meeting in latvia, kia research in greater military cooperation as a way of deterring russia. bernard smith, now from moscow, nato foreign ministers say there will be a high price to play for any new military aggression against ukraine. and moscow was reminded the west has already used economic, financial and political sanctions. we have seen the brushes playbook many times over. an part of their playbook is to attempt to create ah, and manufacturer, a so called provocation as justification for something that rushes planning to do all along. i. and so whether or what's been reported fits into that playbook home, i dont know. ukrainian forces are facing off against russian back separatists in the east of the country. there's been fighting on and off there since russia amex crimea, from ukraine in 2014. now for the 2nd time this year, russian troops a building up along ukraine's border. moscow dismisses as inflammatory. any suggestions? it's preparing for an attack. and present. vladimir putin says he has his own red lines. if nato countries involve themselves further in ukraine, is that mate

all right, thanks so much bernard. smith, moscow, the v o p and government says it's pushed to grow and rebel fight is out of all their positions in the far region. fighting is now said to be limited to the area between the towns of batty and desi. spin, no comment from the rebels of video obtained vile just pays to show to drive the forces retracing north, the government recently launched the counter offensive off the ground fighters advanced towards the opium capital. either samara johan us was the merriam is an international relations lecturer who specializes in the home of africa. he says it's in the government's interest to appear as if it's making gains that the c p l f is shown. it's not so easy to defeat. they've been pushed out many, many times and they have come back to strike again. and so, you know, this is just not very credible kind of information because i mean bottles are one, but the water may not be one. this is a situation that is still evolving and, and the propaganda water is also extremely heated. so it

a chance the group denies bernard smith, now over the past 12 months, this has become a familiar scene for human rights groups and activists in russia. this time, the axis colon on an organisation made famous for identifying the millions of victims of starlings purchase. as the judge finished reading the order to liquidate memorial shouts of shane came from a public gallery ah. * that is telling to ours, russia is moving from the, or the re, variance in system for some kind of cost more than totally theory system in russia. which would be kind over linkage with the soldiers or you don't even partly do the stolen. so it's very dangerous. more recently, memorial has spoken out against the discretion of critics under president vladimir putin o. outside court as elsewhere, there's little room for that. in today's russian, prosecutors accused memorial of organizing large scale media campaigns aimed at discrediting the russian authorities. china. what happened today was very sad, although it would be untrue to say we weren't ready for it. it was one of the unfortunately predictable outcomes

just as in earlier this year, go a long way to calming tensions on the ukraine. russia border, bernard smith, al jazeera moscow. the u. s. government will restart the trump era board of presidente forces asylum seekers to wait in mexico. so us immigration hearings, the biden administration, had originally scrapped the controversial remain in mexico program. but a court order in august forced them to reinstated, migrants are expected to be sent back as early as next week. mike, hannah has moved from washington. well, that texas court ruling was upheld by the supreme court, which agreed that the biden had ministration had not investigated fully enough before removing this particular law. biden had described the lo, entered use by president trump as in humane and his administration. got rid of it immediately. however, now in the light of the supreme court judgment, the administration is we introducing this remain in mexico protocol. it has spent the last few months at discussing with the mexican government ways in which this could be imposed in a far more humane manner than it was in the past.

it's as tensions flare over its military build up near the border with ukraine. bernard smith reports from moscow. this was the 1st face to face meeting between antony, blinking and circ. i love rav since joe biden became u. s. president. the u. s. secretary of state, use the encounter to warn russia of the serious consequences, including sanctions, if it invades ukraine. c. it's now on russia to deescalate the current tensions by reversing the recent to build up. returning forces to normal, his time positions, and refraining from further intimidation and attempts to destabilize ukraine were watching the situation very closely, were in close contact and coordination with our allies. russian back separatists in east new crane had been patrolling these trenches for more than 7 years. after russia annexed crimea, now a build up of russian troops along the border. more than $90000.00 says the government in kiev is fueling face of a russian invasion. across the field, ukrainian force is a holding exercises. russia says ukraine is being provocative, deploying more than half its army, a 1250

