a fearless mexican journalists sideline for taking on a precedent under 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 truth seeking and a refusal to be gagged. radio silence, a witness documentary on al jazeera blue. the u. n's cop 26 talks begin with world leaders under pressure to find a way to avoid a climate catastrophe. ah. other given, al, this is al jazeera live from doha. also coming up, the world passes 5000000 recorded cove at 19 dis, as than 2 years after the pandemic was declared,

floods and land sides killed more than 100 people in nepal. with the latest on the rescue efforts, and nearly 400 people disembarked from a ship at the center of a migration dispute between greece and turkey. ah, it's being described as a make or break moment for the planet leaders from around the world. gathering right now in scotland cop 26. the un climate summit. the world's biggest pollutants . the members of the g. 20 are there. together. they are responsible for 80 percent of greenhouse gas emissions ahead of cop $26.00. they committed to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees celsius. but they were vague on the details. and the leader of the biggest greenhouse emitted china is skipping so much shooting. ping is expected to submit a written statement instead. russian president vladimir putin was also

a no show. us. president biden has criticized russia and china for failing to show up with new proposal to tackle climate change. for him on chinese v short. lee katrina you are standing by in beijing versa. let's go to my habit to go who is in glasgow. so mama just tell us what the sort of run order of the day if you like. well came, it's going to be a busy day for world leaders who are gathered here in cop $26.00 in less than an hour. the speeches by word leaders will begin and will be kicked off by the keynote speech that's to be given by the u. k. prime minister, buddhist johnson. and he is expected to an urge that will lead us to move from as parish and to action. and he is expected to a tell them to be

a quick and really pragmatic on the facing out of coal as well as it you know, the transition to electric cars as well as put a hold to deforestation across the world and, and, and also give cash to poor countries of the world and all these measures are expected to have a huge impact on reducing emissions in this decade, but also keep alive the commitment by the world to reduce emissions, global emissions to $1.00 degrees celsius as agreed under the parties at conference and of course the united kingdom as hosts, has a significant role to play in ensuring that this conference is a success and a deal is obtained of an end of talk base of negotiations. and poor countries from the world have been coming here with their calls for climate finance getting louder

and louder. and they're particularly angry about the promise of a $100000000000.00 that was made 12 years ago, which as of now has not been fulfilled. i'm going to go there for us in glasgow. thank you for that update. let's go to katrina. you. as we mentioned earlier, china's president is not attending the summit. katrina, why is that? i can well president you jim ping has not left china since the beginning of the current of our current of ours outbreak at the beginning of last year. so he's not attend expect to attend this summit. he was not also present at the g 20. however, at the g 20, he did at least give video and link statements. this time he will only provide a written statement that will be uploaded from the chinese government. and that's really disappointing because it's dump and any hopes that china might deliver some extra promises or further concessions on its climate targets. now it's still

unclear was to what that statement might say. he might repeat some of the sentiments that he delivered during his video speech to the g 20, emphasizing the need for concrete action, saying that developing countries should take the lead that they should also finance poor countries to assist them and helping them to meet the targets and he might also talk about some of the targets at china itself has sets. now some others, we are already familiar with the bigger umbrella target of achieving carbon neutrality. by 2060 and peaking, it's carbon emissions by 2030. now this is key because china emits more than 25 percent of the world's called the emissions and 60 percent of china's energy supply is powered by call one of the most polluting fossil fuels. now, just to summarize, this is what china has pledged so far. it will lower carbon emissions per unit of gdp by 65 percent compared to levels from 2005. that it will increase the use of

renewable energy in china nationwide to 25 percent by 2030. that will raise the wind and solar capacity by 1200 gigawatts, and in china, one gigawatt will supply about 1000000 chinese households. and also this is very crucial that it will peak the use of coal by 2025. now, the environmental is an analyst. we have spoken to say, look, trying to moving in the right direction. these are positive goals. that really what the problem is, is that china is not achieving these goals fast enough. and if china sticks to these targets, they certainly will not be enough for the will to achieve its target of 1.5 degrees celsius in terms of the limit by the end of this century. so they found these targets so far to be disappointing. and one said it was really a missed opportunity for beijing to take the lead and proving that it was willing to really achieve these climate change targets. but we will wait to see what that

