looking around and very rude was not in the line of fire from the holiday fall off . we heard gunshots. i was the 1st one to flee. the whole thing. the battle lasted 3 days and 3 nights and the window prisoners control the home again. and you control the region around and that's why it was such an icon of conflict at the heart of the lebanese civil will be rude holiday inn hotels on al jazeera, the, on the hello. on my name's side. this is the news life from the coming up in the next 60 minutes. 7 palestinians including 6 babies, have died in gauze, freezing weather with hundreds of thousands sheltering intense united nations coals

for the immediate release of the directive. come out ad one, hospital detain biased variety forces of the slurry of diplomacy in syria. the new administration looks ahead to a major conference to shape the future a south korean cool issues, a rest warrants and page president use. so kill his supporters. riling outside his home and zimbabwe, deepening water crisis, how pollution is contamination? the capitals main drinking supply. the hello welcome to the program palestinians in golf a been killed by bomb stylization disease and now they are freezing to death. at least 7 palestinians, including 6 babies,

have died of hypothermia in the past week. that includes a 20 day old, a bone. temperatures are plummeting and hundreds of thousands of forcibly displaced people all struggling to keep warm in make shift tens. you know, it's nations warns israel is dismantling every means of survival in garza. i'm systematically hindering humanitarian access as go straight to central goes away him guitar is live in darrow by law and give us a sense of how tough it is now to displace products. thing is particularly the children as they faced is freezing, can conditions, limits, and shelter. i'm food. mean we're talking about an area that has been up under war for more than 14 months. now, most of more than half of college, this population is guaranteed and makes shift caps. the children have been bored and mix of gums and that's why we saw 6 baby new baby boards that were died due to

hypothermia. the situation is unimaginable. we're talking about palestinians living under tons that are unproductive there for dr. and for example, earlier today, since done, it has been draining the rain has been flushing a wait tense and breaking defense damaging them. according to the civil defense teams are saying that they have been receiving hundreds of calls from policy news, especially those who are living near the shore, asking them to read in the case of men to has them rebuild. that it's tense, but the civil defense seems said that yes, they can reallocate them, but they're going to put them in an area that is unsuitable for living. parents are telling us that they are unable to provide their children with the basic needs, like blankets, winter clothes, or even sucks or jackets. they say that they're available right now in the markets, and if you find them, they're very, very expensive. they can afford them. birds are very uh,

less scared extra the asked do. they heard that there are 6 babies that work at di, due to high to start. you know, they do not know how they could protect their children from all of this going on from the cold weather, from the forest start patient, and also from the endless air strikes happening. every single hour across the cause of the situation is collapsing. the winter is making it more miserable and difficult for everyone. you'd see pons of water in pons, of, of sewage in every single st. it's and there's no way anyone could repair this because there's no equipment. and there's no system that was working on fixing or rebuilding the situation in the cause of just we're talking about an area that has been completely damaged and producers damage where the is where the forces have been actually targeting all kinds of plumbing systems. and also the infrastructure

. now policy news do not have any other option other than reallocating in a different area, but they're trying to repair their sense of what we have because there's no tens or tarps or any plastic equipment that they could re book. their tense with the situation is very miserable and parents and families are full with just prayer, frustration, helplessness, and depression. and i appreciate your posting. it's with reminding of us that you yourself are also on the going the same conditions. you are describing of the palestinians that going through. thank you so much for your reporting hen, cuz already that 1st live in 0 by the whereabouts of the direct to come all add one hospital, a still unknown doctor whose time of was the fee. it was detained. by squarely forces on friday, his family ah, pleading for his immediate release and say that he is really minute 3 is denying him medical care. no,

that's and that's going to be urgently appeal to the in special community to act immediately for his release, detained by israeli occupation forces. well performing gets humanitarian due to you know, stuff is famous treatment in states. he might have detention center and that attitude, and kimberly ation exposure to freezing cold denial of medical care despite and using his son and being injured himself during this war. doctor has some continued to serve his people with unwavering dedication to the entire family holes. because externally citizenship and we call them because externally government international organizations like the w h o, and i'm at global and all phone governments to intervene and secure his release on the full it is too late. probably. well the united nations has cold for dr. apo sophia, to be released a spokes best and full. the 6th street general told out there is gabriel at his under the innocent civilians should not be detained or the very means of people's survival are being dismantled. this includes an onslaught on health care,

