i think the capital city would fall to the allied forces inevitably. and that is because the food all you have been fundamentally destroyed in to drive on the reason that the grounds haven't already taken over the city is because we have extremely care for a region in how they are drawn to make sure that civilians aren't affected or infrastructure destroyed, and in terms of what must be done to and the con, you know, the conflict, i think the international community to my under fun, val, this is a way that is using starvation other women of war on these now jailing progress in their thousands, a retaliation, and it must be told to solve that on the forces that are trying to bring about it lost in solution if you go on must be supported before it is too late. okay, so he referenced, and somebody and accusations that have been made against really both sides, but against the government as well. and there was a recent joint investigation by the united nations human rights office and the youth and human rights committee that said both sides in this conflict

the close does the focus is the capital, city of 85,000 people.scene earlier, buildings satellite went over 1000 protesters stormed the chinatown district and targeted chinese businesses. this is drone footage of a building sn fire. we are told banks and markets have also been looted. this gives you aense of the devastation in the city center. other buildings have been ransacked. there is rubbish everywhere. we are told police are guarding critical infrastructure including hospitals and government buildings, but they can't guard everything. that's hear more from a journalist there. reporter: for us, it is quite a sad day for us, especially with what is happening now. it is getting out of contr, and people are looting, burning down buildings, starting from the east of the city. ey burned down a branch of bank of the south pacific, also isnd enterprise, local company that has been here for a long time. so they have not only looted or are burning down chinesewned shops, but they also burned down local as this is, which is quite a sad thing to happen,

the polls opened here at 7 am, where at up one polling location in at a public school in the capital city of think. lucy alpa, the little cues outside of poli, locations across the city have been quite long, which is quite encouraging. given this expectation that there would be violence on the streets linked to the elections. as far as we've been able to see that has not been the case, there was an expectation that many people who may not turn out in high numbers given these rumors, given these a, this of this impression that people had this tension that people had that there would be violence out on the streets. now we should note that while the part public participation is quite high, there's a massive mistrust of the electoral process that has everything to do with the elections of presidential elections that took place 4 years ago, under which electoral observers from a international electoral observers said, were achieved under questionable served circumstances, fraudulent circumstances on part of the ruling national party. now there have been a you e irregularities that we saw when

they also have several camps within and around that capital city. so general douglas, just weeks before the military take over, some tribes in is to down. they have blocked the ways and barricaded the roads to cotton. so it's through done ports with were completely cut off from the capital. why didn't you interfere? why didn't you stop them in doing so? because many said that you deliberately let them to do in order to paved away for the military take over human luna, dia this is part of the malicious campaign. this is the 1st the issue of the east of so dan is not new since the signing of the dual bag limit for peace, the east was in total rejection of the agreements. second, we have worked hard on this issue. held several meetings more than 50 meetings with the concerned parties. i personally managed to bring them closer to ideal. i even tried with a special committee led by general shamperdeen, but she assisted by other ministers and advisors to engage with them in dialogue. such dial it should be added to the public for them to lay out their dem

addis ababa is notjust the capital, it's also the diplomatic capital city of the continent.t city and ethiopia, i will echo what was said by the state department spokesperson in washington, dc, it's one of the most important nations in africa. it needs to be protected, and needs the protection that it deserves. but how much that protection is going to be intact is on open debate.— protection is going to be intact is on open debate. joining us live from addis ababa, _ on open debate. joining us live from addis ababa, thank _ on open debate. joining us live from addis ababa, thank you _ on open debate. joining us live from addis ababa, thank you so - on open debate. joining us live from addis ababa, thank you so much - addis ababa, thank you so much for joining us live on newsday. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. the world health organization has described the current surge of coronavirus cases in europe as a warning shot for the entire world. europe saw almost 1.8 million new cases last week alone. the who blames insufficient vaccine uptake and a rela

