s. will pay a price for that decision. the u. s. says it won't attend the event because of what it calls, human rights atrocities and genocide. usually yvonne, diesel yonder, ga d u. s. standing opposed to athletes and sports lovers across the world. china deplores this and rejects this and has large, solemn representations and will take resolute counter measures. the u. s. should stop politicizing sports and stop disrupting the beijing winter olympics with words . otherwise, it might harm bilateral dialogue and cooperation in a series of important areas and international regional issues. she would all continue has more now on china's reaction from beijing. china's clearly furious. it says that the u. s. will pay, but it hasn't detailed what those counts measures might be. an earlier in his statement. jolly jen, the foreign ministry, spokes person accused the us of political prejudice. ideological bias, political manipulation and having sinister intentions. as we heard, beijing says that the limpid should be yours as a tool for inte

the u. s. should stop politicizing sports and stop disrupting the beijing winter olympics with words . otherwise, it might harm bilateral dialogue and cooperation in a series of important areas and international regional issues you and so that for his president, has again, criticized sweeping travel bands imposed on his country because of the army kron variant. so we're on the poser also accused western governments of failing to deliver. promised coven 19 vaccines. police and the gambia fired tear gas to disperse opposition. supporters on monday, protest her saying who seine dubbo should have one that president adama barrow was declared the winner with 53 percent of the bows. leaders of nato allies, the u. s. u. k. france, germany and italy have held a joined phone call about ukraine. a build up of russian forces on the ukrainian border will likely dominate virtual tools between vladimir putin and joe biden. on tuesday. memorial has been held to month. the 80th anniversary of the japanese attac

the 2nd issue regarding having guarantees that the u. s. will not withdraw again. it's also important. i mean, just a few days ago, the former frank ambassador to washington a tweeted that no western company or bank would dared to invest in iran when there's a threat that the republicans would withdraw in 2025. so i think that's also a very important red line for you on jamal are the, is that something the u. s. can even do, could be us even make that assurance that future administrations weren't again pull out of this deal? no, the us would not be able to do that, even if the president biden took the deal to congress, which he has to do in any circumstance. there's a new deal you take up the congress. but some of his critics here in washington say, take it through congress as a treaty, not just through the, the process. it's already been established for nuclear agreements with iran. but even if it's a treaty, we saw president trump tear up several trees as well. so there's not a lot the president can do to constrain a future president what the president can do. i

we got from the u. s. at least these, these missionaries came from all over the over the u. s. will that they were organized by an ohio based mission regroup. and their report stay that those who knew the missionaries and who were part of the congregation of the missionaries from michigan received a call from someone or a text message rather early this morning from quite someone connected to the situation. telling them that all the, all the missionaries were now free. and we have this interesting quote from michigan congressional member, remember congress saying i want to thank the members of the hostage negotiation team for the diligence and securing the safe release of all the hostages. so this was apparently then a negotiated release. we don't know whether, whether that $17000001.00 for each $1000000.00 for each hostage was actually paid. but this was a release that was negotiated. apparently we knew that the f b i was helping and facilitating in negotiations as well. now china says it firmly opposes a u. s. ban on imports foundation john region. calling the ban deplorable.

the u. s. should stop politicizing sports and stop disrupting the beijing winter olympics with words . otherwise, it might harm bilateral dialogue and cooperation in a series of important areas and international regional issues. she works. police and the gambia have fired tear gas to disperse opposition supporters. president adama barrow is declared the winner of saturday's election, 53 percent of the vote. the protesters say who say me double should of one concerns around a new escalation, and ukraine has said to dominate talks between us and russian leaders. later on tuesday, vladimir putin has denied that an invasion is planned, blaming nato, rather for the need to position his military as a buffer against its expansion eastwards. so laugh against president has again, criticized sweeping travel bands imposed on his country because of the army con variant, sir, or i'm opposed, also accused western governments of failing to deliver, promised coven 19 vaccines. meanwhile, france is closing nigh

