now say they're essential to control the virus undersea messages on the alps in that we only euros i was a nurse. but what i am doing is not all that different from akasha, helping others to al-jazeera this is the news hour on al-jazeera. i'm fully back to bill in doha, coming up in the next 60 minutes. u.k. scientists report encouraging results as the world searches for a safe and effective cold 1000 vaccine. but a worrying milestone is reached in africa with a continent recalling $2000000.00 cases of corona virus. also this hour my come pale, becomes the most senior u.s. diplomat to visit an illegal settlement in the west bank and is accused of

supporting the occupation and pakistan's prime minister visits afghanistan for the 1st time since taking office and pledges to help promote peace there. and joining us go with sports, as leno messi returns to spain and says he's tired of always being blamed for the problems of oslo. no thank you very much for joining as we start this news hour with the coronavirus pandemic and the race to find a vaccine. british pharmaceutical giant astra zeneca says its phase 2 trials show promise in protecting the most at risk groups. a strong immune response was shown in those aged over 70. the vaccine is being developed in partnership with oxford university, and it's now in the final stage of human testing to confirm those findings that a positive news on the vaccine front comes as cases continue to rise. more than

$2000000.00 cases have been before today in africa, but low rates of testing means the caseload is thought to be much higher across the continent. in the past cases of increased compared to the previous month in 19 countries in the region including countries like kenya, geria, ghana, and well global cases have surpassed 56000000. there's been, more than 1300000 deaths worldwide 250000 of those in the u.s., making it the worst affected country by far live to kimberley hockett in washington, . d.c. forests can be a grim milestone $250000.00 deaths in the u.s., and experts are warning the rate of deaths could actually increase in the coming months. yeah, what they're really worried about fall is also the rate of infections just last week. 1000000 and hospitalizations,

spiking by 25 percent and officials are clear that this is going to get worse. not better now, what they're saying is that they're really worried about the upcoming american thanksgiving holiday. in the fact that this is a big holiday for americans to get together new restrictions coming all across the united states. some already in place trying to limit those gatherings saying that they know how to fix this, that you have to wear a mask that you have to avoid crowds and it, when it comes to keeping the economy open. that's ok. they say, but they need these restaurants and businesses to limit the number of attendees. but the problem is, is that americans seem to be shunning some of these recommendations. and that is what officials are so fearful of. now in the midst of all of this, u.s. president donald trump is railing in just the last few moments on twitter. not only saying that vaccines are coming, but also criticizing the media once again for not giving him enough credit for the

vaccines that he says are imminent. and we should point out that as we focus now on the biden administration, in its transition as it comes in in january, that what they're saying is that the failure of the president to concede is hampering those efforts to combat covert 19 and the rising infections. and preparing for that, just as these are spiking, what they say is this could affect the distribution of vaccines. they say that the president's plan right now of allowing the states to focus on giving these vaccines versus a national plan could cost more lives so highly critical of the trumpet. really a stray, shouldn't buy the incoming biden transition team at the same time. we should also point out that in the midst of all of this, the u.s. president continuing to not only not concede, but to challenge those election results. as many americans focusing on the rising infections that are now facing them. and one more thing that we should mention are

the job numbers that are set to come out in the next hour. these could also have sort of a major impact, given the fact that we have these new restrictions, we could see a rise in unemployment claims as well. can really help kid in washington for the moment. i think you will be speaking to you next hour about those job numbers. now the world health organization names are rising infections in africa, on family gatherings, interaction at work, and election campaigns has more on this from my ceria. this seems to be some for tea or some kind of fatigue of the past 2 of africans. we just came back from an election in ivory coast and what you notice there in, across many sub-saharan african countries is that people where very few people wear masks this days. social distancing is still a problem, and crowds gather in large numbers. most of the people you see in such crowds don't

wear a face mask. experts are warning that as the how much on dusty amateur season kicks in. in a few weeks or a few days. we're going to see we are going to see a lot of cases of covered 19 for example in nigeria. for the last 2 months, only a few dozen cases were reported each day. but today, the center for disease control, you released its results saying that in the past 48 hours, more than 200 cases were recorded. and it warned that this could increase as people abundant safety precautions use of trees. and of course, social distancing the issue of what seems is good news for many africans. but remember, this is a very, very hot continent. most parts of the continent is very hot. the storage of these boxes is a problem with a shortage in electricity supplies and all that could be a problem delivering such a box of storage areas. hard accessible rural areas will also be a contributor, a factor too. while these boxes may not necessarily which people quickly,

only i spoke to professor bloom, who is a regional representative for at is sent to africa. the research on of doctors without borders. he says, despite 2000000 cases, the continent has seen a relatively no or death toll. yes, actually 1st of all we need to define what the court does a few, what is in kenya, for example, number of kids are hired not done during their 1st with but does for free the markets are no more death. so despite a high number of kids, so no need to be stupid nor not augur. and we don't really expect to have mention all done previously because the actual target population worked with the people listed in africa. so how are your population in my still be advantage for the continent of africa? it was a 54 countries that they visited when we assume that country or south africa are

