tough times the man tough questions. what exactly are you asking for you? what the troops on the ground, the rigorous debate we challenge conventional wisdom racism is so deeply entrenched in the country that it's identified with america itself. when you challenge racism, it looks as if you're challenging almera and demand the truth. there is no serious discussion about this because it goes to the very root of who we are up front with me, mark lamond hill. what out there ah award winning documentary from around the world on out to a 0. ah. ready yeah, but it's not the really i elected nigeria has a new president elect that new bill is declared the winner of the election that the

opposition is described as a sham. ah no, i'm carry johnson. this is al jazeera life and also coming us petitions hold a hearing to consider, giving president biden the power to ban the chinese antique talk and other apps used by millions of americans. capacity to train collides with a freight train in greece. 26 people are killed and dozens injured. unfair is of a corner outbreak in syria for the recent earthquakes which of washington, montana. ah, nigeria has a new president elect ruling, 80 c party candidate butler to new boot has been declared the winner of the disputed vote. declaration came just after 4 am local time to be received. 8.8000000 votes about 2000000 more than his closest rivals. opposition party said

earlier, calls us holidays, paul, to be cancelled describing the process as a sham. the president elect has called for unity. and we're out. it is wrong, though we're about to go. oh, we won't. jogan don't paunch again. we're more long for the unity. upper nerves run a hub, wharton harry matessa has more now from a boucher supports us from the diving apc policy. i ecstatic the candidates for that to me. who is now nigeria as president elect. he is a former governor. he's the wealthy businessman and he's been in politics for many,

many years here in nigeria. during the campaign trail, he told me that jerry said once again, her office is going to tackle be caught in media unemployment right here is more than the to proceed. but he has a hold of other challenges to deal with as well off to he's sworn in. for example, this country is dealing with a lot of insecurity in some parts of nigeria is the high cost of living these cache, which is a few shortages. and people want something done about that as soon as possible. the election was plagued by a lot of the regularities, some pointing stations they would delays in some areas, there was violence. so people were not able to vote. some voting machines did not work and that was water, frustration, and suspicion, especially among opposition parties and support is the key thing to watch now is how opposition support is going to react. so people will be watching the opposition strongholds like a lagos of commercial capital. the south and the south east. it's how those people are going to react. so far. we've not had any open statement from the opposition

leaders or they been saying is that they feel the selection process as being floored people expect. and some of the opposition needed to go to court and challenge the election result. u. s. politicians have been debating a bill that would give the president authority to ban apps, including tick tock, another u. s. congressional committee has held hearings, what it calls the chinese communist parties, a threat to american. how to jo, castro has mona from washington dc. lynn, today, my china is at the top of the agenda of the u. s. congress. that was the message delivered during a prime time hearing, featuring a highly produced video showing what the u. s. says is china's history of human rights violations in the us and citizens were killed all starlight. this was the inaugural sitting of the newly formed house, select committee on china. 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 was one of the panel was created soon after republicans took control of the house. in january, the committee's top democrat made clear his party was also fully on board. the goal of the ccp has become clear to displace us and other competitors, especially in tomorrow. strategic industries. as chairman, she himself recently said, quote, the east is rising while the west is declining. a german, a series of recent disputes between the us and china have grown in intensity straining relations between the world's 2 biggest economies. now us lawmakers are taking aim at take talk. the chinese own social media platform used by 100000000 americans. the house foreign affairs committee is considering a measure that would grant the white house powers to ban. take talk from the u. s. tick tock is

a modern day trojan horse. of the ccp used to surveil and exploit americans. personal information on monday, the white house order tick tock be removed from all u. s. federal government devices, despite tick tock, assurances that all us users data is stored within the i did states a chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said tuesday, the u. s. is targeting tick tock due to its popularity in the american marketplace . another separate but parallel action. the house financial services committee on tuesday advanced, no fewer than 7 bills, either opposing china or supporting tie one. this recent spate of antique china action from washington comes at a time of escalating tensions that now are even less likely to ease heidi jo, castro, al jazeera washington, a cargo in person to try and have collided in essential grief,

killing at least 26 people emergency teams around the scene just outside the city of the risk. searching for passengers, he may still be trapped in the wreckage. local media is reporting the accident happened to the interest of tempe tunnel. several caused the rails in some court from the, in the affairs of a color outbreak in syria, even as it struggles to recover from the aftermath of the massive earthquakes that struck more than 3 weeks ago. un humanitarian chiefs as a situation on the ground is dire, and more international aid is needed. growing demand, and scarcity, therefore, of critical items. tents being the obvious example, rising prices, australian supply chains, into the, into the region. to beginning to fly and suppliers to detection

border and also cause into damascus and aleppo. this is essential and most welcome of the markets and there longer, readily supplied cross border operations. some of these 4 items and some need such costly but necessary crystal mc structures, body damage. the norco moose is a journalist in it live. he says the airy was already lacking a safe search system before the recent destruction. as we saw the past couple of weeks, the catastrophic disaster that did the areas of north western nursery did not only cause the severe and complete destruction of thousands of buildings. it also severely affected the sewage system in the entire areas of north western assyria, a, which was already in a disastrous and it was already a disastrous. the effects on the switch to similar to restricts at restrict access

