and the digital economy with the new job creation law, indonesia is progressively ensuring the policy reform to create quality jobs. invest might be part of his growth and progress in indonesia. now. ah ah, you're on the news on here and i'll just the are, these are our top stories over the election results showing the damm b as president of borrowers on course of victory. a high turn out the presidential pope, which is seen as the test stability in democratic progress. 5 people are reported to been killed in me and my largest city office security 4th as ram, their vehicle into a group approach at dozens more. where injured during the anti q demonstration in

younger and rival rally are happening right now in from both for and again the far right presidential candidate, eric the more 1000 during power steering poses similar. the 1st campaign rally, which is happening just outside of the capital. sedans, military chiefs of the army will leave politics after elections scheduled for 2023 general the father of hon, offered that assurance. during one of several interviews he gave to international news agencies on saturday, for han, of course, led the military takeover in october. before a deal was struck last month to reinstate the prime minister at yahoo, when a government is elected, the armed forces in all organized security groups, i believe will have no participation in political matters. this is what we agreed upon and this is the armies natural situation for the armed forces to carry out duties. because there will be a government elected by the sudanese people that expresses their will. and hope was

france and saudi arabia have held a joint phonecall with lebanon's prime minister in what's seen as a gesture in resolving the diplomatic crisis. the call was made as the french president, manju micron visited saudi arabia after his trips to the u. e. and cutter kingdom and other gulf states, withdrew their ambassador from buried last months, angered by a government minister who criticize the saudi lead war in yemen. the minister resigned on friday set a date for you as president joe biden, and russian president vladimir putin to hold talks after the reason tension in east and ukraine. they are due to speak on a video call on tuesday. the thousands of russian troops gathered near ukraine's border u. s. and ukrainian officials say intelligence suggest an invasion or an attack is possible in the coming weeks. the crunch repeatedly dismissed those concerns. so your defense equity, lloyd austin, that says america is committed to making sure ukraine has what it needs to protect itself. i think there's a lot of space here for her,

for the policy and leadership to work. and again, we're going to remain engage with our, our allies in our region and our partners in the region. and, and we're going to continue to do everything we can to help provide ukraine, the capability to protect the sovereign territory. ukraine is having to import coal meal. meanwhile, from far away as columbia just to keep the lights on electricity cups a threat. and because russia has stopped supplying ukrainian power stations, child stratford has more on that from east and ukraine. his critics accused the criminal of blackmail and weaponized in energy exports. a coal mine close to the front line in eastern ukraine. mines, such as this one, have helped fuel industry and the don bass region and across what was the soviet union the over a century. but ukraine remains dependent on russia to meet its energy needs, especially coal, which is vital for fueling ukrainian pow stations in 2014 pro

russia, separatists seized control of the majority of the mines. further depleting, ukraine's access to call decades of neglect means much of the mines infrastructure is close to collapse. the bottle, do you know, is your thought, the equipment we have is from 958, lack of investment and government negligence is one of the reasons why we face a shortage that things could be difficult this winter. another problem is that russia caught ukraine's coal supply last month. russia has recently stopped exporting coal to ukraine, saying that there's just too much domestic internal demand for the natural resource . some analysts are describing this is nothing short of blackmail. an effort by russia to weapon allies, it's vast natural resources as a means of putting pressure on ukraine. and it's not just cold. russia is using to

try and control your grain. these a gas pipelines similar to those that transport russian gas across ukraine to europe. europe relies on russia around 35 percent of its energy needs. and ukraine gets paid transit fees, which were around 2000000000 dollars last year for those days on nearly over. the nord stream to pipeline, which is expected to be opperation next year by policies. ukraine, instead transporting gas from russia to germany onto the baltic sea, russia right to lead to divide europe for russia. better energy relations. ready was different states separately rather than with then go the year from your perspective. this means that russia will. ready have has free to do the belie station in. ready the queen,

more actively germany has warned russia not to use its gas exports as a weapon, but has been criticized by other european states and ukraine for exposing kia to more economic pressure for moscow. so analysts say, russia's aim of trying to keep ukraine in its spear of influence is impossible. it is simply not possible to have that sort of control away our neighbors. we've all with the investing huge resources military as well as economy. because in the end, as i see on russia, i think it moscow and age to modify its aids. because very simply, natalie winter is just beginning. yes is so worried about the potential electricity blackouts that it's been forced to start importing coal from as far away as the us and colombia. so analysts say economic, an energy pressure from russia will continue, because the more ukraine talks about future nato and e u membership. the more

