at the top of the agenda, if america can handle multiple challenges on multiple fronts, we need to go back to school. the bottom line when i was just there, m o i so we've said, we'll meet at any time in any place. they are the ones who are not prepared to do it. the us envoy and iran tells al jazeera tehran isn't ready for direct nuclear talks. ah, hello, i'm emily anglin. this is l 0. live from dough coming up for you as president office . he's support to ukraine later during a phone call while russia and see if it's not to blame for the military build up on the board. health experts recommend jabs only for the most vulnerable and made

consent. the new corona virus variant could lead to vaccine 40 and new zealand plan to bought out, smoking the gold with a lifetime band for the teenagers off tomorrow. ah, we begin with the iran nuclear talks, which are happening in vienna as negotiations get underway, their the bonding ministration is wanting to iran of new sanctions. if diplomacy fails, the u. s. envoy for ron says, washington is even ready to hold direct discussions with ron over its nuclear activity. robert malley spoke with our white house correspondent, kimberly how kit before leaving for the austrian capital. she started by asking him why the us is still moving to tie in sanctions as the talks are ongoing. is it helpful to be pushing for that as you're trying to get a deal?

you know, we are prepared to get back into the deal as soon as possible as soon as are on it and we would lift all of the sanctions are inconsistent with adjacent to it. but in the meantime, we can stand by and not be prepared for world in which iran may be choosing to delay build its program, try to build more leverage. we honestly. 1 have to respond and so that's what we're doing. we're preparing ourselves for that that, that outcome. how concerned are you or how concerned is the united states that israel could potentially drag the united states into an armed conflict with iran? we are privileging the path of diplomacy. we think it's the best way. it's best for us. we suspect it's best we're wrong, but iran will have to decide. but as president biden is secretary blinking, have both said, if iran chooses regard despite our diplomatic offer to take a different path, then we'll have to use the, the tools at our disposal to make sure that iran does not acquire a nuclear with. why should iran trust the united states? so given the fact that it knows full well,

that 2020 for presidential election could bring another president, the could completely undo any of the efforts you're making right now. this is not a deal that is based on trust and so it's not, we don't trust it rains. don't trust us. and what happened when the us withdrew from the deal is that iran started wrapping up its nuclear program. that's why president biden is back and has given us the mandate to try to get back into the deal, and he would not be extending this political capital making this effort if his goal was to come in and then withdraw. of course, we don't know what a future president will do. we don't know what the future reigning leadership will do, but we think that it's in our mutual interest to get back in to deal with the united states. be willing, at any point to meet face to face with iranian negotiators, we are prepared to meet with them face to face. we think it's far superior to indirect negotiations and we're dealing with something this complex with so much look so much mistrust with so much potential for misunderstanding. so we've said we'll meet at any time in any place. they are the ones who are not prepared to do

it for their own reasons. we think it's a mistake. we think it's a mistake that hurts both of us. we know that these talks are not open ended. the united states has made that clear. what's the timeframe we're looking for? as i've said before, this is a technological clock. it's not a chronological clock. in other words, if they slow down the nuclear program would have more time if they continue, the current pace than time is running out. secretary lincoln has made that clear over and over again. time is running out and we and the europeans will have to conclude if, if a run continues down this path, they have killed adjacent to a, an adjacent to a would be no more. we hope that's not the case. we are fully committed to a mutual return to compliance with a j. c 3. we think there's still time to do it. if iran comes back and says they're prepared to roll up their sleeves and do it too. okay, let's take a look back at how we got to this point, the deal known officially as the joint comprehensive plan of action was a great to in vienna, back in 2015 between iran, china, france, russia, the u. k. and us. but in may 2018 president donald trump pulled the us out of the

deal made by his predecessor later that year he re imposed sanctions. eliza, ron said it was not on the band by the terms of the deal and would restart high level uranium enrichment. that was the start of a series of steps, which by november i saw a tenfold increase in enrichment this year with joe biden taking office came a fresh set of talk to rescue the record. but so 5 been playing with stumbling blocks, including a pool is after the election of hotline at abraham bracy to the iranian presidency around the top. negotiate it says to run is serious about reaching and nuclear agreement, but isn't backing down from its demands. negotiations between iran and will power resumed in vienna on thursday. the a, you official sharing the talk says all sides have shown a renewed sense of purpose to revive the deal. although last week iran was accused of not taking the talk seriously. what both this morning was for the whole

