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china reopens after nearly 3 years. lifting quarantine requirements for all travellers despite a covered 19 outbreak. ah, until mccrae, this is al jazeera live from doha, also coming up around drools international condemnation for executing to anti government protest as the killed a member of the paramilitary force. i am mama did receive in court to delay republic reporting on the parliamentary, much as yeah, but the significance in many respects including determining who runs for president in the next presidential election in 3 years. the meta versus rad, taking shape. although no one really knows what that shape would be. and we explore

the next generation of smart gadgets and the biggest tick show in the wits. after nearly 3 years of self imposed isolation, china has reopened its borders and lifted cove at 19 restrictions on international travelers. these are some of the very 1st passengers who would not required to quarantine upon arrival, since the government rolled back some of the world's toughest restrictions. the virus has been spreading across the country. authorities have urged people to limit travel and gatherings ahead of luna. new year's celebrations, rail services between mainland china and hong kong have also resumed. the passengers are still required to show a negative cove at 19 test boys and they all get along. i'm so happy, so excited. i haven't seen my parents for many years. then not in good health,

so i'm really happy to go back and see them. now. boys on tina, i can't wait to go back to the mil lamp. it's been 3 years. we have no time to to lay out that the board is open. katrina, you has more from by sure people across china are elated for many, the smart, the real and of the 0 corbett 19 policy that was employees for almost 3 years, which involved lengthy government, quarantined for those coming from overseas. as well as general restrictions on movement for those inside the country. now according to one of the biggest travel agencies here in china, there's been a leap by of more than 80 percent, an interest in traveling abroad with favorite destination search, full online, including thailand, south korea, japan and the united states. hong kong, which is also open up its voters weird. the mainland to day on sunday is also a very popular destination with many families in the mainland hadn't connections, business or family with those on the islands. but it's not going to compete on sickle free, depending on where travelers from china want to go. at least 20 countries around

the world have put up some restrictions. screening passengers, the coven, 19, before they come in? because of this experts predict that countries and south east asia that don't have any limitations, that they will be the main beneficiaries of chinese tourism. but it's not just internationally where people are expected to travel domestically. they're also expecting a boom in tourism here in china, especially now that this weekend has marked the beginning of to a new and the travel period leading up to new new year. china's railway department says there will be 2000000000 trips made across china over the next few weeks alone . and many of these will include clued migrant workers who have not been able to travel home in previous is due to restrictions. the government, however, is concerned by a current surgeon private 19 cases, especially since the medical system in these remote areas is less developed and there are few people fully vaccinated. and because of the, the government has recommended that there'll be no large, large scale public gatherings. and also recommended people who had coverage had

stayed home, but they've stopped short, a banning any travel altogether. the thailand is one of the most popular destinations for chinese terse sands. this hope that they return will help revive the travel industry from bangkok, his tony chain. aaron, bank of chinatown, the hanging lance to celebrate the lunar new year in 2 weeks time. if the truth be tell they're a bit more concerned about a date, a little closer. monday, the 9th of genuine chinese tourists able to return the thailand after restrictions were lifted. when they arrived, they'll only have to show a vaccine certificate with fear of the restrictions that have been placed on them going to other places. as all tourists will now have to do, the thai government knows they are vitally important for the revival of that terrace industry which makes up 25 percent of the time economy. they're hoping that their goal of 20000000 arrivals this year will impart be boosted by these new

arrivals from china. that there is some trepidation those who aren't directly involved in the tourist industry. concerns with the spread of coven infections within china. a new variant could emerge. remember the coven 19 was 1st seen outside china? here in thailand that said their importance to the economy and to the post coven. 19 revival is vital. and many people will be hoping that brings a prosperous and happy new year. iran is facing international condemnation. after hanging 2 men convicted of killing a member of a paramilitary force during anti government protests in november. mohammed smitty kurama was a national karate champion and said mohamed, how seni was a volunteer coach for children. amnesty international says the convictions relied on forced confessions. the you says it's a paul's and the us is demanding an end to what it calls sham trials. nigger mottos

avi is a journalist and host of the iran podcast. she says these executions are only fueling more dissent. it seems like a government by rushing through these cases and wild humor, right? organizations international specifically say without any resemblance of justice or due process is essentially trying to instill fear and send the message to the rest of the protesters and the sensors that this is what's going to happen to you and that they're using any need to try to crash the protests to essentially send the testers back home. the previous 2 execution follow the same pattern, young man, failure, known, executed through rush courts, and also abruptly in the early hours of the day. and this time also, it seems to be the same to men. 20 and 21 and both hanged especially then the goal of this is to still see above what is actually doing is generating more

