charges of attempting acute and counting down to the well cup quarter finals lino messy looks to and dutch dreams. resultant. tina get up for a big test against netherlands, thus grateful to every single one of you has been on the end of an error in late night television. trevor noah bids his final farewell to the dealership. ah, american basketball star, brittany griner was expected to land in the us very shortly after being released from a russian prison greiner, who had been detained since february, was freed, as part of a prisoner swap, a white house correspondent, kimberly. how could reports? president biden announced the news in a tweet, releasing a photo of himself, vice president comma la harris and brittany grinders wife sharelle, speaking to the basketball star. as she flew back to the united states, he said, he's on a plane. she's on her way home. after him, once been unjustly detained and russia, grinder was arrested in february at moscow airport for drug possession and smuggling after authority found trace amounts of cannabis oil in her luggage. she was convicted in august and sentence to 9 years of hard labor in a rush and penal colony us officials, led by the president condemned her sentence as disproportionately harsh for months . the u. s. has been negotiating with russian diplomats to release her was happy. you fly back home to the, to the never mind, it'll be fine. she endured miss treatment showed attitude a show trial and russia with characteristic grid. the white house won't say what suddenly changed only that this week brought a breakthrough on thursday. griner was sent to the you a, he is part of a prisoner slot for russian arms dealer, victor boot referred to by some as the merchant of death. he's been serving 12 of a 25 years sentence in the u. s. federal prison for conspiring to kill american, acquiring and exporting anti aircraft missiles and providing material support to a terrorist organization. before his arrest, who had built a business, allegedly supplying weapons to support wars and uprisings around the world, from africa to afghanistan. at the white house grinders wife expressed relief, her ordeal was finally coming to an end month. y'all have been so privy to one of the darkest moments of my life. and so today i'm just standing here overwhelmed with the emotions. but the most important emotion that i have right now is just sincere gratitude. the biden still faces questions about american poll wayland left behind, and currently serving a 16 year sentence in russia on espionage charges. his family says he's innocent, sadly, for totally illegitimate reasons. russia is treating paul's case differently than brittany and while we have not yet succeeded securing paul race, we are not giving up. still, their fear about president violence decision to swap a convicted arms dealer for an american convicted of drug possession. their fear is it could encourage further hostage taking and send a global message about the price. the white house is willing to pay for american lives. kimberly, how can al jazeera the white house, and these are pictures now of russian arms do. the victor boots, who has landed in moscow off to being freed by the us. he was greeted by his mother and wife says he wasn't told he was being released ahead of time. mike mitchell is a former chief of international operations for the us drug enforcement administration. he says the swap full grier was fan universe leaf. victor boom was a russian arms dealer that operated for many, many years, selling weapons to terrorists organizations around the world. and da, conducted a sting operation where they used to confidential sources to penetrate victor boots organization. and they ost as park members or the arm revolutionary forces of columbia. they told them that they wanted to buy weapons to be used against americans in american aircraft that were operating in columbia. you. the exchange, as far as i'm concerned, is a when we have to stop the noise. you know, i've seen a lot of individuals that also come from the bay and they talk about bite and because they don't like bite it. but they completely ignore that. trump had $5000.00 hello on release and then met with their leader at camp david. when it comes to victor bow, you know, he is ja parade with the shadows. he's no longer going to be able to do that. there's going to be numerous intelligence services around the world that are going to be monitoring his movement. i don't think that this is going to cause a situation where more us citizens are taken into custody and foreign countries. they just have to make sure that they don't do anything that goes against the last. however, minor they baby demonstrators in peru have fought with police after the arrest of impeached president pedro castillo. the formerly this support as in lima, demanding his release. castillo was detained and removed from power wednesday, after attempting to shut congress and ruled by decree is now facing charges of rebellion and conspiracy. were peruse, new president denette bolo, artie was sworn in shortly after castillo removal. marianna sanchez reports from the capital marching for the former leader