the perfect storm of events in 2020 exposed the truth about race at the heart of the united states and as president joe biden embarks on his 1st month in the white house we'll bring you the latest developments of keep tabs to repair global relationships february on al-jazeera play an important role. ringback face. oh i maryam namazie and london quick look at the headlines now hundreds of protesters have clashed with security forces in lebanon as anger rises over harsh coronavirus restrictions that devastating an economy already on the edge of collapse but least in the northern city of tripoli use tear gas and water cannon to beat back protesters who are demanding the government does more to help say the honda reports now from tripoli. growing poverty is pushing lebanese people back

onto the streets protesters say they are hungry unable to cope with a coronavirus lockdown now in its 3rd week they want economic support this is how the authorities responded. but they. also the politicians are focusing on distributing the cheese instead of focusing on us we are witnessing a collapse in all sectors security politics and health they are all irresponsible they are leaving us to die lebanon's economic collapse began more than a year ago there have been social unrest and political turmoil since officials say 500000 families or 2500000 people are in need of assistance that's nearly half the population. compliance with a 24 hour curfew that exempts essential workers is a week in lebanon 2nd largest city tripoli it was already poor before the pandemic

. and in the above the news below been able to these people are obliged to work even though it puts their health at risk other governments are enforcing lockdowns but they give people aid. there is no social safety net for the poor no government assistance the state is nearly bankrupt one 3rd of the workforce is jobless and around half of the workforce depends on daily wages like. he has for children no shop and on a good day he makes $20000.00 lebanese pounds which is less than $3.00. at the black market rate. let me know if you. become so hard i can't even describe it. to feed my family when others kone when to do that the good. charity associations say more and more people are relying on handouts among them to middle class the cost of daily life is becoming too high especially since the local

currencies value collapse on a daily basis we have people who would like to register because of course we register them according to nationality and to look asian so i must say that the numbers are increasing on a daily basis the open ended political crisis is not helping politicians are arguing about cabinet seats instead of agreeing to fight corruption allowing lebanon to receive much needed international financial assistance the lockdown is in place until february 8th and it can be extended officials are promising to help the most fun and they're asking people to be patient but for many that's not an option sent to their own tripoli northern lebanon here in the u.k. prime minister boris johnson is saying england is likely to remain in lockdown until the 8th of march schools and non-essential businesses will stay closed while travelers from countries deemed high risk will have to quarantine in a hotel for 10 days more than 100000 people have died after testing positive for

corona virus and around 37000 remain in hospital. iran is dismissing comments from israel's military chief of staff is that preparations are being made for a possible offensive is ready left and in general i believe called covey also urged president joe biden not to join the 2 $1015.00 nuclear deal which would result in the easing of american sanctions on iran but iran's presidential chief of staff says israel's warning is nothing but psychological warfare. and indian police have detained 200 people a day after thousands of protesters stormed the historic red fort in the capital new delhi at least one person died in tuesday's clashes and hundreds of others were injured farmers have been protesting against new agricultural laws for months now which they say could hurt their livelihoods but coming up next the war criminal seeking forgiveness from the people he tortured that story is

coming up on witness i'll see you in about half an hour on. the. 'd my name is assad londra. i used to be guards at jollibee chippers an. irish never happened. i really did bad things would i be able to forgive.

somebody like me.

feel guilty for a groove richo to the lack of a shameful will for killing and the violation of the laws of. my. thoughts. my son says as of lies a little shift in the ism presence. this is man when i was in school 1st half my school thank you i just cannot believe that this 4 is that monster that becomes a. sorry sure that you know innocent but looking back in my past you know i just can't i don't see any anything on this way is that even in the us without showing more just

doesn't exist there. was nothing there. i have a happy childhood. but as mom was influenced by my life from the beginning. you cannot play football with the rest. you cannot do the things that mother children can do. many times from their god play i must say. i like to draw or good things because. after i finish school my teacher encouraged me to go in our school and i was prepared you know my father picked me to send iraq to outscore i had a credit put directly asked you not everything but because there is no other 3

brothers and one sister in my family so my father couldn't therefore sent me in another town and school and when i was there i started to drink i started to do everything quantrill if my especially a father if he said don't do this i will do you not just all despise you and because i blame him for everything that they've done after that the words just. to this prize. will be tired so maybe they'll snatched the buttons and. talk like you don't need any kind of president. oh never played me and.

