A united front, russia and china say de, oppose a further expansion of nato. As president Vladimir Putin visits by ging, how campaigning for columbia as a general election is being overshadowed by a surge in violent attacks. Plus im adarine in northern portugal home to europes largest lithium deposits. Locals here whose families date back generation say a propos, lithium mine threatens their way of life. Ah, hello, and welcome to the program. We begin the in china where a spectacular ceremony has opened the badging Winter Olympics in late. 3000 athletes are in a strict bible, though because of coven 19, and no foreigners are able to watch them compete. Despite that, the athletes are ready to go for gold. As david strikes reports. Please. Yes. Well, i think once again, after a troubled build up the 24th Winter Olympics have officially begun in beijing. The venue for fridays Opening Ceremony was the birds nest stadium originally built for the summer olympics, back in 2008. Its the 1st city ever to host both the winter and summer games. Like the Tokyo Olympics last year cupboard 19 has given these games a different complexion that taking place inside a closed loop system, keeping competitors and stuff away from the general public athletes must get tested for cupboard 19 daily. And there were no foreign fans with only a small handpick domestic audience allowed to attend. Some of the worlds best winter athletes are unable to compete after testing positive. This is much tougher than injury because you arent putting yourself out. Lets take the risk. Its just the risk is everywhere around us, and i really feel for those athletes, i cant, i cant even imagine how it must be to day 4 years of work and then at the last minute. So had that taken away by something thats out of your control. Several World Leaders have travel to beijing for the games, but other nations including the u. S. Britain and canada had declared a diplomatic boycott over chinas human rights record. Specifically, its treatment of muslim wiggers, china to noise human rights abuses. The peoples republic of china is perpetrating a campaign of gross Human Rights Violations, including genocide. Over the next 2 weeks is an urgent moral duty to shine a bright light on the many Human Rights Violations being perpetrated by the host nation. Beijing 2022 organizes say the games will be Carbon Neutral. Oh, venues will be powered by renewable energy, and 5 of them have been repurposed from 2008, but with very little snow full more than 200000000 liters of water have been used to generate fake powder for the alpine locations. Lets not been. You know, artificial snow is used in a consistent way for decades. You know, in winter a competitive sport. What is really important, like for any other activities that there we practice is to try to do it in the most efficient way. With the lead up to the olympics dominated by politics and covet 19, most of the athletes will hope the focus now shifts to the action as nearly 3000 competitors from 90. 1 nations fight to take home a gold medal. Theyd stokes out as era and a p sports correspondence. Stephen wade has more from the Opening Ceremony. I was in the 2008 the Opening Ceremony here. 13 and a half years ago. It was 30 to 33 degrees, sweltering hot pac stadium, 91000 people right now back. And we have maybe 20 or 30000 fans. Were not sure. Maybe 40 percent full and its below 0. Its one or 2 degrees below 0 here. So its a very different different atmosphere and what are games of course, are much smaller than the summer game, so theyre really not not comparable. But paging is the most unlikely. Can i have one or lympics but in 2015, 6 European Countries who should have had or could have been dropped out too expensive or political problems . Yeah. To see what had was left with not because x on and beijing, they chose beijing, beijing. I think with the more surprising anybody, so the games are here, the run up to the games have been filled with contention. The weaker the genocides is going on in northwestern. John, the region here has occupied the press, the chinese have tried to avoid it. They see has tried to avoid the sponsor. Theyve tried to pretend like they dont see it. I think everybody will be glad like yours or when the games get started, the focus goes on. The athletes and the politics probably will be put aside. However, its very possible with natalie to may speak out or we have a lot of contention for these 2 and a half weeks while were bridging among those at the ceremony is rushes president , let me put in moscow is to cheery aging relations with the west took center stage jasper and held talks with his counterpart, she didnt ping in by jing in a joint statement. They said they opposed the expansion of nato and cold on the lines to ditch what they called cold war approaches. Took us in the federal hip machine. Youre going through our bilateral relation with their developing, with the spirit of friendship and strategic partnership, and have reached an unprecedented level there. An example of upstanding relations which have both sides develop and support each other at the same time. Is, comes is tensions between keys and moscow. Showing no signs of thawing. Russia has massed more than 100000 troops, ne ukraines border. Both countries have been holding military drills. Russia has also offered to beef up its gas supplies to china. Meanwhile, the us and europe have threatened moscow with unprecedented sanctions. If ukraine is attacked, leisure sewage issues. The issue are old producers prepared a very good solution, and hydrocarbons applies to china for todays meeting. And we made another step forward in the gas sector. I mean the new deal to supply china with 10000000000 cubic meters of natural gas from the far east. Contain you easy beijing and has more on todays talks. What we were really looking for was any specific signal from china that it would support you, craig . Now from this joint statement, we havent heard from aging yet, but what were hearing from the kremlin is that china really still on paper wants to maintain its neutral storms. But there are some statements within this state, which implies strong support of russia when it comes to its policy in ukraine or its actions on the ukraine border, the joints, them, and said that each country supports each others foreign policy, that no country should improve its security at the expense of others, and also the both countries of per unilateral actions towards specific countries. I think really this relationship its have to main dimensions. One is political, do use countries, definitely a lot in common in terms of the ideology and i think specifically what theyre both very tired of and what they both oppose is a world order under which the u. S. Is the dominant power. So i think during this meeting, what theyre doing is showing how strong their partnership is and also showing the world, perhaps a potential count away to the u. S. And other european powers. And of course, the other dimension of this relationship is very practical. Its based on the economic and economics and trade. China is russias biggest trading partner. They did about 12840000000000. 