the biggest ever sporting event next year for the castle national theme as they get used to playing in front of expect and home crowds. they'll be hoping to convince both the fan and themselves so they really are ready to take on the world. ah, talks resume in vienna to revive the iran nuclear deal negotiators are told. difficult decisions will need to be met. ah, hello barbara, sarah. this is al jazeera life and then also coming up as found off outside iraq supreme court, bringing back groups protest after the results of october's election or ratified pensions run high and some are the after the president removes the prime minister from office. i'm for lavelle in rural texas,

which suddenly finds itself as one of the top big coin destinations in the world. but why all the miners, hetty here, find out more later? ah, hello. thank you for joining us. the around nuclear talks have resumed in vienna after a 10 day pools european union, deputy secretary general and talks coordinator. and rick amora says hard work in the days and weeks ahead should lead to a positive result. he wouldn't speculate on target dates for an agreement, but suggest that it could take weeks rather than months. well, this is the 8th round of talks designed to resurrect the 2015 nuclear deals not known as the joint comprehensive plan of action. the accord began to disintegrate in 2018 when the u. s. withdrew and began imposing sanctions on iran will around

says the discussions need to focus on the lifting of sanctions, including the ability to easily export it's oil. and on guarantees that the us will return to the fold, the u. s. negotiator says, and all the weeks left to revive the agreement, the if iran continues its current pace of nuclear activities. but the coordinator of the talks, things that, that is possible. we have came along low ways is the beginning of the negotiation. now we have incorporated the sensitivity of a new iranian government. so from the point of view of the coordinator, we had exactly at the point where we should be, if we want to get the final successful resolved. if we work hard in the basin weeks, we should have a positive result. because again, we are exactly what the main coordinator we should be to get. that's a successful result. it's going to be very difficult. it's going to be very hard,

difficult political decisions have to be taken both inter on washington. but again, this is what this negotiation is about. although subdivide your interest live now from vienna, where the talks are taking place, it was interesting listening to a rica more as a tone the air. would you say that there is room for optimism? well, certainly depends who you listen to. i talked to the russian ambassador who just left the hotel behind me after the joint session wrapped up for today. and i also spoke to the reading lead negotiator, deputy foreign minister alibaba connie. he told me what has transpired on the 1st day of the 8th round. and he was also optimistic. he said, if the readings were not optimistic, they would not be in vienna. the russian ambassador also said that they are optimistic there's of course, everybody admits that there's a very difficult task ahead of them because there's

a lot of technical things they need to discuss. iran's nuclear program. it's really not a small matter. there's been a lot that's happened since the us left the nuclear deal in may of 2018 and a series of events that have led to where we are today. the main point being that the radians are now under severe us sanctions and the oil and banking sector of the country has been one of the biggest hit as a result of those sanctions. and the leading kate told me that the sanctions relief is one of the main issues that is going to be discussed here this week. of course, we also heard from the rain in foreign minister earlier in town on monday, who reiterated that there is sanctions really will be the main item of discussion for the radians leading into this week's discussions and negotiations that we expect to continue for the weeks ahead. and the parties involved are hoping this around the 8th round will be the final round, the russians of the, the russian ambassador suite. it earlier that the,

this will be presumably the final round. many are hopeful that they will reach some kind of a conclusion. the americans who are not directly talking to the iranians in these negotiations have told l 0 that they're hoping there. we news have come back with a more serious stand. and i asked the question to the rainy lead negotiator. he said that they fail rate needs were not serious. they will not be in vienna. so there is still a very much disconnect between the 2 main parties involved being the iranians of the americans. but all of those involved in the negotiations in general, the p 4 plus one are hopeful that there will be some kind of resolution soon in the coming weeks. and that the 8th round will be the final one. such a very with the latest from vienna door. so thank you. aah. iraq's supreme court has ratified october's parliamentary election results. demonstrations clashed with security forces near the court,

