Skip to main content

tv   NEWSHOUR  Al Jazeera  May 6, 2021 1:00pm-2:01pm +03

1:00 pm
a touching tale of family identity lifelong secrecy and reconciliation. becoming a black eye witness documentary on al jazeera. this is al jazeera. television a clarke this is a news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes kidnapped as a child he became a ruthless ugandan rebel leader on the congo and is sentenced to 25 years jailed for war crimes. injecting new hope for u.s. led push that could boost production of coronavirus facts. we report from the
1:01 pm
channel island of jersey where french and new k. warships have been deployed to a protest over fishing rights. we traveled for hours on the normandy. on the spend. to the baltic states. jersey. living in a divided and deserted 'd community we visit southern kyrgyzstan where thousands of people fled border fight. and are here to stay with only sports news tens of thousands of people in japan have signed a petition calling for the turkey to be canceled that and more later in the program . so we start with breaking news the international criminal court a sentence former uganda militia leader dominic on went to 25 years in jail for war crimes and crimes against humanity when he became a commander of the lord's resistance army after he was abducted by the group as
1:02 pm
a child he was convicted on 61 counts the hague in february a judge says he ordered the killings of civilians and talk to children. in the chambers you know imprisonment for a period shorter than 25 years could constitute an adequate proportionate and just so on joint sentence in light of all of the relevant circumstances of the present case at the same time such a joint sentence acknowledges only congress unique personal history and safeguards the prospect of a successful social ability. and consequently the concrete possibility of future reintegration into society. well let's get more on this from michael ware who's standing by in nairobi who's been monitoring events at the hague this was not a straightforward case in any way guilty of $61.00 charges including murders rape and sexual slavery but he himself had been brainwashed as
1:03 pm
a child the victim himself. not just brainwashed but abducted from his home when he was between 9 and 13 years old forced to commit atrocities that was typical of how the lord's resistance army operated taking children from their homes brutalizing them and then forcing them to commit atrocities against their own communities in case after trying to run away at one point as a child he was reportedly forced to skin another child alive as a punishment and these kinds of things were very common which of course provided a very brutal environment in which these abducted children grew up and themselves told the judges just a couple of weeks ago that he wasn't responsible for any of these atrocities because he was forced to commit them and he grew up in that environment as we've just heard the judges say that this sentence of 25 years reflects on the one hand the large number of crimes 61 that he's been found guilty of the gravity of the
1:04 pm
crimes that they say also reflects the fact that he was abducted as a child but the judges said that as an adult because he was in the bush for many grew up there and continued to command units of the n.r.a. and as a fully grown man they say that during that period he had opportunities to leave and he chose to stay and for that reason legally you should be held accountable for these crimes but it's certainly not by any means the only ethical complexities surrounding the pursuit of justice for that conflict in northern uganda that dragged on for so many decades a big question is why hasn't the n.r.a. as leader joseph koni been caught he's still at large and he was very much can. the mastermind of all these kinds of atrocities the abduction of children he was pursued by the ugandan army supported by the us military for many years across 4 countries on several occasions it was known where he was but he was never caught and hasn't been caught to this day and another question
1:05 pm
a lot of people in northern uganda ask is why only people from one side are investigated by the i.c.c. why no one has been held to account for atrocities allegedly committed by ugandan forces or by the failure of the ugandan forces to protect the civilian population it forced the civilian population into squalid camps and over a decade or 2 they were repeatedly attacked by the n.r.a. and the government often failed to protect the metals there is still a lot of big questions surrounding the pursuit for justice in that decade's long conflict in northern uganda. marco weapon in nairobi. now it is a move that could help millions of people in poor countries get inoculated against hope at 19 and there are signs that europe could back the new push by the u.s. president to suspend intellectual property rights for whites europe is home to
1:06 pm
large pharmaceutical companies and until now it's opposed the waiver the world trade organization the e.u. chief says she is willing to discuss a proposal that will allow more manufacturers to produce jobs mike hanna begins our coverage. president biden had backed up vaccine waiver jaring the 2020 presidential campaign and in recent weeks his team has held a series of discussions with representatives from the pharmaceutical sector. it was the u.s. trade representative catherine time who made the announcement. these are extraordinary times and circumstances of call for emergency measures she tweeted the u.s. supports the waiver of protection on covert 1000 back scenes to help in the pandemic and will actively participate in w t o negotiations to make that happen in the past the u.s. and other countries had opposed anyway but off intellectual property rights the
1:07 pm
