examines the social financial environment. to privatizing. an al-jazeera. so the arabia reopens its borders and airspace to cut a significant step towards any a blockade imposed by the kingdom and 3 other countries. the breakthrough was announced on the eve of a gulf cooperation council summit which comes as a man would attend for the 1st time 3 years. at 1 o'clock this is out there in life and also coming up. we're going to fight like hell i'll tell you. the truck rally supporters ahead of a crucial senate election the day after recordings revealed he pressured officials

to overturn his defeat in the presidential vote. the weeks ahead will be the hardest hit but i really do believe the entry the last phase of the straw. england ordered back into a national lockdown as a phone spreading coronavirus fair in front ready to cross the u.k. . so saudi arabia is a space in borders to cuts are in what is seen as big steps towards resolving a 3 and a half year diplomatic crisis the announcement was made ahead of a summit of gulf neighbors in the saudi city of la is jamila shell reporting from doha. that more than 3 years after saudi arabia the u.a.e. button and you just imposed a blockade on qatar finally a breakthrough but the military fuck up. our agreement was reached open the land

and maritime borders between the kingdom of saudi arabia and the state of qatar starting tonight this statement from the kuwaitis on the eve of a g.c.c. summit in saudi arabia was not a surprise since the crisis began they've been mediating between the deeply divided members of the gulf cooperation council the united states has also been urging gulf countries to resolve the dispute in order to maintain the stability and security of the region for decades rivalry and differences in foreign policy have divided gulf states but when that worsened in 2017 few expected the region would be thrown into crisis and a land air and sea blockade imposed on qatar saudi arabia had shut only land border cutting imports and its food and medicine supply chain between the u.a.e. saudi arabia and egypt closed their airspace to qatari aircrafts grounding hundreds of qatar airways planes the blockading countries also shut their embassies in and expelled qatari diplomats they issued

a list of 13 demands they said oh how must meet including shutting down the al-jazeera news channel the positive aspect of it this as far as cutter is concerned has been a greater degree of resilience over the last few years the thais have managed to learn to live with the blockade and that has helped really help them discover better ways of living and more efficient ways of sustaining their economy their expenditure managing their affairs and resulted in an extremely resilient country that has now demonstrated this so in the lifting of the blockade without them having to address the totally irrational 13 conditions the impact the crisis has had on the gulf cooperation council is unquestionable and whilst differences remain the hope is that moving forward they will be resolved through dialogue show ya'll al-jazeera doha. let's enough from gabriel is on the who has more from washington d.c. we heard from

a senior white house official that told al jazeera that jared kirschner the senior advisor to president trump and his son in law is in route to saudi arabia and will be there for this signing ceremony the official told us that questioner played a pivotal role in orchestrating this deal and that it went back to a trip that some advisers made to the region several weeks ago where this deal was finally reached cording this advisor they said that. it was the deal was in doubt up until about the last 24 hours or so and that cushion or worked through the evening and into the early hours of monday morning to codify the deal then once it was he that's when he gave word to kuwait and that's when question got on the plane to head to the region we are hearing from the state department a senior official told out to 0 in all this read you the statement so you get a sense of how they're playing this they're say in

a statement out 0 state department official says we welcome the news of the decision to reopen airspace and borders between saudi arabia and qatar a resolution of the wider 3 year dispute between the quartet and qatar is in the interest of all g.c.c. members as well as the interest of the united states so clearly in these final weeks of the trump presidency you're probably going to see the trumpet ministration spinning this as a clear diplomatic win and in some cases it is because it is widely seen as clearly a big advancement. hillary mann leverett is a strategic political risk consultancy she also served as the u.s. state public official and she explains the move has behind saudi arabia's efforts in trying to resolve the gulf crisis. it is just the beginning but it is important and i think 1st and foremost it's important for the saudis to have put something concrete on the table to show to the biden ministration even though this was