still having a new order number of cases, as well as those countries that are quite close to europe, moral core 70000 kids for the last 2 weeks, for needy are for n.g.o.s and so on. but what is interesting us has been mentioning nigeria and how countries like kenya and kenya last week you have for just one day, because they were north busy in the hospital to think of death. e.g., an important increasing number of kids that can't relate uganda live not to charlie angela in london for the latest on the race for a cold 1000 vaccine chardy. we've had the fines and modena vaccines really some very positive results earlier this week. and now some encouraging news from the oxford vaccine. tell us more about their findings. yes, so oxford has collaborated with a pharmaceutical company astra zeneca, and they've just released their phase 2 trial results. that's based on,

a volunteer group of 560 taken from the u.k., brazil, south africa. this is not their phase trick. 3 trial results. those a-g. in a few more weeks now be a lot, much larger sampling group. but so far, initial results are showing that the vaccine is generating a strong immune response in adults, in the sixty's and seventy's age group, a crucial age group, because vaccines typically don't work so well in older people. because as we get older, our immune systems deteriorate with age. this vaccine is different from those developed by and pfizer, by, on tech because those used a new technology known as m r n a. this is a more traditional one. it's used a wee conversion of the common cold virus found in chimpanzees. it's been modified so it can't grow in humans. so it's definitely the more traditional vaccine that we, that we would know and recognize. now it's being given in 2 doses. and so far they found that 99 percent of participants who've been given it have developed a strong antibody response. so it's not in the virus out of their bloodstream and

there are no reported serious side effects. so that's, that's very good news here because in britain we really are betting on this vaccine . we've already ordered 100000000 doses, and this initially was one of the front runners in the race to find a vaccine. but it's recently been overtaken by in medina and pfizer, and that is actually good news for all the vaccines that are still in development. because scientists say, if one vaccine is working, it's very likely that others will follow suit. but speaking to scientists, they say that the challenges ahead and now are going to be in the manufacturing the supply chain to the distribution. we're looking at 2 doses for every human being on the planet that some $15000000000.00 doses. and beyond that, the challenge is also going to be countering the anti vaccine movement, which is gaining ground charlie in london. thank you very much. there's lots more ahead on this news hour,

including australian soldiers are accused of unlawfully killing civilians and prisoners while serving in afghanistan a cry for help from communities across central america after a storm iota and left a trail of destruction and a major league baseball. stoffel fits his $24000000.00 salary after failing a drug test that's coming up in sports with the end 1st. my campaign has become the 1st u.s. secretary of state to visit an illegal settlement in the occupied west bank. bail is in israel as part of a 10 day tour of the middle east and europe. he met with prime minister benjamin netanyahu and said settlements can be lawful, and proper. also says the u.s. will be stepping up action against an untie israel boycott movement. let's go to harry fawcett, who joins us live from the raid in the occupied west bank. so

a controversial visit by the u.s. secretary of state. how has it gone down? harry will certainly people here are very much opposed. there's a pretty large jewel national community, an american palestinians, many of whom were born or grew up in the united states before coming back. and they have been espousing their opposition to what is taking place. saying that the u.s. secretary of state is on palestinian land and you can hear there have been protests as well outside one of the entrances to the settlement. we've been hearing those blasts of tear gas throughout the course of the afternoon. went to the side, got settlement behind us. it was the son got winery that was the real key element of his visit. it was last year that after that winery was found in the record european court of justice that it should not be labeling its product as israeli, but is coming from settlements that the u.s.

through my pompei o said that it no longer viewed israeli settlements as illegal per se, and during his visit there was another policy announcement saying that from now on the united states would label all settlement produced products that entered the u.s. market as israeli. so another indorsement of the settlement project on that front. a spokesperson for mahmoud abbas the palestinian president, saying now that the united states was no longer just a sponsor of israeli activities in the occupied west bank. but it was now an active partner in the occupation. earlier there was a joint statement between pompei and the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu . in jerusalem. they went through many of the various gift on the israeli administration by the trumpet ministration. and at the same time announced a new policy as you are saying, against the boycott divestment and sanctions movement. we will regard the global,

any israel b.d.s. campaign is anti sematic. you know, this sounds simple to you, mr. prime minister. see, this seems like a, a statement of fact, but i want you to know that we will immediately take steps to identify organizations that engage in hateful b.d.s. . gondor can withdraw our u.s. government support for such groups. now there was a response from the b.d.s. movement saying that it was against all forms of racism, including anti jewish racism, and of the us was conflating, its anti israeli occupation activities with anti semitism. as for pompei of his trip is not yet over. he's gone out to be occupied golan heights again, another recapitulation of the new u.s. policy towards israel. under donald trump. there was the recognition of the golan heights as sovereign israeli territory in contravention of most of that the rest of the international unity which views it as occupied territory. so again, he's going over what's been done over the last 4 years in the last weeks of the

