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department revises how death sentences can be carried out as it tries to rush through more executions on its actual part in paris. where a shocking video is fueling debate about police violence. iran's supreme leader is vowing retaliation for the killing of a top nuclear scientists. in the u.s. and israel accused of masterminding, a secret weapons program, gunmen ambushed a vehicle carrying most and and his bodyguards near the capital. on friday, as an hassan rouhani says, the killing will not slow down to iran's nuclear program, which it says is peaceful well of more on that shortly with our correspondents door such a bari. but 1st, this report from assad bag the aftermath of the killing hold in a car and blood on the floor injured in the attack must in fact result it was taken

to hospital, but later died. he had been one of iran's most senior nuclear scientists and had already survived a previous assassination attempt. based on the report made by the guard 1st, they opened fire. and after 10 to 15 seconds, a truck carrying explosive materials exploded in a car, continued after the explosion. officials admit his death is a blow to the country's defense program. i'm only iran, all of iran's enemies should well know the people of iran and those in charge of this nation are braver than to let this criminal action go without a response. in the right time, a response to this crime will be given. and likewise, the people of iran are wiser than to fall in the trap of the zionist conspiracy. this really prime minister had named fucker's that in 2018 as the director of iran's nuclear weapons program. a key part of the plan was to form new organization

is to continue the work. this is dr. morse, in fact, is the head of project about put it, remember the name for his. so here's his director right here. and he says, the generally is to announce the closure project, but then the special activities, you know what that is? special activity will be carried out under the title of scientific know how developments previous assassinations of 4 ring and scientists between 201-2012 have also been blamed on israel. with u.s. officials briefing the press about his rating involvement. so based on the background briefings to the press, there is very strong reason to suspect both israeli and possibly even u.s. involvement. given the very public pronouncements of u.s. officials that they will use this time between the end of the trying to

ministration in the beginning about a ministration to do whatever they can to punish iran and. 'd iran's progress in the nuclear field and other factors are they had been on the un security council list of sanctioned individuals. iran had never allowed him to be interviewed by the international atomic agency. his whereabouts were also kept secret. the killing would also raise questions about the country's internal security. iranian officials are already vying to respond while saying the nuclear program will continue. but the timing of this assassination comes when iran is waiting for president elect joe biden, to return the u.s. to the 2015 nuclear deal. a treaty intended to keep iran's nuclear program peaceful, most and for the most senior and crucial scientists killed to date. this threatens to complicate any future talks and further increase tensions in the region. aside, big al jazeera to her own job. ari doesn't tell us

a little bit more about the reaction that was saying that this is us nation this morning. well we've just heard from the country's highest authority, the supreme leader, ayatollah ali khamenei, who issued a writ, written statement on his website, saying that the, those who carried out this act of terror must be punished as well as those who ordered this act to be carried out in iran, he also said that factories others' work must continue his scientific achievements and advancements must continue. this is something that we've been waiting to hear from the supreme leader who usually does comment when such events take place in iran. we've also been hearing from a number of other officials in the country who have said that this act will not go unpunished. but there is a sense that iran is not likely to respond any time soon. there is a lot of caution, even in the language that we heard, not only from the supreme leader, but also from president hassan rouhani, even though they've openly blamed israel for this assassination. there is been much

more muted tone as to what iran will likely do in response, but there is no question that iran will respond. it's a matter of when and how. but the language that we're hearing from officials today is very, very much one that is trying to calm the situation and not to escalate further rather escalate further at the relationship that iran has, which is already very fragile with the international community over its nuclear program. yes of india because the chris, the timing is critical, is that with joe biden set to enter the white house in the new year. certainly there was, there is some hope when biden was declared the winner of the us elections a few weeks ago in iran that there is a possibility that this administration of president hassan rouhani, who still has about 8 months left in office. that there could be

