it's talking to people understanding what they're going to hear it i just see it or we believe everyone has a story worth hearing. america's top diplomat says the iran nuclear deal is not dead rejoining the c.p.o. way is still a long way off. and can but al this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. we desperately need a unified national response to the climate cursed because there is a climate freshens u.s. president joe biden puts the fight against climate change at the heart of his administration's agenda. 11 on protesters defy a strict long time to confront the government on economic failures and its handling

of the pandemic. another extension to lock down and further drastic measures imposed in the u.k. to try to bring coronavirus under control. there's a new man in charge of america's foreign policy and he's laid out how joe biden's administration plans to rebuild the united states ties with the rest of the world secretary of state as abe lincoln says his top priority is the humanitarian crisis in yemen as well as the relationship with china which he described as arguably the most important for his country but one of the top priorities will be how to handle iran blinken insisted the u.s. needs cooperation if they're to save the 2050 nuclear deal if. iran comes back into full compliance with its obligations under the j c p 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 call the 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 in 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. tensions of the 2050 nuclear deal have been building for a while iran has dismissed comments from israel's military chief of staff who on tuesday said preparations are being made for a possible offensive at some point in the coming year and then a general aviv krakow a is urging u.s. president joe biden not to rejoin the 2015 iran nuclear deal but biden says he

wants to move toward it which would result in the easing of american sanctions on tehran presidential chief of staff isn't taking the israeli trip seriously. they just talk they are leading a psychological warfare and have practically no plan no capacity and are not able to start a war our armed forces are trying to defend iran the different maneuvers that we have done are signs that we do not intend to attack nor go to war but that we are serious in defending our country. all of this says the u.s. has temporarily frozen to saudi arabia and the u.a.e. secretary of state anthony blinken says it's typical for new administrations to review pending sales. administration had been doing deals right down to the wire including one for 50 f. $35.00 fighter jets from lockheed martin to the u.a.e. you e's ambassador to the us this is country will work closely with the biden administration toward peace and stability in the middle east. over time he joins us

now live from washington d.c. she have so the u.s. wants iran in compliance before it comes back to the way iran wants sanctions lifted before it comes back to compliance plus now there's the israel factor so how tricky is this going to be for the biden administration. it just isn't clear what the buy did ministrations actually saying because what they had promised on the campaign trail or even said during the transition period was we will go into compliance when iran goes into compliance and robert rules the u.s. off straw that broke the terms of the deal broke international law by breaking a un ratified treaty you about the u.s. and the u.n. and iran so the assumption was not least because anthony blinking a lot of the other people now in the administration were the ones who negotiated this deal that they would want to get back into compliance with the deal as they progress because this is their 1st of their baby in some ways but on the one hand

lincoln says that we will get back into the deal we will comply by the demands when iran does but them a few sentences off that always he then goes into great detail about how. iran's compliance will need to be assessed so that suggests the timetable that you're suggesting to do so far as the americans are concerned the ones who reneged on the deal in the 1st place they want iran now just to unilaterally and 20 percent enrichment which they only did you know after 2 or 3 years whatever after the us are next and then the us and then perhaps we'll end the crippling economic sanctions on iran but clearly that's that doesn't sound terribly acceptable to iran or terribly fair in the international legal arena perhaps so we're still not quite clear because there are those question marks about lincoln and jake's all of them the national security advisor being the ones who did shepherd through this original deal are they seriously thinking now which is thinking that they will now use iran's economic distress to push iran even further on various issues that had

nothing to do with the iran nuclear deal as israel and the gulf nations are suggesting it still isn't clear we don't know whether this reflects confusion within the administration an ongoing debate or whether blinken is letting people down gently. if we turn to the issue of us to saudi arabia and the u.a.e. is this the us actually calling off sales to those countries or more of a poor is to sort of review the situation. it's really interesting the statement that came out was very clear that as far as they're concerned at least as far as the statement was concerned this was just a routine review of arms sales that any incoming administration might do no suggestion of how old this review might take no suggestion of what conclusion the review might come to it is true that on the campaign trail again the biden team expressed misgivings about arms sales to the u.a.e. it's true once again that blinken just today expressed concern about the

