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china reopens off to nearly 3 years lifting quarantined requirements for all travelers. despite a covered 19 outbreak, ah, until mccrae, this is al jazeera live from doha, also coming up, felton's of israelis protest against the new government and its plans to curb the power of the judiciary. ah, joy is soldiers arrive home in ivory coast after they were pardoned by malli? i'm stuck fast and at the gas while mine and not right west. finally i where we stand off is happening between activists and police over expansion plants. ah,

ah! after nearly 3 years of self imposed isolation, china has reopened its borders and lifted cove at 19 restrictions on international travelers. people in hong kong have started arriving by ear, land, and see that hospitals are struggling with an increase in infections. and there are concerns at the outbreak could worsen during the lunar new year. katrina, hugh reports from beijing for the 1st time since the beginning of the pandemic pump, they is getting ready for a trip to thailand. he says his overjoyed china has ended. it's strict 0 curve at border controls. absolutely. and throw pattern about and, and because i've been stuck here for, for years, the urge is so strong. a real on travel abroad, like i live to thailand, summer izzy. from sunday, those returning to china no longer have to undergo quantity. the change has parked a surge and travel begins. japan, south korea,

and the united states are among popular destinations. thailand has tops the list staff in this bangkok hotel and looking forward to welcoming back chinese tourists . $5000000.00 are expected this year. icon hill, c and d. home. allah, hark, all chinese visitors a vital for the tourism industry throughout the country. they not only spend money in bangkok, but they usually travel nationwide. china's borders with hong kong have also been reopened. these passages are among the 1st to cross without needing to isolate at a government facility. this weekend also must the beginning of to noon. the travel period leading up to noon and new year. chinese railway department expect 2000000000 trips to be made over the next few weeks, many by migrant workers who are unable to travel, harming previous years to strict 0 current policy. but widespread covered 19 infections have prompted the government to issue guidelines cautioning against

spreading the virus and rural areas. governments abroad have also raised concerns with more than a dozen countries, including the united kingdom, france and australia, imposing restrictions on passages from china. punk, they says he'll steer clear of those countries for now and is just relieved that china's days of global isolation seem to be ending. katrina, you out sierra beijing. thailand is one of the most popular destinations for chinese tourists. the government has introduced new rules. all international travelers will have to show proof of vaccination. 20 ching isn't bangkok here in bangkok chinatown, the hanging lance to celebrate the lunar new year in 2 weeks time. if the truth be, tell, they are a bit more concerned about a date, a little closer. monday, the 9th of genuine chinese terrace, able to return to 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 old tourists will now have to do. the ty, government knows they are vitally important for the revival of that terrace industry which makes up 25 percent of the tie 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 barian could emerge. and 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 faithful. and many people will be hoping that brings a prosperous and happy new year. a 1000 solvers riley's have protested and tel aviv against the new right when government and its plans to overhaul the judicial system

. they say the changes threatened democracy and freedoms left wing organisations and palestinian israeli members of the parliament lid. the demonstrations. the protest saw the 1st against prime minister benjamin netanyahu, new coalition government, the most bright wing in israel's history. we came here to protest against the geisha of the israel, the democracy. we see. a a process where the rights of the people will be over time consumed by the yoke. rodney government that we want to avoid that we're exempt, proving the elections that took place a few weeks ago. but then what happens with the new government is that they really create a major and significant danger. do israel's existence of democracy, the proposals to change, israel's judicial system have angered the protesters. the plan will allow

politicians to pass laws. the supreme court has struck down the coalition wants to empower the $120.00 said can they set to override supreme court decisions with a simple majority of $61.00 votes? it also proposes politicians play a greater role in the appointment of judges and ministers appoint their own legal advisors. instead of going through independent professionals, the weakening of the supreme court will have consequences for palestinians and the occupied west bank. it's the only institution they can go to to defend their rights . akiva alda is a political analyst and contributor to her it's newspaper. he describes israel's democracy as shallow. this is a typical american republican, a tea party, interpretation of democracy, which means that the people spoke up in the last elections. we've got the majority

