the legacy of a revolution. join us as we assess the changes in the political landscape of the middle east and north africa. on al-jazeera. 0. 00 i marianna marzio watching the news hour live from london coming up. any bobbies to be married at your face you get the domestic emergency un chief antonio terrorist governments to declare a state of climate emergency as world leaders mark 5 years since the paris agreement was signed the gunman storm a secondary school in northwest nigeria police is still searching for students often many of the reports that many of them are missing. first international aid

convoy reaches the capital of ethiopia's to gray region where weeks of fighting has left health facilities paralyzed and. we worked quickly based on the urgency of this pandemic not because of any other external pressure. us regulate to see to reassure americans of the pfizer vaccine safety despite its rapid approval i'm just an ass with the sport as we build up to the semifinal of the asian champions league and in formula one max 1st stop and a nice miss avies to snatch a red bull at the abu dhabi ground pretty. low welcome to the news hour out top story exactly 5 years after a landmark deal on climate change was signed the u.n. chief is sounding another warning about the future of our planet's untenured

terrorists use the anniversary of the paris accord 'd to plead with world leaders to declare climate emergencies he says it's vital that nations act now for the sake of future generations so negate reports. behind the crisis of a global pandemic another danger is waiting. in the wings the climate emergency fueling global warming and according to the united nations with devastating consequences for humankind if we don't change course we may be headed for a catastrophic temperature rise of more than city degrees the century can anybody still deny that we are facing a dramatic emergency it is why today i call on all of those worldwide to declare a state of climate emergency in their countries until cardinal crowley t. is reached. 5 years on from the launch of the un climate summit when $196.00 countries signed on to prevent the rise in global temperatures the organization is

sounding the alarm of the failures to curb greenhouse gas emissions. less some countries have acted on their commitments others have not one country which has seen the effects of climate change is australia the world's number one exporter of coal its economy is heavily reliant on fossil fuels and over the past 5 years it has moved away from its commitment to cut carbon emissions. in recent years devastating bushfires have ravaged the country set off by record breaking temperatures as well as severe droughts and the us where in the past 4 decades the yearly wildfires in the west have grown 8 times larger the outgoing president donald trump controversially pulled the country out of the accord a policy that left many dismayed yet the commitment by president elect joe biden to

rejoin the accords was welcomed at the virtual summit was a moment we find ourselves in an important moment days after the united states president elect joe biden has expressed his desire to rejoin the paris agreement and i really want to tell our american friends welcome back welcome home the impacts of climate change have been more evident in recent years from melting ice caps to intense hurricanes and rising sea levels while there have been extra efforts to setup green of forms of energy the question will be how leaders deal with the current economic slump caused by the pandemic will they stick to their promises or will economic growth once again take precedence in a world that is experiencing more extreme weather phenomena sun able al-jazeera or scientists say rising temperatures are causing mountains to crumble europe's warmest summers the having

a devastating impact in the french alps why ski resorts are having to close for ventral natasha has this report. striking and majestic the french alps aren't chanting site for thousands of years people have lived and worked in the mountains or simply come to admire them but scientists warn these ancient peaks are crumbling rising temperatures are melting permafrost the frozen soil an ice that holds them together speeding up erosion and triggering dangerous rock falls glaciologist frost manuf says the high vertical rock faces of the alps are particularly vulnerable to changes in temperature in that mockumentary thick we have noticed that in warm periods particularly the last 2 or 3 decades rockfalls have been more frequent than in past colder decades also when the summers are very hot as they were in 20032015 the rock falls happened more often and.

also melting faster than before there are 4000 in the alps chain that spans 7 countries scientists say half will have disappeared by 2050 climate changes also transforming low altitude mountains like those in the photo region in eastern france it's still snowing here every winter inventer on the problem is the snow fall has become less reliable the ski season much shorter so not so why be operated this year has decided to close the resort. duke's grandfather created the ski resorts his family have always run it is odd competed in the olympics shutting the resort down wasn't an easy decision but he says he had no choice he now plans to build a luxury hotel to attract tourists all year round. the ski stations face the same problem because the work you need snow at the right time during the holidays and good weather so it's hard to have all that in a short season we used to have