that speaks to bernard smith, who joins us live from moscow. the russian foreign mr. bernard rates rating j that moscow does not want a new conflict with the ukraine. but will that reassure the americans bully over the last 48 hours, both sides, the russia on the u. s. have made the positions clear. miss today is an opportunity installed co bronson, the blinking and saga lab rob to reiterate that positions, but for the 1st time face to face for russia. it's unacceptable. they say that you need, the nato could spread eastwards, accepting not just ukraine, but also georgia, as potential new members. russia says it sees that as a fundamental threat to its security. the u. s. has said it's not really up to russia. what sovereign nations like ukraine and ga, decide to do. and while those discussions go on the troop, build up the confrontation on the border with ukraine and russia continues. and the risk of somebody accidentally slipping a hand on a trigger, the risk of something going wrong. mountains, day by day, as these 2 sides of face, all russia

s. embassy in somalia has urged de escalation from both sides. bernard smith al jazeera. this is al jazeera still ahead. south africa begins a week of national warning to mark the death of anti apartheid leader. archbishop desmond tutu loss aren't really val in rural texas, which suddenly finds itself as one of the top bitcoin destinations in the world. but why all of our minors heading here? find out more ah hello there, let's have a look at the weather in australia, and you can see from the satellite image that dense cloud lingering over the top and now that's being heavy. rain and thunderstorms to northern areas. by the time we get to wednesday, we're gonna see a lot of that wet and windy weather sweeping to northern areas of queensland. we could see up to 250 millimeters of rainfall in places. of course that brings a flood risk and that wet weather leads into storms and showers across western areas. we're going to have on and off rain for sidney through to the weekend. the temperature is expected to dip down here. but in places like adelaide and melbourne in the south

s. embassy in somalia has urged de escalation from both sides. bernard smith al jazeera. now the jury, england maxwell sex trafficking trial has signaled it is not near verdicts. the deliberations have been extended into a 2nd week. the brochure socialite pleaded not guilty to grouping teenagers for underage sex. she faces up to 70 years in prison if she is found guilty. in brazil, rescue workers are trying to help. hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced by flash flooding to dams have collapsed in the state of bahia, and at least 20 people have been killed and a sandra, grumpy, etc. has more. rescuers continues to work around o'clock monday, trying to reach residents still trapped across the north eastern state of by year. 72, towns in cities have been flooded by torrential rain, steady, intensified over the christmas holiday. when 2 dance collapsed in the city of ether, buena, some residents returned to their homes to pick up their belongings through a 2nd floor window. emergency workers rescued. hundreds in nearby towns that heavy currents on the swollen ri

that was one of the earliest centers of christianity. bernard smith al jazeera. ah, he, what's your desert with me said rama. reminder of our top stories. more than 13000000 people have been ordered to stay at home in the eastern chinese city of shan. 200 cove at 19 infections have been recorded since the beginning of the month. china is on high alert as it goes up to host the winter olympics in february. katrina, you has more beijing, the latest count we have now over 200 cases reported and she and this outbreak has been to at least 5 other cities. and there have been at least.

the move has intensified a month, long constitutional crisis and raised fears of violence. bernard smith has more. smalley, as president says, the prime minister is suspected of corruption and is now suspended mohammed of the law mohammed accuses mohammed robel of stealing land, owned by the army. the prime minister says the move isn't in direct q shocker, so mighty yet. i would like to clarify that if somebody people that the government in the transitional phase is responsible for leading the country and running dfs of various state institutions to the armed forces should take orders from the government and the prime minister's office to anyone who disagrees. this will have to present it to the judiciary that going to do, and it's the latest round in a long running dispute between the 2 leaders. the 1st class in april, when the president, unilaterally extended his boy by 2 years that prompted army factions loyal to each man to seize rival positions. in mogadishu. the president's constitutional mandate expired in february, and he stayed on and tried a very similar power grab in april thi

