ellen musk is facing a backlash in china after complaints there that his satellites had to close encounters with it's space station earlier this year. those claims have not been verified, but china has complained to the u. n. space agency uses of the we boom. messaging platform have labeled the mosque satellites as space junk with nearly 30000 objects . believe to be orbiting planet earth scientists, to vote governments to share data, to reduce the risk of collisions. ah, let's recap all your top stories for you with the time at exactly 530 g m t u. s. health officials have shortened isolation for people who have covered 19 butcher no symptoms from 10 to 5 days. the cdc also is recommending no quarantine period after exposure for those who receive their booster shots. australia has reported more than 10000 cubic 19 cases on monday and you record as the country battles

a wave of infections. the number of people seeking tests was put a strain on health care services. sarah clark explains, we certainly are seeing an ongoing rise in the number of cases across australia. so it's all states into treats added to or, and he said, what else are they that the stated the highest numbers, some states are reinforcing or reinstating tough restrictions. masts that pretty much mandatory across the country in doors at the moment that you sent us has resisted bushel or return to lockdown. i would as christians period and in queens and where i am on tuesday, we recorded the highest number of jolly cases. 1158. now the 8th round of negotiations to revive the around nuclear deal have resumed. now in vienna, the iranian foreign minister wants the us to lift sanctions on to runs oil exports . and he, you, diplomats, who's cheering the talk says negotiations may be over. within a matter of weeks,

syrian st media is for forcing israeli forces have carried out an air strike on a major port in the city of the takia. it says multiple fires have erupted and containers at the port following what's been described as is really aggression. it wasn't immediately clear if anyone had been injured. the white house has confirmed plans to hold security talks with russia early next month. the russian foreign minister says both diplomats and military officials will take part in the talks shedra for january, the 10th. moscow, and nato representatives will also meet later that month. a military offensive against ethnic karen arm groups is intensifying in me and not the military which seized power in a 2 in february has been accused of committing atrocities against villagers. thousands of leading the violence across the border into thailand. counting the cost is next. i'll have more news immediately after that. hopefully we'll see that al jazeera world takes a road trip across spain. spanish,

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a 3rd of all global greenhouse gases. aware of the target, the cap commission. and this morning, around 2 town lane is all production pollution for killing people use now for decade. space was the preserve of government and accessible only by taxpayer funded rockets. its exploration was politicized by cold war rivalries. that was the all tourist who occasionally though hitched a ride to help out a cash strapped nation. but in the last month, privateers have wrestled attention away from the government sponsored launches. now, billionaires are accelerating our passion for the heavens. first 70 year old serial and trump a know richard branson ended his 17 year quest to travel into space on board his reusable plane. it's not known how much has been spent to reach the stage,

but the recently new york listed company burned through 250000000 dollars in 2000 and then 20. however, it doesn't have that. then there's the question as to where the branson actually crossed the threshold for space, the common line. rival billionaire just based off succeeded in doing that. the world's richest 9 initially invested $500000000.00 of his own money in 2014. as of 2016, it's been caching in in is ever increasing amazon stock to spend $1000000000.00 a year on blue origin. and of course there's a lot mosques, space, ex, it's already one contracts and has flown astronauts to the international space station. his company's estimated to be worth $46000000000.00 based off and mosque deploy, re usable rockets, the stuff of science fiction dreams to calm down on the cost of getting men into safe and whatever your feelings about these endeavors. you could argue

a lot of money is being wasted by 1000000000. as for other 1000000000 as to enjoy a few minutes of weightlessness, one of the carbon footprint of sending the wealthy into space is also much more to space. according to morgan stanley, the global space industry could generate revenue of more than one trillion dollars in 2040. that's from the 350000000000 currently. yet it might not be space tourism, that's the cash cow. rather, satellite internet service may not surprise you. that long mosque is already deploying $1500.00 satellites to blanket the earth and provide internet access that could cost up to $10000000000.00 to get it opperation all. but it could bring in revenue of $30000000000.00 a year. it's already in testing, costing $909.00 a month would be subsidized antenna to receive a signal costing $499.00. what's the purpose of that? what are the insatiable appetite for internet link services?