anger, generating even more protest with the funeral of poor testers. turning into new quotes has themselves actually the 2 men that were hands were arrested around the tests that were for the funeral of one of the other killed protesters. so it just seems to be generating more anger, more interval of protest and essentially energizing more people to join this body of movement. and then moments mirandi is a political analysts and profess at the university of to ron. he says, writes organizations critical of iran hev and carry a motive. we have to be careful about the human rights organizations, which are funded by western governments or funded by institutions supposed to be affiliated with western governments. amnesty international, we now have supporting nato and on a son,

and it is closely affiliated with the political establishment to meet this, we have to remember that over 60 police officers were murdered during this period. if you compare this to the united states, that would be roughly comparing it. we're taking into account that the population of the united states is 4 times greater than iran. that would mean like 225060 police officers in the united states being killed by a riot. so i think if we take it look at things in, in, in this sort of context, then it would be far more complicated than what these western and human rights organizations will say. well, thousands of his riley's have protested and television against the new right wing government heads plans to over hold the judicial system. they say the reforms to written democracy and freedoms, left wing organizations and palestinian israeli members of the parliament were leading the demonstrations. these are the 1st such protests against prime minister

benjamin netanyahu is new coalition government, the most right wing in israel's history. we are really a, is going to lose the democracy with one person which was read over his law trial. and it with voting is on to why and benign st parliamentary elections, which the opposition parties on the ballot for the 1st time since 2015. they were banned from the previous vote in 2019, which lead to violent protests against president patrice, telling,

and interests joins us now from caetano in the beginning. and can you explain the importance of these particular elections significant in many respects, like you said, the cluster for the opposition is back on the ballot, which is a step forward. many honestly i believe that it will strengthen been in democracy, to have opposition in parliament. secondly, on specific number of seats have been allocated for women exclusively for women to be and the 109 c parliament. and so they are located nearly a quarter of the seats in parliament to insure women female representation in parliament. but of course, most importantly, for most politicians and as party precedents in this country, is election of the members of parliament, 109 of them. now, according to the electra law, currently any member of any candidate starting. busy wanting to run full

presidential elections must have the endorsement of members of parliament such a number of members, number of members of parliament, as well as may as of the cities around been republic. so if the opposition is able to get into parliament that will improve their chances of fill being a professional candidate in the next election. now, in terms of time out for this, they're not, you know, we're not seeing numbers that we've. so during the last presidential elections, voters trickling in, we've been to a few pulling stations and it's not very encouraging. maybe the numbers will pick up later. but right now we're seeing only a few people coming to vote. it's early to say whether or not this will improve later as voting continues throughout the day. and of course, there are also concerns about security skill just been set up, stepped up a course, been a republic to ensure that everything goes according to plan. whether or not these elections remain peaceful will be determined by how well this elections were run.

and how will the outcome of the elections, i have become a band of the day. so voting will continue from now until probably 4 o'clock local to and that is 15, g empty. and then the collision of results will start almost immediately. tom ok, thank you for that. there's an address for us in benign 46 soldiers from ivory coast accused by molly of being mercenaries have returned home. the group was pardoned on friday, 6 months after being detained. the soldiers arrest sparked a diplomatic dispute between the 2 countries and in monahan reports ah celebrations in abidjan. after months of uncertainty. these ivory co soldiers were facing decades in a prison. and molly, but a pardon from the country's military government, allowed them to return home the bell. i'm unless you i worry coast molly. it's not the same thing. was very hard. i'm home now and i am very happy. oh no,

did. he was arrested only 30 bits a day were relieved. we cried. we fasted, we prayed, and finally, god has answered us. i mean, joy road sale. he might not be a present. allison to water was there to greet them. the fate of the soldiers was at the center of month of diplomatic wrangling. the incident created a rift between the 2 countries, but water make clear. he wants to put it behind them. yellow there, i would like you to know that ivory coast will continue to offer support to all brother countries, african and others who need to evolve towards peace. as a boston said, without peace, there is nothing important for a nation. peace is essential and you went to bring peace to molly, and i strongly hope that this brother country will find peace. once more. the troops were arrested in july. they were accused of being mercenary and put on trial . ivory coast says they were part of a united nations peacekeeping mission. un forces have been deployed the reason for years as armed groups, threats,