white house press secretary explaining the change in position clearly is these decisions are way we take intellectual property incredibly seriously and we also though are in the midst of a historic global pandemic which requires a range of creative solutions and we're looking at it through that prism while the pharmaceutical industry had argued strongly against the waiver there were many in president biden's own party who insisted that he uphold his campaign promise blocking access to vaccines is any humanitarian any diplomatic it weakens their credentials for the girls on the global stage and while the biden administration continues to step up efforts to vaccinate as many americans as possible the potential impact of its decision on the global stage cannot be understated i think it's an incredible moment in american history what president biden has essentially
1:08 pm
said to the world is this is a moment for the global community to come together to form a global response to this pandemic it is unprecedented it is historic and i have to say that it is one that is going to change the course of this pandemic the message too from the biden administration that while the pandemic continues to rage in countries like india americans cannot consider themselves safe. mike hanna al-jazeera washington. well india has been one of the countries pushing for a waiver on but let's hear from our correspondent has withdrawn a. we at a vaccination center in new delhi where people with appointments are the lucky ones because they aren't enough doses in the country this is a private facility so people here are having to pay for their vaccines now the government expanded the vaccination program to include everyone above the age of 18 from the 1st of may but they asked states to make their own arrangements with
1:09 pm
vaccine manufacturers who say they just don't have enough doses the indian government has been leading a push from low and middle income countries to remove patients to remove the intellectual property rights on vaccines so that india and other countries can manufacture them at no cost so that they can brand up production and inoculate more of their people and others to they submitted a proposal to the world trade organization in september along with south africa to remove the patients on the astra zeneca and also the pfizer vaccine just for the duration of the pandemic that proposal was supported by more than $100.00 countries but strongly opposed by the world's biggest economies by the us by the e.u. and also by big pharmaceutical companies this support from the u.s. now is being welcomed but the other members of the world trade organization will have to get behind it too and if or when that's achieved they will have to be the
1:10 pm
setting up of special facilities because some of these vaccines such as pfizer use more advanced technology and that is why this announcement would have been more well at the time that the proposal was made before the situation became so out of control in india allowed a new and more contagious variants of the virus which is threatening not just and dns but others too and the scientific advisor on india's call the tosk force said that vaccines are going to have to be up. because of these new variants. discussions have begun at the w. but it could take until november to stitch a deal together and india and south africa 1st proposed the idea back in october with support from more than $100.00 of the 164 member nations the final wording of any decision needs to be unanimous 10 meetings in the past 7 months of failed to reach a consensus international trade law does not allow countries to easily reproduce
1:11 pm
vaccines and nations with large pharmaceutical sectors such as u.k. have opposed the move arguing it will jeopardize investment and indeed innovation by allowing wide to access to peyton's countries could manufacture vaccines and speed up inoculations but it would take time to set up the manufacturing facilities well let's bring our talks on a page he can use the global engagement lead in a lecture at university college london school of pharmacy joins us now from london . on the face of it this is a no brainer isn't it what could possibly be the reason why this should not happen . well one of the argument that we have heard against the trips waiver is really around incentives. the same old talking points have been rolled out since the 1990 s. a crisis where we shouldn't be sharing patents because it'll block pharmaceutical innovation but really we'll still see that by this model these innovators will reap
1:12 pm
rewards via royalties and pfizer is already on track to earn between 15 to 30000000000 in profits and certainly we see that in a pandemic following the business as usual model is problematic because it's landed us in this position where we have fast vaccine ready and as a result new dangerous variants that are coming from india etc that could threaten success of programs elsewhere so we'll be stuck in this vicious loop until we boost global vaccine production so we can tackle it locally via the monopoly approach is currently underway it's hard to believe in that given the horrors that we're seeing right now in india that the big farmers prepared to take this position. well certainly if we again go back historically. it has had to do
1:13 pm
the south african government when there is a breach an ip laws in there and then that late 1990 s. and eventually that he's got dropped due to wildly popular and outraged public there could be again that public opinion does. put the appropriate pressure on these companies so again i think the main point here is that we need to be looking at the short immediate term the medium and the long term right now what we have seen is that there is not sufficient infrastructure rolled wind and this trickle down donations model only means that for instance it is that based on what is going on within that individual country so we do see now that pfizer. is looking to or the licensing for younger people including teens is coming through so it could be that some countries you know go right down to their teens instead of committing to those promises as political promises made to share vaccines with
1:14 pm
