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bank. in nearly 2 decades, rockets were fired from garza toward southern israel overnight on thursday. israel responded with air strikes on what it says were under ground rocket factories. that followed, arrayed by israeli forces on the janine refugee camp 9 people were killed including 2 children palestinians observing 3 days of morning. or we've got correspondence standing by, i'm at my hair is live in raw my line the occupied westbank. but for us, we go to our diplomatic editor, james space was at damascus gate in occupied east jerusalem. james, just set the scene for as far as friday. prayers are about to begin damascus game, often a flashpoint of the violins. how papa bowl is attention right now. well look at the situation now you can see people coming in full friday present, damascus gate, one of the entry points to the old city and then to the alex a mosque and its quality is normal, it's peaceful,

but then you listen to the conversations. people are having and you get some idea of the tension that's in the, with the backdrop of that deadly deadly incident in jeanine, the most deadly incident, the people here have seen anytime recently. and then on top of that, of course, the fact that this has been the last year 2020, to the deadliest year for palestinians. and so for 2023, the deadliest saw to at the football extensions. and i to that, the despair, the people here have you had talk of the 2 state solution and the peace process from international officials. well here people really have almost given up because that peace process hasn't be going anywhere. yes. in the 1900 ninety's, it made some progress, but it hasn't been going anywhere but decade. so there really is frustration among the people here. yeah. and the u. s. secretary of state james is due to visit on sunday and need blinking as these tensions escalate. what can we expect from that?

well, the 1st thing to tell you is secretary blinking is coming here as part of a routine visit. it wasn't because of the violence that we've seen in the last 24 hours. this isn't an emergency trip by the secretary of state to try to solve the situation if something had been planning all along. in fact, a week ago, the national security advisor james sullivan was here and already ahead of the secretary of state's visit. bill burns is the c i, c, i a director is having consultations, both with these railey government and with the palestinian authority, but as you are well aware, the backdrop of what we've seen overnight in gars all sealed. yes. then janine and the last year of growing violence beams, this is an important visit, i think, for the u. s. secretary of state. and i think the international community will be looking very closely at this visit. because if you look among the international players, if you look around the table of the un security council there, you'll find privately diplomats from

a lot of countries. we'll say we need to do more. now, the international community needs to get much more involved and we need much tougher condemnation of israel. why those 2 things not happening? one reason the u. s. the u. s. is blocking at the u. s. is using all this diplomatic power and potentially would use its veto in the security council to block any of those things well is sexually blinking when he comes here, or when he meets the most right wing israeli government ever cuz this is his 1st visit since a chromosome, as in, you know, whose government was formed, his new gun was formed. is he going to change his position? is he going to give new advice to the president? that's why this was, it could be important change. thank you very much for the moment. james made his and diplomatic editor reporting their life from damascus. skate in ocoee, paddy's jerusalem. less cast over now to the west bank. and ann at my hair is in ramallah forest, a palatine authority, amit has declared 3 days of national morning after yesterday's deadly raids at the jenin refugee camp. tell us about the situation on the ground right now. and what is the mood like right now in the west where the palestinians here

and occupied was bank are still burning the dead just few months ago, the late rest, one of the victims of the clashes between the palestinians and israelis outside the g. need the clash has happened, a vintage or a town called rom between occupied east jerusalem and the occupied westbank have 22 . it was 22 years old. he would have been according to his family, 23 today. today's the birthday and his name is use of the hasen, the fit they the decision by the palestinian authority as well here. and the roman law and the white westbank to suspend or to hold all aspects of security coordination with israel. i have to say it's for the 1st time the but i see 40 talk this decision, it look at before in 2017 when as well installed metal detectors outside the optimist. and also took it again when a few of

a couple of years ago when we israeli government at the site decided to next more. none. so this decision, according to locals here, when you talk to better scenes and ramallah, they are paying little attention, if not, no attention, what's whether to the decision by that. but the thing of course, because the say it's the security code donation says as more than that, but distinctions also the are critical of the penis student statements made after the the israeli incursion into the refugee camp of jeanine when the spokes person for the 1st the levied dinner describes our condemned what he described as the cleansing israel and the master because committed by as also they are playing down the statements made by the percent of 30. okay, thank you very much for that update. i'm at my hair live in ramallah. well, let's take a closer look now at y, janine has been the focus of these really raids,

