hello. the stream on al jazeera, ah no breakthrough in talks between the u. s. and russian president as moscow, a massive troops on new grains border. ah, hello there, i'm stars your day and this is out of their life and are also coming up a quarter. malaysia upholds the corruption conviction of former prime minister, now jim rosin, but says he can stay out of jail for now. australia joins the u. s. diplomatic boycott of next year's winter olympics and china and a new political chapter in germany. i left sholtes is said to be sworn in as

chancellor. ah, now the u. s. president has repeated his warning to russia's leader invade ukraine and face severe sanctions. the virtual call between joe biden and vladimir putin on tuesday ended with no breakthrough hurt and complained about nature as attempts to develop what he calls ukrainian territory. our white house correspondent, kimberly health at reports with a massive build up of russian troops, new ukraine, shared border, and u. s. intelligence indicating an invasion of ukraine could happen early next year. u. s. president biden met virtually with russian president vladimir poo. good to see you again. the pair spoke for 2 hours. potent denies. russian tends to invade ukraine, calling it fear mongering. but the u. s. president made clear today that if russia

did tough economic sanctions would follow. i will look in the eye and tell you as president biden looked, president putin in the eye and told him today that things we did not do in 2014. we are prepared to do now. that reference is to the russian annexation of crimea from ukraine. that prompted us sanctions biden also told potent, the u. s. was prepared to assessors militarily. we would provide additional defensive material to the ukrainians above and beyond that, which we are already provided. and we would fortify our nato allies on the eastern flank for its part. russia is seeking assurances from the west that ukraine will not become a member of the north atlantic treaty organization, something the ukrainians have pursued for years. the u. s. national security advisor reiterated ukraine can associate with whoever it wants. when analyst believes joining nato is unrealistic,

it ought to be clear to them that we're not coming to the rescue. so you'd have to live in nest russia without a u. s. security guarantee. there were also questions about the controversial nord stream to pipeline which runs from germany to russia and whether it could be used as leverage and discussions over ukraine. the white house says it will pressure the german government to stop it. if russia invades the biden administration, will continue to work with it's european partners, promising a coordinated response. should russia ignore their warnings? president biden. we'll also speak with ukraine's president lensky on thursday. kimberly hell get al jazeera, the white house. now malaysia's former prime minister, not jabrisa, could says he's disappointed after an appeals court upheld his guilty verdict and a corruption case. he wanted the judge to throw out his 12 year prison sentence and $50000000.00. fine. now, jim pleaded not guilty to dozens of charges tied to his involvement in

a multi $1000000000.00 state funds scheme. he was voted out of office back in 2018 after those corruption allocation. i am very, very disappointed with that because i brought my focus on house national to chris. and as you know, during my tenure as prime minister as just an example. oh, the total assets of the country under my watch grew from $800000000.00 to $2.00 trillion, 2 trillion regains. oh, therefore, i created a lot of wealth. what a country? ah, florence louis has more now from put to die in malaysia. his lawyers have said they

will be filing an appeal to the federal court. that's the highest court in the land and pending that appeal process. his lawyers have also asked for and been granted a stay on the sentence. that means not, your brother will not have to go to prison. he will not have to pay his fine immediately while the appeals process is being dealt with. and this is something that can take years. now in practical terms, it also means that he will be free and out on bail just as he is. now, there are really 2 camps. i mean, there are many people who believe that no job is guilty. if you remember, it was the anger over corruption allegations surrounding one m d b, the state investment fund that caused no chips. party, the united malays national organization and its allies to lose a general election in 2018. and that was a historic defeat. it was the 1st time the coalition known as verizon national had lost a general election and was no longer in power. this was the 1st time since malaysia gain independence in 1957. and the court of appeals decision on wednesday will be

