o, many nukes is too many nukes, america has in many ways driven the arms race for parties are much more like the british, poised out to them, there are fewer regulations to own a tiger than there are to own a dog. how can this be happening? you'll weakly take on us politics and society, and that's the bottom line. ah ha, says chancellor sebastian curse under investigation on suspicion of bribery and corruption after his offices are rated. ah, they're watching al jazeera live from doha. i'm fully back to ball also ahead. natural gas prices in the you and you k jump to a record high rush essays. europe is to bain for the crisis. and nobel prize for

chemistry honors a green, a way to build molecules and a technique a judge says easy genius and a delayed response after our pipeline leak is being blamed for a major oil spill off the coast of southern california. ah. so we start with breaking news out of austria way. prosecutors are investigating chancellor sebastian curse on suspicion of corruption and bribery. his officers were rated earlier as part of the investigation. the accusations involve a $1500000.00 deal that prosecutors believe was made to gain the chancellor positive media coverage in a tomboy. dominic cane has a neat is from berlin. this is all about the suspicion of corruption that has been placed as it were at the door of the chancellor sebastian courts. it refers to the

activity of a particular tabloid newspaper in austria during the course of the past few years. but specifically, what's under investigation is what took place between the 20162018. this is the suggestion. the suspicion indeed that prosecutors are working under is that mister courts and all the 9 other people involved in this investigation, the people being investigated were involved in the commission of certain offenses around bribery, specifically it is alleged, and it is suspected by prosecutors that mister kurtz and others brought influence on the editorial board of this particular newspaper in austria to procure preferential coverage of mister courts and his party. such that an opinion poll was put out by this newspaper which cast mister kurtz, his party in a very preferential light. and it wasn't put out as an advertisement avenues,

gas prices in the european union, and the u. k. have risen sharply causing fears of soaring bills and inflation. as winter approaches, limited supplies are combined with rising demand, as economies recover from the pandemic. that's led to prices hitting highs, not seen in more than a decade. several british energy supplies have collapsed during the gas vice isis. e members face accounting for new regulations to curb run away energy prices and relief consumers and businesses. the european commission says brussels will explore setting up common storage facilities for gas and focus on a shift to renewables to end dependence on imports. how serious economics editor added ali explains what's behind the spike in prices. this is a failure by the europeans to make sure that they got enough energy for this winter . now at this time of the time of year, they should have filled the storage tanks up enough to cover for the winter supply

. we're currently at 72 percent fall that's, that's well below where they should they, they should be, that's a 10 year low for the 1st time that's happened. and the trouble, the trouble is that there's other parts of the world which actually need the energy as well. so we're all going to be paying a lot more to keep warm this winter in the northern hemisphere because of york's failure to fill this storage tank. now russia has said, look, we're ready to pump more oil somewhat puck pump more gas through the power lines if it's needed. because we, they want to see a gas shortage. they've already being blamed partly for the crisis, for not sending enough gas through the pipeline through ukraine. now it, russia argues that it, you know, conquered contractually it's actually is sending all the gas that is required to. but at the same time, they want to see the north stream to pipeline which connects to germany to come on

line so that they can pay. so they can avoid sending more gas through ukraine for g, a political reasons, and sending us directly to germany. the germans say, well is that good? it's gonna take another 4 months for them to certify the recently completed pipeline or the ease vulnerability to surgeon gas prices has been on leaders minds as they attended a balkan summit in slovenia. the president of the european commission said this could be the time to speed up the transition to renewables. it is a serious issue. i think we have to be very clear that the gas prices are skyrocketing and her, but the renewables of the prices have decreased over the last 2 years and are stable. so for us is very clear that with energy in the long term, it is important to invest in renewables. that gives us stable prices and more independence because gas is important. 90 percent of the gas is important to the

european union. august here is natasha. butler is in slovenia, where really does have been meeting, she says, is a divide over how to respond to the gas crisis. because natural gas prices have been soaring, consumers can expect their bills to go up, particularly a, with the winter months here in europe arriving soon. now you lead as though are divided on the approach to take re of countries like a france and spain, who believe that there should be bold action. they believe that the commission should help you governments to try whether the storm, if you like, perhaps with subsidies or a being popped up a financially. on the other hand, you have countries who wanted more, a cautious approach. wait and see said, are the dutch prime minister mark router along netherlands, along with germany. believe that perhaps in a matter of time that this crisis could be over. so they, they would prefer to wait and see it's a right out either way. or the commission is expected to announce some measures