both the city and the s u g camber seen as a center of palestinian resistance against these really occupation. a number of armed globe savvy merged their israel, intensified operations last year after a series of attacks blamed on palestinian fighters from janine. raids are now carried out regularly there with women and children among those killed wallace. now speak to francesca albany. see who's the u. n. special wrapper tor, on the palestinian territory. she's joining us live from tune his thank you very much for being with us on al jazeera miss albany. see? first of all, how do you view these latest escalations? how concerned are you that the operation we saw in jeanine on thursday could be the 1st shot in a coming large res, really operation? well, mr. assistant is that yesterday's attack engineer violates international law in my amount to international crimes procedure procedure to go under universal jurisdiction. and early stages of the i c c. i can,

i'm worried and he don't say for some, for most of the normal this violence in your p t o would occur if israel, where any to legal, how century older today should immediately and are conditionally as required by international law. because a, we tend to see them, we tend to focus on it each events, all the violence as if it was the actual parking barza over a long history of violence from army connected to d. your commission, or is any since very presence leo video pretty various concerned that the escalation, the specific exhalation, the escalation that we've seen is perhaps these ready government, current israeli government prime minister netanyahu preparing to launch an operation in garza, for example, to create a false sense of unity within a divided israeli society was seen protest against the policies of his right when government, within israel for the past several weeks. do you share this concern,

our internal israeli politics, sol, so at play here? well this day where and they might be, it would be very, very cynical because they, i mean, that internal israeli political landscape, notwithstanding the policy and your provide policy, integrity are owned by a person and so of are to be protected under international law and not to be used as a scapegoat laura as a, as a tool to fix internal politics. so it's very cynical if that was their view and that was the case. it would be very cynical and for what i'm concerned illegal, the palestinian authority, miss albany. he has announced that it would hold security coordination with israel in the wake of the west bank killings. is this a justified decision in your view? well, it's not the 1st time that it's the policy and already makes the announcement. and

so far it has never been full that pull it up. i think that the most important thing is to ensure the protection of the civilian population, meaning all honesty is under will complete. and let me say that the fact that the occupation either doesn't suspend the application or international law, it good eating increase, it still creates right and the locations for israel as you're buying power. and of course, the policy you already these to. so if both are on capable, who deliver protection to the palestinian people? will someone else mass that being a so i don't know what the policy and i was already. we'll finally, ultimately do with these intention to suspend any settings coordination, whatever it is to ensure the protection of the people on the ground, which is not happening right now. i want to talk to you about the international

community and it's reaction and lack of reaction. perhaps there is, of course, as you've noted yourself, a significant power imbalance between the palestinian people and these really fate we've seen is really raised intensifying the west bank. nearly 30 people killed since the thought of this year. where is the international condemnation? why are we not seeing the same actions and reaction from the international committee, as is a case with the russian invasion of ukraine, for example? yes. oh, dentition, community, of course, is not analyzed. and most of the main actors, european union viewed the u. s. into our western western state are mostly on science. i mean, and wendy wendy tickets that and isa is a miracle in the nation, but it's past the time for condemnation, it's time to take action to stop the continuous the legality. because of this is

the only way to what i can precisely miss albany. what action precisely what needs to happen to put an end to this long standing pattern of violence, occupation and oppression? how do you protect the palestinian people and address their concerns? it simple and is difficult at the same time. it's simple because it's the means applying international law and making sure that international law serves the people both at xrays and palestinians and not being guided by the logic, all politics or do political interests. this is, and this is the difficult part of it, because international law is very clear when there isa an act of aggression when there is a continuous, serious all perpetrated abuses. then certain measures have to be taken. and the un, charter, and other parts of international are very clear about what he would decent heal details and diplomatic legal and economic measures against the transgressor.

and it requires investigation. investigation over what has happened. every loss of life must be investigated normally is happening right now. i do international law, so this is water must be activated if we want to be full resolution of the car and a horror, you're ation in the right t. i cannot call it, it is not a conflict. it's a legal, legal position where ways are already faith. consequences, thank you so much for taking the time to speak to us francesca albany see the un special rabbit or on the palestinian territory. thank you for your time. fancy more head on this al jazeera news hour, including the res families of passengers killed in to plane crashes. take going to court on charges of fraud. ukraine threatened to boycott next years, paris olympic games unless russian and bell, russian athletes

a long time that's coming up later in sports with joe. ah, now the world news shares in one of india's biggest companies have plunged in value as accusations of accounting fraud and talk manipulation, unnerve investors. the donnie group was founded by asia's richest man, gautama dani is rejected. the allegations made by the new york base investment firm hindenburg research life to part of me, metal in new delhi for is tell us about what's been happening on the stock market and the impact of this this accusation. well, there's been a strong response in the business world to allocations of fraud against one of the was wealthiest men got him, a donnie, and the company he runs, that is the a donny group. now, shares of many of its subsidiaries fell to a point to