the u. s. stefan steps up its commitments in the fight against all mc cron pledging over half a $1000000000.00 to the world health organization and other 8 groups. the desperate plea for aid, tens of thousands still without food and water. in the aftermath of the typhoon that hit the philippines took his troubled leer up. rebounds after the latest government moves to trying to strengthen the currency. plus, i'm seen by thrive in eastern per gets done were earlier this year the government seized control of one of the biggest and highest gold mining operations in the world and installed the faith of president makes his case. we need to bring those were loaded up as well in the proposals that are now in the table, i think are going into the direct johnny inferencing. i tells alkies here that holding a world cup every 2 years will benefit all countries. and we begin this news our with the latest on the corona viruses, cases of the arbitron variant such rapidly across the world. the u. s. says that

it also looks like the u. s. will joined the minsk agreements. these are the stalled peace accords. the u. s. has not been party to these agreements, and i think russia hadn't really wants the u. s. to join in. it would be an opportunity to revitalize these discussions. but when you read the statements, but moscow and the united states want very different things that the point that jumps out me to me the most is that moscow is, is saying they're, they're engaging in what about is them? they're blaming nato, and they're blaming key of for the aggression. they're not taking responsibility. this crisis is far from being result. victor, a leverage in belgrade. i'm sure you want to respond to some of that, but i want to ask you as well. russia has said that these fears about a russian invasion are unfounded. if that's the case, what a president puts his intentions over ukraine and what's behind the, the troop build up near its border with ukraine? well, a massive full scale invasion of ukraine is simply not in russia's national interests . festival. russia does not really have the resour

and we think the u. s. government thinks that russia will increase it true. it's true numbers to a 175000. and that invasion could come as likely as january 2020. i disagree with with victor. victor made a quite a powerful case that, that invading ukraine is not in russia's national interest. well, i think that there's a case to be made that, that it's serious this time. victor victor's right. we don't know if putin has made up his mind. this may be an elaborate ruse. he may be putting huge pressure on ukraine in the united states to given at the negotiating table. that's entirely possible. but vladimir putin may be thinking about this decision in a different way. he may decide that the benefits outweigh the costs and he may invade. and this time, if he does, it will be different than it was in 2014. in 2015, he would use in soldiers. they would be in russian regalia, and he'd use the russian air force. so i see 4 reasons why put might go in 1st is that putin is an aging autocrat, and he's thinking about his legacy and seizing ukraine. could bolster is image

the u. s. also applauded the woman's tennis association for suspending all tournaments and china over concerns for the safety of chinese ton of star peng. why? with the olympics coming to the u. s. in 2028. there are now questions about how china may respond both in the short and long term. katya low priscilla young al jazeera, while more now on the asian reaction with katrina, you who's in the chinese capital. they have been repeating the same kind of sentiments over the past few weeks when these 1st rumors came out that the u. s. was mulling over this move. china has accused washington of political grandstanding, political, political, manipulation of distorting the spirit of the games. and we've had chinese states media similarly express the same sentiment saying that this is the us trying to contain china and reflect a cold war mentality. so this will no doubt escalate tensions just weeks after president jor biden. and present, she didn't think, sat down to a video colon at the time the busi

the u. s. is forced to resume a controversial trump era immigration policy that makes migrants weights in mexico while their cases are hard. and where we wanted vaccines, they just kept, you know, you bring us the crumbs from the table. so africa as president hits out at governments over their failure to deliver on promises of coven, 19 vaccines for africa. ah, now china is threatening firm counter measures against the u. s. after an announced a diplomatic boycott of next year's winter olympics, and beijing, american government officials will not be attending the event because of what they call human rights atrocities. and genocide, chinese embassy in washington has called that decision, a grave distortion of the olympic charter, who will have more reaction from beijing in a moment. but 1st, this report from catalogue has had a young political tension between the us and china, now playing out and next year's winter olympics and beijing, you as president joe biden said for weeks he was consideri

will look at a tough new law. the u. s. mentor force more businesses to reckon with supply chains in china at the risk of angering beijing. also on the show 20 years later, the euro unites much of europe and still divides many opinions. we'll look at how the single currency made it this far alone walk into the show. i'm so busy in berlin. we begin in hong kong where shares in the controversial chinese a. i start up since time search 23 percent on their market debut. a since time was supposed to list in new york, however, the us treasury blacklisted the firm only a week ago saying it's facial recognition software was designed to oppress weaker muslims in the chinese province of shin. john. the move essentially prohibits american investment in the firm. or since times i p o is the latest example of how western businesses are under pressure over the issue of change on both at home and in china. and that pressure is only growing the united states recently passed tough new legislation that puts the onus on businesses to prove