and there's more demand coming as autonomous vehicles of rolled out. but they also faces competition from the british government's rival, one way of which was rescued from bankruptcy. and unsurprisingly, virgin galactic is one company that will be using its boost the technology to put satellites into space from a spaceport near you. how one of those sites could be space. port cornwell, delighted to say the head of the venture, melissa thought, joins us fire skype from true row in the u. k. good to have the with us. so melissa spaceport, cornwall will be a horizontal loan side, right. where modified planes will be launching satellites into orbit y horror zone to launch though? i. yes. so we're going to launches is kind of what we feel is the way forward for satellite launch, because you can use existing airports and existing runways anywhere in the world that has a long enough for me way. and here at the airport, new key, we have

a long runway that goes direct over the sea with low residential build up around it . that means that the systems like virgin orbit, who are working with and take off at the end of the runway, go out over the sea and deploy the rocket mid air. so it's a different way of doing it, but it's a, it's using an existing asset, an existing airport, rather than a launch pad, you know, some re really remote or i will tell us more about the 1st launch that's planned in the spring of 2022 with virgin orbit, right? yes, that's the time about this time next year. actually we're hoping to have our 1st launch with virgin or bet. that will be the 1st launch from u. k. soil ever so cozy. very exciting for us here in the u. k. and that will be a 3 day event. it's going to be really big festival and celebration of, of the space industry in the u. k. and to get the satellites up to space for the 1st time here, because he's never been able to launch from the u. k. and we build huge majority of the world small satellites here, but we can't launch them at the moment. so it is a big, big, big opportunity for the u. k. you've also recently signed

a deal with sierra space, haven't you? how soon will that translate into a launch? sir space is a very different system for us, so it will take off vertically somewhere else in the world, but it needs a horizontal spaceport to land that will run way to, to return from space. so that will be their return location and where they'll be bringing amazing r and d and research back from microgravity that we can process here in the u. k. and we're looking at doing it out in the next 5 or so years. they're due to have their 1st launch out in colorado, in 2023. so it's a of a few years away still, but it's something that we're working on the concept of operations for at the moment. we've son m o u. s. sam. so the relationship will develop over the next few years and we hope to be able to have the landing in the near future. now we've talked a little bit about satellites. what about space tourism? could we suit that from spaceport? at the moment we're just focused on satellite launch, that's hard enough, i would say to get up and running for the 1st time. so we'll be really focusing on

that over the next few years. but human space, flight and space tourism being part of that is, is obviously really exciting and gets all the headlines for us. i think the future will be in that human spaceflight elements of looking at that microgravity research . putting more humans and researchers into space to test different health care solutions, opinion in lower orbit, i think is a really exciting opportunity. and space tourism, who knows as a, as the market develops and is more launch is happening over than in the us. maybe that's something that you k might look to do in the future, but you know, hats off to the companies doing it, cuz we know how difficult it is and congratulations, obviously to blue origin and divergent elected. he did recently, we've seen a lot of billionaires in the headlines recently. you're right about that. would the commercialization of space, the progress that's taking place with any of that be possible without 1000000000 as like branson mosque and buys else? you know, i think it's actually taken place of what governments used to do in the space

industry, governments and state lead enterprises used to put most of the funding in key space . and now what you're seeing in the new space industry today is entrepreneurs, billionaires and private companies actually doing a lot of the pioneering activity. and i think that's really interesting for the industry because what you're seeing is, is new entrance into the market with, obviously different ideas, different background, different industries, making the most space to help benefit life here on earth. so i think they are pioneering and they're opening up space and access to space for, for more businesses and more people. so i think it is a good thing. is it worth it? is the carbon footprint the worth it for? what? for at least some of it when we talk about space tourism is going to be alton at least some might say about putting billionaires in space to have a little bit of fun. i think there's 22 sides to that story. i think the impact of launch has been something that's been quite secretive over the years. and that's something that we're trying to change here at home. awful, responsible launch. launching these technologies to space cleaner,

