i just see it as a country with high poverty rates, with inequality, and these are here, the boat is not an exception. many of the footballers in this country come from poor area such as this one is many of the members of argentina, national team come from places such as this one where the football field do not have to rush. but the soil, just like the one that you can feed right here, we've been talking to some of the children that live in this place. and they said that they would love to follow the steps of your little message until monday. yeah . and other members of the national team ah, the pentagon's tracking what is suspects is a chinese spy balloon floating high across u. s. s. place. ah,

my money slave is now does there alive also coming up. republicans asked the democratic congresswoman illinois omar from a powerful house committee over her criticism, is these top officials promised more sanctions against russia ahead of a crazy summit and 2 months of processing through slowly turning a political crisis into an economic disaster. ah hello, welcome. the pentagon says it's tracking a suspected chinese spy balloon sponsored in u. s. s. space on wednesday. they are reports that military leaders even considered shooting it down over the state of montana, but decided against it because of the potential safety risk to residents from

falling debris. our pentagon correspondent patty calhane, has more from washington dc. we do now have an official statement from the pentagon spokesman brigadier general pat ryder, and it's kind of interesting for what's not in it. he basically says the u. s. is in fact tracking a high altitude surveillance balloon over the united states. you didn't stress specify where he said, look, we've had these sorts of balloons in the past and over the past several years. but that it doesn't provide any sort of concern for commercial or air travel because of its altitude just so high up in the atmosphere. what's interesting is, what he doesn't say is what obviously people are, officials are telling reporters of pedagogy and background not renamed that they believe this is a chinese spy balloon. we're hearing reports that there were some talk, the possibly is up to president joe biden about taking what they call kinetic action to bring it down, but decided posed too much of

a danger to people on the ground. so what they're saying is that they are tracking this, that they've taken steps to make sure that no surveillance can in fact be done. but again, the official statement is there's a balloon, we're watching it. it doesn't pose a danger to air travel or collecting of sensitive information. republicans in the u . s. house of representatives have voted to move a muslim congresswoman from the chambers. foreign relations committee. democrats say ellen o mall was targeted because of her identity. victoria gay to be has the details. an emotional debate. congresswoman ellen omar, a refugee from somalia, i'm one of the 1st muslim women in the us house of representatives voted off the foreign affairs committee. republicans pointed to these tweets from years ago, where she evoked slang for a $100.00 bills to criticize a pro israeli lobbying group. she later apologized. and this won't where she seemed

to equate atrocities carried out by the u. s. military to those committed by groups . washington deems terrorists, she later said she did not mean to compare them, but republicans now in the majority, moved in a party line vote to kick her off the committee. omar said it wasn't about her woods, but her skin color and her religion. this debate to day it's about who gets to be an american. what opinions do we get to have? do we have to have to be counted as americans? this is what this debate is about madam speaker. there is this idea that you are a suspect. if you are an immigrant, or if you are from certain parts of the world or a certain skin tone, or a muslim, it is no accident that members of the republican party accused the 1st black president, brock obama, of being a secret muslim democrats accused how speaker kevin mccarthy, of payback after democrats stripped to republicans of their committee assignments

in the last congress, a charge he denied will not removing her from other committees. we just do not believe when it comes to foreign affairs, especially the responsibility of that position around the world with the comments that you make. she shouldn't serve them. but this is what the clear this if it was tit for tat, we would have picked, people took him off all committees and said nothing about. we don't believe that the republicans who lost their assignments a much different story representative paul go saw tweeted out an animated video that appeared to show him killing congresswoman alexandria, casio cortez, who said this move was intended to target women of color. i had a member of the republican caucus threaten my life and you all. and the republican caucus, the warded him with one of the most prestigious committee assignments in this congress. don't tell me, is it about consistency? and representative mardrey taylor green was removed after video. she recorded

