this is al-jazeera. a low i'm sami's a than this is the news hour live from coming up in the next 60 minutes. explosions and gunfire in the somali capital as opposition activists defy a ban on rallies and the man the president steps down. a symbol of resistance tributes for the protester and killed by the military. a victory for

drivers the u.k. supreme court rules to give them workers' rights dismissing an appeal by a bride haley giant. on mars and nasa spacecraft sends new pictures as it searches for traces of ancient life on the red planet. sun which with all the sporting clothing. medvedev will face 8 time champion know that joke of it in the us train open final after beating stefano sister passed in st. power begin this news hour in somalia where there's been heavy gunfire on the streets of the capital mogadishu it happened during a rally calling for the president to step down and for the lady lengthens to go

ahead. the shots were fired as a presidential candidate was holding a march against the current leader it's unclear who opened fire roads have been sealed off and there's a heavy security presence the u.n. is called for calm and this urging both sides to come together to reduce tensions. well there's a deadlock with tween somalia's federal government and the 5 federal states on how to carry out election reforms and agreement was reached in september to hold the 1st in direct elections since the $960.00 s. but it unraveled and the parties dismissed december's deadline to hold parliamentary elections in a mandate for president mohamed dubbed the law in 100 also known as for marjoe expired nearly 2 weeks ago his opponents no longer recognize him as president and the demanding that he hand power to

a transitional government. let's talk now to catherine sawers following all these developments kenya's capital nairobi and catherine understand that the former prime minister's been speaking was even saying. yes the former prime minister. who is also a presidential candidate and who is leading that protest in the morning around the airport before it was violently despite asked following this intense gun fight between government forces on the one hand and proposition forces on the other there was also a huge explosion which we were told was a rocket propelled grenade which was which was launched around the airport forcing operations of the airport to be suspended not hired it has condemned what happened saying that all they wanted to do was hold a peaceful demonstration to call out the government for the for the delayed electoral process to demand that the president step down because he's time has

expired and they also say that the decisions of what happens in the election the decision of the electoral process going forward should really be made by the heads of the federal states he also talked about 3 other presidential candidates who are still not able to leave the hotel where they are madhu tell is very near the venue where the protest was supposed to and there was an incident last night there was a gun fight another exchange of gunfire between security forces and forces allied to those presidential candidates around that around. now these presidential candidates are blamed to have accused president for marjah for ordering that attack calling it an assassination attempt now what's going on right now in mogadishu we are being told it is calm in most of the city security forces saying they have contained the situation but there's still a lot of fear still

a lot of tension. what does this mean for the electoral process catherine well. so miley is in a very precarious situation when it comes not just to the political process but the security situation as well also about the group that has been carrying out a series of attacks for years and fighting government forces and african union troops who are there have been watching very closely the fighters have been ramping up attacks now the president has also called for a consultative meeting that was supposed to start today but it's really hard to see how that is going to happen so far only one head of the regional state the southwest has arrived no one else has so the president basically wanted to see whether they can resolve the impasse or try to iron out the contentious issues around the management of the election including the composition of the electoral

commission as well as the deployment of troops that he had to be deployed to some states like juba land to run the election which has been very contentious there's a lot of distrust between the political leaders between the heads of the federal state and the president with the government saying that the main stumbling blocks are particularly leaders from jubilant and pointless but the opposition presidential candidates really putting all the blame on the president for him are just saying that he is the main stumbling block that he needs to step down he needs to get out of the way that a transitional council of sorts needs to be formed to run the country's affairs as they organize the election but right now. we have no date to the new election not the processes haven't started the u.n. says that there has to be a channel of communication but it's very difficult to see how that will start again and a lot of people think if this process does not start or things are just going to get

worse in somalia. catherine story. nigerian officials say negotiations are under way with an armed gang that kidnapped a group of students the exact number of those taken by the kidnappers on wednesdays are known and hundreds are missing and 24 hours after the mass abduction reports emerged that another village was attacked reports from. caleb knows he's fortunate to be back home he injured his leg escaping from a group of kidnappers who attacked his boarding school in niger just got a district his brother didn't survive he was shot dead by the gunman i see it on the way. but i was sleeping when i heard the kidnappers come into our dormitories they started shooting guns when i saw them i jumped over the pants other students also started running everywhere. nearby yet another family is devastated they're waiting for updates hoping their kidnapped son would be found alive. the

