robin forestry, walker reports from tbilisi juices governing party the georgia dream wasted no time in claiming victory with results overrule giving it a 47 percent share of votes. cost cutting much, as i know about georgian society, has once again given a proper response to the political forces thirsting for revenge, which threatened our state with violence and unrest. but the leader of those political forces was emphatic that they are on cause for at least a few upsets drug or towers will gotcha. rudely outward to day, we can freely say that the georgia dream has completely lost the capital. the political scene tbilisi is lost and we can already say the city council will be staffed by opposition parties. that's not the case yet. a run off is expected the chance for the united national movement, george's largest opposition party to win an important prize for other big cities will also go to a 2nd round yoga to wicker, the sudden return to georgia of exile to former president mccall sucker sch, villi and subsequent to rest may have energized the opposition convicted in absentia of abus

we can freely say that the georgia dream has completely lost the capital. the political scene to tbilisi is lost and we can already say the city council will be staffed by opposition parties. that's not the case yet. a run off is expected the chance for the united national movement, george's largest opposition party to win an important prize for other big cities will also go to a 2nd round yoga to wicker, with sudden return to georgia of exile tacoma, president nichols, sack asheville, and subsequent to rest may have energized the opposition convicted in absentia of abusive power, while in office. suckers really has said his charges are politically motivated and is now on hunger strike. he and the rest of the opposition wanted these elections to be a referendum on the georgia dream government. they did not get the decisive results . they were hoping for. although election observers have noted many instances of frauds and intimidation, government misuse of resources may also have tilted results in its favor. george's western allies have grown increasingly co

and that's come, i think, is a bitter disappointment for the governing georgia dream who were expecting certainly to take the capital city back again with their candidate. and so the question is, did they perform better than expected here? and was that down to that maverick reappearance of the former president mikasa cuz she really emergency response teams and the canary islands say be committed via her volcano on the palmer is becoming much more aggressive. new streams of lava had been flowing from 2 cracks, which broke open on friday. so far more than a 1000 buildings, including homes and farming infrastructure have been destroyed. but away from the volcano exclusion zone life continues almost as normal for most of the island. a tall, this man killed in oman asked tropical cyclone shaheen. hits the golf state authorities, adding thousands of people to flee coastal areas and had to emergency shelters all flies to and from the captain muskets have been postponed or cancelled. so he is expected to bring high winds and heavy rain. our weather present to jeff harrington takes a look at whe

he and the rest of the opposition wanted these elections to be a referendum on the georgia dream government. they did not get the decisive result they were hoping for. although election observers have noted many instances of frauds and intimidation, government misuse of resources may also have tilted results in its favor. george's western allies have grown increasingly concerned that the political parties here must start settling their differences in the interests of their country. the outcome of the selection suggests voters want the same robin 1st year. walker al jazeera tbilisi still had an al jazeera colombians in town, say they're being kicked out of their homes as landlords take advantage of a migrant influx. petitioning parliament in china, single women, sig, the rights of fries that eggs. ah, it's another beautiful sunny day at 35000 feet. the weather sponsored by cattle airways voted world's best air line of 2021. hello, that is more wet weather to come from north eastern areas of india as we looked to south asia. you can see we had flooding in west bengal, we could see more as tha

and that the georgia dream government has a mandate to continue to govern georgia. robin manufacture date robin for estie, a walker reporting live from tbilisi. we'll get a weather update. banks here on the south bend will speak to a former booker, i'm fighter, one of more than a 1000. you've left from nigeria because of infighting pulls of clothes and cutoffs 1st legislative election. we'll take a look at that fruits significance. then in sport, women get the chance to take on one of cycling, st. toughest. whoops, for the 1st time center here with the rest of the raise. action it around 25 minutes. ah hello. they will have a look at africa in a moment, but 1st to the middle east, and we're watching a tropical cyclone that's developed into a severe psychotic storm as it works its way towards the gulf of a man. if we take a closer look, it's worked its way south of pakistan bringing a lot of wet and windy weather to coastal areas of iran as well. now it's taking aim for the north of oman. it is likely to bring some flooding rains. wind speeds of up to a 120 kilometer

the votes seen as a crucial test for the governing georgia dream party opposition parties hope it could lead to an early national election. so has really had returned from exile to support the opposition in the vote. he was convicted in absentia in 2018 for abuse of power in assist. the case was politically motivated, or enforcer walker has war from tbilisi. the official results will start coming in much later tonight, but the governing party, the georgia dream, is already celebrating victory. and for just now, i could see the fireworks over my shoulder coming from their headquarters. they claim that there's no doubt about it. they won this election, but they basing that on an exit poll, of which they have been several exit polls and all of them giving slightly conflicting results. so we see a them claiming victory. but another poll suggests that at least in sibley, see the brace for mer, which is obviously very important. most people in georgia are actually living in the capital city. it's looks like it could be a 2nd round run off between their candidate and the main opposition party.

