you are not there too long for the good you have done in the name of god because god. yeah, a lot of all the british prime minister to resign after more revelations of parties during the height of the cave at 19 locked down. and hong kong pro independent activist said with long is released from prison after full years behind bars. and you, i guess roscoe with force as aging winter olympic organizes won't athletes, not to protest tickets, go on sale for the cas. how well come up with just $306.00 days to go before the tournament kicks off. ah, welcome to the news. russia could invade ukraine at very short notice. that's the warning from the us secretary of state, who's in the ukranian capital kin. to reaffirm washington's commitment. anthony blink and met ukraine's president. load them in the landscape. not blinking renewed calls for the criminal to choose diplomacy over confrontation. the visit comes as washington confirms and other $200000000.00 in military aid. forgive. the moscow says, the u. s. shouldn't supply ukraine with weapons arguing that's a threat to security. russia sent troops to the ukrainian border, racing fears of an invasion. russia invaded territory in crimea, ginned up a conflict on eastern ukraine, and it systematically sought to undermine and divide ukraine's democracy. today, there are some 100000 russian soldiers near ukraine borders. and in that sense, the threat to ukraine is unprecedented. so the president asked me to underscore once again, our commitment to ukraine start or integrity to sovereignty towards independence. and i know that's a message that you've heard, not just from us, but from so many partners throughout europe. we have to correspondence following these talks. rosalind jordan is in washington. d. c will be speaking to her in a moment for her less costly with dulcet jabari, who's in moscow. and also the russians really give her time to hear what mr. blinking has said publicly to his ukranian hosts. but how is moscow reacting now to the various lines of accusations being made by them while they're being met by a counter accusations we've been hearing from the russian deputy foreign minister survey coff who has been speaking at a scheduled event here in the capital. and he use the opportunity, of course, to address the latest news that's come out of he said that russia will not move its troops within its own borders based on what other countries want or the pressures from outside countries. he also went on to say that so the supplies that are heading to ukraine from various western powers are not helping the situation and their considered are threats against russia. he also went on to say that russia will do everything that can't prevent ukraine from joining nato, and that's a temporary freeze on ukraine and ga, possibly joining the nato alliance is not acceptable to this country. of course, we also heard from the the kremlin spokesperson earlier on wednesday dmitri past called, who said that the upcoming meeting in geneva, between circuit lab robin anthony brink and is extremely important to this country . and the, the agenda is already set according to the rush of so it's expected that a russian foreign minister will head to geneva that. and that meeting, you will be expecting some answers from his american counterpart about the proposal that they've given to nato. and the us about the security guarantees this country wants, that nato will not expand further eastward than that. they will not be other countries joining the alliance, something that is very much a red line for this country, tulsa job. all right, thanks so much for the update from moscow. let's cross over to washington dc and speak to rosalyn jordan. he's standing by as well. i mean, reassuring was from mr. blinking to zalinski, but there was a warning as well to focus on the bigger picture and not domestic woes. well, that's because of the mirror of poor shan go, has returned to to ukraine, basically to fight charges that he has been. and that he was trying to foment treason against the government of law mares the lensky. that is something that tom, mr. zalinski would very much like to pursue, but the u. s. is view, is that to ukraine needs to be more concerned about it. sovereignty about its independence, about the potential law threat from russia to claim more, if not all of ukrainian territory. so this is a moment of the u. s. essentially telling ukraine to stay focused, to worry about the bigger issues and things such as the political instability, allegedly committed by the former president, mr. port shanker can be dealt with in due time, a little sex re blinkin is also told to have millions of dollars in military aid for ukraine. now he knows that this is one of the areas of tension with russia on the shoulder to raise this at the meeting in geneva, later in the week. well, it's very certain to be raised along with the other russian demands that tell ukraine as well as a few other ra, eastern european countries not be allowed to join nato, that nato reposition it's of. it's for deployed troops in central and eastern europe and pull them back to the previous lines, a if 1997. before the nato alliance started admitting of former members of the soviet patch to the military of self defense alliance. this is also a matter of mister blank and having to deal a sensibly with russian demands that the u. s. give written answers to. these are demands for what russia calls. it's need to protect it, sovereignty and to not feel threatened by members of nato. and by the e u, but to it's fair to say that officials have not actually delivered anything and that in writing and that all of this will be discussed in geneva on friday, wilson jordan in washington dc. thanks very much for the update in our the top story the you and says it's stepping up its response to the volcanic eruption unseen army in toner. now the government has described it as an unprecedented disaster, australia and new zealand. ascending aid by boat, because tongue as main runway has been covered in ash wayne. hey, how small from oakland help is on its way to tongue up to new zealand navy ships carrying supplies have begun a 3 day journey, which should see them arrive on friday. perhaps the most essential cargo