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hello, the un deputy secretary general has told to 0, the women and girls from gone on cannot be abandoned. i mean, i'm a how much has just returned from high level meetings with a taller bonding capital. she says her delegation made some progress on women's rights, but much remains to be done earlier. my colleague fully about to both spoke to the deputy secretary general here in del, how 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 have been made to the edicts that have covered the health sector. and i think that's because the international community is particularly the partners who are funding this. we're able to show the implications and the impact of women to women's services, particularly childbirth, are getting food across and 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 effects and women 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 roles 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 of the sure the counsel that take these decisions and interpret them. and that is very important because as you know is some school of 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 so 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 then women's rights and education. they all didn't have a, they didn't push back on that, but they said was that ok, this is 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 a wants 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 leanings

and even the ones that are holding onto the 13th century ideology. yeah, and i will ask you a bit more about this needs to be recognized that they have formulated. i wanted to to, to find out more about your meetings with them as a woman, a muslim woman. you were meeting with taliban along with the head of you when women see my boy hose. 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 add the voices of women of afghanistan. we heard this some young women who said to us, we don't need your voice senior to amplify ours. when you get, in essence, we don't have that opportunity for going in the house. very focused on getting those messages across and getting into the room. it is always intimidating when you're facing people who do such things in this world is we don't expect. 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 try to put you in your place. but i think we were strong enough to push back on the car. bulky is the spokesman. for the taliban ministry of foreign affairs, he says some n g o, we're trying to create what he called social change. and i've got a son. but he says the taliban is allowing organizations to operate if they align with the nations 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 lot of fun 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 terms 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 on a danish far right politician has burned the coffee of the koran. the muslim holy book outside the turkish embassy in sweden's capital, stock home,

roughly palo don holds both st. john's swedish nationalities and was granted permission by the government to state the raleigh that prompted anchor to cancel a plan visit by sweden's defense minister. turkey is a nice member and has held off on approving sweden's applications to join the military alliance at once the government to crush on on groups and kristi's security trust like colors. bridget target think we've been following the process regarding this visit. as you are aware, we observed that they've been no reactions from the swedish administration regarding those disgusting and mean actions against to key a on the president. at this point, the visit of swedish defense minister paul johnson to key a on january the 27th has become meaningless. so we cancelled the visitor's center because of all glue the following developments. from a stumble. all reactions by the turkish authorities say the same thing. they condemn this protest, and they accuse swedish authorities for giving permission to such,

such an act that in their terms and courage, hate crime and is i'm a fall via s with and, and that's why the reactions from the turkey side, from the turkish politicians have been har so far and at a turkish foreign ministries, calling for it and, and other countries in the west to take necessary measures because for the, for on these kinds of process just provoke, different actions, different emotions in people. this is what they have sat so far. of course, the process are not limited. with on burning, there have been protests targeting true care for the last couple of weeks since finland and sweden are trying to be members of nato. and everything is packed to true kids approval as a major member, things are critical. 3 countries signed as 3 way agreements that would finally

allow these countries to be an 8 on members for these kinds of acts by sweden, or just violating the agreement, signed by the 3 to kill, also have a list of 130 people that wants to be expedited from suite and enter your husband because in sweden for not taking the necessary measures and being committed to the agreement, crow bill to sweden's former prime minister and is now the co chair of the european council on foreign relations. he says that sweden needs time to facilitate that agreement. it made with turkey you. we do have an agreement, as was alluded to, made between turkey, sweden and finland to improve corporation on certain of these issues. that has been done that been several fairly substantial meetings on this and actions has also been taken and action is, will be taken further. these are not entirely uncomplicated issues. this is

a country where the rule of the law, but i think that has been the recognition also by the relevant turkish authorities that has been progress in these particular talks. then of course, there are, i agree with that. there are sort of extremely loose are running around. we want to sabotage the entire process, but they should not be given eco by the authorities that anchor. if the authority, the 9 are truly interested in coming to the agreement truly interesting, cooperating all these issues and truly interested to deal with, which is the question of the security deal. all of you are in are all the 10 situations. the conclusion of the last meeting, that was the own state statement, saying that that's been progress. but of course, if we're talking about these particular issues, they all know i'm talking about of increased cooperation when it comes to fighting tears that is dependent upon all sorts of acquiring intelligence, sharing intelligence, assessing that italian see what really holds. ready what doesn't, is not a political process, is a long term. it is

