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the women and girls of afghanistan can not be abandoned. after holding talks with the women are getting trodden on, they need to breathe. they need to come back, they need to have their rights protected, and given back to them, whether being taken away, ah, watching al jazeera alive from bill. how with me, funny back people also coming up rising tensions between 2 key and sweden, after authorities in stockholm allow a fall. right ronnie, that involved writing the koran to go ahead. the u. s. designates back in a group as an international criminal organization for supplying mercenaries to russia. lab reactions from moscow. ah, and dozens of people injured in peru as police confronts protesters demanding the

resignation out. the president. ah. the united nations deputy secretary general has told al jazeera, the women and girls of afghanistan can not be abandoned. i mean, a mohammad has just returned from high level meetings with the taliban in cobble. she says her delegation made some progress on women's rights, but much remains to be done. i spoke to the deputy secretary general here in dough . hi, a few hours ago. has there been any progress made on the issue of women working for n jose and african women and girls being able to attend secondary school? yes, there has been some progress. some exemptions are being made to the edicts that have covered the health sector. and i think that's because the international community and particularly the partners who have funding this were able to show the implications and the impact of your women to women's services, particularly childbirth getting food across,

in very harsh when to conditions. not enough. that's just the very beginning. we've opened up a crack and we hope that through the reversals, we can eventually get to a stage where you neutralize those edicts and women a back in school and girls. and of course, in the workplace. oh, did you meet within the taliban leadership and do they understand the gravity of the role they've put in place? we met every one that was in 1st of all, the cabinets. we met ministers there. we met the foreign minister. we met the deputy prime minister. we met the minister that was in charge of refugees and returning. we went to supreme leader. no, we did not meet the supreme leader that i think is a pretty close door to most. but we did meet the deputy governor in kandahar and the sure the sure the council that take these decisions and that to interpret them . and that is very important because as you know is some schools thoughts. right now what we're seeing is an abolition on education and workplace. so women's rights,

but it's not what islam preaches. and it was very important to go in and try to have a conversation with them. and they did you get a sense that when this taliban leadership there is, there is unity or division perhaps when it comes to these volts have implemented? when you meet the taliban, there's a lot of hospitality. everyone is welcoming you at the same time. if you push enough buttons, you begin to see the ideology come through. what we did see was an understanding of all of them how important it was for girls rights and women's rights and education . they all didn't have a, they didn't push back on that. what they said was that okay, this of work in progress and they're going to come back to us. so the new framing around which they would protect women, that would be accessing education and also the workplace. so i think that they understand i was surprised, but we saw from them a need and want to be recognized. right. and that the humanitarian services were

important. so i think you've got fractions. i think you've got the ones that afford leaning and you've got the ones that are holding onto the 13th century ideology. and i will ask you a bit more about this needs to be recognised that they have formulated. i wanted to to, to find out more about your meetings with them as a woman and muslim woman, you were meeting with taliban along with the head of you when women see my boy holes. did you find that that made a difference? having women in there to, to have that perhaps uncomfortable conversation for them about women's rights finishes. it was always very clear to me. i'm going in there as an opportunity to hear the voices of women of afghanistan. we heard this some young women who said to us, we don't need your voice senior to, to amplify ours when you get in there, since we don't have that opportunity. so going in the house, very focused on getting those messages across, getting into the room. it is always intimidating when you're facing people who do such things in this world is we don't accept. but i think you know,

focus on the issue and push it and we did and they didn't in some cases, didn't accept it and tried to put you in your place. but i think we were strong enough to push back until her bunky is a spokesman for the taliban ministry of foreign affairs. he says some n g o is we're trying to create what he called social change. and i've got this done. but he says the taliban is allowing organizations to operate if they align with the nation values as the cardinal principal off. and your work is impartiality and neutrality to that and those in jose who were really involved in humanitarian work. and we're committed to this principle and not interfering in the local customs and norms. they were given exemptions in some areas including health, they have resumed their work and we welcome that. as for those who were

unable or unwilling to stick to this principle, they have only shown that perhaps this decision was the best interest of a son and india. and we will continue to prioritize the stability and security of that. i mean, this idea that there is a ban on education is absolutely incorrect as part of a particular narrative and agenda that has been driven by some actors who again have taken hostage to you and in sense of helping the people of science instead of working on areas and in a way that empowers the government to take the needed actions to help and provide the basic needs of atlanta, sun, and other world news. 3 baltic states have hit out at germany for failing to