supporters, a feeble casteel gathered outside the prison, which has been held from the heart of the capital city to the south of the country supporter say they won him freed it was late, his political quizzes included him wednesday when kathy was impeached by congress, when he left the presidential palace the order to arrest him had already been issued. he was on his way to the mexican embassy to seek asylum. augustus own escorts were instructed to detain him at gunpoint. he was flown to this prison on the outskirts of the capitol, where he'll stay for at least the next 7 days as an investigation into allegations of rebellion and conspiracy gets underway. a v a good, his lawyer has reject that the charges and says gusty, his detention is illegal outside, angry supporters blamed the new precedent enough on what the forecast the years down for us as a man. don't miss it as yet until a month ago, she was saying that if diana say she castillo, there would go with him. now she takes over the presidency and says she doesn't agree with the crew to tom bon, what? a bass beetle 6th precedent in 5 years and the 1st woman to lead the nation on her 1st full day in office. she appealed for a political truth, but refused to rule out the possibility of early elections. jessica alone as was some voices, are calling to have early elections, and that is democratic, highly respectable. i think that after the assumption of the presidency, it's time for a bit of i reorientation of what else to be done with the country audience. opinion pull, say 87 percent of peruvians want fresh elections. frustrated by years of political turmoil was of below. former leaders are being investigated for some form village at corruption. castillo is being held at sink prison as former precedent albert decision, moiety ms. garcia and i left the office he mardi who is serving a 25 year sentence for human rights abuses. they are the only 2 former president of hayden who closed congress illegally. never lot of the wants to bring an end to the political feuding which has paralyzed the country for years. as she chooses those who will be in her cabinet. she wants to show pu peruvians. they will not be forgotten. adiana sanchez sent us. he dont lima, me, 27 people have died and an explosion at a coal mine in indonesia is not known. what caused the blast in west sumatra? local governor, it says a rescue operation for fort missing people is underway. ah . b football woke up his back in action on friday as a 1st quarter final matches get on the way later or crash or up against 5 time. chopin's, brazil, at 15 gmc and 19 at g m t. the 2010 runners up netherlands or face argentina of more on fans, excitement about friday's games let speak to cathy lopez her to yon, who's at suit walker in doha. so katya a lot to look forward to them about that. so yeah, yeah, definitely a lot of this is a place of either touch base with band to kind of fill out the via your in doha, before the matches. as i mentioned, the matches today, we have brazil and croatia, argentina, and the netherlands. so there is a lot of the day, especially because in a lot of these countries, football is more than just the sport. so therefore this match later on tonight will be more than just a match. now we have a fan here who will be going directly to the match, spend to support a brazil. we have a leo here. tell me about the excitement of the match later on with senior. i mean, i'd be very excited if you write it for brazil, not the game that is like your life for it's a day. and if i live in a zillion day, are you sure 30 easy. and a way to for some freight from netherlands, all i didn't him, i hope to be i didn't dinner. okay. and the play very well today and go to look for everyone. so whenever we hear about the favorites, we always hear about brazil popping up argentina, popping up, do you fear maybe that your team or maybe even the fans are a bit overly confident? no, no, brazil is all or is confidence because for brazil is important only the number on the resume don't care about the 2nd place. 3rd to place for resume them important only this championship and i hope and i wish you brazil. wendy's was a good d sharla. i already picking up some arabic. now you mentioned that you came directly from rio. here i was a long flight. yeah. and you is too much. so much hours. you came all the way from radio to support your team. tell me about bad passion that this, this sport evolve, that you're willing to do that whole journey and be here and completely different. no area to tear on. yes, for me is very important because have me as a 1000000 people in brazil wants to stay here in town and door, but the noise is very expensive. coming to a realtor to it, to cut down. but in brazil, today's like holiday. the game here is a 60 m and brazil is at no. and it all people is stopped. no, not to walk in. not stood. it's like a holiday only for watch the game. ray with this way. a lot of excitement to love for you. yeah. yeah. i know brazilians are practicing their cheers here. we see a lot of more of foot traffic here and the last few minutes. i'm sure that will be picking up later on. so lot of excitement from brazil