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house democrats fight for the people with the democrats nominate the 1st black house party. lead in us history. i came, jeffries takes over the reins from nancy pelosi ah, hello, i'm darn jordan. this is al jazeera la you from dough also coming up reassuring russia's neighbors, nato foreign ministers pledge support to georgia on more dover on day 2 of this research has halo breakthrough in the treatment of the early stages of outsiders. and well, cop highs and lows, argentina and poland punch that tickets to the round of 16 for mexico when very much but news the chance to oppose ah,

democrats in the us house of representatives of chosen a new leader hacking jeffries, a congressman from new york, will now succeed nancy pelosi in january as potty leda. after an historic vote. jeffers is the 1st black person to lead a major party in congress. how does your cast to reports from capitol hill? good afternoon, everyone. it's an honor. this is the new face of house democratic leadership, younger and more diverse, 52 year old had came, jeffries will be the 1st black american to lead a party in congress house. democrats fight for the people. that's our story. that's our legacy. that's our values. that's our commitment. as we move forward, get stuff done. katherine clark will be his number 2 as whip we as a team and as a caucus reflect the diversity in the strength of the american people. and that is

where we are able to come together. it around shared values, and pete argue are a member of the hispanic caucus will be number 3 as house caucus chair, the trio essential marks, a generational change in the democrats house leadership. replacing 3 octogenarians, led by nancy pelosi, who was leader for nearly 2 decades. the older trio announced they'd resign from their current leadership roles. after democrats lost control of the house in the last election. we'll never see someone like speaker pelosi ever again in our life time. but her potential successor will be history making in its own right. jefferies will become house minority leader when the newly elected congress convenes in january, his expected role largely to run defense against the new republican majority. we look forward to finding opportunities to partner with the other side of the aisle

and work with them whenever possible. but we will also pushed back against extremism whenever necessary. the new republican house majority is expected to launch investigations into president joe biden into his son, hunter, and other administrative officials. when democrats still holding the majority in the u. s. senate a divided congress and one that is gridlocked is nearly certain. i d, jo, castro, al jazeera washington. the us military has confirmed that the leader of isis has been killed in an operation carried out by the opposition free syrian army in october. the statement from the pentagon came just off the group announced the lead as death. i'll have found me out, creation was killed me, southern syrian province of that is the 2nd iso leader to be killed this year. we are pleased to see the removal of isis this top leaders in such quick succession.

the united states remains committed to countering the global threat from ices and stands ready to work with international partners who share that same goal. we will, we build, we will build on these counter terrorism successes and we'll keep that pressure on for sure. chaper thompson has more now from washington, dc. all of the, the actual details were guessing about what happened is coming from the us military . i so only release the statement saying that i will have sign out. she me courage, she had been killed but didn't say when or where. so we should underline that even though we're talking about this right now, this occurred in, in mid october. and it was the free, sorry, no, me in southern syria, we've been talking a lot recently about the battle that the us and the s d f, the civic syria democratic forces, the kurdish labs rebels are, are waging, if i saw in the north, this is that this actually happened in the south. this will now be the 4th leader

off. i still, since i will, who bucher back dowdy was killed in october 2019 by the us. his successor was killed in february, also by the u. s. i, but i think was interesting now is that we have this killing in october by the free, serious. all mean, i think just the last interesting detail perhaps is it is the free syrian army who conductors right according to this operation, according to the, the us. so therefore, in last week or so, we've been talking a great deal about operations against i saw in the north with the us and the f d f, the kurdish lead rebels. and whether any threatened turkish incursion would affect the fight against iso. in fact, the free syrian army and the south here is backed by, by turkey. so this was a syrian freezer, an army operation, but presumably using tucker support of about we don't have too much more information, but always we're getting some of these details. passed out,