emergency services, and humanitarian access along site relentless attacks that kill and maim civilians by the hour. and you also have seen that the director of the world health organization, dr. toddress set that kind of hard on hospital of north casa, is now out of service. he said that as well as the raid force patient and stuff evacuation, and the detention of the facilities director on friday. does a secretary general condemn israel's taking of a doctor who saw most of the the director general or the director? i should say, i've come a loud one hospital. we condemn any action that targets civilians and civilian infrastructure and hospitals. we've called repeatedly for them to be respected as this safe space areas where people go to seek medical assistance. and this is that this is the case as well for this. does the secretary general a call on israel to release him immediately? yes, any one that is innocent and innocent civilian who is trying to help. others should

not be detained. last spring, insult on bar, because he is a professor of public policy at home. i've been hunting for university. good to see your thoughts on we are witnessing here in real time goss us health care system, being cold, not only by israel sees in the north, but the relentless, foaming. we've seen over the course of the last year. what i want to ask you, the hospitals have a special protection on the humanitarian international law. how is israel getting away with slouching this obligation? well, in terms of monitoring and reporting on as valves abuse and infringement on international that not getting away with it because there are many and g o as international organizations, you and agencies and others. what are they pushing the on the to about what deserves to the where are they getting away with is really had the security council because any other country during the work and then there were the crimes is

violence committing in gaza. we'd have been brought to account a long time ago. it took only a matter of days to announce russia as, as a, as a state that just committed the crimes for 18. 1 clinic in the past. so it's, it's really about the political will unimed particular the united states. now we're going through this and all states united states between elections, by them is trying to pass as much as possible of his legions to the, to as well. um, and it's in your own particular and they were waiting to see what the new president will do. so i suspect as well, we'll try to push as much as possible over the coming few days, a couple of weeks to try and face greater pressure on the processing is to accept a ceasefire deal under conditions. and this is what's been going on for the last few. how do you reflect back on the last year as well as bull on garza and what

it's been trying to achieve that means clearly fail to destroy him, us. but what we have seen to do is kill over 40000 palestinians, its destination, the infrastructure of the strip all palestinian rights groups, correct when they say, israel's intention really is to implement this general's plan and essentially empty the north of gauze of people and have this closed off minutes present. yes. like i kind of wrote about this long time ago. i think they intend to keep that portion of the north of skies under occupation to try and push from us and any posting of resistance in the future as far as possible from to levy. so that's one area. they also determine to split the gaza strip into to at least portions all the way to the c controlling the security is on, as well as the bells around around because of this would be in their eyes the better option as far as they're concerned,

because the real option as they wish for you to do is to push all of the guys the population into egypt all the of the desert. and this is an issue that we may come back to face with the, the new president united states coming in. he may again bring forward the funds that he has at print, presented 4 years ago to try and relocate the population from garza and to another location. and they will be using the excuse of total destruction. the fact that the majority of the populations now is, is displaced is in desperate to return, need to try and implement that problem. okay, thank you for now. so tom, we're all going to come back to the late in the program so to embark at from him, i've been to the foot university. the. the

syria is gearing up for a critical national dialogue conference this week that aims to shape the future of the country monday. so more high level talks in the capital, with delegations from the region on ukraine in attendance. but school said that reports now from damascus. quits for the minister is the 1st for the minister from a golf country to visit damascus. since the full sealing of the g. the difference is contra simple square. cd is 30 total integrity and 70 models for guys. can we reject all forms of forward interventions which will have an impact on syria's domestic affairs? the gcc believes that the security and stability of syria is part and parcel of the regional stability and security are shared efforts will be beneficial to our people . and we remind them that we had been on the side of the syrian people since the start of the syrian revolution, 13 years ago. city as me for the minister endorse,

he's come to post by stating that syria is not the threat, but the source of peacefulness, neighbors, and the outer world, either from the necessity who ad at an idaho. and our main objective is to restore peace and harmony among all the art states and also to speed up serious recovery and provide all means conceivable towards achieving the speedy recovery. we also wish to demonstrate to the whole world theory is coming back on it's feet quickly. siri and people deserve to lead a normal way of life among the regional and global neighbors. totally, a serious new leader. i'm of the shutter, met, ukrainian for the minnesota entities via anamosa strategic partnership between ukraine and syria. cbs iptv sending $500.00 tons of green to syria. 12 is to him in italian crisis. we'll have to read the from a have to cities going on. we are ready to help the syrian people because ukraine is interested in a staple syria movie. certainly we have flesh to support fruit security as soon as possible in russia, which is fighting a war is due green was one of the main beckers of the seed of the gym and has heavy

