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president says his country's entering a new phase in his battle against covered 19 as a number of cases source. also this our palestinians, welcome a vote by the un general assembly to launch a legal inquiry into israel. its occupation and ringing in the new year's sydney is welcoming 2023 with a 5 word friend light shirt. ah, thank you for joining us. we begin this news hour with some breaking news from ukraine and we are getting reports of multiple blass across the capital. the mayor of key says air defenses in the region are engaging targets. let's go straight to char stratford, who's in key for his trolley. tell us about what's been happening in the last hour

well, folly, it was about an hour ago with the 1st explosions were heard. we were in the center of cave, actually in, in a shopping area. and what sounded like a very large explosion. and then a defense systems going into action, we understand according to back click go, that have been 10 explosions. in this latest attack, we can confirm whether these explosions were places taking direct hits or whether in fact they were interceptions. but we do know that there has been damage the reports of a hotel that has been damaged. there are also reports of a radar station in the city that has been damage. and they're all now reports of casualties make which go saying that one elderly woman and one elderly man have died in the capital city. and the health,

at least for people injured in the region of care, a minute sky, which was another area that was hit. now that's to the way in the west of the country. there are also reports of explosions in nicole live in the south of the country. now of course, the strikes was all gonna be quite unusual about them. is that happening at this time of day? by and large, the majority of the so called kamikaze drone and cruise missile attacks happened very early in the morning. this was so 2 o'clock in the afternoon, quite surreal. scenes on the streets, though. no real sense of panic. the area we were there were a lot of shoppers out. obviously it's new year's eve. we were in a kind of a market area. people were very controlled, obviously anxious. but it seems so certainly this will the last half an hour or so in this area that things have come down. we haven't heard any more explosions,

but of course it comes on the back, which is a 3rd consecutive day round about 70 dismissals that were launched at targets across the country. on friday the majority of those were intercepted and then yesterday there were, according to the government, 16 kamikaze drone attacks as well, which were all intercepted here in cave and zapora asia and disney pro petroff sc. so we're, yeah, very worrying scenario here as we go into the new year. we are now going to get down into some of these areas. we're, we hear some of these buildings have been damaged and will obviously be bringing you updates and the hours ahead. charlie, thank you very much for the moment. we will be checking in with you. of course, a later form on the situation in ukraine's capital case. in avenues the former pope benedict, the 16th has died at the age of 95. he was regarded as a strict traditionalist within the catholic church. he resigned in 2014, after suffering ill health, becoming the 1st pontiff to step down in 600 years. on wednesday the church said

his, his condition had suddenly worse, and the vatican says his body will be taken to the basilica way. it will lie in state from monday. oh brennan reports benedict. the 16th final actors pope arguably changed the catholic church more than anything else he achieved during his entire atm papacy. on february 28th 2013 benedict became the 1st pope in early 600 years to resign. and with his departure flight over the rooftops of rome he officially left behind the vatican the enclave. where he'd held key leadership positions for decades. the official reason for the than 85 year olds decision was frail health. the vatican stress benedict didn't suffer from any specific illness, but even by 2011, his physical deterioration was obvious. and he had to use a wheel platform to make his way down the long aisle of saint peter's basilica.

louise is indeed her getting in these last months her felt my energies declining, and her boss got in assistant lane prayer to grant me his light. and to help me make the right decision on us loving the church means whole. so having the courage to make difficult and painful decisions always look into the good of the church and not of oneself. benedict was elected pope in 2005, his reputation as a hard liner, earned him the sobriquet gods rottweiler. he was a traditionalist with strict views on catholic doctrine, but his was a troubled paper saying benedict certainly made numerous efforts to tackle the global problem of child sex abuse by catholic clergy. but he was also criticized for his own past failures and inadequate handling of abuse cases. and in 2012 documents leaked by his butler in the vatike scandal, revealed a paypal administration, riddled with factional power struggles and financial mismanagement. i was advised

conclave, knows a very different feeling, a very different dynamic in the 20131. it was as if and is it the 16th by, by retiring, by, standing down simply handed over a job. you know, that was, that was that needed to be done straight away. he handed over, as it were, an inbox, you know, that was very clear. and so the cardinals were able to say, right, this is what needs doing. who is the best person to do the job? the full reasons for benedict's resignation may never be known, but the message of reform that it seemed to cent is credited with profoundly influencing the cardinal's choice of pope frances as benedict successor. while po francis would leave the funeral service for his predecessor on thursday in saint peter's square attributes to benedict coming in from all over the world. the german chancellor, all our shows says the world has lost a formative figure of the catholic church. george maloney, italy's prime minister remembered benedict as a giant, a faith and reason. francis present emanuel. my call have benedict for his work

