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a israel as long as setting palestinian prisoner is free korean eunice was behind bars for almost school today. ah, put you back to boy, you're watching al jazeera life from dover. also a head. if you know a former po benedict's, the 16th is underway at the vatican, the current pope francis is leading or service. a speaker has not been elected. the us house of representatives in disorder as politicians failed to agree on a speaker for a 2nd rate and evacuations. in a state of emergency in california major storm sweets to west coast of the us, leading tens of thousands without electricity.

ah, thank you very much for joining us. israeli authorities have released the longest held palestinian prisoner kareem eunice who is also an israeli citizen, had been in detention for 2 years. he was convicted in 1983 of killing and he is really soldier in the golan heights. a palestinian israeli was initially condemned to life imprisonment that he sent in place of the light. did you forget? yes or no? one of us? i have a lot of feelings in my wars. don't know how to express. it is the 1st time in 40 years to see the trees in the grass, and i used to see all the walls and cement, but to day i saw a lot of different things. i entered so many houses and i sat down on the sofa for the 1st time and for 2 years i got a very strange feeling when i 1st entered my brother's car, to the extent that i do know how to sit properly. it is a mix of feelings and emotions to see the sky without bars for the 1st time and for

2 years now. well, mother al jazeera, as the man can't, joins us now live from iraq, the home village of korean units. iran tell us how this release came about and what have been the reactions there in his own village. well, let me show you the reaction in his own village people are already gathering. they've been here for a few hours now. we're expecting more people to actually come and greet cream units, who's in one of those tense, just over that you heard from the man himself speaking, after being incarcerated for nearly 40 or 40 years. in fact, the way he felt when he came out, he said he'd actually been able to see the sky for the 1st time. the trees and his village is actually quite green as well. he was released at 530 a m from prison in central israel to a nearby town. a good few kilometers from where we are right now. he phoned his brother. they were expecting air the release to happen at some point ah,

within these few days or, and his brother picked him up and brought him here. now this is this release, although it is key, isn't a part of any palestinian political, a prisoner exchange. it's not benevolence on the part of the israelis that they freed him. he'd simply served his sentence, he did every day of his 40 years. and now that's it worth mentioning because as an israeli citizen, israel always, i suggested that his incarceration was an internal israeli matter. that it wasn't for negotiation with the palestinians. although he was a rising star within the fat movement, he was a member of the father central committee and even from inside or prison in all those 4 years, he remained politically active. you also are very active and the life of other prisons hoping to educate them. so he was a man that a has an enormous amount of respect still within the palestinian political movement

. but now he's back here in his home town or in the central israel where he does next. we're not sure. but like i say, this is actually happening in defiance of the israeli authorities into israeli intelligence came to the family's house and said, you must not mark his release in any way or the family simply of ignored that perhaps because there are certainly well wishes that wanted to come, they've actually had no choice but to be able to mark and celebrate the mans. release him on con, live there in the village of iraq, the home village of carrying units along as setting palestinian prisoner has just been released after 40 years behind bars. thank came on and the palestinian ambassador to the united nations is requesting an urgent meeting of the un security council. we add, man, so want strong action against israel after the national security minister entered the al actor mos compared on tuesday. the attack is not only against

oh, holy sites in the lock, so mosque and then the hot i'm is sharif. there are because of this environment of extremism that this is the really extreme government, the extremist in the history of israel, is providing is leading to additional aggression against our christian sites. christian, graveyards, you've seen by now that there are crosses over, you know, graveyards, being trampled upon and attacked by extreme settlers. this is a toxic environment. the international community has to speak with one voice. our diplomatic editor james space has more from the united nations. well, there's been a flurry of diplomatic meetings taking place here at the united nations, a meeting of the arab group of ambassadors then a meeting of the ambassadors from all islamic countries and then representatives of those 2 groups meeting with the current president of the security council japan,

