iraq ah al jazeera with all, there are people in the world walk all forms of verification to just go away. so we need people fighting against that. we are trying to see if it's a fake view, maybe in syria, but in a different time. they raced a great deal to find out the truth in very complex situations that include major global players. we'd be targeted by cyber attacks from russia. they're all they just do this kind of work. belling cat truth in a post truth world on al jazeera. ah, russia says it's taking control of the eastern town of sola, dom well,

ukraine's president says, fighting continues. ah, i'm carry thompson. this is al jazeera la from dough. how also coming up a coating. grease throws out espionage charges against activists involved in rescuing migrants. but they could still be charged with human trafficking. us and japan's leaders are expected to discuss stepping up security and growing concerns in the indo pacific region. last europe's space. race heats up as the e inaugurated and you launch site to put satellites into orbit. russia says it's captured the eastern ukrainian town, a solider, it moscow's 1st again, the don't bus region since july. ukraine though, says heavy fighting is still ongoing. the ruined town is surrounded by salt mines

with almost 200 kilometers of underground tunnels and cabins. was getting a sense of scale before the war, the mines hosted, underground football games, and even a classical concert for hundreds of people. efforts to take solid. i have been led by if any progression either of the nursery, wagner. great. he stressed the importance of catching the mines to store equipment in troops. taking control of solid also allows russian forces to concentrate on taking nearby back moot which ukraine has been defending for months. but as there is at charles stratford is in back road with the ukranian army and has this report ukrainian defensive positions west of the front lines, city of bar mote. russian infantry are slowly advancing into northern and eastern residential areas over the hill. at the center of town is almost completely destroyed. the streets are virtually deserted. o blasts of exploding artillery and

rockets is almost constant. soldier with the ukrainians, special forces leads us to their bunker. warm dark tunnels, lined with weapons, and ammunition boxes. drones feed, real time, video of russian infantry movement only a kilometer and a half away say half a lot of manpower solas is sent every dance. it looks like a ways. so we cannot stove every time because we have a less guys. and unfortunately, the also lost a lot of the guy said this moment men rest before their next mission, often close combat were trenches are only 20 meters apart. commanders insist, we hide their identities and don't film landmarks nearby. the could give their positions away. i want to preserve, mullin, i hope the child they split into small groups in order to avoid artillery and they

infiltrate to residential areas and tree lines. but they also suffer huge casualties with grammar. military intelligence from our western partners is often not distributed to us quickly enough on the front lines where we need it to target command centers, logistics hobbs and weapons depos. the shelling is getting closer his been an intensification of shelling in the last few minutes. the soldiers here are telling us that up to 600 russian soldiers are moving into new positions. in the northeast of the city, we climbed the stairs of a destroyed residential building. smoke rises from fresh strikes, a few streets away, close to russian hill sections of town. what remains of the lives of people who

fled the fighting lines abandoned and destroyed home. russian forces a gradually surrounding bar. mote from solider. around 15 kilometers to the north. to villages in the southeast, strangling what little remains of life here as the ukrainian army prepare new lines of defense, cha, strafford al, jazeera of mort. but if ross's capture sounded, r is confirmed. it would come at a crucial time for the kremlin, which has faced criticism about its battlefield failures in ukraine. alhashan reports from moscow. it's a moment more school has been waiting for visual on the alarm for jojo, the capture of saddam became possible thanks to the continuous strikes and the positions of the armed forces of ukraine by russian air force, missiles and artillery. who moscow hope solid are will be a stepping stone to another strategic ukrainian city. melinda, i think that only after the liberation of park,

mert will an offensive operation be prepared to help complete deliberation donates from ukraine. sada opens the way for russian military units to chrome at oscar. this is the largest city of the da nets people's republic, still held by ukrainian nationalists. what does another battle going on? this one inside the russian establishment over there. all mercenaries from the wagner group, late in capturing solid, the group was on the celebrant channel, a statement in the form of an answer to question, accusing some officials of trying to steal its victory. was facing that the only fight was present in the battle. for solider were wagner, the ministry of defense later issued a statement confirming that wagner's role was essential in the battle for solid and i spoke to recover. wagner is not registered in russia. we do not have a law on private military companies. therefore, apparently the military is trying not to mention wagner is part of the group that performs the tasks of the special military operation. of course,