a bad winter every decade now it's every 3 years so it's impossible to recover. rising temper. choose a forced dozens of ski resorts to close in france in recent years scientists warned that unless more is done to stop climate change snow capped mountains and glistening places may 1 day become things of the past natasha butler al-jazeera venture on live ocean well. as the co-founder of global optimism with christina for garrett's who was the u.n. climate chief when the paris accord was signed he outlined 3 clear steps he said people could take to make a difference. this is the most decisive decade and human history that sounds like an exaggeration to say that but it's really not by 2030 we will either have got on top of this issue or we look lost control of the climatic system so the 1st thing for each of us to do is to decide that we will face this decade with determination and commitment and really be part of making

a difference to see it through and make a change there's a lot of anxiety and fear now but we don't need to give in trying to feel we can trace this with determination and optimism the 2nd thing is to look at your own footprint that can be very significant for individuals and if you look at it in terms of what you can achieve in 10 years particularly those in countries that are emitting the most the industrialized countries you can drive that footprint down very significantly that can have a big impact overall but also it will encourage you to do more and critically the 1st part is how you engage with power each individual needs to look at their roles in their lives as a citizen as a voter as an investor as a somebody who purchases goods and services as an employee and engage with power in all of those ways to actually exert some influence and demand that while we can we get on top of this issue now to nigeria police there are searching for missing students after attackers armed with assault rifle stormed a secondary school

a large number of gunmen on motorbikes attacked the boarding school in can car districts in the northwest in katsina state late on friday one officer was shot during an hour long gun battle between the military and the gunman about 800 students attend that school many of them ran away when the attack began and police say that 200 have since returned but police and the defense force on are trying to establish how many students are still missing earlier i spoke to solder the editor of the katsina post in nigeria's region and he says that local people in the area have been targeted for the past 6 years but not like this. attack of this magnitude of. abuse who. own a loot group that is probably will but is. of value openness and take your. children and

then let her. do mine. well i'm now joined by dr obi as a quick silly a foreman i jerry an education minister and the co convener of the international bring back our girls campaign course it was formed in 2014 after nearly 300 students were kidnapped from and i chairing gul school joins us on the line now from nigeria's capital abuja 1st of all i wanted to ask you if there is anything you can tell us about the students and how many of them have been reported missing i have locked into to tell you what some of the media. are saying that right now everyone is still waiting on the federal government to tell us exactly what all of this tragedy has there been any information from the federal government have they been can you think why there might have been

a delay in getting more details about the circumstances surrounding the attack. i well i don't think anyone generally surprised that there's any delay because this is a federal government that does not have the habit of tellin anything to tourists people were not surprised that it's on for years after. the that cheap you know 2 years after the dept girls were taken some 6 years after the chibok girls were taken we have this level of up doctrine that is not very clear in the minds of the people yet and we don't see a very effective management of the early days of this tragedy by our government so it's not surprising it is the way that government has

carried it on its anti-terrorism effort it has not been effective in transparently communicating happenings to citizens can you tell us more about how the government has handled this. because i know that you are very closely linked to the chibok girls but of course nigeria's northwest as been suffering from violence in organized crime what can you tell us about how the federal and state governments have responded to this violence i think that they have been mostly in effect short and for rates to be that. we have a little jaw tragedy of up doc as the media is say in hundreds and hundreds of students once again in the country is an indication that we learned

no lessons from the previous tragedies there is something called the cisco initiative this government should ask itself how seriously it has taken that initiative has it matter to this government that children who still place the feet in education and go to schools even live in body in houses are deserving of full protection from the government once again we have this digital well we'll see employer rents ryan which such be term is so hot in a country that keeps repeating its tragedies there's nothing that this government has done effectively to build confidence in the minds of the citizens

and the same on mental shame all right thank you for sharing your thoughts with us a former nigerian education minister doctor of the as a quest say joining us. oh now the 1st international aid has arrived in the capital of ethiopia has 10 gray region since fighting 1st started between the government and the region's leaders a convoy of trucks from the red cross is distributing desperately needed medicine and other supplies tough battles in the city of macallan which have been paralyzed by the recent conflict alexy o'brien reports. precious cargo carefully packed and headed for may calais a city that's been cut off from international help for weeks inside these boxes is aid made since surgical supplies and disinfectants. has been unable to function of the. drugs and supplies for over a month now they are dealing with a large number of trauma patients but also their. chronic care patients delivering

babies mechelle a is the capital of ethiopia's northern to cry region that became the frontline and a power struggle between the central government and regional authorities. ethiopia's army says it's captured nicolay and declared victory forces from the to gripe people's liberation front say they're still fighting back each regards the other as illegal and the conflict has threatened to destabilize the country and its neighbors was more than 50000 refugees have sought shelter across the border and sit down many terrified and traumatized. and more evidence is emerging of mess killings in the region this man tells of a message in the town of may khadra november so now after the fighting began. they just hid any body they slaughtered them with knives they cut them here with a machete there was so much killing

