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on al jazeera or as 2022 jewels to a place. we reflect on the major stories that shatelle was showing al jazeera pro series of in depth reports. looking back at this year, and to head to 2022 mm mm. a democrat, the u. s. congress release 6 years of donald trump's tax returns, which the former president for to keep private. ah, hello, i'm me, barker. this is al jazeera life and dough also coming up cove at 19 infections
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suite through china, prompting a growing number of countries to impose restrictions on its travelers. ordering the eternal king of football, the world grieves the passing of palo, the brazilian legend who died of cancer on thursday. plus i'm the satellite interior on albania is a stable country. but a great number of maybe young albanians with the lives of mobiles trying reach the u. k. illegally. ah, democrats, the united states congress severely, 6 years of donald trump's tax returns, the former president had sued the ways and means committee to keep his tax records private. but in november, the supreme court ruled the documents could be made public. the committee say the records show that trump paid no income tax. in 2021 president has issued a statement, slamming the move. he says the democrats should have never done it. the supreme
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court should have never approved it, and it's going to lead to horrible things for so many people. the great usa divide will now grow far worse. the radical left democrats have weaponized everything. but remember that that's a dangerous 2 way street or my can of his life was in washington, d. c. and predictably, yes, strong reaction there from the former u. s. president. pressure on him though, continuing to mount a war. can you tell us indeed, yes. well, there are donald trump insisting that it is a 2 way street. this would appear to be a reference to the fact that republicans will take over the congress on earth next january the 3rd. and that they may conduct their own type of tax investigation. donald trump also saying in that angry statement that he is evidence of his great success, he said, but then figures don't actually show that the documents would appear to indicate that trump suffered mounting business losses throughout the 6 years,
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particularly in the 1st years 2015 and 2016 in which he reported losses of well over $30000000000.00 in each of those years. so certainly there's a massive loss being shown in his finances. and it's for this reason that he kept his taxes low cost going out on claiming losses. and that there by listening the taxes that he paid to in 2020, for example, he paid no tax whatsoever. or mike has, of course, been a herculean effort to, to get a hold of these documents at all. indeed, yes sir. well, it's a sign off for donald trump's anger that not only does he blame the democrat, sir, for conducting this investigation, but he also car, sir. blame on the supreme court for allowing it to happen. very rare to get such direct over and criticism of the supreme court. but another factor that his revealed in these figures is a very important point. ad trump initially refused to give his tax figures to the
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country, whereas every met at the president has done claiming that he was under orders. well, these records indicate that he was not under audit. in fact, very controversially, he was audited for the 1st time as president in 2019. and that is only after the request by the ways and means committee in the house to get his tax records. very unusual, and certainly there's going to be hard questions for the iris to answer as to why it did not conduct orders during those early years of his presidency. many thanks, mike mike hanner, live in washington dc. brazil's government has declared 3 days of morning following the death of football legend pele tributes of pouring in from around the world for the 82 year old who died out for a long battle with cancer has been described as the eternal king and the most divine of footballers into modern reports. a footballing giant looked down on
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a nation in mourning landmarks across brazil, pink tribute to the mad, widely regarded as the greatest player of all time. all he nancy her for his whole career since he was a little boy who grew up in a poor community. she stood out for being the best player in the world. we who witnessed philly and life have a feeling of gratitude towards him. kelly was playing the national team by 16, done, 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 pelley got his start at the age of 15. he will go on to greater things, but local times, 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
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players of to day argentina's world cup in captain leno. messy post a 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. you have to say that have to be a duck though. profits, my mother used to say now i 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 in sport is whether he was better than argentinian legend, madonna, who died in 2020 in 2000 people, awarded them joined 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,
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the place where it all began and his final resting place. vince mullin, al jazeera well and australia aly clubs on the brazilian with a moment of applause before them out shoes on friday, the head of well football fever, johnny infant tino says pilot will never be forgotten. we lost the king and we see a void receiver, sad as actually we never use. we never lost his prayer with us. he's for ivan with anyone who loves football. and pallet's global fame was cemented by the global tools. he and
