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a 3rd of the global economy could be hit by recession, a new era for croatia as a adopts the euro and enters the world's biggest passport, free travel, so on gun violence is still on the rise in the us. we look at why it's proving tough to bring in more controls. ah, louisa nazi new, the da silva has been sworn in as brazil's new president, thousands witness the no gratian. b veteran left wing politician, widely known as lulu, is the 3rd time he's held the nation's highest office, a post one after a closely fort election. i left america editor this year newman reports from presidio. ah, you sworn imprisonment, lucy? not to let the silva walked up the ramp of the presidential palace flanked by members of brazil's diverse society, including an indigenous leader, a black woman, a disabled man, a child, and a rubbish collector. it was

a symbolic gesture. they shared the task of bestowing lunar the presidential sash, in lieu of outgoing president jade bulls. fernando, who refused to recognize his successor well that it was, i vow above 2, we will use the weapons that our adversary's fear, the most. the truth that prevails are the lies. hope that conquers fair and loved defeats hatred. thousands of supporters from all over brazil had come to witness the return of the man they call the people's president. firemen doubts them with water to help overcome heat and exhaustion. many like that piano and avid yanna had arrived before dawn. hello, hello. you've been waiting for for years for democracy, for the brazilian people to eat and have jobs. lose political come back is nothing short of extraordinary. in 2018, he was sentenced to a nearly 13 year prison term for corruption, although it was later released after his sentence was overturned. 08 kilometers

from the palace. fierce a ponies camped near a military barracks, refusing to recognize their left wing president. they've out a continue resisting lula, one by a very small margin in a bitterly fought election yell. oh, but his supporters are overjoyed. unit himself was overcome with emotion. you spoke of ending hunger among the poor nap portables of hope. in lines of people at the doors, a butcher shops looking for bones to alleviate hunger, while at the same time, others white to buy imported cars and private jets for such a social as an obstacle to the building of a truly just democratic society. blueness, promising to reinstate most of the social programs that made him so popular during his 1st 2 terms. he has a woman tremendously high expectations amongst brazilians, and that's always dangerous because their expectations that he may not be able to

meet rulers, powerful opponents, led by former president people. so nato are determined to thwart his government at every turn. leaving the new president little time to celebrate the sea and human al jazeera brazilian, one of luna's campaign promises was to take action on the amazon rain forest. let's explore more of that with their professor colas no bray a climate scientist and nobel peace prize. loretta joins us live from priscilla, professor nor brett. the destruction of the rain forest broke new records under the leadership of jab, balsam are briefly just how bad was the deforestation of why was allowed to go unchecked? do you think? oh, good evening, turn and the tall? well, president bow sonata, former, present on our roads, to all his political career. he always defended a model of development, which would see the asian people, the local communities,

and the amazon forests as enemies, economic development. he wants to get rid of the forest to replace, by the pastures, by my me. so he encourage from day, one of he's warm in 2018 increases in deforestation all through elite illegality. so deforestation exploded, increase more than 75 percent in the 4 years the last 4 years for the gradation. he legal and mining land grabby, all those things really. they were highest in the amazon for a long time. so that's why i think, you know, chris is we will have the, the, the, the right proposals to stop the destruction damage and, and professor know by way where we're told by the experts at the amazon rain forest is a vital resource in the fight against climate change news says look,

he wants to protect the rain forest, but he also knows that agribusiness is a key component of the economy. how can he balance these 2 conflicting issues? do you think? well, he said to me during his, this political, the opening her this horse earlier today he said something very important because brazil has about 1.6 meters square kilometers in cattle wrenches and lula. saddler, 300000 square kilometers of high degrades pastures and we can really move towards a much more sustainable, a lifestyle farming. oh, really, getting a lot of these areas for reforestation. so lula has a plan to restore forest emmanuel, these areas and to improve the productivity of livestock for me. so i think this is

