diesel system in mexico is incredibly weak and it is not just corruption where a global audience becomes a global community. the scariest part of this moment in my country is this toys for a more weapon. the st. oh, now j 0. 0, man has a rich history, but also plays an important diplomatic role in the gulf region today. out there well discovers its empires stretched from the arabian peninsula to east africa, built on great sea power. the problem that existed in the gulf was piracy. tribes was rebellion, empire, and colonization, oman, history, power and influence on al jazeera, the usa always of impressed the people. all right, the world people pay attention to what with on here. and i'll just, he was very good at bringing the news to the world from here. ah.

nato's chief of cheeses rusher of using winter as a weapon of war urging member states to do more to help ukraine rebuild its energy infrastructure. ah, omni barker, this is al jazeera life from london, also coming up funerals in the occupied westbank for, for palestinians killed during confrontations with his railey forces. 3 astronauts blocked off from the gobi desert, destined for china's newly built space station. and as well come to life for senegal, the african nation secures its place in the last 60 ah, later countries are being asked to increase

a to ukraine as the country braces for winter. russian attacks and ukrainian infrastructure have left millions of people without power. as temperatures plummet, nato secretary general spoke at a nato foreign ministers meeting underway in romania. you installed hamburg set the alliance is prepared to meet the challenge. andrew simmons reports from the capitol, bucharest. pledges of unwavering support for ukraine came from nato secretary general d. n. stolt burg, along with a warning that russia is weapon ising winter by attacking energy infrastructure, he says nato has found new ways to help ukraine. president putin is trying to force ukrainians to freeze or flee onto they. alice made additional charges, non little support, including fuel and generators, helping ukraine to address the consequences of rush also strikes against

their power. great. and the u. s. has announced it will supply equipment worth $53000000.00 to help repair ukraine's electricity grid. earlier stalson burke had assured romania that its air force and troops were being backed up by extra reinforcements. romania has usf 16 aircraft that are replacing outdated. former soviet megs and their pilots are fully stretched. everything is under pressure. so we were in timely meetings all the time. we fight to again, the 2nd. romania coordinates with other nato forces in policing its airspace defense to the skies above nato's eastern flank has never been so intense nato faces of colossal challenge. not just in the air on the ground. soon russia would call this

escalation. nato prefers the word de, terence here, u. s. and romanian forces on an exercise. recently. there were tests of aaron missile defenses, but ukraine is saying, such weaponry is desperately needed it side of the border and the supply line of weapons that are available. this to slow the seasons on weapons decision on one production line with countries. it has to be made. buster. the quandary nato faces is that it won't take a direct hand in the deployment of weaponry. and so it's down to individual states, but some only want to give non lethal support. koreans may well observe that if energy infrastructure is repaired, it won't last for long unless ukraine's air defenses aren't drastically improved sooner rather than later. andrew simmons al jazeera, bucharest scatter, has struck

a deal with germany to supply $2000000.00 tons of liquefied natural gas a year. the agreement starts in 2026, and will last for 15 years. like much of europe, germany is looking for alternative energy sources after imports from russia were severely reduced when it invaded ukraine. germany is also hoping to reduce consumption of fossil fuels to become carbon neutral by 2045. dominant cane has reaction from berlin. from the german perspective, this is a deal which the minister concerned robert har back and said is great. he said that from his perspective, this 15 year deal shows that cats are, is part of the world market. he says that there are the countries in the world market, but let's be clear cut represents one of the biggest parts of the world market. from the german perspective, the governmental perspective, that is this is also good news because very recently they've shown the world one of the new floating l n g terminals. i've been to sit myself in the port of vill hence

have and and so this deal which would represent 3 percent of germany's gas needs. well, it will when eventually this comes through will be coming to places like vill, hems half and, and feeding germany's gas requirements for those 15 years. but what it also spells out is clear that this environmentally concerned and conscious german government is having to accept the needs the necessity of having fossil fuels for a very long time. mr. har back has said we're, we're going to be carbon neutral by 2045. this deal runs till 20. 41. no question about it right now. the situation, the energy crisis is forcing this german government to make decisions that will really prefer not to, but openly say, they say that this deal is great. 5 palestinians have been killed by authority, forces and separate incidents in the occupied west bank is the latest in

