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r a k of says its troops still fighting their ah crime. sam is a dan. this is al jazeera alive from dell hall. so coming up the u. s. and japan's leaders are expected to discuss stepping up security amid growing concerns in the end of the civic region, leading climate activists grocer. tomba joins protests against a mining expansion in the german village of lord sarah china's export shrink in december. global demand falls, undermining hopes of a global economic recovery this year. russia says it's captured, the east ukrainian town of solid dar ukraine has denied that saying,

severe fighting is ongoing. cash montela has more from give from above the scale of the destruction in solider is clear and so is the danger. smoke below is above buildings as ukrainian armored vehicle weaves through what's left of the eastern ukrainian town on a mission to evacuate injured servicemen. ukrainian military officials say the situation in solid are, is critical, but that their soldiers are holding on the door itself called now the situation is difficult, but stable that we are holding bags enemy. nobody leaves the petition. so we are fighting back some ukrainians. fighting in full at our say they need more ammunition and back up ukraine's president says that they'll get everything that they need. the time i was in raleigh, we have analyzed in detail the decisions needed. 3 enforcements needed on the steps to be taken by commanders in the coming days. we have also discussed the situation

with the supply of weapons and ammunition to the troops and used for months. so little has been the scene of relentless and intense fighting. but roches defense ministry now says its forces have taken solid are visual allows for jojo. on the evening of january 12th, the liberation of the city of solid all was complete, which is important for the continuation of successful offensive operations in the de netscape regional, grownup, early a russian mercenary group. wagner posted a video online saying that its fighters was ready in town. i feel like russia has focused on taking solid as part of a push to capture the entire eastern ukrainian don bass region. but it has come at a very high price. russian and ukranian losses have been high for civilians. the situation is been devastating. most people have fled solider, but more than $500.00 people remain, including children, ukrainian forces are racing to try to evacuate them while they're still time.

natasha butler al jazeera keith. we begin now with the situation in ukraine. russia saying it's captured, the eastern town of solid arc here is denying that those sayings, fighting, still ongoing chance traffic has more from outside, but both in ukraine's dumbass region. we have just come out of van mood and we spent the morning in there with ukrainian special forces. they were pretty candid in their sorts. they said that they believed if it hadn't fallen solid are that is then it was going to imminently full. and they said that they were very few ukrainian soldiers left in the city and they were plans potentially for getting the remainder of those out. but as you say, things remain unclear and there's been no, any kind of her official recognition by the ukrainians that indeed it has fallen. but of course, that puts huge pressure now on the town of bar moot, which is only

a 1012 kilometers further south. the scenes inside the city are truly incredible. hardly a single building, certainly in the center that isn't it partially or completely destroyed. the streets virtually deserted, very, very few civilians as well. and interestingly, very few military. the special forces guys that we spoke to and had been there, so 3 months or so there was a hell of a lot of very heavy shelling when we were there. and i suppose after about 2 hours or so, we were given the alert by them that it was we had to move. because according to their intelligence, they said around $600.00 russian soldiers could be seen entering the north east of bar mood, taking up new position. so the situation in bar moved as well, seemingly increasingly tenuous. we asked them why has this escalation,

seemingly happened so fast? and they said the main challenge that they have faced in recent weeks is the sheer . busy numbers of russian forces that they are being attacked by wave upon wave alhashan has more for moscow. the mystery of defense announced that solid dot is under control. and this was after a statement by the wagner group that also emphasized that it's in full control of the city. however, there is a kind of conflict going on here to moscow between the bag group. and although the officials, while the ministry of defense emphasized that this battle or through taking solid dog was with the help of the 2 that he forces the aerial forces on the ground forces. without any mention of the wagner group, the group itself came on went on on telegram on its own official channel, and in the form of an answer to a question,

said that there was no other forces although, than wagner's fighters in solid r. and that all attempts to dis, could i did the group from taking the city is due to bid or chris see corruption and what are some of the officials wanting to keep that? that positions that it seems that most school is dina fight from this from this row . it seems that most grays dealing with the post office looks christmas truth period as a new beginning for this war. if russia claims are confirmed, that means they are now in a position to pursue this day to day mm. of cutting off and encircling remaining ukrainian forces and moods. killer roodick is a member of the ukrainian parliament time the leader of the hala palsy. and she says, the situation is less clear than the russian announcement suggests. what do you

know right now and what is definitely confront by ukrainian force it, there are still heavy fighting in solid r as well as in battle. are, we are here. russia's announcement about taking soda, but i want to remind everyone that this 5th announcement of taking solider over the last 5 days, especially that wagner group that was announcing that is acknowledged as a terrorist organization. and this is why we are calling for everybody use only they checked data and not anything else. as for the civilians, a inbox with an insular, dark people who remain there, people who decline to recreate. and it is incredibly hard for us to provide all the supplies and support for them. however, it was a time and processes and procedures to the create from solid are and her right. now the only hope that we have is that our forces will re

