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challenge to abortion rights in the u. s. opposing sides gathered outside the supreme court as it weighs up whether to uphold or restrictive mississippi lol or the you announce is a global infrastructure plan, promising not to burden poor countries with debt is seen as of rival to china's belt and road initiative. and i'm devin ash, with sport, live from a fee for our cup studio on day 2 of the tournament. great. d heavyweights, egypt and finally managed, landing knockout blow in the evening match against lebanon. ah, nato's warning moscow of serious consequences including sanctions, if russia uses force against ukraine, nato secretary general general full humbug has been speaking off to foreign ministers. held talks in lafayette capital, riga, concerns about a russian military buildup and the ukranian border of dominated discussions. russia

back separatists in eastern ukraine in the future. russian aggression would come at the high price and have serious political and economic consequences for russia. georgia on ukraine. our long standing unclosed natal partners contributing and to our missions on operations on aspiring for a membership ministers made it clear that 3, stung by our assistance, our support for that sovereignty until a total integrity remains and wavering. and we remain committed to enhance our support to both countries. in recent weeks, we've also observed a massive spike more than tenfold in social media activity, pushing anti ukranian propaganda, approaching levels last seen in the lead up to russians invasion of ukraine in 2014

. now we don't know whether president putin has made the decision to invade, we do know that he is putting in place the capacity to do so. on short order. should he so decide? so despite uncertainty about intentions and timing, we must prepare for all contingencies. while working to see to it that russia reverse is course, run as smooth as this update on the reaction from moscow. russia's activity and build up along the border with ukraine continues the 2nd time they've done that this year. and russia now says some $10000.00 troops are going to be involved in winter maneuvers coming soon. those maneuvers at 30 different locations in russia building that includes a long eastern part of ukraine. russia's border with ukraine and bella, russia's southern border with ukraine as well. so russia is keeping up the pressure

on ukraine and on, nate. so as it goes, as particularly as a lot of goes for a meeting with antony, blink and install come on thursday. my kind is joining us live from washington, d. c. so the us and nato putting more pressure on russia. we're getting stronger for them from them. but also pressure coming back from moscow. and d d says layers of conflict going on here, particularly with regard to the relations between the us and russia. you heard the secretary of state the entity blink, and comparing the situation on the eastern border of ukraine. with that, from the board of crimea, in 2014, before russia invaded their very strong warning from the u. s. that country stay to russia and not to conduct any offensive operations. russia for its part, has been saying that it has a mass troops in that region, but this in response to the messing of ukrainian army forces on the side of the

border. so you have a situation here where the us and russia very much at odds. the us, citing obviously with its nato allies, russia continues to insist that it's acting purely defensively. but what this is doing is further undermining relations between the u. s. and russia, which had already been declining sharply. we understand that there is going to be a meeting between the 2nd level of russian foreign minister and the us secretary of state shines the lincoln whom we heard talking there. want me to imagine that isn't going to be a particularly easy meeting like now it's not, it's going to be taking part on the sidelines of the organization for security and europe. day. we'll be talking face to face the meetings that have very recently within the last few hours. and that is going to be a difficult meeting because to add another fraction of disagreement between the us and russia, it's the issue of diplomats, the u. s. expelled the number of diplomats or said if they would have to leave the

us by the end of january in retaliation in the course of today. russia has said that it will be asking all diplomats to be in the, in the russia for more than 3 years. to leave that country by the end of january, that's in direct retaliation to the us move. now this is been ongoing since 2016, 2017. when relation started to fray in that time, for example, the u. s. embassy stop in moscow has been reduced from some 122-016-2820 now. so you can see the massive impact that the diplomatic to and fro has on us representation within russia. and of course, the same applies to russian representation without the us and it's a major diplomatic spell that is ongoing. but you layer over that the argument over ration activities along the cranial border. and you have what is likely to be a fairly heated meeting between the secretary of state and the russian foreign minister. mike, thanks very much indeed. by canada. in washington