he'll preside over the school council meeting that's going to take place on thursday, the palestinian ambassador, making it clear they want very tough action from the security council. it's worth noting that among those ambassadors surrounding the palestinian ambassador were the representatives of 2 countries that have long had diplomatic relations with israel . that is jordan and egypt, and also the ambassador of morocco and the deputy ambassador of u. e. 2 countries that the more recently have had more friendly relationships with . israel's also was telling you that one of those ambassadors, the ambassador from jordan, my mood ha, mood spoke also to reporters. jordan has a special role as the guardian of the holy sites. the king of jordan has a special role as the guardian of the holy sites in jerusalem. he made it clear and reminded reporters of the year 2000. when the then the israeli opposition lea ariel sharon, went to the alex a mox compound. and he said that at that time the security council had produced

a resolution. this is it 1322, which condemns what it says was the provocation that had been carried out. and he and the other ambassadors say they want to see another resolution like this passed by the security council, because he made it clear back in 2000 that that act was the spark that started the 2nd into foreign a. someone who covered that on the ground in the west bank at the time. that's something that certainly that the international community as, as doesn't want to see again i, we want to take in out live to the vatican, where paul francis is presiding over the hew know of his predecessor of emeritus benedict a 16th. thousands of people are in st. peter's square for the mass benedict was the 1st pope to resign in 600 years after his health declined in 2013. ah, he died at a vatican monastery on saturday. at the age of 95. at the former pope will be

buried in the crepes beneath saint peter's basilica after this ceremony to the u. s. now where political drama is continuing in the house of representatives, that's after politicians were unable to agree on a speaker for a 2nd straight day. a group of hard line republicans again blocked kevin mccarthy's bid for the top job. john hendern reports and capitol hill. it's a high stakes political stand off on one side, republican leader, kevin mccarthy, and most of his party on the other a cadre of strong willed republican rebels in 6 ballots. over 2 days mccarthy's mainstream republicans had failed to muster the votes, to elect him as speaker of the us house of representatives. a speaker has not been elected. it was a scene of republican disarray, a block of 19 than 20, then 21, mostly members of the freedom caucus repeatedly stopped the party leader from

reaching the necessary 218 vote threshold. mccarthy began the 2nd day of voting with optimism is good. but the republican rebels wanted dramatically limit the size of the federal government and overhaul the congressional rules to do that. and a series of concessions failed to satisfy them. rather after hours of deadlock votes, they took a 3 hour break for equally fruitless negotiation with the house. be an honor, then quickly adjourned for a 2nd day without speaking, democrats watched this slow pace collision with glee. one bearing an arm load of popcorn, the contrast between house democrats on the chaos and confusion taking place on the other side of the aisle could not be more clear. democrat hakim jeffries topped every vote, but fell short of the majority needed to win. without a speaker, the house can't pass laws may committee assignments or even swear in its new members leaving the united states without

a functioning house of representatives. one democrat, in particular, lamented the congressional chaos. it's embarrassing for the country. i mean, literally i'm making a part of this reality that you know, to have on congress the can't function. is this embarrassing really greatest nation in the world? how can i, hey, as republicans battled it out on the house floor? president joe biden joined republican senate leader mitch mcconnell at a bridge connecting kentucky in ohio, funded by a bipartisan infrastructure law. showing that even divided government can function when both sides cooperate. john henderson, al jazeera capitol hill. the european union has recommended passengers from china be tested for colby 19 before they fly to the blocks members face officials are urging old travelers to wear masks. they say passengers should be randomly tested china plans the straw

restrictions on sunday despite the surgeon cases that overwhelmed hospitals. negative tests are also now required for people traveling from china to the united states and united kingdom. and those arriving in south korea must provide a negative result before the fight and take a p. c. r. test on arrival. nearly afraid of short term visitors from china tested positive for koby, 1900. on wednesday, while bay ging says it's being transparent with how it's reporting, it's called the 19 outbreak. this comes after criticism from the world health organization. china has top reporting case numbers. it announced one cove in 1900 deaths on wednesday despite evidence of a surgeon infections. there are certainly issues in terms of the criteria for recording and reporting dance attributable to call with dining. we believe that definition is too narrow, which requires the spirit failure association to register as a covert relate to that. that is a very narrow definition. we know there are difficulties in all countries,

