samarra and her colleagues at this school for pupils with special needs, wants to pay royce that meets the rising cost of living and keeps people in the profession. ways teachers are making sure bad to mom, so i heard on what is clearly a sizable demonstration, is there a number of industrial action taking in various parts of the economy, calling on a government prepaid arises, that meets inflation. if there's no movement or pay we likely to be seeing more protests, not just from people like tomorrow, but work as in other key professions who enjoy brought support from the public. ah, us politicians hold a hearing to consider giving president biden the power to band the chinese and tick tock and other apps used by millions of americans. ah,

on kerry johnson, this is al jazeera laugh. house are coming up, a passion to try and collides with a freight train in greece. 26. people are killed and dozens injured. fears of a cutter outbreak and syria following the recent earthquakes, which is worse than the humanity. terry in crisis. and the call for nigeria, his presidential election to be cancelled opposition party say the results of being manipulated. ah, us politicians are 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 risk because the chinese government could have access to use that data. tick tock has around a 100000000 users in the u. s. alone. the app has already been banned from

government issued phones in america, canada, and the european parliament. how to jo, castro has more from washington d. c. 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, tick tock, and it spokes person is trying to defend itself. they point to measures taken within the last 2 years to try to make safeguards for a sick. for example, storing all americans, user data and servers in the united states, not when 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, i 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 us. well meanwhile, china says the band bother us, isn't abuse of state power magwoods away. she's yet or hug our goal. as the roles thought to superpower how unsure of itself can the u. s. b, to fear a young people's favorite up to such at the greek 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 opposed this wrong action issue to the u. s

. government should respect the principles of market economy and fair competition yet well then call is a former official at the central intelligence agency. he says, all tech companies in china have to provide any data requested by the chinese government. several levels of the potential threat and i would say real threat, there's the collection of data and mass amounts of 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 say from the chinese communist party at multiple levels of the corporate structure. so that is one through the other is that take talk or any social media device can be

huge 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 the correlation 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. the talks not alone in this, but since it has such a direct potential for by the chinese government that you will for another us congressional committee has begun hearings, what it calls the chinese communist parties, threat to america. and the 1st session witnesses testified on china's influence on technology, aggression towards taiwan and human rights abuses. the committee chair said that china's ruling party was laser focused on that kind of hair in future. we may call

this a strategic competition, but it's not a polite tennis match. this is an existential struggle over what life will look like in the 21st century. and the most fundamental freedoms are at stake. a cargo and passing to try and have collided in central greece killing at these 26 people. merchants, the teams are at the scene just outside the city. the reset searching for passengers who may still be trapped in the wreckage. where camida is reporting the accident happened to the entrance to tempe tunnel. several cars derailed in some court fire ah, in affairs of the corner outbreak in syria, even as it struggles to recover from the aftermath with a massive earthquakes that struck more than 3 weeks ago. you and humanitarian chiefs, the situation on the ground is dire. a more international aid is needed,

bring demand, and scarcity, therefore, of critical items. tents being the obvious example, rising prices, australia name supply chains into the, into the region to beginning to fly and suppliers to detection border and also cross into damascus and aleppo. this is essential and most welcome of markets no longer readily supplied cross border operations, the son of these poor items as the need such costly but necessary critical infrastructures. darmesh or kristen smith, he has more than this not from united nations. the united nations has more 8, is getting into northwest syria, but it still is not nearly enough. thousands of buildings have been destroyed or

are at risk of collapse. and because of that, it's estimated 5000000 syrians are in need of shelter and non food humanitarian assistance of u. m says that as many as 5 syrian families are cramming into one tent to stay warm at night. heavy equipment is in short supply to clear debris and begin rebuilding. the un says the humanitarian response remains hindered by restricted access, a lack of funding, and what they describe as the unintended consequences of western sanctions. un has been working with the u. s. and the e u to reassure businesses with resources to help that sanctions do not apply to humana tarion assistance. they're also working to get more access from within syria for deliveries to get through damascus. and then there's the need for funding. a pledging conference in the coming days will ask countries to contribute nearly $400000000.00 to respond to the crisis caused by the earthquake. that's on top of

