david stokes al jazeera rescue workers in morocco are getting closer to reaching a young boy who fell down a well the digging up pot of a hillside now and a delicate operation. to reach the 5 year old, he's been shot at the bottom of the 30 to me to well for 5 days. now can wish will answer arcadia. to me like, are we living in a true catastrophe in this area with our son, ryan? we pray to god for good news to make us in all moroccans happy. god that will love and as though as it were praying for ryan to be alive may his family. if patience and honestly our hearts are breaking through labor. i hope he will come out of this . okay. it's like one of our own children has fallen. we are praying for his safety . he's one of our children. the us republican national committee is voted to censure to of its own politicians. they alice cheney adam adam tinge, and timson jer, i'm sorry, they are accused of defying party leadership by taking part in an investigation into the january 6 ride on capitol hill. on friday, republican politicians officially described the attack by donald trump, supporte

why as nearly 3000 competitors from 91 nations fight to take home a gold medal, david stokes al jazeera and a piece. both correspondence stephen wyatt has more on the atmosphere in by jean. i was in the 2008 ordering ceremony here. 13 and a half years ago. it was 30 to 33 degrees, sweltering hot pac stadium, 91000 people right now back. and we have maybe 20 or 30000 fans. we're not sure. maybe 40 percent full and it's below 0 is one or 2 degrees below 0 here. so it's a very different different atmosphere. and what are games of course are much smaller than the summer game. so they're really not not comparable. but paging is the most unlikely. can have one or lympics, but in 2015, 6 european countries who should have had or could have been far dropped out too expensive or political problems. yeah. to see what had was left with. not because extend and beijing, they chose beijing, beijing. i think with the more surprising anybody, so the games are here, the run up to the games have been filled with contention. the weaker the genocides is going on in northwestern. john, the region here has o

david stokes al jazeera, the russian president was one of 20 world leaders to attend the winter olympics opening ceremony. vladimir putin. l talks with his chinese counterpart, she jing ping, they announced a strategic partnership described by the leaders as quote, unprecedented katrina. ye reports from begging that in a putin and she didn't ping standing shoulder to shoulder showing what they describe as an unshakable bond. the leaders of russia and china met ahead of the opening of the winter olympics invade. ching, it's the 1st time president she has met a foreign counterpart in person. since the beginning of the pandemic struggle, certainly zulu, thoroughly hitler, or a spirit of friendship and the strategic partnership. her route, the unprecedented levels. banjo or maria ad there. so she went to olympics 80 years ago, we promised to meet again. we have kept that promise. the leaders signed a joint statement, presenting a united front on a range of foreign policy issues. they called for nato to end its expansion and for the military alliance to abandon it's so cold, cold war approach

david stokes al jazeera, thousands of people have rallied in molly against the former colonial power from st . they were celebrating the expulsion of the french ambassador. the demonstration happened on the same day. the e, you unveiled a series of sanctions against the countries military leaders is alexi o'brien waving money and fled susan's gathered in molly's heaped obamacare the taste against the former corn poor fool. it was even herbert concerns of french president macklin, which was later set on fire. oh, the crowd was celebrating the expulsion, the french ambassador. he was given 72 hours to leave after the french foreign minister described molly's military leaders as illegitimate and anxious control the media, media, and media media. there are thousands of thousands of thousands of marlos to day who say no to france. so what the european union in france needs to do is respect the maryan authorities. they need to understand that the authorities in charge today of the only ones who can speak for our country. mellie, the school, my permanent nationalist activist and member of t

david stokes al jazeera. although russian president vladimir putin was one of the few wild leaders to attend the opening ceremony earlier he held talks with his chinese counterpart that 1st face to face meeting since the beginning of the pandemic. and they presented a united front on foreign policy issues. katrina, your reports from beijing, who called you to that a new person and she didn't pay a will and don't shoulder to shoulder even don't charge you what we describe as an funnel shakafur planted with the leaders of russia and china met ahead of the opening of the winter olympics in bade, ching, she didn't think it's the 1st time president she has met all foreign count. and like in person who was singular, beginning of the pandemic, took a certain the true story or a spirit, or friendship and the strategic partnership. her re, to the unprecedented level, the banjo army ad there. so she went to olympics 80 years ago, we promised to meet again. we have kept that promise led me to the leaders, signed a joint

david stokes al jazeera or russian president vladimir putin was one of the few old ladies to attend the opening ceremony. earlier, he, hal talks with his chinese counterpart in their 1st face to face meeting since the start of the pandemic. and they presented a united front on foreign policy issues. katrina, you reports on this now from beijing wanting to latin intrusion and she didn't pay on what that shoulder to shoulder even don't charge you what they describe as an i'm a shakafur plant, the leaders of russia and china, and met ahead of the opening of the winter olympics in beijing, did you mean it's the 1st time president she has met a foreign counterpart in person since the beginning of the pandemic? for certain the true story or a spirit of friendship and the strategic partnership? her router, the unprecedented level, the bozo army is ad there. so she went to olympics 80 years ago, we promised to meet again. we have kept our promise, led me to the leaders, signed a joint statement, presenting a united front on a range of foreign policy issues. that they called for nato to end it e