00 and trade in 2021. Thats an unprecedented volume of trade between the 2 countries. And thats only set to increase. Frances president Manuel Mccomb will travel to moscow and kiev next week to discuss the standoff between russia and ukraine. His visit will be followed by another european laid them. Germanys chancellor love shows. Well also go to the region next week for more on that visit. Lets bring in a dominant cane whos live for us in berlin. Hello there. Dominic jeremy chancellor has been criticized and being tough enough on this whole ukraine, russia situation, but hes finally stepping up. What more can you tell us . The interesting thing here is that there all those in the media here in germany, but also in the International News media youve been saying, where is the last shot . Whats the been up to . Why are we not hearing more from him in so far as ukraine is concerned, and other world crises . Well, he is planning lots of different involvement. So we know that on monday of next week he will be in washington d. C, meeting president joe biden, clearly to talk about this particular crisis and others. And thats not the only visit thats going to happen in so far as with the shots is concerned. He will receive visits from different heads of government. Heads of states next week. Here in berlin specifically he will be meeting the heads of government or heads. The state of the 3 Baltic States that feel that the way near sonya, who are you members would also nice members and all who have a border either with russia or with b. L. A ross. So hes going to be active. Thats certainly whats being said by his, by the press office is working for the German Government. But the interesting thing here is the mediation role that germany is hoping to adopt and adapt in so far as it can. Remember that the German Government is part of the normandy format. Thats the format that brings together the french, german, ukrainian, or russian governments. Theyve always stressed the importance of the mens agreement, which should have de escalate the situation between kiev and moscow. Yes, it hasnt. Theyve always stressed the importance of that. And then there is the thought here that the German Government has slight difficulty in that it wants to emphasize diplomacy and the threat of sanctions against russia as an act of aggression. And yet it doesnt want to arm the ukrainians. It doesnt want to give weapons to defensive weapons to key if, even though they know there are increasingly loud voice is coming from key f, asking for precisely that. So its quite difficult past that Mister Schultz and his colleagues are having to, to go down by trying to talk tough to the russian government while stressing the need for diplomacy. And yet also trying to appear like an ally to those in kiev who are asking for weapons which the germans dont want to give them. All right, thank you for breaking it down for us, dominic came left for us in berlin. Thats head to paris now, where Natasha Butler is standing by for us. Natasha. What, what do we know about emanuel mac, crohns upcoming visits to moscow, and then ukraine. While the french president manual micro is hoping to use some of his powers of personal persuasion to try and de escalate the crisis with russia of ukraine when he arrives in the russian capital on monday to meet of Vladimir Putin, the russian leader. Now the 2 men had a telephone call on thursday evening. We understand it last just an hour. And this is the 3rd time that the 2 spoken on the phone in the past few weeks is all part of the french president efforts to really try and push diplomacy to try and put the European Union back at the center of diplomacy. Because the at least say are very adamant that this isnt about a minute micro, on a similar mission to moscow representing fraud. This is a manual mike crawl, trying to talk to russia on the hall for the European Union. France has the rotating presidency, all through your opinion at the moment, and he is traveling to moscow very much on behalf of the e. U. But it is also very much in keeping with the french president is all part of his personal style. He believes in face to face and personal contact, and he has also had a relatively strong relationship with the russian lead. If youd like in terms of continuing dialogue, michael is always been a proponent of continuing to talk to russia, trying to continue to talk and diplomatically to moscow. He has done that from the very beginning of his present, these invited periods and several times the france. In fact, he was supposed to be going to moscow in 2020, but then have to cancel those plans because of the cobra pandemic. Its worse also saying that micro will be going to kill, has just off the, his meeting with president putin, no doubt to brief the landscape, the ukrainian president on the talk that he had with the russian leader. Plenty of moving parts to the story. Thank you very much for the update. Natasha butler live for us in paris. Meanwhile, rushing back to separatists in easton, ukraine have set up training camps. The young people, instructors, say, students are taught about patriotism and self defense shall stratford reports from the town of mucky africa. These teenagers, some of the 5000 members of a Youth Movement in the pro russia, separatists controlled region of east in ukraine. They are all still at school. You know, me roughly translates to army of the use in structures. Many of them form a separatist fighters say they teach patriotism and how to defend the self declared republic of dimansky. Job 8 years of conflict with