the 19 charges in all like the previous charges and sentences and verdicts handed down a while back, as you say, with a total of 26 years. for those, these final 5 charges were heard inside the court in neighbor door behind closed doors. on monday, the verdicts decided then and announced to the public, adding another 7 years on to the total number of years that she needs to serve. which at the age of 77, basically amounts to a life sentence for her 33 years. take a well past her 110th birthday. so it would appear under the current circumstances that her leadership and her participation in me and my politics is all but at an end. linda national positions always been fairly unanimous. there condemned and

criticized the me in my position to varying degrees. because while the criticism may have been a verbal, it's not necessarily in terms of action. there was a un council resolution the 1st one on me and more since it gained independence 75 years ago, condemning outright what has been going on in me and more demanding that can to be set free. and that action be taken towards restoring democracy in the country, the united nations once every want to return to what was a piece plan outlined by off young a while ago as young came through with what was called a 5 points consensus. which me and marquise promptly ignored and did nothing about brazil is government declared 3 days of morning following the death of legendary football appellate tribute saw a port in from around the world of the 82 year old who died after a long battle with cancer. he's been described as the eternal king and the most divine football. as since not as more

a footballing giant looks down on a nation in mourning landmarks across brazil. paying tribute to the man widely regarded as the greatest player of all time for his whole career. since he was a little boy who grew up in a poor community, he stood out for being the best player in the world. we who witnessed really a life have a feeling of gratitude towards him. kelly was think the national team by 16 and by 17. his 2 amazing goals in the final one, brazil, the world cup in sao paolo fans gather where it all began. it was here at the santos football club. the young pele got his start at the age of 15. he will go on to greater things, but local fans feel a special connection to him. he's got a job major. it's sad that the king of football died. that needs no further comment . he did so much for football. he modernized, he was a 3 times will come when he'll go down in history because the legacy he left behind

last revised. he inspired many of the great players of today. argentine is world company, captain leon messy poster photo saying simply, rest in peace. brazil for name are says pele, change the sport. he turned football into art and gave voice to the poor. but it all could have turned out very differently. speaking to al jazeera in 2007, the police spoke at the pressure he was under to take another patio. my father said ok, no, i don't want to be a sucker play football player. i have to say that have to be a duck. the processor, my mother used to say now don't play the, i have a luck, but the not is not the everyone who has the kind of a one of the biggest debates of sport is whether he was better than argentinian legend, madonna, who died in 2020 in 2000 people award at the joint player of the century. but

pelley was unique. his name is almost snohomish with football building on monday. his body will be taken to santos, the place where it all began and his final resting place. vince mullin, al jazeera, the ukraine's air force says it has shut down all common cause drones launch in a barrow by russia. over night. the attack came a day after russia lost one of his biggest missile strikes on the country since the start of the war in february, ukraine's military says its air defense is intercepted, 54 rockets and 11 drones on thursday. charles stratford has more now from keith. the day after one of the biggest cruise missile attacks across ukraine, the ukrainian, or sorry to say, in the early hours of this morning, 16 so called camera kazi, drones were intercepted 7 of which over the capital city key. if they say that

a one government building was damaged by fragments of one of these are intercepted drones is also talk of superficial damage to a residential building. no casualties reported last night. presidents zalinski highlighting again the kind of difficulties that millions of people across the country are suffering having to wear. endure these rolling blackouts and lack of access to heating in the winter months. and he said that the worst affected areas were key. if levine and odessa, we spent some time in a residential neighborhood close to cave, where one of these intercepted cruise missiles landed. and this is our report at least one man was believed had been in his house when it was hit by an intercepted russian missile was rushed to hospital emergency service, he search, but any body else,

dead or alive under the rubble. the mother and daughter were also found injured in the house next door. tatiana cries into her friend's arms. ah. my grand daughter called me and said that has been explosion and that my daughter was unconscious, undesirable. she is in a hospital now. i don't know her condition touch yarn as other daughter yana arrives. mamma stop now please. she says stop crying. salvage food from the fridge sits on a wall. jelena looks her way through the destruction. so young well with my grandmother made this. she says, this lovely garden uncle, but my sister is in hospital. i don't know what the latest is. my niece is also injured by shrapnel. residence climb over the rubble to inspect the damage and

check that friends and neighbors are safe. this mobile phone, which is reportedly shows one of dozens of russian cruise missiles soaring across the sky. ah, the spotted shows what's believe to be a ukrainian, a defense team successfully destroying another before it reached its target. 6 ah, bill storage you say the majority of miss isles in this latest barrage were intercepted with a she level of destruction in this residential area of cave. and the fear amongst people living here shows how even a successful interception can destroy people's lives. anxious faces, hundreds of kilometers from the eastern and southern front lines. a diesel around 9 a. m. there was a huge explosion and the shock wave through my grandson from his bed. we're afraid because this is the 2nd missile that was intercepted in this area. but this one

