upset with me markham, on hill, on out 0. bold and untold stories from asia and the pacific on out to santa ah, hello, i'm emily ang window. he's the top stories on al jazeera. the u. s. is releasing at 50000000 barrels of oil from its strategic reserves. it's part of a coordinated effort with several other nations to tackle soaring fuel prices and combat inflation and white house correspondent, kimberly how kit reports ahead of one of the busiest travel holidays of the year. thanksgiving, you as president joe biden announced the release of 50000000 barrels of crude oil from america's emergency stockpile, known as the strategic petroleum reserve. the big part of them,

of the reason americans are facing high gas prices because oil producing countries and large companies have not ramped up the supply of oil quickly enough to meet the demand. the reserve holds a one month supply at current us consumption levels. it's intended for dealing with supply disruptions caused by things like natural disasters, not for managing prices, but the white house has been under pressure to tap into reserves as gas prices continue to rise in the u. s. leading to falling approval numbers in recent months for the president. the biden administration also says for the 1st time it has coordinated similar releases from countries like china, japan, and south korea. the united kingdom says it will allow oil companies to voluntarily release their reserves to help supply. biden is also cracking down on gas

companies who have been enjoying lower oil prices in recent weeks, but not passing savings on to americans. that's why bash the federal trade commission to consider whether potentially illegal now competitive behavior in the oil and gas industry is causing at higher prices for consumers. the button ministration touts clean energy as an alternative to costly fossil fuels, but the u. s. infrastructure is nowhere near ready to achieve that goal. my effort to combat climate change is not raising the price of gas. all eyes will now be on opec plus countries, which include saudi arabia, other gulf nations, and russia. they must decide now how to respond to this latest move. there is a big risk for them if they get the production numbers up too high, because they're not sure what economic underline economic growth looks like. a fight for control of the global energy market could now be underway. opec plus

officials warned of a potential response if president biden and other world leaders tapped into their reserves. opec plus is scheduled to meet next week. kimberly, how can al jazeera the white house? the world health organization is wanting. they could be another 700000 deaths from coven 19 in europe. by march. cases have been rising as the weather gets colder, with the daily rate dabbling since late september. 5. 19 infections have reached a record high in south korea with more than 4100 cases. the number of critically ill patients is also at record levels. rising fees, hospitals could become overwhelmed. many of those effected of the elderly pumping push for booster shots. the rise comes, wakes ounces social distancing rules where the new zealand will remain shut off to foreign visitors for another 5 months. the government announced on wednesday fully vaccinated travelers will be allowed to enter from april new zealanders who are in

the area and have had both jobs. can travel home without having to quarantine from mid january. a jury in the us state of georgia has wrapped up in the 1st day of deliberations in the trial. over an average demonstrate is gathered outside the court in brunswick and they're calling for the 3 white men accused of chasing down and killing aubrey to be convicted of murder. the 25 year old black man was joking for their neighbourhood when he was shot dead last year. and nasa is set to launch a spacecraft shortly that's going to deliberately smash into an asteroid. scientists hope they can alter its course by colliding with it. it's a test run in a case, a job, in case rather a giant space rogue needs to be redirected away from those other headlines. i'm emily angry and the news continues here on the al jazeera after witness sanctioned . ah

ah, ah, if you survey people before and after the use of pilot 99 percent of them would be much happier than before they go to the point. ah. oh darma. with humble low, it's not something that many of us spend time thinking about what man has dedicated

himself to bringing good sanitation to those who need it. sanitation is perhaps the biggest cause of death and illness in the pool. well, it's a dirty job that someone's got to do at deck c. m is founder of the world toilet organization, the worth at the forefront of clean a bath in the history of mankind. there have been a lot of the book that somebody came up and say, this is not right. you have to do whatever it takes to make people talked with . people often asked me how many toilets that you built. my job is not to build

pilots. my job is to motivate everybody to build their own pilots. i ah, i grew up in singapore when singapore was actually a very, very poor country. we live in salons and we would have an outhouse with bucket going to the bucket to see everybody's and magazines and green flies is a very traumatic experience for chop. eventually, singapore, in that in sanitation. we move from the slums to public housing. this is to be the house that i live in. my people a 600 square feet. who this is my 1st flush the toilet. when we 1st saw the flash pilot,