very often in recording hospital related admissions use of i see you for some of these. but again, we believe that the, the current numbers being, being published from china under represent the true impact of the disease in terms of hospital admissions, in terms of i see your patients. and particularly in terms of that, still ahead on al jazeera, the philippines government says it's getting tough on corruption and calling on some top police officials to quit. but why scientists say it's not going far enough and gone as cocoa industry is still using child workers despite campaign stop, it will find out why ah hello there. a heavy rain continues to pose a problem across northern parts,

australia. but before we get there, let's look to southeast asia, you can see dense cloud lingering around coastal areas of vietnam. that's an area of low pressure, that's trucking, some very heavy rain across more central and southern areas. we're also seeing those intense rains pull back across the philippines where we have got some extreme flood advisories across more eastern and southern areas on saturday. that heavy rain continues to pull into vietnam, stretching further south as well. the rains continue across much of indonesia and that tropical moisture feeds into the north australia. we've had a stagnant system sitting over kimberly, across western australia and that's brought intense rains. we've seen from flooding . we could see further flash flooding. it's going to set its way further south and toward the east, taking some really wet weather here over the days ahead. for western parts of australia though we have got heat advise result that the temperature in perth is set to dip down through to saturday. well, the southeast corner things will be heating up once again for adelaide. and as we

move across to new zealand. unsettled weather here, there is set to be suddenly plenty of rain in the bay of plenty by saturday that she weather update. ah. with lou.

ah, play you're watching al jazeera alive from doha with me fully back table. a reminder of our top stories. israel has released its long, is held palestinian prisoner who had been detained for 40 years. carrying eunice is also, and he is really citizen and was convicted of killing an israeli soldier in the golden heights. the funeral for former pope benedict, the 16th is underway and the vatican pope francis has been presiding over the ceremony for his predecessor. thousands of people are gathered in saint peter's square for the occasion. former hope died and a vatican monastery on saturday of the age of 95. he'll be buried in a crypt below saint peter's square after the temple. and the vote for a new speaker in the us house of representatives will go into a 3rd day after republican kevin mccarthy lost

a 6 ballots. in the us, the governor of california has the care to say to emergency after a powerful storm cut electricity to thousands of homes in the north roads have been flooded in trees uprooted in sacramento. authorities have told people to evacuate if they're in coastal areas vulnerable to much slides. it's a 2nd storm to hit the west coast in the past week. nearly chance has more from san francisco. california emergency officials say this round of storms could be the most severe california has been in the last 5 years with that they expect a lot of flooding not only in the road, but also that would cause damage to homes. but their biggest concern right now, they say is high winds that could get as high as 70 miles per hour in the mountains and along the coast. they say with that they expect extensive power outages and also a lot of property damage for their asking people to stay off the roads or the so called atmospheric river storm bearing down or northern. california is also being

found in the neighboring state of nevada. the city of reno is blanketed in snow. the weather is not unusual, but snowfall typically starts in february. the system also brought much needed snow to ski feels in the states, sierra mountains. to peruse now our protests have resumed after our pause over the festive season. has been nearly a month since authorities arrested. former president federal casio was facing charges of rebellion and conspiracy. he ball in the south fought with police as they demanded the resignation of cassius. accessor di napoli, arte my ana sanchez reports from the city of ioc or chup. a merch lid by 10 coffins, a symbolic reference to the people who died in december when the army opened fire at protesters near the airport and the and the and see to you if i could show what i'm gonna get. my son was taken from me. he was 20 years old. i want justice.

