mixture of sand. with the election behind us will the republican party dump truck fuel weekly take on us politics and that's the bottom. i'm about to send in doha the top stories on all jazeera they are made of qatar has arrived in saudi arabia and one of the most important moments in relations between gulf countries in recent years she examined and hama deltron even landed in the saudi city of allah and was greeted with an embrace for the saudi crown prince muhammad bin sultan there joining other gulf leaders for a major regional summit that that meeting is beginning in all of it follows a move by saudi to open its air sea and land border secada it's being seen as a big step forward to resolving an illegal blockade on the country. has more from doha. for the announcement to happen i think the saudis will be having some talks

with. the egyptians who were part of the. blockade in block they imposed the lancy embargo on qatar on the 5th of june 2070 and they will have to decide about the modalities of the agreement and later i think they will have to say that the core issues are issues that need quite some time to solve because we are talking about a wide range of issues the have to do with the region and also with problems in different parts of the world syria turkey and also libya in north africa but for the time being the understand that the people who are watching the all over the world are waiting to see and get a sense of a confirmation that the embargo is officially left it that the saudis the qataris the biharis the emirate is and the egyptians are turning a chapter starting in you what on this subject utterly truck you get

a strong clear indication things are hunky dory for the time being it doesn't seem to be the case as far as qatar bahrain is track is concerned as far as qatari egyptian truck is concerned as far as qatari and military truck is concerned and it's quite obvious you see the reactions from behind is the americans and the egyptians are very muted about this announcement about this deal they don't find it the suitable way to do things right now and i think they were taken a little bit by surprise by the announcement of the saudi government yesterday to turn the chapter of the book late and start a new era with the qataris. and i continue to live coverage of the 41st g.c.c. summit in all in saudi arabia let's listen in additions with the aim of serving the interests of our respective people therefore we should all work together towards achieving the goals on the basis of which this block was formed and

in this respect i would like to make mention of the vision of gaither men. cementing the collective efforts of the block. and i hope that this will be culminated with. by achieving the future goals of the policies of the your brothers in the kingdom of saudi arabia and their future plans and the future visions that when t. 30 place as a priority the unity and stability of the g.c.c. as a block to the interests of the arab and muslim peoples and the welfare of the region to conclude i pray to god almighty to guide our steps forward and our march into the future may god's peace and blessings be with you. as i hand the floor to his royal highness she has no wife the emir of kuwait

thank you your highness in the name of the law the merciful the almighty mary eternal praise and glory be to god and the same blessings to his prophet messenger muhammad. your royal highness. then hamad al thani the emir of qatar. your royal highness. prince mohammed bin still man followed the crown prince. deputy prime minister and minister of defense of said arabia. your majesty your highness is the leaders of the gulf cooperation council states. the head of the delegation of. and the secretary general of the g.c.c.

may get fit and they can be with you at the outset i would like to extend all tanks and i appreciate until my brother the custodian of the 2 holy moses the monarch of saudi arabia and the government and the people of so duraid be of all the warm reception and general hospitality and the excellent organization of the sun summit . and i also commend you for hosting this summit that will be at cornerstone and cementing our joint gulf work and will enable us to live up to the aspirations of our respective people and i congratulate us. on the historic achievement of today namely the. agreement. and here

we must mention the mediation efforts and as she said and exerted by the late i made of course may he rest in peace. these efforts have greatly contributed. to what we are witnessing today. it is also with pleasure that. i commend the collective efforts exerted by our brotherly. states heads of state and before that. the president of the united states assisted by his adviser mr dads. and also. commend the efforts. exerted by our brothers in egypt. it is with pleasure that i

welcome mr sam. the foreign minister of egypt. mending the prominent. role played by egypt in reinforcing security and stability of the region i also welcome mr ahmed the blade the secretary general of the league of arab states dr use of been as mad the secretary general of the organization of islamic conference and i thank them for being with us today. and this summit. i would like to extend all appreciation to the kingdom of saudi arabia. for the generous and then she says taken by them.

