where i saw fighters have taken control of a prison. tens of thousands have now been displaced and i am he dissimilar to the sports news. morocco have biesen below e to advance the africa cup of nations cool to finals and pre tournament favorites . senegal have also made their way into the last 8 in cameroon. badass thanks to a halt. fortuna, win of cape averred. ah . russian troops are taking part in new military drills near ukraine and then alex crimea. the country's defense ministry says the scheduled exercises will continue all week to check the troops battle readiness. or moscow blames the u. s for increasing tensions in the region. putting his forces in europe on high alert, rushes troop build up on the ukrainian border has created fears of an invasion. the u. k prime minister boris johnson has called on european allies to be ready to apply sanctions. if diplomacy fails, well, the 3rd shipment of a $200000000.00 security package from the u. s. has arrived in ukraine's capital key of the u. s. and nato allies have made efforts to support ukraine as they prepare is for a possible invasion or for more of this, let's go to alan fisher, who joins us from washington, d. c. allen. what sort of appetite is there really within the, by that has been a situation to deploy troops to ukraine? none at all. they really don't want to get involved in that. and joe biden, who's been out of the about the last couple of hours and washington d. c. has made that perfectly clear as well. speaking to the media, he said look, we're, we're happy to, to move people into the area, but we're not going into ukraine itself. that's sending a message to vladimir putin, whatever we're doing is not aggressive. it's not a threat towards russia. and he's hoping that that will perhaps reduce some of the tension in the area. but he's also made it very clear to vladimir putin that if he sends forces across the border, there will be consequences. there will be an enormous consequences. if he were to go in there, he could the entire country or a lot less than as well. for russia, not only in terms of economic consequences and political consequences from enormous consequences world wide, this would be the largest if we were to move in with all those force, middle orders of asians were to change the world. joe biden speaking there, but alan was sort of support is there from congressional leaders? well, pretty strong was as you heard from joe biden, just on one point when he says it's going to be the biggest divisions as world war 2. i suspect for some people in iraq who might question that, but certainly as far as congressional leaders are concerned, the white house doing what it can to make sure that everyone is on board. there have been briefings with tony blinkin, who is the secretary of state and jake sullivan, who's the national security advisor. they have been speaking to members of congress over the last 10 days or so. there has been a briefing for the leadership of both parties in both houses and from mitch mcconnell, who of course is the publican leader in the senate. we've heard him say in the last couple of hours that he has spoken to the administration. he was keen to make sure that certain things would happen, that there would be weapons sent to ukraine. that box is ticked, that troops would start to move before there's an invasion, so that they were readily place. that is under way, as we've heard over the last 24 hours or so. and that sanctions would be in place and allies would be lined up again. that box has been ticked as far as mitch mcconnell is concerned. he says that the administration is moving in the right direction. it's not often that the head republican in the senate gives joe biden a lot of credit. big certainly give him credit for the ways handling what's going on and you cream. alan fisher with the latest on that from washington. d. c. allen . thank you. well now let's take a closer look at how european countries are supporting ukraine. the u. k. has flown as several missions taking $22000.00 short range, anti tank missiles and armored vehicles. estonia has sent javelin ante armor. miss styles us felt weapons capable of disabling tanks from the czech republic. there's been a donation of ammunition for large artillery guns, while lethia in lithuania have both sent thing or miss. how's that heat seeking weapons, they can shoot an aircraft up to around 4000 meters. but while it's a big regional player, of course, germany is not sending weapons instead helping to fund a $6000000.00 field hospital. well, earlier the german chancellor, olive schultz and the french president amend. when the crown met in berlin and called for an easing of the crisis pash about there is following developments from paris. yes, the french of president and german chancellor presenting a united front saying that you are members and their western allies were all united. and that is how would they respond to russia? their response at emmanuel mcgraw would be if russia was to invade ukraine, it would be a very severe response. and russia would have to pay a very high price. so a very united front, when it comes to the response from you to any, a possible or eventual attack from russia. but what was interesting about this meeting between emanuel, my criminal act, shoals, it was of going into it the lisa had made it very clear that the french present feels that the you needs to re insert itself if you like, or into a diplomatic efforts. so to deescalate the crisis over the ukraine, there is a feeling that the e u has been in a way a sidelined macro wants to see that change. he believes that the you could be at the heart of a diplomatic push that the you could find a diplomatic solution to this crisis and to the end macro and shoals of organized a meeting in paris on a wednesday, which would be a meeting of political advisors the normandy format, so that is france, a, germany, ukraine, and russia would meet together to discuss the crisis that is seen as may be a step forward. another way of doing things because what micro said is, look, it's good that the us and russia is speaking, but bitin. and a putin have spoken, but what might cross it is there have been very few results