to clean water in the area which led to the a spread of cholera disease in north assyria, which is which resulted in the death of 2 a do a people in the area that were adjuster gestured by the civil defense teams and around a $580.00 suspected a cases were just registered in the area the the, the area was already suffering from a lack of proper sewage system. as officials are stated, that 63 percent of the a refugee camps in the area lack proper sewage systems at 43 percent per cent lack rent, clean water. and the ongoing disaster even made this situation even more complicated on the humanitarian teams. currently, thousands of people are still living in temporary shelter centers and sol by a n g o. and these, these environments even contribute in the spread of the, of the cholera disease as of 215 or 15 families,

stay in that in the same temporary shelter a center. and among them are children and a women who are a whole are exposed to be affected by the a disease. their needs are increasing as time passes, as they are like regular relief materials such as hearing materials and food for these families or the color outbreak is a later struggle for syrians in the city of it live. we're trying to rebuild their lives. i said, bake ripples piles of rubble, where holmes once stood up early, hardly recognizes his neighbourhood. he is recovering what he can of his former life either with her throw of another or none of the few. this homes are 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 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. that is my story. buildings that remained standing need to be inspected. the engineer syndicate examined the damage. the crack is 6 millimeters white, below the building must be demolished. he says. unlike neighboring turkey rebel held it lip, doesn't have the resources or finances of a fully functioning state. is that on magazine we normally think levy, 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, higher residence, fair decision to demolish many don't have the money to rebuild and there's no financial aid available for double ali. living in the 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 living shelters here. this 10 city. now the homes for the foreseeable future, i said, beg, i'll deserve. russian media is reporting at an unmanned drone has crashed in the moscow region. the governor, this says the drone was targeting a facility belonging to gas from russian media says the drone was made in ukraine. there were no casualties or damage to property in while the russian defense ministry is accused, the us of planning a so called a provocation in ukraine using toxic chemicals or some of them. java reports from bhaskar. the ministry of defense for the 1st time has actually detailed a plan of how allegedly chemical weapons have been brought into ukraine. now,

in near the don yeske region, this is where intense fighting has been taking place for the last few months. the minister defense is actually identified the number of bodies, the type of chemicals it says, could be used and which will be a violation off the organization of the prohibition of chemical weapons. it treaties. so it is all happening this morning in russia. this seems to be a more alarm bells ringing than actual fighting the ukrainian president let him as the landscape warning that the situation in the eastern front lines situ back moot is worsening. which is not separate as leaders, st. nearly all roads into the city or under russian control. now east african reach . the leaders have given an armed group and eastern democratic republic of congo, a month to withdraw from territories they continue to hold in north cuba province. in 23 rebel group has continued its advance to the provincial capital gamer. the conflict has displaced more than half a 1000000 people since march 2022. catherine story reports. this is

a familiar site in north cable. people in soccer west of comma 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 per hour. rich in minerals, daneen k gamma and her family have left their home on the outskirts of soccer. they say they're heading to a camp for displaced people. mitchell come guinea. we came to sack from my village to see e soccer 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 in search of group. coma has rewan go to one side,

like cable to the other, and now the north and the west, and the roads that supply gama with food and other goods, which are principally from the north of the province. there 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 the d. r. c. have accused each other of using aunt groups in the conflict. both sides deny the allegations. during the recent african union summit, east africa 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 around groups may have some impact in sending signals, but it could only work if it was part of continued diplomatic half of the years of painful conflict congolese a lackey to be holding their breath. katherine sigh. oh jeez. yeah. so to come here and al jazeera rebels in democratic republic of congo, continue their assault on north ketone province, forcing thousands to flee. thus, we look at why seems like these are becoming very long one of the wells longest migration rates. ah, well we've heard thunder and cattle. in fact, there's been thunderstorms around the gulf in the last 24 hours and they haven't

gone away entirely yet. but the normal sauce region, which is up in turkey and the methane, it doesn't look at least bit stormy at a torque that's quite warm. temperatures are the highest, i think probably would get higher. and i will look at winds as well. look at this brown here. the winds are picking up in i have to admit some uninhabited part of saudi arabia, but it does indicate high temperatures. coming to mecca and medina, for example, they're only going to rise the next day or so. the showers last around. you a and east inside of a mile. and then here's the storm developing, which means sandstorms quite likely in egypt. help you to lift the temperatures of course, but blotting out the sun to some degree as an increase in shares, also in passive kenya. tanza near uganda. little unusually for this tom. yeah. maybe it's welcome, but it's, they're all the same. and you know, in southern africa, this is still the remains of tropical cyclone freddy. it still looks like a circulation is produced almost a year's worth of rain in some parts of mozambique. there's got to be widespread

flooding here. and now look the forecast. so wednesday and thursday, has it gone away? no, it has not effect showing signs of wanting itself up once again. ah. but how do you state controlled information? moscow is wanted to stay fixed in the world. it has an incredible facial recognition technology. how does the narrative it pulled public opinion better? no walker, how is this a good job? they can replace the coil. the video spread like wildfire, they do know the prayer or in your grade. the listening post dissects the media. we don't cover the news. we cover the way the news is covered. ah

