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consequences if it invades ukraine. statement came on the final day of meetings between delegates of liverpool. but moscow's military build up via ukraine's border was being disgust versus in the pacific territory of new caledonia of rejected independence from france. it a 3rd and final referendum, the toner was little more than 43 percent pro independence parties say that they will contest the results, resorting to our top story, some images for the giving stark perspective about catastrophic damage in mayfield, kentucky. they sure the town before and after the tornadoes came through, governor and the busha says that entire towns like a field are gone. tornadoes in the u. s. during december are extremely rare, though not unheard of. overall about 1000 to recorded and late mostly, and central us states along an area cold. tornado alley peak bonsa may and june

when dry, cold air from canada move south, and it's warm, humid air coming north from the gulf of mexico in winter that normally isn't enough warm and humid after tornadoes to thrive. but this time, spring like temperatures fed the storms. the current le nemea weather passing to the pacific ocean is responsible for some of this. scientists expect warmer winters to become more common of planet heats at higher temperatures are already being blamed for shifting tornado alley. east potentially putting more people in the path of twist us. tom book is chairman of the 3rd generation environmentalism. it's an environmental and climate change. think turnkey, georgia, south skype from london. tom, good to have with us. what do you make of the scale and the devastation of the storms in december? for heaven's sake? well, that's exactly as you said. this is not completely unprecedented, but the scale of this impacts are really quite unusual. and part of the course is

because, as your mentioned in your introduction, that seems to be a structural shift going on in the 20 years. they seem to be moving, as you said, somewhat the east, but are also things that we've used these bigger classes occurring. and of course, as you move to the east, you go into more populated areas of the united states, away from the center of the plains. and that makes the potential for them to damage the people in much greater. so any will seeing something going on whether this has something to do with climate change on on i think a still got to be determined. but when you look at the pattern of extremes in fires across the united states in droughts, in floods in the mississippi valley, what you're seeing is clearly connected in some way. you're changing. yeah. what's more till you're feeling? as we said this before, that the current lanier weather pattern in the pacific ocean could be partly

responsible for, for what happened is, is it to do with climate change? well, the, the nino patch and they say an oscillation in the pacific ocean between where warmer water comes from the east on the west of the pacific ocean. and that brings with it changes around the globe. and that, that's a normal feature that happens all the time. what i think the, the reason to think about climate change is, is what you're saying is much greater variability. in other words, the extremes, more extreme. so it's not that you're saying things, but never happened before. you're saying things that one might happen a much more violent of the changes, much more violent than it was before. but if you think of the climate in a sense, as an oscillating system, and what you do is you pump heat into the energy into that system that you expect the oscillations during the race. so that's why i think people suspect that there

might be a climate change signal as part of this particular event. but we'll wait till see what the attribution science says. we know less about john a. those that we go by. some of the other ones are phenomena, so it'll take a bit of time for us to come up with the table to say, how much more likely it was. because we find that if, if the weather is going to become more extreme, tornadoes happen out of tornado season. they're more violent when they, when they do happen. what, what does this mean for the federal emergencies management agency and the, the biden administration's infrastructure investment, what i think it means prefix trustable for fema, for the body. that's responsible for dealing with these kind of emergencies states . it means it has to have more resources. it's going to have a greater frequency of these kind of events. it needs to be much better, capable of responding to them responding to them very fast. i think that's the 1st

thing. the 2nd thing is the by the ministry that's just mentioned a very large amount of money to investment in infrastructure. the structure has to be done in a way that and cope with a changing climate. and that's, that's a very important priority so that you've increased your ability to adapt the climate change. so you can head off if you like, some of these right, dramatic damaging consequences. and then the 3rd thing is, the u. s. is really got to overcome that of illogical objections to the science jane inside the congress so that it is in a better position to persuade the world to do much more by climate change. otherwise, this will go on getting worked really good to talk to some manufacture date for being with us. tom book them in london. pleasure. ben smiled. he is a storm chaser who was following the tornadoes in tennessee. this is

a pretty massive outbreak with not just a roll. strong tornadoes, but a couple of very strong, almost violent potentially tornadoes. and in the middle of december, this is not when we would be expecting something like a couple of towns that i was driving through last night with the tornado in my windshield did not have storm sirens going. and it wasn't a matter of whether they had power, electrical power to them or not. because there were still lights on these towns. it's possible somebody down there at the time that either a failure of their warning systems coming storm sirens or they just didn't have them. and it's really concerning because we've got to be able to get these warnings out immediately. that's how we're going to save lives. you know, 5 or 10 minutes, even 15 minutes, there's just not enough time to take shelter from a tornado. it's in town. so there's an adrenalin russia. extremely stressful. it's, it's not, it's definitely manageable for someone like me. we're used to this. but for the general public, dis, this could be, this is life threatening, and this isn't,