those who are dying ok there and so i think it's really shortsighted not to take into consideration that it if it is only distributed to a certain population that variants are inevitably going to come back at us in a way that could be more dangerous than they are currently seeing now let's say the long view is taken the and that comes up with this none of this decision that allows these of these patients to be lifted what would it mean would it could it change the course of the pundit. well i p waivers alone will not do it and needs to be accompanied by technology transfer and appropriate support so that the quality standards are met this is another proponent argument that we see against waving the trip's ip waiver however what we've seen now is that because there is such an. inequity in distribution and that organized criminal groups are stepping in to fill
1:15 pm
this void and we're getting fake coded 1000 vaccines on the market like we've seen in poland mexico ukraine so that china other parts of asia so the quality argument is one that is certainly important and there is again india is already the pharmacy the world's largest generic manufacturer it's leading on these this proposal at the w. cio and it's certainly says it has the additional capacity there are also 3 major vaccine manufacturers that are currently sitting on the sidelines i could contribute but quality in itself again while that needs to be prioritized we see that that this issue of fake black market vaccines rising in the absence of being able to distribute it in a way that is a fair and equitable there will positions of countries and from cynical companies going to come into close scrutiny no i will even though it's on a page you appreciate that thank you thank you well the world health organization
1:16 pm
says hospitals a change to be full across large parts of the americas has regional office says the number of young people becoming seriously ill is growing nearly 40 percent of global covert 1000 deaths loss we were recorded in north and south america. but more. concerns over heavy handed tactics from. protesting into a 2nd. warning is that. it could be reached irreversible tipping point. there was a big fight in the n.h.l. when the rangers. the u.k. and france have both said navy patrols to the island of jersey is
1:17 pm
a route intensifies over. the rights for a fisherman say they're being prevented from operating in the area due to licensing rules imposed by josie dozens of french boats have settled to jersey to protest u.k.'s concern that they will blockade the island's main port and french ministers also threaten to cut off electricity supply to the island let's cross over to natasha butler who's on a french fishing boat off the port of jersey natasha it seems briggs it reality is coming to the fore here in a confrontational way. yes we. all know just outside the. jersey for about 5 hours now with. the french coast of normandy in the middle of the night you've been in for about 5 or 5. 1000 french fishing boats a whole joint in this protest they say that the authorities in in jersey are.
1:18 pm
limiting their access to fish in these waters they say they've been fishing in these waters for decades a force that previous generations have been here for centuries but they say that has changed since the trade treaty even. so. they're angry they are frustrated they are upset and what's happened in the last few hours is that some representatives all of the french fishing community and the jersey authorities are actually a call on 2 separate boats the jersey authorities and one of the french fishing fishermen on the other and they're talking to each other across these boats trying to negotiate so we should find out a little later what exactly has been said in the meantime though you have the u.k. calling this protest a provocation sending 2 naval vessels we've got from this is also a sense of naval ships to the area and just recently we have also heard one french
1:19 pm
minister saying that the jersey or thor seas should lift all their strict since they have pushed all the licenses that would normally be granted to the french that's the crux of what's making this really difficult for the french officials it's how will they resolve this because if you think that any compromise by the jersey authorities would reflect a national coach. from the united kingdom which is going to happen in a straightforward way. that's very hard to tell but one thing that is important is know is that although there was one deal the crema made on fishing if you like as part of the great post breaks a trade deal the rules that govern the water see around jersey which is the u.k. dependence in the channel islands and the u.k. at large a slightly different so they're all slightly different rules here in jersey say perhaps they could be some room for negotiation between you for
1:20 pm
a season jersey and the french fishermen and what the french fishermen to say is that it's well in their hands they hold some calls to you because they say that the fish and the seafood that is fish from jersey waters by journos these fisherman has to be landed. in the e.u. that normally means from so what they're saying is you need us we need you so all we need to do here is abide by the rules were great in this post break the trade deal those rules that they say are not being broken boy talk about livelihoods because many of the fishermen that we've been speaking to today saying that they're losing 3040 up to 80 percent of their livelihood because they're not being able to fish in these waters yeah crazy a lot of anger clearly and a touch of the time being thanks very much an attack about the reporting from just off the coast of jersey. kurdistan's president is promising compensation for families whose homes were destroyed in fighting along its disputed border with
1:21 pm
turkey can stand more than 50 people were killed and 60000 forced to leave child struck food went to southern coca stand to see what's left behind. this far a river looking south towards the primary ally mountains the road winds through a mountain landscape that kyrgyzstan until you can stand have repeatedly fought over because borders here are indistinct the burnt out military and civilian vehicles evidence of the most recent fighting what started as an argument between curators and villages about control of a water pump escalated into a battle between 2 armies houses and schools were destroyed at least 50 people were killed and tens of thousands fled their homes then. i was in the house when i heard shooting in the village when the tajik soldiers came i left. close by 20 kilometers inside to kyrgyzstan is a part of tajikistan this is the border post for the toxic territory of iraq it is
