if you can't get treated and even further join me, richelle carey and up front is my guest from around the world. take the hot seat and we debate the week's top stories and pressing issues here on out is there. it's a team that reflects the fact that america is back ready to lead the world not retreat from u.s. president elect joe biden, introduces his cabinet after the transition of power. finally begins that added economic optimism over coronavirus vaccines. push the dow jones over $30000.00 for the 1st time. i'm going to the saudis here at live from london, also coming up. as the french president declares the worst of the 2nd wave of

coronavirus over protests on the streets of paris over a security bill to take police and ethiopia's government says to grand forces are surrendering. but t.n.f. leaders say they're still battling the advance on the capital. and i know joe biden is forging ahead with his preparations to take over as president as his margin of victory keeps growing. he's formally unveiled some of his top team while pennsylvania and nevada have become the nation states to certify him as the winner. the president elect was joined by the men and women. he's picked to be his foreign policy and national security chiefs. it's a team he says is ready to lead the world comes after president trump began to give

way, allowing the official federal transition to begin with government funding and classified intelligence briefings as a team that will keep our country and our people safe and secure. it's a team that reflects the fact that america is back ready to lead the world, not retreat from it. once again, sit at the head of the table, ready to confront our adversaries, and not reject our allies ready to stand up for our values. well, just ahead of biden's announcement, the dow jones stock index went above 30000 points for the 1st time in its history. the record high was achieved just after trading opened. it suggests growing confidence in the markets on the news of biden's transition and following progress on coronavirus vaccines. though in a very brief white house appearance, donald trump took the credit for it. where a moment we'll go live to mike hanna in washington, but 1st to she have a tansey in biden's, hometown of wilmington,

delaware. and she had the watch word seems to be the moving on with that with the relationship with the world and multilateralism. right? multi-lateralism and global alliances, but as you heard that very clearly biden said, stating that the u.s. will be in charge of the u.s. is at the head of the table. a lot of talk about diversity as well. this is a, these, these were several diverse picks, african-american women of the united nations leading the department of homeland security really hangs the 1st woman potentially to lead the intelligence community . but having said that, this is very much a return to the foreign policy establishment of washington d.c. . yes, haynes would be historic in being the 1st woman to lead the intelligence community . but as we look at her actual outlook, she was notoriously the woman who prepared barack obama's extrajudicial killing.

it's for a vote for drone execution without any oversight really. so she's not exactly a progressive hero, even though she is making strides for gender equality. abyssinia blinken, the secretary of state nominee as a washington insider for many years as joe biden, for many years on foreign policy, shared many of his same mistakes, advocacy for the iraq war. for example. not as much more of a hawk and an interventionist than joe biden. he was in favor of the libyan war, for example, when joe biden was in for the last few days, lincoln has been lamenting that the obama administration didn't get even more militarily involved involved in syria and blinking is very interesting for that phenomenon of the revolving door that we have in washington, like many obama officials, all through after obama left office. lincoln set up his own consulting company and has threatened the last few years, making a fortune advising the weapons, industry, big tech, big surveillance. we did hear though something of, of new ideas and diversity when jake sullivan was speaking,

he was the national security advisor for biden biden takes office. and he didn't present foreign policy in a different manner to how it was usually presented by washington insiders as as jake sullivan, is you've told us that the alliances, we rebuild the institutions. we need the agreements we signed. all of them should be judged by a basic question. will this make life better, easier, safer for families across this country? our foreign policy has to deliver that emphasis on families across the country was so interesting because usually foreign policy from washington is based around the interests of donors and all sorts of other issues. perhaps a recognition that in 2016, a lot of former obama voters switched to trump because trump was suggesting he didn't. he didn't deliver, but he was suggesting he would end the endless wars. so the truck did begin renegotiating some of the trade deals, which are part of foreign policy that were devastating american jobs in favor of