towards a more brotherly world. and britons, by minister re she soon said he is saddened by the death of a great fear. launch him while it's now speak to massey, more fi, joly, he's a catholic church historian and professor if the ology and religious studies villanova university, he's joining us from ferrara. in italy, thank you very much, my simone for being with us. we are today in a bit of an unusual situation where a pope, a former pope, has died in there's a pope already in place. talk to us 1st about what we can expect in terms of protocols in the coming days. what's going to be happening until the form of folks? you know, what we know is that the body of the former pope will y instate in the vatican's procedure. he said peter, beginning on monday morning, and the funeral will be 3 days later. so this is interesting because it means that

it will not be the typical funeral of the pope. because usually there's a longer period in which the faithful can have access to, to the body of the disease both. so it will be in the middle and between the, the funeral of the pope. and if you know of a former bishop of the church which is solemn, but of course we should wait for the arrival of many baseball. it's better to be monday morning and had to upstage and various personalities because it was not just the pope altogether choice but also deform ahead of state. so there are some protocol issues that are not clear. yes. okay, and i'm sure we'll get more clarification on those protocol issues in a few days or so. let's talk about his legacy. now. my simile benedict wasn't the most popular leader in the churches history,

especially compared to his predecessor john paul. the 2nd why is that you think or maybe he's and one is that she was an academic and he had no much patients for the media or the stage. the benz was not that kind of performer. second, he was a, an intellectual who had a certain gusto, a certain pleasure, even raising issue sometimes the e e, the provocative way, a bow, a gaze in the church, for example, or on islam or something to go issues. and so he was a really no not afraid of being unpopular. actually, he thought it was important for the pope of 2 of got the church sometimes to be unpopular anyway. he was a, he's personality was all of a monastic theologian, not a little log in,

in the be in the public square. right? so there were a different aspect there and somewhat of a mixed legacy is now over his handling, especially of the sexual abuse scandal in the catholic church. he had promised reform and her podge apologize to the victims. but in the end, ultimately, i think people will remember him as the pope who mishandled the scandal that through it's a mix on the one side, it's through bad his election in 2005 as opposed to the vatican started taking seriously that issue an issue some sanctions penalties on the other side per benedict had at view all this can though of something that was caused by external issues, by secular culture, pornography outside of the catholic church. so that will was, in my opinion, a limit in his understanding of the depth and of the causes of that was kendall.

but deed, the modern age of the papacy, dealing with the sex, it was crazy. then they got the church actually begins with the po benedict, i think. thank you so much math and off i johnny for speaking to i saw about the legacy i do with help benedict a 16th thank you. as lance moore had on his soldiers ear and use our including one why do accuses venezuela's opposition of giving in after it folds to dissolve his rival administration. mar china's fraser. encouraging. paying says the nation is heading into a new phase of the corona virus pandemic. in a new year's address, he said the right policies were in place, begging, abruptly dropped at 0 corporate policy in early december after a series of protests on the number of, of infections have surge since then. gene war jungle,

georgia eleanor need was extraordinary efforts. we prevailed over unprecedented difficulties and challenges, and it's not been an easy journey for anyone. we have now entered a new phase of covered response. we're tough challenges remain here. while to day actually marks 3 years since china notified the world health organization about the outbreak of koran of ours in the city of wu han, it changed our lives in many ways and is still a big part of our reality more than a 1000 day since it 1st emerged more than 660000000 infections have been reported around the globe to put that in context. that number is nearly the double of the population of the united states. gov in 19 has also killed nearly 6700000 people during the last 3 years. but vaccines have saved many lives, and countries have distributed more than 13000000000 doses since february 2021. now this map shows the percentage of people who've received at least one dulls the

countries that are in dark blue, and purple, or close to a 100 percent. most of those are rich and developed nations for countries are still catching up on this. now speak to in our tongan, who's a specialist on china's political and economic affairs is joining us from beijing. thank you very much. jane are for speaking to us. are there is a lot of concern, as you know around the world about the rising colored cases in china, president, she and his speech today spoke about this being a new stage in the pandemic with the w. h o seeking more corporation and transparency from china. what can we expect from beijing scope it strategy in the next few months while there was a press conference involving 3 of the highest level medical professionals in the government. and they said that within the week that there is going to be more accurate numbers, you know, to get an understanding. i mean, you referred to 600, you know, over 600000000 impacted. china has 1400000000 people. so it's, it's