very positive and also the more dirt agribusiness in brazil all over the world would, i think for the so called regenerative agriculture. i'm glue has already appointed well known climate activists. marina silva as his environment and climate minister . she's expected to reach louis 0 deforestation target by the year 2030. how difficult would it be to achieve this rather lofty goal, and is it even realistic? do you think well it is realistic because. busy when lois presidents and 20 years ago in 10, in 12 years, president lulu to terms and then person, duma, deforestation reduce 80 percent in the amazon. so they, they know how to do it. it's more difficult now because organized cry really took over the all these actions indiana's on,

but i am very optimistic. they're actually in 4 years in he's term as president deforestation rates will reduce to cause to 0. let me get a final thought from you. a professor, i mean, many climate activists will breathe a sigh of relief. now that both an arrow has gone, there was a real fear, wasn't there that the rain forest as an ecosystem would have collapsed? what is the future for the amazon rain forest and will it ever recover from decades of destruction and mismanagement? yes, absolutely. are we all scientists. ready right to the amazon to climate we are saying for many years that amazon force is very close to tipping point, a tipping point of becoming a highly degrade open cannot be degraded assistance. so we have to get to 0 deforestation. and then we have to start at large scale course restoration during comp $27.00. we launch arts of restoration,

largest scale for to restoration lula me so poor t these ideas, larger scale parts restoration. to avoid this tipping point, professor carla's not really good to get your thoughts and your analysis. thank you very much. indeed sir, for talking to out a 0. thank you. thank you. now 14 people have died in an attack on a prison in the northern mexican city of water. as the donor sold by gunman and army vehicles allowed 24 inmates to escape, 10 of the dead were prison guards. writing also took place inside the prison during the attack. the facility hold inmate some, several drug cartels. the international monetary fund says it expects a 3rd of the global economy to go into recession this year. if director says 2023 will be even tougher than the previous year, the i m f blames a similar tenure slow down of activity in the us, europe and china. feeling the effects of the war, ukraine inflation, high fuel costs and rising interest rates. vickie price is from the center of

economics and business research and london. she explains the headwinds that global economy is a facing that had been the expectation that perhaps with the removal of covert restrictions, china would re merge if you like, and reunited with the rest of the world after the problems that he has had for a number of months now and all slowing growth. but of course, in the next few months, i think what the, methinks is that they're going to be problems. because of course, covert the spreading. and the, there's the question, of course, of traveling to the rest of the world by us sort of a chinese citizens where they go to the u. s. with the go to the u. k. whether the go to france and italy and spreading or course to many other countries as well. and that's a big issue for china. so over the next few months, we're probably going to see quite a slow down there as well. what they are anticipating is that growth in world trade will slow down to just one percent. now, one percent growth in trade means a low source of countries that depend on it in the developing world as well. i'm

going to suffer from this. this is one of the slowest growth rates that we have seen and of course we had coverage. but since the development since coverage with easy restrictions, that is a pretty poor outcome to have in 2023. so i think that's going to slow down everybody, and that stems took a significant extent from what is happening in the biggest countries in world. but with inflation slowing down with a bit of like it's going to carry on. what we're seeing is energy prices slowing down depends, of course, what happens the china in the next few months, we've seen gas prices being very substantially reduce was in food prices internationally coming down as well. it takes a bit of time until that's reflected for the consumer in what they're paying at the end of the day at the shops. but i think it's coming and i think that's going to be the big cost to a new year and a new beginning for croatia. the balkan nation has adopted the euro as its official currency and into the world's biggest possible free travels on. the full integration with the european union comes many 10 years, often join the blog. stephanie becker reports from zagreb. a symbolic moment in the

capitol. gracious prime minister and the european commission president, paying for their coffee in euro's the 1st day of the new year, has come with 2 more, 1st, adopting the euro and joining the board of re shank and zone. earlier at the board was lavinia, the 2 leaders had this to say, i proposed work in order to go if they are historical moments, special moments which should provide us with great honor. and when we witness the achievement of strategic goals of a state, this is such a dicey liver being able to cross internal borders without controls is one important achievement. being able to pay cross borders using the same yield. currency is another one. and i know by my own personal experience, that creations will always remember the 1st time they paid with europe the 1st time they held the euro, coin, mint it with your national,