trial of ministration. perry fosset in a thank you very much. now let's talk a bit more about the b.d.s. movement and the u.s. labeling. this movement as anti semitic, let's speak to ahmad barghouti who's a palestinian co-founder of the b.d.s. movement. his eyes from amsterdam. thank you very much, mr. barghouti for being with us. so michael says b.d.s. is anti semitic. what's your response? it's quite ironic, really that such a career. a cyst, you're said ministration. that's a part in this really crimes against the palestinian people. and that is empowering white supremacists and that the semites, including christian zionists, and others, would dare to smear human rights movement led by palestinians and calling for justice for the entire palestinian people as and this and that many jewish groups and jewish intellectuals have come out against this revisionist, fraudulent attempt, by the far right israeli regime of apartheid and occupation. and it's us funder

sponsor and perpetrator to revise the definition of the semitism to include cold's for boycotting, divesting from, and sanctioning israel to end its regime of occupation and oppression and apartheid against palestinians. conflating anti jewish racism with anti israel. their human rights actions is absolutely fraudulent and hypocritical, especially from such a racist administration miso. mr. barghouti, some of your supporters include some knowledge and mary can churches, are you not concerned about, you know, the fact they spawn a scene will have on the movement going forward? of course we are, this is the u.s. administration. this is the head of the world's on the empire, and it's now a total partner in history to crimes. however, by their definition of anti semitism, there are actually including in this list amnesty international human rights watch

the united methodist church, the presbyterian church, and every group on earth that has taken action against this or as they did the settlements or israel's apartheid regime,, or the largest trade unions and pension funds in norway arland the u.k., south africa, india, and brazil that have come out in support of the v.d.'s movement. so there including everyone who wants to take israel to account who wants to hold israel accountable to international law. now wants to end israel's regime of occupation and apartheid . there are 3 equating everyone with the supporters and then calling them to semitic. there are those who will say that b.d.s. is not really working because israel's economy is well suited to resist boycotts and few foreign governments have actually impose sanctions on israel. how do you respond to this and how loud does b.d.'s propose to resolve this conflict? it's funny you, i went there to cate an entire government ministry with tens of billions of dollars annually for fighting b.t.s. and mobilize its fired. right?

us administration, partner to fight b.d.s. the full weight of the us empire. now is fighting p.d.'s. it be the us who are not impacts what it's just doesn't make sense. in fact, b.d.s. is affecting gets around quite a lot. it is causing and many around the world to recognize israel as an apartheid regime and to take actions against it. similar to those taken against apartheid south africa and a culture of underground, i guess i'm not being seen because israel continues its salmond expansion and so on . let me just ask you a final question. could a change in u.s. administration even be a potential opening or has too much damage been done by the trump administration towards achieving peace between israelis and palestinians. but i'll go back to your point that it's not having a real impact on the ground. that's not true, actually, it's real high, it's the impact of b.d.s. . the fact it's continuing. it supplements that south african apartheid regime continued for 30 some years after they and seek out for a boycott. boycotts take

a long time to build up pressure on a country that's supported by the european union by the united states, and by the doc biggest powers around the world. yes, we take this threat from the us administration seriously, and we shall resistent with the millions and millions of b.d.s. supporters and human rights activists around the world who oppose all forms of racism and to black anti muslim anti jewish, and anti any go press group, racism and discrimination. thank you very much for talking to us, omar barghouti, palestinian founder of the b.d.s. movement. joining us and from amsterdam, we appreciate your time. pakistan's prime minister is in afghanistan for talks with president ashraf ghani is the amman const 1st visit to the country and it comes as peace talks between afghanistan and the taliban have stalled. and there's been ongoing violence between afghan forces and the taliban. come on heidi joins us live from islamabad. come on, prime minister non-con had promised to visit afghanistan on his 1st said rest of the nation over 2 years ago. what took him so long

and the question and primarily because number one, there was a controversial election of about it and they were going to call for the new president to call. but also the covert night be in may, but this really it comes at a very crucial time indeed because there is a transition of power in the united states. the u.s. president did the outgoing president, had already mentioned that he wanted to go through. the pakistani, prime minister was given a crowd didn't wear cotton both saying that is where they go to where they are. sure of ronnie's, they should be a neat way board country should move to try to get moved if drugs are on call and also saying that it was indeed a historic development. and he said that he would do whatever it sports. they were doing their stall,

