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ukraine's presidents as russia is throwing more of its troops into the fight. this is e u. price caps on russian oil products come into effect. iran supreme lead upon his tens of thousands of prisoners, including some arrested recent anti government protests and 24 dead and almost a 1000 injured as 5 fighters continued a battle some 260 wildfires and she lay i'm gavin ashwood sport around red suffer shop defeats my okay, and lot ega and harry came, becomes taught, them's all time at top scorer as fuzz beats manchester city, one nail in the premier league. ah! hello and welcome to the news. our ukraine says it expects a major russian offensive to take place this month. and his nightly address present

. rodham is lensky said. moscow is intensifying pressure on several fronts. at of the 1st anniversary of the war, he is awaiting more military supplies from western allies, but insist that there is for now enough in reserve to fight off russia's advance. the battle for control of the reasons as you have bought much has been intensified with russia deploying more troops. there algiers. aim basra, the reports now from the capital. keith, ukrainian soldiers defending boot and through the freight. no, they are outnumbered and more. russian fighters are all the way. what is the major flash point on the eastern front right now? ukraine's president has promised he won't let the city fall without a fight. but full of mere zelinski may also be preparing his people for a worst case scenario. that is the sort of, she knew, the who in the course of $346.00 days of this war,

i often had to say that the situation at the front was tough and that the situation was becoming tougher. reach it is once again, the key there, ukraine's army says a gun down as many as 200 russian mercenaries from the wagner group in a recent attack. but russian forces are gaining ground as they push to surround the city. the worry for keep, now russia could be close to successfully cutting off the main highway into the city. currently ukraine's main supply line that could be a decisive moment in the battle for buckman. russian missiles are also hitting more civilian targets along the eastern front. air strikes and car keys in a university and a residential walk. recently there was a strong blast and everything happened so quickly. we were saved by the furniture that fell on us because of that we are alive. she's only lived in car keith,

a few months homeless and displaced for a 2nd time. during this war the siege of buck, mood has emptied out the city. but some refused to leave, seeking refuge in prayer woman from the 1st and most i know there is a chance i might die last night itself into my garden. all the vendors were blown out, boots lynn to my house this morning. it will have to keep me in the head. our life is fleeting. they will die in any case. now or in 2030 years. it is not important. the main thing is i present myself to god's lives, like those jumped on us. i pray for our country, for all ukraine, for my children, for my family, for all your cravens, for all i pray but will ukrainian lines remain as unbreakable as their faith. both likely to be tested and coming days,

as russian forces escalate. their campaign for bomber 30, then basra, the algebra, or ukraine, is defense minister alexia, as nichols, as been replaced by the head of military intelligence, not ready. nicole was appointed defense minister november 2021, and his help secure west and weapons to fight russian forces. but his ministry has been tainted by corruptions, scandals involving food contracts, commenting on reports about his possible dismissal at news conference. early on sunday, as nicole had this to say, coolio star suppressor website asked me when i entered public service for the 1st time in 2014. i was then the secretary of the key of city council, and i immediately told everyone that no official is in his chair for ever would you give mamma the decision to be the minister to friends or not is made by one person according to the constitution. it's the commander in chief and the president of the country brought me zalinski. humans elect me long you european restrictions on

russian oil have come into effect, including a ban on it. see born oil products and a price cap measures are aimed at reducing moscow's ability to fund it's warn you crying, or preventing a surgeon prices if russian oil stops flowing to global markets or the current market price for more refined fuels like diesel is around $110220.00 us dollars a barrel. russian premium products like diesel and jet fuel will now be capped at a $100.00 a barrel. it's not like you effect rushes export in. come straight away, but we'll stop it from profiting from any sudden spikes in the price. a cost her low, a quality products like fuel oil will be kept at $45.00 a barrel. some have been job aid is in moscow and looks now the impact of the war in ukraine on russia's energy industry. before the war, reco usa, returning your product report would be grow $1000000000.00 a month if it continues to turn on product. what about $40000000000.00?