david stokes al jazeera and the news that had the united nation says time could be running out to say thousands of refugees in north western ethiopia. and neighbors of a man killed in a u. s. rate close to the turkey syria border. want to know how he managed to hide in plain sight. ah well, snow swept across the british isles on this cold front didn't settle for the most part. it because it's not quite cold enough. now, you know, it's february, the real coldest to in eastern europe where he stole that falls tends to settle. but london's at 10 edinburgh at 7. so this windy weather really leaves the snow more or less just in norway. it's pretty fine for most rest. you've been quite warm in spain, in bush, i think attempts to come down a little bit in analisia. but this is where the wind to proper continues. scotland, yet north, not least, the mountains of norway, maybe occasionally in denmark and sudden sweden attempt in copenhagen, for example, just about lona for to settle briefly. subtle this, as i said, generally fine, but in fact, if you're in france and increasingly in switzerland

david stokes al jazeera yaki you long is a senior china researcher for human rights watch. she says government should do more than stage boycotts. the diplomatic boycott is the 1st step and there are more actions should be taken by paris government. the u. s. government has already passed to rigor for the labor prevention act, which any effect bands or imports originated from john. that's a consequential ad to because there lot of things made issue, you know, half of the word copy now, maybe john. so i think other governments, the u. k. government, you know, austria and governments should take similar actions to, you know, address the serious us friday. should be, the chinese government is using the gain, legitimize its policy included terrible human rights violations, to heal case to the world. and, you know, we deliver the 2008 summer arlington game. the same city is deliver the wind. turning games is the 1st time ever in history that the 2 on pick games happening in one city. we tried to show how capable we are. and this is a completely a political thing. and the, you kn

david stokes al jazeera says he had impressed sports correspondence. stephen wade has more on the atmosphere in banking. i was in the 2008 the opening ceremony here. 13 and a half years ago, it was 30 to 33 degrees, sweltering hot pac stadium, 91000 people. right now back and we have maybe 20 or 30000 fans. we're not sure. maybe 40 percent full and it's below 0. it's one or 2 degrees below 0 here, so it's a very different different atmosphere. and what games of course are much smaller than the summer game. so they're really not not comparable. but paging is the most unlikely. can i have one or lympics but in 2015, 6 european countries who should have had or could have been dropped out too expensive or political problems? yeah. to see what had was left with. not because x on and beijing, they chose beijing, beijing. i think was the more surprising anybody. so the games are here, the run up to the games have been filled with contention. the weaker the genocides is going on in northwestern chin. john, the region here has occupied the press. the chinese have tried to avoid it. they see has tried

david stokes al jazeera, the auto one is a senior china, as such, if human rights watch joins us live now for me or by skype. so what are your expectations about the general reaction and how things might unfold with the games over the next couple of weeks? well, i would say, you know, i mean courage did that to a certain leaders of certain countries didn't go, but i'm still disappointed at that to many leaders went, you know, we saw putting was there, this was not i expected, you know, i would say, you know, the un secretary general gero secretary antonio could hear it showed up and the gave a speech, you know, we reached that he didn't, you know, being part of that scene. all we likely to hear any statements or remarks regarding china's human rights violations against wiegand muslims and other ethnic groups. well, i mean, i d, the head of the you and he mentioned vaguely the word, the phrase human rice by did it. he didn't say anything regarding she just specifically or any kind of human rights violation pertaining to china specifically . so, i mean, we wish you that he would speak m

david stokes al jazeera egypt al ali have advanced to the club of world cup semi finals, but their coach is not. he's having to cope with out his players that are representing egypt at the africa cup of nations and said, the cairo based team beat mexican side, monterey, in abu dhabi, i'm and honey getting on the score sheet in the 2nd half to seal the when one mil l ali will face brazilian club palmera is for a place in the final if kiff and fi fi or is games on top of one another it's, it's amazing. i mean, this is unbelievable. oh, how this happens. i mean it's like, it's like nobody knew when is there a couple of nations, nobody knew what is the fee for club woke up, but africa will always be compromised when it comes to this. and we blame palmetto . we're left that we have to play our game why we play part mira's in the semi finals. why they don't play alia. also. what was the criteria? so anyway, we are not politicians, we talk about food war, but those are really just the thought of abilene go to the scale is not proper when it comes to africa and, and, and europe, ah, over to chin