this is very insulting to the wagner fighters, and the case is also about the jealousy of some generals. and as russia attempts to capture more cities, the echoes of the battle in moscow for the heart and mind of vladimir putin may be heard. and the battlefields in ukraine. i the, i shall, 0 more scores. ok, roodick is a member of the korean parliament and the leader of the holiday party. she says the situation remains unclear. 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 buffalo. and we are here rushes announcement about taking soda. but i want to remind everyone that it this 5th announcement of taking solider over the last 5 days. and 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 the support for them. however, it was a time and processes and procedures to the create from solid are. and for right now, the only hope that we have is our forces will re establish and the control of their see. what i want to point out critically is that russia is throwing an enormous resource on getting small seat your solider in getting small c, you're back on a gas pipeline connecting with you. i know a lot fear has exploded gas operator. i'm agree that says the blast happened in

northern lithuania, but there's no immediate evidence of an attack, and thereby village was evacuated, but no injuries or deaths were reported. the gas flow through the pipeline was cut off, while cruise put on the farm. a great court has dropped to espionage charges against 24 activists symbols and rescuing migrant, citing procedural flores in the case. the defendants were associated with a non profit search and rescue group that operated from less boss. from 2016 until 2018. the ruling came just hours, south u. n calls the charges to be dropped. prosecutor has been ordered to refile the case that we don't get to go to trial. it means that we don't get to have us found not guilty. it is simply a procedural mistake, that means that this cannot proceed. and if this same tactic gets deployed again for the felony trial, which we're still waiting to happen. it's 15 more years of waiting of. 3 errors all

we want is justice. we want this to go to trial. and it doesn't seem like that will happen any time soon given what happened today. charles, like this are deeply concerning because they criminalize life saving work and set a dangerous precedent. indeed, there has already been a chilling effect with human rights defenders and humanitarian organizations forced to halt their human rights work in greece and other countries. we reiterate, i'll call for charges against the $24.00 to be dismissed on grace. so sullivan is a member of the european parliament from ireland. she says the court could have gone much further. it's a step in the right direction. clearly, it will go together. victory, or how many charges that are being investigated for i have had some debt for which they but now they have to wait to see if charges will be brought against them in terms of felony and look,

this kindness and this procedure you monetary and workers were in charge of 2018, it's taking a long time to come to trial of today. it was dismissed because the procedure and the errors, but it is definitely unfair to see the humanitarian worker search and rescue workers being facing criminal charges. us president joe biden says, washington remains strongly committed to its alliance with japan. barton was speaking during a visit by japanese prime minister from york casita his 1st to the u. s. capital since taking office in 2021. the pans leader is on a global toy aimed at boosting long standing a lances in the face of regional security threats from china and north korea. modernize military alliance. japan historic increase in defense spending, a new national security strategy. and be crystal clear. united states fully

thoroughly pleasing community life has more on this now from washington dc. 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 from china and also from north korea as well. this is a change in japanese policy since the 2nd world war they've had a pacifist constitution. and no, this is a change is one expert said at japan has had the, the shield for years. now it wants the sword as well. the tip of the spear. and so they will certainly talk about the threat posed 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 some considerable time. they will talk about at russia action in ukraine. they 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 know bleak reference to to china as well, but certainly the position with china has something that is concerned the bite and white house since before. joe biden moved in to 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 what much closely, much more closely with them and to combat any possible threat coming from beijing. new york judge has ordered donald trump's family business to pay a $1600000.00 fine for tax fraud. the maximum penalty allowed, or some is seen as symbolically important, as the former president plans another run for the white house. trump denies

wrongdoing and says he'll appeal against the verdict. manhattan, the district attorney is still conducting a criminal investigation into his business practices. now, a study by peking university says about 64 percent of the chinese population has been infected with coven 19. well, experts, one case summers will surge in rural china following the lunar new year holiday next week when hundreds of millions of people will travel from major cities back to their home towns. china has stopped providing daily statistics, but insists husband sharing relevant data with the international community. you probably don't post, don't share the genetic sequences of chinese covered 19 infection cases and may positive contributions to vaccine and drug research and development in various countries. because extolling has a law that granted great authority and legal immunity to its previously the assault on behalf of i have was president for nearly 30 years and continued to retain

political influence of the stuffing down in 20. 19 a year ago, the rich country saw large protests is left almost $230.00 people dead. as adults had another buyer successor, casino, jamal to kind of nominated, distanced himself from his predecessor, that's done and you must period of the political transformation. and because i've done this, when we are following a democratic and pluralistic call, it is important to exclude any possibility of any person as being power. that's why a group of magellio members proposed this low, which is based on what the vast majority of people of because i think so. the head heron al jazeera germany. it's really embarrassing itself right now. climate activist gretta phone book joins protest is going to new heights to stop expansion mccomb. mine listen germany my many athletes who a small town in the rift valley, how enrolled in doping scandals.

