stairwell call it most star right through into dubrovnik. that western side of greece is also going to get some of this driving rain filter in over the aegean. same goes for turkey, a scattering of showers for is marin bio. my temperature is across turkey have dropped with that cold front encore at 8 degrees c that will pick up through the boss 1st. but nothing like we saw just a few days ago. take it to north western europe right now, that cold ra northwind really driving down temperatures. and we've got snow swirling around the baltic states weather alerts out here too, for a lat, via just looking at some icy conditions and snow really plaguing some of these parts over to north africa. right now, some heavy rain northern morocco into northern algeria. alger is the high of 14, that's it. see? so, ah, the gutter, one of the fastest growing nations in the world news wanted,

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ah, ah, one of the top stories you'll notice 0. you chief says it's time for the block to consider making code 19 vaccinations. mandatory u. s. is announced. it's 1st case of the on the current variant women's tennis association has suspended tournaments in china. and hong kong is over, concerns about the safety of former doubles. well, number one punch way, she accused a former senior politician of caressing her into sex and was not seen in public for more than 2 weeks with pro and anti abortion rights activists are protesting at the u. s. supreme court. deciding whether to uphold mississippi law banning most termination miss up to 15 weeks. nato is wanting russia of serious consequences,

including sanctions. if the country uses any force against ukraine, such a general installed in books as moscow would face a high price for any aggression. they 2 officials and foreign ministers held talks in latvia, capital, riga, concerns about a russian military build up on the ukrainian border domination discussions. russia backs, separatist and eastern ukraine, and the conflict as killed about 14000 people in the past 7 years. and if you would call me 5, bryce, i have serious political economic consequences for russia. georgia. i'm your brain on only funding and close natal partners to the thing. mission operations on aspiring for membership ministers made fair that we stand by our decisions, our support for the 70 integrity and we

remain committed to enhance for people. congress. bernard smith is following reaction from the russian capital laska, russia's activity and build up along the border with ukraine continues in a 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. andrei caught in office the director general of the russian international affairs council. he says moscow wants to make sure you crane doesn't

resolve it's conflict with separatists in the east. apparently the canyon side would like to some of the wise the means clements and maybe to change some of the of the terms of the agreement. and i don't think that the russians signed aside that use, incentivized to do that unless it might expect to any flexibility in exchange for that. so i think that the difficult to teach and, and dougherty that the means could remains resigned many years ago. and at that point the u. k, and i'm, it was very weak and you can was ready to sign whatever you needed to sign in order to stop the military confrontation or right now the situation is different. and of course, there are many people that key who believe that they main skagit months do not meet the national interests of the country. as far as ukraine is concerned,

i think that the main the main goal of the russian polish right now is the tariffs, are russia would like to deter you again from looking for a military solution of the situation in don bus as far as the width is concerned the signals are we should have some in english nations about more general security architecture in europe. are we are russia or might have its interest into broad texted tanks and other heavy machinery been seen crossing into democratic republic of congo as uganda steps opp, attacks against an arm group, it launched a jordan campaign against the allied democratic forces with the congolese army on tuesday, targeting camps in the east with air and artillery strikes. welcome web report. uganda and troops, tanks and armored vehicles have crossed the border into democratic republic of

congo. the 2 governments say they're going to hunt down an armed group called the allied democratic forces or a t f. you can the government blend the 80 s a 3 suicide bombings, kansas capital can paula. 2 weeks ago, several people died. dozens were injured. it's not the 1st time you've gotten his army has been in congo. it invaded 25 years ago, along with wonder. it's been accused of plundering minerals and meddling on and off ever since. we're seen in the past that you've gotten the has not always had the best interest of the communities population in mind. know that it really one to stabilize the eastern dear see. but what we see now is, but apparently president katie has given the green light to this operation, which gives it a bit of a different character than previous interventions by the governance in easton d or c. the adf originated and you got there in the 1990s for 3 decades. is hayden, when the forest of ethan congos,

