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ah, hello, i'm darn jordan. this is out as they are alive from dough, are also coming up fears of cholera outbreak in syria falling the recent earthquakes which have worse than the humanitarian crisis. a call from our gears presidential election to the council position party said the results of being manipulated. and russian media reports has string up drone attacks with one crashing me of a capital muster. ah, yes politicians have begun debating a bill that would give the president authority to ban apps, including tick tock, u. s. intelligence agencies believe the video sharing platform is a national security rates because the chinese government could have access to use a data. tick tock has around a 100000000 users in the u. s. alone. the app has already been banned from government issued phones in the us, canada,

and the european parliament will hardly show castro joins us live now from capitol hill, heidi, so this very powerful us house committee sets of vote shortly on whether tick tock should be banned in the us talk us through what's been happening, heidi let's try this is a preliminary vote that is still to take place hopefully to day. but this bill is expected to pass and it is significant because the regulations, the protections that this bill is designed to strip from tick tock are frankly, the only thing that stand between the social media app and the previous attempts to ban it across the united states. of course, by the trump administration. what this bill does is it would allow the current presidential ministration joe biden to ban ticked off across the nation if it is determined that the app is sharing private user data with anyone who is involved or

controlled by china or the chinese government. this is a republican sponsored bill, it sponsor called a tick tock, a trojan horse saying that it can be turned to spy on americans. and there have been a few democrats on this committee though, who have voiced that this proposal is too broad. and for that reason, they are opposed to it, but again, this is likely to pass in the republican controlled committee as well as on to the broader republican control house if it makes it to the senate. that will be more of a question mark. as democrats control that chamber, however, we may have gotten some indications where things will ultimately line not given that just hours ago. it was the white house that issued an order that within 30 days, all federal agencies must remove, take talk from all government devices. and it is interesting is that hardy, because 1st we had the chinese spy balloon, that we had the question of china, possibly supplying weapons to russia and the ukraine war. now we have the battle over tick, tock, use a day to how much does all of this represent? perhaps a ratcheting up

a bit empty china rhetoric. right. that is certainly the contacts that cannot be ignored here with the tension. at nearing all time high between the 2 superpowers and certainly tick tock and it spokesperson is trying to defend itself saying that this, that tick tock itself should not be to blame for this they point to measures taken within the last 2 years to try to make safeguards, price, for example, storing all americans, user data and servers in the united states, not with then china. and in fact, there has been an ongoing lobbying effort from tick tock here in capitol hill and, and at the white house to work out a deal. and that still might be the case where the social media app is allowed to continue its operations in the u. s. but if you look at just the movement in the last 24 hours, 1st with the white house banning the app on federal phones and computers and now

the slightly movement of allowing the president to ban take talk across the country of this committee takes action. well, it certainly appears that take talk may be caught up between the, the tensions between these 2 countries that may not farewell only to her castile life or stare from capitol hill. high to thank you were china says the bun by the u . s. is an abuse of state power neighborhood, zoe. she's yet. or how cool? as the world's thought to superpower how unsure of itself can the usb to fear a young people's fear it up to such a degree. when the u. s. has been over stretching the concept of national security and abusing state power to suppress other countries. companies to we firmly oppose this wrong actions. issues with the u. s. government should respect the principles of market economy and fair competition, or less brand glen call. he's a former deputy national intelligence officer for trans national threats with the central intelligence agency, join us ly from boston via got glenn. good to have you back on the program. so the

u. s. has now joined canada and the europeans in coding for ban on the use of tick tock on government issued funds from now. i mean, how significant is this move by the us? what exactly glen is the national threat. well, there are several levels of potential threat, and i would say real threat. there's the collection of data, national data that can be used by companies, but also by governments. we know that by law in china, and in fact, every company, technological company has to provide any data requested by the government to the chinese government. and that every company now has an overseer j from the chinese communist party at multiple levels of the corporate structure. so that is one through the other, is that tick, tock or any social media device can be used just influenced by the government to