statement will say and whether there will be any further comments on china's part for now then katrina, you thank you. liberia is one country which has struggled to deal with environmental challenges. the 2020 environmental performance index ranked it as the worst performing country for sustainability. nicholas hunt reports from the outskirts of the capitol monrovia. it is deep in liberia's, gideon forest region that samuel dory comes to mourn her friends inside these coffins is maria. the farmer grieves of the pasture. renee, the village shopkeeper, the cause of their death, samuel says, is the nearby rubber plantation of the tire manufacturing company firestone launch . it started with a coffee, says doorway accuses the company of toys and the water they used for drinking, informing it or did, why her store is cooking. robert, bringing air and water pollution. i'm feeling hurt. these are my citizens. it was,

i am very angry. i keep saying that over and over the government doesn't care about yesterday since regina, you see the destruction our be wrong. this is not supernatural me with the destruction, but from debt to water was the government knows of. firestone is exploiting only a 5th of the 10000 square kilometer land concession, but it is expanding as the 99 year government lease was renewed in 2005. the company is clearing large parts of liberia as guinea in forest reaching home to where species of animals like the pig, me, hippo, and western chimps. their habitat is under threat environmental as say the rivers are contaminated with heavy metals, killing aquatic life. i'll. this is supposed to be the lungs of west africa, but right here in the firestone concession, the air is thick with chemicals. it's things the eyes now in the statement firestone says is doing all it can to mitigate the effect of climate change. and it

is sticking to the current librarian laws to protect the environment. labyrinth rents at the bottom of the environmental performance index with researcher saying that the countries behind its regional peers, particularly in protecting the biodiversity, ensuring habitat conservation, and preventing climate change. what followed, or who are all of the industrial, rob autumn faculty who have the, the grid up potential to destroy our if it is not us. and then will you make a report and think that we are doing less? what are you doing? you another more as well. so bare is poor and indebted government has given almost half the country's land in concessions stewed, multinational companies in order to repay its debt to international creditors. these companies are exploiting the countries rich natural resources and displacing tens of thousands of people in the process most are making the country's capital. their home. faced with this influx authorities are unable to manage the expanding

slums in clear, the mounting waste with a capital barely one meter above sea level, the rising ocean is now destroying their homes for liberians. there is no escape from the effect of climate change. doorways seize in this coffins, a reminder for future generations of what caused his friends death, and the pollution was that can no longer be ignored or destroying the lives of so many. nicholas hawk al jazeera and by monrovia 5000000 people have now died from calvin. 19. that number comes from johns hopkins university. the world health organization estimates the actual figure could be almost 3 times higher than official reports. the virus was 1st identified in the chinese city of hon, and december 2019, almost 250000000 infections have been reported since then globally in

a statement. you and thank you, general antonio, good parish. that said, this devastating milestone reminds us that we are failing much of the world. while wealthy countries are rolling out 3rd doses of the cove at 19 vaccine, only about 5 percent of people in africa, a fully vaccinated. this is a global shame. crank up with this report. people gasping for air, families torn apart, and governments forced to close borders and order. millions of people to be confined to the homes. the coven 19 pandemic, has now killed more people than any other viral epidemic in the 21st century. but almost 2 years since the 1st case emerged in china's won province, and a new current of virus spread rapidly across the globe. effective vaccines, developed at a record pace, seemed to be having some impact. at the moment,

