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but almost 90 hours after 2 powerful earthquakes hit hope is fading for the many still missing. bus barrels begin has the death toll in both countries rises to more than 20000. in the 1st few and 8 co voice in the quays, crosses into rebel held areas of syria as a dumb collapse is forcing more people to flee their homes. also more people move on the move in the east and d r. c. m. 23 rebels. close in on a town whose capture could see goma cut off from the capital. nick a regular fries, 222 political prisoners, including 5 former presidential hopefuls and sent them to the u. s. and i'm far as small. i have all the latest on a new attempt to create a european football super league. the proposal includes plans for a multi division competition with up to 80 teams.

ah, booked to the program. it's more than 90 hours as the 1st powerful earthquake struck turkey and syria and hope is rapidly waning. as each hour passes, the death toll climes the chance of finding more survivors beneath the rubble of thousands of homes and businesses fades. the total number of dead is nearing 21000 or than 17000 bodies have been recovered into kia and more than 3000 in syria. the turkish authorities say around 6 and a half 1000 buildings collapse, they're leaving hundreds of thousands of people homeless. thus, despite their growing anger and despair, and they were freezing temperatures, many cling to the hope that their children, their parents, their partners could still be alive under the concrete with well bankers promise 1780000000 dollars to help relief and recovery efforts. and to keep the funds are for rebuilding basic infrastructure and supporting affected people. and for the 1st

time since the quakes a u. n. aide convoy has passed through the bub how, how a crossing into serious rebel held areas. bernice smith begins our coverage with this report for miss gunderson in hattie province, where the search is on for signs of life, amidst the devastation. ah, when the whistle blows, hopes rise. there are at least 21000 rescue personnel still looking and listening for signs of life among the ruins of the villages, towns and cities of hot i in southeast and turkey survivors a desperate for something to show that a loved 1 may still be alive were buildings of pancake in seconds as a chance, some one has been tossed into a gap. maddening demur has been a rescue for 7 years and owns a construction company. is in it would allow that we need to take advantage of the

1st 72 hours to rescue people alive. unfortunately, people don't know what to do when earthquakes happen. they don't know what to look for in a house before they purchase one. is that durable? how is it built, if you buy 30 to 40 year old houses with renovated facades? this is what is going to happen to them. is cameron's port is on fire swathes of the city without electricity running water and sanitation. 4 days after the quakes hit the city, tens of thousands and now homeless. i, my cousin and my brother in law of in here, we've been waiting for 3 days to day. they rescued a girl and her mother. yesterday, they found the bodies of 3 people. our pain is great, i can't express it enough. they'll sleep to night. in one of the thousands of tents, the turkish government has shipped in office did it in the biggest challenge for us as the relatives of the victims. we need to tell them what we are doing while we are carrying out the rescue operation. they want to interfere and do things. we are

unable to control the rescue area. the rescue is know that time is now running out to find any more survivors varies. so much death here and on a scale, i think people still find incomprehensible that people really cling to any hope. there is even this long after the initial earthquake, and that is why here again there hoping for a minor miracle. but there wasn't, there are perhaps thousands of times when rescue was hopes rise, only to be dashed again with the search for survivors hasn't been called off yet when there is still part of this country waiting for the 1st rescue teams to arrive . bernard smith al jazeera, is candor. carol, let's bring in sailor i will gas m, who's the deputy director of partner development for a stomach relief. he joins me now from carroll, my marsh, in turkey. i welcome to the news hour. we've seen, of course, many heart breaking images of children being pulled from the rubble in turkey and syria. some of course separated from their families and indeed orphaned. what

happens to those children next? well firstly, you know, it's, it's, it's been a very, very challenging couple of days. there are many, many difficulties, many, many challenges. i have to take the opportunity to, you know, talk when we're talking about the all phones where we understand that there is and to stop this authority here in turkey. there are great coordinating efforts. right now i'm, i'm actually out one of the warehouses. lots of the supplies are coming in. things are happening in a, in a very organized manner in terms of the children and your question. a lot of the, the, the health care why? because took care of them on the 1st nights we have to understand the context, you have to understand a lot of the families know each other. a lot of the people are very close with each other. we also know that all. busy the people who i'm fortunate, the passing. busy the details are recorded and government officials, organizations that are government agencies are taking care of matters like this.