1:22 pm
home to around $30000.00 statics and the area is completely surrounded by cuties territory and it has become the flashpoint for border disputes that has its roots in the soviet past. is one of 2 tragic exclave inside kilgour stan borders a complicated because soviet mapmakers drew lines between republics of the u.s.s.r. and when the soviet union collapsed they became the blueprint for boundaries of independent states through which waterways and farmland crossed. 30 years later only around half the 1000 kilometer from terre between cuba stan and tajikistan is demarcated as local populations have grown so has the competition for land and water villagers are worried of fighting could start again. my family were evacuated i don't know whether to bring them back it seems like our neighbors consider us the
1:23 pm
enemy we face unexpected attacks a nearby village is almost deserted with each side blaming the other for the violence all. in one side of the villages kill against the other is to the shooting started in the middle of the night started it by throwing stones at our soldiers tried to flee but it was too dangerous analysts say it will take more than political will to resolve the issue the situation is very dangerous and we saw what . an intensity the conflict can take at the end. at the end of april it takes a lot of. very principled and very. clever diplomatic work by both governments to prevent another escalation reminders of how lethal this border dispute can be litter the mountainside communities more distrustful and
1:24 pm
divided than before chance trafford al-jazeera x.i.i. southern kyrgyzstan. the democratic republic of congo's military is due to take control of 2 eastern provinces for month on friday the president declared a state of siege in north kivu in turkey the government says it's to control escalating violence between armed groups has killed more than $300.00 people since january the critics worry it could lead to abuses of power catherine saw is monitoring developments from nairobi and she says the law will be reassessed at the end of the month but there's no guarantee a long this will last. so fast time that these no is being used since the post. war constitution was 1st passed in 2001 and in his address to the nation president fillets to see katie on sunday basically gave the military immense power was basically granting them a military rule in these 2 areas he said that they are going to grant the
1:25 pm
administrative duties of these 2 provinces already 2 generals have been appointed as governors this concern about that as well because he's a former rebels one of them has been accused of abuses when he was an assistant police commissioner in the capital kinshasa the military will have powers to arrest suspects people suspected of being collaborating and supporting armed groups who will have power to enter the suspects homes without warrants the immunity of law called members of parliament and other elected officials has been lifted so that means that they can also be arrested on suspicion of being collaborators of armed groups some civil liberties will be waived for example the right to protest that's going to be a problem as well the military is going to be in charge of the court system as well so there's a lot of uncertainty about the mind it exactly people worried that this power was could be a huge by the military they have seen it before so
1:26 pm
a lot of people just waiting to see how everything is going to play out and it really this is going to make a difference. the kidnappings in nigeria have released 29 students taken from their college nearly 2 months ago police say students will be received by government officials and could do to state and also get medical assistance total of 39 students were abducted on march 11th but 10 were released shortly afterwards kidnapping is on the rise in northwest nigeria. still ahead here on al-jazeera. the question being almost by victims of fortune to adoption to the netherlands. heavily pregnant in facing a 10 kilometer war for water we'll tell you what's driving a drug into northern uganda. and there's good news on the ground of ours vaccination from the new york front what she yankees and games will look like spoiled.
1:27 pm
hello there let's track out the what weather across europe on friday we can see some pretty heavy pockets towards slovenia and croatia we track that through western romania into ukraine and bella ruse also some rain for poland where there is the risk of flooding just because we have seen drenching rains over the last few days across the iberian peninsula temperatures are warming up madrid 26 degrees and france in germany give it a bit because your temperatures are on the way up so berlin by monday you're 27 degrees that is a good 10 degrees above average unfortunately the same cannot be said for the united kingdom we have this deep area of low pressure sliding in over the weekend it is associated with this southerly flow so it's going to bump up the temperature in london to 19 degrees and there's those high temperatures paris 27 brussels 24 so
1:28 pm
the heavy rain in the u.k. we're also seeing flooding rains start to ease for areas of northern algeria and north or in tunisia particularly in algeria where it has been deadly we also running the risk of a sandstorm across areas of libya benghazi this will impact you with a high of 42 degrees on friday. 100 years ago britain and france made a secret deal to divide the middle east between them now we can dura. but what was the last thing affects of this agreement there's a original set to 6 because it's at the borders were drawn without consulting the people and after that with the. psychs pickup lines in the sand on al-jazeera.
