rain, our children were soaked, are closed on wood, and we have nothing to protect ourselves. just the tent and shoulders made it with plastic blankets and cardboard, or the old protection of from the wind and rain. the, [000:00:00;00] the hello, this is in use. our own algae is 0. i'm for the by to go live in doha, coming up in the next 60 minutes. thousands of people are injured in a new is really a talk on guys come odd one hospital. the last functioning health facility in the north jordan says it will reopen. it's only border crossing with syria almost 2 weeks after it was goes for security reasons. powerful after shots,

right over i knew i to as the pacific island nation williams, my law address, craig that slept at east 14 people plus i'm out of the top of the wind, the angle that i'll tell you, i say the north here i getting the thank you very much for joining us as being no let up in israel is a tax on guys come out loud. one hospital in the north of the strip has been targeted yet to get is really forces also struck a residential building nearby. the hospital director says dozens were injured in the attacks early and is really striking to home sheltering this space. people in the area killing at least 8 am central and 7 guys. i meanwhile 10 saying what was

supposed to be safe. so and came under fire and several people breakouts on northern guys has been under, is really sees for more than 2 months. now. hundreds of thousands of palestinians have been subjected to unrelenting bombing. international organizations have been urging his route to end this brocade and allow a deliveries to the north that speak to tarik. i've wise them who's in del, but i central a guys. i for the lights is not tired. come all at one hospital. what are you hearing about a situation there? are these really attacks sponsor a fire in the intensive care unit of the hospital has that been contained? well it's, it's very, very difficult to comprehend what's happening in the north light of the is valley. unrelenting military ration that is taking place and during the past 12 hours it has also intensified. but this time the is where the minutes where you, which had stormed the percentage of the hospital had target to the intensive care unit,

posing significant disruption. it'd be one of the main lifeline remaining lifelines for palestinians who are right now getting a treatment in and come out at one hospital, the director of the hospital, the for some of the stuff, the funds. that's a huge fire broke out into the intensive care unit, causing some significant damage for the medical equipment. and he's confirmed that the the intensive care unit has to come out of service the due to that place during the past that took place without warning. the hospital has been a significant attack during the last few weeks is by the army, has been using court up to tribes on the attend the re, uh, shillings and shelves of order to target the i the come on had one hospital which right now because it it to be the last century for civilians who are still trapped on inside the hospital. there, there are approximately, within 70 palestinians will, are getting

a treatment varies between the injured people and the patient's will offs in a very desperate need, at least for the minimum level of caught. we also got exclusive seen show how the supper ties was quite obvious inside the departments, which is the vast majority of the medical. but because managed to transfer those who are in the intensive care unit to all the departments in order to continue providing them with medical treatment. right. how additionally had from the, for some of the stuff that you guys closed for the international community to afford the hospital some sort of protection in light of discovering operation that the most. yeah, so be highly ground operations in the siege of the north continuing. and they've been asked rice across the street. meanwhile, tell us about what's been happening elsewhere, tarik, yes. elsewhere, and this trip there has been police different tax and the central areas and in the south with the stripe during the hours of this morning. we have hubs, right, it shouldn't come from and is that right?

refugee camp was civil defense. what because out here today managed to recover to publish the me until work killed in the another possible. and is that right? richard becomes a be weren't killed in the freebies. okay. june. and the managed to reach the side of the strike. overly during the hours of this morning. elsewhere, also endeavoured by laughter has been a clear attacks took place at midnight on that makes shift tons where to civilians confirmed children in the 16th upon you. this boss has also have overwhelmed civilians and an open house entitlements another mix shift and has been targeted. the woman has been killed alongside with the 3 others in a, in a, in the, a city of han you and it's under was where injured, with transport to, to mess with hospital to get medical treatment. so the desk told that the humanitarian tools have been struggling since the hours of this morning showing how grim and drastic is the situation on the ground for the vast majority of palestinians, best placed in the central and even the southern part of the strip. sorry,

thank you very much for the update that challenges here is terry capitalism. with the latest the from gosh, well, come odd one hospital in northern guys or has been a central target to these really forces since the siege began. how does he or his wife, i'll come to, to visit at the intensive care unit the before it was recently attacked. and has this report a physical panics, totally ridiculous task. patients and one of the people as because way the army keep this toning trouble with the photo explosives near to come out of the hospital . we are talking here about streets away from the medical staff. that's why fragments keep hitting directly the hospital itself. and that's why doctors here are, is totaling this and that says the window of the i see you to

box me to keep themselves safe from the attacks and allow me to show you one more thing, which is the neighborhood near to come out of the hospital. which is completely destroyed, which is completely live in the ground as a calculator to say in the picture. so this is the limit of destruction inflicting the hospital. just get the latency and allow it to show it when will think, which is the ceiling or the i c u department. and the father chose here. and also the tax directly shows the i c u department from this bullet from this side. so we also can key about lucky scenes every night, every morning and every day as the army keeps attacking and shooting the