a long term process of cooperating with the law enforcement bodies. and that is underway and that has been recognized by the thought. but there's not that there is one solution to it that happens one 1st, and then everything is ok. and these issues the ones that we are faced here, they are probably far more problematic. it makes numbers of other european countries in the united states that are in suite. but the relevant legal authorities, rule of the law authorities must deal with in a spirit of confidence and cooperation of a us plan to designate wrestles wagner group has an international criminal organization that will allow it to impose wider sanctions on the group. the white house says about 50000 wagner. mercer and mercenaries are fighting in ukraine. my kind of reports from washington, d. c. a 3rd force and the ukraine conflict. soldiers from russia as wagner 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 letting me a putin and this week featured in a video made by his own media service, visiting injured fighters in saint petersburg clinic. you must not petty a soldier, a 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 us rate, offer a number of months. and now it's been declared a significant transnational criminal organization 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 u. s. maintains that

a mounting rivalry between the bars and group and the formal russian military could impact on russia performance and the ongoing war. we are seeing indications, including an 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 moral. so the only way to spike moral and to bring vigorous if to bring this people who get a lot of money. well, 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 cannot al jazeera washington, still ahead on al jazeera ah, hasn't returned. violent is demonstrators call on the president to resign. celebrations. begin across asia for the start of the lunar new year and they mark the year of the rabbit. ah and just as you thought it was all over the satellite picture reveals very little clad in the skies. oh, well, my beef had the worst of winter sand lean dots doesn't increase in the likelihood of cloud. it's sandy ravia in southern iraq and probably increasing me across the gulf as well. that focuses your eyes most likely on this part of the world. with

this easterly breeze, which is inherently quite cold, it comes from really cold originally it know of math cast and it comes over the open waters, produces cloud and rain shouts or even thunderstorms. in fact, the forecast, the doha for 3 days, monday, tuesday, wednesdays. i was going to be overcast and wet, or occasional showers, or even thunderstorms attempt just going down a bit. i have to say, so let went is not over. but let's jump away from that. they've got a strong wind down through the whole of africa, bringing rain back into the coast of somalia, as in tanza, near its 2 fairly wet was daily shout building in lake victoria, spreading out towards for example, rwanda. but the heavy rains the season righty. sit for the south. so for d r c frank, go learn across to townsend? that's wet weather. particularly went with the main to that tropical psycho in madagascar. but in south africa some a thunderstorms. but pretty big ones. ah

. in depth analysis of the days headlines from around the world, if i write extremism, is real and need to be tackled as soon as possible informed opinions. why is the city of pollution concerned about this rubbish more between turkey, anthea, do really with all your key issues and so forth. frank assessments, you know, that was a joke about the and from government that it's not interim, nor does it got inside story. on al jazeera lou ah,

on al jazeera, the un deputy secretary general has told ojo 0, the women and girls of galveston cannot be abandoned. i mean mohammed has just returned from high level meetings with the taliban. diplomatic tensions between turkey and sweden are high after a fall rate politician burned a copy of the koran, and stockholm police allowed the rally to go ahead. it prompted ankara to cancel a visit by sweden's defense minister. the u. s. is designating russia's. wagner group is an international criminal organization. it has about 50000 fits mercenaries, are fighting in ukraine. the classification will allow the u. s. to apply wider sanctions to the group. there are thousands of people who are staging anti government demonstrations in israel. there they are, right? they are like pictures from tel aviv. there is say that the prime minister benjamin netanyahu is far right government, threatens personal freedoms and democracy. they're also protesting the government's

plans to overhaul the judicial system. this is the 3rd weekend of protests in tel aviv townsend. he has main opposition parties, elder rally for the 1st time since the gatherings were back nearly 7 years ago. the governments lifted a ban earlier this month that was imposed by former president john mike, fully in 2016. and under the restrictions opposition, rallies were violently broken up by police, and politicians were frequently jailed the next presidential election in tasmania. in 2025. i conduct choir is a political analyst. she says, the listing of restrictions on political meetings is just one of many reforms. the government must address their lifting apple. they unconstitutional banners. but public rally has really defined a new era of politics in t as an a because it's not had since 2016. and it was very difficult for opposition parties. and in particular, had them us is it's a biggest opposition,

putting them in a position. but in the country to operate, to mobilize, to have an account of meeting about some public rallies. also, they couldn't do internal meetings at pc fully. thus, um, with this lifting of their band, we've seen a lot of excitement on the public sphere are chevy. my followers, of course, are there was a lot of um, contradictions and the hesitation, and during them the consolation and talks between the chairman of chad, emma freeman in boy, and the champ us one of their little pat. this is him who is also the president of sam. yes, we'll move. i'm so it's very good. it's the finding a new space bill. it was space in the country whereby we'll have our, not completely a level playing field for politics, but an improved space where bay opposition political parties can actually are mobilized, organized campaign,

