the song taken away from them, we thought lines investigate how climate st. his pissing and oregon town, the breaking point. we will fight because it in black, we are literally to the point that people are gonna start she age eller. when the water stops on al jazeera, ah cooperation is the only way to get this job done. an unexpected climate deal between the u. s. and china draws a cautious welcome from activists. katrina, you in bating bit more on how oppressing global crisis has brought together to rivals in brad unison. ah 11. welcome on pete. adobe. you're watching out to see or alive from doha. also coming up, we are on the border between poland and belarus, where refugees and migrants are stuck in freezing weather while the countries blame

each other. running on empty people in burundi are struggling to find medicine, cash and fuel. after years of sanctions and the impacts of cobit 90 and following years of investigations and lawsuits, the settlements is reached in the case of any where city where the water was poisoned by lead environmentalist, so cautiously welcoming a surprise announcement from the u. s. and china that they will work together on climate action. the countries issued a joint declaration separately at cop $26.00. while it's light on detail, it's a big shift from the start of the summit when the 2 nations did appear to be at odds. ran in oakland hunger. joseph climate is a common challenge faced by humanity and will impact the well being of future generations is becoming increasingly urgent and severe. turning

a future challenge into a crisis happening now on the subject of climate change. there is more agreement between china and us, the divergence making it merrier with huge potential for cooperation. the united states and china have no shortage of differences, but on climate and climate cooperation is the only way to get this job done. this is not a discretionary thing, frankly. this is science. it's math and physics that dictate the road that we have to travel. more reaction from the world wildlife fund echoed that of many environmental organizations. this announcement could be a much needed political signal that the 2 largest emitters responsible for more than 40 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions are joining forces to prevent a climate catastrophe. if they're serious about avoiding catastrophic impacts. they must also support the enhancement of national policies,

plans and actions that we'll see 1.5 degrees celsius kept within reach. katrina, you joins us live now from beijing. katrina, we're put 36 hours away from the end of cop 26. so do we know what the chinese and the americans have actually agreed to do together? well, this joint declaration really broadly looks at how these 2 countries and tend to work together to help keep this temperature rise to 1.5 degrees celsius before the end of the century. so it also the kind of framework under which 2 countries can work together on a variety of issues that talks about methane emissions, transition to clean energy, reforestation, climate finance. it also talks about how these 2 countries intend to meet sometime in the 1st half of next year to talk about more specific targets and also how they intend to create a working group to look at this issue going forward. now what we do not see though,

in this joint declaration or any sort of hard new concrete targets, really just elaborate on the targets that these 2 countries have already mentioned to the international community. that's been criticized. but it does not mean that this statement is not significant. i think it does 2 things. one like we heard a bit earlier, is that these 2 countries by releasing this hope that it will give a bit of a jolt to the cop $26.00 discussions towards this end of the conference. really help to encourage other countries to really put some hard targets down and to continue and wrap up the negotiations in a really positive way. i think secondly, what paging is hoping specifically is i will really send a message to the international community. the china is serious about climate change . now, aging is facing a lot of backlash and criticism because president she didn't pick, did not attend cop 26. he has not left china since the beginning of the pandemic. he only sent a written statement which was put on a website and talked very generally about china's hopes for cop 26. and in addition

to that, china did not deliver any new targets to help achieve the 1.5 degrees celsius target. so if anything, many experts say look, china is going in the right direction. the main criticism has been that china is moving way too slowly. and this statements perfectly talks about action that will be taken by the u. s. and china in the 2020s. so i think there is a bit of an recognition there that china knows that this is something that needs to be urgently acted upon. so katrina, in theory now, washington and beijing on the same page when it comes to saving the planet. could there be an over spill here into other areas of their relationship because they've been at loggerheads for a long time now of everything from what intellectual copyright is used to the south china sea? so could this be the beginning of a warming relationship in other areas and other regions?