piece and of run it down and to get you with while and although did it because of diplomatic norms, right. and both sides sort of brave face, there are serious challenger go beardsley and know what north, what happened within the next 2. right? and so what are those challenges? one of the main issues between the 2 countries and what role can pakistan play to reduce tensions? to the prime minister had already played a crucial role in bringing the taleban and the us to cross the table from each other and also played a role in the interest of our own dialogue. know what i had said all along that there has to be of one lead of all and also war instead of one. if done should not be used against any other country. something that other barney agreed with the united states code, so that a good many driven by the progress on the military,

including by loot, insurgents are training on the other side, the war and some action from the government. but the important thing is they want to end her own trade created, go through another one. it's down to foreign minister today saying that peace and of when it's gone would be a haul being joe, fall development and the whole region in islamabad. thank you. now a long awaited inquiry into the conduct of australian special forces in afghanistan has uncovered a culture of secrecy, deceit, and cover up it found what it called credible evidence of multiple war crimes, including the novel killing of civilians and prisoners taken to gage has more on the investigation from australia's capitol canberra nearly 2 decades after the 1st astroland troops were deployed to afghanistan. a stray is military faced up to some brutal truths, 23 incidents,

of alleged killing of 39 people. in inquiry commission, defense force can times what it says is credible evidence of war crimes in afghanistan carried out by a latest rally and special forces soldiers, including initiation executions with junior soldiers were encouraged to kill prisoners and planting weapons on bodies to conceal unlawful behavior. i sincerely and unreservedly apologize for any wrongdoing by australian soldiers. the inquiry says none of the killings took place in the heat of battle. the victims were unarmed and has recommended. 19 soldiers be investigated. the responsibility lies not only with those who pulled the trigger, the response of the strength, government, successive governments who taken a very short term approach, thinking about what should have been a long term strategy. the report also outlines

a culture of secrecy and deceit within a stray special forces. it found no evidence that say new leadership knew of any alleged offenses, but it was a failure of higher command to not correct the toxic culture. before your investigation or a special investigator would be appointed to prepare evidence for any possible war crime prosecutions. a process that will walk the inquiry recommends compensation be paid even before the findings end up in court. a move welcomed by families of victims in afghanistan also want at the victims to be eventually participating in the legal proceedings. and not only in this investigation, but also more importantly in the legal proceedings and ultimately in their lives. it is the action of justice, of all the wars astray has been involved in afghanistan with the longest. these new revelations will no doubt carve the shadow what verse dryly has rolled in the

complete gauge al-jazeera camera. time after check on the world, whether he is rob. well, we've been waiting for winter news, shown itself this massive cartoon northeast of china, 1st of all, but a bit of welcome right now. it is welcome, at least in beijing, they're called, is not bad here for a change and to the north in a place you might be familiar with harbor in 1st proper snow of the winter, harbin, of course, have c.r.s. festival in the early part of next year. but snow is the 1st to arrive and they weren't as if he's necessary. stay in that part of china, immediate future. it's all going east towards siberia and then the cold air come across and generate showers in the north coast of honshu used to go a line of rain and south coast of honshu, tipping off then towards taiwan. but look what's gathering in western china. these westerly disturbances now it is time you tend to generate the proper winter weather,

so temperatures are coming down. jan, 7th, beijing, data focus, see some snow. i suspect on saturday, much as the rest of china will see an increasing likelihood of rate is cool. now, if you would call it cold and who has a different degrees, let me end with a bit of excellent news. look at the absence of crowd in the sas, china sea, and the philippine sea. there are no more tropical cyclones just the proper wet season. a long way, 30 secs. rob. thank you. and forecasters are warning the devastating floods left by storm. iowa could get worse with more heavy rain on the way. came ashore in central america as a strong as atlantic hurricane of the year, killing more than 30 people and leave and leaving a trail of destruction. alexia brian has more overcome with emotion. these families are being reunited after hurricane iosa ripped through their homes in colombia. the desperation of seeing their neighborhoods destroyed the fear of losing their loved ones and the relief of survival. a too much your

words, because i can't explain. it is the worst thing a human can experience. now there are people on the streets sleeping on the streets . there's been a lifted from the island of providence ear, and this is what they've left behind. the military has been called in to help with the cleanup and what will be a long road to recovery time the scale of the reconstruction challenge is going to be enormous jobs, the total destruction of a lot of the infrastructure. important thing is that in the 1st $100.00 days of intervention, we will have humanitarian assistance. i'm going be able to help the most affected families. the storm unleashed winds of around 250 kilometers an hour and record rainfall, swelling rivers, and triggering mudslides across central and south america. rooftops doss the sea of muddy water and honduras tains of thousands who were forced to flee to shelters