some 4800000000 dollars that the un was already requesting to address needs that were brought on by 12 years of civil war. that campaign is so far, severely underfunded for the quarter outbreak. his latest struggle of fort syrians in the city of italy, who trying to rebuild the lives of beg reports, piles of rubble, where holmes once stood, a bloody hardly recognizes his neighbourhood. he is recovering what he can of his former life. hi, the vehicle that little of another or none of this homes are rock, it's part of a life. it's now cracked as a result of the earthquake on collecting up positions and will look for shelter. i can afford to restore the building of a lot, all the cracks cause fear. many have left their homes as the aftershocks 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 or 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. it was wrong, the building must be demolished. he says, oh, unlike neighboring turkey, rebel held it live, doesn't have the resources or finances of a fully functioning state magazine. we now live to keep it. 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, residence fair decision to demolish many don't have the money to rebuild and there's no financial aid available. ah, for abil 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?

oh, the syrian 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, beg, i'll deserve. rushing me here is reporting an unmanned drone is crashed in the moscow region. the governor, this says the drone was targeting a facility belonging to gas problem. russian media, it says the drone was made in ukraine, having no casualties or damage to property. or the russian defense ministry has accused us of planning a so called provocation in ukraine using toxic chemicals or solvents other reports for 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 defense is actually identified. the number of bo gave 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. where you cray impressively mess landscape warning that the situation in the eastern front line seizure voc moot is getting worse. mutual, separatists leader st. nearly all the roads into the city on the russian control. the british prime minister was in northern ireland on tuesday to promote his new deal with the european union and easing posts for exit trade. she says he is hoping the windsor framework has it's called will finally break the political deadlock in the province or tons reports from belfast. go around the world until the business boys by the success of getting a difficult deal with the e. u. dom richie soon act visited northern ireland on tuesday to sell it. and i'm

really pleased fact i'm, i'm over the moon that yesterday. we managed to have a decisive breakthrough with all negotiations with the you reached agreement. the new winds, a framework that i think is an extraordinary positive, sat for northern ireland position. the u. k. prime minister met local business leaders of the coca cola factory in lisbon and his pitch was as fizzy as the drinks he stood in front of. but see if you can spot what's caught the attention of romanus, across the land back. northern ireland is in the unbelievably special position unique position in the entire world. you are paying continent in having privilege access. not just to the u. k. home market, which is enormous if 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 breaks it the wind,

the framework changes the problematic northern ireland protocol. an area deal with the e u, which established trade barriers between northern ireland and mainland u. k. and so angered northern islands unionists that they collapse the power sharing governments a year ago. don't 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 mean for business? what does that mean for consumers? and fundamentally, what does it mean for no man'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 store. once the less happy voters are going

to feel about them, you can feel of frustration at all. smith's chain of care face the business woman wants to see the back of sectarian politics here for health services getting more thorough educational under achievement. it's got more poverty, has gotten worse, the cloth divide between those that have moved a half now is getting bigger. so you know, a storm it is something on in tomorrow will not change the only issues at the top of the 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 talents out his era. belfast: oh, this is due to nigeria now where both are to move, who has been declared the winner of the presidential elections in that short commission that says the ruling party beat 17 other candidates buying for the top job. briscoe straightened out to her. but tessa, in a boucher,

what can you tell us? talk us through these final results if you will. or supporters of the governing. apc policy are ecstatic. the kansas collectively is nigeria, as president elect. he is a former governor. he's a wealthy businessman and he's been in politics for many, many years here in nigeria, j, his campaign trail. he said he's going to try and tackle new jersey con me with an unemployment rate and more than 30 percent. but it's not going to be easy for him in this country has a lot of challenges. people are getting with cash. so to just fuel shortage is the high cost of living. but he says he's going to try and build new infrastructure. he's going to put more money into social welfare programs and agriculture. the 2nd person who came off to, you know, was a ticket up above another opposition. nita and peter, all the orson opposition. neither of those was asked to be coming out and they came 2nd and 3rd, the selection was marked by a lot of irregularities. for example,

delays or people voting. some people didn't even get to vote some areas. there was violence people do. i've been saying throughout the past few days that they want to have a chance to vote again. that seems that is not going to happen with a key thing to i can see now is how the opposition parties are going to react. we need to watch opposition, strongholds like leg off for commercial capital, the south in the south east, where these opposition need of had a huge amount of support. but right now, in areas way to move who is popular, his supporters are busy celebrating. and what might the reaction indeed be on, on the streets to the sites child to resolve what we saw a few hours in a boucher some opposition supported and started protesting saying that they thought the selection was a sham. they were quoting on the commissioners here to stop releasing any results.