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his santo's team went on throughout his career. he's fondly remembered in africa. in nigeria, it's long been claimed. his arrival in 1969 resulted in a 48 hour cease fire and an ongoing civil war fellow actually got on for bullied. so you're like a war leader. we're want to give other child give you hope. i mean you hours happening with boy without, without, without, without booth. and anyway, i do to brazil to was call been submitted. i think i do what you can play with making love for boys at all. yeah, i hit our football. your new c play play. ah, you doesn't fully load football because believe it, he branded ball. he give it you give to bought in unit a football jealous, osha, co. makisha spoke to us about police influence on the african continent. when you talk about tele, you're talking about one of the global st as black that you know, african. so many africans could relate me then he's really in the same sentence. we,
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you know, people like mohammed ali and louis hamilton. people had an incredible and influential not just the sport that they play, but really on life itself. and when you talk about tele, he actually managed to a couple of african countries. he went to algeria 1965, he was in kinshasa 2 years later. and really and there was something going on with the to congress. but you know, d r c was then known as r u a. and there was really a stop after about 48 hours, they assume because of police presence in ghana in east africa. he came to uganda and visited and those and can you did a couple of football clinics, but really the influence was global and we've seen a couple of pictures with him and, you know, my dba, nelson mandela and just, you know, bringing that atmosphere to global icons have been known to an impact, not just the continent of africa, but the world at large. so it's really a great loss. africa in general is morning fil a. and this is someone who was cross
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cutting generations, not just, you know, in the 50s, in the sixties and the 70s. you have plays like killian bobby who can still relate, you know, to appellate. that's how great he was from a global standpoint. and avenues after abandoning some of the world's toughest coven 19 restrictions. china was witnessing was believed to be its worst outbreak videos of emerged, of cues like these outside funeral homes. the severity of the crisis and the scale of infections are unclear. the official number of deaths from covered 19 and infections are low. beijing insists it's being transparent with the data, but hospitals seem to be struggling with cases, corridors and car parks have been used to treat patients. and pharmacies are reported to be running out of medicine. a growing number of countries, such as the u. s, at least by malaysia and japan of announced restrictions on travelers from china, prompting criticism from beijing health experts of the united states and the
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european union are advising waste water from airplanes be tested to detect any new variant from china. malaysia has already decided to collect samples for flights coming from china, or con, hague. all countries scurried mountain. prevention and control measures should be scientific and appropriate and should not affect normal people to people contact as well as normal exchange and cooperation in recent days. many leading medical experts for multiple countries have said that there is no need to impose restrictions on entry of travelers from china. and south korea has already impose its own set of restrictions on chinese visitors. this includes a burn on non essential traveler and a mandatory negative covey. 19 test unit, kim reports from sol. this eating and shopping mega of young soul and pre paid them at times was bustling with visitors from china, so much so that they can order their food or lack of cosmetics in their native tongue. and even as the area revives,
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we are not expecting that influx to return even for the lunar new year holiday. and that's because coven 19 competing concerns will be keeping them from being single. 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 at it, 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 covered 900 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 poet, 19 infection situation under control. this comes as senior citizens, boosted rates remain stubbornly low. and as the number of code related deaths and
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serious cases have been on the rise by double digit percentage points with the winter months ahead, still look challenging for health officials here. so i had here with al jazeera. i'll sit near margarita ang, sushi symptoms 27 more years in jail, and corruption charges arrested for a series of offensive devices suit, device of social media, post murphy, andrew tate and his brother in speaking maybe ah, hello, there was seen some unsettled weather across parts of the middle east and about and that is set to continue. now the rain one full as heavy as it has across western parts of saudi arabia on saturday. there are still some showers here and there by
