the u. s. has a military presence in taiwan. tensions between beijing and taiwan around the rise . china is a full sent a rec, hold number of war planes into the islands a defense zone. last month. china is the use largest trading partner. taiwan economy remains heavily dependent on china. and taiwan is one of the world's biggest technology producers. for example, it supplies many components for the latest smart phones the. let's bring our guests into the show. we have joining us from type brian hugh writer and founder of new blue magazine in boston in south korea, robert kelly, professor of political science and diplomacy at present national university. and in beijing, victor gout chair, professor at su chow university. welcome to all, i could stop, pass this time with victor. what message is being sent? do you think to china by the congressional visit to taiwan? well, 1st of all, this congressional visit to the, or to taiwan a by the u. s. members of congress is a serious violation of the one

the u. s. navies attempts to seize it . soil in the sea of oman, the u. s. accuses iranian forces of a dangerous maneuvers. every day, more people are suffering and dying. fear and human rights chief releases a report on ethiopian war documents and what she describes as extreme brutality. the local u. s. election results that have republican celebrating and president jo biden's, democrats, worries, and boys by major climate announcements. leaders had home from cop 20 sakes, leaving officials to negotiate the sticking points. like finance. hi, i'm side a hired at that. i'll have the latest on the atlanta braves when the old series in an epic style against the houston astros. ah, iran says it has foiled and attempts find the a snazzy to seize it. soil in the sea of oman, iran's elite revolutionary guard, says its troops ordered the ship carrying iranian oil on october 25th, saying the tanker was about to be taken by the u. s. u. s. has rejected the allegations and accused iran of staging, dangerous maneuvers at sea. well, joining me and i were in the studio

the u. s. was much more concerned with defeating iso ah at the end of 2016 after weeks of bombing, syrian government forces retook a lap of the country. second largest city had been an opposition stronghold and a symbol of hole didn't like it at the other than a food. and although less of the food, what is the theme of believe that is on the duty of the feel fellow, by the 5th of one of the whole of the money that while us had remained in power, obama's turn ended in 2070. and donald trump became us president from relative inexperience and his perceived closeness to vladimir putin, may have encouraged asset to authorize further chemical attacks in april 2018. and we begin today with a horrific attack overseas, and a forceful threat here at home. the pictures coming in a warning, they are difficult to look at. children being hosed off, treated after an alleged chemical attack. and duma president trump responding on twitter, vowing a big price will be paid, slamming syrian president bashar al ass

but because the u. s. does not recognize the taliban as the legitimate government in cobbled because of deep concerns about cia. it's a treatment of afghan women and children of its treatment of religious minorities, of its commitment to engaging in put the u. s. considers a fundamental rights the right to free expression, the right to a political engagement. the right to challenge the government saw policies. it is not going to extend that recognition, but the u. s. has an obligation to us citizens and to afghan citizens who worked alongside the u. s. government during the 20 year long war. and so this is really a way for the us to be able to meet its obligations to us citizens and their families, as well as to afghan citizens who cooperated with the u. s. military l largely as well as basically having that back door channel to communicate to the taliban on to lesson until there is some sort of political transition. one that would meet the u . s. a. standards, in which case you would then see a recognitio

but there has been some progress. china and the u. s. the world's top greenhouse gas emitter, say, vail increased cooperation deals to n d 4 station cut methane and phase out fossil fuels have also been made. but financing the transition remains a sticking point for all of those. let's bring an anderson and he's joining us from cop 26 and glasgow. so, andrew, what are we expecting to happen in the coming hours? well, collective moment in history is the way loc sharma, the cop president, described it. and with that, a, he briefed all the delegates or what was happening in the hours ahead, although no one can predict which way there will swerve or where there could be hitches or, or successes or otherwise. so basically the situation is this, we are expecting within the next hour or so a revised text document, that is the draft document for the final 7 settlement, the communique, if you will. and that will set out changes, adjustments, they could be nuances, they could be more than that. they could be big issues, issues such as fossil fuels

