mr britling one of singapore's most beloved tradition its famous straight story the bad days when east investigates. innovate to survive on al-jazeera. this is al-jazeera. hello and welcome i'm peter w. watching the news live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes an emergency lockdown in germany in plans of a christmas shutdown in denmark as european nations struggle with a rising number of corona virus infections and deaths. infections on the rise in the besieged gaza strip but the israeli blockade has made the outbreak worse. a french court hands jail terms to 14 people linked to the 2015 attack on the challis

of those satirical magazine and the jewish supermarket. fear and anxiety among parents of more than 330 children kidnapped by nigeria's book program fighters non-fan hummus and i have all the support. post world this is the. last one of photo houthi 2038 in games the cattery capital will be staged in the event for the 2nd time. ok let's get going the world health organization says the coronavirus pandemic could worsen in europe early next year right now several e.u. countries including the netherlands and germany are struggling to contain rising numbers of infections and deaths many are introducing new restrictions over christmas from london join a whole begins our coverage. no one is expecting

a normal christmas least of all those who've lost loved ones to the pandemic in london grieving relatives accused boris johnson's government of mishandling its response and demanded a public inquiry to see my father michael who died 8 months ago tomorrow we were hoping that by now lessons would have been learnt they have not been tested cases not right and that's very clear mistakes keep being made the government refuses to admit to any mistakes if one doesn't reflect on one's mistakes how can they be corrected there are concerns that the government is about to bungle christmas as well with warnings from the medical and scientific communities about the deadly consequences of plans to relax restrictions so that families can meet they've provoked a change of advice not a change of plan a smaller christmas is going to be a safer christmas and a shorter christmas is a safer christmas when we say 3 households can meet on for days

i want to stress that these are maximums not targets to aim for. the u.k. is not heading into the gloom alone germany has gone into a strict lockdown after previous restrictions failed to bring infection numbers down on wednesday the country reported a record number of deaths. it's very strange i don't know what these politicians want to do. and now all of a sudden we have to quickly. we don't know what they're doing. in italy meanwhile they've been warnings of a national tragedy after the country statistics bureau said that deaths this year would be the highest since world war 2 the government says it's considering small adjustments to the current restrictions critics feel much more is required many european countries are planning to begin a vaccine rollout by the end of december pending approval by the european medicines

agency light at the end of the tunnel but the tunnel still has some way to go. ok that's the picture out of london live now to brussels let's find out what's going on across other parts of europe me barker is our correspondent there in the belgian capital for us here on the news hour so nieve you got some news for us out of denmark how are they dealing with this. multiple countries across europe you're seeing different approaches to the level of restrictions that should be introduced denmark is one country that introduced a partial lockdown in a handful of states a few weeks ago and is in creasing ramp that up to the this announcement that was given by metro fredrickson the danish prime minister she said that on december the 25th christmas day they will be a full nationwide lockdown until january the 3rd but ahead of that all shopping malls will be closed from thursday and obviously that's

a huge blow for businesses that were trying to reach cooper an awful lot of the losses of the past few months ahead of christmas day a similar situation in the netherlands they have started a 5 week long lockdown as well the closure of schools and nurseries and non-essential stores and as you heard there from jonah in his report there is very much the looming prospect that in italy given the rising figures there given the fire that italy has now eclipse the u.k. as having the highest death toll in europe as a result of covert that new very tight restrictions will be in place very soon but of course one of the biggest impacted countries in europe is germany that has moved from bloc down lights the like to restrictions of that introduced last month including the closure of leisure facilities and bars and restaurants to lock down hard which began today which includes the closure of schools and nurseries and not

a cent central stores all because the figures are going very much in the wrong direction for the past 11 days there has been at death toll of more than 400. on a daily basis as a result of coven numbers getting bad as well we think in italy as well neve but for the politicians i guess whether they're european politicians in brussels or presidents and prime ministers all over europe a very difficult square to circle for there because people were clearly looking forward to the christmas winter holiday people were banking on something happening but then politicians have to offset that against keeping people alive and stopping the spread of the virus particularly when the numbers are getting so bad that health care systems might be under strain again. well that's the biggest concern across the board that even advanced incredibly advanced health care systems like that it that exists in germany could well be

overrun if there aren't immediate steps to mitigate the problem now and yes it's always been a trade off throughout the whole of this pandemic between protecting the public's health but also maintaining the health of the economy as well and it's been a difficult challenge for governments in the run up to christmas or huge trading period where many businesses were hoping to profit after months and months of not down to they to now tell them look you have to put aside these goals and bear it for the forseeable future in the hope that early next year when the right vaccine starts to reach the general population that we wait we'll be able to ease off and there is of course a light on the horizon because on monday the europeans medicines agency that approves the use of a vaccine is almost certain to give the seal of approval to the byron tech finds a vaccine already approved in the u.k. in the united states we know from the european commission that they intend to allow