government should help us find our families our only hope lies but the government. hundreds of students who are sleeping when they are still in stormed in now empty beds and deserted classrooms are reminded of growing attacks on boarding schools kidnapping so run some by armed groups that come on across many northern nigeria states. in december more than 350 students were abducted and eventually rescued by niger security forces some parents education is under attack. i haven't been able to sleep since this happened i'm asking the government to please risk it my son he will continue with the education despite these types of threats once he's risk youth i assure you he will get back to school. the pressure is mounting on the government to end these types of attacks and parents across nigeria i'm left wondering if students will ever b.c.

officials say contact was made with the group holding the students and that they would be released soon although officials insisted money was not part of the negotiation there were reports that runs more speed for hundreds of students taken from a boarding school in december 2020 the world also reports that money and prisoners were exchanged for some students taken from a girls' 2nd school in chibok in 2014. many years the paying ransom to criminal groups is in bolding them given the resources to buy arms and the confidence to strike again. i'll just hear. plenty more still ahead on the news hour including the epicenter of a new about the outbreak guinea stepped up efforts to control the spread of the deadly virus the dutch government i think in called debating in the senate to save its coronavirus nighttime curfew. in sports manchester united get back to winning

ways the latest football coming up later in the show. now a 20 year old woman has become the 1st protester to die after being injured in protests she was shot in the head last week when police were trying to disperse a crowd in the capital night. thousands of people have joined nationwide demonstrations for a 14th straight day demanding the release of deposed leader aung san suu kyi and the return to civilian rule scott hype the reports. i cite the who protest movement never wanted to see the death of a protester. kine had just turned 20 when she was shot in the head as police dispersed a crowd of protesters in the capital navy doctors say it was a live bullet she had been on life support since she was taken to hospital on

february 9th. i want to encourage all the citizens to join the protests until we can get rid of the system. in central yangon security forces extended an area blocked off by barricades. protesters have gathered in the district around too late to go to nearly every day since the rally started more than 2 weeks ago it's the site of some of the largest gathering. elsewhere in yangon a group from the l.g.b. t.q. movement marched against the coup their concern progress for their community could be a race look at why we don't want to go back to a time when. we don't want to go back to the previous age where the military companies so we have gathered here to protest today and. more members of the joint are to face sanctions from britain 3 from the defense and interior ministries will be added to the 16 already sanctioned for human rights violations before the assets

will be frozen and travel restricted canada will also impose sanctions this is unacceptable behavior. must. be resisted that we must find our way back to democracy and those who perpetrate violations of human rights abuses as we've seen in manama must be held to account. in the ancient city of began protesters tap what they believe is the supernatural to counter the military john they performed a ceremony to put a curse on the coup leader general. 7 the temple has been associated with national leaders for centuries the general had visited it just last year to seek divine blessing he's got idler al-jazeera. a major overhaul of hong kong's public broadcaster could soon be on the cards raising concerns about press freedom a government review of radio television hong kong was initiated last year following its coverage of anti-government protests in 2019 the review found there were

tauriel management deficiencies and a lack of transparency on com officials say they're making sure the broadcaster complied with its charter adrian brown reports from the broadcasters headquarters in hong kong. well r t h k's been around since 1928 but this is undoubtedly one of its darkest days what's happening here at r.t. h.k. in many ways reflects the more profound changes that are happening elsewhere in hong kong right now on friday the government released the findings of a damning report into the chill of cars to essentially accusing it of bias in its coverage of the recent anti-government protests the minister responsible for overseeing broadcasting said that r t h k had failed to promote hong kong as unique one country 2 systems form of government on the same day it was announced that the boss of r c h k was leaving his post after more than 5 years he's being replaced by

a civil servant with apparently no broadcasting experience and of course just a few days ago there was more controversy when our t. h. k. dropped the b.b.c. world service that came after the broadcaster was blocked on the mainland one of the complaints the government had against r.t. h.k. is that one of its reporters recently interviewed a representative of the world health organization and the representative was asked whether taiwan should be considered for membership well of course taiwan is regarded by china as a breakaway province to be taken back by force if necessary it's one of china's red lines it all raises questions of course about the. future of this broadcast many commentators in hong kong those still prepared to speak out so the what the government wants is a broadcaster that's much more in the image of china's state controlled broadcaster namely one that doesn't stand up to the government or hold its officials to account

