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hands stand shoulder to shoulder and work hard to praise gunna where she deserves to be a prosperous and dynamic member of the global community make you grow your contribution to the growth of wall civilizers. joe biden's son hunter says federal prosecutors have told him he's under investigation for his tax affairs the news came on the day the u.s. president elect officially introduced his choice for defense secretary of confirmed retired general lloyd austin who would become the 1st african-american to lead the pentagon the u.s. senate has defeated an attempt to block the trump administration's plan to sell drugs and to f. $35.00 fighter jets to get i had arab emirates a cell was approved by the president as a side deal to the u.a.e. normalization of ties with israel. versions boris johnson and european commission

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tears french to colonise a shine on al-jazeera. rising tensions over delayed election results the 5 dead and gone the president xanana for al gore has been declared the winner. and commit alba says al jazeera live from doha also coming up. president elect joe biden son says he's on the investigation over his taxes maintains he's done nothing wrong. make or break breaks the talks in brussels u.k. prime minister brushed johnson sits down to dinner with the e.u. chief us live on the lie of. facebook on the fire $46.00 states across the u.s.

ban together to file a joint lawsuit against social media challenge for unfair competition practices. gone as president. so has won re-election for another 4 year term he defeated the man he unseated 4 years ago in results announced by the election commission more than 51.5 percent of the vote and interest reports from dallas capital accra. gave the 2020 presidential contest everything he could knowing that there 76 this might be the twilight of his political career. is why delegations of corruption against his government i defy him president to defeat his tribal former president for 2nd time although his party said it knew it won its this declaration that

confirmed his successful 2nd term but they're going to hand people through the results have made that loud and clear that the 2 parties the n.p.p. and d.c. must work together especially in parliament for the good of the country now is the time for each and every one of us irrespective of our political affiliation to unite join hands stand shoulder to shoulder and work out to place ghana where she deserves to be. all those parts of said if you read one it's this declaration that can climb to successful 2nd on the basis of the foregoing election results and by the power vested to me as a test present on the next i'll commission on donna and then attending office of the presidential election it is my duty and or enough to declare it not to down

to a specific intellect of the republic of donna. i to stand off between security forces and supporters of the opposition candidate john muhammad preceded the declaration although they may have forced a change in venue for the announcement it wasn't enough to see their candidate from defeat an angry protest or says they will never accept the victory of a call for i do. not know they'll let it go look at the real reason i don't like the senate will be out of work and there are no accepted does that mean we're going to miss our results. many party loyalist and the rest of the nation look to former president john muhammad to reign in new supporters so as not to plunge the country into chaos he says he will but he's also not conceding defeat i want to states categorically. and family that i know congratulate any person.

i have bad. no attempt to steal this election we will resist. tensions between supporters of gunness dominant political parties have been on the rise even before election day despite the deployment of 63000 security personnel and a peace pact signed by the leading candidates at least 5 people were killed in post-election violence. protests like this while what most people go for a party added to an already tense situation why some business owners decided to me the last time elections where he's dancing kind of was 8 years ago. then opposition candidate for i do tempering of the result and filed a petition with a election tribunals. for now though supporters of president say they want to

hold back their celebrations uppity three's. a crowd gonna yes president elect joe biden has nominated every time general to be his secretary of defense is confirmed lloyd austin would become the 1st african-american to lead the pentagon is nomination has gone and much praise that also some conservatives on his house wanted her cast her faults. retired general lloyd austin has served in the u.s. military for 4 decades rising from west point graduate to leader of u.s. central command as the leader of u.s. forces in iraq austin oversaw the withdrawal of troops under the obama biden administration general austin was a diplomat it was not an easy task he build relationships with our counterparts and with our coalition partners austin said wednesday as defense secretary he would continue to work to strengthen coalitions america is strongest when it works with

his allies. and over the years i've worked hand in hand with their diplomatic colleagues and partners around the globe and witness 1st hand what we're able to accomplish together biden says austin is a skilled leader respected by troops and admired for his integrity if confirmed he would become the 1st black u.s. secretary of defense leading a military where more than 40 percent of active duty members are of color and it is personal experience helping inform our efforts to ensure that our armed forces and select the full strength and diversity of our nation that black latino asian american native american women l.g.b. t. service members are treated with dignity and respect but austin's nomination also bring some controversy u.s. law calls for a civilian led military requiring top brass to have been out of uniform for at

least 7 years austin has been retired for 4 years which means he'll need a congressional waiver jim matt is was the last defense secretary who got a waiver but members of congress said then their action was a one time exception now 2 democratic senators have already said they will not approve a waiver for austin and the retired general may face tough questions about his recent work for a defense contractor so many dig out some dirt of some current real we're. drawing what out there this. has become ready for those who don't want to see. her often says if confirmed to biden's cabinet he would approach the job of u.s. defense secretary from a civilian perspective and surround himself with civilian staff but it is congress he will have to convince castro al-jazeera wilmington delaware. and biden's son

hunter says he's under federal investigation for his tax if it is hunter biden says prosecutors in the u.s. attorney's office and delaware told him they're conducting the probe they said he takes the matter very seriously and is confident a professional and objective review will demonstrate his taxes were handled legally and appropriately a strong campaign is pinning its hopes on a lawsuit filed by the u.s. state of texas and backed by 17 other states to overturn the presidential election results which favored joe biden donald trump has described the case as the big one asks the supreme court to throw out the voting results from 4 battleground states arguing that the expansion of mail in voting was illegal some law experts say the case is unconstitutional trumps lawyer however expects a response by the end of the week. the u.s. senate has defeated an effort to block trump's plan to sell repeat roads and f.

$35.00 fighter jets to the u.a.e. the senate has been voting on whether to stop the $23000000000.00 weapons deal earlier president trump issued a formal threat to veto congressional efforts to block its plans senators had said the sale was rushed and threatened to start an arms race in the region a sale was approved by trump as a side deal to the u.a.e. normalization agreement with israel. crucial trade talks between the european union and britain have broken up without a clear decision the meeting between us live on the lion and boss johnson in brussels was aimed at finding a political compromise to break the deadlock instead the dinner concluded with both sides admitting that large gaps remain and a final decision will be made at the weekend paul brennan reports from bottles. this was the 1st time in months that the british prime minister has travelled personally to brussels and the importance of the dinner with the european commission president cannot be exaggerated to deadlock in the technical

negotiations the hopes of salvaging a trillion dollar a year trading relationship now rested on political compromise firstly over the etiquette of face masks. on the. night it was. to this. side the commission building the union flag was hosted for the 1st time since january but when boris johnson's motorcade departed 3 hours later the assessment from the u.k. side was downbeat significant obstacles and very large gaps remain said a spokesman unclear whether these can be bridged live on the lane statement described a lively and interesting discussion but also admittedly clear understanding that the positions remain very far apart because heating teams have been asked to reconvene in one last effort to find common ground but on sunday a firm final decision will be made promises questions from sir both sides have political red lines and compromise is difficult before travelling to brussels boris johnson had faced a restless session of parliament what i can say is that this country will be ready

for whether we have a canadian. solution and there will be jobs created in this country throughout the whole of the u.k. not just in spite of rhetoric but because a break to. understand the lane is also under intense pressure to protect the integrity of the e.u. single market. they can listen to us i'm going to 1st question we need a level playing field and not just fits a day but for tomorrow and the next day we need agreements on how each side can react when the other side changes its legal parameters otherwise it will result in unfair competition and we won't let this happen to our businesses. but future proofing a level playing field between the 2 is challenging the e.u. is adamant that britain can't continue to have free access to the single market if it also wants to divert should be used and it's a rules but britain is equally insistent that the e.u. use attempts to lock the u.k. to european rules is an unacceptable infringement of sovereignty analysts see the

need for compromise on both sides it will have to understand towards country does not have 100 percent of the market access can also not take over. a lot of that use rules that it needs to have a lot of regulatory freedom but it's very much on the at right now and it all depends on boris johnson whether he's willing to make the compromises that are required european leaders and heads of state arrive here in brussels later on thursday for the final european council summit of the year no clearer as to what the trading arrangement with the u.k. will be just 3 weeks from now and even if a deal can somehow miraculously be struck before january the 1st ratification obvious is highly unlikely in that kind of time scale it's a messy end to a very messy year paul brennan al-jazeera brussels. still ahead on al-jazeera.

anticipation in argentina as congress prepares to vote on a bill can legalize abortion. and space is latest prototype explodes on landing the company's still hailing the mission a success. but i'm pleased to say we've got some quality weather coming in across the middle east at the moment we've got a little more cloud up towards the black sea towards the caspian sea but after that it's largely financial as it should be but it's on the fresh side temperatures struggling even here in doha highs of around 25 celsius on thursday and it's colder still grab your slices 23 celsius there on friday but at least it should be largely dry some little puffs a tad

a little further north up towards kuwait you might see want to shout up towards caspian aside that's about it perhaps your challenge to the western side of yemen around the horn of africa settled and dry we got plenty of showers into the heart of africa the democratic republic of congo seeing more heavy downpours heavier showers too just sliding across the rift valley pushing into northern parts of angola and it's more of the same as we go on through friday you can see that fine dry weather across a good part of somalia the west the weather as it should be never good deal further south right down the rift valley some heavy showers there into the big showers that we have into angola west of where the 1st time around the eastern side of south africa where the weather for a time to into zimbabwe once again and central parts of mozambique. jump into the stream and julian on global community bio diversity is bio security

is that essential for our species to survive be part of the debate i know you have i.d.'s and eat you can be part of this conversation when no topic is off the table the police are not neutral and all of these cases here is to terrorize it gives the other part of this. support this dream on out is their. coaching al-jazeera reminder of our top stories this are gone as president snark or for al gore has called for national unity after winning a 2nd term in a vote of

a shadowed by post-election violence and the opposition claims of fraud at least 5 people have been killed more than 60 incidents of violence reported since monday's election. joe biden's son hunter says federal prosecutors have told him he's under investigation for his tax affairs news came as the u.s. president elect introduced his choice for defense secretary confirmed retired general lloyd austin would be the 1st african-american in the job. the u.s. senate has defeated an attempt to block the trump administration's plan to sell drugs and f. 35 fighter jets to the united arab emirates the sale was approved by the president as a side deal the u.a.e. is normalization of ties with israel. argentina's congress is set to vote on whether to legalize abortion if the bill passes it will become the 1st major country in that in america to allow the procedure which has only been used in cases of rape or if the mother's life is oppressed freezable reports from what