european union needs to be the largest export market. one would buy china and korea . that's now being overtaken by india. china. i'm a gray area upon move market. russia, you the 2 main method? it transported oil, worthwhile, a network of a pipeline delivery countries. and interestingly, it continues to be ukraine, water, people using the drills pipeline. secondly, if you could in that with of tankers, with fairly rushing oil defaults all over the world, and they have now come in this function from the european union that you have said caps and rough viva, and fuel oil. and those which are found not in compliance, will either have florence financing, and they won't even get everything for the rif. well, thomas, i, donald is an energy angie of politics, expert and global fellow, the wilson santa, m washington, d. c. changes via skype from berlin. it seems as though

a european countries are determined to convey a strong message against russia. but the reality the situation seems to be that they need russian energy supply. so they're trying to strike a balance between taking punitive action without causing too much instability in the markets. i will thank you for having me this evening. um i would qualify what you're saying, where you say they needed. now they've completely cut off the import. oh, crude oil, and now they've completely cut off the import of february 5th of all products such as diesel, which is very important. it's not so much that europe needs in europe can get the oil and gas natural gas also, they're doing pretty well. what the problem is, is the global market. so the americans biding ministration. wanted to finance this in a way, if the total of russian oil was taken off the global market. you know,

it's one of the 2 or 3 superpowers of producing oil and gas up till now. so they wanted it to stay on the market, but to reduce the price outside of the u. u. s. and so forth worth sanction. so it can go to india. i mean, janet johan said a couple months ago when she was in india by all you want is okay with us. just keep it under the price cap. we said, and so far that's been happening and going forward, you know, we can talk about what's gonna happen with their price go. right, so they've made it explicit and they've got no problem that russia might sell to other countries, which means that the objective has failed. they will still have continued funds to sustain the war and ukraine. yes, i mean, the idea here is not that, you know, you're not going to stop the war directly by cutting this off. this is one of many factors to says one battle on the battlefield doesn't end the war. in the 1st year of this, the prices were very high. there is

a shock on the market. prices were very high, even, you know, by and sometimes cutting russian oil and gas and gas to europe was cut almost completely by russia. actually the punish europe. but they still, the price was so high, they got a bunch of income, although the russian budget has a significant deficit. now going forward, now that this is getting more under control, i predict what's going to happen is you know, the russian diesel and the crude oil has to take a much longer path to go where it's going. the prices are going to rise in the world later in the year, you know, as coated locked downs and in china, and there's recovery and all this sort of thing. eventually they will rise those price that you know, the prices are going to come up against those price cap. they're going to be reviewed. the ones that were said couple of friday are going to review and every 2 months, if there's enough on the market from other sources, venezuela's producing out around is putting more on the market. there's many other sources. and in the middle east, there's

a whole bunch of new refinery capacity coming on line and being ramped up. so if there's enough on the market, so it's not to cause a bigger problem for the west than for russia. they will squeeze those price caps and we'll squeeze the profits of russia. was quite interesting here. this mechanism is all being set up is through insurance and ships, as you know, as the main enforce enforcement mechanism. but really it's now the european union, the g 7, the western alliance behind ukraine. that's in control of our put the, the future trajectory, the russian oil system. not mr. newton and natural gas as well. thank you very much, thomas. hi, donald at johnny sank. i will follow the wilson center in washington. the news, our life and london much wants to lead on the program equity vote in a referendum that present lasso hopes will help and tackle corruption, crime, and environmental problems. china is wanting of series repercussions after the

united states shot down at suspect as my balloon divers say, it could take days to recover the debris and getting the best view of the core spectators with a difference at this golf tournament in kenya. that's coming out with jenna. ah, italy's national cybersecurity agency is wanting that thousands of computer services around the world have been hacked. the ransomware is said to have affected dozens of companies in italy. the agency says serve as in france, finland, the us and canada have also been compromised. your cybersecurity official say they are assessing the impact of these incidents well air care. boyton is a cyber security and intelligence unless he joins us from lester. here in the u. k . by skype, how much damage and disruption could the cyber attack cause? but that's does very hard to estimate this point because very little details been

released. but the fact that it italian cybersecurity authority is warning about this is it is a good indication that this could be at large scale and hitting lot of places. what about the industry is, could it be absolutely anything, all we know is that the servers have been compromised, but is this something that could affect government, infrastructure, health care, banking, finance, or all of the above probably. or it, it, it looks like it might well be a technical or a technical a server issue does. it was, was bored about on friday and saturday as well in some circles. in which case, if ducks, if that's the want them, it will be hitting a service across all sectors. are depending on where we're at what their update status is, whether they running the latest versions, whether they run system safely, et cetera. and that's not dependent on what secretary they're working in and given it it as others appear to have been hacked in multiple places simultaneously

kicking at france, finland the last and canada. it does this suggest that tara, this is something that has been carefully planned, that is a tax. arlington, coordinated it's, it's most likely that it's, that it's an automated system, or samuels made system that looks across the web for systems that are vulnerable to pacific vulnerability, or the, in that sense, it's a bit like going back to the old days of one a cry et cetera, when, when most of the ransomware techs were not targeted as specific industries but just were, were aimed at everybody who was vulnerable to, to, to the particular vulnerability contacts like as ever the prevent it. oh, yes. and yes. and no, in, in it it's, it requires, it requires that systems are kept up to date. that software is made correctly in