ukraine remains unrecognized by any country in the world, even its main baca, russia, the students. Its also a range of Skills Including martial arts, 1st aid and assembling, and disassembling weapons, which we are not allowed to film. 14 year old christina joined 2 years ago after her cousin was killed during fighting between the russian bank separatists ukrainian army. Just think of it ok much. Its very painful for me when i remember she was like my brother. I joined because of his death because i wanted to remember those last in the war, especially when we dont want to make the same mistakes that we did when to soviet union was attacked in world war 2. Murals in the school. Cordele celebrate russian history and cultural figures like the novelist and poet alexander, pushkin. A map shows crimea painted in the colors the russian flag. So i thought to come on. Todays class is about the victory of soviet forces over the nazis and the bustle of stalingrad considered one of the bloodiest battles in history, claiming around 2000000. 00 lives. The manager to the cliff that i dont unami feels like my 2nd family, my 2nd home. When you go through so much together, you become very close at the bit of the white nash, but the develops are patriotism. We remember and a proud of our predecessors, and i want to eventually serve in the army outside students prepare for a battle. We split into 2 opposing sides and fired each other using laser guns and stacks of tires as cover. But this isnt just again, this might look like fun, but of course it has serious implications. And its important to recognize that there are similar youth groups on Ukrainian Government control side also being trained like this. There they, its whole that the danger is what the crane is described as russian expansionism with its roots in the soviet past. Here it start to tell the children that the danger isnt ideology that has huge residents with both the young and the old. They are working. Ok he no the near work for susan. Ukraine is not our enemy fascism. Is it . The enemy and 2014. When the conflict started, we were standing up against fascists. Like our grandparents did, we can say we have enemies. Our only enemy is fascism. We dont want to just to make fresh isnt our friends . But christina and her friends are too young to fully understand how history can be manipulated to serve military or political ends in any conflicts. If you could almost as away on the abandoned ruins of homes and places where children once played destroyed in 8 years of war with no peaceful solution in sight, a conflict into which the young on both sides of being drawn shall stratford al jazeera. Dont ask. Plenty more head on his knees. Ally, including, developed and designed on the african continent. South africa users, madonnas coven, 19 m. R. N. A vaccine, to make its own version of the job. In years struggles with carver 19 and deaths rate own warri number and how egypt, how their nerve to make the final of the african cup of nations. Peter will have those details coming up in school. India is the 3rd country to report half a 1000000 deaths related to kind of the 19 after the u. S. And brazil. As had me middle reports from new delhi government, leaders are rejecting claims by some Health Experts that the actual death toll is much higher. G then this is shante, can barely speak about what hes experienced. The social worker has been organizing ambulances for coven 19 patients, and helping families cremate loved ones who theyve lost. He was recently awarded in just bought high civilian off the wooded diva, social media, biblical who i lived, the tragedy people witnessed on tv and social media. It was horrendous. One day i committed 156 bodies. We discovered unclean bodies every day. People with bad destitute, i saw children bringing the bodies of the parent. India has recorded the death of more than 500000 people from covey 19. But some help experts say the actual toll is in the millions. At least half of these occurred last summer during a surge. If infections fueled by the dead are variant overwhelmed, hospitals ran out of oxygen and many people died as they were waiting to be admitted. Funeral pyres burned across the nation for days, and some families lined up for hours to cremate their dead in the northern states with their predation be hard. Hundreds of bodies were found floating in the river ganges, and buried by its banks. The government denies claimed the death toll is being under reported. India has used in excessively stringent definition of wonderful condenses, and this leaves no room for things like a person who died without deposited s because some guns to be counted as uncle lynette. Several states have recently devised their tallies, caroline, Southern India has increased, its debt, told the most by 20000 over 3 months. And part of the correction isnt being in recognizing that up to a month after the debt deb of the month of took over the admission if the debt is linton and his with this would be eligible to be counted as a covered debt. So all of this has actually resulted in a whole range of reconciliation of debts and therefore we see the numbers are going up in the recent times, which seems a little artificial. While the numbers of people infected by the or mac, ron variant have broken records in many states, hospital admissions and deaths have remained relatively low. Experts credit that to mild symptoms and patients with the variant more than 75 percent of the entire Adult Population being fully vaccinated. And most children above 15, when partially innoculated experts in asking the government to expand vaccinations and boosters to protect people against future variance, poverty midville al jazeera, you jelly russia has again registered a record breaking number of corona virus infections. As the army con, variance spreads on friday, more than 100. 00. 68000 new cases were recorded in the preceding 24 hours. 