a window of opportunity for iran to discuss the 2015 nuclear agreement and trying to get somewhere in terms of relieving some of the sanctions the u.s. has imposed on them. but now with this act, not only was the scientists assassinated, but any hope that there was of any kind of dialogue between the 2 sides is now been also completely killed as well. there is a lot of concern that this act was carried out in an environment that is very much a security environment inside the country. raises a lot of questions about the security apparatus of iran and how this could have happened at such a time when there are countries on high alert. but it also points to the fact that the conservative voice in the country will likely rise and become louder and louder as we approach the presidential elections that are taken to take place in iran in june of next year. ok, all sorts of are in various places from toronto to stores or hundreds of police and

paramilitary forces have been deployed to control protesters in and around. india's capital of farmers have refused to move to a designated area instead of blocking highways and border crossings around new delhi, about new market friendly laws, which they say could put them out of business. in the us, agriculture minister has agreed to talks. the problem has more from the protests at the single crossing. farmers are accusing the government of an unfair crackdown. what the farma say is that large gatherings aren't allowed. the government says they're not allowed because the coronavirus can demick. and yet we had a massive state election and the state of bihar. a few weeks ago where the government was campaigning, where promised in that interim order, where many politicians were campaigning and thousands of people were attending. and that is something the farmers keep saying when they're told that they're not allowed to protest. they say, well, the government allows large gatherings when it suits them. and so that is why they,

they are out here. the government is saying though, the agriculture minister we heard from him, he's pleading with them to stop. he's saying that in light of the coronavirus pandemic, also the fact he says it is sleeping outside in the cold winter months. he's asking them to accept the government's invitation to talks to find a solution. but the pharmacist saying that the 1st round of talks didn't lead anywhere. they don't trust the government. they want the government to ensure that a guaranteed minimum price for their projects. and that's what is at the heart of the standoff between the government and the farmers. they want the government to guarantee a minimum, apprise the government will not write that into education. and so the pharma say that they will continue with their protests, whether they are allowed or not, and out until the government repealed those laws with fewer than 60 days until president elect joe biden takes office. the u.s. justice department to shut told a number of federal executions. and it's expanded the methods that can be used

beyond lethal injection. clearing the way for poison gas and firing squads, where it's allowed under state law against the death penalty and says he will work to end it. mike hanna has more from washington d.c. . the news of the new protocols only came out because it was printed in the federal register as it has to be by law. the impact of this, though, is to give the federal government a far wider range of methods of execution to use. normally, it has been by lethal injection, but the justice department is now saying that it has got to keep the option of using a form of execution used in each particular state. now states decide what form of execution they use most have used lethal injection. however, some have moved away from that because of the shortage of the drugs needed. so the justice department is attempting to say that it needs to do this to fall into line with protocols exercised by the states in which

a federal execution will be carried out. now this is significant because the finite executions have been shared between now and the 20th of january when joe biden comes into office 3 of the months and 3 to next month. so this now the justice department is able to exercise what form of a death sentence is pickable to a particular state where it's carried out. it must be noticed as well. is that the death sentence, federal death sentence was on a hiatus from 2003 before justice department, reinstated federal death penalties earlier this year. and since then, there have been more people executed by the justice department. then there were in the last 50 years, more than 100 cuban artists have protested outside the culture, ministry, and have gets what they say is a state crackdown on dissent. demonstration came after police broke up, another group holding a hunger strike. calling for the release of the jailed or violates virus particles

. strike has accused the government of cracking down on freedom of expression. still ahead here on al-jazeera, they ravage crops and cause widespread devastation. but could there be a new way to stop swarming? locusts and the suitcase 6 more than more on the u.s. oil executives convicted of corruption in fairness while there seem to be 2 areas, a developing big area thunder if you like in the south china sea, another one just south of borneo. so the full cost reflects the heavy rain from central vietnam down to the south and cambodia moving through the southern part of time for the heaviest rain. the last 24 hours has been in southern thailand,

