what we want to know is how do these things affect people we revisit me stay even when there are no international headlines. al-jazeera really invests in them and that's a privilege as a journalist. this is al-jazeera. and again i'm peter toby you're watching the news our live from coming up in the next 60 minutes we are extremely pleased with having been able to achieve this very important breakthrough the saudi foreign minister says the kingdom and its arab allies are restoring full diplomatic ties with qatar. voting is underway in the u.s. state of georgia where to run off races will determine if the democrats can claim control of the senate. running out of hospital beds and oxygen los angeles

struggles to keep up with the covert 19 searches california registers another wreck or the new case. demanding justice mourners in pakistan block a highway for a 3rd day refusing to bury 10 coal miners killed by ice or. i'm to have an ash with sport as the number of private 19 cases in the english premier league doubles iraq ordered 40 players and staff have tested positive in the last week but the league says games will carry on as planned. saudi arabia the u.a.e. bahrain and egypt have agreed to restore full diplomatic relations with counselor according to the saudi foreign minister the announcement followed tuesday's gulf summit in which marks the amir of cata sheikh to mean been home at all families 1st

visit to saudi arabia since the illegal blockade began 3 years ago delegates from the gulf countries signed a declaration calling for solidarity and stability. the olympic relation. has achieved a settlement of all issues outstanding in a way that is entirely satisfied factory to all nations involved all the countries involved we are extremely pleased with having been able to achieve this very important breakthrough that we believe will contribute very much to the stability security of all our nations in the region we we have as you mentioned been working very hard towards achieving this breakthrough for many years and the timing is. just that it's that we were finally able to reach that conclusion and reach. a mechanism that was satisfactory to everyone and i am happy to report that we are at a place where everyone is satisfied and happy and yes all the outstanding.

whether it's turning of diplomatic relations flights etc all of that will now go back to normal is what the saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon said earlier today. our block is being built on the basis of our shared roots and common traditions 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. ok for more on this following this developing story for us is al jazeera correspondent jamal. jamal they have come up with a declaration they haven't signed a binding agreement is that significant. it is in the sense that it is changing the status quo from one whereby one of the g.c.c. member states namely a cutout was under blockade where the borders land sea and air are of saudi arabia

the u.a.e. button and the non g.c.c. member egypt were closed off through qatar so that's all changed is it significant in the sense that it would necessarily prevent a repeat of divisions not necessarily played out through a blockade maybe through something else no maybe it won't and that's why when they were asked is there from these actors journal of the g.c.c. what guarantees are there that something like this doesn't happen again and they did skirt around the issue obviously there are attacks within the founding statements within its mechanisms that would dictate how divisions should be played out and they in theory should be the guarantee for something like this not to happen again but as you say it is a declaration of reaffirmation of the unity of the g.c.c. almost like the renewal of values after maybe a married couple have gone through

a difficult period is there a guarantee that they don't fall out again one nor the resident but maybe through the renewal of vows they can find new found. love so to speak to cooperate better what was your reading of what the g.c.c. secretary general was saying when he said something along the lines of and i'm paraphrasing here when he said something like we want to meet the aspirations of all the people in this region i found myself thinking oh is that the g.c.c. saying oh we failed you for the past few years. that would be giving him the benefit of the doubt and i'm sure everybody would want to do that's for sure that this is the forefront of all politicians around the world not just in the d.c.c. is the service of their people but you know the reality of politics is that there are other things that people take in mind particularly politicians and leaders there wasn't the aspirations of the people that was at the forefront of this crisis

when families were forcibly divided when people who were studying abroad were forced to give up their studies when medicine was cut off from reaching qatar overnights and so forth however let's look into the faith the good faith that has been built around this declaration and that is married with that statement which is the g.c.c. leader saying that they do want to put the aspirations of their people and maybe there is a change in the hearts look over the past year we've seen all people around the world suffer greatly because of the pandemic economically and from a health perspective lot of loss of life and so forth and maybe that is the wakeup call that people needed but you know not lost on people is the political timing of this the fact that this comes on the eve of the inauguration of president elect joe biden the different policies that he would be pursuing compared to that of the donald trump administration and what that means for an aspiring king in saudi

arabia and therefore that is something to take into consideration as well ok we'll leave it there for the moment i'm a senior news correspondent thanks very much now and bashar is our senior political analyst ma and welcome back as ever to the news hour so much choreography went into this model and we've got jared cushion in turn we got a new u.s. president coming in end of the month we've got the egyptians involved the kuwaitis involved at any point in the diplomatic dance did anyone say to mohammed bin selma you've got to stop this you can't keep on sustaining this. well look clearly saudi arabia is trying to send a message that it is willing and able to change some of the air if you might sick and that's gone on to the crisis making in the gulf and in the middle east in general whether this is genuine or not i am i am personally not a judge of intentions the proof as you would say is in the pudding and we will see