and he believes that the you can perhaps do better. and on friday, micro will also have a telephone call with vladimir putin. meanwhile, on the ground in ukraine and areas where people have recently lived through conflict, there is fear and concern about the threat of war or the bill. hm. it is near the front line of the conflict in the eastern part of the country. is he an eastern ukraine, that people are concerned the most of a possible escalation in that conflict? this part of the country has seen fears of battles back in 2014 and 15. this is what's left of the industrial area. we're on the edge of ad ve fca, one of the towns that was badly hit dead oh, during the battles that centered around the airport in done yet, which is only 5 to 7 kilometers away from here. now the front line is just a few 100 meters down this way we went there at the last position of the ukrainian forces, distance only a 100 meters from the last position of the pro russian forces and the 2 side stare at each other are all day and all night long now, the situation is very calm. we just heard a few punctures. do ukrainian soldiers told us that that happens a lot? ah, they say that they refrain from a retaliated is simply because they don't want the situation to inflame. now we did ask them how they felt about maybe a russian invasion in the coming weeks. ah, well they said that they didn't know if it was going to happen. but that this time round, they felt that the army was stronger. they have received training. they have received military equipment, it keeps on pouring in. so they do say that the situation would be much different on the ground. or ukraine's conflict with separatists has been concentrated in the east of the country. that villager is near the border with russian annexed crimea. say they're worried about the threat of an attack. char stratford has more now from an shavon in southern ukraine. ross and alex crimea is a few kilometers in that direction. now, despite moscow saying that it has no intention of launching and offensive, we be speaking to people in villages like this one and they tell us they are increasingly afraid. darkness, manteca, we are scared, will it throw the hardships of 2014 when russia to crimea, and perhaps the threat is the same. now since we have small children in the family, we have already packed our emergency belongings close and documents. so if we need to, we can hide somewhere in sellers, for example, was they somewhere safe? a few people are traveling in or out of crimea or in recent weeks, but we met some one who had just returned and thought of a story. little also a screen i have just arrived to day from sebastopol. the atmosphere is calm, people are out with their children playing in the snow. so mood is relaxed in comparison to 2014 to 2015. when people discuss the conflicts and what to do, some people aren't really talking about war now chris. so accounts like that saying that the situation remains calm in crimea, but that comes on a day. when the russian defense ministry has announced that it has started new tank drills, military exercises on the peninsula, which means hundreds of thousands of people in this region can only hope that the intense diplomatic efforts don't fail. coming up on al jazeera, this news, our talking with the taliban, europe's envoy to afghanistan, tells al jazeera how much recognition the group will get. an outbreak of the corona virus on an australian military vessel complicates a de delivery force, an army hit tong up. and raphael, no doubt, wins a 5 cetera. the australian open to stay on track for a record 21st. the grand slam title. ah, there has been international condemnation of the military coup and booking a fossil with both the united nations and the u. s. calling for the immediate release of the post president that rock mark bore it. hundreds of people celebrated in the streets of the capital on tuesday in a show of support for the military. the soldiers say they took power because of the government's failure to contain attacks from armed groups. west africa's regional block eco was says, the president resigned under threat and intimidation from the military and as called for an emergency summit. some ed nick has more now from the capital one to to look at the streets of all that to you. it's hard to believe there was a military to yesterday after days of unrest and gun battles and military bases near the president's house, as well as near the presidential palace on monday evening. the military force i took to state television and said that they had to attain the president and that he was in the same place. although they wouldn't say where he was. they said that they were angry at his inability to unite the country and pushed back armed groups that were taking over uppercase fossa. today, people took to the 3 rally in support of military saying that the long overdue thing that they think that there needs to be military in charge of the country in order to succeed in order to move forward. however, it's unclear what will change what the military will be able to do that the previous review wasn't, and a lot of people are asking the questions as well. people within the q told me that they're speaking to the previous regime that they're speaking to religious and community leaders or next steps. so a lot of people are waiting to see what's gonna happen in the coming day. that's the latest from work i do go. meanwhile, nicholas hog takes a look at what is behind the school, as well as others in the region. he sense of unease and uncertainty in burkina faso capital was due at the market. taylor city man. compel re is worried for us, so has a checkered past with a series of military coups since independence in 1900. 