malaysia's top court has found a major online news portal in contempt of court over comments posted by readers deemed offensive to the judiciary malaysia is killing those who are in chief steven gan was cleared of any offense but the court fine the company more than $220000.00 saying is responsible for publishing readers' comments the world health organization has shipped more than $11000.00 doses of vaccines to guinea to stop the spread of a boulder on top of the corona virus pandemic it's asking 6 countries to be on high alert for possible infections this is where new cases are emerging in guinea south as nicholas hark reports. in guinea's forest region the epicenter of the new ball outbreak at the regional health center human health workers

dispatch from clinic to treat the patients in isolation among them is newish lucy hubbard's husband it is in this home where nurse lucy suffered from a fever vomiting and diarrhea weak leader she died in hospital health workers were unaware that she had contract at a ball or during her funeral relatives and friends hugged her body contracting the virus but not her uncle dr luau who kept his distance he says he alerted authorities because he sensed her death was more than simply a personal tragedy. lucy who was treating her grandmother who had a fever and was reading from my nose and everywhere tried to get blood clotting medicine from the main town eventually the grandmother died and nursed contracted littleness security forces stop and search vehicles in an attempt to trace close contacts and check for temperatures isolating those that appear ill guinea is on high alert people are scared haunted by the previous epidemic in 2015 over

11000 people died in 22000 were infected across guinea sirrah leone in liberia a bull that was contained thanks to the development of a new vaccine but the 350000 doses distributed then expired last december the u.n. says that new vaccines are on their way we are shifting to the $11000.00 of. sin and this is the achievement at least for the 1st time in guinea we are having a vaccine not the beginning of outbreak to control this our break with produce a vaccine alone will not stop a virus harbored in nature by bats and primates the resurgence of a bola brings more questions than answers with scientists still trying to understand why

a forest region is again the center of the outbreak nicholas hawk al-jazeera. dr mori is a technical officer of the world health organizations office pace says there's a high risk of a regional outbreak now. we are going to fax you need contact and contact of kentucky who will be identified by your immunity so we're not going to vaccinate older people it's not a muscle question if. we are confident that we feel it is strong investigation we will be able to identify all of the contact and to vaccinate them well speck to receive 11000 those this sunday and that will stop nobody vaccinating them on monday we have a lot of jewelry conducted in up to this assessment for this event so. the overall

risk bindo inaugural. committee us. very high to come to live in and regional event and that will. because as you might snort we have one confirmed case going to. be traveling from more or very clearly to correctly you know or was it a crew is a. 1000 kilometer from what. we consider the risk is very hard to come to 2 people were killed in gab on during a 2nd night of protest against coronavirus restrictions activists are accusing security forces of the killings the black angry over the economic pressures brought by a curfew and travel restrictions that are currently in place. but the senate is debating emergency legislation to maintain

a controversial nighttime curfew the bill was approved by the lower house of parliament on 1st day of course and the hague is also hearing arguments on the legality of the curfew there were violent protests in january when the restrictions were imposed service some is live for us at the court in the hague so is it seem like the court is having on this one yes that's a big question mark still for everyone the procedure still ongoing the legal battle i could say against this small group of virus deniers and the state is still ongoing the state is appealing against this surprising ruling earlier this week that there was no legal basis for this controversial curfew so what this here at stake is that this group is saying that the liberty the freedom of people is so so much restricted and that's not in the proportion with the pandemic and the

seriousness of the disease they're basically denying it exists at all and the state is saying the situation is still very serious and the virus especially the variants that now are reaching the nataline's from south africa and the u.k. they still expect there will be a 3rd wave so they're very concerned and they're insisting this curfew is needed but it's been quite a battle for the government to have this curfew from the very start it's the 1st time since world war 2 that the netherlands has this curfew and it immediately led to riots very violent riots the worst in 40 years and analyse the moment it was imposed and now this whole political and legal battle going on just a few weeks for the before the election so it's a it's not a good situation for the government at all at the moment as well as the call there's a bit of a battle going on in parliament i wonder how the public is reacting you mention of the violent protests in january what about public reaction now to all of this.

