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hello, i'm told mccrae, this is the news our live from talk coming up in the next 60 minutes. and they'll just hear a joint investigation uncovers evidence that asylum seekers were forcibly returned from italy to greece and humane conditions. the u. s urges fir, the military i to, you cried as wisdom defense ministers. consider sending gym and maids to tax. the kremlin says it sees indirect and sometimes direct nato involvement favoring you crying. in sierra leone reserves. 30 percent of all jobs for women, including parliaments and management roles. in sports women's number $18.00 dash fiance act takes less than an hour to reach round for v australian. i think that's not the case by andy murray. he slammed organizes for letting his epic 5 set come back and go on until past 4 in the morning. ah,

ah. asylum seekers trying to reach europe have described being forcibly moved from italy to greece on make shift prisons and fairies al jazeera, as part of an investigation with lighthouse reports and other media partners has heard testimony about refugees being locked in small rooms without food or water. and illegal forced returns, some of the victims a minus showing how reports from barry italy across the adria to see from greece, the port of berry in southern italy. it's one of the number of ferry roots used by migrants and refugees from countries like iraq, syria, and f canister, who risked their lives stowed away in hidden compartments on trucks. the crossing between different greek and italian ports can take between 9 and 30 hours. some di trying others are discovered on board and handed to the italian police liber

sana, john. laura can doubtfully your latin. people have told us about violence and acts of force about being locked up about being dragged from the ferry. one person had an epileptic attack and was, let's say, dragged and kicked by the crew. one woman told us of invasive searches over intimate pass. it's alleged their offer not provided with translators as required by law, and that some prevented from claiming asylum before being returned to greece locked in the vessel. they arrived in occasionally leaving, assigning, they were there, edged on the wall. this man pictured himself in may last year, handcuff to the railings on a fairy bound for greece, using his description of the vessel and its route. this storage space was located in the vehicle bay below deck and in the greek port of pat trust. we meet belushi

from us gun extent. his story is all the more significant because his documents show that he's a minor aged 17 the home on monday to give and i'm, i've been here for 6 months and it said many games. once i have under a refrigerated truck and it went inside the big ship, and when it arrived on the truck left the ship, i was found and arrested. they did not question me about seeking asylum. they did not take my fingerprints because they just put me inside a small room and sent me back to greece. it's not unusual for commercial fairies to have a small lock up room on board, sometimes used to secure unruly passengers. for instance, on this one, we found a holding cell. the crew were heard to refer to as the prison line approach. you know, the up of the deck, the base very, but shoppers between the tell me both of barry and the bree cloud. so puck sauce and he building such and yet, and the bow of the vessel is a metal box. and guna, unprepossessing, a tool that is inside. there's nothing more than

a sheet and cardboard on the floor. words identified as kurdish, a scrolled on the wall. but there illegible, responding to our investigation, the fairy company concerns said it fully complies with national and international law. actions, behaviors and practices such as these it wrote have never taken place on any of its vessels. and confronted with the evidence, the bari police commissioner denied italian complicity as well. you go on all the elaborate from shawna d d to get char? i wouldn't dare to say that doesn't happen. i've seen the pictures of that person handcuffed, but i don't know the context or where it took place. going. there's still a longer the rituals you will learn how that but out. yeah. and now my colleagues telling me that the police don't even get on the ship. this is an important point.

we had the migrant to the ferry crew and he's then handed over to the ferry captain . a tacit admission that forced returns do take place. but a defense that activists find unconvincing. fuller check stuck to doris. i am certain that the italian police are aware the border police. a lot of this is done by or in front of the italian police. we denounce, not only that these forced returns are illegitimate, but also that they take place without formal procedures with no record of what actually happened. in fact, the numbers are impossible to find out. in 2014, the european court of human rights found that italy had illegally detained and returned 35 asylum seekers by ferry to greece. the italian government has since insisted the practice no longer occurs. yet our investigation has her testimony from 8 people who've been forcibly return from italy to greece in just the past 12

months. jonah whole al jazeera in bowery, italy. it's being filled as an opportunity to shape the outcome of the war in ukraine. defense ministers from 50 countries and meeting germany's at ramstein air base to discuss the next steps in military support for you. crime top of the agenda will be battle tanks and heavy weapons which prison fellow to miss zalinski says a vital to increasing his troops offensive capabilities against russian forces. well ahead of the talks, the u. s. secretary of defense announced another round of military aid for you cried this lou, security of social packages, work up to $2500000000.00 and it's one of the largest yet. it brings total u. s. security of systems to ukraine, to more than $26700000000.00 since russia's unprovoked invasion was february.