if that's what they wanted, they didn't get it because the georgia dream is significantly in the lead with about 47 percent of all votes cost. however, the opposition has managed to secure electro a run offs for met merrill or can at merrill positions in 5 major cities, including here in the capital city. so there is the chance of an important price for them if they can. i succeed in the 2nd round run offs. ok, thank you so much. robin forest here. walker lie for as in sibley see lebanon's long troubles public water system is close to collapse agency. se taps could one drive for 3 quarters of the population. so to hide art has more from bay routes. john dark lives in bayville and his 1000000 suffering during lebanon's water crisis . if she didn't pay for supplies from private companies, had taps would run dry. water has been in short supply for decades, but the situation is now critical. not enough is being purified and pumped due to electricity blackouts caused by fuel shortages. the state is nearly bankrupt, so as much of the population didn't and not be nearly the same as it used t

but the georgia dream governing totting is saying that, you know, they are of, on track ah, to win. and so there is concern about further on rest. as you mentioned, michael sack as unity as cold on his support is to come out to morrow to celebrate victory. and i think that the georgia dream par government also intends to show that to if that is going to happen, that he can also green people on to the streets. the presidents, if georgia, who's often seen as a kind of an arbiter thought it's of balance in, in, in, in, in the critical scene here, as cold on both sides to, to pull back from the brink and the void. it seems that could leads to unrest in this country, or at swelling fast at walker. they are in tbilisi. thank you and do more head on the news all, including with winter approaching china scrambles to get on top of severe power shortages. and it's northern regions. why locals in the small colombian town, se refugees and migrants? mostly from haiti, pricing there amount of houses and in sport, this to new, the antenna stars, best sees in yes, continues far. it will have the de

yes, those preliminary results indicates that the governing georgia dream party has picked up in total about 48 percent share of the vote. that's a lot more than the opposition was hoping the government was going to achieve. they wanted or were expecting a poor showing a poor turn out of less than 43 percent in that it happens. they would have been pressuring hard on this government to call snap early election. something that they had conceded to earlier in the year that looks like that is not now going to be the case, but one plus for the opposition. in particular, the main opposition party, the united national movement, that's michael sack asheville is party that you were referring to. there. they appear now set to face run offs in the merrill elections of 5 cities in georgia, including here in tbilisi. and that's come, i think, is a bitter disappointment for the governing georgia dream who were expecting certainly to take the capital city back again with their candidates. and so the question is, did they perform better than expected here? and was that down to that maverick reappeara

the vote has seen a voter seen as a crucial test for the governing georgia dream party opposition parties hope it could lead to an early national election, such as really had returned from exile to support the opposition. in the vote. earth rises up next, following social movements fighting for our environmental future. thanks for watching bye for now. ah, how many nukes is too many nukes america has in many ways driven the arms race for parties are much more like the british, poised out to the there are fewer regulations to own a tiger than there are to own a dog. how can this be happening? you'll weakly take on us politics and society and that's the bottom line. ah, big climate change is an existential threats to life on the world health organization projects. but in 30 years, it will be directly responsible for the death of over $250000.00 people each year. many feel governments of failing to respond. and it's unlikely that the paris agreement targets of keeping the global temperature rise below 2 degrees centigrade will be met put to tom and pressure groups, believe change is possible

postponed or canceled. official results from georgia's election, so that the governing party, georgia, dream well ahead of the main opposition. the vote took place a day off to former president, macau chicago billy was arrested. he returned from exile to support the opposition in the municipal vote, because really was convicted in 2018 for beast of power, but insist the case was politically motivated. emergency response teams in the canary islands. say the volcano on la palmer is becoming much more aggressive. you streams of lava happen flowing from 2 cracks, which broke open on friday. okay. you up to date, stay with us. ah, how many nukes is too many new to america has in many ways driven your arms race for parties are much more like the british pointed out to the. there are fewer regulations to own a tiger than there are to own a dog. how can this be happening? you'll weakly take on us politics and society, and that's the bottom line. ah, the climate change is an existential threats to life on are. the world health organization predicts that in 30 years, it will be directly responsible fo