a saw about 300 to 400 people who with did it and then this video said to show the aftermath of the attack which refugees like to blame on the military ethiopia's government though says to gray and forces were behind it. an informal group of youths. who were supported by militias and police they staged that harks but having said that i would also like to point out. as i said earlier reports that we've so far released preliminary nature. last month prime minister ahmed denied any civilians had been killed by his forces during the operation. but some analysts suggest thousands of people have died it's hard to confirm what's actually happening the government's restricted access to the region and there's been a communications blackout rights groups are calling for an independent investigation and say while this 1st convoy of international aid to to gras is

a step forward it's not enough they warn of an all out humanitarian crisis both in ethiopia and across the border look at and i hope we don't have any plans for the future everything we worked for is now useless we are just a sleeping on the ground without even a change of clothes life for these people is on hold and they feel scared and far from home. brian al-jazeera with the news hour live from london much more still ahead on the program from hong kong to sol how cities and countries across asia cup in with a resurgence of coronavirus cases and that is why the voters have their say on president the duros rule in an unofficial poll by the opposition. a transport went to swimmers in estonia looking to break records and ward off coronavirus as well.

that of the u.s. food and drug administration is working to reassure americans that the pfizer biotech vaccine is safe while the centers for disease control has recommended the vaccine be rolled out for people aged 16 and upwards the u.s. reported more than 230000 new cases on friday and more than 2700 deaths officials hope distribution of the vaccine from monday will provide relief to hospitals overrun with coronavirus admissions the united states is the west a country with almost 60000000 infections and 296000 of it related deaths but this vaccine met the f.d.a. as rigorous standards for quality safety and efficacy science and data guided the f.d.a. decision we worked quickly based on the urgency of this pandemic not because of any other external pressure this decision was based on the strongest scientific

integrity and i am so proud of the work that our career scientists have done while our federal partners are already taking steps to distribute this vaccine we remind the public to remain vigilant as an occupation will take time my canner is live for us now washington so comments there about the process taking some time but how quickly can we expect to see the rollout actually stop. well it will begin arriving in certain states on monday we heard from a good staff person he's the general who's the chief operating officer of operation warp speed he says that the 1st 145 sites that have by and identifying will receive the vaccines on monday another $425.00 sites will receive that on tuesday and then the remainder of the more than $600.00 locations that have been identified will receive the doses on wednesday now the initial amount of doses is $2900000.00

then in $21.00 days another $2900000.00 will be sent out for the 2nd to follow up shot this is a 2 injection procedure all these doses are being exported from the prize a lab in kind of a zoo and michigan they are being transported by truck in some cases guarded trucks and by aircraft this is what general. has to say. i expect the 1st shipments to arrive monday morning extensive coordination. ensure that this occurs we work with pfizer mckesson u.p.s. . federal and local law enforcement agencies to ensure safety and security of the vaccine make no mistake distribution has begun right now boxes are being packed and loaded with vaccine with emphasis on quality control.

now a very important part of the process is that in the course of the day the centers for disease control has rubberstamp the if the emergency use procedure so that has now all in place the c.d.c. recommendation that people over the age of 16 receive the injection and it has identified 21000000 health care workers along with 3000000 residents of a long term care facilities as the 1st recipients of this vaccine thank you from washington mike hanna of course getting people to actually accept the vaccination the united states could be tricky despite donald trump's support for it a royce's ipsos poll this month said only 61 percent of americans are open to getting the vaccine at a 4 point drop since a poll in may to me bill gates and melinda gates were mccue 80 percent of the

population and may even announce to you're going to do through the vaccines i would say the vaccine is going to be more deadlier than the room and. you know we're not retaken. athletes sometimes it's just. i don't think i am full. i don't know why. it has this no a lot of people. i think. think you leave it up to people discretion if they want to take it that's up to them it's like demands. and theirs is to me it's a cover up for. dr eric a final thing as an epidemiologist and health economist at the have a chance school of public health joins us by skype from washington so the vaccine rollout is imminent but what are your concerns about the proportion of the share of