u. s. revived and sanction lifted in how far this will benefit the iranian people at large. because after the implementation of implementation of the j. c. k. in january 2016, where we have economic growth that came back that came on the backdrop of revitalized oil exports. it is exactly what the iranians are also now aiming for. as you also suggested, that the money did not trickle down on to the average iranian, so that's income inequality had in fact, risen. so it is very unclear what's the song republic will do with the money in the wake of a revival in how far it will benefit the iranian people. all right, well now iran and the united states are not actually holding direct talks, but time is taking now around one's guarantees that the u. s. won't pull out of any deal in the future. and they also want the easing of sanctions and controls, which is a thorn in the side for the us. now, how much to the u. s. and around actually one this deal though. well, it seems that the buy demonstration is still very much interested to see the j. c. p o, a revived, but also patient is r

when ask about this new law in the u. s. this is seen as one of the toughest laws on the books of facing some large companies that are doing business there, including apple, including many textile manufacturers. how tough can this be? will this be, how do you look at it? i think it's a tremendously daunting from the company's perspective. they are being asked, the owners of proof is on them to show that their supply chains in no way are benefiting or relying rather on forced labor and change on. and you have to keep in mind that they already, sometimes, you know, it's not always easy for them to get to the bottom of, of where their products are being sourced. they tend to focus on their top tier suppliers. they don't want to get in trouble because a 1st or 2nd tier supplier isn't doing something that the us government might see is objectionable. but in this case, we have multiple tiers of suppliers. you know, 23456 level suppliers. and if any of those are relying on force labor in china and particularly in change on those co

the u. s. will restart a trump era border program. the forces asylum seekers to wait in mexico. the u. s. immigration hearings, the biden administration scrap the controversial remain in mexico program, but a court order in august force them to reinstated my grants are expected to be sent back as early as next week. the son of libya, formerly de mama, good deaf, he has been given the go ahead to run in the presidential race. say to pieces, ma'am, good death. he was disqualified last week by the election commission as he was convicted of war crimes in 2015. but he appealed supporters of good daffy gathered to celebrate the court ruling. the election is in 3 weeks. iran is submitted to drop proposals to european powers, negotiating the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal. the 7th round of talks aimed at bringing iran and the u. s, back into the deal. iraq's political rivals have come together to try to put an end to recent protests. demonstrators gathered on wednesday to oppose the final results of october's parliamentary elections shall lead them a further southern loc one, the most

and the u. s. s reported on a crown in 5 states, including one person in hawaii who had no history of travel. president biden has announced title restrictions for international travelers, shabba, towns, reports now from washington, d. c. a president biden had been due to outline a winter plan for dealing with covered before the discovery of the on the con variance. but the president appeared hopeful, even those reluctant to get vaccinated. we're changing their minds. now. there is some evidence in one poll, i won't mention that because i'm not positive of the number was told this is i was leaving the white house that there is an expectation that 30 percent of the non vaccine center. no circumstances would i get a vaccination because of the new variant are now saying i'm going to get vaccinations. biden is filing an approach based on what he calls science and speed, and not chaos and confusion, the underlying principle of his winter plan to make resources available to prevent another lockdown. it do

s. more now on the u. s. diplomatic boycott or the paging winter olympics, it's been now from michael swain, his director of the east asia program, the quincy institute. he says, the boy coach will not force any change in china. i think it will have virtually now are, are 0 impact on, on their policies and she job and or their policies in hong kong. although i think that the justification for this kind of an action by the united states or, or something somewhat less than that. i would have said might have been better for the united states to extent it's china, ambassador chinese m a u. s. about sort of a ging to the, to the event and him not make any statements at the event to just be there. but that's, you know, that's a judgment call, but i think that, you know, that's, they're not, they, they can't do that now. so they're, they're walked into a situation where they just have to go through the deployment of the chinese to take. they could refuse to send their own athletes to different games. it could tak