in the u. s. k, i can't speak too much, but on the, on the us end of it, you know, the business community has been promoting investment in china for a long time, and u. s. investment or the us business community has sort of pushed back on on hawkish voices in washington, dc. and the think tanks, you know, again, those want to take a harder line on china. now us business minute is actually softened a lot and it's not nearly as bullets in china is. or there been a lot of issues with piracy and intellectual property and things like that and china. so i don't think that you are a business community sort of deterring the hawks anymore. increase in the hawks in the us are dominating the conversation. you saw that by and then trunk, right. there's increasingly a bipartisan sort of agreement that, that china is what a strategic competitor. i suppose. i don't want to say in enemy, i don't think we're there yet. but a strategic competitor. i think most americans would agree with that is the view from ty pay

but if i understand correctly that the u. s. has a policy that we talked about earlier about m, there being a one china policy policy that, that, that it agrees with the one china policy. but at the same time, president biden has said it will defend its allies. i. e, tie one to an outsider like me, that seems like a mixed message. it seems like 22 different sides of the same coin. does that counter any? and i'm understanding or undermine a possible understanding when it comes to meetings like this, because china, perhaps understandably, we say, well, you're saying one thing, but you're willing to do another and we don't exactly know where you stand on this . well, i would, i would say that u. s. policy has been consistent and longstanding since 1979. and i will also mentioned that we have domestic look legislation the taiwan relations act that governs our unofficial relationship with taiwan. so there have been no changes there whatsoever. yet again, the present yesterday reaffirm the u. s. commitment to the one china policy, the

the u. s . does not recognize the taliban government springs from news we're getting out of washington d. c. now the 1st confirmation about the timing of that much anticipated virtual summit between president joe biden and chinese lead it. she ging ping. whoa. and now hearing that this meeting will happen on monday, being officially confirmed, let's go to our fisheries live for us at the white house. this comes against the backdrop of warnings from china, about a cold war between the 2 countries. a lot for the 2 leaders to get through. right. alan, exactly, and of course some it's still happened unless there is an outcome agreed in advance, and that's we're expecting to see joe biden would love to meet judging, paying in person, but that's not happening. the chinese president simply not leaving the country and hasn't done it since march last year. so this will all be done virtually will be done here at the white house. on monday, the will talk about a number of things that they have in common. f

the u. s. doesn't recognize it's on a bond government at least 15 people have been injured after a bomb was set off and assume the mosque enough kind of samsung ha province. in a space of similar attacks on a, she almost almost all of been claims like ice well enough kind of 9200 nations are considering a draft agreement on the final day of the un climate. some it's in glasgow. the core aim is to keep the parents agreement to live the camp global warming at 1.5 degrees. volunteers in the house and demanding more access to the border with valerie for refugees and migrants are trapped about 2000 people. living in dia, freezing conditions as governments trade, accusations, and threats about the crisis. that is to be submitted to us to what's available for those since mid october. we've been approached by over 3000 people that being trapped since the beginning of november. we've been asked by at least 900 people of undertaken 131 humanitarian intervention to help those stranded polish government ne

a u. s. navy attempt to seize its oil in a sea of m on the u. s. accuses iranian forties of dangerous maneuvers. ah, norm taylor, this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up every day, more people are suffering and dying. the un reports extreme brutality on both sides of ethiopia as war as taylor, i rebels say they're closing in on the capital. a major blow for us president joe biden, and the democrats in local elections entre surprised. victory by republicans in the state of virginia. and the 2 landmarks, climate commitments made. officials at cop 26 negotiate how they'll finance plans to slow global warming down. ah hello iran says it is foiled. an attempt by the u. s. navy to seize its oil in the sea of amman, iran's elite revolutionary guard says its troops boarded a ship, carrying iranian oil on october 25th, saying the tanker was about to be taken by the u. s. the u. s. has rejected delegations, and accused iran of staging, a dangerous maneuvers at sea. i wrong corresponded also. jibari joins us live from doha, da. so what's, what

