ah, with getting going on your weather report for the 9th of december. hello everyone. another push of atlantic rain and we've pretty well got disturbed weather iceland cutting across the united kingdom, western france, top and of iberia. so pick up the weather story there. it's been a wild ride for weather, for their northern coast of spain and but another 50 millimeters of rain coming at you in 12 hours. so the threat of some flash flooding snow about 30 centimeters as we head toward the parent ease and howling winds of 90 kilometers per hour. a shield of snow through the alpine region as well. specifically southwest germany. i think they were from about 15 to 30 centimeters of snow, plow of moisture for those eastern shores of the adria attic. see this will play gal bonia, montenegro, bosnia right into croatia as winds could crank up to a 100 kilometers per hour and 30 plus millimeters brain,

then weather alerts and play for low temperatures in boston. as we head toward most are we could dip down to about minus 3 much calmer in the eastern med, still a few showers for the levant, but as the day goes on thursday and improvement, they route a high of 18 degrees and what whether davina and across northern parts of africa, algeria and tunisia, so tunis we've got you in for a high of 13 degrees on thursday. now k, i'm all out of time. i'll see you again soon. ah, the listening post cuts through the noise a monday. you perpetuate separating spin from fuck all 3 versions of the story and some element to the whole story remains and complain. unpacking the stories you're being told, it's not a science story at all. it's a story about policy. the listening post your guide to the media on

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a reminder now of the top stories on al jazeera, britain's prime minister has tightened corona virus restrictions in england, just hours after apologizing for a video showing his staff joking, but holding a christmas party during last year's lockdown. or, as johnson has promised that inquiry, but repeatedly denied that any rules were broken, all of sholtes is being sworn in as germany's new chancellor assuming power after anglo merkel historic 16 years. his leader, his centre left party will govern alongside the greens and the free democrats. and india's defense chief who led one of the world's largest militaries, has been killed in a helicopter crush, his wife and the love 11 others also died. the funeral of a shilling can man who was beaten to death in pakistan has been held in his home country. a crowd attacked priyanka dear. what dana before dragging him into the street and setting him on fire staff at the factory where he worked, had accused them of destroying

a religious poster. michelle fernandez spoke to his family in camp aha round the kumato diva. dinner had worked in pakistan for 11 years. the last 9 in the factory where he was killed. his body was returned to his home country, sri lanka in a sealed coffin, his injuries to horrific to allow an open casket that had been the nurse m a. m m m . i hope justice will be done. considering the mental trauma, my sons and i are suffering, but i believe governments in pakistan, an sri lanka, will intervene to ensure suitable compensation and safety of sri lankan and pakistan. i hope no one has to go through this again with the narrative. on friday, hundreds of men stormed the factory where he worked in the eastern pakistani city of cl, court reports indicate they joined his coworkers, who were angered by accusations the factory manager committed blasphemy. by tearing down a poster containing the name of the prophet muhammad, they severely beat him and set his body on fire. the family is still in shock. his

mother told al jazeera she brought up her 6 children alone after her husband died and was heartbroken that her youngest died this way or 2 days after preempt his body was flown to sri lanka. his family held his final rights keanta and his 2 brothers had walked in pakistan for more than a decade toward my mind. or ruth, begin their how we asked there's pl that been from her really that will be if i had the chance. little yeah, during my life up here for there's a motion for emily. no dordy is really shocked. ah, the killing has been widely condemned in pakistan. and his spark protest like this in several major cities. members of the hard line, teary club bake pakistan party were reported to have been among the attackers in

softball, pakistan's prime minister, him ran con, called it a day of shame for his country. gil irig lark dollar with business communities announced a $100000.00 for his family and he'll continue to receive his full salary. the shoe brutality of the marble tags difficult to comprehend the violence inflicted on preamp. the commodity of our dinner is hard to imagine. a post mortem reportedly found that his spine was broken in 3 places, his vital organs damaged and his body burned more than 90 percent. his brother says he has never seen such brutality in his life. it is beyond that. okay, we're thinking it was normal. do you one of it while we are killing any model? we don't do that kind of a way of playing. and we then mean will, and in whole, the human can kill one human and rio. how the human integral is gone. felice in pakistan, have arrested dozens of people in connection with the attack,