a trading on the stock market, had to be paused in all it is estimated that the adonis group has lost about $48000000000.00 in market valuation. and this is a fall out from a report published earlier this week by the hindenberg research group are in that report. hindenburg has alleged serious accusations of, you know, this includes stock market manipulation, accounting fraud, and has said they are. donnie group has pulled off court. the largest corn in corporate history. now this company is also it shocked seller, which means that it trades against a stocks. so unlike most people who make money when stock prices rise, this company makes money when stock prices fall, navea dani group and got the madonna have dismissed these allegations. the company is also threatening legal action. it has also questioned the timing of this report just this morning. the company listed additional shares in the indian stock market

stock brokers and market analysts half gas doubts on that offering. and has also said that the situation there has is impacting overall investor sentiment in the indian stock markets. and danny poverty is not a is not the 1st time it's faced such a controversy. not at all. in fact, even in the past, several questions have been raised about the company's financial viability and its business practices. there is a high amount of debt about debt, about 2 trillion dollars, and some of its projects have sparked protest in the boss. for example, in australia active as opposed, and a donnie operated coal mine in the queensland area saying that it wasn't as economically beneficial was projected to be. and it was in fact harming the environment, particularly the great barrier reef back in india for many months people in

villages in the southern state of carola protested and pause construction off and bonnie bought. when we ran that late last year to report on those protest, members of the fishing community told us that construction was responsible for soil erosion for coastal erosion and was destroying their livelihoods. so you know, a question that is often off by go some of these what is really responsible for his meat, teoric rushes and opposition parties, and several analysts have attribute to part of his success to his past me recreation with prime minister in the rain smoothie. both the gentlemen gotten badani and more the, from the western state. a good job prime minister movie was the chief minutes self that stayed and has embellished a reputation of being a business friendly politician. now, since the allegations from the hindenburg group opposition parties have called on financial institutions in the country to investigate father,

thank you for that update. have need me to live here in new delhi us present. joe biden is calling for com in tennessee as officials plan to release a video of the arrest of a black man who dies afterwards. a tire tyree nichols was dumped by traffic. police force suspected reckless driving the officers involved and now facing murder charges. uncle sam has the details. the community increased. the family of tyree nichols joined in at memphis, tate park. to honor the father was an avid skateboarder. his mother calling for come ahead of the release of a police video of the events which led to a son's death. ah, ward of burning the part of the letter. you may love for a few chrysler here. for me, your card re read. you all use for li police initially said

nichols died in hospital after confrontation bit officers below is of the family. say he was pepper spray taste, said restrained and kicked the last word on the rear. he's only about 200 yours from his house. any cause for his mom? 3. her mom called mom. so worst you murder were to humor. these are the 5 officers who been charged with 2nd degree murder. the also facing charges of aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping. official misconduct, and official oppression. they were fired last week after an investigation found

them to be directly responsible for using excessive force. we all want the same thing, we want justice for tyree nickels. it's my hope that if there is any silver lining to be drawn from this very dark cloud, it's that perhaps this incident can open a broader conversation about the need for police reform to city is on edge. i had a for public release of the video on friday when they consume sharif and casita. demonstrators in haiti have blocked streets in a capital portal frames after a series of killings of police officers by armed gangs. some storm the airport as prime minister at a long he was arriving from a foreign trip. john hallman has more protests in haiti this time around live by men in police uniforms. they were angry about the killings of officers over the last few days. they killed 15 policemen and one month after god. then comes the

police. we stand with our policemen. oh, some went to the captain's there, pu, stopping prime minister ayello murray from leaving it off to ride from a summit. nadia tina, we need a revolution. we need to have a bloodbath if ariel on re signs are packed with bandits. a lot of police are dead and he didn't say anything, not even a tweet for the policeman who died. we are in the streets to fight for our brothers and sisters who are victimized by the bandits. we have to take to the streets every day to get what we want. i eventually prime minister mri managed to leave the airport, but he's at the head of a political crisis in haiti had another powerful goings now controlled, more than 60 percent of the cap to pull to prince. following a breakdown in institutional order triggered by the assassination of president jo vanelle, voice in 2021, unleashing levels of violence. not seen here in decades. extorting murdering,