osiris. the legalization of abortion has been a demand by women's rights groups in argentina for years. many medical professionals agree dr raina who works in this hospital in the city of la plata says thousands of abortions are already happening in atlanta steinway and women with complications and up here the fact that i can feel this is a matter of public health because when we have a high death rate of productive women of mothers because many of the women that have an abortion have children and they may die this is also about inequality because a woman with money can have a safe abortion but a woman without resources may lose her life. it is estimated at around 500000 abortions happen every year in argentina but maisel proles tall one of the drugs doctors prescribe to terminate a pregnancy is expensive so many women resort to crude desperate measures like

inserting probes in their bodies to induce an abortion opposite the god we call privateer patients arrive here with organ failure and the characteristics of a septic abortion hot and kidney failure and in shock they're very serious cases and with a high death rate every year thousands of women are often allowed because of complications with an abortion some of them their lives doctors working in this hospital i love that when women are all here they're afraid to say that they tried to make their pregnancy because it is illegal and they're afraid of being reported to the police. argentina's congress is set to vote on the legalization of abortion it's a divisive issue in this mostly catholic country in 2018 the bill passed the lower house but failed to pass the senate women's groups are hoping this year the outcome would be different if it ended up not down on the president of the nation alberta fernandez sent

a bill that corresponds to his campaign at present lawmakers are taking their positions and hopefully we can finish 2021 with legalized abortion and that is secure and free in argentina. but resistance to the bill runs deep pope francis is argentinean and has repeatedly opposed to any attempts to legalize abortion not me saying i need. this is a campaign promise by alberto fernandes so it shouldn't surprise the church's hierarchy or the pope with whom the government has a good relationship the church will go against this like they did with the same sex marriage the catholic church has been against the voice reproductive rights distribution of contraceptives and sex education the mostly conservative sectors see women as objects and not as people with rights. writes that women in argentina i hoping will soon be frying into no.

one a scientist. as the global rush to get hold of corona virus that seems intensifies as mounting concerns that low income countries could be left behind that in america is one region where poor nations could struggle to get the stocks they need or vaccination programs potentially dragging on for years by note of. latin america holds only 8 percent of the world's population it accounts for roughly 30 percent of global cope with $1000.00 deaths but. it's arguably the hardest hit region by the global coronavirus pandemic. it is news that a vaccine could soon be on the way concerns of bound over low income countries having equal access. on wednesday the pan american health organization said the number of doses of the vaccine will not be enough for everyone at 1st some of the region's poorest nations will be almost entirely dependent on donated supplies of the vaccine the organization says that solidarity and the sharing of resources

between the nations of the americas will be essential to successful international vaccination efforts it's going to take some time it's going to take beyond 2021 so our arrival of the wars that we set ourselves that will control transmission but really what we are eager to seek with making waxen broadly available but it is important to understand that's true to time and what who are the nation of course conjures that these huge. other concerns include the storage and distribution of the vaccine. in countries like guatemala and honduras recent hurricanes have severely damaged infrastructure complicating the coburg 1000 health emergency. or must go rumbles because we may wish that inequalities did not exist unfortunately these populations will freeze greater complications if we considered

the advice or pixie presentable which mother stored up very low temperatures at about minus 70 degrees a month in that temperature becomes complicated when trying to reach many countries for that vaccine to arrive in good condition. more just him and you know some countries like mexico chile argentina and brazil have secured bilateral agreements with vaccine manufacturers these agreements guarantee that a minimum number of doses will be made available for the 1st phase of national inoculation programs. but for latin america's poorest nations health policy experts warn that social inequalities and limited supplies could mean that many may not receive vaccines well into 2023 little apple al-jazeera. british scientists say people with a history of significant allergic reactions should not have the highs a vaccine which is now being admaston the u.k. and the 2 people who received the jab suffered and affects the challenge of the

reports. britain's rollout of the pfizer biotech vaccine continues but advice on who can take it is changing up to 2 people with a history of severe allergy suffered reactions both recovered quickly but the agency who approved the vaccine is making revisions last evening we were looking at 2 case reports of allergic reactions we know from the very extensive clinical trials that this wasn't a feature but if we need to strengthen our advice now that we've had this experience in the vulnerable populations the groups have been selected as a priority we get that virus to the field immediately. britain's mass vaccination program already poses one of the biggest flood just tickle challenges since world. or 2 but scientists warn that vaccines alone will not change the course of the pandemic immediately and face masks which help prevent the transmission of code it

should be worn for another year i want to be very clear for the next 3 months we will not have sufficient protection we're going through the most difficult time of year for respect infections and the most difficult time of year for the n.h.s. so the idea we can suddenly start now because the vaccines here it would be really primitive. used to in germany where infection rates continue to rise despite restrictions and as intensive care ward speech capacity many are calling for even tougher lockdown measures wednesday's german death toll of 590 was the highest since the pandemic began sparking an impassioned plea from chancellor angela merkel is very one sided then they have to come i know it's a feeling i want to say this if we have too much contact over christmas and afterwards it turns out that that was the last christmas with the grandparents then we will have really messed up and we should not mess up. in france to the numbers are not encouraging new infection standard around $13000.00 per day down

dramatically on a month ago but still $8000.00 more than the target president in money on that cross set in order to release the country from lockdown restrictions despite the vaccines arrival all 3 countries fear a 3rd wave of corona virus could hit when hospitals are at their most vulnerable charley angela there. and i felt home is a vaccine ologist vice president of vaccine research development blue willow biologics he says the start unusual for vaccines to cause allergic reactions. the safety of this vaccine is a really excellent and it showed in thousands of people now this that sometimes rare. situations can happen and it's good because we're really early on so we get to really get ready or go for a remedy this kind of like what is been done the right

now is that there people will be asked that they have a severe allergic reaction like an. action or not and these people will be set aside and given the vaccine the one thing that i think is be ready at this site of vaccination so you will have this is equipment ready to treat people in case something something like this happens so it's not really vaccines that these guys. have been and it does not happen during the clinical trial with our 10000 people who receive the vaccine why so basically it can't be that this is really your appearance and the remedy is in place right now. the company responsible for all the 1st fully tested crowd of our sex scene says hackers have stolen documents related to its development pfizer says hackers broke

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actually here's what's happening with some of the people addicted to it in the country check out that's the whole bunch of them that all of the other when i was very young i went to iran there were 11 of us in one room only me and an old man we're not using drugs the rest were using and i gradually started using the drug for that originally. and i thought i would do whatever it takes from sometimes laboring to stealing and even murder to get math with anything that i could do to get it i would take on the cattle and the. initialing up not just in afghanistan but in countries around the world from australia to south africa much like the heroin trade out of afghanistan but the other side of this is it's actually bringing a condom me jobs and commerce to an area of afghanistan that could sorely use it during these times now discuss issues issue i'm joined by a panel of experts who i'm going to ask to introduce themselves david can we start with you certainly thanks for the introduction josh money as david men still

i am an independent consultant and i've been working on the jokes issue in afghanistan for the last 24 years and for the last couple of years looking at the growing meth industry and i can say this for david as someone i've been to afghanistan to 11 or 12 times i've covered over the years when i want to know what's happening with drugs there i go to his reports 1st been a fan of his work for a long time to think for joining us david mark thank you i'm going to george. clooney representative for the united nations office on drugs and crime in the afghanistan i've been there since 2009. all of those folks you know the seas were in the country with which is a major coup. it's absolutely thank you for joining us mark i appreciate it and then from kabul because of that. and thank you just i look at this for us i

currently. communication a company called lamp posts and i have formerly served as the the prime minister of commerce for the government of our planet some so let's get right into it and david you've been looking at the job situation afghanistan for a long time when did meth start to pop on your radar. the 1st time we actually came across it was when i was doing some work on the. the bombing of the heroin laps in 2017 this was a policy that the u.s. forces afghanistan. developed and they were taking out heroin laboratories across the southwest of afghanistan in an attempt to reduce the amount of money that was available to the taliban so we started exploring this and in doing so spending time in some of the heroin laboratories. coincidentally some of these

places were also producing methamphetamine now let's have been produced for a number of years using over the counter medicines and we could see the remnants of the bottles of various congestions and cough mixtures out the back of one of these labs what intrigued me was the fact that some of these cooks in these labs were saying we don't do that anymore so far too expensive and what i could see in some of the photographs that were being taken were some buckets some large barrack plastic barrels of green goo and i started inquiring about this and it turned out this was a federal. wild crop the grows in the mountains of afghanistan being soaked to make methamphetamine and the argument that these crooks are saying is this costs the cost of production over the counter medicines they congestions we can't make a profit the price in iran is too low so as a consequence we've moved to this or federal based production so as

a consequence of that we then start it's a track down what this crop was where it was grown and how the market function so we ended up in places like bosnia and wired back and then subsequently into taiwan are in core and you can see some of the photos of people harvesting the crop in these areas goes completely wild in some places it looks like across in other places it's more of a bush about 2 and a half meters in size and this is harvested and brought down to the mountain so we started doing more and more we're following this market this what we thought was a fairly and nascent market and realized over time that this is developed quite dramatically and those last piece of work we just did for the european monitoring center in lisbon was actually doing a lot of cow. based on some further field work with cook's in back or we could understand more about the visual signatures and how these labs operated and what we

realized were people moving away from methamphetamine labs and what we had was a growing cost each industry in f a dream laps and then that product was then being sold to make meth from the effort and we counted these labs using imagery and came across $329.00 laps just in back or alive so this was a this was evidence of a completely shift in scale and the fact that we you know is space is a bit like the coke or industry when some of the market shifted away from buying roll coca leaf in places like the levy or columbia to wanting to. by processed products and so what we now have farmers who are on one side their growth pm and on the other side they're also producing these very amusing very simple chemistry and using cheap it's this basic esoteric and this is now turning up in a variety of different places including the iranians the seas doing an ounce of not

just crystal meth but actually true in suggesting that we may have may have even repurchasing of that product so we've got this this now what we would say is a growing meth economy that links the lower areas in the deserts of the southwest all the way up the mountains where this crops being harvested and and so you know we're seeing a made i don't like your analysis on this i feel like your analysis on this is really at the forefront of it mark it isn't mining up with everything you're seeing from your inder do you have a bit of a different perspective on this. thanks george i know what david is saying is you know concurs with the results you know the sea is seeing we definitely your report very effectively covered the the abuse or the use side of certainly mess of drug use problem throughout the country we're talking a lot of possibly 3000000 drug users and this is from

a survey in 2015 when the things that i mean have not reached the levels as currently out in the country then moving into the rural population is getting very definitely we're seeing an increasing numbers of farmers involved in rural communities and bolton this i typically will mirror one of the things a room you have touched on and stretching over on it as well is the turf the fight of the illicit call me now an important thing that we have to take into consideration here is none of these rules population groups that are working in this area are actually getting rich from the activity itself these people quite often get locked in a cycle of debt to the actual traffickers and the free really are to start looking at effectively address addressing this problem we need to really be looking at those who profit from the illicit manufacture or the are students in