humanitarian situation in yemen who is responsible in large part for the for the worst humanitarian crisis in the world will actually blink and himself is one of those responsible because it was blinking on the obama administration and joe biden who gave the u.a.e. and saudi arabia the green light to start bombarding yemen but it's the u.a.e. who using these military hardware from america to do that that's not thought that this deal would go through anyway for some years but there's these contradictions once again so if you blink and it's concerned about the humanitarian situation then surely u.a.e. arms sales are back on the table because they don't want the u.a.e. to use them for the for creating the worst humanitarian crisis in the world but at the same time them blinking is also saying he loves the abraham accords the abraham accords normalizing relations between israel and various arab countries and what was the quid pro quo with you even the abraham accords but they get these f. 35 so once again we are not entirely sure what the biden ministration is saying despite their pleas and their assurances of transparency and clarity in this new

age post trump. q so much for that washington d.c. u.s. president joe biden has signed executive orders to address the climate crisis and through discussing fossil fuel subsidies and causing or oil and gas leases on federal land by then says climate change is at the center of the united states' national security and foreign policy. and just like we need a unified national response to cope with 19 we desperately need a unified national response to the climate crisis because there is a climate crisis we must keep we must lead global response because neither challenge can be met as secretary kerry has pointed out many times by the united states alone we know what to do we've just got to do it when we think of climate change we think of it this is a case where conscience and convene is crossed paths where dealing with the sex a sense of threat to the planet and increasing our economic growth and prosperity

are one in the same let's go live. in washington d.c. alan so is this president biden walking the walk as it well when it comes to climate. well certainly we know that inside the white house they think that america has abandoned its position on global leadership on climate over the last 4 years they view what donald trump has done as dangerous that is why joe biden has signed so many executive orders on climate change why it is close to the top of his agenda still the thing that dominates more in many of the discussions inside the white house but climate change was always going to be one of those big ticket items in the early days of the administration the executive orders do things like cut subsidies for carbon industries that are relatively controversial also reinstating federal regulations on cutting carbon emissions that was something the

obama administration did and then was overturned by the trumpet ministration and essentially as you say joe biden says that in future all the national foreign and national security policy implications will consider climate change at the very heart so it really is him setting out a new target for the united states he knows he's going to get criticism for this he says that at the heart of all of this is jobs he believes that by moving to a greener economy they can create new jobs in solar and wind power and many of those will be well paid union jobs he insists but that isn't going to stop the criticism that's already coming from democrats from republicans sorry on the hill they're already saying that the decisions made by joe biden are simply a rehash of what barack obama did 4 years ago and that is big government getting involved in cutting jobs in the energy sector and closing down mines and also

making sure that the united states is dependent on others for their fuel having been energy independent for so long they are criticizing joe biden for this at a very at least. huge and if he continues to push and tries to get congressional approval for some measures you can guarantee that many on the republican side will oppose what he's doing they don't see it simply as a political move the think that this is bad for the economy of the united states as well. thank you for that update. hundreds of protesters have clashed with security forces and lebanon as anger rises over harsh coronavirus instructions that a devastating economy already on the edge of collapse police in the northern city of tripoli used tear gas and water cannon to beat back protesters who are demanding that the government do more so one of the points from tripoli. growing poverty is push the 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 respond. but they are also the politicians are focusing on distributing the spoils instead of focusing on us we are witnessing a collapse in all sectors security politics and health all irresponsible they're leaving us to die lebanon's economic collapse began more than a year ago there have been social unrest and political turmoil since official 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 11 and 2nd largest city tripoli it was already poor before the pandemic. these people are obliged to work even though it puts their health at risk other

governments are enforcing lockdowns but they give people 8. 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 4 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 just look you know 1st. i can't even describe it i'm barely able to feed my family when others kone when i. look at them and i'm from chile a. charity association 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 the location 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 isn't place until february 8th and it can be extended officials are promising to help the most fun and are asking people to be patient but for many that's not an option then a for their own tripoli northern lebanon. still ahead on al-jazeera russian and pays approve the extension of the only remaining arms treaty with the u.s. a week before it was due to expire. and the incredible story of the computer game retailer games. shares went through the roof thanks for group day traders.

we got some coal that quad weather just making its way across eastern parts of the u.s. following on from violent tornadoes in the deep south just around 24 hours or so ago we've got this cold front same place has still it's weakening as it bumps into this area of high pressure that was responsible for the tornado that rattled its way across alabama with the damaging winds in the process quiet as i said across the good parts of the u.s. added good day a good part of canada but cold temperatures starting to get above freezing in new york and then they say subzero there in chicago through by the russians over towards the west stay with us some very heavy rain coming into california for you on the areas that could cause some problems with debby being washed down off the mountains we are looking at the potential for some flash flooding and some

disruption and some heavy snow too over the sierra nevada some snow warnings in force rest no warning around lake tahoe as a result of the system which will make its way further inland as we go through friday more snow over the rockies but you see pretty much all of california saying some of that wet weather when the the rain is that's not a bad thing but it will cause some disruption some for the some parts well i say lost a fine dry sunny and co. liberation tradition. which is the route. into the diverse culture sometimes. different couples. to get. some money. on antecedents.