this is crazy. some folks that i've spoken to after tornadoes, not this case, but other cases of said they felt their life flash before their eyes. it's incredibly stressful. i mean, there's potentially a deadly, a deadly situation going on anywhere from a few feet to maybe a mile or 2. and it's coming at you it's, it's incredibly stressful and it can be scary at times because you have no control over what's happening other than your actions. you know, we can't control where this poor natal goes. and if it's going to go over a town and destroy the town, that's what it's going to do. rescue teams in sicily digging through the rubble of collapsed buildings following a gas pipe explosion. at least 4 people are reported dead. several of us are missing in the town of revenue, so the blast and southern fleet damaged at least 2 other buildings. the arguments are the how to restructure the $45000000000.00 debt that out. and tina owes to foreign lenders of spilled onto the streets of the capital left wing activists marched him out as to condemn

a potential new deal with the international monetary fund. as on payable processes urged government leaders to focus on tackling widespread poverty. if he appears to grow and rebels say that they've recaptured a unesco world heritage side from government forces. labella is a town in the old and i'm hot region, it's known. fridge, 13th century rock hewn churches. meanwhile, prime minister, the prime minister, has returned to the front line against to fight against the rebels. i'll be um, it was back in the capital at a sub above last week. illegal gold mining it into these here is raising concerns about its effect on children's health. as often as it was jessica washington reports now from the out of lombok. thousands of babies a suffering from birth defects, potentially linked to hazardous chemicals used to process the precious metal in the hills of the console indonesia 30 meters on the ground. this is one of hundreds of

unauthorized mine. it's dangerous work for these men finding just a speck of gold. metal workers. high. yeah. member high. yeah. yes. is risky because if we make mistakes, the grand can easily collapse the gold rush into our thong started decades ago. and mine is say, it died down in 2018, but in recent months, hundreds have flocked back to the minds due to financial hardship. and i think this is the risk we take to make a living work here for around one year because i have nothing else to do because of current of our unauthorized mining is an open secret here. mine is not the hillside impossible to miss and villages like this across the car on gold mining is part of daily life. people here depend on it for most or all the income and the machines use as part of the process of extracting gold. a convenience lee, right in front of their homes. these machines are the unrelenting soundtrack to

life here. mine is put mercury inside them to extract gold from the sediment. it's cheap and easy for us. i don't, i'm gotten any lucky or not. we have to use the purchasing go to how we make money . but living near dangerous chemicals comes with consequences. 5 year olds or in cannot walk or talk yet. he was recently diagnosed with microsoft really a medical condition where a child's head is small as an average, often impacting brain function. busy and i'm really seeing when his father worked in the mines. he would process the goals here to research. and yeah, he used mercury to process the goals, researches from a local and g o, a looking into his case and all the children who they say may be victims of mercury exposure among mascot, in the most kill minus keep mercury at home and use it in front of the children for newborns. the exposure is from the mother. they had been exposed through the breed

. the researchers say even children with no linked to mining, may bear the consequences of sickle tongues, gold obsessions. like nor injure who's born without. i've got, i mean people, i never imagined i would have a son without dice. the doctor asked me if my husband was a coal miner and i said no. the researches are also conducting i q tests on local children. they say the government must do more to educate people about the dangers of mercury, but authority say it takes time. it is a very serious concern and you cannot change the mindset within a minute because they already be very familiar with that type, but it takes time. the absence of change. it is children here who pay the real price of gold. jessica washington out 0 sick or don't. so anchor has reveals what it says is the world's largest natural blue star. 5. the huge gym weighs 310

kilograms and has been named. the queen of asia was found in the gym pit 3 months ago and certified by the national german jewelry authority. on sunday. state memorial service has been held in south africa for its last a party to iraq, president f. w to clerk died last month at the age of $85.00. after being diagnosed with cancer. his government eventually bowed to international pressure. in the early 19 nineties, to release political, political prisoners and to remove racist laws, president settle rum, oppose a paid tribute, a heavily guarded ceremony in cape town, which was didn't in many ways the journey. our foundation was not unlike the path that the life of f, w to click followed. born into white privilege as well as power raised in the ideology of ratio superiority,

committed to the defense of an abhorrent and inhuman system. f w, declare would come to play an important role in our democratic transition. savvy as prime minister is blaming what he calls political trouble makers for ongoing protest against plans for lithium mine. people block roads in belgrade and elsewhere. for the 3rd straight weekend, saturdays crowns. they were smaller than previous. previously, after the government bound to some demands, laws have been scrapped, which activists says were purely designed to help mining giant real tinto stopper ations in western serbia. again, zone rich reports from belgrade. man, international hires that you see behind me has been blocked 3rd saturday in a row, and this bar that goes to serve as capital bell rate is actually one of the couple of dozen points. the professors are blocking the least the very moment across the