the 1st instance, which it always is. and in practice, at most of the attacks that do happen can be prevented because they did the system, sneered ransomware, a texas tech known from the abilities, things that have been fixed for a while already. so if it's the thing the data was talking about on friday and saturday, then it saw something that was discovered in 2021 and it is fixed in the newest version of software archaic. i thank you very much, eric, i boyfriends, joining us, that cyber security and intelligence analyst. appreciate your time. all now, he wants her turn to iran. the supreme leader ayatollah ali harmonize, pardon? tens of thousands of prisoners, according to state television buttons include some people who were arrested during recent anti government protests, act of a se 20000 people have been detained since september. widespread demonstrations followed the death in police custody of 20 tier of mass armine rights group. say more than 500 people have been killed in the subsequent crackdown,

and at least 4 people have been sentenced to death by hanging. meanwhile, a female iranian journalist has been detained in teheran, according to our family, local newspaper report, al knows mohammed, he was held on sunday after appearing in court. she is the twin sister in law him. ahem! eddie, also a journalist who was arrested in september after reporting on anti government protests. roxanne farr man fam. yon is electra in middle east politics and international ations at university of cambridge. she joins us now. first of all, i ask you for your thoughts on the prisoners that have received a pardon from murray supreme leader alley harman. i yes. hi. i think this is very much a move to coincide with the anniversary of 44th anniversary of the iranian revolution. so the supreme later often does pardon prisoners at that time. and i think it is also

a way out for the regime because there are a great number of very young people that were arrested. in fact, according to the house of commons library there, he did a report indicating that almost 50 percent of the people that had been arrested were under the age of 15. and this is below the age of any kind of legal incarceration. and in terms of iranian laws, so i think it is a true get out of jail card that the iranian regime is trying to present as a, a commemoration and a good will gesture. but in fact, is an opportunity to unburden the prison system of so many young people wants their reaction likely to be inside the country because they want to make it seem as that they are being magnanimous in some way. but it's not going to do anything to dampen

the level of anger and frustration and an opposition well, and interestingly, a survey which is relatively rare to get from iran. a survey just came out today indicating that the support for the regime has dropped enormously over the course of the uprisings or the protests. and now stands at just 15 percent that support the islamic regime and 80 percent. that was a change in the islamic republic. but i suppose the issue for the protest is, is that the specific numbers are prepared to risk their lives in their safety to demonstrate their own position openly and publicly in the way that they have. if not, has lost some meant him. but, you know, you have perhaps many thousands more. it's very difficult to estimate this. who may agree with the protest, but are simply not prepared to take the same risk. so,

so it's a mathematical dilemma. well, and it's also an economic one. the country is suffering not very, very strongly from a catastrophic economic downturn and currency to valuation. and the poverty level is rising. so people are quite worried about losing their job. should they be apprehended through surveillance cameras or the police by demonstrating. so it is a balanced for the population, surely, and i think in the winter, which is harsh in iran and also in the face of such a strong clamp down the protesters are reducing at the moment they are taking stock and seeing what next steps will be but i think everyone feels there's been a, a turning point in the set of demonstrations that a fear of the government. a fear of it's authoritarian, heavy handedness has disappeared. that people feel as though it is time for

a change. and so this is probably going to roll on and rejuvenate in the upcoming months, but it's also one in which right now it may seem better to see what kind of action the government is. taking the surveillance cameras have really gone into operation and a lot of people are being apprehended in their homes now. and so that the police don't have to face those protesters in the streets. they're simply picking them up by, by going to their homes and arresting them there. so i think it is a time of re calibration, but i am absolutely convinced that we are going to see another wave of protesters in the coming months or weeks roxanne farm on from me on from cambridge university . thank you. my pleasure. thank you. want to go to chile now where 24 people have died in the midst of hundreds of wildfire which are spreading almost a 1000,

others are injured. a heat wave is complicating efforts to control the flames, which a burning across 3 regions in the middle of the country on michelson sheriff has more ha, spreading flyers, boom! everything in their park. forest farms and homes. in 2300 fire fighters have been deployed to control hundreds of wild fires. nearly half of them are burning out of control. if the water under the media yet, we are working on multiple sources of forest fires that added to the weather high temperatures and a lot of rooms give caused great destruction bought in vegetation and buildings. the fires began on wednesday, destroying nearly 100000 acres of land. helicopters have been deployed,

