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hello there, i'm laura kyle. this is the news our live from doha. coming up in the next 60 minutes. workers across france, go on strike, and protest against government plans to raise the age of retirement. at least 4 people killed dozens injured in a stampede outside football stadium in iraq. the u. s. that ceiling is expected to hit a record high leading to a possible political standoff. surprise announcement in new zealand. jacinta a done says she is stepping down as her country leader. i know what this job title and i know that i no longer have enough in the tank to do it justice and em sport will be live, am rianne, well, well cut when a little messy takes on christiana. rinaldo, in an exhibition game. ah,

just as in france, when nationwide strikes against president, manuel mack hall's proposed pension reforms are underway. the government announced plans to raise the age of a time. it's by 2 years to 64. these a live pictures from paris. we can see unions joining protest says in saying the move as an assault on the welfare system. our correspondent bernard smith, also in paris in amongst those protesters. i mean the numbers, bernard, a huge and these are happening all across the country. just give us my dear, of the extent of opposition to these reforms with more of most of i suggest that most friends are in favor of some sort of reform of the pension system. but almost 70 percent of them may be more opposed to the type of emmanuel macro is proposing that is raising the

retirement age to $64.00. people with other solutions maybe increasing, employ contributions to pension to the pension pod taxing. the super rich 12 francis figures unions united to lead these protest started itself is quite unusual . here. unions rarely getting together and unions are not as powerful as they warms were in france. but hoping that these protests will evolve into some sort of a social movement against the government incorporating not just the increase in retirements, aid with all the continuing cost of living crisis seems to have been a very, very large so that we're hearing from our se unofficial numbers, according to local, good newspaper, of a 140000 protesters there. that's an enormous number in the very small port town of somal up on the northern coast. 3000 people estimates here in paris yesterday. we're, we're about 80000. we feel it's much large and the food,

how many turn out is of course significant as to how much pressure will could be put on macro church to retreat soon. i pressure is enormous. he must be feeling it. so why is he insisting on pushing ahead with the reforms? ah, essentially really, this is all about his legacy when macro run for president. first time around. he said he was going to be a reformer. he tried to change pensions that increase their time and age, increased contributions. protests push back against that and then the pandemic it so he was stopped. so a 2nd sir, this is the last time he can't run again for present. he wants to leave his mark as a reformer. that's why he's seemingly determined to push this through. it's got to go through the french parliament. microns party, doesn't have a majority there anymore. so he's going to need the support of the lay of republicans. conservative suggestions are they are sort of in favor of it,

but aren't wholly behind him yet. and without that, well, he could use his constitutional mechanism to force the law through. but if it goes back, then that will probably provoke you, legislative elections about with the resignation, the prime minister, for example. so a lot depends not just on the turn out here, but all the support from the conservatives in law and saying indeed, okay, ban will be keeping an eye on those protests of the day that continues to empower thanks very much for the moment. ah ukrainian pressed them for him as lensky as calling on europe to show more urgency in supplying arms to his country. and was speaking of to me saying your pin council president charles mitchell m, whose visiting king will take the shuttle to oppose thousands of tangs of the russian federation. bravery of our servicemen and moderation of ukrainian pupil is

not enough. we need rapids we, i do need a lot of artillery systems or adequate number of tanks where you crane remains front and center at the world economic forum in davos where are mosque hes james bayes is also at james over to you. yeah, i'm an interesting developments monitoring here in deb elsewhere, obviously to discuss everything going on around the world. but ukraine has been right at the top of the agenda. i think this year and 2 issues. i think they've been active diplomacy going on. one is the issue, whether should be more weapons sent to ukraine, to support ukraine from ukraine's allies and the others. the issue of accountability and setting up a special tribunal, potentially to try crimes in ukraine. it's worth telling you in the last couple of hours, european parliament has had a vote on this and it's overwhelming. the european parliament says $423.00 members of the parliament said, yes, we need a special tribunal. just 19 voted against. now this isn't something as authorized