embassy to israel that exists in israel's capital city of jerusalem. department secretary mckeon, i want to confirm something on the record. is it your understanding that under u.s. and international law, the government of israel would have to provide its affirmative consent before the united states could open or reopen a u.s. consulate to the capital city of jerusalem, or is it your understanding without the consent of the government of israel? >> that's my understanding we need the understanding we need the consent of the host country to open the facility. >> that's my understanding as well, i don't understand that that's the intent of this administration. i appreciate you being on the record that's a requirement. i know it's not necessarily your decision you would be an implementer here. but the state department should know that congress enacted law that mandates that the united states should recognize jerusalem as the eternal and undivided capital of israel and take all diplomatic steps to effectuate this recognition. opening a second embassy in th

it's candidate is the current, mary of the capital city to goosey galka. and he's 3 people who've been injured after magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck the western coast of peru, a trema damaged roads and buildings in peruse amazon as region. parts of a 16th century church collapsed. a quake was felt in neighbouring ecuador and columbia. i'll be back with the news, hour and half now. now it's back to witness coast fleet. ah. ah, yes. hi. i don't know any miss nicole. hi there. any any, any only take home colinda home when i knew, combed higher than i niemen, poorly, co, ib, above that high when my dilute my loan, and how can, why the, the care the link i, anthony earlier the at high tide to london. i money now will, i mean, live will armina will my you are calling him. will me out? you though it will. mark wagner. i came up p. all right, hold on. a new market in palm, wilma boone by cobb, i'm willing and would you mind me a quote by dana tyler and he not the been about bon bon pack on 9. belong me, me a call you later? 05, let me add that one up on my flat de

mission in israel's capital city. -- follow the law, the jerusalem embassy. -- eternal and undivided apital. that happened in 2017. then by moving the embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem in 2018. the trump administration closed the u.s. consulate of the palestinians and merged under the chief authority to israel. president biden's proposal to open a second u.s. mission would begin to reverse the mission to jerusalem and it would divide israel's undivided city. yesterday, i -- a bill that would protect america's definition of the israel embassy act of 1995. and ensure there is only one u.s. mission, a u.s. embassy to israel that exists in jerusalem. deputy secretary mckeon, i want to confirm something on the record. is it your understanding that under u.s. and international law, the government of israel would have to provide its affirmative consent before the united states could open or reopen the u.s. consulate to the palestinians in jerusalem or does the biden administration believe it can move forward to establish a second u.s. mission in the capital city of jerusalem without the con

its candidate is the current mer of the capital city dignity golfer. these 3 people have been injured after a magnitude 7.5. earthquakes struck the western coast to peru, the trailer, damaged roads and buildings in peruse. amazon us region. have also been reports of power cuts in some areas. a quite was felt in neighboring ecuador and colombia. do say with us witness. ghost fleet is up. next i have one is for you after that. like watching. ah ah ha ye yeah. when deal with louie got hung on good way. oh no, i'm not with him why i come yeah, todd t couldn't keep black men you know. busy slow to one cup item like up there like you to teach him. have to my day in pending the com to clean where you will not keep the layout and it sassy that happy day. champion job tips out be like up in the bottom. what did out di, digital ties, idea, man plan unco fun, the teeny cotton piano mit i call fun. no matter what am latoya alaska dead on about there when level die in fun? home, out in fun. now listen, the die to ma'am and to make i can, didn't buy. now. they allow

festive spirit within by visiting one of europe's largest christmas market in austria's charming capital cityrkets will pop up throughout vienna's prettiest squares, transforming the city into a magical christmas wonderland straight out of a fairytale. expect crisp winter air, candles almost everywhere, steaming mugs of hot wine and the smell of roasted chestnuts, all with the atmospheric backdrop of vienna's baroque architecture. if you prefer climbing trees to decorating them, you may want to get yourself down to england's lake district for the kendal mountain festival. this four day long festival kicks off this weekend, an annual event dedicated to sharing awe—inspiring stories from the world of outdoor adventure. situated in the picturesque town of kendal in cumbria, the festival started 40 years ago and welcome to the well�*s top athletes and explorers to share stories on stage. alongside the jam—packed film programme that brings to life the spirit of adventure —— world's. the largest wind event in the netherlands, head to the dollar. —— zwolle. it was the best ice artists from all aroun