shape the perceptions of reality and what the truth is. what information is put on howard is put on colorado is given and so on. and then the 3rd thing is it's can be used to target specific individuals collecting information on my patterns behavior, who i know what i do, who i am, what my social security number is, my bank accounts and so on. so forth. talks not alone in this, but since it has such a potential for by the chinese government, that's your real for. yeah, it's an interesting point. you make glen because that the band only applies to government issued devices for now, but there's also a national security risk. well, let me ask you, is there a national security risk for ordinary people? you me who don't work for the government? well, there is, there, there is the issue of banding, only government cell phones for the present. it relates to the whole

issue of free speech and the 1st amendment rights in united states context, which are very fundamental to a, a free society and functioning democracy. there's no easy answer to that. but for where to stop information to move shared or to control it for individuals. it is a consequential i was talking to my daughter months before the chinese balloon and this issue so. ready that is certainly in the context of increasingly hot cold war is something there predates the recent surge of, of attention to it. and i was urging my daughter not to use it for the reasons that canada, indonesia, bangladesh and united states, the repeating union of all bad and forgotten phones. individuals can be targeted because their, i would say the primary for, for an average citizen is how reality,

how information is conveyed. ok. and the perceptions that one we have from our information is shaped just to just to final thought. you glenda sort of larger geopolitical picture here. i mean, you talk there about the chinese surveillance balloon. then we have the question of china supplying weapons to russia in the ukraine war. now we have this battle over to use the data. i must, as all of this represent, this ratcheting up of the anti china rhetoric. well, there certainly is at the china rhetoric, but. ready which exacerbates attentions, but independent of the rhetoric here has been for years arising competition, franklin lovable rivalry and clash between the 2 great powers. on the right now, china is a rising super power. united states is the status quo superpower and in history. i

don't know that any instance when there hasn't been bright intention as the status quo and challenge i glen call, always good to get your thoughts on your analysis. glenn, thank you very much for talking to us. thank you. the in now there are fears of a color outbreak in syria. his struggles to recover from the aftermath of the massive earthquakes that struck of a 3 weeks ago. the un humanitarian chief says the situation on the ground is dire, and more international aid is needed. growing demands and density therefore of critical items tend to be the obvious example. rising prices, australian supply chains into the, into the region to beginning to fly and suppliers to detect border and also cause into damascus and aleppo. this is essential and most welcome

of the markets no longer readily supplied cross border operations. some of these pull items and some need such costly but necessary critical infrastructures, body damage details. kristin salumi has more now from the united nations. well, more 8 is getting through. that's the good news to date, 423 truckloads of life saving assistance have crossed into northwest syria from ter kia, but much more of course is needed. there are hundreds of building still at risk of collapse. some 5000 people are estimated to need shelter and the u. n. has described a situation where 4 to 5 families at times are crammed into one tent to stay out of the cold. this in addition to a collar epidemic spreading, it's a very grave situation. i the,

the humanitarian shelters don't have any special accommodations for people with disabilities, the elderly, or those with chronic illnesses. heavy equipment is also in very short supply and difficult to get into the country. the response, the un says is being hindered by a this lack of access. while we had more cross border access happening, access from within damascus. getting to the areas in need is still being hindered by safety concerns for aid deliveries. there's also a lack of funding and what the un describes as unintended consequences of western sanctions on the country also continue to be a stumbling block for some aid to get in. while the cholera outbreak is the latest struggle of assyrians in the city of it lib, we're trying to rebuild their lives as a bag ripples piles of rubble where holmes one stood up. oh, ali hardly recognizes his neighbourhood. he is recovering what he can of his former

