[000:00:00;00] ah, i'll just 0 f u r g and we're just doing what we need to do to keep the straight insights and protect our national interest. australia's prime minister dismisses china's outraged response to a new security of lawyers with the us and u. k. ah, other can vanelle,

this is eleanor. they're alive from don't also coming up. us threatens more sanction for all involved. and if you're a b as complex, if they don't negotiate an end to the violence. original security block led by china and russia pushes for us, gone to films, new leaders to follow what it calls moderate all the us who's closer to offering culture $900.00 vaccinations. despite the w h o warning, it's unnecessary and irresponsible. ah, china has accusing us industry failure of colluding to smear its reputation. and the latest fall off of the 2 countries joined the person in a new alliance. many see the new security agreement as part of efforts by the west to contain chime is growing, influence the region, particularly the contested maritime claims sugar on the south china sea,

taiwan and hong kong china. the position is clear us and those trails are colluding with each other and for selfish geopolitical gains are smearing china. they're interfering in china's domestic affairs. as facts of proven china, there's not only a major engine for economic development and the region is also for stability and peace. china development represents a force for peace in the world and the regions development, katrina, you in beijing says china feels the alliance will cause irreversible damage. all relations between by doing camera are in very bad shape. and analysts that i've spoken to here says that this really is the nail in the coffin, that if there was any opportunity for the relationship to improve this really close that often, we do expect the relationship to remain frosty, for at least some years to come and china's relationship with these other countries through the u. s. and the car also worsening. china has repeated its rebuke. of this security packed accused these 3 countries of harboring

a cold war mentality of creating an exclusionary block and of interfering in china's internal affairs. we had a new statement released by the chinese embassy in australia earlier today. and in that statement, it said that a strictly should handle its relationship with china in a genuinely independent manner. meaning to say that beijing series australia is acting as little more than a porn of united states in the region. and it seems that reflected in this trade back in this exchange of this nuclear submarines strategy as prime minister says the pact was threatened. anyone we just found doing what we need to do to keep the straight insights and protect our national interests. i mean, trying to do the same thing. they have massive investments in the military capabilities, including the, in this area and astride it doesn't rise issues around that. all countries will take decisions in the national interest. we believe this will lead to the police instability and security of the region. and that is, i think,

a view that is widely shared about the impact of this arrangement. and we encourage all countries in the region to engage in that way. under the alliance strategy, i will also tear up an existing diesel submarine deal with france in favor of us developed subs with nuclear power critic. so paris should have seen this coming in a previous train. the prime minister refused to sign a contract for the next phase of the project. there were issues right from the start. first, a major cyber security concern was raised just for the contract was signed in 2016 . but august, the french naval group ship builder admitted it had been hacks. then there are the budget glove. the project was worth $36000000000.00 when it was signed, and it since ballooned to more than $65000000000.00. and the 1st submarine originally meant to be ready for sea by the early 20 thirties, but this was pushed back benjamin husk, which is a research fellow in the school of regulation and global governance of the trailer national university. he says your strategy and government was right in its decision,

but could have handled the situation better. isn't how the understandable industry would want to not have these french submarines at hosp blow out overruns in the timeline. it probably would have been a vessel not suitable for the strategic environment. the distributor finds itself in. but getting out of this for some deal was done in a really hands messy way without a working part and would seen without doing the diplomatic round work. springing this agreement on friends and creating a huge amount of diplomatic upset and frustration at a time when a stranger was trying to bring friends with other external power into its region as a counterbalance the chinese power of the p l. a. in china is the pros of back to military expansion, and that is focused on the naval realm, in particular, where china receiving the ability to project naval power around the globe. given that context, it's quite understandable. the countries like australia, like the united states would be nervous and we'd seek to have some kind of military

counterbalance to this growing chinese military. my having said that, the way in which the strains of find up to this deal is really problematic from the point of us reading policy and then astray was effective. we walking itself in to us policy on china, which is increasingly hostile, increasingly adversarial australia is giving itself very low into the new bar. and the united states is intent on confronting china. and the trailer is going to be part of that. you would hold him without your telling me that it needs to navigate . there's really complex times the us, the threatening, more sanctions of violence continues. and ethiopia is nolan. to grind regions, a new executive order opens the door to sanctions on members of the ethiopian and era tray and governance, the to gripe people's liberation front, and the i'm our regional government. the biden administration is looking to put pressure on warring policies to ends of fighting thousands of been killed and at least $2000000.00 displaced since violence broke out into gripe in november.