this has culminated the efforts and is cheated by the late. of course it is also a testimony that the king of saudi arabia will continue to work toward to serving the interests of the arab and muslim peoples. naming this summit. as the solidarity agreements. and the case and. stick of. genuine intentions. by all our leaders for the security stability and the unity of our. god of cooperation council countries i conclude by once again thanking the kingdom for hosting this summit praying to god

almighty to enable us to work for serving the interests of our people and make us chris and blessings be with you. and remember follow the almighty the merciful thank you mr president thank you. your majesty is your highness's it is with pleasure that i welcome you and this 41st session of the summit before you lies the final communique after being endorsed by the respective foreign ministers so kindly prove. to me madam i believe no reservations are being great. thank you mr president.

please i say skirmish and. to start the ceremony of signing the final communique and allow a sort of. agreement. you're watching all jazeera and this is live coverage of the 41st g.c.c. summit which is being held in allah in saudi arabia which is being attended by

members of the gulf cooperation council there in the process of signing what's known as the agreement at the moment we heard from the emir of kuwait a moments ago the shaikh no off. who came to power on september 29th 2020 on the death of his half brother and took up the mantle of carrying out the negotiations which may have led to an easing of restrictions or possibly an easing of the blockade between blockading countries and qatar in his speech he said that he welcomed this cementing the cornerstone of the gulf's work and regarded the agreement as a historic achievement i want to bring in jamal whose life for us and he's been covering this extensively this is a significant the moment to moment to we are seeing them going through the process as we go just talk us through what we have seen so far in terms of the arrivals at

the conference and in particular they embrace that happened between the emir of qatar and also the mohammed bin zayed the forgive me muhammad. the crown prince of saudi arabia. i mean this is very significant on a number of levels it's very evident that the gulf leaders or at least definitely when it comes to saudi arabia qatar and kuwait have spared no efforts in trying to show that this is a new page in inter gulf relations that this is essentially an end true a feud that has severely destabilized the region over the past 3 and a half years and the beginning of a new era not just in terms of the visuals that's we've seen as. you mentioned the embrace between the crown prince mohammed bin sort of man and a mirror of qatar shift i mean one of the new but also in terms of the language that is being used about it and we'll get into that right now but one of the other

significant things here to look into is that not only is this being seen as a new chapter in intercultural ations it's also going to be billed as a new chapter in saudi arabia where the crown prince mohammed bin someone who has previously been seen a somebody who's been erratic who has been following maybe on diplomatic norms is now positioning himself as more of a statesman a somebody who has been able to overcome differences and bring people together and host a an international gathering of regional leaders charity in that's when that is going to be seen as a very key points particular ones out there looks outwards towards its relationships with washington and trying to establish maybe better ones once the president elect comes in i was talking about some antics here and this is very important to rob that the kuwaiti amir when he was describing what is being signed now as we saw all those different leaders or representatives of the different

leaders gathered in a lot of signs those documents what is being signed here is not the agreement it is what has been described as the. and your it's very important because what it's seen in agreements would have some sort of concessions would have some sort of points where your side has to give something but what i understand from speaking sources is that this declaration is more centered on reaffirming unity within the g.c.c. reaffirming of the principles and the mechanisms within that bloc and doesn't necessarily look into the specifics of 13 bombs or any other demands that have been flown to the round over the past 3 and a half years and in that is may be the secret true how. these countries have been able to exit from this crisis focusing more on what is common between them particularly when they're looking at global pandemics or other challenges that they

share are amongst them covert and so forth rather than looking at the sources of division still exist and that would naturally exist between countries but trying to look at how to find mechanisms where they can discuss those rather than impose things like blockades and so forth here this session i can tell you has has now ended the delegates have moved up and away from the table so we may well be finding out possibly a few more details about what has been going on but for now as amal thank you very much indeed for us here in doha i want to bring in mohamed vall he's standing by at the qatar saudi border this is really the linchpin for you are isn't it and this is the point in which people are going to want to see some sort of movement some sort of change on the border to really be sure that what the agreement as john was saying the declaration if you like between saudi arabia and the other countries has any any teeth. right that's that's

