to reverse his school and with so the transitional government is he dissolved from around the world. 8 groups alleged greek auth oversees have often tried to prevent potential asylum seekers from entering greek territory. ah no agreement yet to deliberations continue at the cop 26 climate. some at his country's attempt to reach a deal to battle global warming. ah, watching all to 0 my from a headquarters in ohio jedi navigator also a heads. thousands of migrants remain stranded along the belarus, poland border and freezing cold conditions amid a diplomatic stand off. covered 19 on regional tensions take center stage at the asia pacific leader summits a dire situation. the un

envoy on extreme poverty says lebanon risks becoming a failed states because of its economic crisis. hello, the u. n. climate summit and glasgow has gone into overtime with delegates trying to reach an agreement on a draft plan to protect the planets from catastrophic global warming. representatives from nearly 200 countries are continuing negotiations. decor aim as to cap, global warming of 1.5 degrees celsius. and for this to happen, the world needs to cut emissions by 45 percent by the year 2030, and achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. this is our collected moment in history. this is our chance to forge a cleaner, healthier, more process. well,

and this is our time to deliver on the high ambition set by our leaders. at the start of this summit, we must rise to the occasion. while analysts say the current pledges are not enough, and the earth is still heading for $2.00 degrees of warming. but there has been some progress. china and the u. s. the world's top greenhouse gas emitter, say, vail increased cooperation deals to n d 4 station cut methane and phase out fossil fuels have also been made. but financing the transition remains a sticking point for all of those. let's bring an anderson and he's joining us from cop 26 and glasgow. so, andrew, what are we expecting to happen in the coming hours? well, collective moment in history is the way loc sharma, the cop president, described it. and with that, a,

he briefed all the delegates or what was happening in the hours ahead, although no one can predict which way there will swerve or where there could be hitches or, or successes or otherwise. so basically the situation is this, we are expecting within the next hour or so a revised text document, that is the draft document for the final 7 settlement, the communique, if you will. and that will set out changes, adjustments, they could be nuances, they could be more than that. they could be big issues, issues such as fossil fuels. rarely have you seen this sort of discussion going on on paper in a un documents at a cop meeting. this issue of fossil fuels and whether or not was a phase out coal in particular. so what we'll see then we will see that draft document presented. and then there will be another round of negotiations, lots of bleary, eyes,

lots of weary faces and they will continue. then there will be an informal m, a stop take. it's described as sometimes a plenary and meeting with, with the leaders or all of countries, all at conversing in a fairly informal atmosphere. beyond that there will be further talks and then it's projected by sharma that there will be a formal meeting at some point on saturday afternoon and resolutions made further discussions possibly. but the aim being to actually have an end result is not unusual to see a cop extended. and it's not really surprising with the level of us that stress over so many massive issues that are relate to everyone's life on this planet. so yes, right now, we are expecting this document and there's an air of tension even at this early hour in glasgow. so what are the main sticking points that delegates are looking at?

well the primary one is, is the issue of a fossil fuels or the am that the, the, the other assistance given at to programs for fossil fuels as a sub subsistence levels at now has been an adjustment to that. and to say that, sir, at certain types of subsistence the aren't, aren't eco friendly or could good could, could be dismissed and others not so that the, the take on this is that sir, any form of subsistence for fossil fuels as subsidence that he sold would be totally contrary to to any ecological argument. so that is one area. the other area is coal and this is really big because coal power, it should be the li, phasing out should be accelerated according to this clause in the draft document.

now that also has been changed in the rast last re draft at to, to declare that the can be the building of new coal plants are providing. they have the necessary safety equipment to cut emissions and, and really stop any, any serious emissions are being released. so this is an unusual twist and, and so both of those situations they're allow, get al clauses, potentially a for fossil fuel states who are very heavy on the ground in terms of the lobbying background over this past 2 weeks. and they have been getting very strong arguments . so this is that the real, the real eyes are on that. furthermore, people are also concerned about the issue of coming back within a year to beef up projections of cuts in emissions for each country. the national assessment the countries make. now that is absolutely essential a to see progress there to see that that would be the $1.00. a degrees celsius sir