important because they hope that georgia public will come out to more and vote decisively against the georgia dream government. so make off suckers really has picked this moment now. finally, after all these years to return and shake up the georgia political seat. now a lawyer known for his decades long battle against the u. s. oil, john chevron has been jailed for criminal contempt. steven danziger was sentenced a 6 months in prison by a court in new york. christian salumi reports. stephen danziger arrived in court to a hero's welcome. but the environmentalists indigenous groups who gathered to listen to the judge were deeply disappointed by the sentence 6 months in jail on charges of contempt of court. the only thing that would have changed today's outcome is the one thing that was never ever going to happen. which was for steven danziger to stand up. 5 and say, i'm sorry, i'm sorry i chunk on chevron. it was back in 2013 that danziger won a $9500000000.00 settlement against the oil giant chevron in ecuador. soon after winning it, chevron took him to court in the united states on charges of bribe

important because they hope that georgia public will come out tomorrow and vote decisively against the georgia dream government, so make off suckers, really has picked this moment. now finally, after all these years to return and shake up the georgia political c. no residence in a small colombian town say an influx of mostly haitian migrants is pushing them out of housing. migrants are trying to catch boats on their way north to the us, but far fewer people a day can leave them arrive. it comes as the deadline has arrived for the u. s. to confirm the number of refugees it'll accept over the next 12 months. president biden wants to increase the resettlement, seeming to a 125000. a summer. pity has more from nickel belief in columbia. the last bus just left while we were here, because the number of asian migrants that have been in this found 4 weeks now have decided to return to the city of may they and. and from there to the countries where they've been living in the past few years after they had left the haiti, most of the haitians who arrived here in echo korean are trying to move. or we're trying,

important because they hope that georgia public will come out to more and vote decisively against the georgia dream government. so me, cough secretary has picked this moment. now finally, after all these years to return and shake up the georgian political seat and tell us something about the political climate currently in georgia in the run up to this . so the selection it's been a poisonous one, i think on all sides a can. it can agree on one thing that, that this paulette politics in georgia as in many places of course. but here in particular it is extremely polarized and, and it's personality driven. so on the one hand, you've got the george and dream governments that for all these years has been talking nonstop about how they got rid of michael sack us video. and as it, they described in his 9 bloody years in power. they never stopped talking about this figure. and on the other, you have me cossack, as really, who has had this colorful political career. he went to ukraine. he ended up in governments in ukraine, got ukrainian citizenship and has always talked about returning. but he never ended

very serious damage. official results from georgia's election, so that the governing policy, georgia, dream, well ahead of the main opposition of i took place a day off to the former president mc house because really was arrested. he returned from exile to support the opposition in the municipal vote. suckers really was convicted back in 2018 for obese of power, but insist the case was politically motivated. as geisha correspond, robin force your walker, who is in tbilisi for us. so robin, what is the picture that is emerging now that the results are coming in? i there well the big take home, i think his 2 key things have happens overnight. we have those preliminary results in the 1st is that the governing party received almost or just delivered over 48 percent of all votes cost. and that means that the opposition had been hoping for the government to perform far worse that this was going to be like a vote of no confidence in this government. they needed the government to school less than 43 percent and then they would have demanded that the government's a hold snap parliamentary elections,

because they hope that george in public will come out tomorrow and vote decisively against the georgia dream government. so make off sectors really has picked this moment. now finally, after all these years to return and shake up the georgian political seat and experimental oral covered 19 crown has shown it can cut in half a chance of hospitalization and death. the patients at risk of severe disease. pharmaceutical company mac is thinking us and agencies authorization. as soon as possible. the trial tracked 775 adults with mild to moderate covert who because of health problems were considered high at higher risk of disease. half were given a 5 day course of the pill known as more new pro via and half were given a placebo of those who to the placebo 14 percent were hospitalized compared with 7 percent of those who received the drug treatment. merc says there were no deaths in the drug group during the time period compared to 8 deaths in the placebo group. but their data has not yet been published or peer reviewed. earlier i spoke to professor zane juggler and infectious diseases physician at