provide battle times for ukraine, estonia, lithuania, and lot. b. s. a gemini, was the leading european power and a special responsibility to help restore peace. but at a meeting of defense ministers on friday, germany wouldn't commit to providing ukraine leper, 2 times know what it give permission for other countries to export them, said vos, and reports from ramstein at bass. us defense secretary lloyd austin was hoping to deliver flat and used to his ukrainian counterpart at the ramstein air base. but it was to be no commitment from germany that it would send its lap tanks to ukraine. we don't feel anything, we are just do a responsibility before our population in germany and in europe. and we have to balance all the pros and cons of the 40 res erie decide. things like that. just like there is nothing else. and i'm very sure that there will be a decision in the short term, but i don't know why, and i don't know. wow, how the decision will look. this lack of

a concrete timeline is despite germany's nato allies and ukraine itself, pressuring heart for the tanks to be sent. i encourage you to make such decisions that can deprive rashly evil of, of any power. you can start this policy today. it is in your power to mega ramstein of tags not to bargain about different numbers of tense, but to open at principal supply that will stop ration evil. some fear attending napa tank could mean an escalation of the war and rec nato, into a direct confrontation with russia. the tanks have been sold to dozens of countries around the world. those who want to export him to ukraine need permission from germany 1st, after weeks of international pressure, germany has made it clear that it will take a decision on whether or not to send leper thanks to you. crane in its own time, president landscape, please, that time is not

a luxury his country has had little effect. because germany says it's a decision that needs to be carefully wait. despite the sat back to happy promise, one of new military hardware for ukraine, you as the plan secretary austin urgent countries not to waste too much time. this is a decisive decade for the world. and this is a decisive moment for ukraine struggle to defend itself. so this contact group will not slow down. we're going to continue to dig deep. and based upon the progress that we've made today, i'm confident that ukraine's partners from around the globe are determined to meet this moment in berlin global foot past us. also try to put pressure on the government to take a decision on sending leper thank. sooner rather than later. steadfast and elsie's 0 at ramstein f a. the us is designating rushes. wagner group as an

international criminal organization that will allow it to impose wider sanctions on the globe. the white house says about 50000 back. no mess marries are fighting in ukraine by can every, for some washington a 3rd force and the ukraine conflict. soldiers from russia as bug in the group, essentially hired mercenaries, many of them hired from russian prisons. the group is controlled by a guinea pig. oh, seen a close ally of that me putin. and this week featured in a video made by his own media service, visiting injured fighters in saint petersburg clinic. you must not pity a soldier at war. you must take care of him. therefore, each soldier should be unique. with more than 50000 deployed in ukraine, the wagner group has been on the u. s. rate. offer a number of months. and now it's been declared a significant transnational criminal organisation in coordination with this

designation. we will also impose additional sanctions next week against wagner. and its support network across multiple continents. these actions recognize the trans continental threat that wagner poses, including through it's ongoing pattern of series criminal activity. at the same time though, the us maintains that a mounting rivalry between the bod group and the formal russian military could impact on russian performance and the ongoing war. we are seeing indications, including intelligence, the tensions between wagner and the russian ministry of defense are increasing. wagner is becoming a rival power centered to the russian military and other russian ministries, the russian army has a very little more all. so the only way to spike moran and to bring vickers, if to bring this people who get a lot of money will basically professional mercenaries and also professional

criminals released from jail. that's what styling actually did as well. the us has also accused north korea of arming the wagner group, displaying images of what it says are russian rail cars being loaded with north korean weapons systems. potentially putting the group in a position where it could change battlefield dynamics and ukraine. something the u . s. clearly hopes it sanctions will help prevent my color. odyssey era, washington, a danish far right politician has burned a copy of the koran, the muslim holy book outside the turkish embassy in sweden, his capital, stockholm asthma's palo dan who holds both danish and swedish nationalities, was granted permission by the government to stage to rally it prompted turkey to cancel a plan visit by the nordic nations defend smith. the care which is a member of nato, has been holding off on a proving sweden's application to join the military alliance until the government

class found on gloves icon regard says security threats. the rules are the local, as roger tiger at. we've been following the process regarding this visit. as you're aware, we observed that they've been no reactions from the swedish administration regarding those disgusting and mean actions against turkey under president of this point. the visit of swedish defense minister paul johnson, to, to kia on january the 27th has become meaningless. so we cancelled the visit toward them, said em concealed. lou joins us now live from a sample cinema. tell us about the turkish reaction now that this protest has gone ahead. while the us, the initial reaction came from the turkish defense minister, fully, he said that they canceled this visit on the other hand. on the other hand, we saw swedish defense minister tweeting that yesterday he met with his turkish counterpart and they decided to postpone this a visit to

a later date. and he mentioned that relations with turkey is very important, especially when it comes to weight. and anita and ada expression. of course, this is not the only reaction from turkey turkish presidential spokesperson. brian collins waited that this is a hate crime. and a swedish authorities giving permission to such protests, especially which allows the professor to insult the hala book of his bomb. is encouraging the hate crime, it is encouraging it is a full b l. so there is a written statement by the turkish foreign minister, which condemns these protests. and which calls on as sweden and other countries to take the necessary measures against these kinds of actions that would provoke different different feelings, emotions among them as them societal. of course, besides,