hospital. it's those doctors and the patients here to everybody, to stop this genocide also to save this only operational health facility into just these. nothing goes to it was a huge adjust. the paper that you saw this time it says a ceasefire dealing gaza is possible. if israel stop setting new conditions as well as defense minister reportedly told parliament members that a deal is closer than ever. but on social media, he found that israel will defeat him off and maintain control of guys are indefinitely. talks are underway in cairo and doha, after several previous rounds were unsuccessful. no day has moved from jordan's capital, amman, and noise that because he's really government has bandages sierra from operating in israel and the occupied westbank. there is a lot of optimism in is really media reports about possibly reaching a ceasefire deal that would see the release of at least some is really kept us from

gaza. now this optimism is cautious because we've been here before, and the efforts were startled at the last minute because of new conditions because of different considerations. but what is at stake here? the situation that humanitarian situation in the gaza strip is beyond catastrophic and chemist wants to see the entry of humanitarian assistance as soon as possible. that is being tied to phase one of the cease fire agreement. and right now, as we understand, the discussions are down to the details to the names of who would be released, what, who, who among the palestinian detailing is would also be released. so the details are being ironed out. egypt and pots are playing. of course, an important role and the united states has its eyes on this. the outgoing and incoming un administrations have a vested interest in a ceasefire deal being announced,

even if it doesn't lead to an end to the war. some managed expectations. and in the meantime, how must issued a statement saying that a cease fire deal is within reach if nothing. yeah, who doesn't introduce new conditions? no, to all the data. i'm or joining me not to discuss these latest developments, this house on very professor of international affairs at contact university. thank you very much for joining us on al jazeera. how sign again on the prospects of a ceasefire. we've been here before where there's been a great deal of optimism and then nothing happens. you feel that it's different this time around out of conditions, right. so using for a ceasefire topic. yes for that, i think at this time it's a little bit different because we have the 2 administrations of the same time involved in the process. we have the biden's administration who is seeking for a legacy. and then we have the trump, who was really involved in the, in the details of the negotiation. we have his own invoice to the,

to the region. the thing is for them to ha and trying to push both sides to come to an agreement. and he, even if this comes with it's right, he threatened that to, if nothing happens by january, the 20th the been hell is going out to break out and the spot of the, of the work. so i think both boxes are taking this seriously. okay. and how much that would seem um, seems a bit more flexible this time around. why do you think that is? what's changed in that position? is it, the timing is, is very important for how much i think we realize that after the what happened in, in lebanon after the regime change in syria and decided that the right is in no position to play any, any meaningful role. i think they realize that they've been as full as shifted into a ride, and probably this time they need to get the deal lied, meeting the demand, the minimum demands of the palestinians. and mainly these raid withdrawal,

a gradual one, but also end of the war. even if it comes in a gradual way, i mean the 1st out of it was going to be satisfied. but this wouldn't be of the way for maybe an inventor. these right me withdrawal that, that you talk about. it doesn't seem like that's the intention of these really stretching from comments made by the cots, the middle, so costs, i mean, they are talking about staying in gaza indefinitely. will that be the main obstacle to reaching a d o. u a, they're not talking about this right now. they're talking about the withdrawal. and these really forces was put out from the most of the day to the areas where they're gonna stay in stream and philadelphia and, and this has understood, you know, given the fact that the, how much can i for you to push them out of the guys now, all these statements are, should be taken seriously, but you know, in, in politics we don't take on the statements. and if the, if the process succeeds, you know, is redwood. and so the international community, are they gonna reset the guys or are they gonna occupy part of the?

and i think this is a different thing. i think at this moment, how much would do a big favor to the point of seeing if they can reach idea of where um, whereby they can have valley a swap of prisoners. and at the same time, they establish this tactics that is a pull out of guys or even and part of guys that because what they want to do is to create a president that the patient will not say, right. would this be a temporary cease fire that would lead to a more permanent one? or do you think it's, it's something a bit more significant that we're talking about, given that as you say, we're in between us administrations and a trump, the incoming trump administration has said that it's very keen on it on a deal on, on, you know, piece to return to the region. well now i can confidently say that it's going to be a temporary one, is going to be short of 4, maybe $4.00 to $6.00 weeks. and this would probably lead to the situation of the war. but here this,

the tricky thing is that and if both sides hold onto the seas file, even a permanent one, a might create a dynamics where old people come to term with the fact that, you know, there shouldn't be in into the war. so it's, it needs to be seen, we tend to predict today's way. it is actions. we can't the for this time as actions and days to come. we didn't know how many people are still alive. we didn't know if this is what it wasn't going to succeed. in a given the fact that the, the, the agreement now is over the number and the names of the easy way to present us. yeah. and if it succeeds, what would it mean for the policy and people, you know, you look at how guys has been destroyed, it will take a long time for, for people to rebuild their lives. and, you know, who will rebuild is another question, right? this you, you know, they follow, you know, this is the day after scenario. i know when everything is coming to an end, i mean the, what, when the war comes to an end. and the question is, who are gonna be in guys who are going to be uh, who are going to call the shots,