ah, more than 200 haitians deported from the u. s. in cuba returned on wednesday to a capital in crisis, the basket level, the message of it and the other. my life was in danger, so i fled. now this sent me back. i ran from hell, and now i am back. if anything haiti's condition has worsened it's economy crippled by a fuel shortage. it's streets ruled by gangs it's government under threat. john henderson, l g 0 port prince napoleon struggling to rebuild in the aftermath of catastrophic natural disasters. in recent months, hundreds of people have died in flooding treated by monsoon rains. experts a climate change may be making these weather events even more extreme. same as robbie has more from mel m. she, in a polls seem to cultural district district in one of the poorest and most polluted countries in the world. everyone is saying the same thing. climate disasters with intensity that has never been seen before, are piling up faster than ever. nipples, cascade of crises began in february with country wide forest fires, the black in the

while the u. s. is in relative decline. so for that reason, i think china seas, the time is on the side. meanwhile, united states that the reverse this, which has resulted in both military and economic conflicts are given that china has pushed back as well as kind of the test but its limits. i, i think both countries have a common interest in not allowing this to get out of control. but that being said, i think it is simply because the u. s. is the company rule it to the coin has more incentives to challenge? what is the status quo? victor glancing there, that essentially the china has it that says in a strengthening position and the u. s. is now at a disadvantage. do you think that that is what has motivated president teaching ping's acceptance of this public meeting with joe biden? though i think the president joe biden and president, she can be of china. they knew each other well for more than one decade. or they were a vice president's or the each other's country. they call along very well. and this meeting, the virtual

whereas the u. s. the sank, of course we all committed, of course we'll. but we are reserving the right to walk away if there is clear evidence of any kind of violation. also the us says to iraq, we want you to comply with the terms of this agreement. before we start listing any sanctions, so there is still some pastry going on, even though we have the state. you know, we've heard from the secretary state anthony blinking in the last few days. he was doing the rounds on the morning talk shows the weekend. he was asked all about this and he said, and he said my quotes that we are also looking at other options now. read into those words, whatever you want. lauren, but the fact of the matter is that there is an acceptance or a concern that runs nuclear ambitions could lead to conflict in the middle east, particularly israel. nobody's saying the words military strikes, but enough hence have been dropped, that people are concerned. and of course we have the timing of the release of this video on the iranian side. yeah. and what a pentagon officials said about t

the u. s. embassy in ethiopia is.

s. is meaningless criticisms. we must demand that u. s. drops is frequent hedge, a monic action was of interfering in china's internal affairs. i. okay, i want to ask victor about this because we heard obviously very strong words from the us. but we also had very strong words from china. and that is unusual. and i've heard under president she whether he is directly responsible for this or not. there is, there is an assessment of that policy being described as aggressive diplomacy that china was no longer simply going to sit back and, and take the criticism. but, but it was actually gonna essentially take the fight to those who were opposed to it, but now we're seeing this change is that are suggesting, do you think that china has been, can become concerned that that policy has over reached the mark and has brought it closer to risky confrontation with the u. s. and others. and that perhaps is why we're seeing this dialing back of rhetoric. eugene took place on the very special circumstances. ah, weatherwise, it was very cold at that tim

the presidents of the u. s. in china are holding a virtual summit to deal with issues the continued to cause tension between them. trade.

and what the u. s . has described is tried, is increasing aggression over that disputed territory as well as china is activity increasing activity in the taiwan straits now trying to seize taiwan as part of china. but at the same time, we've seen the biden administration making various very friendly, moved towards the taiwanese leader sighing when and that has really infuriated beijing. i think the bottom line is, china does want to find some common ground amid these see of differences. and 2 things to note, i think is that's a job. but, and she jumping, have known each other for years now. they were working together as far back as the obama administration. and secondly, she didn't ping is domestically an extremely strong position. just last week we had this top level leaders meeting in beijing where she's in pain, consolidated his power as the president of china next year. he will begin this unprecedented 3rd term in office and he could potentially rule china for life. so no doubt that will play a pot a

