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celebration on the eve of donald trump's, an organization. promising to repeal all present jo buttons, executive orders within the hours of taking off. the thanks for joining us and welcome to our special conference shows the sci fi and gaza. israel has released 90 palestinian prisoners as part of the deal with a mass. the the, they were welcomed by extensive crowds and petunia. they occupied westbank women and children prisoners and the 1st to be free to this initial phase of the deal. and the 2000 detainees are expected to be released over 6 week period. while the

student released from is right, the prisons have expressed a relief and say they face degrading treatment in detention. the not i've done that . i left hell and now i mean have been we're all out of health these to violate those feed us fire tear gas towards us. these to count to smaller heads were down on the floor. suddenly they enter the cells and fire gas towards the said bad words . it is, there's no food in it, no sweets, no. so there's nothing to be used to see this guy too. small squares are used to say, i hope i will see this guy without the squares. the moment they took us out of prison. i saw the mountains of carmel and the sky, making me do a one bedroom. i do not make and they didn't treat us well. there was no good to no medical treatment. i had symptoms of a stroke liquid around the heart and also blood pressure problems. i wasn't afraid of the illnesses i was worried that my family would know that i got out of my

colleague, the cock spoke to i was just, they were corresponding need to abraham. losing the occupied westbank covering the palestinian prisoner released during the november 2023 si fi. she says the deal has 4 hope to many palestinian families. of this been seeing images of these families greeting one another. the most prominent palestinian prisoner in dispatch is the p . f p leader and the occupied to us bank a highly da da da. she used to be a member of the policy in parliament, and he was really shocking to see how she looks now with old gray hair. and she used to look always with like her big kelsey black hair. and now you see how the prison has taken its toll on her. she has been in solitary confinement, and that's why she hasn't been giving a lot of interviews. now we've seen lots of cameras, but we've also seen and a lot of emotional moments of other prisoners being the united with their loved

ones, including those who, with at least now for the 2nd time or in the 2nd release. like it at one young boy from jericho. he was released in, in november of 2023 in the ceasefire then. and now he's been released again. it's really, you know, i seen that many passed in companies across the occupied with ben coke to be a part of because remember, we are looking at the upcoming weeks. we're more exchanges are expected to happen if this is higher, takes hold. and a lot of people are waiting, anticipating, hoping that their loved ones are going to be part of the few times that we saw hundreds and hundreds of people out on the streets to do with the buses, left the prison and went through the studio and on through a month, then at the very nate's time, all these comedy is going to look at the moment he is and they were waiting for a long, long time because the swap was supposed to take place around 14 g,

which started just a bit later when these really captives with a nice but as we've seen in november 2023, the process of releasing palestinian prisoners always came later march months later in the day, leaving me some of these out in the cold, waiting, anticipating, hoping. and indeed, some of them were concerned that this is, you know, there might have been a problem with the, with the deal itself. so a so much joy and let's say with the release of the posting and prisoners came out as of to 3 fried his way the captive reunited with their families. the ones steinberg come roaming going then and emily tomorrow we would taken by how much fight is 15 months ago and held in garza, a total of $33.00 out of about $95.00 captive seduced, be released in the 1st phase of the seas. 5 deal of a 6 week period. i'm uh,

excited and very, very happy to tell you that this evening the 3 captive that were released to arrive here at the mid couldn't see, especially, but with the consent there. um, i'm happy to report that out in stable condition that allows us and them to focus on what is the most important thing for now is uniting with the families. there were united with the families and we will continue to monitor all their clinical condition. this will take a few more days until we complete the only examinations that are needed. i will just bear with us. i'll show you if was among the crowd and gaza when the 3 is ready, the captives were released. the i'm now standing at the right square, where the vehicle's carrying is ready, captives have started to arrive on the same. they were scolded by cassandra good

sizes, massive crowds from among the guys and just have flux to the square. and these exclusive images, you're watching on l g 0. as we speak, we can see also a large number of customer guides faces. these are live images of these ready captives. we witness 3 is ready captives inside this vehicle, live images exclusively on al jazeera. and now the 3 is ready, captives disembarking the vehicle and now they are on the way to be handed over just so much as they were handed over to the red cross and then put onto another vehicle headed in the opposite direction. how did the now i'm just in front of the red cross, the vehicle carrying those 3 is really captive. the vehicle is now moving off to having taken the captives and the house of guys, the city. that is the main landmark of the city sariah square. this is exactly where the 3 is ready. captives were handed over by custom brigade spots as to the