moscow sees red cha, stratford al jazeera tor esque eastern ukraine. let's look at some co reduce the daily number raw cases in south africa has nearly quadrupled in just 4 days. more than 16000 infections were recorded on saturday. it's underscore and concerns about the rapid spread of the new army cron variance from johannesburg for me to miller explains now how the government is responding and encouraging more people to get vaccinated. this is one of a few 100 vaccination centers in the housing province in south africa. and how ting has been hardest hit by the rise in coven, 19 infections, between 70 and 80 percent of new infections across of africa in this province alone . and that is why authorities are saying that people need to get out and get vaccinated. there has been some level of vaccine hesitancy, about 42 percent of people who are eligible for

a vaccine have actually taken that up. but that number drops to about 36 percent for people who have taken up 2 doses, who are fully vaccinated. the government has set up a number of drives door to door awareness campaigns, trying to create awareness around why the vaccine is important, especially because so little is known around the army cron variance. and the greatest concern there is just how easily it spreads. and that is being reflected in the spike in numbers that south africa is experiencing. one area of concern, while hospitalizations of people has remained relatively low, a number of young children under the age of 5 are having to be admitted to hospital . now becoming ill after contracting cove at 19 this recruiting a number of students $12.00 to $17.00, since it was open to to that age group a month or so ago that has come in now for, for the vaccinations coming in with parents coming in as families. so there has been that we have seen an optical,

a number of infected kids at the surrounding schools over years where i think parents are exercising kotia a week ago this vaccination center had about 50 or 60 people coming through every day. and now that number has doubled, so that is encouraging for people trying to make sure that sub africans are getting vaccinated. but we've also been to several vaccination centers in this province. some entirely empty, some with people trickling through and others more busy. so there's still an issue around vaccine hesitancy, but certainly a significant proportion of the sub african population has been spooked by this new ami con variant. and more people are coming out to get a job. no more than 4300000000 people around the world have received at least one dose of a corona, virus, faxing. but so many rates and still falling behind. in fact, most people in africa have not received a single dose. so far, southern africa is doing better than most other regions, but really it pales in comparison to wealthy countries out the united states,

for example, where more than 80 percent have had at least one dose. scientists have watched the new variance spread around the world in a short time. it's been detected in at least 42 countries in territories. yet parts of africa with the least access to vaccines have been placed under the tightest of travel restrictions. we spoke to francesco rocha about this, he's the president of the international red cross med kristen societies and says the emergence of new co variance, ready as a wakeup call. we have colder, did the outcome of day only combine on so you might every then see if it was needed . these inequality that we are leaving and about did they receive to have new mario? and if we continue in the way we have done this and africa and other developing counties are be the highest privacy of access to, to the, to the about seeing why in the, in the, with the discount that you will be in the united states. ready and canada in u. k,

we are discussing the 70 before test one. he's also about starting to to, to talk about if you don't, his bare id, average of vaccination in many counties is less than 10 percent and use more complex. i think i'm good idea. but unfortunately, he's not working as we expected. and the idea to protect those who are in the front line is that it is way saw more what. so what we experience seeing because we are talking when we comes about only about callbacks, it is about maxine eating, the medical doctor good notes is the 1st status was working on the front line to take care of those affected by tomorrow. so it should be something that priority for, for, for, for the community college, she's not receiving enough. don't use any enough financial resources to accomplish

a mission. now, farmers in western afghanistan are just finished harvesting flowers that produce saffron, rubbing broad approach. her problems the world's most expensive spice is offering hope for a country teetering on the brink of economic disaster. in the fields of hair at the end of the saffron harvesting, is often marked by children from nearby villages coming to pick what's left for pocket money. for there is real value in the small purple flowers of the crocus family that yield the world's most expensive spice. since its introduction from neighboring iran, saffron cultivation has boomed in this province in recent years, and its value to afghanistan given its current economic plight, has never been more important. for saffron produces the turmoil of the taliban takeover has caused disruption for the shipping and banking services they need for

exports. but they say at least there isn't the same corruption they faced under the old government method can make on problems of the banking system. are a big issue for businesses. but i think we face list bureaucratic interference and the long term i'm optimistic about the future. extracting the precious filaments from the flowers, processing the individual threads to remove impurities, then sorting them into different grades requires pains taking attention. it's a role traditionally carried out by women. while men do the work in the fields, despite concerns, the taliban might try to stop women from working produce as we spoke to say there's been no problem so far. and that's good for the wider social significance of this spice, or in the last couple of decades,