americans that will actually accept the vaccine. that's a good question having to be here obviously back some hesitancy is a great worry because as many of us said the anti masters of today are that your facts are tomorrow and this misinformation there's so active misinformation campaign out there actually and this is very worrisome now the number of people who said guilty correct seat has actually inched up so that's actually good and all the polls are actually were taken much earlier for we had the 95 percent as you can see and the f.d.a. approval u.k. approval in canadian approval so with all the scientific courts and experts i think that george you people will state the backseat but as any person in public and those it's ultimately about seen crow graham roll out this saves lives not just

the vaccine itself so the o.b.o. the war of hearts and minds in addition to just pure science that. we were just hearing from a few people that are getting a sense of where the views lie that perhaps on the more extreme side of the spectrum but what goes through your mind when you hear people say that it's one big conspiracy theory that a vaccine is more deadly than the virus itself of course is no telling very difficult say how widespread those views are but how damaging could that be. it is very damaging and i think those are absolutely patently false because this vaccine is safe and they're only avarice the facts seem and these trials were equally tween the vaccine the placebo which means the backseat had nothing to do with it whatsoever this vaccine is safe and it saves lives we have

record number of bodies of body bags and hospitalizations those numbers are not some numbers you can just make up for real from the air these are real deaths and these are this is a real crisis that we have our hands and as this guest worse in certain ways i hope people realize that this is more real than ever and i'm fighting against misinformation is something we all have to actively do and tell our viewers please take a backseat it will save your lives and allow our children to go back to school earlier and if they don't the implications for head of minutes will. well herd immunity remember they're hurting him you recently it's a vaccine strategy is not a natural infections actually earn it's always a public call backs you scratchy in which is 7580 percent of people are vaccinated then the remaining 20 percent or so are protected but until that happens

no more the herd immunity fact is very very minimal if any existed at all below that threshold so we've we've had a lot of infections but we're not anywhere near 70 percent of the people infected in the vaccine is better then natural infection vaccine provides more robust immunity then infection so avoid the risks and have better immunity and taking the back seat thank you for joining us on the news out to eric fi golding from the the chance school of public health meanwhile elsewhere in the well several asian countries are now reporting a rise in the number of cried a virus cases after initial success in containing it spread large city looks at what's behind this. everyone living in this

apartment block in quaalude bay hong kong has to take a coronavirus test after the building reported at least 7 confirmed cases of covert 19. earlier this week hong kong banned evening dining at restaurants and ordered gyms beauty salons and message palace to shut in a bid to contain a 4th wave of corona virus infections the government has also set up temporary testing stations where people can get tested for free. both the government and citizens are responsible for the outbreaks some people are too selfish and continue to organize social activities illegally he's also the government's fault all troubles from overseas should be under full compulsory quarantine. hong kong isn't the only place that seen a resurgence in corona virus cases in asia is battling a 3rd way the country largely avoided a massive outbreak because of strict early lockdowns but following a local election in sabah state in late september malaysia started recording

a rise in daily cases last month hostels that housed workers for a glove manufacturer were locked down after more than 2000 workers tested positive for code that 19 health officials say the number of daily new cases is likely to remain high as they expand screening on migrant workers authorities have also reopened a temporary foreign team and sweetman center just outside of quality to deal with the includes in south korea authorities are building temporary hospitals and shipping containers as a 3rd wave of coronavirus cases threatens to overwhelm medical facilities many experts believe even with the vaccine available it will take a while before normal life can resume right now there's limited vaccines. we also don't really know if that. transmission. in the. in the early stages we were pretty good at saying i think leave the vaccines that it will

decrease a severe disease but well no it will stop the transmission in the early stages of still to my mind it did not answer the question but authorities are keen to reopen albeit with precautions the thai government recently said all nationalities can apply for a tourist visa a huge 10 on an earlier stipulation that only those from low risk countries can apply it's even allowing big countdown events to take place on new year's eve florence louis al-jazeera poor. with the news hour live from london still ahead 25 years of holding that horses were promised a better life after the bosnian war thousands are still waiting to gun. rights in the past to the point eva ships to protect its waters from foreign fishing in the event of an ideal price at. and american space john mccain a chef from the times the giant slalom for the 1st time in 11 months jan of general

will be here to tell you how she got on. there was still got some rather stormy weather across central parts of the mediterranean that's all going to shift its way little further east as we go through the next couple days and things will turn more mobile into western parts is because it's a bunch of cloud and rain started to slide their way through a little ridge of high pressure keeping things quiet for the u.k. briefly before the next weather system gradually pushes so but this area of high pressure down towards the southwest it will dominate across western parts of the mediterranean quieten things down here it's been rather lively recently over towards the east and indeed in kiev we had some a rather tricky conditions long spell of rain followed by clear skies and some snow and you say this forward. and having a bit of trouble making any progress judy icy conditions that resulted about 170

