an emigrant returns to somali land upon discovering his ancestral home could be a gold mine. but to benefit his community from the minerals beneath the land, he must navigate the age old tribal disputes above it. ah witness. golden lie on al jazeera in 2021 at the turkish security services arrested 15 suspected 5 allegedly recruited by israeli intelligence the most sought to report on arab palestinian and islamic figures into my sometimes they recruit you and you don't even realize you've been recruited al jazeera well explores a doc surveillance underworld beneath a diplomatic surface mcfadden, he fumbled on al jazeera ah

china opens exporters up to nearly 3 years, lifting quarantine requirements for all travelers. despite a curve at 19 off break. ah, hello again, i'm adrian and again, this is al jazeera, alive from doha. also coming up beneath this test of democracy, opposition parties back on the ballot and a parliamentary election. thousands of people in israel protest against the new government had its plans to cobb the powers of the colts. plus you really oh, get ready to walk and roll will tell you how elvis presley is helping us train is tourism industry. ah,

for the 1st time in nearly 3 years, china has listed all corona virus related restrictions on foreign travel, chinese tourist canal leave and return without the need to quarantine in a government facility tourist visiting china will also face no restrictions. but all this comes during an increase in the number of covert 19 cases in china as katrina. you reports from aging for the 1st time since the beginning of the pandemic. punky is getting ready for a trip to thailand. he says he's overjoyed, china has ended it strict 0 cove at border controls. absolutely. i'll throw pattern about it. and because i've been stuck here for a for years, the urge is so strong. i really want to travel abroad, like i lived to thailand, summer, easy. from sunday, those returning to china no longer have to undergo quarantine. the change has parked a surge and travel perkins, japan, south korea and united states are among popular destinations. thailand has tops the

list staff in this bangkok hotel, a looking forward to welcoming back chinese tourists. 5000000 are expected this year and i can hear the in the home on a hack. our chinese visitors are 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 curve in policy. but widespread covered 19 infections have prompted the government to issue guidelines cautioning against spreading the virus in 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. pung fe 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 0. beijing. thailand is one of the most popular destinations for chinese tourists. the government burke has introduced you rules all international travelers will now have to show proof of vaccination tourney chang reports from bangkok. 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 to thailand after restrictions were lifted when they arrived. they'll only have to show a vaccine certificate with few 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. but the revival of that terrorist 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 barian could emerge. remember the coven 19 was 1st seen outside china? here in thailand that said their importance to the economy and the post coven, 19 revival is vital, and many people will be hoping that brings a prosperous and happy new year. in the chinese city of cha ching workers to the factory that produces antigen kits for covet 19 have been protesting. their accusing the pharmaceutical company, zavion, of not paying salaries of firing several employees,

violence corrupted when the police tried to disperse the demonstrators. shondra alon is associate professor of political science at the national university of singapore. he says that china is entering a phase of uncertainty. when i'm trying to territory right now, i don't think we've seen as large country a country with as larger population workforce. that's as important to the global economy, open up so quickly without the sort of adequate hospital facilities, medical facilities, and others in place. we've seen australia, new zealand, think we'll open up an after a period of closure. but they were, they took the time to really prepare. and the chinese case that doesn't seem to be quite where they are at. so it's a major social experiment to put it that way. it's a big bet that the chinese authorities are take, not just with the owner called me, but with the world economy. there is a child that if the chinese workforce gets really sick and it slows down,

there could be growth, at least it could potentially lead to supply chain problems that we've seen before . it could potentially lead to slow down in the world economy just as we're trying to get over the hump, with inflation and so on and so forth. so certainly this opening up the strategy creates a lot of uncertainty for the world economy. the official line that did put out by, by the, by so why is that the current strains are more infectious, but they're less severe. they lead to less hospitalized ations and less death. so it is more, it's easier to sort of accountant manage a couple manage, but whether that is actually the case, i mean, we've heard all these report, an official, of course, coming out from beijing and other cities that hospitals are struggling more full crematory awful. so that might suggest that the issues are far more serious than the authorities are letting on. voting in beams, parliamentary election has ended opposition. parties were on the ballot for the 1st time since 2015. they were banned from the previous supposed and 2019 that led to