event, vindication for many anti corruption activists and opposition. politicians who have said that no job was corrupt when he was prime minister and also finance minister of this country. but equally not does have many supporters, especially amongst the grassroots, he has successfully rehabilitated his image through a very savvy use of social media. he portrays himself as a champion of the people, as opposed to the privately educated, wealthy elite that he is. we spoke to some of his supporters, dozens of whom were here earlier on wednesday, and they said they were disappointed by the court's decision. but they also said they remain hopeful because he has one channel of appeal left to him. astray lawyer has joined the us diplomatic boy cause of next year's winter olympics, and beijing athletes will still be able to attend the games, but they will be no government. representation of beijing says the decision runs counter to australia's desire to improve relations. but prime minister scott morrison says china has failed to respond to several issues, including accusations of human rights abuses. always stand up for strategies,

interests in what a strains believe is right. and we are living in an uncertain time. and the world in our part of the, in the, in that the civic is, is uncertain. and that requires latest to be strong and stand up for a strategy and stand up for the things that we believe in and not take a step back. and so i won't be taking a step back here. well, andrew woodward is a sports marketing consultant and he was also the public relations manager for sidney is $992.00 olympic bed. he says, all the countries will probably follow washington's lead. it actually just sent a signal through diplomatic circles to the chinese government that you know, hey, we're not happy in australian sport and politics folklore as a phrase that sport and politics don't mix astray. liens hated when sport and politics come together and sport is used for politics. but this will largely be seen is just something that politicians and bureaucrats do. and as long as they're

athletes, good to go there. the public of australia will be comfortable with that is so look at it, use a lungs, are going in the same direction as i understand it. and look, this is something that will spread around the rest of the world. there are multinational alliances and they will come into the 4. but what i don't think anyone wants to see happen is a, a boycott to be olympics from an athletic point of view. think of how the world came together for the tokyo olympics earlier this year in the joy that there are many, many people. certainly there are major human rights issues in china to address it on the whole. let's keep the sport politics separate here, and let's not forget that sport has acted before to bring about change in various countries. we did have the protests on the apart say, protest with common rules, nations banning south africa from sport and back in the sixties and seventies, most particularly cricket and rugby. and that had some effect in bringing about change in south africa. upset china is too big for that,

but certainly it is sending a very strong signal to beijing. now germans aren't just hours away from getting a new chancellor center left social democrat or left shots is said to be sworn in to replace angular michael. he's now leaving office after 16 years. steadfast and reports from shelters. hometown come back. a special discount for all of shells here caught a little joke from barbara batch of i'll got to celebrate. the new chancello happened to be an old friend. they met when both are working for the s b day, the social democratic party, and hamburg and toys. there was long for me. does all of us at dark. it's a special day because my good comrade, my very sensitive comrade, been a powerful position as chancellor and i will keep my fingers crossed on the wounded . this is really dissolved. i can't even explain how special it stays for me. but i do need a clear and 63 year old child who was raised by social democratic parents joined

the s b day at the age of 17. after working as a labor law attorney, he was elected mayor and hamburg in 2011, leading germany 2nd largest city shows, shows himself as a pragmatic and a time stuff mere. he came on the fire when rioting broke out during the 2017 g 20 summit in the city. it's him hamburg all of shows was festive. that's the petition and a leader. now, yes, to show not only can easy germany, but also guide you through difficult times tackling the cobra. 1900 damage and security threats at its border shoals will lead to 3 parties, government with the greens and the liberal, f. d a and novelty in germany. the coalition as a now to them bishop 177 page deal that should modernize germany by speeding up the energy transition and improve welfare provision. but it's the data, the 4th wave of the covert pandemic that will meet all his attention 1st we need to

be able to make the decisions past. and that also means he has to lead the coalition and not go into endless debates and compromises with half of his cabinet posts given to women. shoals wants to show you serious about change his foreign minister on elaine. a bad bulk of the greens has announced the top of stands on russia and china. but some wonder if shoals has what it takes to lead internationally. i think his lack of car smoke is a weakness. now his, his advisors keep telling us that this is going to be a strong chancellor, that can bring people together and that behind the scenes he is the person that can do that. but certainly he hasn't shown that he can convey and can bring people behind him. germany will find out soon enough because the country takes over the g 7 presidency in january. an important moment for shoals to convince those who still have doubts, batch at organ has none. i mean, it listens,