which the family hopes will never happen. again. michelle fernandez are just 0 grandpa her. she'll anchor the european commission has settle plans for tools to fight back when economic pressure is used to bully its members in the changing policy. it's a major concern. member states lost an estimated $7200000000.00 when the u. s. president trump, sa slapped tariffs on steel, imports a mover at a time called threatening lithuania, is currently under economic pressure from china after it allowed to taiwan to open a defacto embassy in vilnius. under this new plan coercion would have to be proved and mediation attempted before counter measures could be deployed, including tariffs, on goods or services withholding you, funding or restrictions on access to e. you penders or research programs, well, member states and need to agree to the plan but some,

including sweden and the czech republic. fear it's actually a slippery slope for tit for tat measures. and possible new trade wars will also cut lee. my chioma is director of the european center for international public political economy. he joins us now via skype from brussels. sir, thank you very much for joining us. so do you agree with countries like sweden and the czech republic that this could be a slippery slope for tit for tat and, and potential new trade wars? well, one could very well are you that the, your response in this new measure is actually responds to the global threat that already exist. the fact is, the trade war has been a fact of life in the international call. me seen this, this end of the 2nd world war? so in other words, i think it's perhaps a little bit perhaps too late to say that we might be going out and slippery slope

because we, i think we're pretty much at the end of that rope. and also, if you look at the proposal that has been presented by sweden and checked republic, they really point to the fact that it is necessary to define very clearly what they call a recursion is. and they might actually be a mistake for europe simply because the fact that europe is the world's largest export in actually one of the biggest market. and they conduct itself in a way that other countries could very well say that the definition of economic corps and actually applies to europe if you would define it too clearly. so some kind of strategic ambiguity is actually necessary. i guess the, the difference between the you and other countries is that of course, the you is a union of 27 countries. and often they need unanimity for any kind of measure. how would that work in this case, and would it be applicable? this is actually a very good observation because in the end you has

a toolbox of various economic sanctions, financial sanctions, etc. and these sanctions, i actually agree unanimously on the pillar of foreign policy. however, on the trade qualified majority voting applies, which means that even if a foreign power, like china, the united states would play divide and conquer amongst the 22nd member state. you could always find the majority in order to retaliate against these countries that are trying to pressure europe. so in other words, you're basically transposing the sanctions toolbox and basically renamed it into try the measures. ok, so i mean, it's becoming clear that this is a complicated a road to go down. but the, you think that the, you having just listed some of the potential threats coming from the u. s. depending on who the president is or china. you think the,

you does need to think ahead of how to, i suppose defend itself against this. well, that's a very popular view in brussels and elsewhere. and as we said, you know, it's a very dangerous world. but i think it was the calculation that has gone missing in this discussion is that if you start to use trade instruments like this is the problem, is that the europe, or is the world's largest exporter, meaning that whatever damaged or europe can do to china, united states or iran on whichever come to talking about they could actually retaliate back. and this is actually a thought that rarely occurs to people in brussels. meaning that actually europe doesn't exist in a vacuum. and we rarely have the last words simply because actually we are more depending on trade than anyone else. so in other words, you, we decided to use down to caution the instrument china,

the united states could simply retaliate and actually impose similar sanctions against us. and that would actually hurt more because our economies actually more trade dependent on china. so i have to say surprises me that you say that this thought that basically that you could suffer more than the 3rd party doesn't occur to people in brussels. well, consequential thinking doesn't always come naturally to big powers, big powers like united states in europe. and sometimes also china tend to think that they will always have the last word and well, that is very rarely the case. also li makia, my director of european center for international political economy. so a very good to talk to you. thank you. as always, thank you. canada and australia have joined the us in its diplomatic boy called of the winter olympics in china. leaders from the 3 countries have cited concerns about human rights abuses. as the reason for the, the british prime minister also says he never had any intention of sending

ministers or official for the event. effectively amounting to avoid cult athletes from all 4 nations will still be able to attend and compete in the games as a country. indeed, as many partners around the world, we were extremely concerned by the repeated human rights violations by the chinese government. that is why we are announcing today that we will not be sending any diplomatic representation to the beijing olympic paralympic games this winter. our athletes have been training for years and are looking forward to compete the highest level against athletes from around the world. and they will continue to have all of our fullest support. we're responding to australia's announcement earlier, china dismissed the move saying it went against the olympic motto of togetherness. from a meal yoshi drew her,