establish and the control of their city. what i want to point out critically is that russia, if throwing an enormous resource on getting small city or solider in getting small city of buckled japanese prime minister, assume you. cuz she, there is in washington for his 1st visit since taking office in 2021. cuz she there and president joe biden are expected to discuss north korea and the war in ukraine . china is also a top issue together with australia and india, japan in the us of formed the security alliance known as the quad. it's seen as a response to china's growing influence in the indo pacific region. and fisher joins us now live from washington, d. c. so in the last hour we saw the 2 leaders, sir, stand together for photos, serv. are they likely to have their talks dominated by the situation with china and

north korea? well certainly they'll be aware that japan is, is, is proposing a new national security strategy, which includes spending more money on their defense up to 2 percent of g d p which would make them among the biggest spenders in the world. and also addressing the threat that that comes or from china and also from north korea as well. this is a change in japanese policy since the 2nd world. busy world of had a pacifist constitution and no, this is a change, as one expert said at japan has had the the shield for years. now it wants this. busy served as well the tip of the spear and so they will certainly talk about the threat, paused a by china and by north korea and the possibility of any military action against taiwan. that, of course, has been a concern around the globe for, for some considerable time. they will talk about at russia action in ukraine. they're also look at things like climate it. they will talk about energy supplies.

they will talk about the economy, the global supply chains, and they're also going to talk about space now, just a couple of days ago, the united states and japan agreed that any defense pack should include action in space. if anything were to be fired from there that clearly i an oblique reference to, to china as well. but certainly the position with china has something that is concerned, the bite and white house since before. job wide moved into the oval office. it's something that he's talked about on several occasions. he's looking for partners in the area. japan is a long term partner. so clearly he would like to watch much closely, much more closely with them and to combat any possible threat coming from beijing and will need things like this. and they expected to have an impact on domestic issues. well, sally, for joe biden, it gives them a distraction from the talk. there has been over the last 40 it's 72 hours about the way he's handled classified documents. he was show to the question as he entered into the white house with the japanese prime minister,

if he had anything to say about the appointment of a special prosecutor. he said nothing at all about that. and we know that for pri, mr. kachimba, this is a bees he hopes this will help because he's had real problems back home over the year. he's been in office as prime minister, his last 4 ministers in the last, but few months or so. he seeing inflation at rising wages are stagnating. people are concerned that he's going to pay for this new defense strategy by raising taxes . so he's hoping to assure that he's a lock step with the americans in this that this is a popular choice. and he certainly much more comfortable talking about diplomacy because of course he himself is a foreign, a former foreign minister. so he'll be hoping that the week of talks that he's had with allies. and of course, he's been in france and britain in italy in canada just on thursday. you know, here in the united states will give him some sort of boost when he finally gets back home. all right, we'll leave that. thanks a lot. sharon fisher,

a judge in the u. s. state of new york has ordered the trump organization to pay $1600000.00. so tax fraud follows criminal charges last month on 2 affiliates of the former president's company. and they were convicted of scheming to defraud tax authorities for 15 years. leaving climate activists credits humbug has joined other activists in the german village of lloyd set up to protest . the expansion of a coal mine. thousands of people are expected to join them on saturday. several other activists in the village remain chained to an abandoned house protest as argue the coal project undermines germany's climate goals. that often has more we were right inside who were on the attic with a group of activists who have actually handcuffed themselves to the attic. glue themselves to the attic, blew themselves together. and the moment police burst in they came,

the latter was off. we were locked in, sunny police came in the ladder, came up, a police really came in with like 2030 at the same time. and they tried to convince them to still leave. but of course they are stuck. they are now trying to remove them with all kinds of equipment that they brought with them. but during this whole scene, the activists continue to sing their slogans, their songs about climate, justice psalms against the expansion of the mine a despair. it was still high. i have to say that they were quite a bit, but of course it was quite a 10 situation with such a force of police coming into this building. we were removed and we are now standing outside as you can see. but the climate activists are still in there, they're still a few also on the roof. and there's also some people hanging in ropes. so they have showed some serious acrobatic skills here to have been training for this. so they were trying to make it as difficult as possible for police to reach them. but

please of course has brought all kinds of equipment and i can show you here on the other side, the village has been cleared quite a bit already. you can see the machines over their trees have been cleared. there's been roden structures because climate activists have been camping in this village for around 2 years. the residence of this village around 50 to a 100 of them half left already a while ago because they have had long legal battles with the energy company r w e, and they lost all these battles. but instead of the residence, this climate activist came in, oil giant tags on mobile i, curly predicted climate change decades ago, but down flight the risks. according to a paper published in the peer review journal science stuff and senior senior advisor, a climate action network international, he says, exxon mobil deliberately barrett, its research to protect its profits. exxon was lying, and exxon was basically suppressing the science which they had funded. starting in