next week. rising tensions between the us and china, causing ripples across the taiwan strait. taiwan is one of the key issues in a deepening strategic rivalry between beijing in washington. the taiwanese defense minister says tensions with china i had their worst sin for decades. this follows for days of repeated incursions by chinese war planes into the islands air defense . so robin bright has more from hong kong. i ones ministry at the approach of nearly 150 warplanes in waves sent over several days as clearly alarm taiwan speaking at a session of ty, ones, parliament, defense minister to quite young, warned that in 4 years china would be capable of invading the island was was on the go, you know, china does not currently possess such capabilities, but we must consider the consequences. in our judgment by 2025, they will have more comprehensive capabilities. taiwan regularly holds drills to

prepare for such an invasion. thanks in part to sophisticated military equipment from its ally the united states. it's so far been confident of deterring any aggression. but china's rapid military build up has been closing that gap. and paging is looking to put enormous pressure psychologically and operation on taiwan wood in taiwan society as well as i one armed forces. it also appears to be looking to undermine ty, when's president saying when, who has been coal to the idea of closer relations and is seen by china as an obstacle to its ultimate goal of unification. with these latest incursions it seems bay jing wants to send a message about the changing dynamics across the taiwan strait. not only to taiwan, but to the international community, including the united states. at a time of increasing tensions with washington. in an apparent attempt to deescalate

the situation, you as president joe biden weighed in on the ongoing tensions by didn't seem to confirm the united states continued commitment to giving china diplomatic recognition in return for bay ging not threatening taiwan militarily. we agree. bye bye. i want agreement that we are here, we made it clear that i'll be doing it by this latest spent comes. that is significant moment for the 2 neighbors with china . having just marked the october 1st anniversary of its founding and taiwan about to celebrate its national day and both with very differing ideas of what their future relationship should look like. rub mcbride al jazeera hong kong. the nobel prize in chemistry has been jointly awarded to,

to scientists for their development of a precise tool for building molecules. the royal swedish academy assign. this is the work of benjamin list. and david mcmillan has had a great impact on pharmaceutical research and is already greatly benefiting human kind. many molecules can be mirror images from one another, so they can look like the sand like that and pretty much the same, but not exactly. and that looks like unimportant, but in biology it's hugely important. so the human body can react completely differently to the same molecule if it's right and left handed. in the worst case it can be the one version can be an effective drug. the other one can have bad side effects. so it's hugely important to be able to control that. and that something that one achieved with these molecules is molecules by themselves are left handed. all right and, and can't transfer that to the target. so we're can specifically derive one part no been nori, it's benjamin. this said he was surprised by the committee's decision. basically

worked a professor david mcmillan, i have discovered in around the late ninety's was that there is a 3rd class of catalyst available, which with which we can make all these molecules that we need like drugs and cent morning caramels, but also plastics. pretty much everything that surrounds us. and in the new class that we discover our organic molecules before we thought there are only enzymes and transition metal complexes that can be used as catalyst. and we found simple small, organic molecules that you can isolate from, from natural materials. and some we even make an on body like the amino acid proliant, which we used as a catalyst. and that was really a shock even to us at the time. jennifer newton is a content editor for chemistry world, the monthly news magazine published by the oil chemistry society of chemistry. and she explained the significance of their discovery. melanin list showed that you could use small organic molecules say things made from carbon, oxygen,

and hydrogen to to go age yo yo chemical reactions. and you need to bear in mind that chemist want to make molecules in very particular ways. and you can often make, you can make molecules in different ways, but if, if that the wrong mirror image of each other, then that can have consequences, especially when you're making pharmaceuticals. you want to make your molecules need to be very precise. and by using an organic molecules as catalyst is got lots of benefits in terms of the volume. and in terms of costs, metals often very expensive and also in terms of toxicity. so the work of phase chemists has it's got incredibly far reaching applications and it is what that is, is, is only going to be expanding over the years. and yet this is a really, is a very interesting and nobel prize. it wasn't exactly what we were. maybe expecting