well, it could be, you certain, his foreign ministry spokesperson just spoke actually moments ago, a one when did, and he was asked precisely this question. does this mean that there's going to be a bit of a turning point in the tone of the relationship? he was kind of coy. he didn't really specifically on to that. yes, so no, but he did say that once again, this shows that the child that china and the u. s. can cooperate on major international issues that this cooperation can benefit at 2 countries and the world that china is willing to continue climate dialogue and inject positive energy into the multi lateral process. so he was repeating some of the comments at chinese climate envoy shed. and why did i say yesterday when this was 1st announced on thursday, but i think this can be seen to be a bit of a turning point. as you mentioned, this relationship for the past few years has been if anything, characterized by tensions and hostilities over a growing list of disagreements, taiwan, hong kong, south china sea. and this has been, you know,

stretching back to the previous trump administration. but this is not the only warming sign that we've seen. so another sign that it is going in a more positive direction is that us national security advisor jake sullivan. earlier this week actually said that he does not believe that the u. s. in china are engaged in any sort of cold war. he also said that the u. s. does not want to change the chinese political system, which is a very good sign from aging. that's in one of the things that they've been complaining or very defensive about for the past few years. and then also we have had a 2nd phone call take place between president ledger biden and she'd been paying just a few weeks ago. and as early as next week, we're expecting a possible virtual summit between the 2 leaders. trina, thank you very much. katrina, you the talking to us from bridging the european union will place more sanctions on the bella, russian government. early next week, the you commission president sale of on the line made that announcement as

a migrant and refugee crisis on poland border with belarus escalates and with no end in sight. thousands of people are stuck in freezing and dangerous conditions as a big report now from cause. nita, they're not asking for much. in fact, these children just want water journalists are banned from this area. but the person filming these scenes on the border between bellows and poland, says there are babies as young as 2 months old. here. some families have not eaten for several days. at night, temperatures drop well below 0. at least 2000 people, many of them from the middle east are stuck in makeshift camps along the razor. wire. social media footage from recent days shows refugee and migrants escorted by mast belushi insecurity towards the border. sometimes shots are fired and people have often been beaten. as in these pictures, shown by polish forces momma all day. momma though the you says,

belly root has been encouraging migrants and refugees to enter poland in lithuania, in retaliation for sanctions imposed over human rights violations. you ambassadors have now agreed. this justifies a new round of sanctions and better bruce. and the block wants action to stop more desperate people arriving on its borders. important, which brings very well to the origin, turn threes into the transit, turn, threes. what are the current sequences of the policy? it's also important to explain to the airlines what are the concrete effects of the decisions in the system. and in fact, in the launch of an hybrid attach against you. but michelle, by she let, the united nations human rights chief has issued a statement effectively condemning all sides in the stand of saying, hundreds of men and women and children must not be forced to spend another night in freezing weather without adequate shelter. food, water and medical care, under international law,

no one should ever be prevented from seeking asylum or other forms of international human rights protection. for its part, russia, a traditional backer, a better route is accusing brussels of being hypocritical. she said, you see can create in the situation is indeed very tense and there's a tendency to escalate tensions that causes concern. it's apartment, that's a humanitarian catastrophe, is looming against the background of europeans, reluctant to demonstrate commitment to the european values in a phone call. german chancellor and the market as appears directly to russian president vladimir putin to exert his influence on the regime in minsk as governments fade the blame game, the humanitarian situation. guest dire by the day on the border out there in the darkness, beyond the police road block are up to 2000 people, including women and children, with little shelter, food, or water spending the night in freezing temperatures. as i'd beg, i'll de 0, poland. boeing has accepted responsibility for the 2019 ethiopian airlines crash as

it reached a settlement with families of the victims. it doesn't involve compensation, but it does allow them to pursue individual claims in the american courts. 157 people were killed when the boeing 737 max crash shortly after takeoff from addis ababa. it was the 2nd crash involving that type of aircraft in just a few months. boeing admitted it, software was to blame. you as judge has approved a $626000000.00 settlement for those harmed by the lead water crisis in flint. in michigan, the suit was brought forward by tens of thousands of residents. most of the money will come from the state of michigan, which was accused of overlooking su is leading to the water crisis. to save money, flint changed where it's water came from in 2014. people immediately complained about it, smell and taste. it later emerged, the water was contaminated with lead and hadn't been properly treated. but state officials insisted it was safe. rejecting findings from doctors groups,

