we're looking at bahrain first.ean, when we look at bahrain, everyone needs to move forward and then, you have a lot of people that have a sunni father and a shia mother. where would you classify them? and so, the bahrain first policy has been one policy that has taken us. >> forward. >> and we've moved as a community. it's a small community. we need to work with one another. we're not divided into different geographic locations and so, the country needs to work together in order to move forward. >> there's a jewish population in bahrain? >> absolutely. we've had a synagogue for over 80 years. that synagogue is to be visited by the indigenous jewish society in bahrain, but now, what's happening is, because we're going to expect visitors from israel, because we're going to expect visitors from throughout the world, hotels are starting to offer kosher meals. the synagogue is undergoing renovation, and we have started to look at people coming from abroad and making sure. >> and one of the predecessors, an ambassador wh

we are looking at bahrain first . when you look at bahrainis, everyone needs to move forward and then you have a lot of people that have a sunni father and a she on d mother. where would you classify them ? so the bahrain first policy has been one policy that has taken us there and we moved as a community. it's a small community t. we need to work with one another. where not divided into different geographic fo locations so the country needs to work together in order to move forward. >> there's a jewishpopulation in bahrain .y. >> we had a synagogue for over 80 years. that synagogue is to be visited by the indigenous jewish society in bahrain but now what's happening is because we can expect from israel, because we can expect visitors from throughout the world, t hotels are starting to offer kosher meals. the synagogue is undergoing a renovation we have started to look at people coming from abroad and making sure. >> one of sheikh abdullah's predecessors who came in when i went in in july 08 was a jewish bahraini. >>

bahrain he ruler of now is ?commented has descended from 1999 and the first thing he did was he took us from an absolute monarchy toa constitutional monarchy . two houses, so a legislative branch, and appointed house, and elected house. pointed housewhich is interesting for us today . as always had people from different backgrounds in bahrain so there was always representation from the indigenous jewish society and the appointed house, one of the members was later representing bahrain in washington dc as anambassador for a number of years . so his majesty has been invested in safety and security for many years. hence building on the us navy's fleet . we've been in every us led military operation in the region. we hosted the international maritimesecurity conference , a number of countries. dps, etc. so we've been looking at peace within the region as a pillar for economic stability both for us and moving forward. >> your country is one for west presented shiite and what percentage sunni ? >> we never looked at th

egypt and the united arab emirates bahrain and the united arab emirates are not sending their heads of state to this meeting not also sends a very important message to saudi arabia as well as to qatar and we also understand that most likely egypt is standing its minister of foreign affairs shakuri it was obvious from yesterday the muted the reaction from the united arab emirates bahrain and egypt. what happened gives you an indication that they are not really happy about what happened they were looking forward to see massive concessions coming from a qatar to move forward the decision by sunday arabia to lift the blockade unilaterally yesterday to start with. i think is quite a huge moment and what is going to happen today is that you will see the emirate is the behavior of the egyptians talking to crown prince mohammed bin segment about what happened yesterday and what are the indications that tomorrow we're going to have stronger relations on the other hand it would be extremely interesting to see what happens in the near future between qatar and egypt egypt being the most populou

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conference the plane arriving of course from the kingdom of bahrain it's expected that it's a mere hamad bin khalifa will take off that plane shortly to join other heads of state from the g.c.c. for that meeting will bring you that as we get it of course the summit could see the end of the illegal blockade of castle not after saudi arabia said that it would open its air sea and land borders to qatar and water seen as big steps toward resolving a diplomatic rift. tamala sale reports on the very latest. in more than 3 years after saudi arabia u.a.e. behind and egypt imposed a blockade on qatar finally a breakthrough but that the military fuck. up an agreement was reached open the land and maritime borders between the kingdom of saudi arabia and the state of qatar starting tonight this statement from the kuwaitis on the eve of a g.c.c. summit in saudi arabia was not a surprise since the crisis began they've been mediating between the deeply divided members of the gulf cooperation council the united states has also been urging gulf countries to resolve the dispute in order to maintain the st

bahrain and egypt the 4 countries imposed a blockade on qatar in 2017. all that is of course not web site there it is on the screen the address al-jazeera dot com. time for a quick check of the headlines here this hour u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi says she will go ahead with impeachment proceedings against donald trump unless he's removed from office 1st the 25th amendment allows vice president mike pence to declare donald trump unfit to carry out his duties and oust him from office mike hanna has more now from washington. the speaker of the house has now sent a letter to lawmakers saying that on monday in the house a motion will be introduced calling on the president by president pence to invoke the 25th amendment to convene his cabinet to get a 2 thirds majority and decide that president trump is incapable of maintaining office she is hoping for unanimous consent in which case there is no vote however the speaker says that if there is no unanimous consent in the house on the following day tuesday a vote will be held the request will be sent to the v