delegation of only the ring in one of the locations. very new sense of purpose. the need to work on to reach an agreement from being in the just to be back to life. this is, this is my, my information from, from this morning. it's difficult, it's a very difficult endeavor, but are still in different positions that we have to marie, this is the gist of the negotiation. and we would see how we can, how we can proceed. that's how we kind of funds dosage berry fall. this report 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 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 ran off to smaller working groups to discuss the details of what iran has

proposed to the world powers. the rain has 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 who go back into compliance see 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 to other world news now. and you,

as president joe biden has reaffirmed his commitment to ukraine sovereignty and a phone call with it's later, it's a show of support against the build up of russian troops along ukraine's border. however, moscow denies it's preparing to invade its neighbor. i don't how to similar call with russian president vladimir putin earlier this week and warned of severe economic sanctions if he attacked both sides or accusing the other of failing to engage in the peace process. but he, by dish gifts that on now with the support of nato countries, ukraine is being pumped full of with sentence and keep is building up. it's contingent on the line of contact in don bass, the number of sci fi violations which have happened since it was signed in july 2020 is coming close 290000. the spatial monitoring mission to ukraine has registered the re deployment of heavy weapons, including high caliber artillery and armored vehicles to the east of the country with. although that accounts being disputed by the white house,

it places the blame squarely on russia. the russians are known for their rhetorical escalations as they are also known for their own ways of providing misinformation around the world and within eastern flank countries. so i think we have to take their own efforts to communicate to their public with a grain of salt. what we know is that, oh, the aggression here is on the russian side. the military buildup is on the russian side. there is a path, a diplomatic path forward. oh, the part of the president's object of our president's objective and having the call was to convey that clearly that certainly is our preference. but also to convey clearly that there would be ca, has more from cozen in net you, chris, southern ukraine or presidents. and hence, gay's office has put out some statements about the contents of that conversation. i'll read out some of the most salient points to you that being said, according to lindsey's office, during that conversation,

that was said that the u. s. has decided to become an active participant in the settlement process in dawn by us in parallel with the normandy format. now this is interesting because normally for math that is made up of france, germany, russia, and ukraine has by all accounts. according to most stanley's been and l. tracy failure since it was initiated 7 years ago. so, and a lot of analysts have been trying to, trying to, to, to, to, to force the point that it is absolutely vital to get the us a bigger role in, in trying to forge a lasting piece piece process and settlement to this conflict. so that's very interesting that there seems to be certainly some sort of agreement that there will be an increase role for the us in this office. also saying that the decision on ukraine's sanctions and nato depends on the decision of ukraine and nato members

. that's what biden said in that conversation was zalinski. obviously, this may not go down very well. it's whole with moscow. we know that obviously the nato nato membership for ukraine is one of the main big red lines for moscow. the white l saying that. busy biden supports the aspiration of ukraine to be a nato member, and says that the aggression is on russia's side regarding ukraine is going to be very interesting to see what kind of response comes from moscow in the coming hours and days. now it isn't breaking news in mexico, where emergency services say at least 49 migrants have died in a truck crash in the country south memo rapid joins is on the phone now from mexico city. hello the mon. well, the accident happened to only about an hour ago. what more you hearing that's information that we're getting is still quite limited. what we do know from this

accident, that's a place only an hour ago in the early thing here in mexico and southern mexico. it's a vehicle accident shop us just outside of the city side, which is about 300 kilometers from mexico border with guatemala and but local news sources of reporting here in mexico are 49 people killed in what appears to be a vehicle accident in the state of chap, locally, that was saying that they believe that these victims are migrants possibly hitching a ride on the back of a, of a shipping container attached to a truck. when that truck had an accident and then slipped over. and the images, at least the ones that we've been able to see so far on social media are very graphic, does appear to be a very dramatic scene being pulled from the debris. well paramedics work on, on those who survive. but again, unfortunately, we're talking about at least 49 individuals who are killed in this accident. we have to act like this before in mexico with,

with migrants in the southern part of the country who are bottleneck to the policy of containment. forced by mexican authorities in line with, with bilateral policy, with united states, to turn the southern part of mexico into sort of the 1st, the 1st line, the invisible wall for the united states. so many people get desperate to start fleeting conditions. these overcrowded conditions in southern mexico or migrant from central america elsewhere in the southern part of the continent or be bottleneck. as a result of these policies being for many of them get desperate. they take the road where they run many, many with including accidents like the one that we saw took place. and she, us today, my wife and like saying some chaotic scenes there. thank you for that update. and that will cross back to next hour with more information. ok, still ahead on al jazeera will tell you why indian farmers have ended

