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you're watching all da 0 live from headquarters in ohio, very novel gauge, also a heads. china accuses the u. s. a violating international practice after it's shot down a suspected spy balloon. the head of the roman catholic church wraps up his visit to south to dog renewing his call for peace. scientists in the u. k. have created a new type of ice by shaping water and a jar of metal balls and frosty conditions. ah, hello the battle for control of the eastern ukrainian city of boston, which is intensifying the head of the russian, wagner. mercenary group says there is fierce fighting. the city has been the focus of moscow's offensive for weeks. ukraine's president followed him resolutions. he warns the situation is getting tougher as russia poor as more troops towards the front line. they must ravi isn't keith with more on the fighting. it's been

a very active day all up and down the eastern front in this conflict in ukraine. but there is very little debate about where the major flash point is currently in the war and ukraine, and that is in buck moved the comments from the wagner chief, your guinea, a pri, gorgine, really lining a very squarely with what the government here. and keith has been saying, the wagner chief saying that ukrainian troops aren't retreating, and the president vladimir zelinski saying that they will continue to fight for the place that he calls ukrainian fortress. he says that his forces will hold on as long as they can, but he has also said seemingly preparing his country for bad news that may come from the front that things on the eastern front are getting more difficult and will continue to get more difficult in the days ahead, ukrainian forces say that they have killed a $140.00 to $200.00 wagner of fighters in 10 hours of fighting in

recent days. saying that so called zombie soldiers, mercenaries working for wagner, simply walking wave after wave into machine gun fire. but they say that they are out numbered ukrainian forces are out numbered by the sheer mass of fighters that russian forces are able to bring to bear to bottom of the city that remains under siege. while the war ukraine has led europe, he and nations to impose new sanctions on russian oil that has come into effect on sunday. premium products like diesel and jet fuel will be kept at $100.00 a barrel. products that trade below the price of crude, including industrial lubricants, will be kept at $45.00. so western insurance and shipping companies will be banned from buying from handling the refined products unless they were purchased at or below those limits. there are concerns, the caps could lead to rise in global diesel prices. so boston has more from amsterdam. well, let us predict that the impact of the embargo which is implemented today on oil

products like diesel and the price cap will be higher than what happened after the embargo and crude oil which was implemented last december. many countries here in europe will very much, depending on russian diesel. for example, for example, the german government has bought more than 600000 tons of diesel just in january to stock up for it is possible embargo to be implemented. other european countries have done the same. this shows that they were very much still depending on this, russian oil product. germany, for example, around 13 percent. and it also means that they don't expect a huge price hike immediately because there's enough stock. they say here in europe, but what they are predicting is that in the next few months there could be higher prices. so the truck drivers of people who work with diesel, we have a real need for diesel, which is quite an important part of the economy here in europe,

of course that there will be higher prices as well. and is also this fear because a lot of refineries here in europe have closed down over the last couple of years because of climate reasons that they will need to go elsewhere to refine these oral products. that could be going to asia to the middle east. maybe to china, so that means that there will be more higher prices because of all this. and also there's a serious fear that could be shorter just in the next few months. something that the energy, minnesota saudi has pointed out that these embargoes will eventually lead to shortages. but that's something that's here. a lead us in a european union, they'll say, won't be the case. they say we need to set a very sand varies from message to russia. to make clear that they can profit from this war. and that's why this embargo, after long debate within the european members, because some of them wanted the price cap that was going to be much low. and now

it's decided on $100.00 for these oil products is high quality or products. so they decided they needed this embargo to send this message to russia. china accused the united states of overreacting after washington shutdown it's balloon. nearly a week afterward entered american aerospace. the balloon was 1st spotted in fairbanks, alaska. on monday, by wednesday, it was seen near missoula, montana. the chinese balloon then floated over kansas city, missouri on friday by saturday morning. it was seen in the sky over memphis, tennessee, before being shut down by us fighter jets off the coast of south carolina. later that evening. china insist that was a weather balloon that strayed off course. particle hate has more. a clear shot as it happened, a missile hit the high altitude balloon and it begins its descent in end 2 days of long debate about what to do about this massive air balloon suddenly saw something

take off. again. i knew it was a missile, and you can see the explosion. i should have shot that winning carts insane. instead of letting it travel all the way across, you thought it was just that. i think it's terrible that they let it get this far start read and what i've heard, there's more and more of them. china claimed it was a weather balloon that was blown off course. president biden says he gave the order to shoot it down last wednesday. have decided without doing damage to anyone on the ground and decided that the best time to do that was got over water within our, within 12 mile limit. successively took down, the pentagon says in f $22.00 fighter jet launched a single missile to bring the balloon down into us territorial waters. pentagon officials say now they're turning their attention to recovering the balloon. they think it's going to be a fairly simple operation. they are already several us navy and