1:29 pm
play. when the news breaks had been waiting for more than 12 hours but with hospitals out of beds and often when people need to be heard percent of the people here are in debt many for trying to find food and the story needs to be told there's no safety in my country how can i go back there in live with exclusive interview real fighting against the mother and moved into holds out his iraq has teams on the ground all to to remind the world lulu documentaries and life. oh. oh. they're going to get you what geologists are no mind about top stories this and the
1:30 pm
international criminal court a sentence for ugandan militia leader dominic all went to 25 years in jail for 61 war crimes and crimes against humanity when became a commander of the north resistance army of to be abducted by them as a child. u.s. president joe biden is back to proposal that would temporarily lift intellectual property rights for covert 1000 vaccines to balmoral manufacturers to make jobs and help millions of people in coronations get inoculated. the u.k. and france have both sent naval patrol vessels to the island of jersey and it's a route intensifies over those rights of fishing rights for its fish when say they're being prevented from operating in the area between new licensing rules. unions in colombia have held in a state of anti-government protests with mass marches across the country anger of a tax reforms and turning to why did movement against inequality and rising poverty and as underrun p.s.e. reports now from october. another massive show of force tens of thousands took to
1:31 pm
the streets in the capital will go to and around the country to mark the 8th day of anti-government protests. the demonstrations have already forced the government to withdraw all the controversial tax reform and are now demanding action against poverty rising inequality and the police brutal response to the protests. at least 2 dozen people have died in a.t.o. reportedly missing the country's human rights ombudsmen blamed riot police for at least. half of the deaths. in it that we are fighting for are dead in our struggle against the government they are killing us we need help this scared to be actually in the streets but when marching for the change for a better country. pressured by the demonstrations president calling for a national dialogue but the leaders of the protests and opposition parties say they
1:32 pm
will not sit down until the president condemns the excesses by the police in agrees to negotiate with them. the army is responsible for the violent repression the government needs to condemn the abuses before we talk we also told the government that we don't just want to talk we need to negotiate an emergency list of proposals the ball is in their court in the meantime we will continue in the streets. wednesday's rallies were preceded by another night of clashes 30 civilians in 16 police officers were injured and in a number of neighborhoods police posts were set on fire in one case with officers inside. and a video president to care repeated the government allegations that criminal gangs are behind the vandalism and looting and said more than 550 arrests have been made . the extreme vandalism and urban terrorism that we are observing is financed
1:33 pm
articulated by drug trafficking mafias as announced by the attorney general to confront them we have designed a joint strategy against vandalism at the national level there's already yielding results. the majority of the protests have been peaceful but the violent incidents that have occurred and the government's refusal to recognize the police deadly response make the possibility of a fruitful dialogue mute while the country braces for more protests and rest i listen to n.p.r. . several people in the netherlands say they've been victims of fraudulent adoptions and they're wanting answers it follows the release of a report which from the dutch government knew about child rights abuses dating back to the 1970 s. and didn't do anything to stop it steverson reports now from. when juanita cox visited 3 lanka 2 years ago the adoption story was told all his life suddenly fell apart he discovered that the biological mother of his sister was different than his
1:34 pm
and that his adoption papers were fake. i played it in the data then your whole identity falls to pieces everything you have believed in for more than 30 years is wrong the story you were told is not true like where am i where do i come from what i stolen what i get now have i come from a baby farm following an apology from the dutch government jury and other oddities are demanding financial compensation to pay for costly travel d.n.a. tests and psychological support they also want to establish an international d.n.a. database to make it easier to match up to us with their biological parents that is a mentor. or a human right has been violated and the dutch government has been informed in this that they gave approval while they knew that these practices happened they ignored all warnings and refrain for further if s.
1:35 pm
to geishas they handed out immigration papers without any checks and balances they re dale herself a victim of a fraudulent adoption has filed claims for more than $100.00 victims who were adopted from indonesia for years dutch couples automatically considered adopting a child from a poor country as a good deed questions about the original of the children were rarely asked but now it's become clear how large scale malpractises have damaged the lives of these children their demands for answers about the ethical side of international adoptions an immediate ban on adoptions was issued after the report was published this led to frustration among parents who saw their adoptions halted they signed a petition asking for the band to be lifted it harmed adoption which is not necessary sometimes children should be adopted and not be kept in a foster care system and moved from family to family to family and no one takes
1:36 pm
responsibility of teach children until they are 18 years old but for jury adoption even if a child. has been abandoned is not the best solution for many years he's been struggling with mental health issues he blames on his adoption think the. i think adoption is a selfish joyce for people who want children and a child has not asked for it and the idea that you do this to improve the world and help a child is not something i agree with if you win his claim jury wants to find his biological mother we feel as has been looking for him for 36 years step fastened al-jazeera then boss. australia says china's decision to suspend bilateral trade talks is disappointing beijing halted economic dialogue indefinitely accusing canberra of a cold war mindset relations have plunged to a new low since beijing blocked imports of australian goods in the past year china