that average number of daily deaths worldwide is lower than what we were seeing last year. and a lot of that could be attributed to a combination of vaccination people. understanding how cobit in fix people and what they have to do to control it. but in russia, which produced the world's 1st domestically developed over 900 job, many people are reluctant to take it. and that's leading to a record number of deaths. and after the initial optimism, last vaccine rule out in the u. k. all the parts of western europe and china infections arising. it'll be very interesting to see what happens in, in the northern hemisphere as by and large many countries have no restrictions at all now. and back things. obviously the whole population is not vaccinated. and,

and as they go into winter, people are closing the windows and doors and, and there's a higher risk of transmission on to why richard nations are racing to give booster shots. poor countries, particularly in africa, are struggling to get supplies of vac scenes leaving millions of people, fundable conflict and poverty have already devastated health care systems in syria . yemen, haiti on the democratic republic of congo, which have yet to vaccinate. even 5 percent of the populations. the lack of vaccination in the poor world has a huge impact in 2 ways. first up, many, many people are dying to. i don't need to die getting very, very sick and losing relatives. we still have a situation where nursing is a doctor, and some of these countries are not even protected against this kinda disease. the pandemic seems far from over. but some countries, like australia, talent, and combo deer, are preparing for

a new way of life. reopening their economies with more vaccines and fewer restrictions. bianca got the, i'll 0 more on the pandemic later in the program, including how families have been reunited in australia. report, solve the international border, have finally reopened. people not alice and happy birthday to us out there. a celebrates 25 years of giving a voice to the voice. ah ah, look forward to brightest galleys with sponsored boy cut on airways. i ought to miss the transitional seasons as though big surprise. hm. not winter weather yet to the also china wrong all. mongolia will and baton still above freezing at 4 degrees in hobbins at 10 the snow is kept long. we know there's

a hint that maybe the mountain north of beijing might get a little real snow. otherwise things are doing what you are expected to do, more or less as rain for ha carter hans, you a bit more the way a shower is tough for northern parts of the korean peninsula, but the jew spot this, this should not be happening seasonally. this is incorrect to have rain of any significance falling in the southwest of china, or even further west in china. there it is, all the same. the southwest monsoon has left the shores of india when it back into ne monsoon territory, which generally speaking is dry. but not for magic pradesh, not the town loud enough for sri lanka and no ashley on the western gaps. this is quite a lot of rain for the ne monsoon, which might even turn into a proper spinning depression. in the radian see, the open, the nation sometime later in the week. what's one certainly to what the time being though it's quiet is quite frankly replaced, but there been some big thunderstorms recently and flash flooding in northern iraq and northern syria and they shall probably move across and towards iraq. this is

the start of the change of season. it just hasn't come very far south, yet for the weather, sponsored by katara always in the country with an abundance of results for the trade already won indonesia, his friends for me, we moved full to grow and fraud. we balance with real economy, blue economy and the digital economy with the new job creation law, indonesia is progressively ensuring the policy reform to create quality jobs, investment. let be part when the, the, his growth and progress in indonesia. now, ah ah,

your geology era, her reminder of our top story is the south world leaders are arriving a glass of the un climate conference at a g 20 meeting today early early it is agreed to take greater action to limit global warming. although there were few firm commitments more than 5000000 people have now died from covered 90. that number comes from johns hopkins university, but the world health organization estimates the actual figure could be almost 3 times higher than what's officially reported to nepal, which is struggling after several days of flooding and devastating landslides. more than 100 people have been killed and homes and crops have been destroyed. expert se, landslides are becoming more common in the himalayan region, is rains become more intense in places melt famous ravi has more from one of the areas that affected specially party. i want to start by giving you sort of a broad sense of what it looks like here on the ground where east have cut my do

about 2 hours and send to paul cha, district. and i just want to give you a sense of what it looks like. you're right now. we're just going to zoom in here and i want to show you the river valley basin here. now all the areas that you see, the gravel bed, the gray rubble and sand, that whole space, right there was covered in water up until a few days ago. now what we're seeing here, all of that, that was, that is now grey sandy rubble used to be rice, patty, field. all that's left now is that small green space of farmland that we see in frame. now everything else was washed away by the flood waters. now, what this represents is a loss of economic income for the people who live in areas like this all across the country. it represents a loss of food security, those for agricultural crops that will grow not just to be sold, but to be consumed by these local communities. we have a more than 100 people dead on the new policy side of the border from these floods