shepherd towns is in washington dc with more it's, it's a theme that we've seen from the white house and from congress in the last few months as the crisis intensifies in that range. and that the bike administration, particularly trying to be seen as being, having an even hound and blaming all sides, even whereas the sort of liberal interventionists and the governments amount of power usa id for example, have been pushing and have been warning us of if you open atrocities, but the bite administration has been, has been talking about all sides in the culture. i was at a congressional hearing just a few months ago actually way where you could see that being played out. i mean, even this executive order, it's a lot less than meets the eye and the reasons a fascinating get, get hold of a 2nd. you know, the united nations in new york, where the security council of voting on whether to extend the un mission enough, gonna stop. let's listen it. the security council and begin it's consideration of

asian 2 of the agenda. members of the council have before them document s slash 2021 slash 800 and for the text of a draft resolution submitted by sonya and norway. i wish to draw the attention of council members to document s slash 20. 21 dash 759. the report of the secretary general on the situation in afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security. the console is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before us. i shall put the draft resolution to the vote. now will those in favor of the draft resolution contained in document s slash 2021 slash

804. please raise their hand. the result of the voting is as follows. the draft resolution received 15 vote in favor. the draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as resolution to 5962021. i now give the floor to those members of the counselor wish to make statements after the vote. i gave it the floor to the representative of norway. thank you, president. on behalf of co, pamela is stone in norway, allow me to thank all council members for constructively engaging in the process leading to today's unanimous adoption of this resolution, which okay, that was the united nations was still happening there in new york,

where the security council is has voted unanimously on extending the un mission. and i've gone on this go now to the medic edited james base who's standing by for us, and that was all votes in favor, james. yes, 15 votes in favor of a new mandate for you, nama, but only a temporary extension for 6 months for the un mission in afghanistan. and that's because the security council is so unsure how things are going to develop in afghanistan is a sort of fudge is what they call up rollover here at the u. n. a fudge device by the lady are saying, mona, you'll, who has one of the 2 pen holders for this resolution. the 2 countries that wrote the resolution, she is the norwegian ambassador, in fact, one of the architects of the all slower cords. and she was responsible for this new resolution, but it was watered down a bit. and that's because one of the references to women and girls and the

secretary general producing a report on the situation, including the state of sect of women and girls. enough canister on the russian and chinese delegations objected to that language and took out the reference to women and girls. i spoke in the moments before this meeting of the security council til in the thomas greenfield. the us ambassador, who's holding a news conference, i asked her about the removal of that reference to women and girls. and she said that the security council was still committed to women and african austin. and she made the point when i pressed that. so was the united states. i made the point that perhaps they've lost quite a degree of leverage now with the taliban. now that they have no troops enough got a son and she said they still one of the biggest contributors to humanitarian aid. and they had the whole international community pushing together and that was the leverage that they had over the taliban. at this point. you also start the start in the meeting. geral, geraldine burton nation. the shasta currently in this month of the un general

assembly presiding over the security council. her comment on the way into the council chamber. we are buying time with this resolution. the us still working out what sort of footprint is going to have on the ground. clearly it's going to be humanitarian based. the u ends being and i've got a son in some shape phone since 1947, but they're taking it, i think a few months ahead. and then they're going to look again, that this problem and what the us needs to do and what needs to have on the ground in afghanistan with a very new reality came. what exactly does this un mission and i've gone on do what has it been doing up until this point? the un mission in enough kind of on you, nama, has been involved in all sorts of areas, but some of them perhaps become less important. for example, promoting democracy, arranging, helping the afghans arrange elections. no one thinks are going to be elections any time soon enough kind of stop. we do have us ambassador to the united nations,