red cross representatives or the southern southern developments from amman and jordan. because this round has bind, i'll just do it from operating within the country. the mysteries email is really captives released from dogs that have been reunited with their families at a hospital in central israel. these really military had confirmed once they cross the border from gaza into israel, that they were in the hands of his really forces where they went in initial identity check followed by an initial medical exam before they were err lifted to the hospital. once they arrive, doctor said they were actually in pretty good shape so they could delay their medical exams a bit so that they could spend more time with their families. this was a ceasefire deal that was a long time in the making and family members of these captive say that they are happy to have their loved ones back. but this is a ceasefire deal that needs to be seen all the way through past phase one, past phase 2 and ultimately to phase 3. because that is the only way to ensure the

release of the remaining is really captive. it's also worth mentioning that is really prime minister benjamin netanyahu was under a lot of pressure to make this deal happen under pressure by incoming you as president donald trump, i pressure by the outgoing bided administration. and also pressure from is really society who had been protesting against his leadership for more than a year, but none the less, this was just the 1st release of captives on saturday. we can expect for more captives to be released. that's the 7 of the ceasefire followed by 3 captives each additional week before. finally, the 6th and final week of the 42 day pause. that is phase one or 14 captives will be released from the central jersey. oh, i'm a are processing is forcibly displace from northern garza and i was turning home through the rubble. the area has been on the stage moving 3 month, 15 months of his variety of tanks. so gaza of flats and large parts of the palestinian territory. space 1900000 of its 2300000 residents. most all

coaches in northern garza with thousands of people displaced by the way. the attacks returning to us left of the homes today is the 1st day of the sea. as far as is why the army with a drill full value of the box and then nothing got to slip residence of people who wherefores to move from nothing goes trip to the gulf, no city now on returning to the homes as the captain of the sea behind you and allow me to slip away. so people started to return to the hose, hopefully a bunny lease. i left you a little. i spent the last 3 months displaced and l shockey district. thanks a lot for the truth and i'm now going to see how my houses. hopefully i will find a few holes to live behind. i used to live in this building with my family and my uncles families look on the agreement about i'm a solo of it was a 5 troll building. the building used to host around 50 people,

including my father, myself, and our families, something with them and to show you when i initially left, as you can see, the house, the whole thing was reduced to rubble. metal cab, 50 people of my family will live in the streets. schools have also been destroyed. there is no life at all in the case of seeing the area and the northern part of the gaza strip. hi beth, no one, no. who you then, this is a house and all of our neighborhoods, all of it destroyed, even the mosque was targeted and destroyed this even difficult to set up a change here. as i'm talking through a little a soft hallway neighborhood, which is why the obvious patient for more than 3 months, for us seemed to be able to evacuated a fleet to the gauze city. and behind me, after this way, the army withdrew from the small it's undervalued or who to come. hundreds of families, oddly. 2 earning to the homes in july, never for as you can as bit tunnel and also bit here. as you can clearly see behind

me, hundreds of families on the timing white talks was that goes uh i the most of also call on foot. so the b, b. ok, so heavy, that is fine. any i seos for you? no more bump things, no more attacks. no more besieging rule evacuation orders. and as you can clearly see, the ton of butler still have concerns about if there have any homes or not, because these way the army destroyed the vast majority of the residential buildings and you're better off as you can on of the box. was it gonna flow with that? just data as the fall, we neighborhoods, palestine, and obviously what say include re, spoke to some of the people in the displays come in denver obama, the we're currently in the center of the bus. and this is a make shift comp. we're talking about $761.00 policy means time and these were

displays from the nothing gall those trip. and the gospel city here, living where is harsh conditions waiting for the minute they are going to be able to go back to their homes and go back to their neighborhoods, talking with the palestinians. here they're saying they're counting the seconds to go and to reach their houses. and even if their houses were collapsed and reduced into rubble, they still want to go and sit on the rubble of their houses. honey in the field, while we are very happy to know that we are going back to our houses and neighborhoods until the very precious based on we will see our families again. but we don't want was, we don't want destruction and death for them on the policy and people face so much hardship to myself. i like everyone else. i need to feed my 2 sons. this house we need to go back to work and to take care of our farms and not profiting. and then when i arrive in bay till noon, i will immediately go and see my house. i will set up the tents on the rubble going

up in our lives and i will go back to my family, my relatives, my neighbors, and the ones that i love. this couple of bad is all. what is the laughter family have? this is the only things they have left and this is what they parked for, to go back to the another in parts of the gaza strip. and so last, despite the fact that she knows that she won't be able to walk back north on the 1st week, she still packed everything ready to go for us to. i'm in the shore sapient into my dreams beyond measure. from the moment i'm not the sci fi, i quickly packed all of my things because i am ready to go to god and city my children, that excuse me, happy to go. i see our findings relative and our lines here, we are always schedule more read by car and we would be very happy and joy would come back to a life, children, women, men, elderly. every one in this come is waiting to go back to their houses,

