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is al jazeera ah hello, they're good to have you with us. i'm joe hall. this is the al jazeera news, our live from london, and coming up by the mere putins 36. our cease fire fails to stop the fighting as ukrainian celebrate orthodox christmas. iran executes 2 men for killing of paramilitary officer during the nationwide protest over the death of masa armenia. after 15 ropes heated exchanges and some major concessions republican kevin mccarthy is finally elected. speaker of the us house of representatives. and as the lunar new year travel rush gets underway, china eases its coven restrictions on in wood. and as good family travel,

i am in fort around, missouri miss out on going top legal pro angel already signed, suffering, a shot to seat, losing to one away to delivery. ah rushes unit. actual 36 hours see fire in ukraine for orthodox christmas. has now ended, though it appears to have been a ceasefire in name only. russia says its forces repelled for ukrainian attacks along the front line, but otherwise held fire. the ukrainian government did not agree to the temporary troops and said russia continued its attacks with exchanges of artillery on both sides. accused rusher of trying to use the situation to move its troops into better positions shall fall, could be clearly heard in the frontline town of back mood, which has been abandoned by most of its residents. you down used to be so beautiful,

there were flowers everywhere. it was clean, everything was kept in order to put the ukranian president followed him is zalinski says the gunfire in bad mood came from russian positions in. this is vito, by the way, once again the world is seen. how deceptive any statement at any level coming from moscow is that was saying something about the suppose ceasefire. the reality however was that russian shells once again hit back moot and all the ukranian positions. no. well, 30000000 ukrainians are orthodox christians and us. char stratford reports from key for them. attending mass is not just a spiritual act, but a political one. 0 churches have stood here for almost a 1000 years. cubes,

elaborate cathedral is one of the most important orthodox christian institutions in the world. but this year's christmas service is different if you're a barrier love for the 1st time the liturgy is being delivered in ukrainian by a recently formed ukranian orthodox church. for centuries, the ukrainian church is conducted the christmas service in ancient slavic, and russia. the times have changed. oh, certainly i saw it. i think people have changed the state of changing. we see historical justice and the nation has been formed. it's very important to eradicate everything russian from ireland. i guess, or russian church is that? oh was here before i ever separates in lake there. runners you put in. so he was so know when lee jen, have rudy bring in church so i'm really glad to oh,

sentiments like these have been growing since roches illegal annexation of crimea and areas of the dumbass in 2014. they have now been institutionalized in the country that suffering a full scale invasion, and more than 10 months of war as the newly formed orthodox church of ukraine holes christmas pres. here, for the 1st time, the ukrainian church affiliated with moscow has no choice but to hold a service. at another site close by. your queen accuses it of supposing and even helping russia in the war. something the church vehemently denies the priest. he is one of a number on a ukrainian sanctions list. the police and army have rated numerous russian orthodox churches across ukraine since the war started orthodox priest metropolitan . clement says his church has no affiliation with moscow. other than

a spiritual one and accuses ukraine of flouting its own constitution, which guarantees freedom of religion worship, settled, magical separately. let us have tom was sure. this is shown by the fact that the contract for the use of the cathedral by our church was terminated without appropriate procedures. another denomination was allowed to conduct the christmas service in the church, and course europe as it is aggressive and discriminatory towards the worshippers of our church. it reminds us of the situation that existed in the totalitarian days of the soviet union condo city. there are a few, a worshippers at this church on christmas morning, but it isn't alicia to get some later. sure. of course, we're a little sad that today we're not in a cathedral, but if god's well, the main thing is to pray humbly and then go to decide as needed. rushes invasion hasn't only pushed ukraine into the arms of the west. it's further dividing its orthodox christian communities to chance travel al jazeera,

give the u. s. and e. you have condemned the latest executions of protest. as in iran, 2 men were hanged early on saturday for allegedly killing a member of the procedure militia in november during protests. over the death of master armine in police custody mohammed met the car army was a national karate champion inside mohammed. her seine was described in court as a volunteer coach for children. amnesty international says both convictions relied on forced confessions or say in his lawyer also said he'd been severely tortured. but iran denied this for protest as of now been executed since demonstrations began in september 3. others have been sentenced to death in the same case and 11 received prison sentences. but iran supreme leader has named mad reza red, and as the country's new police chief, he's frequently called for stricter enforcement of the atlantic dress code for women. and in 2010 was placed on the u. s. sanctions for human rights violations.