some of them will even saying that election she beheld all over again. commissioner said that is not going to happen and they carried on with the process. so big concern for some people now is how opposition, what is going to react so far? these be know oakland call from opposition leaders for the supporters to take to the street. but there's been lots of frustration and agitation over the past days because these results took too long to be not according to some people. the right not here in the collision center. the south we can hear our support is for the governing atc party at the back to nibble has been declared, president elect. okay, for now harman sasha, in a breach of there for us. thank you. well, so to come on out to sara, we look at why it seems like these are becoming rarer along one of the wells longest migrations. ah,

i mean, 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 is clearly still winter and he's been a harsh winters. you know, very stormy, recently in the real cold slept in the mountains, but were saying good bye to that real nasty stuff now. so the focus wednesday be snow for nova scotia, eastern side of calendar, maybe a little bit coming to the state of new york or off the great lakes. ground in the water still colder to reduce up. generally speaking, it's quite washington dc. up to 17. boston isn't 6 and new york snow is not gonna lie. but if you track slow us, would you see the water made some progress in the plane states, but not here in the mountains. once more we've got snow falling and significant though with a gale false wind, turning in just south of the border with mexico baja california. so there are warnings of glitches 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 the 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, awe inspiring stories from around the world. i am human life capture. and it's a vast wonder feel like that with what i want people to remember me by groundbreaking food, from award winning filmmakers. witness on a just either

lou ah, watching out 0 reminder of our top stores this our us politicians are debating a bill that would allow the president to ban the chinese video sharing platform. take talk as well as other apps. intelligence agencies say take talk is a national security risk, because beijing could have access to use a data. at least 26 people have been killed after cargo train and the passenger train collided in central grease. emergency teams are searching for passengers who may still be tracked in the wreckage. several cars have derailed somewhat from bullet to new boat has been declared. the winner of nigeria is presidential

elections. the ruling party candidates beat 17 others vying for the top job opposition parties, though, called per se elections to be cancelled describing that process as a sham. the french president is beginning a tor central africa. francis military presence there is being scaled back. so manual macaroni is trying to find a new way to maintain french interests in the face of competition from russia and china, holborn, and reports. now from paris. after decades of colonialism and neo colonialism, it was francis withdrawal from marley last year and burkina faso this year, which in fact confirmed the shifting geo politics in central africa, french troops were forced to leave the military. gunter, in each of those countries opted for a new alliance with russia in the form of the mercenary wagner group. president macro openly admit that mistakes were made in molly. and his foreign nation tour of central africa will sell a more cooperative vision with host nations. cultural,

scientific, and educational partnerships and military bases, where the french troops operate as partners rather than commanders. now how can he get somebody will get with hello? the reorganization is not meant to be a retreat to a disengagement. it will materials through an african musician or mitchell operation of these big bases in general, dominate chunk on is the former head of the french military mission at the united nations. he agrees the importance of france dank militarily engaged in the region. we have to have small teams, a part, for example, to help this african country. it is his exactly to a case in jail, for example, where the parliament arcs, the french forces to stay and to fight in support of noun, join forces. that's probably the case also in chad where we put a big elvis in central africa itself. some see the rejection of french influences understandable, but nonetheless, alarming and irrational. yes,

there is anger about european neo colonialism. however, the alliance is being offered by china and russia, bring their own issues. the western world world has the abuse is position is it was a tional don't, don't be nation is very difficult, very yohina in our history because, ah, when people are not rationally the war, like now it just has 11, or we want to get rid of france, want to keep, get rid of the old system actually, and, and not realizing that did it in what, what is a head is not probably better that one be at running away from president micron and box on this. so admitting that for too long frances regarded africa with what he described as the logic of rent. his new vision is to offer a more mutually beneficial partnership, but he faces an uphill task to turn around that wave of anti french sentiment,