you daily is often ranked a world's most polluted capital. city. earth lies is the program coming out next, saving every drop, looking at local solutions to fight water scarcity. ah, life is never scripted. never full told. it's never mow, no matter what happiness. never still open you read between the lines. listen, always, listen, never stop asking, never stop questioning. wanting to know more, discover the among cheer, the human story. be impartial. be courageous. finding the untold story. celebrate excellence. keep alive the pioneering spirit. stop. we haven't for 25 years, we've never stopped on our journey. never stops with our commitment to you. al jazeera, 25 years, a unique path. ah, with his te, set the 2nd at the less than 3 percent as freshwater. and i said that is frozen in glassy and some polar ice caps defeats left a note point, not one percent readily accessible. the all the planets fresh water needs but the supply despite resources under threat completion. if management rising to moans, climate change, ah, just a for decade is est

he deli, is often ranked the world's most polluted capital city at face is extremely bad air in the winter because of emissions from transport, cold fire plants and other industries, as well as the open burning of garbage, political man. but jo, me, problems, fe, elderly children, impatience, have issues related to breathing class or suffer from co. we'd have increased. we've seen that in our emergency ward and other wards. some patients are coming in with breathing issues. they're having severe breathlessness because of that. their auction level is getting compromised. there's a typically an hour being nebulizer. so definitely this is a big problem. this is roxy acne. my cell has more on the regulations introduced any daily the air pollution levels in delhi remained dangerously high for over a week. now the city has been waking up to take small visibility has been low and the situation gets so bad that there are times in the day you can actually taste the pollution. now after the supreme court abbas in order the deli government has announced some new emergency measures to control the situ

those are once again out on the street in the, for the nice capital costume and other cities around the country. they're protesting that deal, that was fine between prime minister ham duke and the army on november 21st. now the military took over power on october 25th dissolving the transitional government that was in place for more than 2 years. at least 41 with us have been killed and more than 200 people have been entered. but that hasn't prevent that people from gathering once again, they're right now in front of the presidential palace. their destination to show that military, that they are again, the takeover despite the violence that has been used in the previous protest. and despite the amount of here guys that it's been fired at, the protest is here. they say that they will continue to voice their demand for a civilian government because the state that is the only way to ensure that sedan funds that come to democracy is complete. prime minister handle, who has been reinstated in the deal between him and the army, says that he understand the anger and the frustration of the prot

several thousand people have been protesting in the capital city against government corruption and theising cost of living. they marched to present a petition demanding the president to keep his promise of creating one million new jobs. ukrainian president says his country's intelligence agencies have uncovered plans for a russian backed coup against him. he says the plot is meant to take place next week, but did not provide further details. moscow denies these allegations. french fishermen temporarily shut down a trade route between france and the u.k. by blocking the rail tunnel under the english chnel as well as fairies in the port of calais. they say -- ferries in calais. scientists monitoring gas emissions from a volcano on a spanish island after a fissure opened thursday evening. there were 13 earthquakes today. alexander lukashenko has reignited tensions with the european union by urging migrants to attempt to reach the block, saying he will not stand in their way. he also told migrants in germany has agreed to take them in. berlin denies this. >> the autocratic leader and thous