but too late to save some dozens of homes. more than 1000 people are staying in shelters. hill seliger with dumber was i left my house with only the clothes i was wearing. there was no time to set up a firebreak. i'm nothing. i think everyone here went through the same situation. the wind speed changed very fast and everything suddenly started to burn. it was all very fast. chili's government is now seeking international support j to do the legacy. yet he out. we have spoken to several governments to reinforce the efforts there were previously being made with the companies that provide the services. these requests include to search for equipment to bolster to fleet of brigades that can reinforce the work on the ground. we are in contact with several countries in the region such as brazil, argentina, and uruguay present, gabrielle borage, cut short as some of vacation, his government, extending a state of disaster. it allows the military to mobilize to have battle the fires,

as the number of dead on continues to rise. who may consume should if al jazeera ecuadorian voting on measures to tackle a rise in violence that's claimed the lives of 2 candidates who are running in the local elections. on sunday. the national referendum was proposed by conservative president gear mulatto to help battle crime and environmental problems over 30000000 people to register to participate your position led by former socialist present. rafa korea has been urging lotus to reject the reforms will last so is under intense pressure. alva growing government corruption allegations and the dramatic rise and gang related crime sunday's vote is aimed at helping him, sol. these problems. the 8 questions in the referendum cover security issues, things like allowing the expedition of aqua dorians convicted of links to trans national, organized crime, giving the military permission to support the police in fighting drug trafficking. voters will also be asked about reducing the number of lawmakers in congress and

setting the criteria for how they are elected. and there are 2 questions on environmental protections as well, including a proposal to create a new water protection system. or let's go live now is alessandra b at use in the offices of the citizen participation corporation in the capital key turn. it seems as though the dramatic rise in crime and gang violence is the pretext being used to have this referendum, but in actual fact it, it's perhaps in some ways, folk present lasso away of tackling his own political problems. absolutely, this is a major political test for lasses and says you were saying in your introduction as government is very unpopular, he had to deal with a number of crisis throughout is administration. he barely survived the an impeachment vote back in june after

a martin bent 2 weeks of intense and at times violent. abby protested that rock the country that were led by the ac, whether it's indigenous a group. so this is definitely a moment for last to try and regain some of the political capital that he has at last. and indeed the hopes that a win in this referendum. but we'll be able to do that the and then for more on all of this, we are joined by a root, a valuable who is here, the director of a cd to citizen elector oversights organization. let us know a little bit about what you've been doing today. and how i did the voting has gone so far, so thank you very much. i actually today we developed a m, a very short process. ah, called them citizen observation through day and the social media and aim. we display the large m m. a alleged document for

the to be sign it to be filled by a to see things. so right now we have a ramped, thin, every interesting formation regarding how was an old process today. a, from a 6 a m a through this time. so we have the opportunity to develop and to yet to, to develop a one m one 1st at the information route and, but right now without the 2nd round of the information and, and for instance, we have some interesting information regarding a that in, especially is specifically him for promises here in ecuador, there was some, ah, manifestation of an electoral aim. but i am sort of sort of clear to liz them practices because i am, ah, is very close to day am today

a to the, the of the pause that station right. in there whereas there was, am some a seat to says a given some gifts are before dis, the other seat to says go to, to, to, to vote. so that is the, the one of the most important and information that we have in, on the other hand, we have other information important, which is that are overseas, people who were a, who are overseas, for instance, in london, they have, they have a son of both a some of but some problems to, to do, to low to in, to do the electronic validation a so that is um for that that is very important information. on the other hand, we, we have the information about ah, the facilities that, that through them at the 3rd of asia and people in all people,

the old people over is 65 years old day a didn't handle them. facilities to enter to do today due to the policy stations and also a date on hop, this a specific line, you know, as for those kind of, for those, those kind of person. but in general, i think it was a very successful, successful ah process because they'd it, we didn't have some great issues, some significant issues to inform. and that's particularly important, giving the fact that there has been a lot of instances of violence during the campaign. at least 12 attacks on a candidates, 2 of them have been killed one just last night hours before to pause this. this is what some major issues, something that's completely new for echoed or right. yes, absolutely. actually this some this week, this is very weak. there was a few attacks in violent attacks and in electoral campaigns,

especially in the electoral campaign we saw, and we heard about 2 to faxed in with them with a lot of violence. that is m that, that is pretty new for ecuador, and i think it reveals that something is happening. that via is, is, is that is, is them, is a problem that we have probably in the future will be with a. so that is important to point out that on, on that problem. perfect. thank you very much for this help and for your information, we're roughly half an hour away from the closing of the polls. and then we can expect to results coming later, probably after 2 or 3 hours time. all right, thank you very much. all the latest on what is happening? the in ecuador, with those a referendums, alejandro beauty and kito. will you with the news out lie from london will still to bring you on the program. pakistan's excel form