what career move got to offer young women requires not just a tent on top of the moon equatorial proof there could be a trick. or b.s. yet another trick and then he and i agree that it would be a good start not of. me 19000000 bucks amusing put ghosty to zagreb. the meat between the serbian and croatian rivals turned into a war between their fans never i did i miss it unanswered feel this need watching me get through it all but all i'm seeing us get out of more the next minute you're

missing my skin out of memory of the still running after without. thought i will say that i'm not. before political parties organize public meetings. i was present all of them you know you just go with friends you don't care about the rainy day or read messages you just want to have fun. to see good things i saw funny it's you that's me think you can feel the tension in there. they're just giving your general information that your neighbors are getting weapons and now he's time for you to do same. and many times they sold you weapon they didn't give you a weapon like it days should but they saw if you let them. you're lost your dream you blame everybody and everything and then you're just

collecting like this bunch. anger all around you that event energy ins you collect in yourself and then board it was perfect opportunity to let the 1000. i join to dismantle 30 units in my car. i want to bring frontline immediately but they decided to send me to this prison to be a car. commander was dead come. choose me young people. not go all the damn friendly we're going to stay there.

when he came 1st thing they did told us you are not here to think you are here to listen and obey. they tried to a cut in you or your colleague just chewed them all killed them home everything that come in your mind you do you will not be punished whether you just pull. out your. phone or up. was bad. commando prison he was really a nice person. when he can ever come in to us fine. if

you are in lafayette full of you know make some joy of drink with some people who want to drink you know it was all my ole miss fun atmosphere and you like to be there. i lost something that i like now i have this or that uniform i like you weapons people start to like me i want to be perfect soldier and i put all my energy and all my concentration dead. my vision all of part of the soldier who was my deputy commanding. the war speech strong. to talk to motion to try to please him more than anybody else. i was thinking if i do the mood then they asked me they would be more happy so i did. but i was 55 kilos than 19 years old and i have so much power over them

when you call them are what they cry they pee in the pants from the fear. that is something that you need because you can't feed the one who sees. you like that. ben you know that i will not be punished. i made myself. to do more than anybody else i was fewer than. before warrior i was nobody. but after that prison when i stuck to work there and things that had done all the power knew me ever read that everybody knew you know and you were like that. about still a couple more that you drink you're more become of cold.

what namath told them that he had just kind of dow down 112 routes or other mammals the most democrats had which had to ditch lightweight below you and your prostate into their more served up a minute. that it you are stuffed you eat with your god the earth doesn't audio they have only done it really and does not grow up to do to work with work here. yes it will you who are not who are underemployed you know if it was

a car i take it in by a metric or o.b. in a whimper beauty to smash. my biggest hope for the future is to have family. have normal lives like everybody else. the you.

enjoy i try to find it more. so when i went to the employment office they're always in awe like it's normal to ask what kind experience to hear when did you do before and who you are what you are and of course i cannot give them any information. i don't have identity i don't tell future i don't care who present the only thing that i have with my past and that is what is bearing me every moment now. flights to the east attending slee.

my own demons can back their not let me sleep. sometimes i really regret that i did in the one war. because if i did people to remember me nice way that i have done something good friend in country now i did something bad and nobody there is one to forgive or forget. that is innocent now lies in closer than i am blunt truth is that what alternate history is coming in this. city is pretty good much better than ever to see how to restore order. to. lead to the rabbinic customs understand. how is such a little capstone yourself gallatin the i don't understand you problem and all the

play the emotional part in the demo you're quite where you are probably a question i still play push etc now i know the british will be over the question as to a player cost me i. want to believe was utterly corny chill. and he said video is a smartarse some. dubber an image of their city the tonic i. will or tall by some a separate board an arched eyebrow a sorcerer say or not should toss your md as you would probably as jani or druggie still do starting their saw more tourney play be arnie probably a giuliani. on your summer sorry your mug or somebody has me shower time and i was

on some of the other day moronic an archon pour out on a dime option or are shiny for starters. really trot this poem a name email alert raise that bernie zink filmmaker you're going to play that but to get to jamaica school knew that it took a membership or much. in one of his i missed it or because of his mission mastery to bret's what starts. you don't get on post what practical to do to make it to trade yet another were missed was not a week year. you know that he's not said he might wish it were all it

took. him with us to them chase says that each year. yeah with their approach. but with the war the way to judge each of us a go to a yaqui are crucial not glad that i beat the best from which he and nice meo modern looked more than some ugly that the pleasure of reality. more the cocoa ianni. ito's who could do no says john i.e. by that he must supported too many power amid the both the snow. next and he some who didn't button east.