when it comes to looking after children, that's the picture, very much in to kia where things seem a lot more coordinated. but how does that compare what's happening in northern syria? well, i think what's really, really important, and i want a lot of us on this. i've been working with monetary and space for 15 yards. this stuff is unprecedented. the, the level of scale of damage is unbelievable. i mean, yesterday, visiting very close to the present i was, i was looking at piles of rubble, the over 15 meters in height. that seem to keep in syria for you right off the question about there was already a humanitarian crisis that's been going on for 12 years. a couple of months ago we were responding to the color outbreak. there are people who have had multiple displacements. there are children who all the generation of suffering that children who, being born in war or born as refugees and born into difficulty. so it's a,

it's a, it's a major concern for agencies like ourselves. we have an extensive open sponsorship program. we have extensive programs that support the psycho social elements for the children, providing education for them and also having them work with especially the psycho social workers. we also have programming for syria that's been going on since the offset of the crisis. similarly for this all programming, now it's about emergency and post emergency, we will focus on matches like this. we will also draw phones back to the level of our capacity that we can to ensure that the children and all of those who are in need receive the support that they do. it's challenging, it's, you know, it's going to be something that really puts whatever progress has been made, especially in or by syria, which just a couple of days ago. and i was talking to my colleagues on boardman. we were doing fresh bride delivery to families about 20 kilometers from the border inside syria. and it was bombardment going on just a couple of days ago prior to the weight. so it's still

a war that's going on there. this is only going to make that a lot more difficult. we're going to have to do our best and i will message the international. he is, the support is needed. there are, there is really good. what going on from aid agencies like in slam equity for got the understanding who got to know, we just need to upscale what we're doing, especially in the absence. unfortunately, all radiate established authority diary northwest area. and so you make a very, very powerful point that for many of these children, trauma displacement is something that they've always known, given that a young age. do we have any sense at this stage in the crisis of the scale of the impact on children in turkey and northern syria? i can only tell you what i've seen 1st time and i can see foot last night. i was in, nor did they get which is which is very close. we percent, it's a town $50000.00 population, very close to got the tops and i was talking to some families. when talking to them,

the mothers were explaining to us that children, even though that there is shelter that is available, that children are refusing to go and shelter because of the psychologically. but they're afraid they do not want to go into any buildings because they're only remote, their own needs, sort of thinking of a building. if they lost memory, when they had to escape a below the building, that was collapse. what happened that we need to understand the context that was the 1st followed by the 2nd grade up until yesterday morning we ourselves felt tremors. so it's understandable, especially for children, that they do not want to return to buildings. the psychological impact of the earthquake is that, you know, this is something that this generation is historically. busy remember because it is biggest that has happened in a century in this region. it's huge, the impact is going to be long. last thing, the support is also needed long lasting. so we're calling out to the media. busy we're thanking us out for highlighting it and put,

giving so much attention rightfully because of the scale, but we need that continued showcasing and bringing to the world, the tension, the reality of what's going on. and then we need the continued support of organizations like ourselves to help us to continue the work that we're doing. ok, fella, i've got some deputy director of pon, relevant from his stomach relief. many thanks for sharing all of that. all the news or who the earthquakes have left hundreds of thousands of people, homeless hotels around ticking have been throwing open their doors to those left homeless by the earthquakes. and the turkish government is working to find temporary shelter for them from gabby and stephanie deca reports. this is the living tragedy. more than 300000 people in government shelters many more sleep elsewhere. thus for people here, we lost our homes with us. our neighbors is very, very difficult,

very difficult. people are helping each other. this man collected milk from farmers in his come here to hand it out for free. they love to put in a bit. we will be bringing simon and phase 3 to we are doing this by ourselves. by our own will. this is the long term problem, tons and tons and tons of thousands of people homeless across this region. these people are standing in line to that handout. emma is beginning your job, the money, a dish with the good feel terrible that we get interrupted. he says, we don't have any issues here. everything is super. everything is great. we were intimidated and harassed by a number of men in order to leave. determined to make sure there was no negative coverage, the government, it seems. turkeys. disaster management agency is coordinating both local and international teams from this center and goes yon tap. it is a major task. the turkish president arrived in the city on thursday as part of his

visit to the disaster zone. so vic, yep. hello, jack. all on hasa. this bit do really there while the damage assessment is underway . in this transition moment, we will provide $530.00 and financial aid to our citizens. and with this financial aid, you want at least to alleviate their problems a little bit. oh, does anyone hear my voice? he shouts. they still haven't given up hope they may find more survivors against all the odds. 3 people were pulled to lie from beneath the shattered building on thursday. some much needed good news. in a region of tragedy, stephanie decker, al jazeera, gassy, untapped. all over in the city of istanbul, a huge relief efforts underway natasha name as live there at a collection center and natasha a hive of activity. clearly behind you there. hey, if you can believe it since monday,

