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. israel's longest serving palestinian prisoner is free cream you this was behind balls for almost 40 years. ah, i'm so robin. you're watching over there like my headquarters here in the hall. also coming up a speaker has not been elected. the years house of representatives is in disorder, hers. politicians failed to agree on a speaker for 2nd straight day, also. ah farewell to poke ameritas benedict. the 16th thousands of mourners have paid tribute to the former leader of the roman catholic church and another hit for the tech sector as e commerce giant amazon announces the largest lay offs in its history.

ah, welcome to the prego. we begin with the release of the longest held a palestinian prisoner is ready. authorities freed, kareem eunice, who is also an israeli citizen. he been in detention for 40 years that he was convicted in 1983 of killing in his railey soldier in the golan heights. the palestinian israeli was initially condemned to life imprisonment, but his sentence was late, commuted him on. con is in our village where many people have gathered to welcome nearest back to the community. an emotional reunion for carry minez who spent 40 years inside and his railey jail. he was jailed on the 6th of january, 1983 released just a few hours ago of $530.00 a. m a. from a prison in central israel. he was taken to a nearby town. he was given a card. ah,

that he didn't know what it was. he wasn't sure it was actually a bus pass. he then pulled his brother's brother picked him up and brought him here . it's very difficult to underestimate um how important agreement is, was within the fat up political louvin. he was a member of the central committee, a rising star, if you own, when he was jailed in 1983 for the all been his writing soldier in the occupied golan heights. now, this was not part of a political exchange. this was not part of benevolence. on the part of the israelis, this was simply the fact the man has served all 40 years of his sentence and therefore was released. oh, we're saying now this is actually happening in defiance of the israeli authorities . these radio authorities said that they should not mark this occasion, that no one they shouldn't set up,

hence the family of ignored that i and they've managed to mark this reunion. now we have been speaking to the man himself like listen to what he had to say about freedom. the light they've had kept, he has said no, no bumps. 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 on the walls and cement. but to day i saw a lot of different things. i entered so many houses and i sat down on a sofa for the 1st time in 40 years. i got a very strange feeling when i 1st entered my brother's car, to the extent that i didn't know how to sit properly. it is a mix of feelings and emotions to see the sky without bars for the 1st time of 40 years. now wilma, now, even when he was inside, presently still remained politically active. he was teaching other prisoners about the palestinian struggle. like i say he is actually in his writing, the citizens of israel always said that his imprisonment was internal is writing

a matter, but now he's free. he's 66 years old and there's an awful lot for him to catch on. the united nations security counseling said to hold a meeting later on thursday after israel's national security minister and to the alex the most compound it to my bank of his actions on tuesday had been widely condemned as provocative understands ambassadors the you and his calling for strong action against israel, the attack is not only against our holy sites in a locks or mosque and, and the heart, i'm 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. russian president vladimir putin says he's open to dialogue with ukraine. that's if it accepts that russia will keep territories it's occupied. futon discussed the war and the conflict in syria during a phone call with the leader of took care receptor earned. again, the office says that he called on the futon to support a unilateral cease fire. and a fair solution, and again, is expected to speak to ukraine's volume is zalinski by phone. later on. thursday will be by son is a political analyst. he says, turkey is working to establish itself as the preferred negotiator in this war. as a natal member, turkey named the president of the lawn mediate him between the 2 sides. but i don't think he is speaking on behalf of natal, but nevertheless, as a mediator. it's very important that both sides of depend on him trust on him

and continue negotiate in otherwise deep channels. special like diplomatic channels seems to be not walking at all. and despite efforts by the you and by the you not much had been achieved so far. also, let's remember the president add on using his personal friendship with both leaders fight, bringing in solutions. for example, prisoners exchange, or many other areas which are extremely important at these that channel is open and someone is doing it willingly. this is present on himself though for 3rd straight day, the us house of representatives will try to pick a new speaker. the last 2 attempts were unsuccessful with a group of hard line republicans blocking kevin mccarthy's bid for the top job.