by the european parliament. if you were going to have a special tribunal, most experts believe the place to do it is the united nations and the general assembly of the united nations. and although there's talk of a resolution there, no one's actually table and a thing yet. let's discuss this further. with one of the key players, one of the nato and e. u countries, both done or esco's, the foreign minister all through mania. thank you for joining us. again on al jazeera, let's start with that idea of a special tribunal. does romania favor that? thank you for having me again. yes, i welcome very much. the resolution which was adopted today by the european parliament in favor of, of a tribunal to punish the crime of aggression. the mania has been a very started supporter of fighting against impunity as far as russia and russian perpetrators are concerned. in connection to the conflict in ukraine in march, we have says together with many other countries, the international criminal court center for crimes, more crimes, crime,

so fall against humanity and or genocide. we have also, well table dollar declaration of intervention with the international and the court and justice in international court of justice in the heck in the lisa between your brain and, and russia. and i am proud to say that i will be the agent to remain in that case. we have also intervened in the case of between ukraine and russia before the european court of human rights in the strasburg. and yes, we support also the establishment of a tribunal to punish the crime of aggression. it was difficult part is the legal basis for establishing this a type, you know, because most of the precedents which you allowed for the creation of the other international tribunals. so other app hooker, the criminal tribunals or other types of bodies while involved involved with the security council, where no russia has service, of course,

a veto against any kind of such form of fight against impunity in connection with russia. so we have to find the most a well solid legal basis, you know, the great central drive, you know, we were thinking at some point in time in romania of found the president of the crossover specialist chambers which were created by, by way of thought and an agreement between the european union and dia, authorities in kosovo. the romania does not recognize gospel as a state of from the legal point of view. this might be an interesting formula. for instance, a, an agreement between the european union and ukraine in order to establish these chambers, which can be connected to some national chambers of ukraine at the same time, to have a sort of an international, the bureau of the prosecutor composed by international experts in this field and perhaps this is a way forward, but this needs some legal,

an expert debate on this issue. we're approaching an important mark, which is one year. it's now almost 11 months since the war started. give me your view of where the war stands right now, because it doesn't look like any one is winning. it looks like this is going to go on long and be a very long. well, actually this were and then speaking on behalf of mania which has some the e, m, a natal member, state of the largest border with the ukraine. and so we have been at the forefront of the effort to cope with the effects of dorian acquaintance. though they one of the work, i would say that this has changed our lives and it was changed our life radically under forever. we had to adapt immediately our diplomacy, for instance, at a word time diplomacy type of fun action. and this, this were prompted us to give an immediate and consistent support to ukraine. we have from welcomed into mania more than 3300000 ukranian refugees. we have also helped the efforts of the international community to avoid a foot crisis,

especially in the global south through romania, as is the beginning of door more than 11 point. 2000000 tons of grain and other agricultural products from ukraine have transited, which is almost half of the whole quantity, which transited the use of very delays. and romania was very much involved. as i mentioned, india efforts to isolate russia and to pressure russia to sanctions through the already 9 packages of sanctions adopted at the u level. and we are working on more sanctions, if it is possible on and to the efforts to isolate russia and to fight to impunity in relation to russia. and there are a lot of opportunities, a stemming out of this, of this conflict, the e u. candidate status for both to grain under republic of moldova was a great achievement, and we are proud that remaining as a supported a lot dis, a result of the european council lustre year in june. and also the very. busy

decisions taken by the nato summit and madrid which go, sorry they did a lot. the security on the eastern flank were romania is located, the better group in romania is one such achievement. and the fact that the allied presence in romania is increased to the up to most a 5000 allied troops. this is in fact a great contribution to the consolidation of the security remain or end of the eastern flank. so normally a lot of for a lot of opportunities, perhaps we should thank president put in for all this stuff including for allowing us to get less dependent from russian sources of energy as to foreign minister for mr. romania. thank you very much for joining us here. on alger 0 or the next important step, i think is, is own important meeting taking place in germany, in the next 24 hours at ramstein air base. and that's a meeting to decide among the allies, the allies of ukraine. what additional military help is given to ukraine and sat and watched and see what comes at that meeting. james,

thanks bye. match on the frontline to all the east in ukraine. a fierce battle has taken place for the control of the city of back murder 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. charles draft had met some of them inside back, but 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 to what they brave the shelling to come here. the soup on to charge their phones. rushes bombardment of mood is getting heavier by the day. the civil war is the only that 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,

