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says russia isn't withholding gas supplies and is standing by to help you with its energy crisis. the european commission has also revealed its plan for tax cuts and emergency aid to help ease searching prices. the use top record official has proposed to remove many of the customs checks between britain and northern ireland . as a trade dispute intensifies earlier, the case breaks it minister, hold for tearing up the protocol that's created those checks and the actor who played one of his best known space captains is safely returned from his 1st flight to space william shatner known for playing captain kirk and the original star trek series is the oldest man to make the journey al jazeera is anti gallagher, has the story commanded sir q one. lasting off from the us state of texas. lou origins, new shepherd, rocket launchers for another journey to the edge of our atmosphere. aboard

a man known to millions as captain james t. kirk of the starship enterprise. a final frontier william shatner 3rd shot to fame in 1966 playing the icon at kirk in star trek. now more than 50 years later, he's boldly gone. we're new 90 year old's human has been before what you have to do, what is the most profound experience i'm so filled with emotion, liver. what just happened. i was just extra extra. i hope i never recover from this. i hope that i can be changed. what i feel though, i don't want to lose it once free of the earth's gravity, all 4 crew members enjoyed 3 minutes of weightlessness and a view of our planet. a blue origin zone. jeff bezos hopes will eventually become

more accessible to so cool space tourists in a race funded by billionaires. having such a relatable crew member on board is being seen as a publicity coup. it's no secret that a lot of people who like on space and space systems are star trek fans for the immediately resonate with captain kirk in the, in, in the seat on the passenger flight. as the capsule in its cru safely returned to earth funds of an iconic science fiction show that inspired millions celebrates the return of the fictional spaceship captain. well, if you couldn't pick anybody better, i think from all a star trek to get to do that in on to be looking at that new frontier. i think really that it's, it's more it's bigger than chatting array and he in captain kirk is star trek. but really, star trek is the thing that has had the impact on face travel right. by presenting this optimistic vision of the future, especially in inclusive vision of the future. the new private space race is now

well under way. it may be funded by want some c as a 1000000000 as boys club with bays us, richard branson and e. long mosque, old jockeying for domination. it is hope the final front. it may now be one step closer for the rest of us. i think alika al jazeera, the palestinian prisoners committee says 250 prisoners from the islamic jihad movement have started a hunger strike. prisoners say they have been fighting for the punishment after 6 inmates tunnel their way out of a maximum security jail last month. needed it for him has more from brumbalow is language had the saying that this batch will be joined by more and more prisoners and some of them, or even from different political parties, with a 100 of them intending to stop drinking water athletes, or sage. in addition to that hunger strike dirty man is that they want their situation inside is really prison,

to return back to how it was in september before 6 south indian prisoners escaped. and it's winn prison. 5 of them are from slamming had movement. and members of that movement say that they've been singled out by israel, by solitary confinement, as well as interrogation. now, over the years since the 1900 sixty's, we're talking about more than $23.00 hunger strikes and a 70 percent of them according to observers, have been successful. now the success is very when it comes to how much of these demands were much by the way, the present service. and sometimes the is ready for the service back trucks on those demands that were agreements that were made earlier, prompting more prisoners to go into hunger strike. and it is still seen as the most powerful tool prisoners have inside this room. now when it comes to this strike, this time, prisoners say that israel is affecting the way prisoners,

specifically those from atlanta to had, are dealing with their live inside prison and organizing their life. they are. and this has been one of the demands that was met in previous hunger strike to the us now. and president joe biden has a meeting with retail and delivery ceo's in union heads. the white house is trying to contain the economic fall from disrupted the global supply chains. following the karone of ours, pandemic would use factory apples over the past a month and shipping low jams bang blind for this story. let's bring in the white house correspondent, kimberly how could, who's live for us. kimberly, tell us a little bit more about the supply chain issues facing the u. s. and that backlog and the delivery of those critical goods. this is something we're standing by waiting for the u. s. press and to speak on any moment. following that meeting with ceos like the head, a fedex, and

u. p. s. as well as retailer giants like wal mart. essentially what the problem is, according to the treasury secretary, janet yellen, is that, in fact, when the economy shut down to the coven pandemic demand for goods declined, but a rather demand for goods increased well services decline in terms of demand. and that led to a shortage that was exacerbated by some of the problems you identified there. not only the lack of staff to man, some of the manufacturing plants that produce these goods. but it also led to what we're seeing in los angeles. and that is when terms of a backlog, a major problem in the united states, given the fact that 40 percent of goods come through that port in terms of the in ports add, exacerbating all of this is the fact that with labor shortages there are on the truck drivers needed to help get this material moving across the united states, and there's a shortage of labor in stores to stock the shelves. so this is something that the