the federal reserve, jerome power, leading the charge being definitive, saying the u. s. will end all of its bond bind by march, accelerate the time table for interest rate increases. inflation may be at a 31 year high, but the us is heading towards strong growth and full employment. and now who's with me? it's so different in terms of their approach total opposites. and the truth is, what is different approaches are doing? they're setting the stage for a very choppy 2022 with the fed determine the end as the purchase of dispatch as possible hydrates as soon as possible, while the e. c. b is more hesitant to ship. so decisively, in that direction, step by step, not a full on rush. all right, james sweeney calling the match from new york. thank you very much. and let's go to some of the other global business stories making headlines. ikea is hiking prices by 9 per cent due to ongoing global constraints on transport. raw materials. the swedish flat pack furniture giant said it tried to avoid the height by leasing more ships and optimizing logistics. but as supply chain turm

now in his speech outlining the u. s. as in the pacific plans, secretary of state, antony lincoln that the u. s. will work with its allies and partners to descend the rules based order. he was forthright in his remarks saying countries are concerned about china's actions. and he listed some of these, which include china using his, its economic strength to punish countries as policies. it disagrees with, and china laying claims to large parts of the south china sea countries across the region. want this behavior to change. we do to that's why we're determined to ensure freedom navigation in the south china sea, where beijing's aggressive actions there threatened the movement of more than 3 trillion dollars worth of commerce. every year, lincoln stressed that the u. s. is not trying to make countries choose between the us and china and for many countries in the region. there is a balancing act involved. china is a very important trade partner. but many of also traditionally looked to the us to provide security in the region

but if it will, serious starting us off, cova infection rates all searching in the u. s. a 55 percent in the past 2 weeks in new york, texas and new jersey have more than doubled with the spread over the on the convent variant. and in florida they've jumped 7 fold. well, on tuesday, joe biden promised half a 1000000000 free test for americans. you also pledge to open more testing sites. despite that, it seems that many of actually closed down due to stop shortages, including 13 in new jersey and new york. wow. correspondent, telecom open reports from the lines are growing here in new york city. and so is the frustration. 13 different coven testing centers throughout the city close down to day. all while demand for tests is rising amid and increasing infection rate. we spoke to some people who are waiting to get coven tests here and manhattan. that is a horrible, honestly you see how many people are on this line right here. and most of my friends have to wait on line for hours and hours to get tested. i've had to wait on the lines for hours to get tested, so it makes no se

the top priority for the u. s. president today will be the issue of addressing it inside the u. s. borders, namely, the u. s. president. set to update his winter strategy due to the up to can cases in the i'm a crime variance of the us. what we know there will be a number of key changes. one of them will be that the u. s. president's going to be using the defense production act in order to ramp up the production of tests for hospitals and clinics, so that they have what they need in order to fight the virus that we're seeing spreading around the united states. we also know that he's preparing to deploy a 1000 troops, so these are medically trained soldiers that will be assisting in the hospitals. given the fact their states, like indiana, wisconsin, michigan, and others where we do see high rates of unvaccinated individuals flooding those hospitals. and finally, we know that the u. s. president is tapping into the national stockpile when it comes to ventilators. because what we expect to hear from the president, 930 g m t, is that this could be a long, dark winter. and he wants

s. will commit troops the u. k. will commit troops. ok, but if, if there's, if there's military action on the part of the russians, which is a reaction to what nato is doing, they will be sanctioned here. i mean i, if i were in the criminal and just enough of this, ok, there is a clear, a threat to our national security is existential. and we will address it. ok, whatever the cost, maybe what i, what bothers me is that i think that the, the west is just sleep walking. it's and you know, they don't take it seriously. somehow, nato was a virtuous organization which is really strange, made some military block. ok. you know what it was it on, on twitter, you know, don't out the, the, your belief belief in the nato. that's bizarre. it's a military alliance here. there is just plenty of people on the west the done. do you want to see some kind of conflict here? because nato was painted itself into a, into a, into a corner here. it must succeed in nato in ukraine or cease to exist. it always creates these, the 0 some binary decisions george?

