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becoming the oldest man to have gone to space. and now the dispute over the northern island between the u. k and a u, as the bricks and minister proposes to tear up the existing trade protocol. power cuts in china rising prices in europe and energy crisis groups. the world is produces, say, add port is at its max and supply chain bottlenecks and inflation fees push the us to ensure 247 operations at its largest porch. i'm javin ash, with sport canyon. well, record holder agnes here up has been killed in our home country and the international olympic committee wind to put pressure on house china that human rights record at the beijing winter games. and keep, ah hello and welcome. the news,

the actor who played one of tv is best known space captains has returned from his 1st flight to space. william shatner who betrayed captain cook in the original star trek series, has become the oldest man to make the journey. the 9 year old blasted off from texas on a blue origin craft. the space tourism company is owned by amazon, found jeff bezos. what you have given me is the most profound experience. so filled with emotion, but what just happened? i just, it's extraordinary. extra. we got, i just want to get andy gallagher is in miami. he says william shatner's, space trip is great publicity for jeff bezos and his space tourism ambitions. well, it's a science fiction meeting science fact. hey, we have james t kirk, the captain of the u. s. s enterprise actually going into space and you saw just

how emotional he got when he came back from that. something like 11 minutes journey and the flight couldn't have gone off better. yes, there was some delays due to high wind, but this automated new shepherd rocket did exactly what it was designed to do. so you heard shutting down once, he came out of that capsule talking about the fragility of the emotion of the experience itself. and remember, the new shepherd rocket has some of the biggest windows of any spacecraft ever made . so you can only assume that he got not only to experience about 3 minutes of weightlessness, but to see the curvature of the earth. just how thin the atmosphere that protects us is, and that was the message you want to get across. even before this launch went ahead, but for jeff bay's off who owns blue origin, this was a public relations to he got, perhaps the most culturally significant. starship captain and tv history to go up and really get all eyes on blue origin because remember, he's not doing this alone. mosque is doing this too. as

a richard branson and this some ego involved here. i would have to imagine between the 3 characters but for bays off on the blue origin program. this was a flawless flight, an amazing publicity. to other world news. now i me use top of bricks. it official has proposed to remove many of the customs checks between britain and northern ireland. as a trade dispute intensifies earlier the u. k. bricks, it minister cold for tearing up the protocol that's created. trade checks between great britain and northern ireland. u. k. says it will engage fully and constructively with the year, but names to say significant change. the european commission vice president says the new proposals would also unique opportunities to know the islands. this, this for all the specs which of practical imaginative solutions we can continue to implement to the protocol on ireland. northern ireland for the benefit of all

communities on the grounds is not only sermons, stability and predictability. and in these festival ingredients for the local economy to flourish and also pays the re 4 and half the opportunities. so let's take a look at what exactly the protocol that the e u and britain are so divided about while northern island is the only area where the u. k. and the blog physically made. there's a 500 kilometer border. keeping that open is a crucial part of the 1998 good friday agreement. the accord ended the long run and conflict in northern ireland that kills more than 3000 people. to avoid any physical border checkpoints that protocol, created a customs divide in the irish c instead, which is inside the u. k. and to add to an already complicated process, northern ireland must follow a you rules as a condition of bricks. it overseen by the european court of justice, but the u. k is adamant that must change. andrew simmons has been following this

story and joins his life from belfast. hello there, andrew. what has the e u been proposing as a solution to this protocol issue? will it's going all out. it would seem to try to smooth out this crisis over the sea borders you've explained. and what is happening is that there's a host of shacks as a host of formality that's been holding up goods coming in to northern ireland and causing massive problems. now, what we've been hearing from morris, seth greevich, the, the, the vice president of the european commission, or is that something like 80 percent off of the goods? mainly food at that sir? fresh meat sir, chilled meat, sir. dairy products, sir, they will go straight through without any checks or furthermore, something like 50 percent of the paperwork will be now completely cut out. so the

reassurance to businesses is that there will be a much smoother process going on. so furthermore, there are assurances that the european union will, will take care of other matters as well. and there is though, with all of this, a red line is that the you is not prepared to renegotiate the whole of the, the protocol. busy they're prepared to make those that those concessions, but they're not prepared to negotiate a rewrite or of the protocol, or indeed a new or which the british certainly seem to want. so there is now or a tension still around this issue. tension. indeed, andrew, we know the largest pro u. k. penny in northern ireland has said the e proposal falls short. what more has the u. k side had to say, well that, that, that is interesting in terms of falling short,