who are gonna be in charge of uh, the construction is who in a for in the money at the same time. what does that order come us, what it will, all of these rate is in, in general, and what about the vision of the plan? so all these questions we know that we do know the actual yeah. and we know that, you know, once the work comes through on it, and i think this is the beginning of a new life for the policy. and as i, and i assume that they learn from this experience is how to build a function. and government that is inclusive, you know, is no longer, i mean, the pressing is, cannot really rely on one faction or one party or over all the point of seeing. and they need to understand that for sharing a, the recipient for sale by them. thank you very much. have fun. i was always good to get your thoughts on the situation. gotcha. and of course, we'll wait to see whether or not this deal materializes this summer on has some variety from contact university of

the to, sir, you know, and we want to show you some of the latest visa and fax live pictures coming to us from damascus. this is the airport, where the 1st domestic flights are resuming since the fall of the assad regime some 10 days ago. this is a flight that will be taken from damascus. we believe heading towards a level to be confirmed, but again, assigned that to life is starting to return to normal in syria and the capital damascus after the fall of the sod regime 10 days a go. let's bring in the results that dar who is in damascus. for us, uh for the latest on this and all the developments across syria re, so we're watching these live pictures from the airport, their office 1st flight about to resume significant again because this shows that

life it is slowly returning to normal in sir the bees. i mean that has be enough to patients technical preparations and also the cleaning of the air force, making sure that to start much or not harm them door damaged, so on today. so the 1st domestic slice says the full of this, uh, the gene is just about to happen. and that is going to be from the capital and the largest city of syria to the 2nd largest city on apple that was expected. and perhaps that would be more is more domestic flies as well in the coming days. and that of course is that is an important indicator of how the lives so quickly is getting back to normal. now the question for many of the year is when the international flies are going to resume the or officials of al told to the new installation, they're saying that soon they want to do that actually did some of them say that we

ordered the rate already already ready, however, it's not on the off to see the decision to decide about it, the destinations, whether the defies are going to happen to also it needs to give their approval and the association of european aerospace saying that the states timeline for that perhaps will be march beginning of march 2025. however, now the country is being able to connect with you to another. now they're expecting to be connected to the world soon as well. but as i said, they're due to be an aerospace efficient. it said that the re, honestly, the timeline for that perhaps will be the 1st week of the march 2025. so syrian and about to take offset the 1st domestic flight to take off since the fall of the sod regime and re so we also uh hearing that jordan's only passenger and

commercial border crossing into syria, which was closed in, in the wake of the, the latest fighting is soon to reopen. that is also quite significant, isn't it? as indeed absolutely, that is now one of the main lifeline of syria, particularly for them. 1 and when the fights was, it will suffice, was on green steel between the opposition fighters and the region forces on december 6th. so jordan decided to close, it's due to the security reasons. and that is one of the lifelines, because many of the like, like always have tons of tons of goods and then goes from fluids from that job or both the gates for the passing to, to see that now is not 2 ways is just coming from jordan inside to syria, i have a student that is setting forth in a significant level open course, using the fact that the gaze with your rock are still close to one with which, with lebanon, are still disrupted one checking. now, gradually, it's getting better. however, the country is no economy can do

a status. so it's 13 years off, a civil war has almost destroyed the economy, diversities, and much of the country. you're not talking about that information. over 1450 percent. and the height is huge unemployment. and not particularly the shortage of food and the other stuff could be a crisis of it is not the police and it pulled happened. but these, your opinion of the board, this definitely is going to be a relief for a serious. but the, for the new administration that they are on one hand trying to preserve the states to make sure that this was the collapse of the region, but not collapse of the states. and also preserving just the security. and also making sure that people are not going to suffer further from the poverty or the level of the food or so. and so that's why this is absolutely important. city of the needs that needs to do international meditation, but also to today's particular, which is neighboring companies closer to the fact that more than 70 percent of c ds

today is with its neighbors. okay, thank you very much for that service. so sit live for us there in damascus. a, hey, not a developmental united nations says these are as ongoing military presence in the occupied golden heights buffer zone in syria is having a severe impact on its peacekeepers. it says the un mission has had to remove his ready flags in the area. these are the prime minister, says his army will stay in the area and sees last week and 7, syria for the foreseeable future. they municipal who made the comments during a visit to mount her mom, which is in syria beyond the borders of the a is really occupied part of the golan heights, is around the seas, the territory in the days after the fall of yasandra. she critics accuses round of exploiting the people in syria to make a land cry, as well as well as denied reports from several media organizations that is tools have taken control of syrian territory. the form is to called it

