. >> so police in oslo say a man died in 2011, but no one noticed for nearly a decade. they say he died around the time prince william and kate had their wedding in 2011. but his body wasn't found until this past december when a maintenance person opened his apartment. >> neighbors didn't expect anything and his bills continued to be paid automatically from his bank account. i feel like we've heard this type of story before. >> uh-huh. >> because of the automatic payments. the bills are getting paid. and then someone passes away. >> apparently, he wasn't the most social person. he was married a few times. he did have kids. nobody was checking on him. >> so i guess the message from this, and what we can take from this, check on your neighbors, especially during this pandemic. >>yes. >> people have been on lockdown and stuck inside. if you get a chance just to, you know, i don't know, if you know your neighbor, maybe knock on the window, make sure they're okay. >> while you're alive, call a friend every now and then and check in. i know my sister after two hours is ready

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suspect is under arrest after this horrific attack that took place south of the norwegian capital, oslo. investigators say he walked around firing a bow and arrow at people seemingly randomly. among the victims was an off-duty police officer. authorities intercepted him 20 minutes after learning of the rampage. they called it a confrontation with police officers. investigators say they believe he's acting alone. the prime minister says it was too early to speculate on a motive. whit? >> james longman with the new develo developmen developments, thank you. >>> and oral arguments about the death penalty sentence of jokhar tsarnaev, saying the trial judge barred evidence about the influence of his older brother on his actions. at today's hearing, the conservative majority seemed inclined to reinstate the death penalty. >>> a new report from the tsa tonight, officers detecting a record number of firearms at airport security checkpoints this year. officers stopping nearly 4,500 passengers from carrying firearms on their flights. surpassing the previous record of just over 4,400 detected in a

a horrific scene in oslo, norway. a deadly bow and arrow attack. five people killed, two injured. james longman joins us from london. james, you're getting new information about how this attack was carried out. >> reporter: yeah, that's right, whit. tonight, the suspect is under arrest after this horrific attack that took place south of the norwegian capital, oslo. investigators say this man walked around firing a bow and arrow at people seemingly randomly. he killed five and wounded two others. among those impacted was an off-duty police officer. authorities intercepted him 20 minutes after learning of the rampage. they called it a confrontation with police officers. investigators say they believe this man did act alone. the acting prime minister says it was gruesome but it's too early to speculate on a motive. officials are asking anyone impacted by all this to gather at a local hotel for support. whit? >> james longman with the new developments, thank you. >>> we have news tonight from the supreme court today. oral arguments about the death penalty sentence for boston bomber jo

hearing a rumbling sound and part of meteor may have broken off and landed near the capital city of oslo. i didn't know you could tangibly feel something like this. >> oh, yes, if they're big enough and get that big flash. >> that one was blinding. >> weatherwise you've got a comfortable start to the heat tomorrow. issues around tahoe, if you're trying to go up there, i've talked to folks who have been up there the past couple of days. smoke is an issue. it continues to be an issue because of the dixie fire nearby putting that smoke over the lake. now the air quality anywhere moderate to unhealthy around lake tahoe. earlier today it was very unhealthy. so we'll continue to see air quality issues there tomorrow. we're expecting air quality issues around lake tahoe to be unhealthy. at home green acrossthe board with good air quality. some good news around tahoe, some showers developing. that will help clear some of that smoke out, could bring some beneficial rain to nearby fires right now. these showers are not going linger that long. there's the onshore wind, 28 current wind gust at san f

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part of the meteor may have broken off and landed near the capital city of oslo. i can imagine a lot of people being freaked out not quite sure what that was. rest assured, everything is okay. >> totally. >>> let's talk heir quality. we have some issues in part of california because of smoke coming from numerous fires especially around tahoe. currently unhealthy air quality across a large portion of tahoe. it was very unhealthy just a few hours ago. contrast that to the bay area where we've got that onshore fresh breeze keeping our air quality in that good category. let's talk about what's happening in terms of that smoke. in the near term a couple showers are on live doppler 7 near tahoe will bring a little relief from the smoke in the next hour or so, but the longer picture showing you heading into tomorrow the near surface smoke again by 3 p.m. in the afternoon on our monday, it is pretty thick not only across tahoe, but much of northern nevada. unfortunately that wind pattern will continue where that smoke emanating from the dixie fire will continue to blow to