d. c. in the world health organization says europe has become the epicenter of the pandemic. it says most cases identify there are of the delta variant, the w h o is also merging countries to increase diseases surveillance systems. as the oma con, variance spreads globally, you chief says it's time for the block to consider making cove in 1900 vaccinations . mandatory cases are on the rise across the continent, what a 3rd of the populations, unvaccinated. i think it is understandable and appropriate to lead this discussion. now how we can encourage and potentially think about mandatory vaccination within the european union. this needs discussion. this needs a common approach, but it is a discussion that i think has to be lead road challenges in london with more. i

think she was saying this clearly because of the current concerns about the micron variance and how dangerous and how prevalence this is going to be. she said, that's the experience that countries have had with the delta variance shows that when it comes to alma krohn, it's basically a race against time. and i think that's why she would say that in her be good idea to talk about mandatory vaccinations. how many other countries are going to be seeing it that way as well? well, there are indications that a few of them are already doing. so austria said that it's going to be making vaccinations mandatory from february the 1st and in germany, the incoming chance, the shorts, the says that he thinks there's a moral case for mandatory vaccinations as well. of course you are going to have pushback. so in many countries, particularly where there's a strong anti vaccination section of the population or section of the pit of

political life, that person on the line says that there are 3rd people in the european union who are yet to receive vaccinations. she believes that number is too large and these come down, her manners, vaccinations are one way of doing that. here what it would take you to get it says president joe biding who's making a statement about the situation in the u. s. so to go to the economy and of course, covered 19 and the impact on it. let's listen in small business and entrepreneurs. he told me and i quote, are shaver, dad is says, there are less. can they are less concerned about supply chain challenges this year than they were last year and of crew? i've also spoken with the ceo's of u. p. s. and fedex, which are on track to livermore packages and ever now i can't promise that every person will get every gift they want on time. only santa claus can keep that

promise, but there are items every year that sell out that are hard to find. some of you moms and dads may remember cabbage patch kids back in the eighty's or beanie babies in the 90s, or other toys that have run out at christmas time in past years when there was no supply chain. but we're heading into a holiday, either with you as president to about in his giving an update on the situation with regard to the american economy and the impact that coven 19. and of course the omicron variant may be having on it. he said that shelves will be stopped for christmas. he was with regards to the almost wrong, very saying it is a cause for concern and but was saying that people should not panic is also repeating that the best protection is vaccination and said he's going to put forward to moral re next steps to fight covered every 19 pandemic in the south africa reported more than 8500 new coven 19 cases. on wednesday, it's national institute of communicable diseases. it says, though, infection rates have searched the number of deaths and hospitalizations remain

unchanged. it says the electron variant has now been confirmed in 5 of the countries. 9 provinces. nigeria is detected its 1st cases of the ohm icon variant. the center for disease controls as to cases were found among travelers arrived from south africa last week. health officials say they've imposed measures to slow the spread of the new variant. south korea is struggling to contain a sharp rise in infections and deaths largely from the delta variant. the government's shelved plans to further relax restrictions to protect the strained health care system is also imposed bands and travelers from several countries to stop the spread of the micron variant. then what i had on the news i including we're going to take a closer look of what's behind a potential new bill in poland. that would see all abortions band. i'm joined again, raska in doha, looking at the technology. they'll keep stadiums code for the wildcat. ah,

the i supreme court's been listening to arguments and what's being termed the most important abortion case in a generation, they'll eventually de decide whether to uphold a 2018 mississippi law. that bans most abortions after 15 weeks or pregnancy, a woman's right to terminate the pregnancy was established in 1973 in a case. donors roe vs wade pro and anti abortion rights protest has been taken to the streets in washington, d. c. and in mississippi, i did go castro's genius now live from washington dc. just talk a soon. what makes today's case? so important. a rob. it was about 2 hours of oral arguments, but 50 years of anticipation for this day. that is how long it's been since the roe vs wade decision that granted constitutional protections to the right to acts as an abortion to american women. and to day those oral arguments focused on this $63.00

