this is al jazeera. you're watching the news hour live from the headquarters in doha. coming up in the next 60 minutes has promised to serve up but hours out from the u.k. election there are signs boris johnson's facing a tighter race. donald trump signs an order he says will crack down on anti semitism others they say it stifles criticism of israel. anger as india passes

a controversial citizenship law that opponents say discriminates against muslims. and trying to clear china's air we'll tell you why it's the middle classes are being blamed for a rise in pollution. hello voting begins in the u.k. general election in 5 hours and final opinion polls point to a narrow win for prime minister boris johnson's conservative party but the prospect of a hung parliament where there is no clear winner can't be ruled out and that means bracks it could be further delayed or even canceled barker reports from london. after touring the country boris johnson was back in the capital to deliver his final campaign message the conservative policies lead in opinion polls has narrowed ahead of the vote anything less than a majority could be disastrous for the conservatives and johnson's hopes of delivering bricks it opposed $24.00 to end the deadlock 24 hours to break

the gridlock 24 hours in which we can remove the parliamentary roadblock and get a working majority for a sensible moderate dynamic one nation. the labor leader jeremy corbyn was also back in london labor may be lagging in the opinion polls but coleman is optimistic of a last minute surge and support raise the sights and hopes that people work with people as they develop and improve their communities work with people under a labor government that's trying to develop all the things that we're so proud of in our manifesto. it's been a grueling campaign laden with photo opportunity johnson was up before dawn delivering milk echoing his promise to deliver bricks it. another stop another useful metaphor this time a pipe factory in darvish a reminder that johnson's breaks it plans come ready to serve. as a message not everyone can stomach corbin's last day of campaigning also began

before sunrise in the scottish city of glasgow before winding his way down the country through marginal constituencies johnson and corbin have been targeting traditionally labor seats in northern england where large numbers of people voted to leave the e.u. but in an 11th hour intervention 15 former labor m.p.'s launched this advertising campaign in several regional newspapers urging voters to reject jeremy corbin accusing him of failing to tackle anti semitism in the labor party corbin says the party rejects all forms of racism and in south west london the liberal democrats concentrated efforts on targeting conservative seats we should voted to remain in the e.u. in the 26th referendum i still believe we can stop forest johnson stop breaks and build a brighter future. on the eve of election day the normally illuminated houses of parliament are mostly dark and shrouded in scaffolding another metaphor perhaps of a political system desperately in need of repair has been

a bitterly fought election campaign a battle over breaks in the future of britain's public services including its esteems national health. service when polling stations open on thursday morning for some it will be an obvious in stark choice so others though disillusioned by years of political uncertainty will be a much tougher decision. westminster. chris hopkins is they had of politics at this event a commerce polling company he says there's a strong chance of a hung parliament what we've seen in all final poll of the election is that the conservatives are on 41 percent and we found the labor party around 36 percent now of that gives only a 5 point lead and that is the rest of all pollsters going into the last election i think there are still one to come out tomorrow and maybe one more deceiving but what we're likely to see with that is it does reduce boris johnson's chances of a large majority and it does increase potentially the chances of there being

a hung parliament come friday morning and the ring of labor leader across all pulses over the election you know we started out with with with a slightly narrower conservative lead and on the start of a very big one so i think irrespective of polling we have seen. the labor party make some progress here what they have managed to do throughout the campaign is to squeeze the liberal democrats we found you know 2060 remain voters were initially considerably more split over whether they would vote for that but for labor or for the put them across and what we've come to the conclusion now is that far more are going to vote for the labor party and the lib dems and that can only be good news where as you know for the conservative party they always had quite a significant majority of the leave and that hasn't really changed out the campaign . as role is headed into another election its 3rd in less than a year now their prime minister benjamin netanyahu nor his main opponent benny gantz were able to form a governing coalition after september as inconclusive votes kerry for some reports

from west to resell them. it was the outcome feared by voters in september's inconclusive election warned against by israel's president but ever more grimly inevitable in the months since a 3rd election in less than a year the main opposition party accuses the prime minister benjamin netanyahu indicted in 3 corruption cases of clinging to office in order to strengthen his legal position wolfish new york these elections are going to be a vest civil of hate violence said discuss so make sure your children are not near the t.v.'s in the following 3 months. long before the midnight deadline passed benjamin netanyahu had already fired the starting gun on his election campaign via facebook posting an interview with a blue and white politician in which he endorsed a 2 state solution with the palestinians now said yahoo counted we don't want a palestinian state who go forward with who will keep those whom they imposed on us new elections this is unnecessary and in order for this not to be repeated one