negotiated largely by jarrett cushion or in the trumpet ministration i think for the saudis it was critically important to put something concrete on the table to show that the saudis could make concessions with the incoming biden ministration incoming body ministration is in my from my understanding is really looking to pressure saudi arabia to come down relatively hard on saudi arabia in terms of human rights treatment of journalists treatment of saudi saudis who are living abroad who are embattled with the government in saudi arabia so for the body to ministration this will be an important signal that the saudis can move forward they can do something constructive i think for the for the remainder of the trump administration especially for jared questionnaire he has focused like a laser beam on both iran and israel and for him to have the saudis

have take these even minimal steps to normalize with qatar shows that he can maybe push them even further to get even harder on iran and to make steps more to take more steps towards normalizing with israel so i think those are the motives involved. u.s. president donald trump has been campaigning in the southern state of georgia ahead of a crucial a crucial senate runoff vote georgia's 2 senate seats are up for grabs and special elections on choose the republican states with at least one of those 2 seats in order to keep the majority in the chamber from says he will do anything to keep the senate in the hands of the g.o.p. . your vote tomorrow will decide which party controls the united states senate the radical democrats are trying to capture georgia's senate seat so they can wield unchecked unrestrained absolute power over every aspect of your lies. are hard if the liberal democrats take the senate and the white house and then i

take in this white house we're going to fight like hell i live downtown and fisher who's in tilton in georgia and the highlands donald trump they use as president to nearly done but he still drawing a crowd isn't a. thousands and thousands turned out on what is a chilly night in dalton to hear the president speak and they were there for several hours before he actually arrived the whole idea is to get the vote out ahead of the senate runoff elections on tuesday we've gone through that part of the rally with no moved on for the last 10 minutes or so about his complaints about the 2020 presidential election he's again running through a number of claims and allegations which have either not been taken to court because there was nothing to support them or been tested in court and through you know many of them by judges appointed by donald trump himself he says that he hopes

mike pence will do his duty when it comes to affirming the results by congress on wednesday and says that if he doesn't do what he expects that he would like i'm quite so much that is clearly saying to my parents that he wants him not to satisfy the results even though the constitution says that surely what he's got to do and mike pence himself has said he will follow the law he essentially wants mike pence to throughout the election that has been verified by every single state and declared donald trump the president that's simply not going to happen but he is undoubtedly the part of the rally where he is going through his list of grievances as i say he's making many claims and allegations that have already been tested and disproved he says he won the election in fact he started off the rally by saying he's run in 2 elections he's won them both his daughter ivanka described him as the people's president just to point out he lost the popular vote across the united states by more than 7000000 votes right in this taped conversation with georgia's

secretary of state who where are we going with is anybody taking a legal look at it in any way. well certainly the top legal officer in this state has said that if anyone wants to make an allegation a boat electoral interference and certainly donald trump march very close some people would see over the line of that then she will investigate so that is something that remains an option for a number of people and i suspect that a number of groups me will approach her in the coming days to do exactly that as for the rest of the conversation what is clear is that the secretary of state would not be swayed simply says that the president's information was wrong no donald trump is making the point that they don't want to see the election stolen from republicans to morrow he realizes how important this is for republicans if they do not win the 2 seats here in georgia and they go to the democrats then the senate

will be tied 50 seats each and that means the vice president will get the casting vote and as of january 20th that is campbell harris no donald trump would really quite like to hamper anything that joe biden wants to do with his legislative agenda right of the gate but if he wins if the democrats win on tuesday and joe biden gets a senate that supports him as well then he can push forward knowing that he has both houses right behind him and what he wants to do to change america donald trump said that essentially the senate race is the last line of defense but quickly added that doesn't mean i'm conceding the white house as you heard he says he's going to fight tooth and nail although he's simply running out of days and running out of room there's not a great deal more he can do. thanks for that other fish there and built in georgia . what a president elect joe biden addressed supporters at