profiting from timber and minerals. wines 2 years ago have pledged allegiance to iso? well, they, the extensive, the connection isn't clear. in recent years, it's become notorious for massacring thousands of civilians, villages around the city, if any people of north keyvi province attired of the violence. congress army said it would stop the killings. it introduced martial law in the region 6 months ago, but it hasn't worked. that's why some people are now welcoming the ugandan armies arrival others, a skeptical. the 1st thing that population is looking for is protection. they want the mazda 2 to end, and that can be only possible if the protection of civilian is the 1st objective. not clear how easily the adf can be flushed out of its forest high downs, or how long the ugandan army plans to stay. malcolm web al jazeera is

the final days of campaigning in the gambia. before saturdays presidential election, 6 candidates are running and incoming president adams barrow is facing a tough challenge from his former coordination partners. i'm in a jewish report from the capital bandu loan. the opposition is efforts to end barrows. rule is milas to say one of the gun beehan opposition candidates or presidency is running out of time. his candidates has been rejected by the electoral commission despite a court order and with barely days to go before the vote, his back in court to get his name on the ballot. no one the court to really make a ruling that i see it. when contempt at the court, warner will also advise at easy to stop pending and is very self destructive by another opposition candidate. mama kennedy is worried about something else. they by voters get there 960000 gun dental. just we expect them to come out and vote

for the absence of them couldn't out than days of damage. there would be some deficient which we are good to accept the election. this is different for my president. ja janice appears the party is not running. and president adam battle is facing his old coalition partners who helped him to be jamie 5 years ago. the coalition that brought president adam about or to power started to unravel 3 years into his 5 year presidency. his former partners accused him of abandoning a deal to only serve a 3 year transitional government. the president counted saying gumby as gave him a monday for 5 years. i am opposition. leaders are certain precedent. barrel can be defeated in saturday spoken to me, we're going to believe that they're not in post up with some ticket,

but don't have to be something ready just for some to really stupid for me to do that would cause you that didn't look like you're disconnected. iris and paul gives president barrow an edge over his opponent in an election where a simple majority is all that's needed for victory. but in a country where sentiments can easily turned the tide of events, it could be premature to dismiss the opposition. before the final vote, i counted our decrease al jazeera by joel. the gun on yours was going to have its 1st female president, shimara castro will also be the 1st leftist leader in more than a decade. boots still being counted, but the ruling parties candidate has conceded defeat national party contender industrious for his congratulations. his opponent, ending his parties 12 you hold on power. castro is promised to fight corruption and relax abortion laws. once she takes office next month,

the libyans will help head to depose later this month for their 1st presidential election. the vote is key to a year and back to peace plan between the countries rival administrations, the still no constitutional framework in place for the election. many feared or any deepened the political divide. by the trainer reports from tripoli. this school and tripoli will soon become a polling station. wednesday is a deadline for registered voters to pick up their voter cards ahead of the 1st round of presidential election scheduled for december 24th. it'll be the 1st presidential election and libya's history, and more than 2000000 people have received their voter cards so far. but the vote has been marred by controversy. some say holding presidential elections without a constitution will only plunge the country into further violence. this crowd has gathered in front of the election commission headquarters,

calling for the vote to be postponed until a constitutional referendum takes place without a constitutional foundation. and any nation in the one you cannot conduct a robot and you tell and this is abc. it is the very beginning, nessa and democracy. we have to have a constitution which eliminates respect, identify the identity, okay, so this and this and next in proposal nixon, it is very dangerous for democracy, very dangerous for us over the state. and we think that is making this election felt like an obese when men of libya has been engulfed in violence and political divisions. since the revolution that toppled wall market daffy in 2011 with warlord to leave for after controlling the oil rich region of eastern libya and the

internationally recognized government of unity in the wes led by prime minister the hemi debate. both men are among scores of candidates running in the elections across libya. people have mixed feelings covered to had it on, in my opinion, presidential elections right now should not take place. you shouldn't have presidential elections before the parliamentary elections, and there should be a constitution on the money. i'm in favor of these elections. at least the situation will get better. we want our country to move forward. in my opinion, it's the only way to end the violence just 3 weeks ahead of the vote. libyans are still deeply divided. there's international pressure for the elections to move ahead as scheduled. but without the constitution in place. many here feel presidential election will only prolong the complex mal trina ultra 0 tripoli representatives from the u. s. and the taliban of mentioned casa where the discuss