especially given there are so many acronyms and groupings in the region. your secretary defense lloyd austin, has spoken to his took his counterpart, expressing opposition to any ground operation inside syria. earlier the pentagon said its forces in northern syria were doing few joint patrols with the mainly cody syrian democratic forces. anchor wants to clear the border of kurdish fighters considered part of the outlawed p k. k key has been the grouped bombing and it's done. we'll end of this month for the group denies involvement. at least 15 people have been killed in a bombing in northern afghanistan happened that a religious school in a back the capital of some on gun province. at least 20 others were wounded. interior affairs ministries have students are among the den. no groups yet claim responsibility have been dozens of bomb attacks and dentist on since the taliban took took over the last year. francis president has met with a us vice president at nasa headquarters in washington d. c. as he begins in 3 day american state visit,

manual macro common harris agreed to strengthen us french corporation in space. micro also stressed the importance of countering what he called rogue states. the french president then later wreath at arlington, national cemetery. kimberly how kit has more from washington d. c. first president emanuel macro beginning his 3 day visit to the united states with a meeting with vice president comalla harris and a tour of the u. s. space agency highlighting an area of cooperation for the 2 nations including combating climate change. the 2 nations are already aligned when it comes to their condemnation of russia's invasion of ukraine. but amid the diplomatic pageantry of president jo biden's 1st official state visit, there are simmering tensions. particularly when it comes to trade, there is a lot of concern about a signature piece of legislation known as the inflation reduction act. europeans

are concerned that this gives the united states an unfair trade advantage and could ignite a trade war. this comes on the heels of a diplomatic furer last year when australia cancel the deal to purchase french submarines buying us subs instead of the white house, insist that the dispute is behind the 2 nations. and that this visit is all about highlighting the strength of the u. s. french alliance. nato has disgust sending more air defense systems to ukraine as foreign ministers mentioned romania for 2nd day of talks. the alliance pledged its unwavering support to moldova, georgia and bosnia herzegovina which all fear being destabilized by moscow. i think if there is one, the lesson learned from ukraine is that we need to support them. now, the more support you are able to provide to these countries being the front, but under russian pressure influence in different ways. and it is much

better to support them now that they're done when we have seen the. busy opens and going the absolutely wrong direction as we saw with the innovation of ukraine or earlier this year. andrew simmons, as mona, from bucharest, antony blinkin assured ukraine. it will get all of the repairs and the equipment that needs to get its energy infrastructure back working properly. again, what's more, he said there will be air defense to protect that infrastructure. then he moved on on to the issue of china, making the case that the systemic challenge houses. he said he didn't want to see conflict. he didn't want to see a new cold war, but china must change. nato has to pressure it to change. the members of our alliance remain concerned by the parties course of policies by its use of

disinformation, by its rapid opaque military buildup, including its cooperation with russia. but we also remain committed to maintaining a constructive dialogue with china wherever we can. and we welcome opportunities to work together on common challenges that have been reports that the u. s. was mounting diplomatic pressure on european allies to ramp up the rhetoric on china, putting more pressure on it, criticizing it more true or not. nato is more critical that has been before. nate, the eastern alliance of europe and north america. but the challenges we face are global and we must address them together in natal. we do not see it sign austin adversary will continue to engage with china when it is in our interests. no pleased to convey our united position on russell's illegal war in ukraine. both of us and knights seat china,

as in directly supporting russia in this conflict by refusing to criticize vladimir putin and continuing to buy oil from russia. los altos, come here, and i'll just hear, including the chinese government responds to anti lockdown protest by lifting restrictions in some states, south africans protest the parole of apartheid era assassin up to 3 decades in prison. morning sailors, ah, anticipation is rising. and so with most of my cattle anyways, i'm back with your weather update across asian as to happy along. so here's what's going on for the 1st day of december. we've got some activity in the southern bay of bengal that's crashing into the indian states of entrepreneur dash and tamela do a few showers in store, but nothing major then toward the northwest,

stagnant air mass and played there. so no real winds to speak of that pollution just hanging around. so new delhi as some of the worst air quality in the world right now. now the ne monsoon pepin up again so bursts of rain to be expected thing around being at to denying on thursday. and then we got some flood advisories in play sabu city to, to bow in the philippines on thursday after malaysia and indonesia, the other day called them poor, about 70 millimeters of rain november. so what is month of the year? but here we go. and december, of course, the rain still falling. i think the biggest downpours will be western sumatra on thursday. big change in the host temperatures for china, right across the yellow river valley, down to the pearl roper valley. the other day, hong kong, 3334. you're now down to 16 at some snow storm alerts in play for that western side of ho cato island. still some see effect snow. big drop in temperature is here as well. tokyo, 12 degrees, the number for you on thursday. that's it. catcher later. the weather sponsored