linda thomas greenfield. speaking right now, pops be good idea to listening to her to the future of a scanner. stan, this tax also underscores the you in the role in advancing the human rights of afghan women, children and members of minority groups. this resolution recognizes that you and staff a working in deteriorating security conditions throughout the country. we remain deeply concerned about the safety and security of unanimous national staff. the u. s. must protect them and their families. as the largest single largest donor of humanitarian assistance to afghan stan, the united states is committed to the anonymous coordination function with partners on the ground providing food protection, shelter, and essential health care, water, sanitation, hygiene services, and so much more vital humanitarian aid to afghans over the course of this 6 month extension,

we look forward to receiving reports from the secretary general on the situation in afghanistan, particularly for its vulnerable groups. and the un it's own recommendations about what their role and future in afghanistan will look like. madam president, we recognize that the current situation in afghanistan is fluid and dynamic. but the u ins role must always work to serve afghans and advance their human rights and fundamental freedoms. we will stand by them in the skull. thank you very much. i think the representative of the united states and, and i give the floor to the representative of the russian federation chains. interesting. they're the us representative thing that they understand. the situation is dynamic and fluid that must be quite difficult for, for the security council to figure out its position given how much the situation is

changing all of the time. yes, there really are difficult calculations here. and one of the other calculations, of course, concerns who has the un seat representing afghanistan, because it's currently held by an ambassador who was appointed by government. the no longer exists. and we believe the taliban would like to take the seat. clearly, most of the international community would not feel comfortable with the taliban currently in the u. s. seat. and they believe that whole issue of recognition and the gentleman i see in the eyes of the international community is one of the few leave as they have over the taliban. so they're not going to give that up very easily. so i think that explains to wait and see policy that you heard outlined by security council members, and particularly by the us ambassador linda thomas greenfield. as i say, she was just giving a nice conference. and if i may slightly, for a moment to tell you the other bit of news from that news conference,

she was asked about our other top story this out about that deal between australia, the u. s. and the u. k. that news conference. and she said, she didn't think it was going to have any, despite that outrage from france, have any effect on her operations here at the united nations. in fact, she said she met the french and basset last night, and they had a cordial conversation and she said the work goes all within the close allies here at the security council. and remember that the so called p 33 of the permanent members of the, the u. k, the u. s. and france that was very, very closely together. try to steer the security council in different directions. she said that p 3 partnership was not going to be affected by the current ro. alright. james phase there at the united nation. thank you. chinese presidents, fishing, paying as calling for a smooth transition and i've gone the storm, then urged the new government to follow what he called moderate policies asian needed, leading

a meeting rather energy cost on capital shanay to discuss the telephone take over the shanghai cooperation organization is the 1st major summit of regional countries since the group since our last month, member states have expressed concern about an influx of refugees and the risk of attacks. russians lining up to come votes for parliamentary elections. people have 3 days to cost the balance for representatives and the duma po. so support for the governing united russia party is an all time note. however, many candidates who are opposed to president vladimir putin have been excluded from the elections in austria's government as being taken to court accused of not responding quickly enough to cover 900 outbreaks and ski results. the civil lawsuit is the 1st of 15 such cases. more than $6000.00 people from $45.00 countries say they were infected during

a viral outbreak and the results of the us food and drug administration is due to hold the meeting on whether to approve the booster shots produced by 5 bio and tech a panel of independent vaccine advises will vote on whether there is a need for additional doses. for people aged 16 and older. top health officials have warned that some fully vaccinated people may not have enough immunity to cove . at 19 talks about punk connie from the university of exit, there's low income countries shouldn't be neglected. as more developed nation start the handout booster shots with respect to boosting, you may be protecting some people and so the gain is very marginal. on the other hand, we are ignoring countries like africa, american parts of asia, where the, the infection is uncontrolled and extensive. and with extensive replication of the virus where there is