our new package provides even more air offense capabilities to help ukraine defend that cities. and it's guys that includes may sams, munitions, and 8th era to for our vendor air defense systems. this new assistance package also help helps meet ukraine's urgent need for arma and combat vehicles. the german made leopard 2 tanks are at the core of the discussions at ramstein. it base launched in 1979. i've been upgraded several times. currently, 13 european armies are using the battle tanks. the lippard, to is valued for its maneuverability. it's lighter than other comparable model such as britons challenge a to the tanks have recent battle experience. nato forces used them in afghanistan, other nations that have received leopard tanks from germany require approval from berlin before they can be sent to a 3rd country. that means the tanks can't be sent to ukraine without germany's

permission. ukrainian and russian forces remain locked in battle around the front line, city of buck moot in the east. l just harris spoke to one ukrainian tank commander there. he told us why the german made tanks would be a game changer. crushed them with a 6 foot in the would bills nova receiving the leopards will make us better all around. in terms of firepower, maneuverability, moving target, acquisition, and recoil. stabilisation, which improves accuracy. it's more powerful in every way. it has modern armor, very well protected, and it's famous for its safety, along with the challenger to bone because more double loan is more, these tanks would allow us to counter attack and break the defensive line of the enemy as well. as work under the cover of air power and artillery, the russians have powerful and modern anti tank missiles. however, they can't destroy the leopard or the challenger, because they have modern armor and the crews are well protected. and as i was leaving them with sure,

it's very important because the lives of our infantry artilleryman and paratroopers are at stake. it's human lives matter. the leopards will enable us to stop the russians and push them back from our borders. the launch counter offensive and destroy the enemy. on a hush him is standing by in moscow and natasha butler is in cave. but 1st the ghost boston from the room shed in it base and germany with that meeting is being held. we any closer to knowing if jimmy will or once in tanks to ukraine. we are a little bit closer, at least are all hopes that ukraine might have had to hear about any sending of fur lap or 2 tanks to ukraine today has now been erased by the german defense minister . we just announced that they haven't made a decision yet. he said there will be a decision, maybe in a day, maybe in a week or maybe in 2 weeks. but surprisingly he said that they still have to make

her an assessment of the stalks of the lap or to battle tanks here in germany. that will take time. of course there were questions about why hasn't this been done before, because for month already, the has been pressure on germany to sent these battle tanks to his lap or to to ukraine. so no decision here in ramstein to i'm sure the disappointment off for ukraine, we hurt for law to mercy lansky, the president of ukraine, making a really serious plea for these tanks to be sent to ukraine as soon as possible. he was talking about time time should be our common weapon. that's what he said. that's what he told is 50 defense ministers here in ramstein. but now time is losing again, a decision could still take her yet days weeks. nobody knows. he couldn't say anything about the timing and also the question if germany would allow other countries in europe there around 2000 lap or 2 tanks here used by european nations

. poland for example, has offered to send them to ukraine. finland has offered, but a germany needs to give permission. a license for these thanks to be sent to ukraine . he said, that hasn't even been discussed today here. and ramstein. ok. thank you. this says to us and for us in germany, we're going to go to natasha. butler, who is in cave and her as we know zalinski, spoke to the meeting of those foreign ministers in germany earlier. what did he tell them in term to the specifically that outline exactly what he wants? apart from obviously, the german made tags will ukrainian president said that he was hoping for some very serious decisions to be made in this meeting in germany. and what he said he wants is what keith has been saying it once for many months now since this war began, which is basically more weapons, particularly heavy weapons. we're talking about tanks, heavy armored vehicles,

combat vehicles, but also a missile defense systems, ammunition, anything and everything that could help ukrainian or forces as they tried to defend the country against her ongoing russian attacks. now what zalinski has been saying is they look, we can't hesitate. the west can't keep hesitating about weapons and taking its time over decision making because we don't have time each day just plays into rushes hands. he took a swipe at a germany when he talked about some, or at least one capital. hesitating over sending weapons, an obvious and obvious reference to the german chancellor, olaf schultz. and as we heard there from a step, it is possible that germany may not even make a decision about whether or not it will send those leopard sanks to ukraine today, which will to 4th street disappointing to keep. nevertheless, keith is very grateful for some of the weapons that have been sent. a whole raft of

new weapons are being pledged by a number of european countries. we heard that on thursday, stoney latvia, lithuania, poland, the u. k. just some of those countries that are sending in more weapons. and then of course, this huge military aid package that is being pledged by the united states. all of that, of course, good news for the keys, but what they really want is these weapons. now they want them fast, they want as many tanks as possible. they are worried not just about the ongoing fight now, but of course they are looking at the possibility of a new offensive launch to buy the russians, perhaps even as close as spring. okay, thank you. so much this is natasha butler for us, and keith will going to go to alley hush him who is in moscow with moore, and what the kremlin is saying, ah, stating that sir, that the german mo tanks would not change the course of the conflict. does stoneleigh div spokesperson for the kremlin dmitri, the skulls stated that this is going to be