this vaccine to be rolled out immediately across all e.u. $27.00 member states is then down to each individual health authority in those respective countries to work out who gets it 1st and how to distribute the vaccine germany though just to give you an idea is hoping that as soon as that vaccine is approved next monday that by the end of the month only 10 days later that they'll be able to vaccinate 4000000 people that's 400000 people a day that is a massive undertaking on the horizon neave maybe some good news towards christmas early january many things need back of there in brussels. well as turn our attention to gaza where health officials are appealing for medical supplies to help contain the outbreak there the perceived gaza strip has reported a new record of 935 new cases in just the last 24 hours a recent rise. as for the straining the health system in a decade of israeli blockade mateus ma is the director of operations of the us the

u.n. agency for palestinian refugees he joins us on skype from gaza city material welcome to the news on why the numbers going in exactly the wrong direction that. well i think like in the hope of the world it's difficult to contact and the virus because it requires public health measures as cheesy go distancing and squaring and in the context of gaza some of this is difficult to implement in the 8 to refugee camps where on road works there is huge older crowding and it's just simply a challenge for people to keep the necessary distance and many people are too poor to afford personal protective equipment including mosques so that's one set of problems and i think a 2nd sentence as as you just reflects it for european countries the difficult balance to strike between the economy and the council that population is the and on

day 88 income and of course the old forties are reluctant to shop things down because that would have a devastating and quick economic impact what kind of medical supplies do you need. well there is right now there are 200 i.c.u. beds at my understanding available in the public hospital and so on that side things are reasonably ok the biggest constraints is testing kits as the world health organization's and others will say that part of the fight against corona is regular testing and contract takes tracing so the biggest constraint is adequate testing kits are those testing kits in the region i mean are they across the border in israel or in another country in the region or is that the testing kits have simply never been made available to gaza. in my understanding it's that makes the

whole thing so they are global shortages that's that's one issue here not everyone in the world needs kids and know that there is global supply issues but then there are also specific issues around gaza and part of it is that look a don't court i must say overall the israeli all 4 of these when it comes to call if you have. goods coming into gaza including testing kits but it is a struggle to ensure a regular supply line was there a point over the past say 306 months when gazan politicians i'm not saying they took their eye off the ball but maybe when they allowed a certain atmosphere of relaxation to percolate through the gaza strip so people didn't feel the need or perhaps the political pressure to add here to the ways that we've all got to behave now. you know i mean i think that there was

a sense here as you made all for the 1st 56 months that the endemic after it became an issue here in this region it back in march gaza was buried in a local outbreak slow the virus was here but it was contained to quarantine centers so essentially it was travelers coming in who had to stay 3 weeks in quarantine and they contained that way and yes i think you know towards the middle of the year people began to relax and some in the old saw refuse also began to relax and sadly then it took the shock in local outbreak cases local transmission cases become acknowledged at the end of dollars screening deals or it is backed into a stricter action. if there was an easing of the israeli blockade of gaza or if there was some sort of dispensation for specific a covert specific easing of the blockade would that be a silver bullet would that be enough or are we now in

a situation was just too little too late. it's a bit speculative of course $100.00 for sure easing the blockade would make it easier to bring in but testing kids i spoke about for sure it would make it much easier and less costly to continue beefing up their capacities in the hospitals through i see. the baby good challenging next question will be vaccines as the world is getting ready for backs the nation of course the question is will gaza get its fair share so that's what when many old rahsaan starting to focus on that is both an issue all things needing to get through the milk aid but also the logistics of the public health system if the vaccines require a cold chain or that's simply not available so broke the 1010 more than 14 years not. every day and that gets market in those terms ok mr small i have no intention

so with my last question that's push you into an area that you maybe didn't feel comfortable talking about but we do really appreciate you talking to us here on the . director of operations up in gaza good to talk to you. thank you very much. turkey has reported a record daily increase in both cases and the turkish health ministry says deaths rose by $240.00 on wednesday raising the total above $17000.00 nearly $2000000.00 total cases have been registered after an increase of 30000 infections so korea is preparing to implement its toughest coronavirus measures yet somewhere south korea reported a record daily number of infections with more than 1000 cases. lots more still to come for you here on the news including iran's supreme leader says hostilities with the us will not end with donald trump's exit from the white house. the u.n. says millions of children in ethiopia don't have access to aid since fighting in tikrit region began last month. and in the sports news football gets ready to take