violent protests against president patrice. tang, i'm at rest reports now from co to new. this is the 1st time since 2019, but the opposition is back on the balance, which is significant. the government need said the opposite should need that the country needs that 4 piece will conduct of this electron out, of course, the aftermath of the college in process for the selection. secondly, women have been allocated nearly a quarter of the seats in the 109 parliament. and then the 3rd and most important for the opposition, especially. they need representation in parliament in order for their candidate to qualify for the presidential elections. the electro know states that our candidate running for president must be endorsed by a member of parliament and mayors. unless they have a presentation in parliament that will be very, very difficult for them to sort of get there into the race for president. now basically what's happened in the last few minutes and lecturing hosp formerly. and

as you can see here, this lady came with our sons. i've been directed to another pointing station because for them officially pulling has close in this particular pulling station. i seen many others of the more than a dozen pulling boots that are in this particular pulling centers. what is going to happen now? the electoral officials was empty the ballard box and then start the counting process. when they start counting over here, members or representatives of political parties who will be watching closely, to see how the counting process will be done. and as soon as they finish counting process. as soon as they finish the counting process, then they will try to tabulate the results of the election on a board that they erect. and it's a temporary board by the way, it become ra ponds. that way, you see a list of 75 or 6 political projects listed there. so that is where the

number of votes for each of the political parties will be tabulated for this particular center. in israel, thousands of people protested against proposals to strip the supreme court and its powers to overturn laws voted on in the connected corresponded in on con reports now from west jerusalem on why the changes are so controversial. if israel's new government has its way this building could, how's a far less powerful supreme court potential changes announced by the justice minister would enable palm and to overrule the court's decisions. reversing a decades old system of checks and balances. as benjamin netanyahu returns to powers prime minister, he faces 3 court cases involving charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust. changes to the legal system where a major demand of right, when politicians who back netanyahu and that sparked anger and protests, we're except fully on the elections that took place a few weeks ago. but then what happens with the new government is that,

that they really create a major and significant danger. do israel's existence and democracy with the extremist, the extremity that are there in the government. we see with old intentions of putting forward legislation that will only ruin village the judicial system. the potential changes are unpopular in televi. the city has long been seen as a center of liberal cult in israel. and now thousands of people began to protest weekly. so we came here to protest against the gain of the israel, the democracy. we see a process where the rights of the people will be over time consumed by the steel crowding government. and we want to avoid that. but it's not just by internal israeli politics. the supreme court has also ruled on the legality of settlements. the occupied west bank, which were legal under international law. but with this government being backed by

extreme writing parties, it's unlikely the demonstrations will have the impact, the protesters hope. for now, it's being discussed in a parliamentary committee if and when it gets the cadets that parliamentary flow for vote at its past, it will be a significant erosion of a system of checks and balances on this right when government m on con, our desert western iceland ah, russian shelling is killed at least one person in eastern ukraine as moscow's unilateral cease fire came to an end. the hockey governor says the victim was a 50 year old man. fighting was reported at the dawn bass region as ukrainians and russians marked orthodox christmas. keith had rejected the 36 hour cease fire erasure. sweecher 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 ceasefire. the reality however, was that russian shells once again hit back moot, and all the ukranian positions or japanese forces have conducted the joint military drill with the u. s. u k. and australia. it's the 1st time the british and australian troops have taken part in the annual exercise. japan recently unveiled its biggest military build up in decades as tension with north korea or on the rise . we'll get a weather update next year and i was 0 then planting the seeds of young people in zimbabwe, turning to the soil as they struggle to find jewels and cleaning up in california will tell you about the impact of massive storms is exports, experts, while the world has more to come ah