which earlier rejected an appeal to overturn the result. they support iranian fact, she had groups which suffered heavy losses in the vote and the med irregularities. shia cleric mac that are so that is the elections biggest winner. his block secured at $73.00 seats out of $329.00 buffalo. that bill where he'd has more now, from baghdad about why protest her as are upset about the results. following the endorsement of iraq's parliamentary elections results these up protesters, supporters of the political parties that last many seats in the election, se they will continue protesting here, occupying areas, need above that heavily fortified green's own until their demands are met. they say that the supreme court has admitted that there have been mistakes that have been irregularities in the electoral process that could have led to vote rigging. and

they say that they belong to an umbrella of our political blocks and political parties. and then they go by their decisions. on the other hand, there have been talks between arrival of political parties, other than the legal path. there have been negotiations to reach a consensus in regard to forming the, the upcoming parliament and the upcoming government. according to iraq's constitution, the 1st parliamentary session should be convened. within 15 days, from the day the supreme court induces the parliamentary elections results that have been talks between the rival factions that have been of negotiations to reach a consensus on ah, the prime minister, the new prime minister on naming the new speaker of the parliament. if they reach

a consensus on that, then these protested as may leave this area. if not, then escalation might happen. somali has political crisis, has deepened with the countries prime minister accusing the president of an attempted coup. both men have been blaming each other for delays in national elections. the move has intensified a month, long constitutional crisis and raised fears of violence. bernard smith has more. smalley, as president says, the prime minister is suspected of corruption and is now suspended mohammed of the law mohammed accuses mohammed robel of stealing land, owned by the army. the prime minister says the move isn't in direct q shocker, so mighty yet. i would like to clarify that if somebody people that the government in the transitional phase is responsible for leading the country and running dfs of

various state institutions to the armed forces should take orders from the government and the prime minister's office to anyone who disagrees. this will have to present it to the judiciary that going to do, and it's the latest round in a long running dispute between the 2 leaders. the 1st class in april, when the president, unilaterally extended his boy by 2 years that prompted army factions loyal to each man to seize rival positions. in mogadishu. the president's constitutional mandate expired in february, and he stayed on and tried a very similar power grab in april this year, which led to fighting in the streets of mogadishu and, and would have it probably concluded in his overthrow, if a deal hadn't been negotiated to produce elections for parliament in president by the end of this year,

the u. s. embassy in somalia has urged de escalation from both sides. bernard smith, al jazeera fighting between me and mars military and ethnic karen armed groups continued on monday, close to the tie border. the current people live mainly in the state and southeastern me in law. heavy fighting has been reported around the town of my already about 5000 people have fled across the river into my sultan thailand. from where tony chain sent us this report. the small arms and automatic gunfire echo across the banks. the more river can side me in a plume of dark smoke rising after not tillery strike, a few 100 meters away on the tie side and make shift shelter for refugees who fled across the river. for the moment, they don't want to move too far away so they can monitor what's happening in their homes. they can also hear the ferocity of the fighting. so it is obviously,

the more the situation is very bad. they're using helicopters to drop bombs and all had to run to survive the children and adults. and to get to the site. maybe it's not safe to go home because they are playing or hate shooting. we don't feel it's safe to go back. the board of police and thailand say the fighting, broke out at dawn as it has done to the last few days. the time military have returned fire on a number of occasions. just warning shots they say, some munitions have fallen on the ty side. this farmer, pointing out damage from shrapnel of the several motors fell in his fields. those wounded in the crossfire have come across to thailand for treatment. as have thousands of refugees, a number that's growing every day. been common in the last 2 or 3 days. there have been serious clashes with plains, attacking villages. and there been several wounded people crossing over the border

to get treatment. but thailand is not keen to encourage people to cross. this is one of the places where people have been coming across, but the tie army had put res was all across the top of the bank of the river for the moment that pretty happy to stay over there. ready to come across the border. the fighting gets any closer. children play on the river bank as the evening sets in. but the battle that a raging along the river between yemen military unarmed qur'an groups shows no sign of letting up or letting them return home. tony chang al jazeera on the time, ma'am ma border. us president joe biden held the virtual meeting with state governors to discuss the rapid increase in virus cases and hospitalizations. across the country. by dint again urged people to get vaccinated, but stopped short of announcing any new measures. he says, leaders and health officials are well prepared to deal with rising cases. meanwhile, u. s. airlines of cancelled hundreds of flights for a 3rd day in a row,