let's go to bernard smith, who's joining us now live from moscow. burn it is true, isn't that the rush has been facing sanctions for many years. and in many ways has adapted to the fact that it is continually facing sanctions. is there a sense there that russia and moscow are feeling any sort of pressure from this not particularly from the threat of sanctions? no, i mean, what vladimir putin, one from this meeting is respects to be treated as an equal. and he wants nato to stop bit eastwood expansion by allowing ukraine to join. now of let me put in said the when ukraine declared independence, after the long after the collapse of the soviet union, that was a great common calamity. it's not how many ukrainians might see it. but an indication of the centuries old, historical links that have been between the 2 countries. and that's a lot of what to do is behind this. and russia has been increasingly agitated by what it sees is american and nato activity on its doorstep. naval exercise with u. s. navy, in the summer turkey, selling armed drones to ukraine, and russia and the u. s. military

s. embassy in somalia has urged de escalation from both sides. bernard smith al jazeera, the u. s. president has admitted his government has more work to do on test thing and stopped short of announcing additional measures. joe biden, how the virtual meeting was state governors to discuss the rapid increase in virus cases or than a $100000.00 reported each day on average across the us. kimberly help get reports from the white house. in the u. s. cases of coven caused by the i'm a crime very, and are soaring, had expected to get worse in the coming weeks. the stream is being felton hospitals. new records are being fat, with daily infections rising past. last winter's pandemic peak. in ne states like delaware new jersey, new york, and massachusetts, but also white and puerto rico, there is no federal solution. ask is solved, state level of speaking to the nation's governors in a virtual meeting on monday. us president joe biden admitted white house efforts to combat the highly contagious. i'm a crime very. it have been insufficient, but it's not enough. it's clearly not enough req

they been ordered to report their findings in 3 days. bernard smith, our jersey, was upon, is the latest country to announce that a won't send government officials to the beijing winter olympics. it still sending, however, several olympic officials to china, including the president of the tokyo 2020 games. the u. s. u. k. and canada and australia have already announced diplomatic boycotts and protest against a legit human rights abuses on we are muslims in jin chang churchgoers across the philippines have been eager to worship, since the government's eas corona virus restrictions ahead of christmas until recently, services had either been on line or with very limited attendance allowed barnaby low reports romanella inside and outside a crowd of worshippers. as far as the eyes can see, for most filipinos christmas is a sacred holiday that isn't complete without attending church, often daily in the week leading up to christmas. holiday shanella, the nightly police must massis or an important philippine with one of the shots. there were even some less here, despite the pardon me, although v

they been ordered to report their findings in 3 dates. bernard smith, our jersey center moorehead on the office here in missouri, including cleaning up from political chaos. people in sudan save her, they have been left to fend for themselves, repair and rebuild. it's been 5 months since germany was hit with severe flooding. so why have some people not been able to return home and be a action coming up in sport? steph curry delivers another shooting muster class to lead the warriors to victory . ah, but 1st christmas celebrations have begun. and bethlehem the biblical birthplace of jesus christ. but the outbreak of be on the cross variance has meant fewer events. this year. the town has been almost deserted as israel, which controls travel to the occupied west bank as effectively suspended for and tourism because of the pandemic. deborah, him has more from bethlehem. all these people here have gathered to welcome the lathan batriyal of jerusalem. yet read these that the bad is arrival here. and now the beginning of the christmas celebration here battle i have, this is the sound where

hundreds of os x discovered of a recent months in an area of rich in archaeological treasures, bernard smith has this report. these mediterranean offers rich fishing grounds for roman and mum will come ticket is if something glens, in the water. it's often gold. the commission in this find by israeli, archaeologists of coins gems and other artifacts with scattered along the sea, but just 4 meters on the water. one piece stood out a ring showing jesus christ as the good shepherd. the good shepherd was one of the earliest christian symbols and used by the christian community in the east. the image sort of tells that jesus is the shepherd who protects the christians. nearly christians, it for the ring would have been made around the mid 3rd century. evidence of a christian community in the region. the archaeologists believe the whole is from 2 ships wrecked by a storm of the coast of the holy land. they found hundreds of silver and bronze roman coins, as well as figurines, pottery vessels at iron work. at the time the ships went down, the area was known as seas urrea. it's here. the acts of the

