charlie, boil independent journalist, as well as with the rain, our current, the chairman of the job, nick hill, activist organization. solar and wind are not available 100 percent of the time while nuclear is so you have to fill the gaps with fossil generation. and this is a tremendous hom for the climate because belgium replaces a low carbon energy form by a common intensive form of electricity. and this is just the opposite of climate protection, but belgium is doing year. it is, it is of no use for the climate it's, it's not climate protection it's, it's arming the climate. and it's for a purely easier, logical read reason of the green party. once again it's, it's all about like a plan and seen a missed call point score and politicians may well those beliefs. but as usual, the practicalities always take now the reality is sinking in a high inflation, a huge demand surge going into winter. and we, we simply can't have a situation where energy prices are going up. 1200 percent here. we need to have a profit plan around the world. but i think it transitioned to renewables. what the mixture is

hill on al jazeera. in the next episode of thrice nick strong doing to greenpeace crew on a voyage through the window, see to highlight the importance of protecting these fragile antarctic ecosystem against an expanding list of manmade threats. beneath the surface of this magnificent desolation is just tv with life. these is so the remote is wilson and salt, tick sanctuary on al jazeera lou . ah, here without the 0 alive from done hans waterfront on the final night of the fee for our cup. a big, warm up event for the fee for world count in calvin, just one year from now i'm come all santa maria, so glad to have you with us as we keep across that final match between algeria and tin is you're still mill mill. and of course, the rest of today's top stories, the u. k, confirming more than 90000 new covey 19 infections on saturday, and a 125 related deaths. the mayor of london is declared the serge as a major incident. more heavy rain in northern iraq is expected to have a rescue efforts following flash floods. 12 people have died in the deluge and severe damage as well as food and water shortages have been re

nick miller. hello, after a very wet night with a lot of hill snow and rain moving north, we were left with this afternooning a shower. mild here, called in scotland and north—east england with the cloud until snow and a risk south—easterly wind. 0vernight, further rain and snow to the highest ground, moving north scotland and some low cloud, mist and fog developing and another spell of rain heading into south—west england. but then you have some snow on the ground. into tomorrow, patchy rain. notjust scotland and northern ireland, for england and wales, another spell of rain spreading northwards and quite windy across southern england and south wales, mild here and much milderfor all in the week ahead. this is bbc news. the headlines... tributes are paid to archbishop desmond tutu — nobel laureate and veteran of south africa's struggle against apartheid, who has died at the age of 90. the president of south africa, cyril ramaphosa, has said that the passing of desmond tutu is another chapter of bereavement in south africa's "farewell to a generation of outstanding people who have bequeathed us a liberate

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bit here, i want to bring in garrett haake, our senior capitol hill correspondent, pete williams our justice correspondent and joined by nickss wu for politico. this contempt vote against mark meadows about to take place in the house and to set that scene we have to talk about those extraordinary texts that the committee says he got including from donald trump jr. we need an oval office address. he has to leave now. it's gone too far and gotten out of hand. he says, he's got to condemn this expletive asap. the capitol police tweet is not enough. then laura engram, mark, the president needs to tell the people in the capitol to go home and this is hurting all of us. there's sean hannity, can he make a statement asking people to leave the capitol? brian, please get him on tv. destroying everything you have accomplished. no comment from fox about this but, garrett, you have to imagine the texts, including the ones from unnamed lawmakers here like, for example, one who says, pence as president of the senate should call out all electoral votes he believes are unconstitutional as no electoral votes at all. yesterday was a terrible

and just wanted to r s more caution calls and clock out hill could have just wanted to ask a v c device he only had to come erica fitz middle car nick about with over almost aggravation. and i took my dog and the slide boy, and i said it could. you must says if he misses more. dear me ma'am, we're dealing with him and they had a cam can, can you know him? would they be about him or did so i'm so dumb my pension was seen. ok that a fear and then you home or i can miss judy hadn't been in huddled confederacy on regular med miles leasehold excellent than a normal deity that's um i had that i had came to for throughout the day i have no lobe must also success to micah, and on in that actual that apply to the cali mother respect for this was from the if i can full yeah. structure so like and my must have left it. oh my, my name's andy said i can send you her, send her must foundation, but said it meant some special center. elizabeth, she said, will lead lima. i do, she did or so will look. hello michelle. i listen plus i feel the enough her to call or will it? where did in the lumina mound haiti kinda i look in this little one now more l

this game was pushed hill tonight because of covid cases within the browns organization 4th quarter raiders of 6. but nick mullens harrison bryant in the end zone. and just like that, the browns take the lead, but the raiders respond with a drive capped off by this. >> walk all 48 yard field goal. let's get home. let's eat go back to vegas. raiders when 16 14. >> so good win for the they needed it because they've been free falling. yes, couple weeks, as you know. no, they still have outside chance to make a playoff push. we'll see here pretty optimistic we'll see. we'll see squeaking by the browns who were down to their practice squad right back, right. it's not not exactly and expiring inspiring. all right. thanks, jason. >> you don't have to get left behind to get the home alone experience coming up, a christmas classic is coming to life. >> don't forget to join us for kron 4 as we ring in the new year. our grant lotus and justine waltman will count us down to 2020 to watch the bay area's only live fireworks show as the sparkles over the bay bridge. the party starts at 11:30pm new year's eve night. only