you morning on the me, some a little georgia dream and cool speaking spanish the cubans. they say they don't want to be filmed by us, but they're somewhere in the forest scared and hungry. food packed also and the foundation goes to meet them. the refugee charity does this anytime day or night. they also document the push backs, they see the polish batteries border. like this kurdish family returned across the border in a police truck despite allegedly wanting to apply for asylum. temperatures are going for low. we have here, fatalities id and there will be more if the state of emergency will not. and if the polish government will not act according to somewhere else in the board is forests shiver. and uno number of africans, iraqis, syrians, kurds, cubans, and more that traps out in the coals between 2 countries that don't want them. now this is interesting, have a look. as soon as our team got close to the border, all of us got a text in english saying, the polish border is sealed, bela russian authorities told you lies, go back to minsk. don't take any pills from bella,

because they hope that george, in public will come out to more and vote decisively against the georgia dream government. so make off suckers, really has picked this moment. now finally, after all these years to return and shake up the georgian political sci venezuela is launch. he had 2nd currency overhaul in 3 years. 6 zeros will be cut from the bolivar in response to hyperinflation. video bank boats will hold the same value, but the government hopes that it will simplify transactions and accounting. critics say the move will do little to ease venezuela's severe economic problems. australia is planning to reopen its borders in november. that's 18 months after they were slammed shut, but only fully vaccinated citizens and residents will be allowed to come and go. the country remains off limits to foreigners. sarah clark reports now from the gold coast. in the state of queensland. it's the news. tens of thousands of australians stranded overseas had been waiting for from november. international borders will begin to reopen once again, allowing travel in and out of the country. it's time to gi

robin foster walker has more from tbilisi the governing party, the georgia dream is already celebrating victory. and for just now, i could see the fireworks over my shoulder coming from their headquarters. they claim that there's no doubt about it. they won this election, but they basing that on an exit poll, of which they have been several exit polls and all of them giving slightly conflicting results. so bob, we see a them claiming victory. but another poll suggests that at least in sibley, see the brace for mer, which is obviously very important. most people in georgia actually living in the capital city, it looks like it could be a 2nd round run off between their candidate and the main opposition party. the united national movement at the moment. it's not over yet in terms of this race, because 2nd, really had been an exile he been tried in absentia. he was arrested shortly after it became clear, he was back in georgia and had been expect expectations that he would bring more voters out in his support. we haven't seen significantly larger turnouts than previous elections this time r

important because they hope that georgia public will come out to more and vote decisively against the georgia dream government. so because suckers really has picked this moment. now finally, after all these years to return and shake up the georgian political c, u. on humanitarian coordinator for lebanon is saying nearly 8 in every 10 people are now living in poverty when their economy and tom, while estate is fighting to provide even the most basic services as arizona. honda reports now from the capital pirate. coping with inflation and a currency in free fall has made life tough. people have sunk into poverty since the economy began to collapse 2 years ago. the united nation says nearly 80 percent are now poor. that's 3000000 people. money only that will be i'm just about sub angel. not that my monthly salary is now worth $70.00. it's not enough to buy food for 4 days. the government has been promising to give us cash assistance, but it never happened. the humanitarian community has stepped in to provide vital support in a country made nearly bankrupt by decades of corruption and mismanagement. un

because they hope that george, in public, who come out to more and vote decisively against the georgia dream government. so because suckers really has picked this moment. now finally, after all these years to return and shake up the jordan political see, ah, having a version of government shut down, us politicians appear no closer to solving bigger, more pressing problems. they are running out of time to raise america's boring, limit, or risk defaulting on debt. republicans won't know part of the debt and the increase sang. it is the democrats problem. tense, a control congress and the white house, and democrats and divide. you know, the president joe biden sleeping domestic agenda with progressive designed to block a one trillion dollar infrastructure bill without larger social spending and a greater focus on climate change. and fisher is at the white house and joined us. now these deadlines seem to come up every so often, allen, it's, it's a regular occurrence. first of all, tell us about the, the division over this infrastructure bill. why it's a $1000000001.00 trillion dollar infrastruct

georgia dream had agreed to hold a new national election if one less than 43 percent of the vote. the main opposition is alleging electoral fraud and the vote which took place a day after a former president because tech actually was arrested as he returned from exile collection like actually was convicted in of censure in 2018 of abuse of power and assist the case was politically motivated, ukraine's president has said he'll do all he can to returns actually to ukraine, or he also holds citizenship. the spanish government has pledged 239000000 dollars to help the island of lapel my recover from the devastation wrought by its erupting volcano from mr. pedro sanchez made the commitment on sunday during a visit to the island. financial package will be the 2nd stage of a plan approved last week. they could grab yeah, her volcano continues to spew red hot lava and thick clouds of black smoke 2 weeks after it began interrupting. officials say the explosive activity has intensified bootable marcus will go to whom he needs to rush by next tuesday. the company will approve a package of ver