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this our democrats in the us house of representatives. i've chosen hacking jeffries as the new party leader. congressman from new york will succeed nancy pelosi in january. jeffrey is the 1st black person to lead a major party in congress. the u. s. military has confirmed that the leader of iceland has been killed in an operation carried out by the free syrian army. october about al hassan, our shami elcuro. she is the 2nd ice, the leader to be killed this year. i'm french president emmanuel macro has kicked off his state visit to the us with meeting with vice president, come to harris and said to meet president biden, for talks of the oval office on thursday. 2 major chinese cities, gong show and cha ching have east coven. 19 restrictions comes a day after protest and cities across the country. as frustration, mounts against the government. strict 0 coded policy, patrick, for reports protests and taking a violent turn of the southern city of gong. jo, one video posted on social media. people tear down

a cove at 19 testing tense. in another protest, his whole glass bottles had police officers. moments later, security forces dressing has met, suits, advanced information, holding protective shields. the reuters and air p news agencies of verified the videos were filmed and high jew district, but are unable to confirm when they were taken. all the sequence of events high jew is where the bulk of china's recent infections have been reported. much of the area's been under locked and since october the unrest marks an escalation and the movement that spread to several large cities from shanghai and beijing to cham do, and will hom, i would say that the commune party actually under estimated the anger at a cross level, i will, i will not think li a well prepare or a protests ah, a curry over the past weekend. the latest developments come despite stern warnings against taking part in demonstrations. in a statement, john,

as top security agency, has called for a crackdown on what it says, a hostile forces. it's not clear who or what the government is referring to, and as yet to provide evidence of any external interference. it's also reiterated confidence in its approach to the virus tune can do me to go fax over the years, have fully proven the china covered protocols have protected the security and help of the chinese people to the greatest extent, genuine and minimized impact on social economic development some countries have made remarks on china recently. these nations have enough issues to deal with at home. we hope they would heat the weiss's interests of their own people, instead of pointing fingers at others. meanwhile, authorities have begun easing restrictions in some areas including jung jo home to the biggest i phone factory and china, reduced mass testing requirements, and allowed more businesses to reopen. still demonstrate as fear possible retribution on beijing. some people have voiced support for the protest is,

i'll do whatever i can still work from home. so the lockdown hasn't affected me too much. but seeing them fighting for freedom, i think, is very inspiring, her anger about the 0 coven policies, more to people speaking out against censorship. and what they say is an overbearing government. patrick, fog al jazeera hunker, an independent panel in south africa, has found presidents, sir, m. a porter, violated his oath of office, which could lead to his benjamin pigment. the panel was set up often millions of dollars in cash was found in a sofa at his private farm. it said run a poster has a conflict of interest between his official responsibilities and his position as a businessman. the president denies any wrong doing and has not been charged with any crime. thousands of members of sal africa's governing african national congress had protested against the release of a partied era. cannot janice walsh. he's been granted parole up to serving nearly 3 decades in prison. 3 the miller has more more than 20000 people outside this prison

in pretoria. a trying to prevent the release of a man, they consider an apartheid criminal. up to serving nearly 30 years for the 1993 assassination of antea party leader, chris honey janusz wallows has been granted parole. he was arrested along with now deceased politician clive darby lewis, who was convicted of conspiracy to murder. our government want to live the person who killed him under the to the last of us more so how do i lose a person? who could i utilize a bundle for the for started to roll out to do what do you want to leave the middle? i was before this protest and on the eve of his release, wallace was stabbed in prison by another inmate. prison officials say he's in stable condition. wallace has for years applied for parole off to serving the