s. embassy in somalia has urged de escalation from both sides. bernard smith, i'll desert the weather. garad is an expert on some ali politics from the university of birmingham and he explains how this escalating dispute could come to an end. the president has no unconstitutional powers to sack the only person who can site the prime minister is the poem parliament and, and on a majority of votes. however, and the president is to quote, custodian of the constitution. i'm the god of the fundamental principles of the country and the prime minister has been accused of stealing a land from him and some other naval novel. false. i am aaliyah's and obstruction of law. and on top of that he has been accused valuable. are the mandate of implementing the election has lapsed, which was and 20202021. and the president and the prime minister. both of them are calling for national and conciliation. the ball is in the hands of and federal been been states. i'm villa somalia and to sit down again and, and, and, and, and map out the way out and, and plan to, to, to, to implemented the election. the up

meeting nato foreign ministers to discuss the build up of russian troops on ukraine's border. bernard smith's report from moscow, nato foreign ministers say that will be a high price to pay for any new military aggression against ukraine. and moscow was reminded the west has already used economic, financial and political sanctions. we have seen the rushes playbook many times over, and part of that playbook is to attempt to create an manufacturer, a so called provocation, as justification for something that rushes planning to do. all along, and so whether, what's been reported fits into that playbook. i don't know. ukrainian force is a facing off against russian back separatists in the east of the country. there's been fighting on an off there since russia amex crimea, from ukraine in 2014. now for the 2nd time this year, russian troops, a building up along ukraine's border. moscow dismisses as inflammatory, any suggestions? it's preparing for an attack. and present, vladimir putin says he has his own red lines. if nato countries involve themselves further in ukraine, if it is some kind of str

just as in earlier this year, go a long way to calming tensions on the ukraine. russia border, bernard smith, al jazeera, moscow. uganda is increasing its deployment of troops in the neighboring democratic republic of congo to fight an arm group called allied democratic forces. uganda blamed the idea for 3 suicide bombings and its capital last month, nor button money report. people and benny welcome to deployment of troops and tanks . many want an end to violence. that's bisetti, ethan democratic republic of congo. for decades. a joint forces operation by the u . canden and complete governments aint through towns the allied democratic forces. the rebel group is accused of massacring thousands of people, and we support this operation and the collaboration between our 2 presidents to put an end to the adf killers. we're expecting a lot from this operation because we want to resume with our normal life. this is a, it's a real joy for us to see the u. p. d. f soldiers finally conducting military operation and d, r. c, mainly in benny region. it was our demand and the suffering of the people in b

s. embassy in somalia has urged de escalation from both sides. bernard smith al jazeera, now protests had been held in iraq after the supreme court rejected an appeal to overturn october's parliamentary election results. security forces confronted supporters of iran back she or groups had a court on monday. these factions, which suffered heavy losses in the vote, and alleged irregularities. thousands of people been killed and wounded in 10 years of war in conflict in libya, fighting that is despised hundreds of thousands as well in some families and are homeless. and trina, as they stories from tripoli, it's winter and it's cold here in the small parked in the heart of tripoli. but it's where a number of displaced families are forced to live. they say increase in rent prices, and the government's lack of action means they are now homeless and unable to afford a roof over their heads and dance as her home and donna was destroyed. during the fighting years ago, she was renting an apartment in tripoli, but her landlord increased the rent and she ended up on the street. ha! she's been liv

earlier this year, that could go a long way to calming tensions on the ukraine. russia border, bernard smith, al jazeera, moscow. iran has submitted to draft proposals to european powers, negotiating the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal. it's the 7th round of talks to be held in the austrian capital aimed at bringing iran and the u. s. back into the deal. they're meant to limit iran's nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief on thursday, israel's prime minister natalie bennett, call for an end to talks accusing iran of nuclear blackmail. the son of libya's former leader more mar, gadhafi, has been given the go ahead to run in the presidential race safe. al islam gadhafi was disqualified last week by the election commission because he was convicted of war crimes in 2015, but appealed supporters of gadhafi gather to celebrate the court's ruling. the vote will be held in 3 weeks time. uganda says its increasing its deployment of troops in the neighboring democratic republic of congo to fight an arm group called the allied democratic forces. uganda blames the adf, 3 suicide bombings in h