in service, majority makeup of the supreme court. we heard from breck haven't off, which was a justice appointed by former president donald trump saying that it was important for justice is to remain neutral on the question of abortion itself. his questions talked to the lawyers arguing the both sides of the cases was more focused on when it was appropriate to overturn a supreme court precedent. we also heard from atlanta kagan, a, a liberal justice saying it would be difficult for the public to ignore the stench of politics that this case evokes given back. trump, when he appointed his 3 justices did so explicitly saying he was looking for judges who would overturn roe vs wade. now the impact of a overturn would be dramatic in the landscape of reproductive rights in the u. s. with 12 states already having what are called trigger laws at the ready to immediately ban nearly all abortions as soon as roe vs wade is overturned. if that

happens, this is what protesters on both sides had to say about that. and i don't want it to go back to a state by state session, which can be overturned, looked around on a regular basis. it should be a national, right? just like our right to vote, just like our right to whole property to fork our right to be able to have higher education who should be able to control on. so we can see at 15 weeks old, this is what an infant looks like. and 15 weeks old, the child is fully form. we know that they have a central nervous system. we know that the heart is beating, so we know that this is not a, the sounds like you're lied to for so many years. i don't really know that it's actually in, so i'm really, really hoping that with the new mega grows of rain or though we can get over to either the results of the decision that is going to be taken on this case by the supreme court. i don't believe is expected until gothic the middle of next year. if

it does happen that they support this mississippi ruling, this mississippi law, and that's subsequently overturns road versus wade. what do you think is gonna be the reaction in the u. s? well, it could be politically explosive. again, it has real world impact on women living and states that could immediately move to a to ban abortions. this is a topic though, that the majority of americans in polls show that they support reproductive rights the right to an abortion in the u. s. but it may be that very vocal minority who has worked for decades to get anti abortion judges on the bench. both at lower court levels and here at the supreme court, they're hoping that this was their day to have those arguments heard. and like you said, who sometime mid next year, perhaps in june isn't, will finally have an answer. hi to, thanks very much. hi to jo. class were talking to us from washington, d. c. or the law at the center of the case before the supreme court hasn't yet come

into effect in mississippi. lower courts have consistently ruled that it violates previous supreme court rulings that say, states may not ban abortion before viability. that's usually between 22 and 24 weeks. the supreme court is also yet to rule on a texas abortion law that came into effect in september. it bands most terminations after 6 weeks, pro abortion groups say the laws in both republican states go against woman's rights to terminate a pregnancy guaranteed. and role versus wade and allowing the laws to stand could lead to abortion protection being overtone, while lim rumble is a professional monitor from texas. an m university school of loss is joining us from pennington in new jersey. thank you very much indeed for, for being with us. a lot of people are going to be watching this hearing today to get a sense of how the supreme court is ultimately going to make its decision. or what's your opinion about how it might go based on what we have heard to day?

well, i would say that it's in the hands of 3 justices. really. i mean, there are 9 on the court, but we have 3 justices kagan instead of my or and briar who have clearly advanced an intent to uphold rowan casey. and then we have 3 on the other side that were very quiet today. but the only questions that they asked were aimed at tripping up the pro choice advocates. so it's those 3 in the middle, which is chief justice roberts justice cavanaugh and justice barret, somewhat surprisingly, who are asking the tougher legal questions. because this case is not just about abortion as much as the public seem tends to think that understandably, it's also about the american rule of law and what it takes to ask the supreme court of the united states to overturn prior cases. and this case is, you know, this principle is 48 years old in our system. so it's very hard to say it.

if they vote with what they consider to be there already form political or personal preferences, then row and casey will be over ruled by those 3 justices in the middle. have an extraordinary respect for the rule of law and precedent. and it is possible that they will come down on that side other than the other one, but it would take 2 of the 3. and those, those 3 that you've been talking about, of course, were put in place by republican president. donald trump is going to be a lot of attention being played, placed on the way this votes, depending on political affiliations. people are going to be watching this, whatever the result. and they're going to say, oh, this is politically driven, given your experience and your analysis of the political system and the way that the supreme court works. do you think it's fair to make those allegations?