60 the fears the latest military take over me so disunity level. but the problem is we don't have peace in brooklyn a fast. so i hope the military didn't just come to take power. they need to bring back civilians so they can go back to their work and defend the country. the army has suffered several defeats against arm groups linked to al qaeda. nasal. they appeared to be gaining ground, forcing millions to flee towards the capital. soldiers seized power on monday by attacking the president's motorcade. the troops blamed president hot mac eh, boy, and his civilian government for military defeats and increasing insecurity. the president announced his resignation in a hand written note. it's not known where he is though french president emmanuel, my con, told reporters tuesday that he's been informed. cavalry is in good health. the us and west african regional organization echo us are urging the president's immediate release, their calling on the soldiers who mich near to return. to their barracks, my appeal is for the armies of these countries to assume their professional role of armies to protect their countries and re establish the democratic institutions. just in the past year, they have been coups in chad, sudan, molly, and guinea let's. this is the latest co in a region marked by military takeover as well. this is a said back to democracy. some see the military as able to succeed, where civilians have failed in bringing back security in a region marked by violence. despite the 14000 un peacekeepers and neighboring money as well as 5000 you and french soldiers of the region that the hell is facing unprecedented attacks and losses. jennifer was spared until 2015 when a popular uprising ended the 27 year ruler, former soldier, plesco bowie, that was seen as the beginning of unrest, while some now celebrate the others. fear a return to the past. this is an abrupt end to the democracy. so many here had fought for nicholas hawked al jazeera de carr. thousands of people have now been displaced by intense fighting around the prison seized by i. so fighters in northeastern syria kurdish forces have been trying to re take control of the facility with reports that hundreds of ice or fighters have surrendered. but the fighting continues. the jail in has soccer in the northeast of the country was attacked on thursday in a bid to free other i ssl fighters, 3 and a half 1000 of the groups members were held in that watery and facility and may have been moved to other prisons, official say around 200 inmates, fighters and security personnel have been killed in the following. 5 days of fighting. more than 45000 people are full to have fled. the area with many in temporary shelter, is now in desperate need of medical supplies and food. the international committee of the red cross is asking for immediate humanitarian axis will. earlier i spoke to fabri took her bony regional director for near and middle east that the international committee of the red cross. this was his assessment of the situation there. we know that the prison was a couple of days ago and that there were fighting around this area in the c d of our psyche. and we estimate that around the $50000.00 people have moved because of the fighting and the violence. we also know that within the prism there is, there is violence and that at least a couple of hours ago, the situation, the violence was still ongoing. and what is it that the international committee of the red cross is trying to do right now to provide some assistance to people there? i mean, 1st of all, it's a extremely the full, a child and complicated situation. security is our main concern. nevertheless, we've managed to assist people who have been displaced. you need also to know that there was a snowstorm a couple of days ago that the freezing cold in, in a region which is not used to such a weather. so it was really important to react quickly, but it's not enough. we need to do more. but for this we need to have all the facilities to move and assist the people displaced. also getting reports of hundreds of minors of children in this prison has to k as 1st of all, tell us what information you have because we don't really know that much about the situation surrounding the miners. look, i think it's, it's public knowledge that there are 700 minus detain in this prison because it's years that we are talking about it. it's here is that you are saying that this is not the place to keep my nose next 2 adults. and it's a bit frustrating to see what's happening now because it's something that we've said repeatedly that miners should be separated from adams to avoid be caught in between violence. and today we facing a situation where there are hundreds of minors in prison and we're not clear about their fate. security condition in and around the prison does not allow us to be to be active. we are available to play our rule of you turn into missouri if the parties involved find an agreement to, to, to put an end to this violence. but for the time being need to be realistic about the situation in just around the prison. it's very dangerous. it's and clear what's happening. now we try to focus on the people who have been displaced. but obviously we still ready to act if there is an opportunity. what would be your message to the international community and all players involved right now? i mean, it's difficult. it's painful, but it's really time to show political courage. you know, this problem, we not these appear because we don't talk about it and actually what's happening now. it's approve of this. we need to face it and it's going to be difficult. that's no doubt about it. but today when you look at what is at stake, it's mainly children, children in the camps, children in those base of the pension. and let's all agree that as miners, they are 1st and they can't be held responsible for what their parents did or not. what do you make of reports that some of these minors at the prison inasmuch a city that you say, you know, she'd never been there in the 1st place could potentially be being used as human shields? no, for the time being, it's speculation and it's difficult to comment. we don't have 1st on her information. and so for the time being it, it's speculation, as you said in the 1st place, those kids shouldn't be there. and, and i believe that's what we need to reflect on and, and agreed it is difficult, but today, and i hope tomorrow will have the courage to, to find solutions for this drama. the best toll from last week's saudi led coalition. air strike on a prison facility in yemen has risen to 91. that's according to the who. the administration's health minister, after search