more action over concerns concussion injuries sanna's here with that story. 14 accomplices to the sharia and france have been found guilty one of the key figures was sentenced to 30 years in prison 17 people were killed over 3 days in 2015 assault began at the satirical magazine which had published cartoons of the prophet mohammed it was followed by the killing of a policewoman and an attack on a jewish supermarket that has the latest from the courtroom in paris. well the judge here the court in paris has been reading out some of the accomplices to these 3 gunmen who carried out the attacks in germany 2015 in paris 2 of the main accomplices one lad who is accused of helping to provide some weapons and made to

look just tickles the port to the gunman at that your supermarket amity. and also. he used of being an accomplice hired boumediene who was the wife of. coulibaly tucker the jury supermarket she actually fled from after tax and she is actually in absentia she's being tried in absentia she is also being found to be one of the main accomplices. a new round of talks aimed at salvaging the 2015 iran nuclear deal that has been announced foreign ministers from iran russia china germany and the u.k. will convene next week iran's supreme leader has suggested the u.s. will remain hostile to iran despite the change in presidency in washington of course mr biden takes over in january a sentiment echoed by the iranian president hassan rouhani. iran. i tell our people if this pressure persists it is from an individual that unfortunately still has a few weeks to go he has been the united states is most lawless president and

hopefully he is leaving we are not excited about mr biden taking office but we are very happy to see trump go he committed so many crimes he's a murder a terrorist he even causes problems when he wants to buy a vaccine he's a man without humanity or moral principles we are very happy that this arrogant man who wasn't committed to any pledges has been toppled. dosage of our is an iranian capital tehran she says timing is everything for the incoming u.s. administration if they want to find a solution. there is a lot of discussion inside iran from various officials we also heard from the supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei who said that if these sanctions are removed they shouldn't hesitate for one second he was pointing to the fact that officials who are in favor of dialogue should continue if that is in the national interest in the best interest of the country we heard also in the past 24 hours from the u.s.

special envoy on iran abrams who said that the united states now has the upper hand given all the pressure the economic pressure that iran is now under they have a chance to really seize this opportunity to force iran into possibly renegotiating this nuclear deal but officials here have said over the past the point of contention that remains on all sides is iran's ballistic missile program and iranians have said that that is absolutely not up for negotiation the iranians have said that they've done everything there and uphold their side of the way they have had inspectors from there i visited 26 military facilities that are outside the nuclear sites they've given access been on announced visits those are things that could possibly come to an end given the fact that the parliament has passed a new bill given the remaining signatories of the 2 month period to remove some of

the sanctions so there is a sense that time is of the essence and there will be a small window for the incoming u.s. administration to try and remedy the situation. ok let's bring in senior fellow in the economics and strategy program of the carnegie endowment for international peace he previously served as state department lead coordinator for that you see. in the administration of barack obama he joins us from washington general blum welcome to the new if the iranians in effect say we will go with this but we have conditions and conditions what is the ministration to them. well i think that that doesn't really describe the messages that have been coming from the various capitals to this point you've had president elect biden very clearly stating reiterate that his preference is a compliance or compliance return to the way you had the europeans the british french and germans make very clear 10 days ago that that's also their preference to get back into the g. c. q in the new deal that other problems and now just this week you've had both the

president and the supreme leader of iran say yes we agree let's get back into the g. c.p.o. a return to the sanctions lifting that was done as per the agreement and then iran will return to compliance as well so i think that that's probably the scenario that people need to be thinking hard about but this seems to be a way of thinking of tehran just in the past couple of hours in is this the way of thinking is look it's 2 fold really area number one we've got multiple sanctions that overlap each other anyway they are in effect precisely the same sanctions but one set of sanctions is pegged to the g. c.p.o. way another set of sanctions is pegged to historical reasons for those sanctions having been imposed by previous administrations and the other strand of thinking is well we're surviving ok at the moment and the economy is actually ok so if you want to come to us this is iran talking to the states if you want to come to us with

diktats on your part bring it on because the status quo is we're doing ok. well so i completely agree with the sentiment that despite the fact that the major protagonists in this the united states iran and europe have all expressed a preference for the same entity which is a compliance for compliance returned at the g c p o a that's not self effectuating that the parties are going to have to figure out a way how to actually make that happen to define what compliance for compliance means to work out the sequence of steps that all of the participants will have to take to get there and that could all be quite complicated. but again it doesn't sound to me like what's coming out of washington in new diktats for iran what's coming out of washington is a desire for a compliance or compliance return to the deal followed by other diplomacy on other issues and what i've heard come out of iran over just the last 2 days with the president the supreme leader seems receptive to that as