the agreement also shows just how far relations between the u. s. and cutter have come, despite occasional differences. after nearly 50 years of diplomatic ties, the trumpet ministration backed the g. c. c. blockade against doha, imposed in june 2017. a diplomatic route, only resolved in january, and analysts say cutter's new role representing the interests of the world's most powerful country. and a contentious region represents a payoff of years of diplomatic ambition. cutter has been in the game, so to speak for quite some time when it comes to the situation with afghanistan and rest relations with our on. so i actually think that it's a very logical choice, and i think it makes good sense from us and bo, his perspective the deal between the u. s. and cutter is limited and scope. it doesn't mean that they agree on how to engage the taliban as a political entity and only experience show whether having a proxy represent the u. s. t, as interests and cobble will actually satisfy it's long term national security goals. rosalyn jordan al jazeera, the

the u. s. as lucas shank, as activities aim to distract from russia's activity, is on its border with ukraine. as many as a 100000 russian troops estimated to have mast, their sparking fears of a possible invasion. in recent weeks, sir, we have seen large and unusual concentrations over russian forces so close to cranes, sir borders. and they, it further publication her or aggressive actions by russia would be of serious concern. we call on russia to be transparent about its military activities. it is important to prevent escalation and reduce tensions. the u. s. state department says russia has tested an anti satellite missile against one of its own satellites in a test that generated a dangerous amount of space to every it force the 7 astronauts on board. the international space station, 2 of them russian to seek shelter in their docked capsules. spokesperson ned price said the test generated more than $1500.00 pieces of debris. ah, donald trump's former political advisor, steve bandon, has a

earlier this month, the u. s. u. s. officials placed it on a trade blacklist. rescue and recovery operations are continuing in southern india after devastating floods. at least 30 people are dead or missing. thousands have been evacuated to relief camps as more heavy rain is predicted over the next few days. elizabeth, for on a report. the southern city of ben glued who has received more than $400.00 times the amount of rain it usually does in november. flooding has led to the deaths of at least 24 people in the state of car malika and thousands have been stranded, emergency workers using boats to rescue people from their homes. but a lot of writing is that heavy rating is probably likely to continue 3 or $4.00 to $603.00. it's not nearly 3000 because we are living in other parts of the glue to many can't get into their homes. we can't go inside the house and there's too much water in front of it. all the groceries are inside and we've been outside the house since last night. many people are concerned, they could be

and the u. s. has promised economic investment and help in the fight against coven 19 pandemic, and climate change. but can compete with china, which wells huge influence across africa. the united states wants to strengthen our partnerships across africa in ways that serve your interests, our interests, and the interests of people worldwide, whose lives and future's dependent part on what we can achieve together. united states knows that on most of the urgent challenges and opportunities we face, africa will make the difference. we can't achieve our goals around the world. whether that's ending the covered $900.00 pandemic building a strong and inclusive global economy, combating the climate crisis, or revitalizing democracy and defending human rights without the leadership of african governments, institutions, and citizens. ah, let's bring in our gas in i roby mart sharia min. any, a research associate fellow of the whole international institute for strategic studies. in washington d. c. william l

s. of trying to capture tanka carrying its oil. the u. s. denies the clayton with the pentagon saying it's bogus and ridiculous. i've seen the iranian claims, they are absolutely totally false and untrue. there was no such effort by u. s. naval assets to seize anything. so what this refers to is back on the 24th of october u. s. navy assets did monitor iranian forces, illegally boarding and seizing a merchant vessel and international waters in the gulf of rome. on united states. 5th fleet directed to ship scenario assets to closely monitor that situation at no time where u. s. forces attempting to retake or otherwise engage in the situations situation where you acted completely in accordance with the law. so it's a bogus claim. the u. n's accusing all sides of atrocities in ethiopia, and investigation, says the government and rebels in the to grow conflict of violated human rights laws. and in some cases may have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity. officials that the comp 26 un climate summit are focusing on ways to finance

s. secretary of the u. s. in boy to the horn of africa. jeffrey feltman as expected to depart ethiopia. any moment now, we approached the embassy to ask if he had indeed met with the prime minister prime minister abbey armored. but the embassy refused to say, but they said they sent us a statement from the secretary of state that was we leased yesterday calling for a cease fire between the ethiopian forces and the t p. i left. this comes as a t p i left as claiming, or allegedly claiming more towns and more villages. but the theo pennsaid insists that's not true. they are going to crush them. this is going to be a war about the foundation of the country. and they're going to go all the way and very them with our blood quote unquote was what the prime minister said. but the t p left is insisting they're going ahead. they're pushing ahead. they're not looking for any kind of compromise or settlement. they're going to push all the way to our d'silva. this comes in addition to the u. s. this also comes from the af