all blame the kona. but it's not that simple for many people. for the next few weeks, you could still pay in the old currency, the canal, but the change must now be given in euro's and that's causing confusion. one ok. this buyer tells us she has to, while it's now, i only thought she will convert the chain. she laughs, i still don't know. we are shown the up. they used to calculate the change ha m on we have this app now. so convert thing is more or less simple creations are still paying and corners and foreigners helping in euro's we loved the kona more of course, because it's our currency a linear problem. but as you know, i'm not happy about the euro, but it's not a problem for me to convert. i have some kona and small euro's and the rest i will take from the cash machine. if it will work, it's total chaos with the ac ems. it will be an adjustment for everyone,

and it will take time. a ramirez member every year pool and curl for over 20 country to adopt the euro and go through this transition. there is no doubt, there will be challenges over the next couple of weeks as creations let go of their currency and gradually go fully europe. stephanie decor, dedira diagram for a short break here now to 0. when we come back has more government imposed cobra? 1900 checks on travelers from china. we look at the size of outbreaks and other countries. i use happy new year, cold snap warnings extend from india's punjab state rate in to be har. state same goes for the fog smog and at 3 degrees. and i'm sorry, might seem a little cold, right? but it's actually where you should be for this year, towards the se,

just some fair weather cloud, some showers for entrepreneurs sneaking into westbank all states on monday. but where the rain is more intense is our monsoon rain sliding down the coast of vietnam, saw the bands of rain for northern vietnam, southern vietnam, this wall. and we're getting a band of rain steered rating to indonesia, the main island of java, through bali and long bulk as walt that stop or go to china. it's fairly gloomy picture from the yellow river valley toward the south. some showers sneaking in there as well, but chunk ching full hon, shanghai gray lane and hong kong, all overcast conditions. got that set up again for some c, effects, snow across western portions of japan for western. how can i think over the next little bit, they pick up to about a 100 centimeters of snow on this weather story right now in buckets time we've got a light wind in karachi. so some of the poorest air quality in the world can be found there, but over the next few days, those winds will pick up and i think we'll have some fresher air in play. that sure

weather up. it will soon take care ah. across the globe ecosystems under a mid threat, this later started moving back. it started melting all. there is something deeply wrong in the scrolling stuff and we can not create a thrice explores how the law is beginning to hold multinational to account. we are all connected esmay, but by those emissions and how the idea of giving mixture legal rights is altering our relationship with the planet. this is what is the what about it's about ensuring that life when i can continue planetary justice on al jazeera lou. ah,

welcome back to mind about top stories here. this al brazil's new president lisa nasa alluded to, silva has promised to rebuild the country after being sworn in for an unprecedented, but he says democracy was the true winner of october's election in which he now defeated gyal sanara. the international monetary fund says that expects the 3rd, the global economy to go into recession this year. it's raining, a single tenea slow down of activity in the u. s. europe and china and croatia as adopted the euro as its official currency, nearly 10 years off to join. the european union also becomes part of the shingles on a line travel to other member states without ford of checks. france has begun testing travel of some china for coping 19 and it's urging other e members to do the same checks i being imposed in several countries after surgeon cases. and china, governments are anxious to prevent existing outbreaks from getting worse. well, in the last 28 days more than 4000000 new cases have been detected in japan. south

korea seen over 1800000 cases are also high in france on the united states with 1320000 and 1750000 respectively. more than 40 percent of infections in the u. s. a . now caused by the army kron sub variant known as x b. b. it's highly transmissible and has developed resistance to immunity. and china has reported 695000 cases in the same time frame. but the scale and severity of its outbreak is unclear without a 0 is katrina. you joined us now from beijing. katrina board. is that due to open on january the 8th? the many countries of course, apprehensive about the situation in china was the feeding the in beijing. well think it's a definitely mixed restriction. loosened in december, a wave of infection came across aging. at least many people became sick and don't know exactly how many. but according to one local publication, they said at least 70 percent of there was one just in the month of december. quite