it means the season will be delayed by a week, with bahrain hosting the opening race on march 26th.anisers are still planning on running a record number of races, six more than last season, as our formula 1 reporter jennie gow explains. 23 race season is what they came out with provisionally, even with this revised calendar, they are sticking to it. the season as you said will start a week later, pseudo— australian open there, it will be a bahrain opener, and that a little break before we head to italy and imola, a race we were not expecting on the calendar, and then china does not look like it is what happened at the moment because of covid restrictions, and australia shuffled back eight months. it will be a november race, 21st of november for some will the big races get away? they managed 70 last year, and two great plaudits, so fingers crossed. they are expecting to welcome fans back, so will be fascinating to see what the reality of this f1 season actually is —— they managed 17 last season. england's chris woakes says it's unlikely he'll be able to play a part in his side's firs

egypt and bahrain imposed a blockade on qatar in 2017 accusing it of supporting terrorism qatar has always rejected the claim. is the announcement from kuwait's foreign minister i did also have a similar as the kuwaiti emir made calls with cotters emir and the saudi crown prince based on what the kuwaiti emir his highness shaikh now awful also proposed an agreement was reached to open the land and maritime borders between the kingdom of saudi arabia and the state of qatar starting tonight. expressed his gratitude to the custodian of the holy sites the saudi king for all the efforts he is making to ensure the summit will be successful. how does is just. from doha. obviously this initial agreement only stipulates that saudi airspace and the land border between qatar and saudi arabia and the maritime borders that the 2 countries share will be open it doesn't make reference to the other 3 blockading countries namely the united arab emirates. and egypt however a saudi is the main force at least in terms of the current setup between those 4 countries and it is expected that during this summit th

bahrain and egypt all agreed to restore full diplomatic relations with cattle the kingdom's foreign minister made the announcement following tuesday as gulf summit in it's the most significant moment in regional relations since the illegal blockade began 3 years ago delegates from the gulf countries signed a declaration calling for solidarity and stability. you know like the correlation. has achieved a settlement of all issues outstanding in a way that is entirely satisfied factory to all nations involved all the countries involved we are extremely pleased with having been able to achieve this very important breakthrough that we believe will contribute very much to the stability security of all our nations in the region we we have as you mentioned been working very hard towards achieving this breakthrough for many years and the timing is. just that it's that we were finally able to reach that conclusion and reach. a mechanism that was satisfactory to everyone and i am happy to report that we are at a place where everyone is satisfied and happy and yes all the outstanding. whether it's turnin

. >> what we are looking for is the buy-in from the uae, bahrain , and egypt.hey joined the boycott that started in 2017, and while we have heard positive things out of leaders in those places, we have yet to see them come into the deal. particularly important was a tweet we got from the minister of state for foreign affairs of the uae. he said he hopes the summit will restore gulf cohesion and that they were going in the right direction. so a lot of folks -- hope being pinned on the summit. and with the opening of borders, we don't know what goes into the agreement. are there any foreign policy oves, any moves to end the lawsuits outstanding? that's what our sources tell us is important to these countries. we are hoping to get some more detail after the meeting. manus: it has been more than three years since the start of the crisis, qatar has weathered the storm, how have they done that? >> they have turned to places like turkey, that's a regional ally. sometimes with saudi arabia and the uae in particular, turning to the likes of turkey, but also iran. airspa

let me remind you saudi arabia the united arab emirates bahrain. and egypt imposed a blockade on cast in june of 2017 as your mall was saying a few moments ago they accuse councils government of spreading instability of supporting terrorism which doha has strongly denied as part of the embargo saudi arabia closed casaus only land border. access to the air by sea lion sea lanes were also restricted and locating countries close to space to 0 cats reregistered aircraft forcing the national airline to make long and expensive detour was a traditionally stepped in to mediate the trumpet ministration has renewed those efforts in a last ditch attempt to resolve the issue before president trump leaves office. back then to our correspondent jim olive child who's on the line at the moment across develop us take us through how all of this broke in the last hour or so joe we had to get rumors of a statement that would be issued by kuwait and of course the g.c.c. meeting is is due to get underway in riyadh in saudi arabia tomorrow of course initially rader's imp