ah, well we have cold air hanging out in central asia and it's leaking into afghanistan and pakistan. haver one those details right now. first talk about the precipitation . not much going on, but we do have some what weather and snow for the zach ross, mountains in iran. let's paint on the colors dark. the blue in the purple, the lower the temperature here. look toward northern boxed on in the hor, in punjab province minus one your all time record low is minus 2. so closing in on that in there have been some record said, particularly in was becker's stop. now for india, some of those cold weather alerts are being dropped toward the north and south plenty in the way of sunshine, also plenty of sunshine. now for indo china is that out of season intense, re moves away, but still

a pulse of rain to the south of human city. and then this batch of what weather in the central and southern philippines is generated. but a meter of rain over the last few days while we are seen colder air shuffle into china. so watch this. as you wake up on sunday morning, may see some snow across the yangtze river valley, including in chung ching where we haven't seen snow for the 1st time in a few years. so we'll keep tabs on that. somewhat weather for japan, colder air, also shuffling in here. so after setting records across the korean peninsula, you'll be subzero on sunday. ah, there are people, the world walk, all forms of verification to just go away. so we need people fighting against that . we are trying to see if it's a fake video, maybe in syria, but in a different time. they risk a great deal to find out the truth in very complex situations that include major global players. we'd be targeted by cyber attacks from russia. they're all

dangerous to do this kind of work welling cat truth in a post truth world. on al jazeera lou. ah, he without just hear a reminder about top stories. now this south russia says it now has full control of the eastern ukrainian, thomas canada. and what would be its 1st again, with don boss, which is since july. but keith deny is that saying the fighting isn't over. a greek court has dismissed to espionage charges against $24.00 activists involvement rescuing migrants. citing procedural mistakes. ruling came out, soft united nations calls the charges to be dropped. u. s. president joe biden has

told japanese at funding is to free of shita washington that remains strongly committed to its alliance with japan. casita is on a global tor aimed at boosting. longstanding alliances in the face of regional security threats from china and north korea. peruse, chief prosecutor has lost 11 inquiries into the desk, the civilians during nationwide protests. at least 47 people were killed in violent unrest for the ousting of fuller president petro casteel. last month, human rights groups accused police and soldiers of using excessive force, including live ammunition against demonstrators. attorney general has opened an inquiry into what it says, alleged crimes of genocidal homicide by present, dena lottie, several ministers, marianna sanchez, has more from lima. the commissioner of the entire american commission, a commission for human rights, a lot of all learn. he said that the situation in is very complex. this after

meeting, not only president will go out there, but different groups in different areas of the country. is that a commission went to places like i could talk poor, know equity mark and places where people have been killed. and he said that the situation is very complex. there is a lot of expectation of what will happen in the next few days. and he said that they expect there will be no more death. they've gotten a compromise from the government that they will be acting according to international standards. he also said that among the findings, they have found that there has been an excessive use of force by the security forces, but also vandalism, by a full testers in the country. then he put up the fact that i could tell it was among the top of the list of their worries because they said that they have found

that i coach or when protestors were trying to take over the airport. the army opened fire and people were killed there, 10 people killed there. he said that the shooting was indiscriminate, and that the pointing was at why to lyrics with lethal weapons. so ab lawn has said that the investigation of this case is our priority. and these 9 people have been killed off to tornadoes and thunderstorms hit the us states of georgia and alabama . with the death toll is expected to rise because rescue crews are still searching through the rubble for missing people. drone footage filled in the alabama town of sama shows dozens of damaged homes on 35 tornadoes were reported by the national weather service across the southeast to us on thursday. i mean you do, came it, we it pick up the great and air dying, those down you can is, will all last go and everywhere we could hear the roof literally