and rescue efforts concluded at the site in northern saw the province . it's a stronghold of who the rebels. the united nations is urged to be escalation in the nearly 7 year war in which more than 100000 people have been killed in 4000000 displaced. the african taliban is now the final day of talks with western diplomats in norway. the 3 days of closed door meetings were the 1st in europe. since the group took control of afghanistan in august, u. s. and e u diplomats are asking them to uphold basic freedoms. in return for humanitarian aid, civil society groups have also been involved in the discussions and the restaurant brant is the head of the european union delegation to afghanistan. he outlines what's being discussed and these tools. it's been a useful meeting. we have raised all of the very important points that we have raised also on previous occasions where the taliban. but i think the most important thing is that they had their own intra african dialogue with civil society, with other non taliban africans. and we, of course, we have made clear that women rights and also the inclusion, the participation of women in the african society is very important. it's important for the rights of women, but also it's important for productivity. and it's important for the legitimacy of the defacto government, because only through internal legitimacy can you as fire to achieve at certain point, external legitimacy recognition is not on the agenda. there is a broad consensus that we will not recognize for the moment the taliban government . but we are trying to do everything under the threshold of recognition. so we have set up our minimum presence, which is not yet a fully fledged embassy. it is also not a counselor, it's not a consulate, but it is an office with limited number of staff that helped facilitate humanitarian assistance and the safe passage where regional a governments regional countries. first and foremost katara have been very instrumental. and so this is the way to go and all depends on, on the way how the taliban position themselves in the future. more than 20 australian sailors on a military aid vessel in its way to tongue. i have tested positive for coven 19 the pacific island nation. has reported any infections so far, but the government is worried that the delivery of aid may lead to a corona virus outbreak. tonka is dealing with the aftermath of a devastating volcanic eruption and synonymy that happened more than a week ago when have reports now from new zealand. h. m. a s. adelaide left australia on friday carrying much needed aid supplies to tong up. but as the ship near its destination, the australian government confirmed there had been a coven 19 outbreak on board, or can report to the to 23 personnel on hi thomas adeline, which departed brisbin. army matter of days ago, i have been have tested positive for with private non sign there of those people obviously. and others on board who are in isolation of the moment. tongue that desperately needs outside assistance after the volcanic eruption and to nami more than a week ago. but doesn't want to risk an outbreak of coven 19 brought by 8 workers. it's insisting that all supplies must be delivered contactless. at this stage, the adelaide will complete its mission. as some communication is restored and toner, more images are coming out showing how devastating the disaster was. these are from the island of new cup one of the closest to the volcano, and one of the most effective. the red cross estimates waves as high as 15 meters smashed into num, luca and nearby islands. really, nobody knew that there was a wave coming. i'm so we had all in every household that was on the road, like we just shouted out soon, army soon, army, you know, get to higher ground. most people here have been moved to the main island of tong atop oo. they're a long, clean up as underway and power has been restored, but livelihoods in this tiny island nation will take a long time to rebuild my other bakery. but i called eva opens now because of the ash in the bakery in my whole tongue is economy was already in trouble before the disaster. now the outlook is even more grim and basic supplies may become hard to get when we're talking about crops. and it was severely damage due to the dust covering the farms. a yan aetna and crops you managed to survive, you with our, our shoot. what if we're talking about an acord b for it? in the short term assistance will continue to arrive at the tone means will need long term help to rebuild and recover. wayne, hey, al jazeera towed on a new zealand still to come on, the al jazeera news hour on the chronic hit, peruse children hard making many sick and keeping them out of school. now there's a campaign to vaccinate them. first they were weakened by drought, then the rains came. extreme weather devastates farmers, herds in northern kenya plus tennis served up with some tiers will show you what this was fairly, an open start. did to make a young fan cry. ah, that good thought of north near have been quite out of the news, coveting cloud, and cold. the stormy weather had been right on the edges. greece and turkey, as you well know in the news for the amount of stairs for matters is still existing storm system. both athens and he stam bowl were effectively closed down for a while the stows really moving away. now the cold air still around in the balkans . much of east in it with some places well below where there should be temperature wise. the next storm is brewing in the north. so it means windy in wet weather for scotland, snow coming in from you to norway and then that cold wind. now the fact that the wind blowing has actually, conversely, maybe warm things up in london to 11 degrees just because all that fault and low has been mixed out strength. the window is felt in the colds, who northern germany is pushing snow ahead of it should eventually reach the austrian terror. also fridays are an overcast a, with continuous snow in fairly light wind temperatures did. to show that the cold air that was over turkey is still over turkey has spread down into libya and egypt, and the wind is fed into the seasonal harm. athens. picking up the dust in this a hell. as