even if we got $61.00 out of $120.00. this is what democracy is about. and as the former president of the supreme court iraq said yesterday, in a very rare interview, this is a very general form of democracy if you want. this is a kind of fun, gary and polish democracy that is just now challenged in european court. and you know, this is something that never happened in israel, that the government has been actually hijacked by the government, the kinessa. and now what they're looking after is the judicial system by actually one person. because it now is the one who appoints a minister and he has the full authority to we move them if

they will vote against any kind of revolution that he wants to pursue. he has got an automatic majority in the canister, so whatever he wants, the government will approve. iran is facing international condemnation. after hanging 2 men convicted of killing a member of the paramilitary force during anti government protests in november. mohammed smitty kurama was a national karate champion and said, mohammed has seni was a volunteer coach for children. amnesty international says the convictions relied on forced confessions. the e u says it's a paul's and the u. s. is demanding an end to what it calls sham trials. 46 soldiers from ivory coast accused by marly 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. fenton 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 parliament of those you. i worry coast, molly. it's not the same thing. was very hard. i'm home now and i'm very happy. oh no. he was arrested on 30 bits a day were relieved. we cried. we fostered, we prayed, and finally god has answered us. i'm enjoy seely, my present alice in water. i was there to greet them. the fate of the soldiers was at the center of months of diplomatic wrangling. the incident created a rift between the 2 countries, but water make clear. he wants to put it behind them. yellow, they're good. i would like you to know that ivory coast will continue to offer

support to old 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 mercenaries and put on trial. ivory coast says they were part of the united nations peacekeeping mission, but the un says they were for company contracted by the peacekeepers, rather than directly as part of the mission. un forces have been deployed to the region for years as armed groups, thrones, debility. but molly has been increasingly isolated since colonel a semi goiter sees power imagery, coo, 2 years ago. the military government of miss deadlines for organizing elections and blocked you in forces for investigating lead violations of human rights. but the return of the soldiers was framed as a gesture of good will to the region,

a possible sign that molly may be ready to re engage with the international community. than to madeline al jazeera voting is on to why and been ins parliamentary elections, which c opposition parties on the ballot for the 1st time since 2015. they were banned from the previous vote and 2019, which led to violent protests against prison and patricia talem and addresses in caetano and banana. he says this vote presents several novelties. first of all, it marks the return of the opposition to parliamentary politics after the ban, you made mention of the introduction. and that could give some people here and been in public a sense of belonging, especially the opposition and teaming puppy supporters. that yes, it's an inclusive election point apart from that women, exclusively given at least $25.00 seats in the $109.00 speech parliament, which is significant to women participation in billions political democracy. now,

the thought and one of the most important aspect of this election is the representation in parliament. now the parliament is 109, and for every presidential candidate wishing to stand for election in the presidential election coming up in 3 years now, must get the endorsement of members of parliament sucked a number of members of parliament and may s across the country so when the opposition now, if they eventually get into parliament that will ease the way for them to stand in the election of president in 3 years time. now, if they don't get in that, that will be very difficult regarding today's election president, patrice alone has voted i showed a while ago. and he expressed satisfaction with the process so far and insisted that with the participation of the opposition now democracy can be said to have been restored here in benet republic with a struggling economy and high unemployment. most people and, and bob,

why i believe to be working in formerly. now some young graduates who can't find jobs attending to farming her room or test reports from mac or a munsey district. unicorn tacoma 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 employs several people. the 30 year old is one part of a new generation of educated youths who worked the land to create livelihoods. but navigating the country's farming industry isn't easy. the biggest challenge we've got is an issue or for finance or capital. and 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 most dotted line to tell how valuable 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 fallen when commercial farms were seized from white and given to blacks and barbarians, some of that 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 and brazil. zimbabwe is just $21.00 to $28.00 days to dubai. whereas when you look at brazil, they're looking at over 35 days on water. old infrastructure, electricity shortages and, and inflation rate of more than 200 percent. are some of the factors holding back the ball with farmers? it really depends on the performance of the economy. whether these are going to be