seems to have exploded the natal it was, was your daughter allowed? the missiles have been fine over this area since the invasion in february. we hide in my brother's basement, well, 35 people shelter there. a blanket covers a dead dog killed in the blast. thought joanna finds her pet alive. maybe she cradles it in her arms amongst what remains of her home. don't be afraid, she says, don't be afraid. channel stifled al jazeera give melodies here. we'll start testing wastewater for traces have covered 19 on airplanes arriving from china. the country will also screen travelers, body temperatures on arrival. at the move comes as concerns rise in the region over the rapids spread the virus and china. it is covered 90 restrictions early. this month, the well south korea will impose its own set of restrictions for travelers arriving

from china. this includes a ban on non essential travels and a mandatory negative cobit 19 test. you can propose not from sol, this eating and shopping mega of young, a sole, and pre paid them at times was bustling with visitors from china, so much so that they can order their food or electric cosmetics in their native tongue. and even as the area revives, we are not expecting that influx to return even for the lunar new year holiday. and that's because corporate 19 competing concerns will be keeping them from being shingle. nick will restrict issuing short and visas in china. it is necessary to refrain travel from china until the virus situation is stabilized. in new guidelines released by the health ministry, non essential travel will be restricted from january 5th throughout the month if not throughout february. there won't be additional flights added, and all existing routes will be funneled through

a single airplane in china international. for those who qualify to enter, they'll need a negative coverage 19 test results to board and take a p. c. r. test. within 24 hours of arrival. south korea has been trying to maintain its own coven 19 infection situation under control. this comes as senior citizens, boosted rates remains stubbornly low. and as the number of code 19 related deaths and serious cases have been on the rise by double digit percentage points with the winter months ahead. still look challenging for health officials here. in contrast, indonesia has announced it will now lift all kinds 19 restrictions in denise in president, yoko dodo says, the spread of the virus is under control with infections and hospital admissions. below the world health organizations guidelines is called on citizens to remain vigilant, saying they should keep wearing moss in crowded her to the head,

her another. the united nations posted to firms and it came in the form of the war and ukraine. look back on the year that was officials try to navigate away out of the political gridlock in northern kosovo. we'll have the latest on the close to remove on the roots. ah hello there, there's more winter weather to come for japan over the next few days, but of course much of east asia. it is an improving picture. temperatures are on the up certainly across the north. just those snow flurries coming in to western areas of japan, touching from her kind of down to han shoe. those are set to intensify as we go into sunday. but the temperature is in places like a soccer and tokyo still sitting in those double digits. and we'll see the

temperature pick up in beijing over the next few days, some the story for shanghai with more in the way of sunshine. after a gloomy few days with some wintery weather, it works its way west from central areas of china, kicking temperatures down in places like woo hahn but further south of his temperatures. looking pretty stable with just some rain touching into ty, one and was we move to south asia. it is a largely settled picture. we did have a bit of a wind to front move its way across afghanistan and pakistan, but that has cleared away, leaving behind and clear us guys apart from northern areas of pakistan and northern india. we are still seeing the fog and smog issues persist here. wanted why, as we had further solved the bit of popcorn cloud affecting the eastern coastal area, but it's certainly dried up for sri lanka. 31 degrees celsius in columba on sunday . ah,

a jenny both dog because i feel like there's a very for everything. there's a lot of corruption and beautiful lake and beauty for me just to leave very patient and o d. so, so the same as the same day because i was in charge of shoe when my father and my mother were watching for king, for the personal story to discover the source of one of the most expensive commodities sent from heaven on al jazeera. ah ah. again, what shout 0 might about top stories this hour and me and mars ousted leader answered,

she has been convicted of 5 charges. the corruption, military court sentenced to 7 years in jail to j was already serving a 26 year sentence for other offensive. legendary brazilian football appellate has died at the age of 82. he had been undergoing treatment for colon cancer, the hospital and the cranes air force as it shut down 16 kamikaze drones sent by russia, happened a day off to parts of the country were hit by a barrage of missile strike the heavier since the war started in february, now, diplomatic efforts of the united nations have failed to stop the war in ukraine, but the un has provided aid and help brokerage deal that reopened global grain exports from the black sea. our diplomatic editor james bay's reports are from you at headquarters. when president putin launched his invasion on the 24th of february, it was the start of death and destruction in ukraine. but the reverberations were felt around the world,