you can see, temperatures in cairo, and bang garcia 5 to 8 degrees below the average. and as winchell ah, the jenny, a jenny, and one of necessity in 3 different missions than all facing the challenge and driving on the curriculum unpaid rent at the mercy of an unpredictable tropical weather in risking its own liquor at random on al jazeera, ah, ah, education is the beacon that lights the future with those who live in a bad in education, taking inspiration and determination to live in the remote areas. don't have electricity, tv, or computers to short film show how a love of learning finds away. ha, select on al jazeera. ah ah, a reminder now of the top stories on al jazeera, russian troops are taking parting new military drills near ukraine and an annex crimea. the country's defense ministry says the scheduled exercises will continue all week to check the troops a battle readiness. the 3rd shipment over $200000000.00 security package from the u . s. as arrived in ukraine's capital key of the u. s. and the nato allies have made efforts to support ukraine as it prepares for a possible invasion. and there is been international condemnation of the latest who were keener fast. so the un france and neighboring countries criticising the move. but hundreds of people in the capital walk a do who have celebrated the military takeover. police in london have opened that investigation into parties held that the government offices that allegedly violated coven 19 lockdown rules. it's another blow to prime minister boris johnson, who was facing renewed calls the step down. he's most recently been accused of attending a birthday party. his own organized by his wife during the 1st lockdown in june 2020. that the barber reports. i hate do 2020 school pupils which the visiting prime minister, a happy birthday day was a day. his wife carry dozens of his colleagues and even their interior designer attended a birthday celebration with cake inside 10 downing street. thou fine, of course johnson was subject to the police investigation. weeks after reports emerged of parties in or near downing street during locked out. i can confirm that the mat is now investigating a number of events that took place at downing street in whitehall in the last 2 years in relation to potential breaches of covent 19 regulations. the move comes after officers working in downing street gave evidence to an existing internal government inquiry headed by civil servant to gray. that process is quite properly involved, sharing information continuously with the metropolitan police. so i welcome the met decision to conduct its own investigation because i believe this will help to get the public clarity it needs and help to draw a line under matters. the opposition labor parties repeated calls for boris johnson to resign, suggesting he'd like to parliament just weeks ago. mister speaker, the prime minister told this house there was no patsy. how does the pay master general explain? now? i know across the country, people know we know they have made up their minds about the prime minister. so when will he party capture? the prime minister, popularity and credibility ratings have tanks with every new report of alleged rule breaking. one you survey suggests 62 percent of the population think he should step down. yeah, of the on his own vote for laurie's her is gonna go. private orozco. go a 2nd so long as mean so many controversy so far and hasn't kicked him out of officer smith teflon pm at the moment, but many conservative m. p 's have insisted they'll wait until see grey's report is finished before deciding whether to trigger a leadership contest. so the latest twist could be a lifeline for the prime minister course. the irony is that the inquiry being conducted by the captain office be like, i see grey here is a senior. why whole civil servant will probably now be delayed because on these criminal proceedings are on the way the criminal investigation is on the way. ah, so in our sense boss, john snatched the house and breathing space, breathing space perhaps, but with every day that passes, he knows that could be more damaging revelations. now there's the possibility of police action to the dean baba al jazeera, the drug firms, pfizer. and by on tech have started clinical trials for a vaccine that specifically targets the all micron variant of covey. 19, the new us study will include nearly $1500.00 volunteers aged from $18.00 to $50.00 . 5 vaccine makers have been working to update their shots to better match on the chrome, which has been able to break through the protection of the original vaccines. to coven 19 antibody drugs are no longer available to doctors in the united states because they are ineffective against the on the con variant, the us food and drug administration revoked the emergency authorization for the medication made by regeneration. and eli lilly williams, of americans have already been treated by both drug makers, had already warned that it's unlikely to work against on the throne. now with the world's highest mortality rate, peruvians have suffered more than most, and the pandemic. and with all micron causing a sharp increase in infections, children are being hit hard, but 5000000 children as young as 5 years old are now eligible to get vaccinated. mariana sanchez, reports from the capital, lima. 05 year old william particular doesn't like getting back to needed, but his mother elizabeth couldn't be happier. he suffers from a rare decease. she says he sometimes runs from the house, putting his life in danger, but now he is protected there. let me get the money thought. now i'll be relaxed with the vaccine that i know that he will be protected because at some point he gets infected. i won't be afraid that he could die. but yeah, i know another beatles government has launched a vaccination campaign for 5 to 11 year olds. the aim is to vaccinate 4300000 nationwide. the on the chrome variant has health workers worried, especially here at the national institute of children's health doctors here tweet rare or grave medical conditions all meant that and luckily made our law. the covered cases have increased in 2 years. we've treated 5000 children with her spirit, 3 