a way forward again with all carry out that this is an incredibly difficult diplomatic relationship and it could break down. once people actually start talking about how to make it happen once mr trump is no longer sitting behind the resolute desk. the secretary of state is a thing of the past he's been he's been replaced in the new administration clearly if the europeans get involved in a way in a more high profile way perhaps compare to how they've been involved since that since the u.s. walked away from it that's what i'm saying will that be enough of an in mali into effect just to take the edge off the tenor of the debates between washington and tehran and then everyone can just take take a beat take a breath and start moving it's all in the right direction. well i think the europeans actually deserve a tremendous amount of credit for setting out a diplomatic quarrel as the united states started to pull back from the j c p a way that they wanted to preserve the deal and actually i think against you know

most people's predictions achieving that goal that. the shell of the g.c. is alive and available for washington and tehran to return to display president trump in his administration's better best efforts and so i think they've done quite a good job to this point and i expect that if the public signals we we've seen are correct and they're followed up privately between washington thrawn the europeans the russians and the chinese the other pistons in the deal will all have you know really substantive rules to play both in brokering an understanding about how you get back into the deal and then also just helping with the logistics and operations of getting both sides quickly back into compliance ok we have to leave the interesting conversation. in the states good to talk to you sir thank you. nigerian security forces have rescued at least 15 students kidnapped in the northern states of katsina hundreds were taken on friday from

a boarding school in concord a city the government's being accused of not being open about the number of children abducted it's also denied reports it's negotiating with the kidnappers a faction of the armed group because iran has claimed responsibility. is almost here and yeah way that you might say that the friday night. before. my son but honestly speaking. with him to begin to think there's no way i can measure my anger now this is the 4th day we've come here in the morning to the school we can't sleep we can't eat because of our missing children when we see security men moving back and forth it gives us hope of finding our children. from. the return of 15 more students are greeted with a relieved by communities in and cuts in the state however the emergence of these

students is still shrouded in mystery a lot of people are saying a lot of it some reports are saying that the millet to rescue them however a lot of witnesses are talking about how the children escaped their abductors and made it to safety now some parents are maintaining vigilant government can the school insisting that they will be there they will continue to be there until the government and all the authorities rescue their children and return them to their parents safely now there are concerns in the old west in that period after the claim bible koran that it's holding more than $520.00 of these students abducted last friday many communities are now concerned that boko haram has expanded its area of operations far away from its traditional power base in northeastern nigeria now to ignore the idea of northwest and now i think to the existing problems of banditry and kidnappings that have displaced many communities in that area

meanwhile the because in a state government insists that it's not negotiating with the abductors of the children of the school children. in asian games are coming to for a 2nd time the country capital one of the vote in amman to host the 21st edition of the event in 2030 rival bidding city riyadh will stage the games 4 years later is and it reached the city the high for it and will host 2030 is. another sporting victory for catalyst capital doha this time winning the rights to host the 2030 asian games the 2nd biggest multi sports event after the olympics doha beating saudi arabia's capital riyadh in a vote by the olympic council of asia riyadh. 2034 addition other than just limit this achievement wasn't made just today but is the result of 16 years of hard work

we are proud of these historical moment today we have won the bid for 2030 and it's no surprise. the wider context of 2 regional rivals going head to head in this photo is hard to ignore since 27 seen saudi arabia along with bahrain the united arab emirates and egypt has imposed a blockade on qatar. but for both nations there is more than political point scoring a play with cats are already looking beyond the football world cup it will host in 2 years' time as we know cats are effectively built a nation. based upon sport so a lot of its infrastructure a lot of its urban developments have been connected to the staging of the world cup and so it was absolutely crucial i think in terms of legacy and in terms of delivering a return on investment for the. from its. various projects to

not only did over the world cup but to subsequently also host other makers and. in 2006 doha held the asian games for the 1st time it was the starting point of an ambitious plan to make cattle a global sporting hub since then the country has hosted a series of major events including last year's world athletics championships and in 2022 the football world cup will be coming to cats are the nation has made no secret of its desire to one day host an olympics with 2032 now looking at increasingly realistic targets and the richardson al-jazeera. ok when we come back on the other side of the break we'll have these stories for you an escalation in the growing trade row between australia and china. and we speak to refugees and migrants enduring violence and harsh conditions on the bosnia croatia border. and the australia captain assumes a warning to team india ahead of the 1st test the latest cricket coming up in about