including almost 8000 kilometers away in the corridors of the un in new york law. nurse me, i called to order the 914030 session of the security council. what had happened was clear cut, a permanent member of the un security council had breached one of the main tenants of the organization's founding charter. one country should never invade another russia's veto power meant the security council was paralyzed. instead, on 3 occasions, russia was left almost isolated in votes in the un general assembly. summit feared the war would lead to the virtual collapse of the un here in the morning. but looking back the secretary general of the un antonio guitarist told me he was pleased that the organisation had some limited successes on the ground. the when is a complex organization that has different dimensions and different parts. obviously for the security council, this was as been her,

a very dramatic factor of inefficiency. but these were as demonstrated the enormous value ever humanitarian action lab by un and un agencies. these as demonstrated that the un is probably the only platform that was able to seriously talk with both sides to try to solve not the war unfortunately, but some specific problems that they have that emetic impacts at the global level. the you unorganized the evacuation not just of ukrainian fighters, but also women and children from the other style still works and mario, poland may then in july, working with took here. the u. n. arranged a deal to allow green ships to once again, cross the black sea, partly alleviating the global food crisis. i think that could, harish has really stepped up in response to this war. he's previously had

a reputation for caution. he's had a reputation for not challenging the major powers, but in this case he has stepped in personally to a lot of diplomacy around humanitarian issues in ukraine and also the global food crisis. and i think he has gained credibility on the world stage as a result of his efforts, the secretary general has made it clear that he doesn't see any chance of meaningful negotiations to end the war any time soon. instead, the u. n. is focusing on trying to further alleviate the suffering they want to extend and expand the black sea grain initiative and to work with the international committee of the red cross to arrange a mass prisoner exchange between ukraine and russia. despite the u. n's limited diplomatic achievements over the past 10 months. the situation is still extremely delicate. the u. s. and its nato allies want the u. n. to send an investigation team to examine claims that iranian drones have been used by russia. but al jazeera

understands the secretary general is stalling because he fears russia will then pull out of the grain deal. james bay's al jazeera at the united nations to south africa and the death toll from a gas tank blast there. johannesburg, on saturdays climb to 34 countries, health department says 11 health workers and 23 civilians were killed. explosion, damage the hospital and destroyed several houses and cars up to 500 meters from sea, local media, se the authorities released the truck driver on wednesday. ethics serves have been remaining barricades in northern coast over now. as astro authorities reopen, the main crossing with serbia protested had been demonstrating 2 weeks over. the detention of a former police officer is not to be moved to house arrest. russell's soda has more from the northern city of me to richer in cost of all they have been the 13 roads that were barricaded blocked by the admixture bins who leave in the north and

of course saw. and as of now, only 2 of the roars are now open. the barricades have been removed here, however, the other 11 roads are still barricaded, still blocked here. so on wednesday night, a president of serbia alexander woods, visited the region and he met the leaders of the community in north in kosovo. and then after that meeting, they have agreed to remove the barricades within 48 hours. but as of now, it has been almost 36 hours at only 2 worlds are open and k for the natal forces here they say that they are running out of the time. and within that limits of 20 or 48 hours older or needs to be opened and that the better kids need to be moved over as of now, that is not the picture now. so the people who are guarding the barricade, they're not there. and the security forces, the heavy measures that heavy security measures are being taken here,

we can see the key for forces the local security forces. but as of now other that 11 rules are still blocked and barricaded. and, but the situation still remains very much times here, even though it is called the most right wing, and religiously conservative government in israel's history has been sworn in countries. i'm bassett, it's a frances resigned in protest. coalition will be led by benjamin yahoo is returning for his 6 term is prime minister. so a heart report, not from west jerusalem. the hello cars at the, the, the benefit of the 2 months in the making and the loss of political wrangling. israel now has a new government the most fall right on, religiously conservative, one in the country's history. despite the corruption trial, benjamin netanyahu returns as prime minister, thanks to a coalition of an ultra orthodox nationalist block heckling from opposition. members in the connect that didn't deter him for making his message clear. israel

security continue to be his top priority and seem obvious, you know, we will guarantee israel's military advantage in the region through unceasing empowerment. the 1st mission is to make sure that iran but a ny, later with nuclear bombs. also high up on the agenda is the normalization of relations with more are countries under 2020 abraham accord with fight lines, palestinians, when you to really government guidelines highlight by saying the jewish people have an exclusive and unquestionable right? all parts of the land of israel netanyahu's new cabinet promises to expand illegal settlements in the occupied west bank raising phase of an escalation intentions. the on a domestic level, most controversially, nathaniel, who is granting major concessions to the far right coalition, made up of policies until recently was still on the political fringes. hundreds of anti government protests is gathered outside the can i sit demonstrating against