conditions, and 350 recovered this year alone. we already have 800 patients diagnosed and it's because of alma crohn. the health ministry says nearly $850.00 children have died after contracting corona virus. since the pandemic began, in fact, the children occupy 2 thirds of all intensive care beds. the health minister says the number of children who test positive for poet 19 is likely to rise. these as health authorities warned their closely showing a red alert as there are only a few. i see you bit left that children around the country. her doctors and parents hope the vaccination campaign go swiftly, especially because schools are expected to reopen in march. for 2 years, most children have remained at home. leoni lobbyist says, his 7 year old boys, neuropathy, illness, worsened. whittaker memory. phyllis there, if in the need to walk and walk the stress of not going out seeing friends or the countryside being in open spaces, has been very hard for them. experts say the lockdown has had a devastating psychological effect and kids, but loony, says his son can make up for some of the last time and get some relief with the certainty though, that he is protected against the virus mariana center. so just see that lima bid the ongoing effects of the pan there make her causing a bigger then to the world's economy. that had been hoped the international monetary fund that slashed worldwide growth forecasts and says the cost of living for many people is going to rise further. rosalyn jordan reports from washington, d. c. on those who are already struggling to make ends meet just a few months ago, the international monetary fund predicted the global economy would flourish in 2022 . but now the i m. f has a different outlook, thanks to inflation not seen in decades. i m f, economists said inflation is the result of pretty much everything going wrong at the end of 2021. the arm across search, sickening hundreds of millions of workers worldwide. the resulting production cut in everything from oil and gas to consumer goods to fresh and packaged foods. visitors to this food bank in washington, dc. say rising prices are harming their family. i love it really impact them as i li, tremendously. because if not, we'll be here, you know, and in order for the organization to help us as s like as of left, it's in valley, nothing in the stores. this shop with them. there's the ongoing global supply chain disruptions likely to be around well into 2022. the only way to reverse inflation says the i m f that to raise or interest rate parson monetary policy is at a critical juncture. in most countries, when inflation is broad based, alongside a strong recovery, like in the united states, or high inflation runs the risk of becoming entrenched as in some emerging market and developing economies and advanced economies. extraordinary monetary policy suppose should be withdrawn in china, it's 0. cobit policy is having an impact on the world's 2nd largest economy. the report found that less demand for housing and consumer goods likely will depress its growth back in the us. thanks to a jobs glut created by the pandemic. u. s. workers are demanding and getting bigger paychecks, but the u. s. government says consumer prices also rose 7 percent in december, wiping out whatever financial cushion these workers thought they had between that and the end of a federal child tax credit program. low and middle income families are back to counting every penny, sometimes coming up short. so we're having to make some choices about what people receive in their bag and we're having to cut down on some of the more expensive grains, the more expensive canned items. and substitute those with some that are a little bit cheaper enabled. the other thing that we're having to do is figure out what we can find and we're not able to find as much variety as we were able to find . even last summer, the i m f says inflation should go down if the federal reserve does raise interest rates this year. that's because people don't spend as much when credit gets more expensive. it also says economic growth should improve as more people get vaccinated and return to work. but if the parent dynamic worsens again, the i m f says inflation will affect all people's lives for some time to come. rosalind jordan, l g 0, washington. the u. s. coast guard is searching for survivors. after reports that a boat capsized, a man was found clinging to a boat about 72 kilometers from port fort pierce inlet in florida. he told rescuers that 39 others were on the boat when they left the bahamas on saturday night. no one was wearing life jackets when it hit bad weather. the coast guard says they were treating it as a suspected case of human smuggling. as being 20 years since the end of the civil war in sierra leone, it was a conflict infamous for its cruelty and child soldiers paid for by exports of so called blood that diamonds. in that time, there has been some progress and reconciliation, but as acquainted with reports now from the capital free tower, a countries 8000000 people remains some of the poorest in africa. this victory on the outskirts of prieto is one of dozens of small and medium industries that grows from the ashes of saroyan civil war. it refines an export to palm oil and byproduct. and in the past 2 years has been able to expand its reach to market in west africa and asia, 45 percent goes in the local market. and the balance we are exporting to countries like gun on senegal, liberia, and trying to explore more and more countries. the government is focusing on the country strengths is key to industrial growth. and one of the areas which we have tried to focus on is our culture because our culture is one area where we can have a whole lot of raw materials for industrial development. but recovery, so on many fronts, from rescuing the economy to tackling corruption and reconciling it's a $1.00 to $1.00 on the juice's. jessica has his hand chopped off by rebels. children the war because of the truth requires this uncle, my son, that we will forget that we will forgive, but we will never forget because we are karen. did. did it? did it? did the off house all day activities which was not dos, 11 years of civil