2 meters away from me with 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 and 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. we are, we have luck. i cannot get all e 8. i need without documents and they all burned when my house was hit on the other side of the river. oh, mary, the people here on the western side of town going to food distribution centers and these make shift shops. we 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 and bought. most of the people who lived in these glance have

fled. retired engineer, victor kasey, ankle leads us upstairs. he and his wife, galena and mother in law are the only people left in their apartment block. but 93 year old maria lies wrapped under blankets in the dark. yes, frail and afraid she wants to see her son, but he lives across the front line in russian occupied territory. that is level one rough as i thought oshea every one of 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 rainwater. the drinking has been no water, electricity, and back 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 mit here. i know if there was a corridor to where my brother in law lives that we would try to leave, or if we could get to moscow or st. 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 would not most people stop living above ground months ago. flute miller and 5 other people. a sheltering in this basement. who is a portrait govern? let's make me. i didn't know what the shelling us got much worse in the last couple of days. i'm too afraid to leave the cellar. i pressed and promised that he would liberate on 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 hope for. no child stop al jazeera, but not plenty more. stella had her on this nisa,

including israeli forces, kill 2 palestinians during a raid and occupied westbank president. she didn't pain concerned about coven 19 in china. as millions travel for the lunar new year and tennis action from the australian open way as another high ranking player has crashed out. that's coming up with joe in support. ah. the final of the arabian gulf cup is going ahead in the rocky city of basra, despite for people being killed in a stampede. outside the stadium. earlier football fans were trying to get into the stadium hours before the match with many of them without tickets. mackwood abdul, what heat is in basrah for us. so mac would that purple, much as scheduled to go ahead in under an hour. is it?

is it still going to yes, indeed. it is still going as planned in about 45 minutes from now at the final match between iraq and oh man, what is taught at the bus was mainly stadium de paul chunk stadium that witnessed that stampede this morning, which resulted in for debt his and 80 other injured, including good, 20 suffocation at cases, but i, as you can see right behind me, were now at the coronation promenade at the main promenade coordination of the coronation of a bus route. here you can see football fans, people from across iraq, from other provinces, are mingling with their peers from other gulf states. here. they're trying to celebrate. a little while ago ago we saw people singing dancing, celebrating. it's

a kind of carnival like atmosphere. he is. and this area has been witnessing this same cut over like atmosphere since the beginning. so this is the tournament kick off on january 6th. so despite the fact that the city witnessed a tragic incident this morning, but people here are trying to celebrate as much as they can. they say that this is the 1st time iraq hosts such a regional tournament in 40 years. so they want to take the opportunity to highlight their heritage, their culture. and also they're hoping that this tournament is influencing basra economically bringing economic reforms and improvement to the city of bus route. so, to day, at the planning to continue celebrating and their eyes are on the earth,

tom trunk stadium, we're the final match as being conducted there. i mean, is there an investigation into what happened with the stampede at why it happened? what went wrong? well as of yet, there is no official confirmation about investigations into the incident, but what happened that people, especially those who did not manage to buy tickets, as you know that tickets black markets organizations are probably major issues behind that stampede. because tickets were sold off earlier, according to the iraqi football association. the majority of tickets were sold off . they were sold off a line up ahead of kick off day. so people try to get tickets other ways they, they did. they tried to, but i've been black markets,

they have been that have been reports about black markets. people trying to get tickets through black markets with higher prices. so that is also part of the reason why there's tempe happened. many people who did not have tickets try to take their matters into their own hands and take that way towards the stadium gate. and that's how this tempe happened this morning. okay, no hurry up to where he, thanks very much for the update that from basrah. as reading for says, have shot and killed 2 palestinians during a raid and the jenin refugee camp in the occupied west bank. at ats. take the number of palestinians killed by israeli forces this month to 17 am. ron con has more from ramallah. in the early hours israeli special forces, backed by the omi, carried out arrayed engineer refugee camp. the fire fight was intense. one

palestinian fighter, 25 year old, other jabbering, was killed. another man and armed and not a fighter, was also shot dead. $57.00 jo jawad, 3, but were connie was a teacher at a local school. his son describes will happened one of 2 and her phone on her young is really special forces into the camp at 2 30 am. they stormed the building at am were standing here. they shot him. we're dragging him away. he was calling for help . one of ours is the closest house. how could we leave m m? i opened the door, my father and i, we dragged them in. they should have my father. my father went out to help a wounded man who was screaming for help. so ah, these almost nightly rates across the occupied west bank of killed 17 palestinians this year in jeanine refugee camp many of the residents or people who were forced from their homes. when israel created it state in 1948 young people who have never seen their ancestral homes frustrated by the lack of any kind of peace process.

