faster they're trying to brighten the people to leave it to go somewhere else. but the truth is that it got nowhere else to go. so if you missed it online, catch up here with me thunder gatlin on al jazeera the u. s. president holds a summit to tackle what he calls alarming challenges to democracy. but some countries accuse it of hypocrisy and cold woman tallahassee. ah, the whole revenue watching out is there a life my headquarters here in doha also coming up a perilous winter? the u. k. is warned, it could see a 1000000 cases of the armor. com buried in weeks a call to more urgency as well. parents resume talks with the wrong to salvage the nuclear deal. plus we have more on how kata is partnering with countries across

africa to provide education to thousands of children left out of school. ah, the president is wanting that democracy is on the decline and confronting the crisis is the challenge of our time. joe biden is hosting a virtual summit to address the issue, while the 100 countries are taking part. but russia and china have not been invited . both countries have denounced the meeting and accuse washington of cold war mentality and stoking divisions. in my view, this is the final challenge of our time democracy. government of the people by the people for the people can at times be fragile, but also is inherently resilient, is capable of self correction and is capable of self improvement. and yes, democracy hard, we all know that it works best with consensus in cooperation. busy whitehouse

corresponding kimberly healthcare has was for washington dc. there is no question that there is an enormous challenge here. and given the fact that many of. 2 the countries participating have agreed to sort of authoritarian tendencies in some cases, the challenge to come up with consensus and some sort of joint statement out of this that can actually be actionable is what everyone is watching and wondering and, and the question really becomes to what can be accomplished by a virtual meeting, and this is something that he is committed to and you heard him talking there about some of the challenges that are faced in particularly in the united states, where he says that democracy works best. when parties that oppose one another can sit down and work together. and there really are very few examples in the united states where that is actually achieves if anything, the divisions only seem to be more pronounced with us election. keeping in mind,

the images of many republicans tried to overturn the outcome of the 2020 us election on january 2nd. so these are the challenges for the us president. he believes that the united states well flawed is still the best model of democracy and hope to lead by example. but given the fact that there are so many inconsistencies between what the president is saying and what is actually happening in the united states, whether it's freedom of the press or whether it's the rule of law, given the fact that there is such an equality particularly us justice system when it comes to racial minorities. this is the challenge for the u. s. president, so he's moving forward. he's making the case that this can be worked on collectively, even as he acknowledges rather humbly that the united states has its own flaws. now china was accused us of political manipulation of going ahead with the summer even going as far as calling it a joke. katrina, you has more or what being had to say according to beijing,

this summit is about promoting us self interest and making sure that the u. s. stays on top of the world stage. now china has many reasons to be angry. one of the foremost is that it was not one of the more than 100 countries or regions invited to attend this summit. and they took issue with that. and they were further infuriated by the invitation, extended to taiwan, which china considers a rogue chinese break away province. another participant, they are not happy with is the speaker nathan law. now he was a former hong kong legislator, a well known activist, and he fled hong kong before the position of the national security law. last year, now he's been invited to speak about his experiences. you will talk on human rights and standing up to authoritarianism on friday. now in recent days, over the past week, they doing and it's propaganda. state media has been on or va, dr. talking about all the flaws of us style democracy and saying that china has its

own style of democracy, which is more representative of the interest of the people. but of course the u. s . many other per democratic groups and countries would take issue without saying that trying to routinely denies its citizens, human rights or basic rights. there is no individual voting and trying to has been routinely criticize or it's a treatment of, for example, muslim wiggers as well as people working in the media. one person who died after a fire broke house at the headquarters of tennessee as large as political party, at least a dozen more have been injured. people tried to escape the hunters party, building through windows is unclear what caused the blaze. now the group holds the most seats in parliament and it's been locked in a dispute with trinity as president since july, when he suspended the legislature and assumed nearly all executive powers. now the mcclung covey 19 very, and his casting a huge shadow over the coming holiday period with countries across the world