just like every single palace to me and that was forced to enter lindsey displays from place to another. these policy and use were displaced for 7 times 8 times 9 times. and all they regret is the moment they left their houses. this is in the city, i'll just need a good bus called the pa, the starting future. stephanie is a political and the, let's see was a, was search for the posting of a ton center. the school of oriental african studies in london, he told i don't just say that, but it could take decades because a to rebuild while many or roy league, feeling joy and relief after the whole row of the past 15 months, this cease fire is not the end of the structural genocide that has been in place since 9048 and we are entering uncharted territory. but it has really been one of the most intense genocide award is in recent history. and

we're now to a point where um, over 90 percent of housing units have been destroyed or damaged, which means that at least $80000.00 homes have been rented. and inhabitable schools, universities, hospitals, sell centers, no sector as the sped from the almost total destruction. so the situation is beyond catastrophic and is really at the moment, little to return to what we saw in the past is the israel cause this must have disruption and phase no consequences. so, and in the past, international governments have stepped in to put the bill. but to break this cycle, if international governments are serious about wanting to help rebuild garza, they must 1st create the conditions that prevent israel from in the future, attacking what may be rebuilt. and one way to do that would be to fund the reconstruction. well, also cutting the massive economic military and diplomatic supports days provided to

israel still had a voucher, 0 humanitarian aid trucks and to gaza was part of the deal providing relief from 1900000 palestinians. the brink of salvation. the the a. hi. lo there, the weather is looking largely settled and sunny across much of the middle east and live. and we are a winter feature that is working its way from the caucuses across the caspian sea, bringing some snow in some way to weather, to the north west of iran. we'll see those wintery features touching in to tear on some of those as well, lingering around to northeastern areas of took you, but elsewhere across the reach. and it is looking very quiet and twice. we can see some breezy conditions of picking up across the golf. but the west of the wind is

still affecting the very north of africa, in particular the move west who go to system coming into the library and potential of that's gonna really pick up the wins for places like morocco on monday. but it's much quieter in algeria just days after a system boat, some snow to the mountains, the people were enjoying that things have cleared up. you can see the end of that system bringing some showers across the eastern parts of libya and into egypt. but the west coast was found to down in the south of africa. we still got a big bus of rain from the democratic report republic of congo, all the way down to madagascar is much wyatt across the west and pumps of south africa, which some shot was coming in for the sioux to n. s a teenie. manipulated by those in power and selection is unique and we've seen anything like it for an

old person. they were instrumental in helping the president when the election, driven by so interested plays with their pastor non profits for people susceptible to government control. this type again, and it's designed to inflame and defense the way that the story is being told. it's not right. and it's not accurate from social networks to legacy media. the listening post exposes the forces behind the headlight on out, is there the in the so good even though just the right, he's a reminder of our top stories this our israel was released, 90 palestinian prison is positive because this, these 5 deal with the mass women and children prison,

this is the 1st to be freedom. this initial phase of 53 same outcome tubes of being reunited with the mother's 15 months after they were taken by him. awesome health and cause a drawing stein, greco, roman gordon, and emily demari went handed to the right crossing casa city, and then driven across the border to israel. desperately need deliveries of age have now started to cross into gaza. the trucks are being passing through the roof of board across the incoming humanitarian supplies included lots of food and fuel, the seats, fazio requests $600.00 truckloads of age to be allowed into gaza every day. rosario bowen is from yusef. n, as in amble, i see in south west and gaza. she says that our tremendous challenges to getting immediate a to palestinians in the strip. the challenges ahead are tremendous. the ceasefire is a very, very critical 1st step that is necessary to save children's lives. but when it comes to their, um, the enormous suffering and the total depravation that they face and

a ceasefire on its own, isn't going to take that suffering a way that there's tremendous challenges here inside god. so the operating environment for humanitarian organizations like unicef and others, simply hasn't been there throughout this war the, the total in security, but also the destruction of infrastructure here in gaza has made it extremely difficult for us to bring supplies in, but not just at also to be able to distribute them um to families in need. throughout garza, the 8 that needs to enter gaza immediately, really stretches across different areas. we talk about shelter, warm shelter, because people live in, make shift tens that don't keep families stay safe and protected against the pools . they don't keep families warm, we need food and nutrition items to come in. hunger has been increasing throughout guys a very severe hunger,

and there's tens of thousands of children with acute mental nutrition. we need some items to repair the water infrastructure system here cause left to clean water is virtually non existent. we need hygiene items for, for people to be able to wash themselves even things like a bar of soap. and that becomes hard to find. and when it isn't the market, it's usually not affordable, but some of the 8 that children and gas i need is no 8 that we can bring onto trucks. every single child and gas that today is deeply, deeply scarred and traumatized by what they've witnessed. they've gone through the things that no child should ever have to witness. the the now we are less than 24 hours away from the little gratian to president elect. donald trump, the,