mohammed mirandi is a political analyst and professor at the university of tehran. he says, the hangings would justify despite international organizations deeming them a violation of human rights. i don't think there's any real sense that the for 2 men who are executed because many committed a horrific act of violence. they stab and eat. the young man was murdered multiple times. they eat his hair rock, they dragged his body and totally ultimately died. so i don't see any, obviously they're going for people who support the to hang man, but i don't think there's any support for them. well, let's pick up on that with jasmine ramsey, his deputy director of the center of human rights in iran,

and joins me now. live from virginia in the united states. thanks for joining us. those 2 men executed. we've heard the details of what they were found guilty of doing by a court in iran, your organization, and to be fair. many others say that it was politically motivated, the charges and the case against them. can you expand on that? there was no court. there was no trial, no due process, no rule of law. these men were hanged by lynching committees. they had no chance to defend themselves considered guilty the moment that they were arrested. the only evidence that we have is that they were arrested in connection with the protest, like tens of thousands of other people. just to be clear, they didn't have access to a lawyer. they had to pick from a list and picked and approved by the judiciary chief. and i'm the father of one of them made academy. he gave an interview where he said he couldn't even get the

lawyer to answer the phone and to appeal the sentence. and guess what, the journalist that published that interview was arrested and put in prison as we speak. so please don't refer to these as trials or courts. there lynching committees and these men had no chance of proving themselves innocent. again, your organization has described a systematic process, long practice apparently, ah, in which detainees are forced to incriminate themselves. and lynn with the sort of collusion of state media and state broadcasters, they are demonized or their reputation smith in the public eye. or is this sort of systematic process going on now in relation to these ongoing protests in iraq? absolutely, the aim is to instill terror in the hearts of the people who are demanding basic rights and change to kill hope for change. and to scare the international community

away from acting in any way that would put pressure on the islamic republic. while the islamic republic parades around its apologise to talk about ridiculous things like your prior guest had on. i would ask him, why are people getting themselves killed in the streets if they don't, if they support this government, why does the government feel the need to use lethal force on young people on children, to kill and silence and muzzle descent? i yeah. is it working? are people being intimidated by this? there can be a protest movements, ebb and flow and they are facing extreme violence and forest. but i want to say there is a chance that we hear over and over again for every one you kill, there's a 1000 of us behind, behind us. and we're seeing even morning ceremonies for those killed turning into

anti state protests. so absolutely, the movement is not dead because the people's demands for change have not been answered. what are you calling for? what do you think needs to be done? certainly the international community needs to do more to exhaust every option. it has in its diplomatic tool box to impose pressure on the, on the islamic republic, it's representatives should be ousted from international membership that gives it legitimacy. like, for example, the international labor organization. this is a call from labor activists inside iran, ambassadors, countries that maintain relations with iran that have ambassadors should ask them, what is the purpose of them? the role is completely ceremonial and this government is massacring people while these people are in those offices. diplomats in countries that maintain relations should be summoned and demanded to explain why they're standing by a regime that's killing young people and children to maintain its power. jasmine

ramsey from the center for human rights in iran. many thanks for your time. and coming up on this news hour from london, hundreds of desperate somali families had to mogadishu fleeing east africa's worse drought in 7 decades. making a song and dance about democracy. while this sunday, they will be genuine choice in ben ins election. and in sport the champs get off to an impressive start in the gulf cup football action coming up. ah, it took 4 days and 15 rounds of voting, but republican kevin mccarthy has finally been elected speaker of the us house of representatives. but he had to make several concessions to win over hard line members of his own party who voted against him diminishing his power as speaker. the debacle exposed the deep divisions among the republicans and raised questions

about his ability to govern from washington his alan fisher. after an historic wheat and to leaking into the after a night of drama and contemplation, it was 15 time. lucky for kevin mccarthy, the california republican finally flipped enough foot to secure the position, a speaker of the us house of representatives. the speaker, the house, my ultimate responsibility is not to my party, my conference or even our congress. my responsibility. our responsibility is to our country. he told everyone he had the votes to win on the 14th and he didn't. 2 votes of president gates gate essentially blocked his way to the chair. as he fell short of the number of votes required by one. it led to incredible scenes on the house floor with the 2

being confronted by colleagues was exchanged, fingers pointed, and physical confrontation, apparently avoided as one congressman had to be held back by colleagues. the conversations continued and suddenly to adjourn to monday was rejected. mccarthy wanted to go again. the scene summed up by one democrat if he offered his parties, no money for the poor. madam clerk, i rise to say, wow. and then it was done. mccarthy finally became speaker of the $118.00 congress. kevin mccarthy moved into this because office earlier this week, but several times in the chamber. it looked premature. a group of ultra conservatives blocked his elevation, but slowly he groaned them don't offering a raft to concessions, including a change of rules and who could challenge the speaker and the promise of seats on influential committees. democrats congratulated mccarthy on his when the warranty pieces, problems to control his own party. when republican said the issues of the last few