not entirely. and i can point to several cases that have come down and ways that we didn't expect we didn't expect to neil gore search to find sexual orientation protected by federal law. we did not expect chief justice roberts to uphold the affordable care act. so there's more to it than just politics and that is something that chief justice roberts and the other 2 justices that i mentioned cavanaugh and barrett who were appointed by trump. they are concerned about the institutional legitimacy of the court. so i don't think it's as easy a prediction as i'm seeing already after the argument. they may surprise you. they may not. and the, the answer to that will be in the quality of their legal reasoning. as to whether or not it was truly a political decision. not as i mentioned before, the supreme court's go to rule on that texas abortion law that we talked about earlier, that is currently in operation. but there are legal actions being taken against

that. what do you think is going to be the legal responses? if this mississippi law is upheld? well, that moves out the issue in the texas case if the mississippi law is upheld in a way that overrules rowan casey. then the texas law is probably going to be considered not necessarily valid, but there's a constitutional principle that requires the court to decide issues as narrowly as possible. and since the underlying texas law would be valid with respect to the 6 week ban, ah, that will probably move out there. need to decide the texas case. if we look ahead to the possible imparts on roe vs wade. and in the event that roe vs wade does look as though it may be overturned or was indeed overturned by the supreme court. do you foresee a plethora of legal case is being brought to try to stop that and reverse that

decision on this whole process? getting bound up in the galaxies for months, possibly years to come. i do not. um, this case is going to decide the validity of those laws. and if they overturn it, and there is no more fundamental right than state legislatures are free to do as they choose. so there's not going to be the basis for and was legal challenges. we really appreciate you joining us and giving us the benefit of your experience. lim, brembo. thank you so much for being with us on al jazeera. thank you. have a great day or the polish parliament is debating a new bill that would ban all abortions prompted protests by women's rights activists. earlier this week, paul and an actor districts abortion law last year terminations are only allowed in cases of rape or incest, or if the woman's life or health is in danger. tens of thousands of people protested at the beginning of november after a 30 year old woman died after being refused and abortion the hospital is defended

. its decision. d. u has condemned the law and called on warsaw to ensure no more women die because of the restrictions. agnes car cobol is a lecturer in. so c ology at the school of savannah and east european studies and university college london. she says the bill was brought to parliament by a polish anti abortion rights organization, and it wouldn't have done so if it didn't think it had a slim chance of passing the n g, a wooden organize this a legislative initiative. if it didn't realize that there was parliamentary arithmetic to pastelo, there was some other ideas. there was some hope that this draconian law can be passed. i just really need to stress at the foundation of this new proposed bill at 3 followed the current law. and that allows abortion and the very, very limited circumstances that will be scrapped completely,

that abortion i will be criminalized and terminating pregnancy will be equal to homicide, including the punishment of the work of the woman. and who will then be a could be found guilty of homicide. and that brings in the prison sentence between 2 and 12 years. and that would be possible because of the 3rd foundation of the law that the law will expand the definition of a person and a human being, and incorporate that a prenatal antenatal stage. so the definition of a human being or a person will be from conception to natural death. so this, this law would be extremely truck, conan, even in my opinion of the current government. but as i said, i think the most likely scenario is that the law will be pushed into the committee of federal deliberation and it will come back, it's quite likely to come back again. kelly's senators rejected

a bill that would have legalized abortions up to 14 weeks. the measure was narrowly defeated to 65 votes. to $62.00, it would have eliminated a 5 year prison sentence for women, and doctors surely currently only allows the procedure in cases of rape if the fetus is not healthy or where the woman's life is in danger. ah, tom no, to join our sports to him for an update on the fee for arab jobs, the major test event in carter ahead of next years. world cub geminus is in our special studio, doha. yes, thank you rob. it states here of the tournament with another 4 games on the schedule african champions. algeria were expected to have little trouble, again sued, and they secured a formula victory. you have a heavy weight and greet the egypt. they had a much tougher time against lebanon as squeezing out a one know when a thanks to