thing has to be done we have to win big repeated talks between blue and whites leader benny gantz and netanyahu went nowhere netanyahu insisting that he stay on in office for several months at least grants refusing to serve with an indicted prime minister dances last gasp demand that netanyahu give up any prospect of parliamentary immunity from prosecution was rebuffed by the prime minister and there was no bailout from netanyahu former ally and defense minister avigdor lieberman he refused to bring his party into a right wing coalition and so israelis are going back to the polls next year in the meantime netanyahu will have to face down a leadership challenge from a senior look could rival and a potential legal challenge to the jetta mysie to stand as prime minister while under indictment but few are betting against a 3rd consecutive battle between netanyahu and dance and for now at least the polls suggest a 3rd inconclusive result are a force that al-jazeera west jerusalem. u.s.

president donald trump has signed an executive order which he says is intended to and anti semitism but there are fears it's designed to restrict criticism of israel alan fischer explains president donald trump has regularly boasted of his pro israel record he did it again as he signed a new executive order this time aimed at fighting what the white house sees as a growing problem of anti semitism on university campuses across the u.s. as this is our message to universities if you want to accept the tremendous amount of federal dollars that you get every year you must reject anti semitism and i essentially the order extends part of the 1964 civil rights act it allowed the department of education to withhold federal funding from any college that discriminates on the grounds of race color or national origin that no is extended to religion and critics say that effectively suggest use of people who share the

same race or collective national origin the new order could significantly impact the b.d.s. movement it are just a ploy caught divestment and sanctions campaign against the israeli government for its treatment of palestinians living in the region some have claimed b.d.s. is anti semitic while supporters say it's not targeting a religion but political action but as the group has grown on american campuses it's been accused of creating a hostile climate for jewish students by conflating it clear the criticism for israel and make it equal to you know anti semitism they're trying to censor any the free debate here in the u.s. when it comes to the israeli policy is donald trump is aggressively back to israel since taking office he moved the u.s. embassy to jerusalem in the face of international opposition and recognized the golan heights territory seized from syria as part of israel but he's been accused of making anti-semitic remarks and defending neo nazis who chanted anti. slogans he

was criticized for comments made in a speech to jewish groups in florida at the weekend reinforcing jewish stereotypes a lot of your the real estate business because i know you very well you're brutal killers not nice people at all but you have to vote for me of the jurors you're not going to vote for pocahontas like and. many jewish groups of praise the president's action u.s. congress try to take a similar action to the executive order even with bipartisan support it stalled donald trump's move breaks that logjam alan fischer al-jazeera washington let's talk to him about dodd he is the deputy director of the arab american institute he's joining us from washington thanks for joining us on the al-jazeera news hour to you what is this executive order really about is it about anti-semitism and and and to discrimination or is it about trying to suppress palestinian advocacy on college campuses a some people say it is. it is definitely about suppressing palestine advocacy on college campuses under under the guise of fighting out the semitism but we know

it's not about anti semitism for multiple reasons including the fact that donald trump himself is a huge contributor to the problem of anti semitism in this country including the clip that you played earlier and also suggesting that american jews who do not want for him are somehow disloyal he's been a huge part of the problem and ultimately what this executive director order is about it's expands the definition of anti semitism to include criticism of israel and the risk here is that students on college campuses who are simply engaged in pro palestine advocacy for human rights could get into serious trouble simply because their criticism of israel can now be construed as anti semitism this by the way is blamed unconstitutional it's a violation of free speech which is one of the most fundamentally cherished. values in american life so this is been an absolute disaster and i think that it's only a matter of time before this is challenged and rescinded here will talk about how it can be a challenge in a moment but does it actually do anything to address the issue of anti-semitism

which we know is on the rise in the united states. so there is no question about the fact that at the summit is a is on the rise and it is a growing problem and in fact bigotry in many forms is rising in the current political climate that this president has contributed to but this the only change that this executive order makes is specifically that expression of definition to include criticism of israel so harassment of american jewish students on college campuses was already a violation of title 6 of under civil rights the civil rights office so there's nothing new on that particularly front this is clearly just an attempt to pander to the pro israel base that this president feels accountable to he's surrounded by jared kirshner and david friedman and really really right wing pro israel hawks and they have a pretty much at base in this country that he's trying to appeal to as a way to deny up political frustration and see if he can build up some support leading up to the next election that's what this is ultimately about and in the process the constitution of the u.s.