in the next weeks months and years how this will evolve or devolve but for the time being this could be seen as a 1st step towards something more regional something more positive something deeper though i would say listening to the opening speech by the crown prince that already there is a tone of hostility towards iran while at the same day we hear from iran you know more when it exercises trying better pilotless planes and so on and so forth so what we need to lose what we need to do peter on this and i would be short about this we need to look at this in a multiple levels lot of number one is the qatari level or the gulf people level there is this is a great deal for them. because they were brought into this thing in the 1st place

you know despite their will and spite their interests because there are families across the borders there's commercial interests and so on and so forth and it's good that now companies and them about these and saudis and egyptians would be able to travel back and forth and work back and forth but there's a question of the regional issue that is not an issue is it's going to take time and it's going to take proof and there are these in the bahraini as and others who stabbed iraq stabbed in the back of course now is going to have to prove that they are really serious and genuine and then there's the 3rd level which is the great difficulties what will happen next with saudi arabia and turkey what would happen with the gulf and iran and what would happen with the war in yemen is this the 1st step towards in the war in yemen so these are very important questions for us to answer before gushing crazing and getting all enthusiastic about this being you know of the salvation and the end of history do you think there will be some of

those big issues that you're talking about them are when everything from criticizing media in the region as the blockading countries did do up to and including for example the death of jamal because that has been linked to of course it has the current so leadership will those big issues not just be swept under the carpet never to be dealt with because if you don't deal with them they might come back. i think here also we need to distinguish between 2 levels and this is a very important question because this will also tell us or give us a sign of what what are the implications of this deal and where is it heading in terms of the various interests and the various ways to actually achieve that so-called stability. and solidarity in the region and i think i think the state try and type. the souls type media

that's that should have never existed there is no role for that and although this is more or less dominant in so many places every about hour in the world has these t.v. stations with different languages or whether it's russia iran you know the u.k. america and what else and then there is professional journalism i think there is no room for undercutting undermining professional journalism and i think everyone should be respectful of and supportive all professional journalism meaning journalism doing their work just like you are not now engaging in so good discussion or what an important the quotation the just happened it's 3 and a half years into a crisis right and this discussion is that it plays in the gulf region and in the arab world in general of course throughout the world because this is important for stability and sort of briefly mowen to the blockade actually have to happen

absolutely not and i think it's just it's minute just a 40 year mistake and if you look carefully at at the period peter this is been afforded to 4 months basically which is almost as much as the 48 months of the trump and mr wright so this is actually a trump administration duration crisis it began with at the top administration ending with a thought musician some people have the idea that perhaps they could get away with doing certain things in an unorthodox and gulf like and ways and i think that field a big question because you asked me to be short i think the big question for me is why didn't they do it much earlier 3 and a half years were wasted the same thing applies to the war in yemen why don't you do it sooner than later in the war because sooner or later you're going to have to

. so better to do it sure. always great to get your unique insight into these big regional stories here in the middle east great to talk to you thanks very much our senior political analyst there plenty more still to come here on the news hour for you including 1000000 and counting the u.k.'s prime minister delivers more bad news as daily infections in the u.k. reach a new high. virus fears millions of children returned to school in kenya despite conditions being far from ideal. and action from stage 3 of the dakar rally in saudi arabia that's coming up in the sports news with gemma. let's move on to some other top stories for you here on the news are voting well underway in 2 crucial senate races georgia that will determine whether president elect joe biden's democratic party will have

a majority in the upper chamber when 3000000 people have already cast their ballots in early voting an unprecedented trigger for polls outside presidential elections the final day of campaigning so rallies from both outgoing president frump and joe biden and a recording published by u.s. media in which mr trump pressures the top state election official to overturn his loss causing controversy across the states let's drill down into the numbers for you right now republicans have 50 of the 100 senate seats and democrats have $48.00 so this is what makes these 2 undecided seats in georgia so very important republicans david per doing are running against democratic candidates john also off and raphael warnock if the democrats take both seats the senate will be split $5050.00 as vice president carla harris would be the deciding vote giving democrats control while republicans only need to win one of the seats to hold their majority