pull brennan, i'll g 0. paris to more people in equitorial guinea have died of the marburg virus been in the death toll in the country. 211. dozens of cases have been identified with several people quarantined in hospital. marble. viruses are rare but highly dangerous pathogen. a causes severe fever, often accompanied by bleeding and organ failure is closely related to the above, the virus, which has seen deadly outbreaks in africa. the reigning government says it's investigating the poisoning of at least $650.00 school girls by toxic gas, local media, se the attacks of been occurring since november and have been reported in more than 30 schools. none of the girls have died. many of suffered from respiratory problems, osha and fatigue. government official says the attacks are believed to be a deliberate attempt to force the closure of girls schools. u. s. supreme court is set to decide on the legality of a proposal to cancel billions of dollars and student debt. for hundreds of people

gathered outside the court ahead of the hearing. president joe biden proposed the plan last year, but it was blocked by the lower courts. when we have this dead, it's hard to think through all the bills that are in front of us and so we need to make that in debt indebtedness go away. it is a form of economic enslavement that does not need to be in a country that say that there are about democracy and free people if we truly want to get free. let's get debt free right now. low income people. people of color are being burdened at with student debt at a rate, so it's higher than white borrowers. and that is just completely unfair. and it's also something about a generational equity because young people are not able to get ahead in the way that our parents were out because in a large heart because of student that for pakistan, a prime minister imran con, has appeared in court in islamabad. he's facing for legal cases including attempted murder. one that relates to

a party funding is court appearance marks the 1st time the con has been in the capital city since an assassination attempt against him there. in november, he was ousted from powell by continent and the confidence vote last april. every year the gray whale embark, so one of the longest migrations of any mammal, the 16000 kilometer round trip sees the whales had to the arctic to feed. and then back down to lagoons of northern mexico to breed. but their numbers have been dropping in 2016. they were 27000 gray whales. but in 2022 researches counted almost 10000 fewer, decreases almost 40 percent from home and has the story from of mexico's west coast . say, listen times, pause. who this the devil fish is little sign of that now is playful. is a 15 meter 40 ton puppy a gray whale,

and it's cough one of the great sites for the pacific coast from mexico to alaska. but in the last 4 years, the great wales numbers have gone down by almost 40 percent. according to the national oceanic and atmospheric research administration, the u. s. agency that the number of carves is decreased to, to the lowest points in scientists, started counting them in the ninety's thought to sir, he'll martinez is in son ignacio laguna mexico together with his team where wales breed. he's been coming here for the last 15 years to monitor them as part of the laguna son ignacio ecosystem science program. i asked him why the drop are you phenomenal here. my and syndrome available, you know, flucker but there's a phenomenon called skinny well in which you start seeing that their body condition is getting worse, and they're getting thinner. it's because they're not getting enough food. and from the middle of 2018, the phenomenon started happening though it peaked in 2020 when 30 percent of the

whales were in that condition and all the whales feeding the arctic on shrimp like creatures could amphib quotes that they dig for in the mud. the indications are the supplies running log climate change could be involved, but there's also precedent for this in the late 19 eighties. and again in 1999, there was a big drop him wail numbers. scientists believe that there is a natural top out point in the number of gray whales of air ecosystem can spool when they reach that point, the number goes down and then it starts climbing again back in the lab. so he says he's cautiously confident it will happen again. this time, the new numbers his team are coming up with back by up says in process of because it is a cyclical process. now that's our hope we've seen it happen before and you know, it won't keep going down. oh, there is an unknown fact to hear it, but a limb lies. the only thing is that it's going down and then you factor in global warming and you don't know if it will go up again or not. that's the uncertainty

here every time the number's dip for the researches i'm for the curious friendly animal that they're watching over. john home al jazeera sun, ignacio lagoon makes code dates for the asian cup. a football tournament and cut off had been confirmed. the competition will take place on the 12th of january, the 10th of february 2024. during the countries winter months. cattle are the defending champions. having won the most recent event in the u. e. in 2019 and 2 paragraphs of pulled off a spectacular flight in pakistan. becoming the 1st part is to reach kate to the wells 2nd highest mountain by paraglider. flying with oxygen tanks, the pair managed to reach an altitude of 7577 meters. that wasn't impressive enough to manual se fruit past 3 other peaks all in one day. ah.