the city of this down ball says 7000 volunteers have come here to this convention center turned release center to pitch in. there has been such an interest in helping their fellow turks in the southern 10 cities that people have been lining up outside and waiting for hours until they've been allowed inside, where they can be used effectively. the applause you're hearing is that this door is about to close. meaning another semi truck headed to the city of hot tie with supplies is almost ready to hit the road. these people have been told that they know it's only a matter of time, but for another earthquake hits the city of istanbul. one did hit in 1999 magnitude 7.4 killed more than 18000 people. so they know at some point this help we may be needed for themselves and they're saying that's why wanting to help and not feel

hopeless is all they can do right now. there's also been a global outpouring of support for turkey. 95 countries have offered assistance as we speak more than 6400 workers representing 56 countries are already on the ground in southern turkey. pitching in and that type of assistance is not going to just be needed in the coming days and weeks. the head of this operation here has said that they expect to be in this convention center for the next 3 to 4 months. so really the question becomes, how do you keep the momentum going? the energy going and the attention focused on the 13 and a half 1000000 people who have been devastated by this earthquake are these earthquakes. natasha, clearly at all floating momentum there now, but there was some initial criticism about the speed of the turkish governments response. what have the president been saying? what senior officials in the country been saying about their response?

the initial shocks president irwin acknowledged on wednesday that there was some initial missteps. he says that those has since been resolved and that all the country resources have been mobilized for a 2nd day in a row. he visited cities in the earthquake zone. he says that the aide is going to continue. people will not be left behind. that people had experienced the countries experience earthquake before he wanted people to have pope and know they will be able to rebuild a quick. i want to leave you on a happy note. more than a 1000 people had been rescued since these earthquake pit on monday, on thursday evening in the city of malott. yeah, a girl, a boy and a young man were pulled out of an elevator. no doubt. that elevator kept them alive . are extraordinary details in natasha. name live and it's tumble. well,

some more hopeful news all so film nolan, syria, 6, laurie's carrying 8 supplies from the united nations of started finally moving through the bible. how a crossing that is the 1st convoy to reach rebel held areas of severe since the quakes. however, the un says it needs a lot more resources to deal with the disaster. we're trying to reach syria and tom, particularly northwest syria for all modalities. and we're going to be ramping off our cross border assistance as today is just the beginning of it. we already have pre positioned items in the northwest, syria, and right now we're getting all the stocks and so we can continue the cross border resolution. when syria the earthquake has cause river levels to rise in the dam to collapse, washing away several houses, al jazeera correspondence, the herb al caliph has more from italy, province. had he,

i could look not any salt on and will soon ha ha, this is the closest point we could reach me at the east and down the collapse because of the, our city walk on the floor of the river after the earthquake pushed water towards the eastern body of which collapsed quickly and the water flowed towards the village house. and you can see the scale of the disaster with this village where the earthquake can bring. what of the river destroyed more than 20 houses are flooded, mailed and settled families in these houses left during the night. this village, like all other towns and villages, horses displays camp on the syrian turkish border. the displaced people in this town. i've also left 2 other count and higher in all over the history people of this region has managed to use waters of the us, the river or the benefit. but this time, the earthquake was more powerful than them and led water of the river to invade that houses. coming up, all this news are from london. some. okay. starting of asians for ukraine's

president laudermill zalinski as he takes his push for more weapons to the european parliament scuffles in south africa. parliament where president rubber poster has declared a national state of disaster of the country to power crisis. and his ford found out what's causing concern among us women's football team in the lead up to the one come, ah, i'm $23.00 rebels in eastern democratic republic of congo, reportedly close to taking a key strategic town 8 months into their latest offensive against the government there just outside sar came on the main east west highway connecting the country 2nd biggest city goma with a capital can shutter malcolm web reports from the end to highway midway between soccer and goma. people here are terrified of the n 23 and

group. when it's fight as a tank army positions near the town of saki, thousands of the people living there fled can be a visa, meghan, we have the that one, i'm of it. we saw the m 23 appearing, and a woman was shot. every body is leaving the area and running away. and 20 three's widely understood to be a proxy of neighboring lawanda, democratic republic of congo. his army says it's fighting with london soldiers. who under denies backing the group. more than half a 1000000 people have fled em 20 threes advance in the last 8 months. the people here walking to the nearby provincial capital of coma and 23 has nearly surrounded . this wouldn't ciocca due to common means of transport in the villages in the hills around you for carrying agricultural produce and stacks of minerals down into the town. but today, being used by this boy, carrie,