days will have no impact on his party's long term prospect. the 2024 presidential election sleeping ever closer. i think it's been hard on the party and a little bit frustrating, but i don't think it's left a scar. i don't think it's anything permanent, as i've said a number of times as well. 6 months from now. no one will be thinking about this. and that could be an issue for kevin mccarthy. he has an extensive agenda. he wants to push through congress. but to do that, he needs the united party and it has been anything, but in the last few days and hours, i was fisher, i'll just eat up on capitol hill in washington. and alan joins us now live from washington, d. c. out. and it's being said, isn't that kevin mccarthy's dream job could yet turn into a nightmare. tell us more about the concessions that were made to secure the vote for him and whether they could yet impede his power. well,

the discussions about what various parts of the republican party wanted had been going on since before the election in november. and it really came to a head in the last few days simply because of course the deadline for nominating. the speaker was right there in front of everyone, and so we believe that he's made concessions, and that is a framework agreement that rank and file members will have more chance to table amendments, particularly when it comes to bills that deal with the budget. there is also the enhanced prospect of just one member calling for the removal of this speaker. no, they would still have to get a majority of the party. but up till now it is taken a majority to make that call. no one person can do and then start rallying support . there's also going to be different ways amendments can be tabled as well. and there's going to be specific committees which are going to look at the likes of the influence of china, the power of the f, b. i. and how joe biden has handled the, the crisis on the border. so all of those concessions have been given by mccarthy,

but the reality is he didn't have anything more to give. and that is why we saw such 10 scenes on the house floor just or in the early hours of saturday morning with, according to one person who was there, someone telling mac gates that if he didn't change his vote, he was finished. and republican politics and you saw one other congressman literally being pulled back by his colleagues. that is hotel. it is, and that sure is the divisions in this republican party. or despite all that, allen in your report there, we saw one republican presume the others are following suit saying i sent you the party emerges unscathed. this will all blow over in a matter matter of months as the dust settles on. this vote now is that the prevailing view in washington of the republicans are going to say, look, this is democracy in action. and to a degree they've got a point. but the other thing is it was chaotic. it was messy. it did take an incredibly long time and it did weaken kevin mccarthy. now some of his supporters

are saying, look, if you've got a divided house and divided party, sometimes that leads to strong government. that's not the history here in the united states. if you go back to the likes of tip o'neill, newt gingrich, who is a republican and even nancy pelosi, you see that strong speakers tend to lead to strong houses when you've got john benner and paul ryan. the last 2 republicans to hold the speakership and they had evaded party a bit like mccarthy's. going to have then it becomes much harder. so he could go to hit the touch stones that the debt the republicans campaigned, or make sure that they investigate your biden. that they go after the, the power of the f b i that they look at the border crisis that they discuss at what happened with the withdrawal with afghanistan. but bear in mind, all of these things are being laid out as, as checks and balances on the bike white house. but they are also key points for the republican party in 2024. they're leaving the battle ground. no, for what will be a very messy presidential election in just over just under 2 years time. alan

fisher's analysis for us there in washington. thanks l. m. a 6 year old boy is in police custody in the united states after shooting his school teacher. it happened during an altercation in class at an elementary school in the state of virginia. no other students were injured. the teacher, a woman in her thirties, is being treated in hospital for life threatening injuries, but her condition is improving. the individual is a 6 year old student. he is right now in police. custody is were working at the best way to our partners in different resources to address that situation. the altercation was between a 6 year old that the student who didn't have the firearm and the teacher and then around was fired. like i said, she suffered a gunshot wound, has been transported to the hospital. that's what i thought the prayers are at right now. this is not an accidental shoot. countries in east africa and the horn of africa are in the midst of the most severe drought in 70 years. the un,

his world of famine, if 8 isn't provided soon. it says at least 36000000 people are affected with children, the most vulnerable, nearly 8000000 of those need needing aid or in somalia, that's almost half the country's population. in ethiopia, nearly 11000000 people need support. the conflict in the t gray region has worsened the situation, causing a humanitarian crisis there. and in northern kenya, the un says 4000000 people are going hungry because a lack of rain has caused consecutive harvest to fail. catherine sawyer reports now from nairobi. this is a familiar site in somalia, capital mogadishu, hundreds of families, i heading to the capitol from areas across the country. they are fleeing a drought that has wiped out their livestock and left them without food and water. some of their children have died many r, malnourished amena muhammad,

recently arrived at his camp. she is struggling to make ends meet soccer luxury. when i wake up in the morning, i make che, and popcorn. this will be my children's only meal. the last 2 years have been hard on people in countries like somalia, kenya, and if you appear for rainy seasons have failed. it's likely the 5th season won't make much of a difference across east africa at least $36000000.00 people are affected, including children who are severely malnourished. 11000000 ethiopians and 4000000 canyons are close to starvation. more than 8000000 families have nothing to eat. millions of farm animals have died, and 16000000 people cannot get enough water. we not only of, of her to the farming was the tuition still are critical. adults also affected the food production, which means 70 percent of her who bought ocean somalia has been