right rob this is the physical link the visible physical link between saudi arabia and qatar auntie does the only land border that qatar has with the outside world and it links to qatar of course to saudi arabia and via saudi arabia to the other countries of the g.c.c. so it's very symbolic very crucial very important it's the only economy after the as i said between these these countries and it has been it was before the blockade 3 years ago it was very very very important as an economy can social route between these 2 sides of the g.c.c. now we've been expecting some movement or we came here this morning but nothing has yet happened and not much clarity on from information is also provided here. the police at the checkpoints here telling us they are just waiting for

instructions but they told us that the border crossing is technically open we have seen them preparing the booths and checking the cameras and dusting off the tables desks and papers and so on but on the other hand we haven't seen any people crossing and we haven't seen also the medical teams that are supposed to be here because during this you know under the covert circumstances we're understand that it is not going to be as easy as before for people to cross. to both sides of this of this of this border line of border crossing. understandably everyone possibly was waiting for the signing of the official signing this agreement and also the 2 countries will have to inform their citizens to provide you know that show them the conditions the paperwork and the formalities that they should they should follow for they can come here but it is very important as you said people are waiting to see this visit come aspect of the agreement being implemented particularly the families that were separated and that has been f.

. very painful situation. on both sides of the border and that's what everyone in the gulf region is waiting to see exactly because the course families have been separated because of this blockade and one would imagine that the opening of the border where you are will be a significant indication that things are if not getting back to normal then at least moving on but of course as you touched on earlier trade is a key part of this isn't it and where you are is a key route for trade between saudi arabia and the g.c.c. and qatar. that's right statistics talk about 80 percent of qatar's imports before 2017 coming from this border crossing but that situation ended in 2017 when the countries some of the g.c.c. countries the countries imposed that blockade on qatar since the time qatar began

to try to find alternative sources for its imports and qatari say they succeeded 100 percent in doing that and they have also been improving their internal industry and you know products and right now the question is whether the qataris have been saying over the last year or so that they don't know no longer need this trade route maybe that's that's you know that's going to be put to test but also the question is whether the qataris need any more importation or imports from the these other countries now after the opening of this border because they have been working hard to gain their independence with regards to the importation and economy products muhammad ali talking to us a lot from the cutty qatar saudi border i want to bring in john hendren he's live for us in washington d.c. no earlier on there's been a lot of emphasis being placed on the influence of kuwait in the negotiations in all of this but also of course the u.s.

has played a role as well hasn't it. that's right the white house is pretty it jared cushion or production they say that this agreement started to take shape in early december when christian or went over and made a trip to saudi arabia and qatar and then over that month has been pushing for an agreement and indeed according to white house sources there was a moment on sunday when christian or was supposed to have left for saudi arabia but there was still some miscommunication we don't have a lot of details on that but that question or actually had to stay and work the phones delaying his trip to saudi arabia in order to bring this agreement together and this is an administration that is more known for getting out of agreements the paris climate treaty the iran nuclear deal then getting in them but in the middle east one of its focuses is on isolating iran and so it really wants to end this

dispute so that it can really focus on iran in that region and christian or is according to the white house a key linchpin for doing this now of course this comes with just 15 days left to go until donald trump has to hand over the presidency to joe biden that motile be certified tomorrow so he wanted something for his legacy and this is the closest donald trump is going to get in this administration to a jimmy carter camp david moment there is a very specific difference as is obvious between a by the administration and a trumpet administration one would imagine that saudi arabia and other countries in the g.c.c. as well are going to have to start rethinking the relationship to the new u.s. administration in the white house. that's right and that might have been part of the motivation for saudi arabia in doing this at this time to do a favor for a u.s. president who has been very close to saudi arabia has defended them even after the

killing of journalist jamal khashoggi who was living in the u.s. at that time by saudi agents trump has stood by saudi arabia and really muffed this negotiation early on when the crisis began early in his administration the biden administration is likely to be much more transactional perhaps more critical of saudi arabia but its ultimate goals are similar in the region it might not end up having the same fixation on iran as the trumpet ministration has but it will certainly go on. to the last thing by demonstration a good one is going to want is another conflict in the middle east even if it's a trade conflict john thanks very much indeed john hendren talking to us from washington d.c. . u.s. president elect joe biden and president donald trump in the state of georgia ahead

of 2 crucial south have a runoff elections republicans need to win at least one of those seats to retain control of the senate alan fischer has the latest on dalton georgia. the last push from a president whose power might be waning but his influence with the base of his party remains undiminished he came in their thousands for the rally in rural georgia the get the vote effort for a crucial senate runoff but from a president who won't except the last november's election a list of unproven grievances and complaint there was no way and i just want to thank you you know i've had 2 elections i won both of them but something he did turn his attention to the senate race people to. republican majority limiting the new president's agenda 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.