a negative sign. it's going to take the conflict into a new level, and it's not going to change anything. as he said, however, that is a, a kind of a feeling it in more school that this is creating a new, respective for this war, a new, it's changing the situation. and that's why we are seeing the russian officials taking that product towards the bit of escalation yesterday, demetri madrid of warning off as the war ascending towards the nuclear war. today the a, the, the statements by fest called the russian ambassador, the ambassador to the united states, also getting into this debate and stating that the of the, the weston weapons that are going to be in ukraine are going to be targets to the russian. the russians art directing that the signals that communication not now

towards funding countries and also toward the inside because that is a feeling that with all these countries gathering together does a feeling of isolation. so the government needs to address this issue with the people. and that's why we're hitting many and russian officials speaking and addressing also raising the stake and saying and stating that they have many cars and are there are many options to be used and they're not left without options. ok, thank you. at it's alley hush for us in moscow. pro ukraine activists from serbia have filed criminal complaints against russia's wagner mercenary group, accusing it of recruiting serbs to fight in ukraine. earlier says president condemned the wagner group after it advertised the fight as it was an unusual repute by alexander fish. serbia is the only european country besides spellers that has refused to sanction russia. sybian law prohibits citizens from participating in

conflicts abroad a sheet and yet millionaire spreading hatred among serbs toward ukrainians towards a people who have never in history done anything bad to serbia is a crime and that crime must be prosecuted. the spread of hate propaganda leads to violence and war, and that is not necessary here, nor anywhere in europe. li, like elaine nicholas, nick, has more from belk. right. so been president alexander rooted, has condemned a russian mercenary force wagner from trying to recruit soldiers from serbia. after the group ran a local media advertisement for serves to fight in ukraine, its land roches websites and social media groups for publishing advertisements. in the serbian language in which the wagner group calls on volunteers to join its ranks. what is it asked publicly, wagner, why they call any one from serbia? when they know that something like that would be against regulations? the serbia laws has their, their band, the participation of citizens in conflicts abroad. and several people have been

a sentence for doing so. the exact number of serbs who fought in ukraine has never been disclosed by officials, are serbian defense minister milledgeville to which also warner service against joining russians ranks in the war. he said this will result in illegal consequences . want, once they're able to be held responsible before the state of bodies, serbia is a candidate to join the european union. but it also has close ties with russia and entirely depends on guess, imports from russia. i'll remind you also that a survey out remains the only european country apart from belarus, that they didn't join our western sanctions against moscow. i, on the other hand, what it says, he will have very difficult conversations with you and us representatives and says he will address therapy over the weekend to tell them what is required and expected

from serbia regarding costs of all and sanctions against russia. there is plenty more ahead on this news hour, including boeing slices, potential criminal charges, the connection with the crashes of 2737 max plans. plus, i'm how does your castro in charlottesville, virginia, where we're looking at the state of abortion access in the united states, 50 years after well, versus way and, and sport will show you how much is the city fort back to be told them in the premier league ah, a u. s. judge has ordered plain manufacturer, boeing to face criminal charges in court next week, over 2 crashes of it's 737 max jets. it comes off to some victims,

families rejected a $2500000000.00 agreement negotiated by the firm to avoid prosecution. 346 people died and crashes, and indonesia and 2018 and ethiopia and 20. 19 my cana has more from washington dc . well, this going back, that was in january 2021. when boeing reached the deal with the justice department in terms of which had paid $2500000000.00, including $500000000.00 towards the relatives of those killed that appear to be that boeing was granted a relief from further prosecution for at least a 3 year period, that was the same texas court in which the relatives then in october last year, brought another case to the judge. arguing that they should have been notified of the deal before it was agreed to the judge and this is back in october, agreed at that particular point saying as well that those killed in those crashes

were victims of a crime. making very clear in his opinion that there was a criminal action. now in his judgement today, the judge has repeated this particular point. and in addition, has now called on boeing to send a representative to be arranged in the texas courthouse on the 26th of january. in other words, the judge is saying you have criminal charges to answer. you have got to come before me so i can tell you what those charges are and you will plead whether you are innocent or guilty of these charges. here will enter. charlton is the managing director of vh and advocacy. he's in commerce in the east of france and with us now . thank you very much for being on al jazeera, that this ruling come as a surprise to you and do you think it on rebels? the agreement completely boeing thought it hadn't negotiated to avoid this type of prosecution. well, yes, it certainly did come as a surprise. it's certainly, it's extremely unusual and it's unusual because the allegation which has now go to