20 minutes. the storm that was in the eastern med is split into 2 hearts down the rain stopped falling in turkey and start falling in cyprus the stilson right in stone the northeast of turkey and the lower bit is turned into an onshore breeze really from lebanon southward towards sinai bringing showers thunderstorms rain or cloudy skies a focus of the gaza reflects that showers on thursday still not the dark skies on friday in a brighter looking saturday now friday's national day in qatar the weather looks set fair $24.00 degrees is probably a minimum of the warm but it's going to reason we humans are to feel that with a few clouds in the sky otherwise it's looking fairly fine thread arabia it's iran

which catches a bit of rain or snow or tight after azerbaijan as well as a remaining storm just for the part where the active weather for the south is seasonal it's been worse while it's balsam flash floods to cause i'm in a towel we're talking about 5200 millimeters typically in those big showers we're showing thursday and friday will probably edge eastwards and northwards covering good part of southern mozambique zimbabwe and and zambia but johannesburg is not free of showers sundry on thursday and is wet again on saturday. for. greece the birthplace of democracy but ethnic turks from the north east tell a different story they believe they bounce to control our religion our believe their religious leaders jailed journalists silenced schools closed and the far right they say that if you don't like you can both hurt you why i'm doing what i'm

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i've come back here watching the news hour i'm peter dropping your top stories the world health organization says the coronavirus pandemic could worsen in europe early next year morning comes as several countries including the netherlands and germany struggle to contain rising numbers of infections and deaths. 14 accomplices to the sharlee ability x. and france have been found guilty one of the key figures were sentenced to 30 years in prison 17 people were killed over 3 days in 2015. nigerian security forces have rescued at least 15 students kidnapped in the northern states of cut scene and hundreds were taken on friday from a boarding school in konqueror city. the international rescue committee has released an emergency watch list of countries where it says suffering will worsen in the coming year the 20 countries represent just 10 percent of the global population but 85 percent of those in need the i

r c s call for action includes afghanistan syria and the democratic republic of congo yemen tops the list for a 3rd year running the i r c e says the scale of the need at a steep drop in funding have left the humanitarian response close to collapse and ethiopia rises into the watch lists top 5 for the 1st time because of the fighting in the northern region of trickery and the biggest outbreak of locusts there in decades unicef says more than 2000000 children have been cut off from humanitarian assistance and it's concerned the situation will worsen if access to the children is delayed earlier i spoke to george reading's he's the lead global crisis analyst for the i.r.c. he says the safety of aid workers in recent conflicts has been ignored. what we know is that there are already at least $100000.00 people in need of humanitarian assistance and because of the latest events that are going to be another $1100000.00 people in need of more than double the number of people in need of

assistance just as it was others in the latest fighting but i think one of the things that's really important to remember about ethiopia is that there is a much bigger situation going on here and indeed across nearly all the countries on our watch yes we're seeing a triple threat of climate change and actually talked about in climate conflict and covered 19 that it driving massive increases in the 8 that we have a truly unprecedented global situation the 235000000 people and if you mention assistance and as you were saying that 85 percent of those are in what just countries and that's because of this triple threat and in ethiopia even before this conflict in takeaway had escalated we had seen the number of people in need in ethiopia at double between the start of 2020 and the middle of 2020 and that was primarily due to the kind of in 1000 outbreak because of people losing their employment and the economic impacts of the pandemic also one of the real concerns that we have going and since 21 is that the way in which conflicts are being fought

we often see a high level of disregard for humanitarian assistance and that can be a level of willingness to talk humanitarians at least not to protect human tendency billions in the way that people applies to a sense to hash national humanitarian law tragically colleague of ours was killed in ethiopia last month and west we've seen positive attacks on hospitals in several countries aid workers are pushing for the secure and shelter for refugees and migrants stranded on the bosnian croatia border one count may need to be closed because it hasn't been made safe or when to even though international funding is available to me but the reports now from the league club to shock. it's not a prison it's a camp and for these migrants and refugees the former miral warehouse in velika katyusha in northern balls near is a staging post on their journey to the promised land europe some have spent years

getting to this point my dream is that their life. living condition good. everything good lifestyle good living style good living working. because issues here are basic but they have heat shelter and clean water they are lucky these men from algeria not they have no electricity no water no proper heating all of them have tried and failed to cross the border into croatia and failure comes with a price this man shows the bruises on his legs he says were caused by croatian police who robbed him and then sent him back barefoot his aim is to get to france and beatings not a deterrent. effect on there's nothing for me and i'll derian the algerian government does nothing for its people i'm 40 years old i have nothing i've looked for work there but there is not just the danish refugee council says that in

october alone they recorded 189 claims of extreme violence by croatian police against the migrants and refugees but there's been no investigation so far hundreds more migrants are scattered in woodlands throughout the area these are the most basic of shelters made by men mostly from afghanistan pakistan and bangladesh they moved here when the bosnia authorities close their campaign be hatched 2 months ago because of local opposition you wouldn't be any country like this going to this man says he's tried 10 times across the border and spent nearly $15000.00 and trying since he left his home 2 years ago he says he wants to go anywhere in the european union anywhere is good he says. but winter is coming in in northern bosnia there is snow and temperatures can drop well below freezing survival will be difficult has been split about what to do about the problem in the worst is that is some humanitarian crisis is you don't have enough money so you cannot take care of