is being undermined by this president and efforts to pander to these forces and back on the issue of how this can be challenging it's you brought up a moment ago how do you see that process playing out it's going to be challenged and overturned. so it's important to note that this is not a new effort this has already been an ongoing effort including under the obama administration this has been litigated where there were multiple complaints brought to the civil rights office of the department of education trying to punish students who hold activism on college campuses and the civil rights office under the obama administration simply rejected those efforts and insisted that what is taking place is simply free political speech unfortunately one of the people who is bringing those cases has now been put in charge of the civil rights office under the charge administration his name is ken marcus which is a huge part of the problem but you have i think you're going to see that the entire civil rights advocacy organizations in the u.s. activated including organizations like the american civil liberties union which is

a huge organization that is devoted to civil rights and it does not take any positions on the israeli palestinian conflict and particularly however it has been very outspoken against efforts to expand the definition of anti-semitism and all that has happened here is that where these efforts have failed through congress before through legislation like they so-called that the semitism awareness act these groups that are pushing for this agenda have now found an ally in president trying to impose by decree that opinion on the country in a way that has not because they have not been able to achieve it in any other way and it's only a matter of time before that falls apart it's all my friends are we thank you for joining us from washington. more ahead on the al-jazeera news hour including. support for memoirs leader she defends her country on genocide charges against minorities but she has plenty of critics to. recovery efforts on new zealand's white island have been put on hold as the risk of another volcanic eruption increases. cats are as national champions and kick off their feet. in

style peter as the details. but 1st at least 70 soldiers have been killed in an attack on a military camp and it happened near the border with mali no one's claimed responsibility but fighters linked to eisele and al qaeda are increasingly active there. there have been violent protests in parts of india against the controversial citizenship bill which is about to become law a ground citizenship to minorities who face religious persecution in pakistan bangladesh and afghanistan but it excludes muslim refugees and opposition politicians and rights groups say that's because of the government's and nationalist agenda and how her reports from new delhi i was they chanted slogans around the bonfire

and called for a withdrawal of the citizenship of them and big this happened as india's upper house debated and passed the controversial legislation it says that religious minorities including hindus sikhs christians and buddies who migrated to india because of persecution from of gonna stand pakistan and bangladesh would be granted citizenship these protesters in the state of assam see their struggle is against inclusion of migrants irrespective of their religion because they want to preserve their indigenous culture and livelihood i'm dealing on live like you are like we live in both have been you gentlemen one of our own large now in dozen of them if you will only then again we condemn this being. leased by a tear gas to contain the crowd while a column of assam rifles a paramilitary force that 70 soldiers was and stand by the state to such columns

were on standby in tripoli or another state in the northeast or there's been protests against the bill for similar reasons india's lower house has already passed a bill. the indian government says this legislation is meant to protect religiously persecuted minorities from neighboring countries but many are asking why it's excluding muslims during a debate in parliament opposition spoke about the fear gripping india's muslim community which is also the country's largest minority. students and an indonesian protested against the legislation and described it as discriminate treat . the citizens would be guarded under the citizenship of many muslims would have no protection. it got to meet the demand that. it is a question of giving citizenship to people who have come because of religious porch on the minorities or any mussolini's need not worry i want to say it is clearly nobody needs to worry or anyone frightens you or scares you don't get scared with

his number and government is moving with the spirit of the constitution so minorities will get food protection like. many political analysts say the legislation could have a lasting impact on the social fabric of india. al-jazeera. leader has rejected accusations of genocide by her government against minorities misleading. she told the international court of justice the military has been conducting a legitimate operation against armed groups and rakhine states when he reports from the hague. as a state counselor and head of government arrived at the international court of justice she was welcomed by supporters chanting we stand with you. but anyone hoping that aung san suu kyi a nobel peace prize winner would take this opportunity to stand with the would be disappointed in opening me

a mass defense against genocide charges she said the picture the gambia presented to the court was misleading and incomplete the situation or a kind of conflicts and not. barred. one thing surely touches all of us equally the sufferings of the many innocent people whose eyes the torn apart as a consequence of the aunt conflicts of 20162017 in particular those who have had to flee their homes and are now living in camps and cox is bizarre. that was as far as the sympathy went for the ring get 700000 of whom were forced to flee to neighboring bangladesh after a crackdown by the myanmar military suchi again refused to use the word when describing the mainly muslim minority ethnic group a denial of identity is proof say experts of genocidal intent on tuesday the gambia open the case with harrowing allegations of rape torture and murder by security