affected by the by the drought. ah, also it's affected the education where all those young people under age who acted by the drought are not going to go to the school agency. say some districts are heading towards a family in the last time one was declared in somalia was in 2011. 0 boy, reality is a low surgeon, but at the same time we are calling to focus on the recovery and does most important to us wanted to prefer to the cares of. the humming hot as in canyon leaving in irish areas are relying on the government and humanitarian organizations. kenya has declared the trout, a national disaster because through the year i'll g 0 visit had several counties in

the north to cover the deteriorating situation. people are receiving navy and cooking oil or this food does not come often. and villages are we are talking to say it's not even enough. doctor's dealing with malnutrition cases say some children who live in remote areas often come to the hospital when they are already too weak to be saved. wildlife has also been affected. the government estimates at least 200 elephants died because of the drought in 2020 to the region as in the middle of another rain season. some areas have hard rainfall, but whether experts say it may not be enough. that means millions of people who desperately need help may go into the next year. even was off katherine sawyer, all jazeera nairobi. marley says 49 soldiers from ivory coast who were arrested

and accused of being mercenaries of departed the capital pamlico a day after being pardoned by the jupiter leader. they were detained in july, after arriving at bama co. airport ivory coast said the soldiers, the part of the united nations peacekeeping mission in molly, it was noted they were contracted to work for a private company in relation to the organization. the arrests sparked a diplomatic dispute between molly and neighboring ivory coast. but on sunday, voters in pin in will elect their next parliament. the electoral commission has approved 7 parties to contest the vote. among them is the opposition democratic party, which won a constitutional court case in november to allow its candidates to run after a de facto ban in the last election from ca, to new committee address reports. the final push for vote as politician campaign ahead of sunday parliamentary elections in many and for many

voters they excited about the prospect of restoring confidence in the countries democracy. oh no. the last legislative election in 2019 sparked clashes that left several people dead after the opposition party was banned from participating. this year, only 2 political parties supporting president, patrice delores, while allowed i constitutional court ruling last november, gave a green light to the opposition known to have a petition party. i think at least we have 2 democrat then emptying the jacqueline with the impetus at the fest. affordable could come unto the cause to have those patty danny bananas given in coalition is concerned about opposition. political parties included the democratic growing large number of people to their political rallies. lebron excluded from the ballots that spring to 19, and one to win a majority in parliament to change laws. they describe as repressing the governing cornish of yeah. describes them as insignificant but son,

this vote is more than just the election of parliament members. the results sort of determine who runs for president in 2026. the electoral court requires any candidate for president to get endorsement from legislators and mares in order to run a political party can only get representation in parliament if it gets 10 percent of the total votes cast nationwide, regardless of whether it wins. acosta quincy present the election commission as it's ready with the la plenty to pull up his own muscular department. the person wanted to quit when we started distribution of election materials from the furthest to the regions nearest to cultivate on road. now all areas have received the needed election materials that were oh, to see hoping this election will restore opposition politics and benign, and that the country will avoid valid clashes of 2019 observers or that watching not only the conduct but also the outcome of this election it will determine whether or not the streets are calm. ahmed edris al jazeera, got

a little plenty more to come in this news hour. a month after peruse, president was removed from office and arrested protest as a still calling for pedro custio's promises to be fulfilled. in the sky escaping a military coup, but rejected by the rest of the world. a refugee from mid mar tells us of his life . in limbo in sport, novak geography is through to his 1st final of the year. tennis action is coming up . ah hello, we got more very mild weather pushing in across so much of here. no great changes there, but i think it will become less mile for some has to go through the next couple days. big hook of cloud as rolling in from the atlantic. and that's another intense

area of low pressure. i'm out of this time of year cost. does me wet and windy we are seeing that so wet and with the weather streaming in from the atlantic, bringing cloud and rain? then in that way, whether we'll set in across western parts of central and eastern areas, still a good deal of dry weather around in terms of the temperature cities. sir, still the cool cyber he's very cold. there for moscow should be about minus 6 celsius minus 15, not as cold as it has been though. still plenty of mild weather across central parts and it stays that way as we go on through the next couple of days. you can see how moscow will see those temperatures, just flicking and flying a little bit. as we go on through the next couple of days, we'll say 12 celsius there in london. so still plenty of mild weather around here. that will be a tad coolness to go on through s sunday. wet and windy weather coming in across much of france. southern france, seeing some heavy rain, some snow over the apparent east, dusting a snow to at last, coming back into the alps as we go through the next couple of days. little more widespread as we go on into monday. we'll see wet and windy weather developing