. another $100.00 plus deaths on the indian side of the border. this is effected the country in almost every region that we can think of. and it's not just a $150.00 dead and are missing. there's bridges that have been destroyed, at least 5000 building structures, homes, roads, land slides are now threatening people's lives and livelihood. greece is registering nearly $400.00 migrants rescued from a turkish flagged cargo ship after santana to distress signal off the island of crete. with allowed to dock on the island. of course, on sunday, athens has accused on cra all violating a deal to stop migrants crossing to its islands. greece is one of the main routes into europe. asylum seekers arriving from turkey. un secretary general antonio good parish has called on sir downs generals to reverse the military takeover opposition to it is being maintained within the country. the sudanese teaches committee has

called for a strike and all tens of thousands of people have demonstrated against the trivial least 11 people have been killed. more than $100.00 injured during confrontations with security forces. pulse have opened in south africa as local elections. the vote is said to be the toughest contest yet for the ruling african national congress party. some pulse suggest the agency will win less than half of the vote for the 1st time. because they also do have control of some of the largest municipalities. thing facing growing discontent of a rundown infrastructure and social inequality. phony miller has more weight or back in 2006 the a n c had more than a 50 percent majority in local elections by 2016 that had dropped and they had to form coalition government to ensure that they still ran major metro's in cities. across the country and now the concern for the agencies, they wouldn't even be able to go on of that type of support because of the

difficult position the agency finds itself in, in terms of its leadership. this would also be a test around the faith. people have in president obama and the issues around leadership, but also very much things like service delivery, where the a, n c has failed many people, that's what they say. and also one of the key issues today is around the voter turnout that you will, people that come out to vote. the more likely it is that the a fee could lose support. they have a sort of legacy in south africa, being the party of, of nelson mandela. they have a certain amount of loyalty, but there are also people who say, i'm loyal to the a c, but they have failed to me. and so i can't vote for anybody else. and so a low voter turnout would affect him quite tremendously and would work in favor of smaller opposition parties are very celebrating as 25th anniversary jamal. i

shall take a look back at the history of the media network and the obstacle, then dangers faced. the time of its launch in 1996, all to 0 was seen by many as merely a drop in a media ocean dominated by mostly western news channels. and outlets 25 years later, that drop has caused ripples the world over forcing a synonymy of change across the globe. before al jazeera launched, the arab world enjoyed little if any media freedom citizens from iraq to martini, were told what to think and say, through state own channels that focused on, glorifying their leaders. whilst ignoring the concerns of ordinary people. but when the channel began broadcasting under the slogans of the opinion and the other opinion and the voice of the voiceless, it's on the respect and recognition of millions and it's viewership rocketed. while most media outlets were embedded with american and british forces during the

occupation of iraq odyssey were reported, the otherwise untold story of the human cost of the war as it had done before and a gun is done. but this came at a heavy price. odyssey ra journalists were injured, arrested, and even killed. among them thought of a you who was killed by us strike on the capital. baghdad illegally occupy palestine al jazeera has always been present. it's cameras broadcasting the daily struggles of palestinians living under is radio occupation, correcting a narrative that had previously failed to tell that side of the story killed by the israeli army. from the 2nd intifada to the attack on an 8th flotilla headed to the besieged, gaza strip. and until the recent war in 2021, the network has reported the story from all sides and angle. again, this resulted in its offices in gaza, being bombed this time by the israeli army, live on t v in early 2011. and that's where the muscle being the voice of the voiceless,