a rally in georgia thanking them for helping a win the presidency he also for more support to push control of the said it's into the democrats out of this is discussing at biden also made reference to trump's ill founded efforts to stay in office. in america as their opposition friends are finding out all power flows from the people from the people. that's our history that's our law that's our tradition that's our constitution that's our democracy politicians cannot assert take or see these power or power is given granted by the american people alone. so that they are nonzero iran reaches the nuclear deal again in another affront to world pounds also. what's next for julian

assange is after british court books of wiki leaks founder from being extradited to the united states. it's time for the perfect gentleman. sponsored point qatar airways hello we've got some quotes of weather coming into the eastern side of the u.s. for the time being his right sleet and snow pulling out of the way still clinging on to the canadian maritimes as we go through choose day the nicholson quotes with a coming in behind us i said temperatures hovering around freezing but a bit of a wintry mix are rolling across the prairie on either side of the border but look out to the west look what's coming in more right state and so coming into b.c. pacific northwest and that'll slide its way across washington state oregon pushing down across northern parts any into the northern 3rd of california thanks to making

its way further east was that snow that we had moving across the rockies well that tends to right as it pushes across the southern plains heavy downpours there just around texas up towards console but it is quiet it was eastern seaboard a little on the chilly side temperatures in new york and they say around 6 degrees celsius quiet across the caribbean some lovely sunshine coming through for the most part little bit of cloud and rain there into northern parts of cuba and just around the yucatan peninsula but it is say for the islands it's generally fine and right that will change having said that so the wind would seeing more the way of rain as we go through wednesday wish i was anywhere from around to trinidad. sponsible qatar airways. one of the last remaining ancient forests in southeast asia is a lifeline to hundreds of lumberjacks and drive as. we follow that treacherous journey as they walk through extreme conditions. to gather and

transport this dangerous but precious cargo risking it all. on al-jazeera. ok you're watching out there are most of our top stories this hour and saudi arabia is opening its airspace and borders to qatar and what is seen as big steps towards resolving a 3 and a half year diplomatic crisis kuwait has been mediating between qatar and for arab stand. you know when it was made on the eve of a gulf cooperation council summit in atlanta in that saudi arabia qatar timea shaikh i mean been tunney will attend tuesday's summit. u.s.

president elect joe biden and president donald trump of rallied in the state of georgia ahead of 2 crucial senate runoff elections republicans need to win just one of those seats to retain control of the senate. let's move on to south korea now which is demanding the release of one of its oil tankers which has been seized by iran iran says the one cook kemi was breaking environmental laws and carrying over 7000 tons of oil chemical products z.z. it comes ahead of a planned visit by the south korean deputy foreign minister to discuss or rein in funds frozen in banks ju-ju u.s. sanctions robert ride a study by 1st set in seoul and robbers ever it's not as straightforward as it looks a little more complex and what we see. yeah absolutely there has been a very swift response from south korea to this seizure the foreign minister. has told reporters choose day that south korea is using all sorts of diplomatic

channels to try to establish exactly what is going on but as soon as south korea learned about this seizure on monday and demanded the release of the vessel south korea does have a naval vessel in that area as part of the international anti piracy effort that vessel has now been deployed or redeployed to the waters where this tanker was seized but is not likely or expected to be doing much but monitoring the situation and seeing how this develops the iranians have accused me of environmental pollution the operators of the vessel here in south korea deny that and say that this vessel was in international waters it is thought that this is part of an ongoing much wider dispute between iran and south korea over seas to funds here in south korea this is $7000000000.00 worth of funds which are for oil products

imported from iran into south korea which since the imposition of much tighter sanctions by the united states south korea has frozen has not given access to iran to these funds if it did do so then it would risk being sanctioned itself by the united states so these monies are the on the subject of ongoing negotiations and a dispute between tehran and seoul there is a meeting coming up an anticipated meeting a visit by a vice foreign minister from south korea to tehran where obviously this will appear on the agenda a run is desperate for any funds it can get at the moment given its economic circumstances so it is an expected and it is thought to the this happening right now the seizure of this vessel ahead of this anticipated meeting is more than mere coincidence or a. insult. well iran has been showing off its drone

