we saw with detailed cover a bad hope that the us would relax water pandemic restrictions this week, which will likely have better odds of getting in from around the world. over 3000000 people to talk to the 381 sided, a blue the world health organization, the urge is beijing to share. more data, is cobit 19 sir? just more countries imposed checks on travelers from china. ah, hello, i'm darn jordan. this is al jazeera ally from dough are also coming up with donald trump remains defiant as touch records, the former us president for to protect

a finally made public venezuelan opposition parties vote to dissolve the interim government led by one guido. we'll have a live update from caracas on his brazil moans. the death of foot boarding legend ca tributes foreign from around the world. ah, the world health organization has held a high level meeting with chinese officials to request more information on the country surge. and cobit 19 cases, doubly 2 officials asked for sharing of real time data and tracking of any potential new variance. they also offer to provide practical support to china, which has seen a dramatic rise in infection since rolling back it 0 covered policy in recent weeks . it follows growing doubts about the transparency of official data. for the u. k and france have joined a growing list of countries to impose cobit 19 checks on arrivals from china,

the us, japan, india, and italy. apple already amounts compulsory testing. china has denounced the new rules as discriminatory or can't hygiene all countries score 19. 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, while the weight of cases appears to be overwhelming chinese hospitals and funeral homes. but the official number of corona virus deaths being reported remains low. authorities change criteria for recording cobra, 1900 deaths earlier this month was dr. burke pon kamiya is from the university of extra medical school. he says it's likely to strains taking hold in china, already in circulation. elsewhere, over understanding with respect to china is that it does not have a unusual different wherein to what is said relating in other parts of the world.

having said that, because there is that issue of trust and transparency with china, we can never be 100 percent. sure. but my empirical feeling as a clinician in somebody working with this be this issue is what is circulating in china at the moment is also circulating in other parts of the world. this is a clear case of how china tragically very tragically, has mismanaged. the 2nd half of it span that make it did really well with its test trace, contain when we had no vaccines. unfortunately, after the vaccines arrived, china did not deploy the better quality, the better performing vaccines, the m r n. a vaccines that the west used and china pursued a absolute 0 policy. so now we have a chinese population that is not immune has not and counted this virus before. so

when they open up and they open up suddenly, all these people are as if they have never come across this virus before. some of them, the wonderful elderly old people will get very ill. they will clog up the hospitals . and unfortunately, a small percentage of that elderly, one of the population will die as well. in denisia has removed its remaining cove at 900 restrictions present. yoko, dodo says, the spread of the virus is under control with infections and the hospital admissions. below the world health organizations guidelines, but he called on people to remain vigilant saying they should continue wearing math in crowded areas. now the tax information donald trump fought to keep private has now been exposed us house democrats every 6 years of his returns showing he paid no income tax in 2020 his last full year as president. despite promising several times

to release them himself trumps, sued the house of representatives, ways and means committee to keep the records private. but in november, the supreme court ruled the documents could be made public and then friday they were angering the former president. although these tax returns contain relatively little information and not information that almost anybody would understand their extremely complex, the radical democrats behavior is a shame upon the u. s. congress. will owens cough to cough as a professor of economics at boston university. he says, the document show how wealthy americans avoid paying their taxes. the rich have ways in our country, even legal ways to avoid paying taxes. it's also extremely unseemly for anybody who is a presidential president presidential candidate now to reveal their taxes to the public and also not to pay taxes. i mean,

you'd want to pay taxes even if you didn't know taxes just as part of being a public citizen. so i don't think any of those looks good for trauma, i think is yet another, you know, i think they are circling and they are republicans or you know, are going to run against him, are going to use this and, you know, claim that he's a tax fraud tax sheet, and there are things that the joint tax committee, which is congressional committee of experts have discovered and the returns that you're going to have been revealed that suggested his personal limits maybe beyond what's legal, any american should be outrage that people, those rich can get by without paying taxes there, all kinds of loopholes, especially for people in real estate. many of which were planted into the tax cut and jobs jack that he signed into law back in 2017. a lot of the provisions it appeared to me. i'm just, you know, not an attorney tax attorney. so i'm just,