u. s. coast guard ships on the scene. they planned to use us navy divers and unmanned submersible to bring it to the surface in the next few days. and then the u. s. will decide if they want to publicly and the debate offering proof of what this was. it's still an open debate as huge balloon was in fact, following the air streams of the area and that it has a tractor of that. it is not loitering over montana, it was shot off the eastern seaboard. so at this juncture, this idea that this is somehow a spy ship, that was liberally said by china seems a little bit far fetched. but us analysts say the fact that they believe a similar balloon as travel in latin america makes this theory more likely. i did not believe that it was just a weather balloon loan. of course, it would be quite a coincidence if you have this loon going in to us air space,

while apparently there's another one processing latin america a simultaneously infringing upon other countries here. space another strain in an already frayed relationship, which was supposed to take steps toward improvement on saturday. instead, taking a step back. particle haine al jazeera washington. syrian refugees and gaza have been protesting in front of a u. an agency they want. officials to resume aid that was cut in 2017. most of them fled from syria when the revolution started in 2011 and found refuge in gaza. sarah ira has more. now these are just some of the syrian refugees that fled the serial war and ended up here in garza. now they protesting against the lack of a that they're receiving from the un refugee agency for palestinians. they say that it was caught a few years ago, and now the situation for them is absolutely dial. this isn't

a place which is garza where there are 2000000 people under it's ready. blockade. life is tough as it is, but if it was hard for palestinians living here is even harder for some of those refugees that have come from syria. some of them have been displayed 3 times palestinians that were forced to leave because of the israelis ended up in syria and have returned again here. now they are all skiing for the most basic funding funding for accommodation, for foods and for basics where unemployment is about 70 percent. the situation they say is really difficult. metallic, nervous, beside our demand for the $170.00 families, the flight syria, or that owner must carry out its responsibilities towards us. refugees who lost everything. we left all our belongings and our homes were destroyed. we were forced to leave, we need the refugee agency to either provide us with a place to live or pay the high rental costs or help us find

a job. now some of the people protesting here, all women say that their children are missing out on a good education. there are people that are reliant that needs health care and then not able to receive it. and not they need that assistance. they heavily rely on not that assistance has appealed for $1600000000.00, which it relies on from international donation. it's saying that it desperately needs it, as it started the already was $70000000.00 in or is it's very much accepting the fact that they need that help. and they say they can't really do much until the donors put the money forward. pakistan's, former president prov, as massaro has died at the age of 79. he had been receiving treatment into by for a long illness, alexia bryan takes a look back at my sheriff's life and the controversy surrounding his political career. prevail machado was living in exile for years. fighting

to clear his name. the former pakistani president was charged in connection with the 2007 assassination of former prime minister. been as the abuto. he was also sentenced to death after being found guilty of treason before a court and pakistan overturned it and 2020. the head of the military had seized power in a bloodless, coo and 1999 and served as president from 2001 until 2008. after the $911.00 attacks were sheriff aligned himself with the so called war on terror. general michelle of is under american pollution here. this is not a war against terrorism. this is a war against islam. he also supported the war in afghanistan, trying to balance relations with the u. s. and tribal leaders shot af late. it said the united states threatened to bomb pakistan if he didn't commit to fighting al qaeda. blue sheriff was criticized for failing to improve the economy at home. and

main to ties with india, despite a high profile visit to agra, which many had hoped would lead to better relations firing. pakistan's chief justice in 2007 proved to be his fatal political move. it led to street protests, melbourne, was that bill gone? gone, i rest my future in the hands of the nation and the people let them be the judges. ultimately, the man who survived multiple assassination attempts was forced to resign. a year later, sheriff lived in exile for a while, but the lure of power was too attractive. he tried to stage a political come back and 2013. i was thinking the governor would call me back. i would say, save pakistan. but that did not happen. today my nation ordered me to come back. i came back, put in my life in danger to save pakistan. instead,

he was arrested and charged with murdering been as he a bhutto, the 1st woman to be democratically elected and a muslim majority country. the government allowed, we shall have to leave in 2016 to seek medical treatment for serious illness. he always denied wrong doing, and maintained the cases against him were politically motivated. quote, us are being held in iraq after a young you to blogger was chilled by her father. he admitted to strangling about a lively on wednesday in the so called honor killing. advocates say not enough is being done to protect young women in iraq. but more than the law had reports from baghdad. these protestors in the rocky capitan, are demanding justice for the killing of a young iraqi. youtube was tar lebell alley. she was a strangle by her father in the southern the city of d, one e. on tuesday. the attack is being described as