stability. but molly has been increasingly isolated since colonel simi going to seize power in military coup 2 years ago. the military government did miss deadlines for organizing elections and block. you enforces for investigating lead violations of human rights. but the return of the soldiers was framed as a gesture of goodwill to the region. a possible find that molly may be ready to re engage with the international community than to monahan al jazeera will still ahead on al jazeera report on how a new generation has been. bob was educated, youth the working the lands to make a living. a californians a withering, a wave of devastating storms which are bettering the coastline. ah hello,

their temperatures are still fitting well above the average across much of europe. and that's not the case for the northeast that bitterly cold f flood in to places like western russia. and while it may be frigidly cold in moscow, while the skies are still clear, at least for now, if we look at the temperature, you can see a lot of wounds coming in, especially from the west. but there's that cold air. it is going to want slightly, as we go in some monday, but if we look at the 3 day for moscow, those clear skies will disappear by the mid week. now though it may be warmer in the west, it's certainly not dryer. we've got an area of low pressure bringing blustery showers to the north west. britain and island have got some warnings out in the very north. we would also see some flooding in france, spain and portugal from the very heavy rain. and that starts to shift its way farther east with the start of the new week when it is very heavy, rain across more sensual areas, particularly for it's in the, the adriatic sea, seen some of those really heavy rains on strong storms. but the good news is we will see some snow on the alps, amphlett southeast corner,

in particular for turkey, yet lots of sunshine and warmer weather to be enjoyed. it's the same story for much of spain and portugal once again from monday, but it will get slightly cooler in madrid and it is looking rather cloudy. ah, join africa's premier trade in investment to paint it cuts even intra african trade fair gives you access to more than 1600 exhibitors and over 35000 attendees from more than 75 exhibiting countries. participating trade and investment deals with over 43000000000 stalez as business and government come together to explore business opportunities. register now brought to you by the african export input bank african union commission, a f c f t secretariat at the premium partners connecting african markets. lou

ah, you're watching else is here a reminder of our top stories. the south us nearly 3 years china has reopened its borders lifting cove at 19 restrictions on old travelers. while surfaces between hong kong and the mainland have resumed back, passengers are required to show a negative taste. iran is facing international condemnation. after hanging 2 men convicted of killing a member of a paramilitary force during anti government protests in november and to see international says the convictions relied on posts confessions. the name is holding parliamentary elections with the opposition parties taking part for the 1st time since 2015. widespread protests were held after they were banned from the last 1st and 2019

russians. shelling has killed at least one person in east and ukraine as moscow's unilateral cease fire ins. the ha, keith governor says the victim was a 50 year old man. there were reports of fighting the don bus region as ukrainians and russians marked orthodox christmas. cave had rejected the 36 hour cease fire. it is easy to wouldn't have quoted his meal. by the way, once again, the world has seen how deceptive any statement at any level coming from moscow is that i was saying something about the supposed cease fire. the reality however, was that russian shells once again hit back moot, and all the ukrainian positions of this year orthodox christmas and cave was difference with the war sewing divisions within the community. charles transferred reports from cave ah, churches of 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 recently formed ukrainian orthodox church. for centuries, the ukrainian church is conducted the christmas service in ancient slavic, and russian times of changed. oh, certainly i saw it. i think people have changed the stays of changing. we see historical justice and the nation is being formed. it's very important to eradicate everything russian from ireland, i guess, or russian church that, oh, was here before i'd ever supports in like her russia energy input is regime or so. now, when we can have you bring in church i,

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 had 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 your gray and 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 post by ukraine accuses it is 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 few of worshippers at this church on christmas morning, but it isn't malicious kissimay though. 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 with their struggling economy and high unemployment. most people in zimbabwe are believed to be working in formerly. now some young graduates who can't find jobs are turning to farming. harriman tulsa reports from a goro monsey district. unicoi giacomo has a master's degree in international trade law, but finding a job in zimbabwe is difficult. so in 2018, he became a farmer. and now employes several people. the 30 year old is one part of a new generation of educated youths who work the land to create livelihoods. but navigating the country's farming industry isn't easy. the biggest challenge we've got is an issue are far finance or capital and are for even young people to be able to walk into a bank. you've got no collateral, you've got probably no history or you've got no studied lane to tell how viable