a little bit hard to keep up with the data at this juncture. they're very concerned about issuing inaccurate data because they've been criticized in the past. there's always some sort of conspiracy theory that's going on, but in terms of changing, paying as is saying is that china is going to have to live with cobra just as the rest of the world is. and they're going to take cautions, but it's pretty much over unless there's something extraordinary that happens. so it's china is beijing prepared to work more closely with the w h o e thing to help combat the surgeon in coffee? the infections? well the w h o doesn't combat the infections or anything. what they do is they dep planning bit and they collect data and they're trying to do that. and china says that they are well in fact provide that information. you know, remember, you were referencing the number of vaccines that were actually distributed around the world. over half of those, especially in the developing countries,

were done by china itself, through the vaccines that they developed. and that was throughout the world. so, i mean, china is very much involved in battling this. there is concerns that they didn't prepare enough, especially since a year ago, last fall, they should have probably had more vaccines distributed. but there was a lot of resistance. and you know, there's a, i think, a certain amount of hypocrisy involved. i mean, he go back to the end of november 2029th. everyone was calling for the, for the, as you recovered policy to me immediately dropped because it was in humane and all this stuff. yeah, but it wasn't just everyone out of china and the chinese people who are protesting against the 0 call the policy a few 1000 were protesting its been 3 years, very frustrated. they were watching the world cup, and they saw, you know, basically everyone being normal and they, and a lot of young people went out and just said, look, why can't we be like them?

china has moved in that direction. and right now people are being very, very careful about things. beijing, traffic is unfortunately back to super normal. it's gridlock everywhere. so people are out there and go ahead. yeah, i was going to ask you about the word unity that the president talked about in the speech. he talked about the strength of tim. all is china coming from unity? what was he referring exactly to there we be. so as we fed unprecedented protest in china, in 2022 over the 0 corporate strategy, is there concern among, among the authorities that they could be more protests, more questioning, perhaps of the government authorities? no, i don't think they are concerned about that. there's nobody out there protesting right now and quite frankly, through the 1st few years, as you will recall, there were numerous outside surveys of china and china ranked in the 90 to 95

percent plus in terms of approval of central government by the people. it's just, this has been a long time. you said yourself over a 1000 days and people we just were set off. they thought that they should return to normal, but they didn't understand exactly what that entailed. at this juncture, they do, and people are taking it collectively. people are being responsible, they're staying off the streets, their social distancing. everybody wears a mask and they're doing what they can to prevent the spread. but despite that, i would estimate that at least 70 to 80 percent of beijing of has been tracked had the virus you. there's a symptomatic lee or a symptomatic lee and it's passed within a relatively short period. i've had myself started about 2 or 4 weeks ago and i think it'll be over another week or so a natalie and thank you for talking to us. thank you. and the palestinian authority has welcome to vote at the united nations asking for the opinion of the international court of justice on his rails,

occupation the you and want to understand what effect decades of violence has had on the palestinian people's right to self determination. christian salumi has a details. the u. n. is asking the international court of justice to issue an advisory opinion on what it refers to as israel's prolonged occupation settlement and annexation of palestinian territory. the general assembly made the request in a resolution citing generations of palestinians living under oppressive military occupation and without some basic human rights. now israel says that this referral judge shows contempt for their security concerns. they were opposed to the referral the i c. j opinion in this case is expected to take about 2 years and isn't technically legally binding back in 2004. the i c. j judged that israel's construction of a wall in the west bank and east jerusalem was against international law

in our isn't there as senior political analyst, my one boshra with more the seniors are trying to do something because of the or sitting situation in palestine. and generally, it's easier for them apparently to with some sort of a support in the general assembly in order to confront is right in the international arena. they've done that before. we know that our dozens of you in general assembly is usually either condemning or purchase sizing and so forth is around with of course none of them have been implemented. we do have that 2004 international court of justice decision based on again a vote in the general assembly for them to, to give that opinion that they did. and they talked about the implementation of the

geneva convention and in the galaxy of the war, the war are paid, war and so on, so forth. but unfortunately, if these are wind, but they're not victories, kind of our symbolic wins for the palestinians at the united nations because and then they, these are resolutions by the court or by the jury. some are not implemented on the ground. they really remain just virtual call. the united nation says 2022 has been the worst year for palestinian since it started recording desk nearly 2 decades ago . israeli forces still at least $224.00 people in occupied palestinian territory, including al jazeera journalist, cherry, and blankly. and with a new right. when government, many fear there will be more violence in 2023. the abraham report from the occupied west bank. it's been a year, overshadowed by loss for each grieving family. the loss of one person is one to many months after he was killed. there he is already seated. the table remains