a present part of asthma. shower you ceased power in a qu, dies in dubai after a long illness. ah hope frances urges, the people of south says on to resist the venom of hatred as he wraps up his trip with a huge open en masse drawn were on the track. as they sat asked gate miss calculates, have raised distance, but it cost her the wind. ah but after a, every weekend mainland europe and becoming a rather dry place that goes all the wet weather and the snowy weather is gone, size as it ought to carry. now over the g in the black sea in the east image, rain and pressure rising further, west temperatures actually were reasonably high in spain and portugal in parts. and that's what we last longer was developing. during monday western met another storm

system and this one the obviously when she went to the east but in the middle. well, yes, it is. fairly cloudy on monday. i think that'll change. this will be the biggest shock though. in the northeast to spain, 25 degrees on saturday. compare that probably drop at about 15 degrees, but we get to monday and then you've got the strength of wind on top of that which will bass and about the eric odds with rain as well. but the snowy stuffs, wintry stuff is really for grease, and especially with turkey. if you're in the water in cyprus, or levant, expect, wet, windy, and cold weather. now over the plane of europe, i think to see better still much the tribal of gong. the sun will be out behind my head is remains that arctic outburst from new england heading up towards iceland. as for africa, at least north africa, the winds are telling. they are coming down through egypt picking up the dust to make it hot and dusty in the surf awe.

from the al jazeera london rural car center to people in thoughtful conversation, people use the lowest category and they describe the outsider with no host and no limitation. the difference between a migrant and refugee is purely a choice. when you are refugee, you are forced to flee part one of as my con and hasn't had what has happened a lot in the west is that culture and food is separated. hudy b unscripted on out his era examining the impact of today's headlines. this is what is the what about ensuring that like to continue on that and 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 with her on al jazeera

lou blue ah, i'll come back, look at the main stories of following now, ukraine officials say they expect a major russian offensive. this month president wrote him, is lensky says that fighting has been intensifying around the eastern city of backward. meanwhile, and other developments ukraine's defense minister alexia resonate. gov has been replaced by the head of military intelligence. italy's national cybersecurity agency is wanting the thousands of computer servers around the world have been hacked in a coordinated attack. us cybersecurity, official say they are assessing the impact of the incidence. and in iran,

the supreme eda i to the alley home and i is on tens of thousands of prisoners, according to state television. they include some people who were arrested during the recent anti government protest. in other news, china is warned the us of serious repercussions and says it seriously violated international practice. when it shot down a suspected surveillance balloon off the coast of south carolina. the u. s. as china was using the balloon for spying, but that it did not pose any military or physical threat to the country by jenkins as the boon was just monitoring the weather and it had blown off course. the federal aviation administration shut down 3 airports for 2 hours before the balloon was shot down. military vessels are now working to clear the debris which is scattered over 11 kilometers of ocean. the incident prompted secretary of state anthony blanking to postpone his visit to china. while the balloon was 1st spotted in fairbanks, alaska, on monday then on wednesday, was senior missoula, montana. a state that's home to an air force base where nuclear tip missiles

a kept the chinese balloon, then floated over kansas city, missouri on friday by saturday morning. it was sighted of the skies of memphis, tennessee. it was finally shot down by us fight, a jazz off the coast of south carolina later on saturday. columbia's military now says that it seen a similar object over its territory. let's get more now from our pentagon correspondent party calhane in washington, and there was lots of criticism patty of president biden, for the way in which he handled this is actor. is that dying down our no, it is not dying down. it is probably just going to continue as we believe the entire u. s. senate is going to get a classified briefing on this as, as well as the gang of 8. those are the top intelligence members in the u. s. house of representatives, and the u. s. senate and the leadership. so know the criticism is mostly coming new

fact, it's all coming from republicans. senator tom cotton from arkansas. he came out and said that this shows that the president, president joe biden is weak. he said, asked the question, why wasn't the shot down when it was 1st spotted off of the islands off of alaska? that is technically us air space. well, i went back and listen. i went back over the pentagon briefing that they gave to pentagon reporters and they went through a timeline. so they said it was 1st spotted over that alaskan air space on january 28th. so that was a week ago from this past this yet just yesterday. and then they crossed in the canadian air space. it wasn't until days later that it showed up in northern idaho . that was on tuesday. it appears from everything we're hearing from the military and from white house sources that it wasn't until tuesday. the president joe biden was in fact briefed that this balloon was in us aerospace. it appears military officials thought that this was going to be what they've seen in the past. basically what they say, chinese, a hot air balloons basically trying to get