682 deaths were reported. The country is not considering lockdown though, despite the surge South African pharmaceutical company, african has designed, developed, and produced the 1st Emma Renee Cove at 19 vaccine on the african continent. Its part of a World Health Organization project to support poor countries to develop their own vaccines. After Major Pharmaceuticals refused to share their technology, african used to publicly available information to copy the sequence of the madonna, m r, and a jet, and develop their own vaccine without madonnas approval. Which nations have brought out most of the worlds vaccine supply . While the vaccination range in low Income Countries is just 5 percent for more on the story, lets bring in at petro to blanche, who is the managing director of african, and she joins us live from cape town in south africa. Thanks for being on the program. Petro certified during the pandemic. This m r n. A vaccine has been a closely guarded secret by pfizer and madonna, sir, how are we able to crack the coat . Emily, thank you for having me. And when you combine the scientific knowledge offer by technology, vaccine design, vaccine development, with information in the Public Domain around m r. And i platform, if you combine that, theres a group of scientists and by processing engineers who a focus and committed, you can do it. So this, the teams work on the sequence of one to 73, by the person, by the dna i fully like to do. We now havent lex cuddle a potential vaccine candidate, very small scale, but it incorporates the sequence of the june of x. It was certainly an exciting time. What impact will africans on version of this fact . Same have on the battle against coven 19 in africa this year, supported by w. I. John partners. Ill send you an initiative to both capacity and capability and learn middle Income Countries to produce that. And the fact that weve chosen the name on i platform is because it is so future relevant. It is a platform that will allow multi product develop. So curve at 19 is the catalyst we building and demonstrating capacity capability as weve just done with this 1st seen production. Although at glasgow, we will then build capacity and build up process is to also look at the t b lesser fees and other diseases of elements in middle Income Countries. Building this capacity capability will empower 9000000 countries to produce them back. See how disappointing is that though, that its got to this point where pharmaceuticals essentially were putting profits before peoples well being. And you guys had to go out on your own. So we would not just seeming to get transferred, we had to develop this and which is good for the team. The fact that we had the opportunity to forward in working from the sequence school, which is great because that is a learning exercise that bull substance. The other point is that we were moving much faster than would we would have moved. It was if there was a technology transfer. So anyway, we grateful that we had to move and, and, and empower. So we are looking for support on the sky up and we are getting fantastic Technical Support across the globe from organizations that have already done some skyler. And we believe that in the next 6 months, we will sky up and we will produce g m, b, good manufacturing practice vaccine venue for Clinical Trials. Speaking about timing and still a while off before its widely available across african countries talk us or the timeline of when the vaccine will be tested on humans. So well have now we will do more batches of this vaccine that introduced. And we will refine some of our Quality Control procedures. We will in the next 6 weeks, start with pre clinical animal testing safety testing. And also they look good competitive testing. The targeting east to start off phase one Clinical Trials in november of this year. Picture as well as the lack of availability Vaccine Hesitancy has been an issue in some african countries. Do you think the fact that these vaccine is locally made that will help alleviate some of those concerns and more people will get vaccinated . Interesting debates around that and discussion, so on that and there is a savings that even our featured and we have to demonstrate our back seen, meets the quality and safety and efficacy standards of the busy vaccines of the world. Madonna, by on take that localization will be enormously support that the general public will support receiving vaccine, which is localized in africa for africa. Well, congratulations on your discovery in your work at petro to blanche, the managing director of average and appreciate your time. Thank you. Southeast Asian Countries are welcoming back vaccinated international tourist. This month thailand is resuming and quarantine free Entry Program and the philippines will do the same. Next week. Jessica washington reports from the indonesian island of bali where direct flights have restarted for the 1st time in almost 2 years ago to poland beach near balise, Southern Coast is a popular spot for surfing and dining discovery among the few foreign tooth already. Oh my god, i thought of all this place man is so many times so peaceful, so incredible. Its relatively quiet, but that may change soon. But lets look at, i really want to see barley like how it was before. Back to normal. Late last year, indonesia allowed tourists to travel to the valley. If they quarantine in the capital jakarta, no International Direct lines to barley have resumed for the 1st time in almost 2 years. All visitors must complete 5 days ho quarantine, but they wont be confined to their rooms in the hotel. They can use any facilities and the hotels had we have, i had a dresser on the pool with the beads despite perhaps others southeast Asian Countries are also trying to attract foreign visitors again. But unlike indonesia, thailand and the philippines have no quarantine requirements. The highly anticipated reopening of folly comes, as coven 19 cases rise again in indonesia. But Authorities Say they anticipated the increase and are better prepared. The 9 president , joker widow, says indonesia hospitals and Health Workers are reading bucket. Overshadowed by the pandemic, extra st. Too soon to say whether the reopening will be a success. Well, i think the regions in a state of flux, weve been waiting almost 2 years. Theres been a big period of uncertainty locked downs. People have tried to open and hasnt worked out. Tourism officials in barley said the island has had enough time to prepare for International Visitors and we want to show the outside world. The valley is very much ready to success of the reopening depends on whether the following tours feel the same way just to washington out of here on the still ahead on al jazeera and kristen salumi along the jersey shore. Help wanted signs are posted everywhere by the wheels. There will be enough workers to fill the job rescue as in moscow rice to save a 5 year old boy, stuck in a well the 3 days and is bump and run. Weve got all the action from the floor that the badging wind. Sure. Lympics measurements ah all the time these went to storms, keep going across from eastern med to iran and theres one going through now we tend to get a shemelle blowing for 24 hours saturdays. No exception, its got a dusty one. Youll see this orange plume here, which means itll be picked up in east and saturday. Bahrain properly cut and spread out in the empty quarter. Sadie. Rabies optic. He called one attempt to still run about 20, maybe 25. 