natascha going to joins us live from columbus in georgia natasha what are the issues that people are voting on here or is it just the voting on the big issue the one issue who runs america in all 3 arms of government. well there's no question that president trump loomed very large and some some might say even overshadowed this senate runoff the 2 incumbent republican senators senator david perdue and senator kelly lefler are trump loyalists they're actually going to join a group of republicans who are going to oppose what should be a routine certification of biden's when slated to take place in d.c. on wednesday they spent a good chunk of their campaign using terms right out of trump's playbook saying that georgians needed to fend off quote radical democrats and fend off socialism

these are 2 very successful and wealthy former business executives they did it throughout the campaign tell voters that they would be able to draw from that experience and help pass policies that would revive the pandemic beleaguered economy but a lot of their campaigning and strategy was focused on this messaging of stopping radical democrats as for the democrats we attended a rally. featuring the president elect joe biden yesterday and just listen to the terminology he used he said that john aasif and reverend raphael warnock the 2 democratic senate candidates were quote qualified honorable decent men who would fight for georgians and show loyalty to georgians and not to trump throughout the race the democratic candidates did focus on issues they felt georgians would respond to they talked about helping ensure there was a quote more effective pandemic response expanding health care to the needy

promoting criminal justice reform and clean energy but clearly as you said you know this race it's had so much attention placed on it and georgians were told that this was actually a race that would determine the future of america a bit of hyperbole for sure but. it shows you the intensity and the passion behind this and what's at stake and what's at stake is if these 2 democrats can flip the seats that have been held by republican senate there has not been a democrat said to the senate by georgians in 20 years if the democrats can flip the seas it will mean a complete democratic control of 3 branches of government and certainly that is something that president elect joe biden is looking for otherwise there's a concern there will be a repeat of a kind of obstructionist senate that we saw during the obama presidency natasha thank you very much natasha demand there in georgia let's talk as well to joshua

metal he's chair of the department of social sciences at clayton state university he joins us from morrow georgia joshua meadow how much damage if he did damage to donald trump due to the republicans in this political race with one recorded conversation where he was talking to the state official saying give me the vote so neat. that's a great question peter so that tape of course is not only been played regionally nationally internationally it's been a talking point now for over 24 hours the scene the vice president kind of come out and discuss and talk about how important it is or individuals come in but we're darla so what's being said in tapes. if it's playing i mean it's going to play poorly for democratic supporters with a long line of a history of a lot of things the president says the portly lot of charging a lot of interest in this race for the democrats to come out that one of the early voting leading that charge for a runoff election where you don't see the level of turnout it during

a presidential election but it's high i don't know how much is going to damage is the republican counterparts because they are these are people who are already in support of donald trump but the big thing is why so there's less learn and produce have been tying themselves or isn't trump is they understand bet some of these trump voters are just that they're detroit voters and they're not republican voters so they're trying to tie themselves president trump so they will sway some of his voters make sure to come to the polls so i don't know how much it's going to be damaging for the republican voters but it is not a good look ok not a good look at us to understate it perhaps joshua not wishing to put words into your mouth ok here's the thing we are literally days away from a new white house and a new congress even if the democrats do not get this but we think voter turnout may go with the democrats but even if they don't get it when it comes to getting policy on to the statute books when it comes to

a kinder gentler america when it comes to getting legislation passed will it really make any difference anyway. well if if the 2 seats are flipped it's going to be a major help for the president elect biden especially with having up vice president like that harris be able to tie breaker now biden has a history of bipartisanship reaching across the aisle so he now won't need it nearly as much as say maybe some other presidents do but you've got to remember the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is savvy he has the obstructionist history with the obama administration he won't let things get through that he doesn't want on the floor if he has the majority so flipping those 2 seats really since it takes that power away and puts it in senator schumer's hands from new york so that would be a very interesting kind of change it would then and then of course that could really change the policy so when biden was talking about our guest at the rally about the future is on the ballot with climate change and the virus and then our clean energy

coal all of that stuff they were going to happen he really does mean it because we do see these kind of talking points that gen diatoms for the democratic party they've just they can't it's 4 or so if they don't switch those 2 seats it's going to be very difficult to build an agenda a legislative agenda for the president so of course he's he's preparing to not have those seats both in the bus ok forgive me just so if my next question is is naive or simplistic when the dust settles on this inauguration in a couple of months does the republican party have to reinvent itself as of the republican party the kind of ronald reagan george bush not george w. his father his republican party in as much as it maybe doesn't want to be seen as the trump slash republican policy moving forward. that's not a naive question it's babbelas question so the republican party really is at a crossroads they've got to figure out what they want do they want to go down this