minimum time required. and for years it's been denied. but the constitutional court ruled last week that he should be released on parole within 10 days. oh, honey family, along with many south africans have always opposed his release. they say, while he may be remorseful, he has never explained or did the killing and why he did it. yeah, today's been good barajas and we've said let us mobilize on how our me, our we may because the will ha, need their lives to please. she is, there we go to day head children, how without a father and you we as we manually lead behind head, it can be like that that will my nurse and sombre because that was why me kick away the life of his i need woo of a freedom, my daughter was 5 deal for the ride. i'm sorry, number again. ah,

honey, was a leader of the south african communist party as well as the liberation party. the african national congress observers describe is killing just months ahead of south africa's 1st democratic elections that dismantled racial segregation as pushing the country to the brink of civil war. many of calling for the court to reverse this decision. even after so many years, it remains a wound for many sub africans who have unanswered questions. especially since few people have been held accountable for crimes committed in the name of a party. for me, tamela, i'll jazeera and ethiopia northern trigger i region, hundreds of young people have taken part and i piece march in the capitol. luckily i police orchestra that the piece for all carnival, the participants. most of them children hope to return to school falling a sci fi deal between the ethiopian government and to ground forces

a 2 year civil war in the region. us kill thousands, of course, a humanitarian crisis. now a new drug has been shown to slow cognitive decline and outsiders, patients, japanese, and american pharmaceutical companies publish the results of a trial of the drug was tested on about 1800 people in the early stages of disease or a force. it has more for over 30 years, scientists have tried and failed to design a drug that tackles the cause, not the symptoms of alzheimer's disease. now comes the 1st evidence of real success and antibody infusion that attacks a specific protein in the brain. slowing the development of early stage alzheimer's by around a quarter professor john hardy, 1st developed the theory of it. we said that this approach might work 30 years ago . and you know, if you'd asked me 30 years ago how long it would take, i'd say 5 to 10 years. so for me it's, it seems definitely momentous. i think for patience, it's

a real step forward, a real step forward. and it's going to take a couple of years to get it into the system. it's patients like john healing in the early stages of the disease who stand to benefit the most. john says he felt the ground open up when he was diagnosed. he'd embrace anything that gives him more time with his wife and family. you put it, i gave you my, you know what you going to end up like, and you know, there's nothing you can do about it. but you can't worry about it because there's no way you can do someone be accepting of it. the new drug laquanda mab inhibits the build up in the brain of a protein called be to amyloid visible is so called plaques. in the brains of alzheimer's patients. nearly $1800.00 patients around the world took part in the study which showed a 27 percent slow down in the deterioration of their cognitive skills over 18 months. but it's approved. the treatment will be laborious and costly to administer

through blood infusions twice a month. and will also require major investment in screening for the disease to catch it sufficiently early. and at the moment we do that through pet scans, altering cerebral final testing from a lender puncture. and that is we need to broaden access to ways in which we can have access to those kind of test. we also want to see new techniques that are quicker and foster and potentially cheaper, for example, blip her 30000000 people around the world. subtle without highness in itself, just one form of dementia. much difficult and costly work remains before treatments that learn cues a widely available. but this is a hugely significant 1st step. harris will sit al jazeera london, the right time for roundup of all the action that cats are 2022 role contact cuz i woke up studio lino massey is walcott dream is still on his argent tina through to the last 16 following

a to know when against poland, 36 made it into this match, the stretch for a cross in an incident with me. and i'll make that true little initial attention, but a review of re danny mckelly to look at the incidents. and once the penalty was given, it was messy against chevy and it was a polish keeper who came off early in the 2nd off i was and see that went ahead. the who molina cross match bar. alex, we're kind of going is 1st, it's a national golf and then made it through an enzyme. fernandez put julian algren through the 67 minute will now play australia in the last 16. despite that defeat, those polos are also into the lockout stages for the 1st time. it's 1986 when it was hop right for both sets of fire and the sale stadium is mexico face saudi arabia to pulling off one of the biggest upsets in welcome history. saudi has ended up bottom of that group. mexico started off the game in last place in the