and they are reliance on the u. s. with purity, solar, taiwan, but in this case, against the threat of russia. and so, i think the point i want is a way to signal strength in relation with the u. s. in this, they have no motivation whether western european countries follow. i mean, there's no question that isn't so on from the europe is the leader of that is french. that is to be esteem. however, i think that, you know, we have to be careful in terms of how we look at the economical issues. when china, for example, when, when there is pressure applied to it, it actually oftentimes will boycott, for example, suitable good to register this budget, red south korea or other countries and the political pension permit. these are not good, but it's on supply chains for life on such doctors. and i think we need to be a little more specific here rather than think of things in the is very fuzzy. obstructions. ok, i think we've got about a minute left. so let me try and get in a final word from victor and victor. what's the botto

the u. s. is announced. new sanctions against government officials in the corolla following what it calls sham presidential elections. daniel ortega want a 4th consecutive term earlier this month and a vote. many countries say was rings. most opposition, fingers were arrested, or barred from running. the u. k and canada have also impose sanctions on officials in the coming hours chiles presidential face and impeachment trial. in the senate's sebastian penny air is accused of using his political power to bolster his businesses. acclaim he denies our line america editor alysia newman reports from santiago, the stress and the tension is written all over to bassetti and pinion his face. and with good reason. never in chilean history has a president faced removal from office democratically. he's the 1st democratically elected president to be impeached by the chamber of deputies in yet i, one of chillies, wealthiest men, is accused of gravely compromising the owner of the country and the principles of integrity an

the president of the u. s. in china have held a virtual summit to try and on out issues that continue to cause tensions between them. trade, taiwan sovereignty and human rights in hong kong, were expected to be at the heart of the discussion. was speaking ahead of the start of the virtual meeting present. gigi, ping and joe biden, both agreed. they needed to strengthen communication and coexist peacefully. we believe. busy and you and i have talked about this, all countries have to play by the same rules of the road. why the united states is always going to stand up for some values. and those are allies important. i think it's important we communicate honestly directly to one more about our priorities and our intentions. katrina hughes and beijing will be speaking to and just a moment. but 1st let's go to the white house where a corresponding company hall, curtis, kimberly. so the summit just completed what was the u. s. president hoping to convey to the chinese president yeah, we're waiting to hear from the wh

the u. s. of course, now has it space force and it feels like an increasing number of countries have been launching satellites. there's supposed to be no militarization of space and is a treaty for that. how concerning is all of these and what kind of legislation or international agreement is needed to, to regulate? such things may need to be some type of amendment to that outer space treaty, or perhaps a new one. i know that the u. s. and other countries all have this capability and have obviously carried out these types of tests before. but there is a little bit of concern because perhaps some legislation on this could prevent, you know, regular missile use of the come countries have. so they're kind of like a gray area where they definitely need to do something, but haven't so far. you mentioned spaces a moment ago. what about a private involvement in space? how is that affecting things? oh, obviously space acts has so far launched over $1800.00 of their starling satellites and that's just a

the u. s. attorney presented it to a so called grand jury, who found that there was reason to move forward with criminal charges against the president's former adviser. and if he's found guilty of these charges, he could face up to a year in prison on each one as well as a significant fine cattle will represent you as diplomatic interests in afghanistan, they haul. we'll assume the role of protecting power to facilitate formal communication between washington and cobble us doesn't recognize the taliban government in afghanistan. rosalind jordan reports when the afghan government fell to the taliban in august, the us relied on its military and on cutter to evacuate. americans and afghans at risk, nearly 3 months later, washington and doha, are formalizing a collaboration born out of crisis cutter will establish a u. s. intersection, within its embassy in afghanistan to provide certain consular services, and monitor the condition, security of u. s. diplomatic facilities in afghanistan. the 2nd ag