but this is sunday. and this of a mass of a job and just catching born here is i think it moves slowly eastwards during monday. where as this keeps reproducing itself out between the 2 areas. it's relatively dry. all the wrist more significant. rain develop in the central philippines and something is also developing in southern by of bengal. but that's just goes sex completely different story mostly concerning heat. it really is very hot, almost record breaking in the middle of australia. he's stretching out towards sydney . the forecast for sunday $39.00 degrees now it won't last that way. if you go to the south of new south wales, a city over tory, it's much much cooler. there's rain running through. but as the winds change happens not to be on monday. we're down to rather more reasonable $24.00 and that does not preclude it still being hot in the outback of queens and it still is, as it is in the northwest as well. and it's also warming up in adelaide, certitude degrees, and improving in melbourne. a nice 25 on

counting the past president xi extends his grip across china and hong kong could taiwan be next. a failed decades old policy on the festive, free market economics, and the people of chile redefine capitalism plus taxing the rich to pay for the pandemic in argentina, how think of coffee? i'll just see a lot of the stories that we cover all highly complex. so it's very important that we make them as on the standard. well, as we can, as al-jazeera correspondents guys will be strong to do again, you know, with al-jazeera his reminder of our top stories this hour,

iran's supreme leader is vowing retaliation for the killing of a top nuclear scientist. iran is blaming the assassination on israel. gunmen ambushed a vehicle, carrying musson factories that day, and his bodyguards on friday, hundreds of police and paramilitary personnel have been deployed to control protesters in and around in just capital. thousands are rallying for a day against new laws. they say could take away their livelihoods. and the u.s. justice department number of federal executions as joe biden moves closer towards taking office. it's also cleared the way for the use of poison gas and firing squads. new restrictions are to be imposed in los angeles from monday in response to a rise in corona virus cases, all private and public gatherings of people from different households have been banned. it comes as the number of recorded infections nationwide pass 13000000 this week. millions of americans travel for the thanksgiving holiday,

despite warnings to stay home. health organization is warning countries to remain vigilant, even as coronavirus infections decrease. it also said more data is needed to review the efficacy of university and astra zeneca coronavirus vaccine doubts have been raised over its effectiveness after those taking polyps were given different doses by a mistake leading to very 2 results. what we've seen is a press release. and what is really the next most important step is that the data really needs to be evaluated based on more than a press release. there's only a 1st of all limited amount that can be said in a press release. and secondly, it really needs to be reviewed in terms of the data and questions asked about the data that may come up in the course of the review of hotels in india. most of kashmir heading to the polls for the 1st time since the indian government revoked

the region's autonomy last year. but opposition, gods that say police have been preventing them from campaigning for a jury case. and he has it's been more than a year since new delhi stripped the autonomy of indian administered kashmir. effectively an exciting parts of the disputed territory. these local elections the 1st since then seen by many in this region as a test of how unpopular that policy is and opposition coalition. the group car alliance has been campaigning for the area, special status to be restored. but candidates, say police have used security concerns as an excuse to harris them, you know, has been very difficult right from the word go nomination. we have picked up by local police and we're going to the whole quarter. it takes me almost 2 hours from going to mourn the we're going to go back to my supposed to be in the guard.

india's decision to revoke self rule in the majority muslim populated region has caused anger. and many kashmiris are determined to make their voices heard. what is art and i were injured by a car going up. we'd planned bodyguard elections, but after the group got alliances, fog it compulsory thing. we decided we will cast our would get to be d p a d. then the other got him. one of the members of india's governing hindu nationalist, b, j, p. have been campaigning hot. the both the parties you've joined hands under the good car alliance are corrupt parties, delivering justice. people have understood this and are now following us political analysts say there's a lot at stake for the government in this election. if you have significant waters torn out, you will begin to forgive a definitive show the world that yes, people of kashmir have gone silent for some reasons with the situation. and now they are back to life, not only for the normal life,

but even for the political and democratic life. everything is back to normal. and that is what the government of we haven't tried to project out of these elections. the elections are happening across the region in 8 phases and will end on december the 19th with results expected 3 days later. the tory gating be al jazeera cyclon gas. he has killed at least 8 people and displaced thousands more in northeastern somalia. the storm is the most powerful to hit the horn of africa since records began 2 years worth of rainfall in just 2 days. and the united nations is warning the site could worsen a locust infestation sweeping across the region. posing a greater threat to somalia's food supplies, but locusts ravaging crops may soon become a thing of the past. because researches in the u.k. are looking into the genetic code of desert locusts. aiming to find a pesticide that can help keep insect populations under control. a cloud of