1:37 pm
as a strain is largest trading partner katrina year has more now from beijing. but these meetings haven't actually been held since 2017 and this announcement was announced by china's national development reform commission a very important body here in beijing and it essentially is symbolic it tells us what we already know the relationship between china and australia is in a deep freeze and it doesn't look like it's going to improve anytime soon and it follows the decision by canberra to toss out an agreement with the victorian state government one of the states in australia with beijing under china's belt and road initiative and we also know that australia is currently mulling over scrapping the 99 year lease of the chinese guy of the northern port to a chinese company and that lease is worth $318000000.00 and it's now many exporters in australia rely on china's gigantic market so china has responded by blocking many of the exports to china it's raised carrots it's really significantly
1:38 pm
and put extra restrictions on for example strongly in wine beef and bali that had been also are numerous reports of australian pots being stuck at chinese ports just stating that with no formal reason given as to why they're not getting to chinese consumers as well although it is significant to knowledge that china does continue to import australian iron ore which is a resource that it badly needs but this is not the 1st time that china has used its economic might to essentially penalize countries that it's not happy with it's done this with norwegian salmon it's done this with taiwanese pineapples and indeed just this week the g 7 leaders gathering in the u.k. criticize china using what it calls economic coersion on other countries. the bridgeman has to reach is a research fellow in the school of regulation of global governance at the australian national university and he says tensions between the 2 trading partners well they're not likely to end soon. the relationship has bee in freefall for quite
1:39 pm
some time and there are so many factors at play that beijing sees kember as a moat why act up beijing sees a straight as a country that is seeking to hold china back a ranger francis seeking to walk chinese investments in australia that is seeking to embarrass china on the world stage by criticizing its human rights record and that is even to interfere in china's internal affairs and interfere in trying to soften his maritime claims in the south china sea in the east china sea so the you will between beijing and counter is intense but in terms of the very specific cause of this particular decision it's probably a result of tricky decisions made any move to review the 99 year lease on the port of darwin for the chinese company land bridge and then that decision by the israeli federal government to veto those built in the road in the future agreements between victoria and china and beijing 'd sees these moves as just the latest in quite
1:40 pm
provocative moves on the straightest part through thoughts nor that china and seek to undermine what china sees as its core interests there are very few signs that the relationship the political level will get back on track so this is just another instance of australia expressing disappointment with what a strangely a season was a long string of behavior from china which is adversarial towards israel you know there's no prospect of that disappointment going away any time soon because all the way those were little prospect of these high level political relations between beijing and camera getting back on track. the pace of global he's going to wrap it in an unstoppable sea level rise from melting polar ice sheets and that is the stark warning from scientists who say the levels of ice loss could be irreversible the study says emissions need to be swiftly reduced to meet the parents climate agreement and a failure could cause an abrupt jump in the pace of ice loss by the 2060 and this
1:41 pm
would fuel sea level rise in place coastal cities in danger so let's explore this further we can speak company say with that larry who's a glaciologist and model of. science in new zealand he joins us from there from wellington done a good part of the global population lives along the world's coastlines and if this so called an abrupt jump happens what will it mean for the hundreds of millions of people who live on the shores oh i mean it would have devastating it acts and it may sound like a small thing at a centimeter sea level rise but really when you think about storm surge back in. those waves could reach much further inland and really impact a lot more people and lives even more displacement so every centimeter is is what we would hope to prevent and what our study shows is that yeah i was just going to say this is totally 60 is roughly the point of no return and at that point is it
1:42 pm
right to say that it would be irreversible for centuries. well there keep questioning about antarctic ice shelf stability and so a lot of models conflict on when that point of no return can happen but what is important is that it is driven by ocean processes when the ocean heats things these ice shelves and they can no longer hold back that land based ice and we can't get the heat out of the ocean so really the decisions we make today are really important for all of those down line attacks that keeping our ice shelf stable and keeping that ice on land where it should be yeah and that's the thing is that could it's a grim prediction if we meet commitments of the paris agreement then this in theory can be kept in check well really what we find is that if we aim for that high ambitious target of 1.5 degrees celsius we could have
1:43 pm
a global sea level rise for all the land ice. contribution to sea level relative to current emission pledges that would put us more at 3 degrees celsius so it's really important. for countries everywhere to think about what their mission pledges are and and think of ways of which we could lower it to meet those high ambitious target right and that's c.e. mention $1.00 degrees celsius that's above that's an increase above pre-industrial levels the thing is we get used to that already and we were at one point too. yes and of course we know that the last time never was was this warmer sea levels were 69 meters higher than today so there will certainly be some sea level commitments of what we've already. done in terms of carbon emissions. that weren't being is that read agree world will be much worse than $1.00 degree world what's interesting