bones. levels for nearly a decade is minute to bases are still in syria, and the future remains on certain planning for the minutes to try to convince city as new administration and professional community presence in syria. the shuttle states who wants to maintain ties with mosca. soon as new administration wants to be seen as the list them is representative of sylvia and syrians. does it seem to cover on december 8th does is a for them that occasions have visited damascus. but the top figures of the move in this vision included is leave the shutter, are still on the sections by many countries. on this, they are lifted. who lives? tennessee will remain in question. this is a damascus. let's get more with hutch him who bought he's in damascus for us, ashton russell, the reporting on that flurry of diplomatic activity. we've seen in syria of the last 24 hours. what more we expect to

look now. you see a pattern which is now building up in damascus. load onto more international delegations arriving here at a device cuz it could be a general consensus now that it's about time to recognize this or far which is i have to say this sentiment among the senior members of the a new administration that this is the most significant step to was a full recognition of the new administration, and particularly with the invitation coming from the scientists and the announcements by the quite to minutes or 40 not fast. and the secretary general of the gcc with getting a sense that the gcc countries along with the key regional tires are going to push the americans and the you for lifting the sanctions on the, on celia, which is going to be one of the biggest problematic bricks road for this new administration, a hash, i'm also more details emerging on the preparation to,

to form this committee, to draft a new syrian constitution. what more can you tell us about that? what do we hearing as well? so this is a picture. there is a new administration led by the shuttle whose people believe that he has the legitimacy because it was the, his troops backed by of affections, the managed to over, through by shot out asset. and therefore, they have the legitimacy to have a biggest say it's shaping the future of celia, but they have to do it to you that way where they have to reach out to the minorities, but also to the of a cd opposition. members who have been of those 2 assets is to a 1011 for the time the mother sort of believes that syria's top priority should be stability on basic space. why they're going to draft a new constitution, which is going to take some time. and they're going to go for a transitional period, which is going to go for up to 4 years. and the meantime,

it is done definitely to get it to be i'm of the side of who will have the ultimate se, over the ministry of defense diplomacy, economy and every single aspect of syria. now these he going to be able to reach out to the voices that we thought to, to hear from yesterday saying that at the same time of the sauce should not consider the group on file as they have to shape power with the all those that remains to be seen by many, many serious believe that for the time being is going to be about stability to the drafting of the constitution is going to take some time. which is going to be conducive to the 1st elections to be how the of 4 years from now, which would pay the way for a new parliament and you'll government. but there's a question here. we're not talking and nobody's talking about. so he's going to be the president of syria and the role is given to the president of syria, which is quite of this i am with assault with always have to have the biggest say

the future, unless regional and the international community decide it has to be otherwise, okay, very interesting. thank you for that as well. how about that for us in damascus? las vegas diplomatic efforts? continue the country's economic industrial capital a less oh is facing challenges of its own. it is one of the cities that stuff of the most during the civil war. now a month off the assets, i was staying businesses, the struggling to find solutions to problems inherited from the regime of val has the story from 11. the old district kinetic po, easier was due to said that as you've seen disagreement attacks, the city used to be the throbbing, economic cost of serious. but yeah, as i've asked bikes, coupled with us sanctions and corruption, i've left the tool but to complete the lifeless with the a what your immediately after the full of the former regime, we remove the obstacles and regulations that used to handle the success of business

and we ended the extortion system of an just text ation and finds on free trade has come. but we're still under the impact of sanctions and of problems inheritance in the mafia that's being ruling. like let's say above connects, business owners brainstorm about plans to alleviate the crisis. some of them suggested collecting individual contributions to buy fuel medicine and other agents necessities, the safety of other for both up to $20000.00 fox. it is supply and not only city about also other countries with some of the finest products. but many of these fox cities, i'm not fully operational at the moment. due to a severe fall shortages. i'm at 69531 of the most mother in syria. he's only possibly running because of a week long outage. he's using identity to, to operate a few minutes more on that the company. how do you? good? i was suffering before the liberation was difficult. so the will force,

the closure of the factory at times. power crises were frequent on raw materials and accessible taxes. what me exorbitant, all of this is over with now is the issue of energy that's disrupting our business . the impact of the war is visible everywhere. thousands of businesses are closed, so many skilled people who left the country still haven't 310. and yet, life goes on. he says this man and says, income making items from local in the city of ads. there's one thing, the war has failed to destroy. ingenuity and resilience of the people of ali pope and there was hope they would soon be able to attend the situation alone. how much fun. i'm just, you know, i live for the spring and again. so tom bark had profess a public policy. it had not been khalifa university. so tell me, what do you make of this a diplomatic activity we're seeing from syria's neighbors,