well my guess is that the next. team which is the season is field merely on your new course so popularly known that d.c. national pony this is you know nationals nascar classic all. of those shall i do

with you but i cannot you know state director and man of missing totally a part of the stuff you are just come to see dr around it will be like x. and i'm going to misfire not just now knows nothing was done and not at all it's about you mustn't need my neck on any of my understanding. you have some more than some isn't as honest as sad about you know.

you know so then the snow was it was a link you. could only really base saw the busy country documented. yet because the comment that. the postage. meus we had low is good although the 2 that made those now suddenly need to train the new good open lip or c d d the road to butter me as took the co-chair being in the bus from the top on these good many b.c.'s will be sure to use a sweat on him but not on the tell me.

your. cock of to push. her. there's a lot of violence then gotta get homie. it yes that with and death is that way and he cut or not i quickly and is perfect for gotta. not even be caught for your got. fouler thumb with that. i have to type all your got a lot of them got. funny yet thought causing the theme of that were anything but when i started patch i think the. weedeater. could be now my god we

got all awkward got a pig thema. ellerdine mcafee is what you are not put up there with they wanted to cornet. you spoke a word it you started here that had a really good guy daisy in it which might have it that polly a thought a good thought with a death is that what any cop. would as will be said tribble more the more we do to see him see the some inside. them. we might think of protocol. the brain the same part of being nice to me which is to direct them guarded. what really are pork what will cost. from an imperialist and we put not

a no more perfect. now with the budget this is sort to sneer in the more openness to stymie. many but not to the group 1st. to surprise him. and move the money spoke with us but what. if the much of the code for mike much. hope of a future. my 23 it's. good i hope. it's 10 years since revolutions across the arab world challenge the power. but how did these leaders rise to their positions the principle of the dictator before the

dictator was to be patient they played the game very carefully and how good they stayed in control of a common thing amongst the arabic states as is incredible will to survive the arab awakening absolute power. on a jersey. for 4 weeks america in goal didn't protest every day all over the us even as the country faces the continued threat of a deadly pandemic. and it morphed into a movement calling for police reforms sometimes it was violent. but mostly it was peaceful we asked people to describe what america is now feeling i think people want change. and i think about are willing to do whatever it takes to get there on friday billions of people in america are expected to celebrate what's called june 13th at an official holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the united states

this year in the wake of the nation. by protests there is a growing number of calls to make it an official federal holiday. as people see it as a great opportunity to take to the streets to continue to let their message be heard . to the whole name. oh i maryam namazie in london a look at our main story today security forces in lebanon a fired tear gas and water cannon a protest as angry with lockdown measures hundreds of people in the city of tripoli have been demonstrating against tough coronavirus restrictions which are making the country's economic crisis even was lebanon imposed around the clock nationwide curfew earlier this month of to

a shot jump in co the 19 cases. explains why people are so angry with the government more than half of the population is poor and this is a small nation of 5000000 people official say that 500000 families that's 2500000 people need assistance to survive and the government is cast trap the state is they are bankrupt is nearly bankrupt and now today the official the caretaker government because there's still 2 no government there's a caretaker government in place they've decided to increase the number of families who are going to receive 47 dollars 47 dollars to be able to survive a lockdown which is now in its 3rd week and all the headlines the u.k.'s prime minister is saying england is likely to remain in lockdown until the 8th of march schools and non-essential businesses will stay closed while travelers from countries deemed high risk will have to quarantine in a hotel for 10 days more than 100000 people have died after testing positive for