around italy and the balkans as we go through the next few days. ah ah, why did one of toilets most decorated hobbs flee the country in fear of his lie? to prod investigation? one 0 18th, revealed explosive allegation. a police corruption went out to 0, january analogy 0 hope process is to promote a message of peace and reconciliation while visiting the democratic republic of congo and sat sir dog. 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 show . documentaries, africa direct showcases african stories from african filmmakers can public private partnerships. so some of the wealth most pressing challenges when government business in civil society the to meet for the world economic foreign, senegal host,

the all africa musical was a celebration of talent and creativity from the corners of the african continent. generally on al jazeera lou ah, welcome back. a reminder of the top stories here on alger 0. russia's 36, i was cease fire in ukraine for orthodox christmas, has now ended the cranium. government did not agree to the temporary truce, and they were exchanges of fire on both sides of the e. u. in the u. s. of condemned iran for hanging 2 men for allegedly killing a member of the siege militia in november during protest. over the death of massa,

meaning amnesty international says the convictions of mohammed mexico and sighed mohammed are saying they relied on, forced, confessions for protest as have now been executed since demonstrations began in september. and after 15 rounds of voting across 4 days and heated debates, republican kevin mccarthy has finally been elected speaker of the house of representatives. but he have to make major concessions to hardliners from his own party who deposed his nomination with the election that the new government in israel christmas sellers, celebrations, have been tense for orthodox palestinians, who say they're facing increasing hostility. a christian cemetery has been desecrated in jerusalem and church own land is being occupied by israeli settlers. bernard smith reports from ramallah in occupied west bank. oh, the world's oldest christine community says it's feeling the pressure like never

before remodel as orthodox church was packed. the christmas day math, even though christine makeup, just one percent of the population of the occupied west bank, down from 11 percent of the end of the ottoman area in 1922. and now with the most far right is really government that has ever been few here see that trend reversing? who thought most of the plans of these extreme parties and what the leaving are based on expelling the other from holy places in jerusalem and all of polystyrene. that is unrealistic because we palestinians have a long history here. we are very rooted in this land. israel's occupation, the stranglehold it has on the economy and the security situation. what drives most palestinians to leave. church leaders here have warned the christians become the target of frequent and sustained attacks by fringe radical groups in jerusalem. and the holy land. it's a reminder, the palestinian christian say they suffer as much under israel's occupation as

muslims do. and this conflict is much more about land than it is about religion. settlers occupied this privately held church land in jerusalem with police protection 2 weeks ago. they say that carrying out archaeological digs, the church says it's not granted permission. more than 30 christine graves were desecrated earlier this week. israel's foreign ministry says the vandalism wasn't immoral act, that is an affront to religion. 2 teenagers have been arrested. william m t out of the list the hard we are exposed to is there 80 aggression and settlers addition the not the damage corps on roads destroy lethal. we are used to that yet either. it's not noon with anybody. it's increasing with the new administration need to sell it the message of christmas is that one day this landlord had turned to the palestinians who have the right to it, and that rate will never be lost. mcclellan archie, the whole world, the west and the are well can see what is happening here. we hear the words,

but we did not see their action. but the nurses, palestinian christians are often called the living stones of christianity because they can trace their history to the birth of the church 2000 years ago. and in a speech to mark orthodox christmas, present mood, a pass that our people will continue to stand firm on our land. the land of our ancestors, bernard smith, al jazeera ramallah in the occupied westbank. to subway trains of collided in mexico, killing at least one person. at least 57 people were injured. 4 people were trapped in one carriage, but have now been rescued. mexico has suffered many accidents on its metro in recent years. 26 people died in may 2021. when a rail overpass collapsed. also in mexico calm has returned to the city of cooley. i can after a wave of violence, your authorities there say 29 people were killed. when members of the powerful

sinaloa cartel confronted security forces, the government has deployed an additional $1000.00 troops to the city. the violence broke out when police arrested of video guzman, lopez, a drug kingpin on thursday. he's the son of the imprison drug, lord known as l. chapo, and is also an important figure in the sinaloa cartel. yeah, there's still no security. no one is telling us everything will be fine. it still doesn't feel good. so what do you call me? i walk around and you're waiting for got to see was and that nothing else happens on. i go out to prove that they will stop us again. i work here at the supermarket . it's exactly a month since peruse. president was removed from office after trying to dissolve. congress sparking deadly protests as protest as build a case against pedro castillo. some boat is still waiting for the char changes he promised mariana sanchez has more now from one of custio's strongholds.

