broadcasting some mail, santana august, 19th for happy al jazeera english proud recipient of the new york festivals broadcaster of the year award for the 5th year running ah accused of crimes against humanity. a draft report says brazil's president should face criminal charges for his handling of cove at 19. ah, other morocco and this is out there, alive from day also coming up. he was president joe biden says he's concerned off to report said china had tested a nuclear capable hypersonic missile technology and tell about officials pusher recognition and talks with regional power in moscow. but human rights concerns

continue to stand in the way and thousands got outside the presidential palace and sue dawned calling on the army to take control of the country. ah, we begin in brazil where an investigation into the government's crone of virus response has pointed the finger of blame at president j. at both scenario. the report also recommended he faced criminal charges, including crimes against humanity. the draft report still needs to be voted on by the senate committee. monica yanna care has more. while a senate panel was reading the long list of accusations against j will so narrow, the president was in ne brazil been cheered by his supporters. a horrible voice of the people is the voice of god. also, an arrow says he did nothing wrong. he's criticized the senate panel, which has been investigating the government's handling of the pandemic. it's

recommended the president to be charged with 10 different crimes, including crimes against humanity by boston. arrow is accused of downplaying the pandemic, which cost $600000.00 deaths in brazil, the world's 2nd largest toll. the report says, thousands of lives could have been saved if the president had taken the virus seriously. instead he criticized locked downs, encouraged mass gatherings made a point of not wearing a mask and delayed mass vaccination. the report will be voted upon next tuesday. it will then be submitted to brazil's attorney general, who has 30 days to determine whether he accepts the charges or not on there for senator or mad. as these were presided, the panel told al jazeera, there is enough evidence to put bull sonata behind bars. of the attorney general does, nothing will go to the supreme court and also to the international court of justice

of the hague. we will continue to put pressure to make sure justice is done, or san ardo says the investigation is the loss of time. deborah thought, reviewed it, did nothing except spread grudge and hatred among brazilians. although, i, but that opinion is strongly contested by many brazilians who lost their loved ones during the pandemic. and by doctors and scientists who say the coven 19 probe is historic, because it points the finger at all those responsible for the tragedy. monica and i give all jazeera, gustavo rivera is the found of online magazine, the brazilian report. he says, a boss, nora has enough support in congress to stop senate from indicting him for one. the report that while extremely skating to the government could be worse because of the removal of chargers of murder and genocide. and for some government officials that

is a win. because the other charges against most of them are more complicated for everyday voters to understand to, to grasp a while, chem, aside and murder, pretty straight forward. it would be much worse for the prisoner reputation. but also because of the fact that this committee has no power of indictment, it can only recommend the indictment. so now this goes to the federal prosecution office with who's had that is someone extremely friendly to most of them. and also the fact that a sitting president can only be indicted with the and nod from the house from 60 percent of congressmen. and at this point was a little, has no support to block it. if it comes to that, he has enough support in congress terms. and yes, a, his extra and extremely divisive figure. i would only add that the, the problems with boston i who both of those approval ratings are more related to the economy rather than the his pandemic response. because in brazil,

we're seeing poverty rates climbed really fast. unemployment remains really high. inflation skyrocketing, which is a road in families purchasing power. you as president joe biden says he's concerned about chinese hypersonic missile technology. biden's comments come off to report said china had tested a new hypersonic weapon in august. it's believed the nuclear capable weapon is a df. 17 glide missile beijing has denied the report saying was testing a space vehicle, the white house that says it's raise concerns about the issue through diplomatic channels. particle haney's fallen developments from washington d. c. the way does doesn't appear like it's trying to put a lot of focus on this. what happened was when president joe biden was leaving washington a reporter asked, are you concerned about this potential missile launch? and he said yes, for her part white house spokesman jenn, saki said they are reaching out to their counterparts in china through the diplomatic process. so basically, this is all about