takes it in and does not forget. he will think about it before he makes a decision that is all of and he should just stay all and then he can do anything above all. i'll go and hopes the new chancellor won't forget his old friends and will still visit him for some good advice. steadfast and al jazeera amber. and let's be to our correspondent, dominant cane. he is in berlin for us. dominic, a busy ceremonial morning, fish shots, i believe that also the end of an era, really how the germans reflecting over their that is the day of 1st so many people here thought, all those people who went to live in an era before and going to mca was chance level, now they have to, as we heard, step reporting that braced themselves for a totally different governments with a totally different agenda, traffic light government. the 1st doesn't end with medical not being the 1st time

the child has been in the chancellor position, but also take a moment to consider the cabinets that she will, that he will be presiding over as it were, which has now 2 of the most important positions in this country, and therefore arguably in this continent or in the hands of the members of parliament who have never held a ministerial role in their lives. that is the head of the free democrats, christian linda, the f d a pay, he's going to be finance minister. never having served in any government anywhere. and the foreign ministry is going to be in the hands of anna bell book. the person who led the greens to 3rd place in the general election. she also has never held ministerial office so a day of 1st in many different ways. people looking at this traffic light coalition, wondering what direction will it take germany in and also st themselves. i'm going to medical one for general elections never lost a general election, and he's choosing to bow out as she does now. many wondering what might have

happened had she chosen to carry on. she didn't, she's going and that people are left with the reality of what's in front of them and what's in front of them straight away is a vote in the bonus. talk the parliament behind me in the next hour or so. and then in the course of the following hours, different ministers arriving at the president's office and picking up that portfolios and then a cabinets later in the afternoon that 1st new cabinet of this new coalition i'll be across all that for you. here on out, is there a dominant came there with all the latest from bill, and thank you, dominic. oh, stella had here on al jazeera. why a launch? coal fired power plant and northern bosnia is being linked to a townsend rise in death and to punch it and will tell you why pakistan is prime minister for mac. i get a iran con, has returned to the pitts. ah

hello, nice to see you. storm barra still do in a number on ireland right through to the united kingdom and those wins for the southwest corner of ireland. still red weather alert in play here. so around at cork, in limerick, we'll see them blast to a 130 kilometers per hour. let's remember more than 10 days ago we had storm are when people still without power as a result of that. and i think we'll add more to the mix at that atlantic rein. cutting across iberia and snow levels have dramatically dropped here. we're talking about 500 meters, we'll see anywhere from 5 to 15 centimeters. of course, the higher you are, the more snow you will see. swath of snow across said the alpine region is while storms get going for sardinia right through that west coast of italy. so rome, right through to the north, had a lot of activity in the mediterranean, specifically the eastern mediterranean, and we can now trace that as it rolls further toward the east and slams right into

the levant. so specifically, lebanon and palestine going to see a swath of rain and they root, you can see halloween winds here of 70 kilometers per hour. so as a result, a bit further toward the south, we're going to see that sand and dust kicked up for northern parts of egypt. this includes cairo with a high of 19 degrees on wednesday that sure weather update. we'll see again soon. bye for now. ah frank assessments, this crisis is continued to weaken a look a show up, even though they're cap cbd of them the beginning there have been informed opinions, biting politicians will now be under incredible pressure from the young people. that is one of the most of things to come out of these critical debate. do you think that they should be facilitated? not sure. okay, it's a great. it's a really simple question. let's give samuel a child swanson. inside story on al jazeera.

ah ah ah. hello there on the stove. yes, hey, and dog, let's remind you about top stories here. the salad. the u. s. has warned russia of severe sanctions. it invades ukraine. president joe biden, and vladimir putin held a 2 hour virtual cool that ended with no breakthrough. putin wanted a guarantee that ukraine will not be allowed to join nato. a course on malaysia has upheld the conviction of former prime minister, another browser, and a multi $1000000000.00 corruption case. he wanted the judge to throw out his 12 year prison sentence and $50000000.00 fine. australia has now joined the united states and