some ministerial appointment. and it out including that's of it's a may have been convicted of incitement to racism in 2007. the now security minister had a personalized law passed in his name on wednesday, giving him unprecedented powers over the police force. of the controversial laws include a very small, rich laws. the 1st allowed aria, every leader of the shafts policy to become the interior minister despite and suspended sentence. the tax flawed the latter giving smart for each head of the ridge. designers and party arose with the defense ministry over seeing illegal settlements in the occupied west bank. critics all concerned that some of these new policies will have far reaching consequences, including the undermining of the judicial system whereby the supreme court could be overruled. these were all preconditions set by the coalition for the government to be sworn in in the 1st place. and we will probably see we can, it's in the o because his body is much weaker with v bodies like the religious and because of

a trial. and because he has no moderate policy within depletion, like in the past, this is the 6 government in less than 4 years. and that's in yahoo already has a loss on his plate through the country at its most divided messen. yahoo! as far as prime minister and he says he will be the one i think the agenda for the current government. he also says that red lines won't be crossed anywhere in the state by what he calls ride the call id g. bazzi is mostly in this position. thanks to a fall rights coalition. now the big question is, who will have the upper hand height us? i'll just 0 west jerusalem. as 2022 comes to an end, lauren taylor looks back now at the place of refugees and migrants across the world and how the war ukraine created. yet another cause of displacement. 2022 has been a year of people running for their lives. a year of desperate journeys in the hope of safety, a number of forcibly to space people worldwide talked to 100000000,

many of whom are spent years away from their homes. they just numbers from the united nations refugee agency, the next e r. show the total hit $103000000.00. that includes 53000000 internally displaced people, and 32000000 refugees. the war and ukraine was a significant factor more than the 7800000 ukranian refugees registered across europe. mainly women and children have devised my heart is torn but i'm sorry, it's tough. you know, that was it was when families are separated, it's very hard choice. i'm sorry, i simply like would be rude. why do they bomb school? can to garden it? it's not shame on the way here. i cried because i love my country.

russia has taken in the largest number of ukrainian refugees, 2800000, poland and germany of each taken more than a 1000000 people. a father 6300000 displaced within ukraine. people crossing from africa to europe across the mediterranean was one of the most common and deadly passages about 80000 people entered europe by taking that treacherous journey human rights watch says more than 1200 people died or charity run ships rescued more than 10000 people because of conflict and drought, there are about 30000000 internally displaced people refugees and asylum seekers living across africa. well, there are about 6000000 people in need of international protection in the americas . hundreds of people lose their lives every year, attempting to cross the english channel in the hopes of reaching the u. k. a number of albanians and bulky on this dangerous journey has been increasing. over the past

years, the touch of butler went to northern albania. to find out why some people want to migrate to the u. k. in the foothills of albanians out the remote town of so many people have migrated from hospital cane recent years. there's some people like 9 left behind what he calls a good town. he tried to reach britain from from himself a few years ago by hiding in a lory, but he didn't make it. or none of everyone i know is in the u. k. including all my friends from high school. there was a time when i really wanted to go to to see what it's like, but now maybe i'd rather just visit. it's not easy for all patients to get you k work visas, but growing network of traffic is have made it possible to cross the english channel from thralls, legally by small boat. it's dangerous, but young people like god, they have no choice. and painter is stable poverty and corruption, widespread jobs, and opportunities scarce. for most people have made it by boat, as they can't get

a visa, as for me, but i have a visa. so what am i supposed to do? i'll have no choice. i'll have to take a boat because there is nothing for us. there's no work. people began migrating from happening in 1919th after the end of communism in albania. many ended up in britain creating a network of job and connections that paved the way for others. going to the u. k. has become something of a tradition in how it feels familiar in a way that other countries don't. they're all reminders of the u. k. every way in the house and some of the names of the cafes and restaurants, all the fact that some of the calls have british license plates. the city council is even considering building a statute. the queen, funded by some of the money that i'll pay news, sending home to start you is the man as i did. he jokes that half is almost a london suburb. he says, people grateful for the wealth generated by migration to britain. it feels the

local economy. swindling young population is a problem for the town was discarded on regions roads. so to leopard it is that it's difficult to reach many villages, it's impossible for people to live in these areas. so the only option they have is to migrate. there is simply a lack of effective policies or investment from the central government to keep people in albania. the british government says albania is a safe country. it's planning title laws to stop illegal albanian rivals once described by britons who minister as an invasion to run as accused london of whipping up anti albanian sentiment. but the u. k is approach may not deter some people who say they have little to lose. and what a chance for a better life is asher butler al jazeera hass albania. ah, so this is observed, these are the.