raping to control those in their dominions. gangs have increasingly resorted to the deliberate killing of men, women, and children. as young as 10 years old, has been brutally raped, a tactic that spread fear and destroys the social fabric of communities under the control of rival gangs. the haitian police are hopelessly over merged. the united nations is advocating for an international force to be deployed to keep law daughter in the country. but so for no one wants to leader. meanwhile, haiti burns slipping, ever closer to a failed state. john hohmann out 0. police in pearl have fired t a gas at protest as in lima, who the demonstrators are calling for president, deny, boulevard a to resign. she came to power last month after former president pedro castillo was

arrested in jail after he tried to dissolve congress. marianna sanchez reports from the peruvian capital o scenes. amelia left her home and 5 children behind in bruno to march in lima. she says she's never felt more offended by a peruvian precedent. oh, the number one they had said bruno is not been fueling anger among these southern citizens. the symptom was in another matter, we feel outraged. what does she think that were bolivians were legitimate peruvians and were marching here every day and she has trampled our rights. ah, a day after the government sent hundreds of soldiers. ready occupied foreigner and extended a curfew. amelia says such measures are fueling people's anger. at least 18 people were killed in poor, not 2 weeks ago, in the worst day of political unrest. you've been with. i want justice for our

brothers who have died. dinner has to pay for what they have done to us. we are not animals for the police to kill us in that way. we just came to march peacefully without weapons. oh, nearly 60 people has been killed. many ester security forces, open fire on demonstrators. on wednesday, when one of the told the organization of american states that her government respects the rule of law and security forces must protect all citizens or williams members backed boulevard of the although the president of mexico and columbia have said, she's not the countries legitimate leader many, i, melissa, there is still room for the violence to escalate. it may take international pressure to prevent the government from ultimately imposing authoritarian rule. many analysts are not optimistic, there is a way out of the crisis in the near future orders. in the worst case scenario is the most likely scenario that follow are the stakes. her cabinet gets even tougher

. no agreement is reached in parliament and the elections are either kicked 2024 or not done for a long time, which will generate a radicalization of the protests. but one of the has asked for peace and debate. amelia says it's too late. i mean, mother to me then as a mother it hurts to see how many of our children have died. we no longer want to truth or dialogue. we are hurt with so many dead. we will fight as far as we can until the end. many peruvians feel the same way. medina santos, i just ye dot lema protests. have been held in front of sweden's embassy in kuala lumpur. members of malaysia is organisation of muslims, demonstrated after a copy of the koran was burned. by a far, i politician in sancho last week, they want the government to do more to condemn, sweet and for allowing that to happen. yeah. craft make a boeing has pleaded not guilty to charges though. fraud related to 2737,

max plane crashes. the company paid $2500000000.00 to avoid prosecution. but relatives of those killed want a us court to throw out best settlement batty co hain has more word was a chance to do the right thing for justice. for the 1st time, those who lost loved ones, a chance to confront the people and the company they hold responsible for their loss. boeing, no one from boeing company. was it been had the guts to face us or a been put into trial? we live in a pain in distress. unstable ground and yet the murderer, walking free, going home to their loved ones. at issue boeing, 737 max airplane, a 2018 crash and indonesia killed 189 people. months later, 157 killed in ethiopia. it was later discovered boeing failed to tell regulators

about a new automated control system. so pilots were trained on what to do if the sensors failed. in both cases, they did. the us justice department charged boeing with one count of conspiring to defraud the government. but promised to drop the charge of boeing, paid $2500000000.00 to the airlines families and the government fine. but the families weren't consulted as law requires. so now they are asking a judge to rebut the deal. now the original deal was made under the justice department that was formed by then president donald trump for president joe biden. justice department has argued that it wants to continue the deal. it says that under it, boeing agreed to make certain changes in the company structure and ethics says if it's the deal they lose their ability to make sure boeing is taking those steps to make sure crashes like this can happen. again, what we try to do is both criminal penalties. we want to encourage people to come forward and admit mistakes and then find out what went wrong, why it happened,

and then put in mitigation to make sure the tragedy never happens again. the victims families argue they simply can't trust the boeing is now doing what is right without independence, accountability and oversight. we are the unlucky ones because the plans of our loved ones crashed. but you know, people unlikely you were on these planes. so boeing was playing russian roulette with your lights as well. a long flight the stay in court now waiting to find out where lead patty going out to 0. washington canada. get ahead on this al jazeera news. mo families are forced to see their homes in east and democratic republic of congo will tell you why. and in sport action from the men semi final day of the australian open. as one man continues his quest for title number 10. ah,