whatever could grab as the thing is how many people here say they don't understand why the government hasn't done more to support its forces and stop in 20 three's advance. almost as the rebels just appeared and the village and we heard the gunfire, informants that people started leaving and running away. even the soldiers were also running away with us. down the road in coma, sim, fleeing soldiers were rounded up by military police, and sent back to the front line. heavier weapons arrived to help the fight. wonder says con goes using foreign mercenaries. hunger said its highest form of french soldiers as military instructors. the army says it repelled the attack and forced his enemy back up into the hills. still within the range of its r tillery, the residence of saki left wondering if it's safe to go home. and if,

when the n 23 will attack again, malcolm web al jazeera, blanco, democratic republic of congo, us as foreign minister psycho lever off his bank sedans, bid to have united nations sanctions lifted on the latest stage of his tour of africa. lavonne was speaking in the capital cartoon. after talks with his sudanese counterpart, it comes after trips to molly and martini. earlier this week, rush is trying to strengthen ties with the african continent in the face of western sanctions over the war in ukraine. and ukraine's president has received a standing ovation at the european parliament in brussels, followed him as a lensky. thank you. leaders for their support in ukraine's war with russia, as he kept up his push for more weapons. he's already visited london and paris this week. our diplomatic editor james bay's reports from brussels. on the 3rd stage of his brief surprise european tour after trips to london and paris president zalinski

flew with the french president, emanuel mackerel to brussels. in the capital of european union. he was again repeating the same message. thanks for all your help, but ukraine still needs more slow graham, who told the pac session of the european parliament that ukraine's home in the future is as part of europe. wayne nobliss, i am as we are moving closer to the european union will, did ukraine will be a member of the european union shall claim it as winning will be a member of a european union of atlas. when a usual you are so usual, shaw, what am i guy? after standing ovations in the parliament, a short drive away, he was again greeted with applause by the leaders of all the use 27 nations. when he sat down with them, he laid out his specific requests list for that evening. we need artillery guns, ammunition at modern tanks at long range, missiles, modern aircraft, jo, at

a news conference presidents. lensky wouldn't detail the responses he's received to his wishlist. but he says the conversations have been constructive. he also stressed that time is critical with the new russian offensive expected. in the coming weeks. james bays al jazeera brussels, another news over 200 political prisoners that have been released in nicaragua and flown to the u. s. and a move secretary of state antony blinkin says, opens doors to further dialogue between the 2 countries. and nicaraguan judge said the prisoners were traitors who were being deported. written years president daniel ortega has detained dozens of opponents to his government, including several people who intended to run against him in the 2021 presidential election. bigger argue as government has also announced plans to change the law. or the prisoners have just arrived at dulles airport in washington, dc. friends and family were eagerly waiting for them at the arrivals. gates or live

in washington. d. c. is our correspondence. she had returns, he and she explained was why this is happening at all not us, none of us are actually very sure this came as a bit of a bolt from the blue for, for those we've been watching nicaraguan us relations, not least actually, the friends and relations of dulles airport and the opposition diaspora in the us. you've been expressing the other shock that this, this is actually happening in the past. the political opposition have said that in that estimation nicaragua holds $245.00 political prisoners. so, assuming that this 222 number, you know, make up the bulk of these, let me that's, that's, that's a huge chunk of the alleged political prisoners in nicaragua. we didn't actually have a full list of the prisoners yet, but i think it's, it is quite interesting that a lot of these folks were picked up. those who were in charge of the 2018

riots against the, against the government, which the government alleged was just a pretty naked violent attempt overthrowing the government with us support. a lot of them were people who were part of n g o receive us funding and the government points to the long history of the u. s . using n g o 2 for meant dis instability in countries with their money under the guise of democracy promotion not so it says the us government and the curriculum positions are simply members of the civil society of nicaragua, who are trying to preserve democracy and indeed an attempt by done it will take her to arrest anyone with the remotest chance of challenging him at the ballot box. but it's interesting how the u. s. is framing. this is what tony blink and the state department of the secretary of state subs in his, in his written statement. today's development is the product of concerted american diplomacy. none of us really knew that that was, that diplomacy was gang on having said that there the biden ministration earlier on and told congress that this was a completely unilateral act,