will be fresh water and a dissemination plot to make more while the ships are there, were hitting their way now, with a whole lot of water. the ship can hold. currently holds over 250000 liters of water and will be able to provide that once we arrive. and then every day thereafter, we are going to be producing another 70000 liters of water. satellite images show a thick layer of ash on the runway of tongue. his main airport on the left is how it looked before the russian. the ash is delaying deliveries of international 8 flights volunteers, which is a cleaning up the runway. and the stains before the end of the week that might well be completed, and there will be an opportunity for a craft to lean slightly. but we won't know the full extent of that outcome until the run might create a proper assessment. i can be undertaken. communicating with tanya is difficult. there is no internet and limited phone calls because the soon army severed the fiber optic cable connecting the country to the rest of the world. the telecoms operator says it will be at least 4 weeks before the connection is restored. prime minister, see all see saline released his 1st official statement confirming what many feared the eruption caused an unprecedented disaster with the volcanic mushroom plume covering all of tongue is 170 islands. the red cross is to make that up to 80000 common may be effective. the devastation is why we're and i mean, it was one of the most catastrophic volcanic eruptions. in decades, the tongue in government has given approval for the new zealand navy ships to arrive in its waters, but the aid carrying must be delivered contactless. tanya has had just one case of coven 19 since the pandemic begin. while it desperately needs help, it doesn't want to risk an outbreak. now wayne, hey, al jazeera auckland's plenty more had hail the all. does it renews are including israeli police that the palestinian family at the center of an anti expulsion campaign. demolishing the home and occupied east jerusalem. and why the philippine government is accused of penalizing the pole with tough code. 19 restrictions also rather remains on call for a record 21st from from title to the, to the training and open action is coming up with jo. info. ah, the court in germany has begun hearing a case against the syrian dr. accused of crimes against humanity. he's facing 18 counts of torturing detainees and hums and damascus between 20112012. but he's also accused of killing one person charges. the doctor denies. as being dominant came, who's our correspondent in berlin. he's been following the trial. what happened in court today, dominic so what happened today in court was that the charges were red outs to the lawyers to the defendant and to those gathered in the courtroom and the defendant. this doctor from syria who's been in germany for us since 2015. he did not directly enter a plea in wednesday, celebrations. instead, he spoke to the judges and to those gathered in court about the course of his life while he was in syria and what he has been doing here in germany since coming here in 2015. now the detail of the accusations against this individual, or some of the evidence that we will be hearing in the course of the trial, is particularly harrowing, where individuals describe what was done to them, what they allege was done to them. the significance of this, tribal, this is the he is the 3rd person from syria to go on trial in germany, accused of war crimes, crimes against humanity carried out in the, during the cit, the syrian civil war, these a legit offenses took place at the start of it from 2011, 2012 and 2 separate institutions, one in homes, one in damascus. that's the allegation. now, court officials suggest that this case, this case, may, will take several months to, to go through the different stages from today, which is the start of the trial to a potential verdict at some point towards the end of march. clearly, the presumption of innocence applies here until and unless a guilty verdict or a guilty plea were to be entered into court. neither of those has happened yet, and the case continues. donna came in berlin, thanks very much. the albertson's prime minister has again told parliament he won't be resigning over the so called party gate scandal. far as johnson faced a barrage and ridicule and demands to stop telling lies, he urged every one to wait for the outcome of an inquiry into parties in his downing street home during crone of iris locked downs pole, brennan, josefina ly from london, and paul ready. the prime minister on the defensive, that his weekly appearance in parliament. yes, but not so jude. i had to say the interview that he gave on tuesday looks. he looked a broken man, but to day a very different prime minister. he was on the front foot, albeit, if i can use a cricketing analogy, playing a straight bat, referring again. and again, despite the questioning about party gates at referring again and again to the government's handling of the pandemic. and he was praising the way that the government had kept the economy opened and it followed after prominence, the questions that he's just made an announcement saying that for example, the advice to work from home is going to be lifted. so he was very at a pains to say, look, we are a competent government at we've done well with the pandemic and that, but he was put under enormous pressure. not just by the leader of the opposition at kear stomach, but also by pupil on his own side and a withering put down from david davis himself, a former conservative leadership contender, or where he quoted near amory from the 1940 norway debate in parliament. away he said, look, you've sat there for too long for all the good that you've done in the name of god go. now that's a senior politician from boris johnson's own party saying that to the prime minister. so you can see that the discontent in his party is not just the new intake of 2019 m p 's that has been spoken so widely about, but also among some of the grandees as well. and of course there is news of what are some of his own party, even defecting as well. now? yes, i in a very dramatic announcement just moments before that weekly prime minister's question session. it happens every wednesday