forces in attacks on reading to communities in 2017 sujit didn't respond to those specific allegations but said any wrongdoing did not amount to genocide and would be dealt with in me and mob outside who supporters also weren't interested in discussing the alleged crimes. i'm not sure to feel whether i believe or not we are here just to keep the body and we have complete faith and trust in the decision but it was she said that if she does it's going to be a good book and it will. be gambia says the ring there are facing an ongoing threat of genocide and desires the court to order b.m.r. to take steps to guarantee their safety in response me and lawyers called on the judges to reject the application in a speech on sun sujit gave a brief history lesson on rakhine state and spoke about the complexity of the problem there but she again failed to address the root cause the ring there have been continued to be discriminated against as illegal immigrants with little or no

status or rights and until those things are addressed their security will continue to be at risk on a historic day at the world's top court this one time campaign a few men rights provided little hope for the ring and she provided little evidence that she's interested in salvaging what's left of her reputation wayne hay al-jazeera the hague. our stephanie decker is in cox's bazaar in bangladesh and she tells us how refugees there are feeling about the court proceedings the consequences of the mean mars. military offensive in aug 2017 is turning this into the biggest refugee camp in the world one of these tents have a family a person who has the most horrendous stories of what happened to them so whether genocide intent of genocide is proven or not what is clear is that severe human rights violations atrocities were committed against these people many people here are aware of the proceedings in the hague some of them have been meeting with community leaders sitting around

a radio listening having them translate what is happening here they've been calling for justice for a very long time but there is a skepticism also among some as to why unsung suchi went that. he went to the court for her own benefit we won't be benefiting from it she was part of these atrocities against us she went there to lie and to gain public support for the 2020 alexion in myanmar she went to the ice for her own benefit. it is hugely significant what is happening so many miles away at the international court of justice but whatever way the court is going to rule that it is going to take time many people will tell you that it's not going to have an impact a real direct effect on the people here people want justice they've been calling for that for over 2 years but they also want to go home now mean more hasn't given any insurances hasn't allowed the united nations or any agencies in to assure that they will be safe if they do return to bangladesh has made it very clear they don't want them here almost a 1000000 people live in these camps in their future is uncertain to more people

have died from their injuries in hospital after a volcanic eruption in new zealand that brings the confirmed toll to 8 while the bodies of 8 others are believed to still be on white island questions are being raised about why serous were a lots of visit after scientists raise the volcano's alert level last month police say conditions are still too dangerous to recover the bodies. at the moment the risk of an eruption of hidden a kind of sight of you is in the range of 40 to 60 percent at the moment and this we can mitigate and that's what the options development is tempting to achieve down to a level where i think are going to great comfort is the person making the call with regard to what we do next then we can't make that call. let's bring in jessica washington's joining us from just outside middle more hospital in all quins where many of the injured are being treated and many of them had been suffering from horrific burns to their bodies jessica what's the latest you're hearing on the

victims. to remain we know that all of the victims are suffering burns to at least one body authorities here know that it will be a long recovery process ahead surgeons have been working around the clock to make sure that they can save as many of these patients as possible now a number of these patients are being treated here at middle hospital where the national burn center is located but all the patients are of course located all around new zealand surgeons here have called in for help from the u.s. and from a strange. nations we know that 120 square metres of skin is on its way from the u.s. to new zealand with where we use to treat patients strangely and authorities just hours ago also took back some patients who were at these hospitals in new zealand

took them to be treated in sydney and melbourne we know that 3 other will also be returned to sydney and melbourne where they'll be able to continue their treatment later today here on thursday in new zealand and we know that crews are still unable to go to white island the recovery process has been delayed what are the factors that are concerning all 4 days. well there are a number of factors but the thing that authorities are most concerned about is that warning from seismologists that within the next 24 hours there's a 40 to 60 percent chance of yet another eruption they're not entirely sure what the strength of that eruption would be better course that would hamper any efforts to go to white island attempting to recover those bodies. what we also know is of course conditions on the island have changed since before the eruption and during the eruption and authorities still don't have a clear picture of what those conditions might look like but of course we do know

that there would be a mix of physical and chemical hazard which would greet any recovery crews attempting to go there to recover those bodies just to washington thanks for that update from. near the news hour on al-jazeera and just a moment disgraced movie mogul harvey weinstein's back in court amid reports he has reached a multimillion dollar settlement with his victims plus. the real danger is when politicians and sheen yos on making it look like real action is happening when in fact almost nothing is being done. to his gratitude decries the lack of action on climate change time magazine names her person of the year. coming up in sport test cricket is back in pakistan for the 1st time in a decade later has the action