you know, giving him, i got sands from looking at the, the provisions and the tax laws of 2017. it seemed that they were designed to help him personally. well i white house correspondent kimberley hancock joins us live now from washington dc. kimberly said this has been a long legal battle to get trumps tax returns. really. so what more do we now know? well, as our guest was saying there, right now, we do know that the president avoided paying tax for the most part, but he didn't for the most part legally because the tax code has been designed for of not just the wealthy in the united states. but anyone who can afford to pay an accountant in the u. s. so this could be in the middle class as well. is able to take advantage of sort of loopholes if you will, to essentially take losses on income in order to reduce their tax burden or

tax bill. and so that's what this president has done. and that's what he's done is taken business losses by the 10s of millions in order to avoid paying tax. now in terms of whether or not the president is going to have repercussions of that, we can get to that in a moment, but certainly what there are in terms of red flags with regard to whether or not the president has done anything wrong. and there certainly are some curious things about these tax returns as people are poring over them. for example, the fact that the president had foreign bank accounts has certainly been alarming given the fact that as president of the united states this opens him up to suggestions that he could be under foreign influence. another concern is the fact that the president did sign into law. although it's the congress that makes law i, he did change law that benefited him personally, as well as

a millions of others, americans. and as well, the president did also claim some income in terms of interest that some people suggest could be disguised as gifts. we don't know where those gifts came from. so certainly this could mean that the president could now be audited further by the internal revenue service or iris, or this could become weaponized by his political opponents. and kimberly, on trump's tax returns blanket of any political impact on his intentions. for another run of the presidency in 2024 or contrary to the the opinions of our previous guest. i personally don't think so because what we do know in the united states is that most of members of congress are doing exactly the same thing. democrats and republicans, and that is why this system hasn't changed. it's not a new system and it's existed for quite some time. in fact, lawmakers go into office often as average americans, but once they leave,

they are often enormously wealthy because they have knowledge, the average american doesn't have and they get that knowledge while they are in office. and they know how to exploit many of the sort of legal protocols that exist in order to benefit their personal pockets. and so, and this is unlikely to hurt donald trump because his political opponents are essentially doing what he has done. all right, kimberly hawk lifestyle in washington dc. kimberly frank ah, ukraine says it destroyed 16 iranian made drones launched by russia towards keith early on friday. falling daybreak from one of the drones damage to buildings in the capitol. there were no casualties. there came a day after moscow carried out one of its biggest missiles fried since the war

began in february. the feminine says is extremely concerned about a ukrainian antea cropped missile that was shot down after flung into the estimates of its allied bella. ruth and ruth says it's air defense forces, shut it down, the cranes defense ministry says it will investigate but hinted at russian provocation. god, it was also roger william give them questions still remain about this incident and we're considering to version is the 1st is an accidental launch by ukraine of the air defense missile because of the low training level of the military crew or missile malfunction. the 2nd is a deliberate provocation by the ukrainian military forces, with the russian on chinese. presidents say they plan to deepen ties and expand cooperation between their countries. they made the remarks during a video conference on friday, friday. my putin says he expects she shouldn't ping 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. a

. so we mr. assume we see a special place in the entire range of russian chinese corporation and our relations is occupied by military and military technical cooperation, which contributes to ensuring the security of our countries and maintaining stability and key regions. we aim to strengthen the cooperation between the out forces of russia and china. yes, 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 peoples of our countries and in the interest of stability. crew out the world, not, not so to come here now does air including facing the rest of her life in prison? the latest convictions against men, mazda pose leda, lulu, he twitter tirade with a climate activist. and the takeaway are, these could have led to the rest of a divisive social media personality. mom and status.