the families of the victims blame precedent. he never knew out of the, for the violent, quite down and want her resignation. a lot of it was, she's a murderer, addicted to, and friends with congress. we demanded me did a submission. there were protests in several regions on wednesday. highways were blocking goosgo in full. no, many clashed with police, demanding new elections to be held immediately. although many different horse around the hudson, one different things they're not coordinating among readers. there is one voice being heard louder and louder, and that is the demand for closing of penguins under the form of the constitution. 74 year old in beacon. doris has no time to doing protests. he lives from crop to crop, barely feeding his family as he plants beans. he reflects on his anger at people's political elite, would have gone farmer's leg, me suffer from a lack of rain. but congressmen don't do anything for us,

like improvements or irrigation. how must we live? that is what i asked politicians, that the laws changed from the constitution to one that would favor all of us. but that back in the district of sa, christina, yet gucho, most farmers live like enrique working the field and these days listening to the news of the nationwide discontent. they say they share community leader in that that he gets his politicians never remember them. goal is stuck on the whole, his up of the rich politicians take advantage of us for them laws in just as exists . but there's no law or justice for us. we want to quality for our people, don't leave us as protest, resume precedent, been what is urging for peace. the government says development and growth can't stop and it's promising security forces will act responsibly while protecting private and public property. but for the people in circles and many other poor regency, they do development and growth is just

a distant dream. money and us and just i'll just seat up soco. so your culture in bolivia, more demonstrations, are planned in a city of santa claus later on thursday. protestors want to offer support to the regions governor luis, fernando camacho demonstrations have been held in the area since he was arrested nearly 2 weeks ago. the macho has been accused of trying to topple former president, even morales seen 2019. that isabel reports, they have been here for a week blocking roads to protest the detention of their governor loose. fair man, look on my chill. he was taken to alleviate capital abbas last week, accused of plotting to overthrow former president abel morales in 2019. no more, but we did get there will viet, he won't allow that. this government installs the dictatorship in the country. they have detained algola and we will be on the road to funding and that growth is an opposition stronghold. i reach region that plays

a crucial role in bolivia. economy, that intentional governor nissan obama shall have increased the tension between the government in law pos located in highland. and the problem from that, okay, did in the lowlands of this country, people have been coming here to the center of the city steadily. every night to demand the release of their governor and confronting with the police. the police used to your gas and rubber bullets to control the protesters. dozens have been detained. calmer choice currently kept in a high security detention center le bass. he's on pre trial detention for 4 months, while the investigation is ongoing. on wednesday, the prison was surrounded by the red barn toss more indigenous governments reporters who wanted to prevent camacho followers from reaching the area voters thomas protest on documents we are protesting because since congress,

members from santa cruz arriving, we want louis fernando camacho to stay in for 30 years, lou camacho is not the only member of the opposition detained former entering precedent. jenny, 9 years was sentenced to 10 years in prison. she was on pretrial detention for over one year. the government insists camacho and others were involved in a quote to overshoot. what alice people from santa claus say they were defending the country's democracy from the fraud committed by morales during the presidential elections in 2019. all was here, but it was, i don't you. in 2019, there was a vacuum of power. evo morales, reside janine and yours assumed as president. and she was recognized by congress. the so called crew is their excuse to persecute political opponents every will. and that's why thousands are vowing to remain on the streets challenging the national

government at bay claim is not respecting the rule of law. it is, i will, i'll deceit us and the group volley via the u. s. embassy in cuba has resumed full constantly, services and visa processing. for the 1st time since 2017, it stopped old services. after some diplomatic staff suffered an unexplained illness stamped, we have on a syndrome. officials, they're hoping the move will curve the flow of migrants heading north. the embassy will prioritize permits to reunite cubans with their families in the us. more than 500 cuban immigrants have come ashore in the florida keys since the weekend. it's a large, a 7 migration from the commies island to the us. many people risk their lives making their 160 kilometer trip in unsafe boats. sec, giant amazon is laying off an additional $8000.00 people in november. the company announced it would cut $10000.00 jobs. amazon is citing what it caulsey uncertainly