s. standpoint, certainly a russia seems to be seeking some assurances that the u. s. will not press for any sort of membership by ukraine in nato and i, it's unclear whether or not that assurance will be provided. that's well be watching very carefully to see what the read out is that comes out of this. but very quickly, what i should tell you the united states is going to tell russia today. and it will be no surprise to the russian leader is that there will be punishing financial sanctions if russia decides to invade your credit. of course, us intelligence indicates that there is an amassing of tens of thousands of russian troops along that border. and so there is this concern, according to us intelligence, this could be something that's launched as early as next year. so we know punishing financial sanctions to isolate russia from the global financial system are something that the united states and coordination with its european allies have said they will levy if the russian leader decides to take further escalation and action into ukraine. indeed, we are monitoring

s. will support. but really, the message is one that there is concern about the escalation, and there is a need to respect the territorial integrity as well as sovereignty of ukraine. now, to that, and there have been big questions here in the united states about just how far the united states is willing to go in terms of its support. we know that it is supporting nato. should there be an invasion by russia into ukraine? the question becomes, will the military option in terms of us support and sending us troops b, a one of those options. the president is prepared to use the white house. not saying much about that at the moment, simply saying in the words of the pentagon spokesman john kirby, there's no need to come to blows over. this diplomacy is the preferred option. kimberly, but won't come to us. you might say, threaten russia waves, if this threat from russia over ukraine continues, now, it continues to be a real worry about those. yeah, there's no question that there already is a plan in place.

the u. s. will have to somehow negotiate with it rather than from inside it. and so this is a really important, so they're kind of in a bit of a competition in a bit of a race to maintain their influence and their foothold in their post world war 2 orientation in europe. so this is difficult for the u. s. and there, i think there is a little bit of panic setting in, in recent years, is finding a way to stay relevant, finding way to stay in there. no charge if, if washington and its allies reject these 2 documents. so, where do we go from there? because it seems to me that they are not taking this seriously. i think they're blinded by their own ideology. i think they're blinded by the sense of them being morally superior, which has nothing to do with international relations or international law. i mean, we're really in a quandary right now, but i don't think they understand the, the unstable situation that they have created. because russia is not going to surrender it's, it's national security full stop. yes, yes, i think so. and i think this goes together with

s. will return to the fold. the u. s. negotiator says there are only weeks left to revive the agreement if iran continues its current pace of nuclear activities. but the coordination of the talks, things that is possible. we have co, my loan lo ways is the beginning of the negotiation. now we have incorporated the sensitivity of a new iranian government. so from the point of view of the coordinator, we had exactly at the point where we should be, if we want to get the final successful resolved. if we work hard in the basin weeks ahead, we should have a positive result. because again, we are exactly what the main coordinator we should be to get. that's a successful result. it's going to be very difficult. it's going to be very hard, difficult political decisions have to be taken both inter on washington. but again, this is what this negotiation is about. somali as political crisis has deepened with the country's prime minister accusing the president of an attempted coup. both men have been blaming each other for delays

s will now require all incoming international travelers to provide a negative coronavirus test within a week of departure. that policy starts next week. however the president said he does not anticipate any new shutdowns. ktvu jana katsuyama joins us now live tonight from the newsroom with a look at how this new variant is already having an effect on local event organizers. heather and andre. one nonprofit, was planning to have the biggest fundraiser of the year tomorrow, but they decided to put it on hold to do the news of this omicron variant , a very difficult decision that is adding more uncertainty for event organizers. health officials say the minnesota resident who tested positive for the omicron variant had attended a large enemy convention in new york city last week, prompting organizers to post this tweet thursday, urging the 53,000 attendees to get covid tests. the warning comes just as conventions and large gatherings were beginning to return. it's going to happen. steve wyatt organizes and promotes comic con events throughout northern california and says the omicron case

let's take a look at some more developments in the pandemic will start in the united states and the u. s. will lift travel restrictions on 8 southern african countries that had imposed to try and stop the spread of only con, the travel band will end on new year's eve. britton's reported to record 122000 new infections on friday. a model of estimates suggest that one in 10 londoners had the virus by the start of this week. and the spiritual leader of the world's orthodox christians, bartholomew the 1st as tested, positive for coven. 19 the stumbled based of patriarchy said, the 181 year old showed mild symptoms. in bangladesh, they started on. people are dead and 70 injured. after an over crowded ferry caught fire when the passengers, including children, are still missing. incident happened on a river near jello. carty 2250 kilometer south the capital darker. the ferry was close to its destination when the blade broke out. sleeping travellers woke to a fiery nightmare. the fairy turned into a floating inferno. terrified passengers leaped overboard to escape, some drowning in the frigid

