man, resenting himself as a football agent told him, he had tell it had found a club for him to join in to buy. so they sold their car and barred money for the trip. but there was no club to host him. the vast majority of the young men that you've shown this pitch will not make a living, playing professional football. they'll be disappointment for them to carry out of their families, but also entire communities and villages that have supported them. use of gay is in debt and robbed of his dreams, and yet he has not lost hope. and either has his family. they still expect their son will step into the football, boots of synagogues biggest players. ah, he's ready forces kill 2 people during a raid in the occupied west bank. 17 palestinians have been killed. so father see

ah, play watching al jazeera live from bill. how with me for the back. people also ahead. china's president says he's concerned about the coven. 19 situation in rural areas as millions, travel home for new year's celebrations. old dan infer, am hungry and cold. the ukraine war takes up punishing toll and blackmore's chopped residence with russian forces closing in, sorry to die, i'm announcing that i will not be seeking really sure. and just seen the idea and drove the car and not have political career zealand spot minister. she has, she no longer has the energy to lead the country. ah, thank you for joining as these really forces of kill 2 simeon steering arrayed in

the occupied west bank. there was shot in the jeanine refugee camp in the north. this takes a number of palestinians killed by his really forces this month to 17. let's go live to him on con, who's in ramallah force him on. we've seen is really forces conducts nearly nightly rates there. what's happened in this latest one? well this raid, so place around 2 33 am in the morning is ready, full, says went in to the campus sensibly. they say to arrest people accused of what, like holding terrorist activity, they would then fight upon as they went into the camp. they were heavily armed and then apply. fight broke out and that's with won't bother. cindy and gunman was killed another 57 year old man. now this brings the death hole so far this year, and he's only january 19th to not add to 17 people. 9 of those have been killed in that jeanine refugee camp. now these raids, as you say, all taking place on almost a nightly basis. a lot of the people that are in geneva, refugee camp,

are actually from places like heifer, which is only a few hours drive away. and they are getting very, incredibly frustrated at the fight. these rates are taking place and that's leading to a hardening of attitudes and those. that's why we're seeing a lot more of these 5 flights at break out. right. we are indeed seeing a rising tensions in the west bank. what's led to this hardening of attitudes that you talk about? well, there are a number of things that have been going on over the years. the failure of the palestinian israeli police process for one the fight. there's no real channels of communication opening between but much more important than that is this new fall, right government and at the far right in israel becoming a lot more vocal than they have been for a very long time and they see the far right and his role of always used homes like as the occupation is now permanent, this is something that we don't want to negotiate with the policies. boy, what you want them out of the why west, like if you

a young man or young and you hearing those kinds of statements that does become disheartening about cities because you simply have no one to look up too old to feel this negotiating a piece on your behalf now is interesting that have been several holes that have been conducted over the past year or so. i may suggest that the sympathy for an insur father, an armed struggle is rising here in the palestinian terraces. both want to say people are running around and buying weapons and taking up arms, but that frustration is boiling over into a point where people are suggesting, well, actually, what else we got left. we've tried negotiations that didn't help. so what else is the left? thank you for that's in mankind, live there from the my la. meanwhile, one of the long is hailed palestinian israeli prisoners is back home after being in jail for 40 years. they were a celebrations in a small village of ira north of tel aviv genevieve as my hair. eunice arrived home

and my hair and his cousin kareem eunice, were convicted of kidnapping and killing and is really soldier. in the 1980s, korean eunice was released earlier. this month, rights groups estimate more than $4000.00 palestinian prisoners are in is really jails. in other words, news, china's president, she ging thing says he is concerned about cove 19 spreading in the countryside as millions had home for the upcoming lunar new year's celebrations. concerns are growing for the elderly who might be exposed to the virus as katrina. you reports. many chinese are still mourning. the deaths of loved ones looted year is traditionally a festive time in china. but this year, john is spending the holiday in morning. 3 of his close relatives recently passed away after testing positive the curve at 19 peripheral holiday. more the people are suffering. people are so anxious. and herb people going to the drug store or