before her election surfaced, where she seems to express racist is la phobic and anti semitic views, including targeting omar. there is an islamic invasion into our government offices right now. okay. they are you. so you saw after mid term elections. what we saw so many muslims elected, i don't know. i don't know the exact number, but there were quite a few what we had that woman out of minnesota. now she's going in a congress and she's going to wear a head covering democrats say they will appoint a more to a different but still powerful committee and dumas warned republicans that, that move will back fire. i yield back and served to make her voice stronger. her leadership praised worldwide, victoria gate and b algae 0 ah ukrainian president volota milan skis urging the european union to impose more sanctions on moscow ahead of a summits and cave on friday. soon after arriving in the ukrainian capital european

commission, president ursula vaughan de leon said that a sanctions package, including price caps and russian oil will be ready for the 1st anniversary of russia's invasion. missus, despite divisions between member states over what the caps should be. lensky said the block was moving too slowly. just believe replaced to something as lynch it does, that just the common to ask for the european union is to reduce rushes ability to bypass sanctions. the sooner this is achieved, the closer we will get to the defeat of russia's aggression. we have noticed that the pace of sanctions has slowed down a bit while the tariff state has speeded, adapting to sanctions. it is worth to catch up and fix it if we believe we can do it dicey. today, russia is paying a heavy price as our sanctions are you eroding its economy, throwing it back by a generation. the price cap on crude oil already costs russia around

$160000000.00 euros a day. and we will keep on turning up the pressure father. we will introduce with our g 7 partners, an additional price come on russian petroleum products. and by the 24th of february, exactly one year since the invasion started, we aim to have the 10th package of sanctions in place. russian president vladimir putin has worn that moscow will respond to the west with more than just tanks. he was mocking 80 years since the well watering battle of stalingrad heat and condemned germany's decision to supply key with a leopard to battle tanks and russia would be victorious in crane. dick took jaeger with europe is run. those who are dragging european countries, including germany, into a new war with russia and irresponsibly talking about it as a done deal. those who expect to win against russia on the battlefield. they apparently don't understand their modern war with russia will be completely

different. we are not sending our tanks to their borders to demand, but we have what it takes to respond. they were in it and using military hardware will not be the end of it. you improve. everyone has to understand this. funding. ukraine's reconstruction is one of the main topics of discussion as european union leaders gather in keith the talks. but even as the war continues, the rebuilding has already begun. and boucher near cave natasha butler meant people who are trying to rebuild their homes and their lives in boucher on the outskirts of keys valentina watches as builders repair her home. it was damaged by shelling when russian forces occupied the town last year and experience. she says was worse than living through world war 2. the common that they should, that the polluters weekly. everything was destroyed, the tv, so for clothes, i couldn't stay. so i went to my neighbors basement. we spent weeks there. there

were explosions nice and day russians and ukrainians firing. i don't know how i survived. the house now has new windows, and soon the roof will be finished. valentina sweeps up shavings from the timber to fuel her burner. butcher's town council is financing reconstruction in this neighbourhood. one of many districts pounded, my gosh, not terribly heavy. every house in the street has been damaged and it's a similar picture in so many parts of ukraine. it is clear, the rebuilding the country is going to say yes and cost a lot of money as the war continues in ukraine. so does the destruction mangled infrastructure and bombarded buildings are now part of the landscape. some people are forced to survive in what's left of their homes. keep estimates that reconstruction will cost at least $350000000000.00. the

e u has an idea about how it could be funded. ukraine will rebuilt and done. i just must be trimmed, inserted. we are fully frozen over 300000000000 euros oppression of sets. i'm strongly trend vince. these shoots in this will be used for new transfer trans, torturing laura. not all you members are convinced about using frozen russian assets for ukraine's reconstruction. but some say it would be a form of justice making moscow pay to rebuild what it has destroyed. even the low amount of money could ever fully restore people shattered lives. natasha butler, al jazeera butcher, ukraine, you, israel's prime minister. benjamin netanyahu has attended the opening of charged embassy near tel aviv. it's a major step and normalizing relations between the 2 countries have severed 7 ties