a little later. hello again it's good to have you back with us well here across china not too much to talk about in terms of rain actually we're going to be seeing a lot of clear to partly cloudy conditions over the next few days and you can see that right here on the satellite image so in terms of temperatures to the north we're talking into the mid teens down towards the south for hong kong maybe 21 degrees by the time we get towards friday maybe a few more clouds pushing into taiwan as well as southern china but otherwise in terms of rain you really have to go down towards the southeastern part of asia to see any rain in the forecast a lot of rain across parts of malaysia as well as indonesia jakarta will pick up a few random showers as well but in terms of the rain crouching very heavy rain few over the next you days manila you're going to be out of the rain we think maybe

a rape charges to the south of you there but a whole german city it is going to be a partly cloudy day for you with the temperature of $31.00 degrees there and then very quickly as we go towards india it is going to be a changing situation particularly here towards the north we do have some clouds and some showers pushing in from parts of pakistan that is going to bring some rain for new delhi as we go towards thursday but also into the higher elevations it is going to be the snow down towards the south though we are still going to be seeing more heavy rain across parts of sri lanka with the temperature in colombo of $29.00 to greece. whether sponsored by cattle or. investigative journalism the world. global experts in discussion 3 times you get a deal and you disagree with the deal because of the terrible twos it was till it was brought to us what you meant to the stories from other. open your eyes to an alternative view of the world today you have to rethink pretty much everything

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the top stories on the al-jazeera news our voters in the u.k. are heading to the polls in a little under 5 hours for a general election that will determine the country's future in europe the final polls point to a narrow win for prime minister boris johnson's conservative party. u.s. president donald trump has signed an executive order interpret saying judaism is a nationality as well as a religion this means jewish people will not be protected from discrimination under the civil rights act. and here's. ling hindu nationalist government to secure a parliamentary approval for controversial citizenship law the bill uses religion as a criteria to determine who can be granted citizenship test or say the bill discriminates against muslims. in an exclusive interview with al jazeera russia's special envoy to syria has denied there have been increased attacks on civilians in the province of idlib speaking in kazakstan where the latest round of talks are being held

alexander lovren have called the reports fake news. reports from. another round of talks aimed at ending the conflict in syria now in its 9th year for 2 days delegates have negotiated an argued about peace because the capitol hill tunde formally called us donna is where this track of diplomacy began in 2017 between the guarantors russia iran and turkey the united nations also took part alongside the syrian government and opposition representatives they have to put civilians on their priority list make sure to go forward with the political process hundreds of thousands of detainees in syria that they can't connect with their families they can't we don't know even if they're alive or dead although the u.n. believes the real diplomatic solution is being drafted in geneva with syria's new constitution progress there has been stalled for months to constitutional committee and itself real course not solve the syrian crisis so we need also to discuss the

broader aspects of security council resolution 2254 and that i would continue to discuss the 2 parters the so-called safe zone along the turkish border and the offensive in rebel held it live for top of the agenda the turkish and russian president agreed to establish a corridor free of kurdish fighters there syrian refugees could return but like everywhere else in syria guaranteeing safety in the 30 kilometer zone can never be certain diplomats and representatives tried to show there's been progress in the 14th meeting of the estonia pro. could be no military solution to the syrian conflict in the firm commitment to dance viable and lasting syrian led and syrian own looked un facilitated political process in line with u.n. security council resolution $22.00 or 54 although it's still very cold but optimists. minus 12 degrees centigrade is a lot better than minus 30

a few days ago similarly all parties involved in the conflict in syria have been telling us that it is an achievement to have everyone under one roof but previous agreements such as the conviction though than avoiding civilian casualties have not been fully implemented. miles away from the 5 star hotels bombs are still dropping on syrians. the syrian opposition says regime of president bashar al assad but help from its russian allies has intensified attacks and it could have. aid workers say more than 1002000 civilians have been displaced from the countryside of hama and live in recent weeks russia says holdouts true. all of it completely fake news there is a threat to. the russian military base as the russian personell coming out from this area of course will respond to the right have some red lines but

nevertheless. despite their red lines which we cannot cross not the turkey we as the russian. nevertheless will manage to. agree also on different subjects and while millions brave another winter the hope for peace in returning home remains elusive for more syrians. the taliban has claimed responsibility for a bombing that has killed 2 civilians near the largest u.s. military base in afghanistan the suicide attack nearby graham airfield injured more than 70 people including 5 coalition troops while the pentagon says it's considering reducing the number of its troops in afghanistan 213000 u.s. president called off talks with the taliban in september after an american soldier was killed in an attack by the group the united nations says of can't verify