leaving thousands of passengers stranded the on the contrary, his being blamed on staff shortages, whitehouse corresponding, kimberly how kit the joins us alive now as we could believe strategy, as the u. s. president, have to trying to sort of, i guess, try to regain control of the coven situation. well, see you as president spoke to state governors. he said that much of the solution will come from the state level. as it said that there is no federal solution. may not have been what the state governors wanted to hear, but all ready, given the fact that the president's proposal to put forward 500000000 rapid at home tasks won't be available until january. many are already being forced to take matters into their own hands. here in washington dc, we've seen the mayor calling for volunteers to help put together at home task, people lining up for hours at libraries to pick those up. and in other states,

the national guard has been called in by governors to help and support the hospitals. still, president biden insist that things are much better than when he entered office, and that the white house will continue to support where it can take a listen. things are better, but we do know that with the rising cases, we still have tens of millions of vaccinated people and we're seeing hospitalizations rise. that means our hospitals someplace from they're going to get over run. but in terms of equipment, both in terms of equipment and staff, that's why we stockpile non preposition millions of grounds. gov, mask from ventilators for mobilizing an additional $1000.00 military doctors and nurses and, and medics to help staff hospitals. but as we see a spike in cases, especially in the northeast, but also puerto rico and hawaii, where we now have cases that are reaching, in some instances,

the pre pen. or rather the pandemic levels of the early days. these explanations from the white house are not sitting particularly well. we should also point out there is new reporting that the white house was offered $750000000.00 plus rapid at home test back in october, but rejected that proposal. that's something that joe biden denies. still, it's little consolation for those that are now trying to gather with their loved ones over the holidays and are concerned about doing so given. they have no idea if they are contributing to the a symptomatic spread, the u. s. president, acknowledging that his administration and his words could have gone harder quicker, but again, that is not going to help us. we see these levels of cases continuing to rise. kimberly, how can the white house, kimberly, thank you. you're watching al jazeera still ahead. rising cova cases and the population that is barely vaccine. democratic republic of congo health system is

again under threat. and we look at what 2022 holds for european politics and new iraq in germany. and the presidential election in france. ah, hello there. it's a divided picture weatherwise across europe. we've got cold air cleaning on to the north pretty for that north eastern corner. we've seen some extreme cold here, but down in the south it's more settled with lots of warmth pushing in from the west and we are going to see the temperatures in london and paris climb by the time we get to wednesday. so lots of unseasonal warms on the way, but ahead of that, we bought more wet, windy and wintery weather, with weather systems pulling into france some heavy rain expected here. heavy snow on the outs and those wintery conditions pulling across to more central areas. down

in the south. however, it dries up my c for italy, but we've got some blustery winds blowing in its grease. that's going to see the wet weather. by the time we get to wednesday, that will push on to turkey some heavy rain expected there. but it's going to start to warm up for the balkans as it is for some of the northern areas there remains bitterly cold in that northeast corner smudges of snow pushing through scandinavia the temperature, very cold in places like riga and minsk for bella roost. now for the north west corner, we got rounds of rain moving across britain, an island, but we still are going to see some com patches coming through that. the temperature in london and paris touching up into the mid teens. by the time we get into wedding, stay ah oh boy, i've always been fascinated by space. but the story, the space race isn't just about the men who wish their lives to travel and see unknown. but the ones who held those lives in their hands. grandfather and his

colleagues worked on the space suit they designing spaces of 11 was his triumph more all around and the perfectly designed space suits for his legacy. putting man on the moon on al jazeera lou ah ah grinder, now the top stories are al jazeera, the man coordinating the nuclear talks between world powers and iran says that he remains hopeful for a positive result. within weeks, the 8th round of talks resumed a little earlier in vienna. demonstrators clashed with security forces after