michigan's civil rights commission later said systemic racism lay at the core of the cities water problems. flint is mostly black and its residents are mostly democrats, the governor, at the time, a white republican lawsuits relating to the water contamination of dragged on for years weapons days agreement is designed to settle most of them, but nearly one 3rd of the total that's around $200000000.00 could be claimed as lawyers, fees, and as amaze is a flint resident. she says the settlement is not nearly enough. even if you take the lawyer sees out of it, there's a $100000.00 people in the city of flint. so if you divide that 600000000 from the date down by that, it's not very much. and then you look at what the cost of benefits that have been 7 and a half years about dealing with, you know, contaminated water medical fees in our home alone. our kitchen and one of our bathrooms are good because the water 8 through some of the plumbing in the ceiling and wall, and behind our appliances. and it had to be gutted down to the studs so that you

know, tens of thousands of dollars that we have to pay back and loans we had to take out to be able to have a usable house. if we were a middle class or wealthy white community, this wouldn't have happened. and if it did, it would have been fixed quickly. we've seen other cities like an arbor, which is the upper, you know, upper class white college town. they replaced all of their lead pipe before one pipe was removed in flint, and they didn't even have a water crate. we are still doing the federal government in the e p a because they ignored our cries for help when the state and city ignored us. and then we also have the private earned the private engineering firm, the only and land and work we found out through these hearings. and these, you know, going back and forth to court for the past several years. they had their hands on a lot more with the decision making and the downplaying than was, was expected. and, you know, i mean that's where we're hoping that this part of the partial settlement is 80 percent at kids under the age of 8 being. we're hoping that adults will become

a bit of properly with the next heart and hopefully the other defendants smart enough to settle still come here on al jazeera, if you of his government denies making arbitrary arrests after detaining more than 70 drivers from the will to program and other un employees also building a sky high forest. we looked at my lands efforts to become a green city. ah, ah, look forward to skies with sponsored point cut airways. hello there. we seen some really stormy weather effect, southern parts of europe over the past few days. and there's more of that to come as we head towards the end of the week. but it's also going to get rather wet and windy up in the north. but across those central areas, there's still a lot of fine and dry weather to be found lots of sunshine as well. but let's have

a closer look at the south. we've got storm blast that's plaguing the western and central areas of the mediterranean. so moving area of low pressure, you can see it swirling away, but it's really wet and windy conditions to southern parts of italy, such as sicily, sardinia, corsica, valley, eric islands is what is eastern areas of spain and algeria. we've seen some flooding here and we're going to thursday, it's going to pick up for those that north eastern corner of spain, as well as the southern areas of france, passing rough seas and very heavy rain. and we could see flooding with that. this system is set to linger here for at least the next few days. now for the north of this, it is looking a lot warmer across the central areas, temperatures, edging up slightly above the average. now it's been mild and mixed for much of a north, west britain and ireland. but it is going to get wet and windy look about low pressure pulling and bringing the rain with it. and by the time we get into friday, it's going to be southern parts of nor wait to see the wet weather. that sure weather update. oh, the weather sponsored by casara,

always the latest news as it breaks. no. can families say that this is the only way they have to make a living? but it's having a huge impact on the environment with detailed coverage, regional and international actors have been urgent general upon to reverse his school. and we're throw the transitional government he dissolved from around the world, 8 groups a ledge. greek also overseas have often tried to prevent potential asylum seekers from entering greek territory a the me welcome if you just joining us, you're watching out with the are your top stories, china and the u. s. i promised to work together to combat climate change despite

their differences on other issues, both pledged to speed up, the emissions cuts to meet the goals of the 2015 parents agreement therapy in union will place more sanctions on the bill of russian government early next week. the commission president on the line may be announcement of a migrant and refugee crisis on poland border with bella. ruth escalates the us. judge has approved a $626000000.00 settlement for those harmed by the lead water crisis in the us that he, flint, michigan. the suit was brought forward by tens of thousands of local residents. pakistan is hosting senior diplomats from the united states. china, russia and a dentist on to discuss what's going on since the taliban takeover. afghanistan's inter in foreign minister, i mean, con, we're talking. arrived in islamabad on wednesday, is the 1st official visit by a member of the taliban cabinet to pakistan. since the previous government fell in august life now to islam above and a correspondent camel hider come out,