the likes of saudi arabia, kuwait, and so on. if they legitimize this administration, do you think is likely to push the western countries united states, europe and so on tools they do the same because that is what's, what's really going to help the syrian economy to move forward. i think it would help, but ultimately the least to my vision is got to go through a stages stage number one, which i think everybody more or less now agrees on is to lift the sanctions of the movements itself on a shudder and to take them off the terrace list, this would be the 1st step to allow him great to contact with the rest of the world, allow him to travel and his team and so on. but i don't think they will go to a good night saying the state until he has achieved a degree of parts for true democracy of some sort. now he has been trying his best

to reassure 1st his neighbors that syria is not going to be a threat to anyone, including as route until now he has not really come up with any confrontational statement against israel. is trying to reassure these riley's day americans that she is not going to be a threat to them. he's also trying to reassure the arab states that he's not going to be the bridge for a great to politically slammed spread in the region. and in doing so, i think he has a, he's keeping in mind the transitions that's happened and i've gotten his time in terms of security. what's happened in egypt and what's happened internees in particular. and he's trying to make sure a, if so good idea and leans towards something that is great. ideally, he needs to wayne's united that are bad minutes on each of these are the, the counter revolutionary forces in the region that have disrupted that up spring. and his 1st wave and he needs to show that his stomach to position is not one that

is intending to spread and cause. right, you know, versions elsewhere. he's also reassure of the city and people that stability is important. domestic security is important to dismantle all the ministers, which i think is a great step forward. and he has opened the possibility for people to return at home. but typically those sort of displaced internally. and i suspect that lots from those sort of living in a very difficult position and conditions have been for the last 10 years or so. and it lab itself will now be allowed to, to turn to have and to the 4 areas of damascus. this will strengthen his credibility amongst the population of syria and us and the talk about domestic economy is very important. city as are left with a great to that. a lot of it is domestic that, but also there, they owe money to the financial community, particularly around and russia that's has got to be tackled. if you look at the

human development index of syria, the it goes to so many points in the last 10 years that require syria consistent to effort and progress to recover those points. they need another 3040 years of work. so he's, he's very aware, i think of these issues right briefly so, so, and you talk about sanctions being lifted as, as one of the more immediate issues. i mean, what sort of timeline are we talking about here at awesome at all? charles already hinted that elections in syria could possibly be up to 4 years from now. so how is this we're going to play out? i mean, the sanctions, i think it goes back to where we started with trump coming and nothing would happen before the american administration is in place. and i think the content mr. sure would want to pass on the decision on this to trump and very much similar to what happened between trump and by then when they went to drive dentist on the certain decisions, the driver, the other party takes responsibility for. but in terms of the transition and the

national dialogue that you're calling for is not exactly the same as the national college. and that has been established for a number of years is calling for the item that brings it around 1200. if there's analogies, men and women from syria and my understanding this does it identify those people and they, they're not necessarily going to be exact match from what has been established over the last 10 years and have been blessed by, by the international community. and it is maybe it's as reasonable actually to ask for a transitional period of 4 years because no fed elections is actually possible in sylvia today. under the current circumstances, given the infrastructure, the position, the displacement, etc. and the tragic community, although they may not admit to this, they understand that need and they've made a mistake. and i've kind of stand that made it elsewhere by trying to push elections to lead to the process. which on the lead to security and divisions. and

some of those countries, so it is a good idea to postpone that. but the, the, the, the, the transitional government, it needs to be somehow inclusive, not necessarily sharing power, but including voices of other minorities. and in particular she uh the secretary was because he has made it very clear that she wants to draw a line between the she asked and the division one central. okay. interesting assault on bar codes, professor public policy at how much then cliffside university. the lawyers of south korea's impeached president eunice spoke. you all say they will fight an arrest warrant issued by a court. the warrant was issued on choose day off to you and failed to appear for questioning several times. he was suspended from office off the attempted to impose motion lou earlier this month. he's face potential charges of insurrection,

or young lawyer has spoken to local media, accusing the quotes of wrongly targeting the suspended president. the cable though that there was only a parcel, saw this illegal, and unwarranted request for a warrant being approved raises, serious concerns about whether it's alliance with the principles of the rules of more opposition is that such and unlawful weren't request isn't valid. and without legal effect, i don't position politicians one that you ins, actions cannot go unpunished. they're on the use of your units. so your, the leader of the insurrection must be arrested immediately. you and issued an order to the martial law forces to open fire. you also instructed them to break down the doors of the national assembly with axes and arrests. law makers, peace on each of to those guys out there as well, but broad. he is live in sol for us a role. this is a quite an unprecedented situation for the country to face. how does it go forward