. and i feel obligated to talk with thankful to god, thankful to those who arrived and help the children above all else. the atlantic is saying a record storm season this year. scientists say warmest seas caused by climate change and making hurricanes stronger for longer after landfall. many of these areas were battered by another major hurricane, just 2 weeks ago. authorities and build in nicaragua, say anything left standing after that storm was destroyed this time around. shelters already packed after an hour. overwhelmed with new arrivals. i'm homeless right now. i'm in a shelter, but at any moment they could kick me out and i don't know where to go. and it's not over yet. there are more warnings of life 3 thank flash, flooding from the heavy rain in iotas tale. brian al-jazeera. still ahead

on the news hour, it's going to get worse as air pollution in the winter months. struggling to breathe. health experts warn air pollution could lead to more coronavirus deaths. seen india opening edwards from the university of georgia, and then n.b.a. draft with a difference as the delayed on your pick of the best college grades goes ahead in the pandemic. as coming up in some sports need to do statements. frank assessments, if american public opinion feels betrayed by social media platforms after november, what would be the different cultures if you believe that their heroes into our democracy, one obvious solution is to break them up informed opinion just because don't go anywhere. the protesters all go anywhere, either it's ability with their revolution to call in-depth analysis of the day's

global headlines. who is it that's really out there on the street inside story on al-jazeera. i want a hands on china last working in asia and africa there few days where i'd be choosing editing my own stories in a refugee camp at no electricity. and right now we're confronting some of the greatest challenges that humanity has ever faced. and i really believe that the only way we can do that is with compassion and generosity and compromise. because of the only way we can try to solve any of these problems is together. that's why there are so important, we make those connections. the air

watching the news hour, our knowledge is year out with me fully back. he will remind of our top stories. they've been promising results from a coronavirus vaccine developed by the university of oxford in seneca. the latest phase 2 findings show a strong immune response was triggered in those aged over 70. meanwhile, covered $1000.00 infections across africa have surpassed $2000000.00, but low rates of testing means the caseload is sought to be much higher across the $54.00 country. continent and might compare has become the 1st u.s. secretary of state to visit an illegal settlement in the occupied. west bank says settlements can be lawful and proper and has found to step up action against untie any un tie israel. boycott movement. ethiopia now and the military says it's nearing to gray's main city of make in what it calls its final offensive. after more than 2 weeks of fighting in the region, the prime minister's task force says it's close to ending the conflict as get the

latest from mohammed idle, who joins us from addis ababa mahmoud. we've had claims from both sides in recent days that they were making advances and that they were close to the end. what are you hearing about the current situation right now? integrate? who's got the upper hand? well it's hard to tell, but what we do know is that the government forces have been advancing on the city of kelly, which is the couplet. all of the region spokesman for the emergency task force spoke a little earlier in addis ababa. he said on mccullough is eminent and from multiple fronts. if european forces consider the killer to be the ultimate price in the war, the engaged in with degree and fighting is because that has been the base, the main base of the fighters and also the leadership of the t.p.a.

left there. but security analysts say that it is not going to be the fight for mckinley is going to be a very hard one to accomplish in a very short time. because the city is surrounded by hills and mountains where the people's liberation front hope to hold their advancing opulence in the past hour or so all the caretaker leader who was appointed by prime minister. the last 2 week has been speaking and he is saying this, they are really looking forward to the end of the operation when they will organize elections. elections which uses the p.l.f. or its membership would not be allowed to take part. in the meantime, we have had thousands of people fleeing grain recent weeks and into sudan as ethiopian government. going to deal with this spiraling humanitarian crisis. well, ali alone today,

the same spokesman for the task force said that the government was sending a commission of inquiry or of sorts. that's how he put it to, to give aid to look into how the humanitarian situation is. of course, it's bad and it's been was sent by the fighting that's been going on for the last 2 weeks, even before this fighting hundreds of thousands of people needed food aid in order to survive, aid agencies have been unable to replenish relief in there. where houses because of the roads blocked vehicles are being allowed to enter the region, and that is making the situation even worse. we've been hearing of long queues for bread, not just in the killing, but every other city in the region in the past week or so. mom and dad, with the nature of the fighting in northern ethiopia, from madison,

saying in africa at least 7 people have been killed in uganda during protests sponsored by the arrest of opposition leader bobby wine security forces shot at supporters of the pop star turned politician as they demonstrated after one was arrested on wednesday. officials have accused him of violating coronavirus restrictions while campaigning for the upcoming presidential election live to markham webb was keeping an eye on the situation in uganda for us from neighboring kenya. so malcolm are ugandan authorities saying how the desks and injuries are carried on wednesday. the police chiefs and spokespeople have been given a great deal of detail. they have blamed people for rioting and said that some of them attacked police officers with you gun. the red cross society put out a report saying that it picked up dozens of people. it is ambulances who were injured in ferried them to hospital, and those injuries included 11 people with gunshot wounds,

many others with breathing problems. and this tallies with accounts. and also, a lot of the videos have been shared on social media from kampala in the last 24 hours, which has shown police soldiers and plainclothes purity operatives firing towards people with kalashnikovs. we don't know to what extent using metal bullets or rubber coated bullets. also why it's great use of tear gas to try and clear crowds, but it's still not clear exactly how many people are killed. it's possible that that number will go up because just a few hours ago people were back on the streets for today's violence. it seems that the police and security forces were well prepared. and there was a fairly rapid crackdown which they described as a mopping up operation. which brought those roadblocks, burning roadblocks, and other protests to an end shortly today. and what's the latest?