a report in the financial times. it said that it over the summer, china was able to test launch what they call a nuclear capable hypersonic glide weapon. so basically it's a missile that goes into the outer space, circles the globe at 5 times, the speed of sound was able to land according to the financial times, pretty much near its target, missed its target, but just narrowly. now china says this was not a missile test. they said they were working on rocket technology. why is this such a big concern for the us? well, it's been a lot of, it's money on missile defense systems that can basically shoot down conventional what types of missiles they wouldn't work against, a hypersonic missile. and it's a big emphasis for the u. s. military defense. one of the programs that they're considering pursuing would cost an estimate, a $176000000000.00 over 10 years. but if hypersonic missiles become commonplace, obviously they're going to have to rethink their strategy. also important to point out that other nations are working with this technology, including the united states. russia says it is as well as well as north korea.

again, china says it is not working on that technology, but it has raised concerns in the us. the un security council is held an emergency meeting on north korea a day off to pyongyang, testified a ballistic missile from a submarine. it's the 1st under will to test launch in 2 years. the u. s. south korea and japan have condemned it only say the move could be aimed it more quickly fielding and operational missile. so marine or diplomatic editor james base has moved from united nations diplomatically. there's been no progress on north korea since 2019. that was the year of the last failed summit between president trump and kim john on that took place in hanoi. and then they're meeting at the military zone between north and south korea. but militarily, in the meantime, north korea has made substantial progress on its nuclear capabilities, most recently firing a ballistic missile from a submarine. now back in 2019,

they fired a submarine missile, but many experts believe that was actually launched from an underwater platform. this meeting of the security council was preceded by a statement from the 3 european union members of the security council. it's clear, there's real frustration. we need a compliance with security. consider resolutions. her there hasn't been results in the recent years of her only thing. you can witness is a continuation of preparation, boff on the nuclear track and the ballistic track, and it needs to stop before it's too late. the u. s. ambassador of united nations, linda thomas greenfield, made it clear that she believes the sanctions imposed on north korea aren't working . we already have a sanctions regime in place. we just need to be more serious about the implementation of that regime. frankly, the 1718 committee is not doing its its job. ah,

we need to enforce these are violations. we need to wrap up the implementation of rab up the sanctions. and we're not done that in particularly we need to focus on those who are violating sanctions. and others who are engaging in activities that break the sanctions. thank you. but complicating things for the u. s. and its allies is the fact that there are many who would like to see the sanctions on north, great ease. they include the un special rapport term for north korea, who says there's a real risk of starvation in the country. the av cantavon says it needs international recognition to ease the country's humanitarian crisis. representatives would be him moscow following a conference with regional powers, including china, india, and pakistan. russia says the group would have to uphold a basic standard of human rights to get recognition. the taliban also promised her

address ongoing security concerns. we had really good meeting all the participating countries. they supported unfreeze in the assets of 1000 central bank, which is actually the assets of the avalon people. and it should not be connected with political issues. and also all the but submitting countries, they supported close engagement with the new islamic government in afghanistan. and overall, the stomach emitted appreciate the effort and the positions mostly expressed by different countries. entities meeting are made, received as an authorized, written extensively about the taliban end of honest on. he says the countries in the region are watching developments in the, in afghanistan very closely. there is a big play going on at the moment between all the neighboring states of sun,

and the most important of which is the playing between russia and china. russia does not want to give china the complete edge of the future of the future have gone to some of the chinese have been promising a the money and infrastructure rather than the russians. also want to protect central asia from military groups who are still living in a kind of operating quite really. and at the same time they, they, they want to have a better position vendor with some countries. and the united states, the world's the bond. so they promised you monetary and a very good, but they're not going to recognize the thought of on until they say the thought on make. and i think it includes minority women and other parts of the politic and also that the taliban

become more meaningful to basic human rights and respectful women, etc. so there is a competition here basically between this block of countries which border of the americans and europeans. there's been an attack on a us out post in southern syria. the pentagon is confirmed, no us forces have been injured. it struck a base in l. tom in homes, governor as one of the countries last, rural health territories. us officials believe it was from a drone. it's the 1st time this military base has been targeted earlier on wednesday to bombs exploited on an army bus in damascus, killing at least 14 people is the worst attack the syrian capital has seen in years . a 3rd bomb was dismantled nearby, but nobody has claimed responsibility. not long after the explosion syrian government troops heavily shelled a town in the northern province of italy. we're at least 13 people were killed,