19 seventies to look as a kind of pleasurable exercise or entertainment, to look into what the climate would do if it keep on burning fossil fuels. and when once it turn out that the scientists are very clear, very precise, very science based. they set all holy cow and they dismissed the scientists. i close the unit and try to oppress all the knowledge is and all the documentation. exxon ceos lay raymond and others happy openly and publicly denouncing the what they called the siri of climate change as a kind of curtailment of energy use for poor people. because exxon was leading a very strong anti climate unto clean energy coalition, worldwide with other fossil fuel companies. they were leaving that. and now it's saying it's all nonsense. what these 3 hogs saying?

oh nonsense. it's wrong. i hope that litigation works at the sky. it's going to be penalized all fossil fuel companies in the run of the year 20. 22 will have profits of records. more than $400000000000.00 us dollars. now us be how much money is going into renewables and energy efficiency and clean technologies? hardly anything. or going back to fossil fuel. how still ahead an al jazeera voting is on the way in the czech republic for any president we look for the candidates lying for the top spot islands full. why many athletes from a small town in the rest valley? our emboldened doping scandals. ah, the unusually clarion wet winter in the middle east,

particularly the rebates that continues the source of all. this is usually storms that brew in the eastern med. well, this latest wall is that spreading its range the levant towards nolan, egypt you will see, fall the line through iraq to western iran, right? we're down towards eastern saudi and just touching a cut out as well. so the forecast specifically for bay route 3 days of rain. it won't it be entirely of a cost, but you've got more rain than not rain, i suspect, and not much sunshine. doha two's got a day of rain likely on saturday on often bit of bright is not especially warmer bit wall that has been the last few days. but the general picture is an unusually wet spell after say is drawing out in iraq is, is by the time we get to sunday, as you can see, if you just looked the east, the temperatures may look on the low side to you. they are max of bond street in cowboy is well below where it should be been over night is down to minus 20 or so. real cota, city in turkmenistan, just leaking down through the valleys in tropical africa. the shower still fall.

davidson on shore, strong breeze full somalia, rain of some significance is likely to thank him, allowing particularly in the ald of madagascar. but there's a heat wave on the western side of south africa. ah. in depth analysis of the days headlines from around the world by right extremely that leaves real and need to be tackle as soon as possible informed opinions. why is the c o position concerned about this rather small between turkey and those than really who to a service appointment frank assessments? you know, that was a joke about the interim government that it's not in for him, nor does it got inside story on al jazeera. oh,

the me. watching out this time to recap on headline, the russia says it's cap. should the eastern town of saddam ukraine denies that russia controls the strategic talent? says if i think it's still ongoing, crime says battles in the area of the done, the screech and been some of the heaviest of the war. leading climate activists granted some bogus, joined other activists in the german village of louis to protest the expansion of the coal mine. thousands of people are expected to join them on saturday, japanese prime minister, because she is in washington for his 1st visit since taking office in 2021. she to and president joe biden. i expected to discuss north korea, china,

and the upcoming g 7 summit student taylor shima. the latest economic data from china is from thing phase of a further slow down in the global economy, despite the record annual trade surplus last year. chinese exports in december fell to the lowest since the beginning of the pandemic confederacy. 2020. but should kim has more from hong kong over him, off holding out hope for a recovery. these days fruit cell, mrs. gwen has few customers, but she's keeping her shop in waging open and hoping the upcoming loot and new year will bring some good fortune to tell you that. businesses lie, restaurants are day, much better nowadays. there are more customers sees to guffman east cove igniting policies, but i am selling fruit and nuts, and serves us do not good. these things are not daily necessities. and since people don't have their money, they are more careful with spending

a widespread coated 19 outbreak in china in recent weeks has crippled consumer spending. millions of people have caught the virus or stayed at home in the hope of avoiding it. the government says everything is under control, but there is science. it's rapid dismantling of pandemic policies. last month is undermining the economic rebound exports fell in december and fence. reproduction shrank the most since long term locked downs. 8 months earlier. in some places, frustration is boiling over the factory and central china police confronted workers who are protesting against layoffs and low wages. and let's say that chinese cove at $900.00 challenges have global implications. as some of the world's biggest companies, from automakers to smartphone makers. they think disruptions to their chinese production lines. apple is reported to be accelerating plans to shift some of its operations to india and vietnam supply chain analysts say that set to become

a growing trend is sold out by you can predict it's not going to be predictable. that's the, that's the problem that borders every one. and if you just try to draw a contrast between china and let's say, even in many countries, in se, asia, the policies are much more predictable. they are not ticking. they have not been taking such an extreme measure to, to control go it. and their practice actually basically are more in ny, all of the western companies. economists are forecasting a longer term turnaround. many predict that after coven 19 infections of peaked china could still achieve annual growth of almost 5 percent. but for businesses that rely on chinese spending and manufacturing a long term recovery may be too long to wait. richard kimber, al jazeera in hong kong. now those isn't the check public a going to the polls. as 8 candidates compete to become president,