out in large numbers to decisively show that they have lost confidence in the current governing georgia dream party. and what we've been seeing today is at least anecdotally, yes, i'm quite busy a precinct, sir. quite quite a lot of queues at a different polling stations that i passed and been to around the city of tbilisi, at least, which suggested that maybe yes, people have been fired out. the question is whether they've been fired up to come out and vote down these governments, or whether actually many georgians are uncomfortable about me. i'll suck as it is still casting his shadow over the jordan political scene. he's been tried in absentia. he's now in prison. and many of the many georgians, remember his time in office. yes, he carried out reforms, but he also was very heavy handed with it. his police, a lot of george's ended up in prison for very minor offenses. so he's a very divisive character. now we're waiting to see once polls close have closed. what's at. busy least a exit polls are gonna get to show us the up, the governing. sorry, the opposition are really hoping that this gov

georgia dream had agreed to hold a new national election if it one less than 43 percent of the votes. the main opposition is alleging the electoral fraud in this vote, which took place a day of to former president because successfully was arrested. he was returning from exile for the election. soccer's really was convicted in up santia in 2018 all of and abuse of power, but insists the case was politically motivated. ukraine's president, as it is, the only can to return suckers really to ukraine, where he also holds citizenship. the spanish government as pledge toned from $39000000.00 to help the island of la palmer recover from the devastation brought by its erupting volcano prime minister pedro sanchez, made that commitment during a visit to the island as he saw. and we see now in these live pictures the combatant, they ha volcano, continuing to spear red hot lava and thick cards of black smoke. more than 2 weeks after it began erupting an official say. the explosive activity is only intensified from the palm of jonah hope small volcanic ash and toxic gas explode into the sky. 6000

protested against the resulting saturday's run of local elections, allergic voter fraud, the ruling, georgia dream party, $119.00 of the 20 city and district elections. that includes the mayoral offices and the countries 5 largest cities. those are the headlines all out there. the news continues here, after, after the stream. ah, 25 years ago, a new iraq in television news in the middle east began with a 2 part documentary series must be the 25th anniversary of al jazeera telling the story of the channels. and now it became a recognized global brand. ah, the story of al jazeera, a unique path. ah, i have family ok. welcome to the final bonus edition of the stream for 2021. next week. mark lamont here will be in this time slot with a new series of upfront. it's going to be good. be sure to watch. first i'm going to share one last time with you some of the best behind the scenes conversations that i have with stream guess off to the live show as coming out nigerians who are determined to reform a police force that he's so violent. sometimes you can't tell the difference between police and criminals,

alleging voter fraud after official results and saturdays election showed the governing party the georgia dream. well, a heads. well that vote took place. day after former president mikhail successfully was arrested. he had returned for max out to support the opposition in the municipal vault. zachary feeling was convicted in 2018 for a piece of power and insists that the case was politically motivated. sit on the is being warned that failure to progress towards civilian leadership could put us economic and political support at risk and attempted crew 2 weeks ago has caused more mistrust between the military and civilian groups that share power in a transitional government. the so no dates for the military to hand control to the civilian side. and this tension is po and pressure on a p steel st. between the transitional government and rebel groups a year ago or the so called job agreement was meant to resolve conflicts that killed hundreds of thousands of people and displaced millions, especially in the western region of dar 4. and in the southern states of south quarter fan and blue. now, seda

hearing his words yesterday, he cooled, but georgians to vote decisively against the governing georgia dream party. and then to celebrate in the streets to morrow. but it may also by expire on, on him and his policy and on the opposition because there are a great many georgians who don't think of me call stuck as really as a force. but good. although he carried out a lot of reforms during his term in office, he's load spite a great many other georgians. those who thought that his approach his rule was increasingly authoritarian. and that is why he was sentenced in absentia the full abuses of power. he says that he now is a political prisoner. he continued still to cost a shadow over the ga political scene and will now be waiting to find out whether or not his return is going to have a significant impact on george and politics. once we start getting the results coming in off the police station close later today, the united states has the past 700000 curve at best from code 19. it remains the west effected country accounting for 15 percent of the $4700000.00 fatalities worldwide. about 67 perc