by wnet >> hill: on this edition for saturday, december 25: the omicron variant pushes up case numbers, and disrupts some christmas plans and travel. a $10 billion space telescope launches. nick offerman on humor, on-purpose hiking, and green places. the author of “queer love in color” documents love and relationships. and, a new dimension for those virtual meetings and connections. >> sreenivasan: remember "star wars," where there was a little princess leia hologram? or the holodeck in "star trek?" that hologram technology is kind of re, now. i'm in one. >> hill: next, on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: sue and edgar wachenheim iii. bernard and denise schwartz. the cheryl and philip milstein family. the anderson family fund. the estate of worthington mayo-smith. leonard and norma klorfine. the rosalind p. walter foundation. koo and patricia yuen, committed to bridging cultural differences in our communities. barbara hope zuckerberg. we try to live in the moment, to not miss what's right in front of us. at mutual of america, we believe taking care of tomorrow can help youake the most of today. mutual of america financial group: retirement se

nick, an arg was commitment to the communist party. one china policy. and donald trump has suffered. another said back to his attempts to block the release of official records of the capitol hill, rives. last january, a federal appeals court rejected his plate to keep documents and full records secret because of presidential privilege. well those that the headlines. the news is going to continue here on al jazeera in about 25 minutes time after al jazeera correspondent. good bye. the eye sheet and the sheets such a call for the for and as somebody who's on their own, you can get this in a sense of loneliness. also a sense of being able to not be distracted by anything else. apart from what you see, ah, ah, and you can feel the hairs on the back of your neck standing when you reach the top of that building and get a great view of the city. and you know, the timeline is going to help you achieve that by creating that sense of hyper reality. i know i owe new york to the time photographers and concerning architecture of photography. paradise. every way you go, there's a shop. i few cities divide opinion more than usual, a towering celebration of identity for some others, including

on capitol hill, the lawmakers demanding a national conversation and a nationwide strategic plan. this is a letter from g.o.p. senators grassley and nickwith a national crime wave hearing "ineffective bail policies, cumbersome restraints on police officers in the impact of the progressive prosecutor movement are exacerbating this surge. we believe it would be even more useful if we could explore these problems on a national scale with the full committee. some hearings for the public to see and listen to. when asked today the administration helping to deal with the problem, jen psaki said to the reporters to reach out to the fbi and doj to learn how the efforts are being orchestrated, shannon. >> shannon: and we will come at kevin corke we will see you in a minute, think is much. >> see you soon. >> shannon: new information rash of smash and grab robberies throughout the country. reporting from sausalito california on the part of social media is playing and organizing these crimes. >> the brazen robberies marking this holiday shopping season began an end online. long before the stolen goods are fenced on third party platforms, investiga

nick: for more on this, we turn to victoria nuland, undersecrtary of state for political affairs. she joins me from capitol hille was testifying today. welcome back to the newshour. let's start by talking about the path to diplomacy president biden laid out. what is the offramp president putin was offered? >> with regard to russia's invasion of eastern ukraine, there is a set of agreements on the table for de-escalation called the minsk agreements, which essentially involves giving a special status, having elections out there in exchange for russia pulling out all of its forces, and returning the sovereign border to ukraine. those talks, which were pretty active in 2015 and 2016, have gone stale so the u.s. is offering to play a diplomatic role in getting those reinvigorated. president putin also has a number of concerns that he likes to voice about the actions of nato being destabilizing to russia. we are obviously prepared him as the president said, president putin, and the national security adviser sullivan said publicly, to have a conversation with russia along with our allies and partners, about any strate

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nick. >>> the experts have been telling us for months now that unvaccinated populations and immunocompromised actually are breeding grounds for these variants. >>> it's time for three questions in three minutes. let's bring in dr. suzanne a hill, airway surgeon at columbia university medical center. so nice to see you. the president tomorrow is expected to outline a winter strategy for covid. considering stricter coronavirus testing for everyone traveling to america, including americans, is this going to actually make any difference, do you think, doctor? >> well, christine, i think what we need to remember is when we've been in trouble in the past dealing with this virus, it's because we've been in a reactive state. we haven't been proactive in getting ahead of the virus. and so things like testing, things like limiting travel from areas that we know the virus is present, these are things that are proactive measures we can take to help curb the spread as much as possible in advance, and how much of an impact it will have is unclear, of course. you know, we won't know. but certainly it makes sense to take these measures and to do something proactively. >> doctor, one of the biggest outstanding questions is how well the curren

nick burns going to be able to go to china. we desperately need an ambassador in china. and tom knight, he's going there. he has really good contacts of capitol hillabout the japanese. anyway we need a u.s. ambassador in japan because that's another key ally in a region that's super hot at the moment. >> and macarthur was there 5-49. >> she knows how polite and diplomatic the japanese are. >> definitely. >> yes, we do. >> we talk a lot on this program about american foreign policy. one of the things that throw allies that when they do not have the presidents here in their country. it makes them feel they are not particularly respected and no one to turn to and unimportant to washington's eyes. to some extent diplomacies today, there are something symbolic about washington sending somebody the president values and respects and will listen to your capital. >> there is something you have to say in person across the table that you can't say on zoom. >> if you are a republican who cares about america and even if you disagree with joe biden's foreign policy, the country is serving better by having a ambassador in these countries and the most important c