while flooding reigns in the balkans have been replaced by some snow hither. happy friday. hope is going well so far. so places like syria ago, i think i could pick up to about 5 centimeters on friday. we've got a storm system extending from its stumble rate through to on talia. so some soggy conditions here. and then a warm breeze for places like ramallah and be root here, temperatures above 20 degrees. but it's a different story for the other side of the mediterranean alerts in play for how low temperatures are here, a sub 0 by night in some spots and breezy long the coast of portugal stain with a temperature theme. then i think in a few days, london, we'll get into double digits elsewhere. we've got a smidge of snow from moscow to men, spots where there is some serious snow falling is in the mountains of algeria, we could see about 10 to 20 centimeters with that storm system there. but still wet

in windy from rocko, algeria to nicea to the northwest of libya, as we dipped towards the south, still that tropical storm wobbling around in the museum peak channel here, drenching that west coast. and we've also had a lot of rain as of late in lusaka, few showers in storms for the eastern cape province, cause luna tall and how tame province in south africa, on friday, or susan, ah, with the in depth analysis of the days headlines from around the world to try, right, extremely, there is real and need to be tackled as soon as possible informed opinions. why is the opposition concerned about this rather small between turkey, anthea those, and i'm really room to explain the usual dorky. this is appointment frank assessments. you know, that was a joke about the interim government that it's not in, nor does it got inside story on al jazeera,

examining the impact of today's headlines. this is what is all about ensuring that learning center can continue. and that count on that, setting the agenda for tomorrow's discussions. i don't believe that. i think in a society that isn't willing to kill international filmmakers and world class journalists, bring programs to inform and inspire you need to have a media ensuring that voices are heard. are now to sierra lou ah, they're watching the news hour on al jazeera with me. 40 bad people, a reminder of our top story. they have been called to protests across garza and the

occupied westbank after the deadliest israel raids in decades. israel has intercepted 2 rockets fired from the gaza strip overnight. the military says is just then carried out as strikes, an underground walk had factory, no casualties have been reported. that followed the deadliest day of violence in the occupied west bank in decades. honesty means observing 3 days of morning after he is ready, forces killed 10 people in the west bank 9, where from the janine refugee camp. let's get an update on the situation in gaza. now we are correspondent, human our science. now the protest in gaza scheduled after friday prayers tell us about what's happening. ah yes only. so i'm hearing the easton part the gulf, the city. but i'm getting was this is where the nar just runs from the city wouldn't be coming out. i the braves have just been, it's been to people are coming out all the most. most of the protests hearing gone

that have been caused by both is let me go ahead and hm. on other people here will be more a ching tow worries in the central warrant of the city where they will be protesting . and these protests come in rain to be off the massive parent committed, the indian, both production have him down and they say that these roads has sent a message to these really occupations that ga, that is not excluded from any aggression. like the people off the west bank. you know, thank you for that update. we will of course, be checking in with you throughout the day on friday, on those protests in the gaza strip, you know, outside them to democratic republic of congo. no way am 23 rebels have taken control of a strategic town in the east kit schon guy was seized on thursday night. the un

peacekeeping mission says more than 150 people, including women and children, are seeking refuge space in the town is calling on the rebels to leave. regional leaders agreed in november that i'm $23.00 fighters would withdraw from eastern areas. let's go to markham webb, who is the nairobi monitoring the situation in d r c for what more you hearing malcolm about what's happening in kids shonda who am 23 fighters have taken the town and not also enable them to cuts off the road that lead from chattanooga to the city, the provincial capital of north proven the main road going north from guy must be cut off for a month now by 23. so now this cuts off the other road to the north and 30 feet widely understood to be backed by neighboring rwanda rondon soldiers have been filled and photographed with them. 23 lighted 3 slices, commonly used for london military equipment,

although ruined the denied backing group. now the sea and now among many people in goma is it 23 may keep pushing southwards toward the city of san jose. and if they read that, they can basically largely call the city of which would put them in a strong position to negotiate with the comedies government will say close to where they are now. coal mine a mineral that mines the $1000000.00 every year. and 23 control those mines in the past. that's still under the control of communities, government forces. and they've been widely reported congress army to be fighting alongside militia. that conveys, the government denies that waiting to see if this is the von slash 23 continues in the day the had it for the certainly thing to got

a lot stronger than they were this time a year ago. and they number just a few 100 fight them. thank you very much for that malcolm web with the latest fair on the situation in eastern d r. c. time for weather trek and it's been unusually cloudy, wet and windy months across the middle east. and this been widespread flooding in the gulf springing weather reported jeff harrington, who's live here in doha, and quite a lot of rain in doha these past 24 hours. jeff, you know, i am in a desert country fully surrounded by puddles and speaking with locals. they tell me they can't remember a winter quite like this with so much rain. and indeed, since the start of january guitars, capital dough has picked up more than a years worth of rain. so yes, a years worth of rain in less than a month, but i want to take you north of doha right now. we had a water spout, some video to show you. probably think and jeff i,