40000000 locusts eats the same amount of food in a day as 35000 people tell matheson is an associate professor of neurobiology at the university of leicester. he was part of the teen that carried out this study, and he hopes it will lead to a pesticide that can control numbers of the insects. what we've attempted to do, and what we've succeeded in doing now is to 1st time sequence, the entire genome of the desert locus, just a circuit. and it turns out the genomes about 3 times bigger than the human genome . so it's quite been quite a massive undertaking and cause lots of problems for the scientists doing the coding. but we've been able to do this and now that information as it's deposited, where it's freely available to anyone who wants to go and dig into it and start looking for keys and all that information that we can use to target these animals much better than we can at the moment, once you've got a genome, you can do all sorts of different things with that. clearly controlling locus is one of the things that we would want to tackle. and what i say we have in this is

anyone who wants to get involved in doing this, essentially. so this is not just our program, but we're trying to provide a resource for people across the globe. because one of the big problems with controlling locus is simply the infrastructure on the ground. when we spray pesticides on, on animals or in the current pesticides. so we kill them the locus, but they have huge amount who consequences as well. they mostly toxic that the operators and so are using them. so the idea that once you've got the genome, you can start trying to design his decide which target things which are specific to the genome of this particular organism. and don't have the terrible knock on effects for other insects. for example, in the environment for french police officers have been detained after a video, showing them beating a black music producer in paris. present emmanuel blackwell has called the incident unacceptable and shameful assault and sparked outrage towards a police force already under scrutiny. for heavy handed tactics, talked about their reports, and a warning view is may find some of the images and has story stabbing a shocking

video. police officers brutally beating a man in a music studio in paris. images captured on c.c.t.v. record producer michelle seculars says police force their way into his studio physically and racially abused him without telling him why. and then arrested him. if there was a policeman pointing a gun at me hiding, why did they think i was armed? were they going to shoot if they could find that angle? of course i was afraid. i'm a person. i was scared. the people who are supposed to protect me were pointing their guns at me. french news organization, lupe sider, published the footage alongside pictures of michelle's injuries. the video sparked anger from some politicians and french world cup stars, who denounced racism, prosecutors throughout the case against the producer, and opened an investigation into 4 police officers. under pressure to react, france's interior minister condemned the violence as measures like it. the pictures

are unspeakable. extremely shocking, and as soon as i found out about them about what happened, i asked for the police officers to be suspended. all 4 police officers have since been arrested. and the video of michelle has been highly publicized in france. this is the front page of one of the country's main newspapers. it also comes there just a few days after some people say the police used excessive force. while clearing a migrant camp from the square, a police inquiry was ordered after police officers were filmed, beating migrants, and journalists, as a true way, is one of france's best known campaigners against police brutality. she accuses police of causing her brother adama's death in 2016, while he was in custody. we see these images now, but can you imagine all the people that have suffered police violence that have died because of police brutality, in cases where there were no videos?

that's why families like yes continue to shout. so everyone knows that police violence and racism exist. the focus on police violence in france comes as pressure mounts on the government to scrap part of a controversial new law that would crack down on people's freedom to film and publish images of police on duty. the government says it's necessary to protect offices, but opponents say it's an erosion of rights and the without images like these police officers won't be able to be held accountable for their actions. natasha bottler al jazeera paris. well, thousands of people are protesting against that controversial security bill in known said he was one of the flashpoints in last year's anti-government protesters or clashes between demonstrators and police. another protest against the bill is expected in paris in the coming hours. washington has condemned the conviction of 6 u.s. oil executives in venezuela on corruption charges such as state might. pompei is