bahrain and egypt the 4 countries that imposed a blockade on castle in 27. there's the headlines now let's get you back to our jazeera world. in nov 2020 al-jazeera arabic contacted a top israeli cyber security official to find out more about data and cyber cooperation between israel and the u.a.e. . the official refused to speak on camera but said he had just returned from an official business trip to the u.a.e. designed to promote high profile official coordination between the 2 countries according to lead to reports it's really a morality cyber cooperation developed significantly iran this time. the arrangement seemed to be that full security coordination between the 2 countries allowed an exchange of information while the u.a.e. invested millions of u.s. dollars in the israeli spy where the benefits were allegedly governed by rules set by the israeli intelligence services. in double call names of lee. a shot of. me and him and yes. now that made her seem a lizard gumley cut them. some bullshit. to. a level sold 8 or 9 or limbaugh or limited enough to hol

bahrain and egypt the 4 countries imposed a blockade on qatar back in 2017. all right after a quick check of the headlines here this hour the united states is moving to designate yemen's who the rebels as a foreign terror group secretary of state might pompei also says the state department will designate 3 bootheel leaders as quote terrorists officially called the iranian backed force controls large parts of yemen and its capital a u.s. backed saudi led coalition has been fighting it since 2015 who think rebels are accused of launching attacks against civilian targets in saudi arabia and targeting major oil facilities u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi says she will go ahead with impeachment proceedings against president trump unless he's removed from office 1st the 25th amendment allows the vice president mike pence to declare donald trump unfit to carry out his duties and oust him from office if that fails pelosi says congress will move forward with impeachment proceedings on charges of inciting rioters what at least 25 domestic terrorism cases have been opene

bahrain cells $2 billion of bonds, taking advantage of investor appetite for yield.'s check in on the markets have been holding up in asia. juliette saly has the details. take it away. juliette: following through on the global rally amid stimulus opulent been some -- optimism, on track to close at yet another record high with the index at its strongest level since january 1988. the nikkei at 1990 highs, the kospi well bid today and the taiex is a front-runner at records going back to the index inception in 19 67. export orders in taiwan over 10%. australia's market holding at 11. let's have a look at india. we have been on the 50,000 watch and today we saw it on the open with the indian benchmark index hitting 50,000 for the first time. this is extraordinary when you think of where it was a year ago, really being layered by record foreign inflows into the market. yousef: another milestone reached in hong kong. in a very short amount of time. juliette: we were speaking with ken wong talking about the momentum from mainland investors to the southbound connect program,

the pressure on doha since 2017 has been intense saudi arabia the united arab emirates bahrain and egypt all cited catullus support of the muslim brotherhood as one of the reasons for the blockade. we decided to visit the organizations headquarters also equipped with a hidden camera since our requests to the qatari authorities had fallen on deaf ears. are you ahmed i'm his assistant. and you're french journalist do you want to film here. do you have a permit do you have the document can i take this is he busy he's in a meeting i can't disturb him vast in a lot of most can europe and look for a look at that because you will know. him but it's not too much. pressure here. like you're so this. stuff should be the world you know. you love him but. the big vision. with this is over the motion of this generation but you keep. bushel was big big. after this meeting qatar charity stopped responding to our requests in response to international pressure the emirates has now toned down its efforts to expand its influence including in the area of religion i checked a few informations and it seems th

egypt and bahrain imposed a blockade on qatar and 2017 accusing it of supporting terrorism qatar has always rejected the claim when his announcement from kuwait for mr i did also have a similar kuwaiti to me or made calls with carter's emir and the saudi crown prince based on what the kuwaiti emir his highness shaikh now lawful also proposed an agreement was reached to open the land and maritime borders between the kingdom of saudi arabia and the state of qatar starting tonight equating your expressed his gratitude to the custodian of the holy sites the saudi king for all the efforts he is making to ensure the summit will be successful. live from doha and tell us the latest about who had the emir is going to travel to the summit to tell us or the significance of all this. well it's huge because it means that the speculation that has been going on for several weeks now if not months that some sort of a reserve lucian was to take place at the summit is in fact turning out to be a reality obviously we need to stop short of saying that the agreement is done and dusted because it hasn't b

bahrain and egypt the 4 countries imposed a blockade on qatar in 2070. all that is of course not web site there it is on the screen the address al-jazeera dot com. time for a quick check of the headlines here this hour u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi says she will go ahead with impeachment proceedings against donald trump unless he's removed from office 1st the 25th amendment allows vice president mike pence to declare donald trump unfit to carry out his duties and oust him from office mike hanna has more now from washington the speaker of the house is now sent a letter to lawmakers saying.