a medical facilitator hospital, the clinics. 5, as far as they can figure out what they need is the reality is is that the sudden lifting of cove at 19 restrictions in december triggered a wave of infections in china. hospitals are struggling to treat patients and crematorium are overflowing with people complaining of unusual delays. the government says about 60000 people have died in hospital from the virus and recent weeks. but analysts say the easing of china's 0 corporate policy could result in more than 2000000 deaths. the w h o has accused patching of under representing the scale of the outbreak. something it denies drago you would 0. we continue to sheer cove 19 information with the international community, including the w h o. based on the principles of lawfulness tomlin is openness and

transparency. reach authorities say they are working to strengthen health facilities ahead of the holiday period. some fear the travel rush will lead to a new search of infections in rural areas, especially among the elderly. the government has issued guidelines discouraging large gatherings and any trips that expose all the people and pregnant women to the virus. but they've stopped short of enforcing any bands for junk. the warnings are too little too late. adding to his frustration the knowledge, his loved ones were probably not added to the official virus death toll on his aunt's death certificate. the cause of death is described as heart failure. katrina you out a 0 meeting. meanwhile, hong kong has announced that people infected with cove 19 will no longer be required to quarantine. the business hop has been scrapping the last of his restrictions and opening up back up to the world last week. high speed trains

between hong kong and mainland china resume service. it follows making decision to and is controversial hill over policy despite a massive wave. infections across the country. and germany's new defense minister will meet his us counterpart in the next hour to discuss the war in ukraine, or is historian who is now in charge of overhauling security policy is expected to discuss with lloyd austin, the transfer of german made tongues to ukraine. the story is takes over from christine lam, break who resigned on monday. we want to show you now some light fixtures from berlin, where the new defense minister is about to be sworn in i. this is coming just a after the resignation of his predecessor, as we said, and his 1st meeting we were be with the u. s. defense secretary lloyd austin to discuss the war effort in ukraine. me. while the ukranian president wrote me,

zalinski says there are several theories for wednesday's deadly helicopter crash. 14 people, including the interior minister, died when the aircraft came down next to a kindergarten in the town of bravery. on the outskirts of cave as go live to natasha butler, who's in ukraine's capital force, bring us up to speed for us with the latest investigation into the helicopter clash natasha. will you cranes, a president of the modem is lensky has ordered the secret service to carry out the investigation into this crash. it is still unclear though, as to why the helicopter actually went down on wednesday, killing 14 people, including all the leadership. all of the ukraine's interior ministry at water prism zalinski has said is that look, whatever happens in a time of war is not

a mishap. every single thing that happens in the time of war he says, is connected to the war in some way. we do know that the helicopter was flying a 2 call. he's in the northeast of ukraine. that's very near the front lines. but in terms of the investigation, we do understand that it could take a several days to have been more clarification about what happened now, a fool the government here in ukraine. the loss of course, of the leadership of ukraine's interior ministry is an enormous, particularly at a time of conflict when rush ukrainian, a forces are fighting a russian forces, a huge loss for the government, and huge personal loss for the president of the lensky. because a dentist monastery ski, the interior minister who was killed in that crush was not only his interior minister, but also a close personal friend. natasha. meanwhile, where we're seeing the new german defense minister being sworn in right now in berlin and his 1st meeting will be about ukraine to discuss the transfer of german

times to ukraine with the us defense secretary hop. who shall all these li, crenan, government? what look, keith has been asking for tanks for many weeks, many months now, and pressure is growing on germany to either send it some events. leopard, thanks to keep for a lease sign off on other european countries that have these german built a tank so that they can send these to keep you know, for example, the opponent wants to send some of it's a leper tanks. germany's been reluctant to do this though it is worried about sending offensive weapons is worried about sending the song wrong signals to moscow and possibly escalating this conflict to further, it is also said that it would perhaps consider sending tanks. but only if the united states, since it's a tanks well,

what we know is the u. s. is now considering a very large 2500000000 dollar military age package for ukraine. it is being reported that in the aid package would be things perhaps like store combat vehicles, some longer range, a weapons, but not the long range missiles that keep wants and note us tanks on. that is what is being reported. a fat is the case or not, we may find out on friday because on friday of 50 countries and organizations will be meeting in germany to discuss a new military aid for ukraine. thank you for that. natasha buckner. ly fair in keith. on the front lines of eastern ukraine as he is battle for control is raging in the city of back moat and its surrounding areas. most of its residents have fled, but some have stayed behind with little food, no water, and no electricity. for months, al jazeera is char stratford met some of them inside back mont.