a grim time here in beijing like the streets were empty. not because people were all to say and all. but for the 1st time, people were choosing to say adults either because they were on well themselves, or because they were afraid of catching hold of it. but now there is a feeling here that the dog is time over. many of the people who were infected last month, they have now recovered. and i'm surprised myself to go to a local shopping center in an area called me over the weekend. and it was full of people, it was really bustling, it's most people i've seen and shopping in aging for months and people were shopping, eating at restaurant movies. and there is a real sense that people are quite positive and hopeful. no more to be. people are young and healthy, most of them have just recovered. many of them are just excited to live a normal life one without the threat of looming locked out. and that needed to take

a regular court because we haven't got a q r help and they're quite excited to see what the new year brings and possibly a normal life in rejoining the rest of the world. now the other story though, the other, on the other hand, people who are well people who are elderly or have other illnesses, all the mobility, for example, the picture that is very clearly you do not know exactly how many people are. in fact, the situation is on the ground. exactly. but we do know that reporting here and they doing that. they are in some from a tory and saying that they are the busiest days of it. yeah. and china is reporting very low numbers of death from coven katrina. what's the government saying that? well, the cdc has just not and said on monday morning, but for the latest to get on the one pay feed single person. and for the entire month of december, the official they get it. now most health experts are saying it's very difficult to

take such low numbers seriously that there is huge under reporting. now part of the reason is try has changed the classification of what the cause of death actually is . they say that something for a death to be marked as a court death, it needs to be caused by specifically retreat. so if you are elderly, for example, you have other card that you passed away, that is probably not going to be listed efficiently at least as a call the debt. now the chinese government did give a conference last week and they admitted that it's difficult to get a scale of picture that it's difficult to get accurate numbers. so they really are saying that they know that these are not accurate numbers. and here on the grounds, people are not taking those efficient figures seriously. overseas scientists have done various modeling. they said that in the winter, at least 800000000 people in china are expected to patch forward and hundreds of

thousands of people will probably pass away over the next few months. but china aging, at least when it comes to the public, they are trying to reassure people. they said that they are taking a plan scientific approach that they've simply pivoted from focusing on prevention and focusing on treatment that they've reaching the ability to various medicines. even medication androgen has their increasing the number of new bed here in china. but also we have to look at the way that they're putting forward what it is. it's going from being a very serious form of pneumonia. now it's not just being called a type of infection that the government is saying, it's mostly a mild elements. and the thing that well, you know, if you do catch coveted is largely your responsibility to take care of your health or to configure your life or the invasion. katrina thank series. army says the main international airport is out of service softer and his railey attack on southern damascus. it says to military personnel were killed in the air strikes israel

repeatedly bomb targets and syria saying that aimed at iranian that fighters, ah, cranium. authorities say russia has hit important infrastructure in its latest drone attacks on the capital key than the surrounding region. earlier russia and ukraine accused each other. a bombing civilian air is on new year's eve. russian strikes hit homes and a hotel and keep getting at least one person. moscow says it was targeting drone factories. the legal again. it's ok. i wish you healthier ukrainians. new year, new day, $45.00 shy heads will shut down on the 1st night of the year. i thank our air forces, pilots, antea graft warriors, gratitude to the air defense of our ground forces for another 12 down iranian drones, our sense of unity, authenticity, life itself. all those contrasts dramatically with the fear that prevails and

russia. they are afraid you can feel it, and they are right to be afraid, because they are losing drones. missiles, anything else will not help them because we are together and they are together only with fear, and they will not take away a single year from ukraine that will not take away out independence. is it good to go without the dish or the thought on december 31st, the armed forces of the russian federation carried out a strike with high precision long range air launched weapons at the facilities. the military industrial complex of ukraine evolved in the manufacture of combat. drones used to carry up terrorist attacks against the russian federation of storage areas and attack u. v launch sites were also hit plans by the key regime to carry out those attacks in the near future. have been thwarted then a little bit in our pro russian separatists and russian media, se ukraine also carried out machines on new year's eve. the attacks in russian control parts of danielle, scammed against, reportedly damaged homes,