ah, this is al jazeera, let's take a look at our top stores now bow that to new has been declared. the winner of nigeria presidential election, willing parties candidate to beat 17 others buying for the top job opposition parties calls for saturday's vote to be cancelled describing the process as a sham us politicians have been debating a bill that would allow the president to ban the chinese video sharing capital take talk, as well as other apps. intelligence agencies say tick tock is a national security risk, because beijing could have access to use a data. at least 32 people have been killed off to cargo train and the passenger train collided in central greece. emergency teams are searching for passages. he may still be trapped in the wreckage. several calls have derailed and some quarter

the french president is beginning a tour of central africa. frances military presence there is being scaled back. the manual macro is trying to find a new way to maintain french interests in the face of competition from russia and china. hold running reports from pears. 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 macklin 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 it, somebody will get with zillow. the reorganization is not meant to be a retreat or

a disengagement. it will materials through an african physician or mitchell operation of these big bases 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. this is exactly the 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 airbase 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, their wesson, who word has it, views is position is it was it, you know, don't,

don't be nation is very difficult, very id like in our history because, ah, when people are not rationalizing what like now we just have 11 goal. we want to get rid of france, want to keep, get rid of the old system actually, and not realizing that there are 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 jazeera paris. the british prime minister was in northern ireland on tuesday to parrot his new deal with european union to ease host breaks it trade. she sent back as hoping the windsor framework as it's cold,

or finally break the political deadlock in the province or challenge reports. now from belfast, like around the world and the business boy by the success of getting a difficult deal with the e. u. done. richie soon act visited northern ireland on tuesday to sell it. i'm really pleased. fight i'm. i'm over the moon that yesterday. we managed to have a decisive breakthrough with our negotiations with the e u 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 at 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 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 breaks 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 islands 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? unfun demand, say, what does it mean for no last place within 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 the frustration at all a smith's chain of cafes. the businesswoman wants to see the back of sectarian politics here. for health services get more sir. education, alder achievement has gotten worse. our poverty has gotten worse, the class divide between those that have and those that have not is getting bigger . so you know, it's stormy. does something on in tomorrow will not change that only it's likely that was 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 challenge al jazeera belfast. the iranian government says it's investigating the poisoning of at least $650.00 school girls by toxic gas, local media,

se the attacks have been occurring since november and have been reported in over 30 schools. some of the girls have died, but many have suffered from her spiritual problems. a government official says the attacks are believe 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. hundreds of people gallon outside the court ahead of the hearing. president joe biden proposed the plan last year, but it was blocked by the local 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 to really want to get free. let's get debt free right now. low income people. people of color are being burdened and with soon died at

a rate i'm so much higher than why borrowers and that is, you know, 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. because in a large heart, because of student that argentina has halted, its poetry exports because of bird flew almost to all of the 25 cases discovered until now been in the wild birds. but this is the 1st in industrial poultry industry. generates exports worth more than $350000000.00 a year. argentina's food safety agency says the movie saying that preventing further spread of the disease on every year the grey whale embarked on the longest migrations of any mammal. the 16000 kilometer round trip sees the whales ahead to the arctic to feed and back down to the lagoons of northern mexico to breed. but the numbers have been dropping in 2016. they were 27000 gray whales,

but in 2022 researches counted almost 10000 fewer the decrease of almost 40 percent from home. and that has the story from of mexico's west coast. she lives in times past who this the devil fish is little sign of that now is playful, is a 50 meter 40 tom puppy a gray whale and its cough one of the great sites to the pacific coast from mexico to alaska. but in the last 4 years, the great wells numbers have gone down by almost 40 percent. according to the national oceanic and atmospheric research administration, the us agency the number of carbs is decreased to, to the lowest points in scientists. started counting them in the ninety's. the doctor, sir hugh martinez is in some ignacio like new 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 echo system science program. i asked him why the drug phenomenal c m i, and seem to me that i, you know, like when there's a phenomenon called skinny well in which you start seeing that their body condition is getting worse. getting thinner. it's because they're not getting enough food. and from the middle of 2018, the phenomenon started happening. it peaked in 2020, when 30 percent of the whales were in that condition and all the waves feet in the arctic on shrimp like creatures could empty boats that they dig for in the mud. indications are the supplies running low climate change could be involved, but there's also precedent to this in the late 19 eighties. and again in 1999, there was a big drop in whale numbers. scientists believe that there's a natural top point in the number of ways, very quick system can support when they reach that point. the number goes down and then it starts climbing again back in the labs. so he says he's cautiously

confident it will happen again. this time, the new numbers his team are coming up with up. but of course it is a cyclical process. no, that's our hope. we've seen it happen before and you know, it won't keep going down. but there is an unknown factor here. 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 and i'll just say to son ignacio lagoon, mexico. the dates for the asian cup football tournament and cattle have been confirmed. the competition will take place from the 12 to january to the 10th of february 2024 during the countries winter months cause of defending champions. having won the most recent event in the us in 2019 the.