the battle in georgia also drew the attention of the president elect he held his rally earlier in the day the message though was the same as his rival get out and vote in america as their opposition friends are finding now all power. flows from the people from the people. that's our history the president still believes november's election was stolen from him an assertion he made in a controversial phone call to georgia's top election official at the weekend but with no hard evidence the secretary of state said it simply the president was wrong i'm very confident in the results we have here in georgia and that's the cold hard truth is present trying to not carry the state of georgia we want honest and fair elections here the senate runoff gave joe biden the best chance of a clear run and his legislative agenda if the democrats win both seats the

republicans they have to maximize turnout in areas like this if they're to have a chance and victory secures the senate but will also fuel donald trump's on the phone did claims that he did much better in this state in november alan fischer al-jazeera dolton georgia ok let's go to news in the corona virus people in england have been ordered to stay at home as part of a new nationwide lockdown a highly transmissible variant of covert 19 has fueled a surge in infections crime is about as johnson says restrictions will last for at least 7 weeks and he has other nations are also imposing their own lockdowns and germany is expected to extend its lockdown measures until the end of january regional leaders signaled they would agree to prolong the restrictions after seeing record numbers of cases and deaths last week their meeting chancellor angela merkel later on tuesday i sat down include schools and non-essential stores the country

began vaccinating people last month elena kagan has more from berlin. the prime ministers of the 16 states of germany this federal republic are meeting angle of merkel many of them will be doing it virtually because of the situation regarding covert 19 here in germany and what's going to happen well it's been very widely reported that everybody has agreed that until that that the lockdown should be prolonged through to the 31st of january but it is worth making the point that there is some dissent from the prime ministers of 2 states in eastern germany in saxony and thring is where the incidence of covert 1000 is very high indeed the suggestion is that those 2 prime ministers would like to have the lockdown extended even further further into february that is so that's one thing that's being considered at this meeting between as a say the prime ministers and i'm going ackland and her senior cabinet colleagues but there's also been some suggestion over the course of the last 24 hours or so the germany too might consider making the gap between the administration of the 1st

dose of the vaccine in the 2nd one slightly longer although there is some argument about the relative efficacy of doing that and that has not been agreed upon but certainly the one thing we know they are all united on is that the lockdown in place in this country should extend right through to the end of this month and that's everyone believes that with the caveat that some want even longer than that then york stock exchange says it will no longer plans to delist 3 major chinese telecommunications companies about turn comes less than a week after it said it would remove the listings to comply with executive order signed by president donald trump in november continue has this report from beijing . an unexpected backflip by the new york stock exchange reversing a decision to delist chinese telecommunications companies china mobile china telecom and china unicom just days after it was announced the new century as the 3 companies surging on the hong kong stock exchange on choose day but analysts say

any celebrations unlikely to be short lived and the longer term i thing the tendency or the situation will not change at all because most of the old chinese companies are now this thing in the us there was sick for seek for a 2nd resisting opportunity maybe in hong kong or maybe in shanghai starboard because those chinese company will face more and more pressure from the record later the decision to delist followed the side of an executive order by u.s. president trump in november banning americans from investing in companies linked to china's military the new york stock exchange says it made that decision after consulting u.s. regulators beijing has accused the trumpet ministration of politicizing trade in arbitrarily suppressing chinese companies made with easier to surely some political forces in the united states have continuously suppressed a foreign listed companies for no reason reflecting the also today of their system