many of those young men and now becoming increasingly hardened. a recent opinion polls suggest 59 percent of palestinian respondents supported an armed struggle against the occupation for the supply lucky of earth. we haven't seen such support for an armed intifada since the last one. it's mainly due to the israeli policies in the occupied waste bank. increased settlements if killings and raids on a daily basis. the latest is really elections and calls to expel all palestinians. he, israel shows no signs of stopping or even reducing rates like these. and this far right government is openly hostile to all palestinians, a combination that has led to violence. the past, this mural commemorates the armed intifada. the armed struggle in the year, 2000 now many here say another reckoning with israel is coming. the only question is what shape that will take, and that question is being asked with evermore increasing frequency, emerald con our desert ramallah. one of the longest held palestinian is rainy

prisoners as back high in the after 40 years behind bars and celebrations in the village of ara to welcome home a hi eunice, he and his cousin, corinne. a convicted of kidnapping and killing in his wally soldier in the 1980s. harry nunez was released earlier this month. light scrapes estimate more than 4000 palestinian prisoners are in is rainy jails. when maha has more from our village in israel, my eunice is free. after serving 40 years and an israeli present, his free at the age of 64 and he is restarting his life again among friends, relatives, family members, and bees. activists. here in the palestinian village of otto met her eunice and his cousin, carry him eunice at where convicted of murdering and israeli soldier back in line 283. he was born here and the palestinian vintage nevada,

and 1958 justin years after tens of thousands of palestinians were forced to flee or fled on his cape there. and their villages and towns to make way for jewish immigrants before the creation of israel. i have to say that the, that the celebration here is white because there is really authorities and especially the national security minister, it might have been given. they have prevented any sign of big celebrations. they have prevented parties, music. and of course, the have prevented the palestinians here from displaying the palestinian flags earlier. the or is radio thirst is have released met her eunice and dropped him off to end the

city of beer. a saba, in the desert of a knuckle and southern israel. far away from his village because they wanted to prevent any sign of celebrations. he started his a, his freedom again at by a visiting the tomb of his father who light 12 years ago. and then he came here to his house where he met his mother, who saw him for the 1st time as a free man in 40 years. so i had her on out there, a somali as a west trout, in 40 years, his prompting phase of disease outbreaks and makes it comes beneath the jungles of guatemala and ancient road networks and flies on the secrets of the mayans and several of india's top wrestlers. go on strike after accusing coaches of sexual

assault. ah america, this is a forecast for you. let's get going nice to have you along. here's the situation. a swath of snow extends from the upper midwest to the great lakes to the northeast. and because the temperature is right around freezing in toronto, we could see some periods of freezing brain here. and this will fall as rain for new york and d c. so that means that snow this streak and both of those cities continues south of this some storms from the mississippi river valley right up to the ohio river valley. as this energy moves west to east things are much quieter across california . some snow through the sierra nevada where snowfall, snow pack there is while above average for this sub the year that snow pushes into the rockies for canada's british columbia province. the worst of the rain will be

for that central and north coast right up against alaska. with some snow mixed in there as well. after setting some record low temperatures in bahamas, cuba and nicaragua, things have turned around quite literally with those wind. so look, a cuba, havana is pushing 30 degrees, big storms, east of the paid ruffian andes on thursday. and we've got storms not too far away from, by jablonka and associates. so there's going to be a big drop in temperatures here from almost 40 down to 32 degrees on sunday. okay. i'm gonna leave you here. see, so ah ah mm, with