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the time we get in to sunday, once again, western areas seen some pretty heavy showers. some of those pulling their way further north, across the event, a few might touch into iraq and could stretch as far as bahrain and possibly even kata. for the south of this, a largely clear picture bit of a shamar wind still there through to sunday. as we move across to north africa, the wind is the story for coastal areas of libya, we will see some showers here on sunday, the winds picking up across chad and nevada as well as nigeria. we could see some sandstorms, likely as well from martina, but much of the wet weather dry's up for western areas of africa can still be found . looking around in the south got a rash of intense thunderstorms, stretching from angola. 1 through zambia into malawi as far as northern to areas of mozambique. we'll also see the wet to where the pick up across eastern areas of south africa. some of that pulling into s were teeny, as well as the suitor thunderstorms, which a house burge on sunday. but beautiful conditions at cape town at 31 degrees
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welcome back, your watch again, which is there. a reminder of our top stories this out. democrats, the united states congress, a release 6 years of donald trump's tax returns. after months of legal wrangling, the houses ways and means committee says records show trump paid no income tax in 2020 china says any reaction to it's easing of it's 0 code policy should be based on science sauce off to some countries in post restrictions on travelers from china and bid reports hospitals and funeral homes of the country, a being overwhelmed brazil's government is declared 3 days of morning falling the death of legendary football our pilot. he died at the age of $82.00 ma'am maz ousted lita ang sang. so she has been convicted of 5 charges of corruption and sentence to 7 more years in jail. thus after the military seas power in 2021, the nobel peace prize laura was charged and convicted of
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a range of offences and was already serving a 26 year sentence came under billy reports. it's just the latest chapter in a decade long story. but it could be one of the last down the verdicts handed down in the military court add a further 7 years to the 26 year sentence. sushi has already received that. she'll now remain in custody and away from government for the rest of her life. along with the former president, when so she was convicted on charges of illegally profiting from the rental and purchase agreements of a rescue helicopter. these 5 charges follow 14 previous convictions on charges ranging from gross corruption to flouting cove with measures and importing illegal walkie talkies. for me and mars ruling military, this might look like victory. but for the countries resistance movement, their fight for
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a civilian government is not over my entire camera. this verdict will energize to resist the movement as the belief. they must work hard for their freedom and the release of their fellow comrades who are currently in prison. the verdict might also energize the international community. immediately after they were announced, human rights watch to criticize the convictions as part of what had called a blatantly unjust campaign. we're going to see an ongoing, a deepening civil war in me and more. and so she has basically been silent. she's been taken out of the process. she will remain a very symbol for particularly the people in so guiding and money. one other areas of, of course, distance where the definite barman's are the vast majority. and even before the verdicts, the united nations security council had adopted its 1st resolution on me and more and more than 7 decades. it condemned the execution of activists called for the
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release of all arbitrarily detained prisoners, including sushi, and demanded an immediate end to all forms of violence. it also called for the immediate implementation of a peace plan that was proposed back in may of 2021. by the association of southeast asian nations, known as the 5 points consensus. that plan called for an immediate cessation of violence to and constructive dialogue among all parties. but it was all but ignored by the me and mar rulers, that even us, he on itself, seemed to lose interest. and so for now, the leader, once known, simply as the lady, is expected to be allowed to leave her prison, quarter's answer her sentence. in more familiar confinement, the lakeside home that has already served as a prison for some 15 years tame. on a billy al jazeera, singapore. ah,
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ukraine says it destroyed all 16 iranian made drones launched by russia towards keir from the early hours of friday. falling debris from one of the drones damage to buildings in the capitol. they were no casualties. the attack came a day after moscow carried out one of its biggest aerial assault since the war began in february. with the kremlin says it is extremely concerned about a ukrainian anti aircraft message that was shot down after flying into the space of its ally belarus. by the way, says it's a defense force is shut it down. ukraine's defense ministry says it will investigate but hinted at a russian provocation. the russian and chinese president say they plan to deepen ties and expand cooperation between the 2 countries. they made the remarks during a video conference, saudi on friday. let him a piece in said he expects gigi paying to make a state visit in the coming months. the relationship between moscow and beijing continues to take on greater significance following russia's invasion of ukraine. assuming in a few weeks, yet
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a special place in the entire range of russian chinese corporation and our relations is occupied by military and military technical corporation, which contributes to ensuring the security of our countries and maintaining stability and kate, asians. we aim to strengthen the cooperation between the out forces of russia and china. yeah, with everybody in the face of a difficult and far from unambiguous international situation. we are ready to build up strategic cooperation with russia. provide each other with development opportunities, be global partners for the benefit of the people so far countries and in the interest of stability throughout the book. all of this as diplomatic efforts that the united nations have failed to stop the war in ukraine. but the u. n. as provided aid and help broker a deal that reopened global grain exports from the black sea and to plot again, a james bay's reports from the un 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