well there's not much protest at the moment but there's a lot of confusion there people are wondering now do we still have this curfew or is it gone you know when the court earlier this week decided that was there was no legal basis people were basically already nearly celebrating that it could go out after 9 pm again but then it was immediately imposed so this this is of been a very confusing no week for lots of people here and then that lent but i have to say the majority still seems to be supportive of this strict measure which hasn't been imposed here and madeline's for a long time because they are aware that the situation is still very serious it actually has become more serious in the 2nd way for here in the netherlands because it's also seen that the government was very late and very confusing in the beginning to handle the pandemic and then the 2nd wave really hit very badly so people were surprised this strict measures were needed but i think a lot of people now realise that they should stick with it for a while. we'll leave it there. the u.k.

supreme court has ruled over drivers should be classed as workers not self employed the judges agreed with an earlier tribunal decision that found 2 drivers were workers under british law that gives them the right to a minimum wage paid holidays the embalmer joins us now from london so are we having the reaction to grief or move us. well the reaction so far from the company itself has been brief sammy let's just remind viewers that this was in fact a 3rd attempt at overturning the initial employment tribunal ruling by that ruling came back in 2016 and it said that drivers for there are around $65000.00 of them in the u.k. most of them in london should be considered classed as workers and

not as self employed contractors that is crucial and that's what's been up held by the supreme court in the last few hours that court focused on several different aspects of the nature of the relationship between drivers and the company but one of them that's crucial is that the company sets the fare so the drivers don't have control over how much they can earn per job in fact the company had argued that they the drivers should only really be classed as working when they're driving for a fare but many drivers wait around for hours although they're on the out although they are logged on if you like and become the the court also ruled that the company restricts their right to decline work so this is very important it's a big blow for they have said that they respect the supreme court decision but they're saying it only focused on a small group of drivers using the app back in 2016. the case was brought by

2 former drivers on behalf of 25 and saying that it doesn't cover all those thousands of drivers they're also saying that recently they've had discussions and improve conditions including giving drivers more control over how they can earn and protections for example free insurance for sickness but that's not going to convince the claimants and they are actually pushing for. compensation there's a company representing them but legal firms represent potentially 2000 claimants saying that they could get up to $16000.00 u.s. dollars per person although that has to go to further hearings to further legal hearings all right nadine barber there thanks so much hundreds of thousands of people in the u.s.

state of texas are still without power during a severe winter storm many families don't have saved drinking water the white house says the extreme weather conditions in texas and nearby states were likely caused by climate change the crisis as started a political storm to its gabler's under reports from new york. this is. day 4 of the u.s. winter weather crisis and things only seem to be getting worse especially in texas where as of thursday afternoon a half 1000000 people are still without power and heat as electricity companies fail to deal with a rare subzero temperatures. and may get mobile so that they have ringback a mobile a quarter of the residents in the state have been told to boil their own drinking

water as supply systems are hit adding insult to injury a state famous for its oil industry is also suffering from a shortage of petrol the kind of stuck here i have 9 miles left to go with my car so we have to find something that's within 9 miles from here texas is america's 2nd most populous state with $29000000.00 residents living in an area larger than the whole of france it's the only u.s. state that has its own electricity grid and is not part of the national system by its own choice which is allowed it to bypass federal regulations designed to protect against exactly these kinds of conditions under fire for being seemingly woefully unprepared for the state's energy bosses were forced to defend themselves it was a problem went back to new day knocked out by an extraordinary embed and also the impact a bad thing to be for an area then head on down. and and obviously on what. people

may argue about about what ones were done also facing scrutiny texas republican senator ted cruz who won wednesday left his embattled state for an unannounced family vacation in the mexican. the trees sort of can cool. when outrage ensued he promptly cut his trip short and flew home the storm is now here over the north east of the u.s. and its forecast to linger until the end of friday but it is not expected to cause nearly as much disruption as what it has in texas a state that remains in a deep freeze crisis gabriels andro out jersey to new york or maybe it's a good time to get some more weather from everton now. but i'm pleased to say that we have got signs of mahler right now pushing back in sioux city south of the u.s.

