to even slide by tradition and we're beautiful possibilities are offered investigating the use and abuse of power across the globe. on al jazeera poles open in the gambia and a tightly contested presidential vote will be live from the capital. aah! i'm sammy's a dan. this is al jazeera alive from dell hall, so coming up straight is plans to reopen its economy. a being tested by a rise in the new co with varian. u. s. president joe biden says he's crafting a plan to prevent russia from invading ukraine. moscow denies it's planning an

attack. coping with rising prices in turkey as the countries currency slumps to new lows. ah poles have opened in the gambia for the 1st presidential election since? yeah, here jama was ousted in 2017 incumbent. adam barrow is seeking re election despite the promised to step down after 3 years. the faces opposition from former vice president was so no doubt both initial results. so the voter expected on sunday. adriece joins us now from ban jewel. that's gambit capital. so any indication of who's leading right now, it's hard to tell, but the polls suggesting that the incumbent code may make it. but again, this is

a country why us anything slides can tip the balance of power. so the opposition we spoke to them, they are very confident of also winning this election, same as the president himself. now talking about the presence of voters, voters, australia coming in large numbers. and the trend is expected to continue late into the afternoon with a 3rd towards the close of pose on 17. i was local time, 17 cmt. that's when i look at people who couldn't come out in the morning and probably had some other things to do in the morning. i expected to come out to vote to make the car before or post. post close at 5 o'clock. i'm a tell us a little bit about what this election means for the countries democratic development for them for, for the last 5 years can be, as i've seen liberalization. i've seen, i looked up freedoms in terms of expression, in terms of doing business,

of course. so many things have changed since the last leda left 5 years ago, and they tell you that this is one of the things they cherish most the freedoms. and of course, the liberty they have regained in this country. we spoke to avoid water in 2016, and also was he had to vote. and he said to me that look, this one is different. this election was different because he was voting. he voted without having to look on his shoulders. he voted without having to worry about being arrest after catching his ballot and he did it in secret without anybody knowing who the candidate the voted whole. and then of course he said he's looking forward because right now he feels that he can challenge leaders, not only the president, but also members of parliament who he elect and fail to deliver they. and that's the story of the can be. and they saying that this election is key and it's important or significant to them simply because they realize that they can hold

lead is accountable. and when they demand for some action on certain programs, they want to be sure that the cheese that vote that's counting and not nothing else . and that was admitted race from van jewel. australia is planning to go ahead with reopening its economy despite the new cove at 900 variance on the con, spreading in the country. some states are considering tied to domestic border controls, mass demonstrations in now the nor on the way against vaccine mandates. christina, harass them is a journalist spaced in australia. she says there's been growing anger over the cove with 19 quarter restrictions. essentially if you haven't had your car, the 19 back thing we don't have it soon is really a lot that you concert thousands of health workers here who don't want to have the injection for one reason or another dive already lost their jobs. here in

queensland, teachers have until the 17th of december to at least get their 1st back thing if they don't risk being down next year. also in queensland, on back to native people will be banned from all donna's essential businesses and shops in a couple of weeks time. so these back thing mandates and also a proposed health passport. a really cool thing, anger across the street. there being purchased every weekend for the past few weekend. the biggest in melbourne, in the state of victoria, where the government, they're just approved to build, that gives they have premium greater power to cool lockdown and other restrictions as he say space. now that's straight victoria. victoria has the record of being the most locked down in the world. it wasn't all in one stretch. it was over the past 2 years. the u. s. is warning, is prepared to take action against russia. if it invades ukraine,

the number of russian troops has been rising along the border. but the kremlin says it's nothing to worry about. ukraine believes russia could mountain offensive as soon as next month. us president joe biden was asked about the crisis by a reporter, a what a great bernard smith has more from moscow. russia one's legally binding guarantee guarantees that nato will not expand eastwards and allow ukraine to accede,