a chronic virus in the u.k. and around 37000 remain in hospital the country recorded more than 1700 fatalities on tuesday one of its highest of atolls. iran is dismissing comments from israel's military chief of staff is that preparations being made for a possible offensive is already left hadn't general cook i believe cook avi or president joe biden not to join the 2015 iran nuclear deal which would result in the easing of american sanctions on iran but iran's presidential chief of staff says israel's warning is nothing but psychological warfare actually i want to be the most pressing issue facing this man well america's new diplomat lincoln is just speaking now here today this is my 1st full day on the job as secretary of state and to restate what i said before it is a deep honor to be in this job and i am. gratified that

president seen fit to trust me this responsibility and i'm incredibly excited about the work ahead. especially working with the men and women of the state department to try to serve the american people and represent our country to the world. i want to spend a few minutes with with all of you today to make it clear right from the start how important i see the work that each and every one of you does some of you may know that i started my career. as a journalist obviously i didn't didn't succeed but it was something that i took tremendous pride and pleasure in and something i have deep respect for as a result of my own experience being on both sides of the. of the enterprise. you keep the american people in the world informed about what we do here that's key

to our mission as well. and you hold us accountable ask tough questions and that really does make us better. more broadly and it is never more important to restate that a free press is the cornerstone of our democracy and this is a critical moment for protecting and defending democracy including right here at home. so here's what you can count on coming from me and coming from us we're resuming the daily press briefing starting next week on tuesday. that's an essential part of the day. and we're bringing it back president biden has said that he wants truth and transparency back in the white house briefing room that fully applies in this room as well. and you'll be seeing me with a little bit of frequency too including on our travels together when hopefully we

can get back to those travels just as you'll have an opportunity here for many policy experts in this in this building i know we're not always going to see eye to eye that's not the point of the enterprise sometimes we'll be frustrating to you i imagine there are a few times when you'll be frustrating to us but that's to be expected that's exactly someways the point but you can count on me you can count on us to treat all of you with the immense respect you deserve and to give you what you need to do the jobs that you're doing that are so important to our country and to our democracy. and i will be forthright. whether it's behind this podium on the plane or hopefully eventually at some distant part of the world. so it's it's an adventure i am really really glad that we're in together so welcome back to the

press room as that said this is your press room and with that let me take a few questions enough to thank you welcome back mr secretary from the building thank you thank you for your kind words about our profession earlier try to be as brief as possible in the last couple months of the previous administration several policies were rolled out and enacted that attracted a bunch of that with the work contentious as the lead story attracted a bunch of criticism i realize that a lot of almost everything is under review right now as you're less than 24 hours in but among those things that were enacted in the last several months which are your priorities to 4 to complete the review to possibly reverse rescind or a rollback and similarly within the building apart from policy but in terms of personnel what exactly do you intend to change if anything about the approach of

the previous administration took to foreign service and people work in this building thanks yes you're right we are reviewing a number of steps that we're taking taken late in the last administration and want to make sure we understand in each case the the basis for the decisions that were made i will tell you that i'm particularly focused on the question of sanctions on the who these i think you all know very well. that the who these committed an act of significant aggression in taking over sanaa some years ago moving through the country committing acts of aggression against our partners saudi arabia committing human rights abuses and other atrocities creating an environment in which we've seen extremist groups fill some of the vacuums that. they were created but at the same time we've seen a campaign led by saudi arabia that has also contributed to what is by many

estimates the worst humanitarian crisis in the world today and that's saying something and so it's vitally important even in the midst of this crisis that we do everything we can to get humanitarian assistance to the people of yemen who are in desperate need and what we want to make sure is that any steps we are taking do not get in the way of providing that that assistance the who these controlled territory that i believe. that contains about 80 percent of yemen's population and so we want to make sure that any of these steps including the designation. don't make what is already a an incredibly difficult task even more difficult that is the provision of humanitarian aid. to the people of yemen so we're taking a very urgent and very close look at that we want to make sure that not only our

american aid groups able to do what they can to provide assistance but so are aid groups around the world that are providing the bulk of that assistance and to make sure that nothing we're doing. interferes with that particularly if it doesn't. in any other way events are our policy and objectives so that's the that's the priority in my in my book. thank you very much evacuations just go to c.n.n. . president biden in his 1st phone call with president putin yesterday outlined some areas of agreement such as the arms control agreement the extension of new start but at the same time areas of concern many of which involve russia we're talking about solar winds hack and ukraine of course the investigation the assessment of interference in the 2020. but also also the safety of that saying iran is now and so i want to ask you what are the red lines to which