. a target in sight to, to actually keep to the vows, to keep the promise is that it's essential in the minds of any one with any knowledge of this or how this goes is essential that there's a commitment to that. we can re convention of all the parties here to actually get a decision on that within the year's time. okay, thank you so much. andrew simmons reporting from glasgow star, it's your burgundy loses up to 30000 tons of soil because of land degradation and deforestation. the united nation says a growing population is driving the loss of forest. it's accelerated climate change . length disaster is like torrential rains, floods, landslides and pro long dry seasons. catherine sawyer reports. broom these landscape is majestic with nearly $3000.00 hills home to communities organized around each hill. but this beautiful terrain is threatened by years of over you soil erosion. deforestation,

as well as the effects of climate change. torrential rains, floods, landslides and droughts have become frequent. i want to think what you think going on. what almost near bender tells us how he's village was washed away by a landslide. last year. we're not where you or his wife had 5 children, while among the 20 people who were kills acoustic motor, fardy, they're what of holland us in the house, and it was only the food up to the bed level. that's when i told my family we flee to us for police. some of those who died in that landslide, including thomas near bend, his wife and children are buried here. others are still missing by despite the obvious threats posed by the degradation of land. many of those who talk to he has say they cannot stop cutting down of trees for charcoal because their livelihood depends on it. but they then alternative many kilometers from the village. a local organization is making brackets from coffee and price husks and other domestic

waste to be used in place of filed and chuckle. those who run this project say they want to go national, to prevent an environmental crisis in a country that is losing thousands of actors of forest cover every year. we don't only thin, we also tell them why they need to use our products to reduce deforestation and all that comes with it. so they receive, it broke positively. there is the dell, 1st sensitized when they know why they use these. so they know they are contributing to the development of the country. the united nations says land in nothin boon is severely degraded. deforestation in the south, alarming the west along the forest, that region that can hardly sustain agricultural production. the central part of the country is seeing the disappearance of its wetlands and barrow mentalist or worried cities security ted him up if we are seeing food insecurity caused by destruction of farms, acidity to excited ocean. all these causing loss of agriculture production,

especially in the radius back of the factory. they say they're playing their pot and keeping the environment safe. and if they can see even a few 1000 trees from being cut down every year. that's a good start catching sali ology 0 bruni opposition group. since you john have called for nationwide protest on saturday against the military take over. there are specifically opposed to the creation of a new military run ruling council. it's being lied by general abdel for to her, but hon and the commander of the powerful, rapid support forces. and it excludes any representatives from the civilian forces of freedom and change coalition, which had been sharing power with the military since 2019. the european commission says it won't be intimidated by threats from bella. russian president, alexander lucas jenko, that's after he said he could cut off russian gas supplies to europe. thousands of

refugees remained stuck at belarus. his border with poland there caught in the middle of a political stand off, which shows no sign of ending as a vague reports from the bella roost. poland border. these scenes were filmed by russia's sputnik agency. apparently showing bela lucien forces, handing out food. it's not clear how many of the thousands of people camped out would have got anything. here as a woman lies ill on the ground, people show a bellowed lucien god. what asked man hale as she needs. some families have been given the basics, diapers, medicine, and drinking water. but as the main response on either side continues to be a military one, these people are stuck in a political game. they can't control. we're, we're one of poland, most famous actresses, has joined activists to call on the government to allow people to help me ago she came across 3 people that had made it through the boarding to poland, but they'd been attacking for women. her husband and her dear friend, lower bitten,