to still struggling to get to 3 celsius there through friday by those temperatures will gradually pick up as we go on through the next couple of days dallas at around 8 degrees celsius by the time we come to sunday could be getting up to around 40 degrees celsius is something of a rapid thaw coming through but at least the temperatures are going in the right direction off to what was what 10 days of temperatures falling below freezing across northern parts of texas the west the weather the more active weather that's going to be have it's was east disable clearing out of the way as we go on through saturday still a few wintry flowers over towards lake area that eastern side off the lakes but much of the u.s. will be dry and fine as is the case too into canada some wintry flowers around b.c. coming in across the pacific northwest through the mountain states across the rockies sliding a little further east was into the plains as we go on through sunday but not too much weather action going on a little further south you might catch your shower there into arkan so maybe into

louisiana as well east of that is generally dry it's on the cool side south of that it is generally dry and all the warm side lots of tropical sunshine across much of the caribbean but it's also want to show. still ahead on al-jazeera u.s. president joe biden prepares for discussions with world leaders. u.s. influence on keep global issues. sheltering from a once in a generation winter storm hundreds of thousands of people in texas are without water many still have no electricity. double dose of joy for this terrorist details coming up in sports. frank assessments the world is on the brink of a catastrophic moral failure is that a fair assessment you can be catastrophic. to twice valuable backseat informed

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you're watching al-jazeera time to recap those headlines now as being more gunfire and somalia's capital as anger grows over delayed national elections shots were fired in mogadishu as a presidential candidate led a rally against the current leader than clear who opened fire. a 20 year old woman has become the 1st protester to die near mars anti coupe protests she was shot in the head last week when police were trying to disperse a crowd in the council they could all. nigerian officials say negotiations with an armed gang with kidnapped a group of students are on the way the exact number of those taken by kidnappers is unknown but hundreds are still missing. now in less than an hour u.s. president joe biden will address world leaders for the 1st time since taking office

the meeting of the group of 7 nations will be followed by the annual munich security conference biden will be the 1st u.s. president attend that meeting signaling a sharp departure from his free to saddam transamerica 1st era and they have a lot to talk about from the threat they see posed by russia to the rise of china well top of the agenda will be tackling the krona virus pandemic an economic recovery and is expected to pledge $4000000000.00 to support the international vaccine alliance kovacs friday also marks america's official return to the paris climate agreement reversing trump's exit from the landmark treaty was one of biden's 1st actions in the oval office or biden's also pushing to revive the iran nuclear deal that trump abandoned he's expected to raise the issue of the g. 7 summit and the munich security conference. or the u.k.

is hosting the g 7 virtual summit where sharing covert 19 vaccines with the u.n. backed global inoculation effort is gathering pace well talk to kimberly halkett in washington d.c. in just a moment but 1st let's go live journal in london so journo what sort of actions can we expect or on the issue of sharing better sharing of vaccines with developing countries. well one imagines this will be the opportunity for rich world countries the g 7 of course to respond to the sort of heavy moral pressure that's been placed upon them chiefly by the world health organization and the u.n. to say look this is a global pandemic with global costs and consequences every citizen of the world deserves equitable access to the vaccine and the likes of antonio antonio good terrace the u.n. secretary general has said that no one is safe until everyone is safe it's all very well to race ahead and vaccinate your own populations but if the poor world is left

to languish without help for months or even years to come within the pandemic is far from over so this pressure will be weighing on the consciences supposedly of the leaders of the g 7 boris johnson as you said chairing the meeting looking to steal a march on this particular topic on covert he's going to pledge that the u.k. will donate any surplus supplies of the vaccine that it has acquired far more than it needs of course once its population has been vaccinated to kovacs the developing world initiative led by the w.h.o. we don't know when that will be later in the year perhaps we don't know how many doses that will amount to peace pledged 3 quarters of a $1000000000.00 to kovacs the u.s. has pledged quite a lot more and johnson is pushing for a sort of global pandemic co coalitional cooperation treaty among countries pooling their resources so that countries can be far better prepared to act much more quickly in developing future treatments and vaccines against future pandemic