war killed at least 50000 people enforced half a 1000000 from their homes. one of the bloodiest conflicts started on rebels attempted to overthrow the government as well as rape mutilations enforced used of charge. soldiers fighting was often funded by so called blood diamonds. mind with slave labor. one of the coppers bottles of the federal, your civil war was 41, west african foot, but the local office. we are here then in control of that you stuck without. i think the wife this morning and the bridge over there, which is now called the piece bridge, stand as reminders of some of the doctors, doctors, instead of you rebel, so forth in the war. i also still struggling to decades old. most of my colleagues, some of them are not gone against legally such as societies because why they have already been little they did with the assets. diabetes was i to have take them more like me. i dis, i said diesel citing. and all the government admits the reconciliation process is slow. do want more speed. what's on that? this administration? i think we have address more the hours the recommendation. not any od admins to show before before president bill steadily and has been stable politically for the past 20 years. but divisions remain for now. the biggest concern for the government of citizens alike is competing corruption. improving infrastructure and reducing unemployment. all require a huge amount of money. something several young doesn't have despite it's vast mineral wealth. i'm at edris al jazeera free town, said leon, the world bank has it used lebanon's ruling class of orchestrating one of the world's worst national economic depressions. the global lender says and exploitative grip on resources by the countries elite is threatening, long term stability and social peace. lebanon's government revenue collapsed by nearly half last year. the country's economic output has plunged by nearly 60 percent since 2019, and the local currency has lost 90 percent of its value. hey, co villain is project director for lebanon of the international crisis group. he says, lebanon's leaders remain in denial about just how bad the situation has become. i'm talking to you now about over a network internet network that i, that i hope will hold up. i've just switched before the program from one other. because we are at the point for telecom providers don't have diesel to run generators, which they need to uphold the system or the network, because there's only 2 hours of electricity per day. now, imagine you have 2 hours per day, how many lebanese industrialist or producer going to compete in the international market? how are they going to explore, how they're going to convince their clients are brought that they can deliver on whatever trade, whatever the business agreements, they have, the situation that local economy is facing for which makes it extremely difficult to work, to produce, and to earn money and dollars that requires the political leadership would have to let go of their control over the state of their systems, of systematic plunder. really of the state on the public resources and their power is built on the systematic under requiring these resources, doling them out to support us and controlling institutions. and as long as they don't change this, there's not going to be any money coming. and we're not going to before still the come on al jazeera, this news our well hm, it's sally gets ready to leave egypt in a crunch, match against ivory coast, but the africa cup of nations. we're going to hear from him in sport. ah. with with mm. pool ah ah and peter is here now with the sport. barbara, thank you. we'll start at the africa cup of nations where pre tournament favored senegal or through to the quarter finals. they were up against cape vert, who did their own chances against the lions of to rank and no favors at all. even the v a r was needed, patrick, on saturdays, yellow car became a red off to 20 minutes. and then the blue shots were down to 9 men when bulky, but joseph asenia saw rate for this dangerous challenge outside his box. it resulted in concussion to captain saudi a manet with k burn down, and i men, the senegalese, eventually took advantage when monet, who was still on the field despite the concussion school, the opening told of the game. and a stoppage time counter attack result had been done by the young putting the result . beyond all doubt, morocco will be the cause of final opponents. that's after the moroccans beat malawi to one, but it was the millenniums who actually took the lead through this incredible long range effort from gardinio mungo. it took morocco until the stroke of half time to eventually find an equalizer use if an a c lee popping up at the far post to head home. and then asher hockey, me it this exquisite free cake to put the atlas lions in the lead. they never relinquished it as the head on, so the call to finally a moment silence was held ahead of both those games following the death of 8 fans in a stampede outside the stadium. on monday, the president of africa, football confederation. since it's working with the camera in government and local organizers to investigate what happened, i went to see where the people lost their lives. i went there this morning and you see it's a gate. it was supposed to be open because it was opened, they would have walked through and it was closed. for reasons, for inexplicable reasons, it was closed. if that gate was open as it was supposed to, will i've had this problem. we have now this loss of life. so of course as part of the year even wanted nobody who, who closed that gate was responsible for that gate. egypt captain mohammed seller is getting his team ready for a tough last 16 met against ivory coast on tuesday. the difficult fixture for the pharaohs who qualified as runners up from group the ivory coast topped group e with a place in the quarter finals at stake. salah says, the 7 time champions will give everything to the fight, as he also tries to when he's 1st asked con title with these country, this trophy, for me would be completely different, would be the closest one to my heart i. we were close before to win this african cup, but we were given everything by we were not lucky to win it, but sir, it's okay. now we are here in the new one or we have to fight for it. we have to give everything to win. it, there are still a few qualifying places up for grabs in south american world cup, qualifying for cutter. 