s. capital. on january the u. s. secretary of state has announced cattle will represent a diplomatic interest at the united states in afghanistan. casa, will assume the role of protecting power to facilitate formal communication between washington and cobbled you included. summit in glasgow has gone into overtime. delegates on trying to reach an agreement on a revised draft plan aimed at protecting the plan r. c. production has been a major talking point at cop 26. delegates have been looking at ways to reduce environmental impacts while growing enough to feed billions of people. one country future proofing its food supplies. iceland, charlie angela looked at techniques that could be adopted globally. we're inside europe's largest indoor banana plantation. it's 20 degrees inside the could be minus 10 outside the plants here and more for research than consumption that show what can be achieved, even in the harshest conditions using iceland, plentiful supply of geothermal, heat, and green energy. we are self suffici

p r s that the u. s. has undertaken let us not to get during the 1st gulf war in 1991. they only released 17000000 barrels a day when libya came asunder in 22011. they released 13000000 barrels a day. so in that context, it's quite a bit. ab is absolutely right in terms of the oil price came down about 8 percent since the talk of the release of strategic research. and then it came in, but yesterday it rose. and to me that is a classic in stock market. you have to buy on the rumor and sell on the fact and that was a classic classic event like this happening. you want to make a point? sure, i just followed up a little bit. it's, i disagree slightly with one thing here. so at the bottom, it ministration clearly wanted to bring this headline out, that $50000000.00 barrels, that it is not $50000000.00 barrels per day. it is $50000000.00 barrels of the stretch of 4 months, which is far less. and we don't know what all these 50000000 barrels will be released. the 2 tranches separated us was that one of them i

s. u. k. and canada on further sanctions against the better russian government. valerie says it has sent more migrants back to their home countries on repatriation flights, but hundreds are still trapped in freezing conditions at the polish border. a particularly cruel form of hybrid threat has emerged with a state sponsored instrumentality, zation of people for political ends. this is not a bi lateral issue of poland. lat friendly swanner with bella was it is the european union as a whole that is being challenged. this has been initiated and organized by the luke ankle regime and its supporters uring people to the border with a corporation of migrant smugglers and criminal networks, steadfastness only belew side of the border well, conditions in this can peer are getting harsher and harsher by today. it was freezing overnights in the last couple of weeks, but now it's also freezing during the day and it has started to snow. not very much, be feeling very cold. this place is not or someone can

and there was no such effort by u. s. naval assets to seize anything. with this refers to is back on the 24th of october u. s. navy assets did monitor iranian forces, illegally boarding and seizing a merchant vessel and international waters in the gulf of roman united states. 5th fleet, directed to ship scenario assets to closely monitor that situation. at no time where u. s. forces attempting to retake or otherwise engage in the situations. situation where you acted completely in accordance with the law. so it's a bogus claim. so there you go. words bogus dubious. no such efforts to me there is no attempt to say that this was a misunderstanding of our saying that the irradiance or, or telling him is truth here. but you know, you have to look at the timing of the release of this video as well, because this is an incident that occurred in whatever guys more than a week ago. and yet the irradiance have released though version of accounts right now when they're or so giving us a date for when they're going back to the negotiation table. and this is being s

and i believe the u. s. has been calling for immediate negotiations with our preconditions to end the conflict. it's allowing voluntary departure of some of its staff and their family members in the capitol because of escalating violence. washington has sent its special envoy for the horn of africa disappear and they're all to regional efforts to deescalate the gotten president has called a meeting of the east african block to discuss the crisis. for no addis ababa remains on edge as neither side shows any sign of backing down bianca group, there are 0. najia government is declared 2 days of national mourning for 69 people killed in an attack on a remote village. a convoy, led by a local mare, was ambushed near the borders of marlyn, burkina faso, the regions at the center of a conflict with groups linked to iso and al qaeda. now, china has reported its highest single day rise in corona virus cases in 3 months. $93.00 people were infected in the last 24 hours the outbreak began in mid october and is now spre