life, her the with casa, throw up on the, or, and them of, if you, this one's a rock, it's part of our life. it's now cracked as a result of the earthquake on collecting up positions. and we'll look for shelter, i can afford to restore the building of a below the crack schools fair. many have left their homes as to aft shocks continued in the market place. businesses having closed with many badly damaged da da da shelter. i managed to solve some of the goods, the rest was damaged when i keep them at home, i'll try to fix part of the shop and resume business when possible them are. that is my story. buildings that remain standing, need to be inspected. the engineer syndicate examined the damage. the crack is 6 millimeters, white glove is low, the building must be demolished. he says. unlike neighboring turkey rebel held it live, doesn't have the resources or finances of a fully functioning state. magazines we nightly, thickly,

if we try our best to avoid demolition, taking into account the extremely high cost of reconstruction, the financial situation in general has already deteriorated. we are trying to strike a balance. oh hi. residents fair decision to demolish many don't have the money to rebuild and there's no financial aid available. ah, for double ali, living in a tent is safer than his house. he does what he can to keep his children happy. come baby, see what i've brought you. he says, why i love the serum response coordinators organization says more than 50000 displaced people are now living shelters. here. this 10 city. now the homes for the foreseeable future. i said bake. i'll deserve opposition. parties in nigeria, coating for the presidential election to be scrapped as frustration grows, many people want to see more transparency in the electoral process. mama juncture

reports, i won the gathering may have been small, but the anger was palpable. members and supporters of nigeria as main opposition people's democratic party had hoped the country's general election would bring better days. not once you knew nigeria. how many now, what was probably the next generation or what do we have a one to be like? now they're convinced misconduct is at play. we were promised a process that was open, most transparent, that was straight to the point up closer to them, diesel. let the wave look promised. at issue the slow pace of uploading results to the website of the independent national electoral commission. tension squared briefly, when security officers showed up minutes later, they were called away. this protest taking place close to the national coalition center where voting results for the presidential election are being certified. the sentiment here, similar to what we're hearing from many nigerians,

extreme frustration at how long this process is taking place for its part. the country's electoral commission insists the delays are the result of technical hitches and not due to any sabotage. but that's little reassurance to many voters in a country with a history of vote buying and ballot rigging. sharon or a soc way works with young nigerians helping them to get engaged in the political system at a cafe in the capitol. she meets with friends worrying the situation with a ro trust among younger voters. he was told that this process all it be creep with a fan and he had lots of accounts sets of half his process, sending out the latest and his shane sad. christine, a donnie boy. your booth, supports opposition. labor candidate, peter obee. but says his victory or defeat is now beside the point. everything about the election, ease of is ashanti fond news in. i'm wanted to see that i must fair and square. you know,

i want to lose deloney i but i don't want to be told i know without giving them an option to know how i lost. how did i use direction? how did i, when the lesson questions that many in nigeria thought would have been settled at a time when answers are sorely needed. mamma, jim drama does either a butcher time for so break here now to sierra when we come back, the british prime minister goes to belfast to sell the post for exit trade deal. he struck with the european union and a spectacular high altitude flight as to parallel is reached the well 2nd highest mountain. k 2 are not stay with us. ah maybe unbelievably the southern states of the us are still warm hot. you might argue reco breaking lee. so now it's not true elsewhere,

there's clearly still winter and it's been a harsh winter, as you know, very stormy, recently in the real cold slept in the mountains, but we're saying good bye to that real nasty stuff now. so the forecast wednesday be snow for nova scotia, eastern side calendar, maybe a little bit coming to the state of new york or off the great lakes ground in the water still colder to produce a jamie speaking, it's quite warm. washington dc, up to 17, boston is 6 in new york. snow is not going to laugh, but if you track slowly westward, you see the wants of made some kind of progress in the plane states, but not here in the mountains. once more we've got snow falling and significance though with a gale falls wind, turning in just south of the border with mexico baja california. so there are warnings of blizzards in the san bernardino mountains and beyond once more. and this is not the 1st time this winter by thursday. things certainly do improve, attempt to not come yet very much. 14 in san diego, in contrast to, for example,

eastern side, or mexico, monterey. not quite reco values, but well above the average. generally speaking, central america, things are quite quiet. ah, a ah ah. ah lou.