these next stage, it hasn't gone through to finalization but has go to the next stage. is that boeing in the design and the manufacturer? they say craft excused fraud, acted fraudulently, and that's the most unusual claim to mike in the, in the ations fia, as to the 2nd part, i think that everyone will be watching. it's absolutely fascinating. how did it act? fraudulent fraudulently affects the accusation. and i'm still trying to work that out. i think, i think the allegation is that when boeing went through the process of getting regulatory approval from the if i, i the federal aviation authority it, it said things to the if i weren't true, which means for which one i guess it, it gave claims as to what was available in the say, crap, what the systems were able to do. and more importantly, what was and what wasn't included in those systems. and so i think that's become,

i think that's the point on which all of this will turn that fe that's proper because in truth, i think that is the real number, the issue. what are the chances that you think boeing will actually be convicted here? well, my father, all i said he'd like to made a one on the lawyer because the one on blow couldn't say well yes, but on the other hand i eat to pains. i think the chances at 1st instance are quite high, whether it stays all the way through the appeals process, i think becomes a lot more complicated because they see shoes full boeing and the whites working of course. but there's also a broader policy issue as to how often and under what circumstances company should be accused of criminal criminal proceedings rather than, than civil proceedings. it, the, one of the problems for boeing is that by say, say craft crashes had particularly interesting and, and informed people on the on board and they relatives

a very claim to cities to the end. what do you mean just on that point? what do you think some of the fame of victims families challenged that 2 point? $5000000000.00 deal that boeing did with the government? and do you think in doing so? does that put any future payout for them at risk? well, the 2500000000 isn't all going to, to the victims or to the families of the victims that you've got to understand that very much smaller than the actual previous report. thank you very much. small and i'm going that's the 1st thing i think the 2nd thing is a part of the reason why this is become as, as litigious. i guess they're all litigious, as, as, as, as vicious as this one has become, is that i think early on boeing were quite off hand that the way in which this was traded. i tried to blame the pilots that tried to point out that these parts kind from developing countries. bolling didn't cover itself in on, in this just so that obviously boeing suffered massive reputational damage here. i

mean, does this just drool this out even further? and what do you think it does to the future of the company? i will lay events that is to various, this very different questions. let me try to analyze them both in the 1st one. it doesn't draw the sap further. what's really interesting here when, historically with aviation, we had an extremely beneficial to the airlines liability regime if we cause damage and the liability valence was very strictly limited. american attorneys, in particular, were very cain to break through those very limits. i could getting to much more appropriate. i'm damages times. i'm going to tell you on a shacks that i'm prepared to swim in the sign water as some of these, some of these plaintiffs attorneys from the united states. and they were vicious, in terms of breaking those limits. but what that ultimately deed was cause everybody to look at what really did cause these accidents. and i think on balance,

ultimately it was, it was for the good and it was for a improve safety. it'll be ugly in the meantime. as to your 2nd question, the implications for boeing? goodness, that's a really hard question. boeing has had a very bad few years. it's, it's been accused of, i think, rightly of regulatory capture it took over the wine which a craft was certified and started to market sign homework. i think the easy what this gives bowing is an opportunity to get back to basics and start building some really terrific airlines. okay, thank you so much for your time and you're inside. that's andrew charlton. the managing to retail is ation advocacy. thanks very much for being on al jazeera. with the u. s. ideation regulator says last week's technical glitch that grounded thousands of flights was caused by a contractor unintentionally deleting files. the agency says that stuff were working to synchronize to databases when the computer system was disrupted. the you in says 7 people have been killed in an attack on

a camp for displaced people in eastern democratic republic of congo. it happened in a touring province and comes off. the peacekeepers discovered the bodies of at least 40 people in mass graves and nearby villages. the attacks being blamed on a local ripple group, the you in his calling for an investigation to establish whether the graves and the attacks a lynx. malcolm web is following developments from kenya's capital nairobi because the people have been killed in the last week in the program near the city. and the critical cadet code has been blamed. those mass graves were found in the villages the slightest pulled out of just a couple days ago. not enabled other community members to return. and they found dozens of bodies there. and there was still villages controlled by could deco fighters where people can access the relative con,

safely get that the happy reports of more violent people waiting to find out if more civilian having been killed, connected origins or in a conflict as it started decades ago, that was for a farmland, among other things along ethnic lines. now it controlled lucrative transport, relate talbert and other, the, to proven, also controlled gold mine groups, things going stronger in recent non, which is leading many people to question how and why. and if somebody is backing them, a record cold inside barrier is now spreading to china. is jeff with your world with an update? ok, so this is a big deal for the 1st time and more than 50 years the far north east china has registered a temperature of minus 50 degrees. hey there by the way, the darker the blue in the purple on our map. that's the lower the temperature. this is cold air out of siberia. so let's head there right now. we've set some