greener. i think it's something that baseboards around the world need to be challenged on, and that's something that we want to be doing here. but also, i think you put some of the most influential people into space and that overview effects. they call it for them to see the curvature of the earth and maybe challenge and change their perceptions about their activities on earth. i think could be actually really powerful. i think this to spy. so i think if we decrease the impact of that launch work together all not, but also, you know, trying to have a reason for the people going to space and that they'll come back to earth and maybe make some change in an action to climate change. hope so it's always good to be optimistic, space tourism has grabbed a lot of the headlines recently, but it's unexpected to be in a $1000000000.00 industry right. when you look at the total value of the space industry right now, $350000000000.00, that's obviously just to drop in the bucket. what is the rest of the bucket made up of one of the biggest market theft space? i, it's pretty much everything we do in daily life,

modern life. now here it's from going getting money out of an atm, ordering prescription, the law to house, carrots, agriculture, and driverless tractors, making other industries more efficient from space technologies. that's where the value of space really is. so going and getting better access to space for satellites, for space technology is huge because we can get some of these in amazing innovative technologies to where they need to be and make our lives on earth more efficient. and also to provide the imagery and unbiased information from space about earth, down to change policy and to influence policy to start to tackle some of the biggest global challenges that we have. so i think the real value of space is as exciting as the tourism side is the real value is, is, is benefiting life on earth with making, you know, our lives more efficient and, and more environmentally friendly from these technologies is safe. so in the hands of building this, making a grab for what is ultimately trillion dollar marty,

i mean may be the richest people on earth, but they don't always have the best track cra, holds in people of business management, i think from opening up space commercially. and i think with all these new entrance, whether it's billionaires or businesses that you can't forget that there still are, it's still a domain of government. and i think the united nations, for instance, is working incredibly hard on getting some fundamental policies to go into space that we protect democracy and space and we protect peace in space. and that's something that i think the industry is actually collectively working on together. and from what i've seen, you know, it is, it is moving in a positive direction, but there still is a lot of work to be done on how space will be used. and who, you know, fundamentally is, is responsible for their practices and space. and we see that space debris, for instance, and that is something that is starting to change in a positive way. so i think it is up to us to spaceports, to maybe be as a gateway space or what we are putting into space and have

a responsibility there as well. so i think the ethics of space is something that is, is growing and moving in the right direction. but like i said, a lot of work to be done. all right, thanks so much for talking to us, melissa. i'll thank you. ah, people in a small town in southern iraq say pollution from all production is killing them. they're blaming the process of gas flaring. that's when oil is extracted and access natural gas is burned off, releasing c o 2 and methane. the rocky government is investing billions in an attempt to use the gas for electricity. but as natasha will name reports from babylon, village in basra. many say it's already too late. ah. people living in the village of butler take visitors here. they say gas flaring from oil production decimated their generations old palm trees leaving behind nothing but trunks. when we met the village elders, they said every one,

no some one who is diagnosed with or who has died from cancer. so i know i already have cancer and only god helps me. we continue to be worried about our families and loved ones. the bus for health department in southern iraq says the pollution from oil production is making people and animals in the area sick. the rocky high commission for human rights says, due to the high rate of cancer in basra, it's demanding the government work with oil companies to combat pollution. there is no stability for 6 or 7 years every 2 years. there is some chilling to coach unsecured, cajoling gases, long term investment. it need some stability. i'm getting some cash outcome, which meant the world bank ranks. iraq, number 2 behind russia when it comes to gas flaring, instead of polluting the air, the gas could be recovered and sold or used to generate electricity for millions of