a racks the supreme court have ratified october's election results. iranian back to groups led to regularities, after suffering heavy losses. and somali as prime minister has accused the president of an attempted cool abdulla farm. my yos, sidelined the bahamas, whose st. rob laughter. allegations of corruption. south africa has begun a week of national morning following the death of anti a party. the icon and nobel peace prize laureate archbishop desmond tutu, president cedar let i'm opposed, visited the 22 family home in cape town on monday and spend time with the archbishop's, widow, grandchildren, and other family members. the president also paid tribute to desmond to, to, for his work as a religious leader and activists. he really, as an outstanding religious leader, really exuded love,

embrace our people as a nation. right. of course, the various racial groupings in our country embrace them and participated in the building of the south african nation. and the, the ever was one person whom really promoted social cohesion. it was, it's been shipped does want to, to the democratic republic of congo is the least vaccinated country in the world. fewer than 300000 of its 19000000 people have received at least one fax and dose. and now we're surging. corona virus cases, as adding pressure on the countries very fragile health system catalog is how the yen has more. this covered 19 clinic is at full capacity. patients are coming in faster than they can be treated as an infection serge, in democratic republic of congo. both supplies and staff are running low,

though from the hopefully we've asked our partners to our tense behind the center to take in the overflow of sick people. we can't let them die. we have 2 types of patients. those who accept treatment and then we have those who don't believe in the disease. we've had people who refused to stay in hospital, but eventually they are brought back to us as corpses. the country has the lowest vaccination rate in the world with a population of 90000000 fewer than 300000 people have received one dose, mistrust of inoculations as widespread before we were in the dark about the consequences of this 4th wife. but it's coming strong. coby 19 is real and we need to protect ourselves. the increased reflects the surgeon cases across africa. the d r. c recorded nearly 6 and a half 1000 infections and mid december. more than double is previous records, 6 months before with about a 1000 registered cove at 19 death. the d. r. c has

a low death toll, but health officials fear a low vaccination rate could lead to new variance. a regular got into sports co, 19 wave. we have had more cases, some are starting to understand that the vaccine is the best way they can protect themselves. as the 4th wave spreads, health officials are also concerned that more infections could further destabilized the countries fragile health system. katya little missile, the young al jazeera poland president has vetoed a controversial media ownership bill seen as a threat of freedom of speech. it had recently passed in parliament government and accused of trying to use the media law to silence the us own. the news channel, which was critical of its policy legislation, would have prevented any known european entity from owning if they can, a broadcaster more than 40 percent. the u. s, which was outspoken against it,

has welcomed germany, marked the end of an era this year with angela merkel stepping down as chancellor, after 16 years, her successor, all of schultz and his party, has signaled the return of moore left leaning politics across europe. but the regions other powers center of france will be hoping that things stay largely the same. jonah hope reports. ah, it was the end of an era in germany. and gala merkle, 16 years is conservative champs that defined by economic strength, stability, and european leadership. in her place came a shift in tone and direction. if not pace. a quiet man from the center left in the cottage should civilly take guns from the shoulder and promises more merkel style stability. but with an accent on social justice. his offer of respect for the working class, one vote is back from the puppy list, extremes his vision to turn germany into

a manufacturing power for the carbon neutral age. there is not just a change in style and communication, but this is going to be a domestic transformation. monumental task that they have set out for themselves. but in terms of foreign policy, it's not going to be simply an inward looking government. because the world situation doesn't allow for that for a country in the middle of europe with country has more neighbors than this. so there's going to be a global agenda and there is more of a human rights based approach to foreign policy. so 2021 ends with change here in germany. the ascent of the social democrats signaling the possible revival of the left across europe. while in france 2022 brings in election in which president emanuel micron is hoping things stay more or less the same. for him, at least

a few months ago, the deal seemed to be done. michael was going to face mary live in the far right candidate in the 2nd round. and he was going to be the winner. as in 2017. now it's far more complicated because the far right is split between 2 candidates and the 3rd candidate has emerged. the right wing, traditional right wing validity because, and so the game is far more open that it's seen the axis of french politics has moved to the right, dominated by issues like immigration and to succeed. micron will have to move with it. but like previous power, couples with political differences. think coal meter, all she rec, schroeder, that's no reason to think sholtes and macaroni can't see eye to eye on europe and the world. joe, the whole al jazeera paris brazilian authorities are working to assist. hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced by flooding in the countries north.