stuffing up measures to contain it spread south africa has approved the use of the 5 vaccine boost shot. the w h o says the country has seen a 255 percent increase in cases in the past week. while in the u. k, the health secretary has warned it could see a 1000000 con infections by the end of this month. cases of the new varian have been doubling every 2 to 3 days. and australia has outlined its plan to make creative iris vaccines. compulsory officials previously hinted at a maximum find about $4000.00 for those who refused to take the job. well, dominic cane is embellish, he has more on austria's latest measures. there is no question that the austrian government felt when he asked some weeks ago that a mandatory vaccine requirement was coming and that a lockdown was necessary. there was no doubt that the wave of covey that was washing across the country was so bad. they felt they have no option. well,

today they have presented their proposals and it says that everyone over the age of 14, in austria, who has not been vaccinated by a point in february, will suddenly find themselves potentially liable for a fine of more than $4000.00. everyone under the age of 14 will not need to to suffer that penalty. the point is the numbers here, something around about 70 percent of the austrian population has already been vaccinated. at least has had 2 doses of the vaccines that require 2 doses, or one if it's the johnson and johnson vaccine that still is around 30 percent of the 14 year olds. and under make up around 14 percent of society to cut to the chase. what it means is, around 1200000 adults have had the opportunity always, you're almost always here to have a vaccine and have chosen not to for whatever reason. well, come february, that 1200000 people. if they haven't been vaccinated, we'll start having to pay for it. and it could be up to $4000.00 for me to mila has

following the situation in south africa. it has been sort of up and down in the last few days. and when we've spoken to experts, they've said that you know, shortly after weekends we may have a lag just because of data. we had 6000 new cases on monday, but that shot up 290-0000. in the last 24 hours and 56 people died from covert 19. the numbers are concerning because there is a 20 per 6, st positivity rate. and that means that for the people who are going to get tested for covert 19, about one in 4 are receiving a positive result. but the government is also saying that hospital facilities are well prepared. and in terms of, i see you bit intensive care that just 6 percent of beds occupied at this moment about 3 and a half 1000 general bits occupied by people over 900 when they're 113000 available . and they also saying that doctor will, at least initial daughter,

is showing that potentially, while this particular varian does spread easily, and they're worried about that it may possibly be miles that than expected. but this is very early stages of the 4th wave in south africa. and also looking broadly at the region and what is happening with the very around the world. there are about a 1000 cases that have been linked directly to all the con, added to peers at 46 percent. of those cases are from africa, specifically in southern africa, way of 5 countries, including south africa. us are leading to a spike in numbers. there are some negotiated says to her on his theories about reaching a nuclear agreement with world powers, the chair of the negotiations. enrique mora says all science have shown a renewed sense of purpose toward the resumed in vienna, aimed at reviving the 2015 deal night limited iran's nuclear program. exchange the sanctions relief. last week,

us and european participants accused her on of not being serious about salvaging the deal. also, jabari has more from vienna. they sent him and several shared by the reigning deputy foreign minister ali baba connie who was leading the arabian delegation, was the same as that of the e. u. a foreign policy chief that we just heard from. connie said that her, the rainy's are very serious and they're here for results. and that is exactly what they hoped to achieve. in the coming days. the joint commission met earlier on thursday and then they went off to smaller working groups to discuss the details of what iran has proposed to the world powers. the rainy's put forth 2 proposals last week where they said one deals with how the united states will lift those sanctions that they impose, since they left a nuclear deal in 2018. and the 2nd proposal deals with the arena nuclear program and how iran will go back into compliance. the when you have said that will only happen when he can verify that all the sanctions that the u. s. as opposed or

lifted in terms of what the international atomic energy agency has to do with all this. they are the watchdog that polices the j. c. p. o, a, the nuclear deal of 2015. and the head of that organization has said that there has been serious issues with iran compliance over the past few months. and that they are very concerned that they no longer have the access that they want to have when it comes to policing iran's nuclear program. for now, the groups here that are discussing how to move forward, or hopefully they can come to some kind of an agreement in the next few days and on how to move forward with these negotiations. hogs pro democracy movement has been dealt another blow, 3 well known activists are waiting to hear that sentences after being convicted of organizing a band vigil to commemorate the italians square massacre. foreign slippery reports . oh, jimmy ly was at last year's tenement square rally in hong kong for just 15 minutes and not addressed the crowd. the judge said prosecutors had been able to prove his