a series of deadly confrontations that the palestinian prime minister says are harbinger things to come. burner smith reports from ramallah to brothers have become the latest casualties of near daily confrontations between palestinians and israel's military. they leave behind another family, broken with grief and another palestinian community. angry and frustrated. israel's military says duffer and joanne remar, we were in an area where stones and petrol bombs were being thrown at patrol to order these ready occupation forces fatally shot jawad. his brother duffer tried to save him. he called for help. witnesses heard him calling for an ambulance, but there's really forces shot him in the chest. the youngest duffer was at university studying i. t. hundreds of his fellow students turned out to mourn the brothers, as their bodies were taken for burial. this is the most violent gear in the occupied westbank for 16 years, according to the you and

a 150 for palestinians have been killed by israeli forces. ca, we've spoken with the international community to curb ongoing israeli crimes against our people were determined to join international organizations and take perpetrators to the international court of justice in the west banks main city ramallah. there was a general strike to show solidarity with the latest victims of violence, palestinian prime minister ma, how much it is as the upsurge in violence is a harbinger of things to come. he's referring to the new israeli government, which will have been for the 1st time fall, right? jewish national politicians in ministerial post able to influence the daily lives of palestinians living under occupation, but doesn't sound like a formula. leave the calming attention to bernard smith al jazeera remark.

so 2 more teams of qualified for the last 16 of the football world cup. santa goal have become the 1st african team in the knockout stages with t one will ever the tournament ends for the south americans who couldn't make the most of their domination of full possession. nicholas huck is with cynical funds in duck. i just want you to see the scene here, right behind me, people are going up and down the coronation. waiving the colors of senegal, the green, yellow, and red is painted and plastered around this city. this is really a nation celebrating today. there were movers allies there, people drumming. really a said this is when the world cup is all about. and you know, when i was in the found zone where there were thousands of people facing the atlantic watching this big screen or what was happening and cutter. it felt that cutter was in senegal. there was a feeling that we were inside the stadium and living the moment and when there was

that penalty that shot that successful shot by sar, the country rob ted and then the scoring by cooley valley. that was just a confirmation of what everybody was expecting here. remember the team upset all isn't just such a monet, this star player from buyer. it made up of 11 players all stars in their own right . bendy who play for chelsea, but also the 2 scores. sars and cali. believe that evolved at ever till the really this is for the synagogue, the beginning of something big and people are telling me that they hope to go even further. and the netherlands secured their qualification to the knockout stage for the victory over kat up the match. and in to nil dutch finished top of that creep after 2 winds and a draw cut are the 1st host nation to lose 3 group games, which means they woke up campaign, now come to an end and 2 big matches have just got underway and doe harm england is

facing whales, it amid been ali stadium and are ryan wales must win the game to stand any chance of progressing. and iran is facing the usa at doha loose sales stadium. let's say checking with rob reynolds now. he's with iranian fans in los angeles, emerald view, coming a lot of basis that iranian cafe and a distinctly us city court to the fans make of all of this, given the history of contentious relations between the 2 countries. yes, the, you know, we're at a very nice in iranian food cafe here called the no stall restaurant. people are to have gathered more and more people as the matches gotten under way. and a lot of iranian americans, whether they were born in iran, whether their parents were born in iran, whether their grandparents rewarded what they tell me that they feel somewhat conflicted about this match. on the one hand,

they love teen melli. that's the iranian national tv. on the other hand, given what's happened in iran, given the demonstrations that are going on in iran, but many people feel that the support team melly will be playing into the hands of the iranian government. which of course has crushed a protest since september since the, the death of masa. i mean, but the atmosphere is a little good chance. it's not like a boisterous, happy football game. crowd. people are very concentrated and very intense. would like to talk to one of the vans here. really would you come over here for a 2nd? and thank you very much for joining us. this is lilly. she asked us not to use your last name. so what does this match mean to you? and all i wanna say is that with your supporting the team