a sense of the coastal defenses for the united states. but so it seems the pentagon was taken by surprise when it did cross into idaho and start making its truck across the entire country. so on tuesday we believe that's when, but president biden was briefed. he asked for options the following day that wednesday the military told him different things he could do to to, to take this balloon down. he gave the order to shoot. now he could have ordered them to shoot at that day, but the military came out and very publicly, which is very unusual. they said their guidance was it simply wasn't safe, even though they were in areas like montana which is very sparsely populated. they weren't a confident that they could take it down without either killing people injuring people or taking property. because keep in mind, this was really high up in the air and it's huge. they said it was about the size and the weight of 3 american school buses, which are much bigger than your typical school buses. so they said they could not

guarantee that there wouldn't be loss of life. no democrats are arguing that what the president did was the smarter move, allowing the military to do this over water a. they say it likely kept the balloon and its contents better intact, even though now it's in the ocean. and they said, can you bad? basically, it would have created a much bigger international incident if this chinese balloon was brought down. and in fact, americans were killed, so a lot of back and forth and it's not going to die down because they're going to be getting briefings. now the big question is, what exactly is the us going to do with this information? as you mentioned, the us is very clear. they say they're a 100 percent. sure that this was used for spine, even though they don't think was very successful. as you mentioned, the chinese say this was simply like a weather balloon. so the question now is, how much is the us going to be able to recover? they're doing that operation. now. they say it's going to be faster than they thought because it landed in shallow, shallower waters than they expected. but it still should take several days. we

think the contents, they are able to re recovered are going to go to quantico. that's an f b i base. and so the question is, is the u. s. going to release what they find available at the meeting? come in and take pictures that the experts say exactly what this was at and the debate, or are they going to try and let basically both china and the u. s. move on because as you mentioned, they were trying to shore relations at least put a floor into them with a visit from the u. s. secretary state entity blinking that was postponed because of the hot air balloon. all right, thank you very much. patty coin in washington. full of pakistani, president of his ma sheriff, has died after a long illness. a 79 year old had been living in dubai since 2016, which are of seas power in a qu, in 1999 and survived numerous assassination attempts like so. brian 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 and connection with the 2007 assassination of former prime minister. been as he 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 shot off, 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, sheriff late, it said the united states threatened to bomb pakistan. if he didn't commit to fighting al qaeda flu shot was criticized for failing to improve the economy at

home. and maint 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 raised 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. 0 was thinking the governor would call me back, i would say safe pakistan. but that did not happen today. my nation ordered me to come back. i came back, put in my life in danger to safe pakistan. instead, he was arrested and charged with murdering been as he a bhutto,

the 1st woman to be democratically elected in a muslim majority country. the government allowed, we shall have to leave and 2016 to seek medical treatment for a serious illness. he had always denied wrong doing and maintained the cases against him were politically motivated. the israeli government as approved the construction of a new township near the border with garza honeymoon, which is located on the outskirts of the gaza strip, is set to accommodate 500 families. a mass as the move is a dangerous escalation, and it will not bring security or stability. israel's new government, which is out to be the most right wing in the country's history, as promised, may settlement expansion a top priority. turkish police of arrested 15 people accused of having links to i. sil, belizean assemble, detained the suspects, accusing of planning attacks on the swedish and dutch consulates as well as churches and synagogues follows days of security. warnings by western consulates

who temporarily closed the offices in his danville last month. the country suspended negotiations for sweden and finland bit to join nato, following a protest and stockholm a severe snow stormy northern syria is making conditions difficult for displaced families. thousands of people are living and made shift camps that provide little relief from the extreme cold. they were ready and cheering tough conditions after the destruction of their homes. i am a vow, reports they are left in the cold. these displaced families in northern syria are facing a new ordeal brought on by a severe snowstorm. and they are not equipped for the challenge. jewels you're really middle of, as you can see for your own eyes. only this, like 5 tenths of collapsed children left on the rain and snow without any shelter. this situation is the same across all the displacement. camps in ali, post northern countryside and italy. low temperatures, along with heavy rain,

have taken a heavy toll on the people here. most of the tents are not water resistant. there's a visible absence of essential sanitary facilities. found water ponce filled the streets saint. surround the tents. thick mud aesthetics movement and makes it difficult to deliver clean drinking water to the camps. children in particular are suffering the most lego club marano or the children in the camp are sick. if he wants to take a tel to a hospital, we have no alternative but to carry it through the mud and walk a long distance to the main road. my dead in water every way. we are left without anything to keep us warm. serious su, material response coordinators are warning of a further deterioration of the situation in the camps. more snow form is predicted in the coming days and they are calling on international relief agencies for help.

