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i say they're facing an intensifying ground. an air offensive by ethiopia is military and so i'll try back to william shatner heads towards the final frontier and becomes the oldest person to fly into space. ah, president vladimir putin is denying russia is behind an energy shortage in europe saying moscow standing by to help prizes for natural gas have skyrocketed be use as people are going to need help. as winter approaches natasha battle has more from brussels, 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. second, we have to make our inches is them 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 norway 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 nod stream to pipeline. at an energy conference in moscow though, prison vladimir putin said russia was ready to increase supply electron last bush, really to do sure. if they ask us to increase deliveries,

we're ready to do so literally, 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 the national government that did 20 years ago, renovate the homes, like we knew how to do that, didn't 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, you know, fall as 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. meanwhile, the fears of the u. k. might start running out of food because of a log jam of shipping containers. the country's largest commercial port, feeling still in england handles about 36 percent of the countries in ports. but there aren't enough lot of drivers to transport the goods and some companies having to move shipping to other ports. because economy struggling supplies of food and fuel are running low. the us government stepping up efforts to fix global supply chain issues which have led to shortages many goods and higher prices reduced factory output over the past 18 months. and shipping log jams are being blamed for our slowing already fractured economy. our white house correspondent, kimberly hawker reports from washington d. c. each year, almost half of all us imports arrived here at the port of los angeles. but right

now, dozens of ships are stuck off the coast, waiting to dock and unload. that backlog has led to a shortage of goods and higher prices for you as consumers. you're hearing a lot about something called supply change and how hard it is to get a range of things from a toast to, to sneakers, to bicycles, her bedroom furniture. that's why on wednesday, u. s. president joe biden held a virtual round table with c e o. 's from companies like federal express, u. p. s, and wal mart. to address the challenges, the companies all agreed to increase their overnight and off peak hours. the white house is also brokerage in agreement to expand, working hours at the port of los angeles, making it a 24 hour day, 7 day, a week operation. their commitment to go all in on 247 operations meas,

at businesses of all sizes, will get their goods on shelves, faster and more reliable. when the global pandemic shut america's economy down, demand for goods went up, store shelves across the us, grew bare. but as the economy opens up, the problems persisted. america's supply chains can't keep up with demand. labor shortages have compounded the problem and fewer workers, stock store shelves, as the holiday season approaches. the white house has been under pressure to resolve the supply chain issues hampering america's economic recovery. some analysts believe wednesday's announcement won't be enough. it's a huge logistic nightmare, and a lot of it is overseas and therefore, you know what the president's doing. it isn't going to really hurt, but at the end of the day, it doesn't solve the problem. present abide and says investments in infrastructure would help ease some of the supply chain issues. that's why he's urging the u. s.

congress to pass his infrastructure plan to create jobs and to ensure the united states remains resilient to future economic shocks. kimberly held it al jazeera, the white house. tim was joining us live from westchester in pennsylvania. he's an associate director at moody's analytics is good to have you with us here on al jazeera. we just heard in kimberly's report there, steven ritual and the economist saying that he was skeptical that any of the moves the president was putting forward would actually have a long term impact. how do you feel about that? yeah, i covered sentiment. i think the, you know, this is a step in the right direction. what president biden has done with, with the task force today, i think is certainly an improvement. and certainly a much needed step given how congested the ports of l. a in long beach has been for context, you know, those 2 ports a low and represent 40 percent of total container traffic that goes into the united

states and they're at their most congested historically. so i think what he did was really to provide, you know, sort of much needed temporary relief as well as really try to alleviate the flow of containers going into and out of the united states. do you think that we've misunderstood or failed to understand the significance of supply chains around the world and it's taken something like this to show us the fractures in the system. yeah, it's a great point. i think, i think something that we've taken for granted is that, you know, given the globalize nature of supply chains, there are various links to this chain, right? so ports are only 11 link in a very long chain that includes trucks, warehouses, you know, ships and railway as well. and so, you know, sort of going back to your earlier point, i think fixing the current situation. it's only going to be fixing sort of the link