we were so excited we feel like we are reach. this is for boy. this is a sculpture of myself when i was. 1 3 years old, i see that that's a piece of land here that is not use. so i would not go here. this is all done illegally. i don't have permission for this land, but i want to make people more aware of the importance of the toilet. i think so because this morning time isn't any the movie we launched the government's biggest ever cleanliness and sanitation drive, which is aimed at the cleaning of the country and improving the sanitation facilities over the next 5 years. i read in the newspaper that prime minister mo, the one a landslide victory, promising every single indian family, a pilot. don't miss men. martha ma gandhi again, it's of potassium dent. daddy martin are gone because such a pre upon fight such

a back, let's say one night, but i'm not doing a gama menaja bought. brought up. i got an odd. bah, bah, bah, we are not. i received a phone call from the indian high commissioner in singapore, and he says, the chief minister sandra bubble and i do from under protest. would like to meet you that would tie that guy with. yeah, i'll come for the whole day and i think, wow, this must be a very important meeting. and the chief minister says he has this mission for me. under pradesh has 50000000 people and 50 percent of the population has no pilot. the chief minister asked me to be co conveners of this campaign. i have 2 years to make 6000000 pilots. and if we succeed and report it will be the model of

sanitation for all india. this is the biggest project that the deal has ever done. and if the problem can be solved in india, we solve 60 percent of all problem in the world. i am looking for game of thrones costume the under uh, brad, this project is really gonna be really fun. there. so much problem and it requires new thinking out of the state, this coach. we have to move the subject from taboo to fanny from fanny attract a lot of media and a lot of politician and a lot of celebrate these any become sexy learning book culture to pop culture is the fastest way those soft the sanitation problem while to jump how do you actually improve the situation a practical way? the 1st thing is to make them want to have what violet,

because they are practicing. open that vacation for very long time since generation from their ancestor. so when you build pilot and give it to them, they use the pilot as storerooms and the why is it so because open destination is really nice. fresh air. and you can squat there with your friend and you can chit chat. oh. and so how do you change that? opened that vacation, which is really so fun going into a lonely by let by your cell. so i thought i will re position the toilet and make it the happiest room in india. deck was appointed as the cook and we never under position when you think of the amount of the work the project needs. it is huge. and the biggest obstacle is that people perceive us as an international organization, which has lots of funds,

which is actually not to we are always struggling to would raise money from different organization. but if there is a single person who can actually achieve the bigger vision which he wants to achieve, that is jack. when i was 24, i became a salesman in the construction business. and by age 40, i have already great that 16 different businesses business was high, easy to do because i was dr. but i realize that making money makes you miserable, makes you selfish, makes you fat. and so i last used my skills to help others. hi, good by the organization. at 1st, when i switched to social work, my peers who business men said to me,

nobody would waste that time. we don't make money. you're making a joke of your cell. but i realized that if you're able to laugh at yourself and you're able to make people laugh, they're paying attention to by playing the pun, all will threat organization. the media will love it. and if they saw me, it will even better can grow the member of parliament chewing up to go to the toilet in berlin, they go and do press conference in the public square. and in uganda, my friends thought that i would pull it up. all these momentum is now getting very, very fast. i have to do more to do more, i would need legitimacy. so i now having or you and what day would be like putting a crown on top of the pilot. when mr. simon came to my ministry and proposed the un resolution to name november

19th as well toilet day. there was a certain amount of argument back and forth. is this something we should support? will try to day? people will laugh at us. was troublesome for minister was so it's so before him bridge over so bad to know the said the stupid idea 1st was pushing and pushing ahead or time for he i was foreign minister for 7 years missing for government and i thought what he was trying to do what's important for when he caught me, he can i help? i said, yes. this a good to see how he chuckles. the cfo government go see are many years we have to defend the definitely seen of all face it. what about for more thing? can tell us good toilet colors. i think it would completely transform the image of us that had been decided that we would present

this resolution. but you cannot just have something like this locked into the un out of nowhere. so we were trying to find as many co sponsors as possible isn't like playing a computer game. and each level you have to recruit more people. when we met the russian ambassador, he says, i want it to be call. whoa. hi jim day. then i pull him, if you don't agree, i'll just tell the media that he don't think that sanitation is so open and then you have people threatening the russian. yeah. so after the 30 seconds of silence, he says, okay, we'll support you. when we had add this site up, the african states,

the pacific island, and europe as the whole block, then the rest doesn't want to object any more because of $193.00 countries already 122 sponsored b. our resolution was on the teva and it's like any objection and there was silence and then they just not that they would pass. and so we all right, so judy land and so happy. oh good. good, good general assembly, welcome to all of you to commemorate. well, while it day i feel like a father at the wedding. the bright name is called sanitation. she looks so pretty today. this is certainly the biggest individual thing that we have done at the united nations. and certainly i'm very proud of time that day.

