i don't want to lose sight of le bron james's awesomeness on the court. he is the greatest basketball player of his generation arguably of any generation and he won a 4th title this year that's no small thing but his true influence was what he did off the court and le bron has had 8 remarkable influence across activism frankly it's a rounded world he has used his unparalleled platform as not just the most talented basketball player in the world but one of the most popular figures in the entire world to create space for other athletes to bring their full selves to their sports and no longer feel there was a trade off between success on the court principle off specifically this year with his more than a vote organization he engaged directly in the democratic process registering tons of people to vote tens of thousands of volunteers to work at the polls and he used his leverage to persuade the n.b.a.'s 1000000000 their owners to convert many of the stadiums and arenas into polling places enabling more people to vote safely will social distancing i think it i

season's resumes on tuesday night featuring a must see double header defending league champion le bron james and the los angeles lakers will face cross-town rivals the clippers james won his 4th and be a championship last season and in new york kevin durant's will make his debut with the brooklyn nets he takes on his former team the golden state warriors their star steph curry who read 12 back to back titles as teammates. found christmas in the holy land is different this year the crown of virus crisis means there are no tourists and social contact has been reduced to a minimum but santa claus is still making his rounds in jerusalem and bethlehem he's just had to adapt like everyone else. center is always on the cool in december so it's the 2nd system here the father christmas of the holy land though israel and the palestinian territories are gripped by coronavirus the jerusalem santa hopes for a festive season. this is centers house the work place of jerusalem st nick and also it says family home it's december the busiest time of the year for santa and yet in 2020 the pandemic has changed e

basketball star le bron james is named time magazine's athlete. of the chords against protests oppression. after more than 10 hours of the go see asians european union leaders have reached a deal to try to slow climate change tackled the most pressing issue of our times the block has agreed to cut carbon emissions by at least 55 percent by the end of the decade good sure but. a reduction of 55 percent by 2030 means that our 2050 commitment is credible it means that we in europe would have a leadership role to play very soon we will be celebrating the 5th anniversary of this commitment made in paris the paris agreement and we have been firmly committed as the european union from the beginning this is a very positive battle in the field of climate and diplomacy to bring in other parts of the world to get the jump on the bandwagon and to come up with common standards and share our ambitions. the agreement was reached the day before a climate summit marking 5 years of the landmark paris agreements in 2015 world leaders reached a legally binding treaty

i'm going to ask over the sport as possible star le bron james is named time magazine's athlete of the year for his work off the court against beta suppression. here opinion leaders meeting at a summit in brussels have agreed to a much more ambitious carbon reduction targets they've pledged to slash emissions by at least 55 percent compared to 1990 levels by the end of this decade well the increase in the previous 40 percent targets encountered resistance from some states like coal reliance poland's well as more and i live from brussels for brennan joins me from there and paul let's start with those i can't sing emissions reductions target that seems like quite the deal to have been struck with markey tell us about that. well it's an enormously ambitious targets to slash carbon emissions by the european union as a bloc by more than half as you say 55 percent and within the next decade previous targets was 40 percent so this is a big step up from that and the overall intention is for the european union to become carbon neutral by the year 2050 that said it won't be spread evenly across

and then later anspaugh find out why time magazine is named le bron james is that athletes of the year. and one of the men found guilty of the murder of lebanon's former prime minister has been sentenced to 5 life terms salema ash was tried and sentenced in absentia it was found to have played a leading role in the bombing that killed rafik hariri and 21 other people in 2005 his sentence was handed down by the special tribunal for lebanon based in the netherlands in a hotter explains now from beirut. well this is the sentencing the guilty verdict was handed down in august the trial well it was held in absentia the man who was found guilty is still on the run so some will say while this is an important the judicial decision justice is incomplete but the bottom line is this the tribunals does not have any enforcement mechanism and cannot in any way force the lebanese government to hand over. to face justice in fact hezbollah which has really downplayed the importance of the tribunals saying that this tribunal is politically motivated and that we're not concerned with its verdict has repe

and we'll hear from at le bron james who celebrates his 36th birthday on the court that's coming up but generate sport. the winter seeds extended rather down through europe down to the net a train this is all cold it was in which there are circulations about cattle from drops of the snow which looks beautiful or not depending on import your point of view entirely now the picture for thursday still sees a strong northerly wind coming down to northern spain as rain on the coast snow inland snow readily falling elsewhere your news is still quite warm around the g. in athens 18 and book rest 50 everywhere else properly cold and bilbao reflects that sort of weather it's a rather poor field i think the next 3 days temperature dropping study the wind increasing and the rain all the golf all the time now that will eventually get into the western med nothing worse this circulation developing as well that could be stormy yet more snow maybe for middle and about we're on the borders want to 3 degrees either wet snow or it's rain and wind that was followed by sunday that's probably going to be an i