china is not invited. any australian governmental officials to the beijing ones or olympics, or whether they come or not. nobody kiss. australian politicians, political posturing and selfish games, not impact beijing's success in hosting the winter olympics. boy, saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin selman is in doha, where he's met the emmys of catheter on the latest leg over regional tour. this comes ahead of the annual gulf leader summit in re add later this month. it's the crown princess for a stripped a cat out of since the 3 year blockade on the nation, imposed by saudi arabia and 3 other arab nations blockade which ended in january. ashley had better his more now from door. this is a 1st time, as you said, the other side to compress were habit than sell man is in katara since the blockade in 2017, when people thought that was the biggest political crisis in the region. and people thought that this was just going to further deepen, the political divides between the 2 neighboring countries. sarabia was the leader

with a united arab emirates, bahati, and egypt in that particular blockade that was imposed on or cutter. now, earlier this year, the, the mid of cotton and compress parameter, the cement met in a loaner inside the ravia and they said, we are setting aside our differences with turned the chapter of the crisis. and we're moving forward to day when they met at the emerald view and they discussed a wide range of issues, security, diplomacy, regional issues, and also the need for both countries to more forward. there were businessman from saudi arabia and other who met earlier today here in dough. how with the aim of bring him back, their relation to normal. is it likely to happen anytime soon? you know, the, the brocade left, some scars and those cars will have to take some time to heal. and they're saying that the intentions are that, and they look forward to say that being translated on the ground with a stronger relationship between the 2 countries, there will be meeting soon on the 14th of december in the 3rd to capital re add

whether gcc what block will be meeting and they're hoping to be able to build bridges and come out to the international committee and say, flying only the d. c is having a one voice when it comes to the key regional issues. a saudi national, arrested in connection with the murder of the journalist jamal shoji has been released by french police who say it was a case of mistaken identity. the man was detained that an airport near paris on tuesday or over a possible links to the 2018 killing police believe he was highly died, the old ty be a former saudi royal guard, and one of 26 saudis wanted by the turkish authorities, for the murder, but he was released from custody on wednesday after extensive identity checks. still ahead in this news our welcome aboard. the moment the japanese billionaire entered to the international space station as

a tourist and as lots to get through in sporting painting and champions league acts in allocated crisis. and all that and pun timor coming up off of the break. ah, new zealand is a boot watches parent. but this south pacific nation has one of the worst extinction records on earth. rats and other introduced premises have decimated the nike bird population. the decline is still ongoing. if we let it roll for another 50 years, they won't be much left to restore. now, you zealand is leading the world with an extraordinary goal to wipe out the countries with peers. by 2050. there's nowhere else on the planet like this. and we now have the technology, the well and the low here to do it and take those bases. finally,

after 2 days of 36 that we made our 1st, hey we both birds will joined 14 other key. we released in the last few mom. it's a vital step in saving while t we which will almost walked out across the region 2 decades ago. lou ah, for. thanks for your company live at from us special a fee for our cups in day. ha ha, i'm devon asked. we've got plenty coming up and sports. tiger woods confirms he's ready for tournament golf and set the date. he's come back in 19 crisis. it taught them. as 13 cases are, the taxes are primarily flat,

which is lead to their next game being postponed. and the champions league and chelsea and miss out on top to bottom that because of this late strike pages that tiger woods will make his return. it's a competitive golf next week in his 1st starts in suffering. serious injuries in a car. crash woods has confirmed to apply at the pnc championship in florida alongside his son. charlie is a $36.00 whole event which sees major. what is a team up with a member of their family? the 15 time major champion haven't played in a tournament since the accident in february, which left him with severe leg injuries. totland 0 conferencing match with ran on thursday has been cooled off after a cave in 19 outbreak. it's buzz. 8 of their players and 5 members of staff of test positive for korean of ours, which is led to the club closing the 1st team training center, as opposed to play brighton on sunday coach on tenure. conte wouldn't confirm if

they'll contact the premier league to request a postponement everyday reading. good people we do with the people that the yesterday. i wasn't the people she did today was supposed to you and the we are continue to have a contact with people get oh we think that they are negative, but the day after become positive. i think of these assiduous problem every wanda is a beast gave the also because i think every wanna we have family and oh wow yeah, you today. good these are, these are the sco boss alina have missed out on the champions league knockout stage . for the 1st time in 21 years after losing 3 nel against bond munich. in our reaction on wednesday, chelsea new a win would guarantee the top spot in that great. they were to on down a half time again, senate st. petersburg 40 may vote at that chelsea in front of 84 minutes. that was

