in a sense, race is the story of america what's working and what's not. a lot of people were only talking about that. it wasn't at the top of the agenda. if america can handle multiple challenges on multiple fronts, we need to go back to school. the bottom line on al jazeera. mm mm. this is al jazeera. ah, hello there. i'm the stars the at a and this is the news. our live from our headquarters here in dover, coming up in the next 60 minutes. the african union suspends through don's participation and the well bank stops aid in response to mondays, military coup israel, a previous plans for nearly 3000 new illegal settlement units in the occupied westbank. the use top court finds poland, $1200000.00 a day,

in the bitter dispute about judicial independence and an urgent call for action and madagascar. the un says the island nation is on the brink of a famine caused by climate change. i'm jam nash with sports is the atlanta braves when game one of baseball as well series and despite the australian prime minister suggesting otherwise state government. and victoria says that unvaccinated tennis players will absolutely not be allowed at the australia. ah, well, we begin this news hour with sudan and the mounting demands both at home and abroad for the military to walk back its crew. the african union has now suspended sudan from all activities until civilian rule is restored and the well bank has also put a hold on aid. there is economic pressure internally tube state oil company workers and doctors are among the latest to joint strikes and protests against the crew.

and the military crackdown though goes on with politicians and activists still being arrested on wednesday. general abdel father albert hands as he seized power to stop sued on sliding into civil war. while let's not bring in will lead madiba. he is the founder and president of the sudan policy for him. he joins us now here in doha. really, this wasn't a huge surprise from the a you, but the peace and security council doesn't always agree. was their descent to think especially given egypt relationship with brown. i couldn't hear you. oh, can you repeat this? and will it? i was wondering if you felt that there might be any descent within the peace and security council in deciding whether or not to suspend to don, especially because of kyra's relationship with general ban. i think the un, it's going to be very difficult to chinese versions. but in the african

union, i think is really a really possible and it has already been manifested in their decision. however, you can go, i can use a nice people and it's, it's going, i'm some point. it's some point today, a nice people who wants to be, especially as know has know, has 0 probability with very so and it won't be more than a month and i don't think that they are going to risk having bad relationship with well, let me ask you a little more about international reaction really and i was listening to the u. s. one on envoy jeffrey feltman. talk about his recent trip to sit on very recently of

the left just al is before this could now he said he went because with the port shut down that we saw, the protests, the break away factions emerging, and cartoon. this looks like it might actually be on the cards and now only now is the a you actually sending a mission. now if the u. s. was expecting this, why didn't the a, you actually try to take any action l. i believe that the african, the, the knew that it didn't really think, well as the sort of clue. i mean, they were waiting to see to hear the voice of this with because there was somebody to cover it a freedom and prove that they were, they were professional enough. they couldn't carry on with our

brokerage today to come to the out of the quagmire. so i think it was really wise with to see and to just to national this time is politics and to know a little bit ago. can you just a key that this is not going to go with it? does it have any problem? well, when you say a very wise decision, it was a wise decision that potentially led to the crew that ties you referred to. it actually happening now. i just want to ask you about something you mentioned earlier. you alluded to the sense that there's not a lot of consensus around this of the un security council level. i see that moscow doesn't even want to use the word crew. so what then should we actually expect from the international community beyond africa? i think the british military leaders and

i can do in the united states, they are going do to judge it case by case they are going to see the response of the people i my mind is that is going to be very blunt confrontation between the people which it to some, if you just within the are at which point the international community, especially the united states, african and the other union. they are going to look very carefully a situation, a decision at that point. and you mentioned a potential conflict when now already saying the oil work and join the civil disobedience campaign. how damaging is that choice for the military is really damaging. but let's be in my mind that this is denise before they would have to go to a very well because the people are going,

the government is going to start the people. this is obedience has to be very well because it has to be done in a timely manner because we want to appeal to find the people themselves are going to be star. now if you look, i did features a streaming industry. you can do that, they are ready, we can't do it all is live me on the song a in only, but it has to be very well because it is because the people can go beyond period of time. and i gave her the founder and president of the sit on policy for and great, get your thoughts on out there. thank you for joining us. many now meeting on an israel has approved plans for almost $3000.00 new illegals settlement units in

the occupied west bank. they'll be the 1st to be bells under prime minister naphtali bennett, and during president job biden's term. the u. s. though is deeply concerned about the plan saying it will hot prospects for a 2 state solution. settlements are legal under international law. their israel rejects this and let's bring it near to abraham. she's in nobliss in the occupied westbank needed just how far along are these settlement plans and will these us statements potentially make any difference? that's the hope that palestinians are relying on these announcements are the 1st since the u. s. president jo by then has came into office and they're hoping that with the presidential by that he would be having more an influence on this israeli government. now, all and all of this might be the 1st announcement since the israeli government has taken office. but it's not the 1st since the beginning of the year. we're talking about more than $780.00 units that were approved as since then. but if we compare