malcolm on the whereabouts of bobby white, we spoke to a person says that he was detained by police high security facility, which is called mali fenya is in the eastern city of didn't not so far from where bobby wine was arrested just over 24 hours ago when he was campaigning, spokesman complains that you hasn't had access to his lawyers or to a doctor. they're concerned. they say they're concerned, he may have been injured. the ones wife on social media yesterday appeared to be a police charge sheet suggesting that bobby wine would be charged with offenses relating to the restrictions to prevent the spread of covert 19 during election campaign rallies. the ones rallies are frequently attracted crowds, much larger than the limit of $200.00 people. but what we want is lawyers and spokespeople and are waiting to see if or when he will be produced in a courtroom and charged. instead, he'll be discreetly taken back to his home,

which is often what security forces have done in the past. we've called the wine and with other prominent opposition figures in the tent to try and quell the on rest in the street. thank you, marco markham, where with the latest on the situation in uganda. now senior politicians in the u.s. are pushing for new legislation to block a $23000000000.00 weapons sale to the united arab emirates. the move is seeking to halt present donald trump's deal to sell drones. f. 35 fighter jets and missiles to the u.a.e. senators say the sale was rushed and threatens an arms race in the region. politicians in japan have voted to declare a climate emergency warning that the world faces a crisis. they helped the symbolic declaration will increase pressure for action to combat global warming and send a message that japan is serious about the campaign of all comes just weeks after

the government committed to slash its carbon emissions to net 0 by 2050. now there warnings high pollution in india's capital is leading to more coronavirus related deaths. millions of residents in new delhi haven't had a day of clean air and more than 2 months. and the region is also recording its highest number of coping 1000 infections since the onset of the pandemic. correspondent elizabeth one and reports from new delhi joggers in new delhi, take advantage of the relatively clear air. after weeks of toxic, small stop people from venturing outside for exercise or just for a morning run. a good morning the nation weather. and then this evolution happened to live in get this with a nigga that i'm in this whole year to pass and others you connectivity, you know, it becomes harder to cycle run in the air pollution. we get a cough and sneezing. our parents don't allow us to go 6 of the world's 10 most

polluted cities are in india's capital region. until the recent rain cleared the small and the air quality index in new delhi was showing levels of pollution between 454-9918 scale of 500. that is 20 times higher than what's considered safe by the world health organization. but who went to rain as unusual in delhi as pollution levels are set to tear right again soon. everyone to smoke from stubble burning in farms in the neighboring states of punjab, and haryana and fumes from vehicles and factories and gulf. the city, lower temperatures and slower moving winds trap pollution from the air. but this year, institutions including harvard in cambridge universities, say air pollution is leading to more severe cases of the coronavirus and more deaths from it. and no way an india is the situation worse than in delhi. the number of cases auto drug court. hospitals are full. it's impossible to get

a nice you bed a covered bed today. so i think what a desperate situation from that perspective, and it's going to get worse as the combination of air pollution in the winter months. and of course, all make things worse for a period of time. environmentalist say the delhi pollution control committee or d, p c. c must do more. d.c.c. was found to have only $3074.00 time scientists and engineers who can actually go where they know who have the it lead to go and inspect and police an issue in order to cation against polluting sources. that's nearly not enough. probably in all we need hundreds of them. this month, the indian government set up a new commission to monitor and act against sources of pollution across 5 north indian states. health experts and bar mentalists criticized the timing, saying they had been warning for mom, for the easing of the lockdown, would lead to an increase in pollution and the impact that would have on those with

covert 19 elizabeth piron of al-jazeera, new delhi to chile. now if people are demanding the resignation of president sebastian pinera after a crackdown on demonstrations, police in santiago have use water cannon to disperse crowds and arrested people near the presidential palace 3 weeks ago. chileans voted in favor of rewriting the constitution. after more than a year of protests, there also demanding the release of activists who've been jailed. now as a guy, john says it plans to sue armenia for vandalism. nearly all of the tunnel recently recaptured by is very forces is in ruins. the 2 countries signed a deal to end weeks of fighting over the disputed region of the guy. and this required armenia to hand parts of the region to azerbaijan. azerbaijan says, international experts will be sent to assess damages before going to international course against what he calls war crimes. al-jazeera has been given rare access to