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. had a population than any country otherthan israeland bahrain. —— vaccination per head.ence at downing street tonight. —— there is work language. he was talking about battle operation techniques to keep pace with the vexing roll—out across the uk. for all this ambition, pace with the vexing roll—out across the uk. forall this ambition, he also admitted that there would be some pumping us in the roll out of the vaccine. —— the vaccine roll—out. we have had reports that gps have delayed a vaccine kleenex because of inconsistent supplies of the jabber. —— vaccine clinics. it is going to take some time to meet these big targets and promises. didn't we have met hancock who went to hep surgery, faiza, today to see of vaccination and process but the vaccination hadn't arrived yet at this surgery? remind us what of what happened. —— matt hancock.|j this surgery? remind us what of what happened. -- matt hancock. ithink it was a pr sent that he would go to the gps where they would be giving their first vaccinations but they did not get their vaccinations through. it had not been d

indication things are uncle dory for the time being it doesn't seem to be the case as far as qatar bahrain is track is concerned as far as qatari egyptian truck is concerned as far as qatari and military truck is concerned and it's quite obvious you see the reactions from the town the behind is the amenities and the egyptians are very muted about this announcement about this deal they don't find it the suitable way to do things right now and i think they were taken a little bit by surprise by the announcement of the saudi government yesterday to turn the chapter of the blockade and start a new era with the qataris and of course there are many issues. as you just touched upon. i mean one of them is a problem for qatar is it stronger alliances since the blockade with iran and turkey and that creates issues for doha well thinking about moving forward with saudi arabia and the other as you say potentially blockading countries western had this is not the 1st time that the g.c.c. countries have had the same problems and signed an agreement about how to move forward they did this thing exactly in

bahrain and egypt the 4 countries imposed a blockade on qatar back in 2017. all right after a quick check of the headlines here this hour the united states is moving to designate yemen's who the rebels as a foreign terror group secretary of state might pompei also says the state department will designate 3 hoofy leaders as quote terrorists officially called the iranian backed force controls large parts of yemen and its.

as the 1st commercial flights between the han soddy arabia are to resume on monday bahrain also says it's reopening its airspace with carter this is after gulf arab leaders signed their declaration to end a 3 and a half year dispute between carter and saudi arabia the u.a.e. bahrain and egypt it's find they were off to the races one of gaza's biggest sporting events which is just taking place an annual horse race staged at the airports bombed out runway and force it reports for many spectators it's a chance to escape the realities of israeli occupation. the horse racing fans this is garza's premier annual occasion the runway of the territories airport bombed by israel in 20013 years after it opened has become literally a wasteland but this event in southern russia still draws a crowd from across the gaza strip. we come here for some fun because of the sea covered 19 and all the other difficulties of life this is an escape from all the bad things and i look forward to it every year. with gaza in the grip of a coded 19 crisis putting further strain on its overburdened health system and

bahrain and egypt the 4 countries imposed a blockade on qatar back in 2017. 1 of gaza's biggest sporting events has taken place the annual horse race a stage at the airports bombed out runway and for many spectators it's a chance to escape the realities of israeli occupation as her aforesaid explains for the horse racing fans this is garza's premier annual occasion the runway of the territories airport bombed by israel in 20013 years after it opened has become literally a wasteland at this event in southern russia still draws a crowd from across the gaza strip a lot of these young men and we come here for some fun because of the siege covered 19 and all the other difficulties of life this is an escape from all the bad things and i look forward to it every year. with guys in the grip of a coded 900 crisis putting a further strain on its overburdened health system and resulting in weakened shutdowns and likely curfews the organizers have found themselves defending the decision to press ahead with the hope of the race last less than a minute and a half and the airport is a big open area we

when as they go soccer now and bahrain munich hosted their jinx opponents have been home it is theirs and beat the reigning champions 41 earlier in the season but this time it was the other way around. by in munich with a case of the pre-game ghost little did they know they'd have plenty more to smile about at the end of the match even though they needed a corner to finally break down often times defense not to mention the jump and skills of jerome boyd taking his header from the back of the net to head by in the lead in the 30th minute a taste of what was to come thomas by n.z. 10 minutes later for his 10th goal of the season but not without the help of robert live and offset the sniff t. footwork. diana had barely finished celebrating when hoffenheim put one that just before half time thanks to andre crumb are a choice 13th goal of the season but that's as close as hoffenheim would get live an aussie made it 31 after just 57 minutes. king c c'mon with some slick play and the poland international finding himself in the right place at the right time. the floodgates had opened search c