a limited and temporary security measure. this year, in observatory for human rights as the is really military, has seized form of syrian positions on mount carmel, and israel vacated the region under the 1934. this engagement agreement at 2800 meters mount him on is the highest speaking syria, and just 40 kilometers from the capitol is arouse, capture of military size bed would placed damascus within range of its hot tillery . the mountain provides views of the 3 countries. israel never known and syria and it would allow, is really chose to monitor hezbollah, strong holes in east and 11 on including the cavity. and conduct surveillance in syria. analysts say is really radars have long had a blind spot which allows no flying jones to enter from yvonne the capture of mount her mom would close that gap as speaking, more or less bringing mohammed arrived in damascus to talk to us about this uh, the situation on the ground there and you know,

the feeling among people this about the presence of the is really all mean this area fights for the we visited the area yesterday and we met with the villages and we found in one of those villages just a few 100 meters away from the latest, from the, the closest area that these ladies have reached people. they are complaining about the fact that they are forced out of their homes. and we met a few families who came from a village called the us. some of them allow the which is not ok 5 by is are you. they told a bus stop done on the 8th of december is a the tax on so just came and opened fire on them. opened fire on the buildings on the homes and they uh, the march and the streets of the village at daybreak and settled eyes, the women and children,

and forced people to leave their homes. these people who met now was shelter in another village at the joan, the new frontline of these id existence. and you can see with the naked eye, is there any tax in the horizon just to it just, just a couple 100 meters away from where we were talking to those people. so they feel really puzzled by this situation. they don't know what's going to happen to them. they don't know whether they will be allowed to go back to the villages until could hear about more than a 100 families of hobby listed by only one village at shake order. one village chief would talk to us. we don't know the scope of this situation, but the people will not tell us not to these. widespread, the many people who lost their homes, which have been converted into our posts for is that it is so just they have been also complaining about the options, what they described as the complete absence. busy of the states of the new leaders in damascus and asking why they haven't at least sent someone to talk to the men,

to reassure them that the government is going to do something about the situation. so here was talking about the police thought he's only 45 to 50 kilometers away from damascus on mount. tell them and not to mention. on the top of that mountain is i saw just capable of seeing the life as a skylight of damascus itself. it's a, i mean it's so typically speaking, it's a threat to make situation to the secuity of city a while is i, is talking about the measures at describing them as taken in. i mean, to preserve and to protect the secuity, obviously, but no one upon them. 3 in the, from the perspective of the, of the villages out is thinking of doing something about the security of city itself and of its people particularly exhaust area. okay. thank you very much, much for that moment. vive reporting. they live from damascus as the military chief of high terrier alshaun,

the umbrella group of fighters that over through the sondra she said it intends to dissolve a solved wing and formerly, much under the bonnet of the syrian military. he also said that courteous controlled areas will be integrated into serious new leadership. united wants to see that the institutionalization of the military is definitely the next step. all military units, including the armed wing of h t. s, must be integrated into the army. if it was stopped, well then that's when the problem of how we hope to reach a stage where we no longer talked about factions. because this is a thing of the past. it was merely a means to and then when we will be among the 1st like the initiative to dissolve our armed wing on the front. i'm in a bit of what i can and regarding the area controlled by the sds, god willing and will be integrated under the countries new administration. the united nations security council, meanwhile, has issued a statement calling for an inclusive and serial lead to political process. soft of a fault of the sod regime, you ends invoices syria address the council on tuesday presenting

a roadmap for transition. but he also warns that the conflict has not ended pointing detentions between turkish box fighters and kurdish lead forces. gabriel is on to has moved from you and headquarters in new york. the 1st security council meeting on serious since the fall of a side with council members got updates on the political and humanitarian situation . on the political front gear petterson, the un special envoy for syria spoke to the counsel via video conference from damascus. he's been meeting top officials of the new administration and says there's growing support to recognize and assist the new leaders and from steering transition concrete movement on, i'm inclusive political transition, really big t m. ensuring so you're gonna receive state along support and needs. and so it is clear in the match the willingness to engage the needs already mens and for the

only be addressed with broad support including us. bruce m to sanctions prompted actual on designations to. i'm further reconstruction, the why petterson told the counselor, a roadmap to a syrian, the lead political transition should have 4 key elements, an orderly transition and preservation of state institutions. it should be inclusive of the protest spectrum of syrian society and political parties. there must be a new constitution and free and fair elections. petterson also told is real to stop . it's a tax on syria is right, and let's see is oil supplement activity and they don't provide ceiling going all rich are any good attacks on serial silver entity unto to tony and then tell you are the most stop on a humanitarian front. tom fletcher, the new via pointed emergency relief coordinator, also brief. the council from damascus. he said before the fall of the assad regime, 17000000 syrians,