but that actually came into without just era by jeffrey donaldson, leader of the day because of unit his party here at the northern ireland descent. this is what he had to say. it still leaves in place and i receive border. there will still be checks on the movement of goods within the united kingdom, and that's not something we find acceptable. now this is a welcome. first step, the will be intensive and focused negotiations. so let's see where we get to what we do need to see more progress. this falls well short of what we require, but for where we were a few months ago, we've moved forward. no, those words are a lot more diplomatic than the ones we heard from david frost. the british sher bricks. it minister only 24 hours ago when he went straight into the, to an attack on the, the e, you and demanded that there has to be

a different way of going about this altogether. and he was talking of actually a pressing the button in article 16 of them of suspending the whole a treaty altogether. and this is, this is a real point of contention. the issue of the european court of justice, which overseas this, that this treaty, this, this, this protocol up the, the british want that scrubbed out. they want a whole other, the range of concessions brought through. now that these, these certain negotiations which will be going on over future weeks, but they actually start on thursday, are going to be really tricky. indeed. are the you is saying, you know, more or less take it or leave it britain and forest johnson, or has been accused of more or less trying to rip up parts of the bricks. it's a deal that don't suit him. part of, you know, part of it a, an agreement that was signed in 2019 and, and actually stands in international law. so these are really still rocky times

over breaks it and, and still a lot of tension. and here in northern ireland, while we appreciate you keeping us data updated and ag outlook has actually down in the wake. thank you for that update antecedent. they'll address in belfast plenty more head on this news hour, including taliban officials, urged weston envoys to unfreeze funds, which are they say, poses a threat to afghanistan. security questions surround hong kong universities plan to remove a statute that commemorates those killed in china's tenement square massacre. and the athletics world is mourning the death of a canyon world record holder. details later, with sport, with jama, ah, the us will carry on with plans to revive at conflicts in jerusalem meant for

outreach to palestinians, despite opposition from his realm. secretary of state antony blinkin made the announcement at a briefing with his riley and immorality counterparts. lincoln has been holding meetings to discuss expanding on last year's agreements under the trump administration that saw the a you along with some other arab nations normalizing ties with these rounds. we are unwavering in our commitment to israel security and we will work to strengthen all aspects of the u. s. israel partnership to advance the goal. oh, that i that i mentioned. we will work closely with israel deep in our diplomatic ties with the palestinians, and consult with partners in the region and beyond. we have a common interest in supporting our efforts to advance lasting piece. and as i said in may, ah, we'll be moving forward with the process of opening a castlewood as part of deepening those ties with the palestinians. let's see,

the light is from rosalind jordan who is live for us at the state department in washington dc. hello there, rosalind. the biden administration is moving toward re establishing that consulate to secretary blinking offer any more information about the timing of the reopening move, which will anger israel. ah, he did not give any more details about when a separate council, a ton to engage with the palestinian leadership in the west bank would be reopened. but as you noted, the israeli government has already come out very strongly against the establishment of a separate facility after the trumpet ministration. i told the p l o that that it had to close its mission here in washington 3 years ago. there hasn't been any real love place where you at some palestinian officials could actually engage once the a u. s. moved its embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. it established palestinian

affairs unit inside the embassy. but because of the all of that, the palestinian authority has chosen not to engage with the us through that fora. and essentially that's up put a real strain on you as palestinian comp, communications and relations. again, there's no timelines set on this. it's a very much a political issue of a tenant, really, for the government of natalie bennett, the israeli prime minister. and there are some who have suggested that perhaps, while the us will say it's committed to re establishing this separate consulate that it's not going to push so hard that it would put essentially a coalition government in israel in real jeopardy roslyn, thank you for that update rosalind jordan live for us in washington, dc. the taliban calling on the international community to unblock billions in funds which says risk undermining, security. it's acting foreign minister is meeting us and european invoice here in

kata and says banks need to operate freely in order for people to be paid is growing concerned of the humanitarian crisis. as afghanistan remains cut off for much of the world with its acids, frozen abroad. cuts has foreign minister says the world cannot afford to isolate as kind of stamps do you government, but instead should engage with the taliban. from our perspective, we see that it's very important to provide this to provide guidance for, for them to insist on a rewarding by each step that are available. each person said that they are going to, to take and not just to talk about the pin lising or with the negative. so this is will create an incentive for progress and for the way forward and will help. there are, as maybe or some on it says there is a difference between the body. bon, who are who are meeting. and now the government. this is will help the more that

it's paula to also to provide an incentive to be more influential and more effective in their government. high energy prices and power shortages, a heating countries around the world with demand soaring as economies reopen in moscow, president vladimir putin insisted russia is not withholding gas supplies to europe and is standing ready to help. prices continue to skyrocket, improved and blames the situation on the a. you and suppliers like the u. s. the european commission has revealed its plan for how governments can mitigate the prior crisis. options include tax cuts, emergency support for companies, and households, and jointly purchasing fuel. china, meanwhile, is trying to calm concerns about surging prices. there after extreme weather shattered at nearly half its coal output. power cuts have affected households and industries, which in turn have disrupted global supply chains. and ladies in india,