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felt around the world, including almost 8000 kilometers away in the corridors of the un in new york law. north, 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 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
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parts. obviously for the security council, this ward as been her, a very dramatic factor of inefficiency. but these waters demonstrated the enormous value ever humanitarian action lads by un and un agencies these as them all stated that the u. n. 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 global level. the u. n. organized the evacuation, not just of ukrainian fighters, but also of 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,
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harish has really stepped up in response to this war. his 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. in its nato allies want the u. n. to send an investigation team
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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 of the united nations police romania, arrested device of social media personality and retained. he's being held on suspicion of human trafficking, rape, and forming an organized crime group, and we force it as more every single thing that exists out there inside of the matrix. done so with a purpose. andrew tate was already one of the most google people in the world. the former kickboxer had created a social media profiles celebrating fast cars, private jets money and masculinity ban from twitter in 2017. this year he had accounts removed from instagram, facebook, you, tube and tics. i think one had the reason repeated. massage any saying women bear some responsibility for rape and acting out violence against females.
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it's bang out the shape whom her faith grip brought by the next couple weeks on thursday night romanian police detained tate, his younger brother, tristan and 2 other men. they say the arrests are part of a 9 month investigation into alleged human trafficking, rape, and forming an organized crime, gang involving 2 british into romanian citizens. the police say 6 women were sexually exploited by the gang. tate appeared to blame a conspiracy of elite. he calls may trigger for it says attack on tuesday to use his recently reactivated twitter account to told the climate activist gratitude book about the emissions of his claimed 33. cause a day later she suggested he use an e mail address to enlighten her one that marked his self professed masculinity. with hey, feel better. he responded with a video that featured pizza boxes from a romanian restaurant ship. some speculated that was how romanian authorities
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confirmed his whereabouts. the reports in the remaining media said police had used a number of methods including social media posts to ensure both brothers were in the country. take home for the last 5 years. flung the items found at that home, were bundles of cash and weapons, including swords, knives and firearms. prosecutors have requested a further 30 days detention. the all 4 suspects. hurry, faucet, al jazeera, hundreds of people lose their lives every year, trying to cross the english channel in the hopes of reaching the united kingdom. a number of albanians attempting this dangerous journey has increased. over the past years, natasha butler went to northern albania to find out why some people want to my great to britain. in the foothills of albanians out, the remote town of half, so many people have migrated from, has cain recent years. there's some people like 9 feet left behind what he calls
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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. these is part of growing network of traffickers 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. a painter is stable poverty and corruption, widespread jobs and opportunities scarce. for most people have made it by boat, as i 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. we'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
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britain, creating a network of jobs and connections that pay 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 why some of the money that i'll pay means sending home . the thought you is the main idea. he jokes that half is almost a london suburb. he says people grateful for the wealth generated by migration suppression. it feels the local economy. dwindling 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 are simply a lack of effective policies or investment from the central government to keep
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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 iran is 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. natasha butler, al jazeera, hass albania. ah . this is al jazeera and these are the top stories. democrats in the u. s. congress of really 6 years of donald trump's tax returns. the former president had sued the house as ways and means committee to keep his tax records private. but in november, the supreme court ruled the documents could be made public. the committee say the records show that tron paid no income tax and 2020 china says.
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