up the us secretary of state as calling on a few appear to fries. 16 un staff detained in the capital city, addis ababa for more than a week. now. anthony, blinking is due to meet the canyon president to discuss the conflict between ethiopia, government, and forces in the northern region of to grey. a jury in the united states has finished its 1st day of deliberations in the murder trial of kyle written house. he's the teenager accused of shooting protest, as in wisconsin, last year, 2 people were killed during a black lives matter demonstration. those are your headlines so far. the news continues here on alex's here, after witness more news in 30 minutes. i'll see you that. ah ha! as we're driving down the road just now. i said, oh my god, we're coming to the police that change my life. for years, people have fought this struggle, fought for a land in water. and i was at a point where i felt like nobody cared. and now it was like somebody shook me awake again and said it's ok to stand up. it's ok to want a better life in our local the way many were tony means water is life and every livin

a columbia's capital city of bova is home to 8000000 people. and it is estimated that 650 tons of plastic is thrown away every single day. i have come to meet us for amanda, an architect and founder of a new enterprise for environmental change called from this class because he has brought me to an informal housing settlement on the outskirts of town to show me 1st hand the problems faced here and across latin america, we'll get we'll be lucky, geisha fall. okay? oregon ways, where is plastic or yahoo dot com. but those channels opinion was on yours. 75 percent of glass sticking packaging is single use. when you see all of this plastic on the ground, you see potential yes, a lot of potential weekend plans form all these plastic in order for oscars enterprise to succeed though, she's going to need a lot of plastic wholesale, informal recycling has been a long standing trade in columbia, with 40000 trucks on the street to bogota, collecting conventional useful waste with the scrap metal and plastic bottles. so we're in a book bag. all right, now w

and uganda's capital city rocked by a suicide bomb and the so-called islamic state says it was behindhe attack that killed at least three and injured dozens more. and economic uncertainty in afghanistan means struggling farmers are turning to illegal crops that fueled the global drug trade. ♪ brent: i'm brent goff. to our viewers on pbs in the united states and to all of you around the world, welcome. we begin with the border stanford that turned violent. clashes broke out at an e.u. flashpoint went polish military use water cannon and teargas. migrants. the european union has approved more sanctions against the belarusian government initiated. for creating this crisis. . the e.u. accuses belarus of attracting asylum-seekers from the middle east the border with poland. >> an outburst of violence after days of mounting tension. polish authorities say they fired water cannon and teargas, after migrants threw stones and attempted to destroy a fence. hundreds amassed at this closed crossing, just some of the several thousand stranded across the belarus-poland border in freezing temperatur

you delhi is often ranked the wells most polluted capital, city, and phases, extremely bad air in winter because of emissions from transport. coal fired plants and other industries and the body of a young syrian man has been found in poland near the border with bella roost. polish police are still to determine the cause of his death. thousands of refugees and migrants are stuck in freezing conditions at that order. i'll be back with the news hour in 30 minutes time. ah. in november 2020 oh, the 0 arabic contacted the top is really cybersecurity official to find out more about data and cyber cooperation between israel and the u. e. the official refused to speak on camera, but said he had just returned from an official business trip to the u. e. designed to promote high profile official coordination between the 2 countries. according to leaked reports, it's really a moratti's cyber cooperation developed significantly a run this time. the arrangement seemed to be that full security coordination between the 2 countries allowed and exchange of information. while the u. e invested millions of

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canada's health officials say there are now 2 confirmed cases of mccrone variant in that country's capital city of ottawa. health officials are also looking into for possible cases. the new variant is affecting air travel plans for people all around the world. our kron four's charles clifford. he was at that as a foe today to see how it's impacting flights in and out of the bay area. >> well, here at sfo on monday. it was a very busy travel day despite the new travel restrictions put in place because of mccrone coronavirus variant starting on monday, non us citizens are banned from traveling to the u.s. from south africa botswana, zimbabwe and 5 other southern africa nations here at sfo. there are very few, if any direct flights from that part of the world most flights will connect through heathrow or jfk or another large airport. the emergence of this new coronavirus variant is very concerning because travelers are just now getting back to traveling the way they were before the pandemic. i talked to a couple of people here at sfo on monday who say they are concerned now it's become very scary.