records here for the 3rd time this month. in fact, at this time around the record closing in on minus 63 degrees. so all of this cold air has slipped into areas of china through the korean peninsula as well. we can up saturday morning in harbin to minus 29 degrees. and when we get this cold air out of siberia over that see here, that gives us some c and do snow for western and northern areas of japan. so how long is this cold gonna last for? we take a look at the 3 day forecasts in beijing. you get a bit of a reprieve on sunday, but then break back into some freezer weather over the next few days overnight. lowe's in beijing of mine is 16. so that is while below average, really the warmth is south of the yellow river valley were temperatures have now come up. we're back to average in hong kong with the high 19 degrees and elsewhere in asia pacific. we could get brush with some showers in which human city over the course of the weekend, and some intense monsoon rains. just to the south of manila, susan, but still ahead on al jazeera of traveling to see relatives for the 1st time in 3

years. hundreds of millions of chinese hid home to the countryside to celebrate the lunar new year. and in school to rock. when the arabian goes come, for the 1st time since 1988 will show you how they did it with awe. what is the price of luxury and undercover teen travels deep into the illegal cocoa plantations of the ivory coast. simple solutions are very hard to find for something as complicated as the child labor chocolates, hearts of darkness, encounters unpaid child labor. as working in a 100000000000 dollar industry, we're over half of the countries, cocoa producers live below the poverty line. on al jazeera. when the news breaks,

when people me to be heard and the story told incredible what more people would injured or killed this is mary's eve on the ukrainian capital. with exclusive interviews and in depth reports, i did a lot more than $2000000000.00 of that. my code of address nigeria is going by them to visit and widespread public. al jazeera has teens on the ground to bring you more award winning documentaries and live lugs router. lou ah, you're watching l. g. here, a reminder of our top stories, the sour asylum see his trying to reach europe have described being kept an unofficial prisons when they are forcibly returned from italy. the testimonies are

part of an al jazeera investigation and partnership with lighthouse reports and other media defense ministers from 50 countries and meeting in germany to discuss the next steps and military support for you. crime, prison for a lot of me as zalinski is urging elijah to sin heavy weapons and battle tanks. the un says 7 people have been killed in an attack on a camp for displaced people in democratic republic of congo. it happened in to re province where peacekeepers discovered mess scribes. earlier this week. a public and private companies in sierra leone now have to reserve 30 percent of their jobs for women, and a bid to tackle gender and balances. the law also guarantees women at least 14 weeks of maternity leave, equal pay and training opportunities. companies that will be fined if they fail to reach the quarters. sierra leone is currently ranked 100 near 82nd,

out of 189 countries. in the u ends 2020 gender development index. well, nicky spencer coca is head of advocacy in movement building at purposeful she joins us from the capital free town. thank you so much for being on this news. our now we know are gender and balances a problem that many countries faced right around the world. but clearly sierra leone has one of the worst record. so can you just, i guess, visible, give us an idea of the discrimination women faced there when it comes to work? well, i think given your statistics that you just gave out there about the position that we are, are in terms of gender equality in the global scale. that is as good as a reason as any, for a country. and it's governments take on board the issue of gender inequality and it's exciting to do something positive about it. when we have a population that's 52 percent plus female. but

a significantly less than that in terms of development, where be an education or presence in the workforce. and it's, it's to this governance credit that the political will, is there to do something about it. we, we know certain factors are represented and you know, better for women than others. right now we have a growing young population, a culture of young people who are going heavily into entrepreneurship and looking at for themselves, finding jobs for themselves. but in terms of the form or where women are in terms of representation, the representation is grossly b below 10 percent in terms of positions of leadership and, and governance. and that's the reason why this act, which has been decades in the making by the way, if so historic form, not, not just women when girls are 30, but the society as

a whole of this government has taken a position led by our president, that syrian cannot develop and be a middle income economy. it does not take the issue of the development of the women, if it's women and girls as a top priority. and that's come to with, you know, legislation and policies to do with education. and now specifically in terms of ensuring that women's participation in both public and private life is addressed with positive measures to, to change the current narrative that we do as you said, decades to get across the line. and i mentioned that that was an extremely difficult fight. has it been well welcomed like well, what's the response been like there and is 30 percent good enough? or were you pushing for more? well we can, we always one more. yeah. and, and as, as that was a stated it, if you look at just the quote, is that a mentioned in this particular act,

it says at least 30 percent. so that's merely, you know, that, that, that, that the, you know, the minimum. yeah. it's not, it's not the ceiling, right? we can, we can expect and we should expect that it should be more, again, we activists, you know, women's rights activists, feminist gender, empowerment activists across the board has been emphasized that the population of sarah leon is at 52 percent plus female. and so really is it, you know, beyond appealed to ask for at least 3030 percent. should we not be have been 50 percent, but we take it within the context of the society, the social cultural norms. and you understand that yes, it has been a long fight. it's been but it's been an inclusive one. it has been at one in which there's been consultations across the board across, staring with various groups and bringing everybody on what to see why. this is not