he says, all the u. s. allies will likely follow washington's lead. that actually just sent a signal through diplomatic circles to the chinese government. i went on happy in australian sport and politics. folklore was a phrase that sport and politics don't mix astrology and hated when sport and politics come together and sport is used for politics. but this will largely be seen is just something that politicians and bureaucrats do. and as long as they're athletes get together, the public of astrology will be comfortable with that is so look at a going in the same direction as i understand it. and look, this is something that will spread around the rest of the world. there are multinational alliances and yeah, they will come into the 4. but what i don't think anyone wants to see happen is a, a boycott building picks from an athletic point of view. think of how the world came together for the tokyo olympics building this year. and the joy that that bought many, many people, certainly there are major human rights issues in china to address. but on the wh

[000:00:00;00] the ah prussia will secures borders in the same way the u. s. does. that's the pledge. let me put you made in an almost hour long conversation with us president joe biden. belgium suddenly backtracks on its coated measures and reopened theatres and most that's after its highest court said the restrictions were too excessive. elsewhere, joe biden, distances himself from previous promises to shut down the virus. he says it's up to individual states, not the white house. the sorted out we discussed is a response to dependent back so far plus a special. we got a rare glimpse inside. one of the brushes, most notorious, produce homes in the day to some of the countries most dangerous criminal in the wake of the collapse of the night denied. walking into a sound like this were all these hard and tattooed criminals give you. this look, been rejected by a fellow prisoner and become in a pariah with something they feared. the most. the news broadcasting roger refers to the moscow. this is our to international. i'm sure thomas certainly glad to have you know, ru

we deplore and firmly opposed that we urge the u. s. to correct its wrongdoing, and we will take all necessary measures to uphold the rights and interests of chinese institutions. and companies and a diplomatic appointment was delayed to allow the weight of forced labor act to pass. alan fisher has more on that from washington dc. so the u. s. senate has no confirmed jo biden's nominee to be the new ambassador to china. he is nicholas boncey as a veteran diplomat, but the whole process was essentially on hold, because a number of republican senators wanted to push through that what they call the weaker force labor prevention act. now it passed through the house and it has passed through the senate by unanimous consent. and this essentially says that any individual or company important goods from the jing jang area of china must be able to prove that there was no forced labor involved in the goods that were produced. a number of human rights organizations have said that the mainly muslim wiggers are being used in force labor camps. now,

s. president, that russia will defend its own interest just like the u. s. woods if it faced similar threats. now, when the new threats of sanctions, where the new warning came from, joe biden watermark potent responded by saying that this could lead to ties being cut completely between the 2 countries. now moving on to how the details of the phone conversation were presented by the white house, according to washington, joe biden called to deescalate the whole ukraine crisis. and also promised that the u. s. and allies will be monitoring all the actions by russia and also that they're ready for any decisions that lot of are makes on ukraine. plus, as the white house puts that joe biden spoke of, reinforced nato strength and also of further military assistance for ukraine by nato. if the situation escalate, you have to remember that this phone call follows proposals being made by moscow for new principles of european security. in particular, what russia ones is, legal guarantees for nato not to be expanded further east and also for new weapons being deploy

s will require all incoming international travelers to provide a negative covid test , regardless of their vaccination status within a day of their departure. coming up at 4 30 more details on the biden administration strategy to fight off the omicron variant well with the emergence of the omicron very in san francisco international airport is expanding covid-19 testing of air travelers. this is part of a cdc pilot program that tests international travelers for covid voluntarily once they arrive at sfo airport had been surveillance testing travelers coming in from india for the delta varying for the past month. now it's testing passengers from germany, the uk , france and south africa for the omicron variant. for the european countries where we have nonstop flights were talking anywhere from 500 to 700 people a day that could be potentially eligible based on the fact that they're coming from one of those european countries. we don't have nonstop flights from south africa, so we have a very small number of people that are actually coming from south africa, and they would actually have