a fact of illicit trafficking of methamphetamine use or there has been an emphasis in afghanistan very much involved forcing the stories to focus on product on the table looking at methamphetamine seizures of which there are many the continent of its police sees the return of commitment but i mean in afghanistan this year already we're seeing 50 kilograms was seized at the international airport this year are leading the country and this isn't a hero there haven't been many yet international slugs but these people the people involved in the a few drinks trash and the manufacture of the net. i mean and even the the little traffickers these are not the people who get in will think if we really want to move in rooms we do need to look at the the deep dive on the illicit a komi getting into the massive amounts of money that organized crime or deriving from this activity and really looting ways of affectively interesting money laundering a forfeiture and really don't between those who are profiting from the activity i

have some questions stacking up from our online community right now but 1st i want to go to because it on as ask are you know we're seeing images as we're talking about this of the drug addition addiction issue in afghanistan i know you're in kabul i'm curious will where the women in the families and this picture how does drug addiction there out affect the women in afghanistan. thank you josh i'm actually sitting here looking at live pictures and listening. to both martin david who are actually the exposure some listeners pretty much frustrate it thing and it's that sad and i have to say that every morning when i go to work i. call those streets and there are particular locations where. does drug addicts come to get. hold of those locations because for major parties people are homeless and

there have been streets so you can actually see our team on the streets of call. as a direct consequence of. people who unfortunately become drug addicts. there are not many woman actually that you would see lizabeth on the streets but how that doesn't mean that woman are not affected by this. woman are affected mode. and look for most people who can see a little more extreme drug addicts or people who have become drug addicts because the men and their families have been actually the one who brought it in the house and. started being a secondhand smoke or a 2nd home and that initiative. addiction. that being i think. there's clearly

a direct relation between the domestic the rise in the domestic violence the increase in the number of people who become addicted to drugs and i think clearly. direction and directed. i want to bring up some questions from our online community right now peter king has asked which gangs are involved with meth are they the same as heroin or is this a different mood but it's also ask why is a federal which is their only medicinal not used as a legitimate crop so maybe talk about that a minute about how we can do develop irresponsibly around this what are the levels of meth productions across the country where is it taking place i don't know but the gains question mark de with with that be in your purview. we are seeing police drug shipments of of coniston being moved out of the country we're seeing.

islam color border crossing from her up into or a symbol like border crossing from going to stern into. pakistan police drug consignments are giving you an indication that it is the same groups that are involved in trafficking move her women and methamphetamine so again moving the only one with orders with her who the seizures in the street lines the maritime seizures and her wind mentally but i mean and ketamine being sees those go to the same consultants so again giving you an indication of these are the 'd same groups that are in both interested in the substances. but along that the same lines as always dr james there in bradford sent us a comment he's an assistant professor of history from boston to bring this up a 2nd of what this means not just for afghanistan but for the international market . who the international mortgage of

the of dentist and methamphetamine is extremely cheap compared to the course the companies would nor the traffickers would be enduring in other countries and they would to touch the pole and the the fund that afghanistan can use naturally occurring of the drug really undercuts the calls to the trafficking organizations in other. countries they're either having to deliver forms of evil preparation or they're having to do food chemicals and this is using the p 2 if you know to prove the labelling for that or. with other precursors which greatly increases the cost to the trafficking organizations ok i'm never going to comment from dr proffered actually that as he would have. an emergence as a major source 'd of unset any ends does not bode well for the world obviously especially asia which has a dramatic growth in the demand from salamander last 2 decades but also is really

a symptom of this environment and this this global as it marketplace which candidate approaches to drug control haven't worked and they haven't dealt with the drivers of demand so i think more long term solutions and sustainable solutions to this are going to need to focus more on reducing demand and that's as a public health approaches to drug addiction and possibly even decriminalization of use will do more to reduce drug supply in afghanistan mcinnis up well what do you think about the idea decriminalizing drug use in afghanistan. i think that the post's. political economy and i once saw this clearly for a major part has been shaped by the protection and trafficking drive and i also think there's a direct correlation between the. coalition military presence on the

ground and also the no enforcement activities basically that has focused on. a counter that could take efforts so i think the trend that we have been noticing specially post 2014 often the quick. draw down in the last one stone has been the sharp rise on the. production on trafficking which has undoubtedly think when the law enforcement efforts so i do believe that there's a stronger. law enforcement compliment but i'm not particularly sure that currently it's. streamlining and lee. in the counter-narcotics. but you clearly in the form of decriminalizing marked as the. talking troll does it have

a position on legalization or decriminalization of drugs afghanistan. well from a lot of the comments made to flee a health response with regards to drug treatment is definitely more in line with her punitive response so putting people in jail for using drugs is definitely an outdated. philosophy is an odd way of addressing this problem so definitely looking at a community based psychosocial response to drug treatment will be much more effective than punitive measures at the same time you have organized crime groups that are profiting out of this organized crime and will continue to profit out of 'd the activities and really tracing the money it really comes down to not the criminalization wolf the use for not decriminalization of the actual traffic you know to body there you need to take. concerted action to prevent the traffickers who are international who are prepared to prate of the weakness of the

society you know the people who are involved in this in the wrong areas as you said are not getting rich but they might be making a living in a way that that they don't have other options for right now david i think you mentioned colombia as example or maybe as mark someone mentioned earlier in the show we have a video comment from someone in our community this is from shabnam the seamy she's the executive director of conservative friends of afghanistan who also brings up colombia as an example of how to approach those. however country to popular assumptions the illicit drug trade can actually create development opportunities and how to roll in peace building for example you could accomplish coca farmers use money from their crops to invest in natural and education or community projects to build bridges owns we've roads this is not an easy problem to solve but that's all the more reason to drop an open mind and invite the input of the people afghanistan

the food greatest impact holding on to a failed international policy of war and drugs will never produce peace in what they see. today but i'm going to pare that with a comment someone just made in our you tube group there about ephedra has tons of additional uses is there a way that we can actually turn this into a legitimate crop if not take away the condom if that these areas have found around this moot point. it has been a legitimate crop for a number of years i mean it's a crop that if you will what we did in ghastly people were harvesting this very marginal levels and taking it to the pharmacist's in a major provincial center and has been shipped to india i mean it has legitimate uses either is all or it's fodder or medicinal crop but you know there's nothing as attractive as using it to produce methamphetamine and much of the shift

towards the say in afghanistan is a function of global developments including some of the developments in iran well as a colleague of mine alexander holmes shown when iran squeezed down on its meth lab suddenly all of the treatises that mark was talking about they had to source supply from somewhere and they came to afghanistan and some of the construction workers brought their skills back some of the afghans his truck to work has brought their skills back set up laps and again very local effort started producing this stuff to push back into iran and now we have a very good quality cheap products that is finding its way all the way to australia as mark says the profit margins are great on this i where we we basically work for about $30.00 a kilo but this is this is good quality crystal meth and it is now moving across southern africa is piers to be moving in southern africa eastern africa sri

lanka and as i say turning up in australia where they say the purity level is equivalent to that of other other countries that have a much greater history of methamphetamine production. mark so there's no advantage to the meth coming out of afghanistan there david saying that it's kind of a good pure product is one how do you tell when you can you find meth and south africa that it's from afghanistan into well why in the world would it be advantageous. george the good of him enough going to of the export trade methamphetamine is for its crystalline which is a new clear indication of it's already extremely pure so the it would be difficult to with an extremely will forensic analysis to determine whether the methamphetamine has come from a plant based service for hood river or if it's pharmaceutical or 'd chemically based so a lot of the. belief that is coming from afghanistan would strain from the trafficking

roots and the people who've been involved in the in the truck investigations that into the the actual seizures what we have been seeing though in afghanistan is as well as the pure crystalline mittens that i mean there are lower grades of myth confirming becoming available in the market and these are going to be traveling to and distributed domestically in the country and this is being done under the name of tablet a lot of people are assuming that it was ecstasy that was actually m.d.m.a. was in these tablets but from our root with the undercover police forensic lab or treat we are finding out now that at least 70 percent of these tablets to contain methamphetamine as opposed to. india made which is supposed to be the listen reading so you can very harmful for society in the countries methamphetamine tablets appear in what you are calling meth on them or we're running out of time but there a couple more questions here from our online audience vinnie wants to know is there

a corresponding decrease in heroin use with the increase of back does anyone know marcus mabry you have or david where there were some hints of use that would be done recently that suggested that by the b.b.c. actually and they were talking to some of the meth users in couple and some of the uses there was we're talking about the fact they used both and they talked about these products for spies a bit like on the supply side their brothers. people are because another drug case because i want to i want to bring you in here dee you know but the taliban's biggest position on this and if they came down and put a complete crackdown on as something would be welcome by the population there. you know that's something that i kept wanting to intervene did you can she do you talk about this is a problem dollars actually looking at. the linking it to the security and corruption and the country war unfortunately the way

taller one and. the 2nd equally be a local driver also conflict of the programs that just so wrong what they're hearing it's actually i mean when you stream country for non-state actors including . assault and there have been conversations around. the reduction and level of drug production on trafficking on around the time when the tall ones are governing the country but clearly from what you're seeing right now you're actually in for just let me bring in a dirty word they're taxing it at this point but if they were to take over it's unclear whether they were allow that to go or if they're just happy to tax it now to fund the wars that goes on there well that's it that's all the time we have for today i want to thank all of my casper joining us on this discussion and of course a topic afghanistan that we will keep watching here the stream of how much their english if there's 20 of us on the show thank you it's lovely to see you and i will

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negotiations the hopes of salvaging a trillion dollar a year trading relationship now rested on political compromise firstly over the educated face masks. on all. night it was. just an. aside the commission building the union flag was hosted for the 1st time since january but when boris johnson's motorcade departed 3 hours later the assessment from the u.k. side was downbeat significant obstacles and very large gaps remain said a spokesman unclear whether these can be bridged live on the lane statement described a lively and interesting discussion but also admittedly clear understanding that the positions remain very far apart because heating teams have been asked to reconvene in one last effort to find common ground but on sunday a firm final decision will be made promises questions from sir both sides have political red lines and compromise is difficult before travelling to brussels boris

johnson had faced a restless session of parliament when i can say is that this country will be ready for whether we have a canadian. solution and there will be jobs created in this country throughout the whole of the u.k. not just in spite of rhetoric but because of bricks. and on the lane is also under intense pressure to protect the integrity of the e.u. single markets. there can listen to us i'm going to 1st question we need a level. playing field and not just for today but for tomorrow and the next day we need agreements on how each side can react when the other side changes its legal parameters otherwise it will result in unfair competition and we won't let this happen to our businesses but future proofing a level playing field between the 2 is challenging the e.u. is adamant that britain can't continue to have free access to the single market if it also wants to divert should be used and it's a rules but britain is equally insistent that the e use attempt to block the u.k.