especially is we're going to 2025 election. if we really want to have a really change, we need to, to walk on the constitution to reform the constitution, especially the national electoral commission, how it's composed, how it operates, so that we can ensure that we have our free and fair election whenever we have either local elections or general elections. the army and burkina faso has freed a group of more than 60 women and children who were abducted by gunman earlier this month. the unprecedented mass kidnapping happened in the northern district of our bons off. it's an area under walk age by arm groups linked to al qaeda and i saw the captains were found by the mil in a neighbouring province after being held for 8 days. hundreds of people had demonstrated against france and burkina, faso capital log on to many protesters say the former colonial powers, military presence has failed to improve security in the country. the un says

thousands of people have been killed since 2015, a. nearly 3000000 displaced in violence linked to arms. dozens of people have been injured in peru as police confronted crowds demanding the resignation of presidency . unable to warranty, they won't. congress shut down elections held and the new constitution brought in for the warranty has accused them of trying to seize power and warned anyone breaking the law will be prosecuted at least 50 people have been killed in confrontations with security forces since early december. marianna sanchez has more from the protests and lima. oh, these protestors have been clashing with police for the 3rd night in a row. they are here and about a block away is police that has been throwing tear gas up in the police have blocked the access towards the entry of presidential palace and congress protesters are in different parts of the

surrounding areas clashing with police, throwing rocks at them. ah yes, great i am from puna. i want to inform people of the reality of this forgotten rural peru, a region that not only has poverty, but also malnutrition. the peruvian state has forgotten our region are children who do not have good quality health care education. it's a region that produces copper, gold richness that contribute to the state, yet they don't care about us. oh, process has gone on in other parts of the country as well. include going to know as well as in that it keep up with protesters, tried to take over the air. wow. oh 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 wants to resign. people have been demonstrating against what they describe as the growing militarization of mexico. the protest began after president undress my new l. lopez, a bridge or ordered the national guard to monitor mexico cities metro system following a series of accidents. john holman reports from the mexican capital richard this we're about a couple of weeks ago when there was a crush in mexico cities metro system between 2 trains that one person dead and dozens of them injured wasn't the 1st time that it had happened in recent is 20211026 people were left. that when an overpass in the metro system plus now this much is happening because after the president, under his manual of his will reduce said that he was going assembled and $5000.00

members of the national guard that's militarized police force at to protect the metro installations what if this was sabotaged was basically what he said. the people here recovered to say that it wasn't sabotage. one that they feel that it was negligence, the coolest these accidents. and to that they're against what they see is the growing militarization in this country. a lot of activities are managed by a, by what, what national, what, and a really doesn't. they're not answered at that element. for example, what airport am i gonna, customs milestones a migration thought. we think we are in, based on our, to my rights eating all the funding. you can see the police now chasing after a smooth portion of the protest as maybe 2 dozen or so that we're breaking shop windows along the central avenue. this is a small march, we talking hundreds of people here rather than 1000. but it is

a worry in this country, the son of the army getting involved, not just with national defense, but an infrastructure project in mexico. and she's a growing influence on the president under is manuel lopez over the january 21 marks 3 years since the 1st case of code 19 was reported in the united states. about 1100000 people in america have died from the illness while the country has made advances. fighting the virus, the number of deaths continues to rise. al jazeera 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 as 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 this home. 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 us 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 u. s. 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 response to the panoramic. 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 a 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 on the al jazeera new york. once christine lake in bosnia herzegovina has been clogged up by a plastic waist island. that the breeze building, building up for years in visegrad, to john for to law is an environmental activist trying to bring awareness to the floating health hazards. and i was wants to know what's going on with him. he's behind us. there's a barrier that contains the floating ways that comes from the probation of the dream river, as well as some from the limit. this has been prevalent for the past 2 decades in vc grounded, and it poses a significant logical disaster porter. the in addition to floating waste, such as plastic and also various household items, including refrigerators and stones, people. and what, in addition to posing

a significant health and environmental problem, this is a source of great embarrassment. all of us, as we seem unable to solve this issue for such a prolonged period of this effectively transforms visegrad into a defacto regional landfill. whether one chooses to acknowledge that or not. the lunar new year has started in china and across asia. people are spending time with families, they celebrate the arrival of the year of the rabbit and bid farewell to the year the tiger. the animals represent chinese zodiac. but in vietnam, this year will be the year to better than the rabbits. ah. again, the headlines on al jazeera, the un deputy secretary general has told al jazeera, the women and girls of john.