kind of trump is a role you're seeing erick and ology trying to kind of positioning themselves but there is a growing group off the other side who 'd are on high backed so what ronald reagan is the conservatism of the 1980 s. but there is this kind of also dungarpur growing group of republicans who are lies that that message of the 1980 s. doesn't play so well with younger voters today so baby there has to be some kind of shift in messaging some of the social conservatism messaging are things about nature more of a populist progressive kind of economy message so republicans have a long hard look in the air because they're still winning national elections they can be ok that you pause but what we see in the u.s. presidential history in electoral history is that if you don't kind of look to the future you really could be it really hurt yourself the democrats went through this in the seventy's that the democrats could not win anything after for

a long time until they started to kind of changing the dialogue of the new demand democrats like bill clinton and that kind of like progressive kind of movement that's taken here so the republicans are at a crossroads they really need to decided i think only trump ism which can really turn off prospective younger voters 'd or are they going to try to adapt to keep some of those by kind of populist ideals that just talking about what pushed some of the newer agenda to kind of bring and voters it's a real interesting issue and some of the republicans really need to strategize and that there's there's a generational shift appen personal interesting conversation so good to talk to the joshua thank you so much social media in morrow in georgia. intensive care units in the u.s. state of california a stretch to capacity as new pope in 1000 cases. a new some says 4000 people in the state died in the past 2 weeks mr newsome the worst is yet to come as the holiday season draws to a close in a speech to correspondent live for us in los angeles rob we in effect saying he of

the state is tipping towards not being able to cope. well certainly here in california peter we are entering the darkest days of the pandemic so far there have been 2 and a half 1000000 cases of covert 19 in the state with nearly 27000 deaths and yes the health care system is just buckling under the strain the supplies of oxygen for example which are important for a covert 19 patients as as well as people with other conditions are in such short supply that now in los angeles county where i am at the moment the emergency ambulance crews and emergency medical technicians have been told not to transport people to hospital if they appear to be at a low chance of survival trying to save that oxygen for people who might be better

able to to survive in los angeles now one person dies of covert every 10 minutes one person is infected every 6 seconds that's according to mayor eric garcetti the governor gavin newsome said in his briefing earlier that california is in the midst of a surge on top of a surge and that we've only just begun to see the impact of the travel gatherings and lack of social distancing over the winter holiday period that is just passed nationwide there have been 300 and. 56000 deaths from coven 1000 in the united states and the centers for disease control projects that by january 23rd that number will reach a staggering 424000 deaths we have been seeing we've been reporting it rob in the past few hours a picture when it comes to vaccinations across europe how's the vaccination rollout

getting to grips with comint in america. it is slow it is much slower than people had expected and in some places it is really chaotic there have been 4500000 people vaccinated thus far that's obviously a far cry from the trumpet ministrations pledge to vaccinate 20000000 people by the end of 2020 as usual the trump administration has not provided any kind of nationwide plan for vaccination instead dumping responsibility onto the states to individual localities in some cases individual hospitals or health care systems each state has its own criteria for who gets the vaccine 1st in most cases that's a front line health care workers followed by elderly and residents of nursing homes

people who are at greatest risk of dying from over 1000 but some states have gone their own way for example florida and tennessee announced that all seniors could get the vaccine on a 1st come 1st serve basis so that has resulted in scenes of the room watching on television here in the united states of of people in their seventy's and eighty's standing in very long lines by the side of the road swapped in blankets and winter coats waiting for hours at a time only to be told at the end of the day that the supplies have run out networks set up to provide information. online or over the phone about vaccinations have crashed into the demand medical staff also are in very short supply because most of them are working in hospitals and trying to save lives so for example here in california the governor gavin newsome has. talked about enlisting pharmacy workers dentists the national guard and other people to pick up the pace the

president elect joe biden who will take office in just 15 days has promised to use emergency wartime powers not only to boost production of the vaccine but also to speed the rollout peter rob many things for granted as they're reporting live from los angeles county well staying with coated 19 the number of daily confirmed coronavirus cases in the u.k. has now exceeded $60000.00 for the 1st time since the beginning of the pandemic a day after the u.k. government announced a new national lockdown in england to combat the spread of a new more infectious strain of the virus one in 50 people in some parts of england now has coronavirus with levels of the new strain growing rapidly in the capital neve baka reports now from london the sign painters went out at dawn reaffirming the rules the spread of corona virus in the u.k. is spiraling out of control after months of confusing on and off restrictions for