the united states would consider sanctioning russia if there's any harm becomes to mr vali or to the protesters as they have been arrested you know how front and center is this issue to you of russian crackdown on the opposition and on human rights thanks andrea we've as you know already expressed our deep concern for the for the chief minister of ali specifically and more generally with the human rights situation in russia and it remains striking to me. how concerned and maybe even. scared. the russian government seems to be a one man should have all the. across the board as the president has said. we're reviewing all of these actions that are deep concern to us whether it is the

treatment mr valliant protect and particularly the apparent use of a chemical weapon an attempt to assassinate him we're looking very urgently as well as solar winds and its various implications we're looking at the reports of bounties placed by. russia on american forces in afghanistan and of course we're looking at these questions of election interference so all of that as the president the white house indicated are under review i don't want to get ahead of where we are on those reviews but as i say we have a deep concern for mission of all the safety and and security and the larger point is that. his voice is the voice of many many many russians and it should be heard not. only have rolling out anything it's. not not ruling out anything but we want to get get this full review done and then we'll take it from there and. just secretary as head of the correspondence is the issue here thank you

for coming out in your 1st it's it's a powerful signal and it does go does go noticed by us could i ask you in your confirmation hearing you spoke in support of the so-called abraham accords under the previous administration a couple of decisions that your mistress in could take i wanted to ask you about understood there's a review going on right now about military sales of the f. 35 sales to the united arab emirates and sales to the saudi arabia how do you see this going forward do you plan on the f. 35 is eventually going forward to the u.a.e. and with morocco does united states still recognize as the previous of. moroccan sovereignty in western sahara thank you thank you thanks very much. a couple things on that 1st as as we've said we very much support the abraham accords we think that. israel normalizing relations with with its neighbors and

other countries in the region is a very positive development and so we applaud them and we hope that there may be an opportunity to build on them in the months and and years ahead we're also trying to make sure that we have a full understanding of any commitments that may have been made in securing those agreements and that's something we're we're looking at right now. generally speaking when it comes to arms sales it is typical at the start of an administration to review any any any pending sales to make sure that what is being considered is something that advances our strategic objectives and advances our foreign policy so that's that's what we're doing at this moment but it. is. in mr secretary what are you looking at and do you plan on returning and faster. as us on what's up. with

regard to afghanistan one of the things that we need to understand is exactly what is in the agreements that were reached between the united states and the taliban to make sure that we fully understand the commitments that the taliban has made as well as any commitments that we've made and so we are taking that up and with regard to ambassador khalilzad yes we have we've asked him to continue the vital work that he's done an aging. thank you so much. the left and mr secretary how are you well thank you if i make good if i may on china how. how do you cooperate with china in climate change when you say you agree that it's engaging in genocide and separately kurt campbell has mentioned some confidence building measures such as loosening journalistic visa restrictions and reversing the closing a closure is not happening thank you thank you very much. we've had

some opportunity to talk about this in recent recent weeks and recent months and i think it's not a secret. the relationship between the united states and china is arguably the most important relationship. that we have in the world going going forward it's going to shape a lot of the future that we all live and increasingly that relationship has some adversarial aspects to it it has competitive ones and it also still has cooperate once in the cooperate ones are in areas where it's in our mutual interest to try to work together including manifestly on climate where it's in the interest of china and the interest the united states and europe the countries around the world to make concrete progress in combating global warming and so i think and hope that we'll be able to pursue that but that fits within the larger context of our foreign

policy and of many issues of concern that we have with china issues that we need to need to work through and so i think you'll see us doing doing just that even as we pursue the climate agenda that is so important to our country into the future of our planet. if you remember very. well thanks a handful from reuters i want to ask you about iran they said they would like united states to lift all the sanctions for a while you said they need to come back in full compliance so how do you plan to reconcile that and when should we expect to open the negotiations and who would lead them to united states and if i may on china. you talked about those reviews and with respect to weaker is enjoying your confirmation hearing you endorse the genocide determination but today when that's one springfield said the department is

a review. doing that determination that only about the process or are there different views on on this determination and should we expect some more units of action throughout this so i haven't actually seen what what ambassador thomas greenfield said so i can't. can't comment on it but. my judgment remains that genocide is committed against against the leaders and that that hasn't changed. with regard to iran. president biden has been very clear in saying that if iran comes back into full compliance with its obligations under the j.c. v.o.a. the united states would do the same thing and then we would use that as a platform to build with our allies and partners what we called a longer and stronger agreement and to deal with