it's been promoted as an alternative to growing poppies for the opium trade. a trend helped by saffron's rising international price. and of course, there would be some interest from the other problem anyway, they see that the price is really high. of course, there has been a debt bring also the land under the contribution of the flooring, the thought from as a lucrative alternative to puppy production. saffron cultivation was encouraged across afghan is done by the previous administration. it stands as one of its more successful legacies. but the vast majority of the country, saffron and the best quality spice still originates from the fields of had us. its been recognised by international awards as among the best in the world. the mother stopped short, her mother and i export to more than 27 countries. and i know that sa, frank and cheese they cannot make face of i've gone to star, and i know the soil and other provinces will also produce a fraud. placing such trust in the powers of one tiny flower may be hoping for too

much. but this is a country in need of any little help right now. rob mcbride, al jazeera herat afghanistan, giant christmas tree, has been lit up in the occupied westbank city of bethlehem. this is where christians believe jesus christ was born. the faithful gathered outside the church of in the city, hoping covered 19 doesn't ruin another holiday season. among the crowd watching the big switch on was that correspondence needed abraham be the best i haven't had these in in 2009. ever depends. i make your money when this is the cities that just burn that sewer isn't because sob. you weren't even. that was the 1st 3 lighting ceremony last year. but the day that different mean thousands and thousands of our, sorry,

year the 15 think people are coming from different places from the occupied like back it is ready. this is one of the initiative this year to revive the economy for smith market where people can sell their products as well as their cry people here, matlab have depended on tourism for decades. so naturally when tours in stop, the economy took a hard hit. now, you know, christmas people looking to buy presents and things are starting around, at least for the holidays. people are willing to spend more to try and bring some right rightness and hope into the house and have like a happy holiday. so i think during this time people will spend, you know, it's a bit difficult for them was didn't, is do not control that on board there. so they have to rely on what restrictions israel has in place november. israel has allowed vaccinated tours to come in and so people here were hopeful that tourism is going to be back. but soon after news of the new variant has emerged, israel has shut down its borders again. people here are saying that while they're

glad that there is some sense of normalcy coming back to town, especially during the christmas season, it's the tourism that's going to revive the economy. still ahead on al jazeera, your sports news with some thanks. yes, we are alive from our special p 5 studio here in bo, how we'll have the latest from the tournament. and just a few hours before louis hamilton spots on paul and the saudi arabian goal, pete will build up to the ultimate race of formula one and season. ah, al jazeera sets the stage, lots of women carrying very young children. this one, for example, is only a month and a half global lex bugs and discussion. telephone thing about the impact on the climate change is having on the fall is that you work with voices from different

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really welcome to our special coverage of the fab. caught the tournament, doubling up as a major warm up event for the hotel walk up next year. i dont sign a homeless guarantee of support can use it for you including the battle for the form it a one title which is going down to the wire $750.00 and counting another goal scoring milestone for one of the greatest ice hockey plays of all time and we'll take a look around the fire academy here and bill ha. sports school was old, started for the cutter and national team. ah, i've cupped and come, but 1st to another dramatic twist and the race for the formula. one title, it was hamilton was quickest and qualifying to claim cool for sundays. the saudi

arabian and concrete acts the stab and was on cause to beat him, but hit the wall on the final corner. the crash means it 1st happened was thought, said or stop and leads hamilton and the overall standings by 8 points with 2 races remaining. if he finishes 2nd and hamilton fails to score any points, 1st happen will be champion. to put a lot together with stuff and ultimately i think out of fuel pace where we weren't as far as in today. we couldn't match what he is doing at the bottom. like if we didn't have to do that, we did it said out of the wall and with those i was disappointed, but also look at the pharmacy script last you're going to be lacking of it. and the, this is means that i think tomorrow we still have a very good australian have named their team for the 1st ashes test against england, which starts on wednesday. travis, head and mitchell saw that i have been chosen to play in game one at the guidelines