many the new total lockdown lore in england from wednesday is a wearisome next step but the new variant of the virus 50 percent more transmissible than the 1st threatens to wreak havoc on the nation's health system. in a downing street briefing the prime minister called for one last major national effort to stem the virus before massive vaccinations turn the tide when the number of patients in hospitals in england is now 40 percent higher than the 1st peak in april i think obviously everybody you want to be sure that we in government are now using every 2nd of this lockdown to put that invisible shield around the elderly and the vulnerable in the form of vaccination only a few days ago the government was urging parents to get ready to send their children

back to school after the holidays but now under the new restrictions they're close to virtually all people must work from home and all hospitality and non-essential shops shut and there are fines for rule breakers scotland wales and northern ireland have imposed similar measures it is almost a mirror image of the 1st national lockdown 10 months ago we're very familiar concerns about the impact on businesses in the economy which is why the british government says it will release extra billions to help soften the blow the streets in central london are quiet and empty but after days of government indecision other areas seem slower to catch on. the majority of people back the latest lock down but rather than the owner simply being on people to follow the rules and expose the rule breakers experts are calling for greater government plan r.t. and support in many ways the problem doesn't lie with people's resilience with their psychology with their willingness to do things it lies with government policy

so if you look at the areas where there is low at here it's low compliance like for instance of isolation in the u.k. it's very much to do with the fact that we give people precious little support to do something that is difficult for instance it's very difficult if you live in a multiple captaincy house to isolate from from others so we could as they do for instance in a number of countries we could give people who tell accommodation to support people people are also more likely to follow the rules if the measures are working their fear is that the tactic employed in earlier waves won't be enough alone to contain the new variant this remains one of the country's best hopes the rollout of the oxford astra zeneca jab began on monday the government sets numbers just targets of inoculating 13000000 vulnerable people by the middle of february this is now a critical race between the virus and the vaccine needs park out london live now to

london and my colleague andrew symonds under 7 weeks with only going to the supermarket or taking some exercise outdoors is another big ask of people isn't it . it certainly appears there is a gloom right across the u.k. right now about these restrictions the same more or less back at the start of the pandemic and you heard the press conference involving the prime minister but boris johnson and his scientific and medical advisors well johnson was quite brief with what he had to say he didn't have to justify his actions with those figures you've just heard more than 60000 infection rate now the 7th day in a row that we've heard figures that are much much higher for ancient persian rates than the beginning of the 1st wave of the pandemics or the peak of the 1st wave of the pandemic and then we have 830 deaths on tuesday and furthermore

we're looking at a 1000000 infections in england and in some parts one in 50 people infected now what johnson had to do was go on the defensive when the questions started coming in he had to defend at the pace of his his work in in actually putting this. whole shutdown together because this variant this u.k. variant that's caused this massive rise in infections started on december the 18th and there was a realisation then that they had are a whole different situation to deal with now and johnson said that he was relying on the 40 year system putting more millions and millions of more people in the top tier 3 or 4 but that became obvious it wasn't working and then of this the body that rates the risk in the u.k. came out with a red alarm that the n.h.s.

the health service was going to start being overwhelmed now what he said then was he had to do it he had no other option what people want to know is why there seem to be. messaging and why it took such a time but he moved around that one did nicholas sturgeon the scottish 1st minister kind of nailed it yesterday or the day before and because she seemed to be saying look we're now in a race and the race is between the vaccine and getting people vaccinated and coronavirus that's where we are right now. well there was an aspect of politicking here her announcement when she did recall parliament ahead of johnson's action but she did actually make the announcement of the full lockdown in scotland only hours ahead of johnson but it has to be said she she did summit up with that line used by a lot of people in fact jonson him self used at the race between the vaccine and the infection the vaccine isn't winning right now the rollouts only just happened

in the in the u.k. and that it's the 2nd vaccines only just happened nearly 3 weeks ago the pfizer vaccine was another 1st for the u.k. but in entitled 1300000 people have been vaccinated now the key issue here is how long it's going to take for the u.k. to roll out something like $2000000.00 vaccines a week that's the target because the strategy is to target those 4 vulnerable groups including that that is for the front line health care workers to target them to get the vaccinations done for something like 14000000 people in the timeframe they're hoping to deal with it's a very big ask and that is then according to the strategy that is going to enable the u.k. to actually deal with those most vulnerable and save lives now chris witty the chief medical officer pointed to this saying he has lengthen the gap between the