the window will replace middle of them and it won't be able to run again, having served to 5 year terms. now it's no can that it gains more than half the votes. a 2nd round will be held. the end of january, david on the rocker is a political analyst and the former head of transparency, international check republic office. he says these elections are very symbolic for checks. i think it, that's the residential system is actually more like french style. so we really have to round. and it's very unlikely that one of the going to day would make 50 percent in the 1st round. yes, brief rundown who are, who both actually indicated they were. they are the ones who have been chances. and in my view, the game is, or this election is important not only practically, but also symbolically because it actually and then you are a former president and his last days in office we're kind of shameful because like he was out of shape out of the shape healthy but also

a very inconsistent in the policy. so i believe a lot of people actually expect someone new in the, on the position is the head of state who can represent come to now weeks long protests in peru have forced authorities to close rail and airport services to the country's famous much peach you sight at least 43 people, including a police officer, were killed during violent confrontations following the removal of former president pedro castillo. now president, dean of will, artists is facing increased pressure to step down. we are such as reports from lima . oh, demonstrators, march on the streets of the capitol, carrying the photos of the dead and banners between precedent. deena will not be as a murderer. ah, thousands of people in lima and southern people, blame her for the kings. most of the victims were young, poor indigenous gun down in confrontations with the army and police who used live

ammunition to disperse crowds of anti government protesters. i am upset, angry traumatized, and shocked. and what's happening here? i believe that people are going to force dinner. biloxi and congress out ah, the worst violence they do in 2 decades has also prompted the governors of 3 southern regions. almost hit, the protesters were killed to urge the president to resign. they say it's the only way to start resolving the spiraling unrest. yecynnia or diesel of the brother in a massacre. we numbered to for he, moiety, was in power. she says the current government must go. yeah, i think i think that a government that has presided over so many debts is unsustainable. we are all in favor of democracy, but it does not make sense if they don't respect the lives of the people. but prime minister, i bet, daughter is low, diesel controlled and stepping down is out of the question. we don't, you know,

get all that. i want to say very clearly, the president is not going to resign. that, that will not happen. nobody is leaving the presidency, was going to open a very dangerous door to an and this government us. and that will not happen. see, not a good good. mm hm. in full knowing the south families of the 17 people killed by security forcing. julio aka, earlier this week, held a funeral procession accompanied by thousands of mourners. dina, you killed my husband. why? i hate you! dinner. proceed in one of these indian she grew up in a body, mac, one of the countries porous regions. angry peruvians accused her of turning a deaf ear to their complaints. many brokers in the south of the country say they will come here to lima. the dial the waiters because they say their voice says, i'm not being heard. they're threatening to march to lima in the coming days to

join rallies in the capital and see they will keep up their protests until been what b is out of office medina centers and just kinda nina. now kenya is home to many of the world's leading distance athletes, and it's also top of the doping rankings. dozens of can you run us are serving bands for using performance enhancing drugs. as catherine sawyer reports from the rift valley countries, athletics federation, and some band athletes, vowing to tackle what they call a doping crisis. this mall town in the rift valley with its breathtaking scenery and high altitude was a renowned athletics harb. here you'll find athletes known for middle and long distance running many have worn numerous awards and gold medals. yet, as iran has continued to break crackers, dozens of them are being suspended from competition because of doping. canyon

market can ga. gov was a rising sty until recently. he competed in the mountains of switzerland and 11 of this season's toughest trail events. his task showed the presence of 2 prohibited substances in his system. he was banned for 3 years and stripped off his title, thought missy would rather say, i did not know those pills will bring mistress. i used them to deal with a knee injury to language admitted to taking the drugs annoyingly. kenya has been dealing with the rising use of performance and haunting drugs for yes. as of the end of november, $55.00, kenyon athletes were banned, and 8, provisionally suspended. according to the athletics integrity unit, reason the world athletics. presidents, basking coal praised kenya's efforts to tackle the problem. government has already committed $5000000.00 a year for the next 5 years. that is $25000000.00 us

dollars. and that money will support that all out or going to stopping. wilson keep song, a former world milestone record holder is finishing his 4 year ban. after he missed mandatory doping tests. he says he's helping to educate other athletes about the problem. you have to be fed as to what goes into a mock. not anything that goes into a model that is possibility of that it. so this, that kind of ignorance fatherly, one of the most misused drugs is prescribed for anemic patients. it's a job that increases the number of red blood cells which carry oxygen to the muscles. drugs like this one are easy available in tennessee or you need it cache and a good pharmacist. people will talk to say it's a lucrative business. some of the athletes like can go go who.