the u. s. special envoy. the region is in adis. i'm about to push for di escalation. non essential staff from the u. s. embassy have been authorized to lee machines. government has declared 2 days of national morning for 6 to 9 people killed in an attack on a remote village. a convoy ned by local mare was ambushed near the borders of malia and bettina fossil. the region is at the center of a conflict with groups linked to iso and al qaeda. the double h o is warning that europe is once again at the epicenter. the pandemic, the number of new infections across the continent are up by 55 percent in the past month. hospitalisation rates have doubled in the past week. the by the ministration has set a date for coven 19 vaccination rules of businesses from january. 4th companies with a 100 or more employees would be required to ensure staff or either vaccinated or tested weekly. federal workers will not be allowed to opt out. and carpet emissions are rebounding to levels not seen since before. the pandemic emissions are on track to rise by 4.9 percent this year. a new report

and you would go to u. s. you need to cooperate with me in the security matters because we have a lot of fights for all the stories. and i says, this is how we play the game from my from a lot. okay. ah . 2 what keeps you awake at night? with kissing awake at night? many a reason that could effect any human life could because or not could be a work. your job could be jones, you could be personal, like any on a human ah . is done with how i welcome to look at the international forecast. we're starting in australia where we have high 5 dangers in place at the moment. semi got nasty, stormy weather, pushing across westlaw strider flu south australia, down towards the southeast, could cause some flooding along with some wind damage. he would go spinning out of bed. nobody weigh easing across the novel, south australia seeing some very heavy right. pushing across towards victoria friday, going on into sash die. and then as we go on through the weekend, this same system, rudy gathers and 1st sunday falling on friday

the u. s. is bad to impose new sanctions on nicaragua, off the election set for sunday. president daniel ortega is running unopposed, has nearly all opposition figures were arrested ahead of the polls. many hoped upcoming elections would bring a more democratic government and a neighboring costa rica, thousands of big regulations seek refuge to escape poverty from what they say is political repression. i let in america, and it understand human, spoke to some of those migrants in costa rica. this roll region in costa rica, near the border was nicaragua is to day home to 70 nicaraguan farmers who had to flee their own land. they were lucky to be able to rent this farm to raise and sell pigs in order to feed their families. there among the thousands of poor nicaraguan farmers who began protesting in 2013 against president daniel ortega's plan to expropriate their land and build a multi $1000000000.00 trans atlantic canal. by doing so, they became enemies of the state, along with tens of thousands

the u. s. re opens it's land borders with canada and mexico for non essential travelers. after nearly 20 months. we are looking at 5 medium children, one step away from starving to do, and to die. a warning from agencies as afghanistan struggles with its worst food crisis. on in sports, an old face. she's in a new era, barcelona club. legend chavez has been officially introduced as boss's head coach. ah, hello and welcome to the program, controversial spyware developed by the israeli surveillance company. and i saw a group has for the 1st time being detected on the find a 6 palestinian activists, 3 the hacked palestinians work for civil society groups, which is rather recently designated terrorist organizations. human rights groups are demanding an international investigation. let's get more on this story with harry force that live for us in rama la. hello, there. harry, give us a context as to why these activists has been hacked and the timing of their organisation being designated terrorist g

was he more than 200 haitians deported from the u. s. and cuba returned on wednesday to a capital in crisis. the basque 11th message of it and the other. my life was in danger, so i fled. now this sent me back. i ran from hell and now i am back. if anything haiti's condition has worsened. it's economy crippled by a fuel shortage it streets ruled by gangs. it's government under threat. john henderson. l g 0 port a prince. ah and are you watching out his ear? and these are the top stories this hour. he gant and president is called a meeting of east african ladies on november 16th to discuss the conflict in ethiopia. the yield on wall between the central government.