by the nicaraguan government in a bed to improve relations. now these are mutually exclusive, that can be, you know, that true, utilize true release of these prisoners while they are still back channel negotiations that the government, the bye didn't ministration is painful, suggest hasn't been any. and a quid pro quo they've, they've could, they've conceded anything in order to get the release of these prisoners. but blink, it also says, this opens the door to further dialogue between the us and the corolla regarding issues of concern. and that's a theme that net price, the state department spokesperson picked up it his briefing just a few hours ago. the release of these individuals by the government of nicaragua marked a constructive step for the dressing human rights abuses in that country. this action opens the door to discussion of other matters of mutual concern. united states remains committed to a dialogue with the government of rug will amuse and other matters and will continue to support a nicaraguan so we're all waiting to see where things go from here. suddenly

there was, you know, we didn't realize there was all this glass lost in the air between the u. s. and, and the corolla. we know that will take us family will take him. so members of the nicole and government are under heavy sanction by the u. s, i guess the only other thing i was researching, i suppose, is towards the end of the year. the foreign policy blog here in washington were getting a little concerned because of us coercive actions against the grogan government. nicaragua might move closer to moscow, but there was never any, any real evidence that was actually happening. but these are the other ideas in the ether. we just waiting to see where things go from here now. alright. she had many things so that she ever tennessee live in washington dc. still to come this news, our ah gimme own shows off his 10 year old daughter as well as his intercontinental ballistic missiles. as north korea, amongst the 75th anniversary of its army, plus a house is not a home. he was the man behind the music. for generations,

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ah, welcome back. a reminder of the top stories here, and i would just say the death toll for mondays earthquakes in turkey, and syria has now supposed 20000 rescue operations continue. but hopes of finding survivors is beginning to fade hundreds of thousands of people. now homeless are you and aid convoy has arrived in syria for the 1st time since the earthquakes. the 6th truck convoy passed through the bible, how a crossing into rebel held areas, and thousands of residents of flats, the town of ok, and east and democratic republic of congo. single is about to be captured by m $23.00 rebels. if the army loses the town d r c 2nd biggest city, goma will be cut off from the capital. kinshasa. were quite victims have been using social media to contact emergency cruise for help is hope that lives could be saved

because of messages posted by those stuck in the rubble. people inter kia able to access twitter again after the government blocked it for more than 12 hours. thus, despite it being used to alert rescuers, m l cushion sharif reports mozilla rather incredible rescues and desperate searches for loved ones across turkey and syria o at quake in turkey and help syria became trending hashtags on social media. offering the world a window into efforts to find survivors. but images from previous disasters and other countries also filtered on to timelines that led the turkish government to impose temporary restrictions on twitter on wednesday. and kara said the platform was being used to spread dis information. some from fake accounts, but critic said the restrictions hampered efforts to get crucial aid to people. as

later, after a wide spread public outcry, access was restored. if you want to help personally, go to the sources of turkish emergency services and see how it can contribute financially. 7 0, twitter has also been important for those coordinating rescue efforts from within the country and outside. and it's been used to offer help and mobilize aid. little alonzo was all the better. this video of a young man trapped and a deeply in the turkish town of happy went viral. his please for help find leon said, as well on the other side of the border. insidious calls for support have been equally loud on social media platforms. the voluntary organization, the white helmets, or priests, without the support of national governments. its members ask for medical aid through communication apps and social media. this blue,

a wanton with her on the road from his side syrian. we will him all of the 1st room was gone as well as the boarding rescue really of operations. the weitel for those of survived earthquakes and need food and shelter. and where did they find it? right? your facebook instagram. take down your name. it. social media is radically changing. disaster renew preference only consumption. angela and avenue south africa as president 0, rubber poser has to use his annual state of the nation. so to declare a state of national disaster in an attempt to deal with college chronic electricity shortages event was marred by some ugly seems they owe

a protest by opposition. politicians calling for his resignation, deteriorated into scuffles inside the parliament building. as before, a poser was finally able to take to the stage. we know that without a reliable supply of electricity, businesses cannot. busy grow, assembly lines cannot run. crops cannot be irrigated and basic services are interrupted. households and our supermarkets and shops are unable to keep food. fresh water supply is often disrupted. traffic lights do not work. streets are not late at night. slam president gabrielle burrage is imposing evening curfews in 3 regions of the country as wildfire continue to rage them. that includes the arrow cornea and bio by