one link in that long chain. the truck drivers shortage isn't going away. there's some secular trends behind why that has been such a persistent and perhaps growing problem. issues with warehouses are also have also been aggravated by sort of increased demand due to, you know, e commerce sort of really booming during the pandemic. and rails are also sort of encountering the same labor issues that the poor, tough. and so the combination of all these bottlenecks at every single link in that chain basically makes this the situation very challenging to solve. and what the, what the president has done is it's to try to temporarily unblock one of the key sort of links in that chain. but there is so much more work that needs to be done. we have to abide and talking about how hard it was to get quote, a range of things from a toaster to sneakers, to a bicycle, to bedroom furniture. these are not essential items. why is it so important that

items like this, as opposed to food? an oil, for example, get through the ethanol mac system? well, i think the president's goal really is to try to get all kinds of items, right? regardless of whether it's food or sneakers sort of moving, right. i think, you know, when, when he, when he plans to basically increase increase supply chain resilience. and as he's sort of committed to do, you know, after his sort of 100 day initiative to really sort of check on supply chains in general. and he's identified certain key areas, some of which you've mentioned right. energy. i think there's a huge drive to have greater energy resilience here in the united states. and similarly in other parts of the world. semiconductors, it's another sort of key talking point. it's sort of the new oil rated kind of is

what drives the modern digital economy. so there's again, sort of effort being made to make the local economy more resilient, and this is again happening worldwide. so i don't think that the president is necessarily distinguishing between the types of goods that he wants to, to, to sort of get through the ports. but what he is doing is he is making a push to make sure that there is resilience in key and key goods and services like you mentioned, fuel semiconductors. to make sure that you know, these sort of supply chain disruptions continue, that the country would not be incapacitated as a result. really good to get your thoughts on this, tim we, we appreciate you being with us and i'll just, you know, thank you very much indeed. thank you for having me and i'm, i'm here to bow and arrow to kill 5 people and injure several others in norway and happened in the town of kong. spoke southwest of the capital. also, a suspect has been arrested. police are investigating whether the attack was an act

of terrorism. all of this call may be arrested person is a man, and that's all i can say about the person suspected. in this case, he's been taken to prison that has been and that will continue to be a large police presence overnight. there are many crime scenes. the perpetrator operated over a large area. these places have been secured by police and not being searched by the crime scene. officials, if his military said to be increasing air and ground attacks and armed fighters in the northern region, a spokesman for the forgotten forces says that have been many casualties as they fight government troops on several fronts. bottles, it also taking place in the neighboring regions of i'm hot and far. if you, if he has government isn't commenting on the new offensive. the degree people's liberation front says the fighting began with air strikes last week. just after applying this, i'll be honest with sworn in for a new 5 year term. the united nations has recalled to senior officials working in

the field here because of concerns about the safety. it comes after and unverified recording surface in which to un walkers ahead saying that some senior officials sympathized with rebels into good i. mark on web has more from the ruby. the audio recording, which is published online to women, can be heard saying that they work for the un 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. 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 to be neutral. an independent now voices, news agency says through other un work, i tend to fight these 2 un 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 house 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 the 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 still had on, i'll just see the affairs of violence in iraq has political parties refused to accept the election is out the kind of brutal survival drama split again becomes the most popular of originals in yet on netflix

as the global cultural influence of south korea grows. ah, now it's the usual to snow in arizona in october, isn't it? partly? no, but the matter, so it's kind of this system here that's been recognized, really called it all the way from wyoming science, which has been quite surprising and that's going to continue. this whole area is cold and i was mighty. this is miss lee, but it's really much colder than it should be. it's going to roll through casper 32 degrees. when you see it's the dakotas, whether it's a blizzard warning or east and wyoming that'll probably disappear. but the stormy system goes up into the northeast or central part of canada, then the tail end, which is what we rather more used to fed by moisture and was

a cold above means thunderstorms for texas and arkansas, for example, mint tails off down to mexico. it's an improving situation, but he's cold behind. you'll notice still he to, to be in casper 8 in helena. about 12 in denver and the hint of snow showers still in the mountains for the south. one brief thing, pamela was a hurricane is now still on thursdays forecasts a tropical revolving storm as it goes for cross from mexico to the u. s. take most the energy out of the shower regime of mexico, which otherwise looks quite dry. just look fairly sharon, for places like haiti and cuba ah, with mortal pool, you know, with there's a lot of love and affection and respect with the world. people are willing to wait