crystallized, arab capital of the arab capital, erupted with anger. and millions of people took to the streets, demanding freedom, justice and a better life. these are the people i'll do. 0 was on the ground reporting live while local, regional, and even some international channels failed to acknowledge the historic protests that became known as the arab spring. all the while the network remained loyal to its other motto, giving era time to everyone, including the regimes that were cracking down on their own people. in 2017, and a testament to how influential al jazeera had become a blockade on that was imposed by egypt. saudi arabia, bahrain, and the united arab emirates, they insisted the channel must be shut down for the blockade to be lifted. a demand rejected by cutters leader whose country hosts the network. so you're not going to shut down. i'll just know when the country's ruler sticking to the commitments made by his father on the day the channel was launched back in 1996 and rest assured the

channels freedom will not be restricted politically. it'll be a platform for every opinion. what started off as an arabic language channel 25 years ago is now a global media networks that includes 5 different channels. several websites and a plethora of digital platforms, all have cemented themselves as leaders in their field. all of them seeking the human story and striving to speak truth to power. a quarter of a century has passed and what was once described by form, adrian dictates office. nemo bartuck as a tiny much box is now a global media empire whose flame continues to burn as a beacon of free press in a region that has never needed. it's more dramatic. y'all jazeera though ha. or earlier we spoke to the acting director general of elders, our media network must have a song. he told us more about how it all started on the go to was to create

a channel, a media center that would be more like the b, b, c. that was the model of that type of media. that is free, independent, brave, bring the truth to the people, to the people in the middle east. because at that time, media in the middle east was under the control of the government all over. and in many ways it's still that way. and it used to be the spoke us 1st on the mouth speech of the government and people actually lost every faith in that kind of media. does he want to create was to create a content to present content, to its audience that would bring faith the media. and that's what happened

to bring knowledge to the people. true information. and with the hope that that would create a new media culture, a culture that believes in the freedom of the media in noted in dialogue, open dialogue in the right of people to not only to talk but to be listened to. and to have the right time to present their ideas and their opinions without being afraid. a part of that model has been created and in some cases should past all the dreams. but when it comes to the situation in the middle east, i think that is so much of to be that australians have been arriving back on home foil off. the parts of the international border were reopened. some of

the world's toughest pandemic restrictions had left tens of thousands of people effectively shut out of their own country. sir. comparables. c jubilation and emotion as the 1st passengers touched down in sydney and reunite with their family. a ban on international travel was lifted on monday, after more than 18 months, and now fully vaccinated a strident arriving without having to quarantine. it's a pretty emotional day today. we lost my father in law last week, so it's happy feelings and said feelings of the same family finally got friends. sadness apply on tens of thousands of astronomy and had been stranded overseas since the government closed the food in, in march last year. caps on passenger numbers coming into struggling

a port also caused problems for those wanting to return home during the pandemic. really good, i'm actually here for my so i've been trying to come home for for now, lots unlimited to running citizens, permanent residence and immediate family. who are now free to travel without a permit that doesn't apply to tourist visa holders and temporary resident. even when it's trillions do get home. travel across the country is still a challenge. quarantine restrictions still applying states like queens and where i am. and the board is still closed with strayer, to those states and territories, they consider high risk like victoria and new south wells, even the i t t a, which is classified as a low risk jurisdiction. susie, katie isn't a stronger living in hong kong. she is due to fly into city in 2 weeks time, but she says her travel, it's a complicated by different rules in each state. it's absolutely a logistical challenge in my family. i spread across a new south wales,

south australia and queensland, so in so fiercely, you know, getting across the international border. ah, you know, that was sort of had a number one and now having to navigate the different restrictions and the different approaches to domestic orders. you know, remains challenging. that's a hurdle. these were united families, a willing to overlook for now. sir clark. audi 0. queensland, australia. ah . hi. this is al jazeera, these are the top stories. world leaders are arriving at glasgow for the un climate conference. the g 20 meeting earlier a day earlier rather leaders agreed to take greater action to limit global warming

. although there were few firm commitments. madeau has more prompt esco 25 falls and delegates from.