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mon shit. make square. how will open story and witness wake up mam. ouch sir. ah ah ah, hello. are you watching out 0? i'm emily, angling mondor, event up stories. the sound you as in boy for ron, says he's negotiate is ready to hold direct toll for the wrong spot. the white house is wanting sanction join in place for us is preparing additional measures. if the talks in vienna fail to reach agreements, us president joe biden has held

a phone call with his ukrainian county show support over the build up of russian troops for longest order. but moscow denies its preparing to invade its neighbour. both countries accused the other of failing to engage in the peace process. and to make you services in mexico, say at least 49 microns have been killed in a traffic crash in the southern states. as she was already say, most of the victims were migrants from 150 others were injured in several countries are expanding booster vaccine programs to contain co, 19 variant infections. as the world health organization continues to oppose the moves the w way choices, only people with compromised immune system should be targeted for food chart. it says the priority should be to get everyone in the world vaccination. emerging data

suggest vaccine efficacy declines after some time, especially among older people. for the time being, we continue to support one the need for equity in the distribution location of back scenes and toward the use of 3rd doses only on those that we have previously recommended. those that have received inactivate the vaccines, and those that are immunocompromised, which are the 2 groups that we feel should be protected further by a 3rd dose of the primary process. there's also a warning from the w h o that concerns over the only con varian could lead to more holding a vaccines. well than half of all paper, people in the world have received at least one dose, but that drops to just over 6 in every $100.00 people in low income countries. since february, the vaccine sharing alliance corvette has shipped 610000000 doses to 144 nations

with territories. but the goal was to 1000000000 the program spit up in the past few months, things to donations from wealthy countries and in a zone exports from india. but if rich nations prioritize their own, so does, there are fees, these could slow, there's no supply issue that w h o says $1.00 and a half 1000000000 doses of produce to every month. the issue is with allocation. the global health chief says 6 times as many boosters given out in rich nations every day than 1st shots in low income countries. as we head into whatever the on the current situation is going to be. there is risk that the global supply is, again, going to revert to high income countries courting vaccine to protect, you know, to protect in, in, in a sense, in excess there opportunity for, for vaccination and, and sort of no regrets kind of approach to became faster. now and at least 14

people have been killed during an ambush on a convoy and government officials say it happened in the tangle province in the north. those killed were believed to be part of a government backed civilian paramilitary group. it comes a day after the government resigned under public pressure over its family to tackle violence in the region. let's bring in robin sanders now, who's a former us ambassador to nigeria and republic of congo. she joins us from washington. they say hello there, robin. can you give us a breakdown of the political crisis happening and became fossil at moments? i think the main thing of depression that was put on the government to really change and address the security situation brought on by the protesters. really since the last 6 months. what you have now is a shared shaker government, which actually complicated situation because you have no government that can really make a decision at this time is very crucial time. where really it seems like the countries

understood by jihad it as well as the fact that you have to be asking for more protection. so you mentioned the security situation there at the moment. what is that, and how is that contributing to this spite of violence? i don't think you can isolate for quino foster security situations on the rest of the hell. i think that we have seen since 2010, 2012, a real turning point where your hobbies have come into the health region. including for keena, foster share more northern parts of area without affiliates as well as fragments, mom and state. and so it's a regional problem, it's not a country specific problem where you have your highest, it's really coming into that entire region, stabilizing the population and also making links with mobile, disinfected. and so you have this play by the hottest,

where they're connected to this effect in a country for conduct to also be one of and that example and have an ability then with that connection to really to stabilize the security situation as well as maybe difficult on government to gain control and that's what you have going on as possible right now. and adding to that issue is the fact that there's a k take a government now in place. so what's likely to happen next. but 1st of all, they have to move to actually get a government or allow special authority for the caretaker government to make decisions on behalf of the on behalf of the country. the, the main challenge so is not to isolate just the security situation because it's really a multi dimensional problem. and so it's one of the course countries in the world. busy have about 40 percent of its 18000000 population, get low, the poverty mine got food insecurity,