oh, from their mountain homes to the streets of the small town of lipa high, a. b, b. o. hundreds of farmers joined disney the mont demanding the rights to promises. former president bill castillo made during his campaign, yet little lydia bianca says she will not give up from the expectations she had when she voted for him 18 months ago. let the laws are made to favor the rich. we don't have a voice or a vote. we want a constituent assembly to close congress and we want president deena bullock to to resign. she does not represent us. well, many protesters here see kathy's removal from office and arrest, make him a political prisoner disorder. cathy, you ordered the dissolution of congress, and the rest of the prosecutor investigating him and corruption allegations. now he

faces charges of rebellion and up to 20 years in prison. oh, the theo, one with more than 80 percent of the vote. although people here say he didn't pull any of the promises, he made this the lawmakers from his point about because not allow me to work without dusty you. these farmers see their expectations for better living conditions slipping away. they blame the new precedent, dean of unworthy. i have an idea of a sally castillo promised agrarian reforms, and we voted for him. but noble artie has betrayed us. she was our sister, but now we want her out. for a month it was witnessed, protest, death, and destruction. the country is in a state of emergency. farmers here are continuously on strike, taking turns to block the main highway. consoles, the dumping. we are so tired all of us, the elderly children,

but we don't taking part in the fight. i'm the only way only come if they don't listen to us, we will continue with our fight. you will continue one month on business, the you as a symbol fading away. but the people who perceive his promises are now a force for renewed hope. and the only way for change they see is to continue fighting. but the innocent just, i just, you know, pretty much from sunday, china is easing restrictions on inbound and outbound travel after ending it's strict 0 covey policy. the number of outbound flights from china is currently only 10 percent of its pre pandemic level and ticket. so more expensive, and it comes as covey cases surge in china with reports of hospitals being overwhelmed. some countries of already introduced testing before departure for travelers from china. the lifting of the restrictions coincides with the start of the lunar new year travel rush, china's health ministry says it's concerned about the virus spreading as people

celebrate the transport ministry called for limits on travel and gatherings. the government is urging people to wear masks when using buses and trains with me. honestly, i haven't had it 19 yet. so if my relatives are positive, i'm afraid of carrying the bar respect with me and infecting them. that would affect the health, but they have recovered from the virus for a while now. so i'm planning to visit them and spend the loony with them. my grandparents have also told me many times that i miss me a lot. doesn't go to the, everyone in my family is having symptoms like fever and cough due to the reopening the cove at 19 positive, they've all been infected, but it's not a big deal. there might be some coughing still, but it's not affecting the elderly greatly. well, we joined by young john kwan he's a senior fellow for global health at the council on foreign relations. joining us on skype from new jersey. thanks for being with us. it was a pretty extraordinary turnaround. this by the chinese authorities, wasn't it?

not just ending the 0 coven policy, but allowing travel inside and outside the country on the cusp of the lunar new year. huge amounts of travelers expected. why do you think they did that? well, i think about pe, resolve the 10 ability of the 0 covey approach. but certainly in time, in seems not. could you bury our team and their lack of preparation, reopening and also becoming the breaking and the rise of the respiratory disease like who don't need not a good time. you china, evidently still dealing with the coven pandemic, the virus still rife in the country. and as you say,

other viruses competing with it as well, of course. but what, why when the rest of the world or so many countries, the rest of the world have evidently moved on and have learned to deal with cove it into live with cove. it, why is china still dealing with this problem or impact? because the 3 year coby approach that did not tolerate any new faction, you know, so as resolved most of the people in the country or that are re exposed to the buyer. and because of the epic, the re, a lack of effort could be of the chinese back being. so the anti body level, the most a chinese people walk very low so that allow that virus just to, to bang and again, the back in the country. a failure then of government policy, would you say by the way it is resolved these 0

coby approach. ok, so now you've got chinese in large numbers, hating the road inside the country, but also of course, internationally despite higher price tickets for travel. that's got a lot of countries around the world. pretty worried about the import of new waves of the coven virus, the likelihood, the possibility of new variance. are they right? do you think to worry about that? all they right to take measures against it? well, i think people in the country have reason to be concerned about the i volume from china, but i don't think it is reasonable to be ah, the passengers as is the danger of buy, there is no evidence of emerging new stock bearing on china and given that most of the destination country have learned with the fire and the in fact,

the chinese visitors, i'm not going to be to the spike in the country. what is the future? do you think of chinese policy within the country? then? are they taking a leaf out of the book of other countries and just learning to live with it? do you think that the work? well i think i don't know the virus i back to the the viral way current viral way into p by ah, module a pro. so way both of the people in the country expose infected a day. it's not going to be any different from other countries. yung huan grateful, fear, insights. we've got to move on now and hundreds of people in china have protested outside show rooms owned by electric car company, tesla car owners, demanding rebates and credit. after surprise. price cuts on friday meant they over