because they hope that george, in public will come out to more and vote decisively against the georgia dream government. so because secretary has picked this moment now finally, after all these years to return and shake up the dude and political c still to come here and al jazeera, including catalogs, 1st legislative elections. we tell you what to expect from the sure council vote and guineas to later sworn into office. we'll look at what it means for the country and the region more in that state. ah, it's another beautiful sunny day at 35000 feet. the weather sponsored by cattle airways, voted will's best air line of 2021. hello, your world's weather report begins right here right now with a focus on the middle east. we're gonna start in the gulf of a mon, where we've got psychotic storm gulard targeting southern portions of iran on saturday. press play, see where this goes on sunday, veering toward the west. stillman and moscow will be in the cross hairs here. 3 day forecast for mosque that shows us the rain on sunday, not a major rain maker, but the potential to see some damaging winds he

key site of conducting an official results from georgia's election showed the governing party, georgia. dream well heads in the leads. the main opposition is alleging electoral force the vote took place. the day after former precedence mikhail successfully was arrested at least 3 people had been killed in a missile attack in yemen. witnesses say military areas were targeted in the city of murdered. the attack comes as who the fighters are pressing ahead with an offensive against the saudi led coalition. sit on as being warned that failure to progress towards civilian leadership could put us economic and political support at risk and attempted coup, 2 weeks ago has caused more mistrust. between the military and civilian groups that share power in a transitional government. the still no date for the military to hand control to the civilian side. and this tension is piling pressure on a p. steel signed between the transitional government and rebel groups a year ago. or the so called job agreement was meant to resolve a conflict that killed hundreds of thousands of people and displaced millions,

important because they hope that georgia public will come out to more and vote decisively against the georgia dream government, so because the secretary has picked this moment. now finally, after all these years to return and shake up the georgian political sci residence in a small colombian town, st influx of mostly haitian migrants. as pushing them out of housing, the migrants are trying to catch boats on their way north to the united states, but far fewer people every day can leave than arrive accounts. as the deadline has arrived for the u. s. to confirm the number of refugees it will accept over the next 12 months, president biden wants to increase the resettlement ceiling to aren't and 25000. let's see what's happening now in it. nick oakley, that time we mentioned in columbia, alessandra ramp yeti, who i believe, is at the, at the bus terminal there, who is there and where they're heading while come out. the last bus just left about we were here because the number of asian migrants that have been and this found 4 weeks now have decided to return to the city of may the and, and from there to

important because they hope that georgia public will come out tomorrow and vote decisively against the georgia dream government. so make off sectors really has picked this moment. now finally, after all these years to return and shake up the george and political sci residence in a small colombian town, st influx of myself, haitian migrants is pushing them out of housing. and i sandra amputee, explains more on this from the cookie. panama has put a maximum of 500 people that they are accepting every day that can enter their country. and so both companies here in columbia are only selling or letting go of $500.00 people per day that us created a bottleneck where we are. and there are now 22000 migrants here trying to continue their journey. wow. mostly, asians are able to go many have to stay here for well over a month to be able to to then leave either migrants like for example, cubans and venezuelans are telling us that they simply are not sold tickets because find them. i said that they will deport them if their answer, their countries have very, very complicated situation. here. a lot of the migra

the ruling georgia dream party, $119.00 of the 20 city and district elections that includes the mayoral offices and the country's largest cities. the opposition alleges voter fraud. the elections were overshadowed by the arrest of former president of macau sac is really his return to georgia from excel was seen as an attempt to boost opposition. support you as president joe biden. as hell talks with the circus president rich of type or the one on the side lines of the g 20 summit, it comes at a precarious time. the u. s. a turkish relations. as result of that report from the stumble. this is the 2nd time that present ad one and present by then have one a, one, a me thing. the 1st one was in june in a nato summit in brussels. and since then it was long awaited that prison. this 2 presents are going to meet again, so their expectations were quite high during the u. n. g summit in, in new york, but it didn't take place the meeting between the 2 leaders. but finally it happened in rome. the relation between teeth, these 2 countries are strained over several issues, regional issues and domes

important because they hope that georgia public will come out to more and vote decisively against the georgia dream government. so make off the secretary has picked this moment. now finally, after all these years to return and shake up the georgian political, sci police and protest as of clashed and grace during a demonstration called by teachers. the right place used to tear gas and water cannon to trying to disperse the crowns in athens. one of 2 rallies organized by a teacher's union against a new law. with the teachers and schools undergo regular foreman surveillance on thursday, a court blocked teachers from going on strike to oppose the new law. military tank drivers will help deliver fuel to petrol stations in the u. k. from monday, at least 2000 british filling stations still have no issue even though the government says the week long panic buying process is easing. a critical shortage of truck drivers has begun all these concerns with the u. k. government trying to entice foreign drivers with special vases and pay increases, but as new banker reports at deals not tempting enough a truck, h