group with dental charts is going through, but early in the 2nd half they went ahead to a corner kit which is converted by my team. it's like to double their lead with a master costs. a lot rang spicy to free kick, one to talk quarter, bringing them one step closer to the round of 16, but saudi arabia pulled a light, go back into retirement, solid out the sorry thought to make it to one. the result met neither side would make it out of the mexico, missing out on the last 16 to poland on gold difference. to group dana, australia, one know when it's over denmark, to book that ticket into the round of 16. it was a widow. go home situation for the 1st half saw them unable to get your straight. go keep up, matthew roared a quick counter tackle of the box. so straight forward must you likely to provide a lovely finish to put the suffering, the head kept on attacking is i needed to go to guys through that. so the spreading defense these, he qualified for the round of 16 for the 1st time since the 2006 woke up in germany

. i think 2nd in the group with 6 points and they'll face some follicle, little missy and argent. tina. next, what you need to be writing well champion france in group these other guy, but they still went out of the tournament. you need to thought they'd gone ahead in the 1st off. why? because a free kick validated by gone 3 but enough side flag that what else it was goal is going into the 2nd half of class. so then dispossess on a half way large or because we searched for it was a french go, we still had a lot less do, but he went to russell brown and then beat steve man banda to get his 1st goal of the for the money for the 1st prize, then came off the bank to try to get an equalize. i'm time we're going 40 does just that, but they rolled it out. so still 3 winners for then poland. okay . one guy let's look unpacked. dramatic day and poland. let's start with them.

both teams is that you have to go through ahead of mexico and saudi arabia, argentina. yes. because after the last to saudi arabia, they were able to rectify themselves and today was arguably actually definitely their best performance in this turn up to now poland just were not very good throughout the entire competition that shows you the unfairness of football because poland played very poorly, mexico play very well, but at the end of the day, you have to look at the entire body of results. which one is mexico lamenting right now that scoreless drawn the not grow match. yeah. you know what, we have seen teams in the past. you know, just struggle through the group stages and then really get that momentum. i'm thinking italy and spain, 82. you know, they will also know what the tar saying. i mean, not that upon origin, but you know, 90. exactly. yeah. i mean, let's leave all defraud, so we need that already through thought it was for them the very last and but a really, really special diets, australia fads. i don't think a lot of the got the better have a feel rightly and friends who are still up parting even gotta go to work for. it's

been a great day for them. sleep is overrated. sometimes. especially after your national team ends up advancing 2 out of the group stage for the 1st time since 2006, a very conservative grammar which ends up being kind of the polar opposite of what i'm supposed to call, who was before with the suckers. but still, it's effective, it's what helps them get through. it's what it is, what maximizes their capabilities collectively. and you end up being able to take advantage of the opportune goal. and they go to the next. but i think they're going to think of every game that was a bonus. i mean, it's a free hit for them. yeah, but you get to a certain point. i mean, there's results in their results. i mean, we thought we could talk about saturday be at how they left. well, if australia end up having a very tight match against argentina, the other thing you know, we could do we, we might have, oh, but we didn't. yeah, i didn't about 2006 guy against italy. i assess just still better, but they still better. i mean, it would be amazing. it would be amazing if they would take that not laid out. but

imagine that she's got a story to write. this woke up yeah. yeah, that was a fire and his eyes tonight. yeah. there was and you saw you were even talk about a fire they had maybe 10 years ago. are we going to move away from, from that group and move to groups a f. they're also decided on thursday with the fargo rounds of matches. it's a 1500. gmc kicked off from the rocco, as i look to qualify, gets canada of the alto matter stadium at the same time. co, sharp, meet belgium at about the big lee stadium. and that's followed by 1920 kick off a spain take on japan. so crowley for stadium, which germany play costa rica at our bytes. sorry plenty to look forward to on day 12, all talk to you tried to say we'll have it all covered right here on out just in the now the fleetwood mac singer songwriter christine has died at the age of 70.