vaccines in order to save more lives by just giving the 1st dose with a 2nd dose much later that he was fully justified in doing that because the risk was minimal in having the 1st dose not followed up with a 2nd one for to later he would save more lives twice as many lives he said or this is controversial because the world health organization as this news conference was going on the head of the immunization section in geneva said no the pfizer vaccine in particular needs 20. 8 days maximum $21.00 to $28.00 days for the 2nd dose to be administered so this is going to be a controversy that will run on and on and under many things under simmons our correspondent there reporting live from london. ok let's move on to wrap up some of the top stories to scandinavia because norway has now become the 1st country in which electric cars make up a majority of all new vehicle sales in 202054 percent of all vehicles purchased in

this country were electric tax exemptions of meet the market more competitive and it's part of the norwegian government's goal to end the sale of petrol and diesel cars completely by 2025 lauren fix is an analyst an owner of automotive aspects a consultancy providing insights into the car industry she joins us from buffalo new york in the united states lauren fix can or way do this lauren because it's a very small astonishingly wealthy country. well i miss the wealthy country will then be able to afford the infrastructure which is going to be necessary we have to remember that the electric grid across every country is quite old because it hasn't been around for more than a 100 years but a lot of it hasn't been updated and that's our biggest problem it's not the purchase of the vehicle it sort of that chicken and egg you can have the vehicle and charge at home but we've had problems here in the u.s. we're cities that had brown outs and there's no ability to charge your car or those

charging stations are just not enough of them and that's going to be the biggest problem that norway is going to have to her have to clear because without that you can't charge your vehicle people will then get frustrated and go back to diesel and petrol is the only good way or the only logical way to get people to go electric to do what the norwegian government is doing which is to say look by this date in 5 or 10 years time we will be in the main holy electric and you've got to get on to the electric bus to mix my metaphors and you've got to get with that because there's not going to be an alternative. well there has to be an alternative you have to realize that we're way our country is laid out versus other countries we have cities that lead to larger cities that lead to big towns and so forth and so because of the stretch in between has in europe there's nothing between cities we have literally homes everywhere so you could charge at home but if the employer structure is not available people won't buy it and also here in the u.s. our biggest problem is those that can afford to purchase

a new car also means you have to purchase insurance and you have the ability to charge which costs money so that the cost of electricity is increasing so this relates to a problem that those that are affording that are more wealthy and those that don't have the money who can afford a new car new insurance in the charging they won't be able to switch so to force them to purchase an electric vehicle would be the biggest burden and they're also the ones are going to pay the biggest burden on the cost of electricity doubling and tripling if you look at california where they're mandating electric cars by 2035 their biggest problem is there's people that live out in the desert there's people that don't live in san francisco los angeles and san diego and those are the people that will be hurt the worst so i think those people won't transition i think there is a place for gasoline and diesel and electric but also you'll see what china is doing which is blue gas it's a form of hydrogen and compressed natural gas and those together can propel both battery and combustion engines and that may be one of the solutions in the future without having enough electricity to charge every car ok not trying to put words

into your mouth lauren but would it be safe to say the norwegian model does not represent one size fits all particularly if you view what the norwegians have done through the prism of the common you factor i was recently driving across the netherlands pulling in for a cup of coffee in a comfort stop and i was stunned because it was row after row after row of tesla charging stations that means a long mosque is paying a local government or a town council to turn in that particular case a hotel call pop into a massive charging station so everyone hollering is driving tesla's and then there's a supply and how you get the charge into another brand of an electric vehicle if you choose not to go with a model 3 if you choose to go with say the new audi. right be out each trotter the gent where i pace wonderful vehicles you've got of course the chevy volt or the bull t.v. and they've got other vehicles like the mustang maki all of which will be global products and i think the problem is tesla does have

a deal going with different cities and municipalities typically hill put the c. should in if they pay for the electricity but then they charge the electricity so you must is very smart he knows how to work the government system in order to make money and that he doesn't make money on the sale of the car he makes money based on all the subsidies that's the one thing now if you want to test like you go to a tesla charging station typically they're full of another vehicle and you have to wait most people don't want to wait 4 hours for a super charger till that whatever that next person leaves and then you have to pull in and wait and that frustration when filling up a tank is only 7 minutes whether it be gas or diesel now the other thing is the other manufacturers they're charging ports won't trade in to tesla's but tesla's will fit into their so one of the ways to make this work is to have one charging adapter for every single vehicle tesla doesn't want to comply because obviously he has you know a captive audience but at some point this is going to change or an adapter will be available on the aftermarket where you can charge into a tesla charging station but remember it's still cost money nothing is free and