at 12 noon. but just before that, an announcement that kristian wake, ford, who is one of those 2019 new intake of conservative m. p 's, the so called red wall and piece red wall. because red is the color of the labor party, which traditionally held a series of constituencies across the north of england. those as seats are switching to clint, the conservative party, because of boris johnson's leadership pride primarily in the 2019 election were christy awake for one of those new intake of conservative m. p 's right into the prime and st. and giving up an un no longer willing to be a member of the conservative party. he switched to labor and, and very conspicuously walked and joined the labor benches. it for that session of prime minister questions deeply symbolic, hugely significant. and he sat directly behind the labor leader kiersten are effectively looking straight into the eyes of boris johnson on the opposite side of the lower house. so yeah, a big challenge to the prime minister's authority. interesting times am just very briefly paul, we keep talking about this report which has been compiled by sue gray, a senior civil servant. when do we think it's going to be published, or at least offered to parliament? possibly by the end of this week, i understand she stood up to speak to dominic cummings, who's forrest johnson from a special adviser who has something to say about what the prime minister knew or didn't know. it could actually be as early as it could actually be prospected early next week. but a lot depends on that because the prime minister was at pains to say again and again in that prime minister's question session, we should wait for su grey's report. we should wait for suv raise report before we decide whether or not i'm to blame for anything. well, we'll wait a little bit longer for the moment, pull. brennan, thanks for joining us from london. now the philippines has the highest number of coven 19 cases in southeast asia. the amazon variant is driving up infections and capital, manila, and surrounding provinces. the government has imposed new restrictions, especially on unvaccinated people. and mr. miller, i'll in broken reports many a feeling the strain of the measures. joseph marina, as it used to have 8 barber shops like this one. but since the pandemic broke out, he's had to close 5 right now, only this one is making money. but we can't take anymore locked down. small business owners like us are suffering and the poor are getting poorer. the capital manila is now on alert level 3, the 2nd strictest lockdown here, imposed by the philippine government. that means schools as well as amusement centers are closed again and the movement of travelers is restricted. president rodrigo the 3rd to has implemented a no vaccination, no ride policy designed to restrict the movement of unvaccinated people on public transport. hoping to also convince many filipinos to get inoculated, but the rights group say the ban is unconstitutional, and penalize is the poor, will have no means of private chan sports and can't work from home. but across the street, laurie leon. karen's as says, she doesn't mind to having to present her vaccine card. oh, it makes me feel safer, other safer. but we also understand the vaccination shouldn't be forced on any one because it's not right. the philippines is facing another president of thirds of colvin. 19 cases. since the start of the pandemic, but health officials tell us they remain hopeful that because hospitalization rates across the country remain manageable, at least for now, nearly half of the country's population is now fully vaccinated. but the controversy surrounding manila view anti corbet rules that may not be enough to stop the spread. jim l as in dog and i'll just 0 manila, a palestinian family living occupied east jerusalem. her last find to stop is way the police demotion the home. the family of 15 had threatened to blow up the property if false from shake general neighbourhood. the hundreds of other palestinians are also face eviction despite protests by activists and international criticism of israeli policy. there is how we false it has all from the demolition site. was around 3 o'clock in the morning on a very cold and rainy morning here occupied the system that about a 100 is ready security forces moved in to the property, they cut off and a tricity of a cordoned off the area. they arrested some 18 to 25 people, some of them members of the family, some of them activists who, being supporting them. and they then proceeded finally to demolish the home on this land. now as far as he is ready, municipality and police, a concern to issued a joint statement about this. they say that this is land that was appropriated long ago, has been destined to be made into a school, a special lead school for children in the area. and they say that the family did not have a legal right to be the. however, as far as western diplomats have been protesting, this activists and thomas city is more generally a concern. this is not a question of israeli lords, question of international law. this being occupied land, and therefore such action is illegal and comes in the context of a wide, a systemic attempt to make it more more difficult for palestinians in ocoee by these 2 is going to jude eyes. this part of the city so slightly less clear cut than some of the issues that have made shake through such a flash point in recent months, but nonetheless, attracting protests. and we have to wait and see what the reaction will be diagnose item and is a human rights lawyer. he says palestinian families of being forced out of shake jara through various settlement activities. what we're witnessing in shifter in the north and in so long in the south. isn't that kemp a pinch or movement to in circle the old city of jerusalem? where the biblically motivated settlements, in other words, to cut off the old city from its environs in the, in east jerusalem beyond the old city. and this is being done through settlement activities, large project, national parks, demolitions evictions construction. and this is not the drawing board, this is happening. it's happening in the north, in encirclement, in shafter to mont scopus. it's happening on the south between the old