from this? the? yeah, it is very much a fast way of having a sitting president. he has been in pete suspended from office, but he is a sales decision president. now, facing a rest warrant to that, that certainly right. reason that the tempo of the various protests for and against we've been in the situation where we've had this roy link political in fighting for the past month. also since the infant, they say that marshall. no, i did, certainly. i stood up a lot of the protests that have a mass protest calling for you to be punished, but not based protest. this is a protest by supporters of you with already close to use official residents. people often come out here in support of you. they have been coming out of a much larger numbers with all of us talk of the warren thing issues and certainly . 3 and that's thousands now that the warranty is in existence as

a concert is for people here. 5 but he will be arrested and then face to face questioning by one of the offices, the investigating the criminal aspects of the position of boss so low. it's from the corrupt to investigation all face, which is called in questioning. 3 times 3 summons is which have been to unfortunately, we seems have lost connection with rob mcbride. we'll see if we can speak to him at a later on in the program. let's stay in south korea, the acting president. choice on look, has audit, emergency safety checks on the national line operation system of to sundays crash that killed a 179 people investigates as a now focusing on the possible mechanical issues. communication file is on the airport barrier design, and a bed strike has not been ruled out. some days, crash is southcourt as was aviation dissolves to indicate. meanwhile,

memorials have been taking place across the country. so for a 146 victims have been identified, most of those killed with south koreans returning from a holiday in thailand. and the 2 people managed to survive the crash. the flight data recorded from an as a by john ad lines jet. the crash last week and because ex dawn is on its way to the plains manufacturer in brazil for examination, 38 people were killed in the crash on christmas day, including the 2 pilots of the embryo across and as a by johnny official say. the plane was hit by russian ed defense is over gross me, where it was scheduled to land. russian president vladimir patient has issued an apology, but without it missing responsibility. the head on al jazeera, the us treasury department of keys is chinese states funds that have cause of stealing documents from the system,

the china space exploration. and if so, if there is a lot of concern about his economy going into the new yet more, i'm not the hello. it looks like a case of that with the old and then with the new in terms of the weather across here. because we had towards the new year, we have still got a lot of clouds. don't miss the market conditions across central and northern positive here. but it's where the system just straddling northern wisconsin. that'll sink his wife by the south with, i'm not willing to do something of a child. what, when the, when she was coming in then very strong winds in full so it could guster around a 100 kilometers per hour. this is a new year's eve of calls, bits and pieces of sleet and snow and some heavy right. main rain bad pushing

across an old of england into wells for new years, a sinking further south with during new year's day, we're looking at a fabulous snow coming inside it costs the northern areas of england through scotland and a lot of when, when the weather by the end of the day that as we go through wedding stay, then pushing down across mount, dropping to the wells down towards the south. it'll grow as you make his way across . init. confidence. slipping further south was a good positive northern central front saying some of that. how does that system make just by far the south is coded digging in with a fair amount of snow south is that things are improving. the state allows you try and find the cost of mediterranean, even every tools at ease inside, where blustery showers will crash the clear away. on the black tween, she was my mom and she was supposed to miss panama to miss panama. the 1st black

woman to ever win the miss panama contest. beauty made history. her strength exposed the country's perception of itself to let them say yes, i am black. what? this isn't just a story about my mom. this is a story about my country. witness miss panama, a jersey afternoon, democratic nations justified this kind of behaviors, colorado, the average has collateral damage. that's why we all team is leading to what we're seeing that will allow me to push back for a moment is a new or assistance corporate israel, affecting it's full of offending from the impact of the us selections. the escalating conflict in the me least of the urgency of climate action upfront sets the stage for serious debate on out jersey or the

the holding back you're watching out, is there a mind default top stories this hour, at least 7 palestinians in golfing, including 6 babies have died of hypothermia in the past week. that includes a 20 day oh, the bone temperatures are plummeting and hundreds of thousands of forcibly displaced people who are struggling to keep them and make shift tense. serious gathering off for a critical national dialogue conference this week, the aims to shape the future of the country monday, sort of more high level 12. so the capital was regional and ukranian delegation on a south korean courses issued an arrest warrant for the impeach. present eunice appeal was suspended from office, se declan, mazda, nor any of us,