threats all well and good but what he's not doing or none of them are doing right now is pledging vaccines at this moment to help the developing world i say that but france has come up with a theoretical plan to donate 5 percent of its available resources to the developing world to see if that flies at this meeting but one imagines there will be a high hurdle to climb for france and other countries in convincing their publics who may yet still. waiting to receive the vaccine that now is the time to be giving it away or advance the sentiment from europe let's thank joe hollis continue this with our white house correspondent kimberly halkett she joins us from washington d.c. we do know kimberly of course that by the administration is about to place the money for the kovacs effort by i guess is the biggest story here right from whether it's fighting covert to dealing with china how much of a return to multilateralism do u.s. officials say is going on in u.s. policy right now. well it's been made very clear repeatedly from the

biden administration that they are trying to project to the world almost as if the last 4 years didn't happen in other words that they are actively and immediately from day one joe biden was trying to undo the policies of america 1st in the trumpet ministration so in terms of how much of a multi-lateralism approach or global approach this administration is taking it's fair to say that it is the foundation of its foreign policy that it feels whether it is the pandemic or whether it is dealing with china that the only way to deal with these issues is to deal with it with partners and allies so with respect to the pandemic we know that this administration will be trying to lead by example it is pledging $4000000000.00 to the global vaccination program known as kovacs and when it comes to china that is another example of where it feels that the united

states feels that it is is best to work with the global allies particularly european partners to confront the challenges that they are not just unique to the united states so we expect that joe biden when he speaks he will be talking about china being the number one competitor to the united states but again these are not unique to the united states there are the issues of intellectual property theft human rights abuses and so much more that the united states feels can best be addressed with partners and allies or and there's also the issue of iran the return to wrong euclidian will do expect. the president biden to say on that issue. well already we've seen an important 1st step with respect to that that the biden administration has made clear that the only path forward with iran and terms of a diplomatic discussion is going to be with the partners and allies of particular those european partners and allies what we've heard is that the number one desire

is to return to that 2015 deal but the problem is in the last 4 years under the trumpet ministration the biden administration says that it has seen iran not in compliance with that agreement so 2 what they're saying is they need to see that compliance in order to return to discussions what does that mean that means that they're not going to lift those heavy handed sanctions from the trumpet ministration until they see that compliance the problem in all of this is that iran is asking for just the opposite so in this game of brinkmanship the united states has calculated that working with the european allies is going to be critical to get iran to the table all right thanks so much kimberly how. the united states officially returns to the paris climate agreement on friday it reverses 4 years so former president dollar scaling back on commitments to

a global initiative to reduce carbon emissions have written syrup setbacks the previous administration's decision i have had. it was the 3rd executive order signed by joe biden. the biden administration is about to reverse donald trump's extremely rollback of environmental safeguards some $100.00 rules over the last 4 years including emission standards for cars power plants and the oil and gas industry all seen as key to saving the planet we're getting out president truman announced the u.s. is withdrawing from the paris accord in 2017 however due to a strict exit timetable stipulated in the agreement the us only officially withdrew 3 and a half years later the day after trump lost the election nonetheless it was an announcement symbolic of the irreversible damage wrought on the planet by the us over the last 4

years it did have incredible ramifications domestically and globally we are on an actual emergency trying to scale we need to actually transition our dire law tricity system by 80 percent reductions by 20 or so every day that we are writing that we are exacerbating the climate emergency. parasitical agreed to by the obama administration in 2015 committed the us to a 28 percent cut of greenhouse gas emissions from 2005 levels by 2025 at the time scientists said it was an inadequate pledge if the goal was keeping the global temperature from rising over 2 degrees celsius from pre-industrial times and a larger rise and planetary contest. is predicted now it may also take several years to reverse trumps regulatory rollbacks crucial time for the planet doesn't have biden visions of carbon neutral us by 2050 but given the damage of the last 4

years members of congress argue biden will have to take bold action himself and i think it might be a good idea for president biden to call a climate emergency. because there are now it's relates to what you're saying then he can do many many things under the emergency powers of the president that we wouldn't have to go through if he could do without we're just now trump used this emergency for a stupid war which wasn't an emergency but if there ever was an emergency climate is one. the president could end fracking or kick start the u.s. is alternative energy industry through executive action far quicker than it would take for congress to formulate legislation scientists will every day the u.s. delays the closer the earth is to catastrophe yes using presidential are not congressional power means that a future president not concerned with climate change could reverse policies but