city still won and the mount of olives, even really agency for palestinian refugees has launched an urgent appeal for additional funding to help those living in lebanon. it's asking for $1600000000.00 to cover the global leads. the agency says the socio economic deterioration in the country and the current of ours pandemic have increased the humanitarian challenges facing palestinian refugees on ra last, a big part of it, funding in 2018. when donald trump cut support. but present joe biden reinstated some of it. 92000000 palestinian refugees across the middle east. rely on the agency for basic services such as food health, education, and jobs. in order has more from level they've been refugee twice in the past. now these palestinians from syria are again homeless. thousands of them fled to lebanon during syria civil war in search of safety. they're now struggling to survive the financial support they were receiving from the united nations relief and works agency has been cut because under what itself is facing a budget crisis, they used to give us $100.00 for rent. now it's $25.00 a day to reduce the assistance for food from $27.00 to $12.00 per person. we can't afford anything because everything is expensive. they basically throw us in the st . and that's where they have been for at least a week. they set up camp outside owner was headquarters in the route and say they won't leave until a solution is found to their plight. have to go with the owner, right? supposed to be our lifeline, but they are not giving us our basic needs. and we can't go back to syria, many of us are wanted by the authorities and our homes are destroyed. i should be as highly even before palestinians from syria began arriving here on or what was under funded. it was having difficulties in meeting the demands of those in lebanon, whose wonder ability worsen in recent months, palestinian refugees were living in poverty even before 11 on economic collapse. now, many of them say surviving is nearly impossible, and they are not the only ones the entire country, which also holds hundreds of thousands of syrian refugees, is being affected by the financial meltdown. ottawa says it needs nearly $200000000.00 to continue operations and meet the growing and basic needs. unfortunately has been live in almost on a month by month basis. and last year, we'll a very close to have to stop our services, not just the additional emergency help palestinians have long been marginalized and lebanon was limited rights and access to services and job opportunities on my manager, and have lots of dreams and hope that i'm willing to read, but because of what you're suffering here in lebanon, and i always stress about my future palestinian say they are trapped unable to return to their homeland or leave to go elsewhere. nearly 80 percent live in poverty. the un estimates that 162000 people who survival depends on aid, said there are others either they route. now, hong kong, independent activists, edward lung is out of prison. he's the 1st pro democracy. forget to be freed, says beijing's crack down in 2020, not long as credited with the slogan, liberate hong kong a revolution of our times. with planet reports from hong kong. a prominent hong kong activist released from prison in the dead of night, media spectacle avoided. edward long left the maximum security check pick prison at about 3 am on wednesday. release 2 years early on. good behavior learn had served for years for rioting and assaulting police in 2016. he released a statement before scrubbing his social media accounts saying he wants to cherish the valuable time to reunite with his family and get back to normal life. long said he has to follow a supervision order. won't take part in media interview service, say he has little choice, he will be surveilled, everything will be watched. and the 2nd, his steps are out of line as far as the authorities are concerned, my prediction is he'll be re arrested. he could spend years in prison after that long was the 1st to use the now ban slogan, liberate hong kong revolution of our times. as a campaign phrase for 2016 legislative election, it became a common rallying cry during pro democracy demonstrations. there's great symbolic significance here. he was the flag there for the 2019 protests. his slogan, which the courts have now ruled, is illegal and is a kind of succession, a slogan. now that lung is out of prison, he's expected to keep a low profile. much has changed here, said staging. introduce the national security law and response to protests against the government that rocked the territory for months in 20. 19 for climate al jazeera hong kong, now small is expected to lift in parts of south asia this weekend. jeff, with the details in our worldwide weather report. hey there we should have some fresh air coming to new delhi finally. so let me explain what's going on as to see . that's because we're going to have some showers dance into the area. so that's going to flush out all of that pollution and some fresher air, but your temperature is still well below average. just 16 degrees on saturday should be closer to about 22 for this year. it's almost like we flip the switch off on the ne monsoon, plenty of sun across the longer and same goes for the indian state of time on the do tonight is got a high 30 degrees completely different story for se asia concentrated back over west java jakarta. picking up $200.00 millimeters of rain, you should see about $300.00 for the month of january. so that's a pretty good helping. and still getting struck by rain rate across the island on thursday. and same goes for borneo. that's really where the greatest risk for flooding will be. ne monsoon, i think it's doing the most damage to central portions of the philippines. that's really where the heaviest spouts of what weather are. and we are seeing rain dance back into western areas of the pearl river valley and the gang sees so that shoving clouds further toward the east and yep, you guessed it, still snowing in western areas of japan. but while there was winds will be blasting to about 80 kilometers per hour. ok got to run. see again soon. take care. still had hill and al jazeera delays to 5 g and slight arrivals. how so my lines are avoiding