00. Youre lucky in doha, he shall still to be blown into the event and so plenty shouting north near on, snow might fall in to run. But probably not. That certainly will be near by more significantly in northern afghan, just far north of pakistan during sunday. By which time the shemelle still blowing as drop attempted a bit more in doha. But you know, being no more dust with it. More significant winds are these. With that, sir, i equivalent category for hurricane this is a 125 Kilometers Per Hour winds at landfall on saturday afternoon. This is a damaging storm. Bringing with it storm surge flooding rains and already 15 meter ways. He goes across madagascar and reappears no water during sunday. West of all that theres still plenty of big shower, not the same degree. There are fewer than they were though in southern africa. Ah, this feels like representation of who i am and what i want people to remember me by boxing is my get out take. It is not that you just mark against the people around like into got to when im telling the story about my life is going to take 50 future to do a dont so bad with you. Deep Award Winning documentary, witness on out. His era informed opinions, the initial focused on National Resource by is not large enough to get there adequate to meet our people in depth analysis of the days global headlights. Inside story on al jazeera americans are increasingly saying authoritarianism might not be so bad. There were several steps along the way where the chain of command, it seemed like tried to cover whats your take on why theyve gotten this so wrong. That to me is political mouth for the bottom line on us politics and policies and the impact on the world on al jazeera. Ah, ah ah. Hello, youve watching out here. Im emily angland armando, that top stories will sound the 24th Winter Olympics has officially begun. Begging is the 1st city to host both the winter and summer olympics. The build up has been dominated by coven 19 restrictions and diplomatic floyd products. And the games that happening as tensions over ukraine are high between russia and the west. Russian president Vladimir Putin is in china, moscow and beijing se they oppose nato nato expansion. That use of cold war approaches. And south africas used madonnas code 19 m r n a vaccine to make its own version of the job without magentas health. Its the 1st of its kind at lab scale only african continent games to tackle global vaccine in the close. Northern islands, High Court Says checks on food from Great Britain should remain in place for now that suspends an order from a minister to halt custom checks. The European Union says that order breached the Northern Island protocol and agreement between westminster and brussels, signed back in 2020, to implement bricks, it, its aimed at avoiding border checks between Northern Ireland and the republic of violent, the 1st minister of Northern Islands government from the prob, breaks it pro british, do you pay, has resigned in protest against that 2020 agreement . To break this down for us, lets bring in the dame barba whos live for us in london. Hello, then a dame. Whats the situation with the tread checks right now. While the checks are still carrying on, they never actually stopped. But and the court now has said that there can be a legal challenge. Judicial review against the order on wednesday by the agriculture minister of Northern Islands. And when boots from the Democratic Unionist Party for those checks to be halted, so we got another month at least of those checks continuing. Now m d u p had been very unhappy with as you were mentioning the, the protocol and the part of the bracket deal dealing with Northern Islands and on thursday night or the 1st minister of Northern Ireland. Paul given whos also from the d u p. The main pro British Party in Northern Ireland, he resigned saying that the protocol seriously damaged, or parts of the good friday agreement are which are set up the power sharing arrangement. Notably, the part that says that via the communities, the national ester pro irish and community and the unionists have to govern in they have to both govern with consent of both of those groups. So, and theres a lot of unease within the d u. P. M, where this leads us is that the via the i am the deputy 1st minister of Northern IrelandMichelle Oneil of shin fein, also has to resign. This means the executive is no longer functioning ministers can do their jobs, but for Big Decisions it creates real headaches. No, then what are the chances of a resolution given everything youve to st . Well, there are lots of different possibilities, both shin fane, the, the main nationalist polity. And with the fact one snap collections, there are local elections due in may. In Northern Ireland, we dont know whether thats really going to fly at the moment. Some on friday, the main parties apart from the d, u p, had a virtual meeting. Now, next week the u. K. s foreign secretary is trust is due to carry on discussing a possible changes to the deal with the the vice head of the european commission. Nothing has been coming in the last few months and the d. P. Say that bars, johnson has said its unlikely that there will be changes. They want the u. K. To act unilaterally. Will that be very divisive for now . We know than islands. Big decisions like a proving a 3 year budget and things like decisions on health care and covered in 1900 regulations. They could all be put in jeopardy if the government grinds to a halt. All right, well, thank you for bringing us up to speed. Then again, bob live for us in london, u. K Prime Minister bars johnson is facing pressure to sure up his premiership as the so called a party gave scandal deepens. 