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i wore my new year's day for a warm start to the year there for dc at around 16 celsius, somewhat cooler over towards the west. and we do have some snow with the forecast here. got some very heavy right. pushing in from my the pacific, some big down polls coming in to california. that is likely to cause some flooding pushing across the mountains. there just where the sierra nevada aim to the rockies . we will see watch spread snow coming in over the next couple of days. but clearing further east, ah ah, [000:00:00;00]

with ah ah, welcome back, a quick amount of the top stories here. this out the world health organization has met with chinese officials to request more information on the country sergent cove at 19 cases. the devil h o asked for sharing of real time data, often practical support us house democrats separately. 60 years of donald trump's tax returns, the congressional committee says the records show he paid no income tax. in 2020 is last full year. as president ben,

an opposition parties of voted to dissolve the interim government led by one guy down. it was formed after president nicholas maderos widely disputed victory in the 2018 elections. this go straight to alexandra and petty was monitoring developments from bulletin alessandra. so while the opposition parties chosen to do this now one, what does this all mean? that yes, there. and it has been a long time coming really. but what it means essentially, is the fact that a majority of the opposition representatives have lost faith in the ability of one way to reach the 2 goals for which this alternative parallel interim government was created. now, more than 3 years ago, which warehouse might do it? all and restore democracy and venezuela. it's clear now that my daughter

remains fairly in power and it's quite unclear if indeed there will be free and fair elections in 2024 presidential election. and there is a new negotiation in place that it's happening in mexico with the majority of the opposition parties with the backing of the mexican government and the united states . so it was at this point quite clear what the role was for one way and the government. now, from one way, both perspective though this is a mistake because he thinks that the maintaining and answering government was necessary tool to keep confronting my do it until the last moment he did. indeed, try to find that consensus among all the opposition parties to maintain this government in place yesterday. he said that he was ready

to step aside as long as they during government was maintained the but instead of the majority of the representatives that decided that a new strategy needed to be put in that place. now some of the people who still support quite though, though are calling they say political suicide and one that could bring vin, as well as for an assets that so far were controlled by way back into my daughter's hands. alright. or alexander, i'm petty live 1st. there in the colombian capital i was under. thank you. brazilians have started 3 days of mornings for the man. they called the king of football play. the h 2 year old, died off a long battle with cancer. hebrew lay to rest on his beloved hometown of santos. as monica eudoxia british been as you see him, and santos has never been so full since people heard the news that he had died on thursday. crowds have been gathering here $600.00 people per hour. the museum says

to see the legacy and the history of this man that has become a legend not only in football. now santos itself is preparing itself to pay a last tribute to bear. his body will be brought over here in the early hours of monday. there will be a 24 hour wake at the santa stadium where he played for so many years, and the public will go and visit them. we spoke earlier to his barber, he told us that he was expecting to go there to say good bye to ed, so i don't this not to be there because according to him and that will live on forever. after the week on tuesday, there will be a funeral. it will be a close ceremony for the family. bella had already decided where he wanted to be buried. he had acquired a space on the 9th floor of a vertical cemetery overlooking the sancho stadium, that he loved so much. well plays global fame was cemented by the tours he went on

with his santo's team throughout his career. his funder remembered in africa in nigeria it's long been claimed. his arrival in 1969 resulted in a 40 or tell a ceasefire. an ongoing civil war fellow actually got unsupported. so you're like a war leader. we'll want to give other child to give you hope. i mean you hours happening for boy without, without, without, without boots. and anyway, it took brazil to what call been submitted. i think i do what you can play even with making love for boy, if at all. yeah, i get offered. boy, if you're new, see play please. ah, you doesn't fully low to bowl because play, give you the branded ball he give you give to bought in unit. at c for headquarters in the city of zurich, francs have been lowered to half mast in honor of the football legend. for the president elect to live now, sir luna da silva has promised to change the country's foreign policy which took

a hard right turn on the general road. lula is a familiar face having already served 2 terms, and his previous foreign policy could serve as a blueprint for his government. after he takes office on sunday. deborah is under report of the recent matthew who it is still, but has promised dramatic changes to brazil's foreign policy soon after he has sworn in his president on january 1st, the president elect says he wants to make brazil relevant again in the world and toss aside isolation of policies that have come to define the country the past 4 years. he's getting off to a fast start. and when he hears november, just a few weeks after winning the presidential election to silver fluti, egypt to attend the cup 27 climate summon gauge where he laid out his vision to preserve the amazon rain forest and called for accountability. photo feelings, comments can continue to be