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we built political capital in bahrain, morocco, with the uae by letting them know that we would standem by getting out of the jcpoa, which was a serious threat to the region because it was providing the iranian regime with so many funds to export their revolutionary ideology. we then took that capital and used it to bring the parties together and to see if we can bring them to some sort of a court, which we did. and i think it's a foundation that i think jake and his team and the biden administration will be able to build on. i think there are other arab countries that are going to look at the progress, the economic benefits that those countries enjoy and want to join abraham accord. so, i think that allows us to do a couple of things. one, it's going to allow us to draw down number of troops that we have in the middle east as our partners come together and are more capable together, because we need those troops in other places. we need them potentially in eastern europe. we certainly need them in the pacific. it also boxes china out of israel's tech sector to some extent, which is so

at least 9 people are dead after a powerful storm hit the port city of bahrain mozambique syphon eloise a cause that less damage than feared but heavy rainfall could still bring serious flooding over the coming days. the ocean viking rescue ship is sinking a mediterranean port that will allow about 350 rescue people to disembark the migrants were picked up off the libyan coast on friday and saturday after. trying to cross to europe weather in the area is worsening. and the central african republic is in a 2 week state of emergency is the government and un troops trying to halt a spate of rebel attacks violence has been on the rise in the cia ah since december's disputed elections earlier this week to pace capers were killed in separate attacks the u.n. envoy says more pace capers are urgently needed anti government militias now control 2 thirds of the country tens of thousands have fled the escalating conflict refugee camps in neighboring countries like cameroon but i hate organizations say they are running out of space. to see arrived here in cameroon after fleeing an attack on her vil

wouldn't let him down with just 7 minutes gone off to have levelled off he opened the scoring for bahrain. the pole is now the 1st player to ever score more than 20 goals in the 1st half of a book in this latest season thomas miller providing the assist. byron mainly kept 5 borg pinned in their own half. the visitors 1st real chance came in the 15th minute with all on showing firing just wide of the net. 10 minutes later sayers can happily unleashed a rocket. but the song this effort saved by claudia i'm a lucky. flake would have loved to extend the lead and take the pressure off his defense but levi's son a also missed the target. still byron wanted to have time one nil up. on our mark 11 dosti very nearly scored his 2nd of the day but could only get the crossbar and the scoring manged one miss. miller reacting well to pounce on the follow up shot from laon carets. 2 minutes later on the phone so davies needlessly conceded a corner. the kind of laughs and concentration that has transpired dearly in recent weeks time or it made their hosts pay for the ensuing kick had a sense that it was

saudi arabia, the united arab emirates and bahrain severed relations with qatar.eign airlines would have to seek permission for overflights to and from qatar. now bear in mnd, qatar relied heavily on imports via its only land border with saudi arabia, and that was now closed. ships flying the qatari flag or those serving qatar were also banned from many ports. the blockading countries then issued 13 demands, including qatar losing its flagship television network aljazeera, cutting links to the muslim brotherhood organisation and downgrading ties with iran. fast—forward to today, and the the gulf cooperation council has welcomed qatar back. here's the saudi crown prince, mohammed bin salman. translation: these efforts helped us reach the agreement of the statement. that will be signed at the summit, where we affirm our gulf, arab and islamic solidarity and stability and strengthen the amicable relations between our countries in order to serve the interests of their people. so, what's changed? we don't have all the answers, but the bbc‘s sameer hashmi can tell us wh

egypt and bahrain imposed a blockade on qatar in 2017 accusing it of supporting terrorism qatar has always rejected the claim. here's announcement from kuwait's foreign minister i did also have a similar issue equating to me or maybe calls with a mirror and the saudi crown prince based on what the kuwaiti emir his highness shaikh now awful also proposed an agreement was reached to open the land and maritime borders between the kingdom of saudi arabia and the state of qatar starting tonight. expressed his gratitude to the custodian of the holy sites the saudi king for all the efforts he is making to ensure the summit will be successful . and then we will speak to our senior political analyst now and bashar and to gabriel is on day for reaction from washington d.c. but 1st let's go live to doha and jim and jamal talk us through the mechanisms of what's been agreed here. well essentially it's one of the major obstacles that were in place to finding a solution being essentially taken away namely the blockade on kut obviously this initial agreement only stipulates that saudi air space and the l