a so called owner killing lieber. l allie had reportedly left her home in iraq and was living in took ear against her family's wishes, redial by law. we want laws to criminalize domestic violence. the state must guarantee our safety. when we report domestic violence, we submitted many proposals, the government, but they've all gone unheeded. teaberry turn it to her hometown after her mother reportedly asked her to come back. activists have launched a campaign on social media with the hash tag plebe as riot. they're demanding a change to iraq's laws, which they say give light sentences to defendants charged with similar crimes. much in the lobby agenda must all the parliament is to blame for this because it's the legislative body that issues laws to criminalize violence against women. but the parliament itself is a male dominated body partly based on tribal consideration. that's part of the

problem. according to activists, the victim when to the interior ministry for help. but it is not clear if she received any assistance at all in a conservative and patriarchal society like iraq activists to say, there are no effective laws to protect women from domestic violence. there is also no clear mechanism to provide shelter for women trying to escape of use. so many cases like sleep but alley go unreported. without a heads off by that still a heads up sera, ecuadorian said to the polls to vote on constitutional reforms will be live in the capital quito. and the van is carnival is back in full force after years, a scale down celebration. ah,

tis rainy season now in southeast asia were always areas to focus on where it will be particularly wet. bonnie has been one place recently and peninsula lazy, and i think the 2 will be the case on monday as well with heavy rain also edging into central java. all this has got the risk of flooding written all over it. probably true west papua and up towards the southern philippines. and in southern china, it's raining that rain as it goes across here from waters for begin to propagate tropical low, which will bring significant rain to southern japan as quite warm air. this gave all its been a very snowy area recently, so i suspect the avalanche risk is up. we might see some flooding potential here in southern japan. but north of the anc see the sunny's, our temperatures are above normal by a little bit south, the yangtze, the rain is easing. that's the case. certainly on tuesday, this is looking more like early spring to say than late winter. but that's how it stands about. okay, down to south ish,

this looks more as it should do this more snow significance. they've been falling in the hills, northern india, northern pakistan, afghans that dying down little bit on monday. their culture therefore is coming down to do deleon the whole in sri lanka, rainy's like to be there and increasing this intensity during tuesday. i think it'll catch the edge of time another every now and again. ah, every year in china and it's to make it 80000 children are abducted by one of their parents, one or one as well as some mothers desperately trying to unite with their children . oh, now just sarah. ah al jazeera, ah, ah all.

ah, the ah. top floor is on altima 0, the battle for control of the ukrainian city of which is intensifying. the city has been the focus of moscow's offensive for weeks. ukraine's president followed resolutely warns the situation on the front line is getting tougher. china has accused us of overreacting after a shutdown. it's balloon off the coast of south carolina pentagon, excuse beijing. and using the surveillance crossed by the china said it was a weather balloon focused on former president purpose of his diet after a prolonged illness at a hospital in dubai. which was in charge in connection with the assassination of

the former prime minister. banister bhutto and sent him to them. in 2020 a quarter pockets on overturned the head of the roman catholic church, has wrapped up his visit in south saddam with a mass. pope frances cold for peace, urging people to put down their weapons. his historic visit is part of a 6 day trip to africa. on saturday, he met people affected by the years long conflict in so says on her matessa has more from the mass in juba. it was the pub final day in south diamond south was that people attended the holy mass from south dodd and some of the other parts of africa. when i spoke some of them, they said they know that the visit was suddenly bring the wrong nothing peace country, but it hope it will make a difference. the pulse had a strong statement for them that they must implement the pcl as soon as possible, hold election as soon as possible and make it safe for the thousands of people like

by years of conflict to return home. ordinary people have done. she said that the world has not gotten them and you will continue to pray for them. this particular area has never happened. 4 people here in south done people here in new by back in 2011 when the car to get independent from the south. but the way i celebrated the of a new country and new nation, there was so much hope that this country would move forward and progress. that hasn't happened yet, a conflict. the people here hold me that once the politician sits out and talk to so they didn't exit. polls show that the presidential election in cyprus will go to run off on february the 12, after none of the leading contender secured majority and sundays vote. the countries facing a cost of living crisis, corruption scandals, and migration crisis. people in ecuador are heading to the polls on sunday to like local officials on the vote,

on constitutional reforms among the issues being cited or enabling the country's military to join the police and fighting drug trafficking, and also reducing the size of the country's national ascend. indigenous people say the results of the referendum may threaten their rights. let's bring it out of sandra and petty, joining us from quito. so they seem equitorial seem to have lost faith in their political process and the president himself. how important would you say these elections are on the sandra? definitely very important for the last and his administration. the president has been searching for a break through a way to try to regain some of the political capital that has been that he lost since coming into power back in 2000 at 21. he had to deal with a number of crisis that major cost of living protests left by indigenous groups in the country back in june. and after that he almost lost his job in any