they been ordered to report their findings in 3 days. bernard smith, i'll jersey, i'll still head on the bulletin as columbia couldn't eliza descend, human rights groups raised concerns is a controversial security bill passes through congress. and the most powerful thomas god ever built, is ready for not which for one of the most highly anticipated space missions in recent memory. ah ah, look forward to brighter skies. the weather sponsored my cattle airways. it's the weekend, here's your forecast. hello everyone. we're going to start in india, a bit of a foggy start to the day for roger stun, and then see this cloud around delhi that could generate some showers out of season showers. so we look at the 3 day forecast. the rain risk sunday into monday. your temperature is slight as well to below average. next for go into se asia, the rain piling up southern sumatra, west java will power ups and thunderstorms call them poor singapore, jakarta, and bali with the high of 33 degrees. the ne monsoon active again, so that steering what, whether into central, northern portions of vietnam, ge

well, there's no question that this is the friction point, and i know my colleague bernard smith will discuss this further. so i don't want to speculate on the russian position for, but from a u. s. standpoint, certainly a russia seems to be seeking some assurances that the u. s. will not press for any sort of membership by ukraine in nato and i, it's unclear whether or not that assurance will be provided. that's well be watching very carefully to see what the read out is that comes out of this. but very quickly, what i should tell you the united states is going to tell russia today. and it will be no surprise to the russian leader is that there will be punishing financial sanctions if russia decides to invade your credit. of course, us intelligence indicates that there is an amassing of tens of thousands of russian troops along that border. and so there is this concern, according to us intelligence, this could be something that's launched as early as next year. so we know punishing financial sanctions to isolate russia from the global financial system are something that the united st

both have traded accusations about delaying the elections. bernard smith has more. smalley, as president says, the prime minister is suspected of corruption and is now suspended earlier. mohammed abdulla him a hammered accuses mohammed robel of stealing land owned by the army. the prime minister says the move is an indirect qu, shaka, so mighty, yet i would like to clarify to the somali people that the government in the transition of faith is responsible for leading the country and wanting to various state institutions. the armed forces should take orders from the government and the prime minister's office to anyone who disagree the 20th. we have to present it to did you discovery that going to do? and it's the latest round in a long running dispute between the 2 leaders. the 1st class in april, when the president, unilaterally extended his boy by 2 years that prompted army factions loyal to each man to seize. rival positions in margaret issued the president's constitutional mandate expired in february and he stayed on and tried a very similar power grabbed in april this year, which led

well, study by we have charl, stratford and eastern ukraine. bernard smith is standing by in the russian capital, moscow defenseless cross over to our white house correspondent, kimberly hawkins, who joins me from washington, d. c. and of course that meeting did go on for some time. kimberly, we knew it would, but we do. we have any details about what was said not yet, but we are expecting that we will get some details from the national security advisor jake sullivan. he will be at 900 g m t participating in the white house daily press briefing along with the white house press secretary jen saki at. it's then that we expect that we'll, we'll get an update. those getting an update as we speak are the partners and allies of the united states that joe biden with consulted with prior to his call with the russian liter vladimir putin. those are the leaders of germany, france, italy, and the u. k. we understand that you as president speaking with them at this hour, updating them on what the reactions were to their joint message that was sent to of latter repute, namely that there would be puni

yes, in an area that was one of the earliest centers of christianity, bernard smith, al jazeera. finally, london's big ben is all set to chime once again. bill will mark the start of 2022 when it rings 12 times. it went silent in 2017 for renovations, or the clock now has an hour had made it gum metal weighing $300.00 kilos. the neo gothic style towel was unveiled way back in 18. 59. it is one of the most famous lie months in the world. ah, how fast they are. these are the top stories on al jazeera, more than 30000000 people ordered to stay home in the chinese. the city of she on run 200 cove infections have been recorded there in the past 2 weeks, and china is on high alert for outbreaks as the gears up to host the winter olympics in february is more from katrina you in begging the latest count. we have now over 200 cases reported and she, an in this outbreak, has spread to at least 5 other cities. and there have been at least one infection noted in beijing. so from thursday midnight authorities have said that the city, a $13000000.00 people will be under strict lockdown. and only one m