but its impact on chinese companies is limited we hope they can respect the rule of law and the markets the chinese telecommunications companies say any u.s. trade that would have little impact on daily operations it's instead seen here as symbolic donald trump has targeted a number of chinese technology companies and grounds of national security then are waiting to see if the incoming biden administration will take a less hostile to business with china but many believe trade disputes between beijing and washington are set to continue it's based upon you know saying as an as an enemy to us or the us and as a threat to the u.s. now clearly it. as a competitor without a question of a doubt you know it's it's going to be soon the world's largest economy it's growing very fast it's recovered from the coded 19 outbreak very well and there are also human rights issues that not just america but the whole world is going to be

concerned about and rightly so but this may not be the best way of putting pressure on china and while the u. 10 seems to be a lull in tensions between the 2 countries it's certainly not be a debate between al-jazeera beijing. this is al-jazeera these are the top stories leaders from across the gulf region signed a declaration as a major summit between countries gets underway in saudi arabia represented this one gulf countries are missing in the city after they arrived in there earlier on tuesday. shake a time in been hung by the time he was greeted by saudi crown prince mohammed bin someone with an embrace their marked one of the most important moments in relations between gulf countries in recent years as lifeless now in doha this is the beginning of a process isn't it rather than the end indeed but it's a very significant one not only has the land air and sea blockade been lifted on

qatar at least as far as the saudis are concerned but that meeting we saw between the true leadership i mean been hammered and funny and. saudi arabia is a significant one and the declaration itself a declaration which reaffirms each country's commitment to the unity of the g.c.c. and refer back to the mechanisms of that's block to solve any disputes or very historic moments indeed general thank you very much indeed. in other news england is going back into lockdown for at least 7 weeks as the government tries to get control of a more contagious corona virus variant the strains also been found in france and germany is expected to extend its lock down measures until the end of january a regional leaders in germany signaled they would agree to prolong the restrictions after seeing record numbers of cases and deaths last week they're meeting chancellor angela merkel later on tuesday the shutdown into schools and non-essential stores the country began vaccinating people last month president

donald trump and president elect joe biden have rallied in the state of georgia ahead of tuesday's senate runoff elections republicans need to win one of the 2 seats to retain control of the u.s. senate you are york stock exchange says it no longer plans to delist 3 major state owned chinese telecommunications companies comes days after the exchange said it would remove the listings in response to an executive order donald trump signed in november. south korea is demanding the release of one of its oil tankers seized by iran to iran says the one cook sent me was breaking environmental laws the seizure comes ahead of a planned visit by a south korean minister to discuss iranian funds frozen in banks due to u.s. sanctions those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after risking it all by.

feel the way you surf is on a mission he has to set up a lumber camp before nightfall the house he's delivering will become home for him and other wood cutters deep in borneo the rain forest. among his many challenges the unpredictable terrain the lives. the global sense of. i don't set about it other door is a bit of news and i'll let you know and then the thank you.

and you know by knowing the. thinking. behind you said 2 of the trucks have also come to a standstill. because it was going to be like if. i didn't. love him. very much that. morning as rain forest is shared by 3 countries indonesia malaysia and bernanke it's home to hundreds of endemic plants and animals are rich in unique habitat that is slowly dying its abundant resources overexploited its right woods

decimated today less than half the trees remain. yet the procession of trucks never ends the forest tries to slow that progress as best as it can. but here wood to means money to trucks stop at nothing to get that call go to ports and big cities 7 days a week. each journey is fruitless challenges for drivers overcoming them and them a salary of about $550.00 a month. to. use it has now been carrying this house on the back of his truck to 7 hour as he's tired but remains focused. please please. please. please.

please upon arrival they have to negotiate a difficult unloading. with no crane to help you save on the low business relying on their own resumes on us. or. at least this embankment under the bulldozer acts as an unloaded dock. and that because that's only going to get. it out of the lease almost. like the city that. it was and.

was at. least. the houses journey is still not over. it's headed for the riverbank where the men when made in the depths of the jungle for 11 months.

fly as the locust prepare for tomorrow's walk the terentia will rain pounds down the but it's not without consequence. on their days off the men only on hof of the usual salary. none will risk working with a chainsaw or driving on us it's been reduced to mud. up to 3 days of rain the locals have even be taken out by what. each of them makes sure to speed up the cutting and transporting of the wood to. hoping to own a bonus for the extra efforts they want to make up the wages that lost. this giant tree grows one centimeter every yeah it's taken thousands of years to

grow to the sides. it's wood is the hardest and densest in the world and get the name ironwood. even once on the ground it still managing to make the longest lives difficult. to share way to the tree is driving the bulldozer towards the ravine. play. even in the steel cages the drivers have to be careful. how i got to.