camps are already underway the las angeles lakers are eager to defend their title with superstar le bron james having extended his contract last week but preparations haven't been a smooth for every n.b.a. team the portland trail blazers a had to close their training facility after 3 of their players tested positive for cocaine 90 the new n.b.a. season is set to start of december 22nd. one of boxing's all time greats floyd mayweather is stepping back into the ring in february for an exhibit fight against you chub or logan paul while the undefeated forward world champion retired in 2017 after beating mixed martial arts champion conor mcgregor mayweather and paul who would has 22000000 subscribers on to your chair. are expected to make millions from the bouts exhibit fights between celebrities and former athletes are gaining popularity due to their money making potential. here in berlin as in many places live from music venues are closed under penda mcconnell measures that's made it hard for performers to earn a living but some are getting around the restrictions by performing behind glass in sh

are already underway there was angeles lakers are eager to defend their title would superstar le bron james just extending his contract last week but preparations have not been as smooth for every in b. team the portland trail blazers had to close their training facility after 3 players tested positive for coke at 19 the new in being season is set to start december 22nd. one of boxing's all time greats floyd mayweather is stepping back into the ring in february for an exhibition fight against you tube or logan paul the undefeated former world champion retired in 2017 after beating mixed martial arts champion economy gregor mayweather and paul who has 22000000 subscribers on youtube are expected to make millions from the battle exhibition fights between celebrities and former athletes are gaining popularity because they do bring in the can. we here in berlin as in many places live music venues have been shut down because of the pandemic that has made it difficult for performers to earn a living but some are getting around the restrictions bar for performing behind glass in shop windows you s

and basketball player le bron james was named time magazine's athletes of the year you was recognized for his work off the courts against voter suppression in the united states has more than a vote organization is credited with driving record turnouts in the u.s. presidential election. but i'm having a hissy and doha with the headlines on al-jazeera there has been a fugitive convicted in the assassination of lebanon's former prime minister rafik hariri has been given 5 lifetime.

and then his president didn't do any of it truly masterful negotiator obama spoke on a call with le bron james players association president chris paul and a small group of players late wednesday evening advising them to play and utilize the opportunity they can text ally's action they want wow since retiring obama has stopped the strike a and cleared the field for biden just with a couple of phone calls he really is capitalism's defensive player of the year so instead of continuing the strike and encouraging other americans to do the same until police are to funded they decided to establish a social justice coalition that will focus on a broad range of issues including increasing access to voting promoting civic engagement and advocating for meaningful police and criminal justice reform one thing they are planning to do in the short term is turn n.b.a. arenas into voting locations. especially in swing states like wisconsin that could help to feed our races chito in chief flavor in my opinion and help us select this guy. from. the heart it may seem like their options are limited but there are

and america's health care workers as well as the radical justice movements and basketball player le bron james was named time magazine's athletes of the year you was recognized for his work off the courts against voter suppression in the united states is more than a vote organization is credited with driving record turnouts in the u.s. presidential election. but i'm having a hazy in in doha with the headlines on al-jazeera there has been a fugitive convicted in the assassination of lebanon's former prime minister rafik hariri as we given 5 life terms saleem was sentenced in absentia at the u.n. courts in the netherlands senator has more from beirut. since the killing of the prime minister in 2005 he was killed here behind me a massive explosion 2221 other people were killed it was a political earthquake it shifted the balance of power in this country in the favor of the syrian government and their allies by extension hezbollah and that is why the trial chamber repeated time and time again that this was a political motivated murderously. wanted to get rid of a political opponent and highly like

camps are already underway and was injured lakers are eager to defend their title with superstar le bron james having extended his contract last week residents have been us every n.b.a. team the portland trailblazers to close their training facility after 3 players tested positive for 19 new n.b.a. season is set to start on december 20. now to kenya where conservationists are carrying out an unusual rescue operation they have to save a herd of giraffes trapped on a flooded island rescued tast to transport such a large passenger have to get creative trailing for sensitive u.s. you might find the following report quite heartwarming. it's a tall order trying to transport a reluctant draft. as cboe was the only female stuck with 7 males on an island in lake a wrinkle in western kenya. the habitat threatened by rising water levels the rust challenged the raf was becoming extinct around 800 now live in kenya but this hurt each a new home conservationists from the group to save giraffes came up with a plan to move the 5 metre tall creatures on a custom built boche across the water to have a surf on t