the roman centurion, cornelius in an area that was one of the earliest centers of christianity. bernard smith, al jazeera, fast food chain. mcdonalds will be rationing the fries. it sells in japan because of a potato shortage from friday will only be selling small sized portions for week. mcdonalds is blaming floods in canada and the destruction to the supply chain caused by the kobe pandemic. ah, reminder now of the top stories on al jazeera, the world health organization has warned, wealthy countries rushing the hand that booster vaccines risk prolonging the coven pandemic. while large portions of the globe remain on vaccinated, israel has become the 1st country to announce it will give a 4th faxing dose. the global priority must be to support all countries to reach the 40 percent target as quickly as possible. and the 70 percent target by the middle of this, you knock on 3 can boost its way out of the pandemic and boosters cannot be seen as a ticket to go ahead with the plan celebrations without the need for other precautions. meanwhile, a new case study has found the risk of on the con, c

very interesting, bernard smith, with all the latest forest from moscow. thank you. valid. now, the international olympic committee has held a 2nd video call with chinese tennis player portray, amid concerns for her while being they've confirmed hung safety in a statement that was released on thursday. the form and double, while number one accused a politician of sexual assault, then wasn't seen in public for weeks. the w t. a meanwhile has suspended all of its tournaments in china as a result. and beijing says in opposes what it's calling the politicization of sports. well, ali, i speak to michael cast a, his, a human rights advocate. and he says that the i o c has been used by china. the fact that the women's tennis association has shown more credibility than the international olympic committee. or for that matter, more credibility than interpol in resisting these types of clearly scripted and coerced ah, performances from china is, is really shocking. and it shows how far we really do need to go still. the fact that the i o c or interpol have been turned into tools for c

it would really cripple russia financially. bernard smith has more from moscow. what vladimir putin wants from this meeting is respects to be treated as an equal and he wants nato to stop bit eastwood expansion by allowing ukraine to join. now of latin putin has said that when ukraine declared independence, after the long after the collapse of the soviet union, that was a great common calamity. it's not how many ukrainians might see it, but an indication of the centuries old, historical links that have been between the 2 countries. and that's a lot of what to do is behind this. and russia has been increasingly agitated by what it sees is american and nato activity on its doorstep. naval exercise with u. s. navy, in the summer turkey, selling armed drones to ukraine, and russia and the u. s. military arming the ukrainians. all these russia putin sees as a problem. now let me put in may be things that bite and can't give him these guarantees. but put in now has this bargaining chip the build up of those troops on the border with ukraine and analyst. the saying that

in 3 days, bernard smith, al jazeera le pandemic, has cast a shadow of a christmas eve celebrations in battle and in the occupied westbank, with relatively small crowds in the bath town of jesus christ. bonds marched through manger square before the arrival of latin patriarch pierre batista. it's a bachelor who is the most senior roman catholic cleric in the region. he urged people to look to the future with hope. normally christmas is barnham's busiest tourist season. this year israel his band, almost all international travel, including to occupy palestinian territories. when they did ever and joins us live now for bathrooms manger square in the occupied west bank. what was it like in bath land today? we can say it didn't look a lot like christmas to day. yes. there are lights. yes. people came to greet the latin patriarch as he entered the nativity church and celebrate the christmas eve. but there are less numbers than previous years. but also that has been no 2 has to be found. yes, some of the hotels of say that just a day they have a 70 percent occupancy, but many hotels in the ci