towns were affected by the ice here and it did lead to major power outages and it is a difficult to conditions also there on the roads things snow changing too much over the next couple of days still some right around say further conditions on the cards for kiev as we go on through sunday but it should turn a little drive a little clearer as we go through monday the snowmaking as well little further north what's nice is for these to sort of the mediterranean pretty wet here over the next couple of days with the possibility of flooding for many. of the. building a new life on any beach living off the sea. a dream she had my send money that says if you make it a reality check. a family business led by a remarkable woman with a from

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talking back that lines now the u.n. secretary general has 2 world leaders to declare climate emergencies in that country's antonia the terrorist was speaking at the virtual climate ambition summit marking the 5th anniversary of the paris climate accord. in all the headlines nigerian police and soldiers are searching for missing students off the gunman on motorbikes attacked a boarding school late on friday in northwest at ciena state there are reports the military has exchanged fire with the attack is in a forest while trying to rescue some of the students and then the head of the u.s. drug regulator is working to reassure americans of the 5 is a biotech vaccine is safe country that's been hardest hit by covered 19 is preparing to roll out the vaccine imminently. well in all the developments us president on trump says the supreme court let the country down by dismissing a legal case to overturn election results in 4 states it deals

a potentially fatal blow to trump's quest to reverse joe biden's victory in the november election the case was brought by the state of texas seeking to change the results in 4 states won by biden but the supreme court refused to take up the matter president claims the court has 0 interest in the merits of what he describes as the greatest forward ever perpetrated on the u.s. . well as thousands of trump supporters have been out demonstrating in washington d.c. to denounce the election result it's just 2 days until the electoral college votes to confirm joe biden's victory hundreds of protesters will black and yellow the colors of the proud boys a group that's been classified as a white supremacist group by law enforcement. now a journalist with more than a 1000000 social media follower follow as has been executed in iran. was convicted of fueling anti-government unrest it founded ahmad news a populist social media channel iranian authorities accused of several crimes

including using his bottom to violence during nationwide protests in 201720188 was captured by the revolutionary guard last year while living in exile. now to hong kong where media tycoon and pro-democracy activist to me lies appeared in court to face charges of violating a controversial national security little lie was seen at a courthouse in handcuffs and chains he was detained this month and denied bail police accused of colluding with foreign forces law is the publisher of apple daily which is seen as the last media outlet critical of the government if convicted he could face life in prison now 25 years after the bosun in war tens of thousands of displaced people still can't return to their homes the economy is crippling their lives but for many leaving is not an option there's little left where they came from tiny but we visited a camp near. where people are still fighting for

a better life. time has stood still in parts of rural bosnia to make a living these men have to scavenge for low grade discarded coal the way they did 100 years ago they were promised a better life that 25 years after the war ended they are still suffering they are the forgotten in 1905 the settlement at the age of vets near benefits sea in northeast bosnia was meant to provide temporary accommodation the roof leak there is no insulation and the living conditions are cramped other sickly or they're not and everyone is promising us that they will get better but nothing is getting better yeah where we are like cattle stuffed and these buildings had 0 was wounded by a serb shell instructor needs her brother and several cousins were killed she knits socks to sell for a dollar a pair she's one of more than $7000.00 internally displaced bosnians who have largely been forgotten and. they have been forgotten by the government small

children who came to the temporary collective centers have remained in them and they're having their own children in the now it's unbelievable how much time has passed and they're thill in the same horrible situation local authorities say they are working to improve the living conditions of all those who've been displaced and projects are in the pipeline but so far nothing has been done another approximately 90000 displaced people have found their own accommodation because they haven't been able to return to their homes even though the dayton peace agreement stipulated the right of return for everyone. else i think it is unsafe to go back to srebrenica especially for the children i was a child when the one genocide happened i experience so many horrible things i would never want my children to experience what i did 78 year old fighter all of which wasn't scared her husband was among the 8000 muslim men and boys from strabane eats are executed by the serbs the village of qana which polly was overrun 27 years ago

and she had to flee but she won the right to return to her. house although she says she suffered several beatings from the serbs she also won a legal case for the also looks church built on her land to be demolished but servile thought is have so far not complied with the court order you'll realize some plan out. i sued the orthodox church when i returned here but nobody wanted to help me establish my rights i tried so hard and it took 5 years for me to win in court i received threats from the serb side this community like most in bosnia expected so much more when the war ended but after 25 largely fruitless years the lies of hardy improved and with the political paralysis and the economic stagnation many are either choosing to leave or want to leave official figures show that 1800000 balls didn't have left the country but leaving isn't easy for the poor here they have to stay and fight for a better life tony berkeley al-jazeera years averts camp northeastern bulls year.