everyone else here defending is not an issue we have the funding to take care of those people in proper centers but simply because of the lack of political decision making we actually cannot take care of them in a way that we should the sad irony that in a country that was so dependent on international aid and assistance during the war but apparently not the same kind of humanity is being shown to people who simply want a better life but this never ending problem is leading to a growing anti migrant feeling here that 1st migrants and refugees were helped 2 years on and some feel differently but only problem are with them it out causing problems that upsetting locals they're breaking to put i have a policy is an apartment in this 3 of them play is god go go it's and now the international aid agencies have been providing basic supplies in sleeping bags but they describe it as the very minimum needed to some this will be just another migrant story to have been so many others it will be one of the arduous journey is taken by those who are trying to escape poverty and hardship and make

a better life in the woods and abandoned buildings in northern bosnia a better life looks a long way away tony berkeley al-jazeera the liquor clear dushka. the u.s. treasury has named switzerland and nominees currency manipulator some put 10 other nations on a watch list in a report aimed at stopping countries from gaining unfair trading advantages the department says through until june the 2 countries intervened in currency markets to prevent effective balance of payments adjustments switzerland denies the allegation vietnam's trade ministry has declined to comment. australia is taking. pardon me to tell you we will move on to another story right now for you to do with india india supreme court has offered to set up a mediation panel to try to end weeks of protests by farmers who want new agricultural laws to be repealed lisper on them has been speaking to some of the

protesters. the supreme court asked these on the matter general that's the government lawyer to hear all the promises and they are. hand the government to enter the 3 weeks standoff saying the government hasn't been able to do so and already also has said that these road has a high risk of becoming a national national matter at the moment they are confined to the outskirts of delhi where tens of thousands of farmers have blocked the a major highways into the capital region the supreme court out also heard contusion one saying the media would remove all the foreigners from these highways including our own where we are here to greet him here the family members of farmers who have killed themselves because they have been dead how the demonstration as i knows it it got out where will the farmers go the farmers have been committing suicide in punjab and across the country because of rising debts with the passing of these laws there will be more famine suicides families will be left with no option so we

demand that these laws be repealed immediately or else farmers will continue to take their lives more than 300000 indian farmers have killed themselves in the past 25 years because of their financial situation and farmers who've been protesting for weeks now say that the new agriculture will drive them further into debt by removing the minimum prices for their projects only when they're at the mercy of large corporations who want to take price the supreme court has asked the solicitor general to report back on thursday what the information on the committee and how he plans to end the spill. australia is taking his trade dispute with china to the world trading organization is launching a formal appeal of which i'm just solution to impose heavy tariffs on its bali has solid balance. from bali fields in the state of victoria to beijing and now to the world trade organization in geneva china has imposed tariffs of 80

percent on astray in bali effectively hosting the $1000000000.00 trade it was the largest market for these farmers a strain he is calling fell in for the 1st time asking the world trade organization to intervene we along with many other countries use these processes in the right normally why and destroy an industry should say this is being about a strongly defending the values operation in the interests of a struggling produces. but doing so. methodical and careful manner china insists a stray leah is preaching w t o rules it argues that australian farmers produce barley with government subsidies and sell it below cost so should be subject to antidumping jussi the more when we're both ashore where we have said multiple times that some discriminatory practices by australia against chinese companies go against relevant international norms the australian government should take chinese concerns seriously and take

concrete action to correct discriminatory actions against trying these companies. china is astray is largest trade partner with 2 way trade totaling nearly 200000000000 dollars last year but diplomatic relations have deteriorated and with a trait it worsened after a stray leah rallied international support for a un inquiry into the origins of the coronavirus since then it is go later and further with a range of trade measures it's not posed bali it's tourists that's why in its call even lobsters sugar so it's quite sharp now between the 2 countries or the world trade organization will act as a referee for china and australia a result will take time potentially years in the meantime china is piling tariffs on a straight in goods in canberra is searching for a new markets challenge bellus al-jazeera the cove in 1000 pandemic has set latin america harder and longer than any other region but there's one country that's been

an exception and country is cuba as a latin america editor the senior. dr mark that dallas runs the plaza of the revolution polyclinic and knows just about everyone in the neighborhood every day she makes the rounds to check on covert $1000.00 suspects who've been quarantined would be one of the. especially those who come from abroad like florida resident isabel garcia upon landing in cuba she was given a cold 1000 test then she and her entire family were put under strict lockdown a doctor checks on them every day on the 1st day she got a 2nd test and now dr galavis has come to tell her she's in the clear online persona i'm impressed that despite cuba's few resources they've been able to control this pandemic so well also the people are very aware of what's going on and what they have to do. with a population of 12000000 cuba has had fewer than 10000 confirmed cases of