they've done a great injustice to us. army was working as an office attendant and the regents capital city sharina good. his family deny police accusations that he worked for a pakistan, a militant who was also killed in the operation along with 2 civilians. on each father mohammed shows al jazeera his award for bravery in fighting rebels in 2005. what you're talking about, it's very sad that one man has been fighting for india and his own son is killed and called a militant, what kind of justice is this? and on top of that, his body isn't even returned to us. i. the killings of the 2 civilians of the same incident led to protests and in a ram, move security forces returning the bodies to their families. the government has ordered an investigation into the operation, but civil society groups, they won't be independent. i don't think my, this ill inquiry would be to anything additional inquiry would be more independent . but whether that will also satisfy the local population is very difficult to see . such is the level of distrust between the central government and the local people . and h

capital of 9. yeah. in my city of origin, which is can you? yeah, the serious case of climate change, leg route and blood, which is affecting the food production. the adults are the one question problem by building south trees pollute in the air. and it is a very helpful my message to the world leader in this needs. is that any decision the make day? who's affect my tomorrow? i will make a decision that was, that was the future of the next generation is to let them and as we wait for the speech is what you're looking at right now is, according to paris, johnson, the british prime minister, the world's moment of truth. we are expecting to hear from anyone who has anyone around the world when it comes to being a president for prime minister jo bite. and of course we're hearing from the president of indonesia, the president of the se, shelf, the president of gun bone, the president of egypt, as well, the president of sri lanka, the list goes on the president, amnesia, the president of hungary as well as at some points over the coming couple of we

streets following the announcement of the election results, many hundreds, at least here in the capital city thing was the golfer are quite com, possibly signaling a renewed confidence in the national electoral process by monday evening election officials said opposition candidates. your motto castle had a commanding lead, but added that a winner cannot be officially announced until every vote has been counted. manuel did apollo al jazeera, they goosey gulfport honduras. the candidate to philippine president rodriguez. the territory wants to replace him, has quit it 2022 presidential race local media reporting sen, christopher bongo has said, he was not prepared for the candidacy. the charity is running for senator and his daughter is running for vice president. accord me and mar has delayed the verdicts in the trial of our leader, answered she until next week. so she is facing charges of incitement and violating her and virus restrictions. she was attained in february when the military fees power in the us. the opening statement has not begun in the trial of british socialized gillan maxwel

marching through the capital cartoon denouncing last month and military takeover, and insisting on return to civilian room, the army has closed bridges and set up road blocks around the city. if morgan has moved from the capital, people have been mobilizing for the day since the 30th of october. they say they want to voice their anger at the military takeover, which happened on october 25th. and the decision by general abdel, put behind the great a suffering city council that included 5 members of the military.

accounts has spoken to the advance of the tplf and the ola and their allies including towards the capital citye conflict, the tplf, the ethiopian government, the ola and others to engage in negotiations towards a cease—fire immediately and without preconditions. let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines in the uk... a 67—year—old man has admitted murdering two women in kent, southeast england, almost 35 years ago and then decades later sexually abusing at least 100 corpses in hospital mortuaries. for more than 30 years david fuller was a maintenance worker at two hospitals, until police finally tracked him down last december — thanks to advances in dna testing. detectives say they may never know the full extent of his crimes. a new study suggests that cervical cancer has been virtually eradicated in young women thanks to the uk's hpv vaccine programme. around 3,200 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer in britain every year. but cases of the disease have fallen by nearly 90% among the first generation to get the jab. the vaccine is offered to all girls and boys between

vietnam airlines will operate two flights weekly to the country's capital city. tonight at 7:00 p.m., leaders will hold a ribbon cutting. >>> a holiday tradition returns tonight. mayor breed is among those to help light the castro holiday tree. tonight's ceremony starts at 6:00. >> i feel like we need to be the griswalds and go -- about the weather forecast. >> it's going to be great. i have seen the sun after sun after sun. >> and there's more sun. it doesn't change over the next few days it has been looking a e hazy out there. you can see it from this live camera view as we look at walnut creek. our air quality is moderate so for people who are sensitive to usually that unhealthy air quality, you may want to limit your time out there. we'll see more of that for today. here's a live look in san jose. nice to have christmas in the park and i know people have been heading out there to enjoy all the sites. the seven-day forecast comes up at the bottom of the screen. just lots of sun in the forecast. temperatures reaching into the low 70s this afternoon. really comf