a number of other issues that are deeply problematic in the relationship with iran but we are a long ways from that point around it is out of compliance on a number of fronts and it would take some time should it make the decision to do so for it to come back into compliance and time for us then to assess whether it was meeting its obligations so we're not we're not there yet to say the least. and then with regard to. how we would engage this issue if iran decides to come back into compliance i can tell you that we will we will build a strong team of experts and we will bring to bear different perspectives on the issue. of this this is something i would say this across the board by the way. one of the things that i feel very strongly about. is that in any of the issues we're engaged on in any of the issues that we're tackling

and that our foreign policy has to confront that we are constantly questioning our own assumptions and premises. that we we do not engage in group think that there is as much. self-criticism and self reflection as we get from appropriately the outside whether it's from from you or whether it's from people who disagree with the policies we're pursuing so i think you can expect to see that as we move forward both with regard potentially to around and for that matter to just about any other issue we tackle thank you very quickly learns a senior. malaysian could see in her care. you've talked a lot about restoring the u.s. leadership in the world but allies know that everything that you do could again be overturned in 4 years and that this is a cycle of that doesn't instill confidence in the long term in the united states credibility so how can anyone administration if it can be done and assure the world

that the united states can be trusted to keep its commitments so one of things i've done over the last 24 hours i spent a lot of time on the phone already with our some of our closest allies and partners in various parts of the world that's that's continuing and i can what i've picked up from those conversations already is a very very strong desire for the united states to be back in the room back at the table working with them on the many many common challenges we face. and that was almost palpable in the in the conversations i've had today and i expect to hear more of that in the in the days ahead. one of the things though. to your point is that when it comes to firstly everything we're we're doing. and the president has said this many times when when it comes to foreign policy it is hard to have a sustainable foreign policy absent the informed consent of the american people and

that informed consent i think comes in in a couple of ways one is in a sense it comes from you because many americans are reading about hearing about listening to what we're doing thanks to you and that's vitally important to make sure that they are fully informed and thinking about and ultimately providing their consent to what we're doing but the place that in our system that informed consent is vitally important is it with congress. the members of congress are the representatives of the american people they provide advice and consent to to our policies and i think one of the things you're going to see from from ard ministration is working as closely as we possibly can with congress on these issues from the take off not just on the landing because ultimately for these policies to be sustainable. we i think need to try to work them as much as we can upfront. not

at the at the back end they're going to be disagreements they're going to be places where we were just in a different place but i think we stand a better chance in producing the kind of policies that will stand the test of time if we're working closely up front with congress and we'll see where we get but i'm determined that we do that. thank you thank you all. look forward to seeing you soon and often. oh yeah all right so well what a change of tone that we were hearing from u.s. actions day and blink and he did speak about the need for tough questioning and accountability and he said that that and the daily press briefing would resume he also said that just at the. end of his press conference there that the state department would be working very closely with the u.s. congress when it comes to formulating policy so quite a stark contrast from the previous administration touch for

a number of different issues on yemen spoke about his deep concern for the humanitarian situation there the humanitarian crisis and the u.s. decision to suspend some of the sanctions on the who the rebels retreated support for the abrams accords the normalization of relations between israel and its neighbors he said that this was a positive thing and that the by the ministration hopes to build on that and then also on iran he said that iran should come back into full compliance with the way that is the 2015 nuclear deal but he conceded that we are a long way from that point and you also spoke about a need for that to form the basis of a broad agreement that would tackle some of the other issues and perhaps activities . in the region so shabby tansey has been listening to this joins us now from the state department she had that was quite a change i suppose blink and there really reflecting the change in approach from

the by ministration one that applies not just to diplomacy but the way in which the administration is going to approach other things as well. but a change in tone i'd say because even though he talked of transparency and truth and having great access from the press and loving the press and the adversarial relationship he didn't really say anything and he just basically repeated what he had already said in cultivation hearings and leaving various gray areas still on address so yes the tone was very different but he just repeated very much what he's been saying for months now that on various issues many of which you just mentioned there will be reviews undertaken and then decisions will be made perhaps in uses i'll make i'll it will be will retain his position as the afghan special envoy for example on their own nuclear deal there is this huge ambiguity and what we're hearing on the one hand sometimes it sounds like the foreign policy advisers around