strike, he and the rest of the opposition wanted these elections to be a referendum on the georgia dream government. they did not get the decisive result . they were hoping for. although election observers have noted many instances of frauds and intimidation, government misuse of resources may also have tilted results in its favor. george's western allies have grown increasingly concerned that the political parties here must start settling their differences in the interests of their country. the outcome of the selection suggests voters want the same robin 1st year walker al jazeera tbilisi. ah, and let's take you through some of the headlines here. now just here, now the secrets of the rich and powerful of been exposed in the biggest trove of leaked off shore dancer in history. 12000000 files have been released in what's being dubbed the pandora papers. the king of jordan is among those named at least 13 table have been killed in an explosion in afghanistan's capital. the bombing targeted the entrance of the 2nd largest mosque in cobble i morial service was being held for the mother of t

ukraine on the eve of municipal elections to urge voters to abandon the governing georgian dream party. georgia'sedly said she will not pardon mr saakashvili. ecuador says it will pardon 2000 inmates its overcrowded prisons to prevent further violence following the worst prison riot in the country's history. priority for release would be given to the disabled, the elderly, the terminally ill and women. at least 118 inmates at the guyas prison in the western city of kayak will were killed in clashes between rival gangs which began on tuesday. the us supreme courtjudge has refused to block a requirement but orders all new york city public school teachers and employees be vaccinated against covid—19. justice sonia sotomayor rejected a challenge that rejected a challenge that rejected a challenge by a group of four teachers and teaching assistants. and a coach of an american women's soccer team has been sacked of allegations of harassment and sexual misconduct towards players dating back several years. paul riley from liverpool led north carolina courage to two league titles. he faces a string of all

ukraine on the eve of municipal elections to urge voters to abandon the governing georgian dream party. georgia'srtedly said she will not pardon mr saakashvili. the coach of american soccer team has been psyched of psyched of allegations of harassment and sexual misconduct towards players dating back several years. paul riley, from liverpool, led north carolina courage to two league titles, and he faces a string of allegations, including remarks about player's sexual orientation, by the athletic sports news website. it's as riley denies any sexual misconduct. red hot lava from a volcano erupting on the spanish island of la palma continues to flow into the sea. these are life pictures of the volcano, which continues to send out vast clouds of steam and toxic gas into the atmosphere. many homes and crops have been destroyed and crops have been destroyed and thousands of people have been forced to flee. the eruption began 11 days ago, and as you can see, it is still continuing. our correspondence danjohnson continuing. our correspondence dan johnson is continuing. our correspondence danjohnson is th

. >> reporter: as a sophomore at ryanhart university in georgia, debbie blunt is living the dream. >>o go to college. >> yeah. yeah. >> that's a tremendous achievement. >> reporter: so is how debbie got to college, as a student athlete. do you mind if i ask how old you are? >> 63. >> reporter: back in 1976, after high school, there was no money for college. she became an x-ray technician, the ski instructor, a wife. one love introduced her to another, the game of golf. so you got good at it. >> i was a little driven. >> reporter: life was great. until the heart breaking death of her husband, followed by her father, leaving debbie for the first time in her life, she says, feeling lost. then the idea, why not join a college golf team as a full time student? when you first heard that, there must have been a bit of a pause. >> probably just a second. >> reporter: she tried out and got accepted on the eagles women's golf team. but would her much younger teammates accept her? you think there may have been doubts in their mind initially? >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: 21-year-old lauren wells sai

elections, which the opposition considers important, because they hope the georgia public will vote decisively against the georgian dreament. finally after all of these years to return and shake up the georgian scene. host: a coordinator for lebanon says nearly eight and every 10 people are now living in poverty. with the economy in turmoil the state is failing to provide even the most basic services. our correspondent reports now from the capital of beirut. reporter: inflation and a currency in freefall have made life tough. people have sunk into poverty since the economy began to collapse 2 years ago. the united nations says nearly 80% are now poor, 3 million people. >> my monthly salary is now worth $70. it is not enough to buy food for 4 days. the government has been promising to give us cash assistance, but it never happened. reporter: the humanitarian community stepped in to provide vital support in a country made nearly bankrupted by decades of corruption and mismanagement. united nations statistics tell the story of growing hardships, like one million people in urgent need of aid, including food. >> for the firs