food zoli near the rainy and border from there, some of been job reports. this is a plume of white phosphorus, a banned chemical which burns human skin as the forces allege. this was fired on a civilian area by armenia. both countries accuse each other of using the illegal munition, but deny using it themselves. it's the 1st time international media has been allowed into territory retaken by a very forces destroyed tanks and unexploded rockets everywhere. the gorgon village post where the strategic importance for the bunkers and supply routes are treating armenian troops. left these shells and thousands of rounds helmets, boots, sleeping bags, and uniforms littered the field on the way to fizzling. the town was captured by the armenian military in 1903, and most of it is in ruins. now, among the people taken to the town for a tour arranged by the government, where some homeowners from physically,

these are the entrance to my house was from the other side. but now bushes and trees have overtaken my 3 bedroom house with a kitchen and a big yard. i'm very sad was the reason why did they grab and destroy all these houses? what you've also lost his home, and he says he used to be the head of the theater in physically 27 years ago in the oldest building. officially. it was an architectural marvel and 100 years old. it's not far from here, but now it's damaged beyond recognition. where we stand now used to be a busy street, and a luxury is part of the city. now it's just hurtful and upsetting. this right here about its territorial claims, physically has largely remained a ghost town. i mean, you captured it in 1903, but the 100000 plus population in iran physically was never replaced. it's not clear whether it was systematically damaged or just neglected for nearly 3 decades . as any president says,

shortly after the deal that ended the conflict in forced armenia to hand over territory to other by john construction. is that a big on the $29000000.00 highway that will link physically to the 2nd largest city in nagorno-karabakh? and according to him, the enemy will be held to account armenia as a state bears a responsibility for such an actions of war crimes, crimes against humanity in cordons, in a policy of $1.00 ism and based on that assessments, of course, we will continue to build international institutions including the international courts. so we are to hew armenia, those displaced from physically see their mosques have been destroyed in graves of their ancestors. desecrated. this is what gives them strength is knowing they are nor longer displaced and will be able to rebuild their homes, looking at the destruction, it's hard to imagine how this was once a bustling city with tens of thousands of people. people here say they're emotional when they've come back and they're ready to rebuild their lives as soon as they get

the go ahead. some of the other they are physically still ahead on al-jazeera, a small baseball stadium in texas that's being used to promote cricket in the u.s. . business leaders is both to buy no bras. pop

business leaders is going to buy no bras, palm oil from head spinning fantasy to grueling reality movies can free us from the grind of a global lockdown as a genre. film festival has just opened its showcasing 80 movies from 46 countries.

and because a social distancing, many of them are being streamed online, 70 reports. you're going to just move on to the human spirit women's rights, the environment, just some of the important issues explored in the films on show at the 8 film festival in qatar. it's award winning world cinema meets home grown talent to spend out an amazing way to entertain. but it's an amazing, easy way to get the hearts and minds of people. and this is what we try and now for the last 10 years to show that there is so much you can do with film. it has so much paula to change everything for the better. and we need to use it. but given the events of the past few months, this year's festival is a little different. fewer people are attending the festival this year due to the coronavirus and social distancing regulations. now, the foreign directors, actors and actresses, they would have loved to this red carpet, will be now attending online. a lot of the films are also going to be streamed online. but despite these challenges, as the festival slogan goes,

the show goes on to tell us that our people are going to say, wow, and it's young people who will be judging these films. the jury is made up of age to 25 year olds. they will be watching online in groups and then discussing what they've seen doing. there is fun and fantasy, but most of it is tackling serious and difficult subjects from moore to child labor . and the actual festival showcases homegrown talent, 16 films, shorts and animations. by qatari filmmakers all with a message. this one is called hope. it's about a sea turtle with a slight disability, but he perseveres. it is journey to get out to the sea, having to avoid predators and pollution along the way. perhaps a message on how to face challenges in life and how to take care of life around us . i'm going to show how the activity is gonna affect them and affect their journey from the day they are born to the final destination. it's all based on the balance

that reality or the obstacles are actually because they face, we want to turn to sanctuaries. we saw how they live, what they are facing, the issues they are having and all conveyed through the from jordan says can watch most of these movies online. some are screened in cinemas. and for those who live in doha, they can buy a ticket for an outdoor drive, and at a time when many people around the world face social restrictions, a mix of foreign films, provoking issues, reality fantasy. and maybe just a little bit of hope is a welcome escape. even if it's just for an hour or 2. stephanie decker al-jazeera in time for us forces. joe folly. thank you very much. well, let's start with football. ambassador messi says he is tired of always being blamed for problems at the club. this was him returning to spain from international duty with argentina reporters outside the airport asked him to respond to claims by entente griezmann agency that he has