3rd b, r. for an hour. this road blocks are taking place. although the serbian government met the main demands of the last week brought this and decided to reconsider. do key loads that are helping mining giant 3. i've been taught to lunch lead your mind in serbia, but some n g o z and some political opposition parties claimed that main demand has not been fulfilled. the real thing is banned from mining lead to human serbia for goods that stands also for any company. not just seen. a little background is that company or pinto discovered the minerals called your daddy's in the valley, or for either of the other in 2004 mean or the dotted contains lead deal that's been use for electric car batteries. so the commercial interest is clear and big, but local citizens as well as the green, active, it's afraid that lead to a mining vote, irreversibly pollute the area. and that is the main reason that they said they are

protesting. also, it should be fed that these brought this widely seen as big below to president will teach sort of be on progressive party there ruling party in serbia, a head of the parliamentary elections that are scheduled for the april next year. the daughter of america's 1st astronauts has followed her father's exploits into space, or at least the edge of it for a few minutes. laura shepard church lee was one of 6 space tourists on the latest blue origin. launch it sword 100 kilometers up before touching down. 10 minutes later laura's late father alan made his record breaking flight 60 years ago. the blue origin craft named after him. that also were also had former nfl player michael strahan on hundreds of swimmers have made a. busy splash in hong kong harbor has the annual race resumed after

a 2 year gap. to use the coven crisis. on behalf of the usual 3000 swimmers, they were allowed to compete. they all had to be fully vaccinated. the races back off to no local infections for months. the king's yoda, it's the, it's the 1st time we can participate in the sporting events is the pandemic started . which means we are ready to recover. i will have more sports news coming up with sela. and who are alive, home, our, our cup studio here and dough. how coming up in a few moments, a controversial end to the championship deciding i will be gone. plate details later after the break. ah, step beyond the comfort zone. were assumptions or challenge travel to the ends of the earth and further experience the unimaginable of the

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a thank you for joining us, that we're live home. our special p 5 cup studio in doha, had on santa how much plenty on the sports menu, including max their staff and has won his 1st formula one the world championships after passing louis hamilton on the final lap of the season ending ab would be complete and we get the thoughts of fee for secretary general on some of it. so as election as the president of canada football federation, and algeria book, a date with host nation, i and the semi finals of the fee for was that with for me on a max. good step and has one his 1st ever. wall cham bishop, the closest title race since 1974 was decided by dramatic final lapse sprint.

it was hamilton took the lead off the start and looked set to claim a record 8th drivers crown. but you could ask that if is late crash, it brought out the safety car for stop and use the opportunity to pay it for a new tires. and he as the head of hamilton, midway through the final lap to win the title. and we spoke to senior writer at f one dot com at lawrence about april, about the significance of happens winning his 1st well title. yeah, i think it's the change in if it got really because there is dominate to the school for so long. we've been talking about not being this huge talent and we are waiting for him to break through. and he's, he comes through with this incredible victory that he's got like that you know, the right the death. why the final race of the season. and i think this can start a new period for formula, not just with much of the top young the talent come in 3,

charlotte as you george russell's yolanda nurses and don't get me wrong lives. how much is going to be around for a couple more years? but i think this is really a seminal moment in formula one that matches managed to come out and talk and be in arguably the greatest driver in the history of formula one. he for secretary general sat, mazama has told alta sarah, she hopes the newly elected to head to football, and cameron can help advance the game across africa somewhere to is elected to the role on saturday. he immediately focus immediate focus is cameron's a hosting of the next years. africa couple of nations in federation has been hit with a series of legal disputes. and the full time african football of the year says it's time for a new thought in the country. i'll to says fully battery will ask some more about at toes potential impact. how do you bring about change? we've seen sammy and eto recently elected as the president of communion football. but it's an exception. it's not an exception. i can't tell you that 90 percent of

the of the present of the football for the origin in africa. how much younger than you and i but when it's, it's very rare to see a footballer taking the lead, a b being in the administration. is that what, how it live? we're, we're, we're, we're, we're players who are present over their country. and george way i would weigh it exactly. and there, do you think that's the way to to go to, to bring up this new generation? well, that help. well, definitely. ah, if for the level of experience on the beach and of the pitch is week one, why not? and i'm really saving the opportunity to congratulate my, my son. this is because he's called me his mom as i mean it all for is a went yesterday. and that will be working out with him. ah, because the definitely come or, or not being the horse to offer the next for afghan competition starting in a month from now. he has a lot on his plate and now we will really give him our,