the humanitarian crisis in afghanistan, the taliban pressed us officials to release financial assets and remove sanctions. the un refugee agency is urging countries to open their borders to afghan asylum seekers, as a domestic situation deteriorates. rob mcbride travel to the african watertown of some color, which has seen a recent surge of people crossing in both directions with its cross border traffic and people and goods. islam hello provides a good indicator of the problems facing both afghanistan and iran. the surge of people trying to leave afghanistan as the taliban took over, has eased in recent weeks, assign according to those guarding this crossing. the conditions have improved. oh, come, clever, no comfort. whatever problems the migrants had ordered they've been solved for vehicles, including trucks are moving freely again with that sort of homework i will keep considering this is such

a sensitive crossing things on the border itself are pretty relaxed before now we as visitors, would have been held way back several 100 meters and several fences inside afghanistan. now we are allowed to approach up to the borderline itself. the last, how about and checkpoints is right here. this is where it's done and beyond here is iran. and taliban officials were eager to show us how they are also tackling smuggling and illegal migration across this 1000 kilometer border. but in the nearby major city of had that there's a constant line of people that side the iranian consulate, hoping to get visas to leave. and here and throughout the country makes shift camps of internally displaced. people have sprung up as the new government struggles to cope. bussey kids of a sudden winter is now sitting in. if there's any kind of humanitarian assistance

from whatever countries we would appreciate and accepting. back at the border, coming in the opposite direction is a steady stream of afghan deportees from iran. many of the victims of iran's long standing program, a forced repack creation because of its own worsening economic crisis article. but again, it's my 1st time back and again, it's 10 after 20 years with me and all these people around me have experienced lots of problems in iran. but then now joined by more recent arrivals who fled after the taliban takeover? actually, i was obligated to leave my country, my house, leave people like nasa, ahmed harvey who refuses iranian soldiers of mistreating him. and actually i was trying to get to europe. but at the time when i was getting to iran, i got so difficult. the soldiers off for the border of iran have trying to kill you

or just arrest you when they are rescued. they will punish move. they will give you as punishment as a animal. 2 months after leaving. he's back where he started, but says he won't be long before he's on the move. once more. rob mcbride, al jazeera islam, carla afghanistan. stay with us to 0 coming up. we've got all your sport with gemini. sh. yes, plenty of action all day too. if the fee for our cup clos, more on the w t decision to suspend all tournaments in china following the disappearance of punch. why a

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a special coverage of the fee for our cup, the torment, doubling up as a major woman vents the cas hartwell cup next year. have i am devon ash? has been a busy day for the tournament here in cats, out with 4 games to catch up on. but we saw it with the news that the women's tennis association has suspended all tournaments in china and hong kong. due to concerns over the safety and whereabouts of chinese star pung, swipe pong, disappeared from public view for 3 weeks. after accusing a talk, the chinese official of sexual assault of social media post about being forced into a relationship with former vice premier. as john gully was deleted, almost immediately, chinese estate media later published videos of pung at a public at public events that didn't qual, international fears. the w t a has demanded a full investigation into punk claims and proof that she's not subject to intimidation. w. c, a chief steve, simon said in a statement in good conscience,

i don't see how i can ask our athletes to compete. that when punctual is not allowed to communicate freely. and his seemingly been pressured to contradict or allegation of sexual assaults. i will say, greatly concerned about the risks that all of our players and staff could face if we were to hold events in china in 2022. we would of course, bring you much more on that story as it develops. now let's turn it to the late history from the big events here happening here in cats are a year out, the countries hosting of the world cup. ah, as they say, if the safer are caught, being hosted by cats are. the 1st game is at the act, but been alley stadium in the city of al man, between african champions, algerian sudan, back that been a job with the opening goal and got the 2nd one as well. tomorrow. then i'm re scored that 1st and it was and obviously danny,

he completed the route also in great day is one of the other tournament favorites. egypt. but the fairies made at lasha starts of our campaign. as andy richardson reports, 2 sets of fans hoping their teams will be making a return journey to catch at this time. next year. egypt face a playoff for a woke up spot in march, while lebanon a still in with the chance of reaching the finals for the 1st time in history. one percent of hope for the people, something to enjoy. because everything else is both at the moment. so for you to have something to enjoy in our country and her to qualify. awfully charlotte. yeah, it's going to be great events. everyone's waiting for it since like ages ago in the yard fields. going to do like a big sound in the world, going to really have a great, great impression for their people. it's wonderful what, what they did is a marvelous job. was amazing. you know, we could expect better. this is,