military and civilian leadership. georgia's opposition is urging vote of fraud after official results from saturday's election showed the governing party george in dream well ahead vote took place a day after former president mikhail soccer sh villi was arrested. he returns from exile to support deal position in the municipal vote. and those z ahead lines. the news continues here. now, j 0 after one. 0, one east. ah oh. across asia, the covey 19 pandemic is creating a catastrophe. a mountain of dangerous medical weiss is flooding from hospital and clinic. it should be incinerated. but increasingly it's being dumped illegally in ribbons, city landfills, even by the roadside with as held. kiss down far to curb, surging corona, virus, depth and infection, right? herb and weiss collected are on the front line, disposing of code 1910 lot, few syringes and other use medical equipment. i may go get that for that. yeah, but i'm but i'm bugging like it but i'm also 11 east investigates, the medical waste disaster gulping some of the asian biggest city in blue for the dose of berries. the code would not eat his bruce indonesia towards the wall than $100.00. 400

so my dream house i can't have because i don't have $250,000 cash >> reporter: she may not, but big investment firms have billions gabe gutierrez, nbc news, gwinnett county, georgia. >>> up next, what's driving one of the hottest trends in television >>> it's the show everyone is talking about. joe fryer now on netflix's surprise mega hit and how it may usher in a whole new era for streaming. >> reporter: you'd be forgiven if yo thought a show called "squid game" was a reality cooking competition. you would also be very wrong. the series is, in fact, a korean thriller, a violent dystopian tale about people deep in debt playing a bunch of children's games hoping to win millions of dollars in losing a game, they lose their lives so popular, netflix recently said there's a very good chance it's going to be our biggest show ever. >> it has familiarized and brought a lot of attention to koreans and the korean culture in a very tangible way. >> reporter: it's also proof netflix's big investment in global entertainment is paying off it's not just korea. netflix has really invested in a lot ofatnal con. why is that? local culture and does has made shows in 40 countries.

3 dreams to my contribution to the thought of the children people against poverty, corruption, injustice, destruction always suckers really was swiftly arrested after he secretly returned to georgia last month, found guilty in absentia of abuses, of power in office. he faces 6 years in prison. he's been on hunger strike for 2 weeks. to his supporters, he's a political prisoner of george's governing party. they remember him for what he achieved in office. i sent it back into the country. misha's time made an unprecedented economic and social leap in 10 years. this is what people remember. the opposition united national movement has been boyd bites circus billings returned from exile. they hope this rally will give them the medicine in full coming marrow elections. oh, they keep asking, what is your plan? our plan is only one and there will be no 2nd plan is victory, victory, nothing else. but the policy still lags behind the government's in poles. tell me, there are many georgians who would rather forget circus really. but his supporters wants him forgiven. even from prison, he retains a powerful influence over this country. robin for astir walker al jazeera to believe the you and

holes of closed in georgia municipal elections a day off to a former president, me kind of sucker she really was arrested. the vote is seen as a crucial test for the governing georgian dream party. opposition parties hope it could lead to an early national election soccer. really had returned from exile to support the opposition in the vote. outgoing philippine president read or tat is announced. he is retiring from politics. puting speculation that his daughter may run for president. the constitution prevents to tetter from standing for president . again. it is also confirmed, he wouldn't be a contender for the vice presidency in next. he is elections. he says there's overwhelming public sentiment that trying to become vice president would violate the spirit of the constitution out there a well gaza, 60 minute warning continues. now one is who after that ah no. israel's military operation in may 2021 against the gallons a strip bombed and destroyed a number of tower blocks. these were high rise building with both residential and commercial use. these railey authorities claimed the buildings were being used for military purposes by hamas. the palestinian brit. which gover

georgia. he said in that video that he came on the eve of a very important municipal elections here, to encourage georgians to vote against the governing georgian dreaming that the former president has indeed crossed the georgian state border. however, in the evening, the creditor came out and confirmed that the president, former president, was arrested. june four his arrest, he posted another video, once again asking his supporters to go out and vote in the musical elections on saturday and then come out in large groups on sunday to celebrate, as he said, his party's victory. rayhan demytrie there. europe's first mission to mercury is expected to reach its destination in just a few hours' time. the bepi colombo spacecraft will fly by the planet at high speeds, taking pictures of the planet and sending them back to earth as it does. it's moving too fast to go into orbit but will begin more detailed observations in four years' time. professor david rothery is one of the lead science investigators on the mission and will be one of the first to examine the images after they are beamed back from the probe. he explained what they are hoping to achieve wit