allow ukraine to join. nor will miss house be placed on ukrainian territory that could be pointed towards russia. russia is issue its concern. its problem is that after the end of the collapse of the soviet union, most eastern european countries joined nato for their own while they saw their own defensive purposes and needs. russia sees that as a problem and a threat. the problem for russia is that it's not up to a pooty to decide who does or does not join nato. it's up to nato member countries that said, ukraine's application for membership. the nate has been on the table since 2008. so there isn't any great rush to allow it to join may be one of the reasons being that when one nato member is attacked, it's john to says that others must come to its defense. there is no desire amongst the nato member countries for a full on military confrontation with russia. when that both ladies 1st met

together as president back in the summer, that's the summit followed again a troop build up along the border with ukraine. and not summit managed to calm things down, but yes, the, by the ministration says it once a stable and predictable relationship with russia, that sort of best it can hope for the stand off in east in ukraine is making it more difficult for people to excess basic services, trips that used to take less than an hour can now take an entire day or longer. charles stratford reports from nova throat ski. please stand in the cold waiting for instructions from a ukrainian soldier. this is one of only 2 places where people can cross more than 400 kilometer front line in east and ukraine because that's why i think we haven't been able to really come and see our relatives and friends for more than 7 years.

both sides make obstacles for us. i'm using my ukranian passport and they now say it's not enough for me to cross. i have to go on line. i've been trying for 3 days . many of the elderly and infirm came to the cranium, government controlled side to collect their pensions. sure, only around a $100.00 a month. the 1st separatist checkpoint is around 3 kilometers down this road. now before the conflict started in 2014 the journey chime from the town of done this to here was around 30 minutes. but now because of the complexities of traveling across the separatist controlled region, many people decides to come via the russian border. and that can take more than a day. nikolai is a company, he's wife to separate his control. don't ask. he can't find a nearby hospital and the government controlled side can carry out the life saving operation. he says she needs user research for more than i'm 80 years old and

liberal so much. i hope my children and grandchildren can live a better life. maybe i just hope doctors can save in my why you as they say, hope died last 1st. but it's so difficult, it's terrible. this happens to us at our age the checkpoint is only open twice a week. red cross trucks pass carrying tons of aid for around 3000000 people you and expects to need humanitarian assistance next year. and that's on both sides of the front line. soldiers tell us they have shilling a few kilometers from here every night. see spa monitors with the organization for security and cooperation in europe. say both sides regularly break ceasefire agreement, signed in 2015. mchale has just arrived from separate,

is controlled on ask all my friends who wants to leave, and most of my family have left some to ukraine or russia, some to europe. many still there, miss what life was like before 2014. they wait for a seat on the bus to take them across what's called no man's land feels they never imagined they'd be afraid of before these complex started on 7 and a half years ago, cha stuff al jazeera mobile, trotsky, eastern ukraine still ahead on al jazeera if they didn't want to do it because of what they heard about a micro chip being put inside you that controls you. that was the main reason grace takes the new approach to tackling vaccine hesitancy as faction thirds. and how it's back to business for some and surprising entrepreneurs in the home of jesus christ. ah,

ah, look forward to parameters, guys with sponsored by counsel airways. hello there. let's thought in east asia and were watching a typhoon swirling to the east of japan. it's of no concern. it's not expected to make landfall, but it is going to chuck some rain at southern parts of japan in the days to come. now the north of japan has been plagued by some really wintry weather in colorado, in western horseshoe. that's now is the sun shines come back into tokyo, but we are expecting the weather weather to arrive by the time we get to wednesday . and as a change in the cards for the korean peninsula and north eastern areas of china, we've got a high pressure in charge, keeping things largely fine and dry across the mainland sunshine in beijing and shanghai. but a wintry mix is going to come into play pushing into northern areas of korea. but sophie is sunshine with pleasant conditions through to monday. now,