usa. absolutely. because they rodya national team. they're not representing day people out the of on the day are not to my team medley. i'm sorry to say that. and of course as i knew on in america, i want a support team. you. i say, oh, does it hurt a little bit because i'm you know, i'm sure that you, you love teen mellie, on a certain level. and you know, that break your heart in a way unfortunately. yes. but they're not with people on the wrong. they didn't stand off with the people on the line. they were not i voice so you sorry, i am not gonna send him as a team met me. so that's why i'm here supporting team usa. hey, lily, thank you very much for speaking with us and enjoy. enjoy the match up. aside from the political and geopolitical aspects of this need to it's a crucial match in terms of the tournament. if usa team usa loses

or ties with team iran, that they're out there going home only a when will save the team usa team. iran can either win or draw and then they're going to advance the tournament. so we'll see what happens here. a lot of a lot of people are fighting their fingernails here in woodland hills, california. usually they are indeed around one of those games you said where politics of sport abilene overlap. many facts rentals live in los angeles. still to come here on out here. science is sworn urgent action is needed to save australia's great barrier reef. ah, ah.

hello, we have yet more heavy right in the forecast for it's lee. we have seen some big down pause. pushing across unions see towards greece and that's the same system that brought some very heavy rain ice flooding rains into southern italy just a few days ago. a $300.00 millimeters refrain there, and that's pulling out of the way. this is the low that was responsible for that very heavy rainfall and this is the low that's gonna be responsible for the next batch of very heavy rainfall. it will push across sir sicily push up towards the far south of italy as we go on 3 wednesday damaging winds. torrential rain for once again. heavy rain coming into grease. as you can see, just sliding across the a. g. a little further north. there. some rain and snow just pushing up across sir . house of bulgaria, easing up towards us on the hearts of ukraine, generally drive towards a northeast, but boys at cold minus 6 celsius took temperature in moscow. cool enough, across the other side of europe, temperatures into single figures for london,

paris, and even into bordeaux, little bit of wet weather coming into a eastern part, sustained by the state. wet weather to me to the north west. if you, we will see some showers as clipping the far north of libya just pushing across algerian, tennessee as we go through wednesday, with more showers among the west african coast. ah ah ah

ah, reminder of the top story 0 now, which is era. nato secretary general is cooling all member states to pledge more aid for ukraine during winter. braces for more russian attacks. stoughton berg accused russia of using winter as a weapon of war. while speaking of the nato foreign ministers meeting in bucharest, 5 palestinians who have been killed by a ready forces and separate incidents in the occupied west bank. the palestinian health ministry says dozens of others were also wounded during the raids. the u. n says this year has been the most violent year in the occupied westbank for 16 years . 2 more teams have qualified for the last 16 of the football world cup set a goal of become the 1st african team in the knockout stages of the to one when

ecuador, while the netherlands of made it through, offered to new victory, cut off, additional police officers of be deployed in china, it was authorities try to stamp out further protests against the government. strict coping measures i, let's say the unrest is unlikely to prompt any swift change. even though officials say they will address people's concerns. patrick folk has more police patrolling the streets of beijing by night a. it's a far cry from scenes and the chinese capital just the day before the government has increased security and several major cities following the biggest protests and decades. and shanghai scuffles broke out when police officers demanded people delete images from their phones. and not filming any more. this woman is saying, authorities are keeping tight control of what spreading on social media. they don't want people to see that there are other people who are. you know,

courageous enough to go to the streets to protest. barricades now lined the streets where hundreds of people had gathered before calling for an end to strict locked downs, warranties must testing and disruptions that have been enforced for 3 years. reports quoting demonstrated, say, authorities have opened inquiries into the events of the past few days and have been summoning people suspected of attending protests to give written statements detailing their activities. many people had used the demonstrations to speak out about a range of grievances including censorship and diminishing civil liberties. despite the challenge to the chinese government, unless the down to the force any change, people can go to the street or someone as spontaneously to boys. they are a discontent to demand for freedom. ah, you know, but for any kind of movement to sustain, you need an organizing structure. you need a civil society groups, union activists,