the interest of multinational. so they seem to be some new thinking that perhaps john kerry is the other big new revolutionary appointment. perhaps because he is out of the climate czar, he will have a role of the national security council and that's being welcomed because that means that he'll be involved in decision making across government, across foreign policy. but that together having said that, biden has already appointed some folks, like cedric richmond in the white house who's going to be outreach to environmental groups who's taken loads of money from fossil fuel companies in the past. so there's always that skepticism as to ask where the bite, the ministration will go, especially with all these insiders, despite the rhetoric, in part because of the disappointment of the obama presidency. she had her time say, thank you very much. and mike hanna joins us live from washington, d.c. and mike, even though trump has allowed the transition to start officially, it's just, i'm sure not just to admit defeat well,

essentially president trump had no real choice in that once the general services administration issued the letter saying that the transition was for began then that it's essentially out of its hands. we've understood in the last hour or so that the personal daily brief will be given to the president elect. this is a date on that. the days information that is presented to a president every morning at knowledge will be presented to joe biden as well every morning. the same detail that is presented to the president trump, the traditional part of the ongoing tradition to prepare an incoming president how to deal with threats and how it actually works in terms of his domestic and international advice that he receives every single day. well, president trump and self still continues to refuse to concede. there was a bit of speculation when it was announced he'd be holding a news conference. instead, what it was was a 64 2nd statement hailing the

a performance of the stock exchange and claiming credit for that stock markets just broken 30000 never been broken. that number, it's a secret number 30000 and nobody thought they'd ever see it. that's the name time since the beginning of 2020. and it's the 48th time that we have broken records in during the trumpet ministration. and i just want to congratulate all the people within the administration that work so hard. and most importantly, i want to congratulate the people of our country because there are no people like you. thank you very much, everybody. thank you. well, despite president trump claiming credit there, walking away from the podium, despite all the shouted questions, a number of other factors have played a role in that provided all of the stock exchange 1st of all the end to the political uncertainty with the transition going ahead. then good news, potentially about vaccines against the pandemic. and

a final fact in the last 24 hours, the confirmation that janet yellen will become the treasury secretary, she's seen as very market friendly. she supervised the federal reserve during a very rocky economic period, and her performance was welcomed by most of the business community. so certainly all these factors coming together leading to this leap in the stock market. the dow jones registering a record level. i can, i thank you very much indeed that the u.s. has confirmed that trump issues are communicating with the biden team on measures to control the pandemic. i reiterated to admiral schwartz, my firm commitment. that transition planning and execution will be professional, cooperative and collaborative. in the best spirit of looking out for the health and well being of the american people, and in particular,

saving lives through this covert 900 pandemic. brazil has reported more than 31000 new virus cases, and 6 $130.00 deaths on tuesday. it comes, as schools partially reopened in the capital rio de janeiro, after an 8 month closure and returned to classes has been opposed by doctors and teachers unions, which are demanding health care and teens to prevent new infections. brazil's national caseload has passed 6000000 with the death toll over 170000. france will start easing its lockdown from this weekend despite all the 1000 virus deaths being reported on tuesday, in a televised address to the nation. president emanuel said the worst of the 2nd wave was over, shops, theaters, and cinemas will gradually reopen across the country. but restaurants, cafes and bars have been ordered to remain shut until late january. michael says a national vaccination campaign will begin in the coming months, but will not be mandatory. it does this see december the 15th?

if new daily infections are dropping or there are less people in intensive care with more of the locked down car belief that we could travel from one region to another. and i spent christmas with our family. protesters have been out in central paris after the lower house of the french parliament gave initial approval to a controversial new law, limiting the right to film or photograph police offices. the law has been heavily criticized by rights groups. you say it could mean blurring the faces of police offices, becomes the norm in news reports. a national assembly, which is controlled by supporters of president a man, you're back whole voted the bill through with a large majority. it will go to another vote in the upper house in january. for the claims offices were criticized after they were filmed forcefully removing migrants from a makeshift camp in paris's famous plasterer, high public authorities have ordered an investigation into the dispersal aid groups are trying to find temporary accommodation for hundreds of migrants. several days