people. the buster gas company is investing $3000000000.00 to do just that. at the remailer oil field, iraq's largest, anything that the iraqi government can do or, or it's neighbors can do to create in a stable environment is, is good for capturing more gas and for creating a better environment for the iraqi people. the people of butler say the land, their families have been tied to for 200 years is toxic, and they wonder how many more of them will get sick before the government can help them. natasha name l. g 0, basra, iraq. all cows. the new coal, that's the question. a 40 trillion dollar investor network is asking why? because farming represents a 3rd of all harmful greenhouse emissions, yet no gee, 20 country has a plan to count them. balancing jobs and livelihoods is proving

a tough cell for governments. thousands of farmers recently protested in the netherlands against the government effort to cot, nitrogen emissions intensive agriculture and fertilizer use of may. the netherlands, one of europe's large estimators, stefan reports from the hague. ah, not an unusual sight in the netherlands. these days tracked us on the streets of the hague, joining a protest as the police try to block them. it becomes clear that stopping a tractor isn't easy. i, we hope that the government will understand that the netherlands can't exist without farmers. the lowlands need farmers. we are producing the most sustainable food build, right. so without us, i don't know who will feed old these people after milking his couse dairy farmer, young from the wind, left his farm to get some answers from the government, but generations, his family, as farmed in an area where experts now say there's no future for large farms,

it's just not sustainable. if a government target of nitrogen emission reduction is to be met by us border, the locals go so don't want the environment to be polluted. there is no debate about that, but that the netherlands wants to take drastic steps and farmers are the 1st to be targeted. and i am concerned that in 10 years when farms are gone, we will regret this. like more than $50000.00 dutch farmers, his 17 year old son, tom was keen to continue the farm has no idea what lies ahead o young farmers driving for hours on their track, those that amount certainty about their future. if ecologist and fire mantle groups and increasingly politicians have their way farming, as we know it in the netherlands, can't exist any longer. a message many here. i'm not ready to here. and here you see a lot of dead trees and dying trees with fairly low. if i tell it to you with very low leaves,

an expert on the effects of nitrogen emissions research or roland bobbing, brought an alarming report for greenpeace. his conclusion, large parts of the dutch ecosystem have been so badly affected, that there will be lost if the government does not act. now, i think at this if fairly urgent and i meaning, you cannot do it in one or 2 years. you need maybe 5 to 10 years. a really high reduction of their machin deposition may be 50 to 70 percent. and therefore you need and different agricultural system in the netherlands. greenpeace have threatened to take the dutch stay to court for violating european regulations. if the government does not reduce nitrogen emissions, much further emits all the pressure. some farmers are starting to realize that business as usual, won't be an option for much longer with farmers organisation, se billions of euros are needed to save dutch farms and make them environmental friendly step. fasten al jazeera, the hague,

reaching that 0 missions will be impossible without a radical overhaul of the agricultural sector, says my next guest. teneo quandary is the head of investor outreach at the fair initiative, which represents investors with 40 trillion dollars on the management could have you with us tenny. so why have g 20 nations left out any plans for account of emissions from farming? yes, great to be here. thanks for having me, sammy. well, 1st of all, just wanting to launch nuts. climate obviously is a huge issue that we're all facing globally. and since inception of that, we have been looking at climate risk that then we'll focus on that. and we've been seeing that companies are doing more about trying to engage on this topic and invest as well. and we just need regulators to step forward and do a little bit more here as well. now in terms of why the g 20 nations have left the south, i think it's more that historically it has been a really difficult sector when it comes to the carbon izing. obviously it has very

close links with livelihoods and income for a vast majority of people. and also there is still a lack of disclosure and it's been difficult in terms of actually trying to measure climate impacts and measure emissions and trying to understand who is responsible for specifically what kinds of kinds of emissions. and so what we're saying is that there needs to be a significant reductions, and these significant reductions are in fact possible. but we just need it to be that governments and policy makers, the regulators are really starting to put their eyes on this and address this bully . so we'll talk to them, say, when you say the needs to be reductions, what are we talking about? what they need to do, what they need to cart. yes. well, there's so much that, that, that so many different areas within agriculture that can be reduced by emissions moody. so if you think about the feed that they give the animals, for example, trying to reduce the emissions that's actually generated within the animal. when you think about the volume of animals that have been produced,