them to the era of the u. s. president, donald trump, they're not considered much that time to plans have skyrocketed. we're talking about more than $26000.00 units approved during the trump era. and this is why palestinians are hoping that this new administration expressing concern this time would be a helping to curb the settlement expansion. now the palestinians, i've been saying for a long time that they're relying on the international criminal court, which it's prosecutors said that it's opening an investigation into alleged war crimes in palestine. and they're hoping that the issue of settlements would top this investigation. neither ever hen. there and nobliss and the occupied westbank with all the latest 4th. thank you, nita. all in the meantime, israeli forces have arrested 16 palestinians across the occupied westbank, including 2 children. the raids happened mostly in the palestinian village of bir,

i'll basha and janine video shows people's belongings there. as you can see, strewn across the floor after israeli soldiers conducted raids on several homes. now the european union's top court has ordered poland to pay a fine of more than $1000000.00 a day. it's part of a deepening dispute between the you and its members state about poland, judiciary, and has to do with the chamber. and the polar supreme court, which the use has breaches its laws on judicial impartiality and independence, and other recent polish court ruling challenge. the supremacy of you law in the country on joining us now from brussels is peace, a clever. he is the editor of brussels report dot e, that's a new site covering european politics. pizza, obviously another blown out to you. poland relations. can you talk us through this? fine, is this brussels trying to hit back? well, the european commission took this particular concern to the top you court and

luxembourg. european court of justice, which has now rules that this specific judicial arrangement in poland violates your law and has imposed a fine on poland. poland is already expected to pay a fine over, i think, or half a 1000000 euro a day. for another condemnation, which is about the refusal, the polish refusal who shut down a coal mine near the new to check border. the poor government has a few weeks ago asked its own constitutional court whether you law is superior to national long and post constitutional court has said that it is, but only if certain conditions are fulfilled, meaning it's not always superior. one of the conditions, according to the polish top court, where you law is not superior, is when you would be trying to intervene into how the polish

judicial system is being organized. which is actually the case now with this new file because paul has been fined because of this disciplinary chamber that the board governments and parliament half have create. it's not what's next. it's hard to say you could expect. now the government to say, well, sorry, we're not able to pay this fine because or own poses constitutional court has said that this would not be in line with the bullet constitution. the polish opposition sister polish constitutional court has been gregory irregularly composed so it's really a mess and i think ultimately this will have to be solved at the political. ready diplomatic level, really? well, there's already a lot of tension at the political diplomatic level. i'm curious how far you think

this is likely to go. we've obviously been hearing a lot from polish leaders threats to set your upon fire. but this support is also dependent on huge amounts of either cash to both infrastructure school. how much do they risk? well, according to estimates, the current fine, which is only one of 2 fines is about 3 percent of i think the $19000000000.00 does. poland gets from the european union every year now in the u, and specifically among the use net payers, there is a rift. on the one hand, you have germany still with uncle macklin charge, who's sort of trying to piece things saying look, let's not escalate this. this is way too important. on the other hand, you have countries like the netherlands that are saying, look, i mean, sorry, we don't want our taxpayers money to be used to prop up reforms in new member states that we deem to be very questionable from democratic perspective. i think

you could argue for both sides, however, perhaps to impose fines on specific each member states because they have violated the rule of law is i think a tricky pat. why? because there's always the accusation of double standards. if you look at romania, for example, romania has been condemned by the european court of human rights, which is not an you institution. so you could argue, okay, why should we not cut you funds for romania. i think it would be much wiser to cut your funds altogether because economic lee, they have not been proven to be very successful. and also they are typically linked with a lot of cronyism and corruption. so i think that would be a wiser pass to, to follow pace. i'm curious about the view from inside poland. how real do you think the possibility is that poland could actually leave the block?

i mean, i know poll suggests that probably people one to stay something like 90 percent of them could all of this, this whole dispute, the way thing could this potentially go too far? i think it's very unlikely that poland will ultimately leave. i mean, it's tricky to predict obviously what is more likely or what is more danger is that not only poland, but you member states increasingly start to ignore you law and you regulations and, and, and this is, i think her, i think more more of a risk i mean, many of the use rules have always been imperfectly applied, but still all, and all you could say that the legal framework was taken seriously. with developments like this, that may be less and less the case. if indeed nothing, nothing is done. peter clapper, they're the editor of brussels report,