a reign of terror at barcelona. messi tried to leave the club this year, but was forced to stay another season after they refused to trigger his release. schools. already a reality, even if they don't. what's your reaction to being called the head of a reign of terror as ours is in progress? you know, going to be honest, i'm a bit tired of always being the problem for everything in this club. and to top it off, i just arrived after a 15 hour flight and get delayed by customs. it's crazy. now it's the asian champions league, which is being hosted inside a quarantine bubble in cata australian side sydney f.c. . we're up against shanghai s i.p.g. of china at the holy for world cup stadium. and it was sydney who went ahead through the harder but back came shanghai in the 2nd half with an equaliser from the shang long. and then he got another to put them ahead with 10 minutes left. to make it worse to sydney. they go,

keeper thomas howard bell was sent off for a moment of madness in the 91st minute handling the ball more than 5 metres outside of the box. female footballers who have families are set to get better working conditions. thanks to new rules expected to be agreed by fifa. football's governing body says it will bring in new rules, allowing players to take at least 14 weeks of maternity leave and still get paid a minimum of 2 thirds of their contract and salary. they also get extra physical support when they return. and a club that ends a player's contract for becoming pregnant, could face a fine and might even be banned from the transfer market for a year. there was a set to be ratified by the fifa council in december, newly crowned formula one world champion. lewis hamilton says he hopes to have a new contract in place for the miss a decent team soon. how milton, who won his 7th world title last weekend in turkey, has been with the german team since 2013. this current deal runs out at the end of the season if

a lot more to do together. so i am hopeful once we get this ration and it still 3 to go or retreat time to sit and plan so much more moving forwards together. terms of the changes that we can achieve more in terms of when it the foremost training in rugby union, coach michael checker is switching codes to take charge of lebanon's rugby league team. he was wallabies boss for 5 years until 2019 was the working. as a consultant. with argentina, but now he's going back to his roots as both his parents were migrants from lebanon . he went to australia in the 1950 s. . checo will prepare them for next year's rugby league world cup in england. one of the biggest stars in major league baseball robinson cano has been suspended for the whole of next season for taking a performance enhancing drug. the new york mets 2nd baseman tested positive for a banned anabolic steroid. he's been suspended for $162.00 games without pay,

which will cost him his $24000000.00 salary is not the 1st time. the 38 year old has violated the drug rules. canoas served an 80 game suspension and 2018. when he was playing for the seattle mariners, the mets president said we were extremely disappointed to be informed about robinson's suspension. the violation is very unfortunate for him, the organization of fans and the sport, the mets fully support. and all these efforts towards eliminating performance enhancing substances from the game. now, after months of delays, because the pandemic, the n.b.a. has held its annual draft, albeit virtually the league's commissioner, adam silver announced the pick while the hopefuls waited at home with their families. with the 1st pick in the 2020, n.b.a. draft, the minnesota timberwolves select. if any edwards from the university of georgia, it was an emotional moment for edwards. he sat, surrounded by portrays of his late mother and grandmother who died of cancer. the

19 year old who now got a 4 year contract worth 44200000 dollars. i'm going to what are you wearing, what i bring to the table and its impact the game other way, like they are written, scored about so the fans will be on impact the game being a car. the best go rebound of james past may be just be allowed in and do whatever the coach me me, me, me to do to be tennis is a.t.p. finals now where well, number one of a joke which was left stunned by demo on the medvedev, the russian is going from strength to strength, having won the paris masters earlier this month, the 17 time grand slam champion 6363 pts progressed into the semifinals of the tournament joke, which will have to beat alexander's very been the next match if he's to advance. meanwhile, jack, which has been calling on a stray in authority to allow players to compete while in quarantine ahead of the australian open. the tournament is scheduled to take place in melbourne. in january,

australia remains closed to nonresidents because of coronavirus and the choice of state government is yet to sign off on a tennis, australia's plans on dealing with the rivals. i'm planning to play australian open for sure. i mean, i would like to, to go there and i'm ready to quarantine for, for 2 weeks and whatever is necessary for me to be able to play i hope that there's going to be you know, support and understanding from the victorian saying government for, for the players and for tennis, australia and they all allow players to compete in the 2nd week of corn teen. south africa's cricket team is also dealing with a case occur in a virus just before the stasi best series with england. and i'm names player in the squad has tested positive and 2 others who are in close contact with him. and now isolating, it seems to to play limited over series against england beginning on the 27th of november. meanwhile, work is underway on building the 1st of

a major cricket venue in the united states. this empty baseball stadium in grand prairie, texas is being redeveloped to host major and minor league cricket. the us is also planning a joint bid with the west indies to host the t 20 world cup. it's going to be fun. i tell you some of the baseball a lot of the same things go on and pictures have similar current balls and all that. and it's just, it's going to be a lot of this is the 2nd largest world that we are bringing to the largest media market. and that sentence alone. it doesn't matter if it's cricket or it's whatever it is that just smells of awkward heart. that is like a sport for now more later photo. thank you very much for that. that's it for this new sound on al-jazeera. do stay with us, so we've got plenty more. well,

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