empty. the eldest of 5 siblings that went to school and never came home. she is ready for the shot him in her beauty in the occupied westbank. no matter how hard she tries. his mother, mary. yes, as no words can express her pain. gonna come of here without a leash. any bo, i want to know why he was killed. it's a simple ask, the area was, can no confrontations, children were going home after school children who never fulfilled their dreams, that it wasn't the only palestinian killed on may. the 11th. c is really forced his shot and just he had a journalist cheating a barclay in the head while she was on assignment in jeanene about about them cause the underwater out of the veteran to puerto was described by many as the daughter of palestine. ah, no. she didn't spare went stretched across more than 140 kilometers from jeannine

to romano to her final resting place and occupied his jerusalem. and perhaps some of the most shocking scene in the occupied territory this year. the attack on poor beaters. atchison's funeral in midst of global condemnation, palestinian demanded action the silencing of a position when we're discussing him. there is offenders which include journalist, paramedics or any other palestinian a. so not necessarily working in civil side organizations is and is a way of maintaining the upper darby gym. and in essence the upper denture gene, as we see it today and is at all of a forcing sinus that could onanism palestinians of told us if they had to choose one word to sum up 2022, it would be oppression. remember those who were killed by posting their photos on line displaying their pictures on walls and talking about them. their images became

part of public spaces. palestinian say that without just there's an accountability collective morning helps families through their grief. neither abraham al jazeera, the occupied westbank i caught in, molly has sentence 46 soldiers from ivory coast to 20 years in prison. it's the latest chapter in a month long dispute. that's put molly further at odds with the un and international community. alexia brian has a dss, they came to help preserve the pace, and molly, but now they faith in decades in prison. these cars carry the ivory and soldiers to a court where they were convicted of undermining state security. ivory coast says their forces were working for the un, but molly says they had no right to be in the country. what god is among mazda forks, all the ivory and soldiers were illegally on the national territory of molly. as

a result, they were immediately arrested and their arms, ammunition and equipment were seized and enough in a un mission has been deployed in the region for years as armed groups, threats, and stability. the i've orient soldiers working for a company contracted by the un rather than directly for the peace keeping force. law school was their mother. i did not disembark with weapons in hand, and they were dressed in uniform. they did not hide the identity in any way. this whole controversy should not have taken place. the families of the detained want they relatives returned home. the ivory coast says it's working on a diplomatic solution, but doesn't want the dispute to worse and ties with molly. we will do everything to avoid extremes, to engage unnecessarily in a judicial debate would only create a further gap at the brotherhood between molly and the ivory coast. this is not what we want. i said again, molly, is of brotherly country. molly has been increasingly isolated since colonel se me.

goiter seized power in a military co 2 years ago. since then, the military government has missed deadlines for organizing elections and blocked you in forces from investigating alleged rights violations. as the row over the jailed soldiers drags on, threatens to deepen molly's rift with the international community even further. alex o'brien al jazeera time. now for a check on the world, whether his kara had low, they were seeing some unusual weather work into the horn of africa. but before we get there, let's have a look across the middle east and it remains largely unsettled across. larger is a saudi arabia. you can see the cloud pushing its way in, running more in the way of showers in some heavier storms in the west. gusty winds as well, we could see some further flooding issues here and that wet or whether works its way further north into jordan. we might see some of those showers stretching their way across the gulf into the likes of bahrain, and possibly even katara. by the time we get into the start of that new week,

went to weather continues around coastal areas of the red sea. some of that drips across into northern areas of africa cuz larrys of egypt and libya catching a shower tube with the lottie dry picture as we head out further west wet weather, as i said, can be found in the east. thanks. was storm system that's worked its way in land bringing some issues. you can see the top of the screen to places like a somalia, but also a rush of heavy storms stretching from angola all the way to northern areas of mozambique. some of that wet weather working its way further south into botswana, we could see up to 80 millimeters over 24 hours for more central areas of botswana . for the south of that heavy rain for the east of south africa. sunshine in cape town. still ahead on the news hour with brazil's outgoing president says good bye to supporters as an arch rival prepared to take office. i'm him, morgan and ethan sedan coming up. what if you up in refugees?