a regions where my future resistance creeps are believed to be setting fires to forest. the curfew aims to prevent thieves from stealing from properties affected by the funds. so for 24 people have died. bruise, largest workers union is protesting against president dean abilities, government. they've also called an indefinite strike as well. and moved, not made in 20 years through, has been hit by violent protests since early december when pedro castillo was ousted as president of the trying to dissolve congress. nearly 60 people have died in the protests. united states says it will consider taking action against organizations connected to the flight of a chinese balloon that entered the country's air space. last week. washington says is confident the manufacturer of the balloon as a direct relationship with the chinese military. the balloon was shot down over the east coast of the us and has cause a political standoff between the 2 countries. rosalind jordan has more from washington d. c. on thursday,

the us state department released what he called declassified information related to it. surveillance of the chinese spy balloon, which it shot down over the coast of south carolina on saturday. us officials are now on the defensive, trying to explain why they allowed this craft to cross u. s. air space for so many days, but the state department spokesperson, net price told reporters on thursday that it's not the u. s. that has anything to defend. it's the chinese government because it was engaging in what the u. s. is calling active surveillance. it's not surprising to hear them issue these types of denials. they're in a very difficult spot, but they're in a difficult spot because they placed themselves there. and they decided to take this action against the united states. they've decided i to leverage this program against doesn't agree is around the world. i wouldn't say that we're seeking or organize a formal coalition of countries that have been subjected to this specific program.

what i would say is we have as part of our diplomatic blocking and tackling since really day. one of this administration's sought to have a convergence of use regarding the challenge is presented by the p r c. the state department isn't saying which other countries chinese bullets have crossed in recent times, but the us says that it is consulting with its allies and partners about the best way to confront bay ging about it, spying activities. certainly one thing that net price wouldn't leave off the table on thursday is the possibility of more sanctions against the chinese government. o 3, a leader came young and then a shed the spotlight with his 10 year old daughter at a major military parade in the capital pyongyang event mount the 75th anniversary of the founding of north korea's army appearance of his young daughter. and to

speculation that she's being groomed for leadership, the girl whose his 2nd child was 1st shown by state media attending a missile launch with him last year. but she hasn't been named record number of nuclear and inter continental missiles were showcase sat by parade. but mcbride is in soul with mole as the 1st major military parade of this year. this show of hardware seems to confirm north career and its leader kim jong on are still embarked on the same path of weapons development that we saw from last year 2020, to witnessing an unprecedented flurry of missile activity with around 80 ballistic missiles. being launched from north korea, of particular interest on this parade were some of the longer range intercontinental ballistic missiles or icbm, the type of weapon capable of reaching the united states at which north korea began testing again last year after

a break of several years or so on display in this parade was one type of icbm which north korea claims to be powered by solid fuel engines, or which would be a particular development, a particular advance in its missile technology. north career is also though, been putting a lot of effort into its development of its arsenal of short arranged ballistic missiles, which it says are capable of carrying nuclear warheads and our seizures. a direct threat to neighbors such as south korea, south korea in return has promised a tough response working with its allies, japan, and the united states. coming after a particularly challenging period of pandemic isolation, food shortages on top of the years of international sanctions. at parades like this are seen as being an important way for north korea to show its defiance to the outside world and for the regime itself to show its own people that it is still

very much in charge. spain parliament has approved a controversial animal welfare law that will reform the treatment of animals in captivity. it was designed to make the treatment of both domestic animals and wild animals in captivity, more humane, and includes a ban on the sale of pets and stores, and were turned zoos into wildlife recovery centers. the legislations being criticized by animal rights groups are for late amendment excluded hunting dogs from its protection. now, burt bacharach the legendary composer behind i say, a little prayer and walk on by has died at the age of 94. a house is not in the song writer and performer, wrote and scold, 73 talk 40 songs over 7 decades. bacharach 18 grammys and 3 oscars over his illustrious career, conquering the pop charts, as well as scoring films and broadway productions. his melodies were brought to

life by some of the most influential miss musicians of the last century, including aretha franklin, elvis presley, frank sinatra, and the beatles. long time collaborator, elvis costello described his work as remarkable. i'm the, i'm the one who singing the song and i couldn't ask for more remarkable assistance in bringing the songs to life than birds orchestration. and it's gonna playing and it gives a lot of sort of support. and it shows me the way to go and gives me the, you know, the where, where to place the emphasis in the song. the 1st big motor show of the year in the united states is just beginning of the city of chicago. carmakers are focused on bringing down costs and the current economic climate and electric vehicles are again taking center stage john $100.00 is there for us. so john, what's turning headset this year? sure. well 1st of all,