shops and education centers. russian media coating a doctor who says 6 people were killed in a hospital was attacked. no active essay last year was one of the worst on record for gun violence in the u. s. with only 650 mass shootings, states and local authorities have been passing laws trying to limit the supply and use of firearms. but those efforts are facing new obstacles that she had pertains to report from washington. it's been 10 years since the sandy hook, elementary school shootings, 26 people were shot dead including 20 children between the ages of 6 and 7. at the time gun control advocates hoped it would be a turning point. surely this would capitalize federal action to limit the sale of assault weapons and high capacity magazines, but up the annual national vigil for victims of gun violence in washington dc, a traditional begun office handy hook, joe biden. it was the 1st president to attend, made it clear he wasn't satisfied with what has been achieved,

such as the gun control legislation passed last summer. together we made some important progress progress. most significant gun law passed in 30 years was still not enough. even the most ardent supporters of that law describe it as modest. the key provision was expanding background checks for 18 to 21 year olds before they buy a gun. and the absence of the bipartisan congressional action needed for meaningful gun control legislation. state legislatures have been acting, responding to public outrage following mass shootings, and then says, using strict regulations. for example, following a high profile mass shooting democrats in virginia passed a raft of gun control legislation. but those efforts have been put into jeopardy following a supreme court ruling last year. the court decreed that only firearm regulations that were part of the historical tradition of the us as gun laws were constitutional. for those fighting gun control, the courts have now become the main weapon to ro,

back whatever efforts have been passed legislatively. they say the ruling means if a gun law wasn't on the books on the 18th or 19th century, it isn't constitutional. there were very, very few restrictions, extremely hard to find any kind of restriction back them. and that's what the founding fathers wanted to keep. the lawyers fighting for gun control say, this is a misreading of both the ruling and of history. first, they argue that country to popular perceptions, restrictive gum permit laws were in place by the late 1900 century, around the country. and they feel an assault weapons ban is consistent with the supreme court judgement. weapons are not for self defense. they're not suited to self defense. they're not used for self defense is about an individual right to self defense outside of the home. it doesn't say that it's about a right to take it on and walk into a school and gone down a bunch of kindergartners. so the expectation is that mass shootings will continue in 2023 hours will bursts of outrage and calls for something to be done,

but for now, meaningful gun control remain some way off she ever time. see al jazeera washington, a key bridge connecting columbia and venezuela has fully reopened off to being closed for almost 7 years. it was built to facilitate trade. that was never inaugurated because of strained relations between booklets and the government of venezuela leader nicholas madura. diplomatic ties, what kept in 2019 but restored last year after the election of left is columbia. president, gustavo petro, brazilians, and people around the world have been mourning the death of pele, the man widely known as the king of football. he died last week at the age of 82. on monday his coffin been taken to the club where he made his name. john hallman has more from the brazilian city of santos. we all know pelley as the global super star for brazil, the one in the yellow shirt who won 3 wo cups. but we here in santa hills where it really all started for him. when he joined this team in the stadium behind me, as

a 16 year old, you can see him that he's on the rural, they're on the corner and pele. once he joined this team, helped to make them into something in the sixty's referred to as the fantastic holes, a fantastic team that started to sweep all before them nationally, right in front of the central stadium. i'm looking at it now is a very particular type of brazilian bark with a luncheon, etc. i'm this one belongs to alamo and he's such a fan of sent those that he's got full teen tattoos of the club. one stunt that to be on his forehead. and i asked him, what pele meant to him? you better mother. i saw paley playing once, and then i never left here. he was a monster in the football field. he came many times to the bar and we'll talk to every one. he was the most humble guy in the world. we spoke to antonio, the past, who we saw because he was interestingly dressed about what pele meant on a global stage and to him, this was wonderful epicure said you meet our daughter, bailey. okay, there. i am a fan because i admire him in adam pill is the king of brazilian football fan. he

created the brazilian football and took it to outside brazil. vicki no air pump. okay. it's a real mark of police legacy that even though he retired for the last time 45 years ago, he so well remembered. he still full talk as the king. that's his nickname. here in brazil. but i think he's also for that wait for a lot of people outside of the country, people too young to ever see him play life. so many of his games, not even on video because they were played so long ago. but still he seen as a very particular unique kind of genius ah type creature. the headlines here on al jazeera, brazil's new president, luis anacio, lumina silva has promised to rebuild the country after being sworn in for an.