hello, they will start in south asia and the fog continues to cause visibility issues, not just the cause, northern parts of pakistan, india, but also bangladesh. we are expecting those fabi conditions to continue got amber warnings out across the northern areas of india. much more settled down in the south of clear skies. little bit of cloud here and there barely there though with one or 2 showers potentially for corolla. but went to weather however, can be found in sri lanka. we will cease in thunder, re downpours here over the next few days, and we've got wet and windy weather working its way across pots of central asia, places like afghanistan, seeing some bitter cold, and was moved to east asia, largely clear for much of china temperatures, remaining above average for the likes of beijing, as well as shanghai 70 degrees celsius on monday, wessa down in the south. we are expecting that to shift its way further east from heavy rain to come for the likes of a tie. one here is up from the northeast corner of china as well as for the korean

peninsula, lots of sunshine flooding into so i went to re mix continuing. however, for japan, some heaviest snow for her kind of, we will see those flurries edge down to weston areas of hon shoe. now it is set to get colder, sub 0 temperatures than support, but for toko will be hanging on to w. ah, ah, why did one of toilets, my stick, right? cops flee the country, you're fly in a hot investigation. 101 east view explodes throughout does a police corruption? what out to 0? ah al jazeera with oh, oh

oh, hello dan, this is l 0 lis roger of the my nears this, how often nearly 3 is. china has reopened his borders lifting cove at 19 restrictions on all travelers. rail services between hong kong the mainland have resumed with passengers are required to show a negative test result. voting had been aiden's parliamentary elections has ended opposition. parties were on the ballot for the 1st time since 2015 votes being seen as a crucial test for opposition forces ahead of the presidential election in 2026 and thousands of people in israel protested. and tel aviv against the new right when government at its plans to overhaul the judicial system. they say the change is threatened democracy and freedom. humanitarian groups say that thousands of people

displaced in the people living in camps in northwest and syria are in need of assistance. the cold weather, poor infrastructure and lack of basic facilities are increasing the risk of disease . al jazeera mohammed, our a january, is at al z, a tune company lip mock williams that the carolina at the nurses, hampton. i am at winters prolonging the suffering of syrians living in camps for displaced people overnight. rain caused damage. here, as you can see the tensor and push shape the wet weather is also made it difficult for people to move around easily. my mom with me now is one of the cam residents to explain the situation. la la la ledger julia who have been suffering since the beginning of winter. i am ow, tentzer's flood. it took a long time to get rid of the water and clear the space for children to sleep while we spent the entire night in this miserable condition. so every time it rains or tens is flooded, so we have no energy left. only god can help us now. oh my god,

i am on the same light on who now there are more than 1600 camps like this in northern syria. they're located outside the cities of rural areas and they're not equipped for these conditions. there's no drainage system drinking water or electricity more than 2000000 displaced. people live like this, suffering year after year can health center goals. government says they'll be 3 days of national morning for people killed and a bus crash. 40 people died of the 2 bosses collided in the town of catherine that he passengers were injured. the government has also announced the special council that we'll meet on monday to discuss ways to improve road safety in the country. 46 soldiers from ivory coast accused by molly of being mercenaries of returned home. the group was pardoned on friday, 6 months after being detained. the soldiers arrest sponsored diplomatic dispute between the 2 countries. as fenton, missouri, hon reports ha, celebrations in abidjan. after months of uncertainty. these ivory co soldiers were