the united states because of the new by ball high tech? the mass trials in cuba? why some protested, could face decades in prison. and in sport, i big shock in the africa cup of nations as the 14 champions gone or knocked out. that story, coming up with joe in sport, do stay with us here on the news. i awe extraordinary men and women who are breaking the mold from the taxi drivers, investing everything they have in to their mini bus, only to face extreme danger on the suit is rough. his tracks to the jokey, turned paramedics saving lives, transporting the sick and elderly for medical help. blue to whisking it all. oh now which is 0? ah, close your eyes. ah, listen, ooh, wasn't one of the thought i'd be singing in parliament with the boy. i never dreamt of this way the words fail. music speaks to short films about how music knocked down walls and inspire hope for a better life. ha selects on al jazeera lou . ah, welcome back to the news are with me to hell, robin. a reminder of our top story is u. s. secretary of state has warned that russia could attack ukraine at very short notice. antony blinkin is in here where he's smacked with his new cranium. present. babbling can renewed calls for moscow to choose diplomacy over confrontation. the drawn of a syrian dr accused of crimes against humanity has begun in germany. he facing 18 counts of torturing detainees at homes and damascus between 20112012. the doctor denies the charges and britons prime minister has again told parliament he won't be resigning over the circle party gates scandal. bars johnson and every one to wait for the outcome of an inquiry into parties at his downing street. i am during crow virus lockdown airlines including emberts and their india have council flights to the united states because of 5 g safety concerns. and that's despite us telecom companies, delaying switching on their latest mobile technology. net, some of those apples that y'all 100 reports now from chicago. her airport airlines of warned that 5 g signals could cause catastrophic disruption to flights for the 2nd time in 2 weeks to potential air travel in economic crisis is postponed. as telecommunications giants, 80 and t and verizon prepared to turn on their 5th generation wireless system on wednesday. major u. s. airlines warned it faster found using 5 g would set off catastrophic flight cancellations and slow the economy to a halt. the largest american based airlines say the 5 g system would ground thousands of plain the f. a is uncomfortable with the safety rules. and as a consequence, the impact on our operations to mitigate that would be a significant setback in a letter to the federal aviation administration and other biden administration agencies. the heads of the major airlines and cargo companies say the u. s. faces a, quote, completely avoidable economic calamity, and they warn of a major disruption of the traveling and shipping public end to the supply chain vaccine distribution and the broader economy. airlines want a 2 mile buffer around affected airports. they say those 5 g frequencies, the telecommunications company, spent tens of billions of dollars to buy up might interfere with a key piece of cockpit equipment. the altimeter radio altimeter help planes and helicopters to land in poor weather. the activation of 5 g potentially leading the federal aviation administration to order planes grounded in low visibility on tuesday. big telecom relented temporarily and with obvious peak in a statement 18 t said at our sole discretion, we have voluntarily agreed to temporarily defer turning on a limited number of towers at certain airport runways as we continue to work with the asian industry. but the company added, we are frustrated by f a's inability to do what nearly 40 countries have done, which is to safely deploy 5 g technology without disrupting aviation services. and we urge it to do so in a timely manner with verizon following suit that postpones the confrontation between telecom and airline giant. once again, but doesn't resolve it. whitehouse policy makers say they're working on a permanent solution. we have the safest air space in the world. our committed to reaching a solution around 5 d deployment that maintains the highest level of safety. united airlines alone says that deployment of 5 g could force the cancellation of 15000 flights, stranding more than a 1000000 united customers. other airlines say you can multiply that several times . john henderson, l g 0, chicago. as just bringing that a stager, he's a spokesman for the allied pilots. so see ation, which is the labor union, were representing american airline pilots. shows us not from chicago. mr. teacher, thanks for joining us on al jazeera. just briefly, are you relieved that a t and t and variety of decided not to switch on quite yet? well, we leave it the massive switch for the entire us. yes, but not completely relaxed on this right now. we're trying to get the details. they said that some airports will have that 2 mile buffer, so i just received last night from american airlines, a bullets in for the 737. every fleet has a triple, 777 minus 25 pages long. and it describes if i have to go into a 5 year or an airport that's being bombarded by the 5 g signal that there may be pieces of my airplane that will function erroneous. lee and different thrust reverses flight controls. a myriad of things manual calculations for landing on the runway issues for if i reject a take off stopping things that will not work because of the 5 g signal. it's not just about low visibility approaches. the good news is it sounds like most of the airports that the main line error airlines would fly to will have this buffer around it, but that's not all the airport. so we're, we're still very attractive and yes, concerned. and i mean, when we, you sort of where the van wolds this problem, when did you stop us association waiving the red flag? were you ever listened to in any shape or fold? that's a great point because the cell phone companies are claiming that this has been going on for years. while i've got news for you before 5 g the was 4, g 3, g. each of these boost in signals gets closer and closer creeps in on our airplane . so this is shouldn't be a surprise yourself on companies