we have found that over the last year there was actually been an increase in emissions from a, from animal agriculture. and really that is logic as a, as part is result of the fact that more animals are being produced. and so emitting that me, that needs to be an adoption of electric vehicles for example. and really trying to stop the mission that happened. so there are lots of areas in the production of the animal and of animal protein that we could start to see reductions happen. we just need to see that there's more am regulations and more incentivized ation of farmers to actually do things like this is the a happy balance between livelihoods and farming emissions. absolutely. i believe that there that there is, it's not that we are slow to say look like that. cuz i mean, oh my god, i will, culture is a big money generator, isn't it? exactly it is. and so that's why i think is going back to in terms of the emissions coming from the sector. that's why so much needs to be done in terms of if we're going to meet the pass agreement,

let's make sure agriculture part about solution as well because it is a huge money generated, but it is also shoot behind the imaging as well. so it needs to be that balance between likely has an emissions that not all factory, not all annual funding needs to end any speed that we are empowering farmers to be part of building a more robust and sustainable solution. so where we've seen that bite and for example, the administration bite in administration announcing $30000000.00 of incentive to farmers when it comes to carbon capture all last week we had the u. k. national future to announce which is get incentivizing pharmacy to actually be part of building the sustainable system. so it's look at soil improvement, blood prevention, carbon sequestration. so that's palmers feel that they are part of the solution as well. and on the flip side, we also have to recognize that with the huge emissions that we see there is that increase in climate risk, which is impacting likelihood already. so in texas you seen about to just under $230000000.00 of losses this year from g to the plotting that we've seen. there

been the animal, the stress on the animals. and so they heat stress leading to death of animals means that this is already costing palm as their livelihood, which is why that needs to be more response in terms of trying to address the missions from this area. i'm glad you mentioned animals there. if we look at some of the figures on this 2340000000 tons of meat globally produced every year, how do we convince people to change their diet? i think it's making sure that it's not that people feel that they are being dictated to. i think if there's one thing that has come out some globally from the last 18 months is that people do not want to feel as if choices are being actively taken away from them. and that they're being restricted more and more. so we need to make sure that people are more informed and that they given choices, but has to be that they able to make an informed decision on what it is that they are consuming. whether in this case look at food or anything else really. when it comes to the goods and services that we need to survive and thrive. so i think that

it's helping central that supermarket, but supermarkets as well as regulators are playing their part in giving consumers information they need. so are we actually aware of the reduction that's at the health benefits, for example, that has been reduced me consumption as well as the environmental benefit that, that comes with that as well. so then me see the ship go away from dictate and saying consumers must do this and must not do that. but helping them to see well, what are those artists? how can we move towards a more plant based diet? and what benefits is that have for people or planets and for the animals as well? the more successful though, that sort of message is penny. the less income revenue there will be for big beef suppliers in a world like argentina and brazil. what kind of proposal do you have for them? now we are seeing already that they are starting to understand that the shift is happening and so it puts, it's almost a case a well gets on board the ship to get left behind. you are seeing more more of the

cloud based alternatives thought to really move up the agenda when it comes to consumers, purchasing power, and you're seeing, for example, in the u. s. at last year. i think those of us are 200 percent increase implant based products being bought back. and so you're seeing these big beef players thought to move towards satisfying that need as well as that they're not losing out on the new customers, the potential revenue profitability bear. but they're starting to set up their own plant based protein products as well, and own plant based brought brands as well. and so as we see, this thought to happen, more of them could more of the be producers actually started. recognize that this is something that they need to be involved in as well, in order to make sure they are part of that they are strategically moving in the right direction for the future of what consumers actually picking up and choosing to do with that wallet. as well. all right, it's been lovely talking to you. thanks so much for coming to the show tenny. yes, it's been great. been here. thank you so much. and that's i show for this week.

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