the pressure on doha since 2017 has been intense saudi arabia the united arab emirates bahrain and egypt all cited catullus support of the muslim brotherhood as one of the reasons for the blockade. we decided to visit the organizations headquarters also equipped with a hidden camera since our requests to the qatari authorities had fallen on deaf ears. are you ahmed i'm his assistant. and you're french journalist do you want to film here. do you have a permit do you have the document can i take this is he busy he's in a meeting i can't disturb them invest in a lot of most can europe and with the look at the. evidence we've got too much. pressure here i'm glad you're so the. search should be the world you know. in the old world the bulk of you know the big push it. over most of this generation but you people oh well was big big or. after this meeting qatar charity stopped responding to our requests in response to international pressure the emirates has now toned down its efforts to expand its influence including in the area of religion i checked a few informations and it seems that qatar f

look ever more likely to go down let's take a look now at the table at the end of match day 18 and bahrain have put more distance between themselves and 2nd place leipsic fallsburg are now in a virtual dead heat with leverkusen dortmund continue their drop now to 7th place. looking at the other end of the table and at the very bottom that's where you find shelter with mind and cologne just above one of germany's most controversial footballers measured ozil has signed with a turkish club fenerbahce will help germany win the world cup in 2014 but quit the team in 2018 over claims of racism now he hopes to boost his career after being effectively exiled from his previous club arsenal of the english premier league. a sight many in turkey for they would never see a mess that is ill is a fenerbahce player. i'm very excited i've always supported fenerbahce. the move follows a turbulent few years for the 32 year old born in germany with turkish roots the 2014 world cup winner quit the germany team after alleging racism when he was criticized for posing for a picture with turkish president letter o

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investment products listed on hong kong stock exchange that follows an executive order by president trump bahrain investment and companies with alleged links to china's military last week the new york stock exchange delisted streatch chinese telecoms. 2 out of 5 people would be willing to fly less once global pandemic restrictions on if this according to a survey from the european investment bank the poll offer more than $30000.00 people found that the change in behavior was driven by concerns about climate change. chinese also make a deal a which owns sweden's volvo will form a joint venture with tech giant by doing a leading developer of self driving technology the companies have not set a timeline as to when their products might be released. while the negative markets all over the world have started the year with a bang indices like the german dax are trading near record highs as find out now how this week is starting over to our financial correspondent conor have bosun everand for. tell me the earnings season gets underway now companies are reporting how they manage the covert crisis how are

bahrain and egypt to great this week to restore ties with kata after a 3 and a half year deal cade's much more on those stories on our web site at al-jazeera dot com i have more news for you after risking it all to stay with us. it's being seen as the bloodiest general election in uganda's history dozens have been killed and a crackdown on the opposition is ongoing as voters head to the polls on january 14th will examine whether this election and pave the way to change uganda elections on al jazeera. live. live. live. live. feeds so little you said is on a mission he has to set up a lumber camp before nightfall the house he's delivering will become home for him and other which cuts as deep and borneo as rain forest. among his many challenges the unpredictable terrain for italy so subtle that a little bit of the fire. i don't know said. it was the end of the center of the show and that. you know by knowing the. thinking. behind you said 2 of the trucks have also come to a standstill. as you did. with the governor who was running the legacy but. yes i think. a lot of things out there.

at least 9 people are dead after a powerful storm hit the port city of bahrain mozambique site on eloise cause less damage than feared but heavy rainfall could still bring serious flooding over the coming days. thousands of protesters have joined perceptions across brazil calling for the impeachment of president jaya ball scenario of his handling of the pandemic demonstrators bled their horns with slogans painted on their vehicles while parading down main street brazil has the world's 2nd highest number of coded 19 deaths. photos in portugal are being to head to the polls in person to elect a new president despite a deepening coronavirus crisis in the country almost every new day brings with it a record number of new infections portugal has the highest 7 day incidents in the world in proportion to its population that's $785.00 as more than double that of the u.k. and u.s. rights and 7 times that of germany's. it's the all important issue in portugal the presidential election. has organized many elections in portugal. but this time he faces expected just a coach challenges the biggest pro