to european rules is an unacceptable infringement of sovereignty analysts see the need for compromise on both sides it will have to understand towards country does not have 100 percent of the market access can also not take over. a lot of that use rules that it needs to have a lot of regulatory freedom but it's very much on the at right now and it all depends on boris johnson whether he's willing to make the compromises that are required european leaders and heads of state arrive here in brussels later on thursday for the final european council summit of the year no clearer as to what the trading arrangement with the u.k. will be just 3 weeks from now and even if a deal can somehow miraculously be struck before january the 1st ratification obvious is highly unlikely in that kind of time scale it's a messy end to a very messy year paul brennan al-jazeera brussels protesters have clashed with security forces now bay area after

a man was shot and killed by police for breaching a coronavirus related curfew several people including 9 officers were injured in the arm rest in the capital tirana protests was held and defiance of a government ban on public gatherings of morgan 10 people police say the 25 year old man who died was armed. still ahead on al-jazeera. share of the jab why help authorities in the philippines can struggle to gain public trust when corona virus vaccine around else. i'm on appear not to be in brazil where protesters have turned out to draw attention to the country's 10000000 hungry. i'm pleased to say we've got some quality weather coming in across the middle east at the moment we've got

a little more cloud up towards the black sea towards the caspian sea but south of that is slightly financial as it should be but it's on the fresh side temperatures struggling even here in doha highs of around $25.00 celsius on thursday and it's colder still gratis wes's $23.00 celsius there on friday but at least it should be largely dry some little puffs a tad a little further north up towards kuwait you might see want to shout up towards caspian aside that's about it perhaps your challenge to the western side of yemen around the horn of africa settled and dry we got plenty of showers into the heart of africa the democratic republic of congo seeing more heavy downpours heavier showers too just sliding across the rift valley pushing into northern parts of angola and it's more of the same as we go on through friday you can see that fine dry weather across a good part of somalia the west the weather as it should be never good deal further south right down the rift valley some heavy showers there into the big showers that we have into angola west of where the 1st time around the eastern side of south

africa where the weather for a time to into zimbabwe once again and central parts of mozambique. in 1958 charles de gaulle made a famous. beach in algeria because it can't be. partaker don't hold back the tide of algerian independence o.-p. france's colonies in africa and the pacific. in the final episode of the series al-jazeera explores how the long and bitter fight for the french empire still resonates today blood and tears french to colonize ation on al-jazeera. be a one way or the old.

you're watching al-jazeera reminder of our top stories this hour ghana's president snark or for our dog has called for national unity after winning a 2nd term in a vote overshadowed by post-election violence and opposition joins us for at least 5 people have been killed and more than 60 instance of violence reported since monday's election. joe biden's son hunter says federal prosecutors have told him he's under investigation for his tax affairs the news came as the us president elect introduced his choice for defense secretary confirmed for a time general boyd austin the be the 1st african-american in the job. versions boss johnson and the european commission president on the law and have agreed to a sunday deadline for a firm decision post for exit trade talks it follows a make or break dinner where they both agreed large differences remain on

a future trading relationship. argentina's congress is set to vote on whether to legalize abortion if the bill passes it will become the 1st major country in latin america to allow the procedure which has only been used in cases of rape or if the mother's life is at risk that is about reports from when a site is. illegal a seizure of abortion has been a demand by women's rights groups in argentina for years. many medical professionals agree dr who works in this hospital in the city of la plata says thousands of abortions are already happening in the steinway and women with complications and up here the focus on this is a matter of public health because when we have a high death rate of productive women of mothers because many of the women that have an abortion have children and they may die this is also about inequality because a woman with money can have a safe abortion but

a woman without resources. may lose her life. it is estimated that around 500000 abortions happen every year in argentina but maisel proles tall one of the drugs doctors prescribe to terminate a pregnancy is expensive so many women resort to crude desperate measures like inserting probes in their bodies to induce an abortion for profit that we can provide here patients arrive here with organ failure and the characteristics of a septic abortion heart and kidney failure and in shock they're very serious cases and with a high death rate every year thousands of women are often allowed because of complications with an abortion some of them their lives doctors working in this hospital i love that one women are all here they're afraid to say that they tried to make their pregnancy because it is illegal and they're afraid of being reported to the public eye argentina's congress is set to vote on the legalization of

abortion it's a divisive issue in this mostly catholic country in 2018 the bill passed the lower house but failed to pass the senate women's groups are hoping this year the outcome would be different if it ended up not down on the president of the nation alberta fernandez sent a bill that corresponds to his campaign at present lawmakers are taking their positions and hopefully we can finish 2021 with legalized abortion and that is secure and free in argentina. but resistance to the bill runs deep pope francis is argentinean and has repeatedly opposed to any attempts to legalize abortion. this is a campaign promise by alberta fernandes so it shouldn't surprise the church's hierarchy or the pope with whom the government has a good relationship the church will go against this like they did with the same sex marriage the catholic church has been against divorce reproductive rights

distribution of contraceptives and sex education the mostly conservative sectors see women as objects and not as people with rights. rights that women in argentina i hoping will soon be frying into law. when a scientist. protesters in brazil have appealed to congress to extend emergency financial aid it's been a lifeline for millions of the start of the pandemic but the government wants to stop it by the end of this month want to have has more from rio de janeiro. the idea was to build a makeshift slum overnight in front of brazil's congress a stark reminder that 10000000 brazilians are going hungry you know depend on the government's emergency aid to survive the qubit 19 pandemic. but the police made the protesters take down the boards they were only allowed to set up the 5 metre

long table with empty plates and bullets but not for very long. so. this is the food brazilian poor receive bullets instead of rice and beans. since the pandemic began brazilian n.g.o.s huge prize has staged peaceful protests meant to cause a visual impact and raise awareness like this graveyard narrow scope like abundant after brazil the few before and 2nd largest tuna buyers hot spot on the new congress costa says it's the 1st time we're being silenced. people among our friends are there millions of brazilians are unemployed and depend on the government's $60.00 monthly handout which will end in january they'll have no means of putting food on the table nor making their voices heard. it's a dramatic situation people living in the sometime in the heart of rio de janeiro

know too well. was 8 months pregnant lost her job as a store cashier and cannot find another government handouts are her family's only source of income. unemployment rate has reached a record high if we can't work and we start with saving emergency aid how will we survive. until the pandemic geography used to work is a guide taking tourists to the spot that meet the sometimes the slum internationally famous it was here that michael jackson filmed the video of his protest song they don't hear about is. the government already cut the megan's aid by heart i mean while prices in texas have tripled infections are on the rise again only 4 years after his visit to some from our michael jackson was printed here on this wall this time fighting the cold good 19 pandemic people here are still living in poverty but now they're facing the coronavirus unemployment and then uncertain

future with the possible end of the government's financial they say michael jackson song they don't care about us a lot more contemporary monica are not here for all just sarah rio de janeiro the company responsible for the world's 1st fully tested corona virus vaccine says hackers have stolen documents related to its development u.s. drug maker says they broke into europe's medicines regulator and took the files it's not known who was behind the theft phone nation states have been blamed for previous attempts. as many countries had a role in the coming months gaining public trust will be crucial and one of the challenges facing the philippines government or chance an ambitious plan to achieve herd immunity to me to undergo reports from manila. has 3 children she says not all of them have been vaccinated that's because she's afraid she says

vaccines of course the death of many children although she admits that's just a story she's heard repeatedly. even if the coronavirus vaccine arrives i won't do it even if it's free i will still not take it i am afraid they might get sick it's a sentiment shared by many here they see when it comes to getting vaccinated they're afraid to come forward the government says it wants to achieve herd immunity against the coronavirus and plans to vaccinate up to 60 percent of the population but health officials say achieving this will be difficult because their budget for procuring vaccines is limited and many people are wary of be inoculated that's partly because of controversy over a vaccine campaign in 2016 health officials under former president been ignored introduced things back shot at vaccine created to help prevent dengue fever it was said ministered in schools to more than 500000 filipina children but when president

of the good doctor did to caucus later that year he ordered an investigation into allegations of corruption and misconduct against the keno and members of his cabinet made by the public attorney's office. critics say this was just political and an attempt to prosecute members of the opposition but the series of public hearings and the government's crusade against them have largely contributed to with health experts called vaccine has events health officials admit that then give vaccine controversy a few years ago remains to be one of the biggest challenges in convincing many here . to get immunized and the law that imposed by the philippine government to stop the spread of corona virus has made the situation even more complicated now since the dengue a controversy immunization rates in the philippines have fallen leading to a rise in curable diseases like measles and pulled you officials say the government

needs to reassure people the people are worried. because we know that. for the. more undersea. to be more transparent the people about the are in. the world to. be health officials say they're working to improve and roll out the vaccination program across the kitchen and the arrival of coronavirus vaccines is best opportunity for it to return to normality jim duggan al-jazeera manila. british public health officials are advising people with a history of serious allergies not to take the fire as a biotech corona virus vaccine the warning comes after 2 frontline health workers suffered serious allergic reactions to the jab the u.k. became the 1st western country to start rolling out a fully tested vaccine on tuesday. facebook is being sued in the u.s.