in addition to food and clothes, there was a desperate need for heating equipment, and there are warnings of possible deaths because of the severe cold. there are nearly 2000000 displaced people in north and syria, living in camps along the turkish border. and many of them meet. urgent help to get them through a tough winter. muhammad fine, a da 0. the head of the roman catholic church has wrapped up his historic visit to south dawn, with an open air mass, attended by tens of thousands of people. but frances, urge them to put down their weapons and watch was reconciliation. after years of conflict as harm, the task reports from the capital tuba. he also told the country's leaders not to lose an opportunity to build pace. ah, pope frances told the people of south sit on the church has not forgotten. mm. thousands of people attended an open air mass in the capital,

juba to see the head of the catholic church one last time before he left for the vatican. the pope once again called for peace forgiveness and reconciliation in the country. we many had been killed or displaced by conflict. number good, my lesbian answer. never lose hope. no and lose no opportunity to build me my hope and peace. dwell among you, my hope and peace, dwell in south sudan, according to the united nations. they are more than 2000000 internally displaced people in south dun and another 2300000 have left the country as refugees. those who attended the mass hope the visit by the catholic pope, along with leaders of the anglican and scottish presbyterian churches who make a difference in this predominantly christian country with

the message that the pope is delivering is quite important. he's coming to remind christy and to love themselves based on the price the only prince. sal sedans. president silva kia promised to resume talks with the armed groups who did not sign the 2018 piece deal, not to diver again from don 11. there was a civil war in training on each other, despite a peace deal sign in 2018. they still violent of the country. people here, thank you for coming to south sit on hope. francis was in the democratic republic of congo, a country also struggling with conflict and corruption. his trip to africa was maintained courage, politicians, to resolve their differences and work towards peace. all people can do here is hope and pray. that happens, how to matessa altura,

juba. the famous venice carnival is back in full swing for the 1st time in 4 years. thousands of people have gathered in the italian, says he to witness this parade. a large rat shaped structure lead this procession followed by dozens of people dressed as unicorns, prisoners, and clowns. too weak carnival was scale down over the past 2 years. because of the pandemic. the biggest names in music are getting ready for the industries biggest event. a 65th grammy awards in los angeles. this year, all eyes on be on say the singer already has $41.00 grammy's. and if she picks up just 4 of her nie nominations, you will become the most awarded artist in the events history. jones, a is up against a dell and taylor swift also battling for album of the year are rap kendrick, mama, co play, and harry styles, the 1st time video game soundtracks, also being recognized with their own category. jim is here now at the sport.

i am a dig mariam. we stopped with a landmark night for harry kane. he became tall, them's old time, a top score and damaged manchester cities, primarily title hopes in the process. cities, a slightly play at the back was punished as cain put. suppose a heads after 15 minutes. that was the strike is at 200 and 67th. go for the club. as you can see on the screen as a passing, jimmy grieves taught them how to christine were merry sent off later on. but they held on for a one know when city stay 5 points behind lead is arsenal, and they've played a game more nervous with breach fossil in our own words, moving 8 points clear around madrid at the top of league. they lead via jody alba boss, or heads off to 58 minutes away. they didn't have to wait as long for the 2nd gabby here with the finish balsa and now it's 3. now up in the closing minutes about

$1.00 router, it slipped out. they lost around luca who attends to the table. i'm side one to head off to 13 minutes through map chose. i'm go one way, i will give it a penalty. in the 2nd half when the vin assist you here was brought down. mako asencion stepped up, but so his spot pick saved as it's finished one neil, i did it. i'm seated with roger. now tons. it's attention to the club welled cup in morocco. the country's ambitions to stage. major football tournaments don't end with this month's competition. it has the 2025 africa cup of nations in it sites and his ultimate target is to one day bring the wild cup back to africa. andy richardson reports from robots. this is where world cup dreams. a born

morocco is investing in footboard. every level. there are hundreds of pictures like this across the country, giving young players affordable access to coaching and competitive matches. as you walk through last it is you'll see the stuff everywhere. wherever do a spot that there was nothing there, the government will use it to put this kind of feel called, i mean our big my label, which is which means like close to the community, me near the moroccan capital overabundance is the home of the sick academy and national center of excellence where play as age 12 and older goes to study and play football. graduates include for the morocco squad, we took part in the recent world cup coach runs the semi finals in capsule was a 1st for an african team. less feel good is another wilco record. the country has