a diplomatic boycott of next year's winter olympics and beijing sizing human rights abuses. china says the decision runs counter to australia is publicly announced, desired to improve relations between the 2 countries. with on to the pandemic now and cove in 1000 cases and south korea have surpassed 7000 in one day. for the 1st time. prime minister kimbo, yon says he is concerned about the increasing number of critically ill patients. he says the amik on variant is contributing to the rise and infections their home treatment for patients is now being considered to reduce pressure on hospitals. well, dr. alice tan specializes and disease prevention at the ms medi women's hospital and is also an associate former associate professor at the some some medical center . and she says, cases started climbing after south to re eased measures back in november. listed many restrictions including allowing visitations to long term care facilities,

such as convalescent hospitals and nursing homes. unfortunately, we did not take into account the amount of waning of community that had occurred, especially in people older than 60 years old. and so with measures lifted, there was an increase in community transmission which we expected. but unfortunately, there was also a huge spike in break infections, especially in people age 60 and above. and that's what caused a huge increase in the number of hospital admissions. and unfortunately, in november, i saw the largest number of public belated dust in south korea since the onset of the pandemic. i think it's too early to say what the true virulence of the on variance is throughout the whole spectrum of disease. although we do suspect that it is much more transmissible than the tell to variant. and even in korea,

we are seeing cases of breakthrough infection. our 1st 2 cases had been fully vaccinated with them during the vaccine. and then they had got the chronic infection. i was traveling in africa and so the army, cranberry and is, is in the community already in korea. and my biggest concern is that if we see huge increases in cases that inevitably always leads to increase in hospitalizations. even if the disease is last severe on our a u. s. federal judge has blocked the last of president. biden's, coven, 1000 vaccine mandates for businesses. the ruling says the move to force millions of federal contractors to get vaccinated exceeds government authority. as follows, the blocking of compulsory vaccines for health care workers just last week. now,

a report by a bosnian university has made a direct link between a coal fired power plant and a high level of cancer. locals in the northwest town of virginia say their town is emptied over the past decade. they're now concerned about plans going ahead to expand the planned laura burton manley reports the town of became near, sits in the shadow of both near hurts cadina's largest power plant. considered europe's most producing. it seemed blamed for many debts and mass migration, and this is a culprit to large stretches of ash and cold deposits. the deer, though i portrayed us here just as soon as a child is born, he gets from cotton asthma instead of the lungs naturally developing every day we bury someone, never before have more people died than now. this is hell. the kenya has been empty of its residence a decade ago. 5500 people lived here. now that down to a 1000,

a recent health studies link tells us smoke and ash to high levels of lung cancer, asthma, and chronic disease walking. it'll tell us there is no clear border between virginia and the power plants, the impact of the plants, lag, and hash deposits account for 70 percent of that. and chronic diseases compared with 3 percent of the saline district, which we compared to, to the tesla count. it's one of 5, the provide the nation with 70 percent of its electricity. it's directed denies links to high levels of cancer and then tell milk the other category name up. there is not a single coal fired plant has no impact on the environment. we, as owners, are obliged to take a number of measures prescribed by law to reduce that impact, according to these environmental and energy characteristics. these are production units that are equal to those built in the year. and now the ground is being prepared. the plans to be expanded in

a chinese back deal. this is despite china's pledge to start building new co plants abroad. and the e use energy. what's to hold saying it's preaching e you law and the aggravate air pollution moment system, coin laundry. we have a system that serves to protect operators who do not meet their obligations regarding environmental protection. but here when i talk about environmental protection, i'm talking about human lives. ultimately, the few remaining residents spear the new plant, what adds to their misery and the dr. for power would drain the town of the last few people. still left lore about among the al jazeera, now peruse, president has survived a motion to impeach him. congress rejected the move to remove him from office, the left as president who assumed office in july as accused of corruption by his political rivals, pro and anti government protestors gathered there outside congress during the impeachment,

rose peru has had 5 presidents in the last 5 years while the newly reelected president of the gambia says his country can overcome its differences, there's been some unrest since adama barrows reelection on saturday after his main rival. he st. dubbo contested the result. the president says a delayed report looking into the abuses of his predecessor, ya will also soon be released. the process is this is suddenly the report. tommy, that is my good. look at the report. on re max, will you make it public? after one more? mitchell after one more to this problem. so to me i'm you, you all know what is in the report. then not more than 6 months. we should come out with the white paper, but one to we want to assure that justice and reconciliation report isn't