ago, the police cleared out a bigger camp near the national sports stadium. natasha butler is following events for us in paris. she says parliament's decision was given extra significance by the events of the previous evening in the capital. the way that many people in france murdered about the evacuation of the camp in central paris last night and saw that bill was that they saw many of these images, this video footage or pictures all of the police clearing this camp. videos of circulated the day, in fact, in the future may be the sort of thing that the government wants to crack down on. now what has happened is the government has actually posed the m.p.'s have actually posed today in the national symbol, a new security, nor in which there's a very controversial calls that close basically cracks down in the dissemination the broad costal sharing online of any images of police officers on duty, not what the government to say to the north is aimed at trying to protect the

identity of police officers who do a very difficult job often in situations like them stray sions. but what rights activists and many journalists are saying is this is simply an erosion of press freedoms, because what it will mean is that police will be less accountable if images and videos of them on duty cannot be shared. and that is why so many people come out to protest there. one of the main supporters of law is in fact the french interior minister, who himself said that those images of the evacuation of the camp by police were rather shocking. still to come this half hour, china makes its lunar ambitions clear. embarking on the 1st hunt for moon rocks in 40 years. and no passengers in a pandemic airlines around the world and london's iconic black cabs struggle to survive could stay at home.

hello, the weather. the hearts and sunny across much of australia. now we have got a little bit of cloud draped across more than eastern parts with some low the showers. but for the most part, the high pressure ridge charge of keeping it settled and sunny 33 celsius there in adelaide. getting up to 38 analysis, 100, in fact, on hot further west getting up to 28 in perth estates largely fine and dry that we got a few showers just around the top and through the gulf of carpentaria, up into the cape york peninsula could see some heavy rain here for a time possibility of wanted to show us up toward see the sunshine coast of was lost, the dry white catches a shower, would see just around camera. for example, let's say whether that's going to make its way across new zealand looking rather wet and windy for a time here. as we go through the next day or so, but at least i'm just not too bad. oakland getting up to around 21 celsius, wetter weather, moving away from japan at the moment. cloud and right easing out into the open

water is still just clinging on to the east coast as we go through wednesday, 14 celsius in tokyo. so by great shakes on the temperatures, the temperatures will nudge up a touch as we head through the stay was you draw at this stage logic watch across the korean peninsula as one of 2 showers and shows there for central parts of china . demain, the intersection of reality and comedy and post revolution, tennessee, mission, to entertain, educate and provoke debate through satire, how weapon of choice, pizza, and intimate look at what inspires one of today's year's most popular comedians to make people laugh. might turn asea hand on al-jazeera.

the all the, all amount of the top stories here are 0. joe biden is forging ahead with his preparations to take over as president as his margin of victory keeps growing. he's formally unveiled some of his cabinet team, pennsylvania and nevada. have become the latest states to certify results, making him the winner and biden's transition and coronavirus vaccine progress through the dark jones stock index above 30000 points the 1st time ever. shortly after trading opened. and protesters have been out in central paris after the lower house of the french parliament gave initial approval to a new law, limiting the right to film or photograph police officers. came as police were

criticized for forcefully removing migrants from a makeshift camp in the press to her pubic on monday night. if european government says to grande regional forces have started to surrender 3 weeks after the army began its offensive in the northern region, follows a deadline by promise to be a med for them to lay down their arms by wednesday or face an attack on the region's capital a kelly, but leadership says it's fighting back, claiming it's destroyed, an ethiopian military division, including a helicopter and 2 tanks. it's difficult to verify either account because of a communications blackout in the region. mcaleese with the rate of return, which means military noise. it is easier to spread. the simple fact there as it has been, it is 2 lives of people that once that happens, it's human rights choice. a choice is themselves,

their choice was their future. so to know what is happening, what is actually the butros then they will do it, which is of course involves the rational choice of pushing these forces in the future. not the kind of our new force is getting stronger and more powerful. it is acquiring additional weaponry and building its capacity. it's making history . but this is not a battle of armies. this is a civil war. and all of us has to gran's by supporting each other side by side with their army. we must defend this and complete the victory of human rights commission appointed by the ethiopian government, has made shocking claims of what could be the deadliest incident in the ongoing conflict in the north of the country. it says at least $600.00 civilians chosen on ethnic grounds were rounded up and killed by approaching trained forces in the town of my khadra just over 2 weeks ago. rights groups including amnesty have also