proponents of declaring a climate emergency argue that if the focus of the executive actions is to fundamentally change the u.s. economy and infrastructure the impact of those policies may not be reversed. washington. now let's talk to michael dorsey he's a visiting scholar at the university of vermont. for environment joins us on skype from stratham in the u.s. state of you have shit good to have you with us how much of a catch up game does the u.s. have to play now. this is really going to increase its credibility in the multilateral sphere they've also i think got to increase ambition we right now we just had the abu dhabi conference that we can go where a leading scientist and made the case that we can achieve 100 percent renewables much sooner than the paris targets we're looking at that being possible now certainly by 2030

a dozen countries already there so emission has got to increase we've got a really forward thinking on the domestic side with the creation of the climate office headed up by gina mccarthy former e.p.a. administrator so secretary kerry or a special envoy carries a role is going to be to drive that in addition and reinserted credibility of the u.s. into the multilateral sphere now let's clarify one thing although the trump administration of course broke with the withdrew from the paris accord and sent a very negative signal to the world about playing as part of a group to combat climate change. not every u.s. state and not all of us industry moved in the trump direction right the the world those who decided to work towards reduction of carbon emissions. you know the majority of i think serious businesses certainly a super majority of states are getting on with tackling this problem the unfolding climate crisis is real you know from california to new york from florida to

michigan folks are stealing this whether it's in term of the extreme weather events whether it's in term of the underwater assets that they have in fossil fuel technologies states are you know leading the pathway and moving utilities to your make investments or knoebels they're taking in a climate crisis very seriously businesses have been doing it all the while they did it on the road to paris they've been doing it since even though the previous administration put us at century in a in a pot hole the political pothole as it were and abandoning our commitments to the agreement all right and despite all all of that almost no country is on track when it comes to meeting any of the carbon cutting emission goals of the paris accord right. do you expect countries are that they kind of changed now because now that they see that the 2nd biggest polluter is back on board well you know countries are behind that absolutely the case but right now the fundamentals have changed you

know when we were on the road to the persecutions which i was privileged to attend but we were in what you could call the soul address security the prices for banerjee were 9095 percent higher that was true for not just solar but also for when we're now in the moment where just in the final quarter of 2020 last year we see the cheapest way to generate electricity is actually with renewables when it's over so we have a new opportunity to not just catch up but to really get ahead of the paris targets which were in themselves you know not that inspiring or aspirational or tall voluntary resume isn't a pathway to tackling the humanities most threatening existential crisis all right thank you so much for your analysis thank you. an indian quarter's send climate activist issue rather to 3 days of judicial custody the 22 year old was arrested on saturday for editing and sharing a social media guide to support protesting farmers she's been in police custody for

5 days for questioning even as protests against her arrest spread across several cities. well still ahead on al-jazeera in small it's brazil's when put in a performance to remember football just a few. welcome

back nasa's latest models rover has touchdown successfully on the red planet spacecraft called perseverance has traveled 470000000 kilometers to find out if

there ever was life on mars has more. space so you. just erupted in cheers when perseverance landed safely on mars it was the culmination of an action packed nailbiting 7 minute landing sequence. first the spacecraft entered mars orbit then its entry capsule raced into the martian atmosphere at 19000 kilometers per hour. the craft then deployed a large parachute to slow its approach to the target zone. slowing down the craft fired thrusters to hover just above the surface then deployed a crane to lower the rover gently downwards i can confirm jack actually. began picking up the end of. the complex and delicate operation went off without

a hitch moments later perseverance beamed back images a barren landscape studded with boulders congratulations our savior pain and our own pain that's not years well excellent it's the most ambitious and far reaching mission to the red planet baby and you know by the end of the made by the executive 20 thirty's you can start pushing out of the earth moon system in lancaster about somebody. the rover is primary goal to search for signs that microbial life may have existed on mars billions of years ago we can go somewhere in our solar system you know in our backyard and see signs of life in them and it was on another planet that could tell us that life is incredibly common and gives us a great shot and so you can find more complex or even intelligent life elsewhere in the universe. perseverance is landing spot is just 0 crater which was once