that their decision to purchase and execute was going to have an effect on aviation. they're blaming the f a, but i would lay the blame equally on them for not following through. on this, we started to hear about the 5 g issue in the summer time. and we rose up in opposition because we could see right away that this had not been tested. the cellphone company said they studied it, but studying at a desk is much different than actually testing it. and that's what led to the f 8 coming up with 17 systems they found that could be affected by this 5 g signal. and even said that it may be difficult for a while to recognize the anomaly and recover and maintain safe light and landing. that's their words. so this is a safety issue and it's not just the low weather visibility approaches. so unfortunately, a lot of airports are now protected. but we watch international carriers, i think, am, or it's actually canceled some flights coming in bound to the u. s. so it's different and the way the signal is in the cell phone company say it's been done in other countries. it's been done differently than they proposed in the u. s. in france, for instance, that they incentives pointed down. the power is d graded, the frequency used is backed away from my airplane, so they've done at response currently in those countries say thus the case having to have full for us who are listening to the story. we're all passengers. and it seems that there is a fight in the u. s. between who has precedence over the skies is that the airlines, all the telecommunications companies. and if this can't be resolved, what one does, where all the law makers, because obviously we'll have to go in that direction and you'd want federal government to get involved. well, we're pleased at the white house step, didn't least got something done. but it's outrageous that we quickly say, who's run in the skies, the cell phone companies or the f, a in the federal regulators. and by the way, as a federally license captain, get your act straight because my ultimate goal responsibility is to protect my passengers. no matter what mass is happening in the bureaucratic world, no matter how money, billions of dollars or cell phone companies spend. so it's time for the grown ups and those who are focused on safety to really take control of this airplane. because i can assure you as my flight deck and we're not gone unless we know it's safe and or i have accommodations, which now i have to study up on and ensure that my 1st officer and i are well briefed and prepared, should these anomalies happen or you look forward to welcoming you back on al jazeera once this issue is resolved for the moment. dennis page, thanks so much for joining us from chicago. thank you. now, the indonesian who organized the volleyball wings, it's daunting. a 15 year prison sentence that'll come in and is known as his. he's known alluded capture since the attacks on 2 balls 20 years ago. 202 people, many of them australian taurus, were killed in the bombings by the islamic extremist group. chima is slim. you they cambodian opposition leader accused of conspiring with you as to overthrow the government of his son is on trial comes the car, faces, charges of treason. now, the hearing resumed after a 2 year delay due to the pandemic, florence louis has more after 2 year delay, cambodian opposition leader come soccer is heading back to court. he is accused of trying to overthrow the government a charge he denies. i hope that her to will drop my case today for her can book a maria at the new for the national reconciliation come so car could face up to 30 years in prison if found guilty. a spokesman for cambodian justice ministry told al jazeera it rejects criticism that the trial is politically motivated. barn that child her, ah, cyber dos, who say this case is bogus school. they have no proof to support their accusations . they are seeing things to fit your political agenda. come. so car was head of the opposition party, the cambodian national rescue party, or c n r p. when he was arrested in 2017. shortly after, the supreme court ordered the party to be dissolved after the government accused it of plotting, a qu, that paved the way for prime minister who incense party to win all parliamentary seats in an election. the following year. prosecutors also brought charges against more than a 100 c n r p members and supporters sentencing some in accent here including who to qua it's vice president. she now lives in exile in the us and says democracy is slowly being lost in cambodia. there people left, held the right to choose the leaders to free and fair elections. otherwise, you can see mister johnson, you use power. he has been empowered in cambodia to elections of reach elections for 37 years. we cannot tolerate another consent. cambodia is due to hold local elections later this year and a general election the next. but many opposition politicians have been banned from politics. still, supporters haven't given up hope. you don't, i, one can so can be able to return to politics. again, i want to can body a national rescue party to come back. whether that will happen is anyone's guess. who said, is already the world's longest serving prime minister and has made no secret of the fact he intends for his son to be cambodia. next lead florence louis al jazeera. now the b as president is being sworn in for a 2nd time at all a borrow one last year's election with 53 percent of the vote. now the opposition contested the victory saying it had been fraudulent, but the court dismissed the allegations flores promised to bring in a new constitution, nicholas hank of more of decor and neighbouring synagogue. remember in 2017, it was his inauguration took place right here in senegal in exile at the gambia, an embassy. we were there where he was sworn into office. you couldn't go back into the country because the then president didn't want to hand over power. the west african forces had to intervene. so this swearing in ceremony that's taking place inside gambia is a historic moment for adam barrow himself. but also for all guardians, it's a following a, a popular vote in december where barry won the landslide of the vote over 58 percent of 53 percent of the vote, and only 23 percent of the st. barrett, who is one of the main contenders. now this shows the testimony in the tribute that can be a has for democracy, and that's why you have so many heads of states. 