a penalty in the 2nd half, and raining champions in the okay, get great route. see underway with the phone and victory over palestine gave me and go a cracking strike distance. 6 of the 8 wild cup stadiums are being used at this hour cup. the venues for next years of fever woke up a part of cuts house most ambitious project, yet with all but one and now open. let's cross now. it, so our reporter sorrow hierarchy is at the engineer stadium. sorry. you've been looking at the design of these arenas and what they represent. thanks. i was going a lot of excitement of the sea from the rock confines here, but just behind me is out. the new stadium in that stadium was the most well known bright from the beginning on an international level, because it's been designed by zahid. she was partly from this region being a british iraq in and award winner known for her very futuristic designs. but what's really interesting is how this stadium is tied with the era here, which is known as all walker, what city that was famous for its dow boats,

and this is what it's meant to look like. like the sales from the boats that the pol dive is here, historically use to go out and make ends need that be gone for months. but what's really also interesting is how cats i wanted to tie it's development and how foster is the present with it's past the how to chance this week to speak to one of the architects and also find out more about what the planning term plans are for the stadiums ah 8 modern states of the art stadiums reflecting castles, rapid development as a country in just a few years with a common theme, tying them together. heritage architects, abraham j. the didn't need to go far to find inspiration for his design of, of, for mama stadium, the gulf fia with high, with local hertz of the local guffy, is that we're used to when we are kids. i would never forget going to the old shoe

shopping for all sorts of stars of god for years. and i realized that was there was tons of different patterns of designs. but the challenge, he says was turning his idea into a functional, unsustainable stadium in a country where temperatures reach almost 50 degrees celsius stadiums are have condition to while it's open to the sky. and interestingly, even ventilation, these, this can have some openings where the wind has been calculated to penetrate through to create proper reason. all the technical matters. cats are, is home to less than 3000000 people. and with vast, undeveloped land, it's been in a unique position to build stadiums without controversial relocating homes are seen in some of the previous house countries. the locations of the stadiums were wisely chosen to be built in an area that the national strategy in the country is moving toward and trying to move population toward. since catherine won the world cup beds,

its accelerated building, its infrastructure like roads and public transport across the country. for the 1st time in world cup history, all the stadiums are within a short distance of each other and our city dream will find one thing. the more than one game in a day. and what better way to do that and build an entirely new metro system to achieve in a dismantle stadium, recyclable seats, and venues to be used as sports clubs, educational facilities. it's all parts of castles. walcott legacy plan of creating a community within and around the arena's. we made sure that the legacy aspect of those stadiums fits the local needs just a bit stadium, which is the opening a stadium for, for the world cup. just the stadium provides lots of greenery for, for the north and part to our parts of upper. and this scenario is as a, replicated throughout our stadium. so we are pretty sure that there will be a,

you know, some sort of a daily usage for these facilities beyond 2020, to the middle east. first ever world camp has taken more than a decade in the making. a game changer for cats are the aims to establish itself as a cultural hub in the region certified at al jazeera, doha. well, a game changer is exactly what it's trying to achieve. they've been holding several events from fashion week to the f one a couple last month. even an legacy is a big part of this plan. they do once it's been a fail, like some of the other countries, they're also focusing on community. consol says it's the way that its country is so tiny, but it needs to recycle reuse parts of those stadiums but also look, developing. c these areas for the local community in terms of education, in terms of schools and also in terms of sports. thank you for that. sorry. hire at that from al geneva stadium. i'll have plenty more on the hour of cup

a plus the rest of that. a sport, a late in the news out of now is back to rob. and so it had on al jazeera security or invasion of privacy. why former israeli soldiers say they were ordered to photograph palestinians? ah hello there your world's weather report begins in the middle east and right off the bat, a few things i wanted to point out this cooler air across to levant bay rouge's, a high of 19 degrees on thursday, unsettled conditions, western areas of you drawn. this includes some showers in ted rod. now back to that cool air, it's going to infiltrate further toward the east kicked down temperatures in riyadh and q. wait. so let me show the next 3 days and ria, you go from 27 down to 21. thanks in part to a northerly wind as wall it is dry across.