1:44 pm
as well as now that i know which what demonstrates the influence that the ice caps have and glasses have on our planet is that the axis of the earth has shifted is near the poles have moved well yes i mean look at that price fear is a very fundamental part of the earth's system then. i think what's important is that you know these places seem so far away but they have a vision of those local impacts of. our coastlines. and larry i appreciate your expertise on that thanks very much indeed for producing the picture on the important story thanks a lot thanks for having me now people in northern goneril struggling to find water many rely on rivers but these have dried up in recent months due to a lack of rainfall hundreds of new dams have failed to help eva i think boca reports now from the new but north. model big is due to give
1:45 pm
that in just a few weeks' time but every day she still walks up to centimeters and sees in simply just so sense for what's a high end to me and to me i feel the water problem here is really affecting everything we spend all our days looking for water one can't do any business to any income. finding water and the spots of ghana has always been difficult for people who live in rivers and lakes overall course. but with little rain known for months it's even more the challenge of the father you go the more desperate the foolish and the if people have been digging for hours in the dry riverbed just to find enough water to fill a bucket to take home in there may be some temperatures around 14 degrees of the government's begun built in small dams across the north of ghana in 2017 when the not to became presidents the project was called one village one dumb with the
1:46 pm
aim of storing water for the dry season. more than 500 doms have been bills but few contain a new word so when there is start pouring here they pour it falls as some of them would give way because the banks were not either one properly quest for acted or to the intensity of the floor of water into those dams becomes too much for it and. does not just from these feelings effects a pharmacist like a zany is a catastrophe 11 out of his calls have died from sest in recent weeks. no grass no water and the dying one is lucky to make a few dollars if a cow was about to die and a butcher is close by to slaughter it instantly if the rains delay further it will be a disaster the president's plan and more doms they go once this time and home was
1:47 pm
a systems the infrastructure was supposed to be completed by $22.00 and $3.00 but be do money big isn't ordinals much hope she's preparing fun not alone costs will do such for what's in the morning. gonna. go ahead here and al-jazeera 9 surprises after 9 months somalia and women breaking records in a hospital in america. and you know i didn't ask don't i mean to make it and the premier league final in the right believe that's coming up in support.
1:48 pm
1:49 pm
and i gave a prototype of a spacecraft that space x. hopes to one day used to send astronauts tamala says touchdown safely in the u.s. state of texas space x.'s last 4 attempts to land the starship of all ended in explosions a small fire that emerged from the rocket space after a touchdown was this time quickly wished nasa plans to use a version of the starship was a lunar lander on this planned mission to the moon. just landed here is pretty cool thank you so much tens of thousands of people in japan have signed a petition calling for the tokyo olympics to be canceled the games start in 78 days but turkey has current state of emergency is it to be extended by up to a month because of a surge in coronavirus cases those behind the petition believe hosting the olympics
1:50 pm
is draining funds away from other needs such as the rollout of a covert 19 vaccine the petition is addressed to the head of the international olympic committee thomas barr who along with the japanese government and the local organizing committee has repeatedly said the games will go ahead as should you all so much uncertainty around the olympics but athletes all over the world have no choice but to continue to prepare hong kong's track cycling team will get a good workout at their home velodrome next week at the u.c.i. nations cup that includes one of the top medal prospects for say relief who won bronze back at london 2012 and is a 5 times asian games champion and garcia were. it was hard to accept when the games were delayed not only because we needed to prepare for another year but also there are now a lot of big competitions all clustered together it's a bit challenging but i have collected my thoughts and i'm ready for it. we don't actually have
1:51 pm
a medal target for tokyo i think the main value of this event is to show how the athletes persisted in their training during a tough year and it shows the spirit of how they were able to fight against the pandemic. australia's cricketers who were playing in the indian premier league are on their way to the mole deaves the i.p.l. was suspended on tuesday after 4 franchises reported coronavirus cases all within a few days of each other travelers from india are currently banned in australia including aussie citizens but their countries players on are set to return home via the maldives where they will have to undergo a quarantine period. former kolkata knight riders team director joy about todd john a yard joins us from a deadly joy they give you time organizers remain defiant that this competition will be completed most likely away from india what options are on the table well i think that he'd go to auctions the 1st tuesday. so it's very clear not only that we're going to be maybe he's not going to be possibly doctors one of the reasons
1:52 pm
why they've tried that dhanam and they actually tried to baby i feel in india just to make sure that people will be reassured and believe the t 20 world cup you know obviously that's not happening that's backfired so even even the t 20 world cup will be moved out of india suit that happens there are basically 3 options in front of them and they're going to be playing in england at this point in time to go to board bit of work this championships and then a series in england would do a c.e.o. is just after that in england and you know that he may have learned and start the current state because that you know he conducts united be an apprentice. it's after the 100 which is their domestic deep into government but their domestic white board want it so london is one of the options the 2nd is that they have the t 20 world cup in the united out of there but it's still going to be need just the coverage in the week and really this tournament just before that and it told me which is seems a bit you know part fixed at this point in time is. it was supposed to work up this