the size of the show is which turning heads. don't be fooled by the fact that there is no one behind me. this is immediate preview for today's the public is not invited to this. the largest show in north america until saturdays. so we're getting a sneak preview here. and as you can see, it's big. and it's the biggest one in the country. it hasn't been for 2 years because they've shrunken the show, taking it outside because of the pandemic. you can see toyota has one of the largest displays here, ford over here. and as you look back, you'll see there are actual tracks that they're running these cars on up on top there, you can see, i believe the jeep ram has a concept car, which one of the things that differentiate the shows from a show room. and that is, the concept car is in all electric truck, which probably won't come out for years if at all,

but it's one of the things you can see these shows, you can't see elsewhere. now the auto industry is expecting a big bump in sales after 2 nasty years during the pandemic where they had parts, problems, and other problems. and you're right, what they're talking about here is electric vehicles, the u. s. lags europe and other parts of the world and electric vehicles. they make up only about 5 percent of new cars in california. that's 17 percent. but here this year there all kinds of and there's at ram truck i was talking about. there is a corvette e ray and electric sting ray, that's an all electric version of the classic gas guzzling muscle car. so we're expecting a whole bunch more of those are been several car introductions. we witnessed one with a super roof crossover hybrid car a little bit earlier. but the big issue here is that people seem to be once again interested in buying cars. as a matter of fact, the gentleman i talked to from cars dot com said they weren't ever non interested

in buying cars during the pandemic. there just weren't that many that were available to me. now they are available. the parts are available, the way dealers are selling them, is starting to change smaller, lots, more online buying with all the specific choices made on the computer. but still, more cars are available. more people are expected to be buying them and it, this show ticket sales are up by 40 percent so far this year or sounds incredibly interesting. maybe might even get to drive one as well. who knows? don't have to live in chicago that many thanks for that. right? still a had this news out last time a super league for europe. so football clubs will propose we saw things like this. all we about to see them again. find out more shortly in the london exhibition that's trying to give a boost to previously overlooked female ah

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ah ah. okay, over to tow now and fire with the sports. thanks so much nave. a plan for a new european football super league has been announced you if its control of european football is being threatened by proposal from a 22 sports management, which in 2021 tried to launch a 12 team competition, including some of your biggest teams. while they failed on that occasion, following fan protests with fever, annie wafer also blocking the move league have already condemned the new plan, which is understood to have the backing of round madrid, barcelona,

and you venice. so what will the new version of the super league look like? well, here's what we know so far. a 22 chief executive says it will contain up to 80 teams . he also announced that it will be a multi division competition and that each team would have at least 14 matches every season. there would be no permanent members. he also added there'd be limits on player salaries and transfers linked to football related revenue. we've as speaking to athletic senior football writer, raphael hogan stein. he thinks the new super league venture may struggle to find supports. well, money is always a good argument, and for boy, you have to convince not just a handful of clubs, but up to 80. the 80 that on this is to be in this new competition that, that they somehow would make more money than the under the existing regime. which way further somehow they would manage things better, generate more interest, make these competitions more interesting, more exciting. but somewhere along the lines of the it doesn't quite at up because

they are saying in this new proposal, which is as i said, very fin on detail that the existing domestic leaks will not be impacted at the same time. they're promising a minimum amount of 14 games for any of these teams involved. that would amount to a lot of games at a time when there's already a big concern about the amount of pressure and exertion that's being directed. our players is already at a very limit to add now another few more games for a still very undefined reward. sounds yeah, sounds a little bit hopeful. i must say at this point, which is why i think this is not really gonna move the needle much in terms of the public support for this venture. an english family majesty united drop point to say look to mount an unlikely charge for the title. they came from behind to try to, to against fleet, but just thought the return of jayden sanchez came off the bench to rescue point for his team and his 1st game since october in either now 3rd at 7 points,

barton leaders, arsenal. he played 2 games last there are more than a 190 countries in the world and all but one play football. a group of enthusiasts is trying to launch the marshall islands 1st national team. but as you and i guess, rosco reports, they faced a race against time in the marshall islands. one of the most remote places in the world made up of 5 islands, 29 at tolls and around 60000 inhabitants nation lies in the middle of the pacific. more than 5000 come to the way from australia. but while it's athletes of competes the limbic games before this time the nation. now hob is big dreams of playing football. well stage. because me the last national have that without saying. so it's very unique story that people, once we appalled widow is, is an english football coach appointed by the newly formed marsh island full