reported the incident. but there's been no independent verification. it's former militia leader in the democratic republic of congo has been sentenced to life in prison for war crimes. after a trial lasting 2 years tavern to bury, also known as shaker was found guilty of murder, rape, sexual slavery, and enlisting child soldiers in north kivu province is rebel group and 2 others are accused of nearly $400.00 rapes during a series of attacks. in 2010, he was tried by a special military court in the eastern city of goma. not to let out the 7 colors that many eastern to receive has never experienced a trial on this level. it's a historic moment has been found guilty of war crimes. he is someone that no one thought they would ever see in the dark. so just for that, it's a huge step forward for justice says, yes, there are certain aspects of the it which we are not so happy with. for example, the recognition of the crimes against humanity for rape in luganda. but the fact

remains that in general, it is a very positive verdict and a great message for the victims that justice has been served. politicians from rival libyan factions will hold a joint parliamentary session for the 1st time in years. representatives from both factions agreed on the united session during talks in morocco, m.p.'s based in both tripoli and to brooke will meet in the libyan city of kut imus in the coming days. libya's parliament was elected in 2014, but splits during the ongoing civil war. a full session is needed to satisfy any agreements made during recent un backed peace talks, police in thailand have summoned 7 protest leaders to face charges of insulting the monarchy. it will be the 1st time such charges have been applied in the country in moving 2 year is anyone found guilty faces up to 15 years in prison. it comes a day before a plan demonstration calling on the thai king to give up control of the royal

fortune anti-government protests that began in july against the prime minister have increasingly turned to demands to curb the powers of the monarchy. china's latest space mission is on its way to the moon hoping to bring back the 1st song of the lunar surface in 40 years. the chinese government is spending billions of dollars on its space program and hopes to watch a manned mission to the moon. by 2036, who has more from beijing on its way to the moon, a mission china's government hopes will take the country one step closer to becoming an international space power. the spacecraft. 5 blasted off from the southern chinese island of heinlein early on tuesday. it's china's boldest luda venture, yet aiming to retrieve samples of moon rocks for scientists to study. it could pave the way for chinese astronauts to be sent to the moon little the next 20 years.

where you can see very far and implemented. being based on scientific needs and taken legal and economic conditions, future exploration activities should be carried out in the combination of man and the machine named after an ancient chinese goddess chang. a. 5 is the 1st mission of its kind to take place since the 1970 s. . the chinese government space exploration is now a priority and source of national pride. china 1st sent a man to space in 2003, the 3rd country after the united states russia. it since invested billions into various strategic missions. in general, 21000, china became the 1st country to lead a rover on the far side of the moon. in july, the can when one set course from mars and is expected to land in maine next year. and by 2022, china hopes to have its 1st space station in orbit ready to host chinese and international astronauts for long term scientific research. the china's abilities

haven't always matched its ambitions. its long march rocket failed to successfully launched 3 times earlier this year. the chinese government views space exploration as vital to boosting the economy and advancing technologies that would benefit the military and high end industries. because of this, rapid progress in space has become another aspect of the us china rivalry. nasa has been bad for collaborating with china due to security concerns in may the trumpet, ministration flag, what it described as china's a blip igniting of space as a threat to the u.s. . beijing has dismissed the accusation, saying its space activities are peaceful. it's unclear whether china will share any luna's samples. it brings back from this latest mission with the rest of the world . but discussions are reportedly underway with the european space agency. the chunk of 5 spacecraft is scheduled to return to earth and land in china's northwest in the middle of december. between e.u.