a warning that key regions, including the capital, could face a power crisis after coal stocks dropped to critically low levels. natasha butler has more from brussels on the energy crisis facing europe. reducing taxes on energy bills and financial help for poor households. were among the recommendations laid out by europe's energy commissioner to help member states shield consumers across the block from spiraling costs. our immediate priority is to protect europe's consumers, especially the most vulnerable 2nd. we have to make our entire system better prepared and more resilient, so that we don't have to face a similar situation in the future. natural gas prices have soared in europe in recent weeks. partly driven by a certain demand, as countries emerge from locked downs, natural gas accounts for a quarter of the european union's energy needs. the majority of that is imported

into the block from countries including how jerry a no way and qatar, but mainly russia. some say that the kremlin is fueling the price rise by failing to boost gas supplies in order to pressure the you to prove the controversial nordstrom to pipeline. at an energy conference in moscow though, prison vladimir putin said russia was ready to increase supply electron last bruce really to do sure. if they ask us to increase deliveries, we are ready to do so. we are increasing them as much as our partners are asking us to avoid future energy crises. the u commissioner says countries must focus on transitioning away from fossil fuels to renewables. some analysts say that would also help your become more self reliant when it comes to energy. if we had had in europe national governments that did 20 years ago, renovate the homes, like we knew how to do that,

did roll out solar heating systems as soon as the seventy's, because this is super haul technology, we would be in a much better situation today. would be consuming much less gas. we will be much less reliance on russia. and the current gas prices that we see would have been far less impactful for us europeans. some european countries, including from spain, agrees one more from the youth and recommendations they are pushing for e u wide measures, including coordinating gas purchases and joint gas storage. the blogs leaders will discuss the crisis at a summit next week. with the onset of winter pressure is mounting to find solutions . natasha butler, i'll just sarah brussels. amid the ongoing power crisis, the international energy agency says in his light is report. switching to clean energy sources is urgent to ensure stable supplies. it warns progress on this front is far too slow, and governments must triple they spending the world is 60 percent short of its

target to cut emissions to net 0 by 2015. that's what's needed to limit global warming. to 1.5 degrades the i. e a says the use of fossil fuels like coal and oil is increasing. fatter. b roll is the executive director of the international energy agency. he says it's incredibly important for governments to make strong commitments at these upcoming climate summit in glasgow. we have only a few days until the climate summit, verge climate summit in glasgow, and in, in the u. k. a. there is a bit of confusion that some tried to portray this current at high energy prices. is the 1st crisis of clean energy transition. and this is inaccurate and to affair,

this has nothing to do with decrease energy. it is mainly driven by the, as i said, the huge growth coming across the fuse and the unexpected disruptions on the supply side. if there is something to look at here, it does that because we hit it too much clean energy. maybe we had to little clean energy that we are ending up this dish. and therefore, my expectation from the climate summit in a glasgow is that the countries around divert leaders of those countries come together. united way to tell divert is the future is clean energy and we do all care about the head of our planets. the push for green energy is still a contentious one in bulgaria. hundreds of coal mine is protested in the capital sophia on wednesday, demanding job security. the angry or

b e. use val to close mines and co 5 plan. so the coming decade. oh, guerria is the poorest country and the block and work as a tens of thousands of jobs are at risk. they say be use timeframe for closing the mind to, to shows. and a cooling for the government support algerian media is reporting security forces intercepted an armed attack and designed to destabilize the country . 17 people were reportedly arrested. local media reports are blaming a separatist group called m a k. the united nations has recalled at so senior officials working in ethiopia because of concerns about their safety. it comes after an unverified recording surfaced in which to you and workers say officials sympathize with rebels into crime investigation into that recording times. days after ethiopia expelled at 7, you and employees accusing them of meddling. the un secretary general is calling on

ethiopia to allow unrestricted access to deliver humanitarian aid to, to gray, where the government is fighting rebels. malcolm web is following the story from nairobi. the audio recording, which was published online to women, can be heard saying that they work for the u. n. in ethiopia, speaking to a freelance journalist and saying that they believe senior global level, un official, some senior global level, un officials of bias and sympathetic to the to grey and forces to great reason in the north of the country, the fighting, the government troops and a conflict that the gun just under a year ago, un officials obliged the neutral an independent now voices news agency says through other un work because it's identified these to you and officials. one who works for the un population funded. another one who worked for the international