technology as tensions simmer with the united states state media has shown hundreds of drones ready to launch from the country's central province they reportedly take part in 2 days of drills from tuesday and that's after iran confirmed its resumed enriching uranium at 20 percent the move was denounced as nuclear extortion by the trumpet ministration public came reports now from budget. this is what the world's great powers have been trying for years to prevent or to minimize the enrichment of uranium in iranian centrifuges to tehran this is a peaceful civilian enterprise but some around the world fear it may lead to the development of a nuclear weapon under the existing vienna accord of 2015 known as the j c p a iran should be enriching uranium only to 3.67 percent but now it says it aims to enrich to almost 6 times that number and has notified the international atomic energy agency the i.a.e.a. a day in a tweet iran's foreign ministers said we regimes 20 percent enrichment as

a legislated by our parliament the i.a.e.a. has been julie notified our remedial action conforms fully with paragraph 36 of the j c p a after years of noncompliance by several other participants are measures are fully reversible upon full compliance by all to european eyes this act is beyond the terms of the vienna accord which when it was signed brought together britain france germany china russia and the us under then president obama's administration his successor president trump abandoned the deal in 2018 citing iranian noncompliance since then the europeans have been at the forefront of trying to ensure to abide by the terms of the deal helping to by trying to reduce the impact of u.s. sanctions its reaction to monday's announcement in brussels was clear if this

announcement is going to be implemented and also meant by the iranian authorities it would constitute a course if they're able departure from iran's nuclear commitments under the j c p o a serious nuclear nonproliferation implications now let me recall also the importance of any steps that could undermine the preservation of the nuclear deal and here i would like to recall all the previous statements by all. the participants of the chase appear way that they are interested in keeping this deal alive and that the old will be kept alive as long as all the participants believe are on their own the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has condemned iran's move you know of years ago little more than a little iran has announced that it will increase the level of uranium enrichment and will develop industrial capabilities to reach your rhenium underground. this is a blatant and absolute violation of its obligations there is no other explanation other than continuing iran's international to produce nuclear weapons the iranian

government believes by announcing enhanced enrichment it might be able to compel the other signatories to the vienna accord to comply think there is chance because iran has clearly said that if the other parties to the nuclear deal including the europeans i think case if the united states returns to the if they return into full compliance iran will do the same in a very short time the question remains as to what response the u.s. government will give both now under president trump and in just over 2 weeks time under joe biden he helped broker the original deal in 2015 as vice president soon he will have to react as president in his own right dominic kane al-jazeera berlin so do african republics electoral commission has declared president frost in our challenge to a dead last week's poll his supporters celebrated after results showed him winning more than 53 percent of the votes that means he won't need to face

a runoff election was marred by violence from rebel groups aligned with political rivals says he will unite the country as it continues to recover from its civil war . mexico says it's ready to a for asylum to julian assange decision by u.k. court not to extradite the wiki leaks founder to the united states. was this is supported celebrated the ruling outside the court is wanted by the united states on espionage charges for publishing thousands of secret american military documents the judge denied the request citing concerns over son's mental health u.s. is expected to appeal. the fall government cycle. was it is for now at least the result you supporters had wanted. to see the wiki leaks founder will not be extradited to the u.s. to face espionage charges for the publishing of classified military and diplomatic

documents and 201011 the u.s. claims the leaks broke the law and endangered long leaves and will appeal the ruling. outside the courts assan just beyond saying joined by the new editor in chief of wiki leaks welcome the news that said the fight isn't over. but let's not forget indictment in the u.s. has not been dropped. very extremely concerned that the u.s. government has decided to appeal this decision. it continues to want to punish julian. and make him disappear into the deepest darkest hole of the u.s. prison system should be a call out and pressure on the u.s. sides to drop the appeal to say enough is enough we've had enough of this we have a plan to deal with in this new year. but not this sounds arrived at court