paid for cars. they bought just months earlier, the shed yield expiration of a government subsidy at the end of 2022 drove many to finalize their purchases. testers, prices in china and now between 13 percent and 24 percent lower than they were in september or chinese financial tech giant. the and group says found a jack ma is no longer in control. the company says the entrepreneurs voting rights will be reduced as it reorganizes its shareholding structure. mar, reportedly had a little more than 50 percent of the rights, but that's now dropped to around 6 percent. he founded and groups parent company, alibaba in 1999. and recall it is managing director of orient capital research, which conducts independent research on china. he says the chinese government sees jack mark as a threat. there's 2 problems with jack mar, according to beijing. one is that he's a well funded very popular billionaire who could gradually it controls to large

companies and financial and bob, which was the amazon of china. and the 2nd thing is that he actually was starting to compete because it and financial with some of the state or banks in china, which are the backbone of the economy. so for those 2 reasons, they thought he was a threat and they're cutting them down to size. it's a terrible message. china is struggling with the slowing economy and they're pouring money into into this state sector, which is not going to help their growth going forward at a time when, of course, they've got the cobit problem. the large tech giants have been the one area of hope in china because they're very effective and very efficient. but they're perceived as a threat. it's nearly 2 years since the military coup in mid mob, but the hunter there continues to target opposition groups. tens of thousands of people have fled many to neighboring thailand. one refugee has spoken to al jazeera about his experiences. we've hidden his identity to protect his safety. don't live

. no. my name is phillip local. i'm a refugee from like, oh, and kind of stayed here after the military coup. many young activists came out onto the street to protest, but the ministry did not care the correct down on the protest, causing many people to want to leave. i had to leave the state in september 2021 because i was helping ended protested and had become too well known to the military view of my colleagues had been arrested and i began to feel unsafe. the military went to some of the people i had helped, wanted know, my name and where i lived, i feared for my family safety. so i decided to leave. when we arrived in mon stayed, they passed the new law, forcing people to report and register any get or visitors. we will easily identifiable strangers as we look different to the local people. ok, so we continued on to me already. then like a goal, we faced the same problem. we had no choice but the cross, the border into thailand i took, i wrote to the you and hcr in december 2021 and had an interview with them

a few months later. but i heard nothing more. so i applied to australia for refugee status, but i was rejected. that affected me a lot, mentally. i have a wife and child. life is so uncertain. i don't know if, when the time authorities will arrest and report me. i've sent letters to many embassies, including the u. s. canada and norway. all of them told me the same thing that i need to have you and registration number from the us website. otherwise they can help me in mesa on the board. i was arrested by the time police. i tried to call the you and hcr emergency number several times, but there was no response. when you don't, in the end, i had to pay a bribe to stop them from deporting me. i was very lucky. i worry as my parents and family members are still in me, and so i tried to keep a low profile while continuing to support freedom fight. and so i see why it's important not to draw too much attention from the military and food and medical supplies. from thailand, i tried to help all civilians and kind of say,

regardless of which group they belong to, we are all human beings inside me and my revolution is taking longer. and it's not easy to raise funds. i'm a senior and i plan to upload some of my songs to youtube. once i get more than the 1000000 views, youtube will pay me, and i will donate the money to the cause. i. the thousands of people have taken part in an annual march in paris to mark the murder of 3 kurdish activists. 10 years ago, the event had extra resonance after similar attack, 2 weeks ago in the french capital, in which 3 codes were also shocked, that they all had links to the p k. k, which fights for increased autonomy for kurdistan ethnic region. that takes in areas of to kia iran, iraq and syria. the p k. k is classed as a terre organisation into a kia and some activists blame the turkish secret service for the death. benjamin

netanyahu is back as prime minister of israel, and so it seems on the saturday night protests against him. housing of people who gathered intel of eve to protest against his new government, which was sworn in this week. the protests were led by left wing and arab members of the israeli parliament. nathan, yahoo coalition is the most right wing in israel's history. his last term in office 4 months of saturday night protests against him. and still ahead this news hour in fort hurricane looks, intent on ending top names. 50 a trophy drought football action coming up at a 3 break means there are plenty more fish in the sea for south korea is favorite ice festival. ah, it's one of the most spectacular mass migrations in the animal kingdom. monarch

butterflies, millions of arriving at the winter habitat in central mexico. this year, the international union for the conservation of nature officially designated the migrating monarch butterfly as endangered experts say the use of pesticides along with the loss of habitat, are the biggest threats to the species. they may be difficult to see from a distance, but these trees behind us are absolutely covered in monarch butterflies. now tourists are welcome at this per it butterflies sanctuary. here in central mexico. but visitors are asked to keep their voices down so as to not disturb the butterflies. for many the up close encounter with millions of these vibrant butterflies is a once in a lifetime experience. experts in mexico see that despite the monarch being designated as endangered, there's evidence that conservation efforts are working, but ultimately the future of this iconic insect depends on the continued protection of their natural habitat. ah

ah ah, welcome back and i'll have you straight to follow up with the school. thanks so much john. oh, we start with football and round, the dread of suffered a shock to feed and elijah carlos radi sides were beaten away by the laurel. i'm going behind korean benzene. i managed to get around a level from the penalties spot. but a rather bizarre hand ball by david alba saw miller al, awarded a spot take. moments later, gerard moreno converted to seal a to one. when ral said 2nd in the table level on points with barcelona, who played a one game less to live autonomy booked a spot in the 4th round of the f, a cap as they looked to and there 15 year trophy drought. hurricane followed up is