organization for migration in ethiopia, that view and haven't confirmed the identity of the the people. but it has that it is following its own internal mechanism to address this issue. it's been quite a lot of tension over the last few months between government and not just the u. n, but other international leg, 8 organizations who are working in ethiopia, those 7 officials that the government said it was throwing out there on tenure. tara is the secretary general, did reject that explosion. that was just the most recent in a, in a number of statements from the government. when it's been very critical of various staff members of international humanitarian organization. a campaign is underway to preserve the memorial at hong kong university, which marks china's violent crack down in tenement square a deadline to remove the artwork passed on wednesday. but so far the authorities have not attempted to remove or destroy it. victoria again,

b has moved the pillar of shame, statue at hong kong university, built to remember those who died fighting for democracy in tenement square in 1989 univers, you authorities ordered its removal last week and the deadline passed on wednesday . the artist who created it, fears officials intend to destroy it. i'm hong kong, and he says, a sent a letter just to see if i could make a solution or all of this a problem. i may need some more time to take it down. of course, it's a long chance. it's kind of thing, but they have not answer at all. the pillar of shame, statue is estimated to be worth $1700000.00 and has been standing in hong kong for 24 years. students clean it is part of anniversary events mocking the tandem and square massacre. a chapter in history, the chinese government would prefer to forget commemorations of the military crack

down a strictly band on the mainland. from kong, semi autonomous status under the 1997 handover agreement between china and the u. k . permitted freedom of speech and civil liberties under a one country to systems policy. but pro democracy campaign is say, restrictions on these rights now apply in hong kong. beijing has imposed a controversial national security law there, which it said was needed to bring oda after months of m. rest. we don't know exactly know where she put her head a, but i think we have a possibility or where i have maybe it was. if we had a hospital stay in the united states in washington dc, maybe in front of janice or embassy, hong kong university says it seeking legal advice to handle the matter in what it calls a reasonable way. but critic, see the statues in pending removal as a sign. the city's voice level position is being weakened. further,

victoria gate and be al jazeera still in hong kong. and schools and businesses have been closed as tropical storm compact. seuss waves in bringing heavy rains and wind . authorities have cancelled morning trading on the city stock market ports in china, southern province of hannah hanan, have been shut down as a precaution ahead of the storms arrival. 9 people have been killed in flash floods and landslides. when compared so hit the philippines on monday. rob mcbride has more from hong kong. as if barreled in from the western pacific compassed to 1st hit the philippines, especially the northern island of luzon, which sore extensive flooding and land slides with a number of deaths and injuries. these typhoons often lose some of their force over the philippines. as compassed, who did, but it then passed into the south china sea moving westwards over open water. and so maintaining a lot of its strength with its outer rain bands really lashing and soaking much of

the southern coast of china, including here in hong kong which wednesday was brought pretty much to a standstill. this is an area that has already been soaked by a similar storm just days earlier. that was storm lion rock which passed into the island in the southern china of hein and, and then into northern vietnam. now this storm can pass who is following pretty much the same route, so those areas are being hit once more as they bear the brunt of compasses. landfill. still ahead on al jazeera, why group is palestinian prisoners in israeli jails has gone on a mass hunger strike and in sport will tell you he's responsible for this amazing recovery shot at a major badminton tournament. ah,

hello everyone. thanks for joining him. we still have temperature is above average across the middle east. come with me, let me show you, put the colors on here. so the darker the red, the higher the temperature, but they're getting up to 40 degrees on thursday and you're going to lock your temperature in there for the next few days. this is while above average and you've got full on sunshine in the forecast wall to wall sunshine can be also be expected in pakistan. i'll take you there in one second. in terms of shower activity, we may see it over the higher ground in yemen, spilling into the hugest mountains in saudi on thursday. okay. promise you we will get to pakistan. here we go karachi, 38 degrees in the sunshine. and same goes for the hor, just a notch cooler at $33.00 for turkey. here's what we can expect this stumble, getting up to hive 21 degrees. but we do have some act of weather getting ready to slam into the west coast, through central africa bouts of heavy rain can be expected gabon break into

cameroon. due ela has a high of 29 degrees kept tanya started the week about 30 to 33 degrees. look at this already on thursday, 18 degrees with that next weather front. starting to slide in, that's going to whip up the winds. as we looked toward a thursday scene, gus about 60 kilometers per hour and just a high of 15 degrees on saturday. that's your update. bye for now. ah. on air or online, the part of the debate, or pacific people, the is our identity and the source of well being. we are the ocean when no topic is off the table, it's a true inside atmosphere. people are demoralized, they're exhausted, and many health care workers are experiencing p t s d like symptoms jump into the stream and julie, not global community, of your online on youtube. right now, you can be part of those conversations. wealth this stream. oh, now to sierra. most people will never know what's beyond these doors. the deafening

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to help you with its energy crisis. the european commission has also revealed its claim for tax cuts.