including children. still ahead on al jazeera, the world's most controversial pipeline. why russia is accused of using its north stream too, as an energy weapon against europe. puss, why dozens of protests is demanding. democratic rights are injured in africa's absolute last obsolete monarchy. ah, it's another beautiful sunny day at 35000 feet. the weather, sponsored by cattle airways, voted world's best a line of 2021. hi there, here's your weather update in a minute 15. we're beginning in asia and we've got rain falling in all the wrong places. so southern india where of course we've been dealing with that flooding and careless state and look at there's about another $100.00 to $200.00 millimeters of rain to come in the next 48 hours. not only for care love,

but also into time on the dude and sort of like a switch toward the north. we've turn the rain off across india and bungler dash, but still the northeast of india through baton and just a scattering of showers in the poll cap men do getting up to a high of 23 degrees celsius stages. fill a concentration of rain over borneo western portions and the north of the island. and for indo china, more wet weather on the way for northern and central parts of vietnam where we do not need it. we've seen landslides, there more than 1300 homes destroyed in heavy pockets of rain, also for southern vietnam, plaguing hopes, human city, central and eastern parts of china, dealing with this batch of what weather, some bursts of rain along the pearl river valley can be expected. and also some heavy bouts of rain for a whole kado island in japan. and there are weather alerts in play here, flood advisory, and even the risk of some land slides for southern portions of hoko on thursday. that's it for me. see again soon. the weather sponsored by cattle airways voted

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in brazil, a proven to the countries covered 19 response is pointed, the finger of blame. at present jaya bull, snark. the draft report still needs to be voted on by the senate committee. yes, president joe biden says he's concerned about chinese hypersonic missile technology . and investigation by the financial time says that china has tested a new hypersonic weapon in august. china is denied the reports on the un security council as held emergency meeting on north korea. a day off to pyongyang, testified a ballistic missile from sabrina. the u. s. south korea and japan of condemned it processed as incident, are demanding. the transitional government be dissolved. they've been holding a, sitting in front of the presidential palace in cartoon for days. organizers say government officials not responding to demands majoring, the 2018 revolution. him morgan reports from houghton. it

was once the hardest place for protest her to access and voice their demands. but for the 5th day, people are holding a sitting in front of to dance presidential palace and cartoon. they demanding the transitional government have down both of them. you know, the, a lot, i mean, i, so what i was in the revolution i was supposed to be represented in this government, but i don't see anything that represents me. a few parties took over the revolution and stole it. we want the military to dissolve the civilian government, let them remove the prime minister and all the committees that have been formed. oh, it has been much of it. the country is destroyed by you. people are hungry. students can't learn without those in the hospital cocked at the treatment. we demand the government leave free and fair elections be held on it, let the military dissolve the government and take over. these almost the supporters of the national charter alliance, a dissident group from the forces of freedom and change coalition. that's the coalition that lead months of anti government protest in 2019 resulting in the

military ousting of long time president amaral bishop. but for a month, the coalition has been divided. the national charter alliance says the forces of freedom and change has sight lines, many groups that took part in the revolution and it's demanded. the interim government be dissolved despite the fact. some of its leaders hold positions in it . some of those here are from our 4 where the leaders of the national charter alliance have a base amongst those displaced by the regions war. others say they came because they are angry about the government's economic performance. the location of the system has risked questions about the role of the military and the transitional government. while the head of the sovereignty council at been for the bahama has said he's committed to dance transition to democracy. his violence about the student rights outside the presidential palace has been noticeable and it comes at the time $110.00 cent arising between the military and civilian leadership. and attempted school last month has further strained relations between the 2 sides in government. the civilian leaders have accused supporters of the former government