it means bahrain will host the opening race on 26 march and, despite the disruption to the calendar,ging more races than in any other season — as our formula one reporter jennie gow explains. 23—race season is what they came out with provisionally, and even with this revised calendar, they are sticking to it. this season will start a week later, so no australia opener. a little break before we head to italy, which is a race that we were not expecting — that has taken a spot. then china looks as if it will not happen at the moment because of covid, so we're expecting portimao to be announced at some point, and australia shuffled back eight months — now a november race. will fi get those races away? that is the big question. they managed 17 last year to great plaudits. so, fingers crossed they're expected to welcome fans back and the paddock club. it will be fascinating to see what the reality is this season. so, formula one is hopeful of having fans at races, and organisers of golf‘s masters plan to welcome back a limited number of spectators at augusta in april. not since these scene

at least 9 people are dead after a powerful storm hit the port city of bahrain mozambique most killed by falling trees syphon eloise called cause less damage than fear that heavy rainfall could still bring serious flooding over the coming days. thousands of protesters have joined positions across brazil calling for the impeachment of president also narrow the other over his handling of the pandemic demonstrators bled their horns with slogans painted on their vehicles while parading down main streets brazil has the world's 2nd highest number of covert 19 deaths. portugal has recorded its worst daily coronavirus death toll since the pandemic began and almost every new day brings with it a record number of new infections despite this voters are being urged to head to the polls in person to choose the next president. restrictions on movement have been aims for election day but turnout is still expected to be very low. virus it's the all important issue in portugal presidential election manuel consol this has organized many elections and portugal's capitalist spawn but this time he faces e

in the world is israel's or defense needed nearly 13 percent of its population that's followed by bahrain the u.s. the u.k. the u.s. and denmark rounding out the top 5 germany higher max needed less than 0.3 percent of its population and if you'd only 9 on that list how could germany so spectacularly missed the boat on vacillations. well i'm not sure if you can say that it has missed the boat what you can say is that germany started quite a lot later than some of these countries that were just listed such as the u.k. and the united states because germany and all other countries in the european union waited for a formal approval of the 1st vaccine the one that is being used at the moment that is the vaccine the one by a bot by on tech that is very much in demand across the world and so the supply for that vaccine is limited it's also limited in germany and that has been the center of the criticism that the german government could have or should have done more to provide more larger numbers of doses at an earlier stage than has been the case so far but at the same time i think there is some

take a look at the match day results from match day 14 it around off the weekend in that match of bahrain a thrashed minds to reclaim top spot earlier on sunday dogman to be devolved bug on saturday there were winds of her frankfurt bend then and blood back freiburg and albert also took all 3 points. as 2020 came to an end to so cheered at events marking the chill 150th anniversary of composer that van beethoven many caught many were concerts that were moved online or canceled altogether because of the pandemic one illustrator found a way to celebrate beethoven's news ical genius on paper with a comic book called golden boy. larger than life of a hero one of music's greats that's how we think of ludwig van beethoven today but berlin cartoonist mikhail ross has now taken the musical giant down off his pedestal and turned him into a comic hero. does in november so this is with frozen fingers since it's winter but what i find amazing is that all of the images we have of beethoven show him looking grumpy. to help people get an idea of beethoven ross turned to the composers childhood in bonn.

still to come on our show in the bundesliga middles minds while the pressure on champions bahrain munich will have the highlights in sport. but 1st the u.k. is scaling up mass vaccinations against covert 19 with a newly approved and locally developed shot the 1st immunizations with the newly approved astra zeneca vaccine are underway the shop was developed in cooperation with oxford university and british pharmaceutical company astra zeneca it could prove to have an edge for some countries struggling to deploy mass immunizations the shot is less expensive and it's also easier to store many experts believe these qualities could make the latest vaccine more accessible for developing countries in particular. and let's get some perspective on the story now we have mohamed when you're with us he's a biologist at lancaster university in england good to have you back with us how significant is the rollout of this vaccine in particular. well i mean if we look really on to the number of cases those are surging very significantly in the u.k. particularly because of the festive season and also the

i think israel is first per population, bahrain, then we are third.to other countries, but of course you can never be complacent about that and re st never be complacent about that and rest on your laurels. and i think quite rightly, ministers are pushing and pushing for the rate of vaccination to be accelerated wherever possible, even if that means going in some cases to a 24 hour access for vaccination centres. the process of distribution around the country is actually very significant. we've all heard storeys in the past long before covid was heard of about postcode lottery and where you live determining the quality of care that you receive. but in this case, it's notjust about statistics. it's easy to look at statistics, and they are important. but just imagine at statistics, and they are important. butjust imagine the storeys that will happen if at a doctor's surgery, they could have given the vaccine to somebody, and that person tragically falls sick and even dies when they could have had the vaccine because it was there and available, but someb