got refugee phase person and all of that combined with the security situation where you have your hot is coming into the country for stabilizing a very, very fragile environment, just makes it more complicated and the fact that you have a here take a government now one make can make decision, makes it even more fragile. so get the government up and running, whatever government he's going to put in place, the president cobra used to do quickly. so that some students can be made and that should be very ins can feel protected right now the protests are being driven by the fact that people really do not know like the government can deter, defend, check them in any way against the jihad is coming in and that's why you see people in the street, plenty of moving parts to that story. thank you for breaking it down for us robin sanders. they are a former us ambassador to nigeria and republic of congo. thank you. moving on now and with less than 2 weeks to go until the presidential election in

libya. the electoral commission is yet to announce the final list of candidates, the advisory committee, cold for a delay in the vote with growing differences over voting regulations. the poll is seen as a key step to ending a decade of instability. farmers in india have officially ended a year long protest after the government abandoned the controversial agricultural reforms. protest is located the capital since last november, after plans would table to deregulate the market. the government has now made several concessions that guarantees from as a minimum price for they produce criminal charges against protest is, will also be dropped based on the pharmacy, the government has made. we decided to suspend our protests, who hold to review, meeting on january 15th from the government doesn't feel its promises. we could be seen at demonstrations us president joe biden is wanting global freedom and

democracy is under threat. he's hosting a virtual meeting of the more than 100 world ladies, calling it a summit for democracy. but china and russia were notably absent from the guest list. both countries have denounced the meeting, accusing the us of stocking divisions. the white house is it's working to fund a new initiative to both to democracy around the world based 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's hard, we all know that it works best with consensus and cooperation. busy and china has accused the us of political manipulation for going ahead with them summer even going so far as to call it a joke. katrina, you has more on what by ching 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're not happy with, is the speaker nathan law. and 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. he will talk on human rights and standing up to authoritarianism on friday. now, recent days over the past week, they doing and it's propaganda. state media has been on or va drive 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 us many other per democratic groups and countries would take issue without saying that china routinely denies it. 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. nicaragua, as government has said, its breaking into long standing diplomatic ties with taiwan. the government said in a statement it recognizes the communist parties, one china policy tie one's expressed pain and regret the decision type. pay says nicaragua had disregarded the friendship between the country. the new zealand government has announced one of the world's toughest anti smoking laws. it plans to effectively ban smoking by progressively raising the legal age for buying tobacco products. the level of nick, attain in cigarettes on sale will also be reduced. the laurie said to come into

effect in 2027. critics say the law could boost the black market for tobacco. smoking ease the leading cause of death in new zealand, killing up to 5000 people every year. until now, the government's focused on increasing taxes on cigarettes last year at $25.00 pack cost about $28.00. 10 years ago it was just $11.00. smoking rights have fallen, bracing years, but 13 percent of the adult population still smokes. and the rights much higher for the indigenous mary, at about 28 percent. under the government plan, a task force would be created to help reduce smoking among the mary. dr. i. e. shit for rallies. new zealand is new zealand rather associate health minister. she says, wiping isn't included because it's considered a safer alternative. there is very strong evidence that tobacco is an extremely harmful and addictive substance. and yet the evidence will have some types as fall

. it's definitely a safe road finished. so we're taking a reduction approach by banning to best price will future generations, but making sure the current market quit right, isn't all tension $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 quick tool we made, the biggest decrease we had in history in watching, right? the last year alone. so we think that what 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 lay past the community behind, chinese property giant ever grand group has missed a crucial deadline to pay investors more than $2000000.00. fits is the 1st writings

agency to declare the default. a claim that neither the chinese government nor the company has confirmed every ground is the world's most indebted property developer . owing more than $300000000000.00. ah, hello, are you watching al jazeera and these are the stories were following this album? the u, as in boy, for a run, says washington is ready to mate with to run over its nuclear activity. but the white house is warning. sanctions remain in place. and the u. s. is preparing additional meshes. if the talks in vienna failed to reach an agreement.