this is how many miles is come back with a make america great. again victory, raleigh. a performance by the village. people in washington made promise of the promise of the crowd gather that from firing to build an eye and miss all shields. to repeating all of present j buttons, executive orders, you will say to credit for the cease fire, gaza perhaps most beautiful. this week we achieved an epic ceasefire agreement as a 1st step forward. lastly, this disagreement could only have happened as a result of our historic victory in november, redway some victory, was that the greatest? i don't even know which was great or 2016 or this one. i think this one was just, it was mind kind of was the riley it was standing room only and there wasn't really much of that. the crowd had too full. i was on the side to get into the arena. they

were rewarded once they got in with a pop concert, the comments from hollywood royalty. he will make america great again the dental code for them, but they will wait to donate from well, thank you very much. thank you. who purchased expense and pledge a better future. we're going to cut your taxes. and inflation slash your price is getting a back down, raise your wages, and bring thousands of factories back to the usa, right where they belong. and that'll be done through terrorists and smart policy. we will build american, we will buy america, then we will hire american. i will end the war in your brain. i will stop the

chaos of the middle east and i will prevent world war 3 from happening. it was consumed as well that the president select will be signing a lot of the executive orders. once he takes office, among them and the top of the list, we were told one on immigration. mike kinda, i'll just sierra washington was talking about special coverage of drums and olga ration were focusing on issues central to us domestic and foreign policy issue a vanya from washington dc. donald trump, once the counter rising chinese influence around the world, and he has famously threatened to impose a 60 percent export tariff on chinese goods. the question we're asking right now, how could the us showing a competition play out on the african continent? houses here is nick act reports from senegal. this chinese own factory, instead of go manufacturers, trousers, shirts, and shorts sold in us stores feeding what manager mohammed sort describes as

americans appetite for past fashion. but with donald trump's return to the white house, he's worried african countries will be caught in the middle of a trade war between the us and china. that much of west point ocean. well, i work for the chinese, but i chase after the americans, they're the customers and the customer was always key phone. we have to keep the american satisfied because our link to the chinese is only the raw material. the fabric, if our leaders reopened local fibers factories, we could easily move on from the chinese and then we can't afford to lose the customers. under the african growth and opportunity act, countries on the continent could export goods to the united states. judy free, it takes just 14 days for the clothes made in west africa to reach american shores . compared with the 9 months it takes for shipments from china. sending these workers here produced over a 1000000 garments all destin to the united states. they were sent just 2 weeks ago . there is the norm as potential here, but look at the factory floor. now. the owners are waiting to hear from

trump's new administration's decision on the existing trade deals. and so this chinese factory of africa holds by thread. come says current trade agreements are unfair to american businesses, putting their future in doubts. in february, he's due to visit the continent for the 1st time when he attends b. g. 20 summit in south africa with this date 20 presidency. i suppose trump will be looking more at quick wins for american businesses, for american financial institutions. whenever he'd been looking towards building partnerships, that will be bringing about stability, which is the biggest thing that has rocking a lot of african countries. trump, to return to power comes as west african nations severed ties with the us for russia. and us support for israel, strange african relations further. and mid this uncertainty, star searches for new buyers, shifting tree potential away from the united states and into the hands of its

rivals. nicholas hawk. l. just the right term. yeah, jo, senegal. well, davidson joins if you're a former investor to ethiopia in burkina faso. you're also the co author of china and africa century of engagement. can you run us through? what is the us footprints in africa? and how does it compare to china is footprint. china? it has a very significant economic footprint on the con, particularly on the trade side. it's the largest trading partner of africa. it's has been until recently a major provider of loans to africa, primarily for infrastructure projects. those dollar value projects of decrease significantly in recent years. but they're still important. united states, on the other hand, is a major aid provider to africa, about $9000000000.00 annually. and recent years, versus $1500000000.00 annually for china in the us is not

a major training partner today. us is also a major security partner of many african countries. although there have been some difficulties in this. i'll region recently, china, much less so, except in the un peacekeeping field where china has played an important role. is it fair to say that us in china are competing in africa and if so, what are they competing for? they are competing, they're competing for influence. among other things, africa is 54 nations. that's more than one quarter of the makeup of their general assembly of the united nations. how those are important votes when it comes to issues that both countries are interested in. they're interested in long term global power, both countries that are interested in norm setting. and this is perhaps the most contentious area today, where the us and the western countries of traditionally set most international norms in china doesn't like some of them. and would like to change them. so it's

trying to get the global south, particularly the african countries, to follow its views on norm setting, dealing with digital decisions. for example. how do you think that competition can play out under donald trump? i think that you will not see a significant difference between the way it played out at 1st and the for and the 1st trump administration on the one hand, the bind administration which more or less continued it and what will be now the 2nd trump administration, i think you're going to see essentially a repeat of where there's frankly a lot more talk then there is action because the us ability to make inroads, and some of these fields is rather limited and heavily depend.