pleasant isn't the word we use when we look to north east india and south asia. we've warnings out as that tropical cycle moves in land. we're expecting $200.00 millimeters of rain to fall in places. and of course that brings with a flood risk. we've also wins about 200 kilometers per hour. and as it moves overland, it is going to break up. but by the time we get into monday, it's expected to bring some of that very heavy rain to bungler dish in simeon law. and we could see a flood risk with that that sure. weather update. oh, the with sponsored by casara ways. if america held up a mirror to itself, what would it see in a sense, race is the story of america what's working and what's not. a lot of people were only talking about that. it wasn't at the top of the agenda if america can't handle multiple challenges on multiple fronts. we need to go back to school. the bottom line on al jazeera holding the powerful to account. as

we examined the u. s. c. z row in the world on al jazeera with ah, or come back he watching al jazeera time to recap the headlines. the gambia is holding its 1st presidential election since you had jama, was ousted in 2017. adam barrow is running for re election despite his promise to step down after 3 years. australia is planning to go ahead with reopening its economy despite the new variance spreading in the country. mass demonstrations melbourne are underway against vaccine mandates. u. s. president joe biden says he's developing initiatives to prevent russia from invading ukraine. he's expected

whole talks with russian president vladimir putin in the coming days. current of iris infections or surging in greece, and the government is encouraging people to get vaccinated in a european 1st. those over the age of 60, who refused to get vaccinated, will be find johnson roblis reports from northern greece on the other initiatives the countries taking in the fight against coven 19. this is the government's expeditionary force. bobo vaccination squads of founding out to villages across northern greece, where infections and misinformation run high. at the village of mon, the las maria cook too, is getting her 1st shot. she works at a local fruit canning factory with $250.00 people, some of whom refused to be vaccinated. it doesn't have a family that they didn't want to do it because of what they heard about a micro chip been put inside you that controls you. that was the main reason.

others think the vaccine is a financial hoax. ot and of yeah, yeah, and i volume when a new vaccine comes out, the experiments for 10 years and then put it into production. that's how it usually happens. as soon as this pandemic happened, they produced a vaccine, so the multi nationals could sell it. am i lying most? don't believe such theories. in fact, it, motherless, there aren't enough jobs to go round. they brought you for a young lady the 1st time they brought 40 shots. this time they brought 37, but we expect more did him since early october. daily infections have tripled to about $6000.00 and daily deaths to about 90 government statistics show that 90 percent of these deaths are among the unvaccinated. to reduce deaths, authorities are trying to increase vaccinations. the meat that is telecom cuz the regional health director is pairing up with mayor's priests and even football teams to ensure

a good turn out for his vaccination vans and dispel myths surrounding the vaccine. pollyanna become lafayette, isn't a lot of people came to the village square just to see what other people's vaccination would be like, because they had heard that you might get dizzy or fall over. but the government is using the stick as well as the carrot, starting in january unvaccinated people over 60 will pay a monthly fine of a $120.00. the 1st such penalty in europe, the government concerned for all their coven suffers, stems from the fact that they are the most vulnerable to the disease. people $65.00 and over, make up just 12 percent of coven cases and grease. but also half of all hospitalizations and 83 percent of deaths, the unvaccinated are being punished in other ways to their band from indoor restaurants, bars, theaters, and jims, and have to present a 48 hour rapid test to enter banks, government buildings and non essential shops, the idea is to preserve an open economy for the 62 percent of the population that

is fully vaccinated. there's been a fourfold surgeon vaccination bookings. the hope is that greece will quickly close the vaccination gap with the rest of europe. jumps are opal us al jazeera facility . turkeys president is outlining plants to salvage the economy after the value of the turkish era. thank to a new rec, hold low budget, 5 out of the one says low interest rate loans and employer incentives will boost production. but high inflation is pushing up the cost of goods and making manufacturing more expensive. so them cos all the faults from the stumble. this is a new routine for ali who owns the score my market and assemble. he has the frequency update the prices on many goods as the turkish lira continues. it's free for its laws that these 40 percent of its value against the dollar since the number on it says