82 men at terry and support. 1000000 new people have been displaced in less than 2 weeks, but he also came to the council with a rare good news. the situation has begun to stabilize. as i've seen this week, markets rose health facilities are reopening. children have gone back to school. 8 operations, a gradually resuming across most of our house in the security council gone are the days of division and disagreements over syria, at least right now within the counsel and the wider international community. there is consensus that there's a real opportunity to help syria through this transition. gabriel's on to l, just either at the united nations in new york. it took years for administer has rejected claims. it orchestrated the takeover of syria on monday. us president

elect donald trump said on correct was behind the collapse of yasandra, she speaking exclusively to oranges. here in his 1st english interview, how confidant told sammy's aid on the us packing of syria and curtis groups amounts to support of terrorism. the us president says to kia, has conducted and what he called an unfriendly takeover of syria. something he says took, he has wanted for thousands of years. how do you respond to that? they took it, conduct an unfriendly takeover of sonia. well, i think 1st of all, let me say this. we will then call it a tech code because it will be a great mistake to present what's been happening in syria for seating people is not to take over. i think if there is any k quote, it is the will of the proceeding people which is taking over now do you, do you consider in that scenario for example, that the us is backing a total group by supporting the y p g?

yes. and, and we've told, told this openly many times, and if that policy doesn't change, does that put you on a collision course with the united states, especially with the new administration that's coming into pal? well, this is exactly what we've been trying to avoid for some years. and you can wash the full interior with turkey as for administer and talk to andrea 0 later on wednesday at 2030 g m t still ahead on allergies here. a suspect is detained after russian general is killed by a bomb in moscow will have a live rate. the had a low that let's have a look at the weather across europe over the next few days. and there's good news,

at least through the mid week for southern parts of europe. we've got some very successful weather conditions here, twice, guys, with lots of sunshine, just a few showers coming into northern parts of it could be possibly some phone issues in the morning as well. so the know so this what it is looking quiet, but cloudy, so little bit gray and gloomy across central parts of year. but at least they've got those double figures in places like brandon and pars, and that's called towards the north east, with wintery conditions. still sweeping into moscow, we'll get a little bit of woods back in here, but still you can see the worst of that was extending across the west to save the west until last on wednesday. got a band of heavy rain moving in a cost present on the island divided. it extends its way of the east. ahead of that . you can see the wintery wave pushing back in to west and pots of russia. we've got the rain and the strong wind behind that, and we've been expecting some heavy falls across the eastern areas of france. but still the want is there. you can see temperature is

a still in the early teens with powers and in but then it is going to get colder. however, of course, parts of england for london. well, we'll have the temperature by thursday, rain on friday. the latest news as it breaks the last test, what was the plates of power of president bus chart assets. his role is now over with detailed coverage. the mom on his friend is a $5.00 to $1.00 to process the one and change that for disability. what rest of the faithful, the, and the beach from around the world. bruce, the valley avenue is filled with tens of thousands of processes in the 7th consecutive night of pros, as in the georgia and capital, the, the,

the, [000:00:00;00] the . so again, you're watching these are on algae 0 reminder of our main stories. no. then guys come out, add one hospital has again been targeted by is really forces. they also struck

a nearby residential building. the hospital director says dozens of people have been injured. serious for his domestic flights since the fall of yasandra machine has taken off from the cap on damascus. and his head into the 2nd city a level the airport has been shut down for security reasons. and the united nation settings are as military presence along the golden heights proffer zone in syria is severely impacting its peacekeepers. the commons come after prime minister benjamin is now visited the area and said these are in the army will stay there for the foreseeable future. the russian authorities say they have detained a suspect over the killing of a senior general in moscow. on tuesday, the 20 down your firm was becky stein has reportedly confessed to collaborating ukrainian intelligent services. in the attack on eagle carried off. he was

a commander of russia's nuclear, chemical and biological defense division, and was investigating activities by the us in ukraine. the bomb was hidden in any electric scooter. on august, the air is correspondents, are covering this story from russia and ukraine will be speaking to alex, topless and keith in just a moment. but 1st, let's go live to your shop provided by in moscow. tell us about the latest investigation, and this arrest that's been made you of the, the official information would have come scottsdale, the russian investigators can we see on the f as b as they have reveal details about the rest of the public trade. so the mazda, of ahead of the chemical and biological protection troops, he won't care real of his assistance. so as you mentioned, the detain, mine is a 29 year old citizen, rebecca son, who was a change in the middle school region. as we had even publish, such as the interrogation of the mind, according to the suspects,