what are they talking about? when 1st are for the a new are in dead, am proud, foreign minister of, of honest on a, needing a delegation of 20 senior ministers and members of the government are discuss are and a rail. stopping to read bucket on, including land lane, k, v ation length. bugger, son of god, had been providing humanitarian assistance, had read. and this is also an opportunity for the antenna him of on foreign minister to be able to meet with the special envoy from the us. china and russia did got away paula, because the united states and the other country are interested in and not being beat for the 2nd man. they warned a dollar bond to live up to their promises on the issue of inclusivity women's rights and an area of issues. so indeed,

an important step because this is the term me dang, the locked runway in moscow. the united states did not den deck. previously, there was a meeting in doha, withdraw enough, got attended by john mcalisio. dod does mccully dod with that special envoy for the one is donnie of god. had been replaced by tom waste and day. of course, we'll be talking to the out on foreign minister or know the range of issues. i thought i'd run it on and it humanitarian crisis. it's been been some we should also, i guess, can all talk about regional interest in what's going on in afghanistan. not least, of course, the iranians, absolute lady ran your national security advisor in delhi. he arrived dead on wednesday, india and also holding a national security. and why does meeting on a van if dawn of cause india has lost a lot of weight the taliban de cola, because there was supporting the previous regime. and india is now trying to

a cert explanation, with the v of honest on after being marginalized, their indians have god send their national security advisor, do it in your daily. aidan also hosted a meeting of our foreign minister of the regional stage to discuss one as don for aidan rose, throw out the big stag begotten you'd on for white board and facilitate for it's a financial amount of our front there. trade that go into that land lock gun v. so i eat on very much in the picture, but not in detroit. got meeting in islamabad. i'm all thank you very much. come either there talking to us from islam about in an interview with al jazeera, a member of the ethiopian government, has denied allegations of mass arrests and ethnic profiling that have been reports of police rounding up high profile to grinds from a bank, c e o. to priests at the 70 dr. was working for the well food program have also been taken into custody the un since they were arrested during government raids,

targeting to koreans. a day earlier, 16 united nations workers wouldn't change in the capital. i don't think and believe it is this through the ethnic profiling, but people might be that i don't think that i children, i don't have that information. and if that happens, the government doesn't allow me to click on the, on the date of emergency this issue that people should be treated with. and most of the advocates within that to happen and any person. so somebody bought it, this might happen. but they went to be fair to my systematic one, if it happens that it also be a criminal act than anybody that does would actually be held accountable. but they want to be systematic, and there is no systematic harvest just because of your profile. and if the police might have found out some suspect, then they will be bound to pay and then also do do investigation. if any individual does not have adequate evidence, which i assume you must be released but are planting. some people will not get that

. my truck systematic, but because we're in complex situation, you know, how many people are being attacked and how many adults that are being done. and then you know, a number of actors. so you must have been much careful individual and that that thing should not be done in the hot box at the lee and then police must do their job. but we would also look into that the process, if there is any of the velocity, then there must be addressed. well, the head of the ethiopian human rights commission says he's deeply concerned about the mass arrest of ethnic to grinds. since a state of emergency has been declared in ethiopia, the they give any modest commission has been monitoring and following godsa based off not just 16, but actually hundreds of people. and there appears to be an ethnic i element to see satirists, which what he says are, in a sense that are largely ethnic to grants. have been

a targeted to for how search and arrests and are we have been following up the case so far? hundreds of people, i do understand that a set of images, he gives a power to our police to a suspect, to our race, to people on the ground. so for reasonable suspicion, but we are concerned about our ad re scoffed the state of emergency, and it's a direct thieves to being gar applied in a wrong way, which is why we have already expressed a concern. and we continued to monitor her that i saw several people, the u. s. presidential biden's on a national tour showcasing his infrastructure plan saying it'll be a cure for inflation. us. inflation has risen to levels not seen for 30 years, but coupled with the shipping backlog threatening suppliers of food and goods in the lead up to christmas. today i'm here to talk about one of the most pressing economic concerns of the american people. and it's real,

and that is getting prices down. number one, number 2, making sure our stores are fully stocked. and number 3, getting a lot of people back to work while tracking and tackling these 2 above challenges. i mention today's economic report showing unemployment continued to fall for consumer prices remain too. i now to burgundy, where fuel supplies are running out. economists say it's because of sanctions imposed by the european union and the u. s. in 2015. when president pierre and corin, as isa ran for controversial 3rd term, catherine soil reports now from butcher bureau. this has become a familiar site on the streets of which were watery spent much of their time cuing for fuel. happy man, i'm mighty says it's taken ha, 4 hours to get hot tank fields sitting around that time. and it's a big problem because we're often late for work. a completely disrupts our days.