but those people are gone. they are in jail. their silence though, are there any desire? or the media briefing on tuesday, health officials did say they would address concerns about excess of controls and fine tune regulations to limit the impact and livelihoods. but they stopped short of conceding. there was a problem with a 0 coven policy, downtown. good evening to leila, some citizens, and the general public se the biggest problem is the oversimplification of the provincial control, mrs. ja baterri, imposition of restrictions and a one size fits all approach your child. it's not the 1st time the government has acknowledged public frustrations. in the past, though nothing has changed, which suggests it could be some time before china reconsider its response to the pandemic. patrick, fog al jazeera hong kong china has sent 3 astronauts to its very own space station . the rocket rocket was launched on the edge of the gobi desert. the crew traveling on board the ship jo, 15 spacecraft will spend the next 6 months living in the chung gong station jungle,

which means heavenly palace is now only the 2nd place outside of earth's atmosphere where astronauts have a permanent presence. the other is the international space station. although we've been doing human spaceflight since 1961, it still pushes our technology to its limits and we need to remember as well as of the 600 or so people have gone into space 19 have died in the process. so this is still a high risk and debra, but i'm really pleased that china is sharing this teacher in real time. as we see in south korea, truck drivers have shave their heads and protests against government orders to go back to work is nationwide strike. so for pay continue, the union is demanding a minimum wage as drive a struggle with a rise in the cost of living. this is the 2nd strike by truckers in less than 6 months with hundreds pleasure to defy the government order. negotiations will

resume on wednesday. joe, by the russian protest, lead at maria college, nicola has been taken into intensive care for unknown reasons. fellow activists say she is in its stable but difficult condition after hunger undergoing surgery. collection cover is currently serving an 11 year sentence for what she says on trumped a gallon allegations of involvement and mass unrest. she was arrested on after protests against bella, russian president, alexander lucas jenko, in 2020 a museum in london, has signed over the ownership of its entire collection of benning bronzes to the nigerian government is be more than 100 years since they, along with thousands of other artifacts was stolen by british troops or force it as more a major moment in a long campaign. in 18. 97 british soldiers sto thousands of finely wrought artifacts like this from the then kingdom of been in modern day nigeria. now,

london's haldeman museum is returning these 6 pieces and signing over the ownership of 66 other so called benny bronzes in its collection to a novel this objects to be displayed in museums for people to see people from outside the country to come and see in the context of where they have been looted is a significant moment for us. for now, there is 6 deliberate gaps in the museums display cases. more will follow with plans for a significant number of artifacts to remain on an extended loan from the jury and government. at the resurgence of the black lives matter movement in 2020 leading to sort of more concerns about how we accounted for the provenance of objects. so it was a kind of natural outgrowth into a tipping point. it's here though, the british museum in london, where the largest single collection of items taken from beneath in the 19th century remains more than 900 individual objects. the museum says it was to ensure that

collection is shared as widely as possible. it isn't though, talking about returning one major stumbling block is written into british law and 1963 active parliament forbidding the museum from disposing of its exhibits. just a few clearly defined exceptions. in the statement, the museum emphasized its collaborative work in my area, saying we actively engage with partners through the bending dialogue group and the digital beneath initiative. while research and cultural exchange initiatives, also key priorities that in recent years, other institutions in scotland, france, germany, and elsewhere have been returning items from nobody in bronze collections. something barnaby phillips or through a recent history of the bronzes says this left the british museum increasingly isolated. remember that an institution like the british museum is also under pressure from other areas as a british government with its own interest. there are other significant national museums in this country, like the victorian, albert museum, the royal collection,