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then you're watching out, is there a has reminder of our top stories. this our protesters and france are opposing the president of manual microns plans to raise the pension retirement age. by 2 years or $64.00, unions have joined protesters walking off the job. railways schools and refineries . the gulf cup final match is expected to take place in the rocky city of basra in the coming hour as scheduled. despite for people being killed in the sam pete outside the stadium earlier and is where the forces of kill 2 palestinians and a raid and the occupied west bank and was shot in the jenin refugee camp in the north springs. the number of palestinians killed by israeli forces this month to 1720 more now in our top story, those union strikes in france and one of the main arguments for pension reform is the re rising life expectancy. and the average person is expected to now live until

they're 80 to women's life expectancy is 85 and mens 79. but that varies remarkably, depending on income levels. the richest, 5 percent of men live, 13 years longer than the poorest. 5 percent opponents argue that raising the age of retirement, penalize is lower. paid workers around 20 percent of farmers and factory workers are already incapacitated by their 1st year of retirement. and elizabeth lou tech as political coolness for the telegraph. she says the pension reform has been a long and protracted issue. what they're saying is that the generous french welfare system in that view is being eroded by a slow incremental measures. in the past 25 to 30 years, i have led to the average pension being a lower that used to be in absolute terms. and this is perfectly true this. this

reform is one of several reforms. there was one by allergy pay in $1095.00. that was when, by nicholas of course he was there was one on the on. every president looks at the, at the pension reform and sees that we have an unsustainable problem. we have a pay as you go system, which means that people who are at work pay for people who have already retired. it's not like attention bought. and in 1946, when this was created, you had 8 people working to pay for the pension of one pensioner that has change. we now have something like 2 people pay for $1.00 pensioner, which of course, these unsustainable. but only other hand, the feeling among the workers in france and the unions is that this reform is essentially a pushing people to work longer when they will not find jobs. because in france, unemployment problems a structural employment between 8 and 10 percent. and also because french employers,

5 people off to 50 anyway. so what they say is we are causing people to have a worse life with no jobs available for them not to retire from. the u. s. government is to, to hit it's $31.00 trillion dollar borrowing limit on thursday. this could set the stage for political showdown between the biden administration and politicians on capitol hill as join alan fisher. he's in washington d. c. for us. so alamos, say the treasury secretary, already taking action, what's been happening? well, she said she would, and she sent a letter to kevin mccarthy, the speaker of the house and also at the ranking members and all the appropriate committees and the leaders of both parties on capitol hill saying that she started to take extraordinary measures. so what does that mean? well, she won't be peeing in to some of the retirement accounts that the government has to. she's hoping that money will be made up when the debt limit is lifted. other

things that she can start to do from to d a start to move money around so that if a bill becomes due at the department of homeland security. if there's money at the treasury, she can move it across or from another department to pay for that bill. it's essentially just shifting things around, hoping that they can get through till about me or june. but it certainly puts pressure on the lawmakers to start taking action to lift the debt limit and the debt. lemme is there because of bills that of already been in car and by the u. s. government, essentially, they've made these commitments. they've passed the and they've the said, yeah, we will pay out this money so they need to lift the debt limit to make sure that the u. s. doesn't default because if it does default, then there's a big problem, not just here in the u. s, but in the global markets take, for example, back in 2011. when there was a standoff between barack obama and republicans on the hill at that point,

the u. s. last is talked credit rating for the 1st time ever and it's history. and also had markets that something that biden administration is desperate to avoid as another se involving a political fight when he explained to us what that's all about. well, you remember when kevin mccarthy was elected the speaker of the house, he made several promises. and among those promises to republican members where that they would look for spending cuts when the debt limit argument came round, because we all knew it was coming at this time of year. now there are people in the republican party saying, well, the have to be spending cuts, and the biden administration is saying no, again, we lit raise the debt limit. the way we've done many times before, under both republican and democratic presidents, we do it clean with no clawing money back. and then we talk about what the spending priorities are going forward from there. and that's not acceptable to