facing decades in a prison in mali. but a pardon from the country's military government allowed them to return home to parliament lost as you i will 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 only 30 bits a day were relieved. we cried. we fostered, we prayed, and finally, god has answered us. i mean, joy voicemail me are not present. allison water was there to greet them. the fate of the soldiers was at the center of months of diplomatic wrangling. the instant crated a rift between the 2 countries. but water may 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 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 a company contracted by the peacekeepers, rather than directly as part of the mission. un forces have been deployed to the region for years as arm groups, friends, debility, but molly has been increasingly isolated since colonel, a semi goiter seize power in military coup. 2 years ago. the military government of miss deadlines for organizing elections and block 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 find that molly may be ready to re engage with the international community. vincent monahan allergies iraq common and nigeria of abducted several passengers of the train station had happened in edward's state in the south on saturday. but he said that several people were hurt after the kidnappers fired

shots randomly into the air. with a struggling economy and high unemployment. most people into bob, we are believe to be working in formerly. now some young graduates who can't find jobs are turning to farming. how to matessa reports from go to 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 employed 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 for finance or capital and do 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 line to tell how valuable your business or your idea is. and also even the excess 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 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 ball was farmers. it really depends on the performance of the economy, whether you are going to be successful. it really depends on the performance of the 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. how to mata al jazeera gore and once the district, zimbabwe. they've been further demonstrations against the expansion of a coal mine. in western germany, the village of looks sort of suitably demolished so that coal deposits underneath it could be dung up. confrontational turned violent last week as police court and off the village. germany. i plan to stop using coal by 2030, but it's rethinking its energy policy after the war in ukraine, disrupted gas suppliers stuff. boston is there. well,

looking at the numbers here in the literature is very tiny village here in north rain, nervous failure, it could become quite a long and intense stand off in the next few days, or maybe even in the next few weeks when the government, the authorities are planning to come in and basically demolish this whole area. there's a tiny village over there. but the activists have built a whole village themselves and they are really not planning to leave. so they really are expecting to really duck in themselves. a barricade themselves and this is all going to happen in the next few days. and mine is right here and i'm joined by one of the activists with actually been staying in this village for more than 2 years. and now of course, this is coming to a heating point, so to speak. looking look at our, i'm here with chris or for la mounts or from allah door for blythe and old villages have to stay. and thanks for joining us. if you look at the numbers who have arrived here today,

how optimistic are you that you can actually defend the village more than not more optimistic than ever. um, it's going to be very, very tough because i think the government is very determined. the cooperation is very determined because they make a lot of money out of this mine. but we've never been as many yesterday. it could be some quite tense days. a had a for this people here where i've been gathering from all over europe. i have to say there are people here from norway, from italy, from the netherlands, from belgium. so they really have chosen this as the international rally point against climate change. hundreds of people of march through the us border city of el paso, texas. i had a visit, but later on sunday, by president boynton, it comes days after he announced measures to reduce the surgeon arrivals of the southern border. and he rules to my people from cuba, nicaragua, haiti, and venezuela, a chance to apply for asylum if they've entered the us illegally. people are

the you are state of california, a cleaning up on the days of storms, many a bracing for more severe weather, which is expected to sweep northern regions. in the coming days. alexander 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 peers 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 the reasonably feeling just traumatized . i mean it's, it's a, it's emotional, does 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 for 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 a site to see, but to hear it, to hear the high 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 a 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 australia is bracing for an economic slowdown as interest rates continue to rise, times are tough for many people. but tourism is staging a revival, but a festival near sidney is rocking on despite of difficult few years. white hay 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 parks and for

a few days, every year. people of all ages from all around the world come here, very slow for them. the annual pox elvis festival is australia's grace lands. after 2 years of doing nothing and you know, us entertain as 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 $50000000.00. the heavier everything back in full swing after 3 years address 2 years of covered and to have it 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 expected to be tough. it's quite a challenge for a lot of that small communities and our businesses. i would saying funny, businesses closed out and i fall by the way. so i, you know, during nice join times i for now those worries have been set aside as thousands of channels. it is the atmosphere, the people are you every pub, cobb shop, shop. i and i have a dress up they fame, their stores. everyone gets in the spirit of the festival of miss presley also sang about satisfying his soul by having a party. and that's exactly what this festival is all about. wayne hay al jazeera ah.