this is i think is gonna be i'm sure i'm, i don't think i am sure it's gonna be one of the best. would godson ever done? egypt rules an inexperienced teen to catch up the european bay stars, including liverpool mohammed sala weren't released to play in this tournament. that silas sized hole in the egyptian attacks looked all to evidence during a goal. this 1st half turned away or not the line the break through the egypt came from the penalty spot. after with the goal that would destroy the game one note, the final school. and this event only gets tougher for lebanon with african champions algeria next in line for them. both these countries are using, this arab cup is preparation for bigot things to come. egypt will start 2022 at the africa cup of nations. and i hope to finish it back here in cats, are at the world cup as for lebanon, or they'll kick off the new year with for world cup qualifiers. that will decide if they're to staying with

a chance of reaching their 1st ever world cup. and he richardson al jazeera, doha america, the reigning our cup champions. although the last time this torment was played was 9 years ago, they opened with a foreigner victory over palestine here in the gulf. now here he has gone for go, oh, got a special very special from hollywood he made she b delivers and unlocked in the center. no mistake with her finish her feet. he has gone for go and found the bottom corner brilliantly. and the morocco captain makes no mistake. a cool penalty to put morocco for goes up against palestine. have the final

game on day 2 of the tournament. so jordan, he saudi arabia, one mill. it was quite a shock for the saudis, who appeared at the last world cup and the jordan went down to 10 men as while mommy's al naughty with the go to maitland, contenders inquiry. see moving away from the arab cup and c. c t. v footage is being released of arsenal, defender, gabrielle, of fighting, of thieves who were trying to steal his car. the incident happened in august after gabrielle it was followed home last month. one of the attackers was jailed for 5 years after police were able to identify him using a dna recovered from the seen. the footage, it shows the attacker lunging at gabrielle with a baseball bat, the brazilian head back before the attacker and his accomplice ran away. has been a shock retirements in the world of tennis formula before you on a con to has quit. the sport massage erode, has struggled with

a persistent knee problem over the past couple of years. and i slipped to a 113 in the rankings hunter, one for w j titles and reached the semi finals of the australian open wimbledon and french open. she's the most successful british women's class, the past 2 decades. the m b a's biggest dollar bron james is facing up to 10 days out. sidelined by corona virus is not been confirmed yet whether he has the virus, but he has been placed in the n b a cove at 19 protocols, which so him miss it choose days game against sacramento. this means he's either tested positive or had an inconclusive result. 36 year old james is fully vaccinated. found out this morning they was going to be entering the health and safety protocols and we arrange for him to get transportation back safely. since pretty much, like i said, if you use los disappointing, you know,

we just wonder what the best for him right now. you know, that's where our thoughts are and we have a next man up. my said, you know, i mean it's a game season. you're going to deal with guys being in a line up. we've been out without him. some already to season. i feel like we're, we're further along with our cohesiveness now that we were the 1st time you may dial, now it's back to lauren in london. thank you very much indeed. now a record number of earthquakes have been recorded on the spanish island of la palmer, where a volcano who's been interrupting for more than 2 months. drone footage, released by spain's national police shows waves of land covered in ash. officials say about 2700 buildings have been damaged or destroyed. thousands of people have left the island zone. random volcano remains closed. for me, lauren, take this news. i'll be in a moment to another for random. today's news, thanks very much indeed for watching. i for them,

i me in less than a year capital hope the middle east 1st. well come in preparation. the country is a major problem of the 16 nations going head to head in 6 part. that's built stadiums for 2020. okay. we'll keep you across the action as capital prepared for the regions, the biggest ever sporting events. the fee for our cup on al jazeera as

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your guide to the media, on a j 0. we understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world . and so no matter how you take it will bring you the news and current affairs that matter to you. ah . as the only grown variant spreads around the world, the european commission chief says it's time to consider compulsory cobra vaccinations. this needs discussion. this needs a common approach, but it is a discussion that i think has to be let. ah, lauren taylor, this is andrew 0, live from london. was it coming up? the women's tennis association suspends all tournaments in china because of safety fears.