this protests held why did vanish politician in front of the turkish embassy? there are pro kurdish groups actually pro p k k groups who are against the deal between trickier and sweet and for finland and sweetens an a 2 x session. they gather again. and last week they had a protest and they, they had the modal turkish presence. ardon which will tank them, but also spark lots of reactions and trick here. so for to keep all these, those permissions, the protests just encourage hate crime. and they call on the swedish authorities to hold the perpetrators accountable for them. thank you for letting him go. said lou, live there in a stumble still ahead on the program along. how low can it go? we take a closer look at lebanon lira as economic crisis center is a full year. and hundreds of americans are dying every day from college related

illnesses. as a pandemic and his it's for here will tell you what help experts believe needs to be done. ah it's time for the philippines to get wet once again. here's your general area of wet weather which is seasonally correct, but it always areas in between that are particularly heavy rain and this is the one that's coming in, now's tao, into the southern philippines. at the same time, we repeat the heavy rain likelihood in peninsula malaysia, so dancer called them from singapore and probably in su, marshall though rather less so. but a daily shower, of course, an event at this time of year. an unusually, there's rain forming for the southern part of japan coming up against us. really cold air to the north. just have a quick glance at these temperatures. one, the,

to yourself. is that normal? no, it's not as much colder than it should bring up to 12 degrees below normal in hobbin, for example, that cold leaks across the open waters. the snow shouting honshu or cargo. and probably in the korean printer as well is mostly dry, but cold. in northern china, but it's interesting me clarity and rather damp size of the yank. see air call has become a problem again. the most polluted places as report in the world, a new deleon le horn at the moment and that general air, if still miss an unpleasant weather down through northern india, down through the play. but for most it's fine. of course it's talia and sunny. ah,

a ah ah ah, welcome back, a recap of the top stories on al jazeera, the united nations deputy secretary general has told al jazeera, the women and girls of afghanistan can not be abandoned. mohammed has just returned from high level meetings with the taliban. she says her delegation made some progress on women's rights,

but much remains to be done. a danish far right politician has burnt a copy of the koran outside the turkish embassy in sweden's capital, stockholm local police gave permission for the writing to go ahead. and this has prompted onqua to cancel a planned visit by the swedish defense minister. and the us is designating rushes, wagner group as an international criminal organization. it says about $50000.00 of its mercenaries of fighting in ukraine. the classification will allow the us to apply wider sanctions to peru now, where dozens of people have been injured. us police confronted cross demand. the resignation of president didn't want a they want congress shut down election. hell, then a new constitution brought in a warranty. as accused of trying to see power and wound anyone breaking the law, will be prosecuted at least 50 people have been killed in confrontations with security forces since early december. and impeachment,

a new president and his fate of emergency a lot has happened in seen from a leader federal cassie or tried to dissolve congress on december, the 7th, he was removed from office and replaced by the vice president. the unable to watch a castillo was charged with rebellion and conspiracy. protests broke out in his strongholds rural areas, mostly in the south of gurule. a nationwide state of emergency was declared on december. the 14th and protest is blocked roads and stormed airports. then this week, a 2 day national strike was held in the capital, but it spread into a 3rd day and people say they won't leave until their demands are met. mariana sanchez has more from lima. oh, these protesters have been clashing with pulleys for the 3rd night in a row. they are here and about a block away is colby that has been throwing tear gas up in the police has blocked the access towards the

entry of presidential palace and congress. but protesters are in different parts of the surrounding areas clashing with police, throwing rocks at them. ah, yes, chris, i am from pu no, i want to inform people of the reality of this forgotten rural peru region that not only has poverty, but also malnutrition. the peruvian state has forgotten or region are children who do not have good quality healthcare education. it's a region that produces copper, gold richness that contribute to the state, yet they don't care about us. oh, protests have gone on in other parts of the country as well. include going, bruno, as well as in that to keep up were protests, was tried to take over the airport. now these protestors say they want human rights organizations in the country to verify the prosecution of those who have killed under the victims of nearly 50 people. that have died in the last few weeks

in the protest are now these protesters say that no matter what they will stay in the streets of the capital and all over the country. until d no one wanted resigns. about his new man has been shot dead bodies, really sadler in the occupied west bank. jericho de monte, with scales near the village of rosco car, west of ramallah, video posted on line appears to show him chasing a settler who then stops and shoots him is ready for to say he was shot to prevent a stabbing. 18 palestinians have been killed in the occupied westbank by israeli forces, or settlers this month. lebanon's currency, the lira has lost around 95 percent of its value since the start of the country's economic meltdown in 2019. it's now trading at close to $50000.00 to $1.00 against the us dollar, instead of implementing much needed reforms. the political elite is accused, is accused of creating