he was recruited by the ukrainian special services as well commissioning the crime who has promised $100000.00 entitled to one of the european countries to leave. here in most care, he received a allegedly receipt of course, a home made exclusive device and then ran to the car where he installed a visa surveillance camera was at no cost to the ukrainian safety of the park. so after receiving a signal about carrie lives at his assistance, leaving the entrance of the building of the suspect. that's a nice has an explosive device. and as a result, as you'll notice, a high ranking casual and he says 3 year old assistance were killed. the survival of explosion was the general's dr. assisting racing in economy advisor. according to a foreign ministry surprise, who when maria's, the russian mission to the you are and will raise the issue of that talk against general curriculum at the security council meeting requested for december. the 20th . thank you. yeah. for the latest and for most coolest crossover,

the keys now and on. defense editor alex, good talking to the sonics. what are the cranium saying about all this? a will do the training authorities had entitled an invite in general care law on monday for the alleged use of low level battlefield chemical weapons. this is primarily coral pickering, which is a form of military cs or wide control gas is designed to incapacitate but not to kill. now the russians have allegedly use this chemical weapons multiple times in battlefield situations in order to be able to incapacitate ukrainian defenders. so the russians can exploit that and take over those positions. now, gentle care love had authorized this use according to you. crazy is. so they are now saying that this was a legitimate strike and also proving to ukrainians and to russians that they can

attack someone until then in the heart of the enemies capital must go. alex, thank you very much for that sonic script happens with the late to save from key the say now the world use aftershocks continue to ride over on why to the following a 7.3, magnitude earthquake on tuesday. at least 14 people have been killed in hundreds more injured search and rescue efforts i on going out to the quick triggered line slides and collapsed buildings. more than one in 3 people in the pacific island nations have been affected as alexandra by his reports. disaster strikes valuable to this is the moment, the 7.3 magnitude earthquake, exploded deep under water near the coast of the capital port v last one of the most powerful quakes to hit the region in decades. it's a stronger quick than i've ever experienced in my 21 years living in binary walter, and i've seen quite a few and quite a few large ones. my wife said it was the largest one she had seen in her life. i

assure you, of course, is born in bundle i for at least 6 aftershocks followed the initial quake, which flashes buildings throughout the city. like this one, housing, the american, british, and french embassies. all staff are safe and accounted for. but communications are down in power and water cut in most of the capital roads to the port destroyed by land slides with the hospital to damage to function. injured people are being treated outside. nearby australia is deploying emergency teams to help. we will provide whatever assistance is required. i'd say i say to the people have been a while to your family and australia is here to help donna watts who lives within the pacific ring of fire. and 1st quakes are common here. un says more than 100000

people have been affected by this one. witnesses report bodies laying in the streets as rescuers work to help survivors and find those missing, the death toll is expected to rise. alexandra buyers, al jazeera, came on, chico colo is the director of well division in vine want to he says, support for the search and rescue effort is the most critical at the moment. the. the biggest supplies that, that are required at the moment. i'm maybe cool. um both it may be quite st shows and probably um, uh, stuff as well. uh, one additional request that has been made by our government to the international community is. busy technical support to inform all fund missionary, but also informed the people that would help be the upset of the search and rescue mission. i'm up to the search and rescue mission is completed to then that's when um you material in organizations like also skin company now and, and sort of um, respond to the material needs. at the moment we anticipate that the biggest

material needs will be around for, as does the provision of what i especially to those that are living on the margins, particularly those that are leaving pretty auburn for me. it is, we also, i do understand that there would be an image as the food shortage, but um that's something that we're working on to estimate the impact of the, of the ethically. we haven't any existing. are you on the really i'm apart from being rated one of the most is that's the party. but from countries we rented, one will be hop just countries on that. so that's an interesting i any, i'm on with quite busy and does it continue to dissolve those? there's been a lot of work that um um, the fun working team of, of the indian, which is a disaster management. i'm a government a drink to try and to pay a full for the side of the season. but this particular one called us, i'm not aware of this is not the usual stuff that we deal with when we're dealing with the disaster. that's also the intensity. but also the scale of, of,

of this particular break is something that is, is, is um, unprecedented in, in our recent history to the french military is distributing critical a to people on the indian ocean island of my, your top to one of the strongest storms in nearly a century caused widespread damage. medical teams in the french overseas territory, a treating the wounded and sensual goods are being sent from nearby reunion island . at least 22 people were killed by the storm, which destroyed homes and the infrastructure in democratic republic of congo, at least 25 people have died after a boat capsized northeast. so a capital can shasta, the overcrowded vessel fits shortly after departure in the fee river. official say more than a 100 passengers, one board at the time of the accident searches on the way for dozens more still missing. one goal and now with civil rights back to this are expressing frustration with a new law that aims to protect state institutions from vandalism. during protests.