gasoline costs money and electricity costs money and like in china there's now a shortage and they don't know what to do so they're building nuclear power plants as quick as they can and the grid can't support it so this is going to be a problem that norway's going to run into as well as other countries and you're right one size does not fit all in a small country like norway certainly doesn't apply to all of europe or even the united states lauren a really interesting conversation thank you so much for joining us here on the news hour long 6 there in buffalo new york thank you. mourners in the southwest of pakistan have blocked a highway for 3 days protesting alongside the bodies of 10 coal miners killed. there refusing to go ahead with burials or end their sit in until arrests are made on the prime minister imran khan agrees to meet them sort of korea reports. this major road on the outskirts of quests or is being blocked by this close knit hazaar a community that includes children and the elderly who are up. and they're refusing

to end their sit in chair ben ok 6 sisters and one of the victims was our only brother the only person who worked to look after us they brutally slaughtered him and our family alone they slaughtered 5 people including my nephew and 3 cousins i saw has claimed responsibility for the killing of a group of coal miners from the muslim shia minority the extremist group in pakistan has often targeted the has are in the past total there's been we are tired of burying our people we no longer have courage to bury anymore bodies give us justice we want justice. pakistan's interior minister she arrived in quite a to tell the has are is that the government is doing all it can be as a member of. your i came with instructions from prime minister in iraq on who asked me to take this plane and to assure all the hazara shia muslims that we will arrest these murderers at any cost and justice will prevail i have also asked the military

here to help the government find the killers oh but the protesters don't think it's enough they blame the government for failing to protect their people and despite islamic tradition requiring rapid burial they're refusing to bury the victims until prime minister imre han visits himself. ethnic as ours make up most of the shia population inquests are the capital of baluchistan. and it's pakistan's largest and poorest region suffering ethnic sectarian and even separatists insurgencies. has are often ostracized by others including eisel because of their faith and their ethnicity. and the community of miners here believe this won't be the last time that they will be target. but. the president of central african republic. has been

reelected as supporters celebrated the final results showed him winning more than 53 percent of the vote last week and that means he won't need to face a runoff election was marred by violence from rebel groups aligned with political rivals nicholas hogg has been following developments from senegal. despite and the announcement made by the election commission there's no celebrations outside. there as party headquarters the united hearts movements that's because he's under pressure from the international community as well as different actors in the country so wait for the official validation by the constitutional court and that will happen in 2 weeks time remember 9 count candidates have appealed the election results saying that the president has not won the popular vote saying that only half of the electorate was able to go out and vote half of the polling stations were closed that's because large parts of the country is in the hands of armed

groups one of the candidates even suggesting that there should be another election held that the conditions for the elections were not adequate for a democratic vote take a listen to what he has to say not. cancelling the results is one solution holding a 2nd round is another but no matter what the results announced yesterday cannot be accepted now on groups that were once fighting against each other are now united under a coalition they call the coalition for patriotic change there just 20 kilometers away from the capital bangui they've taken over large parts of the country this despite 812000 strong un peacekeeping troops additional troops sent by. president paul kagame to send additional troops to the capital bangui as well as russian fighters on the ground ensuring the protection of the president himself there's been reports of russian fighters wearing ski mask heavily armed patrolling the

streets of the capital while they're just 20 kilometers away a spokesperson from this coalition 'd says they're ready to take over the country but they're also open to dialogue with the government. the un is expecting another wave of people being forced from their homes in nice there after a series of attacks more than 100 people were killed on saturday when gunmen attacked 2 villages near the border with mali new jersey has suffered violence from groups linked to al qaeda and i saw what interests us more now from the capital new army. last year more than 57000 new displacements have been recorded here in here adding to the more than 400000 refugees and internally displaced persons already struggling with in adequate food and shelter the united nations described the situation as desperate we need more phones we are cutting off or up to 2 and a purse because of course to go to further complicate the situation of the movement

of humanitarian workers is severely restricted not only because of the resurgence of coverage 19 but also they have become targets of these armed groups before there was like a kind of. respect for humanitarian people we don't. know everybody is is a target this year is a country that depends on international aid only because of climate change but also because of conflict now experts here believe that the situation will get worse because of the continuing attacks in different parts of the. schools reopened in kenya many parents are happy to see their children back in the classroom but they're worried too about the lingering risk of 19 reports from nairobi. students at nairobi's primary school lined up to the sea face musts given out by the government 18000000 students have a ton to school across the country after 9 months disruption caused by the covered