accused of illegally trying to buy a bribe and stifle competition the u.s. government and $46.00 states say the social media giant broke antitrust laws and abused market power they're asking the court to consider breaking up the company car leg reports. it's the biggest social media giant in the world with more than 3000000000 uses across its platforms but now facebook's iconic thumbs up is facing a legal sums down the company's stands accused of using illegal tactics to dominate the industry for nearly a decade facebook has used its dominance and monopoly power to crush smaller rivals and snuff out competition all at the expense of everyday users over the past 15 years it's bought up some 70 companies but it's the purchase of the photo sharing app instagram in 2012 for me

a $1000000000.00 followed by the messaging app whatsapp 2 years later that regulators have called into question then i was asking the court to consider breaking it up the federal trade commission and other authorities have tried suits and celebrants for money damages against the big tech companies in the past and there's really no amount of money that will change their behavior so there is more to focus on our actual look on our conduct and also on potentially rolling back some of those mergers facebook says the deals were approved at the time and call the government's argument revisionist history but it's not the 1st time its come under scrutiny for its practices last year it was fined $5000000000.00 the largest penalty of its kind for previously violations and it's now the 2nd tech giant to face a major legal challenge this year that's after the u.s. justice department sued google for violating competition laws for many of the movie

seen as a government crackdown on big tech power and they did a lot to protect these companies so they could no german grow but facebook has grown to such a size that it doesn't need protection by the government any want more and it needs to beat it. the government's took a closer look because if we do allow monopolies to get distort of control over the over the the industry then it what it does it stifles competition the lawsuits are the biggest anti trust cases to enter the u.s. courts in more than 2 decades and they're expected to be battled out for years to come car leg al-jazeera. a multi-million dollar test launched by u.s. aerospace company space x. has ended in spectacular fashion. the 16 story tall unmanned rocket known as starship s an 8 launch successfully but

was meant to land on a concrete pad for reuse when it crashed the boss hopes the prototype would be a proof of concept for rocket which could take people to the moon and eventually to mars colony didn't seem fazed however ending their broadcast with a message up next essay knowing. this is al jazeera and these the top stories gone as president for our dog has called for national unity after winning a 2nd term and a vote overshadowed by post of action violence and opposition claims of ford i think 5 people have been killed and more than 60 incidents of violence reported since monday's election. now is the time for each and every one of us irrespective of our political of. do you not join hand

stand shoulder to shoulder and work hard to praise gun where she deserves to be a prosperous and dynamic member of the global community making your own unique contribution to the growth of while civilizers. joe biden's son hunter says federal prosecutors have told him he's under investigation for his tax affairs news came on the day the us president elect officially introduced his choice for defense secretary if confirmed retired general lloyd austin would become the 1st african-american to lead the pentagon versions boss johnson and the european commission president serve on the lion have agreed to a sunday deadline for a firm decision on post breaks it trade talks it follows a make or break to know where they both agree large differences remain on a future trading relationship the u.s. senate has defeated an attempt to block the trump administration's plan to sell

drones and f. 35 fighter jets to the united arab emirates the sale was approved by the president as a side deal to the u.a.e. is normalization of ties with israel. the company responsible for the world's 1st fully tested corona virus vaccine says hackers have stolen documents related to its development u.s. drug maker fires it says they broke into europe's medicines regulator and took the files it's not known who was behind the theft facebook is being sued in the u.s. accused of illegally trying to buy up rivals and stifle competition u.s. government and 46 states are asking the court to consider breaking up the company facebook says the deals under scrutiny had already been approved by regulators more news here on al-jazeera right after witness which is coming up next. the american people have finally spoken america as i see it when america is off balance or become more dangerous the world is looking

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the world. sneeze enduro. think. i'm kim that the top stories on al-jazeera garners president's call for our daughter has called for national unity of the winning a 2nd term and a vote overshadowed by post-election violence and opposition claims of fraud at least 5 people have been killed and more than 60 incidents of violence reported since monday's election now is the time for each and every one of us irrespective of our political of. to unite join hands stand shoulder to shoulder and work hard to praise gunna where she deserves to be

a prosperous and dynamic member of the global community making your own unique contribution to the growth of wild civilizers. joe biden son hunter says federal prosecutors have told him he's under investigation for his tax affairs news came on the day the us president elect officially introduced his choice for defense secretary if confirmed retired general lloyd austin would become the 1st african-american to lead the pentagon. the u.s. senate has defeated an attempt to block the trump administration's plan to sell drones and f. 35 fighter jets to the united arab emirates the sale was approved by the president as a side deal to the u.s. ease normalization of ties with israel mike hanna has more from washington d.c. . well the president informed congress a month ago that he was going to proceed with this deal and many senators deeply concerned about the nature of the deal particularly the sale of the f.

$35.00 so mary because most advanced fighter aircraft and a bipartisan group of senators then drew up a series of revolution resolutions 4 of them in an attempt to block the sale but it was always even those senators who had drawn up the resolutions were not expecting much to come out of it it was more 'd a sign of displeasure with president trump in particular for what amounts to a circumvention of congregational oversight in this particular sale now the vote has just been held in the senate and as expected it was defeated the resolution concerning f. 35 for example was 47 votes in favor of blocking the sale 49 votes against now the debt the width of this vote may seem very narrow however they would have required a 2 thirds majority on the vote to avoid a presidential veto president making very clear that he would have imposed to be

told should these resolutions have been passed in the senate but once again it was more symbolic vote in the senate expressing dismay about the fact that the president is circumventing congress and removing congressional oversight on the question of arms sales they were particular concerns among senators particularly the possibility that the u.a.e. may be using the stick with him and the drones and the f. $35.00 in their war in yemen also concerns about disrupting the balance of power in the middle east so very many concerns expressed but at the end of the day the sale is now going to go ahead. persons boss johnson and european commission president. agreed to a sunday deadline for a firm decision on post rex a trade talks that follows a make or break dinner where they both agreed large differences remain on a future trading relationship more people are dying in the united states every day from covert 19 than the number of people killed in the attacks on september 11th on

wednesday 3112 people died another one day record the johns hopkins university track of here shows the scale of the corona virus spread across the u.s. which continues to lead the world in deaths the company responsible for the world's 1st fully tested coronavirus that scene says hackers have stolen documents related to its development u.s. drug maker pfizer says they broke into europe's medicines regulator and took the files it's not known who was behind the theft. facebook is being sued in the u.s. accused of illegally trying to buy up rivals and stifle competition u.s. government in 46 states are asking the court to consider breaking up the company was the headlines and use continues on al-jazeera after blood and tears french to colonise ation was the center of life and now.

primes once had an empire covering enormous areas of the world and millions of people. but after the 2nd world war the countries that had colonized began to demand a french withdrawal and south for. france did not want to let go and was drawn into terrible wars in indochina madagascar and algeria. syria and levanon would granted independence and trouble scimitar in sub-saharan africa and the caribbean. however france could simply not hold back the tide and the 7 year war in indochina ended in a humiliating defeat. north africa was next and both

tunisia and morocco left the french union while the battle for algeria raged on. this is the story of the end of one of the not just in high as the world has ever seen. and how the blood and tears shed decades ago a still felt in the world today. by the summer of 1956 the war in algeria had been going on for nearly 2 years french troops met the forces of the national liberation front the f.l.n. with all mighty force and inflicted huge losses. the effen and needed to regroup and to try and regain the initiative it completely change its strategy. it took the

war to the very heart of the capital. and in september $956.00 it planned an attack that would have a. beaching in. that he's assembled to meet. katie create a play a lesser one get more serious. and if we can dunk city your new voice. over new city or hug don't pull moves up the don't really exist well up. with a table of. get it. is sitting on the wall of people to there when they often emoting glass the. cost of an entree. on from sumi on to new diplomats on. and off site duplass the.

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a computer there. into the pit than. the thought suited to paul. didn't work clearly see the higher limits a movie called me and all the small moslems who. algiers was the most french of all algerian cities and had never experienced such a violent attack several people were killed and dozens injured including children. listed on. the victim. silly me so the battle or gordie bombard the local. alleged love your show all.

leading up on devotion to duty the. well. the french authorities retaliated and in january $957.00 then nouns martial law and ordered paratroopers to sweep the town the kasbah. the battle of algiers had begun ethelyn leaders failed one after the other as the paratroopers arrested and then tortured them. is on comedy coffee. he said film redeploys they are busy but are you all of the them of vegetables. and this far more than your knitted on.

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a cheap lot of generality to. the french army knew it could behave however it like because it would be supported by the french authorities regardless. the number of ethylene attacks decreased and its leadership was gradually eliminated. among the arrests was the milk bob bomber zoraida dream. is a tell t. . t. if. it. is the power. to the food it is it remains. in the belly book of the do need. to know company. if as he attempted to let off to.

but. it is for sure. if i. move to the left east. i. but the crackdown in algiers osu triggered a french crisis of conscience. intellectuals like. openly expressed their outrage despite media censorship. the french people could no longer close their eyes torture would damage france's reputation at home and abroad permanently. even as the algerian war continued it provoked a major political and constitutional crisis in maine 1950 s. schild the goal was brought back as prime minister and he immediately terminated the 4th french republic. only 3 days after taking power he flew to r.g.s.

. he said daddy's algeria is dead and if we don't understand it will die with. a clear cut haul and began the. last real nominal i simply go on to the horn to get more of an air conditioned well mitt let me come above me. was in front of a huge crowd the goal gave one of his most famous speeches but also one of the most ambiguous i really did read being was i know so. certainly ship person usually.

was i from this for me jews accompli. the last. congress saw. like a chicken little. it didn't want to see a lot of thinking like that. to see if. it. still nigezie to. sell his time he could have helped hong. kong words to bring the f.l.n. to the negotiating table. he freed christmas and announced a major economic development plan while maintaining the military pressure. economy many algerians believed in him

including the lucky muslims had said as auxiliaries in the french army. on the 23rd of october 1958 to gold took a historic step by calling the f.l.n. for what he called a deep peace on the brakes every day and that baby was. clearly a. yard all stiff us all creation if you don't really respect it if you don't like your own song you're merely a shill i also knew. full new video ha still. call. hope it won't keven a loser to law school. to. the news we've

f.l.n. for totn. to separate the f.l.n. and ordinary people the french colonial authorities moves nearly a quarter of the algerian population into counts over 2000000 people in shocking conditions. a young socialist graduate michelle went to algeria and wrote a report on the camps which was leaked to the press. it forced the government to urgently release funds to feed the interne population and care for the weakest. the f.l.n. meanwhile was in terrible shape its leadership decimated and its troop numbers hard but it remains resolute despite the prospect of yet more bloodshed.

algeria monopolized the goals attention but he realized he also had to deal with the future of sub-saharan africa it's overseas the bottom up and whole nation. in 1958 involved on a major african tour to try and avoid the disintegration of what was left of french schaaf ruka. his plan was to unite the colonies into a community of states under french control through iraq friend. first top model gas car to a warm welcome. then on to ivory coast where felix befit whiny controlled political life on france's behalf. in madagascar are an ivory coast with the goal had nothing to fear. there was a glitch in guinea however way sick with jury spoke his mind in the green even

the had a good laugh in the movie. leading man didn't even hear. the goal was humiliated and again in the senate capitol dot com with placards calling for immediate independence put a goal for once on the box where very few have told private to go back up to a letter of. credit. but despite these protests french colonial africa generally bronnie to the goals called france was accused of electoral fraud and of neutralizing opponents. in the referendum only guinea voted no to the new colonial french community on the 2nd of

october 1958 guinea became the 1st french colony in sub-saharan africa to gain independence. but guineas independence traded a rapid chain reaction other african countries also started demanding full independence the goal realized that he was losing control and that is great dream of the african union was dial. 960 was a gear of great change. in less than 10 months 15 new african states joined the movement for independence. many african former members of the french parliament now governments their own countries. like felix afraid when you're in ivory coast and posted a single thing sending. africa experienced a collective youthful reac

a freedom. angel. i am. i i. i i. i. don't know's i'll settle dollar dog you give a doll about badly. i. mean initially not confident or quite sure tony i can of richard dent one i. thought 5 months to go before nathan. well gushes you. the.