now to venezuela where voting is wrapping up in a referendum organized by the opposition leader why does venezuelans inside and outside the country have had since monday to vote on whether they want to end the commitment arrows rule and hold new elections but the move has no actual legal effect present there as governing party overwhelmingly won congressional elections on sunday with more than 68 percent of the vote elections are boycotted by the opposition who say they want free verifiable or transparent. so joining us now is latin america at a city see anyone who's following this story from chile's capital santiago what is opposition to one trying to accomplish this. what i think why though is trying to accomplish along with other opposition leaders is a statement that and a price for help. particularly aimed at the international community they want the

world to see that they need more pressure to be brought to bear on the government for example finding ways to block the assistance that countries like iran and russia and china are giving it has to be able to sidestep the u.s. and other international sanctions and so this is the sort of thing they're calling for they know that this election that they. that that door there or referendum if you like that they're calling for is not going to really change anything but both the election that they're to hold in which actually the constitution does allow it to exist but it hasn't been recognized by the electoral bodies inside venezuela and the election that took place last sunday held by the government to bring up to elect rather a new legislative assembly are being questioned they're being challenge the legitimacy of that so a lot of this has to do with public opinion i spoke to the lopez he is one of the

main opposition leaders he escaped from his way large just a little less than 2 months ago and he is in colombia right now nashton precisely that what is the point of doing a referendum a holding a referendum that the government will recognize. this is a constitutional right given this sort of people have and the idea behind this is to gather popular support over this where inside and outside our territory to support 1st last sunday there was a fraud. or commitment to have free and fair presidential elections and 3rd is a message for the international community that we need all the pressure we need all the support in order to reach freedom and free and fair elections in venezuela so the idea is to organize mobilize and promote the active consciousness of the venezuelan people everywhere in the world in venezuela and outside to gather around

a common objective what else can the international community do short of an invasion to dislodge last minute there's a lot more that can be done a lot more pressure diplomatic pressure the use of sanctions with a strategic focus the political pressure the pressure to isolate my daughter us what it is a criminal mother who has been recognized by the u.n. and also by the i.c.c. the international criminal court responsible for committing crimes against humanity and huge violations against human rights of millions of venezuelans so i believe that there is a lot more that can be done and i can tell you something to sierra that we will continue to go forward we will continue to do whatever it takes in order to promote freedom and free elections in venezuela because we don't have another option and the other option is to surrender and we won't surrender you just spoke about unity

not just of the international community but also amongst the venezuelan people and of course the opposition forces and we've all heard the comments by and we can company list suggesting that the time for an interim government has passed and it's failed to do what it was supposed to do and in fact the list says that there is really no leadership now in the opposition well how do you respond to that well i respond with the facts the facts are that in all the opinion polls in venezuela the person that has the highest level of support. and above any other leader in venezuela from any sector is one where you will and that's a reality but beyond the personal support that he has from the venezuelan people he holds the legitimacy of being the interim president with one mandate to promote free and fair elections i'd like to end by asking you what do you think will happen

to one by the law come january 5th where you will continue to be interim president and i have spoke with him about this many times about the risks of him going to prison and being detained because it has been public the threat that nicola smolder and others focused in. against one where you and i can tell you that he's willing to take the risk and he will continue to take the risk he will not leave venezuela and i believe that after today after the council. he will gather popular support he will gather unity of all the political sectors and civil society and also of the international community to continue to organize and to lead or effort to have freedom and free and fair elections in venezuela so obviously a lot of enthusiasm there from leopoldo lopez lucy about how successful does this referendum appear to be in. one bible