. morocco has bits a house the world cup 5 times and on each occasion it has failed. meaning the country has the unwonted title of most well cut bits without success. it all began when it missed out on the 1994 final. tonight had states by just 3 votes, and most recently, the nation failed to land. the 2026 tournaments. morocco is likely to bid for the 2030 will come, possibly in a joint effort with portugal and spain. public health. we have good stadiums and good infrastructure. maroka could organize any 2 of them and if you want proof then right now we have the club will kept for a 3rd time. it's something that's good for the game in morocco and for arab and african football. so why not? why shouldn't we have the world cup here? after a hing volcano is a professor of sports and socio le jeep, he says the national team success and the countries ambitions a host. the world cup can have an impact far beyond the football pitch. give

a push to our country. that doesn't mean that like, you know, it's like the wither of ost. everything would change will be okay, we'll be happy and we can be reached, country know, but things could be really moving to a better, better way. the workup was like an opportunity to say that we could really do something. we could really become an employee and a good country and sport and on other sectors. but you should really work for them . some good news could be heading morocco's way in the next few days. the, the decision expected on whether it's been successful and it's bits. a host, a 2025 cup of nations, africa's biggest international football tournaments. and the richardson al jazeera robots standby for a couple of great goals from bottom unit because they returned to the top of the bundle lager. they were way it will stack. and how about this finish from kingsley

came in. ready, and that was the 2nd of the game. and it put fine, it's tina luck inside 15 minutes. so i would if you, that goal was good. well, how about this from jim out in the see allah. 19 year old flying 3 buck defense to school by and for the job and champions winning for see you, i'm have to play more than half an hour with 10 and they have a one point as a union berlin in the table. us or yeah, it's nowhere near close in italy where natalie have a 13 point lead at the top of syria add they beat spits yes, the renal legs, top score victor all some hence called twice to take his tally to 16 for the season while into one the milan darby one nell from sets he had to re weigh italy's rugby union team almost to put off a shock in the 6 nations against defending champions. france italians were looking for a 1st high wind in the competition since march 2013. they won that most recent and 6 nations match in wales and we're looking at here. the 2422 lead, but a late and my to as alabama try and short a bonus for a victory for the french,

them out on a 14 much and now to something you might not know much about the indian rural olympics, the 3 day competition sees hundreds of athletes compete in traditional but also bizarre sporting events. peter stem reports. it's a saturday morning in india's northern punjab. oh boy and with sports like hockey and athletics on the itinerary, it looks like any other local sporting get together. oh, with one or 2 rather unique events like this. tyrone contest. well, you ain't seen nothing yet. the indian rural olympics features events that are part of the traditional olympic movement, but also traditional, punjabi martial arts and games. this bear bearable strong man, successfully break some iron chain with his body. oh my god,

what triggered my passion was the thought that what's the point of living if one does not do anything remarkable in life, one should do something for which he remembered even after death. i wanted to make a name for myself so that even after my death, people remember that there lived such a person. bon and how about this man? oh yes, he is actually pulling 3 men sitting on a motorbike with a rope tied to ease t. and this fellow is about to lift 92 kilograms of weights with he's yeah, good. his middle observer level, you to get the 1st and foremost dangerous to the spinal cord and also to the bone at the back of the neck on even that can get damaged. and as far as the air is concerned, you can see that it's bleeding. the games last 3 days and organizers say anyone who can turn any kind of skill into a sport is welcome to come and demonstrate. peter stammered al jazeera,

a speaking of things, you don't often see how about this at draughts at a golf course watched by the animals. indeed, the odyssey i should sit victory at the kenya. ladies open by 9 shots. and as you will see, a very appropriate tracy as well. and finally, a mistake that almost caused this ethiopian run a victory at an end or race in france to re bay. well said she was leading the 3000 meters. when she seemed to miscalculate her race, distant weathers, wilma, truly wavered. she sat down on the track thinking she finished if it was actually one lap or 200 meters short, her fellow runners and told her to get going again. and she sprinted to the finish to win it in 8 minutes at 33.44 seconds a close shave there. that is always bought back to mary. i'm in london. that's great. thank you, jama. so taiwan is nice, guy has let out with hundreds of floating paper lanterns as the country might the end of the learning year celebrations. thousands of people travel to the northern things she district near taipei to attend the annual sky lanton festival. they

wrote wishes for the coming year on the lanterns, and then released them into the sky event is one of taiwan most popular festivals. that's it funny is our problem back with more the days in just a couple of minutes. ah ah. ah,

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