it's the 1st time in a century that the result wasn't determined in the 1st vote. john henderson has more from 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 vote to elect him his speaker. of the you i 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 with guy, 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 otter, then quickly adjourned for a 2nd day without speaking, democrats watched this slow paced collision with glee, one bearing an armload 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 sure the majority needed to win. without a speaker, the house can't pass. laws make committee assignments or even swear in it's new members leaving the united states without a functioning house of representatives. one democrat in particular, lamented the congressional chaos. it's embarrassing to the country. i mean, literally, i got a part of this reality that you know, to big have up. congress can't function. is this embarrassing really greatest

nation in the world? how can i say, 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, but speak to a white house correspondent, kimberly how could he standing by for us and kimberly, i mean, we saw the slightly fully side of what was going on yesterday. it's a lot more serious now, isn't it? with the president wagon yeah, there's no question that this is taking a more serious tone because historically, we really haven't seen the fight for the speaker of the house co on this long. in fact, it's only been 7 times in history in the united states that it's got on this many ballots. and so it is taking a serious tone because as john hendern pointed out, no other business can be conducted until there is

a speaker of the house. now in terms of where this goes, kevin mccarthy is still optimistic, in fact, so confident he's already moved his belongings into the office of the speaker. but he doesn't have the votes yet. he only needs 4 more. and so he's confident he can do that. and if he doesn't get them from his own party, well, perhaps he thinks he might be able to convince a few, a reasonable democrats to support him. and there is that possibility. there also are some republicans waiting in the wings who may also be willing to fill the role if kevin mccarthy can't get enough republicans to support him. some of the names may be familiar to some of our viewers. there. steve's police, who you remember was shot a few years ago at a congressional baseball game. he is very popular. there's jim jordan, who is a very strong supporter, a former president, trump, and he is also very popular within the party. there's also i came jeffries who is

a democrat, but i was also very popular among some republicans. so there are other alternatives . but at the moment it's still kevin mccarthy, that seems to be the favorite, even if there is in fighting among the republican party in terms of trying to make him speaker of the house just brings up to speed on the sort of the whole trading that's going on, within the republican party, why there is this blocker of what those that are blocking the coffee actually won't . there is a bit of a political theatre and stuff that is going on right now. and a lot of it has to do with the statement that they are sending to kevin mccarthy. and that is that a many of the republican party are tired of business as usual and politics as usual . they don't like some of his big money ties in the politics that is sort of beholden to big corporations. and so a lot of these revel republicans are sending a message that they don't like that and they are holding him accountable in their

constituents. have asked them to hold him accountable, and so that's why they're digging their heels in. but eventually there is this feeling that they will break in. the detractors will finally give in. if they don't, there is the possibility that things could go another way in terms of another republican stepping up or again, there could be this compromise where we have a democrat stepping in like it came dec jeffries. and that really would be a major compromise because this would signal to the american public that in a fractured america, that really democrats and republicans can come together to get things done, which is the opposite, becoming us for the moment. kimberly help get there. a white house correspondent. thank you. oh francis, is that a funeral mass for his predecessor pipe ever at his benedict, the 16th thousands of people gathered in saint peter's square to pay the final respects. he died at a vatican monastery on saturday. the age of $95.00 benedict will be buried in

a trip to saint peter's basilica. in 2013, he was the 1st pope to resign in 600 years after his health declined. tech giant amazon is laying off an additional $8000.00 people. thus, after the company announced in november that it would cut $10000.00 employees. the reduction in stop is the largest in its history. the company is 90, what it calls the uncertain economy. sorry, inflation has false consumers to cut back on spending. amazon share price is also loss of to half its value. the layer will impact its e commerce and human resources departments. that eyes is a tech analyst at wet bush securities. he says amazon's job cuts all the tip of the iceberg for the broader tech industry. but what you're seeing here with amazon in terms of big tack, it's a. busy hangover post cove it and it to go into a but also a darker macro. they got a cock cause the band aid off. this is

a command span hyper group. they've been spending money like 980 rock stars. now ultimate time during that in really non strategic errors, you look at, oh, actually you look at some of these projects that definitely growth is waiting pretty significantly there. i think they're going to continue to spend in cloud and ultimately pull back administrative and even from the e commerce air as well. this is a company under baez's. they got polluted built for hyper growth. and now alternately, you're seen cracked from the armored demand, softening and jazz. busy optimally i didn't these probably just tip to the iceberg to what we're broader going to see across the tech space. well, fella had, hey, on algebra, a war of what china hits bank accusations. it's not telling the full truth about its latest outbreak of cobit 19 and britons a prince, harry releases a new book detailing what he says with the book, the response to his marriage. to make a mark a

hello. there is a story of extreme cold across northern areas of south asia in particular for pakistan and northern india. we got cold wave conditions set to continue for next few days. as well as persistent fog issues. you can see that spreading across northern areas of focused on an indelible further south. we go, well it is much clearer particularly towards that east coast, which is the popcorn cloud pulling into west and areas and want to shower was touching down as we head for the south. but for the worst of the wet weather, we have to look to sri lanka. we are expecting a wash out a week and with some of the heaviest thunderstorms rolling into columbia. and was we row east to east asia? it is looking rather gloomy, or it has been across much of china. there's more in the way of sunshine to come.