a number of republicans. and so they're saying that they will not accept that. here's the problem. the republicans have got that is the one bullet in their gun. essentially. they can say we're not going to pass it. and if they do pass something that says, yeah, we want the spending cuts, it won't get through the senate and joe biden certainly won't sign it. so there could be a stand off. this is essentially political chicken at the waiting to see who the 1st one to blame kids. but of course, the problem is the, it could seriously hit the economy in the united states and elsewhere in the world at a time when we're aware of high inflation rates and we're interest rates are high and that many economies are struggling. so this is exactly what the us didn't need at the moment on press on wanting that from washington d. c. thanks very much. alum has been almost 3 weeks since croatia adopt, said the euro, and as its currency and the switch from corner has left many convinced that businesses may be exploiting the transition. stephanie deca has more. it's been

almost 3 weeks since croatia adopted the euro as it's currency and people aren't happy fazio, supposedly i felt the increase in food prices from january. the 1st i like to eat a lot and that's a problem because fruit is expensive compared to the salaries as they are currently . a lot of people i know who started looking for another job. oh furnace more so we all felt the price increase at least 30 percent higher for everything. some traders say they are rounding a price is when converting the old currency the kuna into euro's others have denied the increases. the gracious consumer protection body says the government is proof. some outlets are marking up goods and we will not be in a few days ago. we got a statement from the minister of economy that inspections were carried out and that up to 40 percent of retailers were raising prices. unjustifiable. the government is warned. it will find retailers that fail to reduce their prices to pre euro levels

. but the trade association has dismissed the government accusations thing its members are not increasing prices to make a profit, but because of the rising cost of rule materials in energy. either way, despite the economic benefits for croatia of joining the single currency, it's coming at a cost. stephanie decker of g 0, united nations peacekeepers say they have discovered the bodies of more than 40 people in mass graves in the eastern democratic republic of congo. they were found in a tory province after violent attacks at the weekend blamed on local rebel groups. un is calling for an investigation to establish whether the graves and the attacks are linked order. i years of insecurity and widespread droughts have caused a humanitarian crisis in somalia. almost half the population do not know where their next meal is coming from. and that makes them more vulnerable to disease, especially in the southern by dough. a district catalogue has hot, again,

has more makeshift camps like these have become common in southern somalia, years of drought and insecurity. how force roughly 3000000 people out of their homes. o boon double is one of them. she lives and by dawn district were stories of desperation are often cheered. would have said this suddenly i bought it for 3 years now. we've struggled with these draw. we lost all our life stock. we've gone hungry with no food on means of transportation, but our landline people walked for days to reach the camps, hoping for relief and humanitarian assistance. most families here eat one donated meal a day and there is concern. widespread malnutrition could fuel disease outbreaks. children who have a, what exposed to acute, to my nutrition have less ability to fight off infections and,

and for chronic malnutrition they also miss the developmental milestones. whatever the world health organization has launched, initiatives to educate the community is distributing vaccines for polio, measles, and cholera. but the job can be overwhelming. well, the lily that the law common, most of the people here have been pushed out of the villages because of dire living conditions. there was a recording to measles outbreak in this area. so people have been quite happy to receive the vaccines face with the worst route and 40 years there is concern. extreme weather conditions could make things worse for the most vulnerable. katya locus of leanne al jazeera chinese presents. she's in pain, says he's concerned about cove at 19 spreading in the countryside as millions had home for the upcoming luna. 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 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 go into a drug store or a medical facilitator half with all the clinics. 5, as far as they can look that up. what they need is the reality is is that the sudden lifting of cove at 19 restrictions in december trigger a wave is 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 in 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 baiting 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, tanya, initially 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 troops that explodes all the people and pregnant women to the virus. but they've stopped short of enforcing any bands for gung. 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 to sera, dating or may. while in hong kong has been announced that people infected with cove at 19 will no longer be required to quarantine. the business hump has been scrapping its lost, lost restrictions, and opening back up to the world. last week, high speed trains between hong kong, the mainland, china resumed their services as follows, beijing's decision to end it's controversial, 0 hope at 19 policy. despite a massive wave of infections across the country, the zealand prime minister jacinta dunn has announced her resignation after 5 and a half years in office. when she was elected done was the was youngest female liter at 37 years old. i said bag looks back at her time in office. the news came as a shock to many new zealanders. prime minister jacinta ardor announced her