1000 pandemic but many say conditions of the schools are far from ideal. reading. what a boy. and that was. about to someone it was done and then you think you've won what . if not. without more dust or classrooms the children have to sit shoulder to shoulder 3 at a desk just like they did before the pandemic teachers are warning of the often overcrowded underfunded schools prepared for the opening in the face of the ongoing pandemic they say the. probation to ensure that the social distancing in the classrooms. patents to a concern at the moment we have got a lot of areas because we didn't don't know if children in school are having having the or even if they teach as having their wages or even the support stuff in school

or having the latest so we have that fear but we really hope for the best and we we shall keep on praying for our kids to be safe covered 1000 cases in kenya began side you know unpicked in november. 1972 cases but they according to the health ministry despite a limit to testing for cope with 19 the country house recorded 1695 deaths and almost 100000 cases. many are now word of the reopening of schools might lead to another such in the number of infections. nairobi kenya. south korea is demanding the release of one of its tankers seized by iran iran says the ship was causing oil pollution in gulf waters south korea has deployed a naval destroyer to the strait of hormuz and seizure comes ahead of a visit by the south korean vice foreign minister. still to come here on the news.

with gemma. gets ready for his most important match head coach.

international sports news. thanks for that start with football in the english premier league has announced a new record of foresee current of ours cases in the last week that's more than double the record set the week before the latest figures come it's england and scotland begin new lock downs with cases on the rise but at least port is allowed to continue for premier league matches if been to spend in recent weeks but league

officials have once again reiterated as no plan to shut down play scotland's government says league champions south take have questions to answer that training camp in dubai the team left on saturday for that warm weather trip just before scotland to enter into full lockdown with the public not to travel internationally the government wants its football association to investigate but south to say the trip was arranged months ago and approved by the government for me one drive at land there norris has tested positive for 19 in dubai where he was on holiday ahead of a training camp he lost his sense of smell but has no on the simpsons and is now south isolating morris is the 4th f one driver to contract the virus after his hamilton is a present monstro in the us the n.f.l. is cleveland browns will be without a head coach kevin stefanski for their 1st playoff game in 18 years he said positive of the virus as have 2 of his coaching staff and 2 players as well the browns that play the pittsburgh steelers on sunday and it's unlikely to be

rescheduled and japan's top sumo wrestler has contracted the virus a grand champion who i was tested after losing his sense of smell the mongolian born wrestler has one a record of 44 top division titles and was training for the new year grand seem a tournament which begins in tokyo on sunday assume a stablemates will now all save the czechs the british and irish lions rugby sort of south africa is all site under threat because of the pandemic is scheduled for july but organizes a considering ways to avoid cancellation they include playing behind closed doors in south africa shifting the series it to the u.k. and ireland open spending it's by if the decisions expect. sit in february well right now in south africa there cricketers have completed a 2 no series when i was sure lanka after winning the 2nd test by 10 wickets sri lanka captain a dimiss a korean erap that made $130.00 but his team all out the $211.00 on day 3 fast bowler took 4 wickets south africa even as that knocked off the $67.00 run target

so when the match and the series and in christchurch new zealand are in a dominant position in the 2nd test against pakistan the kiwis are declaring on 659 the 6 at banks to 238 captain kane and williamson as well as centuries from henry nichols and darell mitchell pakistan with 8 for one of the close of play on day 3 still the football action continues in britain with tottenham facing branford late in the league cup semifinals head coach josie marino says is his most important game since taking charge at spurs if not want to try fi since winning this competition 13 years ago is not about me 4 or 5 times it's not about me 2 or 3 clubs it's not about me at all is about my club is about the players especially in the club without civil war for more than one in one decade

every competition becomes even more important and. if you in 2 matches we win the trophy radios form aside manchester united and sissie do battle in the other semifinal that one's on wednesday is a rematch of last season's dobby at the same stage which city won on the way to clinching the trophy for a 3rd successive year in ited maybe one win from going top of the premier league but in cup competitions they've lost 3 semifinals and the manager only got a social. it's always a good question how important is it and then then i can answer that very. the next game is always important but of course a semifinal is a chance to get to get to the final to get your hands on a trophy in the next round it's not just learning to win 7 is also. their right to feel that we can go all the way with our performances we are confident we go into the game in good form there's no excuses kateri drive at last

alice has won stage 3 of the saudi arabia a toy or to try to clenched his 2nd stage in a right to a 2nd in the general class classification moving ahead of defending champ car science is also. stephan as a house the frenchman had to stop in today's special stage to fix a puncture but still tops the standings by more than 5 minutes. today really we. did good in the big asian and everything working very well you know like what we need done. i'm really happy with their peers because. something good. so useful for now i'll be back with more later. thank you very much that was. set for me peter told me lauren has all the top stories from london on the other side of this break time being thanks for watching.

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