she joined us via skype from banner co, the capital city of molly, good to have with us on the la. how much of what we've just seen is to do with climate change and how much of it has to do with poor economic management and political instability. all of these factors definitions should be their situation. on the one hand, the climate change is found, the very difficult situation and cation extreme plan has been the lifestyle you. however, as mentioned before, and then the committee call government region only makes the west. the fact that you mentioned nbc has been saving all that a very serious security has be great in the region for 10 years. and what is behind the rise of the groups? is it lazy of us just to apply the labels extremist or islamist to these groups? this is a very good question, you know, as soon as where we start right? in the, what we see is the right to be honest groups we, a variety of operating the most moms are the one happens to reach by an extremist. we tend to be pushing a n is lunney rep is fine, however. oh, here you know that don't have any religious or

august, the world's attention refocused on afghanistan as the taliban suddenly took control of the capital cityd the u.s.-backed vernment fell. in the chaotic last days of the u.s. presence in the country, nearly 130,000 people were airlifted from afghanistan, including more than 50,000 afghans who will be resettled in the united states. as many as 100 of those afghan refugees are now arriving in maine. i spoke with charles mugabe, a counselor with the non-profit organization catholic charities here in portland, about what the most recent refugees are facing and about his own experiences. what are the kind of first things that you're working on and what's on the to do list for them? >> so our very first to do is to pick them up from the airport. you know, bring winter clothes. if they have a relative here already, we go with the relatives with interpreters and they feel more welcome because they see familiar faces. and they see people that they know and they feel already at home. right after the airport, we take them to a place of their own, give them orientation of where they're staying. you k

mining and al salvador and this new pilot project, the city of berlin, 112 kilometers south of a capital city. san salvador has a geothermal plant that it was built in 1999. the plant is composed of 162-002-3000 deep shafts from which steam circulates and makes 3 turbines function. the energy generated by those turbines can reach up to a 107 megawatts, but only 5 are used for the operation and mining of bitcoin. the rest of the energy is used for the countries grid. so, you know, nobody wants to live out nervous. no, you don't, you don't build houses and industry out near volcano in case that blows. right. and so bitcoin is a great way to capture that energy and, and have a i, m, f, world bank, free currency that you get to control and maintain your sovereignty as a nation. and don't get to be bossed around. right? it's stranded. well, you know, it's a good way to put it. so the big coin network allows for countries and communities to plug into their stranded wealth source. that could be geothermal. it could be hydro, that could be solar, it could be various other renewable sources. a 3rd of

she joined us via skype from bar code with the capital city of molly. good to be with us on the how much of what we've just seen is to do with climate change and how much of it has to do with poor economic management and political instability. all of these factors a dire situation on the one hand climate change is around the very difficult situation in terms of, you know, cation payments that are in the lifestyle and use. however, as i've mentioned before, we can meet political governance a, make me the fact that, you know, i mentioned stability has been a man or a very serious security crisis has been reaching out to the region for nearly 10 years now, making a what is behind the rise of the groups, is it lazy of us just to apply the labels extremist or islamist to these groups? this is a very good question. you know, because it extreme is really depends on where you stop right in the sand. well, we see a variety of operating modes and on the one hand you have several labeled cerise environment extremist. we tend to be pushing a reference point. howeve