the in the the in. your charges there are a reminder of our top stories this hour the u.s. secretary of state has laid out how joe biden's administration plans to rebuild ties with the best of the world and to the brink and says if iran returns to full compliance on the 2050 nuclear agreement the u.s. will also come back to the deal. joe biden has signed executive orders to address the climate crisis that includes causing fossil fuel subsidies and force an oil and gas leases on federal land biden says climate change is at the center of u.s. national security and foreign policy. hundreds of protesters

a clash with security forces in the lebanese city of tripoli has been rising of a harsh coronavirus restrictions at a devastating economy already on the edge of collapse. they are digging the most recorded 2nd highest daily number of deaths in the past 24 hours with more than 1700 lives lost just a day after the u.k. passed a total of 100000 deaths the government is now defending its handling of the covert 19 crisis in an effort to stem the outbreak it's announced new restrictions for some people flying in chile angela has more. more than 100000 dead livelihoods lost in a generation put at risk with no clear end in sight and a prime minister unable to announce a way out of the national knock down and he give a date of when a plan might emerge we remain in a perilous situation with more than 37000 patients now in hospital with almost

double the peak of the 1st wave but the overall picture should be clearer by mid february by then we will know much more about the effect of vaccines in preventing hospitalizations and deaths the caveat being if no new code variants emerge and the vaccine rollout continues as planned the look down is particularly tough on children school closures have led to mental health plummeting and inequality soaring the government says classrooms may reopen on march 8th but it will take years for students to catch up on lost education meanwhile new quarantine rules for some arrivals into the u.k. to try and protect the country from unknown kovac mutations u.k. citizens and residents flying in from 22 countries will be forced to isolate hotels for 10 days at their own expense the high risk countries include south africa and brazil like a variant already circulating we have also banned all travel from $22.00 countries

where there is a risk of known variants including south africa portugal and south american nations and in order to reduce the risk posed by u.k. nationals and residents returning home from these countries i can announce that we will require all sorts of rivals who cannot be refused entry to isolate in government provided accommodation such as hotels for 10 days without exception. the airline industry says with no exit plan these measures will effectively close the u.k.'s borders and argue the country already has strict protocols in place or some ministers are to quarantine every traveler we need a much stronger focus at our borders we were one of the slowest countries to take any measures or all those when we had a courtroom system not many people and here we are today without a comprehensive way of protecting our borders at the very least it's urgently

needed. that seems a providing hope for many but the u.k. has the highest death toll in europe the prime minister insists he has followed the science throughout the country emic that the scientists disagree and grimly predicts another 50000 people could die charlie and al jazeera. armed forces in peru are bolstering security it's at its borders to prevent unlawful migrant crossings trying to stop the spread across a virus in the region as latin america struggles to vaccinate its population that is about reports from when a scientist's. peruvian armed forces on their way to the border with a while or it's the latest move by people's government to prevent mostly vinous when migrants from entering the country and potentially bringing coronavirus with them is there for the rest etc our borders are closed to sanitary raisins and what we have to do is to make sure that any passage that takes place is lawful. but it's

been a challenge to close the border completely since early january the 2 countries have to tect it and destroyed 11 routes used to cross illegally. we are deploying military police across the border to assist our people so that the virus is not carried the virus goes with those who migrate all illegal border crossings are to be shut down. we do has a reason to be concerned the number of covert infections has increased dramatically in recent weeks. this is a daily seen in this and then nation which has already reached more than a 1000000 cases it is one of the worst affected countries in the region and come on even though we are going through a period of terror we are unsafe we go out in public with great insecurity we come to the hospital and there's a line we wait for hours and hours i think the government needs to take note for the health minister to come to hospitals look at the people there are children and elderly inside hospitals are struggling to cope with the increasing infections and

that's why president fransisco saturday's week announced a told her lockdown of the capital and 9 other regions were given over there as a matter of course i think we've got 2 or 3 very difficult weeks ahead because we don't have any more physical space to treat patients we don't have beds in intensive care so we won't have places for all those who are sick in the coming days it's certain that the number of deaths will go up a lot which is difficult because we're seeing more young people dying than in the 1st wave. peter who has lagged behind other countries in efforts to ensure vaccines for its citizens the ouster of one president and the rest ignition of another one in 2020 has had a huge impact on how this country has handled covert 19 access to the vaccine is a major challenge in latin america right now even though governments from argentina chile and others say they have secured doses of the vaccine massive vaccination may be months away there is simply not enough vaccines in the region right now and that's a problem for governments in the region who are trying to prepare for what's coming