they say the legislation is unconstitutional and effectively abolishes the right to demonstrate how latasha reports from the capital one to rosa and today is 5 years old. her brother adolfo, is 3. the drawing on top is also her family window altogether. the one below is of the father. he is in jail, for protesting against the goal is the government. the mother gets the children to write to him every week. she says her husband is sick, and sometime tonight, musical k. i tried not to find because for you to feel hot springs on that situation, it's very painful. some samuel things thinking like up crying because this too much, but he felt so much pain and you came up to nothing. you have the right people to do something for them to be sent them k writes groups

describing goal is government as repressive symbols, who will or she, me, we have to turn around is you know, that does not respect human, right? that's good for being priced. these no freedom of assembly, no press, freedom of detroit arrest and government critics, a silenced it's an accusation. that's not a tooth tonight. the government also sees peoples of property, participate in the gathering, and not use protest accounts and violence. i'll see to myself. so the allocations makes by just as a north, through our goal in catherine and respect human rights and democracy my, according to the law and constitution, they are human rights. and nicola, is the presidential decree that the rescue to assist and goal is using the legal system to cut down on critics over the politicians in this building and by the possible try to introduce legislation. the rise group say failed to meet

international human rights standards. and restrict freedom of expression, some of these laws and keep with in terms of up to 25 years for people who participate in purchase that result in vandalism, and disrupt services. and goal as the trying to rebuild is reputation. since 27 years of civil war came to an end in 2002, the country is an important trading partner for china and the united states. but as of a say, they also want the international community to pay more attention to human rights. have them with us out of their lawanda in the us, the suspect in the high profile carrying of a health insurance executive has been charged with murder as an act of terrorism. luigi mind joanie is accused of shooting dad's unitedhealthcare cl, brian thompson in new york. 2 weeks ago, the case attracted worldwide worldwide attention with many online criticizing the insurance industry and an affordable health care. this was a frightening,

well planned, targeted murder that was intended to cause shock and attention and intimidation. it incurred and one of the most bustling parts of our city, draining the safety of local residents interest, so like commuters and business people just starting out on their day. let me say this plainly. there is no heroism in what men gianni did. this was a senseless act of violence. it was a cold and calculated crime that stole a life and putting new yorkers at risk. we don't celebrate murders, and we don't lie, an ice the killing of any one and any attempt to rationalize this is a vile, reckless and offensive to our deeply held principles of justice. randi selling is a criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor. he says the severity of the charges is unexpected. so i can tell you that certainly

um it was a creative charging decision at a creative decision by the district attorney's office to present the grand jury with the option of been guiding for murder in the 1st degree. and again, this notion of, of the way the murder was committed, it was done so brazenly, it was done in a method and in a manner that would have intimidated the population of new york city. and that's exactly what the statute costs were. whether we're talking about intimidating the population or a timber dating the government, the way that the murder was carried out. certainly on a busy street 6th avenue. yes, it was 6 45 in the morning, but lots of people are out in manhattan at 6 45 in the morning. that degree of planning and not degree of doing it in the open. the temperate ation factor is what

elevates it from 2nd degree to 1st degree canada as prime minister is facing calls to step down even from members of his own party. as after his deputy prime minister resigned in an act of descent, christopher freeland was considered to those most loyal allies in the statement, freeland, to criticize judo for, quote, political gimmicks and said they disagreed on how to handle terrorist threatened by the incoming us president elect donald trump toto has led the country for nearly a decade in recent comments. he liked in turmoil within his own party to a family fight. it has been an eventful couple of days, hasn't been easy. and that's why i'm so happy to see you guys know it's, it's hard not to feel happy with more like this liberals among families because that's what we really are a big family now,

like like most families, sometimes we have fights around the holidays. but of course, like most families, we find our way through it a c, a head on knowledge, a 0 will look at the further deteriorating relations between argentina and

venezuela, as diplomatic disputes to escalate the the so again, venezuela has the rest of the military police officer from argentina, accusing him of espionage is the latest in

a series of different medic disputes between the 2 countries. since president nicholas venturo declared victory in july's dispute to the lex today. simple reports to be have been living in the arguing time embassy for 9 months. 6 members of living is willing a position close to former presidential candidate money equity. now my child will have taken refuge at the embassy and that, i guess the embassy is represented by brazil says argentine and venezuela broke off diplomatic relations earlier this year. like you know, in front of you at a we can use conference, they claimed their under siege a muscle up to the latter, we have been able to observe security agents for that face is covered on the wearing camouflage fatigues and carrying assault rifles. they also say the electricity is cut off and have no running water. the international community has been requesting a safe passage, but for now it has not been granted. and you live if you have any further and argentina,