ah, look back up your mind about top stories here. this, our us politicians are debating a bill that would allow the president to ban the chinese video sharing platform, tick tock, as well as other apps. intelligence agencies say tick tock is a national security threat, because beijing could have access to use of data. there are growing fears of a color outbreak in the north western region of syria following the recent earthquakes, history and opposition. one civil defense says at least 2 people have died from the disease and there are maybe 600 cases, opposition parties and nigeria, according to the presidential elections, to be cancelled described in the process as a sham electoral commission says they've been technical glitches and voting, which took place on saturday. ah,

russian media reporting that an unmanned throne has crushed and the moscow region the govern. us as the drone was targeting a facility belonging to gas from russian meta says the drone was made in ukraine at the no casualties or property damage. we know a russian president vladimir putin has told his security service to step up its activity to come to what he called growing espionage operations against russia. if she could duck you in that a bully. but i see we must strengthen our counter intelligence. as western special services have always traditionally worked against russia inactive way, we have now thrown additional personnel, technical, and other resources against us. we must respond to it accordingly. and the russian defense ministry has accused the u. s. of planning a so called provocation in ukraine using toxic chemicals, a solid bon jovi, reports from moscow. the ministry of defense for the 1st time has actually detailed a plan of how allegedly chemical weapons have been brought into ukraine in near the don. yes, the region,

this is where intense fighting has been taking place for the last few months. they administer defenses actually identified the number of bogey's, the type of chemicals it says could be used and which will be a violation off the organization of the prohibition of chemical weapons treaties. so it is all happening this morning in russia. this seems to be more alarm bells ringing the actual fighting ukrainian president, blowing me as the landscape warning that the situation and the eastern front line city of back moved, is getting worse. regional, separate as leader say, nearly all the roads into the city or under russian control. the air has been a site, a bit, fighting for more than 6 months, which cannot but amongst died in bad moods. the situation is constantly becoming more difficult. the enemy is constantly destroying everything that can be used to protect our positions for fortification and defense. our soldiers defending in the buckets region are real heroes, and the british prime minister with a northern ireland on tuesday to settle his new deal with a european union to each post for exit trade. which sooner is hoping the new winds

a framework as it's called. but finally break the political deadlock in the province re challenge reports from around the world and the business boy by the success of getting a difficult deal with the you done, richie soon act visited northern ireland on tuesday to sell it. i'm really played over the moon that yesterday. we managed to have a decisive breakthrough with all negotiations with the you reached agreement, the new wins. a framework that i think is an extraordinary positive that for northern positions, the u. k. prime minister met local business leaders at the coca cola factory in lisbon and his pitch was as busy as the drink he stood in front of but see if he can spot what caught the attention of remain is across the land. back. northern ireland is in the unbelievably special position unique position in the entire world . you are paying constantly in having privileges access not just to the u. k. home market, which is enormous 5th biggest in the world,

but also the european union single market. nobody else has that no one, only you guys only here and that is the price. of course, it was a very similar price at the rest of the u. k. gave up with bricks it the winds framework changes the problematic northern ireland protocol and early a deal with the e u, which established trade barriers between northern ireland and mainland u. k. and so angered northern irelands unionists that they collapse the power sharing governments a year ago. they'll need to be happy with a new deal to come back to the store want assembly. we listen very carefully to what the prime minister said and, but we need to translate that into what the legal text actually says. what does it mean for business? what does that mean for consumers? and fundamentally, what does it mean for norman's place was in the united kingdom and our ability to trade was in the internal market of the u. k. although they're not going to be bounced into a quick decision, the d. p will be feeling the pressure,