white house press secretary in her briefing just a short time ago, insisted as temporary. the white house says they knew that this would be a problem as the economy turned back on and they are continuing to look for ways to resolve this issue. so the president, him is planning to open that los angeles port 247. kimberly, will that be enough to resolve these supply chain issues? do you think? well, the president's critics say no. and in fact, there was some nervousness given the fact that the white house press secretary could not make the promise that people looking to buy gifts for the upcoming holiday season would be able to do so. in fact, just the opposite. we're getting warnings that if you want to make a purchase, you should do it fast. and the problem is compounded. the situation for the white house is inflation. in fact, the price for things that americans need, like gasoline, as well as housing cost is a lot higher than the federal predictions. and so this white house continues to

insist that this is temporary. but the president's critics like republicans on capitol hill, say that it's biden's policies that are making this even worse. they point to that $1.00 trillion dollar quote, a virus relief package that brought to with it direct payments in the thousands for ordinary americans. they say bad is contributing to the labor shortage and also contributing to inflation. so once again, we're watching carefully to see what more the president will be talking about when he speaks from the white house in a short time or so. but at the same time, the white house press secretary and saki saying that this is a white house looking for solutions and planning to use every tool. it's tube tool box. in order to address these shortages, they'll need all those tools. thank you very much for the update. kimberly help get there for us. live e apps have the white house may mile. there are also growing concerns over food shortages in the u. k. after an impass of the country's largest commercial port, england's porto flexes felix store rather handles 36 percent of the countries

imports. but a shortage of drivers has prompted some companies to divert their shipments. u. k has had trouble with his post pandemic, economic recovery with low fuel and food supplies. police in cause of our have scaffold with ethnic serbs during operation to crack down on smuggling rights were held in 4 areas where police use t guess. as it says, 3 stones and other objects they blocked the main road of north metro with trunk because of the declared independence from serbia in 2008. but large communities of ethnic serbs still live with him because of those borders. returning to the us now and the immigration agents will no longer carry out mass raids at work places to detain, undocumented immigrants. it's out of president joe biden shift towards punishing him. is this is that violate labor laws rather than going after vulnerable workers,

the department of homeland security says he wants to reduce illegal labor by handing out hardship penalties to employees known employees. and it also wants to make it easier for workers to report exploitation lee on fresco isn't immigration, attorney, he says the change in policy is now more humane. well, this is going to make an important difference to the quality of life. the people who are here without that is who are working. because prior to this rule, any given day, you didn't know if you were going to be able to come home just as you left or of the clara rate in your workplace. which would mean that you would be detained and potentially never see your family again. you're going to remove all proceeding. so from that standpoint, knowing that the worst thing that can happen is that your employer can be sanctioned and that the employer would then have to terminate people without that

becomes a more humane situation than be, i'm actually rounding up people who are not here with it but actually putting them in detention. what i was saying is they are going to target the employers that not just higher undocumented labor, but actually a bullying that document the labor, meaning they pay them some standard weight. they give them sub standard working conditions. people are constantly having access to it on the work site. people are abused on the work site. so to the extent that those employers don't have a market for a document that immigrant anymore, that's probably on balance, a good thing because you really don't want those employers operating because that's not the system that it both at all. or is it even helpful to america writ large to have employers out there exploiting workers in that manner? tens of thousands of government support has had been rallying in. some of the live is biggest cities. it follows days of anti government protests against

a proposed law. a bill gives the authorities the power to investigate citizens assets without a court order. daniel schwimmer reports. it was a show of strength for the socialist government at the right response, the anti government protests across bolivia. on monday, president luis out of c address crowds in bolivia is 3 main cities coach of amber, santa cruz and la bus 13. or if they don't respect the election results, if they don't respect democracy, if they don't respect the popular vote, them will make sure they respect us in the streets. i. oh, he's promoting a law designed to talk elicit earnings that he says will help the fight against drug traffickers and money laundering. the lower house of congress passed it last month. however, the government is put off, pushing it through. bolivia is up a house law group that will not give out. a lot of the women are here to fight. we

