g, southern foreign ministers of war, russia, of massive consequences if it invades ukraine. the statement came on the final day of meetings between delegates of liverpool, where moscow's military build up near ukraine's border was discussed. in voters in the pacific territory of new caledonia, have rejected independence from france in a 3rd and final referendum baton out was a little more than 43 percent pro independence parties say that they'll contest the results. returning to our top story, some images that so give stock perspective about the catastrophic damage in mayfield, kentucky. they showed the town before and after the tornadoes came through governor and the sheer says the entire towns like mayfield are gone, or tornadoes in the u. s. during december are extremely rare, though not unheard of over all around 1000 the recorded annually, mostly in central us states along an area referred to as tornado alley. the peak months are may and june. when dry, cold air from canada move south and meets warm,

humid air coming north from the gulf of mexico in winter there normally isn't enough warm and humid air for tornadoes to thrive. but this time, spring like temperatures fed the storms, the current, lanier, weather patton in the pacific ocean is responsible for some of this. but scientists expect warmer winters to become more common. as the planet heat of higher temperatures are already blamed for shifting tornado alley east, potentially putting more people in the path of twisters. tom burke, his chairman of 3rd generation environmentalism, a climate change, think tank. he said that it's impossible to ignore the effects of climate change. this is not completely unprecedented. butler scale of this impacts are really quite unusual. and part of that course is because that seems to be a structural shift going on in the 20 years. they seem to be moving somewhat to the east, but also seems to be these, 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. it's much greater. so any will seeing something going on whether this has something to do with climate change, you know, i think it's still got to be determined. but when you look at a pressure of extremes in fires across the united states in droves in floods in the mississippi valley, what you're saying is pay the connected in some way to changing climate. 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 are more extreme. so it's not that you're saying things that 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. well,

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, then you expect we also ation was doing crease. so that's why i think people suspect that there might be a climate change signal as part of this particular event. salvadorans of back are protesting against the government's bitcoin currency policies. the central american country became the world's 1st to adopt crypto currency as a legal tender. in september president ny buccheri says that it'll help el salvador turn around it's financial problems. but it's proven unpopular with many saying that they don't trust nor understand that coin crypto currency experts were among those questioning el salvador moves white from the start. they pointed to world bank data showing that half of salvadorans have no internet access. the countries poorest people also like access to smartphones and have limited digital literary skills and bitcoin often wild plight. price fluctuations make it unreliable. the

day to day transactions. colon vellerilla escobar is an independent journalist based in el salvador. she joins us now from the capital san solid. a really good to what to have you with us. how do people in general feel other we've seen these, these protests over the introduction of bitcoin there, but them others' feelings wide spread wide throughout the country. yes, most of the people actually now see whether it's not a, a big one. it's not like a measurement given by the president. first of all, because it was unannounced, it was not asking if people want to just want saturday, we woke up with the announcement so people isn't like it. it's not like in it. it just makes you feel when a column that it was curse ah current, that's not a bother was changed your dollars because it we'd, i'm asking if we would like it or not. have you tried to buy and use bitcoin since

its introduction? yes, i have used it coins as a journalist, i tried how bitcoin was used and how the government while it was use. and i have to say that and or actually yesterday i went on and i and i age and i use because it's, it's easy if you use other while it's the government words that is to check it, achieve a while it's, it's really difficult to use it doesn't have that best mechanism, bring it to my payments. oh, i see that you were able to do that. you live in san salvador, where the i assume is, is pretty good internet connection and a mobile internet connection. so that's not the case. elsewhere in the country though, is it where people lack access to the internet and, and a mobile decent mobile connection. how are they expected to use crypto currencies? that's a great question because that's one of the main issues about other in bitcoin as

data outside of national currencies. because we do have a lack of technology in some areas of the country. so you cannot use a t o wireless if you don't have internet. so higher going faster payments if you don't have internet or you don't have a phone. that's one of the question that has been done for the president with this, with this measurement. one thing is that the law says that if you don't have it acknowledged to use beat, the claims to your that's the only exception for you to be able to do not use it. thing is that it's really discretionary. you have to acknowledge, i didn't have it if the internet is working, it can be come a little bit of a discretionary if you can use it or not, but i mean, you're fun. good. is it not good that because my, those, this the go, but most the large sections of the population both to have access to,