and croatia. so definitely that will play on later on in the pitch this afternoon. perhaps in the the stakes are high indeed katya. thank you. what's emanation pete estimates? we'll have more in our special well cut coverage coming up shortly. so the head on al jazeera, a downturn in hong kong, sees more people reliance on charity, but even the groups themselves are struggling to provide aid and keeping carmen, carrying on the u. case. king charles refuses to comment on his sons, tallow tv seems ah, anticipation is rising. and so is the atmosphere a you ready for the way sponsored my cattle aways. hello will as be have been hearing that has been flooding into where portugal recently this massive plants streaming in. i'm afraid there will be more wet weather as he go on through the next couple of days. his area of low pressure of an active system will bring further heavy downpours across southern parts if you have to send somebody to watch out for. and it's all happening because we have this cold block of air, lots of cold weather across more than past brisk normally winds. again, we've been hearing about the cold weather in the united kingdom on and of ireland as well. much scandinavia temperatures are below freezing for many said a cold and frosty start to wear friday and we are going to see a fair bit of snow scattered across northern parts of you, the warm rather malware will push it up about to what you see bel great that 14 celsius vienna at around 3 degrees northern flank about the recent snar around lobby showers, sir crossed the balkan, some showers air into italy, more wet weather into spain and portugal. as we push on through saturday, that wet weather with ease into the western side of the mediterranean, more heavy down paws coming in across sir central parts of the med pushing up towards the balcony. most now on the northern flank of that wall, cold air, further north, but it should be somewhat dry. and chris brought a dry weather across northern parts of africa too. but we have got some showers for the north west to with sponsored by cattle. and i always after more than 2 weeks of intense competition where now down to the final aches, we've witnessed and 5 to make up fat. but many of the world's top teams still remain katara 2022 on al jazeera. we understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world. so no matter what, when used in current calls that matter to you with ah, the watching all 0 reminder of our top stores this out american basketball star, brittany griner, was expected to land in the us shortly after being released from a russian prison. griner was free and a prisoner swapped. in exchange for convicted armstrong, victor beach, police in peru have fought with supporters of impeached president pedro castillo. he was detained and removed from power wednesday. after attempting to shot congress by decree. people in beijing are being urged to remain vigilant against coven 19 of the government east. it's tough restrictions which led to protests, but china's national health commission is now allowing people with mild symptoms to quarantine or home health status checks on mobile apps have also been dropped. people have been lining up for routine testing on the streets. many say they're ready for things to go back to normal. for so long high school the had been actually the opening up of beaching has been quite fast. and now with the end of the year, fast approaching the easing of cove. it policies were mean, many people will be able to go home for the new year because many haven't been able to in the last 3 years. hope 19 restrictions in hong kong may not be as severe as they were on mainland china. but full reopening of the city and economic revival could still be some way off. a downturn has seen people living on the hardship increasingly reliance on charity groups to make ends meet. but as patrick fort reports, many such groups are themselves struggling to survive. ah, once a month, social workers from hong kong charity group chicken soup foundation paid michelle my visit at her. michelle is a single mother struggling to get by on a meagre income in one of the world's most expensive cities. she can barely afford the basics for her and her autistic daughter. the tables and chairs in her home were donated by the charity mahonnan and the young. they call them to other people . they may be ordinary things, but to me and my daughter, it makes us feel fortunate that somebody shows us love. oh sure, they got chicken soup foundation main support, single parent families, providing counseling as well as necessities including medical supplies. his washing machine was also a recent donation. since the start of the coven 19 pandemic, many of hong kong poorest are facing unprecedented hardship. i see. seeing people face such difficulty has an emotional effect on us tea. over the last 3 years, there's been a big rise and people seeking relief for charity workers. it's been particularly demanding. i see some burnouts our staff, her dare, especially during the faith web cast. at that time, we have more than 50 percent of our staff got covered as well, but we still have to serve our family. and