won't rest. we defend our country more united than ever or, and we brought us up one other graduate. we had to defend democracy in for the eunice eve, the bolivian people. we reject separatism and division. and those who don't represent our country. oh, opponent say the law, give the authorities unprecedented powers and is a step towards a totalitarian state. they include business owners in small traders, but also some trade unions and indigenous groups in the country divided by law. we are against law because the means will be inspected. they will inspect what we sell every day and also the assets we've obtained. our houses are cars and years of earnings, so we don't agree they are threatened to resume their protest if the government does not scrap the law in the next 3 days. the challenge is clear, both sides. the said they will not back down. one bill said the bar let go,

you know, when they take to the streets. unfortunately, it means the institutional spaces have shrunk. this is not a good sign. both the government and the opposition are showing their force. while the law they're fighting over has been put on hold, represent the divisions in bolivian society, again visible on the streets, a return to the social and political term. all those plague the country throughout much of its history now seems inevitable than shawanda. oh, to 0, protest is in peru have gathered around a statue of christopher columbus in the capital to call attention to the treatment of indigenous people. they say colonization created deep inequities on the continent. the protest comes during hispanic heritage month, which commemorates the arrival of columbus in the americas. a 2nd group grad gathered to protect the statue in the u. n. c. $60000.00 people who work in film and television and voted to go on strike unless

the studios reach a deal by monday, the international lines of theatrical stage employees union says workers want better pay lower hours, reasonable rest periods, and guaranteed breaks. the strike would reach beyond hollywood and likely affect productions in georgia, new mexico and other cities in north america. still ahead on al jazeera will he what the i see, vice president has to say about china's human rights work vote. as by jing prepared to host the winter games ah.

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before we had to sport, we have a story out of jordan ware syrian refugee artisans and found a way to preserve a traditional type of woodworking and hash out good name explains just as trunks and branches are to trees. traditional middle eastern wood working has formed and guided the direction of abdel rough men to banishes life. from the age of 10, the syrian artisan has been fine tuning his craft in the techniques of mother of pearl and would mosaic in lay 8 years ago. the war forced to banish, to close his well regarded store in damascus and move to a man. even as the country he knew was disintegrating, he was determined not to let his life's work disappear, but was the girl yarmouth lou louis. when i'm walking and doing something new,

the memories fill my mind. i keep remembering the old days when i was young and working with my teacher or when i was in my shopping, damascus. especially when i need the materials, it was easy to find them because they are originally from syria. a nonprofit organization founded by the prince of wales, called turquoise mountain, is reviving handicrafts of the past and providing artisans like to banish with their future. there is a dwindling number of skilled craft workers and declining interest in this most air of, of styles. so designers recruit and work with artisans to reimagined creations, more palatable to contemporary consumers in the region and beyond. i'm helping say the 15 their businesses and develop new products, but putting into consideration the importance of significant elements and culture

in terms of your craft in general. so it's, it's very satisfying, actually seeing for the company life to protect what turquoise mountain describes as endangered handicrafts. it's ensuring a new generation learn centuries old skills from wood and metal working to basket weaving says 2019. it is trade about $250.00 people and paid both artisans and apprentices. mohammad ibrahim is a palestinian refugee who has been training for 3 years. have been if he hadn't hum small due to what attracted me most is that this skill is rare. enjoying going to master craftsmen. i've the rough man to banish hopes to reopen a store in damascus with his sons one day. but by coming to jordan, he has already created a legacy. he may not have anticipated, he sharing his rarefied skills and cultural pride in

a country where there's never been a history of this kind of woodworking. natasha, good name al jazeera, i'm man jordan, it's time for sport, his gemma. thank you, emily. the international olympic committee says it will not pressure the winter olympics, post china about its human rights record test events taking place right now i had of basing at 2022, which begins in february. there have been growing cools for the games be for the faint or boy cos it unless china ends it's cracked down against muslim week as several countries, including the united states, has called it and genocide. china denies any wrongdoing. the vice president john codes says human rights are important, but outside of the olympic movement, it's not that responsibility. the i sees remit is to ensure that there is no human rights abuses. in respect of thee, the conduct of the games within the national, limpid committees,