coronavirus and fewer than 140 deaths this secret is in the weather the same detail to block by block organizational control that the state uses for political purposes is also an effective tool for confronting everything from natural catastrophes to pandemics a. lot of i'm convinced that the organization of our society has been vital in confronting the virus and controlling it an organized society with active participation of its citizens has given cuba the success it's had dr old had amassed says the results of clinical trials for a cuban vaccine against cold 19 look promising but not the meanwhile dr galavis and her colleagues continue keeping close tabs on every possible carrier benefit because you know numbers we assign one person of each quarantine family to go out and get essential is under strict protocol this is one of the ways we prevent the transmission of the epidemic at

a moment but it's been so effective that roxana that doral of us who lives in miami says she flew to cuba last week to stay with. relatives in havana because she feels much safer than in the united states to see in human al-jazeera. u.k. science asserting to the south atlantic to investigate an iceberg the size of a small country of its drifting towards the island of south georgia they'll be assessing potential damage to the local ecosystem has done or. the iceberg now has a 68 a it's one of the biggest ever recorded more than 4000 square meters it broke away from the antarctic last in the sea ice shelf in 2017 and is drifting toward south georgia at about 20 kilometers a day and is actually massive in terms of our mostly our spokesman there in the open ocean they tend to break our current or smaller icebergs this one remarkably as remained intact and that is still even more remarkable because it's got quite

a shallow keel is not very thick so we'd expect it to break apart a $68.00 day is about 200 meters thick and one theory is that the iceberg will run aground when it reaches the continental shelf around the island the challenge facing the team is to assess the impact something so huge might have on the vulnerable south atlantic ecosystem so something the size of lots of bird is going to be a massive impact on an island like south georgia which isn't that much bigger than luxemburg so. the iceberg is formed from glacier ice and as it melts to release billions of tons of freshwater into the sea potentially devastating krill phytoplankton and other species low on the food chain that in turn could threaten the diverse ward life on the island there's no light in the attic one more look it's one of the most pristine pieces in the world with the ocean of phone or at its most of the world that's the problem. the scientists will employ 2 reporting

submarines to measure the temperature salinity and levels of phytoplankton in the water around the iceberg they also collect and study animals in the water to see notice that was it wasn't just any wonder if we don't protect the oceans at these kinds of events will become increasingly frequent and the impact it with. greenpeace and others have long been warning of the effects of climate change but say the threat presented by this enormous iceberg is one that cannot be ignored. or al-jazeera one osiris. chinese probe carrying lunar samples so successfully return to the spacecraft collects rock and dust from the moon of the 1st time in more than 40 years it's now landed in among scientists and samples can offer a new insight into the origins of the moon. still to come on this. richardson in the house of the 2022 football world cup i wanted the rights to hold

another huge sporting events.

just a great sign i'll still be working here in 2030 time for the sports news thank you very much veto a deal has further underlined its status as a focal point for global sport because us capital has one of voted to host the asian games that for 2nd time holds 20 thursday is going. to how we host a 21st edition of the event in 2030 her rival bidding city of riyadh will stage the

games 4 years later cut ties also getting ready to hold the football world cup in 2 years' time has our sports correspondent and the richest. it's a victory really for horan cats was a long term commitment to its sporting infrastructure i mean it's hard of course not to see the geopolitics of this situation with saudi arabia being part of the blockade that's been imposed on cattle but i think this is slightly more nuanced and perhaps slightly more straightforward than that qatar has vast experience of hosting huge sporting events it started really in 2006 when it hosted the asian games for the 1st time it's remodeled its national stadium and everything really is in place so really host an asian games and since then last year we saw the world athletics championships hosted here in doha and of course the big one coming around the corner the football world cup and that has resulted in even more investments in

training facilities in transport facilities for fans and media so it's already there and the scale of this event is hard to understate it is the 2nd biggest multi-sport event after the olympics it will involve $10000.00 plus athletes and the olympics the limbic association both regional level and the international level by thomas back is at pains to stress that it doesn't want to overburden hosting countries and at the moment cats are in a position where pretty much tomorrow it could host these asian games has to be said that riyadh and saudi arabia are also moving in that direction they are starting to host big sporting events bit a formula one race next year they've hosted big boxing matches in the last few months as well but in terms of hosting multi sports events with large numbers international athletes it isn't quite there yet so this compromise has been required by saudi arabia will be given that extra few years to prepare for the 2034 asian games while the lawmaking