all of which might be, i guess you would say more conservatively inclined, and they too can exert their pressure and influence on the british museum over the years. the debate has taken in concerns over security and conservation in nigeria, but increasingly it's become one about justice and restoration. nigeria. cultural custodians say it's time for british institutions and british politicians to write historical wrong. ari faucet, al jazeera london rallies, have been held in several countries to mark the international day of solidarity with the palestinian people. one of them is outside the united nations office in garza, this is day of solidarity comes 6 months after the death of al jazeera journalist, serene abu eichler, shot by the squarely soldier, while on assignment and janine the occupied westbank. sophia motta from the palestine liberation front says the worldwide recognition of the day is very significant in that imagine adopting this international day of solidarity with the

palestinian people. coinciding with the anniversary of the commencement of the division of palestine is the greatest confirmation of the magnitude of the historical injustice that befell our palestinian people. while it came from the forces of global colonialism and the zionist occupation and requires the situation to be addressed with hard work to help our people and stand by them until they obtain all the historical rights that they fought for and are still fighting for the rocky prime minister mohammed shall sir. danny has met his iranian counterpart . iranian president, abraham racy inter run the leaders hell talks aimed at strengthening bilateral ties and regional security. baghdad announced it would deploy federal gods along its border after iran launch missile. and drone strikes against kurdish a reigning groups in northern iran to ron officials, accused them of stoking the country's protests. they also discussed the rocky mediation between iran and saudi arabia. are you in back reports is recommended.

the planets largest coral reef system be listed as in danger. scientists or warning urgent action is needed to save the great barrier reef off the coast of australia. they say greenhouse gas emissions need to be cut quickly and funding increased to protect the front jaw marine ecosystem. australia's environment minister says the reef shouldn't be listed as endangered because climate change is a threat to all coral reefs around the world. meanwhile, australia is conducting the largest census of the great barrier reef. so far the program has collated more than 50000 images of the heritage side. sarah clark report some cans where much of the research on the reef is based on its peak season on the great barrier reef. thousands of tourists flocked to queensland every year to experience one of the 7 natural wonders of the world. eric fisher is a tourism operator, is also a marine biologist,

and understands the importance of protecting a reef under threats. so we're all stakeholders. we all care about the reef. it's a beautiful why. so we do, can we do really care about what's going to happen to the reef in the future. it's with that in mind that he signed up to the largest co re senses of its kind, thousands of snorkeling tourism upright. his fishing charters and recreational divers have joined the program around 50000 images, had been collected so far, and 315 reefs had been surveyed. there was just as desperate need for a large scale recognizance of, of the whole a great barrier. is that the so masses in the same sciences, germany, so you're trying to find out what's going on and a much bigger scale, a scale only we can really do by getting on to help. this is what the citizen scientist said, capturing images that identify coral types and document the rates health that the census is collected so much data and that it's now signed up schools which are

using artificial intelligence to analyze the imagery, we see lots of things we see what some cold bleaching corner stars our crown of thorns starfish like they are the devastations of their ethan is the beauty of it. like all these beautiful fish or the sharks. the sea slugs even just like everything is beautiful. it takes a long time to analyze all the image is out there. so we're helping them by analyzing the mass cells this year there was a bleaching event, in fact have been for over the last 6 years. and climate modeling suggests that from 2040 the could be a bitchy of it every year on the great barrier reef. based on the current trajectory, the census is helping scientists identify which co riggs most need protection, what climate change is doing. it is making that the time frame in between these like impacts shorda starts putting more pressure on the re,

just 5 percent of the great barrier reef is surveyed regularly. the scientists hope an annual re census will keep threats to this world heritage site in check. sir, clock out a 0 cans. officials of told residents of hawaii's big island to be prepared for evacuation. so after the world's largest active volcano started erupting wise mana loa began emitting lava on monday, following a series of earthquakes. eruption isn't immediately endangering surrounding towns. we love are initially contained within the caldera old volcano peak expos. i've also warned that the air quality could deteriorate, mount or lower, lost or up to 38 years ago. and el salvador residence near the chapparal stick volcano have been put on high alert of the it began erupting authorities are preparing 26 shelters. that could accommodate more than 10000 people. a safety zone has been extended to sixkiller.