of being behind the field called sympathy and thought that the soldiers around the palace have provided protection for the protesters, leading those opposing it to accused the military of being biased. it's also prompted rallies in other areas of harpoon and of a thief. thousands of young people gathered in preparation for thursday. the anniversary of to dance 1st revolution in 1964. many said they reject the system and what it's called horn. it's like, i don't see how it will be necessary to negotiate something so obvious in a way it just feels like the right choice would be to have a civil government purely. so there is no place for a military rule to dance. prime minister wants to hold talks to use the political divide, while both sides have called for their supporters to turn up with separate protests . the divisions now seemed to move from meeting rooms to dance, treat people morgan august 0, or 2. strikes of hit the capital of ethiopia,

t gray region for the 3rd time this week, the government said he was targeting facilities used by to grant forces to make and repair weapons. the un says civilians including women and children were injured on wednesday. the conflict in the north of the country has been going on for nearly a year now and thousands of in killed dozens of pro democracy. protesters have been injured in a security crackdown in east what any demonstrations of broken out into cities with active is to morning and end to the monarchy. the kingdom shut down, access to the internet. after images of violence, we can social circulating on social media. schools and shops have been forced to close king the swati. the 3rd has ruled the country since 1986, making it africa's last absolute monarchy. christopher vendome is a research fellow at the chatham house africa program. he says there's a growing gap between the pro democracy movement and the monarchy. this has been

going on for years. but what is different about what's going on this year is the length of time that these protests have been going on, and the way in which that they have mobilized. so initially, this is protest was spots around all by the death of the student, the circumstances around that was suspicious. and this led to a, an initial protest that was mobilized by young people and young people using social media. and then the pro democracy groups gather pace with it. and for the 1st time, i think we're seeing a, a change in mindset of people in swaziland and particularly a change in the rural areas around kind of what they want to see in terms of political structures in the country. and all of this was happening at a time where covered and restrictions in prison. david played

a really kind of tough role on the people as far as in london on the economy. so you've got this toxic mix with seemingly, i'm going to little and in science, a scene with kind of renewed protest and renewed resistance from the authorities. today. a man accused of killing 17 people at florida high school in 2018 was pleaded guilty in court. nicholas cruz was expelled from audrey stoneman, douglas high school days before the shooting. a jury will now decide whether he should be executed or sentenced to life in prison. and they got asthma. on the afternoon of february, the 14th 2018 than 19 year old nicholas cruz walked into marjorie stone. douglas high school in florida with an assault rifle. the expelled pupil fired indiscriminately killing 14 students and 3 staff members are worth my shootings in us. history, it took him just 6 minutes to devastate an entire community. 3 years later,

cruise appeared in court as victims families watched waving his right to a trial here. how do you wish to play? instead, he pleaded guilty to 17 counts of murder in 17 of attempted murder. now face either life behind bars or the death penalty and offered this apology to those who lost loved ones. i'm sorry, and i can watch tv and more. and try my best to maintain my composure and i just wanted, i'm really sorry. and i hope he give me a chance to try to help others for those that last children and the shooting watching the proceedings was heartbreaking. was probably the most uncomfortable thing. well, chicken, most uncomfortable thing we've ever had to do. first one would be hugging our daughter's lifeless body. in the aftermath, a student led movement calling for gun control found wide support across the world

. you generation of advocates pushed for tougher restrictions on guns, including raising the minimum age to buy an assault rifle in florida. that effort succeeded. survivors say the measures don't go far enough. no one could comprehend the devastating aftermath or how far this would reach or where this would go. for those who still can't comprehend, because they refuse to. i'll tell you where it went right into the ground. 6 feet deep cruises guilty, please will do little to heal. this community, but with a trial and sentencing pending, it may help jury selection will begin in january. the best case scenario for nicholas cruz is dying in jail. that was left behind se they'll only be satisfied when children are long after live. with the threat of gun violence and the gallagher al jazeera miami, florida negotiations to free 17 kidnapped members of the u. s. space mission