you're showing me this. i am showing it to you to illustrate the intensity of the storm systems that have been over the golf. just be intensity of the rain. so water is felt that's a tornado over the water there, but it wasn't just flooding in doha, in nearby to buy. we've seen some flooded out streets there and in fact the p g, a golf tournaments going on there with that it stands still for a few hours just again because of the intensity of the rain. but i got to put this warning out to you over the course of the weekend, i think most got you could be next in line to see some flooding. so of course, the winter months in the gulf, these are what is months of the year. but still, with another month of the season to go fully, we're not out of the woods yet, and we're still running the risk of seeing some more by the while. it's nice to see some raining. so thank you so much jeff. jeff harrington live there in contest capital that people in thailand's capital bangkok are being i should take

precautions to protect themselves against worsening apparition. their being advised to wear masks or work from home where possible, the number of patients suffering from pollution related health problems. more than doubled in the past week, tony chang has more from bangkok. it's russia here in bangkok and you can see the traffic is absolutely john. most people seem to be ignoring the government's advice to try and work from home. although most people are also worried. moss again and this time, not because of cov, it is because of the pollution you can see here in the traffic part of the problem is a sea of little motor bikes nipping around the city. although small engines pumping out fumes or old trucks and buses pumping out these all fumes, oh, is a relatively, unchecked by the tory government. this is also a city of more than 10000000 people with all sorts of unchecked growth and

development, industrial rings all around the outside. there's a problem. the thai government can't control that because thailand sits right at the center of a triangle with agricultural development with cambodia allows them myanmar all around. at this time of year they're all burning off their crops after the rice harvest. and that creates a confluence of pollution that hits right here. and if you look at the moment, the air index is at a 160 once a day, it's been about this slightly higher. most of the week that is listed as hazardous this say the w h, so can lead to long term for spiritual problems, even death with the problem partially overseas, and partially linked to economic development. it's hard to see what the tie government is going to do. that cuts announced by the b, b. c, affecting it's broadcasting around the world are coming into effect. the corporations cutting hundreds of jobs in its world service,

meaning its radio output in 10 different languages is ending b, b, c. radio will start broadcasting in languages, including chinese, hindi, and arabic. the bbc says it's been forced to make the cards because of the government's imposition of a freeze to the license fee money it receives. let's speak to a whole sam l to sakari about this is a former head of bbc arabic and is joining us from cairo. thank you so much for being with us on al jazeera, a, someone who's worked with the bbc and was so closely involved in setting up bbc arabic. what is your reaction 1st when, when you hear that these cuts so coming into effect today? it's a fab moment because this is, this is the place where we just haven't seen only a very effective and influential broadcast in the region that started in 1930. but also it was a lifeline for lots of people. and under privileged areas, were able to listen to

a lifeline at some point in time through very small devices that were not very expensive, like the rate you devices. now they would have to use much more complicated or probably more expensive devices give the want to listen or, or enjoy the bdc services. so it's quite a sad moment for, for people like myself, especially that it was not only the language service, the service where we had experimented with very early forms of interaction with audiences. it's a service where we did the 1st ever tried media costing in 2000 in incorporated with way p b. it's a place where we had the early attempts and launching an integrated service in the region where you could join the production process. he's afraid you online and tv together in one place. how would you describe that the influence of the bbc's are big service at its height and how is it evolved over the years? oh, it's quite interesting. you may have lots of even know about the history of,

of the b, b, c for services or language services. the out of service in particular, had a very from following in places like sudan, like yemen, like saudi arabia, like cd, like egypt. lots of people trusted the b, b, c. and it's news services much more than the local broadcasts. it's important is, is now really it is needed now because many of the services that they are providing the pipe despite from the abundance that you have in radio. i'm going to be in services, but an independent source of information is really needed in the middle east. and it's quite sad to see some people who lose access to that kind of information, right? you in the past, how's the b b c? well, service was seen as a kind of extension of the british empire. do you agree,