from london's belmarsh prison where he's been held since april 29th teen his defense team has always insisted the case was politically motivated powered by u.s. president donald trump's administration but one by one the judge rejected the defense's claims including concerns a son wouldn't get a fair trial in the u.s. refusing extradition soli over fears he could take his own life if he ended up in a u.s. maximum security jail the judge said he suffered from severe depression and had been diagnosed with autism after a razor had been found in his cell and he told medical staff about suicidal thoughts. it was footage like this if u.s. forces killing civilians and journalists in iraq in 2007 the true intends for still a t from the us government and after swedish prosecutors opened a rape and sexual assault investigation against him he was arrested in london facing imminent extradition 2012 he took refuge in london's ecuadorian embassy and

didn't leave it for 7 years. when i could or finally let british police in to haul a sound out the us allegations were finally revealed for publishing hundreds of thousands of classified documents a maximum 175 year sentence under the espionage act the prosecution has cost wiki leaks is a criminal enterprise responsible for encouraging its supporters to hack into government computers and steal sensitive information but julian assange his supporters say that he is a defender of freedom of speech and the right for journalists to hold the powerful to account. a someone just lawyers will now ask for his release on bail at a hearing on wednesday if granted he could be given a taste of freedom within days barkha al-jazeera london. england has joined other parts of the u.k. by imposing a covert 1000 lock that the prime minister brice johnson says restrictions will

last at least 7 weeks andrew symonds reports now from london boris johnson had started monday at the rollout of the oxford university astra zeneca vaccine a world 1st easy to store and distribute but any fanfare was last replaced by a realisation that the spread of covert in the u.k. is out of control by the end of the day came this announcement the government is once again instructing you to stay at home you may only leave home for limited reasons permitted in law such as to shop for essentials to work if you absolutely cannot work from home to exercise to seek medical assistance johnson had said he hoped the rollout of vaccines could protect the most vulnerable people care homes carers medical staff and people over 70 by mid february he said all schools and colleges would have to close the weeks ahead will be the hardest yet but i really

do believe that we're entering the last phase of the struggle because with every job the goes into our arms we are tilting the odds against coded and in favor of the british people and thanks to the miracle of science not only is the end in sight. but we knew exactly how we will get there early as scotland's 1st minister was on her feet at a recall session of her devolved parliament with a similar announcement we have to say to introduce from midnight tonight for the generation of the january a legal requirement to stay at home except for essential purposes this is similar to the lockdown of march last year and there's another worrying development a u.k. government side to pick advisor is reported as saying that he's concerned the vaccines won't be as effective against

a south african variant of covert furthermore might hang the u.k. health secretary says he's concerned because the south african variant seems to be more infectious than the u.k. strain the u.k. is planned straight into this lockdown with no delay on the country's coded alert level has switched to 5 meaning hospitals are now material risk of being overwhelmed the u.k. finds itself at its most critical state since the 1st wave in the spring andrew simmons al-jazeera london the world's most popular digital currency has slumped in value after reaching a record high on the weekend when bitcoin was worth a little under 28000 dollars on monday and have risen dramatically over the new year holiday to more than $34000.00 investors seem convinced the cryptocurrency is on its way to becoming a mainstream asset for more than $18000000.00 get currency in circulation. 2 brothers in bangladesh are doing all they can to bring attention to

a red dog breed on the brink of extinction the summer hellhound has been treasured for centuries but only a few dozen remain in the region robbie dust brothers and using social media to set up mating dates with pure breed and anything descend from english greyhounds owned by landlords hundreds of years ago government efforts to breed and save the home collapsed in the seventy's. or let's have a recap of the headlines here in al jazeera and saudi arabia is opening its airspace and borders to qatar and what is seen as big steps towards resolving a 3 and a half year diplomatic crisis kuwait has been mediating between cuts and for arab states the announcement was made on the eve of a gulf cooperation council summit and in saudi arabia qatar is a man shaikh i mean bin hamad al tani would attend cheese day summit.