that's not the only reason. many charities are facing staffing challenges. according to the hong kong social workers, general union, as many as 28 percent of social workers quit that jobs in the last year. many of them left the city altogether because restrict pandemic curves and political uncertainty forming a crack down on the pro democracy movement. hong kong, struggling economy. as a result of the panoramic has made fundraising more difficult. also, one survey conducted by a local agency found a 5th of the organizations that interviewed, had shuttered or suspended operations. so that an upright is a, is a platform for the people to help the society to do good in over the community. so without his pad form, i think there will be a feel opportunity for the people in hong kong to, to our have our channel to, to, in order to do good for the society. and the loss of such organizations means many have been struggling here and rely on their help. will find it difficult to get the support they need. patrick for al jazeera hong kong has been on the cholera outbreak and it makes shift camp outside go mind eastern democratic republic of congo. the past 2 weeks more than 250 patients have been admitted to a local treatment center. doctors without borders says the diseases spreading because of a lack of and sanitation. thousands of displaced people are living in the area as congolese soldiers fight against em, 23 rebels. germany, he says it expects more arrests and raids in connection with the far right plot to overthrow its government. police raided 130 sites across the country. on wednesday, a small town in the east was at the center of the plan. on it came reports from berlin. bart lorden shine is a sleepy town in the eastern german state of throwing gear. and yet in this castle, police say the alleged plotters would meet to discuss their plans and store their weapons. it belongs to hind, the me who horse, a minor aristocrat who styles himself as prince heinrich, the 13th, but who investigate his believe is the ringleader of the group. a man long denounced by his family and by other townspeople for espousing conspiracy theories . i looked more often belongs to all citizens of bad launched. i received a letter this past summer in which we were told that we were not german because our passports were not german. we were then given the opportunity to apply for a german origin documents with, with the sender called the white administration. the driving ideology of the royce group is from the far right rice burger tradition. it would do away with democracy and re impose the imperialist rule by a monarch or kaiser. many thousands of people have a loose and not criminal affiliation to the wider principle. but very few have actively plotted to bring it about. convince people can be very st in germany, can be very radical and can be violent. we have seen that in our history, and this is the very reason that the big majority of the people say not again. certainly the mood among many germans is one of incredulity. mission to tough, but it's not really comprehensible. you hear about such lands and other countries. but for this to happen outside my front door to the government, we have is not ideal but probably better than what they had planned to be honest, i have no words. so far away from what i personally believe it. so i find it hard to grasp. one central question being asked is how some of the alleged plotters could have reached positions of relative power and influence in society. have another question is what the country should do to remove such people from office earlier. this is just a consequence of television. the most important consequence of this is that everyone knows that we have a true state and a defensible democracy, which is able with its security authorities to tort such violations of the law and repelled him with all its might. bryce, good as have a love hate relationship with this building. as the bond is target federal parliament, it's a demonstration of a democratic germany they would abandon, but as the old rice tags building, it's a reminder of the imperial germany. they would bring back for now. ministers say they've sworn in that ambition. dominic cane al jazeera berlin as the final day of the chinese presidents, a trip to saudi arabia. she's paying met king some, and this is and crown prince mohammed had been found on thursday. the committee is reporting changing thing has invited the king to visit china. the president also met the use of palestine, egypt, q 8 answered on at least one person is dead after a fire at a shopping center in russia. it happened in the northern outskirts of moscow about the mega him cable, russian, that media said was caused by malfunctioning electrical equipment. fire safety rules also reportedly not followed people in portugal. the capital have been urged to stay in doors after heavy rain caused severe flooding. at least one person has died. cars were submerged and some road tunnels and metro line shocked down in this been now south koreans might get a year or 2 younger in january, at least on paper. the government has passed laws to scrap the countries 3 different age counting