a lot of infection. you can also get the emergence of variance. and if these very and start to bypass the vaccines, etc, it would be a step backward. so a better public, how global intervention would be immunized the rest of the world. my view is really we need robust evidence before we go down the boosting way. and in the meantime, please donate joe back scenes. cuba has expanded its math vaccination drive for children as young as to it's the only country in the world to vaccinate children. bet the on comes his health officials report the surgeon delta infections among young people. cuban authorities say the locally produced over 90 vaccine is safe for children. w h o says it will help lebanon and find solutions to its health care crisis. close to bankruptcy, lebanon a short of medical supplies and equipment. the w h o. secretary general is visiting by a week off the formation of

a new government serious challenge in lebanon. a shortage of medical supplies, shortage of fuel, of banking problems. also, problems with water provision and electricity, which actually affects the health condition of the people of lebanon. and we have agreed on what we can do in the short term. and what can also be done in the long term. and based on the governments vision, we would be happy to support you in any way possible that hotter than david the country is in a deep economic crisis. all sectors of the economy have been affected. the state has all but collapse. basic services are collecting, including the health care sector, the world health organization, saying that the population health is at risk and the needs are immense. and that

international organizations like the united nations, cannot fill the caps any longer because of the needs are only increasing. so they went, they met the officials, there's a new government in this country. i spoke to the world health organization, delegates on the sidelines of the press conference. and what they said was, they sense this seriousness and willingness on the part of the new authorities to change their ways not to follow past policies if you like, because successive governments really have been blamed for underfunding and neglecting the public health sector. and more and more people rely on the public health sector because the people are just for you and says 80 percent of the population is now poor. for out of 5, people need assistance. there are medical shortages in this country. there's a lack of hard currency to bring in supplies. there's a lack of fuels, there's no safe electricity. diesel shortage has the united nation to step in to pay for diesels, in order for

a hospitals to continue providing services to the lebanese people. so it is really a critical, critical time, but the international community has made this very clear time and time again. if the new lebanese government does not carry out structural reforms and fight corruption, then they will not unlock international aid. the european parliament has a member states to boycott next month, due by export to signal. the disapproval of ron's vibrations is demanding the united arab emirates immediately release 3 prominent human rights activists. i've had months or my home with our all can. and now sort of been quiet are in solitary confinement. serving long prison sentences explode 2022 by which expects attract 11000000 visitors with the phone for a year. because of the pandemic. joe's dog, his deputy director of the human rights watch, middle east division. he explains the impact a large boy called could have 1st of all, this is not the 1st critical state, parliament or resolution that the parliament is. you're not in the u. e, but it's,

i think by far the strongest it's, i think it's significant in what a cause for of course the issue is, you know, the europe in parliament is not true. resolutions do not translate and automatically into the policies of the member states or even for that matter of the you commission. so the next step, i think, would be for the commission to follow the guidelines of the resolution and actually take up these issues directly with the government. so call human rights dialogue. but the most important step would be for national governments wrench problem, for instance, show british parliament and so forth. to actually take up these measures that equally strong resolutions then i think would she get the attention of orange status from the west,

african regional blog. echo oss have impose sanctions on guineas military rule this and that the bonding collections be held within 6 months. guinea was suspended from echo us last week. off for a military coup, removed, president elf, a condo from power. the u. k is in the grip of a supply chain crisis if lead to record inflation and the was shortages of food and basic supply since 19 seventy's, it's complicated by factors like a fall and the number of heavy goods vehicle dr. is breaks it, the climate crisis, and a global economy struggling to emerge from the pandemic. john hall has more from london heavy goods vehicles lumbering up and down britain's highways. the pulse of a supply network currently in distress. not only are there fewer lori drivers, but with supply problems becoming a global phenomenon, there's often less to put in them. we deliver everything around the k, we provide for the u. k. everything. well, everyone's got in the tables when their homes we, it's been on the back of