particularly if the deal continues to receive widespread approval. the longer that the d, u. p. a seen as a block on functioning government here at store. once the less happy voters are going to feel about them, you can feel a frustration at all a smith's chain of cafes. the business woman wants to see the back of sectarian politics. her poor health services get more so education, alder achievement is gotten worse. our poverty is getting worse, the class to fight between those that haven't those that have not is getting bigger . so you know, a storm it hasn't been on in tomorrow will not change that only they put those issues at the top of their political agenda. the winds of framework, the northern on and protocol unionist nationalist. such matters are less important in many people in northern ireland these days. the just getting things to work properly. rory challenz al jazeera belfast east african regional leaders have given an arm group and eastern democratic republic of congo,

a month to withdraw from territories. they continue to hold in north cape of province. the m 23 rebel group has continued its advanced a provincial capital goma. the conflicts displaced more than half a 1000000 people since march 2022 catherine sawyer felt. this is a familiar site in north cable. people in soccer, west of gama, are fleeing again from their homes. they carry what they can, they say m 23 rebels are getting closer to the town. they've already taken several village centers and important pounds that are rich in minerals, jeanine king grandma and her family have left their home on the outskirts of soccer . they say they're heading to a camp for displaced people, mitchell, gum, guinea. we came to sack from my village to see east africa was faith, but all i could hear gunshots. now, i'm heading to gama. we're tired of running hungrily. soldiers are doing what they can to protect the areas, but they have often been forced to retreats as

a rebels advance gamma, which is, are the provincial capital. the largest city in the area is now pretty much surrounded by the m $23.00 and sergent group go. that has were one, go to one side like cable to the other. and now the north than the west, and the roads that supply goma with food and other goods, which are principally from the north of the province van now effectively controlled or at least strongly contested by the m 23 regional leaders from the east african community have been trying to mediate a peace deal, but it's proving increasingly difficult, randa and darcy have accused each other of using aunt groups in the conflict. both sides deny the allegations. during the recent african union summit, east africa, the regional boulden, e god gave m $23.00 a month to withdraw from positions they're holding. it has been hired for the

leaders to enforce a ceasefire. there is at the moment i think, little desire to sanction the heads of the groups because and in particular the m g 3. because the intention is ultimately to bring them to the negotiating table. i think a regional sanctioning of groups may have some impact in sending signals, but it could only work if it was caught of continued diplomatic catherine. after years of painful conflicts, few congolese are likely to be holding their breath. katherine sigh. oh jeez. yeah . 2 more people in equitorial guinea have died of the marburg virus bringing the death toll in the country. 211, dozens of contact cases have been identified with several people quarantined in the hospital. the mob of virus is a rare but highly dangerous pathogen that causes severe fever, often accompanied by bleeding and organ. failure is closely related to the bone of virus, which has seen several deadly outbreaks in africa. the iranian government says it's

investigating the poisoning of at least $650.00 school girls by toxic gas local media say the attacks have been occurring since november and have been reported in over 30 schools. none of the girls have died, but many of suffered from spiritual problems, nausea and fatigue. a government official has said the attacks are believed to be a deliberate attempt to force the closure of girls schools. now the dates for the asian cup football tournament here and cut our have been confirmed. the competition will take place from 12 january to 10, february 2024. during the countries winter months cutter abbey, defending champions. having won the most recent event in the u. e. in 2019 now to paraglider as i pulled off a spectacular flight in pakistan becoming the 1st pilots to reach k to the well 2nd highest mountain. bi paraglider, flying with oxygen tanks, the pit managed to reach an altitude of 7577 meters. and if that wasn't impressive

enough, the 2 men also flew past 3 other peaks all in one day. one of the biggest memory was when b, i saw a bird at more than 7000 meters just next to k, to incredible to, to see a bird out there and show the sky together. the biggest challenge gurley was to fight again. very cold conditions are very, was minus 30 degrees some days. i mean is really, really telling me to be able to slippery learning so high and also to fly both lasers, which has no latino shows. ah, time for a quick check of the headlines here on al jazeera us politicians are debating a bill that would allow the president to ban the chinese video sharing platform,