calling for their immediate return to the united states. the men were arrested in 2017, was working for the u.s. based refining company, said go as owned by venezuela's state oil firm john home and reports these 6 oil executives, 5 of them. u.s. citizens are already been stuck in venezuelan prison 3 years. now they've finally been tried, found guilty of corruption and received sentences of between 8 and 13 years. to this letter is from one of them to mobile though. it's the 1st public message from any of the men since their arrest. he wrote just before his trolls, conclusion is lawyer now reaching across rows where justice is done, i'll be able to rebuild my life and try to compensate my family for the last moments . the light is intense, the hope is great. give me freedom. freedom was denied to him. human rights

advocates say that venezuela's justice system is plagued with corruption inefficient simply bias his lawyer. again the male white, who not even going into may's case. there is no evidence. it's not, there is no 2nd, stanch evidence or no indirect evidence or flawed evidence. there is no evidence known period. how does it i asked the team of venezuela's attorney general tajik williams, his response about the cases. the answer no comment. the men work for oil company sick go, they were arrested and charged with embezzlement. after being looted to a business meeting in venezuela 3 years ago, the case is played out against the backdrop of the acrimonious relationship between president nicolas maduro and the trumpet ministration. like many other countries, the us supported mcdougal's rival point quite those claim to the presidency. we want to give every american but us secretary of state might compel you has

indicated that he believes the 6 men are being used as political hostages. despite before the trolls verdict but those family were hopeful, he would be home for future thanksgivings, just like the ones they used to celebrate together. so i think my father wants to shatter the world that he message out. lot of hope and of justice. he's been held for you know, risk 3 years, i'm just lee. and now there's a glimmer of hope. with the trial i'm going. now the trial is over for the 6 men and their families hope appears to be waning. john homan. how does it or 3 days of national mourning have ended in argentina following the death of football star, diego maradona a spare time of reflection for many fans on both his magic on the pitch and the controversies off it. that is one of the reports in the neighborhood on the, outskirts, as well as all began the residents of e.,

a few would be insulted if you called their neighborhood a slum for their proud of what they have proud that one of their own lived and played here before leaving to become the greatest footballer the world has ever seen. diego maradona's death on wednesday, hit them hard, and out on the other morning when you feel it in the neighborhood its side, many people are crying. the whole place is practically in silence. usually it's happy music, but now there's a terrible silence. of course, everyone of a certain age has a memory of the cheeky little boy who could do incredible things with the football, played regularly with him when they were 1213 years old. he wasn't surprised to see diego school, his wonder goal against england in the 1986 world cup was was me. it was a great goal, but it was normal for us to see it here. as a keeper,

i'd give him the ball and he'd go past 123. all of us and score, he says the eagle gave them joy, a real commodity in a place like this. if you live on in our hearts and minds, not just for arjun times and here in fiorito, but in the hearts and minds of the whole world, the people here say they're proud that maradona never forgot them, never forgot where he came from. it was on pitches like this one in the fiorito covered in dust and stones. that diego maradona of the boy formulated his footballing skills to one day, display his magic in the best stadiums in the walls. maraton, his precocious talent was spotted early, and he made his professional debut aged just 15 for one osiris club continues. dounia is in the heart of the law, but the now neighborhood where his memory continues to inspire. i was given this space to fill it with what i felt. so i did the world cup, fed brutus,

it has to be here from where he played from when he became so big. he outraged many with his behavior, both on and off the pitch accused of being arrogant, aggressive a cheat. but he enchanted many more with his artistry with the football and continues to inspire after his death. both here reveal and beyond that, one of cyrus go without is there are, these are our top stories. iran's supreme leader is vowing retaliation for the killing of a top nuclear scientists. tehran is blaming the assassination. 'd on israel gunmen ambushed a vehicle carrying muslim, in fact, rezaei and his bodyguards on friday has more from tehran. there is a general sense of shock and disbelief that this could actually take place in the country. but we heard from president hassan rouhani, he issued

a written statement earlier on saturday in which he blamed israel, and also said that the country's nuclear and defensive programs will.