incited others to attend the vigil. lie used to own apple daily, a vocal pro democracy paper. the tablet was shut down after police rated its officers and arrested staff under a national security law. some journalists in hong kong say, they are not surprised by wednesday's verdict. this has been the trend of the last year of the judge and under woodcock. rosa tar jimmy lie didn't have to say anything to even in spite of the very top, but he turned up just outside the park, was closed. a deliberate act to rally support for and publicly spotlight the unauthorized assembly. the judge also found barrister chow hung tongue and former reported gwyneth how guilty of either taking part or inciting others to join the event. all 3 pleaded not guilty. 16 other activists are already serving jail sentences for also taking part in the commemoration. hong kong has traditionally held large events on the anniversary of the tenement crackdown in beijing. for the

1st time in 30 years, police in hong kong band lost his rally, citing corona virus restrictions. commemorations will also band this year with case itself is part i would say perhaps a wider crackdown on the memory of the 1989 massacre. textbooks has been censored, museum exhibits confiscated. the visuals organizers have been put behind balls. and as you can see, this collaboration has been banned. last year's band was imposed just as china passed, a sweeping national security law in hong kong activists say the latest convictions . another example of hong kong leaders bowing to pressure from beijing to censure pro democracy expression. florence lee algebra will still ahead hey, on al jazeera, we look at how children across east africa bearing the brunt of climate change. and

how long to drag for smoke? because a new zealand the government seeks to stop a new generation, taking up the habit they story after the break. ah, ah, look forward to burritos, guys. with sponsored by capital airways. hello, thank you for tuning in your weather reports. going to begin in the sub continent and we're in india where most of our rain is petering out on friday. but let me show you the scene on saturday at the wave hits tamil nadu and also 1st for longer a burst of rain toward the southwest and the se, but back to time on the do x 3 days for tonight. the rain and storms will never be too far away, as we head towards south east asia right now, it's been nonstop rain on the island of lombok. that's just east a bali producing these scenes of flash flooding, a torrent of water. tens of thousands of people impacted here and still plentiful

storms in the forecast on friday. take you to the philippines right now and rain coming out. yeah. both sides in the east and the west is this batch moves in from borneo. the risk of flash flooding and rain induced landslide x for china has some rain density across western areas of the yangtze river valley and the yellow river valley sham jo has a hive. 7 degrees, thick cloud toward the northeast of china, over the korean peninsula that could generate some showers and could even see some snow at higher elevation. meantime for japan, top to bottom and wall to wall sunshine, a suck has got a high of 17 degrees on friday. that's wall above average. that sure weather up the season? oh, the weather, sponsored by casara always stepped beyond the comfort zone. were assumptions or challenge travel to the ends of the earth and further

experience the unimaginable of the people who live it is probably the most extreme situation, our fame involved in how quickly things contract award winning documentary is that also a perception witness. on al jazeera lou . ah, welcome back to what you all desert with me, said robin, a reminder of all the top stories. the u. s. president joe biden is hosting a summit on democracy. he's warning it's on the decline. more than $100.00 countries taking part, but russia and china will not invited. one person has died in the 12 others have been injured after a fire bro account of the headquarters of tennessee as large as political party.

the and hot up parties been in a dispute with tennessee as president, since he suspended parliament in july. and the romans talked negotiator says to ron is serious about reaching a nuclear agreement with world powers talks have resumed. vienna aimed at reviving the 2015 deal. the child, the negotiation says all signs have shown a renewed sense of purpose. crush investigators in india have recovered the flight, dental recorders from the chart, wreckage of a helicopter, carrying the country's highest ranking. general chief of defense of stuff have been robbed enough and his wife and 11 others all died in wednesday's crash. only one officer survive when the russian aircraft went down. eliza pyramids more new delhi . a wreath laying ceremony by government leaders in the southern status thumb and not for ben roberts, his wife and 11 others killed on wednesday, they remained with them sent to new delhi for funeral services. also in the capital