some economists say the country is running low on foreign currency that's needed for imports like fuel and medicines. many peruvian said they are frustrated. this has been going on for weeks now, but it's not the 1st time experiencing a shortage of fuel. neither is the, the fust under the government is facing a shortage of foreign currency. sam palace, it all goes back to 2015 when there was a political crisis for my president pierre includes his as decision to run for controversial 3rd tom, 6 years ago sparked political unrest. one in 1000 people were killed and many displaced. donors, like the european union in the us, withdrew government funding, and sanctions imposed on the country are yet to be lifted. the pandemic and a closure foreign exchange bureaus by the central bank in 2020 made the situation was the cost over there, covered the 19th test to cross the border. you have to be tested for 30

u. s. d. at to mean that to for air. as more tradeoff is too much the movement of for trade as a between a d r a c and a balloon the remains slo, despite to the body has been reopened. util. presents a big amount of, of money in terms of foreign currency when they're, those a small trade as are crossing daily. hurry to bornea dulness, your imports goods from asia, europe, and neighboring countries. he says he's struggling to stay afloat. i did them in the past. there's no money in circulation, we need to import things from asian other neighboring countries to buy those goods . you have to have foreign currency. if we don't, that means there's a big problem is he tells us he hopes sanctions will soon be lifted and border

crossings fully reopened because without that, the economy can start growing again. cattle, sorry, alta 0, which a bra the former french president francois alone has been testifying in the courtroom where 14 men are on trial. over the 2015 paris attacks, he said, the government had known for years that france could be a target, but added, they didn't know where when or how they would strike us. he was with any shouts at the 1st suicide bombing at the national stadium. gunman later opened fire in several other parts of the capitol, including the batter, clam concert hall, $130.00 people were killed. it was the country's worst atrocities since world war 2 . now despite having some of europe's most polluted air, milan has its science that on becoming a leader of the sustainable city movement, milan is not working towards the goal and planting 3000000 trees by the end of the decade and incorporating nature and sustainability into every urban project, he's adam rainy. rising into the sky. mulanda vertical forest apartment

complex has become a symbol of the global, sustainable city movement, draped in vegetation. the towering gardens are equivalent to a forest covering 3 heck tears home to 800 trees. and 15000 plants. the building absorbs a net total of 11 tons of carbon dioxide a year. the architect behind the project says much more to be done to truly make milan and other cities sustainable. one of the main issue now is to make the construction process more soft. because this is a building with a structure which is price traditional and we are now working through the project, often your high rise buildings with all of the structuring boot, mtv. and that was, will be an amazing way to reduce the term, our footprint or so the production as you're doing during the construction side

process. yes, this green refuge provides the views of greater milan, larger problem, smog. greenhouse gases are trapped in a massive plane at the base of the alps. the pandemic has accelerated milan to push for sustainability coming out of the lock down. city planners worried people would choose cars overcrowded public transport, so they expanded the network of bike lanes. there's a sprint to, to create more green spaces. of course faces like this one do more than just sustain the environment. they sustain communities and urban planner, se necessary have more space is like this one. so people living and city feel they have some assets from a resilient expert peer to believe, shadow champions these projects. but he says it's clear what problem milan must tackle. think 30th sco katie, guys, every 100 now we have we dropped 46. so meaning that we are,

we are reducing the number of cars and increasing the space for 3 and 4 green infrastructure. but these don't enough. we need more because climate change is impacting the city, like heat waves and flesh building a vision to redefine milan for those who call it home. and there's looking for sustainable models to follow. adam rainy al jazeera milan. ah, this is al jazeera, these are the top stories, china and the u. s. a promise to work together to combat climate change despite their differences on other issues, both pledged to speed up emissions cuts to meet the goals of the 2015 paris agreement. katrina you has more.