defender title with superstar le bron james having extended his contract just last week but preparations haven't been as smooth for every n.b.a. team the portland trailblazers had to close their training facility after 3 pairs that tested positive for the covert 19 year and the race season starts on december 26th. and to kenya now where conservationists carrying out an unusual rescue operation after say the herd of giraffes trapped on a flooded islands rescuers tast to transport such a large passenger to get creative trigger warning for sensitive us you might find the following report quite hopeful. it's a tall order trying to transport a reluctant giraffe. as she was the only female stuck with 7 males on an island in lake in western kenya. the habitat threatened by rising water levels the rough charles kirov was becoming extinct around $800.00 now live in kenya but this herd each a new home conservationists from the group to save giraffes came up with a plan to move the 5 metre tall creatures on a custom built boche across the water to have a surf on the mainland it's not every day you

from washington exchange as well as a future 1st round draft pick one man who's staying put is le bron james who has reportedly agreed a 2 year 85000000 dollars contract extension with the los angeles lakers james who turns $36.00 later this month is the league's reigning most valuable player he led the lakers past the heat in 6 games in this year's finals. and star forward anthony davis is expected to sign a 5 year contract with $190000000.00 with the lake is the deal means davis will be with l.a. until at least the 31st birthday he was actually a free agent despite helping lead los angeles to the n.b.a. title earlier this year. but corona virus remains a problem for the n.b.a. nearly 9 percent of players have tested positive ahead of their return to training camp the league says of 546 tests on players 48 were positive 6 players would have to isolate for 10 days after their symptoms passed meaning some could miss the start of the pre-season on december the 11th athletes training for the paralympics will get grants with an unprecedented 2200000 dollars to help support them the international

le bron james helped the los angeles lakers to their 2nd win of the new season on sunday with 812791 victory over the minnesota timberwolves it wasn't all about james though on his 1st start since agreeing a new 3 year contract extension with $14000000.00. school 20 points in the 1st half alone including 3 consecutive 3 pointers james himself contributed 88 points on the night for the defending n.b.a. champions the saw get to where he can operate faster. meanwhile worry is old boy kevin durant's suffered a narrow defeat at the hands of the charlotte hornets golden heyward lead the way with 28 points 7 assists and 6 rebounds as charlotte 11061044 brooklyn's 1st defeat of the new season. christiana rinaldo may have missed out on the feat the best player award but he's been named player of the century at the globe soccer awards in dubai although the definition of century only covers the period from 2001 until this year he stopped at macey and another barcelona legend ronald denio in the poll which was open to the public you know that when you look. they want to be like you they cut thei

le bron james and the defending champions los angeles lakers will be in action on the opening night they will be up against their l.a. rivals the clippers at 35 years of age james says he is mindful of taking care of his body to make sure he does not weigh himself out. this into my body but i would summarize that point. you know just to this was about. be very smart we are america. you know. we want to get better every day. on these me if i align our well i'll listen to my body. australia not only going to the 2nd cricket test against india in melbourne with a one nil series lead but they tossed is also a little bit easier that's because the indians will be without the captain and star player of it at kohli for the remainder of the 4 match series kohli is on paternity leave and in another blow fast bowler mohammad shami has been ruled out of the 2nd test as well australia bowled india out for a record low $36.00 in the 1st test on sunday to win comfortably inside 3 days. i think it's important to keep moving forward. look at. yourself individually what you could have done better. which i

le bron james and the l.a. lakers has started their new training camp as they prepare to begin the defense of their and a title hopes of repeating their success have been boosted by james and anthony davis signing new contracts last week the pair lead the team's 1st workout session and were joined by some of the lakers new signings up to the shortest offseason in n.b.a. history the new campaign begins on december 22nd ok and that is all your support for now back to you thanks so much far. well here is a 2020 fairy tale ending in pandemic times a bride in india was left heartbroken after testing positive a private 1000 and then being sent into quarantine on the morning of her wedding day. but as you can see the bride and groom exchanged vows after all dressed in p.p. that's after all authorities in the western state are raw just on save the day by allowing the couple to tie the knot as a private care center only the bride's parents and a priest attended that ceremony also supervised by medical staff. that is it