a summit of never ending theoretical discussions. decisions will have to force if we're going to behave like a body of global government that will decide what will be done. pushing for brazil to host the next climate summit scheduled for 2025. the outgoing president, eatable scenario, spent much of his 4 year term picking fights with traditional allies, much like his political mentor. donald trump, for one reason or order was got into very bad relations with brazil, most important trade, an economic and political partners. so we've china, which states the, he'll be a new and you and with our jan tina, everybody was in a political fight with wilson at. hoover undoubtedly will pursue a more progressive left meaning foreign policy like he did during his 2 terms. is president from 2003 to 1010. today he is facing more immediate issues closer

to home. he's going to reproach with venezuela and argentina to the regional powers and hold relations in recent years. but some human rights groups are urging lulu to speak out against alleged abuses of power by left his leaders in nicaragua and el salvador. that is yet to be seen. what is clear is this. the curtain is about to rise on a new foreign policy in south america's largest and most powerful country. front and center on stage will be a familiar face. gabriel, as audio hodges ada miramar, as the leader ang sang suit she has been convicted on 5 charges of corruption, extending her jail time. by 7 years after the military seized power in 2021, the nobel peace by laureate was given a 26 year sentence. 10 want to be report. it's just the latest chapter in

a decades long story. but it could be one of the last down down 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 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 covey 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 a civilian government is not over my time, but i am off. this verdict will energize to resist the movement as they believed 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 communities. immediately after they were announced, human rights watch to criticize the convictions as part of what it 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 potent symbol. oh, for particularly the people in staggering and money. one other areas of core resistance where the definite barman's are the vast majority. and even before the verdicts, 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 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 south

east asian nations, known as the 5 points consensus, lapland, called for an immediate cessation of violence to and constructive dialogue among all parties. but it was all but ignored by the me and my rulers. but even i see 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 quarters and serve her sentence in more familiar confinement. the lakeside home that has already served as her prison for some 15 years. tame on a billy al jazeera, singapore for christopher gunners. as the director of the me a more accountability project, he questioned the legitimacy of the court holding the trial. these secret military courts are frankly 10 root cause there's no proper scrutiny from what we know about them. they don't meet international standards. there's no right to proper defense lawyers getting very little time with that clients and they clearly do not meet

international standards. in any case, this is an illegal johnson which these power attempted to see in, in legal coo. so anything that flows from that, for example, this whole system is clearly going to be in adjustment, which is why them are accountability project not condemns this. these 3rd, if they're clearly false, as far as the analysis is concerned, i think there are 2 things that important things need to be set. first of all is comes just days after that security council resolution. and it's a very refined act to clear that the man mar john to this fail juncture is not going to be bound by this decision of the security council to release political prisoners, of course, including them to cheat. the 2nd thing is that it's a very clear indication that this farcical election, which has been called the next year, is going to be exactly that. it's going to be false in the elections of november

2020 cents. she and her party one overwhelming victory the military back parties were completely wiped out. and this is rather cat handed attempt to try and take control of the political process at a time with the loss control the situation on the ground. they are not in effect of control, and frankly, this decision is going to inflame passions even further. and it's very likely to lead to violence. police in romania have arrested divisive social media personality . andrew tate, he's being held on suspicion of human trafficking, rape, and forming an organized crime group or a force that has no 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 full kickboxer had created a social media profiles celebrating fast cars, private jets, money, and masculinity are banned from twitter in 2017. this year he had accounts removed from instagram, facebook, you tube and picked up one head,

the reason repeated. massage any saying women bear some responsibility for rape and acting out violence against females. it's bang out the machine whom her face grip brought by the next week 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 elite he calls the matrix for it says attack on tuesday take used his recently reactivated put her account to taunt the climate activist credit tune bug 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 phil, bess, he responded with a video that featured pizza boxes from a romanian restaurant. some speculated that was how romanian authorities 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. among the items found at that home were bundles of cash and weapons, including swords, knives, and firearms. a caught in bucharest is rule that all 4 suspects be detained for further 30 days. harry force it al jazeera. ah, i have a quick check of the headlines here on al jazeera, the world health organization has met with chinese officials to request more information on the country surgeon cove. at 19 cases the double h o asked for sharing of real time data and offered practical support. it follows