that definitely big names in the field, but they one at the top of our predictions list. got to say that, but that does not mean that it's not an, an incredibly important award. capitalistic, just their central to everything and chemistry. still ahead on al jazeera every morning, the fisherman lives for the deep sea and they come back by late evening. but this is the catch of that not as good as they used to be. we report from bangladesh way pollution and tommie changer, devastating fishing communities. and why aren't i gotten protesters in southern iraq fe, taking to the streets is more effective than heading to the post. ah . it's another beautiful sunny day at 35000 feet. the weather sponsored by cattle airways, voted will's best air line of 2021. the southwest monsoon beginning to retreat,

hello her few weeks behind schedule, but here's what it's looking like. the rains not as active as they have been for that reason. but still some heavy falls can be found maharaj straw rate in to go up, but all red and amber weather alerts have been dropped over to the south china sea . we've got a weather maker swirling around its whipping rain around all sides here. so north of mandela that a $130.00 millimeters of rain and then for northern in central parts of vietnam, about $200.00 millimeters. and then this also happened on high nan province in china. water rescues here more than 30 people to flood water is about a meter and a half deep. you're all caused by that weather makers spinning around in the south china sea. now for southern sections of china, temperature is dropping in grey lin $33.00 degrees and we've got our plumb rains falling between the yellow and the yangtze river valley. and also some bursts of some intense rain can be expected for eastern portions of china. we go into the korean peninsula, the plum brain slamming into here as well, but the bulk of the energy stain out toward open waters on thursday,

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ah welcome back. a re camera top stories on arches ear, austrian chancellor sebastian curse, and 9 others are being investigated on suspicion of corruption and bribery. after his offices were rated, prosecutors are trying to figure out if curse bought advertising for favorable coverage in a newspaper. gas prices in the e. u and the u. k. have risen sharply raising fears of soaring builds and inflation . as winter approaches. limited gas supplies have combined with wising demand, as economies recover from the pandemic. and i want to defense minister says tensions with b g, r, at their worst in 40 years. that after a record number of chinese aircraft entered the islands air defense zone, he said china could launch an invasion within 4 years. and some breaking news to tell you about now the world health organization,

w h o has for the 1st time recommended the widespread use of a malaria vaccine for children in sub saharan africa. the vaccine could have saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of children. each year, w h o says it's been testing the vaccine in 3 african countries since 2019. this vaccine can be delivered through child hold clinics by ministers of hold on readily rich children at high coverage levels. community demand for the vaccine is strong. now in years, the british foreign minister has dismiss, talk of a cost of living crisis in the u. k. and ended his parties annual conference with a speech of optimism, an opportunity or is johnson promised to end a broken model of low wages and growth. but his speech comes on the same day that millions of low owners are having their social benefits cut. poor brennan reports from manchester. the prime minister's speech was a typically

a feat phenolic to the parties 1st in person conferences since election victory in 2019. all week here in manchester, forest johnson has relentlessly talked up of britain transitioning. he says, to a high wage, high skilled, high productivity economy made possible by an end to uncontrolled immigration. and we're going to deal with the biggest underlying issues of our economy and society. the problems, but no government has had the guts to tackle before. and i mean the long term structural weaknesses in the u. k. economy, leveling up of opportunity and investment is central to the government strategy. talent says johnson is evenly distributed across britain, but opportunity is not in a country that is proud to be a trail blazer to judge people, not by where they come from, but by that spirit, and by what is inside them. that is the spirit that is the same across this country in every town and village and city that can be found in the hearts and minds of

kids growing up everywhere. and that is the spirit we are going to unleash. prime minister speech was of course enthusiastically received by the loyal delegates inside especially built auditorium. but there are simmering concerns here at conference with forest. johnson is pushing this traditionally low tax pro business party in a high tax, high cost direction, and out in the wide country outside of this whole, there are grave concerns about a looming cost of living prices coming into the winter. johnson's speech came on the same day as what's being described as the biggest overnight benefit cut in history. affecting 96000000 people receiving a social benefit called universal credit. neil daily is one of them. now i'm going to basically and, and they'll shop in. i'm gonna, i'm gonna still now coming to winter. now. that's going to double double my electric and gas and not limited for that now. so i'm going to go was our eating