members of parliament observed to minutes of silence defense minister raj not sing revealed more about the crash control in a air traffic controller. last contact with the helicopter around 128 p. m. soon after a few local deeper and spotted a fire in the forest near canoe and rushed to find wreckage of the military helicopter, engulfed in flames. of flying from an indian air force base and salute to a defense college. less than half an hour away. when the helicopter came down, rescue as manage to save some occupants from the burning wreckage and take them to a nearby hospital. but only one person survived. the defense minister said the crash investigation has already begun with the helicopters, flight data, and cockpit voice recordings were covered on thursday. 63 year old violet had served in the military for for decades and was the army chief before being appointed india 1st chief of defense staff 2 years ago. the position was created to

integrate and modernize india's army, navy, and air force. it's a huge task. and that has been a setback in terms of the individual who was chosen by prime minister, moby. and that he died in this very, very tragic manner. jarlet also lead major military operations on india's troubles . border with pakistan and china. mourners will be allowed to pay their final respects to bip, enrol with and his wife at their residence here in new delhi on friday before the funeral. rabbits, death not only raises questions over the military reform with leading, but comes at a time of heightened tension with china, with both countries increasing their military presence along the disputed border. elizabeth moran and al jazeera new delhi to bog is expected to speak soon to ukraine's presence ludwig lensky. about the build up of russian troops at the border. the on tuesday by and had a virtual summit with russia's blandon to,

to new said he has no plans to invade ukraine. meanwhile, later, troops, all training ukraine's armed forces to better defend themselves against the allies . se is russian aggression. but as charles transferred reports not from eastern ukraine, nato's helping hand doesn't extend to a highly effective fighting unit described by critics as a neo nazi movement. that the soldiers a members of what used to be a pro ukrainian government, a paramilitary group called the as off battalion. critics said, as of was a neo nazi group unit, started in 2014 as a volunteer organization and quickly developed a fierce reputation for fighting pro russia separatists. defending the port city of mary awful. in december that year as off was incorporated into the ukrainian national guard, now has over a 1000 soldiers. new recruits must pass

a 5 week basic training course that he's struck to say so grueling. only around cough get through. the book i was offered sally, the guy, and i am proud to be a member. we are an elite regiment. we have proven ourselves as number one and all the armed services. we are very motivated. the enemy knows who we are and is afraid of us. government supplies, weapons, munitions, franks and all personnel carriers like this one, put around 80 percent of the men's kit and material for this training camp is bought with donated money. it's been 7 years since the, as of the brigade were incorporated into ukraine's national guard under the ministry of interior. but come on his head say that the unit is still struggling to shape a reputation of having far right or even fascist leanings. these allegations, the commanders staunchly deny, but they acknowledge that it's the main reason why nato forces refused to train

them alongside the ukrainian army critic say the underlying philosophy of the regiment has not changed. they say it's part of a far right movement led by this man, andre b litski, who was its 1st commander and who now leads the national cor fall right political party accused of having links to white supremacist groups. i think it's completely absurd to claim that there is no relationship between the regiment and the broader as our movements. ukraine's primary western allies are all the western allies are very especially now attuned to the issue of member for right extremists in, in the military and any military. and they are very much not keen to be to associated with the as of badge resembles the wolf's angle,

which is worn by nazi infantry divisions in world war 2. there's been pressure in the u. s. congress to declare as of a terrorist organization. but the regiments leader says it has distance itself from politics and serves the crane in government and people. more to see couple of the honda you, me, russia propaganda try to discredit us because it knows we're combat capable and willing to fight to the end. russia tries to portray us to our western partners is incompetent right wing radicals. we've had visits several times from representatives of nato countries. we want to share our battle experience with them . we could learn from each other. well, okay. oh, but nato says it will not strain these men until the regiment proves it has no links to neo nazis. and that is proving hard to do. for all staff, al, jazeera, ors of young easter new grain. though the new zealand government has announced one of the world's toughest anti smoking laws,

it plans to effectively ban smoking progressively raising the legal age for buying tobacco products. the level of nicotine and cigarettes also also be reduced. now the law is that come into effect in 2027 critic say the law could boost the black market for tobacco dot i shot morale is news, news elian's, associate health minister. and she says, they think isn't included in the new law because it's considered a safe alternative to cigarettes. there is very strong evidence that tobacco is an extremely harmful and addictive substance. and yet the evidence will have some pipes and it's fairly bad. definitely a cipher old finished. so we're taking a reduction approach by banning to best price for future generations. but making sure for current market quit, there are $4000.00 new zealand just died each year from tobacco and we might take action on it. what made a lot of progress,