journalists, maria resar, of the philippines and russian. dmitri moreton, except the nobel peace prize in oslo. honored for protecting freedom of expression . and the investigation is underway. mexico, after 54 people are killed. when that pack truck over tons, ah, a founder of the whistle bo, website wiki leaks has moved a step closer to facing criminal charges in the united states. for one of the biggest other leaks of classified information. gillian sanders, facing extradition from the united kingdom after losing the later stage in his court battle. he faces up to 175 years in jail if found guilty of leaky u. s. military secrets. his family say he is a suicide risk. i deserve it in barbara ports now from the high court in london. oh, for supporters of julian assange, it's a worrying moment. 2 judges at the high court of london have ruled the wikileaks found, or can be extradited to the united states, to face espionage charges assigned to his partner with whom he has 2 young children, was bare to hear the decision. it's been almost a year since i stood outside court with our victory of the b

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join us here at 1600 g. m. teach, or special noble interview with the winners. life from oslo solemn protests against military rule in mid march had been held in several cities into the deserted streets of the commercial capital young gone. the silence is being seen as a safe way to protest after the brutal crackdown on mass demonstrations following the qu in february, an overcrowded trucks crashed in southern mexico, killing at least 53 people. the believe to have been heading to the united states. please suspect the truck overturned because it was so overloaded. the westgate apartments called for other democratic countries to expand their engagement with taiwan after nicaragua was government decided to cut diplomatic ties with the island. the chinese foreign ministry welcomed the move in a statement and praised nick, an arg was commitment to the communist party. one china policy. and donald trump has suffered. another said back to his attempts to block the release of official records of the capitol hill, rives. last january, a federal appeals court rejected his plate to keep docume

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well, deserves james base and folly, but he bow as standing by hello, so welcome to oslo city hall, in less than an hour, we'll be speaking to the 2021 nobel peace prize law. it's maria theresa from the philippines and russia. dimitri, more at of now, we're back at our snow city hall after 2 years because in 2019 the nobel peace by soil lori it. then if you'll pay as prime minister abbey am, i didn't want to speak to natalie to us. no. in 2020 the world food program, w f. v won the award. but because it was the height of the pandemic, the ceremony was cancelled. so we're lucky to be back and also city hall with a live audience that's going to be making it in very short. he safely distance. oh, wearing a mask. and some of them will have the opportunity to ask questions to our laureates and those to laureate, as you heard there in paul's report. so have already been in this hall were in front of the king of norway. they received the peace prize just over an hour ago, and maria reza, making a very strong case about both the dangers of social media and disinformation in the world. she has

contribution to freedom of expression in the philippines and in russia, in an exclusive interview live here in oslo will be speaking to this year's lawyer about the challenges endangered face doing their job. and if significant seen protecting democracy, the noble in to be only on al jazeera, the 2 years the world has been wrestling with the damage that has cost millions of lives and affected billions more of us through economic contraction and restrictions on our movements. as people have reported here in 2021, it's also prompted claims that measures taken in the name of the features that have damaged civil liberties. now, as governments respond to the micron very into the virus, we're sharing that episode again. i oh, the corona virus pandemic has calls governments around the world to take extra ordinary messages, closing cities banning travel and making people stay at home for months at a time, ah, in the race to defeat the disease. they've also had to gather a huge amounts of data about our whereabouts and i'll state of health. digital contact tracing tools offered the opportunity to address la

this magnificent city hall in oslo hadn't even been completed. the year was $935.00 and the prize as you know, went to college on asi etzky. he alerted the world to the fact that hitler was rearming. it was just before world war 2. he never got here to pick up his prize because he was in a not see prison camp a dangerous moment. then do you see parallels? absolutely. i think that's the signal that the nobel committee were sending out right, that we are yet at another similar moment historical moment, an existential moment. and that we must, while this is me now saying we do something about it for a hit to reach a do you agree with that? is this award symbolic of a world? on the brink, are we at the precipice of what happened after 1935 at a touched new approach. oh, this is a very exact question which we are talking about the world. because the state, when they saw a war dictatorship or james the all ways, or i want a victory parade your more or feel means that all the manager and he logs. but war is really the hall is lo. she was a coffins and a