8 heads of state of the region, almost all of them from west africa, attending this swearing in ceremony in a region where there's been a step back away from democracy, especially in multi or in guinea. this swearing in ceremony is seen as a step forward for democratic institution, and remember out of about used to be a security guard in a department store in the united kingdom. he became then the co, the, the candidate of the coalition to, to, to, to campaign against edge i'm a and during his time in office, he's taking real steps, concrete steps towards democratic institution. at least 10 people have been killed of hundreds displaced by flash floods. the capital of madagascar 20 district, so on high alert with full cast warning of more severe weather. in the coming days, heavy rain calls lance lines destroying several homes. now protested in cuba have demonstrated last year to denounce the communist run. the government could face years in jail, they were angry about food shortages, rising prices and economic hardship. and as theresa bo reports, ah, now these are relatives of our young cuban protester detained during anti government demonstrations last year. i know a few days ago, police arrested them as they were driving to a trial of their family member in the city of santa clara. before being taken into custody. they managed to record this message. and at the moment then i'm going grandma grandma, so we're going to be detained. they are not letting us get on the motorcycle we were using. please help us shay this to spread the word of what is happening here. in july, hundreds of people were detained by q when authorities, when people took to the streets to demand better economic conditions and more freedoms. angry protests against the government have not been seen in cuba in decades. last month, trials began for those accused of serious crimes. amelia ro, man lives in one of the poorest neighborhoods in havana. his 3 children were detained last here. they are now facing between 15 and 20 years prison sentences. so don't put in boy yourself every 11 child because of the noise was if they were going to have a party, but nobody thought they were going to are so severely if they had committed a crime than that could be sanctioned. but just as they told us, it wasn't a big deal, the number of years they are seeking. it's as if they were terrorists murderers, human rights group say that government is trying to send a loud and clear message to their demonstrators. dollar process of finality or the reason for the trials of the july 11th protests ought to serve as an example for the rest of society. the objective is that in cuba, in any part of the island, people won't go out to protest. again. the government says those detained were violating you when laws a locker, so i took it, the marianella, another. the cases we've seen on television where police cars were overtone, that there was violence. they attacked our police officers, but molotov caught tales, machetes, and stones. know these require different type of handling. our instructions are to treat these behaviors with more severity because we can't allow it. cov 19 has deteriorated. the economic situation on the communist island, people have been struggling to obtain food and medicines. but the trial show speaking up is risky, because it means protesters and bare relatives could end up in jail. biddies i will . i'll just sita all still had hail on al jazeera. i scored my 1st natalie goal was not only learned my own 1st, but it was the winning goal. viejo all has its 1st black player, the boston bruins hockey team, retire willy arrays. number 22 chosen ah ah oh oh the a full and i with joe when we can start applying tickets lately. yes, the hell very, very important day. the 1st ticket have gone on sale to the general public. some issues football woke up in katha funds can apply by the fif of websites into the ballot. the lowest price globally is around $70.00, which is one 3rd cheaper than the last woman in russia. local residence in katha can benefit from subsidize tickets. miss price is starting at just $11.00 us dollars for the group. choose the cheapest at the world cup since mexico 1986. there will also be cheaper accessibility tickets available for those with disabilities. so far, 13 of the 32 teams have secured their place at the torment with qualifying set to finish in june. connor is still in with a chance of qualifying, but they've been dumped out of the african nations after shot of feet to commerce. the tiny island nation playing the competition to the 1st time beat, the full time champions. 32, they still have a chance to reach the last 16, but must wait on other results, but gone a definitely going home off the finishing pots in the theme. it is morocco and bonnie progress as the top 2 in that group they played out a to, to draw in their final match p s t f. i key me with a stunning free kick late in the game to equalize morocco elsewhere. cynical went through group b, when is and history was made in guineas match with symbolic way as sunday, mom will, can. sanger became the 1st woman to referee and african, much than $1.00 to $1.00 and celebrated in style. despite already having been eliminated. get a still finish 2nd to book a place to organize the next months paging winter olympics have warned athletes not to protest. still they face being punished. sanctions could include having that accreditation cancelled against have been hit by diplomatic boycotts from several countries, including the u. s. person, an australia, over the treatment of muslim week is, although china denies allegation of human rights abuses. podium protests already banned under and then pick roles, but many feel that is wrong. all athletes have a right. many athletes feel they have responsibility. and they have every right to be speaking out whenever it is that they're competing, why is because the world place is so many global challenges right now that now industry is immune. there should be blanket protection for any api to speak up at any time about issues of