disarm was out there, you know, an hour a day as an adult, especially the elderly people. you know, he said, i don't understand why they say take money off the for all the time. you know, to take your cerebral can afford it. recent weeks have seen a 500 percent increase in wholesale gas prices pushing up domestic fuel bills. there are a shortages of labor in the farming and transport sectors that's lead to cues at petrol stations and empty shelves in supermarkets. forest, johnson has an instinctive talent for brewster isn't and hyperbole. his supporters seem to love him. the risk for this prime minister is that voters start to see a disconnect between his rhetoric and their economic reality hold brennan. al jazeera manchester, iran's foreign minister has this cast reviving the nuclear deal with his russian count upon on a visit to moscow or send mere, i've de la here and says he expect he expects nuclear talks in vienna to restart soon. russian foreign minister say gay, laugh says he's also spoken to the u. s. secretary of said on the need to restore

the deal. that bite and administration says the return to the court is a top priority. but he ryan has accused washington of sending mixed messages. turkish and as the by johnny forces have conducted joint military drills near the border where the iran, the 2 countries expanded their defense ties after last year's war against armenia in the dispute is now gone, or quarterback region is drill comes after relations worse and between back o n t ran over iran support of armenia and as the by john's relations with israel. iran held a military exercise along its border with as a by john last friday. in the us, an investigation is underway into when authorities and a pipeline company in california learned about a major oil spill emerge. it took 3 hours for a pipeline, did to be shut down once the damage was discovered. alexia bryan, reports of huntington beach in california. an ecological emergency is

unfolding. look at it, look at this is everywhere. oil puddles on the once pristine, sand, and work is and has met, suits cone, the shore on a clean up mission. any discharge boil into our sensitive coastal waters is damaging to the environment and it is disruptive through the economy at a minimum. this is a significant incident and i want you to know, ah, how seriously those of us that live in work in california take it to her. but as the days pass, more questions are being raised about how quickly authorities and the pipeline company responded to the incident. the coast guard was 1st notified of dirty water on friday night. at that time, in the approaches nightfall, sheen's can be very difficult to see on the water. the information from the reporting source that coast guard investigator spoke with was inconclusive. so it was saturday morning before it went out to investigate the reports that same morning about who i am and alarm had sounded and amplify energies control room

warning that pressure had dropped in the pipeline. early finding show, the company waited more than 3 hours to shut it off. the pipeline had been split open and apparently dragged more than 50 meters along the ocean floor, possibly by ships anchor. it st. hundreds of thousands of liters of oil spilling into the water. and on 2 beaches and protected marshland, california's governor says the spell is more proof, aging oil platforms need to be phased out because it's time once and for all to disabuse ourselves that this has to be part of our future. this is part of our past, and we can moralize and talk about the good old days. we can talk about how important these rigs have been to the prosperity of this country in the middle class. but at the end of the day, this is about the stellar of normalcy versus the fresh air progress. safety advocates have pushed the years for tougher rules on detecting spills and things

like automatic valves to shut down the flow of oil. but the industries resisted such measures because of the costs involved along this coastline, beaches could remain closed for weeks, and the pipeline companies being investigated for possible negligence. experts say it's too early to know the full cost to the local economy and environment. alexia brian al jazeera this month, legislative election in iraq was one of the top demands of anti government protests in 2019, while then $600.00 people were killed during those demonstrations. and the city of nasiriyah saw the 2nd largest number of casualties. now many people there say thou boycott the election mahmoud angela had reports. october, we'll see iraq's contentious legislative election. but for many in the city of nasiriyah, the month is associated with grief and dissent. security forces have killed at least 150 of the cities young people since october 2019. they