bahrain, the ua, and egypt cut relations in 2017 over its perceived ties with iran. the opening comes with joe biden bowing to resume talks with the islamic republic. the cooperation council hold its annual summit in saudi arabia later tuesday. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am karina mitchell, this is bloomberg. anchor 2: still ahead, they say all good things come to an end. if that the case of bitcoin? for two decades, u.s. markets have flooded chinese companies. with forced to listen, does the way dry up -- for steel listings, does it dry up? we examine that. this is bloomberg. this- i'm dough hirsch. you may already know that goodrx can help you save up to 80% on your prescriptions. unfortunately, many americans can't get to a doctor right now. the good news is that for many health issues you can see a doctor online. it's easy. just go to goodrx.com and with a few clicks you'll be treated by a licensed medical professional all from the comfort of your

>> we are extremely delighted between the emirates and bahrain and it is tremendous. and then to sign documents and the thousands or tens of thousands of israelis went to dubai and the business people because the emirates have proved to be tremendously entrepreneurial. and mohammed is a visionary leader who understands the power of innovation and the power to dare or to dream. with a new kind of peace that is changing the relation between israeli andar arab's. it is unbelievable what this is doing so's to answer your question it will be a huge challenge i think we can overcome it has many other things with technology and that forecast and with that growth rate. but it turns out it goes out one - - at a much larger rate it did happen in water we had a little less rainfall and the population has grown tenfold and gdp per capita has multiplied we should have greater scarcity so we save our water and recycleat of the wastewater so one of the largest with the emirates as well. and those along the mediterranean using solar technology and then produce solar energy so we can

now, finally, just six weeks after walking away from a horrifying crash at the bahrain grand prix, romains are no longer in bandages after suffering burns. grosjean has tweeted a picture of him stroking his pet cat petrus, something he's not been able to do in the early stages of his recovery, after his haas car burst into flames when it went through a steel barrier at 140mph on the opening lap of the race in november. good to see that from roman —— romain grosjean. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. hello there. the mild but cloudy air was still in place today across the south west of england. elsewhere, it was colder but sunnier for a while. this milder, cloudy air is pushing in from the atlantic, pushing in from the west. and it's bringing rain into northern ireland, over into wales, pushing across the south west of england, into the west country, parts of the midlands and over the irish sea. now, ahead of it, there may well be some more cloud coming in, but it's not preventing the temperatures falling. it's going to be cold tonight and frosty in scotlan

bahrain says that it will reopen its airspace with casa on monday that comes off the gulf arab leaders signed a declaration to end a 3 and a half year dispute between saudi arabia the u.a.e. buck rein and egypt the 4 countries imposed a blockade on castle 2017 accusing it of funding terrorism which to as a was denied. that is good to have you with us hello adrian figure here in doha the headlines on al-jazeera senate democratic leader chuck schumer has warned that the threat of violence extremism remains high ahead of joe biden's inauguration in 10 days he's told the head of the f.b.i. to relentlessly pursue those responsible for storming congress on wednesday the democratic lawmaker says that at least 25 to mystic terrorism cases have been opened a 2nd republican senator meanwhile has called on president trying to resign to be a pennsylvania says the trump must be held accountable for incitement house democrats are expected to introduce articles of impeachment on monday i think the best way for our country chalk is for the president to resign and go away as soon as possible. i acknowl

you've got israel, bahrain, and the uae. they're small nations. the u.k. and us.o the u.k., maybe that's a reason to be bullish on that market as well, and i am told in my ear by my producer that you whispered to him that you guessed gm correctly as the top performing s&p 500 or did you peak >> no, i didn't peak i guessed. i knew it was autos and oil. you can see the outperformance of those old economy sort of not sexy sectors that are powerings market this year i mean, already they have outperformed the top five tech stocks not including tesla the old economy stocks linked to the transition from fossil fuel economy to a more sustainable green economy. it's going to have enormous, enormous consequences for those old sectors, as you said in the previous segment we're going to be using more oil right here >> we're probably using more oil around the world in the next 20 years. i know people don't like to hear it, but when you look at population growth, whatever it might be, that's the reality of fossil fuels, maybe not in signifisan francisco and parts of boston, but

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