to the internet. why then do you think it was so determined to introduce bitcoin as the currency? hold the line. if i could tell her that 2nd same reason why they, they decided to, i've been going to that great question that we have ask ourselves, are in the, in the long way. within that, it's a quick way to become popular. if you see you're asking me about outside mothers bitcoin, right? you know, the cia different countries people is going to know other end of us going country. so it's really quick way to get famous kepler's, if you ask me, ok, that's right. now in the 1st i immediate answer that i can give you. it's a little bit, i'm sure why you've made this experiment. why he decided experiment with us with this, any new currency that not many people understand because because it's not that easy

to understand really good starting on monday. thanks, dave colon validate escobar independent journalist in el salvador the moderate for british teenagers so sore to its highest level in more than a decade with knives being used in many of the crimes. the youngest victim was 12 years old. the crisis has prompted one london not to start a campaign for youngsters to hand over their weapons for safe disposal. just to warn you may find some of the images in these boxes report distressing. found paul puts on his stamp vest the head of another night reading the british capital of weapons. this is what he's collected in the past 2 weeks. all the blades are illegal to carry, but easy to get hold of on line. we're talking about bone tissue, nerve damage phones gained a big following of social media from where teens eager to get rid of their weapons . no questions asked or seek help under man. got something going on. once you get

me a 17 year old boy's reached out on instagram, wanting to hand over a blade in it. foreign operates an illegal greys own not condoned by the police, nor actively discouraged. he knows more the most about what knives can do. so i stepped on to the vacations 9 pounds each occasion. so to me. m how kathy, math guys, person, if you and we made the 17 year old, who's noticeably relieved to be handing over his knife to some one, he feels he can trust your barbecue. now, her umbrella listened on a picket, it is going to get this both abruptly. for me, it was never really a guarantee. it's more personal beef is more like little situations of a groups or of people and they're willing to prove themselves. you don't wanna die in at la regencia you on that i. so the teenager he just handed over his knife, said something very powerful to us. he said that there are 2 types of londoners. there are civilians like me. and there are young people like him who live in a constant state of war, simply because of where they live, a more of the,

not the color of their skin. please say children as young as 10 a, carrying a deadly arsenal of weapons. the violence fuel by a toxic makes of poverty and online rivalries. this year, the number of charl victims is that its highest since 2008. the year, 16 year old ben kim seller was stabbed to death on a london street by a group of teenagers. his family has kept his memory alive through this education center. a wish more could be done to stop the situation to stop these young keach getting involved in north crime. successive governments have to try to come up with a quick fit that they don't work in the to be a long term plan in place of 5 or 10 year program to show of start and educate people bookkeeping. cohen or you give to police responded with a series of serge operations,

but the numbers quickly rebound several of prisons. police forces admit they're fighting an uphill battle. we've seen a decade of sterility and cuts to policing, to youth services, to education. and a chronic can do investment in mental health services, children services and drug treatment. and that's what's really resulting in the spike. however, we are making really meaningful effort to rebuild community policing so that we can proactively prevent crime in our communities. so we're not just simply talking about flick knives or short nice. i mean that is a, as a sort. we meet up with friends, friend, elijah, who's been collecting knives in a different part of the city. it's an unnerving hall of huge blades. i would say it's like, almost like a fashion. this is where the weapons and up handed over a police station counter. this is a fraction of what's confiscated every month. foreign and elijah,

say they barely scratch the surface series, but hardware and ne parker al jazeera london illegal gold mining and into these here is raising concerns about its effect on children's health says jessica washington reports for the island of long walk, thousands of babies of 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 makes it worth high. yeah. member high. yeah, yes. is risky because if we make mistakes, the grand can easily collapse the gold rush into the 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 hardships. 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 cost on gold mining is part of daily life. people here depend on it for most or all 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 are in cannot walk or talk yet. he was recently diagnosed with microscopically a medical condition where a child's head is smaller than average,