impeachment vote. he's also dealing with a major increase in that crime in violence. the along the coast base started before his administration has been becoming worse and worse in recent months with the drug trafficking groups fighting each other. and government forces on the states along the coast to control what has become the major hub for the export of cocaine produced in columbia and imperial. that the ports of why a kid in particular has become a major focal point for drug trafficking towards the. a united states and this violence has also crafted him to the election campaign. there have been a number of attacks against. 6 candidates,

the 2 of them to may your candidates have been killed in this campaign one just last night and you get more laughter referred to him on my name this from the city where the law office is speech earlier this morning. essentially starting at the voting day. so of a very, very complicated situation in the weather right now and for the government. if you get my last so you're hoping that this f a referendum will give him some oxygen and will also sort of help to address many of the virgin problems that ek weather is facing him. frustration on the rise among voters in kito ahead of sundays, wides ranging referendum, promoted by embattled press. you didn't get more lasso to address the countries deteriorating, social and economic conditions. no, i think that we have no faith in politicians for all the scandals that happened

recently. people has lost trust in politics, if that goes on with an approval rating below 20 percent, a hostile congress, mounting government corruption allegations, and had dramatic rising gang related crime. conservative president lasso has been left with little face to maneuver the story that the 8 referendum questions, which cover security issues. reducing the number of lawmakers in congress, environmental protection, and the possible extra addition of ecuadorian could help him regain initiative. and we got a balance with this popular popular consultations usually become a referendum on the current administration. but in this case, despite the president's major last and political capital, the referendum has strong support because it addresses funded mental issues for the people. that critics argue that last was hoping to use the referendum for a personal political when a way to try to boost to port for his failing presidency,

to the detriment of the countries democracy. bullied, the guy, the former president of ecuador constitutional assembly, says the reduction of assembly members will reduce representation of remote areas. and trent, in the hands of the most powerful parties, the stomach free. don't want to consult up a lot of good, you know, not far from solving problems. this referendum could exacerbate some of them. it's like a poisonous apple that shines on the surface. but if you read the questions and antics as carefully you see, it won't solve neither security issues or democratic instability even less the environment. it's a tricky and deceitful referendum, unfortunately not to last so barely survived, and impeachment vote after 2 weeks of cost of living, indigenous lead protests that brought the country to a halt. the indigenous leader lay only thus isa is leading been no campaign. he says the government should instead comply with the agreements that end the demonstrations. it will be ever in both of the governments strategically a wide,

simply mentoring the agreement and comes up to disrupt random to confound things. all it really wants is to get some oxygen to continue trying. implementing policies that have not worked until now is both holes show the referendum results could be very close and on sunday experience will also elect more than $5000.00 local officials with the opposition expected to gain seats across the country. even the passing of the referendum might end up being a short lived victory for last quarter and seem to be quite divided on the referendum poles. the show that yes, both might be a little bit on top, but again, it will be quite close. we're expecting to have extra pulls results later at tonight, but probably for the final results. we're going to have to wait until monday. okay . will speak to you later. thank you so much at a sandra, patchy from quito. research was in the u. k. have discovered

a new type of ice that may help us better understand water on its anomalies. so it's cold, medium density, amorphous ice, or m d a. and it's believe to be found in space. scientists that you see alan cambridge university say this ice initially looks like a fine white powder nun when it's shaken and extremely low temperatures, with steel polls, it transforms into something like ordinary ice. but its density is the same as water. that means the substance moves like water, but it's molecules are arranged in an untidy pattern, unlike water. andrea cello was on the team that created this ice, and he explained how it may be formed in outer space. we know that the outer planets of the cell system, particularly jupiter, saturn, and uranus actually have moons around the moons are often covered with, with ice. and because those moons are so close to the massive planets,

the vast glaciers on the surface are actually subject to tidal forces. and so they get pulled back and forth and rotated in. and basically they grind against at their edges. they grind on the rocks below, they grind in the cracks and, and we think it's possible that there might be some of this m d a i c, lurking within the plants. and so one of the things that we really want to understand more about is properties in mechanical behavior, because this might shed light on the behavior of these exotic life or 9 people are still missing. after a fishing boat capsized off the south, west coast of south korea, the boat overturn just before midnight on saturday, 3 crew members were rescued. coast guard vessels are searching for other survivors and lay january. at least 8 people were reported that after a cargo ship sank between south korea and japan. the things on his carnival is back

in its full form for the 1st time. in 4 years, thousands of people gathered in the italian city to witness the canal parade which kicks off the celebrations. for 2 weeks, the venice will be filled with tourists from around the world. the carnival was scale down in the last few years due to corona virus restrictions. and taiwan night sky lit up with hundreds of floating paper lanterns in the country marked the end of the lunar new year celebrations. thousands of people flocked the northern pink g district near ty pay to attend its annual sky lantern festival. they wrote wishes for the coming year on lanterns and released them into the sky. the event is want to tie one's most popular festivals. ah, hello again. the headlines on al jazeera, the battle for control of the ukrainian city about.