for mom by a nation, has taken indian cinema to it. out to do away with the of the color and passion of morocco. bollywood. dream lou ah, you want to hold a 0 reminder about top stories. this are russia's president's denying. his country is behind an energy shortage in europe, saying moscow is standing by to help. natural gas prices have skyrocketed and the use as people are going to need support has one to reproaches. a man's use to bowen arrow to kill 5 people injure several others in norway. it happened at the time of

close, bog, south, west of the capital, all slope, the suspect has been arrested. but he's that investigating part of the attack was an act of terrorism. armed fighters from northern to guys say they're facing increased attacks from ethiopia, is military fighting is taking place in a number of fronts, including in neighboring regions. the u. s. secretary of state says the bible administration will go ahead with its plan to reopen a consulate and occupied east jerusalem. even though israel as against it. antony blend kinda says the move aims to deepen ties with the palestinians. the consulate had been a base for palestinian affairs, but it was absorbed into the u. s. embassy when it moved to west studio to live in 2018 glen. can you? e and israeli ministers are also said to have discussed expanding the 2020 abraham records, which encourage out of nations to normalize ties with israel. we would, 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. ah,

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 to have a common interest in supporting efforts to advance lasting piece. and as i said in may, ah, we'll be moving forward with the process of opening a consulate as part of deepening those ties with the palestinians. rosler jordan has more really, the big question now is almost 5 months after 1st deciding that it was going to re open the consulate, she was served palestinians and to engage with housed indian officials. why hasn't the united states done so? and that was really driving the question at wednesday's press conference. the secretary of state made this announcement back on may 25th, but it would certainly go a long way towards re establishing of direct us howl standing in discussions on

a number of issues. namely, trying to get the 2 state solution process back on a firmer footing as well as reaffirming the u. s. is ongoing support for the palestinian economy for educational opportunities for cross cultural exchanges. but the problem is that uh, the israeli government, led by natalie bennett, the foreign minister is steadfastly opposed to a separate consulate is being re established. they consider it inimical to israeli security of issues. and that's in there's also of the analysis coming from those who study the israeli palestinian conflict that this could be a threat to a ben, it's doug coalition, government. and so the crowley, the question is, how soon is the u. s. actually going to make good on its promise. the telephone has warned its own members that anyone find to be linked to i sold in afghanistan will

be punished as traitors. the country's new government is struggling to contain the stripes from the armed group i saw has claimed responsibility for several attacks across afghanistan since the town upon takeover and august. the how did you little agree that i said that i was so, but if someone is found to be linked to isolate they will be punished under the serial law of treason and spreading terror. their actions will be taken as betrayal against the islamic emerett of a gun. this time, if someone is found in any of our army units linked to iso, let it be known that the unit commander will be interrogated and the unit will be dissolved. with all of us as a block on billions of dollars in international funds is undermining security. and it's going to stand, it's acting foreign ministers, meeting us and european envoys and cut on. and it says, banks need to operate freely in order for people to be paid as growing concerned about humanitarian crisis. as many of us kinda some foreign assets have been frozen . pro arabian factions in iraq have rejected the results of sunday's parliamentary

elections and a warning defender voting rights. as ali hush and reports from back that, that many political issues that have caused this escalation intentions. the celebrations i've come to an end. that is now bracing for the day after the biggest task now is choosing a prime minister. we'll have to put together a cabinet that suits all those who would have a say in the process inside and outside iraq. well, there are some who aren't happy with the results of sundays parliamentary elections, women here, it's our people's rights to reject the results and voice the dismay with it. but within the legal ways. and it's not violating the laws i'm protocol ition represents the popular mobilization forces and other she political, i'm part of military groups goes to iran, refusing to accept defeat. what this is not only about that action because she wants to have a say in the choice of the next primary stuff about winning many seats. the

leverage would be limited. this is just for, but if it, it just they want the bridge wasn't on the ground and the next government and they, they, they say they have a right and we lose that, right. and we're ready to ship and you're the government. and then i think this is a speak, this is, this is part of the game, a football game. they want to do that only to take another billable just and the next government. but this can't be separated from the old rivalry between the iranian factions and the lead out. the largest lock in parliament, influential. she, larry southern, southern ross, condemned foreign interventions and the rocky domestic politics named the by iran in the united states. he said it should be up to iraq to form the next government the fight thought was born. so like, you know, the process of choosing a prime minister, go ahead. you got to find the say from iran on one side of the united states on the other like washington rule, that the iranian groups are dissipated. they have issued a statement, reject me,