a trader. we got treated really bad throughout the cove. it, you know, we'll pop up at night. can't get no food can't get showered. and some of us have had enough. so they went and got 9 to 4 jobs all day jobs, so they can be home most as one is those opting for an easy life. laurie drivers from the you have left britain in their thousands, many never to return the fall in dr. a numbers plus choke points in the global economy mean that supermarkets, a warning of empty shelves at christmas time, manufacturing and comp reduction down climate change has affected crop yields and the timber market. and one prominent fast food chain recently ran out of chicken make spellman does high and carpentry in the home improvement trade that has burge in since lockdown, increased demand far exceeds supply. with the price of raw materials going through the roof of into a hotel or the other day. the timber that i bought there was probably around about

40 percent more than it was about 3 months ago. and they said, if you got everything you need because this on next week is probably gonna go up. another 10 percent tempting as it may be to point to a simple single cause. the reality is more complex. a post breaks it co host lockdown and climate crisis. perfect storm heating, an intricate web of global supply chains, in which the smallest glitch can affect the whole system. how long mighty last? he is, the view of a senior figure in the food and drink sector. the u. k. shop and consumer could have previously expected just about every product they want to be on shelf or in the restaurant all the time. that's. and i don't think it's come back. the government doesn't accept the shortages may be permanent. what is harder to deny, though, is the effect on the economy with inflation hitting record levels this month and

a 1000000 job vacancies, that the british workforce is struggling to fill. post covey recovery plans could be slipping into the slow lane jona whole al jazeera london. hey, he's prime minister says attempts to link him to the assassination of president jovan al luis and nothing but base this. and you endo, r. l only fired the chief prosecutor who wanted in charge of the killing in july. it's alleged to only received calls from one of the suspects. his offices, they received countless phone calls that day. protest isn't argentina angry about worsening poverty, have been demanding more jobs and better social aid. they say president of both of those hasn't delivered on promises to improve living standards. treatable reports from one sided they took over the center of when a site is demanding jobs and food assistance. thousands of people from the poorest areas of when a site is roxanna,

be care says she has 3 children and no work good. and i'm going to, the last year has been very difficult. my husband got some work in construction, but with the store in prices, we cannot pay for everything. i didn't 100 government have increased cash handout and aid to assist the poor. but people here say much more needs to be done at inflation, continues to force prices up every month. yeah, pretty good. going to buy a government is trying to implement austerity majors and pay the i miss at the cost of the working class. we are the one suffering the crisis and need a genuine jobs with decent salaries. the economic situation and the handling of the pandemic has put a huge dent in the government's popularity to put us, you know, last sunday their parents party last in 70 province is doing this countries primary election,

including at the stronghold. the province of one site is the law has exacerbated the big divisions that exist within the administration, especially between president of man this and his vice president, christina fernandez. the kirschner on wednesday, the minister of interior and other left leaning government officials close to christina for a man. this offer their resignation to the president louis argentina, currently negotiating a 40000000000 debt with the i m f. and the president is trying to reduce the deficit and organize the economy, but he's, vice president is not going along with it. is he'll do about this young guy, even instead, he wants to increase social spending to both the parties chances of winning on november's legislative elections. economy say the dispute is having an impact on argentina's chances of recovering from the pin. demick will sell that with you to go to one thing is putting some money on the streets to improve their chances. and remember what the issue is, whether you are going to do that and not deal with the m f and continue printing

money. nobody is going to benefit from that. and the crisis generate a lot of her man, this rolled on twitter. this is not the time to raise the disputes that divert us from our pass. argentina is in the middle of an economy and now political crisis. and while the ruling coalitions continue to dis, students struggle over how to find a way out. there are millions of people who are filled with uncertainty about what will happen with the economy, with their income and their lives. there is trouble as a feeder when a fight. if i this is al jazeera, these are the top stories. the un security council has extended the mandate of its mission and of course, on for another 6 months. the vote was unanimous. they settled on a temporary extension, given the uncertainty and i've gone on since the telephone take over. james face

has moved from the un result of the 15 votes in favor of a new mandate for you,