regroup, and 80 are entering a 5th day. the gang responsible is demanding a $1000000.00 for each person. 16 americans of one canadian were taken while report wrote while returning rather to porto prince from an orphanage east of the capitol . manuel republic has more from puerto prince. it is worth repeating, that it is the policy of the u. s. government not to pay ransoms in hostage situations. so to say the least, this is a complex situation, both for the u. s. federal agents that are operating on the ground here in haiti, and puerto prince, as well as the local authorities, that they're working hand in hand, which is secure the release of these hostages. now this is a problem that's made significantly more complex with the worsening security situation. here on the ground since the start of the year, there been $700.00 kidnappings, more than $700.00 cavities in the country, more than a 100 kidnappings that have occurred so far in just october alone. so when we talk about this worsening security situation,

this is not something that's happened overnight. there was a spike in violence in criminal activity following the assassination of haitian president of nell marie's in july, there was more violence, more criminal activity following that devastating her weight that took place in august. there's been a rising primes like kidnappings. extortion people are angry. there's iron directed toward the government calling for accountability, but more than anything else, there's fear of from people who are worried that they may be caught in the crossfire of a turf war that's playing out on the streets between rival gangs here in puerto prints. and in other parts of the country, one interesting that we are hearing from people here on the ground is that given the exposure that the 17 hostages have given to the, to the security situation here in the country. the fact that 2nd citizen means that the eyes of the world are on this hosted situation here in haiti, and that they hope could mean finally meaningful action to not, not, not only by haitian authorities, but with the help of the united states. to finally get the security situation under control. germany green party is accusing russia of black bell. moscow has pointed

to its controversial pipeline, the node stream to as a solution to the current energy crisis, where the green party says its approval would be contrary therapy and rules. set lawson trouble to levin on the baltic coast in germany, where the pipeline has recently been completed. keeping war will be costly. this winter german gas consumers are expected to pay up to $230.00 more this year. on average, global energy prices have been pushed up by increased demand as the world comes out of the pandemic. so i told him, guy from the house about our house was built in 2013 and the energy price has been going up ever since. and very concerned about these prices and have kept changing suppliers. otherwise we can't afford it. some european politicians have blamed russia restricting supplies for political gain, and you can utilize them both. this is politically motivated gossip that is

absolutely the found it. i mean, using the energy sector as some kind of weapon is clearly playing the politics card . but he's a, he's not quite out there in blackmail and quite yet. and at the same time he's, he's fulfilling supply contracts. so it's very hard to accuse him of any wrongdoing. at this moment. he's playing with the 1230 kilometers long, northridge to pipeline. under the baltic sea connecting russia and germany is ready for use. the u. s. was along opposed to the $11000000000.00 project, but gave its approval last july. if there's a solution to rising gas prices or a powerful instrument that will make you more defended from russia, german politician, i do find it on northridge too. and while the gods can start flowing here from the baltic sea, but legal hurdles still ahead, it is unlikely that these pipes will bring energy prices down anytime soon. the

german energy regulator has said that nor trim to should not break your competition rules by limiting suppliers. the regulator has until early january to make a decision that will be sent to europe and commission for review. energy experts expect that it will take several month until gas from northridge to can flow into western europe. and even then it won't be enough to push prices down significantly . i think that additional measure would be an increase in green energy investment policy. that's one government on the production of getting hydrogen. this is already a topic of pseudo discussion within the deadman government. and i said that i suffered that on saudi arabia, nigeria major energy play around the planet. and i think that this phenomenon that eyes off of natural gas prices only point more in that direction. all of shorts were seen as unlikely. successor of chancellor anglo merkel has made it clear that a new government is unlikely to create new hurdles to northridge to,

despite earlier opposition from the green party, to smooth his ambitious transition to clean energy. guess, as seen as essential, steadfast in elgin 0 in berlin. you can find out much more on our website. the address for that is w w dot out 0 dot com. ah, as those are and these are the top stories in brazil, a probe into the countries covered 19 response has pointed the finger of blame at president joe, also nora. the report recommends he faces at criminal charges, including crimes against humanity. it still needs to be voted on by the senate committee emitted from the document is an early recommendation to charge balsam or i would genocide and murder general seizures. i should genocide, as i say.