really frightened, they were scary. they asked about her on the road. some people i talked to them, stolen them money, and my buyers everything where he was bitten by. i some natal thing on the move his head. so he was taken to the hospital, an exclusion zone means that there's no way of knowing what exactly polish forces are doing to keep people out of the country. on the country roads near the border, soldiers, guns in hand, have set up checkpoints. vehicles are being stopped searched and some people's documents are being checked. but even with this massive presence along the border, polar knows that some people will manage to get through. soldiers here have told us that if we the media were able to see what they're doing, then they wouldn't be able to do their jobs. but desperate people still remain stuck in the forest between 2 groups of soldiers as had beg, i'll da 0,

poland. still a heads on al jazeera finds out why the u. s. congress has charge one of donald trump's former top aids. the 1st established cutter as the united states protecting power in afghanistan, and an agreement between the us and kat har for dell, hard to handle washington's interests in afghanistan. ah hell i will see a change of the weather across central parts of europe as we go on through the next couple of days, but no change in the weather for central air to the mediterranean, more thundering samples, more flooding rays there just around the western side of the med sicily seeks more heavy showers, and the valley are still very unsettled. we have got some wet and windy weather now making its way across sir, the british charles, add the island valid,

sliding down into those central airs. unless we are going to see that where to weather coming in for the low countries through jeremy, some snow there, i really alps we're going to see some wintry mother make gets weighed, shows they're just pushing their way down across the atrium towards the balkans to the east of that, it is generally dry. if a little on the cool side, we'll see that to dry weather continuing as we go on through sunday, we'll see the wet weather continued costs at western side of the mediterranean lodge dry by this stage for the bridge. charles, i'll it will say a little bit of weather wet weather, just pushing in lassie drive for good part of spain and portugal below the pyrenees . we'll see some snow. we'll see some wet weather just leaking into northern parts of algeria. plenty, a shower there, around the gulf of guinea. we have seen flooding recently. so them areas of nigeria more heavy showers to come here over the next fail to see where to where the pushing all the way across into sierra leone. ah, in the country with an abundance of results for the trade already won indonesia

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a draft plan to protect the planet. the kareem is to cast global warming at $1.00 degrees celsius opposition groups. since you don't have called for nationwide protests on saturday against the military takeover, they're opposed to the creation of a new military run ruling council. european commission says it will be intimidated by threats from bella rufe. thousands of refugees remain stuck at the border with poland. they are caught in the middle of a political standoff which shows no sign of ending dozens of people remained missing in the eastern democratic republic of congo. 2 days after a boat capsized and south keep to local residence, a 15 bodies were recovered was 60 people were rescued. at least 34 more are feared dead. the head of a village were several of the victim came from. the government must build ports to regulate navigation, prevent more accidents. leaders of the asia pacific region have pledged increased

cooperation to help the recovery from the coven 19 pandemic. be a pac summit, was hosted virtually by new zealand and came at a time of increasing regional tension, particularly between the u. s. and china. when, hey reports. ah, they were the traditional welcomes and ceremonies as new zealand hosted. this is asia pacific economic cooperation meetings. but for the 2nd consecutive year, the cove at 19 pandemic meant those meetings were held virtually. the culmination was the leaders summit, which resulted in a joint declaration full of positivity around co operation on the environment economy and the pandemic. so way they may have been potentially in the past an opportunity are or at an area where you may have same forms of protectionism or nationalism. and the response you saw the opposite. a real commitment from a peak economies to overcome noise issues. in normal times, it's the sideline meetings,

away from the spotlight with the big decisions and deals are made in the virtual world. it's difficult to get a sense of any tension, but it was brought to the surface during a speech by china's president. she jin ping to a c e o summit the day before the lead is met or shall be thought mocking towards him. mover had, i'm reject practices, are of discrimination and exclusion of others issue attempts to draw to article lines or reforms more circles on geopolitical crowns. are bound to fail, you should pacific region and being cannot and should not rely please enter the confrontation and division of the cold war era. his comments appeared to be in response to the united states, increasing military cooperation with regional allies, including india, japan and australia, and came after years of trade. tensions between the 2 countries. on monday, president, she will meet virtually with his u. s counterpart, joe biden. there are also issues around the trade pact. no, as the comprehensive and progressive agreement for trends. pacific partnership,