2 games against herself. how is with an impressive strike to think it was portsmouth in one know, england forward now has 265 spurs goals. just one behind the club, the old time leading score to me, greece was feeling not impressed because i think it is it that for free. and i repeat, he's an amazing player, his football and the if you take a penalty, you can miss. you have to go through the next game. he asked her the mentality to be an amazing player. you need to be like her. your course was to go. there has been a major upsized premier league high flyers. newcastle. been down down by 3rd. it's either side. sheffield wednesday at a house i that going down to one away. well on, di, more than that go, people made some great saves. we were wasteful with a couple of opportunities. and in games like this that are difficult games. if you,

when you get a moment, you got to try and take them an edge ahead. we did and then that gave wednesday a chance. i'm disappointed with the to goes and a to see the back. i did look great from all defensive perspective, that we were always in the game right to the end of the last gave everything to try and get something out that i bahrain are off to winning starts in the gulf cup, which is being played on iraq, bahrain who won the turn made in 2019 beastly united arab emirates, and group d johnson. all sharing what fabulous whole here to one, the final score will cause her didn't managed to get a win in the world half which the recently house did, but the team they decided to allow her to lead me to wait till in blue team. friends had coach da dijon has extended his contract until 2026 after leading his country to the world cup final. in katara, it means that his 4 year old will be staying on until the next world cup in the united states, canada,

and mexico. they shall lead france the world title in russia in 2018, and also guarded them to the euro. 2652016 final. they lost against portugal. now back job, which is our common injury scared to reach his 1st final of the year. the 21 time grand slam champion b. daniel met the deb at the adelaide international lab doc, which took a 10 minute medical timeouts after this incident. late in the 1st funds for the wall. number 5 was able to return to the court to beat as russian rival in straight fat about slayers and stepping up the preparations for the 1st grand slam of the year. that's the australian open to people to start on the 16th of this month. thankfully was nothing too serious. i mean if it was i wouldn't be able to continue . so, you know, i just tried with some medical to i'm out, samantha inflammatories and kind of settled in for the few games. i was just trying

to keep the momentum going in. don't allow him to break my server. you know, i think there was a key women's, well, number 2 alms jabber was beaten by check, a teenager linda, north pole by and adelaide. the tennessean reached 2 grand slam finals last year. 18 year old moscow well will face well. number 5 arena, settle lanka and sundays had oversight. lebron james returned from illness with a game winning performance for the lakers. james, for 25 points and added 10 assists in this victory over the land. ha, it's the 4 street. when for the laker is we're still down in 12 spots in the western conference. here's the tale of atlanta rob trying to play the game away. so she alternately moved bullshit. boy, you go up to a very one and into facilities, you slaughter will help and each other i'll be doing a great job. um deavers rebound. when you're stopped, we do a good job your stops. what are times, what's your overseas? and we were gonna pull on a 2nd chance portion, things of that nature tonight. oh wow. i mean we have 4043 balls. us the

so pretty amazing. and cats are now thorough lettea has retained a comfortable lead. after stage 7 of the doc, her rollin, sadie ravia, the 861 kilometer stage from round to i'll do. a demi was one by saudi arabia's mcgasey. dal refugee is the 3rd career stage when defending a champion, ality keeps his lead of one hour, one minute and 4 seconds ahead of his toyota teammate hank, a lack n k, and that is all your sport for now. it's now back to jonah in london. farrah thanks and will play out with an ice festival in south korea. the ice fishing festival in hobbin has made a major come back after 3 a break because of warm weather and the pandemic. some 129000 people braved freezing temperatures to wait patiently for the bite, hoping to catch the next meal most big a small hole through the thick ice on

a frozen lake. but some jump into a pool of freezing water to catch the trout. with their bare hands, and the hobby nice festival is drawing crowds once more in northeastern china, after low key events during the pandemic, the festival is back to its spectacular best for its 39 year. now, china has relaxed its covert restrictions. highlights include an ice slide that's half a kilometer long and a 120 meter high sky. we'll how do and that's it for me in the team here in london for this news hour. but i'll be back with more of the days news in just a moment. stay with us. i ah

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