al-jazeera beijing. international travelers choosing to fly on australia's quantas airline will have to be vaccinated against current 19 in the future. is the 1st major airline to confirm such plans. governments and companies worldwide are considering the eventual introduction of so-called vaccination passports. but some experts have questioned such immunizations are difficult, saying people who hesitate to get the vaccine, could become victims of discrimination. but that's just one way airlines are trying to get people back in the sky. but the damage caused to the industry has been thrown into starker relief. the number of passengers has collapsed from for the half 1000000000 last year to us than 2000000000 this year. according to new data from an industry body and a long for recovery next year will only be partial with 2800000000 passengers expected. that means the financial impact has grown from the $84000000000.00 loss

for the international air transport association estimated in june to a new forecast of more than $118000000000.00 written off this year. and nearly $40000000000.00 more next year. being a total loss of $157000000000.00, the traffic should be at the end of 2021 of what it was $29.00. so it's what it is, 2020 should be 20, it will run one 3rd of what it was, but it's still very, you know, got picture if i mean, so we're forecasting a new group, but not something that is our top u.s. health officials have pleaded with americans to remain vigilant against a coronavirus pandemic, the warning comes as millions of people ignore public health warnings not to travel

for the thanksgiving holiday. 3000000 people are reported to have traveled already through u.s. airports from friday to sunday. the virus is spreading rapidly throughout the country. more than 258000 americans have died, and the country is now reporting an average of 168000, new coronavirus cases, a day. london's famous black taxi cabs are an international icon, but they created us lockdown, has seen the u.k. capital empty of people, and demand for taxis has collapsed. many cab drivers have handed back their car keys and have given up. and the sight of so-called taxi graveyards has started appearing around the capital for bread and pops in a field just outside london is an extraordinary sight. there are more than 200 london cabs here, gridlocked in the green belt. this is one of the city's growing number of taxi graveyards vehicles that no passengers want to hire

a new driver wants to rent. we are struggling with some finance companies because they need their funds paid in. however, if you're not renting the vehicle, you can't. you can't pay what's not coming in between june and november of this year. and then he for 1000 of these iconic london black cabs came off the road. that's more than 20 percent of the total and they're ending up in graveyard such as this a couple of 100 here. hundreds more in other garages on lock up areas all around the capital. and the question is whether any of these vehicles will ever make it back out onto the road again? among those drivers still clinging on at the taxi ranks, the view is bleak. yesterday i worked 6 hours. i went to live with 28 lb. so today out nearly 4 hours now i have done only 2 jobs. kathleen has worn that with more than a quarter of the current fleet being 0 emission electric vehicles. taking taxis off

the road is actually doing more harm than good. we were an industry back in march. that was a best in 50000000 pounds a week in new electric vehicles, a new electric infrastructure. and those vehicles now are in danger of being repossessed. we're in position where we could be going backwards rather than forwards. an absolute disaster that sentiment is indorsed by this clean air campaign. i have not had the support that other sectors of the economy heard of had . and what i would like to see is the government putting support in and using this moment the, the billions and hundreds of billions of money that are being spent into driving the taxi industry and other industries towards much cleaner vehicles. since its, introduction in the 1950 s., the london black cab has been a british design icon. but nostalgia and style cannot by themselves. keep these vehicles on the road. paul brennan, al-jazeera essex,

scotland will become the 1st country in the world to provide free and universal access to period products. the scottish parliament unanimously agreed the period products bill on tuesday. it marks the end of a 4 year campaign that's changed the public conversation around ministration, charity groups a period poverty, which is the struggle to pay for basic sen. products on a monthly basis has surged during the coronavirus pandemic. of course, for similar legislation in several other countries around the world, i spent 4 years defying the norms that come with his office. there's one tradition, donald trump has kept and it's a very important duty for america's commander in chief. foreign, have your back grant you a free hand of corn was the lucky bird to receive this year's thanksgiving. pardon at the white house is photo foul. kolb wasn't as lucky. they both will now see out their days, roaming free at iowa state university. it was a relatively rare appearance for trump,

who's largely avoided the limelight since losing the presidential election. 3 weeks ago. and a quick reminder you can catch up any time on our web site, the dress that is out there, dot com. and you can watch us live by clicking on the orange line icon. reminder now the top stories on which is there, joe biden, this forging ahead with his preparations to take over as u.s. president. he's formally unveiled some of his top team. well, pennsylvania and nevada have become the latest state to declare him. the winner, the president elect, was joined by his foreign policy and national security chiefs. it's a team he says is ready to lead the world is a team that will keep our country and our people safe and secure. it's a team that reflects the fact that america is back ready to lead the world not.