assertions that iran was behind attacks on saudi oil facilities plans belonging to state oil company iran co were hit by drones and missiles and cutting output by about half so to arabia the u.s. and european allies say iran is to blame but the u.n. secretary general says investigations counts conclude that the projectiles used were of iranian origin. with the panel has a very particular mandation doesn't necessarily see all the evidence that is available we and our partners have made already assessment having seen a lot of evidence and we have concluded and have stated publicly that we believe iran to be responsible and we think there's good evidence for that recent ballistic missile test by north korea have raised concerns that the united nations security council the united states called on pyongyang to turn away from hostility and threats and reengage in denuclearization talks us also says it's prepared to be

flexible in those negotiations crystal salumi has more from the u.n. headquarters in new york. the united states called out north korea in an open session of the security council for what bastard kelly craft described as an increasingly troubling situation she was referring to north korea's recent firing of ballistic missiles 13 in the last 6 months in violation of u.n. resolutions and increasingly threatening language of north korean official recently promised a christmas surprise the united states does not offer some concession ahead of a year and deadline set by north korea's supreme leader kim jong un for denuclearization talks let me be clear. the united states and the security council have a goal not a deadline we want to use this time we briefing to make crystal clear to the d.p. r. k. that its continued ballistic missile testing is deeply counterproductive to the

shared objectives that the president and chairman kim had discussed on 2 occasions the united states has while pursuing direct negotiations avoided criticism of north korea at the united nations it was right here just last week that european members of the security council condemned north korea for its missile launches but the united states was noticeably absent from that announcement according to a state department official it was after security council members met with president trump in washington d.c. that the meeting was called but it's still stopped short of what european allies had hoped for focusing solely on missile launches and failing to condemn north korea for human rights abuses christian salumi al-jazeera the united nations the us house judiciary committee has begun debating the 2 articles of impeachment against president donald trump it's the latest step in democratic party led efforts to formally charged with abuse of power and the destruction of congress they're trying to make the case that trump used his office to pressure ukraine to

investigate his political rival joe biden trump has repeatedly denounced it as a witch hunts is. free and fair elections are the bedrock of our democracy if our elections. everything. president faces a 2nd article. or is ongoing efforts to obstruct a lawful investigation it is kind of we have never. have ideation see the president have it gardley defy congress. if the president can 1st abuses power. then stonewall all congressional requests for information congress could not fulfill its duty to act as a check and balance. the president becomes a dictator but house republican doug collins hit back saying democratic party leaders have tried to push trump out of office since they gained control of the

house we have spent all year in this community trying to impeach the president we have occasionally had markups on bills most of which so partisan they cannot even go forward in the senate most of which they do not address any issue that we've talked about but it is amazing to me that we're taking it now is such a solemn oath that we've made up something to now come to this point to say this is very solemn like you jumped up and snuck up on us about the holiday season it doesn't jump up and sneak up on you when you've been expecting it the whole time. after 2 years of legal wrangling disgraced movie mogul harvey weinstein has reached a tentative $25000000.00 settlement where there's a legit victims the new york times newspaper reports it would end nearly every sexual misconduct lawsuit brought against him and his company more than 30

actresses and former employees of the hollywood producer would share in a payout from his now defunct film studio the proposed deal means weinstein would avoid using any of his own money or admit wrongdoing let's get perspective with ebony tucker she's the executive director of rally ends which is a national partnership dedicated to ending sexual violence and one generation's joining us from washington hi there good to have you with us on. what is your initial reaction to this reported settlements. you know what my new show reaction is that it's really unfortunate that that's where we are still that this is supposed to be a measure of accountability when you know i think it's pretty obvious that it isn't so it's disappointing to see it's not terribly surprising but very disappointing so you're saying that there is no act accountability in this case i mean if i go as a goes ahead does it bring some sense of justice to the victims at all. i

think that the issue is not just that you know obviously this isn't his mr weinstein's money this is also coming from the studios but the fact that there was money left aside to pay the legal fees for producers who helped cover up his you know grossly offensive behavior and allowed him to you know offend and commit sexual assault for so many years i think that's a part of what's important the issue isn't just it being a monetary value for survivors it is so much more about someone having to admit fault and really try to understand the harm that they've caused to other people and that definitely didn't happen with her and how significant is it that he if the settlement does go ahead he won't be admitting to any wrongdoing. yeah i mean i think that to me is one of the most difficult things about what the