ah, these people endure a level of suffering. that is difficult to imagine that most of the old and many have emotional a psychological problems that families live far away will flip the fighting months ago. only braved a shilling to come here, the soup on to charge their phones. rushes bombardment of moot is getting heavier by the day. the silk of the royce that only did there was my neighbor was killed in her cellar. she burned alive, i fled my home. 4 days ago during the fighting, i had to crawl along the street to escape. there was an explosion just meters away from me. with dusky weather. the destroyed central town is almost completely deserted. russian forces are only around a kilometer away. the artillery explosions are relentless. some people wait patiently in the cold, risking their lives desperate for food and humanitarian aid with others are so

hungry. they seem oblivious to the danger of simply standing outside. maria is that i cannot get all the 8 i need without documents and they all burned when my house was hit on the other side of the river. oh, many of the people here on the western side of town going to food distribution centers. and these make shift shops will understand that the majority of the heaviest fighting is the know, the east and increasingly the southeast of the city. but of course, there is no way safe in bottom, not most of the people who lived in these flats of fled, retired engineer, victor kasey, ankle liters up stairs. he and his wife, galena and mother in law are the only people left in their apartment block. but 93 year old maria, lise, wrapped under blankets in the dark. yes,

a frail and afraid she wants to see her son, but he lives across the front line in russian occupied territory. that he is lamoya won't refer as i thorough fayetteville. i'm not my life was good before the war. she says, we built a nice house. we had everything. but then the fighting started. one picture shows us where they stole re mortar. the drinking has been no water or electricity in bath, mort. for months. he worked in the oil industry for 25 years before the breakup of the soviet union. and so is entitled to a russian pension. is them either here? or if there was a corridor to where my brother in law lives, then we would try to leave. or if we could get to moscow or saint petersburg, we're a sons live more, but we don't have any money because we can't get our russian pensions anymore. we're bought, not most people stop living above ground months ago. ludmilla and 5

other people, the sheltering in the basement quarter. horseless. doran. let's leave me a little know what the shelling us got much worse in the last couple of days. i'm too afraid to leave the cellar oppressed and promised that he would liberate don boss by new year. but it never happened. life before the war is nothing but a memory for these people. surviving the nightmare inflicted on them is all they can hopeful now shall stuff it. al jazeera, beaumont, and still head on al jazeera, beneath the jungles of guatemala. an ancient road network shed light on the secrets of the mine. ah,

we set some records across some spots of europe. we'll get into those details in one set, but 1st the set up i see by the way, we're drawing up warmer air from the south. so for turkey and greece temperatures while above average. ok now on to those records we painted on the colors stark, of the yellow in the orange, the higher the temperature, bucharest, $20.00. that's a new record for january. but check this out. i think you could set another record here on thursday with the high of 21 degrees. some big downpours along the coast of albanian speaking a big, big waves for america, spain and the valley. eric islands here got up to about 4 or 5 meters high. this all had to do with the powerful winds blowing through here the most active weather around the bay, biscayne northwest, spain and northern portugal still weather alerts in play for ice and snow across ireland and britain. those temperatures by day a few degrees above freezing, but by night sub 0. so certainly some icey, roads and sidewalks,

with all that act of weather in the western mediterranean. it's unsettled for the northwest of africa, rain and wind here. and we've got a tropical storm that's made landfall in northern madagascar. i think the worst of the rain here will be north and east of antenna and a riva in time. temperature is up in durban with a high of 30 degrees on thursday season. ah, debating the issues of the day, the 5 largest polluters of the world are in india, jump into the street. they made their money on coal. they made their money on field, convincing those folks. no, we need to go. green is very, very difficult. giving all of voice we chose to do because we wanted to escape warren violence. when you humanize this narrative, you allow people to really understand the reality and break down misconceptions. the street on al jazeera lou