next. russian president vladimir putin says the extension of a nuclear arms treaty with the u.s. is a positive move to reducing global tension earlier on wednesday both upper and lower houses of russia's parliament approved an extension of 5 years u.s. president joe biden was in favor of the renewal before it was that expire in a week with the last remaining arms control agreement between the 2 nations. after months of pressure darian president obama do bihari has replaced his top military commanders the senate demanded the chiefs sacked in july after hundreds of people were killed in increased attacks across the country amid interest reports from port harcourt where many lives who were displaced by the attacks. displaced persons camps like these in nigeria's north east are still filling up as a book or a text escalate the recent violence has for some families who earlier went back to

their homes to return to the relative safety of the camps president mahmoud why he has now replaced his top military commanders where there is mixed reaction to the news sunday show says he fled from a town repeatedly targeted by the point is there starts to once have. not to improve what do we want what do you want is not to build a bottom but to teach them not to build them but to keep them to finish jim and to us not to build them again we had to do want to do all the time does that isn't why we are not after do we want somebody that will just do good jim. we've given away since the beginning of the year however the military says it has successfully rated backcourt i'm camps and beat back several incursions by the armed group during a renewed and ground offensive what does that and to be sincere the going service chiefs have tried their best but in some instances the best isn't enough at

all despite the fact that we are not security experts but we know that they have failed and it's been 11 years since before i'm launched its violent company nigeria's northeast but the armed group isn't the only security council attacked by other fighters in the northwest is completed despite military operations there. was and kidnapping for ransom on the right here in the solomon delta region all 7 of the criminal activities persist in addition to our cessation is movement in the east that refused to go away always kept the military busy and overstretched. it but experts say it's nigeria's strategy to fight these groups that's not working globally fighting insurgents he is 70 percent 80 percent. on 20 or 30 percent military effort. still good the brunt. they look at the problem of the counties in the country as the. challenge.

of the autumn a decade of attacks and uncertainty nigerians want a quick end to the lawlessness that has forced millions from their homes and killed thousands of people now there seems to be some goodwill for the new military leadership but it's not clear this will last if there is an uptick in violence how many agrees al jazeera reporter got nigeria. spain's government says it's opening new camps on the canary islands for undocumented migrants in preparation for a significant influx of new arrivals the government refuses to transfer migrants to mainland spain because it says it would encourage more people to come to reach the islands many migrants braved the open sea on small boats critics say keeping them there as a rights concern isn't good for both migrants and for the local population video game retail a game stop is one of 2 companies which despite losing millions of dollars have soared in value this week on the u.s. stock market it's the result of

a group of day traders communicating online and banding together to force the share price to skyrocket institutional investors aren't happy kristen salumi reports from new york. game stop a video game retailer was in trouble even before the coronavirus pandemic hit suffering hundreds of millions of dollars in losses and closing hundreds of brick and mortar stores as gamers increasingly made their purchases online but none of that has stopped its stock from skyrocketing in value spurred on by individual investors posting on the reddit page wall street bets started by jamie rosen ski and what we're seeing here is the result of having massive influx of retail traders who don't care about fundamentals never really have cared about fundamentals they cared about the short term moves so in theory in the short term anything is possible i mean the price is set based on supply and demand and at this point anyone who's just buying up the stocks is further putting pressure to raise the

price institutional investors had bet against game stop shorting the stock to make a profit but read it investors rallied against them buying the stock on mass this increased the price and created a so-called short squeeze where hedge funds were forced by the rising stocks to avoid massive losses further pushing up game stop shares after losing hundreds of millions of dollars institutional investors like andrew left of citron research have admitted defeat and walked away analysts warn this is a dangerous game the stock is pushed up what usually it's a little like a ponzi scheme because if you're a last person old in those years under $60.00 a share you got up there on dollars and now it's trading at $88.00 well you just got stuck with the last part of the trade you lost a lot of money game stop express and stanford taman but many day traders appear willing to take the risk now propping up other struggling company of

a market increasingly seen as out of touch with main street kristen salumi al-jazeera new york. results is there and these are the top stories the new u.s. secretary of state is they dealt how joe biden's administration plans to rebuild ties with the rest of the world as need lincoln says if iran returns to full compliance on the 2050 nuclear agreement the u.s. will also come back to the deal share buttons it has more from washington d.c. . it just isn't clear what the boy did with instructions are you saying because one .