settlement looks like you know that he won't actually have to admit wrongdoing and so obviously we're far away from him understanding what he's actually caused for so many people the harm that he's actually caused that think upwards of 80 survivors so you know that to me it's what's really makes the difference is that you know settlement should be about accountability about understanding the harm you've caused about trying to create justice for survivors and i can't see completely where that's happened here do you see that happening at all in the criminal law suits because we know that if this settlement is approved it would bring most of the civil lawsuits pending against weinstein to an end but his troubles don't end there because there is a criminal trial that's scheduled to begin next year. right so i mean i think you know the good thing there is that there are 2 of the many many survivors

who had the opportunity to be a part of the criminal justice system i think that for the most part you know it's a system that doesn't always bring accountability to people or to make survivors feel like justice has happened so it's difficult to gauge at this point how successful that will be i think for a lot of survivors of sexual violence the criminal justice system has not been very supportive and has it rendered the best results so even though we hope that things go the way that they should there i think the bigger issue is actually talking to the survivors in this case and for the most part it seems at least what we're getting is early reports they are very satisfied with how this is happening particularly for money being led to side for the studio and for creditors and producers and you know other people so i think that because survivors are feeling that sense of justice it's not there yet and we'll have to see for the couple of

survivors who will have access to the criminal justice system what happens with them ok evan tucker we thank you for speaking to us from washington. thank you so much for having me a former boeing manager has described a chaotic and alarming state inside one of the company's factories which he linked to 2 devastating crashes at pearson spoke at a hearing before u.s. politicians who are examining the causes of the accidents in ethiopia and incentives which killed hundreds of people both involved boeing 737 max aircraft which are grounded worldwide production problems at the rim factory may have contributed to these 2 tragic crashes but i don't believe our regulators are paying enough attention to that factory and i'm calling for further investigation. i formally warned boeing leadership in writing on multiple occasions specifically once before the lion air crash and again before the ethiopian airlines crash well

potential airplane risk due to the unstable operating environment within the factory those warnings were ignored. the chilean air force says it's found debris believed to be from a plane that went missing on monday the wreckage was discovered 30 kilometers south of where the military transport plane last made contact it disappeared soon after takeoff with 38 people on board on its way to antarctica rescuers admit there's little chance of finding any survivors protesters have fought with police in algeria a day before its unpopular presidential election demonstrators say the pool is a farce that will enable and all garda rulers and the military to remain in power this is the 1st vote since former leader i think that resigned in april after months of protests all 5 candidates on the ballot are his former associates. teenage activists gretta to bird has been the likes of u.s. president donald trump and nancy pelosi to become time magazine's person of the

year the news of the time magazine on or came through as to berg attended un climate talks in madrid where she accused business and political leaders of misleading the public about their climate change plans to stay below 1.5 degrees we need to keep the carbon in the ground. only setting up distant day and saying things which give the impression of the action is underway will most likely do more harm than good because the changes we call it are still nowhere in sight the politics needed does not exist today despite what you might hear from world leaders china is the world's top carbon emitter it's been investing in renewable power for decades but 85 percent of its primary energy still comes from fossil fuels and most of that from coal and many of its 1400000000 people still rely on coal fired power stations to produce much of their electricity

so with a surging economy carbon emissions are on the rise or matheson has more from beijing . china produces about 20 percent of the world's carbon emissions coal makes up around 59 percent of china's energy consumption and thick smog can still hang over beijing in winter as people light relatively cheaper coal fires to ward off the bitter chill. but in recent years coal mines have been closed and the building of new power plants has been restricted near heavily polluted areas. in the last couple of years you see smog almost every day in winter the pollution was very serious but since last year it's getting much better the number of electric vehicles in china has been booming the amount of investment that trying has been making over the last 7 years in renewable energy has been significant and the pollution levels from its power stations has leveled off but despite that china's

emissions the hole for the 1st 6 months of 2019 rose by 4 percent china as well as the middle class is being blamed the surge in demand for new housing and infrastructure has meant more work for china's steel and cement factories and a rise in pollution. the result of that is overcapacity industry a lot of questionable. infrastructure projects in other areas so that's the part where there is space to build what you actually need but. stop building dust because you want to create demand for more steel and cement and construction work china has argued for years that it shouldn't be criticised for using coal to power it's remarkable transformation into the world's 2nd largest economy i think china and. at the time some other developing countries

believe that this is our rights to develop the course they recognize that yes it's our rights to develop but on the other hand it's also about our rights for you know people's right to brave healthy air the skies above beijing maybe clear more often but china's new middle class demand new homes chinese factories are likely to continue pumping out pollution rob matheson al-jazeera beijing.