not warrant was requested by investigators up to you and failed several times to appear for questioning us returned to, i'll just there as well. mcbride, he's live in sol ross. so role in practice, how does this arrest actually be carried out, given that you're sick, you all are still assisting president with presumably a security detail. yeah, it's a very good question. the as an unprecedented area we're moving into, i mean he has protection from the presidential security surveys. 6 as his official residents were a few 100 meters from that this is one of the regular pro, testing supports of you and what you see the numbers of protest as he, as well with this arrest warrant, now being issued. and also you also has protection as his official office. now they the investigating police who have been looking at the potential criminality from

the position of boss the law of face problems when they have tried to enact a search warrant. so it is official office because of the existence of the presidential security that the prosecute to sue now equipped with this arrest warrant, says that that is as opposed to a search warrant that carries great to wait. and they say the even a president or a president of protects in detail, it has the power to prevent them from entering his premises. so they could actually enact this uh arrest warrants that they could make the rest the remains to be seen inside is going to be the case. there is a lot of speculation that the, the power of this arrest war and may be more for us right now. that they have is in existence. the union will come along good on. so one of the suburbs to turn up fall entirely for questioning that remains to be seen. it also remains to be saved, while the thousands of supporters who are coming out all of us on

a daily basis will do it for the attempt is made to possibly arrest them. whether they would stand back and allow the rest to happen, or whether they might to take matters into their own hands by a tried to intervene on behalf of their mind, but they still support. okay, thank you for that. oh does. there is real mcbride that in so the latest 2020 full was a yeah, filled with economic challenges for china on with donald trump, making a return to the white house spacing is bracing for unpredictable times a head. but i also enters a new year having strengthened alliances on achieved important goals in coal areas of development as possible yet. and review series out there. as patrick folk sent us this report from home. com john is a sion joe 19 space craft blasting off in october. 2024 has been

a wrinkled year for chinese space exploration. this was one of $100.00, which is this year i took ginger 19 also carries china is 1st a female space engineer. some are all of this month that achieved another milestone . it screw completed a 9 hour space walk successfully installing a space debris protection device at it's 10 going station. china is china, 6 luna pro also pulled off the 1st mission to bring back the desk from the fall side of the moon for the countries john police forward in space of contrasts and with its sputtering economy where the safe sex is mine and the dance on consumers spending remains with a sluggish job market is only added to the german goods. let's say 2020 full couldn't mount china is the slowest of growth in decades outside of cove is policy makers have made several attempts to resuscitate markets, but there's been no sustain recovery so far. well, it was previously possible with the chinese government to induce, sustains,

don't market valleys, premier promises glitches, rhetoric and language the markets. as of today has become more skeptical. you might say jaded and reactions of these policy statements, right? this month of china is top leadership signal to bold economic support in the coming year. vision is reading itself for a fight when donald trump returns to office google heads and we will consolidate and strengthen the men to move from economic recovery and work to achieve steady and long term economic development. already it seems a new trade war has begun. earlier this month, china launched an investigation into chip making video on suspicion is violated and see monopoly laws to a we call it the binding administration. and as a new sanctions on a chip exports to china, i turn sick to trade will instigate to then initiate advice from head of end is the president provided many continued, many of his measures of his breed assess a china couldn't draw on support from other countries in october,

russia hosted the 1st the summit of the newly expanded bricks group of emerging economies. as inside the looms of what the trump administration could mean for the rest of the world, it's a club, it's binding close to together, and backing beijing to help protect its members, interests, punctured folk, which is 0 on com. that's good morning. this was on the mark, he's a senior research fellow in the sense of a china in globalization, a badging face. think time he joins me now from shaking money. thanks for your time . so far from isolating china us tire, imposed by trump back in 2018. actually allowed jonathan lodge's global footprint. so how worried should china really be about from to point to as well? that's such a good question. the lean, clearly, the china, us economic relationship is very big, and many chinese businesses do see the us market is quite important.