just a question of taking right away from somebody else, but it's about the development of the country as a whole. yeah, i guess it's one thing for serving these jobs. i have sitting a quarter, but other enough qualified women are able to film, especially because of the lack of opportunities that women in sierra leone of head in the past. yeah, that's, that's the, that's the point that's brought up all the time. they all while you to make the quote to will you leave it to find the women to fill the the sions act. and the point of it of it is the legislation like this is always aspirational. you have to start someone to ensure that the, in the enable environments are put in place, ensure that you do have those where you do not have the numbers. then you are, you know, under an impetus to go out and ensure you do what is right in terms of training, in terms of education, in terms of access and opportunities to ensure that women and girls are in those positions and have the requisite credentials and qualifications to take up those or you know, those positions, if you don't have the numbers,

why don't you have the numbers, you don't have the numbers because the women don't have access to the opportunities . they don't have the records in education, they're not presented with a non toxic environments to allow them to know that they can go forward and see these opportunities. so whether or not the idea is that the policies and the access will be created to ensure that we get there. yeah, eventually the details are in the implement. this is not expected to be an instantaneous thing, but we understand that now it's, it's now is the beginning of where we want to get to as a science, you know, what sort of message does the sense term not just sincerely on, but in the rest of west africa and just very briefly what you want to achieve next . interestingly enough, we've talked about the statistics in terms of, you know, where syrian places with these types of this type of legislation on the, on the continent. and clearly with this, we will be in the english speaking west africa trailblazer. most of the, the,

you know, the affirmative action and a quarter system legislation, equality acts are a not in, in west africa in francophone, west african syrian will be sort of the standard bearer for this. obviously, that's what the reason why we did it. we did because we want our country to develop, but that's the reality of the situation. and if you look at, in terms of, you know, percentages. but it does look like common tree representation for certain country. that being said, you know, a gun and you see that it, none of them have been above 14.6 percent thereabouts. representation of women in like in the parliament with failure and haven't been about 14 percent gone. i think was about 10 percent of their about, but nigeria with the most populous country, was somewhere around 78 percent. and all of those don't have the sorts of

legislation in place now we do, and we faxed that our, you know, that are, you know, the statistics will be different when you look at it again, maybe 510 years down the line. are you going into an election this year? and i thank you so much for your time and your inside. that is now he's been sick. ok hit of efficacy and movement, building purposeful. thank you. thank you. happy me. well, it's been at 50 years since the u. s supreme court ruled on the case known as roe vs wade, giving women the constitutional rights to abortion. there was overturned last june when the court's conservative majority allowed states to sit their own laws. heidi ger. castro reports on how access to abortion has changed. of anti logan has had 5 abortions and says she's not ashamed. i'm proud o. being able to act with abortion. i am proud of the abortions i am because i wouldn't be here today. logan has an 11 year old daughter and no plans for more

children. she juggles mother heard with a job. she says she loves easy of thinking thought, or guiding other women through the abortion process at home. women's health and abortion clinic in charlottesville, virginia. it's not just a person having an abortion, it's a person speaking up and taking control for the rest of their life, how they saw it, and how they planned it. getting an abortion has been increasingly difficult in the united states since june. when the supreme court overturn rosie wade, now 6 months later, $24.00 states have banned abortions or are likely to do so. i truly didn't think that ray would be taken away from us. more than 34000000 women of reproductive age live in states where abortions are currently banned. that's 4th many to travel more

than 2000 miles to reach this clinic to pack up and drive across the country because, you know, no one will see you, especially in a place like texas, where it's like 18 hours to get out of the state or more stacy ballantine moved away from indiana after the state legislature passed an abortion band. she used to work for an abortion clinic there and would have risk jail time if she stayed. now she works at whole women's health in virginia. i mean, it's crazy. there is no reason that we can't help people, regardless of where we live in the midwest. illinois is among the few states where abortions remain protected. these women with the chicago abortion fund work to help women from abortion band state travel to illinois for the procedure. we provide logistical financial and emotional support. so helping a firm to folks that the, the difficulty for which right now it is to access abortion is not

a reflection of the morality of their decision. i can also follow up with you via text message. despite these efforts, researchers estimate there were 10000 fewer illegal abortions in the u. s. in the 1st 2 months after roe v wade fell anti abortion activists say that's a significant victory and have vowed to pass more abortion restrictions. the battle over abortions is playing out now in state legislatures and courtrooms affecting one of the most intimate decisions of a person's life. patty, joe castrol al jazeera, charlottesville, virginia. you as president joe biden says he has no regrets and what he called the misplaced documents. controversy some classified files have been discovered at his former office and at his home in delaware, speaking well visiting the site of forest fires in california. biden said he hopes the issue will be resolved quickly. i think you're gonna find, there's nothing there. i have no regret,