a confusing exchange rates as them that's hurting the people who rely on it the most. then a harder report, somebody moves, good services, hospital fees, insurance, they're all priced in. foreign currency, lebanon's economy has become dollar, right? because the local currency is nearly worthless. can shanisha neevadolla, we buy everything in dollars, our goods, our rent electricity. yes, we should price in the local currency, but it's not possible because its value keeps fluctuating. trading is dominated by the black market exchange rate. it's hovering around $50000.00 lire to the dollar, causing even more economic difficulties for people already struggling to get by. but it's not the only rate. politicians and bankers are accused of creating a multiple exchange rate system to cover up losses in the billions of dollars. it's holden's problem because their money public sector at the central bank government,

the public, is unable to pay them back. they have this major gap and they are trying to shift it because it is through the hair cut. and how do they do the hair cut through this multiple exchange rate system? it's known as the lawler, lebanese dollar, or bank rate, and it is used to withdraw trapped foreign currency deposits. and while the official rate has been pegged at $1500.00 leader to the dollar since 1997, the government says the fiscal situation means it has to collect taxes and fees at another rate. and then there is the side effect 8. cyrus hall is one of the policies introduced by the central bank to protect the div valuating lira. it involves pumping dollars into the market from its dwindling foreign currency reserves through the exchange platform. but it's proven to be unsustainable. authorities are planning to increase the official rate 10 fold next month,

which they say will help alleviate the crisis. economists disagree when you are trying to artificially fix a, a lebanese pound at $15000.00 and everybody knows that your central bank doesn't have any more, any liquidity, because it's actually running losses of more than 60000000000 dollar. so there is no credibility to this new exchange rate, the political business, a liter, blame for failing to implement reforms in the financial sector. instead, they have been offering temporary solutions that literally say benefit them and worse and a crisis that's now in its 4th here. selling their elders either built in ethiopia. witnesses in the northern to gray region, say, troops from neighboring a retreat have started withdrawing. a humanitarian worker told the associated press news agency that launch convoys could be seen leaving several areas. the presence

of each retreat tropes in the region had been seen as a major challenge to a p. still find between european government and to try forces in november sanford. he is opposition today. ma potty has found a ronnie for the 1st time in 6 and a half years in the port city of one for that sort of a government listed a ban imposed by former president john michael fully in 2016. under the restrictions elected, politicians could only canvass in their own constituency, from a presidential candidate to says he'll be returning to the country on wednesday. canada has said it will help guide p. songs between the camera and government and separate is seen its english speaking regions. more than 6000 people have been killed in the conflicts escalated in 2017 separate schools have been battling government true to form a breakaway states. camera and english speaking minority accuses the french

speaking majority of marginalizing january 21st marks 3 years since the 1st case of covey 19 was reported in the united states. about 1100000 americans have died from the illness while the country has made advances. fighting the virus, people are still dying. gabriel is on the reports from new york. for angela praia. it's a never ending nightmare. in april, 2020, her beloved father went to the hospital after falling ill. he was put on a ventilator. 10 days later, he died, one of the early victims of covert in the united states. that's what makes cohen control if you think they're getting better and the doctors are like, they're getting better and the next day, their dad like so many others, he died alone. no family members were allowed inside the hospital to see him because it was deemed to unsafe. that still hans angelina. i didn't see him. i didn't touch him. i didn't get

a hold his hand as he passed away. i didn't get to tell him i loved. alas, kissed that that never happened when you're not able to do those things. you're in a state of suspended warning, i think probably forever today, 93 percent of americans over 65 years old or fully vaccinated. but issues persist. it's estimated nearly 10 percent of americans suffer from so called long cove. it depilatory side effects that linger months after contracting the virus and anxiety still shadows the 7000000 and you know, compromised americans who face a heightened risk of catching cove. it there still hundreds of people every single day dying from covert in the united states. those who study the disease and track its progress, say the u. s. needs to do a better job of learning from those deaths. we have upwards of 500 deaths,

at least, of covert every day in the us. and we know very little about who these people are, why they're falling through the cracks. and you know, weird. there may have been missed opportunities along the way, whether it be vaccination, or whether it be, be up to date on vaccination, whether the access to antivirals. this is important to course, correct, our implementation, and our, our response to the pandemic. even now, 3 years into the, into it for angelina. any progress made fighting cove. it is too late for her loved one. my father was good, genuine, kind, gentle, sweet, generous person. and he didn't deserve to die like that. or any of the people who continue to 3 years later, gabriel is hondo al jazeera new york. ah