successful. it really depends on the performance of economies them for economy improves. so the profit prospects are from us. valerie believes farming could be one solution to the country's 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 for him once he district zimbabwe, mozilla head on al jazeera. ah, how one person i his all the king of rock'n'roll are providing much needed boost to australia economy plus californians whither a wave of devastating storms which bettering the coast line ah

hello, there's been a very quiet picture across much of east asian. it's set to continue that way over the next few days, go above average temperatures, cross northern parts of china stretching down to that east coast west or however down in the south. the temperature is still holding on in hong kong. we will see that wet weather start to shift its way farther north and east, as we head on into this new week. if we have a look at the 3 day for shanghai, have just so sitting well above the average, there are lots of sunshine through till thursday when we see that light to rain start to full logic here across that northeast corner. we have seen some recovery for the korean peninsula, but for japan still wintery showers, blowing in with the heaviest snow to be found in her condo for the snow flurries, stretching down into western areas of han shoe, but tokyo still hanging on to the double digits. now was he moved to south asia, the fog issues persist across northern areas of pakistan,

india and bungler. dash for the south of this a much clearer picture, a few showers here and there possibly in carola, but wet to where that can be found in sri lanka, the rain expected to brace and sundry downpours as we go in to choose day for new delhi, the temperature sitting at 19 degrees celsius. that's your weather update. ah, activist radical and the founder of african cinema. out just a story of the mortality with making style. he made a brief find the way to me. a was a fighter, but his weapons were his mind and his intelligence met rebel african. tell me on how

hulu. ah, be watching l. g era. reminder of our top stories, the salad. after nearly 3 years, china has reopened its borders lifting, covet 19 restrictions on old travelers while services between hong kong and the mainland to have presumed the passengers reclined to show a negative taste. thousands of israelis had protested in tel aviv against the new right when government, it is plans to uphold the judicial system. they say the change is threatened democracy and freedoms, left wing organizations and palestinian israeli members of the parliament leaps the demonstrations and benign is holding parliamentary elections with opposition.

parties taking part for the 1st time since 2015. widespread protests were held out . they were banned from the last vote, and 2019 russian. 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. fighting was reported in the don't boss region as ukrainians and russians mocked orthodox christmas cave had rejected the 56 hour thief fought it. is vito 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 was saying something about the suppose sees fire. the reality however, was that russian shells once again hit back moot and over ukrainian positions. more than a 1000 activists have gathered to demonstrate against the expansion of a coal mine in western germany, the village of louis, sir arthur's to to be demolished. so coal below it can be dug up,

confrontations turned violent blast week, his police cordoned it off. germany had planned to stop using coal by 2030, but it's reconsidering its energy policy after the war. and you, ukraine, disrupted supplies, or cit. vasa joins us from there now and still, why is this location in particular become such an international rallying point? well, it's right is a very small village here, right at the edge of the gas while a mine. it's one of the biggest lick nights, brown coal mines here in germany. and it's about to be expanded. and literate has to be demolished, according to the authorities, to have one all the legal battles. and this process can start in a couple of days from now. the german authorities, the government has decided that these called fire plans that we can see here on the right side that they will continue to operate despite the fact that they were closing down already because of the war in ukraine, they say,

and the energy crisis and the fact that germany was depending on russian gas. so the german government says we need this coal. otherwise we're gonna be lacking supplies, fossil fuels, but activists are very much against it. they have been gathering here from all over europe. fall more than a 1000 of people are here right now. police is also cordoning off at the village. they can start removing or dis cam. there's a big camp right there. as full of people, people have been living here for 2 years already living in trees. they can start removing it in 2 days from now around 48 hours. and there you see, active is on the going a training right now to defend themselves, to break to police barricades. they're prepared to stay here and wait for the worst . and one of the activists that is joining who is joining us here is martha sour. she is, are from listen, the rad lived lipson that up. that lips,