systems in favor of a standard international work. this includes the tradition of counting people as a one year old at birth and adding one year every january the 1st year. this came reports from so near is day here is often met with a little bit of anchor and that's because on january 1st one year is automatically added to everybody's age. much like it was for our ancestors. this means also for babies was they are boy, there are automatically one year old, making the korean age, often one to 2 years older than the international standard world world around the sun, which is being used in legal and health matters, which again, we use international age when banking, so i often get confused that set the change at least on paper, starting in the middle of 2023 president you sonya is said to sign a bill that was nearly unanimously approved by a parliament to standardize age in south korea to align with international norms. so how do south koreans feel about getting younger next year from korea to go to submit a form 72 years old? now that means are we 7 to years with the change? i also think it will be great news for people who are getting married later. people over 40 years old, all voices. they're reflecting what was found in a september survey. 8 out of 10 people said they agree with the change. only 6 percent said keep the status quo. but given the hierarchical structure of south korea society observer say it will likely take some time before the international age. truly seats into the social structure you case that prince harry has opened up about why he left his country with wife megan and their 1st child. the couple have outlined the details of the departure, the new t. v series criticisms of the meter on the royal family also feature the 1st episode of the above a report. it's really hard to look back on it now and go. walmart happened. it's 2020 and prince harry and his american wife megan, that you can duchess of sussex a leaving the u. k. we've just finished, ah, 2 weeks on the final crucial loss stant of medications. it's just 4 years after they 1st met the level of 8 that has been stood over the last 3 years as she gets my wife and my son as my mother, fagley archie. i'm generally concerned for the safety of my family for children, the 1st 6 episodes of his netflix series goes back to harry's childhood. oh, we can look at if can replace this one. but i'm, it explores how he felt the glare of the media of the effect it had on his mother, princess diana, who died in a car crash while being chased by press photographers. as a panel in the series, harry says, members of his family questioned why mega should be protected from the press. the difference he told them was the elements of race the way tabloid. newspapers used racist strokes when talking about megan, marco has been well documented. but there was, according to the sussex, is also racism from within the royal family. something the families denied. it led to a breakdown in relations, but notably with harry's father, king charles and his brother, prince william, and contributed to megan feeling suicidal for a long time. people at myself in talking about the insidious nature of the racism in britain, and we've seen it so many times. light reflects to us in the british press. and we've been told that we imagined day, although banks he sensitive what this does is it forces a conversation about race and racism. and the class is stem within brits. her over interviews in the netflix series were done by august this year, the month before queen elizabeth died. oh, it's very much the couples accounts and the royal family says it's not commenting on it. the worsening relationship between the success of buckingham palace is an institution dominated, royal coverage. here in britain, during the last years of queen elizabeth's life, with prince harry's father now on the throne, you might think there'd be a chance for a reset. this new documentary suggests it's still complicated. nadine barber al jazeera london, the popular host of the day show has given his farewells as he recorded his last episode on thursday. so african comedian at trevor noah has been the face of the american tradition for 7 years. he replaced john stewart, who had brought the danish sherry international fame. now it took on the difficult task of making comedy out of events such as cove 19 and the black lives matter movement and grateful t mm hm. remember, i'm all we started the show. we couldn't get enough people to full an audience. and i thought was think it's good. that's how comedy is funny enough. i remember all my shows. people do the one tickets at 11, the empty seats, and then i and i look at this now i don't take it for granted ever. every seat that has ever been filled to watch something that i'm doing, i always appreciate because i know the entity that says behind. so thank you. ah, this is out here and these are the top stories now. americans basketball star brittany griner was expected to land in the us shortly after being released from a russian prison. she was exchanged for arms dealer, victor boot on thursday, before boarding a plane back the nighted states. i read a book wide.