58 have now resigned, including johnsons chief of staff, private secretary, and director of communications. A 4th a, the head of policy said she quit because of a false accusation. Johnson made against the lady of the opposition. Portugal is said to decide whether to give the go ahead for europes largest lithium mind. Its seen as a vital mineral in the fight against Climate Change because its used to make batteries for electric vehicles. But local people feed the mind could cause laughing environmental damage at im writing reports from ne portugal. Ida fernandez and her family have been stewards of this corner of northern portugal for 5 generations. A cattle farmer, shes convinced a proposed lithium mine, if approved would destroy her livelihood, unlimited streams. Most of the fields we rely on our perimeter of the proposed mind. It is not green and is not sustainable. It is not going to benefit us. And it is going to destroy one more region, rich and water, and pure air and nature and biodiversity. The us food and Agricultural Organization has declared this area, but also a globally important agricultural heritage site for the blend of grazing and sustainable farming. The wider area is also home to europes largest lithium reserves. A metal key for producing electric car batteries. Electric cars are crucial to phasing out fossil fuels and can help europe reach its goal of becoming Carbon Neutral by 2050. Its estimated the mind footprint would be 270. 00 hectors. Besides about 375 football fields. Every year the mine would produce enough lithium for up to 600000. 00 cars. And over 12 years that would result in a reduction of a 100000000 tons of c o 2 from the atmosphere. Climate change is a huge challenge and to the carbon as economy we need lithium for our electric vehicles, but that has a cost and we want to minimize it by excluding the areas where social and Environmental Impact is considerable. The be made a little bit, peters doesnt feel shes on the cusp. The environmental revolution. She points to where the minds perimeter would be and youve been the worry about the destruction. It could cause any ruining our lives. We are here in a Little Corner of the world that theyre going to damage opposition to the mine run strong signs against it, like this one are found across the community. Thats despite the promise of jobs and a region people continue to leave behind in search of opportunities. We spoke to the company waiting for approval from the Environmental Agency plan. So we have 0 impact on the law styles or practices of farmers in the region. I think, you know, millions of european town and city dwellers are really trying to appreciate the, you know, the transformation. But electric mobility will like to the quality of life in the cities of europe. Government officials point out environmental and strategic benefit of mining, lithium in europe. And if our objective is to be f, the final, as we can then i good way to start is in those materials which are not source properly outside of europe, and that europe has the opportunity to do it in a sustainable way. My dea, loretto isnt convinced she fernandez show us where mining samples were excavated, laredo says, shall lose some of her land to the mine and that what remains will be contaminated in some not, were not the ones polluting the environment, let the ones bleating pay the bill not us a sentiment shared by many who fear theyll pay the price for europes green energy. Adarine al jazeera and northern portugal to columbia. Now, where candidates have begun campaigning for Congressional Elections in march. For the 1st time, they will include a 16 special electoral districts for pace created under 2016 and pe still with found rebels. But as alexandro ramp. Yet he reports from a rocha the return of violence in many ways and is compromising the campaigns. Farmer and congressional candidate to jo, i need to realize live the horror of columbia conflict. The 1st hands a local victims leader. Hes running for office for a special electoral district for peace created to give a voice to under represented people like him. But the return of violent confrontation between arm groups in at alca, has made the campaigning impossible vision. If there were some, we are just sitting still trying to work in the village, talking to friends, knocking on doors when possible. More than 60 people have been killed since the beginning of the year in a conflict between 11 rebels and dissident groups of former 5 gravels. We had planned to follow giovanni, handing out flyers and visiting a perspective voter. But as we were leaving, he had a change of heart. But he said, yeah, when i was, i dont think we should, it would be a nice thing for me to take you around town and be on the news telling people what my plan is. What i want to do if i win, but right now will put us at written this little campaigning that is happening is limited to the main urban center. Thats because all candidates are saying its just too dangerous to travel to rural areas, even on main roads like this one. Because the groups are known to set up checkpoints at any time. The situation is also affecting regular candidates. Older cassidys was running for a traditional seat in the house of representatives has campaigned, in alca for years, in this momentum that we are putting our lives in the crossfire to and pain. And we accept silencing ourselves and confinement to try to sustain democracy. But in man he says, the situation is as bad as at the height of the conflict. Hes running most of his campaign on social media. Go. Yeah, it was organizing a meeting in for tool is impossible. Going to the town of lies where i was a teacher and getting 4050 people together, also impossible. However, the local human rights official says political and social leaders have become the main targets of the arm groups. And then up in the falls on paper. Everything is great, the government has full filling its obligation to the victims who can vote and these elections. But the reality on the ground is the opposite on people context size, their rights. When im running a Political Campaign in the conflict region region like cut, alco was never easy, but this time was supposed to be different. Instead of threats and attacks are once again silencing this already marginalized voices. I listen that impurity and just eat our rescue tame. Say theyre close to rescuing a 5 year old boy who fell into a 32 mesa date well in morocco. 