thousands of pounds have been inundated, after 2 dams gave way in the state of by here the region has experienced heavy downpours for weeks. official say the rainfall for december has been 6 times greater than average. some residence resorted to using inflatable rafts to flee there. flooded homes, many roads and bridges has been destroyed. bitcoin is giving a former ella minium town in rural texas, a new industry crypto miners from all over the world are pouring into the city of rockdale and offering millions for a spot to dig. there is phil lavelle now explains rockdale, texas is coining it in bit coining it in. just listen to this. it is the sound of making money the us now the destination for bitcoin miners and rural texas, reaping it here. we're hiring 400 more people like a fast, we can hire mind springing up everywhere. solving complex algorithms 247 to release

bitcoin. it takes the equivalent of 13 years, average household energy to mine, a single one, but they made about $460.00 bit thing in a month. right. winston is enormous. a 100 acres 800000 machines and growing. we provide the opportunity to freight long lasting job and create a new market for people that never thought they be working in this particular industry. but my question is, why rockdale? and here is your answer power loads of it be say, this place used to have the largest alum in your plant in the world, but that close down years ago and left behind all of this extra energy capacity. now this is perfect for bitcoin because it needs a huge amount of energy to my in on mass. on top of that power is relatively cheap here in texas. plus, there are a huge number of big coin miners who have been forced to find a new home recently. because china found crypto mining earlier this year, i immediately decided to go to other countries leaving thousands of bitcoin.

companies like pooling to get out quickly. so they went west, they're building here because have the reckless market you can consume also, so electricity as you want, just connected to the great. so it's lisa totally open free market. criptos like cotton. they have to politicians, hep senator, ted cruz, governor, greg abbott. can't get enough of it, but even they can't control the weather. massive storms in february let a huge outages, millions when weeks without power. the grid here is creaking already. that's a lot of heat that we have to get of these buildings that these servers are located in. so there's a large air conditioning load that is also associated with the mining process. and it's getting busier. texas is bit coiling mining alone on cost to use twice the yearly power of the entire city of austin soon globally, crypto hunting using more energy than all of our gen, tina. we're at this point in life where there's

a lot of criticism of our energy usage. this isn't low energy. we're also the ones that are using power in the middle the night. when people have turned their power off, the generator to remain more proper will allow them to keep running so that when your home or your business or the hospital needs a different power, it's already there, rockdale, this is a success story. even the mer mine in crypto at home has he takes bids on space. i have one last week. i've got a $100000000.00 guided communist argon at that our money to build with where industry left bitcoin to write the lowest, our state, a big star for crypto minus phil laval al jazeera rockdale, texas. the entrepreneur, ellen musk is facing a backlash in china after complaints that his satellites had to close encounters with its space station earlier this year. that the claims have not been verified by china has complained to the un space agency users of the way bo messaging platform

have labeled the tesla founder, satellites space junk. with nearly $30000.00 objects believe to be orbiting the planet, scientists savaged governments to share data to try to reduce the risk of commissioners . which one of that story and everything else that we have been covering on our website. there it is. the address al jazeera dotcom ah, now reminder of the top stories on al jazeera, the man coordinating the nuclear talks between world powers and the ryan says that he remains hopeful for a positive result within weeks. the 8 round of talks resumed earlier in vienne. after a 10 day break, there were concerns that time to renegotiate. a deal could be running low with issues dividing ram and the u. s. european union's representative says both countries key the man's of lifting.