the ball but. i think i'm being in a. place moving the trunk is proving to be a big challenge especially as the bulldozer is now stop please to free it the forest will once again pay a heavy price. live. another tree is filed to help slide the logs on to the bulldozers tracks. please.

please please please the battle between wood and steel last smaller than an. elite athlete. please. please please please. please. play live. play. yousif is heading elsewhere to no doubt 10 tons of iron work but the rain has

transformed the tracks into muddy trenches. league play the league. play. this journey promises to be especially difficult as i'll be tackling completely unexplored tracks. there is a little. bit. like. the los it is also doing. the for. the bulldozer devours everything and its path creating

a trail for the drive it's. up now but not much. but by. look. each new track brings its own unknown danger is. according to the drivers they have never been any deaths but many injuries. each one of them except it's the risks as an occupational hazard. that i. know i.

live. the drivers on a fixed salary with added bonuses if they manage to transport more would have been expected. it's not looking promising for today's bonus. the bulldozer driver brings back bad news the road is an excess of all unless the dr is used this technique nicknamed the come god. uses return journey promises to be event. will take on the same routes in the opposite direction to you know did transporting the joint would logs to the river bank that.

place. live. live. live. live. it will you never see what you're the guys who made a point but i. think

that. we're going to have about. the civil rights. movement. and. even on the most dangerous journey use of things have his family some 5000 kilometers away in indonesia. oh no no.

let. up on the mighty one. of. them that. today's journey is over for you say for the monks who did live it the journey is just beginning. tomorrow they will take a completely different route to reach the sea and the shipping ports. after 10 hours of driving and logging the men are exhausted.

deep in the middle of the forest temperatures average around 30 degrees celsius the humidity a suffocating 80 percent. going on a nice month you can almost not i don't want to back out to stop i am not talking about it but i'm getting over that when. i let myself around the light of day i would rather not go on and they're not that well what i'm hearing but do you think you're just not being mean i'm just. i'm not moving because it was not you can give me permission. but what if i think about

that every company will. be open up about. you that got me. what. i don't know where you're going but. you know i made it without having to buy the good from my so here you go. when you join the right to die. so you can be dealt with not only the going to grow up one day soon get out of the woodwork but if you're just how you got there. there are thousands of tons of tree trunks piled on this for the bad. transporting

them requires massive quantities of petrol and expensive option. instead of the logs will complete the journey to the shipping ports by water a small outboard motor to keep it moving forward. this trouble is for the hell and driven driving tribe. it takes considerable know how. the ropes holding the rough together can easily trap back hands and feet. across a body shop and not that you put something. in the pit with the shit on. yeah it wasn't that it was not

a little fish in. the river itself can present different challenges there are twists and turns and the current scum be unpredictable. the small engine is struggling. and eventually gives up. crack a conduit and. be. in good in there until rocket. i think. that i.

am how you feel. but. i he don't. well the up i took them out of the cellar must. be i think if that's what i want to. leave. it. at the utah star the would be. someone out there said once and i will say i knew him so many months. but you know that could you said that we saw. that there. about the school that she also went.

on this date close to 30 rock so i had it down the river. in what many describe as an ecological massacre. forestry companies are the ones who profit to most oil palm plantations and residential communities often replace the d. forested areas. sometimes mother nature seems to exact a little revenge. 20 years ago housing development of around a 100 houses built was completely swept away by

a hurricane and huge waves. that's prompted to i guess pay the property developer to make a change. and. i will when i'm done and there are actual. and you can sort the ass out of them out of the book i got to run but long but i mean that is i'm going to be there it's got i want so i got the whole thing about the intl. instead of rebuilding the houses the builder decided to start gardening. after removing the rubble i can spray replanted hundreds of thousands of trees the now famous green barrier preventing the erosion of the coast. and they. are going to.