3 days ago. Hes a live pictures of the rescue operation underway. Teams have been working frantically to reach the boy underground. We fees of a collapse of the ground because of wake soil. They said they hoped to free him within 2 hours. If not sooner, a large crowd has gathered to watch the rescue efforts at the sight of the mine as well as online. Victoria gave him b has more on the story. A camera is lowered down this well and shows 5 year old ray an alive but unable to move. Hes been trapped since tuesday rescue teams or giving him food and water 3 pipes, bottom up. What lamb more on the on our bottle, i managed to communicate with the child and asked if he could hear me. There was a response. I waited for a minute and saw that he began using the oxygen oxy. Him, the accident happened in the north American Village of a grand rescue team say they cant widen the well to reach him as its too dangerous. So theyre using diggers to strip away the earth to the side of it. Its an agonizing wait for his family. Nobody aliya barrow milton or when he disappeared, i prayed to god and i begged him to get him out of that well alive and safe. I pray to god to ease my pain and he is in that hole of dost the rescue has gripped the nation and beyond. Hashtag saver an has been trending on social media across north africa with its the 4th day that braden has been under ground. Were asking the authorities to bring him out. Hes been down there too long rescue team say that close to rescuing ran a Police Helicopter his own standby to take him to hospital victoria, gate, and be algae 0. Americans have been quitting their jobs in rec, hold numbers, and low wage Service Industries have been particularly hot heat as a result. Economists say factors such as clever 19 concerns, lack of child k and generous, general generous stimulus benefits rather than to blame. Now employees at having to re think how to hire and keep their staff. Kristin salumi explains beach weather is still months away, but businesses along the new jersey coast are already looking to fill summer jobs, including more than 400. 00 at this boardwalk, fund zone. If we dont have the employees and virtually like we had a dual actuate a shorter hours. So a lot of the gas a one to come, we couldnt say, opened and seized the whole time that we usually do. So a lot of gas or disappointed in that, so were hoping we can go back to our regular operating hours. We just need to have those employees to fill those long days. Nearby restaurants are also looking for more help. Normally wed wait till april or may to start hiring for the summer. Were starting now at the robinson ale house. Theyve raised their starting salaries to 15. 00 an hour. Well above the states minimum wage. Places that rely on tourism like here on the jersey shore really have struggled, but labor shortages are a factor nation wide across retail and Service Industries. Many businesses that have been dealing with supply chain issues, forcing them to raise prices are also now having to raise wages. Big chains like macys, department store, have cut operating hours. Others are getting creative, offering bonuses on the case of this pizza delivery chain. Cash incentives for customers who pick up their own orders. Some states have even deployed the National Guard in response to Health Care Workers shortages experts, blame fewer child care options for working parents, and generous government benefits during the pandemic for the problem. I think theres jobs to become a lot more unpleasant. Weve also giving people lot of money. Theyre not still getting money, but they certainly got a lot of money over the last couple years. They have less need to work. And also they have more option. Others say the pandemic lead many people to rethink how work fits into their lives and to question whether jobs involving long hours and low pay are really worth it. Industry groups, including the National Retail federation, are pushing the government to authorize more work. The says for immigrants to make up for the shortages, for every worker is looking for a job. There is almost 2 jobs open that they can choose from. So thats really putting a strain on our, on our, on our members for sure. With the pandemic and its special Unemployment Benefits beginning to fade away, theyre hoping to bring back the workers and the fun before the summer tourism season. Really heats up. Kristin so me al jazeera seaside heights, new jersey, still hands on al jazeera, the message for athletes on human rights protests, as the winter olympic gangs begin in banking, paint that will have all those details next in spoke. 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Her locked down beijing Winter Olympics has been launched against the backdrop of diplomatic boycotts over how china treats millions of its own people. The athletes ability to speak up for human rights has been discussed in the build up to the games under olympic rules. No political protests can take place on the field or all the podium, but in theory, athletes can say what they like to the media. Now top us politician, nancy pelosi as warned athletes. The focus on this board rather than risk angering the chinese government. But the head of the u. S. Olympic Committee Says theres be no outright ban on american athletes speaking out. We didnt issue warnings and we didnt issue proclamations. We simply provided information to them and explained that you know, whether laws of the country or cultures or norms of the country or the environment, and that we find ourselves in the Olympic Games is a time for us to come together in the spirit of sportsmanship and the olympic values and we, you know, we promote that with real sincerity. Away from the Opening Ceremony, theres been action for a couple of days in some events. The u. S. Has taken the lead awfully opening day of the team, the figure skating winning performances from megan chain and ice dances, madison hubble, and zachary donahue. With them to points clear of the team from russia. Weve also seen the 1st action on the slopes with qualification rounds in the moguls. Earlier we spoke to fort on winter olympian shami. All courts who says, despite heavy coven 19 restrictions, the athletes will just be happy to fight for a middle. In the end of the day, everyone just