i'm following what the lawyers have told me they want me to do exactly what we're doing. there's no, they're there. google is counting 12000 jobs world wide. it's the latest lodge tick company to lay off workers as a rapid expansion during the cove at 19 pandemic wears off. the loss equates to 6 percent of its global workforce. the silicon valley giant seo cylinder per chase is artificial intelligence will be a key focus going forward. or british trade union unite, says ambulance workers will take part in a new series of strike days in february. and march workers will walk out on a planned 6 days during the coming months. the you case being hit by a wave of strikes over the last 6 months evolving while work as teachers and postal staff demanding higher wages in the face of increased inflation. more than a 1000000 people joined a nationwide strike and france demanding president emanuel micron. trump has

planned pension reforms. the changes include a proposal to raise the retirement age by 2 years to $64.00. while wise schools and refineries were affected by workers walking off the job, in other day of action is planned for january the 31st. hundreds of millions of chinese are traveling from city to the countryside to celebrate the luna new year. this weekend, the government ended strict covered 19 roles in december and for many migrant workers. it's the 1st time they're going home. since the pandemic began, katrina hugh reports from beijing 20 years ago, tungsten was left her home in china's south to work as a cleaner in beijing. she promised to return at least once a year, and she did until 2020. when the government imposed corbett 19 restrictions on travel. now those had ended. she's making the journey again with her granddaughter

and daughter in tow. how me a lot. and all those are made by my parents kept asking when we would return, but because the outbreak we couldn't this was yeah, but they didn't understand it. they kept the same. make sure you come this year. i tried my best to explain the rules when they asked for sure, they misses very much young the family will, will unite to celebrate the learning. yes. time is most important and your holiday . it's the 1st time to your audio e will meet a great grandparents. they are among the 10s of millions of migrant workers travelling across china this week known here as soon it's the world's largest and migration people and light tension walk. many have not seen their relatives for years. it's been 3 years and this train station was this busy people of all ages, all walks of life uh, beginning their journey entire families are on the move. the government says

2100000000 trips will be made me to my, the smart that's double last year. with them fight younger daughter, actual returning home and a tourism are the 2 main reasons for traveling. there's a big increase in terms of total trips from the numbers of travelers nationwide, which will, you know, it won't quite reach pre pandemic levels. but aster restrictions relax, brother and the economy recovers hardware. there will be more movement articles and people aren't only traveling domestically. the end of mandatory quarantined for incoming passengers has led to an increase in ticket sales for international flights. many assigned to southeast asia avoid and countries of virus restrictions on travelers from china, such as japan and the united states. tungsten wall has never left the country, but her journey is longer than not. after 28 hours on a train, they arrive and moon is such one province. meeting her elderly parents who have recently recovered from the current virus for their health and the presence of food

generations under one roof. she says as much to celebrate. 2 the al jazeera meeting was still a hit on al jazeera, a buzzard, better for one of the mba is biggest stars, but wasn't enough to help his team. when the answers coming up with jim a instant ah ah ah

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minutes. 7 see to daniel medford who has be knocked out by sebastian quarter, the son of the 1998 to all the open champion, patrick order. we have action from that while later, but there were no issues of for the highest ranked player left in the draw. stefano sits of ass, the 3rd seed made light work of town. greek school when he in straight sets to move into the 1st round where he will play italy's at 50 seed at janik sinner womens number one contact up just 55 minutes till each round for the pole was up against qualify at christina boucher and that we dropped one game to wrap it up easily to 6 love 61 next up or she contact is cause it storms at wimbledon champion, lay the re buckner who beat last is rough and melvin. danielle collins. that seat at jessica pergola also advanced with a comfortable picture every ukraine's motto. caustic, the american, getting the job done in 65 minutes to claim the when it's 6 love to 60 and that sends her through to facebook. the french open champion, bob worchol, chief,

about and exhausted. andy murray says it's a fast that his epic victory over the nasty cochran arcus finished pos for i am in the morning. the tournament organizers say there's no need to change the rules, but whatever your opinion, there's no doubt it was one of the most memorable matches in melbourne ever. 7 ah, if one point sums this much up, it's this one to sit down and almost out. and the murray just wouldn't give up against the nasty cock. in that case. 34 years old with a metal hip and having already paid nearly 5 hours in his previous match, the former well, number one, doug deep sharing a famous grit that earned him 3 grand slams and to olympic. already. a fight on finalist in melbourne. he really got the crowd fired up despite it already being well beyond midnight's. he pulled that set back and with his opponent, visibly struggling when the next one as well to set up an epic deciding 5th. it was