thank you very much the fifo club world cup council's 1st major football tasty vintage of the 2022 world cup started in doha with a great night for the local side cutters national champions. are one of the 7 teams taking part in one wins days opening match against the oceania continental champions the union's fault. and amy ron saw the game go to extra time took a 31 with through the strike from her son and pedro miguel face monterrey in the quarter finals on saturday households correspondent andy richardson was watching in doha. with the stadium has witnessed its fair share of cats or footballing history

and $6006.00 it was here that the national team won gold at the asian games and so night it's all the kickoff of the club world cup domestic champions taking on the endgame of new caledonia real wild cards in this tournament perhaps will be surprised to learn that never before has a team from new caledonia featured in a senior vent here by virtue of whom i would see on a champions league win is the 3rd thing 1000 kilometer trip for them to make it to cancer they didn't appear in the mood to make it a wasted one as they scored an unlikely 2nd half equaliser to take this game into extra time only then was it all started really exerted their superiority running out relatively comfortable $31.00 win is to set up a 2nd round match against monster right of mexico beyond that santa clause in prospect of a semifinal against liverpool this event is also an opportunity for organizers of the world cup to really get a feel for dealing with large numbers of fans moving them around the city with

a new train system that we have also found on selling alcohol another 1st for cats are as the country gets used to dealing with fans from different continents and cultures thousands of liverpool fans expected here for their semifinal and also from brazil as flamengo come to the club world. cup for the 1st time in their history there's been plenty of drama with the final 2 places in the champions league knockout stages being decided on the last day of group games they had to beat manchester city to have any hope of going through and despite going ahead with beaten 41 at home. with a hat trick for city who already knew they'd won the group atalanta snatched the runners up spot in their group of the 3 no winner checked out don't yet skin amazing turnaround for the italians who lost their 1st 3 games in the script making their debut in the competition the season. atletico madrid took the place up for grabs as they finished runners up behind you venters to go beat

lokomotiv moscow to know well you have a won by the same score at by leverkusen elsewhere they will win for real madrid paris and your man buy in munich and olympiakos. genaro got through so is back in management in italy said they are he's been named as the new head coach of not only the club making the appointment less than 24 hours after sacking carlo and chalabi . left ac milan at the end of last season international test cricket is back in pakistan for the 1st time in more than a decade the hosts taking on sri lanka in the rubble pindi in the 1st over 2 match series sri lanka were the last team to turn in 2009 when they came under attack in the whole killing several people since then pakistan have played all of their home test matches at neutral venues security is tight for this game and the pakistan cricket board is hoping that a successful series will encourage other top teams to come to the country too.

and we are extremely happy that that's like a pakistani people are so excited that they have bought all the tickets and even i tried my best for tickets but it's hard to get one very rare nowadays here today is a great day for pakistan and for cricket lovers despite the attack on the show lankan team a few years back they have made it to pakistan this time again everyone here is excited. as for the match itself sri lanka won the toss and chose to bat captain. lead the way with a half century there were 2 wickets for pakistan fast bowler in a seam shires the tourists were restricted to 202 for 5 before bad light stopped play only. there was no pressure i was very excited to have played in front of my home crowd in my home ground we sure are in australia when their people used to back up their team i was enjoying the way our crowd backed us today spectators the game really supported some boards you know. getting us come so

those are the. things you know. when you're in there when you're travelling the other countries yeah no supporters but the country i think the pakistan all this they were given a good warm welcome. back and all of a different variety now the new york yankees are preparing to make baseball history with a record breaking $324000000.00 deal for pitcher jared cole the 29 year old is a free agent after leaving the used to nast rose cole help them reach the world series in october it's reported he's agreed a 9 year deal with the yankees which will sell out at $36000000.00 a season. new zealand's rugby team has a new head coach ian foster who was assistants of former coach steve hansen has been promoted to the job on a 2 year contract the all blacks finished 3rd at the recent world cup in japan won

by south africa. meanwhile tens of thousands of rugby fans of packed the streets of turkey to celebrate the success of the japanese team as hosts they reach the quarter finals of the world cup for the 1st time at this year's tournament sparking a surge in local enthusiasm for the sport. the southeast asian games is coming to a close in the philippines the black-eyed peas performed at a colorful surname new clock city of 8000 athletes and officials took part in the games over the last 2 weeks the hosts topped the final medals table with 387149 of those would go all the vietnam finished in 2nd place. and we'll leave it there for now we'll see you again later for more sports news and that's it for the news hour thanks very much for watching martin janice's with you in just a moment with much more that is coming up right here on al-jazeera back.

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