your business or your idea is. and also even the access to, to lent the state some banks and the private sector help finance farmers. but many say they can't get the help they need to get started. this country has a lot of fertile land, but since landra foreign, when commercial farms were seized from white and given to black and barbarians, some of their land is not being fully utilized. more young people here say they can help increase productivity in another part of the country, valerie mozilla and her husband are preparing to export watermelons to the middle east, zimbabwe. strategically located because most of this product read getting it from australia in brazil. zimbabwe is just $21.00 to $28.00 days to dubai. whereas when you look at brazil, they're looking at over $35.00 days on water, old infrastructure, electricity shortages and,

and inflation rate of more than 200 percent. a, some of the factors holding back the bob is farmers. it really depends on the performance of the economy, whether you are going to be successful. it really depends on the performance of economist input. economy improves. so at the profit prospects of farmers. valerie believe farming could be one solution to the countries unemployment problem, but young people say for that to work, they must have access to the resources they need to thrive. harder matessa al jazeera goren once the district, zimbabwe record breaking brian fallen. western australia has flooded towns and cut off communities. hundreds of people have been rescued. a severe where the system brought the heavy rain to kimberly regent. that's nearly twice the size of the united kingdom. people in the u. s. set of california are cleaning up after days of devastating storms. many are bracing for more severe weather expected to sweep

northern regions in the coming days. alexandra buyers reports dominic kings restaurant would normally be full of dinars, enjoying food, an ocean views, but not any more. the village of capital, it was among the worst to be hit by last week's storm. it stirred up some of the biggest swells in years waves as high as 7 meters tore up historic piers and damaged homes and businesses. it's our family restaurant, you know, we've had it for like a decade it's, it's definitely places where we've had a lot of good memories. it's more than just a business. so it's, it's really hard to see it kind of in the state that it is. utility companies are working to restore power to tens of thousands of people. california's governor declared a state of emergency to help with the clean up. but the damage bill is in the millions for they're reasonably feeling just traumatized. i mean it's, it's,

it's emotional as our community. we know that, that when you look around at the wreckage, there with the rebuilding, looks like in an arduous process. the storm was powered by 2 phenomena, a large airborne stream of moisture called an atmospheric river. and a hurricane force system known as a bomb cyclone. for 2 days, it battered the region with fierce winds and torrential rains. we actually witness the appear go down, and it was not only your sight to see, but to hear it to hear the pi launched, rapping against each other. and the destructive force of the water was just incredible. and now to come the day after and to see it works like war zone here. it's the 3rd storm like this to hit california in a week. researchers say climate change is making them worse and more frequent. the

severe weather has killed several people since new years and as communities try to pick up the pieces, there's no reprieve just yet. to back to back storms are barreling in from the pacific, and more than 15000000 californians remain under flood watch. alexander buyers, al jazeera, one of the world's largest technology advances, and why in las vegas, the consumer electronics show up as a 1st look at the next generation of technology, reynolds has been trying out what's on offer. ah, the roller coaster of new consumer technology has come to los vegas, the thousands of companies showing off the new, the cool in the kind of weird. some will hit the market with a fe, others will be duds. i could run down for you over the years, all the different trendy things that have been the next big thing. and then the

next year we come back and it's completely forgotten about among this years highlights l. g as a new wireless tv screen. no more messy cables. the content is streamed from a box that can be situated several meters away. the integration of tech into the automotive world continues. honda and sony have joined together to create a new company called a fella and which they're gonna make a brand new electric vehicle that's going to have the latest technology from sony in into team in, in sound quality in cameras to make a really smart electric vehicle. b, m w, as an a i equipped model that can talk to drivers and learn their preferences and it changes colors to suit your mood. they could have checkerboard patterns. you can have stripes. i if you want to have it blue one day and read another, you could do that, you can do whatever you like with it. augmented reality products are represented at sea. yes. including these cool headsets from us company, magic leap, the met averse is gradually taking shape. although no one really knows what that

shape will be. and by the way, where am i? sustainability is the theme at the show, john deer as a hybrid electric farm tractor. there are electric motorcycles, bikes, and scooters and even boats. developers hope to disrupt the maritime industry. bodies is the navy a 30 ah, or in 30, as we call it, is, and we're as long as range elected. hydrophobic and americans by select retired by boat and there he part of this is that it is 10 x more efficient and traditional gas that in there are plenty of off the door just plain cookie products on display . this gizmo can scan your food and tell you how many calories you're going to eat . this one can sanitize your hands before dinner, and this thing can supposedly zap your brain and relieve anxiety or other unfortunate metals.