closed, but again it was murray who stepped up at the key moment. ah, and after 5 hours 45 minutes, he wrapped up the 2nd longest match in australian. open history. just 8 minutes shy of know that job, which is 2012 final victory of a rough on a dow. oh and for fest for i am. it's also the 2nd latest finish in melbourne. after late in hewett beat marker spec, that is in 2008, that one finished at 4 33 am. the thanks so much server on for saying it's ridiculously lay ah, didn't it? he didn't need to do that, but it really helps me and tenacity in a situation like that when we have all of you creating an amazing atmosphere. farro . so i appreciate that everyone including me. i think we should all get off the bed now. murray described the light finished as a farce,

and as coolant organizes to rethink the schedule after a much needed day off, he'll return to face roberto battista good in room 3. david stokes al jazeera australian rugby international cutty bill has been charged by police with sexual assaults. the 34 year old was arrested on friday over the sexual assault of a woman in a fine bondai. in december. he's been charged on 3 count. someone, a parent caught on sassy rugby australia has suspended bill from all forms of rugby, pending the conclusion of legal proceedings. spanish police, a brazilian football, or danny alvarez has been detained in barcelona over allegation of sexual assault and says, you know, on your road has previously denied the claims made against him. related to an incident in a boss, lay in a nightclub in december, he was taken into custody on friday morning and will now be questioned why a judge alvarez left sponsor last year to join a club in mexico. manchester city pulled off a thrilling, come back to be caught them for to close the gap on premier league lead as often to

5 points, a full clearance from the city go. keeper. edison was punished by day. i'm clueless . epsky who sits in front and they quickly scored another to leave today. at the break. 50 came out firing in the 2nd half was 3 goes in while minute. adding holland with his 28 just the season to make it to the whole rad maurice gave 60 the lead for another late in the game. as it finished 40 it wasn't just msp. you want to fight back the victory round madrid found themselves down. how fine they can sit around and come down, right. but they turn the much on it's had in the 2nd half finished. yes. junior scoring his 1st goal in 6 games to make it was rather than equalized before danny. so bios match the when with 4 minutes left, if i place in the quarter find a much easier night. so boss to let you know he crews in the courses by watching,

certified as soon as the fact he scored 111, he's got a couple and a 5 know when they win for rel. i'm also, while 2 of the former saw one head to head in an exhibition match and saudi arabia christiana went out to add a little messy based on the school sheets, as part of sancho might be to saudi all star team in rehab. for my son, hamish sent this report. football saw a fever has been running high all week in saudi arabia. more than 2000000 fence reported the attempting to get tickets. to see lynn l message. sounds del monte on the all star team. headline but christiano, rinaldo, i'm very excited about them. i am very much amended between them. very, very excited. those lucky enough to see the game were treated to golf east. messy who just la months. let's argentina to woke up. glorying cut off, open dis going just minutes in see i'm not supposed go. oh,

rinaldo didn't waste any time responding. he want a penalty and pretty painful fashion. and he converted with ease for his 1st goal. since moving to saudi arabia, i have seen some food. we're now there wasn't finished there. the 37 year old school, the 2nd showing, the killer instinct on muscle fans will hope to see on a regular basis. i was a call. i've been with both legends made their exits around the hour mark their efforts warmly appreciated by the sell out crowd as will the copious g going on to win 5 for on. what was a memorable night for the fans and the match that was about more than just football for saudi arabia. the major big events that are gonna be happening a lot, one of them,

one of them will be about 2029. which age, asian winter games, which is, you know, again, an incredible particular for what you. also like saturday i was looking hopefully to have the 2027 asian problem. you know, i'm, you know, you know, we hear about like the world cup bed. you know, nothing officer, but obviously that's something to keep miles this much could turn out to be messy and, or now those final encounter. but what we've seen from a tonight, there's plenty of hunger for their legendary rivalry to continue santa hamis. i'll da 0, elliot, iraq of on the arabian gulf, cut for the 1st time in 35 years. the final went ahead in basrah. despite for people being killed in a crush outside the stadium, the host clenched the title with a $32.00 extra time victory over a month. and i finished with the winning goal is the whole time. iraq has been crowned arabian gulf champions for their 1st since 1988. and we finished with that impressive play by one of the biggest stars in the m. b. a. check this out from

steph curry. i bet with that bus be to buy curry from 38 meters out, put the golden state warriors one points out of time against the boston celtics. but unfortunately for the warriors, it was the celtics who eventually came out on top winning by 3 in overtime. that is always support for now. joe will have more later. thanks so much jim it. well, that's all from me for this news. i'll be back in just a moment with more ah, i can unlock my phone with my face. you can access your bank account with your voice unique algorithmic measurements of us that are revolutionizing the process of identification. but biometrics are far from perfect vic, convenience and seeming infallibility comes at across most crucially,

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