human rights. that's why we continue to use the podium even though the c promises to, to punish them for doing so. it's because that's when people are paying attention. that's when they can get the message across, and they understand that these issues are bigger than sport and bigger than human rights campaign. as an athlete body saw advising comm, competitors not to speak up on issues while in china for their own safety. there's really not much protection that we believe that's going to be afforded to athletes . and the i o. c has not come out proactively to indicate that we will protect and safe make sure everyone is safe. that decides to speak up. silence is complicity. and that's why we have concerns, so we're advising, it's not to speak up, we want them to compete, go home and use their voice when they get home. and that's a sad statement that we have to say that look at that showcase. she made a one post on a chinese social media. i lagging sexual assault against the, you know, i retired a high level chinese official look into what happened. she has been, you know, her voice has been entirely wiped off the chinese internet. anybody who discusses her cases are, you know, we moved from the internet and then the government even brought to the i o. c to a, creating a propaganda thing about, you know, she's been doing well, she's not being harmed. so just look at this case. you can see what could happen to athletes. we heard punctual i mentioned there and her fellow tennis plays remain concerned about her welfare. the women's tennis told, suspended all events in china in response. there hasn't been that much development in terms of contact with banks. ray, even though from our side we will continue to make any and all efforts to make sure that she's safe. she feels comfortable. hopefully we will get to hear from her personally at some point i think that's that's the goal of the main goal right now. and as a, as an association woman's association, i am, i am proud that we are supporting our players. hello windsor, as a rancor and ash ball, see the australian open on wednesday. boncey, who's the women's? well, no one eased into the 3rd round, beating italian, qualified for on that tea. she wrapped up the 1st set in 25 minutes and was equally dominant in the 2nd. 6161 women under an hour as a proud indigenous australian both he's when also came on the 1st nations people say, well, he's on track to meet defending champion near me. soccer in the 4th room to soccer, reach around 3 with a comfortable when over american madison brain goals. 6 love 6 full. before she potentially faces policy. she'll have to get another american amanda over with her. and don't reason course for men's records 21st grand slam title the sponge dispatch german qualify again. it comes 1626364 down needed 5 much points before ceiling. the victory and moving through to the 3rd round in melbourne . said seat alexander sarah is through the national hockey league is honored. it 1st black player, willie o re he broke the leagues racial barrier in 1900. 58, heidi ger, castro reports, and the you never know it by the way, he says old on the ice ice cold. my 1st naturally goal. it was not only when my 1st but it was the winning goal. but as the 1st black player in the national hockey league and the late 1900 fifties canadian, born willie, a re endured racist chance from the stand and segregation on the road, get up the separate restaurants, who his teammates get to stay in different hotels, get to use different restrooms, death threats are thrown his way. sandra, leaning over the board throng, bureau to sticks like you name it. every single point of opponent was like going through the gauntlet of hate. the 6 seconds later, 86 year old re is recognized in the hockey hall of fame. and on tuesday, his former n h l team, the boston bruins, retired his number to honor him as one of their greatest players of all time. i will never forget how my teammates in the bronze locker room, accepted me as one of their own. this was a time when some of the fans and opposing players were not ready to see a black man in the, in a jo, a real career in hockey, spend a 20 years playing with the bruins and in the minor leagues. and while he became a public symbol for civil rights and inclusion, he also faced a private challenge. he was secretly blind in one eye. i told myself, willie, forget about what you can see and focus on what you can see. oh, really, any else? diversity ambassador, or more than to jackie visiting rings? pulling him and firing of 14 year old daria's nichols is among the many young players who've met a read. he says, while he continues to encounter racism in hockey, he looks to his mentor for help. i've had kids call me in word. i've had kids. just come at me for no very reason holds on all the things he's been through and all the things i'm going through a pretty pretty the same. and i feel like i have to be like him just now worry about it. we the any gel remains 97 percent white and has been criticized for being slow to respond to the black lives matter movement. but o re says the league has come a long way since his trail blazing path. using the way for those who followed. hated your castro al jazeera. all right, that is august, 4th now or later. so thanks very much jack. i'll be back with more news on the other side of break until then for be on the news artie. thanks your time. ah ah, be the rescue team. mean, starting a game with building a new life in a new country is no easy task. let him drive. whitney follows one of the last refugee families from syria to be granted an american visa. from that personal sacrifices to the families priam, i meet the syrian on how to do. here are some of the media stories. a critical look at the global news media. a government shut off access to social media, talk to 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will come back because the city still have very much oh i the secretary of state urges russia to choose the path of peace as the arise and ukraine attracted to use tensions with moscow. ah, hello robin, what you know, they were like my headquarters hearing the whole. so coming up a syrian dr. accused of torturing and killing prisoners during the war goes on trial.