temperatures here sitting above the average, stretching all way from beijing sunshine in shanghai. and hong kong looking relatively settled with the warmth. we've got a rush of storms that are touching down in taiwan switching all way to southern areas of japan with a bit of a wintry mix blowing into the korean peninsula, north korea, seeing some of the heavy snow, we will see that when to weather push across the sea into japan with snow flurries expected to stretch all way down from chicago to han shoe and some very cold weather to come for support. oh ah, think of some of the biggest companies in the world today. olsen, big tick with algorithms up there that we use them, the more data we produce. we're in the midst of a great race with data and big tech companies around the checks. employers are rising on a wealth of information and we do all the commodity in the 2nd to provide quality re snotty, re examines where the corporations are colonizing internet,

like the american power of attorney on a just 0 lou . the me look back. you're watching over there with me. so rob, reminder of our top stories, israel, as least, it's longest held palestinian prisoner. he'd been detained for 40 years. cream units is also an israeli citizen, but he was convicted of killing and israeli soldier in the golan heights. a funeral has been held for the former pope benedict the 16th that the vatican. saint francis presided over the ceremony for his predecessor, thousands of people gathered in some pita square for the service. he died on

saturday at the age of 95 and online retail. john amazon says it'll lay off another 8000 workers. the company announced to plan to cut $10000.00 jobs in november it, blaine was described. dan's an uncertain economy and $23.00 rebels of announced that withdrawing from another town in the eastern democratic republic of congo, they say that pulling out of a room and garbo, they also announced last month that they would leave me by caplener deal congo keys is the wonder of backing in 23, some new cali denies. the conflict has full thousands of people from their home since 2021. china. and since it's been transparent, been reporting on it's k with 19 outbreak. the statement comes after criticism from the world health organization, which says beijing is under stating the situation. china's foreign ministry says that has always shad relevant data with the international community. germany has become the latest country to require travelers from china to take over 19 tests.

the decision comes a day after the european union recommended those passengers get tested before flying to e. u. member states. officials also as all travelers to our masks. they say passengers should be randomly tested, trying to plans to ease travel restrictions on sunday, despite a search in cases of overwhelmed hospitals. california governor has declared a state of emergency after a powerful storm could electricity to thousands of homes of the north roads have been flooded and trees uprooted in sacramento. authorities have told people to evacuate coastal areas vanderbilt, month flights. it's the 2nd storm to hit the west coast in the past week. not charles as more from san francisco, california emergency official said this round form could be the most severe california has been in the last 5 years with that they accept 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 when 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. so they're asking people to stay off the road. the circle that has been installed, bearing donald northern california is also being felt in the neighboring state of nevada and the city of rena was blanketed in snow. the weather is not unusual, but snowfall typically starts in february. the system has also brought much needed snow to ski resorts in the states, sierra mountains. the masterminds behind the biggest college admissions fraud scheme in the us have been sentenced to 3 and a half years in jail. a federal court in boston also ordered williams in good pay $10000000.00 in restitution. single admitted in 2019 to rigging exams and paying bribes to ensure the children of wealthy clients are accepted into certain universities. zambia has increased the number of hours of planned blackouts as it

struggles to source enough power. some areas the country and neighboring in bob, a already facing power of up to 6 hours a day water level than lake caliber which supplies the hydro, electric dime, a party to blame. recovering droughts and low rainfall have reduced supply room to us as more from her out of ins. above we zambian had the students pockets the 4th 6 to 8 hours a day. but that's 12 hours a day aside. that things could be getting worse, and people are frustrated. it's affecting households, and it's affecting businesses, especially small businesses. they say they not have to find money to buy alternative sources of energy, such as generators and solar money. some of them say they don't have orders ambiance, i've been told, is that officials hope that's the power situation will improve when water level start to rise at lake reba. other countries in the region are also facing a power crisis here in san barby. people can go up to about 18 hours