confederation that the marshall islands. very u. s. cultured u. s. influenced as a lot of baseball, basketball of individual sports, but not a lot of ball soccer and nation. so with the game growing in the u. s. is now naturally growing in the marshall islands. and you've got children that are wanting to play the game. the federation is fundraising to get it schools program and the way they hope to eventually be recognized by the oceania, purple confederation, and take parting woke up qualifying. we'll have to get a team together 1st. yes. tell me about how you're recruiting these players. i seen you tween and we know that there are big pools of mosley citizens in the u. s. is a case of now transit network to just find any one that plays the game with some form of marginalized ascendancy as well, because in a naturally, then they would be eligible to play. so it's really taking off, what's the timeline then? when do you expect to have a team? when do you expect to start playing?

i've been approached by kit manufacturers. we want to make sure we've got the right partner. we want to make sure that we are playing against the right people in our 1st games. so it's got to stay in that long sound process, but yeah, i think back in the 2020, great, early, 2024 will be ready to roll our national se. there's another important reason behind this push recognition on the world stage. at the same time, we want to raise awareness to the country as well because yeah, unfortunately, by 2050, a lofty islands went leader just because of rise and sea levels and climate change in terms of the state. in, for example, maturer, the mine capital island is preparing itself with seawall protection c barriers. the stadium is having one side that's gonna be a lot helped to protect against theft that fight for years. the marshall islands been asking me well to help them fight climate change before it leads to catastrophe on its shores. now they're hoping the nation's 1st football team will

help them school that goal. joining his roster, al jazeera, the u. s. soccer federation says it will voice concerns a report, a deal for saudi arabian sponsorship for this year's women's world cup in australia and new zealand. the american women's football team is fif, is top rank side. and you are soccer concerns. follow a report by the guardian that visits saudi will be named as a major sponsor of the event which begins in july, a one of the a u. s. the star players alex morgan has already criticized the alleged deal. citing a human rights worries you or soccer admits, however, that while they cannot control his sponsors, events, they believe in the power of football to have a positive impact. meanwhile, in savvy cassandra, rinaldo looked unstoppable for his team. al, now, sir, the 30 at your forty's internationals for all 4 goals against all. wait a in a saudi is super league match. rinaldo now has a score and at 500 in 3 illegals for 5 clubs in 5 different top flight leaves. i'll

nasir a top of the standings level on points for 2nd place. oh sure bob. with but with again, enhanced was certainly an open so i know selina reba keena is through to the quarter finals of the aba jobby. open the world number 10, reach the last 8 with a straight fence went over a carolina plus cuba of the czech republic. last year's wimbledon champion will face either brazil's beatrice had admire or fellow has i, juliet puts in cova next. and that is all your sport for now. it's now back to neve and london, or i thank you for him before we go. female artists serv often being treated as amateurs and excluded from our history. when our new exhibition at london's white chapel gallery is trying to change that jessica baldwin has been over to see it. bright splashes of color thick blasts of paint, a post world war 2 art movement, and break from the old order of traditional painting. it's abstract, expressionism,

and 80 artists from around the world are showing their work at a major london gallery. and they're all women. the same wild splashy spontaneous style emerged around the globe. this style of work was a direct response to the politics of the time to the kind of catastrophes in trauma . the 1st half of the 20th century, very feel of the work as either a celebration of freedom of expression, or a kind of visceral angry rebellion resolution against what was happening in that countries. dark landscapes by palestinian artist, man, hey afternoon. exploring the postwar themes of exile and memory, hints of architecture, or maybe motherhood in a work by syrian painter. asthma for you, me. it's great. the women are finally getting the recognition they deserve. but the

majority of artists in the show are dead. they're not around to hear the praise. increasingly that's changing. more women are being showcase during their lifetimes . that's good news for audiences and also for contemporary women artists. kate dowdy is an established london based artist whose work is on show in spain, greece, singapore, and kuwait. it's been a long hall, juggling family, low pay, and the constant drive to make art the backdrop for many professional women, artist, i really hope that young women, artists starting out today will get that recognition early so that they can really florist and grow and, and not have to face all of these obstacles. the older ones have experienced with more freedom to day. it's easy to forget that mid 20th century women were limited to what they could pursue by choosing to be professional artists

. they challenged societies expectations and helped forge a radical new period in art. jessica baldwin al jazeera london. okay, well that's it for me. and he fokker, for this news. our thanks for joining us. i'll be back in a moment with more of the dazed news. ah ah ah. ready

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