decisions, our support for the 70 integrity and we remain committed to enhance for people. congress. bernard smith is following reaction from the russian capital laska, russia's activity and build up along the border with ukraine continues in a 2nd time. they've done that this year, and russia now says some $10000.00 troops are going to be involved in winter maneuvers coming soon. those maneuvers at 30 different locations in russia building that includes a long eastern part of ukraine. russia's border with ukraine and bella, russia's southern border with ukraine as well. so russia is keeping up the pressure on ukraine and on, nate. so as it goes, as particularly as a lot of goes for a meeting with antony, blink and install, come on thursday. andrei caught in office the director general of the russian international affairs council. he says moscow wants to make sure you crane doesn't resolve it's conflict with separatists in the east. apparently the canyon side would like to some of the wise the means clements and maybe to change some of the of the terms of the agreement. and i don't think that the

other countries that have struggled to find a post tournament roll for their world cup facilities. bernard smith reports from the brazilian city of man ass. oh, even in football mat, brazil, it was always going to be a challenge to make full use of a $40000.00 capacity stadium built in a jungle city. the can only be reached by air or river. ah, 4 games are played here in the 2014 world cup. local government is still paying back the $160000000.00 construction loan to the federal government with little return to show for the investment must venture viola. the legacy is very small and public transport wars haven't started, but as the molig security has been improved, hospitals have not been expanded or renovated. i then several areas wouldn't through tourism pop up, there's been no progress. it's frustrating for the population. oh, now the amazon is serena hosts mouse f. c brazil's 3rd division that's hosted some concerts. and the qualifier for the qatar will come most of his game went out to sea. doesn't even come close to filling the stadium even for a big match like this. this is a quarter final

international stands out even in the current climate and would have been unthinkable just a few years ago. bernard smith, al jazeera recent violence committed by far right groups in italy as ignited a national debate on fascist monuments across the country. experts. a few people are questioning whether the statues of those who pushed for racist causes in the past should be demolished. and rainy reports from italy's capital, rome. nearly 80 years after his fall, benito mussolini obelisk still towers into the roman sky. it stands outside the photo italy co, formerly known as the ford, mussolini. it's here, the dictator built a sports complex to cultivate the new man of his fascist regime. people have mixed feelings about these monuments establish with the present. that's your and seeing all the stadiums in these monuments forces us to face the past every day. by not forgetting the past it, make sure that we won't repeat it a story. so toward i a, this is italian history and architecture and it needs to stay as it is this stadium bill under mussolini direction. is a reminder of the importance of sports for

the romans, ensuring cornelius in an area that was one of the earliest centers of christianity . bernard smith al jazeera. ah, what you'll do there with me. so he'll run the reminder of all top stories, walden, 13000000 people have been ordered to stay at home in eastern chinese city of shand . 200 cove at 19 infections have been recorded in the beginning of the month. china is on highlands as it goes up to host the winter olympics in february, katrina, you has more from beijing, the latest count we have now over 200 cases reported and she and in this outbreak has spread to at least 5 other cities. and there have been at least one infection noted in beijing. so from thursday midnight authorities have said that the city of $13000000.00 people will be under strict lockdown. and only one member of the household is allowed to leave the her every 2 days to collect groceries on the certified essential workers will be allowed to go to work. schools has been closed for some days. now. entertainment venues have been closed, long distance transport that's buses, trains flights have all been canceled. th

the romans, ensuring cornelius in an area that was one of the earliest centers of christianity . bernard smith al jazeera still hey, don't al jazeera, we'll have all the days. sports news, including a painful twist. fella bron jane says his team suffers another to face with with with mm whole lou. ah, it's ton of his forty's far. thank you so much, emily and the stars have been told they'll be no. coven 19 shot down, and that it's time to learn to live with the pandemic. that's despite more than 80 players being out of action across the league due to corona virus. lebron james missed games earlier this season due to coven 19 protocols. he scored 34 points for the lakers in this defeat against the phoenix suns. it's the lakers 3rd street. los james injured his ankle during the 3rd quarter, but in says he will be fit for his team's next game. i miss, you know, a bunch of guy. he's not, he's out, you know, much about political, gorgeous, alto or can we really fully assess where we have? no, we haven't been home care in the last time, you know, we know play the same. so a lot about same rotation a