often impacting brain function. busy and i'm really seeing when his father worked in the mines. he would process the goals here too. 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 maybe victims of mercury exposure. when i'm on my car up until in the most, kill minus keep mercury at home and use it in front of the children for newborns or the exposure is from the mother. they had been exposed through the air. the bree, by the researchers say, even children with no linked to mining, may bear the consequences of sickle tongues, gold obsessions, like nor india was born without. i've got, i mean, i never imagined i would have a son without eyes. the doctor asked me if my husband was a coal miner, and i said no. the researchers 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. but it takes time. the absence of change. it is children here who pay the real price of gold. jessica washington out to 0. 6, don't sure lanka has put on a show. and what it says is the world's largest natural condom blue sapphire weighing 310 kilograms found that a gym pit 3 months ago. it's been named the queen of asia international organizations to get to sort of 5 the precious stone coming up after the break with all the sports. with yes, it's all about formula on today's max for stop and it's crowned a wall champion after dramatic when the abu dhabi gong p. we'll have all the highlights after the break. with

the 20th century 1st genocide, thought to have that the blueprint for the holocaust is too often overlooked. this then will come in very everything. but for some reason they refuse to bury these people. they want this story to be taught over a century on the injustice still echoes down the generations on the path to reparation is enough and easy. one, namibia, the price of genocide, people and power analogies, era al jazeera, sets the stage, lots of women carrying very young children. this one, for example, is only among kind of half global lex bucks in discussion. tell us something about the impact on the climate change is having on the fall is that you work with voices from different corners. when the wells are empty, people fight for programs that open your eyes to an alternative view. i don't have collage people. i have my boys on now to sierra

lou anne, thank you for joining us. we're alive from our special fee for our cup studio in doha, had on santa homos plenty on the sports menu, including my 1st happened was his 1st formula, $1.00 that wall championship after passing louis hamilton on the final lap of the season ending abu dhabi gone p and we get the thoughts of fee for secretary general on someone echoes election as the president of camels, football federation. and in 4th, one of the hong kong, the biggest horse racing events in, is marred by

a holistic accident max or stab and has won the formula one world title after fine a race in abu dhabi. that had a bit of everything. especially controversy, who was hampton's mercy. this team launched 2 appeals after the reigning champion was denied by another drivers crash. and a dispute over the rules always reports as dusk pro. and i'll be dowdy, there was hope of a new dawn to red bull bucks for stopping on pole head of the mercedes of louis hamilton, who started 2nd but seconds into the race. the reigning champion was in front, was stopping on the faster tires, but sla out of the blocks. if both crushed the stop and would be champion, and straight away, he nearly was an aggressive overtake from for stopping with sending hamilton into a short cut and back into the lead. ah, hamilton had a brief jewel with with stop ins, teammate sergio perez suit rica,

his mexican standoff with the stopping with hamilton cruising and just 5 laps to go . nicholas, let's see, fees crash brought out the safety car. the stop and took the soft option. a new set of ties, in case it came down to a sprint. and it did oil weight getting these recalls all the way. just keep both because christian just keep me a 2nd. as the authorities made one rule about the restart and overruled themselves with another, allowed ver stop and to catch up and deny hamilton a record 8th won't title in the cruelest of circumstances. it's only what i mean, that all res i kept fighting and then of course that opportunity in the law slab.

it's incredible. i'm still having a crime it's. it's insane. we gave it within this, this last part of the season. we gave it absolutely everything and we never gave out in the most important thing. the arguments continued to rage between the teams on the rice director, but one man was above the bickering max for stopping formula one well champion of the season. that was never over until it was over full rece aldi's era. we spoke to a couple formula. one right is about the significance of their stipends winning the title. yeah. oversee a huge moment in the stephan's career to win his 1st championship. and b singer legend of the school in louis house and, you know, mean the, well, it's, it's, it's a him shift on that. and you know, over the course of the season, he's probably just about does it, you know, he doesn't always have to quit his car, but he's delivered as a said he's, he's pacing one of you time. great. so what better way to,

to when you 1st championship and then a samson? i mean the final rate of the season. so you have a stuff where we absolutely have to move with his 1st championship. i think the interesting thing with macs is that he's, he's galvanized in a younger audience, he's got a huge fan base and growing fan base around the world. and then from the much younger just ration. and i think the more success that he has, and the more that they can identify with him. he loves the sports for example. so he's kind of got a link with the younger generation. the more that he can do that, i think he'll bring those bands with him and tell him that he's got he could go on when multiple what kind of chips in the future. he's her secretary general fatima tomorrow has told al jazeera she hopes the newly elected to head to football in cameron can help advance the game across africa. someone at 2 is elected to the role on saturday. that needed to focus is cameras that hosting of next is africa. couple of nations federation has been hit with a series of legal dispute. and the full time africa football of the year says it's