ah, you're watching al jazeera alive from doha. recap about top stories. israeli forces have kill 2 palestinians during a rating the occupied west bank. they were shot in jeanine refugee camp in the north. this takes a number of palestinians killed by israeli forces this month to 17. meanwhile, israel has released one of his longest health, palestinian israeli prisoners mire. eunice was in jail for about 40 years. he's back home now in ira israel where they were celebrations. he was convicted of kidnapping and kidding. and these are the soldier in the 19th, and china's leader says he is concerned about colbert 19th spreading in the

countryside as millions head home for the upcoming lunar new year celebrations. concerns are growing for the elderly who might be exposed to the buyers in avenues, new zealand. prime minister, adjusting the r during has announced she is stepping down next months after 5 and a half years in office. i don't warn global a claim for her response to the christ church mosque attacks in 2019 and her tough restriction that was started. the horn of iris pandemic have been credited for keeping death rates slow in new zealand, but our popularity has been declining. the summer i had hoped to find a way to prepare and not just for another year, but another 2. because that is what this year requires. i have not been able to do that. and so today i'm announcing that i will not be seeking really chin and mit humans. prime minister

will conclude no later than the 7th of february al jazeera is wayne. hey, has more from auckland. see announcement from justin to reduce that she would be resigning, came as a complete surprise to everyone in new zealand. it wasn't that long ago after all that, she said she would definitely be seeking a 3rd term in office when the election is held this year. and that was the other big announcement from her that the election date has been set for the 14th of october. this year she of course will not be contesting that election. in fact, she says she will be in office no longer than february the 7th. so the labor party caucus will now meet this coming sunday to vote in a new party leader and prime minister. and that person will go on to contest that election. the timing of this announcement is interesting, and the main reason that she's given full resigning is that it's simply time are that she feels she doesn't have what it takes anymore at to lead the country to go

for a 3rd term in office. but her popularity, according to opinion polls had been declining, and there was a growing sense that it would become increasingly difficult for her at to win that election, the closer we got to it. so how will she be remembered despite those declining numbers in the opinion polls, she'll go down in history, i think out fairly well in terms of her memory. she'll be remembered as a crisis. prime minister, one who was able to communicate very well, particularly in some of new zealand darkest times. as she led ye zealand through of course the mosque shootings and christ church and 2019 the for cardi white island. volcanic eruption later. that same year that claimed the lives of $22.00 people. and of course, the coven 19 pandemic when she led out what was regarded as a world leading response to that crisis. but increasingly, new zealand is felt that the government began to overreach. the longer the pandemic went on and affect the since was rightly or wrongly at that while the rest of the

world was reopening you zealand was taking too long to do so that history will judge her again as a leader who was able to handle some of new zealand, darkest moments, perhaps better than any one else could have or less. now speak to a jeffrey miller, who is a political analyst with the democracy projects. he's joining us live from. don't dandy in. thank you so much for being with us. oh, so this resignation has come as a surprise just in the i don't said a good leader knows when it's time to go. was it really time for her to go? what do you think? spade apart in this decision? al ot. from new zealand. yes, i think it really was time to go for just under our turn, you know, she talked a lot about how she was simply burned out. she had no energy left and the tanks, what she said to day, but also her part his popularity had really gone downhill in a big way over the last year. her party, the labor party, 150 percent of the vote in elections back just in october 2020 in the parties now

appalling in the low thirties. and it was clear that just in the other and had gone from being an, an nit asset to the party by far to actually a liability. so i think all of these reasons put together have contributed to your decision to resign today. and she was extremely popular on the well stage. geoffrey, and of course, we all recall her 1st appearance at the un general assembly in 2018. what do you think will be her defining legacy? i think in the end it does come down to her response to the christ church. moscow. taxpayer can 2019 her compassion, the response she's showed to that those words, they are asked as what she how she described the victims of the attack. the 51 victims of that tragedy that brutal terrorist attack and christ church, and museum and back in march 2019. and she got new zealand out of what could have been a very sticky situation, a very dangerous situation that had been it was just unprecedented in new zealand history to have this kind of terrorist attack. and it was largely just in the other