likely a large water filled lake a prime spot for traces of long ago life imagine you know and. microbial that microbial color that was growing along the shoreline of lake cemented in iraq and leave behind those kind of biological exteriors if we see things like that associated with organics that would be an absolutely fantastic ride that would be probably the best they were look for on mars perseveres will also take samples of martian soil and rock those samples will be stored securely inside the rover and we're going to add basically collect them for future mission to come grab it back to earth. finally perseverance brought along a helicopter drone called ingenuity which scientists hope will be able to fly a short distances proving that flight is possible in the extremely thin martian atmosphere with its dramatic landing done perseverance is mission will last one

martian year or $687.00 earth days the knowledge it acquires for humanity will last forever rob reynolds algis 0 los angeles. now it's time for the sports has said thank you very much to sammy lara says daniel medvedev has set up a showdown where the world number one know that joke of each and they'll stray ople final the 4th seed put in a dominant display against the finest to suppose to get their helmet because the action. rushes down even medvedev is heading to the australian open final taking on the man the not cower rafael nadal stiff on the sets the past saw medvedev put in one of his most impressive displays in melbourne so far i. could see after taking the 1st $64.00 against it's about he was even more dominant in the 2nd overpowering just 5th the to take it $62.00. and.

the 3rd set was much closer since the past battle hard to stay in the match but that only prompted medvedev to produce one of the shots of the tournament. it was a moment that he enjoyed to the max shortly before putting his greek opponent out of his misery. medvedev taking the final 75 to set up a showdown in the final against world number one novak djokovic was 1st thought like that i don't have a lot of pressure because he never lost. in a time to cheer us here in the final so it's you who has all the pressure in. getting to roger off in the grand slam so was i i just hope that i'm going to get out there show my best tennis as we as we see i can win some big names if i play good sunday can't come quick enough for medvedev zewail malik al-jazeera. bit of silverware was already being claimed to

a melbourne alias merton's and several inca have won their maiden women's doubles titles the event this is the 2nd press time when for the belgian by the russian pair take this u.s. open title in 2019. at a lake a solid bron james has made more basketball history has become just the past 35000 points in the n.b.a. 4 time n.b.a. champion reached the mastan by scoring 32 points and his team's 19298 defeat against the brooklyn nets its efforts means that his points tally now stands at 35.017 com alone and the league's all of time leading scorer came out the de bar the other players to achieve the feat. super was doing what i love to do not spend a game about what's your response. may be linked to some aggressor play this game

is always an. i just always want to go out there and you know play the game the right way. you know inspire much he makes. sparky when i watch me. show to be as good as i can be every single night you know and not really put a ceiling on my ability to produce something or what i can do for this game. has some pretty good moments. you can see le bron is still quite a distance away from over taking up the job bar on malone and overall points scored but the bronze rate of scoring is much more impressive his reach 35000 points in far fewer games than both plays and he's also achieved the feat to at a younger age well we've been speaking to n.b.a. insider brandon b. robinson he believes the braun has a real chance to end his career as the n.b.a.'s greatest ever score. yes

a chance to me jason kareem abdul-jabbar was considered tom brady of the n.b.a. . definitely left his imprint on the n.b.a. from scoring perspective the social justice perspective when you look at one james now remember the makers. james cole we had announced you know the 35000 mark after the loss to the nets earlier few hours ago but then when you look at just what he's done a basketball court yet he has a chance to do it and i think was really impressive for he's done with social justice and more so i think when you analyze his whole while you were running as a great player a living legend in these continuing to i don't want to rebounding and things of that sort of his territory so great job i want to change for sure. manchester united is premier league title bit has flattered to end the recent weeks but there may no cause for european silverware the red devils thrashed real sociedad 4 nil and their europe any 1st leg round of 32 time the matter was played

in turn due to spain's coach at 19 restrictions the 2nd leg of the rather 32 european league that will be at old trafford next thursday i thought the boys. got their little bit of. zip in their legs again so it was important to them be able to take some players off still rotated the team will rotate definitely. no we're not going to take the game lightly. there are many footballing rivalries affair so then brazil's with argentina on their women's teams faced off and it was brazil that came out on top of the match taking place at this she believes cup and invitation when it's time to end the united states. and out to play with the pay game ashley rounded off the $1.00. and that's always pull for mankind back to sammy thank you so much sun up. that's it for this news hour but i'm back in

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