dot e u and new side, having european politics, always great to get your insights on out there. thanks for joining us again, patient a pleasure. thank you. i'll so plenty moorhead here. this is our including supporters of a lebanese christian political leader rally as he misses a hearing and said, a gun battle and buried earlier this month. and we'll show you the baseball star. so desperate a feature in the world series even played with a broken leg. that's coming out with jama. ah, out a 0 has spoken exclusively to one of haiti's most powerful gang leaders and groups like the one run by jimmy charette, sierra control large parts of the country violently enforcing their authority. they're also causing a severe fuel shortage. sure. as he had told rob reynolds what it will take to end the blockade, i have to sit there. his name is jimmy shell,

say we're commonly known by his childhood nickname, barbecue, once a haitian police officer. he is now the leader of a powerful confederation of gangs called g 9, which controls much of puerto prince in its suburbs, with an automatic rifle strapped to his chest, shall z a took us through the garbage strewn alley ways of la celine, a sprawling slum. he urged us to show the world the desperate poverty in which millions of haitians live out their lives without basic sanitation, healthcare education, or hopes for a better future. although he is the feared leader of a violent criminal gang cheryl z a appears to be trying to reinvent himself as a leader, a man of the people knew battling a corrupt system. and the current government led by prime minister arielle honoree

who shares a condemned. no ma'am, got boom able look. we'll see. also see that we are fighting for another society. another haiti, there is not only for the 5 percent of the people who keep old well figured, but a new hater where everyone can have food, clean water. so they can have a decent house to live in. we'll have another haiti where we don't have to leave the country. we get there. big chairs. a also stands accused of masterminding, numerous assassinations and massacres, including one in 2018 that killed up to 25 people. he denies all the allegations you buy gun bombs, young. i'm not a gangster. i never booby a gangster is the system i'm fighting against today? the system has a lot of money. they own the media. now they try to maybe look like a gangster was leonard shall z, a condemned the kidnapping of 17 u. s. and canadian missionaries who are being held for ransom by a rival gang look or danny tud. zach could not be we condemn old kidnappings. that happened in this country that the special one is the missionary set me soon. there

americans, when we talk about missionaries and they came to this country to help us here today, we cannot support any gangs who kids that people can, you know, fuss if you are a severe fuel shortage as practically shut down haiti's capital, the result of gangs hijacking fuel trucks and blockading depos shells, a says he can get the petro flowing again, but says haiti's prime minister must go debbie if arielle on re resigns at 8 o'clock, then at 8 o 5, remove all the barricades so that the trucks can come to the fuel. depot and fill up, and then the crisis will stop, cheryl de says he wants to tear up haiti's political and oligarchic system by its roots. his system sac, this system is criminal, the revolution we're preaching to day. we cannot do this without guns because we have our own guns. this gun is a symbol of our revolution, the revolution against the 5 percent of those who hold all the wealth of our nation . as he walked, the streets of la celine barbecue was greeted warmly by many so does this gang

leader have ambitions to one day rule, haiti? he certainly talks like a politician, comparing himself to one of haiti's most revered leaders in its struggle for independence from france in the 18th century. hey, this is cynthia jones. jak de salon was a great man. the father of the nation who fought hard to free hate here today, i am doing the same fighting at the salon did. i'm following his dream. the dream of de salaam was to see the wealth of his country. he shed, equally outlaw would be revolutionary leader of men in arms. the man they call barbecue is one of the most powerful and enigmatic figures in haiti to day rob reynolds al jazeera, puerto prince madagascar southern region is experiencing its worst route and decades, pushing more than a 1000000 people to the brink of famine. for consecutive droughts have wiped out

harvests with reports of people dying of hunger. and there are calls for rich nations to do more to combat the climate crisis in madagascar. priyanka gupta has been sudden madagascar is facing its wa strout. it 40 years, the level of hunger here is so severe the un wants it could. so lead to the world's 1st famine, caused by climate change. the situation in the grand suit of madagascar is absolutely dire. right now we are entering the next lean season, which began in october. we have 1300000 people who are severely food and secure. that means they do not know where the food that they need each day to survive is going to come from. of those 28000 people are facing catastrophic food insecurity, which is to say, famine like conditions. the tropical island country in the indian ocean that's used to cycles heavy rainfall and drought has seen an allow me decline and rainfall in

recent years. affecting small farmers and cattle heard us. people have southern madagascar has seen their incomes decline even more. water is scarce. fields have dried up, crops have died and there is little food. some are eating locus cactus and even mud just to survive. some of those years it's a drought seems to be related to the el nino system in the pacific. ah, one of those years it seems to be related to what's happening in the eastern indian ocean. and over all of those years, there tends to be a increase in pressure systems. the atmospheric pressure to south of madagascar, madagascar is extremely vulnerable to climate change. even though it's carbon emissions are some of the lowest. i love what is happening to them? why not less? that government is faulty, responsible because that country as con,