earth could go with their over fall of the year flood to within a few. friends had no choice but to let go of this once glorious empire in sub-saharan africa. only a handful of territories remained and their 2 nationalist movements were increasingly gaining ground. in algeria things were different the french didn't even officially refer to the conflict as a war but simply as events however this nameless war now entered is final and most of violence fades the goal had already given way to the inevitable in sub-saharan africa and when he spoke on the 4th of november 960 he knew that the days of french algeria were number 6 in all 3 decades. only shade. revision

a little. fisher america old re you know. when i'm all good i usually find i made a call it was a major energy i didn't get. the 132 year link between france and algeria was about to be broken and anxiety spread among the french living in algeria. who did burst. out more parroted to secure. the hall. divides pitou particularly. french people who wanted desperately to stay in algeria went on the offensive in february 1961 they founded the secret army organization the oas. oh yes

attacks over several months were violent and bloody in algeria and in france. on the 18th of june 1961 the oas bombed the strasbourg to paris express killing 24 people. france went into shock. to go had thought the algerian situation was under control but it was slipping from his grasp france was at the mercy of the combined threat of the oas and algerian f.l.s. and the police in paris began to take the law into their own hands. on the 17th of october 961 they attended a peaceful f.l.n. demonstration near the shah on metro station in eastern paris with bloody consequences. that dark night the police killed.

demonstrators and threw their bodies into the river saying. the death toll remains unknown but some algerian estimates say over $200.00 people were killed for the french government something had to be done the goal is leadership and the f.l.n. had been negotiating the basis for algerian independence for some time in the spot town of. set it up a little he also told me dizzy feet a few diesel needed to be sure seem in your shoes if you see the can somebody to do the. phone don't be sure i only men send limbs esther's is all what do i think little net is made out it really. doesn't have any d v d's we nux a meal of sauce was on to do let me guess you all says but you did come should we shucks if you deal i can freeze. the a.v.m. accords were more than a year in the making. the $93.00 page agreements included clauses about france's

military rights in the so hard. in return the evidence demands for self-determination were accepted along with a package of financial and economic aid. but in the cafes of the shows in the regions focus on the headline the ceasefire or not is a cold if you will it is disadvantage the box born is a. city that among benevolent. when. but the violence took a new turn the o.e.s. stepped up its attacks to try and sabotage the courts. the goal is government however would not tolerate the o.e.s. violence and on the 26th of march 1962 shooting broke out on the streets of on shias the french army fired on o.e.s.

supporters. 80 oas supporters died in these clashes with french police for the colonial settlers in algeria it was a very deep wound indeed. they finally realize that they no longer belong in the new algeria. algerian independence was not simply the end of a political iraq on a human level the lives of many thousands of people were turned upside down.

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government and the algerian national liberation front the f.l.n. signed the treaty known as a vienna accords it included an immediate cease fire and pave the way for algerian independence. when groups of french colonial settlers who fundamentally opposed the deal clashed with the french army on the streets of algiers on the 26th of march 1960 to 80 were killed. many europeans living in algeria had to face the reality that they were not part of the new country. in the next few months between $8.10 people per day left the country when many of them were born hastily taking with them their most precious possessions. door to door of.

course. but polo girl there. but i see phineas and said to gilmore the polish side of your movie nice if you need go beyond are. people of european origin born in algeria were known as the peon walk the blackfeet over a 1000000 of them across the mediterranean. when they arrived in france many landed in a country where no one was waiting to greet them it was because every day looking at the mail to be able to name a ship. come you can't remember cheers didn't result you can look at what that number to look up google for you are not to list.

but. you know of course is just a leak you tonight you couldn't resist. here is sort. of horse issues just to make you dizzy. oh shit i need it in the sun for it. if it ever to please everybody else if you're going to have it in people who had been uprooted to start completely afresh to rebuild homes find work they also had to try and integrate into a country that was sometimes hostile often indifferent to them and did not seem ready to welcome back so many at once. on the 5th of july 1962 algerians finally flew their own flag the french

estimates that around 300000 people died in the 80 a war but algerian figures are as high as 1500000. to. the boss wanted elsie but you know we're not like other ticked at the local mail will avoid the voltage of the independent well. the alarmism eleanor conti is. still here but i guess she's off if you don't go through your. shit i know. that. while gerry ends it was a jubilant small us but their joy was soon tempered by yet more bloodshed.

the a.v.r. accords provided for the protection of various groups including the european king walk and the asking muslim auxiliaries in the french army but despite this f n n radicals launch a systematic massacre of thousands. many europeans who wanted to stay in algeria were brutally made it and for the aki this was the beginning of a long nightmare. the french government banned their return to france. in algeria they were at the mercy of the f.l.n. . going. on on the street on bases all. on alteration you don't do not want to leave the play it only evolved to trick or initiated us to another babyy. was tens of thousands of asking when murdered in ounce your.

hand. was. odd was to citywalk a felony theft on trade on it because they are given more. can't get a look at could. just steal and. on farm yell for it be on a few sent it. does a condo subpoena on a very dishes to fail must actually live on it bought along with losses. a particular day large the seiko should hotrod ownership a trench. for the any ascii the choice was a tie between a suitcase and

a cough and. some ascii were able to get to france thanks to a few offices this abate orders but it was only a tiny minority. but after convoluted but. just on account. of it either. sit under saddam. yes your people are there you. live you're going to make it to deteriorate. the good when they go to. the media they go in a bad beat up that's you know. the propaganda of the time portrayed a warm welcome by the french authorities. in france the akhi were house together in remote camps far from prying eyes they were

the undesirables invisible symbols of defeat but many aki were secretly sent back to algeria. a new source one says for marketers only to go to. force. neither france no algeria emerged unscathed from the conflict. on both sides of the mediterranean 2 nations west cards for decades by what the french of the time called simply the events in algeria. algeria independence was not the end of france's african colonial project and. the goal was convinced that france's future lay in close cooperation with its

former african colonies and in preserving what remained of the in part. as well as frank strategic interests these territories abounded in graw materials their independence must not threaten france's and resources. the president appeared on television. good let the colonies as your enterprise d.n.a. truly peacefully reappear cano see you here the pond a new icky sort of love we know the only way the mall that's ahead in a typical cool may set a red is to go cool pluck was laid on your new season on a little pal a. senior part of the house your. france

did not intend these to be reciprocal arrangements with equal partners. to go wanted french speaking africa to become france's private preserves. this was also the time of the cold war and to prevent the spread of communism nato instructed france to become quote africa's policeman. a former free frenchman in world war 2 and loyal goalies became the head of what was called a fake. his mission to ensure that the game of franco african friendship was played to france's rule us. so in november 1960 in cameroon the new leader of the opposition party felix was

assassinated his killer was a member of the french secret service william head. this left president i hate joe with no opposition. he remained in power for 22 years. in togo to presidency venue's olympia wanted to do without friends. he was killed by a group of soldiers supported by the french officer in charge of presidential security. in the 1960 s. and seventy's france intervened militarily more than 20 times to ensure that the right african leaders going place to serve its needs. now prepared to move judicial dizzily. one ordered up of the guard to shield him and as intended levels september when at the end of the club in

addition to do go all out brawl ability a code of the new show under. the discipline cautiously delegated was lead to clearings us right here. merely afrocentric a clue to what is owed to ladies and to the chanel suit isn't a pretty much. i think. men. too says i. hope. however the gold's $960.00 s. were not just about fossil freak. over one and a half 1000000 people still lived in the french overseas territories. the camorra sent djibouti reunion island guyana and the caribbean polynesia and new caledonia many were worried that history may have passed them by. their call

for a less colonial relationship with france independence even fell on deaf ears. between europe and america to go once said there is nothing but dust and we don't build states on dust. i. part of the french strategy in the overseas territories was the same as in africa to put its place men in power. in 1963 the goal even sent his former prime minister michel debate to be union islands . debase toads in the french palm entry election. bundled up well meaning that if we did nobody to go out why the question if only if we did not go it was immediate value if we were going to go back into

a big new community. it was better to have. heard. that. unsurprisingly debray was duly elected as the member of parliament in paris school reunion island a year later he had his main opponent and leader of the communist party. charged with undermining the integrity of the states. knew could it only lose out if it up what he says darla. my mailman as. a new. thought i put the end of a crystal soft. as it was on. their chest was arrested the communist party dissolved and re-union island fell into line.

to gold also used investment projects to buy political deference. rocket launch sites in cool french guyana. and a move holy nation a nuclear testing center to replace the algerian side of the gun that france had t. the tricks. i was. going to just. don't. bomb one.

another friend strategy was to displace people. on reunion island martinique and guadeloupe the government. the office for the development of migration in overseas depok tamal done for shorts. organize the migration of young working people to france reducing the risk of a whole new generation calling for independence. $30000000.00 people must stand alone just an example that comes to see young men who will be up there do cemented kind of see the process read your bible going on living minute to minute and then i would look forward to way what's going on there we're not on a point where there's really we're going to comedy you where you're really on top i always thought there you know just when you were young i mean when we when we were going to college you we're given your say the f.b.i.

wanted to didn't come up and you could i was the only one of them i did it did because i. don't have a theory about where you would be. but hope quickly gave way to dissolution. they were known soon understood that they were doomed to doing only menial jobs. down to them it ties among. the few qualified to where they all. could have considered an event in the heart of new commandos to take on to the. seclusion of. this. panelled to profit from that ever your life i think it is a plan that with us. double comes in decided by the sheriff's fair they also did this to make us a. little. over 20 years tens

of thousands of young people all migrated to france the whole generation was uprooted and suffered the races in the us common in europe in the $1000.00 sixty's and seventy's it's. called methanol cultured and tickle feel also. the he had asian. pushed him a disc but also neck on the middle and eunice yoon in the all false acumen just could have found her body. false little that she's made the call to her you got a new. one. but in the 1960 s. france continued to cut down in the overseas territories.