but not for long any more. how important is it that the village remains here? well, what we're seeing here is not only the biggest, the whole of dirt of europe, but it's also one of their biggest c o 2 sources in europe. and in a time where the climate crisis is already escalating people, i, diane, people are already losing their homes. we need to fade out of our fossil fuels right now. and this is a place where the climate crisis is being made. and that's why we need to stop this man right here, right now. the german government says, the government says, we need this coal. we have a problem with an energy crisis we needed for now, at least, but we will close down these mines by 2038 years earlier than planned. so what's the problem? well, the problem is that this deal did not help the climate at all because what they did is to chest moved the time of the emissions. because at the same time they allowed to the coal power plant to keep on running. that should have already been turned

off. and so what's happening is that the emissions i just happening earlier now and, and overall because of course we need energy. but at the same time we need to massively reduce emissions. and that's why we also need to check where can we, in reduce our energy consumption and what is really important there is to not start at the small people to start telling people you can't shower any more and you can't use your homes. but to actually see what is our biggest energy consumption and that's the industries and we really need to start talking about how can we reduce energy consumption of our industry. thank you so much for sharing this with us. and joining us in the program, the activists will stay here and go around the village in an hour or so from now or more than a 1000 people. but many more are still on the way. and they are expecting to stand off to last for a long time, maybe a week, maybe even a few weeks. okay, thank you so much. that is to barson for us from it. louis, sir, earth will hundreds of protesters have marched through the us border city of el

paso and texas. he had a visit on sunday by president joe biden. it comes days after he announced measures to reduce the surgeon arrivals at the southern border. the measure would allow up to $30000.00 asylum seekers into the country each month, but it also ins, automatic preferences for arrivals from cuba, nicaragua, haiti, and venezuela. galen, renew my food again. not all of us are bad people and most of us came here to find a future for our children. not all of us came here to do bad things. i'm a family man and i came here to work and provide a better future for my daughters. aliya people in the u. s. state of california trying to clean up after days of devastating storms. many 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 thought 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's in 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, while 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 were 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, to hear the pylons rapping against each other. and the destructive force of the water was just incredible. and now to come the day after and to see a work, a gulf 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 of record breaking brian fallen western australia has flooded towns and cut off communities. hundreds of people from those communities have been rescued. an extreme weather system brought heavy rain to kimberly beds origin more than twice the size of the united kingdom. people in the kimberly are experiencing a one in 100 year flood event. the worst flooding western australia has had in its history. the situation it continues to change and is proving to be extremely challenging for residents in the region. again, we're asking people to postpone any non essential travel to the kimberly region. australia is pricing for a potential increase in unemployment and economic slowdown as interest rates continue to rise, your tourism is staging. a revival and one festival near sidney is drawing crowds and much needed revenue. wind high reports,

you've got to follow that dream. wherever that dream may lead. elvis presley once crooned for many impersonate is of the king of rock and roll. that dream leads to the small australian town of pox. o for a few days every year. people of all ages from all around the world come here slow for them. the annual pox elvis festival is australia's grace lands. after 2 years of doing nothing. and you know, us entertain his being in home. it's great to be back out again in the parks is buzzing. it's great for the economy for parks and it's just great to see everything back up and running again. this is the 30th edition of the event which is returned after 2 years of pandemic disruptions. $25000.00 visitors are in town, providing the local economy with the boost of around $15000000.00. the heavier

everything back in full swing after 3 years, a drought, 2 years of covered and the haven't back in full swing is so important for the emotional benefits to the community. not only to help it recover from a difficult few years, but also to prepare for what lies ahead. consumer confidence is falling in australia as interest rates rise. so 2023 is it stated to be helps. it's quite a challenge for a lot of smaller communities and businesses. you know, we've seen plenty of businesses close down and i fall by the way. so i, you know, during those joint times i don't. yeah. but now those binary have been set aside as 1000 channels. the key it is the atmosphere, the people you every pub, cobb shop, shop and they dress up. they may stores everyone gets in the spirit of the fest.