so we cannot discount any escalation in terrorist or any other kind of economic attacks against china. it's companies or it's business. that being said, i think with the experience but 1st trust the administration of the actions taken by the, by the administration. i think that china is well prepared for a range of outcomes. and i want to just say for a minute here that things might be a little bit better than many people think. there's a couple of clues. i think that we might have a little bit more surprise on the upside. is that on the downside? so uh president trump, uh, president elect trump of course invited a presidency to the and all your ration. an unprecedented uh invitation. i think that uh shows uh at the highest levels the us acknowledges and even to

a degree acquiesces a to china as rise. and i would add to that the secretary of commerce, gina romando was famously quoted as recently saying, trying to stop. china's rise is a fools errand, infer words. so at the same time we do see the continuation of the terrorist and the other economic attacks launched by president trump continued by president biden . perhaps likely to continue or even escalate when trump returns to office. but at the same time, i think we also, uh, i see at least uh, some modest reason for optimism and perhaps again, some surprises on the upside here split despite all that, i think of china has adapted very well to these terrorists and other measures. the us has taken, but when it comes to the domestic economy, i think many, unless including yourself would agree china is not where it would like to be. how

does that navigate those domestic challenges as a goes into 2025 to what you're writing, lien in that there is a tremendous hold and even older uh for faster economic growth. uh, greater confidence. but when we look at the macro numbers, i don't think they're all that bad. so 1st of all, there is gross. i believe's the latest remarks by presidencies that china will reach. it's about 5 percent g d p growth target this year in 2024. we look at these other numbers, they're all in the low to mid single digits. so the latest retail sales, vigorous industrial output, exports have all increased at a low to mid single digit range in terms of percentage increases. so in one sense, i don't think we can reasonably expect

a return to double digit growth of years ago when china was a much smaller economy. and that these numbers, of course, can be better. i think a consumer confidence in particular, certainly can improve, hopefully will improve as we see what looks to be a bottoming of the residential property market. and again, if somebody is just the get it you just just to just to, to get into the housing market. i mean, part of the reason we all have that sort of a pool consumer confidence is the troubles in the housing market and trying his over dependence on the housing market over the last decade or so. has been the reason where, where it's facing, the situation. it is domestically, has it managed to find a way of, uh, sort of diversifying away from that because that hasn't really quite been solved yet. has it? i know that's absolutely right. lead. um, and i would say that that was the old growth model where an important store of

wealth for us, individuals and families, was residential real estate, the sale of land and to residential real estate developers, was an important source of income for local government. so did create this virtuous cycle, and the term that i like to use comes from a very famous business book. what got you here? well, to get you there. uh, meaning that uh, i think its well recognize that there's little debate that the model does need to evolve, adapt to new circumstances, china's new level of development, domestic needs as well as a more complex global environment as well. so we mustn't forget that china is property market is also been an important demand driver for commodities all around the world as well. so you're right, i don't think we're there yet in terms of a clearly visible new model. but i think certainly the government and every sector

of society is, has made this a priority. so let's see what happens in 2025 and beyond. okay, good to get your perspective and a bulk senior research fellow at the center of a joining globalization. joining us definitely facing of the us treasury department has the keys 20 state sponsored hack is of ceiling documents from its workstations. treasury officials have declared the breach to be a major incident and have informed congress. they say the heck only involved unclassified documents and has been contained shepherd tubs. he has moved from washington. they the treasury sent a letter to the senate banking committee. it said that based on available indications, the incidence of attributed to a china state sponsor a votes for assistance press act or a the t how the treasury was informed about the cyber attack. on december, the 8th,

one of its 3rd party vendors had said that the hackers obtained a security key. the vendor had been using it on to remotely access some workstations. uh, the treasure rate is not clear there from the information that we have publicly available that lease has to be extend to the impact of the bridge. however, the treasury says that the compromise service has been taken offline and there is no evidence of the chinese state act to still have access to treasury information. we don't have any information even as to when exactly this breach of cards and for how long the chinese for that part have denied any such cyber attack that they were responsible for a spokesperson for the chinese embassy in washington, said the badging quite firmly, opposes the us smear attacks against china without any factual basis. we do get quite a lot of these allegations from the us of chinese cyber attacks. certainly playing

into that narrative of trying to as an ad vestry to be reckoned with. but we, as of a, have a, have a great you have difficulty in ourselves, determining the veracity of all of these allegations. without much more information . she ever times you out to 0, washington. the main supply of drinking water in some bodies capital city is severely contaminated. auroras mayor has a people to take extra precaution. well, an investigation is on the way. the farmers outside the city are experiencing losses that cannot be fixed by basic water treatments. but a lot of it and will separate reports. pollution is making, zimbabwe is deepening. what's the crisis even worse? as much of southern africa deals with its was stopped in decades. the main reservoir southern had out a is drying up. what's left is what's a so toxic. it's killing livestock on the city as outskirts literally did with the little little our cattle start shaking their heads as if they're irritated in the