halted deacons of neglect, of the political establishment. but the people are, oh my god or so the violations committed by the international community that has failed to take the necessary measures, took up any shots and pledges of the world leading polluters. not nearly enough to do use the effects of a warming planet. it's devastating impact is already being felt by those who can do little to fight it. bianca group though, i'll to 0 l u s cousin and his trying again to extradite wikileaks found a julian assange from the u. k. protesters denouncing that extradition are kindly outside the high court in london where that today hearing is being held. a lower court previously ruled that assange not be sent to the u. s. a mental health grounds. he faces 18 challenges there related to the publication of secret military documents. well, let speak to nadine, bother, he is outside the court for us in london. and im,

can you talk us through the us strategy here? how does it actually hope to reverse this, le quarterly wellness? does he have a lower court ruling in january of this year? which based on the, the judge they're saying that given us prison conditions, there would be a severe risk of julian assange taking his own life. that was why she said that he should not be extradited to the us. now in the last few hours, lawyers representing the u. s. government however, argued against against him. any suggestion that julian assigned would face harsh treatment that you have said they've told the judge is here. that if he served at a jail sentence that could be served in australia, they've said, but it would be a matter of perhaps

a number of years in terms of sentencing. even though all of those charges, mainly espionage that he faces, in theory, her carry total length of a 175 years. they've also said he wouldn't be in solitary confinement, but they couldn't rule out what they call special administrative measures, which do place severe restrictions on people's rights to, to meet others answer communicate. so the mess each from the u. s. government is that we are giving you assurances and in their words, they are finding what julian assange is. supporters say that is nonsense and that they are not legally binding. there is nothing to stop the u. s. government going back on their word if he does get sent to the u. s. and putting him in solitary confinement for us for a considerable length of time and the background to that is his mental health has

not been good for some time now. he joined the proceedings here by or a video link with for a while on the on wednesday on thursday, he's likely to do the same when his defense lawyers get their say, all of them, whatever than what the repeated argument that we've been hearing from the continental is that these charges are politically motivated when that barony wait 20. what all alone julian assange had said that he was acting as a journalist, publishing information, which is in the public interest about crimes committed by the u. s. military. that's what it boils down to for him. groups like amnesty international and reporters without borders, say that they agree that he is being singled out because he was publishing information which the u. s. government did not want to be published. reporters without borders. say that he does not have the enjoy the protection under the 1st

amendment to journalistic free speech. and they say that the u. s. is actually made clear that because he's not a us citizen, he wouldn't get that. and also the espionage charges do not have a public interest defense. so they're very worried about the precedence this could set for journalists in future. and i think also the fact that i'm in recent months, it's been reported that the cia disgust kidnapping, or assassinating him when he was in the ecuadorian embassy. that's worrying in terms of the motivation of u. s. government, but also adds weight to his legal team's arguments. that his mental health would actually be severely or rather, his risk of suicide will actually be elevated. now if he were to be sent to the us, if in fact it is true that at some point american authorities were considering

taking no steps. and he and by that now outside the fortress in london, thank you so much. nicole ha, now it's time for the women. he is emerson. hello. we have a developing typhoon in the northwest pacific. i'm pleased to say that it will not make landfall where we go. mallows, making its way up towards japan, but it will stay off shore in the process. what a brisk winds developing across northern parts, but it will be largely dry with the majority of the energy staying out into the open water. so thursday going on into friday. there you go, fine and try 20 celsius there for tokyo. similar temperature, therefore, so little more cloud coming through here. slide it to be of the fair weather variety. having said that was fine and try to across a good part of northern and central china. but a chance to some increasing rain just pushing into a southern parts of the country. now we've seen increasing rain making its way across some areas of vietnam recently that's just pushing across cambodia. this is an old tropical depression which brought some very heavy downpours and flooding

into parts of central and southern vietnam. it makes its way towards thailand, weakling as it does. so bas doesn't very heavy rain here. you shall, scattering a showers across much of southeast asia. plenty, a shower, some very heavy rain pushing across southeast and parts of india over the next day or 2, we are going to see some big down pools. he, a red war is in force with tom on our do that cloud and rights buddy right up to a disha hostile ahead. here on al jazeera, why the decision to appoint a sri lankan monks to oversee legal for reforms is stoking control. and just a 100 days out from the beijing winter olympics organizers regale their crib at 19 o. ah, the corona virus has been indiscriminate in selecting its victims. it's devastating effects of plague, every corner of the globe, transcending class creed and color. but in britain,

a just proportionally high percentage of the fallen have been black or brown skins . the big picture traces the economic disparities and institutional racism that has seen united kingdom fail it citizens britain's true colors coming soon on out. just sarah, a fearless mexican journalists sideline for taking on a president. and a corrupt system ruled by a single party for over 70 years. only to then establish an investigative platform, determined to break through a poisonous media landscape in search of justice. an epic saga of true seeking and a refusal to be gagged. radio silence, a witness documentary on out to sierra.