and personal compassionate personal reaction. her emotional response to that tragedy that there got news in it out of jail as it were. and as she used that reputation for good and i think she, she was never content to rest on our laurels. she out of that christ church, it's tragedy. she started the christ church call initiative with the french president, a manual micron to remove the terrorist material. and violent, extreme material from the internet and initiative has been wildly successful. that is got $120.00 signature is many, many countries have signed up to that. now. and i think it speaks to a consensus building politics and a consensus building style of foreign policy, right. her foreign part of popularity, certainly a very high one button or popularity in new zealand, on the decline, as you said. what was she unable to achieve as prime minister resilient? i think just as time went on and particularly coming out of the coven, 19 pandemic. new zealand became polarized,

like other countries are. i have the come. and i think she found it difficult to square the circle in the end of the year. she was an absolute high point there can 2020, when the labor party won a, an absolute majority which was unprecedented under use in system of proportional representation. and it really was going to be downhill from, from that point. looking back and you know, a lot of domestic issues, device of issues in new zealand that she, she had to deal with. so that's, that's in the, in her legacy jeffrey, let me ask you a quickly attention now, turning to labor's leadership and the parties caucus vote on sunday. is there an obvious successor to just in adding the obvious successor as the police minister chris hipkins. he was the coven, 19 response minister, and develop the real reputation for for competence. but the wild card could be carry ellen, who is a, a woman who's the minister of justice, and she's quite a high flyer. and that will be the that would be the exciting option for the caucus

to choose. jeffrey, thank you so much for talking to us. jeffrey miller is a political analyst joining us there from new zealand. 9 fines nationwide strikes against president emmanuel, my force proposed pension reforms are underway. the government announced plans to raise the retirement age by 2 years to 64. unions have joined protests are saying, the move is an assault on the welfare system. railways, schools and refineries will be affected by workers walking off the job. anti government protesters from across per will have converge on the capital for 2 days of mass demonstrations. they want president dinner board wanted to resign, and her predecessor federal casio to be released from jail. many a coming from southern regions where at least one person died in protests on wednesday. or then 40 people have died in the unrest that began after. he was ousted castillo in december. now a new discovery, deep beneath the jungles of guatemala has shed new light on an ancient civilization

. the revelation of a sophisticated road network is bumping archaeologists to reevaluate what they know about the mayans. finter monahan has the story. hidden beneath this dense jungle lies the remnant of an advanced civilization, the latest discovery points to a vast network of roads connecting hundreds of settlements. archaeologists believe this find will help a lot more mysteries of the mayans, the little sir e. there was part of the society and of the socio political development because it not only connected groups within the same site, but also with the other sites in the region. the discovery was made possible by light are or light detection and ranging. it works much like radar only uses light instead of radio waves. the technology allows us to see beneath the surface of the jungle creating a map of the ancient structures below. litre captured a 1700 acres. busy kilometers where terrain

exposing all of the features and their interconnections with hydraulics, with transportation networks, cars ways, and residential zones, agricultural zones. and also how this cultural system was interconnected with the natural system. my in civilization span thousands of years. their cities were centered around great pyramids that served as temples much about them is still unknown. thought, well, i see this is getting in with all the new evidence we have. we know the cultural complexity of the site and the region was more than we believed in the beginning. it represents a challenge, a new cultural perspectives. archeologist botanists, biologist and geologist are all part of the team working at the site. they're hoping the revelation of the road network could pave the way for more discoveries about this. still enigmatic civilization. fenton,

marin al jazeera afghan authority, say, low temperatures have killed at least 70 people. and tens of thousands of cattle across the country have been long queues to buy cole in the capital capital, where the mercury has dropped as low as minus 33 degrees celsius. and the last 2 weeks, poverty and unemployment are increasing. the risk of casualty an avalanche has engulf vehicles outside a tunnel in the autonomous region of tibet killing at least 8 people. the snow and ice collapsed at the exit of the tunnel, connecting the southwestern city of ninty with meadow county emergency calls are looking for survivors. it's unclear how many people are missing. ah no, again, i'm fully back table with the headlines on al jazeera israeli forces of kill 2 pal

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