a day with our power that's been blamed on corruption, mismanagement and old infrastructure in south africa. people their experience rolling blackouts on and off and that's also blamed on corruption, mismanagement and old infrastructure officials in all these countries in southern africa trying to find solutions, for example. and bob, wy and zambia are trying to build a hydro power plant and victoria falls. they say when that is completed, it will provide services to zambia and zimbabwe and invest the ingo dad. when the d . r. c, the democratic republic of congo. when that bridge it, when that down is completed, is thought it will be able to provide more than enough power for the whole of southern africa by these projects could take years to complete. it's not a quick solution to the regions, current energy crisis. in bolivia, all demonstrations are planned in the city of santa cruz. later on, thursday, protest is wont to offer support for the regions governor luis fernando camacho

demonstrations of gripped the area since he was arrested almost 2 weeks ago. now, camacho has been accused of trying to topple the former president, eva morales in 2019 teresa by reports. they have been here for a week blocking roads to protest the detention of their governor loose fellow, 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 it did get there will viet. he won't allow that. this government installed 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, norman, i mean i'm not, i'm, i shall have increased the tension between the government in law pos located in highland. and the problem from, 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. camacho, he's currently kept in a high security detention center elect bass. he's on pre trial detention for 4 months while the investigation is ongoing. on wednesday, the prison was surrounded by the red ponchos mar, indigenous governments. reporters who wanted to prevent camacho followers from reaching the area voters thomas protest on don't worry. almost. we are protesting because since congress, members from santa cruz arriving, we want to 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 won't allow reynolds 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 that they claim is not respecting the rule of law. that is, i will, i'll deceit us and the growth bolivia. crucial is now a fully fledged member of the european union, the country dr. the euro and joined the boarder free travels on on january the 1st

stephanie duncan has been asking croatians how they feel about open borders. it's off season and without the hordes of tourists that usually packers ashes, coastline. there's a sense of stepping back in time just to 15 minutes, drive away the border with lydia here to a feeling of emptiness. but this is all about moving forward. crated joined the open border shank in zone as of january 1st. and it's being welcomed here. dennis is a nurse who takes care of an elderly lady in italy working 15 days own and 15 days off. she has been crossing borders for 5 years, las and pressure. i was traveling through creature slovenia italy border, and every country had their own restrictions that we never knew what to expect on the borders. this will be much better. it will make our lives easier. one up one up, and this is what it's all about. the freedom of movement, no more passport checks,

identity checks, no waiting in line. the border guards have all gone. that's croatia straight ahead is lavinia. now it's only about getting on your way. no need to stop is still a novelty here. crated joined the shank and zone on the same day it adopted bureau which is now replaced its old currency the kuna. the businessman, it's a more than welcome development. cloud has been importing and exporting good since 1995, he has seen career again, independence joined the you. and now this for him to it's much better. we for one of the neighbors for the sooner, but i to week 1st that's at a freight forwarding service in italy than in slovenia. and then you went to kerisha. we had to sort taxes and lots of other small import costs putting it lasted 8 hours some times. now you just go through. there are no issues in stopping a toll free. his son sandra has now taken over the business. we ask him if he's emotionally attached to the old currency, the sooner as many people have told us, they feel it's a loss of identity. a place to be honest with you,

not much. our business is over the waters. you visit all your markets, hotels, invoice, new year old for years, we are doing business. i'm thinking a year old. it will be much easier now. this will make our business more fluid and our life easier. for many here. now being a fully integrated member of the european union with open borders and a common currency is a good thing. despite some emotional attachments and early problems, as switching currencies, it seems in the long run, many corporations prefer these open roads. stephanie decker 0 on the corporations living near border britain, prince harry claims his brother, william physically attacked him. the duke of sussex made the allegation in his memoir that said to be published next week, he says it happened during an argument over the western relationship. how he claims william knocked him to the ground in the fighting kensington palace in 2019 journalism london with law on the release of the book. it's due out for release

next week. it's called spare. that's because he is not the air to the throne, but the spare, as the aristocratic saying goes in in the book and except of which has been obtained by the guardian ahead of its publication. the guardian newspaper that is there a details of an incident that occurred at a cottage on the kensington palace, his state where prince william lives, lived and lives and in which harry was living with his u. s. active wife. megan mako william went to visit harry in the cottage to discuss their failing relationship since his marriage or his marriage to megan and in the face of increasingly oppressive media scrutiny, the visit the meeting swiftly turned into a confrontation, writes harry, when william cold megan, quote, difficult rude and abrasive harry replied that william was simply parroting the media narrative and the cons.