1st of all, with that characterization and how important do you think the service is still today? and do you see the, these cuts perhaps weakening the, you case soft power around the world? well, it is true that the bbc was part of the british empire, but people over the years, lots of people. but probably missed the point when when, when see when it comes to how this has happened. i think what is unique about the v b c is that all the services have the same the same guidelines, the see me, the portal guidelines, the same book that we use in order to be able to judge what we do. the same processes when it comes to auditing our, our broadcasts and listening to them and evaluating them so that we know 2 different sexual values that we use when it comes to producing our inclination and services. and that is one of the reasons for which the bbc arabic service and other language services over the years have gone to

a status that is actually unmatched in the middle east. the question now actually when it comes to what is happening now is how that vc started financing its services since 2014. because this is the point at which the funding started to be coming from the license fees underneath the licensee. rather than from that grant in aid that was offered by the parliament and mentioned by the airport office, i think the decisive morning and we're seeing the extensions of that happening now . thank you so much for talking to us. as for carrie, former head of vcr, be joining us there from kyra. we appreciate your time and insight. thank you. thank you. thank you. still ahead on al jazeera auction from the n b is one of the meats best teams loses their 3rd game in a row that's coming up with joe just ah

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ah ah ah ah, i'm not for sports. his joe foley. thank you very much. ukraine could boycott. next, he is paris, olympics of russian and bell, russian athletes are allowed to compete. the country sports minister has said to quote that can be no agreements with representatives of terrorist countries by them . good sites wrote on his official facebook page that the country's position on russian and bell, russian athlete and unchanged despite the international and big committee saying on wednesday that explore away for athletes from the 2 countries to take part of neutral good flight route. as long as there was a war in our country,

we will continue the faction policy on russian of battle, russian athletes. he went on, i hope all the federations athletes and the entire civilized world. pay attention. now. we won't have to resort to extremes, or he's being backed by ukrainian athletes who are unhappy with the international impact committees latest moves. it's a war and it's for russia stop. this war is taught ukraine, who attack russia. it's russia, ukraine. and now if you compare the sacrifices across them out with prices, so if you bring them out, of course it's not comparable at all because i would atlas losing that or like families, they losing their homes and some outlets that was in their life on the front line or before the i see came out with that statement i spoke to dr. j. simon wrote, he's an associate professor of sports diplomacy at the university of leeds. he said the organization has a history of trying to resolve political complex sport has

a role as a mediator, thomas backs efforts in 2018 to bring together the north and south williams at the winter olympics. and it was in goal of a limpid diplomacy, where it wasn't mister putin or mr. trump, or mr. gee, who was trying to poke that deal. but you know, each have an organization based in switzerland which has nothing to do with international politics because it does. and it's always been an internationally political organization and the notion of being a mediator and sport providing an opportunity. oh, you know, i think he's very convincing. doesn't always come to fruition. sport is not the sort of silver bullet solution to solve the world deal, but he can provide both moments of conversation, moments for conversations that wouldn't happen otherwise. and at the same time, provide a reason to people to connect to communicate, to share a moment of perhaps be the one to

a sporting achievement. appreciation of analogy that comes with the sporty school of the resurrection stories. and that's particularly appealing when you're trying to get over, you know, an issue and, and achieve something. well, the issue of rush now cadence board has also been prominent at tennis, is australian openness week off the video much. there's another joke of action father on the left here, posing for pictures with funds holding rushing flags, russian and bell russian athletes are able to compete the deployment of the flags a band from the ground for funds will move from the venue. joclett dad has said he'll stay away from melton park on friday, so it's not to grab. the headline. australia's prime minister says his country support ukraine or mike, this that a strike stands with the people of you crime. that is position. and stria is unequivocal. ready in support for the ruler, international law. and we don't want to say any support given to the russian

invasion of you kind that is having a devastating impact on the paypal or via while the prime minister is in the stands watching jock of ich, in action. right. now against tommy paul in the semi finals all is playing in the last 4 of the slam for the 1st time. i'll joke of it. she's aiming for a title on the 10 in melbourne. chocolate on the 1st 2 sets is leading a 3rd, a sample equal raphael models record $22.00 grand slam titles. if he wins at all, the winner of that match will be up against the harness says to pass in the final. the greek 3rd seed had previously fallen 3 times in the semi finals in australia. and he won this time beating the russian 18th, said kat and catching up in 4 said it's a boss has played one grand slam final before the french open in 2021, which he lost a joke of it. victory on sunday. we'll see him become well, number one, i looked at number these other moments that i've been working hard for you to be