economy for the layoffs. soaring, inflation has forced consumers to cut back spending. amazon share price has also taken a hit, losing as much as half its value. the li ass will impact his e commerce and human resources departments. the mastermind behind the biggest college admissions farm scheme in the u. s. has been sentenced to 3 and a half years in prison. a federal court in boston also ordered william singer to pay $10000000.00 in recitation singer, admitted in 2019 to rigging exams, and paying rives to ensure that children of wealthy kinds were accepted into certain universities. he rainy an actress. tehrani ali dusty has been released on bail after she was arrested for supporting the women's movement in iran. the oscar winning star was taken into custody almost 3 weeks ago. prosecutors accused her of spreading falsehoods after she publicly condemned the execution of protest. her more sin shikari, demonstrations west point by the death of martha armine,

while in police custody in september. now, one of the philippines top police officials has offered to resigned to resign. rather, the head of the national police says the philippines interior secretary ben or a barrels, as asked hundreds of top police officials to step down. he said this short cut is needed to get rid of the police to rid the police force of those involved in the legal narcotic st. barnaby low has more from manila sponsible. it was a surprise move and a radical one. on wednesday, the philippines interior secretary bid her avalos asked for the resignation of all police colonels and generals, geez, lumala bus number. lucky, i'm probably, emma. it appears that there is a big problem in our police force. it appears that there are general and cardinals involved in drugs. it is difficult to fight a war against a little drugs if the post allies could shoot their back politically,

no wrong. we did the thrust of the people a series of stinks, has led to the arrest of at least 2 senior anti drug officers and a seizure of almost a ton of better, better be thousands of people died in the warren drugs waged by former president would be good to terry day. many were st dealers and casual drug users, but throughout his 6 year term, the 3rd, they always claim he had evidence that high ranking police officials were also involved. abilene submits his call from mass resignations is a shortcut, but he says only those were found to have lead to drug trade will actually be let go. police leadership says they will comply, but human rights groups are concerned that the ministers request undermines due process. many of these, but his generals, i mean, they have rights to, i mean you can't, i don't think it's fair to expect them to abandon those rights in their sphere. the

cases of abuse by the police will be swept under the rug. dissipate that other, all of this mr. ross might say, oh, but they resign, they're no longer in the service of case close and, and in that sense that he's on the services and victims of the drug was so far, only a handful of cops involved in drug or killings have been convicted. the government refuses to be subjected to an independent probe by the international criminal court, but rights group say no matter what the i, c, c must stay the course binder below al jazeera bonilla, the hundreds of thousands of children in west africa are working in hazardous conditions on coca farms, thus despite international campaigns against child labor, many of them have little or no access to education. i'm address reports from western gonna plainly for the 1st time in his young life, you know, gets his 1st taste of chocolate. he's been working on his humblest cocoa farm for 7

years. you know, father says he put his son to work to prepare him for life's challenges. they do have a badge on the one, meg, you, man, i don't have any money to pay laborers and because there are no schools nearby to accommodate all the children, they help with the farmer. children as young as for are brought to farms to become conditioned to such an environment as they grow. but the rules are being introduced in europe. that aim to enforce trick to protection of human and children's rights, as well as the environment and producers in countries like gonna believe they could be affected. actively say more than half of all children living in agricultural areas, i engaged in work. most of them dangerous work activity man would lobby knows what slike to work as a child. from my end, he grew up on a cocoa fall, but later graduated from university. his case is considered exceptional. i laugh

yes, dropped out as michael lee cough. i've always been doing. most of my might my, my phrase leaders go pregnant along the length. across west africa, one and a half 1000000 children. i involved in cocoa for me through many work as farm laborers and, and less than a dollar or nothing at all with of issues an agent travel drawer to communities to buy cocoa beans for $60.00 a sac. but they sell a 2 or 3 times that on the international market, i think will co farmer, how much will you in, at the have a thing, okay, cool. their price is even lower as much as it. and again, i see this audit time. you see our trends are closer to us. there is no quality indicating for them. pharmacy attempts by western cocoa biased to force down prices, is keeping hundreds of thousands of children out of school and condemning them.