his 2nd of the night. that deepened so for time as then it found the cries at thanks from a cracking strike from substitute my game it although i have it finished 3. 0, well, that result open the door of the event is to claim top spot in the group, which is exactly what they did. they edged out swedish sign mound. no one mill noise can with the goal in 18 minutes. well to tennis, no one never joke, which has been named on the official entry list for next months. australia open, the defending champion hasn't revealed if he's vaccinated despite every one at melbourne, park, and needing to have been inoculated against k, v 19th to be at the tournament. one person missing from the entry list is 23 time a grand slam champion. as serena williams, who hasn't played since withdrawing from wimbledon in june with a leg injury, leading king has backs the w t decision to suspend all their events in china and hong kong. because of the punctual situation, she hopes the chinese star is safe. falling has sexual assault allegations against

a senior government official in china. yes, i'm very happy. the w tasted for her will be a lot of challenges ahead of us, but now we're standing up for human rights and abuse and all of that were against it is really important. and i hope that the fence roy at the main thing is that she said, but i hope she's all right. that's the maybe back to football now and ever since cattle when the right to house the 2022 woke up, the golf nation has faced his scrutiny about his treatment of work is involved in building stadiums of the tournament. organizes say that commitment to work his welfare is lead to big improvements in living and safety standards. and he richardson reports next year. cats are the lease sale stadium will host the world cup final. but now it's home to some of the thousands of construction workers who helped realize this countries footballing ambitions. they include v j in nor do i met their accommodation block near the stadium, the working capital, the,

the last 15 years. order of about the i've seen big changes during my time here in my previous job, i had to spend a lot of time cooking my food and washing my clothes. now i don't have those worries and food is cooked for us, my clothes go to the laundry, and the salary is paid on time. but now, during the hot months, we get a 10 minute break every hour and don't work during the middle of the day. there's a rest area and we can have water and glucose drink organizes say there have been 3 work related deaths and 35 non work related fatalities on wilco projects in the last 10 years. in that time, there also have been significant reforms introduced, including a minimum wage and the ending of a system whereby in the past work is had to get their employers permission to either change jobs or leave the country human rights group. amnesty international says progress on work is right to stagnated in capital over the past year,

but it did make an exception for those directly involved with the world cup. we do recall that those workers working on work of project have better standards of protection. the supreme committee introduced the workers was offering better standards, and i think that even a fruit to sometimes at 1st class workers because of the verge by much of working on his very important project. but again, i think we need to see beyond these 2 percent and then make sure that the remaining 90 percent also enjoy the same protection surrounding some of the world cup stadiums. a so called walls of gratitude, pictures of all the workers we've helped build them. it's their efforts, the skills dep assistance, the patients while they were away from home to really help us bring the dream to reality. when is your work is funded. his own construction project,

a new house back home in india, where he plans to rejoin his family after the world cup and the richardson al jazeera lucille, australia as batman will look to build a big lead over england on day 2 of the 1st ashes test. which begins in just a few hours brisbin the, all these is dominated the opening day and set the time legally amazing will revenge with this fuss and livery gather. and for england that made it double figures as they slept. 247. well, come in a standout boat with 5 c h as he started to test captaincy in style. when you think of the 1st, the over actually here is it run goes back to homicide. so hopefully that's the new memory. now describe how people stock that for up in the ball and you just got a real knack of picking up or we can in the 1st couple overs and just pump him more

else and then just saw the guy might have started off gonna get to down about an hour by proteins, a little bit about miss disappointing stuff, especially. so that was frustration that we haven't, we haven't been on that big score that we want it, but the pissed off for a fair the especially for the same. so i think, you know, obviously for straight to do that as a unit, but we're not going to get to down the low towards low key disparate high come 5 times more. and finally, an amazing goal in the n h l. it came in the anaheim duct victory over the buffalo favors hot to see in real time the replace shows ducks, plant, travel vigorous, even great skill to flip the puck back of the that. and the goal is to set up to see, make this funny milan a you find a straight out of the in the go. very impressive. indeed. that is all your fault for now is the backs of barbara in london. jemma. thank you. now, a chinese rover has photographed what appears to be

a mysterious cube like object on the far side of the moon. according to a chinese government science website that you to, to, to rover, was about 80 meters away when it captured this image. it's going to take 2 to 3 months for the rover to reach the objects location. speculation has been wild though with social media user suggesting it's either space junk an alien base or maybe just a boulder spot as exciting in the japanese billionaire has become the 1st fee, paying space taurus, to visit the international space station in more than a decade. this is the moment the hatch was opened and that you sack, who am i, was our entered the orbiter greeted by the station screw. he flew there with his assistant, who was there to document the journey and was accompanied by a russian cosmonaut on the 6 hour journey. that is it for the same news? i will stay with us back in just

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