able to play in finals like this, but finals that have a bigger meaning than just the final. so it's a grass on final. i'm fighting for the number one spot. it's a childhood dream to to be capturing that number one spot. one day, fail madrid, football of an assist juniors, demanding spanish authorities take more action against racism. often effigy of him was hung from a bridge near their training ground ahead of the madrid darby. the 22 year old brazilian international responded by scoring and rails 31 when overt, let to co, which season progress to the semi finals. the copper del ray league condemned to what they called an act of hatred, saying they would seek the most severe criminal penalties for those responsible. we spoke to spanish football will cost her jemma slay. even if you say in sales via spokesperson already said that, okay, it's okay to, to make so many statements, but he wants,

he demands action because it is not the 1st time that he suffered an incident like this one because some of these actions are not actually inside the stadiums or during melinda or other competition. so i think it's something that funny. so shy at the end, the government needs that they action with the 2nd one would be that the football organizations delita the spanish for the ration. i mean, today in scope on today it's not legal for the and other federation that should take actions and, and not, i know it's very difficult to, to take actions because sometimes if you call to then define who is doing this kind of stuff. but it must be a 0 tolerance to, to stop from this happening again in spain. 3rd, actor needs to be the flap will start thinking it's related to for him to let it go, or the radical organization related to i let it go. my dream and bartalone and rail might read a big job f for, to kick the violence of or out of their stadiums. and let me call madrid,

cousins on that. so all the clubs need to take action. christina rinaldo is again failed to find the net and the 2nd game, foul massa. they were knocked out of the saudi steep a couple day after $31.00 to speak to al or now to sign for al massa in december $175000000.00 a year. well, saudi arabia is hosting formula e for the 1st time this week. algae, there is the hail matic reports on the racing series, hoping to prove that most of those have a sustainable future. the world's leading electric championship is staging a double header of racing and saudi arabia as well. to night races will take place interior on the outskirts of yards. e technology showcases as a viable option for competitive motors. swinging over to the right side. you're just one of the stop. formally the 9th season that features 16 races. actually, someone would have told me only

a 9 venue of the road where we were just thinking at championship, we're going to have a 9 manufacturers where we're going to be racing in the heart of the biggest in the world. and now we're going to have 300 and almost goes to 400000000 people already near 8. i would have thought that they were probably a little bit crazy formula. he wants to establish itself as a leading brandon mode to support the organization says the last season. it's cumulative audience grew by 20 percent to $381000000.00. that's still a long way of form. the one that boasted more than a 1000000000 in 2021 of the re with a loop. what for what i was doing, we, we who out on thing we are. i think we're way more. we have a way more inclusive approach than any other form of what the sport we are the young you know on that to create the brand from scratch as we did all the. ready

ready years ago is challenge in critics. they formally faces some major challenges while the likes of majority. maclaren and jaguar are involved in the championship giant such as bmw w, mercedes, and audi have all left. there's no getting away the fact that those big, big manufacturers of lessons and not just sends out immediately a bit of a negative sign that, that, that the series is potentially struggling. you know, we talk about the races that, that it goes to in the, and the ccs in them or, or what that sounds quite nice. you know, again, the big, you know, major city, i mean, a lot of the locations are actually quite remote and not always made out to be where the army princeton's here in london. you know, you have a right here on the streets, which is, which is greatness. in the sense that once they've been able to do that, but it's in the park, you know, it's holly on, on chicago square, formally isn't the only brand pushing, erasing, refilling the doll has jumped on board as a team owner in the world. first of all,

electric boat racing league, which will launch later this year. so have leak algebra. that found up a few more thoughts headlines for you now starting with the m b a, the leading team in the eastern conference, the boston celtics beaten on the court. but next julius randall goring with 37 points for the next one and over time often has now last 3 straight for just a 2nd time this season really are encouraging science. kansas city chiefs funds ahead of the championship game against cincinnati. bengals goes back. patrick, my homes is nursing a sprained ankle that came through practice. that's all i can. you still do a lot of things, but i'm gonna, we'll, we'll see as we get closer and closer we'll see during the game. i mean, you can't, you can't fully do exactly what you're going to be in those moments in the game. but i, all i can do is prepare myself the best way possible. and then when the game you hope drilling kind of takes over and you can make those rosalie need to an american gulf, a sam rider extended his lead to 3 shots of the farmer's insurance. open that soft,

her foreign to paul, 2nd round at torrey pines. a while, while number 3, john rom is looking for his 3rd way in 3 starts. this year he caught the eye with an eagle and 3 straight bodies, still 5th, 8 shots back in 14th place. all right, that is all you support for now. it's back to pulling i joe. thank you very much for that. that, that for this museum, do stay with us though. on al jazeera emily, angling as more the days who's coming up shortly. thanks so much. ah ah what is the price of luxury ah,

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