nasal canal. next the skin pills offices, we have lost 2 cows and 4 caps after the death of rhinos. we now suspect that the same disease is the one affecting our cattle. the city council is accused of releasing both sewage into league to barrow, which is just 30 kilometers from the capital. does it have the contamination of that single bacteria and to the center, but to have been causes? a lot of it could be as if it don't ground for our jo good, which includes which bin takes a little stopped again. and what not induced is in thomasville to anymore. the water is natural filtration system is also in the spread woodlands are crucial to filtering out pollutants, but are being damaged and destroyed to make room for construction to meet the city's housing demands. if the water is held a for a period of time in the width and the width and cleans the water before it comes to

the lake, also get the width and will release water of a long period of top. so as city of are already us taking water out, fits, being replenished by the way to this as clean water as well as causing that kind of breaks of what's important diseases. the pollution is killing, endangered wildlife, and scientists, if nothing is done soon, the damage could be irreversible. miller have elizabeth, i'll just sarah, heads on this and these are various i wouldn't, i don't, i don't why i leader in renewable energy. we're already 98 percent of a temperature city comes from renewable resources. the

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a new era in the small south american country when i get the wind. and this machine takes kinetic energy from the wind and turns it into power. it's and it's transferred to the electric grid. this from a line helps provide electricity to around 20000 times. photo. why? first embraced wind turbines as a source of cheap, reliable power. it then expanded it sooner and bio mass capacity that has allowed the almost the card. when i say sion of the countries electricity grid, your way self sufficient and renewable energy and much if it comes from wind farms like this one, there's around 40 places like this in the country that allows you why not only to cover its energy needs, but also to exports its surplus to other countries. not far away from the wind farms leaves good. i feel like i was a 2. she has been living here since she was a child that's already up and of course right now we had no electricity here. so we had a homemade with mail that we tied with wires and we charged a battery,

but we couldn't use it a lot because we run out of it. it's incredible to me to watch the wind farms and know that most of our energy is coming from there. or do i have lead depends on the agricultural sector which is valuable to climate change. but in almost 2 decades, it has whole units dependence on carbon inmates in power generation. and then let's say i brought political consensus has enabled the country to succeed in the middle of water. a consensus of what of all the parts using problem integrates. do this. there was that old mob until the 2030 that we are now trying to extend to 2050 for the seeing those 2 internationally. investors decision makers. that's the plan. the series and the oil change with the new government today. energy sovereignty is that crucial source of development in all the way it is helping paved the way for sustainable economic growth space. i will, i will just see to see how that will kind of goal is why but as well,

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video of the year that we had heard about quantum computers for more than a decade depend, google unveiled willow quantum chip. second, solve certain problems. normal computers simply cannot, willow doesn't break encryption yet, but other companies and countries are already taking notice of this past year also saw a major trial of a drug the prevents h, i v infections called lena cap of year. it showed a nearly 100 percent protection rate, particularly among women science magazine called at the breakthrough of the year. there are daily pills that do almost the same thing, but this one only requires 2 shots a year. the problem is it's cost carly, more than $40000.00 us dollars, but health experts say it could be lowered to just 40. i'm 20. 24. was a big year for nature. solar eclipse, dazzled millions across north america and scientist sees the opportunity to learn how waves move through the finished parts of our atmosphere. the sun is almost at

the peak of its 11 year cycle, which means it's surface is bubbling with activity. and auroras were seen as far as mexico. you can expect more next year. in iceland, the earth split and sputtered the tiny island saw not one, not 2, but 7 volcanic eruptions geologist use this unique moment to trace the chemical fingerprints in the lava to map some of the networks that live deep beneath our feet. and it was hot, not just the hottest here on record or the 2nd, but so hot that scientists were able to constantly declare the hurricanes and psych ones like to leave. milton and shadow were slower, winter, and more powerful because of human made climate change. and one story book is only just opening scientists with the help of a i have been able to map out the entire brain of the common fruit fly, 840000 neurons and 50000000 connections between them. for it flies are ideal for

brain studies. because they exhibit a range of behaviors, yet their brains are tiny compared to ours. 10000 researchers are already diving into this data. okay, that's it for me. my name's by this, these i'll be back by the, manipulated by those in power rolling. this selection is unique, tentatively seen anything like that for no pressure they were instrumental in helping the president when the election, driven by so interested play, as they have put their pastor non profits for people susceptible to government control. if propaganda is designed to inflame and defense, the way that the story is being told, it's not right. and it's not accurate from social networks to legacy media. the listening post exposes the forces behind the headlight on which is era the

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