a body for world football has given the green light for leagues to start trying get a concussion substitution of from january the move comes just weeks after wolf forward their old home in their fractured his skull following a clash of heads with arsenal stevy lewis well concussion assumptions will mean teams that can replace a player that suffered head injury even if their sub quota has already been used up . they don't happen every match it's quite short to see it's not like they are maybe one or 2 potential incidents of every match concussions it's not the case maybe one every 10 match or 20 matches and that's why we need to test different ways in different companies and based on that we will see what we do the top 2 teams in the english premier league are about to face it other liverpool are level on points with tottenham spurs manager shows a motive in your has won the league title 3 times with chelsea he's not aiming to

bring the championship to tottenham up for the 1st time since 961 we've go there to try to win the match is is the way we we think this is the season and it's not about being top of the league or no it's is nothing is just about we go there we want to try to win very impressive very impressive but it now a top notch holiday in the way to play this year. is really good yes it's it's. they turn them into a result machine. australia captain tim payne says his team won't back down if their verbal attack by india's at play is the 1st of 2 a test for test between the country starts on the day the match in adelaide will be the 1st test action for either side since the resumption of international cricket

after the coronavirus look down. in terms of what goes on the field will have to wait and so you certainly don't go into it planning to. have run ins or the overly aggressive early on that we just sort of go out on execute their plans firstly with their skewed ball and. as your nights on on cricket fields things can be a little bit willing and if they are big guys then there's no doubt the same might be taking a backward step and the japanese driver is back on the formula one grid for the 1st time since 2014 toria have confirmed that 20 year old a yuki sanada well replace that down ok if yet and the couple with. next season has just finished 3rd in the formula 2 temples. and that's it for me peter saima thank you very much south korea's lantern festival has been honored by unesco with a special designation for intentional cultural heritage the lotus lands and festival was among 25 applicants to receive the honor rob mcbride has more from so

. it's an annual event eagerly anticipated across south korea held around borders birthday tracing its origins back more than a 1000 years the festival symbolizes the enlightenment of mines through borders wisdom but coming in spring it is also a celebration of life that all koreans can share in this year's event was scaled back because of the pandemic. this reflects the philosophy of buddhism that we care about people normally large crowds gather to see the illuminated floats that often reflect current events recent improvements in the korean relations that lead to joint a limb picked teams and the possibility of reestablishing rail services between north and south were celebrated last year to kuwait appeared this year's festival with the goal of peace on the korean peninsula and the world by overcoming

conflicts with buddhist spirit of mercy to. years ago south korea's buddhist temples were recognized by unesco for their contribution to the heritage of humanity for the cementing buddhism's role in the fabric of south korean society. the lotos lenten festival represents traditional culture that has been practiced by the korean people for a long time and has also played a leading role in promoting korea to the world south korea's bed to have this festival included on the year nasco list emphasizes it seem portents beyond religious boundaries and coming during 'd a winter dominated by the global pandemic lengthens for many here are a reminder of the promise of future springs to come bride al-jazeera so. for me pieces here and with this news lauren taylor is back in a moment from london with more of the day's news i will see you from 15 gene

tomorrow until then thanks for watching. on the deserted streets of they've become familiar figure some carriers on bicycles delivering food or medicine to lock down colombians most of them here are venezuelan migrants they might go missing mother of 4 says contagion is always on her mind none of them receive health insurance for their work and exposing themselves and very few seem to have it yet there may be a bright side people who look down on them as skilled migrants now say they're

essential to control the virus. i receive messages on the out saying that we are you know so i was a nurse back koori what i am doing is not all that different from my passion helping others. in the poorest suburbs of 3 european cities community tensions often reveal a sharp cultural divides but they feel they have no future and are sidelining discrimination is the real problem in brussels al-jazeera world meet some of those struggling with racism radicalization and life on the margins the joy that this young leader we do set them there distich the other piece of europe on al-jazeera. following 2 fatal crashes and the past year bowen decided to brown the brand new 7 through 7 bags but this wasn't the 1st time that grounded a new aircraft back in 2013 the 77 dreamliner ran into trouble when the battery caught fire but as allan of the us investigative unit discovered there was more to

the problem than just smoking batteries. rewind broken during the fall and 787 on al-jazeera. current of ours cases rise across europe leading up to christmas and world health officials warned the outbreak could worsen next year. or until this is al jazeera live from london also coming out the pandemic has hit yemen hard aid agencies warn of a race against time to help millions already affected by war and famine. guilty verdicts are handed down in france for 14 people linked to the challis of dog attacks. and it's the largest mangrove ecosystem in the world.