all 11 members are also a pick members. and now china wants to join. but so does tie one which beijing regards as a break away province that it will one day retake. there was, of course, no mention of that at this a pig summit, not publicly anyway, but despite the virtual nature of the meeting, there was still an opportunity for the tradition of the lead is posing in an item of clothing of the host choice wayne. hey, al jazeera toner, new zealand. so as wayne just mentioned, the much anticipated virtual summit between the chinese and us. presidents will happen early next week. if the 1st major opportunity to improve relations attention has risen because the pi won and american support of pro democracy protest in hong kong, allen fisher has more from the white house summit still happen unless there is an outcome agreed in advance. and that's, we're expecting to see joe biden would love to meet judging, paying in person,

but that's not happening at the chinese president simply not leaving the country and hasn't done it since march last year. so this will all be done virtually. it will be done here. at the white house on monday they will talk about a number of things that they have in common. first of all, getting on top of the corporate crisis. there's the global supply chain as well. 3 there is also the climate change, and we knew that joe biden was pretty critical of the chinese for not showing up in glasgow essentially seeing that if you want to be a while leader, you have to show up to lead at there will be other things that they will touch on including nuclear weapons, they will talk about it, china's military operations in and around taiwan. i remember it's just a week ago that the americans have said that they are obliged. joe biden said that they are obliged to defend taiwan and would do so. and of course, there's been quite a leap forward in chinese military technology with them testing a supersonic aircraft that can go into space or something that might milly who is

the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. here in the united states said the change in china's wealth and also its military operations is the greatest geopolitical shift in more than 20 years. so yes, they've got a lot to cover. will they be able to do it one day? probably not. but if they can show some sort of cooperation on things like exports and visa controls, then they will regard this as a success. and it's really about getting the relationship back on track. because the relationship between the chinese and the united states has been it's still me for a number of months. former top aid to donald trump's, the baton has been charged with 2 criminal acts for disobeying a congressional order. the 67 year old was subpoenaed and refused to testify in front of the congressional committee investigating the mob attack on the white house. in january. the committee is trying to determine the origins of that attack that attempted to stop the certification of president biden's election. when

kristen salumi is in new york with more details where there are 2 contempt of congress charges, one for failing to testify before the house committee and another failing to produce documents requested by the committee. steve van, in the long time adviser to the former president, was subpoenaed and asked to appear by the committee that is investigating the january 6 capital breach. they say that they had reason to believe that he had information regarding the balance that took place that day. they point to statements, he made the day before the january 6 attack on the capital in a podcast in which he said that extreme events were going to happen and quotes all hell is going to break loose on the following day. so the house wanted to hear what steve been and had to say when he didn't show up. they voted him in contempt of

courts that finding was turned over to the courts in the united states, the u. s. attorney presented it to a so called grand jury, who found that there was reason to move forward with criminal charges against the president's former adviser. and if he's found guilty of these charges, he could face up to a year in prison on each one as well as a significant fine people in germany are being urged to limit their contact with others and avoid large events as a 4th wave of code with 1900 infections takes hold. more than 48000 people tested positive for the virus on friday. that just under the record high set on thursday, public health officials went governments to consider closing venues in the worst effected areas. going chancellor, anglo merkel plans to discuss the situation with the state leaders next week. and a 3 week parcel lockdown has started in the netherlands. police fired water cannon

into a crowd who are demonstrating against the new rules on friday from saturday bars. restaurants and supermarkets will close, early, and sporting events will be held behind closed doors. the country has seen a record number of coven 19 infections. cats har will represent us diplomatic interests in afghanistan. dell, how will assume the role of protecting power to facilitate formal communication between washington and capitol? the u. s. doesn't recognize the taliban in afghanistan. rosalyn jordan reports from washington. when the afghan government fell to the taliban in august, the u. s. relied on its military and on cutter to evacuate, americans and afghans at risk. nearly 3 months later, washington and doha, are formalizing a collaboration born out of crisis. cutter will establish a u. s. intersection within its embassy in afghanistan to provide certain costs for