his alex's here was bernard smith. russia one's legally binding guarantee guarantees that nato will not expand eastwards and allow ukraine to accede, allow ukraine to join, nor will miss house be placed on ukrainian territory that could be pointed towards russia. russia is issue its concern. its problem is that after the end of the collapse of the soviet union, most eastern european countries joined nato for their own while they saw their own defensive purposes and needs. russia sees that as a problem and a threat. the problem for russia is that it's not up to valuing putin to decide who does or does not join nato. it's up to nato member countries that said, ukraine's application for membership. the nate has been on the table since 2008. so there isn't any great rush to allow it to join may be one of the reasons being that when one nato member is attacked, it's john to says that others must come to its defense. there is no desire amongst the nato member countries for a full on military confrontation with russia. when that both ladies 1st met together as president back in the summer, tha

international stands out even in the current climate and would have been unthinkable just a few years ago. bernard smith, al jazeera in the us government has frozen the bank accounts of one of the wells, best known catholic charities, and says the organization that was founded by mother teresa did not meet conditions on the local law has been accused of trying to force people to convert to christianity and charity to noise. the allegations under the health care workers in india have joined an ongoing protest by resident doctors, a government run hospitals. this comes as many were dragged and beaten by police on monday night. puffy metal has bought from the jelly. oh a dog with the national not every year with a p o for a nash with that's no 1st time delayed once a month. talk to say that on one hand with both of them have knocked out on the new the good in their education process. and on the other hand, over bud, in the many doctors who have been showing up to work in the middle of the pandemic . now, several other medical organizations have extended their support to the doctors over here on monday nigh

the romans, ensuring cornelius, in an area that was one of the earliest centers of christianity. bernard smith, al jazeera, still ahead on al jazeera, brought to life after 66000000 years, scientists create a muddle dinosaur embryo after finding its perfectly preserved fossil and to carbon 19 serge tags the inner jell out of the winter olympics. in bagging fire out, we'll have all those stories and mo, coming up after the break. ah . with mm whole ah ah, it's time f his for his for emily. thank you so much. the national hockey league has confirmed it won't be releasing players for next year's winter olympics, and beijing announcement comes as the regularly says there has suffered major disruptions due to a search. in corona virus cases with at least 50 games having to be postponed. the league is concerned that a positive test in china could leave to a 21 day sentence warranty, and he shall players did not compete at the 2018 olympics as well. and for more on the sorry, were joined by us sports broadcaster, michael carlson. michael, do you think that the any child had any other choice at this p

they've been ordered to report their findings in 3 dates. bernard smith, alger 0, still ahead on the bulletin cleaning up from political chaos, classes and so on this course the standard of living to summit and why rich a nation resistance to lift a vaccine patrons and how that could risk for longing. the panoramic ah ah, look forward to burritos guys. with sponsored by cut on airways. it's the weekend. here's your forecast. hello everyone. we're going to start in india. a bit of a foggy start to the day for roger stuff. and then see this cloud around delhi that could generate some showers out of season showers. so we look at the 3 day forecast . the rain risk sunday into monday. your temperature is slight as well to below average. next we're going to se asia, the rain piling up southern sumatra, west java will power ups and thunderstorms call them poor singapore, jakarta, and bali with the high of 33 degrees. the ne monsoon active again, so that steering what, whether into central, northern portions of vietnam, getting striped with some showers as well for a high end on saturday. no

the newspapers, opponents have responded with harris meant violence, and murder al jazeera is bernard smith visited nor via gazette. his office is in moscow. let's take a look at his report. dmitri murat of has led no via gazette for much of the nearly 30 years. the newspaper has been published well. 2 2 2 the daily editorial meeting each as looks and sounds like many others held in newsrooms around the world. but in today's russia, this free exchange of ideas and opinions is unusual. where it once competed in a crowded independent media field, no via gazette, is now one of the few outlets that doesn't follow the line of vladimir putin is government. just are just the girl nicholas the social with the candidate, the so much legislation were forced to consider like mentioning any organizations that have been declared extremists, or undesirable or foreign agents. all of this we have to highlight, we get find all the time and they have to pay up. we also faced the risk like other median being labeled for an agency. we're totally sure in the via gazette a cannot and must not be labeled a foreig