or said a short while ago that millions of venezuelans had taken part in this referendum both in venezuela and abroad online or in person whether they are not there and we it's that many people we don't know yet but there were long * lines in color in venezuela however abroad and here in chile and in colombia which has the largest ex-pat community in the world the venezuelans their lines were pretty pretty slim and there didn't seem to be a lot of people who even knew about this referendum so it's hard to tell again this is symbolic will happen they really just want the world to see what's happening and to come to their aid thank you very much and that america and it's a lucy and human thank you to sierra. 4 british navy ships have been put on standby in case for exit trade talks and with austan deal gosh ations between the u.k. and e.u. are ongoing but sunday's deadline is fast approaching versions as the patrol ships will be ready on new year's day to help protect persons' waters one of the main

sticking points is where the european fisherman will still have access to waters off the u.k. coast british authorities warn they'll impound all foreign fishing boats on the existing rules expire on new year's eve and this is the situation on the english side of the border with france have been long queues of trucks near the english channel in the past week no deal will mean brand new tariffs that's going to businesses on both sides many companies are trying to rush goods and food through from europe before the transit before the transition period ends on december 31st you're still with the news hour live from london the build up to the semifinal of the asian champions league that's coming up with gemma in this or. did you chairing the lockdown some people managed to decipher one of the biggest riddles in the u.s. criminal history. the true confessions or the never between your money or

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for now it gemma thanks mariam we start with formula one and red bull's eye max the stock will stop from pole position a facade and they lost grumpy of the season in abu dhabi the dutchman snatched top spot in qualifying from the sadie's vacherie of the test 2nd and watch out of interest how listen if this happens fast bowlers the ses and just 800th of a 2nd separated the top 3 with hamilton denied a record extending 99th career poll on his return from corona virus. that was quite a tricky qualifying in the beginning you know to get your left especially if it's destroyed to last the terminator so many corners when you can make a mistake but they are lucky everything came in together in the final lap. is the

same in the difficult weekend though it's a just getting back into rhythm even though it's only a couple of weeks off it just felt like you've lost that momentum and really struggled so far to the bounce this weekend still i gave it my all and you know the definitions to max it's a way for him to seal the to the year the year of their performance we're going to give him a good healthy good run for the money tomorrow. in the english premier league the manchester dobby between united and city ended in a golden stroll united were awarded a penalty in the 2nd half when marcus rushed it was found out the decision was reversed by v.a.r. when you're showing to be offside in the buildup it was a pretty uneventful game other than that with just 4 shots on target in the whole match united a 7th one point cliff city in 8 thousands of football fans gathered in the a tally in city of intended to pay their last respects it's a paolo rossi he's funeral has taken place there the former it's a strike a played

a huge part in helping his country win the 1982 world cup and his coffin was carried to the cathedral by his teammates from that side he won the golden ball and golden bay to that tournament 38 years ago as well as to syria as titles at the european cup and the cop it's how it was eventis rossi died on thursday at the age of 64 following a long illness. that is so now we saw each other sometimes but it did not have the fortune to know him so well i remember images of him during the 1982 world cup i was very young so i don't remember much but those pictures are part of our history he was our hero and we will never forget him. now to the asian champions league semifinal taking place in cattle on high and i play this by on sunday to decide who will be crowned champions of the east and say there's been a late change of venue as david states reports. the in-form team in the east training in the desert sun olson who are the favorites heading into sunday's

champions league semifinal the south koreans have won all 7 of their games since touching down in qatar where the tournament is being held inside a bio secure bubble and now standing in their way is the japanese side. but colored little or no words necessity we need to perform to get the title the players know how important the win is and we all prepared very well so we want to show our quality. also and have scored more goals than any other team in the competition 18 all together including this stunning effort from brazilian junior growl he got both goals in the quarter final win over beijing to keep them on track for a 2nd champions league title. things were a lot tighter for vessel kobe to squeeze through 76 on penalties against the c one blue wings spanish world cup when andres iniesta scored one of them but the thought strain is likely to rule that big a star out on sunday nevertheless his team mates remain confident they can get the

job done without him. i. was across it of our target is to be champions so it does not matter who we play against of course we know they are tough and strong too and what we have to believe in ourselves. everyone knows that also on our strong team but our preparation is not just about yesterday and today we have been preparing for this since we were in japan sunday's game was originally supposed to be played at the algae new 2022 world cup stadium but it's been moved to preserve the pitch for the final of the champions league on december 19th when the winner will face the western zone champions persepolis ever run david stokes al-jazeera. patrick rate is still on track to become the 1st american to win the biggest prize in europe ingolf the race to dubai is in a 3 way tie for the lead of the season ending well top championship thanks to shots like this victory will see every finish as the top player in europe and i have