city of rotterdam. and now protest is gathering in at rome, italian capital. they are against the mandatory cove at 19 green pass, which is now required to access work places. it's also needed for other public venues. i come cinemas, set to expire at the end of the year, but it may be extended. we are going to focus in on austria right now, though, and speak on 2nd to michael bungalow is an independent journalist and author who studies the far right. how are things michael and the i will our since we last spoke to you? well 1st of all, from the i love, basically the situation is getting more and more can cheer. so you may see are not directly are in funds to produce done more because this is too dangerous for secure to resist right now. just like a 100 meters away right now to tell to tell about it. basically they are la marching seems just several marches. is containers, marches to the street seems to police have lost control. you may hear the back door is police all around for the scene. they don't control anything anymore. and i think this will be a longer,

and before we go, a rather �*grey neighborhood' in peru's capital city lima, has been given quite thers to create the optical illusion of a large mural. but it's only truly visible from a distance and takes the shape of the iconic chakana — a symbol of peru's ancestral history. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @rich preston temperatures fell back closer to average again in scotland and northern ireland on wednesday. but milder air is coming back and the warm autumn continues because this week so far, 17 on monday was the high temperature. 17 again on tuesday. wednesday saw 16 degrees and there is another push of milder air approaching from the atlantic around an area of low pressure, which is also going to bring the chance of rain and some windier conditions for a day and a night, anyway. this how we start thursday morning. you will be quite chilly across parts of southern scotland, northern ireland in northern england. we will see some clear spells overnight, also the far north of scotland, so there is a touch of ground frost possible. this area of rain in scotland weakening with th

protesters caused further destruction in the chinatown district of the capital city, honiara.een extended. you are watching bbc news. a reminder of our top stories... a new covid strain found in southern africa is classed a "variant of concern" by the world health organisation over fears it may be more infectious and more resistant to vaccines. french president emmanuel macron is accusing the uk of not being serious about dealing with the migrant crisis as the diplomatic row deepens. the legendary composer of broadway musicals, stephen sonheim, has died at his home in connecticut. he was 91. sondheim composed and wrote lyrics for a vast number of musicals, including west side story, sweeney todd, and follies. daniella relph looks back on his career. # isn't it bliss, don't you approve? # one who keeps tearing around, one who can't move... "send in the clowns" from the musical a little night music. # send in the clowns... it was stephen sondheim's only hit song — remarkably, because this was the man who revolutionised the american musical. as a young man, he learned his trade f

accounts have spoken to the advance of the tplf and the ola and their allies, including towards the capital cityative for all parties to the conflict — the tplf, the ethiopian government, the ola and others — to engage in negotiations towards a ceasefire immediately and without preconditions. there are warnings that the food crisis in north korea is becoming acute. as winter approaches, there's increasing concern that the most vulnerable will starve. the country is more isolated than ever, after closing its borders to its main trading partner, china, to prevent the spread of covid—i9. laura bicker reports from seoul. the applause is always loud. it is always fervent. but even as he accepts this adulation, kimjong—un admits his people are going hungry. the newsreader announces that the food situation is tense. mr kim has also reportedly said that this year every grain of rice counts. state tv follows the farmer keen to show how he will carry out the leader's orders. what he doesn't say is that strict pandemic border closures have led to shortages of farming supplies needed to keep crops healthy.

in 2017, i went to ghana, the capital city, and i met a group of skaters.f skaters — the first crew of skaters in all of ghana. they didn't have a skate park, so they were skating on really bumpy roads. i wrote a story for them — about them for vogue.com. virgil had roots in ghana. his parents were from ghana. he read the story and he quietly reached out to us. he didn't make a big fanfare about it. he quietly reached out to us and asked us how he could help create a skate park for the kids in ghana. and so this skate park opened, in no small part because of his support. we are getting word from japan the prime minister is reported to have announced that the country is banning new foreign rivals coming into the country because of the new virus variant, omicron, which was first identified in south africa and certainly southern africa and certainly southern africa is bearing the brunt of travel restrictions and bands imposed by other countries but canada has also confirmed, as is the uk, that they have cases —— bans. france has a suspected case and the dutch