we're based in oslo, norway, and weren't an academic institution working there for crating knowledge or crating the research about the causes and the consequences of armed conflict. and we have no formal connection with the her, no bell institute, or where the price is, is awarded her or the committee, which is if i remember her committee, but we're every year her launching a list of candidates that we think are, are good candidates based on the knowledge that we know about what the cause and the consequences are farm counseling are. but thanks. i reckon you're basically you're an influenza. all right, so the rat. nice to see you please. hello to esteem audience. tell them who you are . what you do, i'm your connection to the nobel prizes. i yeah. so i'm the wrong math. i'm a post doctoral research fellow implant systems biology at the you know, in canada and my connection to know about is that a few years ago i wrote an article that appeared on slate about the nobel prize in science. and why i think they are, they represent both sexism as well as racism and biases in science. i'm wh

and i've now joined our audience here in oslo city whole more to his questions coming up very surely. don't forget, you can also be part of our conversation. you're watching his on social media on tv, connect with us, or using the hash tag a j nobel and we've got a few questions coming from twitter. i'll be glad to talk telling you about them in just a moment. but maria, before i come to our next audience question that report there from the philippines ended on a positive note on a note of optimism. the future rodrigo, to tear to his term ends in a few months. he standing down. does the crime down he initiated and with him, or will it outlast him? up impact weiss, it will outlast his administration. ah, it has taught habits to officials to push back against journalism. the old checks and balances are gone. but then beyond that, it depends on who wins, right? of right now, in many instances, we have a replay, it's almost back to the future of 1986. when you have a mark was against a woman against a widow, marco's versus the widow. and part of, i guess, the reason why we become yet anot

journalists, maria resar, of the philippines and russian. dimitri, more of accept the nobel peace prize in oslo. honored for protecting freedom of expression, ah loan, welcome to program our top story, the founder of the whistlebury website wiki leaks has moved a step closer to standing trial in the united states for one of the biggest ever leaks of classified information. julian sanchez, facing extradition from the united kingdom after losing a later stage in his court battle. it could serve up to a 175 years in jail, are found guilty of leaking u. s. military secrets. his family say he is a suicide risk, and he barber reports now from the high court in london. oh, the support is of julian assange. it's a worrying moment. 2 judges at the high court in london have ruled the wiki leaks, found a can be extradited to the united states, to face espionage charges, as and his partner with whom he has 2 young children, was there to hear the decision. it's been almost a year since i stood outside court with our victory as the blocking of the extradition for the past year. and the past year, 2 years and

this critically turnville is a professor of peace and conflict studies at oslo new university college. he says, reclaiming some other towns in the region may be more strategically important to the t p l. f labella doesn't hold any military pretending significant assets, but it is a symbolic it tall as it is a well known unit school world heritage site. and so it nationally, it is available. so in that regard it is drawback obviously is that the government lost control. but there are other towns like because and now which might be more strategically important for t d f and for the military offensive, they are currently undertaking it is an intensive military campaign ongoing as we speak for the last 23 days, the territory has shifted again and it seems to be that the t d f, the tactical retreat, so week a week ago has managed them to regroup, to wreath grad to john's. and now to push back on the government offences against ticket and held territories where it will take them, we don't know yet, this is on the western front line. we see the most intensify things over the last couple of d

he joins me via skype from oslo. now tara tree keeps changing hands as we were just reporting where it's going back and forth. how much of a blow is the loss of lively baylor to the federal government? where labella doesn't hold any military store, attending significant search, but it is a symbolic it tall as it is a well known unesco world heritage site. and so it nationally, it is available. so in that regard it is a drawback, obviously that the government lost control. it but there are other towns like gus and now which might be more strategically important for t d, f and, and for the military offensive they are currently undertaking. so where is the, where is the focus likely to shift to now, what are the t p s force is going to be doing next? well, i think what we hear, it is an intensive military campaign ongoing as we speak for the last 2 or 3 days. that territory has shifted again, as you mentioned. and it seems to be that the t d f, the tactical retreat. so my week a week ago has managed them to regroup and

a dispute this or earlier i spoke to, so tele tron viola, professor piece and conflict studies at oslo new university college, specializing in ethiopia. and he said, reclaiming some other towns in the region might be more strategically important to the to grind defense forces. the t p laughs military wing labella doesn't hold any military pretending significant search, but it is a symbolic it tall as it is a well known unesco world heritage site and so internationally it is available. so in that regard, it is a drawback, obviously, and that the government loss control it. so there are other towns like now which might be more strategically important for t d f and for the military offensive they are currently undertaking it is an intensive military campaign. ongoing, as we speak for the last 23 days, the territory has shifted again. and it seems to be that the t d f, the tactical retreat, so week a week ago has managed them to regroup and to read grad john's. and now to push back on the government offensive against ticket and held territories where it will take them, we don't know yet. t