. brisbin australia retained the ashes in 2019 and they have a new captain. ha cummings, a who comes in for tim payne, who stepped down over sex, things candle to a root is waiting to name his england team. when we walk out here, die one say a packed house and feel that have a camera and start a summer. feels like it here. i think that's going to hit me. meaning this point, the way very much looking forward to getting in the way. nice to have a quick look at it. yeah, sure it will change over the next couple days, but it's time to to feel like this series is very quickly coming on the way. yeah. looks like a good week at a time to get up with all the writing about in the last few days. that grain be degrass sunday sometimes look like that and quite often day one of different. but it looks good from our point of view crowder. i think if we do that and, and look after our game, that's going to give it to football in the united states now. and the ports and the

timbers that have made it into the final 2015 champions, b l full like to nail and the western conference finals. now they will face either the philadelphia union or new york city se it's a rest day. here i be our cup postcard play the next game against iraq on monday, but they are already into the quarter finals. the reading asian champions are unique because the majority of the squad grew up playing together to get oscar visited the spy academy in doha, where the team was built in 2019 capitals. young football team gave the country its greatest moments on the pitch winning their 1st asian type of capital suddenly arrived on the scene was shot many, but it came after years of hard work and it all started here. this is kathy

aspire academy. it takes them the best role talent from the region and train them in the world class facilities. graduates from aspire from the backbone of the cat on national team. and many of them have passed through here during the young cruise, 70 percent of the squad that one the asian title was students just like the 292 athletes that are currently in training at the academy. they get a full time education, as well as an opportunity to hone their skills in sports like athletics, fencing and squash. but it's the football program that's the most popular and successful. one of those hoping to be a future stop, the capital team is 15 year old use of all marty who's been asked to aspire for 6 years. what i enjoy above being in spokane with the 1st one proving myself and always not just the football side of the game and proving myself as a person over there. and also all the help my coaches give me in the mentoring since, you know,

they're older than me and they've pretty much experienced everything that really helps me get some information about what goes out to play 1st team level to our present my national team on also 1st thing level and michelle everything works without a spike out. i mean there is no national you know, the, the boys are pretty much the heartbeat of the country tomorrow. straight the captain, tim k. hill, who played a full well come is he have a nice chief officer. we come to my come here every time i walk into this building . i'm happy 300000 guitar effects at 20000000 plus. it's jillian, it's. i won the asian come in 2019 and when you start thinking about that and breaking it down, how is that possible? it's actually pretty incredible with the numbers with the tell him full take many, many years of working with these plays. and when you look into it to our 1st thing, we have many players that basically are still together with that same group and same many just feeling under the same philosophy and methodology that i going to

find this picks up. so there is a system the system will face its biggest test when cancer host the world cup in 2022. the country has never played in a world cup before, but they've gained experience with guest appearances in european qualifies. and the copper america as well. those who have spent time playing in cats are like touch legend, wrote the book a hopefully they can perform on the biggest stage. i think they're prepared well, they've shown day and f ability to, to make everything very difficult. so i hope that can show the world that that's for boy is developing a thought. a solid performance of the arab cup will help build a footman legacy in the country, but also raise expectations at the middle east dispersed wealth comp. joanna, as raska al jazeera aspire academy, joe ha l e i spoke with cut her stars league executive director of competitions. uh

huh. cutty law. bessie. he told us how domestic football is hoping to benefit from the our cup of this experience is very important for the standards of the cookie cutter starcy to, to get enhanced and the next couple of years. in addition to that, it's an opportunity for us to scott top players on top coaches who can be interesting follow crumbs. and this is an opportunity that we don't want to miss. how did cutlery football develop since the announcement of fall the bid for the world cup? the vision for the last 10 years was to become one of the top 3 leagues in asia. and we have achieved that. so we invested heavily to create the sophisticated a top level professional football system which led to winning the asian cup with 100 percent of our players were playing in the car seek just a couple of more sports toys said bring you starting with the golf colon where i cower is closing in on the world. number one, ranking the race to buy winner is 5 shots. clear at the hear

a well challenge in the bahamas. if to take him to number one, for the 1st time and in ice, hockey rushes alix of its skin. this code, his 750, a goal in vienna tell the washington capitals that captain is falls on the old time list. still some a way off that the overall record of wayne gretzky who scored 894 goals. and that's whole for now or a mind of our top sports toys. just a few hours to go until louis hamilton saw home pole at the saudi gall. he was max there, staff and back in fed and australia. i have named travis that heads and mitchell thought and their team for the opening acts is at test against england. will be back in a few hours time for another school without the day that $1545.00 a g and t. but stay with us here at all. does there after the break? we've got another news update.

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