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600 years to resign. after suffering ill health leaders from around the world have been paying tribute and china's president, changing things as the countries entering a new face of the colon of iris pandemic. in his new year speech, he told citizens hope lies ahead. despite our surprise, in cases across china now from the war in ukraine to the tightly contested mid term elections, the u. s. president has faced some challenges in 2020 to our white house correspondent, kimberly hockey takes a look at joe biden. caea 2022 began with a major stress test of president jo biden's foreign policy. russia's invasion of ukraine as the united states join nato allies in condemning the attack. lead by president vladimir putin bided, went a step further, sending billiards to the ukrainian military and imposing sanctions on the prevalent

who is the aggressor who jose this war. and now he and his country will bear the consequences. but americans also pay to price u. s. ban on russian energy imports drove fuel and food prices. way up the record 40 year high inflation for the bite and white house to tap into the countries all reserves to temporarily bring down fuel costs. believe me, i understand the frustration in july with fuel prices. it record highs wide and travel to the middle east to meet with the saudi crown prince. he promised to make the royal a pariah over the killing of us based saudi critic to malcolm shoji. instead, biden warmly greeted him with a fist bump, but returned to the united states empty handed. rolling dissatisfaction over the economy had holster speculating,

biden's democrats would lose control of congress in november, mid term elections. but biden's party hung on narrowly clinging to control of the senate, still losing control of the house of representatives. 2 republicans by a small number of seats will change the dynamic in congress. come january in many ways, fight and legislative agenda is, is over in the sense that with the help being controlled by republicans for the most part, the way the party is going, their incentives will be more to block what he had wants to do, rather than to work with him, the title of 2023 will also see a number of republicans stepping forward to announce their plans to take back the white house in order to make america great. a glorious again. i am tonight announcing my candidacy for president that includes former president donald

trump, who's attempting to make history by becoming only the 2nd us president ever to win 9 could packet of terms. one person who has not yet announced his bid for the white house in 2024 is president biden. and 80 years old, he's america's oldest serving president, and 2 thirds of voters say he should not seek reelection. still, the white house says the president will make his decision with his family over the holidays make his intentions public some time in the new year. kimberly health at al jazeera, the white house. meanwhile form a u. s. president. donald trump has criticize a disclosure of tax information he'd fought to keep private us house democrats released 6 years of his returns that showed he paid no income tax in 2020 his last 4 years president. despite promising several times to release them, the himself trumps suit the house of representatives, ways and means committee to ensure the record stayed private. but in november, the supreme court ruled the document could be made public trump phase. the

democrats have weaponized his taxes. well, though 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. samuel de bronson is a professor of law at loyola university in chicago. he says the release highlights loop holes in the us taxable. they are good questions about how the tax system treats the what the, how the wealthier able to offset income with losses that unavailable to most people . and from what i've looked at, i don't see any red flags that you just did. he cheated in using these offsets, rather he had the ability to use a lot of deductions because he has a lot of business heels and he has a lot of money back in as i think that reflects a broader trend of donald trump breaking with tradition in breaking with norse,

unfortunately, or fortunately, i guess in his case there is no law that requires presidents to disclose their tax returns. and possibly congress never thought there needed to be a law because between president nixon impressed into obama. every president in the vast majority of presidential candidates did voluntarily disclose their returns to the public. but when donald trump declined to do that, it turned out that norms only had teeth to the extent that people believe in those norms. so dear are a whole lot of pages, there are thousands of pages of tax returns and i haven't had time to look through all of them yet. i suspect though, that there won't be any clear indication of transactions with one government. as you suggest, who does have an account in income from foreign countries in those things may raise

some red flags. there are questions about whether if he wants to operate in certain countries in his businesses, it, if he's going to be unduly, ah, unduly deferred to those countries in terms of foreign policy. but those are issues that he faced in that were publicly known during his prior presidency between 201720. 20 south korea says the north has fired 3 ballistic miss eyes towards the sea. east of the korean peninsula is the latest in an unprecedented number of miss hard tests carried out by pyongyang this year. it comes days after north korean drones crossed into south korean aerospace forgot it on the reserve rosellan north korea's ballistic missile launches the grave provocation. it undermines peace and stability on the korean peninsula as well as the international community. also, it's a clear violation of the un security council resolution for what, thus we urge them to stop immediately on japan. meanwhile,