in march $967.00 in djibouti the crowd called for independence but the army moved in and several demonstrators were killed and. 3 months later construction workers in guadalupe demanded a pay rise. a riot broke out and the police fired into the crowd killing several demonstrators. recession nothing changes as the saying goes. for the. good of. you could have he said to sit do could it is all to

yes it was on set what catalyst said sift through me to school b.c. secret said that feel that this chill they do it can touch so of has just left us i took pity. on a 967 still haunts the people of guadalupe. and murell finally put up to commemorate what's widely considered to be the last french colonial finance. to sophie last visit me p.z. . york. we are going to win you know us from the park. by skip pre-taped. don't go in for. a shitty shows. ted could see the creek.

by gaining on going for. 2 years later in april 1969 the goal resigned as president. but the dust of empire as he called the overseas territories remained caught off france. they still gave the country an enormous sense of global power. in the next decades djibouti the come ours and the new hebrides all gained independence. but despite the crises attacks and referenda france managed to hang on to the islands of my yacht new caledonia polynesia and all its overseas depok tomorrow and regions. to go on successes never fundamentally questioned the general skill on your legacy and the.

just won't be doing. the she's got this. and possibly take on board feigns to revisit this in glorious periods in the republic's history. however after decades of silence the most violent and proven crimes were gradually denounced at the highest levels the bloody repression in madagascar and the cha a massacre in senegal as well as a violent colonial conflict in algeria were all after much debate ultimately condemned. but only official ceremonies tributes and speeches could not overcome the nostalgia on one side and the frustration and resentment on the other . de colonise ation remains a contentious legacy that d.p. device french society to this day. the wars of independence the hidden crimes in

massacres have all left their mark on the perpetrators the victims and their descendants today. one of the crucial issues for those who suffered and still feel the impact of colonize ation now who tells that story and exactly what that story is. for totally. me. that if i could young or dish to digital success should up. the openness with that on it a published author can go. finish 1st consider 1st book. improve it

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that is slightly fine in try as it should be but it's on the fresh side temperatures struggling even here in doha highs of around 25 celsius on thursday and it's colder still grab a sweater is 23 celsius there on friday but at least it should be largely dry some little puffs a tad a little further north up towards kuwait you might see wanted to shout up towards caspian aside that's about it perhaps you know sharon to the western side of yemen around the horn of africa slightly settled and dr we've got plenty of showers into the heart of africa the democratic republic of congo seeing more heavy downpours heavier showers too just sliding across the rift valley pushing into northern parts of angola and it's more of the same as we go on through friday you can see that fine dry weather across a good part of somalia the west the weather as it should be now a good deal further south right down the rift valley some heavy showers there into was there the big showers that we have into angola west of where the 1st time

around the eastern side of south africa where the weather for a time to into zimbabwe once again and central parts of mozambique. decades ago manila was called the pearl of the orient the manila metropolitan theater was once a testament to the city's grandeur but decades later the theater has become a symbol of mandela's dicky now the philippine government is changing their government buildings the universities and monasteries were just some of the many structures that were destroyed in manila drawing world war 2. but rebuilding a life and a city from scratch has proven difficult and some experts say manila has never truly recovered. frank assessments you've got colleagues on the ground in the canaries what is the situation there's only one doctor and one nurse or $1.00 to

$200.00 people informed opinion as to how big this foreign policy figure in the early stages of a bomb that is fresh he comes into office with a huge amount of foreign policy experience in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines how will a place like give live get a back seat when there's no money at all the rest of rich countries are fighting for inside story on al-jazeera. who ming city a city with a drug problem. in the neighborhood consumed by trafficking julio transforms the square into oak. leaf flameless street and it's. straight down to the viewfinder latin america series. does it.

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so the number of reported u.s. coronavirus deaths has gone past 3000 in one day for the 1st time johns hopkins university says 3071 people in fact died on wednesday exceeding the number killed on september the 11th the world's single worst terrorist attack almost 290000 people are known to have died in the u.s. since a pandemic began health officials are warning this will rise towards half a 1000000 by early next year although to say the vast majority of the world's population need not worry about adverse reactions to the pfizer biotech coronavirus vaccine to health workers in the u.k. suffered symptoms of allergic response to the vaccine after it was administered to the munchies day people with a history of serious allergies and now being urged not to take it at the u.k. became the 1st western country to start rolling out the vaccine this week. the

philippines is one country where many people already suspicious of us. the reports now from on a previous inoculation drive that had deadly consequences. has 3 children she says not all of them have been vaccinated that's because she's afraid she says vaccines of course the death of many children although she admits that's just a story she's heard repeatedly. even if the coronavirus vaccine arrives i won't do it even if it's free i will still not take it i am afraid she might get sick it's a sentiment shared by many here they say when it comes to getting vaccinated they are free to come forward the government says it wants to achieve herd immunity against the corona virus and plans to vaccinate up to 60 percent of the population but health officials say achieving this will be difficult because their budget for

procuring vaccines is limited and many people are wary of be inoculated that's partly because of controversy over a vaccine campaign in 2016 health officials under former president been ignored chemo introduced a vaccine created to help prevent dengue fever it was said ministered in schools to more than 500000 filipino children but when president of the good that there did to caucus later that year he ordered an investigation into allegations of corruption and misconduct against the keno and members of his cabinet made by the public attorney's office on the. critics say this was just political and an attempt to prosecute members of the opposition but the series of public hearings and the government's crusade against them have largely contributed to with health experts called vaccine has events health officials admit that then give vaccine controversy a few years ago remains to be one of the biggest challenges in convincing many here to get immunized and the lockdown imposed by the philippine governor. the stop the

spread of corona virus has made the situation even more complicated now since the dengue controversy immunization rates in the philippines have fallen leading to a rise in curable diseases like measles and pulled you officials say the government needs to reassure people when they are. under. or the. more undersea and. be more transparent. in. their words to. be health officials say they're working to improve and roll out the vaccination program across the country and the arrival of coronavirus vaccines is best opportunity for me to return to normality jim duggan al-jazeera manila to ghana now where the president has narrowly won reelection the result of the pain

and immediately said that they would appeal the electoral commission says that a coup for i don't know how to 51.5 percent of the vote with interest reports now from. now before i do gave the 2020 presidential contest everything he could knowing that there are 76 this might be the twilight of his political career. despite allegations of corruption against his government i defy him president to defeat his tribal former president for a 2nd time. although his party said it knew it won it's this declaration that confirmed his successful 2nd term but they're going to hand people through the results have made that loud and clear that the 2 parties the n.p.p. and a.d.c. must work together especially in parliament for the good of the country. now is the time for each and every one of us irrespective of our political affiliation

to unite. join hands stand shoulder to shoulder and walk out to plays gonna when i see disaster be. proud to say to you it one it's this declaration that can be successful 2nd dump it on the basis of the following election results and by the power vested the me as a temp as in all the next i'll commission on donna and then attending office of the presidential elections it is my duty and or enough to declare not go down. as president elect of the republic of donna. at a standoff between security forces and supporters of the opposition candidate john muhammad preceded the declaration although they may have forced a change in venue for the announcement it wasn't enough to save their candidate from defeat an angry protest or says they will never accept the victory of

a call for. bring it down or not they'll let it go let the done that's really the one that's really i don't like the senate did not we'll be out of work and we are not accepting this time and we're going to miss out is what. many party loyalist and the rest of the nation look to former president john muhammad to rein in his supporters so as not to plunge the country into chaos he says he will but he's also not conceding defeat i want to state categorically and family that i'm not congratulated any person. nor attempt should be made to steal this election we will resist it. tensions between supporters of gun us dominant political parties have been on the rise even before election day despite the deployment of 63000 security personnel

and a peace pact signed by the leading candidates at least 5 people were killed. in post-election violence. protests like this one i want most people. ready to are already tense situation why some business owners decided to repeat the last time elections were his friends and was 8 years ago. then opposition candidate. tempering of the result and filed a petition with the election tribunals. and now the supporters of president bush say they want to hold back their celebrations. across. the u.s. justice department is investigating the finances of one to buy it and the son of the president elect among the areas under scrutiny a hunter biden's business dealings in china he says he's confident any

investigation will show he's done nothing wrong the revelations will put a new spotlight on hunter biden's financial history which dogged his father's white house campaign all the while joe biden's transition to power continues he's dominated a retired general to be secretary of defense if confirmed lloyd austin would become the 1st african-american to lead the pentagon the nominations gone to much praise but also some concerns of the chair castra business retired general lloyd austin has served in the u.s. military for 4 decades rising from west point graduate to leader of u.s. central command as the leader of u.s. forces in iraq austin oversaw the withdrawal of troops under the obama biden administration general austin was a diplomat it was not an easy task he built relationships with iraqi counterparts and with our coalition partners austin said wednesday as defense secretary he would continue to work to strengthen coalitions america is strongest when it works with

its allies. and over the years i've worked hand in hand with their diplomatic colleagues and partners around the globe and witness 1st hand what we're able to accomplish together biden says austin is a skilled leader respected by troops and admired for his integrity if confirmed he would become the 1st black u.s. secretary of defense leading a military where more than 40 percent of active duty members are of color but it is personal experience helping inform our efforts to ensure that our armed forces and select the full strength and diversity of our nation that black latino asian american native american women l.g.b. t. service members are treated with dignity and respect but austin's nomination also bring some controversy u.s. law calls for a civilian led military requiring top brass to have been out of uniform for at

least 7 years austin has been retired for 4 years which means he'll need a congressional waiver jim matt is was the last defense secretary who got a waiver but members of congress said then their action was a one time exception now 2 democratic senators have already said they will not approve a waiver for austin and the retired general may face tough questions about his recent work for a defense contractor so. some dirt of some current real we're. drawing what out there this. has become ready for those who don't want to see. her often says if confirmed to biden's cabinet he would approach the job of u.s. defense secretary from a civilian perspective and surround himself with civilian staff but it is congress he will have to convince castro al-jazeera wilmington delaware. opponents of

a 23 bill. in dollar arms deal between the united states in the u.a.e. have failed to block it in the u.s. senate the troubled ministration plans to sell f. $35.00 fighter jets advanced reproductions to the gulf country the president to prove herself as a side deal to the u.a.e. these normalization agreements with israel could topless takes a closer look at the power of the f. 35 and what it sell to the u.a.e. could mean for the region the united states is agreed to sell 50 advanced stealth f. 35 jet fighters and 18 reaper drones to the united arab emirates a sale of the potential to change the balance of power in the region so why is the if that the 5 oddly the most powerful fighter jet in the world 1st it's unusual shape and the materials it's coated in make it difficult for radar to track the aircraft is nearly invisible to any and defense system searching for it then it's