2022. these are the pictures of the brazilians arriving in kito. they will face ecuador on thursday before hosting paraguay on tuesday. was the level ready qualified, but the ecuadorian are still hoping to book the tickets argentina or another nation to already have qualified for cancer 2022. as a result, they have opted to rest star, manley and our macy for the matches against shirley and columbia. the colombians currently said inside the qualifying positions where which lands are outside that grouping, although they are only one point behind there 10 days. now to go until the winter olympics begin in beijing, but the chinese capital is battling to prevent a corona virus outbreak with more locked downs. china's president, she jin ping hosted olympic president thomas back on tuesday, but only after buttered undergone a 3 day quarantine. he told the chinese leader, he's deeply impressed with the preparations ahead of the games and the opening ceremony taking place on february the 4th. but several countries, including the united states, have said they won't send politicians to the games in a boycott over china's human rights record. is latanya. meanwhile, russia's president says he's against such boycotts and plans to attend the games he was speaking to russian athletes. as with last year, summer olympics in tokyo, russians will be competing with other countries name of flag following a state sponsored doping scandal. he must loan is alleged, she did you certainly when you will. as you know, russia is not afraid of difficulties. it always makes us stronger, more confident and united. i'm sure all these qualities will manifest themselves in beijing. here in the homeland will be cheering. you will be proud of your successes that we believe that at the olympic stadiums you will support yourself and show the top level and top performance. good luck to you. be healthy and have a triumphant performance at the 24th winter. olympic games are a 100 al remains on tracks when a record breaking 21st grand slam title at the australian open. he came through a tough and a times bad tempered match against dentist shop of all of i still a ready to play. you got a quote of oh, we canadian lost the 1st 2 sets and then lost his temper accusing the empire being corrupt for not giving the dollar code violation. he managed to calm down and fall back to level the matcher 2 sets all and it seemed the bell was on his way out of the tournament, struggling with the heat and a stomach problem. but he held together one the defining said $63.00, you play mattie out better. t me next. i west completely. the 3rd after that. ah yes, very tough day, very warm her. i am not 21 any more. so after this, sir, is much as it is great to have 2 days, 2 days of now, i think i, i felt quite good physically in terms of movements. but this through that the conditions are here. have him, haven't been that hard for the last week and a half shop of olive city was wrong. jacoby untie corrupt, but explained why he was so frustrated in his press conference after the match. i think i miss spoke when i said that his corrupt or whatever. i said, you know, its definitely emotional, but i do, i do stand by my side. i think god, it's unfair. ah, you know how my trough was getting away with he had already taken to medical's. he was getting medically evaluated. that's what the onset after the 4th said, getting medically evaluated. and after the evaluation, the guy goes and takes a toilet break. and it's just like, where's the line, you know, like where, where are you going to step on the players and say okay, you know? and again, i respect everything that ralph has done and i think he's an unbelievable player. but you know, there's gotta be some, some boundaries, some rules say it's, and it's just, it's so frustrating as a player, you know, you feel like you're not just playing against the player you're playing against the umpires. you're playing against, you know so much more women's world. number one. ashley bossy cruised into the semi finals. the top see dropped just 2 games in a ruthless display against the american. jessica peggy ruler party took just over an hour to close out the match. 6 to 6 love in front of the home fans body will face madison keys next. the unseeded american old of a big upset to knock out the french open champion. barbara clay chickamauga. the number full seed was beaten convincingly. 6362, and away was short from exterior steering his double school to final accidentally hit. a young boy in the grandstand curious is known for drawing. a few laughs from the crowd, but this time they were a few tears there straight and clearly felt bad. so by way of an apology gave the blue one of his racket. so he was soon smiling again. oh, that's what we're going to leave my back to you in london. peter. thank you. and that is it for this news? our do stay with us though, my colleagues in though how will be back in just a few minutes with more of the day's news. thanks for watching, i'll see you soon. bye bye. ah ah. and a 4 hour time for 4 minutes and practice. but to achieve their dream of becoming afghanistan's 1st ever winter in the peons. they will have to overcome many mountains, carving a path of hope and inspiration, where the light shines. witness on al jazeera february on a just either china host the winter olympics, but we'll diplomatic boycott and the corona virus overshadow the event. rigorous debate and unflinching questions. up front cuts through the headlights to challenge conventional wisdom. al jazeera keeps you up to date of mation tackle the overcome barrier amid continued vaccine inequality. 11 east investigates how breakfast the pandemic and changing papers are causing the great british curry crisis. the african union hope it's 30 peers ordinary session. the 1st with israel as an observer state with several nations campaigning against israel status and person 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