or within the olympic movement. we have no ability to go into a country and tell them what to do. wake all we can do is to award the olympic games to a country under conditions set out in a house contract. the i see stones comes as no surprise to olympic ortho professor, jewels boy off who we spoke to earlier. when vice president coats is talking there, you can see the international olympic committee selective ethics on full display. on one hand, it's the all powerful entity, the can choose where to place the games. on the other hand, it acts as if it can't do anything. you can see in the olympic charter itself, there's all sorts of wonderful ideas about freedom, justice, dignity, respecting diversity. but then when it comes to china where you have ongoing crimes against humanity, those are, those qualities are not to be found. and yet the international and the committee

look the other direction we saw with the most recent olympics in tokyo, that they would go on to desperate measures to carry out the olympics even during a dangerous pandemic. even when the host city did not want to continue with the games, and yet the games went on because the io see made it so you're seeing again the reason is money, they need to keep that money flowing into olympic coffers. on the other hand, there's a long tradition in the international olympic committee of pretending that politics don't matter when berlin host of the games in 1936, hitler was in charge. and yet the i o. c said, there is nothing we can do about that. now what i'm not saying is that we're looking at the same situation between hitler and beijing. absolutely not. however, when i am saying is, there is a long tradition of staring injustice in the face by the international committee and choosing to look the other way. pressure is building on athletes to speak out. after all, we're living in what we might call the athlete empowerment era. and many athletes are really in there, increasingly concerned about injustices in our world. and yet,

are they putting themselves in danger or do the international committee not have their back if they just stand up for the principles enshrined in the charter? so we're looking down the barrel of a real face off here, and i'll be fascinating to see what happens in the months ahead. kenyon, long distance olympic runa, agnes, its rock has been found dead out the home. the 25 year old was found stamped to death in the western town of its 10, which is a training hub for many elite athletes. the to sign while championship bronze medalist represented kenya in the 5000 meters of the take your lympics finishing forth in the final tour up or break. the women only 10 kilometer road will record in germany. just last month they were actually spoke to wrote back in 2017 when she was training and ethan can yet for the world cross country championships, canyon athletic, the paid tribute, cooling her jewel, who was one of the fastest rising athletics dawns on the international stage police say they have been investigating the circumstances of her death. while for more

than this one are joined by kenyan athletics journalist elias mccory life. do you have any more information on what happened or any updates on the investigation? well, the thank you. police actually said that, you know, what was found in the early hours of today. we have them, you know, stop in our neck. really playing 2 pieces together and find out what happened. my students come to the investigation is still going on, but all points to, to matter because them phoned align with the flowing the pool of blood very circumstances that is money and just give us a sense of how devastating this needs have been in the country. can you well, it's a huge, huge show, come in, and then used to post tomorrow. we'll have that story on the front page because we're just coming from the beginning in tokyo, su computers in the 5000 meters. and just last month, as you see,

she broke the women's only 10 kilometer wide record on the road. so many talk leads . we have all the big champions, watch sometimes, you know, congregated at home. they just want the family and the way in the state of shock. i mean that would hardly say what i do believe that these great talent has died in such a mysterious circumstances. and i just mentioned have achievement sessions. kenny, a rising star, how far could you have gone where she was going very, very, very far i was in the press a sheer for the canal to my the olympics. and i had a lot of that time chatting with honda and of course she was a 2 time bronze medal listing. the 5000 meters are they watched ambitious and she was preparing to compete next year. the co money begins in birmingham in july or the white championships in huge in usa. this a month, i remember taking on watch, i'm getting to 5000 meters. and in obesity recently announced that she is moving

from that truck onto the house and i need it gone. so them, the total was left there, agnes 0. who was the 2nd best behind ellen. and everybody's, you know, was spinning their hopes, honest, becoming the leading lighting the women's distance running for next year. so it's a huge, huge um, totally unexpected blow. and you know, everybody is at a loss for what to really describe them. all the canyons are feeling well certainly is that a tragic story. thank you for your thoughts on on that's and finally, we don't often have badminton on al jazeera, but that was a special piece of play. it's a badge a tournament in denmark, taiwanese play at leukemia out, managed an incredible recovery shots, his diving f and not only kept the point alive, but he won it as well. li needed medical treatment, but it was a worth it as he went on it. so when the match, that's a brilliant and is out. that is all you'll support from me,

but i have more for you later. that's a great story. thank you very much. jemma or i that's from us here at the news hour . i'm emily angland. stay tuned for more of the day's news with my colleague barbara sarah in london. 5 men. ah mm hm. it's the was most populous democracy, diverse dynamic and undergoing moment to seen context india dixon in depth look at the people and politics of india. exploring how to cope with 19

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