is looking to develop miss sides with a range of up to 3000 kilometers. they be able to reach anywhere in north korea and some parts of china. local media is reporting that japan aims to deploy the missiles in the 2013. this month in japan unveiled its biggest military build up since world war 2. aiming to counter threats from beijing an pyongyang. there's no return to our breaking news out of ukraine and they have been reports of air strikes and the ukrainian capital key in the last hour, last spring in charlie stratford. charlie, tell us about where you are and what's been happening where we are at what we understand to be one of the sites where one of these either kamikaze drones or cruise missiles was intercepted. what you're looking at here is a hotel wherein central key, if the hotel we've been told was not functioning as it may open for some time. but you can see the devastation that impact has made in it. we have

no real details or any confirmation of any people that were injured in this particular attack, but this is one of 10 explosions heard in the last 2 or 3 hours across cave. you can see their neighboring strengths and damage done to it. obviously, onlookers who come down to inspect the damage. we all getting reports of casualties, certainly in other areas as well. may clips code. the give man is is saying that at least 2 people have been killed. an elderly man, it's understood, and an elderly woman. there also strikes targeting other cities as well. cities in the south of michel last another city or region in the west. we're hearing injuries of people being injured in those areas, but yeah,

it was around about 2 in the afternoon where this latest attack happened, and that's a day after there were at least 16 drones fired that were all intercepted yesterday . the day before that there were around about 70 cruise missiles that were fired, most of which were intercepted. this is part of what we understand of as a campaign by russia targeting vital infrastructure across the country. i guess what is interesting though, is that this particular tank, these are the 1st one that we can remember that has happened at this time of day. most of these attacks have happened in the early hours of the morning. but yeah, just looking around the people's faces, you can imagine the shock and the fear that millions of people across this country go through when attacks like this happen. charlie, thank you for updating us there on the situation in key will keep across the latest developments with your core throughout the day. here on our shifts air, venezuelan opposition figure one guy do, has condemned a decision to dissolve his entering government, calling it

a leap into the void. nearly 50 countries recognize quite as the legitimate leader after defeated elections 4 years ago. but opposition party say he fails to our president nicholas madura alexander on p a. t re, for some botox in neighboring columbia. enough in contentious debate, 2 thirds of venice, whereas opposition lawmakers voted to end the entering government of one way door. the man that's more than 3 years is tried and failed to house breton and nicholas my daughter. one way though i had declared himself the legitimate president of venezuela after calling my daughter's 2018 reelection sham. and i mean life pro, just against the government. the united states and dozens of other western nations backed them and issued sanctions against my daughter's government. but my daughter remains firmly in power despite the worsening economic, political, and humanitarian crisis in the country. in the last call to save the institution on

thursday, why don't propose to maintain the entering government calling under national assembly to instead a point the new president jamara says it's called common sense. let's defend institution, ality the constitution and unity above names or personal interests. the 3 other political parties move done with their decision to end the parallel government. some lawmakers voiced their opposition, fearing a could put the countries flooring economic assets chief among them, us based oil refinery. cisco currently controlled by their entering government back into my daughter's hand. a boy, this is shameful. i cannot understand how we are committing the suicide. the end of the way, those governments queen sites with a slight improvement in venezuela, as economy and a new geopolitical situation, that is strength of position. and the by then administration is considering an

evening of sanctions in exchange for 3 presidential elections in 2024 which are being negotiated in mexico. more than that in a way it's returned to reality. the opposition is admitting madura as effectively who holds power and now they will have to find a different democratic solution to get them out of power. while friday's vote once again revealed the divisions affecting venezuela, so position it was likely time for a change of strategy. now, the opposition will focus on finding a unifying candidate for the 2024 presidential election. so hoping that the venezuela's economic bows and the negotiations in mexico will push my daughter to allow for free and fair conditions for them. i listen that i'm the i just gotta outgoing brazilian president trainable scenario has flown to the united face less than 2 days before his left. his rival is due to take offers or scenario last to

lucy nasty. let her feel very bitterly for presidential one off last month. he tried to defend his legacy in an emotional address to supporters. meanwhile, brazil's president elect has promised to change the country's foreign policy. we've seen us unit a field. i serve 2 terms before both scenarios who confess his previous foreign policy experience could serve as a blueprint after he's sworn in this weekend. cable is under reports of the recent matthew who had the silver 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 tossed aside isolation as policies that have come to define the country of 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, the silver fluti egypt to attend the carpet, 27 climate,