with israel in 1972 in solidarity with palestinians. netanyahu has been trying to build ties with muslim majority countries since his 1st term as prime minister. meanwhile, is ramsey don have agreed to normalize relations to israel's foreign minister. eli cohen has just returned from khartoum, where he met sedans, army chief adul fatter, albert hon. cohen says an agreement will be signed once he african nation, transitions to a civilian government. see don host said the arab league meetings where members vowed not to recognize the state of israel in 1967 after the 3rd arab israeli war. a detainee who spent 16 years in guantanamo bay has been released and transferred to belize is the 1st 3rd country re settlement under the administration of you as president joe biden. hochstein imogene kong was arrested by us forces in 2003. he

pleaded guilty to terrorism related charges that he for detainees remain in the guantanamo bay detention facility in cuba. us and jordan has moved from washington dc. module cons case was different from that of those who had been held at guantanamo bay, cuba since early 2002 for one. he was considered a so called high value detainee because of his alleged role in a plot to attack the united states. after the september 11th attacks con agreed in 2012 to plead guilty to those charges and to provide evidence to the u. s. government about the activities of the 5 men now on trial in guantanamo bang, for their alleged plotting to attack the united states. on september 11th, 2001 cod did complete his prison sentence as required, but he spread a year or so in limbo while the u. s government tried to find a new place for him to live. hon had been a permanent resident of the u. s,

but after his conviction, there was no chance that he would be allowed to resettle in the united states. con is now going to be living the rest of his life. he believes in the country of belize in central america. and a statement through his lawyers con said that he is sorry for what he had done. and that he hoped to make a new start in a new country with his family. a group of women who worked his prosecutors in afghanistan, a seeking a new life in europe off to fling when the taliban regained power. now some have been able to claim asylum in countries like spain, but all this remains stuck in refugee camps and pakistan. the dean baba has this story. my name is be the shadow. allen from afghanistan before tell him on to power a was a persecutor. enjoying the view of madrid, a beta sharah and her family had their lives turned upside down. when the taliban

returned to power in 2021, they fled because of threats linked to her work as a prosecutor specializing in gender based violence. now finally, they're starting a new life in spain where they've got refugee status. a beta appreciates her new freedom, but can't forget the people she's left behind and can, to be inside. the house is inside the wall. and this is not sale. i cannot inject them because because the women in my country democracy, masculine abated, was one of the 32 women judges. and prosecutors who fled afghanistan, only to be stuck in pakistan, waiting for asylum. many say they feel abandoned by the outside world. oh, shall. i don't, one prosecutor who wanted to be known only by her initials, s m, specialized, engender based violence and violence against children in afghanistan as was being threatened by taliban members and families of criminals. she sent to prison. she

was pressured by her own relatives or the la mancha. there was a thought of his oliver when the hon isn't even my 1st husband received threatening phone calls and calls from his family trying to convince him to stop me. because i was not a good example for their wives, who might learn the way to fight for their rights and may put them in prison. my husband was an open minded person. man hour and a half the stuff to work on the same day. we in spain, a chance for some of the 19 afghan women, prosecutors had been granted asylum here to talk with european lawyers, the latter all agree their afghan counterparts were held up as symbols of democratic success only to be discarded by western governments. they had so ah, fight her a sometimes with her members of the families and with colleagues, her waste the cultures. now they seem to be forgotten. so this is really terrible.

back in pakistan, the prosecutors are just a tiny group on top of the millions of afghans who fled here after the soviet invasion in 1979. and during the subsequent civil war for these women it's been more than a year in limbo. but for s f, that's good news for families on the move heading to the airport and the flight to spain. the emotions clear as they had for europe, we can only hope they'll be able to return safely. one day. the dean baba al jazeera still had on our dessert, has been called the greatest colon, the in commercial history. we take a closer look at the turmoil as cost india, a donnie green $100000000000.00. ah hello the weather does look rod once settled across northern parts of the middle