the cause of that regulation repeating what allows right to the quit. so we made the biggest decrease we had in history in watching rates in the last year alone. so we think the freak out is within reach a european population, as is seek to make it as i reach that goal. as we need to take bold action to make sure all parts of the community get there. and because we're not prepared to pass the community behind the getting an education is something many take for granted that it's out of reach for millions around the world. for countries in africa have partnered with a capital based foundation to provide primary education to hundreds of thousands of the most marginalized children. rhetoric gave me reports. zanzibar minister of education signs a pledge in the category, capital, doha, that has the potential to change the lives of tens of thousands of vulnerable children by ensuring that all enrolled in full time primary education in the semi

autonomous region of tanza, near some of his kids go, they come from poor families, but if they can make a difference to the lives they might become political leaders, social leaders, or entrepreneurs in the society in the future. and i think that is where we need to understand that for these kids, robinson back to school vision will be denied the primary and secondary division. rwanda, the gambia, angie beauty, also partnering with cat o's education above all foundation to fund and support projects that will focus on the hardest to reach out of school children, including those who work in homes, disabled people, and refugees. we have 4 countries committing to go that very last mile to get those last few children back into some kind of quality education. why is that important? important for those children? it's important for those countries, but as equally as important to have some beacons to say,

this can be done. the un says school age children is supposed to spend $200.00 days in the classroom every year. but last year, 59000000 didn't spend a single day at primary school. so how will this initiative help? well, in the gambia, 65000 children will get to go to school. in rwanda, it will target 67000 out of school kids that 3 percent of its primary age population. in debussy it will help 35000 children get an education and officials hope it will do the same in zanzibar with a 6000000 dollar project. the announcements made here in joe hall, calm as education above all celebrate reaching its initial goal of getting 10000000 of the most marginalized children into school. but it says its focus now is on identifying and enrolling what it call the invisible children. the ones who have so far proved hard to reach victoria gates and be al jazeera,

doha. the children in east africa is said to be bearing the brunt of the climate crisis. a group save the children, have been tracking malnutrition across the region, and it says this year, more than a quarter of a 1000000 children in 8 countries may have died, hunger. there's been a dramatic rise in severe signs of malnutrition, but the region has been effected by climate change and eastern kenya, southern somalia, and part of a t p. a have drought while southern sudan has in 3 years of severe flooding. the disasters of cause, mass displacement, and severe hunger. the group says the deaths can be prevented. it's calling on governments to give response plans all of funds that they need. greg graham is the head of humanitarian response, save the children. he says. governments need to provide more funding to support families at risk. it is a horrible number to have over 250000 children die of severe acute malnutrition. addition to the climate crisis,

which causes drought and flooding. we had the challenges of coven 19 and that an impact it had on economies and health systems, as well as conflict and parts of the region. all of these make children that much more vulnerable, that much harder to have the food they need. and when they are sick from severe acute bound, nutrition, fewer than half of them are getting the treatment they need across the stuff. in the very 1st instance, a child who does have severe acute nutrition needs mediate treatment. and so what we need across the monitoring system is adequate funding for organizations like say the children, local organizations, local governments, you insist. and so that children who are sick, who are at risk of die from simply not having enough to eat and the disease is it can come with that. that system needs to be funded. and we need to make sure that children who need treatment get treatment. secondly, we need to make sure that has enough support to families so that they can afford no, there's enough money in the system,

cash transfer programs so that families have enough to eat. in the long run, we have to not just worry about the impact of climate crisis in the long run. we need to worry about it today, such as temperatures rising over time. we need to understand today the impact that it is having on families on children who are at risk. ah, you know, just bear with me. so he'll run a reminder of our top stories. the u. s. president joe biden is hosting a virtual summit on democracy and he's warning it's on the decline. more than $100.00 countries are taking part, but russia and china are not invited. both countries denounced the meeting accusing washington of cold war mentality and staking divisions. kimberly elk it has more from washington dc.