s. according to the u. s. side, this conflict is getting close to a d'silva and it's certain to affect us money of citizens. but the invoice of the president biden has just left us and we know sure if he had a chance to meet with the prime minister who has insisted that the u. s. government is in support of the t p left. they support them, they give them weapons, it's been leased by the european side, but this comes as the african need in as well as the kenyan and you gun done, president push, you'll be on the t p left to sit down and find some common ground. but the development we're watching from a distance in washington d. c. the ethiopian side has just reacted. the justice minister has called the 9 coalition with a mission of defeating the government. what it, what they're doing. he's described it as publicity stunt. and it's not being taken seriously and within the sub over well, you and security counselors, you to start discussing the situation and if you appear in the next hour or so, my counter is l

a jury in the u. s. has phones col. rittenhouse not guilty of murdering to men and wounding another. it happened during the racial justice protests in wisconsin. last year. lebanon has removed subsidies on some drugs needed to treat chronic diseases . it means some people are paying as much as 80 percent more for medication. the country is already in a severe economic crisis. tens of thousands of people in australia are protesting against coven, 19 vaccine orders, and pandemic laws. rallies are being held in each state capital. at least 7 people have been injured and thousands arrested during protests against corona virus restrictions. in the dutch city of rotterdam, police declared an emergency and shut down public transport. restrictions in the netherlands are being we imposed to combat a new wave of infections. 110000 cases were reported last week alone. nigeria is aiming to inoculate half its population against coven 19 before february . so far, it's administered doses to around 9000000 of it's 20000

that's because in the u. s. is view the previous sud democratically elected government was overthrown and that there needs to be a political process to put in a new government that has been chosen and supported by the afghan people. but that said, the u. s. still does have interest in afghanistan. it needs a way to be able to get visas and passports delivered to us citizens and to afghan citizens who worked with the u. s. military during the 20 year long war and so on without its own diplomats being on the ground in cobble to do this processing. it needed another country to step in and to help them achieve this work because of the ongoing, the cooperation that he had received from the coterie government. the decision was made to formalize this relationship as it were. and the countries say that they are more than happy to take on this work. i will leave you there. thanks so much. rosalind jordan. now the powerful head of a sudanese paramilitary units has been made the deputy head of the new sovereign council. i'

a u. s. federal jury has road c vs walgreens, and walmart pharmacies recklessly distributed massive amounts of pain killer pills, helping to fuel the opioid crisis. the problem is said to have cost the to ohio counts or higher, rather, counties behind the case about a $1000000000.00. hundreds of people have died from overdose is in the state of a higher, the amount each company must pay damages will be decided by a judge. next year. apple has filed a lawsuit against this riley cybersex for its controversial hacking tomb. the i find makers says n s o groups pegasus software tracked and targeted apple uses in the us. apple is the latest in a string of companies and governments to receive a tech company. earlier this month. us officials placed it on a trade blacklist. sturdy, west b is a chief executive officer at global cyber risk. she says it's one of the strongest steps any company has taken so far. it's very significant because the software was developed to target i phones and android mobile

he also said that the u. s. does not want to change the chinese political system, which is a very good sign from aging. that's in one of the things that they've been complaining or very defensive about for the past few years. and then also we have had a 2nd phone call take place between president ledger biden and she'd been paying just a few weeks ago. and as early as next week, we're expecting a possible virtual summit between the 2 leaders. trina, thank you very much. katrina, you the talking to us from bridging the european union will place more sanctions on the bella, russian government. early next week, the you commission president sale of on the line made that announcement as a migrant and refugee crisis on poland border with belarus escalates and with no end in sight. thousands of people are stuck in freezing and dangerous conditions as a big report now from cause. nita, they're not asking for much. in fact, these children just want water journalists are banned from this area. but the person filming these

u. s. secretary of state and agree to speed up the formation of a new government. earlier he ordered the release of for civilian cabinet ministers detained and last month's military takeover. thousands have been protesting and cartoon calling for democratic transition. since this military takeover, we have made very clear that we stand with the people of sudan, the people of sudan who themselves have stood in the streets have taken to the streets peacefully are to make very clear that their aspirations for democracy. i remain, i and they remain strong. i we join are the sudanese people and calling for justice and accountability at for i the abuses of human rights. and we urge the military to in the internet shut down in the state of emergency. the un security council would meet on friday to discuss the fighting in ethiopia. international calls are growing for an immediate cease fire. the u. s. special envoy for the region is an ad is about to push for di escalation, non essential staff from