were part of the anti government to protest known as to shrine. a nation wide movement that eventually ousted prime minister. idle abdul maddie says jets or todd was an activist whose comments were directed against corrupt politicians. his advocacy for equality and freedom of his speech were widespread. his mother says she hasn't heard from him since he was kidnapped by gunmen in september to last year. she doesn't know where he's being held or even if his alive jet, his b. m looked in after them in the dominant political party and the city is behind us because he was so critical and outspoken about their crimes and violations. candidates, posters are destroyed or banned in many parts of the city. and angry protestors have burned down the headquarters of several political parties, no weapon, his friends are familiar, revolutionary faces in nasiriyah. they believe the whole electoral process is

a farce, because it's been hijacked by the same political parties. they rose up against 2 years ago to fill out the shower in the majority of revolutionaries, or against the election, because it will give legitimacy again to unwonted parties. and their armed groups, which killed and kidnapped our friends, the gather, to mark the 2nd anniversary of the anti government to protests. here in the famous of her boobies quit in the city center. they demanded justice for their fallen protesters and freedom for those held in captivity. now there is a new anti government movement on the scene along with a number of protest her as ella eric abbey has formed a political front called in to dad or resolve schmunk, an inclination and a deer though dell of automatic. we believe we can also be part of the political system. there's no law preventing corrupt political parties from running for office . but if we gain people's trust and become part of legislature,

we can make change even on the long run to know up and sandwich other people's anger here is triggered by poor services, economic collapse, and high unemployment. like other cities in southern iraq, not city yet is suffering from neglect. religious clerics have urgent iraq is to cast their votes in the parliamentary election. so they can take part in shaping gun you administration. but many here in a city, i believe the election will not bring to what they hope for. instead they say the revolution is, is still happening and taken to the streets is the best way to get their message across. my move up through, i had a desire in the city, a city southern iraq can change and pollution or threatening the livelihood of one of the oldest fishing communities in bangladesh. rivers, once teeming with fish, are now empty, leaving many without chops. tanveer chandry before sunset aquanda they have been fishing in the coastline on the bale, bengal for centuries,

using skills and trade pass down through the generations. but bangladesh is ones driving him to fishing community of more than half a 1000000 people is now facing a devastating threat. climate change, calderon, dash now in his forty's has been fishing in the best since he was a teenager. like his ancestors. oh mother, what was that i'm leave just isn't enough fish to catch on like the days of our forefathers. because of changes in the environment and climate tv, there are more psych loans now for their pattern change frequently, which is why the fish stuck is diminishing. given in the peak sessions, now we don't get enough. the bays natural ecosystem are also under severe threat by environmental pressures. every morning the fisherman lives for the deep sea and they come back by late evening, but the catches are not as good as they used to be. they blame partly the weather and the pollution in the sea cushion dollar from a local charity that assist the community fears the traditional way of jolla. dutch,

which is what they're known as here, is gradually eroding because of new challenges. as fish is declining, they have to ship the appropriation for our fishing to other but that the additional or pupil, those who are living on fishing since they are. but it is very difficult for them to switch off from fishing to other provision. but yeah, you know, ration not now shipping to jobs or to business to our better our the liver liver, don't it said that some manage to find work as unskilled day laborers in the nearby ship breaking industries or work as richer pullers on it. so we're facing many problems like the recent lockdown and the annual fishing been imposed by the government as fishermen. it's hard for us to find the way many of us have also taken out. loan was the so it's hard days for us auto vegas. several large rivers empty into the bay, occurring vast tides of untreated sewage,

plastic and waves from ship breaking yards and other industries. endangering, sensitive married life. last night alley sided bus in them all these various industries you see around here are polluting the sea and humming the fish, stuck of a fishing net, get caught in the propellers of the ships. sometimes even authorities cut a fishing nets, but we have to continue that this is our way of life. environmental expert, one gradual accumulation of pollution in the bay of bingo, and changes in the climate could toes and even further threat deficient communities like the jolla thus along the coastal regions of bangladesh. tunbridge chaudhry al jazeera ship, i condo, ah, her again, i'm fully bateau. with the headlines on al jazeera, the world health organization has for the 1st time, recommended the widespread use of a malaria vaccine for children in sub saharan africa. it could have saved the lives

of hundreds of thousands of children each year. w h o says it has been testing the vaccine in 3 african countries him to 2019 malaria is the primary cause of childhood.