services and monitor the condition, security of u. s. diplomatic facilities in afghanistan. the 2nd agreement formalize is our partnership with cutter to facilitate the travel of afghans with us special immigrant visas. the last of the u. s. embassy officials left cobble on august 31st . so it's been very difficult for the state department to get passports and visas to us and afghan citizens. now, cutlery officials and cobble will fill that void more important. they'll act as a go between for the taliban and the biden administration. the cutlery, foreign minister says the agreement will help advance another u. s. cutter priority. supporting the afghan people, especially when it comes to human rights. we believe engaging with body bon, since they are empowered right now is very important for us to ensure that are our facilitation. all humanitarian assistance is moving small to be and also encouraging them and urging them all the time to send up to their commitments

and their pledges for the international community. the agreement also shows just how far relations between the u. s. and cutter have come, despite occasional differences, after nearly 50 years of diplomatic ties, the trumpet ministration backed the g. c. c. blockade against doha, imposed in june 2017. a diplomatic route only resolved in january. and analysts say cutter's new role representing the interests of the world's most powerful country. and a contentious region represents a payoff of years of diplomatic ambition. cutter has been in the game so to speak for quite some time when it comes to the situation with afghan or standing rest relations with on. so i actually think that it's a very logical choice and i think it makes good sense from his perspective. the deal between the u. s. and cutter is limited and scope. it doesn't mean that they

agree on how to engage the taliban as a political entity. and only experience will show whether having a proxy represent the u. s. as entertainment cobble will actually satisfy it's long term national security goals. rosalyn jordan al jazeera, the state department. i've been leaders have reaffirmed their commitment to free and credible elections in december. but you should the statement at the end of an international conference hosted by france. it included germany, italy, on the u. s. delegates pushed for election transparency and or threatening sanctions against anybody obstructing the landmark votes. there are fears, rival factions might reject the outcome. lebanon's government is failing its people . that's the verdict of the un envoy on extreme poverty who was visiting the country of via this shooter says lebanon is in danger of becoming a failed states. then i heard that reports from a route. the un human rights council sent an envoy to lebanon,

to look at how the government here has been addressing one of the world's worst economic crises. oliver, this shall tear spoke to those affected officials as well as the donor community, which he said is running out of patience with the government for failing to reform the system. and it's not just the international community who lost trust in them. when i told many people about my mission, when i spoke to families who are destitute in bush moods in people lee in bol bake, they often answered murphy. dolly, there is no state that has not confidence in the ability of the state to provide a response. so you want to avoid explained in detail how here's of long standing inequalities, the lack of social protection systems, and an economic model that benefited the rich contributed to the collapse. for example, the connections between politicians and the private sector reached the highest

levels of political power in lebanon. 18 out of 20 banks had major shareholders linked to political elites. lebanon is also one of the most unequal countries in the world where some 10 percent of the population holds nearly 70 percent of the wealth. while 40 percent of public revenue comes from taxes that affect the poor. the authorities have been blamed for decades of mismanagement and corruption have failed to stop the economic collapse. it took 13 months of political bickering before they agreed on a new cabinet in september. but it hasn't been able to convene in the past months because of a new political crisis. this, with her blamed government in action for what he called a manufactured crisis, that ruined lives and condemned the majority of the population into poverty. the population is facing unprecedented challenges, impoverishment is widespread. i saw scenes in lebanon that i had not

imagined i would ever see in the middle income country. the you and envoy didn't describe lebanon as a failed state, at least not yet. he did say it is headed in that direction with a government failing its population. that doesn't believe it will work. and the public's interest than a hunter, al shahida, beirut, ah, hello again. the headlines on al jazeera, the un climate summit, and glasgow has gone into overtime, delegates attempting to reach an agreement on a draft plan to protect the planet. the core a mr. cap global warming at 1.5 degrees celsius and or summons has more from glasgow. we are.