$2000000.00 in england's at least westwood at just one shot behind and hill take the prize if he wins the tournament as more countries approve the pfizer coronavirus vaccine the world anti-doping agency has reassured athletes they won't be breaking doping rules by having it what it says it has no reason to believe that jab opposes an anti doping risk but they'll continue to monitor ingredients as vaccines are approved the head of what office except says he'll leave it up to the athletes to decide if they should have it or not all one thing is i'm not sure that it is for sport to be crashing the case for fit young people are i would like on the other hand were in the act does become available at the right moment the opportunity to make use of it they do but are not mandated to be some athletes will take it. you know the speed with which the vaccine has come together and all the things that the rest of the population are are grappling with some swimmers in

a stony a trying an altogether different way of warding off the current virus $505.00 of them braved the near freezing waters of the baltic sea to set a new world record for the largest winter swimming relay and lasted for nearly 5 hours and covered a distance of 12.6 kilometers with each participant swimming 25 meters the oldest person who took part was 83 years old and had a little bit more flamboyant than your average woman kept has to be said but it wasn't all in the name of fun for some people. i do this i bike i run outside i eat garlic sauerkraut all things that estonians eat and this is the way you keep your immune system up not by sitting at home wearing masks depress you need to be out you need to get fresh called air that's that's how you build your immune system 100 percent i believe that i'm not going would i haven't been sick this year at all because you're doing this your body is actually making

extra white blood cells so if a virus comes in hits it gets attacked by more white blood cells or kill the virus smart thing to do. sticking with winter sports an american ski style mckayla shifrin finished 4th in her 1st giant slalom race in 11 months schifrin is the 2018 olympic champion in a discipline last race the event in january will the death of her father and the current of ours and have it which ended last season saturday's race in the french resort of course of out was won by lost at the scene no italian clinched her 2nd straight giat giant slalom win of the season in the men's super g. invalid is that america have yet so got his 1st world cup win at the age of $32.00 he'd made his debut in the event 12 years ago but it wasn't until saturday that he found himself on top of the podium with a time let's finish with the freestyle world cup which is in sweden this week frances berry in the force made it 2 wins from 2 in the women's moguls the 22 year old already looking likely to defend her well title the far as also the olympic

champion having taken gold in 2018 that is all of us for now great thank you so much gemma will now many of us spend down baking bread or trying to learn a new language may be eating a lot like myself but 3 amateur sleuths put that time to better use a cracked and encrypted letter by the infamous zodiac killer 340 character coded letter was mailed to the san francisco chronicle by the serial killer in 1969 the killer was never actually caught mudded 5 people in a string of us souls that terrorized the san francisco bay area the f.b.i. confirmed the claim by australian mathematician dr samuel blake and 2 cryptologist from the u.s. and belgium part of the message reads i hope you're having lots of fun in trying to catch me giving any further clues to his identity. it was such

a long shot we tried several 100000 encrypt ways of solving the software and just by chance we happened to sort of stumble upon a fragment of of how it could be solved and using that fragment we reverse engineer the toss aleutian and got the entire message out from the i'm not an expert on what the zodiac had to say are i managed to help to to get that message out. it doesn't reveal his identity it doesn't give a lot of clues to his identity i think more what it does is the the method that he was able to use to create that that sought. to help track down who he is l. that 70 is hour but i'll be back with another full bonus and for you very short including all the latest on that call from the united nations for countries to declare climate emergencies in that country have that story in just a few moments. to

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frank assessments you've got colleagues on the ground in the canaries what is the situation there's only one doctor and one nurse for $2200.00 people informed opinions how big does foreign policy figure in the early stages of this race 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 the vaccine when there's no money and all the rest of rich countries are fighting for it inside story on al-jazeera from the ounces here in london total costs and tax t.v. special guests in conversation i am killed because of colonialism unprompted it's fun interrupted there's a sense of why i must but i'm still having some legitimacy in terms of spreading the knowledge and technology meet. preparations for something more new mentally horrific past slavery studio unscripted on al-jazeera

the u.s. is always open for the people the world people pay attention to what this one here now does it is very good to bring the news to the world. again anybody still deny that we are facing get the domestic emergency. un chief antonio terrorist governments to declare a state of climate emergency as world leaders mark 5 years since the paris agreement was signed. allowing mariam i.z. and london you're watching al-jazeera coming up on the program parents remove their children off to a boarding school in northwest nigeria was stormed by gunman police is searching for students reported missing. first international.