so today john vol is from oslo. new university college, he says, reclaiming some other towns in the region may be more strategically important to the tpl. f labella doesn't hold any military st. attending significant such but it is a minute symbolic it tall as it is a well known unesco world heritage site. and so internationally it is available. so in that regard it is a drawback, obviously that the government lost control. but there are other towns like because now which might be more strategically important for t d f and for the military offensive, they are currently undertaking it is an intensive military campaign ongoing as we speak for the last 23 days, the territory has shifted again and it seems to be that the t d f, the tactical retreat so week a week ago has managed them to regroup and to reach grant to john's. and now to push back on the government offensive against to get in held territories where it will take them. we don't know yet, this is on the western front line. we see the most intensive fighting's

and joining us from oslo, glen deason, professor of international relations at the university of south eastern norway. good to have your witness to austin bennett. if i could start this by asking, does a european defense force make sense strategically? yes sir, thanks for having me as song, of course it makes. did you teach extend the in the medium term? the question is how to make it the reality and what realistic next. next steps are, there's a lot of political talk about european strategic autonomy about europeans teaching sovereignty. even gary and prime is our bond kind of pretended he's a great advocate of this and fully aligned with president the my call that he's all in favor of strengthen europe. whereas on the rule of law and other issues, prime is there, or bon undermines, undermine europe, or fund line said it's not just the question of capabilities or capacity, but the political well, that's true. we need the political world to, to really up our game. europe does spend quite a bit on defense, but it needs to kind of pool and share and to get out of this national parochiali

ah, let's bring our guests at joining us from oslo. glenn decent professor of international relations at the university of se, norway and an editor at russia in global affairs from new york. david l. phillips, director of the program on peace building and rights at columbia university. and from london, steve sang director of the china institute at so us university of london a warm welcome to you all. let's begin with steve sang in london. steve, this isn't quite a declaration of a new cold war, but it is an unprecedented declaration of a cooperative agreement between russia and china. what's that based on? well, it is based on a lot of come and interest attached it to countries share. at the moment, the share tension with the united states, and they want to make sure that they will prevailed and not the united states. they share a common objective of making the world safe for authors, terrorism, so dead that well will be safe for putin and for she in pain. they also shared the issue of you, in the case of russia, ambitions over u crane

and from the norwegian capital oslo. another warning more than 50 people have been infected with the over kron variant. at a christmas party in a restaurant, the government says they were all vaccinated. andrew simmons al jazeera, here, a sector state antony blank, and says he's deeply concerned about what he called russia as aggressive policy towards key f. as he, i'll talks with his russian counterpart and stockholm rushes for a minister, sir gala rob is adamant, the kremlin will protect its interests. it's as tensions flare over its military build up near the border with ukraine. bernard smith reports from moscow. this was the 1st face to face meeting between antony, blinking and circ. i love rav since joe biden became u. s. president. the u. s. secretary of state, use the encounter to warn russia of the serious consequences, including sanctions, if it invades ukraine. c. it's now on russia to deescalate the current tensions by reversing the recent to build up. returning forces to normal, his time positions, and refra

and from the norwegian capital oslo. another warning, more than 50 people have been infected with the over kron variant. at a christmas party in a restaurant. the government says they were all vaccinated. andrew symonds al jazeera. let's take the bank to the situation in south africa, which is of course, witnessing an increase in the number of covert cases. dr. angelica co, etc, is the chair of the south african medical association, and the practicing general practitioner, based in pretoria sch, joins us live from there. good to have you with us. so data seems to still be evolving when it comes to army kron. what do we know today about whether it is significantly more infectious than the delta strain? good morning from south africa. good question. yes, it is quite transmissible. it's important to understand that our data, yes, that i showed that our total cases wants to $11500.00 and that is fine with a detection rate or $24.00 proceed. so i again, confirmed this morning with my, according to the amendment, we are in the

and from the norwegian capital oslo. another warning, more than 50 people have been infected with the on the chrome variant at a christmas party in a restaurant. the government says they were all vaccinated. and re simmons al jazeera. 12 people are reported have been killed in an attack on a village near a b l in northern iraq. the kurdish regional government is blaming iso. it says most of those killed with security for members in 2017. the wrong declared victory of i. so off to reclaiming old trees, the group held for several years. but the group has continued to launch. sporadic attacks, ukraine's defense minister says russia is planning a large scale escalation along their shared border. or like sarah, as nichol told parliament, 94000 russian soldiers mobilizing and that moscow will probably make a move in january. the kremlin has repeatedly dismiss suggestions. it's preparing for an attack. russia denies supporting separatists in ukraine's east, in the conflict that killed thousands of people since 2014 high level t