wants to, to compete and they understand that theres a close that out there. I mean, the pictures that i seen kind of crazy when i, when the food whole, it was all about socializing and it was really promoted to talk to other olympians. And now youve got your plastic clocks one meter by one meter next to you to just make sure that everyone is possible. And you know, these are big sacrifices to make in terms of your experience and youre getting from the game. The end of the day we are getting an olympics and i think thats the most important thing. Theres always a chance that your dreams ripped apart at the last minute from injury. This is, this is not tough of an injury because you arent putting yourself out. Lets take the risk, its just the risk is everywhere around us, and i really feel for those athletes, i cant, i cant even imagine how it must be to be 4 years of work. And then at the last minute to have that taken away by something thats out of your control. And theres no natural snow in the mountain region, artificial snow. Theres been a lot of press about this. But actually over the last decade, sky races have used artificial snow on numerous occasions, more often than not in races. So it is something that can be used to skiing on. Its very cold. Yesterday, it was minus 21 in the mountain region. So the snow is super, super aggressive, its really, really compress colds. Now its not the melt freeze overnight. They may look at injecting it later on. The games weve had with chemicals to make it kind of more ice like unless griffey its very feeling base this lympics file landscape is not about force or aggression. Its all about the feel that the no test the bad. None of the athletes have skied it before its a level Playing Field for everyone. We were slightly nervous about the downhill. Its on the ribbon event and we want to say exciting want the challenge, the athletes in every, to down to what that time. Speed, technical, and gliding, and that was a bit of worry about how this track would be and, but weve had 2 training on say on the men and all the reviews are really positive, like the best or stream ski is in the world of saying this downhill is worthy of the olympics and we didnt have that for years ago in korea because of the nature of the terrain. So its really, really positive. I mean, i guess i was just talking about im so excited to see this unfold. Its, its historic in so many ways 2 of the worlds best footballers will face each other in the final of the africa cup of nations on sunday, bahama tell us, egypt will play senegal and hes liverpool. Teammates audio manet after egypt beat hosts. Cameroon, in the semis, a frustrating gola straw at full time ended with egypt. Coach carlos care was receiving a sick in the yellow caught the badgering the officials and being sent off, he missed extra time and the penalty shes out. Cameron missing 3 from the spot. The st. 7 time champions each of into the final was also pay that off the camera and be needed for the time thing. 2017 and this is what it meant to fans on the streets in egypt and city of desert just outside cairo. Egypt will go into sun, is one to listen to extend the record run of titles, but also to when they 1st since 2010 the alley clippers have beaten the lake as by a point in an n. B, a thriller making it 5 straight winds over. They cross town rivals. There were 5 lea changes in the final 63 seconds of the game and he davis, but the lake is up 11109. We finished the night with 30 points with 4 seconds to go. Reggie jackson made this lay up to put the clippers back out in front. Davis went from here to 0. Is he missed a jump shot. It would have won the game for the natives. The clip is taking this 1111110. It just over a week away from the biggest sporting events in the u. S. American football super bowl. The Cincinnati Bengals will take on the l. A. Rams full da Vince Lombardi trophy at the so fi stadium in california, the bangles ended the teen streak of 31 years without a playoff when the season and told of a late come back to beat the Kansas City Chiefs to the a f. C championship. But much of the talk around the big event says been allegations of racism by former miami head coach brian flores. He says the nfl and 3 teams claiming they hiring practices are racist. Having been overlooked for several positions, he interviewed for the teams, deny the allegations. Flores says he hopes his lawsuit will help increase the number of black general managers, head coaches and coordinators, Australian Open tennis cause a final, a scam, or fees has been booed by his own god in france. The 13 was well and truly thrashed in the round of 16 at the open suit to france in montpelier. Swedens michael emer, taking just 58 minutes to seal 616 to upset french friends. Clearly does the boys with monkeys performance . Thats all the sports is. Ill be regulates with mo. Emily, thank you very much, peter. Thats it for this news. Al estate, you and i morning shortly. Ah ah. The latest news they live in extremely high scrubs and for 10 years they was the victims of nigeria. Most people got to be monetary in crisis, with detailed coverage warnings that only brought in fractions. So in power, live fossil precisely polygon, gap here from around the world on house people, years of living on the street actually accelerates the aging, brought them the world of High Frequency share trading, exposed client as engine that was basically trading. It could have lost 30000000. 00, was a terrifying experience. How Artificial Intelligence has raised the stakes and risks on the money market . Is markets go faster, faster, were opening up the possibility for an instability, for no, no use with money bought on al jazeera ah, on counting the cost of sanctions again, the quaint sandal fought well, they really bite europes Energy Supplies of the cross. His who could fill the gap at the World Trade Organization supports china against the you. With if beijing, with count on the cost on al jazeera, ah al jazeera, a national chapel, ah, the Winter Olympics gets underway in badging and made a diplomatic boy called sam pandemic restrictions. Ah, hello, im emily anglin. This is al jazeera live from doha. Also coming up, presenting a united front, russia and china as say they opposed further expansion of nato are, as president Vladimir Putin visits by ging pressure grows all in the u. K. Prime