world toilet day, or even a real thing. yeah, of course, that's a real thing. november 19th world toilet that. thank you to be handled that they, that makes sense for those of you who associate obama toilets. i for the 1st time and i feel like i'm seeing of boron support the by my country with i'm going to take this food through the new york again them this with bill gates spend hundreds of millions of dollars to researching the best pilot

technology from all over the world, and i'm here to find the best pilot for under per fish. oh, i got a copy of the finally got all the people who has done sanitation, india, one percent, and the popularized the twin peak pilot. this is a very simple and affordable technology. this is equivalent to the nobel peace prize of water and sanitation. and he got it and he will also get on his very good me good job. and that he would us so in his fix, his fix transition dishing men. this way i can make by that very sexy. but i can know to be a 60 thing to each other. 60 dr. a

good time to, to propose with, with what you offer. because out of town in india, do they have high per dollar income per diem? and you asked them to hybrid, tried it of $2000.00 and so difficult to offer it so me the address is possible. what we need to do is to get away from the mindset to solve the problem with technology and to think of

a solution that goes directly to benefit the poor. here you go to that by lead in the morning before sunrise and after sunset by in between how do you go to the dialect like i say a whole bunch of a yeah. that again i do. i did to go a little by the latest. claudia. if government bayman is a secure i will, you'll be

a violet. i really my mad i really met the mother. good. learn more minutes when to come and live. who am i that a made a good let me be just want, let him in the legacy of little with fulton on that. again, the mental meeting for the so if somebody lend you money to build the toilet, then the government will give you back the money to read than this person i'll produce. will toil on a student who fernandez will not have been the switch. the of the government has said they're going to give these people money, but toilet steel and been built. ah

over me like say of worse. biggest fear. where can you believe it? millions and millions and millions of people are coming. every 12 years, they come from every corner of that for the trip with this camilla can, could you history? because this is mila with the message gleam revolution. ah, 600 a 1000000 people in india need by next. so this is a great opportunity to bring a change. ah with

talks about pilot, you can see the happiness, the joy, the smile on his face. and i think i've never met but the like jack ah ah. in india, people are not very much open to this idea right now. if he going out means being free. oh, he said, why not? i can make dollars sexy every think sexy, sexy. he has to take approaches. i'm still not the only one approach. ah, a

little bit of a that, you know, i go to the homes with your home, that's your goal with or whatever. i bought the guy i saw that booted study with i day money back with a date on no, i want to talk to her about the didn't

move back go the big one and the 6. i'm a good us. all right. oh no mother i we always have a well we want to make a home in india. i do, i do micah. just to say you saw it is you guys knew that i met only dogs. then what would happen? nothing. a gen number of his jumbo bombarding job open. there was a minor board progression facial and anymore. then i'm sure of our name, my g hm bonnie: but you're not allowed to you because every humming in

india is to say to his, please stay sullivan, but i mean really bad but aren't actually so in this you say t their push to learn lowest of all the little david lean towards foot 5. tiger. yes. they no chance of escape. they can phelan men can meledonis. i'm going to take it all monsoon with a bit just to put out. but that is sort of guess what bothers with the poodle. fantastic dominion. nobody can think of their emotions edition by this said, i want clean india 1st and independence little so i plan towards myself just to feel the pin,

the pin for to hold on. let me push would you describe whole but he was full of an age. so they asked me what they were doing. abraham in clean toys. my father in law was very, very angry. with me is history. i don't want to pursue of his i should say titian. today's number one day. he wrote life, it's a 2nd and 3rd ah, the problem is good to you. i believe i did just for the tragic but got it just takes time to chin phone file. tanya,

yes. you until india's not too difficult. nearly when invitation. and now you say you must have got it inside the house. i that you have been to either torture or it will take a 100 years more i'll take you all the next him i my job is to chince people my set about pilots. but how can i change their minds? if they don't listen to my ideas? a relationship with the us, we listen copies, 90 to is not told for 19 has been terrible demonstration of the failure to view mandatory that we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on al jazeera

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beautiful possibilities are offered. with hello, i'm emily angland in dough. how these the top stories on al jazeera, the u. s. government is releasing 50000000 barrels of oil from a strategic reserves. it's a coordinated effort with several other nations to tackle soaring and fuel prices. i want has correspondent, kimberly help. it has more. i well has a lot to do with the timing of the american thanksgiving holiday. this is a holiday that americans typically get into their cars and they drive great distances. and the problem is right now, some people can't do it because the gas price.