around biden like blinken like his national security adviser and others are saying we will we will go back to the j.c. pair as it was signed as it was agreed upon and that means mutually. iran goes into compliance and the u.s. goes into compliance out the same time and that has to be the implication of that right so that means the u.s. will will remove all of the sanctions the crippling sanctions on iran on its oil exports and other and other things so so on the one hand it sounds like he's saying that and indeed this time he once again talked about a long term deal to address other issues missile development regional activity on the other hand when blinken talks to different audiences as he did in the senate during his confirmation he seems to be suggesting a slightly different emphasis which is what we're still a long way away and somehow the emphasis shifts a bit and confuses us all because he seems to be suggesting well we're a long way away because there are all these other issues and others have been

saying well you know we do have this other kind of leverage avril haynes the director of national intelligence during her confirmation hearing certainly seemed to suggest that missiles and regional activity were already on the table so not a future a future agreement after everyone returns to the so we still have that confusion that isn't necessarily being subtle there is a sort of ambiguity strategic ambiguity perhaps that we're seeing where we simply just don't really understand what and she had to. kind of us immediately remove sanctions just a quick want to speak about ambiguity also the u.s. raising sales to saudi arabia and the u.a.e. didn't provide any details except to say that it's not usual to review such weapons transactions. right so this is another great example so we have we have this report that they are reviewing the sales of f. 35 to the u.a.e. precision guided so-called munitions to saudi arabia but then in the press release the releases i well this is all just routine stuff from any incoming administration

that before the new administration was sworn in members of the biden incoming team were very critical of the war in yemen of the f. 35 sales of saudi arabia you know so they were right this is just what we do because we're trying to figure out where things where things stand and of course it's absolutely abraham accords or mention that a key part of the abraham accords which normalized relations between the u.s. and israel was that you would get there $35.00 so on the one hand they're saying well we love the abraham accords we love normalization of relations with israel even though they're not in compliance with u.n. security council resolutions and are illegally illegally occupying palestinian territory because if they love the abraham of course and surely they also love what abraham accords were built on which is the sale of those f. 35 but still vote clear so it's nice to have him be so terribly nice to the press corps but he's not giving us many answers there is it thank you very much you have returns he will the latest appreciate it thanks a lot for now but i'll be back with the news that's just

a couple of minutes from now so will it just take bring you all the latest our top stories of course of the unrest that we've seen in the northern lebanese lebanese city of tripoli we have the latest on that and of course across the virus pandemic here in the u.k. the announcement that the lockdown is going to be extended in a ban on travel from high risk countries and then of course as comments we're hearing from u.s. secretary of state and take another look at that. from every one of this. even though. so you can really joy break it. and when you leave with a smile we know law day's work is down counts are always welcome to our home.

we've got some rather lively weather topic entirely that eastern side of australia at the moment you see some cloud had just around the cape york peninsula squeeze in the i suppose just around victoria some of boston winds coming through here could cause some damage over the next 24 to 36 hours that raffle their way through cold weather shabby weather coming into that southeastern corner thing very unsettled up towards the cape york peninsula and wet enough to across northern parts of by the way some showers into the interior as well while rain across the nullarbor pushing through south australia and that rain will gather as it makes its way across victoria during the course of friday could cause some localized flooding said something to watch out for the race stretching its way down into tasmania and the much wetter and sunny much cooler than of late there for sydney temperatures at around 25 celsius we've got so wet and wintry weather making its way towards japan over the next couple of days doesn't that say bad as we go on through thursday

largely fine and dry but the cloud and right ad the snow will make its way across the sea of japan the sea effects neither dumping some pretty heavy amounts across that western side of japan once again northern areas also seeing a fair bit of snow but it should be quiet so if it will cease in that shelter by the mountains. this is al-jazeera. you're watching the news hour live from london coming up in the next 60 minutes. with few jobs and little money and the threats of coronavirus all around them

people in lebanon's poorest city take to the streets. for a day longer than is necessary. britain's prime minister extends the lockdown with schools closed and travellers from high risk countries banned. and iran.