a suppliers increase the prices. he has to do the same according to the chamber of agriculture, the difference between produce or selling prices and what people pay for goods in supermarkets rose $9.00 fold in november. the government accuses supermarket chains of stockpiling and manipulating prices. social medicine takes us juice, for example, it was 29 years before the latest price increase. now i have to sell it for 41.5. our customers are reacting, even some of them get that. it's not us, but the economy in the country present register for john argues high interest rates are behind all the countries economic problems. he says he asked the central bank to curb interest rates so that companies can borrow for less and buy boosting growth and exports. turkey can become europe's new china. the government says at assessing a new model for turkey is economy, but the experts warn it's may fail as the country is suffering chronicler. high

inflation and relies on foreign funding and energy resources. it can almost like professor rush can say the policy is highly unusual and it's not working. how compute kiss me that is it? the children's future, most citizens, a wage workers creating jobs by production is good by any means, but it needs a plan and priorities. inflation is pressure is rising, so turkey should switch to a conventional economic policy. there are a lot of good says add on, has reshuffled 3 treasury and finance ministers and 5 to central bank governors in a year. and that on nerves, investors took it to do full to us a good despite the phone investors fund managers see a great potential here. the uncertain sees and other risk factors. stop them from coming. we need to bring down both economic and geopolitical risk premiums by proving it's under control. presenters on voc party has govern turkey for 2 decades and ahead of an election scheduled for 2023. he has promised all economic problems

who will be sold in the next 6 months. but right now, many people say they are biggest challenge is the rising price of food, fuel medicine and other essential goods. and they're waiting to see whether the government can en turkeys, currency crisis. because all the alto series stumble, a french president says efforts are underway to open the joint european mission and the african capital during a visit to come out of emmanuel macross said the plan would allow several european ambassadors to share a building when they return to cobble micron, also thank casa for its role in helping evacuate afghans during the time the bomb take over. the show will be here today or representation of canister has been done by our investors from paris. but we are thinking of an organization as you know, among several european countries. and so our approach would be in conditions that have yet to be identified with the idea of having a common location for several european. so where are investors and our

administrators could be present? let me remind you, this is a different demarche from a political recognition or political dialogue with the taliban. mac ryan has more from cobble we are still waiting for a response from the taliban administration here, but given the deteriorating situation, i think they would welcome any kind of diplomatic moves that would help them out at the, at the current time. it's not just recognition for recognition sake, but of course, what that would mean in allowing afghanistan to get the release of these funds that have been frozen to get access to financing really to help out at what is a deteriorating economic situation. i mean, we had a few days ago this announcement that the world bank, for example, was pushing for hundreds of millions of dollars to finally be freed up to be sent to africa to stand, to help out the situation here. but given the, the, the situation in dire predictions about the deteriorating humanitarian and economic

situations, as we get into winter, really a lot more needs to be done. it does fall short of recognition people here, we're not going to understand that. i think what is interesting is that as a member of your opinion, france seems to be not acting just on its own, but could well in setting up an office. here i bring other european nations with which is that they got people here excited that they could lead to a wider white diplomatic efforts from more european union countries. us and european officials accusing iran of not being serious about salvaging the tattered nuclear deal during talks in vienna. negotiators are trying to get around washington back into the agreement earlier rounds chief negotiate the told alger 0 will power cannot reject rounds, dropped proposals. she had fancy reports from washington, d. c. runs chief nuclear, negotiate to ab a vienna talks told al jazeera, the tariff presented its proposals and the other parties present. there's going to

be that proposal tape by iran cannot be rejected, i told because they are based on the provisions of the 2015 nuclear agreement. and in principle, the countries which are still the participants of the j. c. p. o. a they did not want to ruin the nuclear document. all the functions which have been imposed or re imposed on the so called maximum pressure campaign of the united states. they should be removed immediately with the us secretary of state, however, painted a bleak picture. what he suggested was around in intransigence and united international front. now we've had this 1st round of talks since, since the new government in and what we've seen in the last couple of days is that are on right now does not seem to be serious. we're now in a different place and even russia and china are clearly frustrated with what iran is doing or not doing. in these talks, however, the russian ambassador appeared relatively on the big us about the germans. there's