it more helpful? our managers has more now from the capital banjo. he said he will reach out to every segment of the society, but also appeals to me and to forget that differences and consider the election done and dusted. however, when pushed to talk about the truth and reconciliation commission, it was asked whether he is willing to prosecute for me a long time rude. i a jeremy. he said, i'm certain that in the, in the formative will mean taking a personal. but he assured that he will take the necessary measures to address the concerns of can be ends who feel that the government doesn't have the well political well to see if that'll or implement the recommendations of the truth and reconciliation commission. right now you've got to take over the next president of this country over here. go this come competitor is actually not giving up. we

probably, he probably has 7 or 8 days to take this matter to court and have it judged in his favor. otherwise, mr. battle would be sworn in us the president next year, early next year. now if you're, if in prime minister or the earth man says his forces will continue to take back areas from to grind rebels and comes a day off. so the government said it had recaptured dessie and combos from the to grind people's liberation from those towns on a road from rise with a capital addis ababa and received by rebel forces. just a month ago, the long conflict has killed thousands of people and displaced more than 2000000. but we will continue liberating the remaining areas of the country. the victory will continue and nothing will stop us. the enemy will be destroyed. the enemy came to loot rob immediate us, as you can see they couldn't stand against philippine journalist maria theresa is flying to norway to accept the nobel peace prize after court approved her trip. and

the outspoken critic of president rodrigo to today is out on bail while appealing a 6 year prison sentence for libel. reesa was awarded the nobel peace prize for her efforts to safeguard freedom of expression. there is a part of me that is happening. yes, but also angry and hoping for better or better in bellows plays, forced the plane of a journalist to land rate. look what's happened in hong kong. i think this is just an indication of how hard it is to be a journalist that a but how important it is, the a journalist. now the united arab emirates is cutting its work week to 4 and a half days and moving it's weekend to saturday and sunday. with ours you say the shift is aimed at improving the nation's competitiveness. it will come into effect at the beginning of next year. the u. e has traditionally observed friday and

saturday as the weekend, like most countries in the middle east. our former pakistan, cricket captain, and our prime minister, emron con, has launched his country's largest ever sports drive. the aim is to encourage young people to compete and one of 12 sports at the highest level and tore gate and be reports. pakistan is known for its love of cricket, but the students in the capitol, islamabad, aunt heading to a match. instead, they're making their way to gina stadium to watch one of pakistan's most famous former cricketers launch $22000000.00 sports initiative aimed at young people. prime minister imran con hopes it'll inspire the next generation of sport stars. august. juan milgar, pakistan as a country with 70 percent of the people are below the age of 30. we're aiming for pakistan to participate in all international sports was talent hunt will help us find the very best people. the 1st phase of the project is

a series of competitions to be held across pakistan. they'll be open to girls and boys who compete in one of 12 sports, including football, hockey, squash, and skiing. we are playing football game and this is a great opportunity for him and i will especially thank him because he has given 100 opportunity, possibly any one age 11 to 25 can compete. it's estimated around 1000000 young people will take part in the selection process. students like presented or excited about the initiative of our diploma. i do karate and there aren't many opportunities available. gern to international events or the olympics is only a dream, but i am confident this sports drive will create opportunities for us. the prime minister acknowledges that pakistan musty more to develop its sports facilities and programs for this initiative to succeed. he says, new zealand,

a country of 5000000 people has more school grounds in pakistan, the country of 220000000. but he says the government is committed to funding the sports facilities and training talent needed to help students like these reach their potential. victoria gay to be al jazeera. ah and then this is out here, and these are the headlines. the u. s. has warned russia of severe sanctions if it invades ukraine, president biden, and that in my putin held a, to our eventual call that ended with no breakthrough fusion, wanted a guarantee that ukraine will not be allowed to join nato. a cause and malaysia has upheld the conviction of former prime minister, not jabrisa in a multi 1000000000.