east. once again we still have wet and windy weather drifting in from the east side of the mediterranean. fried, i think something of a rest bite, but we will still see some showers. they're just coming into syria, lebanon, jordan, maybe a little further south as well. east of that, generally try blustery though. just around the gulf. a shamal just setting in for friday. so some lifted dust and sand to watch or share these off as you go on through the weekend sas day. quite as windy, windy enough, the around that a sort of them read. just once again, we are going to see more the way of wet weather. some showers, they're just easing into that eastern side to care in the form of snow. some wet weather, possibly some snowy weather, too just coming in to wet northern parts of iraq must be showers to possibly with little bit of sleep. mix him into northern parts of afghanistan, so we will still see some showers just scraping the far north east of africa. but some wet weather noticeably windy weather lifted dust and sand. best the on the

cards for algeria, the possibility of some live showers as well. but for much of north africa, it is going to be dry, the main showers the course into southern areas of africa, some very heavy right to the northern parts of south africa, macon the way ah, [000:00:00;00] ah ah, with

ah. oh, watching al jazeera mind, if our top story is this, our, the pentagon says it's tracking a suspected chinese spy, believe spotted in u. s. s. based on wednesday, their reports that military need is even considered shooting it down to the state, montana. a detainee who spent 16 years in guantanamo bay is been released and transferred to police august on the jeep column, was arrested by us forces the 2003 european commission president or sullivan. the lion says a new sanctions package, including price caps on russian oil will be ready for the 1st anniversary of russia's invasion. she made the comment soon after arriving in key,

the head of the summit server ukraine's push to join. trading has been suspended for one of india's biggest conglomerate, softer shares, dropped 10 percent upon opening over a $115000000000.00 has now been wiped off its valley. the week long meltdown in guatemala, danny's business empire started when an american investment research company accused the group afford honey metal ports from new delhi. this decision will lock an unexpected. you dawn from the man who was once the 2nd richest person on the planet, got a badani cancel a share sale or follow a public offer after raising 2 and a half $1000000000.00. the business tycoon says it's because stock prices have been fluctuating for me. but in default, my in rissa is paramount. and everything is

secondary and spin. select the rest of us from what danger loss is. we have been drawn that bill. the a donnie group shares have been in a week long meltdown. it started when american investment form hindenberg, research accuse it of, quote, the largest cornyn corporate history alleging stock market manipulation and accounting fraud. hindenburg is a short seller which bets again, stocks and makes money when share prices fall. adonis group has question it's motives calling it a war on india. the report has shattered the group's credibility. media report suggest to global lenders are no longer accepting a donnie bonds at collateral for loans. in just central bank is also reportedly often bank. here to give details of their exposure to a donnie company, opposition parties are demanding a judicial inquiry and a debate in parliament. it is a money with hard working indians have saved it, their life,

time saving and their hardwood living mission for their future. they see a donnie has benefited from his friendship with prime minister. marines are moody. the conglomerate has built major infrastructure in india. last week, it bought the high for bought in israel for more than $1000000000.00. there are growing goals for improving corporate oversight in, in can longer time over the last 10 years have really become global players. and while they're become global breast, the, the regulatory, you know, systems in india and i, let's say, and in the u. s. on in europe, that is a gap, so it good regulation has to catch up and has to, has to you all a far more a transported system got to madonna is no longer asia richest person in the us stock market regulator is reportedly examining the cancel chassis pop new

met, then al jazeera new delhi. hong kong has launched a multi $1000000.00 campaign to these tourism. an investment is part of the industry of half a 1000000 airline tickets will be given away to visitors. hong kong economies been struggling to recover from coven 19 restrictions, and the government crackdown on descent has led to an exodus of residence in recent years. or john shell is reported a record profit of nearly $40000000000.20. it's the highest in the companies 115 year history. earnings are also double shells. profits from 2021 caps the turbulent period, which tor surgeon energy prices off to russia's invasion of ukraine. and the lead up to that record profit announcement, greenpeace activist audit and occupied a shell platform in the atlantic ocean on cheese day with about a reading stop drilling, stop paying for act of his scale. beside the $51000.00 tom vessel,