a technical break of the van talks which will resume next week. he tweeted an opportunity for each participant, including iran and the us to consult with the capitals and to think how to proceed further. taking into account the positions of other counterparts. the 1st week of talks confirmed predictions that initially both the u. s. and the new iranian government would take maximum positions as they sized each other up. it's clear that around feels that as it was, the us who withdrew from the iranian nuclear deal and then imposed a unilateral sanctions. the onus is on washington to act the u. s. hills differently, but there are further complications. now there's another element which is the uncertainty about where the united states is growing and that is creating even greater problems. because even if the sanction lifted today and the deal is revived, european companies are likely not going to go back into yvonne until they are feeling far more confident that the new situation is a stable one. and there the 2024 elections is a major,

major factor. so that is seen as a positive sign that the talks will reconvene next week and they will not be another long haters. and diplomacy she ever times the al jazeera washington you so iran chief nuclear negotiator in that report. and you can catch the full interview with alibaba. connie on talk to al jazeera, it has sunday at l. 830 g m. p police in the u. s. have arrested a couple whose son is accused of killing 4 of his school classmates. chains and jennifer crumbly, have been charged with involuntary manslaughter. prosecutors in michigan say they bought a gun as a gift for this on ethan. if he of his government says troops have forced to grind finances to retreat from their positions in the far region. the rebels are commenting, but fighting is reported to be limited to an area between the towns of bussey and

se video obtained vile just appears to show to grey and forces retreating. north government leaders in the field capital recently launched a counter offensive off the to grind fighters advance tool. divers tab of a 1000 have been killed in northern the field during a year of fighting between the rebels and federal forces. modern day nazareth is one of his most significant kind of stimuli, israeli towns and growing number of residents fair. it's historical legacy on the threat. harry force that explains nazareth, the home of jesus christ, his long drawn pilgrims and visitors from around the world. the hundreds of years, it's old city rang to the sounds of shopkeepers and crops. people this century though though sounds have dwindled. a handful of businesses struggling on. but here and there splashes of color show signs of a fight back reson zombies at, annie decided to renovate an old warehouse with traditional measuring colors and

materials and to work and live in the old city with emission. i'm telling you it's not easy, but if me and another person and another one opens their, their work, their kid, he was taught here and they also find a house and live here. so they will need service if it's like organically, it will open by itself. but it will take time. there are signs it is beginning, young palestinian israeli designers and entrepreneurs have been moving in, inspired by earlier artists who left their mark. a bedroom ceiling bears the work of one of many lebanese painters brought in to decorate fine homes in the 19th century. a few streets away, an 18th century treasure that long been in decay, the sariah or palace built by local rule or die. her alma is now under the stewardship of the municipal government, but as being used informally, by local activists. just not enough. we saw there was the building leg the sir. i

are closed and neglected, and no one was doing anything with it. we had the chance to open it with the goal of turning it into a cultural center with the little money that we have something that will serve the community here. many here point to a restoration program 20 years ago is one of the reasons for the old cities emptying nazareth. 2000 with funding from the israeli tourism ministry was intended to prepare this biblical city for people visit. they say the project ripped up ancient cobblestones. remove the shops, wooden doors, replacing them with steel and modern stone. they say the disruption of all this removed trade from the old city from which it's never recovered. its appointed nazareth municipality now excepts where once there were 450 business is operating in the old city. now there are just 50 this beautiful architecture. one of them, this painstakingly restored restaurant. it seemed by many as a 1st step in the revival movement. it's owned by raisins, husband, who pines for the mattress of his childhood,

and intellectual and cultural center. i am sure it will come back because the city still have very much power and much very good. the positive energies. people like present many coming back to the, to the origin and to the, to the identity. actually, the old city is always been the heart of nazareth. now a growing group of residence wants to get it beating again. harry full said al jazeera nazareth. ah, and let's take you through some of the headlines now. the gambia is holding its 1st presidential election since you are here. jamie was ousted in 2017. at am i barrow is running for reelection despite a promise to step down after 3 years. he faces 5 candidates including his.