our ribbon in support to succeed in his mission. and you can watch the fall interview with he for secretary general fat mas, more on talked to al jazeera at 430 jam t on saturday, december, the 18th for to the our cup now. and i'll tear a seal. the last remaining semi final spot on saturday and they did it in a dramatic fashion by knocking out north african rivals morocco, the game finishing to all off the extra time algeria than winning it by counties. it fielded on the strength team of for this storm and to and face a tough task in the semi's. taken on host kata who've been playing with all their main players or the semi finals are wednesday and the other match it in is your face. egypt who advanced with victory over jordan on saturday, with less than a year to go before the wall carpet,

there's increasing focus on the legacy. the torment will leave for cut off. he organizes say, seating will be donated to poor countries, while all the stadiums will provide community facilities. katara has learnt lessons from other countries that have struggled to find a post torment roll up for their woke up facilities as ben smith reports from now. so and the brazilian absent, oh, even in football mat, brazil, it was always going to be a challenge to make full use of a $40000.00 capacity stadium built in a jungle city. the can only be reached by air or river. ah, 4 games are played here. in the 2014 world cup, local government is still paying back the $160000000.00 construction loan to the federal government. with little return to show for the investment must put into viola. the legacy is very small and public transport wars haven't started. but as the molig security has improved,

hospitals have not been expanded or renovated. i then several areas wouldn't through tourism proper. there's been no progress. it's frustrating for the population. oh, now the amazon is serena hosts mouse f. c in brazil's 3rd division. oh, that's hosted some concerts and the qualifier for the cancer will come the most of his games. when i says he doesn't even come close to filling the stadium even for a big match like this. this is a quarter final cup game and gate receipts. don't even come close to covering the running costs. it costs around $73000.00 a month to operate the stadium according to the management. this month will take in half that a call. the cbs in which target is important to about how to pay for the stage or from the beginning. good. so that it's not feasible for the government all to encourage football school, the growth of local sports. cuz the objective of

a workup is to bring visibility to the local sports visit, be about to cope with the heat and humidity of the city. not far from the equator. the stadium was designed to be as airy as possible. 6 and it's an impressive piece of architecture. ha, but there's little danger of funds overheating in here. even when they're local, teen managed to salvage a draw in this guy. learn it's me, i'll just there manhouse new york city and see have been in the ports and timbers as to when the major league spoke. a title for the 1st time, the game finished one off in 90 minutes and in the side the could score an extra time field. so fully shawna johnson that we did to save in the penalty shootouts. and that's all useful for now, but a quick reminder of our top boy max fish sap and has claimed his maiden formula one

campus it off to overtake louis hamilton on the final lap to in the up with abby gone p. i think of course ya, nervous for today, but the other on the to some other race where you want to do well. but of course, you know, the outcome can determine your for as a 2nd. but yeah, drug oration i just tried to keep on pushing, tried to keep believing in it, even though i didn't look like it. and in sometimes miracles happened. you've beaten a 7 time will champion to the world championship in 2021. you have a message about those news is an amazing driver and amazing competitor. they really made it really, really hard frozen. i think it really love to see the furnace. you know, the 2 teams run against each other and when sometimes when i think that's all part of the sports and it's emotion everyone wants to win. and it could have gone either way of this day. but for sure, you know, next year we'll come back and we'll, i tried all over again. i will hear from i see this is louis hamilton about that

dramatic ways in sports, at 1845, g m t. i stay with us here and i'll be there after the break. we have another news update. mm mm. and a, it was supposed to be a refuse, but south kelly, his brother's home, was allegedly the scene of torture, rape, and even murder. 11 east investigates the crimes and those set to be behind them on al jazeera, a, with,

[000:00:00;00] with frank assessments. this crisis is continued to weaken luca shanker, even though they're cap cbd, of the beginning. that able to put an informed opinion. i think politicians will now be under incredible pressure from the young people. that is one of the most helpful things to come out of this 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 to chop swans inside story on al

jazeera, ah, re algebra with people pick through fields of wrecking child to tornadoes, flattened the whole communities of the us leaving dozens dead. aah, i'm adrian said again. this is al jazeera, alive from doug, also coming up there would be massive consequences for russia. the world's largest economies warm russia of severe costs if it invades ukraine. moscow says the west