and from the norwegian capital oslo. another warning, more than 50 people have been infected with the on the cross variance at a christmas party in a restaurant. the government says they were all vaccinated. andrew simmons al jazeera malaysia has to take to its 1st case of the omicron barian to was found. and a fully vaccinated visitor arriving from south africa via singapore. early this week, melissa, malaysia and singapore opened their land border. one of the walls busiest vaccinated travellers, glaciers also bar travelers from 8 african countries due to concerns over the variant. now the w h o says asia pacific country you should expect to search in cases driven by the variant. but official say the region is prepared to deal with a rise and infections. none of the information we have currently about only grant suggest we need to change the direction of our response. our experience of the last 2 years, especially in dealing with the variance like build up, provides a guide about what to do now, as well as how to be the

and from the norwegian capital oslo. another warning more than 50 people have been infected with the over crown variant. at a christmas party in a restaurant, the government says they were all vaccinated. andrew simmons al jazeera of south africa, has reported more than 11 and a half 1000 new code 19 cases in 24 hours. that's 5 times the number of 40 just a week ago, when south african scientists alerted the world about the new variant health expert, se amico is driving up infections, but deaths and hospitalizations so far are rising at a much lower rate of the united states is taking new steps to tackle the rising covey 19 infections that president jo biden's plan includes tied to restrictions for international travelers. button this call for com was scientists learn more about the new variance. we're going to fight this variance with science and speed. not chaos and confusion. just like we beat back over 19 in the spring and more powerful variant delivery in the summer and fall as result, we enter this winter from a po

and from the norwegian capital oslo. another warning, more than 50 people have been infected with the on the chrome variant at a christmas party in a restaurant. the government says they were all vaccinated. and re, simmons al, jazeera of south africa has reported more than 11 and a half 1000 new co, with 19 cases in 24 hours. that's 5 times the number. just a week ago when south african scientists alerted the world about the new varied health experts say our micron is driving up infections, but deaths and hospitalizations so far are rising at a much lower rate. for me. the miller is following developments forced from johannesburg. will expert suspect that it is the army con variant that is causing that sharp rise. whereas previously it had been the doubt of variance and this was their main concern. just how transmissible ami crony is how it would affect people, and just what vo vaccines would play in terms of protection. now the institute of communicable communicable diseases has said to day that there is, chances are t

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new oslo scientists are tracking the pass it, but he's part of it might have landed in a large wooded area west of the 50 a an update of our main stories now in a powerful storm set to land in east, in china again in the coming hours after already doing widespread damage, typhoon in fact caused heavy flooding in the coastal province of judge young after it made landfall a little over 12 hours ago. now causing disruption to vital shipping. as it crosses hung jo bay, south of the busy commercial of shanghai. it comes days after a reckless flood, killed $63.00 people in central china. now a group of 28 can not lie during school. children have been, we united with their parents 2 weeks after they were taken on the parents told out there that ransom was paid for their freedom. in total, a $121.00 students were taken while another group was released after 2 days, $87.00 of them are still being held. hundreds of kidnapped students is still missing off to several abductions for rent. i'm in northern nigeria in recent months, bringing the the joy too much. i can't quantify the joy. god has don

ahead of fight to stay out of jail. mc belen is a former is ready justice minister and initiate the oslo process. he joins his live foss, guy from tell b, thanks very much indeed for being with us. so it was an incredibly close vote. how fragile is this coalition? well, the vote was a close, but we know that a, this is that he doesn't reflect a real follow of the 2 blocks. he doesn't mean that the block of the right is a o. l is the 59 and the new block, the block for reform he's 60 because there are 6 say are members of nessa to voted against the new government. but the i believe that they consider themselves closer much close to the block off reform. so in the future, i think that they will vote in many cases when the government and for sure not to day right. wing get opposition. it. so it is the real victory. a full day block against nathaniel. and a very clear defeat for nathan. you know, what changes do you think we can expect? so given how divided they are, can they achieve much in terms of policy? it's, it's too early to know. well, we never have such a government. you will do it