cut all diplomatic ties following the presidential elections with nikolai, my, the cleaning victory without providing data to support his claim. have you had any labels among the 1st ones to accuse nicola model of committing fraud? my little responded by calling him a fascist. now an audion time military officer, now way angel was detained, crossing the border to venezuela. this was the last photo of him before being present. he was allegedly traveling to visit his when his willing wife and their child had returned to venezuela for personal reasons. so i'm out of the business. we liked names, guys don't, wasn't emission given, you know, said i mean this, well, what was he doing in venezuela? what was his job, but they don't say that we will say it at some point. they say his wife was here if you want to get a girlfriend come to venezuela, it hurts them because he was coming to do a mission. and the argentine in government says gospel is being used by the governmental, punish nations who do not recognize me for last my,

the widow's presidency. and they probably have malays government has put, they've been a swear, less case us and us a quick, a test for russian tina's following policy against coming is some, again, socialism. so i don't think our should do is going to step down with its pressure schedule. is the latest for we know it will be detained in venezuela since the elections in july human rights group. say they're at least 20 from countries like spain, if, why the united states. they have been accused of conspiracy and espionage all have no idea when or if they would be freed be. so i just see where the site is. a decade ago, leaders of the us and cuba made a bold decision to end the cold war that had kept them in a stalemate for more than half a century. diplomatic relations were restored and an economic embargo was east, but less than a year later. the trump administration reversed the policy

a lot in america has and lucy newman reports on december 18th, 2014 former us president for rock obama and cuban president. and i will, gosh, to surprise the world with an unexpected announcement. i've instructed sector carrie to immediately begin discussions with cuba to reestablish and diplomatic relations that have been separate since january of 1961. the decision name to bury more than 50 years of cold war hostilities, hostilities that at one point brought the world to the brink of the nuclear war. on both sides of the florida straits was hailed as an historic foreign policy achievement. between long time enemies, obama proved that wasn't the case, and that needed be the case in that us interest and cuban interest could be advanced by a positive engagement rather than perpetual antagonism. travel restrictions with

east boosting, tourism, and creating new opportunities for cubing onto pen. yours long time coming and i'm glad to say a bombers finally opened up the gates. obama became the 1st sitting who as president to visit the communist lit island. i would love to embrace him. there are so many things we have to change, but without into savings. but to you for you was short lived, less than a year later, president donald trump took off his sending and reversing the new cuba policy. and president joe biden did almost nothing to restore it. today. cuba is economy has collapsed, as has bi lateral cooperation in counter narcotics counter terrorism, an undocumented migration, which has reached record numbers many question whether this serves the interest of

either country. but as donald trump proposed to take office again, any hope that the breach can be rebuilt is all the gone to see in human, out to 0, to ecuador has completed a 1500000000 dollar deal to can says the amazon rain forest. the agreement will see part of his external debt swapped with spending on conservation. his ecuador 2nd debt buyback program, designed to free up government funding for environmental protection. japanese officials are criticizing a decision by denmark to release an anti whaling. activists from prison for watson was freed on tuesday after 5 months in custody. but he's wanted in japan where he faces an arrest warrant for trespassing and damaging a worship. 14 years ago, denmark has refused to expedite him to japan. therefore, do i have to say it will show up toilets and has been issued interest warrant as an accomplice and incident involving a destruction of business? no property damage or the closing injury to the crew of japan's research vessel

into anytime he has also been international. wanted by into paul, japan will continue to respond appropriate based on the law and evidence or to so that's it for this. and these are, but do say with this, i've got more of today's top stories coming up, showing the unique perspective, what could my community be gaining if we weren't spending money on all of those bonds? killing innocence. and as i said, 11 on, on her voices, the world has turned its back on so that our lives to match. so many people in math are just as much as the other connect with our community and be part of the conversation. we feel very unsafe because of the 2nd child presidency. they don't see the need. and then trying to a piece of people are social media. the stream on out to 0. his 1st trip out of because the optic and when i met with, as voters are sealed, then israel isolates because of

a palestinian filmmaker become stateless in no way. i. so if i'm just going to go for one month and go back again, separate from his family and homeland and denied the right to work the battles for acceptance in a foreign land. with dakota forms of lease, still know how to explain to situations, then you're going to fight it from because the to the optic. witness on and just along with batteries. and so the power electron vehicles become a key drive at the chinese economy and it's transition towards high tech growth. your opinion impose tariffs of up to 45 percent on chinese eaves. not quite so stiff is the 100 percent. that'd be impose the by both the us and canada, but enough to throw its expos strategy. of course, that's finally been attributed to front loading businesses, concerns about the power for us from the incoming us ministration. i've been speeding up. ford is to be to the new policy that might make it even more expensive

to buy chinese goods. china is the main provider for most of the consumer goods and industrial inputs. so there is a limit on how far those terms can go. and overtime, when people feel the pressure from inflation, there will be a political response event in new york. exports have remained resilient despite weakness and of the areas of the chinese economy. the dozens of people are injured in a new. is there any attack on the guys come out ad one hospital, the last functioning health facility in the know the i'm putting back people, you're watching colleges here at my from till i also a head. serious international airport is back in business for his domestic flights