resignation that immediate conference on thursday. i had hoped to find a way to prepare, not just for another year, but another tune because that is what this year requires. i have not been able to do that. i know what this job takes and i know that i no longer have enough in the tank to do it justice on the streets. there was a mixed reaction. oh man, awful to of all good. you you know wrong feel of only one else won't be me. well, what? well, what you do. i think she was doing very well in the house. anyway. i, you know, it's good time for her to sit down. i think she has booked us to the country over some pretty difficult time. so. yeah, no, we're so busy for the future. i think she's done an amazing job with the situation she's been put on the news even through the christ church. matthew, in 2951 was the worshippers was shot dead. she was quick to call it

a terror attack, talk to muslim. and in the days following the war, a headscarf, when she met, members of the community, saying the country was united and grief, our turn was widely praised for a swift response to the coven. 1900. pandemic. new zealand imposed some of the toughest pandemic rules that lasted 2 years. it's recorded one of the lowest death told from the virus, but that came at a cost. recent opinion polls suggest the prime minister, popularity has dipped, and the labor parties approval ratings down. the unfulfilled, the election promises and a cost of living crisis overseas is definitely viewed very well. whereas i think internally, she's probably maybe lost the public's acceptance a little bit. now it was time for her to go and no one in the right. mine would have been cited for sure like our job was held as a progressive leader. she was only the 2nd woman after buck stones, benevita to give birth while in office. and perhaps what people will remember most

is the empathy and compassion she showed in moments of crisis. but in the own words, politicians are human and she has no more to give. we give all that we can for as long as we can. and then it's time. and for me, it's time. last day enough, it will be february. system said vague. i was just there. and you discovery deep beneath the jungles of guatemala has shed new light on an ancient civilization. the revelation of a sophisticated road network has prompting our hills to reevaluate what they know about the mayans and monahan had. hidden beneath this dense jungle lies the remnant of an advanced civilization. belated discovery points to a vast network of roads connecting hundreds of settlements, archeologists believe this find will help unlock more mysteries of the mayans. the less yeah. 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, are 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. lighter captured a 1700 acres, kilometers where of terrain exposing all of the built features and their interconnections with hydraulic, with transportation networks, cars ways and residential zones, agricultural zones. and also how this cultural system was interconnected with the natural system. my and civilization span thousands of years. their cities were centered around great pyramids that served as temples. much about them is still

unknown for us in getting 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 botanist, biologist, angelic. just 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 benton, marin al jazeera sarah has here on out to sarah. another top contender for this year is a strategy and some title. if not, i'll have to run that and some actually have all those details coming up with

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ah get all the sport now and hes j o r a. thank you very much. why has been a day of shocks at the australian open? let's start with a big one. as the women's number 2 seed alms, jabber has been knocked out in the 2nd round. that in his ian is the latest top player to exit, beaten by 86th rank marquetto andras over 2 sets to one job or was the runner up at router. and the us open in 2022 and had until now, and considered a contender for what would have been her 1st grand slam title. the aptly named katy vali nets also produced a shock knocking out night seed. veronica quarterman, tova. she becomes the 1st american qualifies to reach the 3rd round of melvin says lindsay davenport in 1993. meanwhile, bell russia's 5th seed,

arina isabel inca. powered her way into round 3. she only dropped 4 games in her win over shall be roaches. now my joke, which battled through injury to reach a 3rd round of the australian opened the 35 rolled who's going for record extending tense. title in melbourne. took the 1st set against french qualifier. enzo coco joker, which was struggling with a leg injury and required a medical ty mountain. the 2nd sets which he ends up losing the $21.00 time grand slam champion, recruit and drops just to further games of his weight to wrapping up victory in full sets of dimmer trough awaits. in round 3, i am worried. i mean, i cannot say that i'm not and i have reason to be worried, but at the same time i have to accept the circumstances and try to adjust myself with my team. now, my physio and medical team has been doing everything possible so that i could ah,

be able to play every match. so it's not much more to talk about, you know, there's 2 choices or leave it or keep going. so i'm going to keep going and i'm going to try to play and compete. oh no joke of it. she's rivals for the title number to see caspar, root has been eliminated in another shock in melvin after rafael. now dolls, exit. well, number 3 word was the highest ranked player left in the draw. last, he is a french and us open run. rock was beaten by american jensen brooks, b 22 year old. who's playing in this tournament for the 1st time? what do you for sets to set up a 3rd round much. this can patch it. tommy poon. rude wasn't the only big name to fall as 8 seeds. taylor fritz was stunned by australian wildcard and lexie preparing remarkably well. number $113.00 supplier and didn't lose a single point on served during