some engaged where he laid out his vision to preserve the amazon rain forest, and called for accountability, feeling summons can continue to be a summit of never ending theoretical discussions. decisions we'll have to force if we're going to behave like a party of global governments that will decide what will be done is pushing for brazil to host the next climate summit scheduled for 2025. the outgoing president, usable 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 both got into very bad relations with brazil, most important trade and economic and political partners. so we china, i wish i had stage the european union with argentina. everybody was in a political fight with bush or not. who were undoubtedly will pursue a more progressive left leaning foreign policy like he did during his 2 terms as

president from 2003, 2010. today he's facing more immediate issues closer to home. he is be going to reproach, went with venezuela and argentina, june regional powers. one with warsaw has a cold relations in recent years. but some human rights groups are urging lula 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 as 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's ando al jazeera, the libyan coast guard says it stopped a ship carrying at least $700.00 migrant sets, one of the largest interceptions. in recent months. the vessel was reportedly

blocked on friday, near the town. a west of ben garza near town west have been gassy as it was making its way to europe. the migraine so said to come from several countries and are 40 say those who entered libby a legally will be handed over to their home states. now refugees who fed the conflict in ethiopia to gray regions say they are worried about returning home. thus, despite a pc or between the federal government, n e t gray people's liberation front. he but morgan reports my camp for the refugees in neighboring sudan. these camps in east him sudan are the result of the conflicts in neighboring if he appears northern t g ride even more than 60000 refugees have cross the border since the war between in europe, his federal government and the rebels, the people's liberation front or left started in late 2021 and the guy her mother and 2 children were among the 1st to escape the conflict 2 years ago.

but with a deal signed in november, she hopes things back home will improve so that she and her family can return the call, my lady, my husband cross the border with us to sudan and then he returned back to whomever in t. great. he said he preferred being there, even if it meant his dis. he's been there since i was born in homer in t. great. and i was raised there. i love my country and i want to go back and leave with my children. the deal find between the t p left and the if you open government calls for a cease fire and the disarmament of a t p l. f. federal forces will control the regents, airports and other major facilities. they agreements also papers the way for a to reach to grey white. 2 years of blockade has created a humanitarian crisis. while there may now be peace in figured i, at least on paper refugees, he se returning to their home is not easy. many lost all they had when they fled to sudan. others the, the situation in figure i, after the deal assigned has not been encouraging highly,

get his get also flat to sudan at the thought of the conflict. he sets up a shop here in america, but camp he and rights groups accused retrans forces that fought alongside the philippine government of committing atrocities. the deal does not mention them, but highlights as certain conditions must be in place for him and his family to return home throughout the day. reconcile or you can was editor or you can bellowed re, i'm sure the editor and forces should leave to great for there to be real peace. but as long as they are there that there will be no peace or can they stay? is not their country look on the killing people and they're stolen properties. they've raped women. as long as they're there, we cannot go back and there won't be peace. the war has left millions in desperate need of humanitarian assistance and thousands facing famine. since the deal was signed, some 8 has started trickling in, but many are still in need. refugees, like epis, garrett said,

going back won't be easy. i know. kind of my sharon uncle who if we go back to to gray, what will we eat? what will we drink? what will be where everything has been destroyed? farm lands have been burnt. even those inside have no food. if international aid can come in, then maybe we can go back home. when there is telecommunication functioning banks, we need all of that. the war integrate has left an impacts beyond just the region. those inside it's jo pierre, hope that the coming months brings the ability but those in refugee camps outside the country say they'll wait to see if the deal holds and things improve before they can return home. he been morgan august era, got out if eastern sudan still ahead on al jazeera, i'd trail break blazer for women in the newsroom. legendary journalist barbara walters has died at the age of 93

january analogy. 0 hope process is to promote a message of peace and reconciliation while visiting the democratic republic of congo and sat stood on his 5th visit to africa as head of the catholic church, rigorous debates and unflinching questions. up front, cut through the headlines to challenge conventional wisdom immersive personal short documentaries. africa direct showcases african stories from african filmmaking can public private partnerships. so some of the wealth most pressing challenges when government business and civil society leaders meet for the world. economic forum, senegal host, the ball, africa musical, was a celebration of talent and creativity from all corners of the african continent. generally, on al jazeera, it was supposed to be a refuse, but south korea's brother's home was allegedly the scene of torture, drape, and even murder. 101 east investigates the crimes and those set to be behind them. on al jazeera

lou. ah ah, welcome back. legendary american news anchor barbara walters has died at the age of 90. 3 walters shattered the glass ceiling, becoming the 1st female broadcaster to present an evening news program in the us intern monahan has more it has been an absolutely joy ho, the warning, challenging, fascinating, and occasionally bumpy ride. and i wouldn't change a thing, a trailblazer for women in journalism. when barbara walters started out at and b. c, in the early 19 sixty's women struggled to be taken seriously in the newsroom. but in the years that followed, she built her name as one of the most revered figures in american journalism. one,