time for a new thought and the country does is fully back table. so more about a 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 president of the football for the origin in africa had much younger than me when i but when it's, it's very rare to see a footballer taking the lead, a big being in the administration is that what how, at least we're, we're, we're, we're players who are present over their country. and george way i would weigh it exactly. and they're really just the way to, to go to, to bring up this new generation. would that help? well, definitely ah, if for the level of experience under bridge and of the pitch is week one, why not? and i'm really saving the opportunity to formulate my,

my son. this is because he's called me his mom as i mean it all for is the win yesterday. and that will be walking up with him. i 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 will, will really give him our, our ribbon in support to succeed in his mission. and you can watch the fall interview with fee for secretary general fatma more on talk to al jazeera at $430.00 jam t on saturday december 18th. ah, the p for our cup has been the perfect test eventful cut out ahead of next year show piece event. but with less than a year to go before the world cup is increasing, focus on the legacy the torment will leave for the host country cutter has learned

lessons from other countries that struggled to find a post torment roll for their world cup facilities. as bernard smith reports from analysis and the brazilian amazon the. 2 even football, mount, brazil, it was always going to be a challenge to make full use of a $40000.00 capacity stadium. built in a jumble city that can only be reached by air or river for games are played here in the 2014 will come. local government is still paying back the $160000000.00 construction loan to the federal government with little return to show for the investment much we're going to buy all the legacy is very small. and we bought the transport awards having started, but us security has improved. god, hospitals have not been expanded or renovated. several areas within 3 tourist and there's been no progress. it's frustrating for the population and the now the amazon, as serena host, my now says seat in brazil,

division hosted some concerts and to qualify for the cancer will come for most of it came out that 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 the, the costs around $73000.00 a month to operate the stadium according to the management this month. they'll take in half. that was c p s, and which is important to think about how to pay for the stage from the beginning. going so that it's not feasible for the government to encourage football school, the growth of local sports. because the objective of the work up is to bring visibility to the local sports because the visa, because the cope with the heat and humidity of a city not far from the equator, the stadium was designed to be as airy as possible. and it's an impressive piece of

architecture, but there's little danger, funds overheating in here, even when the local team managed to salvage draw in this game. oh, that's me. i'll just sarah new york city, i've seen how beaten the portland timbers to win the major league soccer title for the 1st time. the game finished that one off to 90 minutes and neither side could score an extra time. school keeper, sean johnson, with 2 phase in the penalty shootout and the running of the world's richest group, one, a horse racing event in hong kong has been marked by horrific accident. it happened as the horses went into the final turn during the whole called international sprint . 3 talkies were taken to hospital following the accident. what they're said to be in stable condition. however, 2 of the horses had to be nice because of their injuries was a lot of damage. go to mixed emotions for winning this race today. obviously,

you know, the 1st emotion is my feelings towards the, the, for when jockeys out there and the horses, it's just gut wrenching to say for any rodder and host a guy down. and it was a real tragedy watch happened today, especially on the world stage when everyone's watching and you know, to real bittersweet when and that's all the sport for now. but a quick reminder of our top story or staff and has claimed is may the formula one tampa ship. after overtaking lewis hamilton on the final lap to when the abu dhabi home p r c. this launched to appeals after. 8 the race and one of those has already been dismissed. we'll have more on that latest. at $2145.00 gmc, but for now we're off the break. on the other side, we've got another news update. ah

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extinction records on earth racks and other introduced presents 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 why pat the country's worth pay by 2050. there is nowhere else on the planet like this. and we now have the technology, the well in the know here, until it take those spaces. finally, after 2 days of 36 that we made our 1st, hey we both birds will join 14 other key. we released he in the last few mom. it's a vital step in fighting while t we which will almost walked out across the region 2 decades. the guy stepped beyond the comfort zones, were assumptions are challenged, traveled to the ends of the earth,

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