a 3rd set. this one went the distance with require and getting pass. last is indian wells champion equal his best for his own grandson. and he had. 5 the seed has gone. germany's 12 seed, alexander's barrow, beaten in full set by michael mo. ranked a 107 who weld is definitely the biggest win of his cray. he'll now face fellow american j. j woof. in the 3rd round, manchester united missed a chance to go 2nd in the premier league after letting in a late late equalizer against crystal palace burner fernandez, go at the end of the 1st hoffman to have wrapped up 3 points for united, but they gave away a free kick in stock, which time which michael and he se brilliantly put away to an palace to draw on the 91st minute. united 8 to point. so fleet is awesome. who play on sunday? all eyes are on saudi arabian, the next year i was in lena messy, and christiana,

rinaldo do battle on the pitch. this was well known a well cut winner lee and al messy and his parasol man. teammates arriving at re add, the french champions are in town to face a saudi old style team, captains by rinaldo, who now places club football in the middle east country. it will be rinaldo as 1st are parents since joining al nasa rattle host the 2 highest profile players. and while later on thursday as messy takes on christiana rondo in the 1st games, it's moving to saudi arabia, santa henry. she's there to cover the game for us. i'm here outside kings. i had that stadium in riyadh, where on thursday to the best well is in the world. we'll go head to head. it's lynn r. mfc versus chris. john are now doing a friendly sounds l. now we'll take on an all star team consisting of l, his players and are now those are not. this will be the 1st time be to face off in more than 2 years,

but messy and are now the have had very different road to mess you. return to the middle east, off the winning the walk up last month in cutoffs. while we're not there will be playing his 1st my since moving to saudi arabia, following a difficult and to his majesty united korea. and an underwhelming woke up in which he only scored one goal is we're going to give that to you. most successful actually plays in the world. it will be good for international football, especially football in this region or what, but it's a good promotion of our sport. i think they'll be a big crowd, but it won't be a friendly man. there are so many personalities and competitors on the field that we will have a good level gave you this much as a total sat out, it was reported that more than $2000000.00 tickets requested were made. and those lucky enough to have one could be in for a memorable night. several top wrestlers in india protesting after teasing the head of their federation and other coaches of sexually assaulting female athletes. one

of india's most high profile, restless finish pockets, says she's not been harassed. at claims at least 10 other women with sexually exploited by the prison bridge. boucher and sing for gut says she's received death threats from officials close to sing who denies all allegations against him. have me michel has more from you deli, a. these are some of india's most celebrated athletes, and they've gathered in the heart of you and again, you, yes, wrestling federal this, that there are some serious allegations and sexual harassment. they're also alleging in treatment by the organization. now some of those protesting here have wants several medals for india, including the olympics. they came up fairly, my love be my body, i am an award winning athlete and i believe it is my duty to support women who are speaking out against issues like harassment, corruption, and assault in

a way that we were not able to. we now days the president of the federation is a parliamentary and a member of the governing body. john, the boss, me, has denied these allegations. athletes, they want the government to intervene and want a response by the end of the we're a local government run women's rights group has also supports ministry. and is there a any international majesty that demands on medical leave include sacking off the president for want more including financial the board and the training center to be shipped to the new jelly and in the be a another defeat. phillip bron james and the la lakers. so braun was the top score in the game against the sacramento kings with $32.00 points. but it was the kings who came out on top in the end, extending their winning streak to 5 games. like as of now last fall in a row. all right, that's all the sport finance. that's laura. great. air soft joe. thanks very much

indeed. i'm of all. yeah, let's just to remind you of what's happening and france, where tens of thousands of people are gathering across the country is the scene in paris. workers going on strike and protest against the government's plans to raise the age of retirement by 2 years to 64 across the country. public transport schools and refineries would be affected by workers. will workers working off the job will be live without correspondence at the top? they are in just a few moments and other as good buy it from the news, our teams ah mm hm.

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