when you tell me that se entered the field of journalism, i went to school to study. it is all night. that's my legacy. that makes me cry. that's last year when he was women, when i began with homes by it, walters made headlines herself in 1976 when she became america's 1st female network news anchor. it came with an unprecedented $1000000.00 salary. but if you were in charge of the defense, did it just get away from you? what happened? already a household name, her heart hitting interviews with president, royalty, and pop culture icons solidified her place as a star in the world of news. walters became a fixture embassy for the next 4 decades. oh, as her stature grew, she blurred lines between journalist and celebrity. well, it's very exciting, amanda. i mean, to be a star. you know, when you're in the news department,

you're not considered a star, you're considered a very serious journal histories your hope. you're right. so i mean, this is my claim to him. what i did, walters receive countless awards for her work, including at peabody and 12 emmys. in her later career, she continued to break new ground with her daytime pell show the view. your female chart show proof to unexpected hit all the testament to her continued appeal. and her capacity for reinvention, i hope that i will be remembered as a good and courageous journalist. i hope that some of my interviews are not created history, but i'm were witness to history. although i know that title has been used. i'm and i, i think that when i look at what i have done, i have a great sense of accomplishment. i don't want to sound, you know, proud and hearty, but i, i think i've had a just

a wonderful career nights officially 2023 in some parts of the world. the australian city of sydney is famous for its fireworks displays. it delivered a spectacle that lit up the night sky for several minutes. early in new zealand also said hello to 2023. this was the fireworks display at open sky tower, as the clock struck midnight's. so 2023 is here. for some the past 12 months have delivered a series of dramatic and often distressing stories from around the world as ever. i'll just hear as reporters have been right there on the ground, his look back at some of the big events of 2022. ah, she was the longest serving monica and british history and with it came as

a state funeral like no other culmination of a period of national mourning that is witnessed by the end of the 2nd elizabeth age . the birth of a new era. monica has been moved ever since the lease agreement was signed with liter sides making territorial gains or losses. while this war continues to arouse condemnation of the russian invasion on the world stage here in ukraine, each death locally seems only to strengthen the result. joined the fight with stride, save the rising cost of living in france. but this one is by far, not just with workers from across the public sector. tens of thousands of belgian stake to the straits, unable to cope with dramatic price hikes. of course,

it's not just holiday present. instead of gotten more expensive, it's things like rent and mortgage rates. in response to the bank of england's raised interest rates, the cost of boring to their highest to more than a decade, ambulance workers have joined a long list of public sector strikes, driven to industrial action because low phase the face of a living price. i want to go to a full apology and i want you to know how sad i am to be getting on the best job in the world. i am a fighter, a no i'm resigning as lea don't think it would take well. now is he sweeps into down the street for the 1st time, was prime minister. it's time to set out his i will place economic stability and competence. at the heart of this government's agenda,

it's, chris got one of the highest rates of journalists, murders in the world for just things come in this shop between journalists here, the tension and with find enormous galaxies locked in a cosmic dance. this is one of the spectacular images taken by the web space telescope. they designed this experiment so that the fusion fuel stayed hot enough dense enough and round enough for long enough that it ignited, say clean energy source that could revolutionize the world. ah, ah.

with more news in a few minutes, ah, on counting the costs, what can we expect in $20.00? $23.00 is a global recession, inevitable. china newfound did 0 covey policy, where the world's 2nd largest economy bounce back and cabinet times ahead for latin america and african countries. we'll find out why counting the cost on al jazeera, for a

johnny both dog. i said, you know, there's a lot of corruption and beautiful like a beautiful lady. you have to be very patient already so. so the say as a secondary cuz i was in charge of sure when my father and my mother were king for king, for the personal story, to discover the source of one of the most expensive commodities sent from heaven on al jazeera new horizon for visually impaired the rockies, they finally have their own football team. training was launched in october in the

city of karbala. the specially designed to both was donated by a japanese trailer. it creates a cracking sound to allow players to locate these players hope to join football clubs and represent their country in competition. but other iraqi provinces don't have their own teams because there are only 5. elise specially designed bowls. ah, russia launches a series of may science strikes on ukraine's capital killing. at least 2 people will have an update from key. ah, they're watching al jazeera life from doha with me for the back table. also ahead

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