all over here. a lot of my whole house with there is go that you had a shop there are to wash out right there while. so that is not your home. it's your business off my home or business. i move, i had a house there. now move up there. how cities, how i just really moved from a house in september. their house down swedish climate that to this to gretta thornburg has joined protest, isn't a german village trying to block the expansion of a coal mine of thousands more expected to join them in or out over the weekend. police had been trying to evict demonstrates since wednesday opponents on the project say it's undermines germany's climate goals. i think it's absolutely absurd that this is happening via 2023. it is that most effective people are clear. the science is clear. we need to keep the carbon in the ground and at germany,

it's really embarrassing itself right now. well, 0 has been speaking to one of the protest as we followed her during her last day in the village before she was evicted. i'm did i meet spokesperson for a lengthy lip and i'm 23. i'm from around the region. so from the will area. and i, i think i've been around 5 years from year i can see a police coming in through. they're cutting down the trees. i'm the other side of the village and i think they're trying to take down the 1st 3 houses over there. right. this used to be a living room. now we have barricaded the window so they can come in. i mean, our strategy is to be as far up as we can when the eviction starts,

though they take as long as, as possible. i've been living for about 2 and a half years. so since the process started in the beginning, we're, we're just a couple of people who thought that this, well, it's nice to say, and now it's really cool. see that thousands are coming to join our protests. you can just burn 280000000 tons of coal in a climate crisis where you know that every bit of emission that we're making right now is costing more lives on the other end of it. but we're in are sick. this is our goal, but not quite because people are also sitting on the roof. yeah, i guess i can hear the window shattering. we're doing our best to stay calm and to focus on what's important to us is that we're here with everything that we are here

with our bodies to protect the cold from being burnt. mm no i'm, i'm not afraid i'm doing all i can do right now. i'm right here i i oh, oh, oh oh, it's about keeping hope by acting now by acting together. the boat is in the czech republic or go into the poles. as 8 candidates compete to become president, the winner will replace washington in a largely ceremonial post. he's unable to run again, have him served to 5 year terms. if no candidate gains more than half the votes,

a 2nd round will be held at the end of january, manchester city, football, the benjamin mandy has been found not guilty of 6 counts of rate. and one counter sexual assault after trial lasting 6 months, jerry was unable to reach, but dix on 2 other charges, one counter rape and another of attempted rate to now face a re trial on those 2 charges. says he suspended and stopped paying. it meant the offer. he was arrested in 202128 year old french defenders contract with the club finishes at the end of the premier league season. many of the world's most successful long distance ass needs come from kenya. but dozens of canyon run as a currency band or suspended for the use of performance enhancing drugs. of catherine soil now reports from l. the retina rift valley, the country's athletics federation, and some van das needs about to tackle what they call a doping crisis. this small town in the roof valley with its breathtaking

scenery and high altered tude, the renowned athletics hub. here you'll find athletes known for middle and long distance running. many have worn numerous was and gold medals. yet, as iran has continued to break records, thousands of them are being suspended from competition because of doping. kenyon mark can go, go, was a rising star until recently. he competed in the mountains of switzerland and $11.00 of the seasons, 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 me missy, which was i say, i did not know those bills 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 a rising use of performance enhancing drugs for yes. as of the end of november,

$55.00 canyon athletes were band and 8, provisionally suspended, according to the athletics integrity units. recently, 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 mars phone record holder is finishing his 4 year ban. after he missed mandatory doping tests. he said 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 responsibility 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 its cache and a good pharmacist, people who talk to say it's a lucrative business. some of the athletes like can go go who are under suspension, say they just want to keep their heads low, continue training, wait out there. bon, and hope they can compete again. katherine sawyer, all the 0 in the rift valley. european union has inaugurated its 1st mainland satellite launch pad and sweden to both to its capacity defense satellites, into orbit bonded line, joined sweden, king and river, and the space for as range. it's an extension of an existing facility. arctic officials hope to have their 1st launch in 2024. the current geopolitical situation,

not least, of course, the russian invasion of ukraine has demonstrated how important it is. but the european union has access to space as range unique, geographical position, and long service makes it ideal for launches of satellites in polar orbits and other space activities. lisa marie presley is family says she'll be laid to rest her father's graceland home in memphis, tennessee. the only child of singer elvis presley died on thursday after cardiac arrest. the age of 50 for lisa marie, followed in her father's footsteps and forged a career in music. she released 3 albums and was well known for her high profile marriage to michael jackson. in 19 nineties, ah, this is houses here and these are the main stories. now russia says it now has full control of it is.