results on the vowing to confront what they describe as my line attempts that only serve the interest of the us occupation. there are serious fears. the rejection could hurt iraq's already unstable security. if they said, if it is happen in a way or another, it will go forward for to use weapon. if the results of the i hack of the electra committee was not trying to move to the southern yesterday, made a tweets sink. ok, it's our iraq. let's negotiate, let's talk into the, into the interest of iraq. we're now there is mounting tension among iraq's political rivals who seemed to ignore the fact that nearly 60 percent of the population boycotted that action on the actual jersey bug. that springs prime minister has gone back to the island de la paula, as residents continue to free volcanic eruption. petro sanchez is calling for

patients and he's wanting, there's no sign. the volcanic activity will end. soon. scientists are concerned the company. yeah. how the up or option is getting worse. on tuesday, 64 seismic movements were recorded. emergency services awarded another 800 people to evacuate the homes this week. as rivers of lava continue to flow. i'm, it's not. and unfortunately, the news that is being handed over to us by the scientific committee is that the activity of the volcano is not dropping. therefore, it seems that over the next days, we will not see a reduction in the amount of lava it produces. all citizens of la palmer must be alert and pay attention to the information given by the authorities. as they have been doing so far. this will guarantee the security of all the citizens of the island. netflix is an unsafe korean tv show squid game has become its biggest original series, a streaming service. it says the dramas what was watched by

a 111000000 people in just under 4 weeks. and i'm part thriller, pits contestants against each other and childhood games, but with a deadly twist. it since become a world wide sensation, adding to south korea's growing pop culture, influence the shows, focus, and characters in financial trouble. as also struck a chord in south korea. we're debt is a growing problem. i think it's definitely possible that we're going to see an career become an antenna power house in the sense that you know, the popularity of squid game. how he exploded in just 2 weeks to come netflix number one and everyone talking about it. you know, especially with the films we've seen, such as parasite and other bands and such as b t s, you know, with really scientific interested in what the country has to offer. killing him is a professor of east asian studies at the university of california, irvine. he told us why he thinks good game as resonated with so many people. well as a fan is see, i'm drama. it actually borrows from this kind of gothic, you know,

creepy dition that many people recognize. you know, people wearing the hollywood halloween costumes. and yet the, the actual premise in the background is, you know, harsh reality then york capitalism, liberal capitalism created the one that is about, you know, cutthroat competition. so. busy the 2 things jiving together, i think made it accessible to many people who resonate with some of the present day . you know, kind of threats and intense kind of forms of competition that they've been to didn't william shatner has gone where no 90 year old has gone before the actor who played captain cook can the original star trek series has become the oldest man to travel into space and galaxy has more on shop as adventure to the final frontier.

manages that kill one. lasting off in the u. s. state of texas. lou origins, new shepherd, rocket launchers for another journey to the edge of our atmosphere on board, 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 iconic kirk in star trek. now more than 50 years later, these boldly gone where new 90 year old's human has been before. what you have given what is the most profound experience. i do. so filled with emotional about 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 zoner 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 coo. 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, i will. as the capsule and its crew safely returned to earth, fans of an iconic science fiction show that inspired millions celebrated the return of the fictional spaceship captain. well, if you can pick anybody better, i think from all of our trying to get to do that in to be looking at that new frontier. i think really that it's, it's more it's bigger than chattanoog and he in captain kirk is star trek. there

really star trek is the thing that has had the impact on space 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 what some c as a 1000000000 as boys club with bays us, richard branson and e. long mosque all jockeying for domination. it is hope the final frontier may now be one step closer for the rest of us. i think alika al jazeera ah, this is al jazeera, these are the top stories, rushes president is denying his country, is behind an energy shortage in europe, saying moscow is standing by to help natural gas prices have skyrocketed the use as people are going to need support as the continent heads into winter, a man's used

a bow and arrow to kill 5 people and injure several others in norway. it happened in the town of kong, spoke southwest of the capital, all slow, a suspect has been arrested lou.