1:53 pm
year in england you can get the next year and these folks want to own accord or you're not back. to studio to take it when t 21 where and then you have an i.p.o. just people that i'm not sure do it with this in sleet nor despair and they're certainly. the jury can i throw another option at you given that the i.p.l. has been suspended we know what happened last year we know that the calendar is fairly full should the organizers just write this year's event off. i mean look there is always an option i think that something that is there that's the best thing is that there's so much money you know indian sport in indian sport doesn't disturb or should have all of the money and what's happening with this well look at it independently is the fact that this law is what's actually doing what the least that is the biggest highlight in sport because we'll be in a floor economy sorted by what will you know work that way but we've created sort of a for a situation where there are no spectators at all so light bill is one of the big
1:54 pm
it's one of the big piece in indian sport probably 50 percent of the money to this year in the indian sport would be just. to lose their leaves a huge loss and it's just like with adventures in the players and their base load part of it is a legal system so they would be very anxious to be say would be very anxious to try to get somebody or i mean what did they do we don't they're definitely going to give me that. right joy about that charlie i thank you very much for your time joining us there from there lee thank you. thomas to call say is he's chelsea team are heading to istanbul to win the champions league not just to take part in the final for the 2nd time in 3 seasons it will be an all english champions league final after chelsea knocked out around the dread to set up a showdown against manchester city at the end of the month chelsea won the 2nd leg of their semi final to know and went to $31.00 on aggregate goals at stamford
1:55 pm
bridge came from team of verner and mason mounts i'm very grateful to be at the sideline of this team what another energy and performance full of full of positive attitude full of hunger. what a spirit to show and moments where we needed to suffer in 1st half and what the reaction and 2nd half. i think we tried but the truth is chill see we're superior and we have to congratulate them nothing more i'm very proud of my players because we tried but it hasn't been possible we played against a team who was better manchester united will play they postpone premier league match against liverpool next thursday but game was cool though for at the weekend after united fans broke into old trafford and invaded the pitch protesting the club's ownership united's manager says the demonstration left him in a difficult position. we have to listen we have to hear the fans voice it has to
1:56 pm
be. it's everyone's right to protest it has to be in a civilized manner though it has to be in a peaceful manner and unfortunately when it's when you break in when you went police officers to get injured scarred for life not to too far that's one step too far and unfortunately is. now hope when it gets out of hand like this is a police matter it's not it's not about. showing your. opinions anymore meantime arsenal manager mikel arteta has called on fans to give their side a great while come ahead of the semifinal with spanish side vieira de mello supporters are expected to gather outside emirates stadium in protest against the club ownership of stan kroenke. the n.h.l.
1:57 pm
is no stranger to fights breaking out of the new york rangers and washington capitals deliver the mayhem from the opening faceoff this came just 2 days after a fiery clash between the 2 sides a brawl erupted in the opening seconds and they were the total of 6 fights in the opening 5 minutes the 1st period ended with a combined 100 penalty minutes at one point there were 6 washington players crammed into the penalty box and in case you're wondering the capitals went on to win the game 40. ok that's all the sports news for now i'll be again later with more nic we'll see you later thanks very much indeed for that thank you finally this amalia and woman has given birth to 9 babies that is 2 more than doctors to take to during scans and there were 5 girls and 4 boys all together and they would be livid in a specialist care unit america the mother babies are apparently doing very well no not that says unknown or extremely rare its appears to be the 1st time on record women has given birth to 9 surviving babies at the same time skiing to be busy for
1:58 pm
me for this music so i rather be here called minutes with more of a. frank assessments. that you have. taking for us you don't like not to be. informed opinions is the u.s. with thinking military positioning in the middle east or is it just a simple act of ministry assets this is a message to the region the united states is rethink you're its military posture
1:59 pm
in-depth analysis of the day school ople headlines inside story. it's a very bleak picture for a lot of americans out there white supremacy impacts all of our patients your plan even more money into the hands of some others taking money out of the hands of other workers that won't goes to their camp it becomes us versus them this is the deal about constraining your nuclear program the bottom line that they questions on out is the. al jazeera is news now the biggest stories of the week delivered to your inbox last analysis and opinions that have the world. subscribe of the conversation. reporting in the field means i often get to witness not just news is breaking but also history as it's unfolding tossing the hungry in the rubble one day i might be covering politics and i actually love my covering protests. but what's most
2:00 pm
important to me is talking to people understanding what they are going through so that i can convey the headlines in the most human way possible. cure it out we believe everyone has a story worth hearing. kidnapped as a child he became a ruthless ugandan rebel leader dominic gets sentenced to 25 years jailed for war crimes. calipso rahman your challenges are long from our headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 30 minutes we were pulled from the channel islands of jersey french and u.k. warships have been deployed to protest over fishing rights.

36 Views

info Stream Only

Uploaded by TV Archive on