advanced technology allows it to identify many threats at once and deal with them similar tenuously this will give the iraqi air force a significant edge and make it one of the most powerful in the middle east israel is concerned it will lose its so-called qualitative military edge in the region protected by u.s. law it means the united states cannot sell weapons to any of its regional neighbors the would put them on a par with israel there is now reportedly a discussion on how the u.s. will proceed with the possibility of the u.s. could receive a slightly less sophisticated version of the aircraft the defense deal also includes 18 reaper m.q. 9 be armed drones the usa already operates chinese made on drones over the skies of yemen and libya but the ones who buy from the united states a markedly superior the reapers far more sophisticated with better senses and a greater range allowing it to carry a wide variety of weapons. this model is certified to operate within the busy

civilian air space which means it can operate anywhere not just in remote rural areas both these weapon systems will significantly increase the u.s. military capabilities there not defensive in nature and will enhance the u.s. ability to strike any potential opponents in the region in the news ahead coronavirus budget battles relations with turkey will look at the packed agenda for divided leaders what shaping up to be a testy summit plus. harmonic or not good in brazil where protesters have turned out to draw attention to the country's 4000000 long grip. will cold and wet saw dry pretty much sums up the weather across europe at the

moment nothing great to speak about here that's why weather is further east we got high pressure blocking things off the west well that's for the west central parts of the mediterranean seeing more wet weather another system pushing in from the atlantic that will introduce further clouds and rain that will stream across those western passes because through the next couple days are the temperatures sixes and sevens for glasgow and for a london paris at 7 celsius. bragging about phrasing there in 08 minus 5 in moscow the heaviest where destroyed we have got some western weather across the eastern side of the mediterranean 3 greece 3 to keep pushing up to bulgaria romania ukraine and heading up towards western side of russia just around belarus that we've got some further showers across the western side of the mediterranean west the weather continues just slide his way for the race was and then face thought that a little more mobile from the west is because through the next day i get up to dizzy heights of 9 celsius in london that way should be 11 degrees there full pass a loss of cloud and right and snow over the highest ground is cold enough is wise

enough to cross the far north of africa and piles of algeria northern areas of morocco seeing some west of weather i will send them past libya. 'd held for over 3 years in an egyptian prison cell deny the right to a fair trial no charges have been brought against al-jazeera correspondent to saying these crimes journalism. to demand my true thinks and boy solidarity with all detained journalists sign the petition. saying. move or order or.

and look at your watch out 0 remind of our top stories this hour and the number of reported u.s. coronavirus deaths has gone past 3000 in one day for the 1st time that exceeds the number killed on september the 11th the world's single worst terrorist. joe biden's son hunter says federal prosecutors have told him he's under investigation for his tax affairs news came as the u.s. president elects introduced his choice for defense secretary confirmed to retired general lloyd austin would be the 1st african-american in the job. potence of a $23000000000.00 arms deal between the u.s. in the u.a.e. and failed to block it in the u.s. senate the troubled ministration plans to sell f. $35.00 fighter jets in advance reproduce to the gulf country president approved the sale society bill to the u.a.e.

normalization agreements with israel. breaks it talks between leaders from the european union and britain have broken up without a clear decision but as lavon delenn johnson agreed sniggers asians to break months of deadlock should continue through the weekend britain has its report process. this was the 1st time in months that the british prime minister has travelled personally to brussels and the importance of the dinner with the european commission president cannot be exaggerated after deadlock in the technical negotiations the hopes of salvaging a trillion dollar a year trading relationship now rested on political compromise firstly over the etiquette of face masks. on caucus. night it was. just outside the commission building the union flag was hosted for the 1st time since january but when boris johnson's motorcade departed 3 hours later the assessment from the u.k. side was downbeat significant obstacles and very large gaps remain said

a spokesman unclear whether these can be bridged live on the lane statement described a lively and interesting discussion but also admittedly clear understanding that the positions remain very far apart because 18 teams have been asked to reconvene in one last effort to find common ground but on sunday a firm final decision will be made promises questions from sir both sides have political red lines and compromise is difficult before travelling to brussels boris johnson had faced a restless session of parliament when i can say is that this country will be ready for whether we have a canadian. solution and there will be jobs created in this country throughout the whole of the u.k. not just in spite of the rhetoric but because a breakthrough understand elaine is also under intense pressure to protect the integrity of the e.u. single market. they currently stand outside of especially we need a level playing field and not just fits

a day but for tomorrow and the next day we need agreements on how each side can react when the other side changes its legal parameters otherwise it will result in unfair competition and we won't let this happen to our businesses. but future proofing a level playing field between the 2 is challenging the e.u. is adamant that britain can't continue to have free access to the single market if it also wants to divert should be used and it's a rules but britain is equally insistent that the e use attempt to block the u.k. to european rules is an unacceptable infringement of sovereignty analysts see the need for compromise on both sides it will have to understand torts country does not have 100 percent of the market access can also not take over. a lot of that use rules that it needs to have a lot of regulatory freedom but it's very much on the at right now and it all depends on boris johnson whether he's willing to make the compromises that are required european leaders and heads of state arrive here in brussels later on

thursday for the final european council summit of the year no clearer as to what the trading arrangement with the u.k. will be just 3 weeks from now and even if a deal can somehow miraculously be struck before january the 1st ratification obvious is highly unlikely in that kind of time scale it's a messy end to a very messy year paul brennan al-jazeera brussels well breaks it is just one of the problems being discussed for the e.u. leaders summit in brussels that's ongoing 1st in friday also on the to do list sorting out a coordinated response to covert 19 their relationship with turkey in a budget crisis which is isolated poland and hungary let's cross over to step fasten who's following events joining us live from amsterdam and step so yes not just breaks it on the agenda lots of differences to be bridged elsewhere what's top of the pile. absolutely these are really

tough times for the european union and now also this no deal direct it is looming and maybe even increasingly possible after this general talks not really made any progress what's on the table mostly today is the budget there's a 2 trillion dollars budget and recovery fund for corona effect on the table it's been blocked for a while for a couple of months already by hungry and poland because there is an important condition set by certain northern european countries under the leadership of the netherlands saying that countries who want this money you need to have this rule of law they have to abide by the democratic principles here in the european union and hungary and poland are sad not to abide by these principles any longer especially if you look at the legal system in and hungry and poland and also the freedom of press but there has been a compromise in the making let by germany in the last couple of days and there is

now a compromise draft on the table saying that this rule of law will still be in place which is important for these not on countries but there won't be any sanctions at the moment basically they can apply and they can appeal to this rule at the highest court in europe which could take another 2 years before any sanctions would be applied so basically both parties have this compromise but it will still be discussed during this summit and the netherlands has already said this is the bare minimum soldado want to make any more concessions if concessions are being asked by hungary and poland and this budget is so important not only because the southern countries in europe are really suffering of course from the corona. pandemic and they really want this money fast it's also connected to important. principles and emission cuts that the european union wants to take and has sat to take next few

months 50 percent of emission cuts are on the table and they only a going to be implemented if the budget is being improved approved so these 2 days here are very crucial and also if you are things of course on the table but this is definitely the most important issue plenty to chew over the state thanks very much detest of us reporting there from saddam. no protesters in brazil have appealed to congress to extend emergency financial aid it's been a lifeline for millions since the start of the pandemic but the government wants to stop it by the end of this month and if you have reports now from rio de janeiro. the idea was to build a makeshift slum overnight in front of brazil's congress a stark reminder that 10000000 brazilians are going hungry and depend on the government's emergency aid to survive the qubit 1000 pandemic but the police made

the protesters take down the boards they were only allowed to set up the 5 metre long table with empty plates and bullets but not for very long. so. this is the brazilian poor receive bullets instead of rice and beans. since the pandemic began brazilian n.g.o.s huge prize has staged peaceful protests meant to cause a visual impact and raise awareness like this graveyard narrows copper cabinet after brazil be few before its 2nd largest tuna buyers hot spot and the new congress clash that says it's the 1st time we're being silenced. people among our friends are there millions of brazilians are unemployed and depend on the government's $60.00 monthly handout which will end in january they'll have no means of putting food on the table nor making their voices heard. it's

a dramatic situation people living in the sometime in the heart of rio de janeiro know too well. was 8 months pregnant lost her job as a store cashier and cannot find another government handouts are her family's only source of income. unemployment rate has reached a record high if we can't work and we start with saving emergency aid how will we survive. until the pandemic geography used to work as a guide taking tourists to the spot that made the sun a slum internationally famous it was here that michael jackson filmed the video of his protest song they don't hear about has. the government already cut the megan's aid by heart i mean while prices in texas have tripled and infections are on the rise again only 4 years after his visit to from michael jackson was painted here on this wall this time fighting the cold good 19 pandemic people here are still living

in poverty but now they're facing the coronavirus unemployment and then uncertain future with the possible end of the government's financial they say michael jackson song they don't care about us could not do more contemporary monocle are not here for all just sirrah rio de janeiro facebook has been has with lawsuits from the federal trade commission and almost every us state they cure is the online company of using a bio berry strategy to snuff out rivals and as carla explains facebook could end up being forced to sell some prized assets. it's the biggest social media giant in the world with more than 3000000000 uses across its platforms but now facebook's iconic thumbs up is facing a legal sums down the company's stands accused of using illegal tactics to dominate the industry for nearly

a decade facebook has used its dominance and monopoly power to crush smaller rivals and snuff out competition all at the expense of everyday users over the past 15 years it's bought up some 70 companies but it's the purchase of the photo sharing app instagram in 2012 for me a $1000000000.00 followed by the messaging app whatsapp 2 years later that regulators have called into question then i was asking the court to consider breaking it up the federal trade commission and other authorities have tried suits and settlements for money damages against the big tech companies in the past and there's really no amount of money that will change their behavior so there is more to focus on our actual look on our conduct and also on potentially rolling back some of those mergers facebook says the deals were approved at the time and call

the government's argument revisionist history but it's not the 1st time it's come under scrutiny for its practices last year it was fined $5000000000.00 the largest penalty of its kind for previously violations and it's now the 2nd tech giant to face a major legal challenge this year that's after the u.s. justice department sued google for violating competition laws for many of the movies seen as a government crackdown on big tech power and they did a lot to protect these companies so they could no german grow but facebook has grown to such a size that it doesn't need protection by the government any want more and it needs to beat it. and the government's take a closer look because if we do allow monopolies to get this sort of control over the over the the industry then it what it does it stifles competition the lawsuits are the biggest anti trust cases to enter the u.s. courts in more than 2 decades and they're expected to be battled out for years to

come. al-jazeera. so this is a desert these are the top stories and 1st the number of reported u.s. coronavirus deaths past 3000 in one day for the 1st time that exceeds the number killed on september the 11th the world single worst terrorist attack doctors say most of the world's population need not worry about adverse reactions to the pfizer by an tech coronavirus vaccine to health workers in the u.k. suffer allergic reactions to the vaccine.