which is on route to the shetland islands. it's a key piece of equipment that green p says will enable, shall to unlock 8 new wells in the penguins snorts the oil and gas field. business as usual came up, gone. when it went to re installation in a better planning, when it better distribution of energy, just consuming pumping out only helps the beak, billionaire fossil fuel companies. and it's true that we are in an energy crisis, but we are not in a production crisis. we're in a consumption crisis, and what shall is trying to do is to get rich, t lebanese and pays of entered the 3rd week of assess in protests inside parliament . and promising to stay put until the country's political paralysis comes to an end . and a new president is elected santa hud,

a report from bay reach to members of parliament from the so called forces of change block have been camped inside lebanon's parliament building for 2 weeks pressing for the election of a president like much of the population there in darkness long power outages are one of many crises facing the collapse and country. 3rd, demand for open sessions to elect the president has the support from other m. p. 's, but not from the governing alliance. which also refuses to allow journalists into the legislature. these politicians realize this protest may drag on for weeks, but say they are doing their duty to protect democracy. and the rule of law. they are like a member of a club. and they, you 11 thing how to share the power between them and among them. this is the idea. they are not applied to constitution. no political alliance has

a 2 thirds majority needed to elect the candidate in the 1st round of voting. the opposition is divided, as is the hezbollah lead governing coalition, and its accused of preventing open sessions inside parliament, which would require fewer votes to choose a head of state. has vala wants to make sure that the next president elected when ensure that rights of has been allowed to maintain its weapon? the other stumbling issue that chose choosing a president and chosing a prime minister and the nature of the government to be after elect and president need to come in one package. it's how politics has been conducted for decades. these empties are hoping to change that, but concede they are up against an establishment that has sidelined state institutions. we as 12 am piece change and these are really keen

on really respecting the constitution and re instate in the, at the, the, the public situation. the political paralysis isn't new. the election of the previous head of state michelle oun followed more than 2 years of bargaining. that finally ended with a power sharing deal. zanna could their elders, eda, beirut, anti government protests in peru have affected all sectors of the economy? pushing some businesses and families towards financial peril. the term in the sick tourism industry is suffering and food is in short supply due to roadblocks. as marianna sanchez reports from e cur officials fear that the unrest will have a long term impact on the economy. farmers at this pomegranate field in the southern region of east got our back at work harvest time is near and the fruit is ready to be picked. protesters have been keeping them from reaching the fields, threatened to beat them. it's been difficult to work during the almost 2 months of

unrest following the ousting of former precedent bid august. the you lose, camacho says she's lost one quarter of her wages enough to be her monthly debts to the bank, economic american. i felt that it has effected as a lot because we haven't worked and we have loans and we have debts. whereas i was gonna get an income transport in the south was at a virtual standstill until the police and army finally moved in. but the damage to key industries has been enormous. e guest chamber of commerce says the region has lost $300000000.00 since the crisis begun in december. workers have been stepping up the pace to make up for the time. lost here, packing fruit to ship to europe, canada and the u. s. director horses, we skated a bice nearly 70 percent of his exports from small producers. he says he's concerned for the future of hundreds of families will not create a policy got this political crisis is turning into a social and economic crisis. because if we stop,

people will lose the income and con, pay. their debt is connected to the capital lima along a major highway, which is also used to transport minerals and petrol. about 4.5 percent of the countries gdp comes from this area. the finance ministry says b do has lost more than one half $1000000000.00. and there's been 0 investment in the south since the number to became president in december. this is the 3rd time security purposes, lip located in this area of the pan american highway since december. and they're still here, guarding the area. it's just so how difficult situation is here and nothing guarantees. it won't happen again. that's why guillermo, could he fears the worst for his small farm? why was that? i see, i don't know how long we will be in the situation. if protest continue, we are going to lose our product. everything many here belief this truth is only