s biggest star le bron james is a great an $85000000.00 contract extension with the l.a. lakers is it to 0 for the man who led the lake is it to the n.b.a. championship back in october when he was also named the most valuable player of the n.b.a. finals he turns 36 and later this month and then i have also managed to keep hold of their other software anthony davis he became a free agent after winning the n.b.a. site open is now expected to sign a 5 year contract worth 100 $90000000.00 meanwhile the houston rockets have traded russell westbrook to the washington wizards in exchange the rockets get john woo from washington as well as a future 1st round draft pick argentina's rugby skipper has been reinstated just a day off to being stripped of the captaincy for offensive social media posts on wednesday problema tara and 2 of his team mates were dropped off to tweet deemed racist and xenophobic for nearly a decade ago resurfaced however mr and his team mates will now only says how this saturday's trying to test against australia. athletes training for the paralympics will ge

assistant coach stepped up to take his place bought she couldn't and spier san antonio to the win le bron james on his 36 berth they scored 26 points in 8 of cysts leave the lakers 21212107 with. yes it's a big deal it's a substantial moment. you know i've been a part of this organization i got traded here on in 2007 so i've been in san antonio part of this urgent sports organization with the stars and everything for you know 13 years so i'm a lot of time invested. and they have a lot of time invested in me and building me and getting me a better honestly in the moment i was just trying to win the game i i say this a lot but i try not to think about the huge picture in the huge aspect of it because it can get overwhelming but she really knows her stuff. how is he she is your reason. she. telegenic the guys how it really is but. you know i think she's going to be a constant sleeps and you know i think most of our coaching community feels the same way over in boston the celtics beat them in memphis grizzly grizzlies for their 10th when in a row jaylen brown scored a career high 42 points for sitt

le bron james helped the los angeles lakers today a 2nd win of the new season on sunday with 812791 victory over the minnesota timberwolves it wasn't all about james though on his 1st start since agreeing a new 3 year contract extension with $40000000.00 called cosmos 20 points in the 1st half alone including 3 consecutive 3 pointers james unself contribution 18 points on the night for the defending n.b.a. champion. the saw get to where he can operate past. the dallas mavericks set an n.b.a. record for the largest halftime lead in the shot clock era they took a 50 point advantage into the break over the l.a. clippers and went on to win 12473 with a look at don church scoring 24 points 9 rebounds and 8 assists meanwhile golden state warriors oldboy kevin durant's suffered a narrow defeat at the hands of the charlotte hornets scored in hayward led the way with 28.7 assists and 6 rebounds as charlotte 11061044 brooklyn's 1st defeat of the new season. cristiana rinaldo may have missed out on the fee for best player award but he's been named player of the century at the globe soccer awards in du

star le bron james with the l.a. lakers set for christmas day so down against the dallas mavericks. we begin in the u.s. city of nashville where a massive explosion has rocked the downtown core on christmas day police there are calling it an intentional act they say of parked motor home exploded early in the morning 3. people have been injured but no fatalities have been reported so far before the blast a call was made about a suspicious vehicle police got to the scene and called the bomb squad it was only then when the explosion took place the f.b.i. has joined the investigation rows of buildings have been damaged in an explosion mary says fell like a bomb and shabbat fancies in washington d.c. joins us live from there so she have what more detail do we know about this now. we're getting so many interesting details now we're expecting an f.b.i. briefing at any moment but now what we what we understand is that just before 1200 g.m.t. or 6 am local the police got a an emergency call claiming that shots had been fired initially we had heard that they were responding to a suspicious ve

in the next game while perth glory they go head to bosco and be biggest star le bron james is a great an $85000000.00 contract extension with the l.a. lakers it's a 2 year deal for the man who led the lakers it to the n.b.a. championship back in october when he was also named the most valuable player of the n.b.a. finals. james tons of $36.00 and later this month and i can is that they will say much to keep hold of their other stops and he davis he became a free agent after winning the n.b.a. title but is now expected to sign a 5 year contract $190000000.00 meanwhile the houston rockets have traded russell westbrook the to the washington wizards and exchange the rockets john wooden from washington as well as a feature a 1st round draft pick and a team to being back in training for 2 days but unsurprisingly corona virus remains a problem nearly 9 percent of players have tested positive ahead of their ascent to camp 6 players have to isolate fed 10 days after the symptoms pass argentina's rugby skipper has been reinstated just a day after being stripped as a caption save for offensive s

i'm sorry all the sports we hear from le bron james. christmas day. we begin this news hour with the impact coronavirus is having on what is a holiday season for many people around the world vaccines are being rolled out in some countries but infection numbers while they're still rising and for some restrictions are in place to well as americans are warned to stay at home for the holidays more than a 1000000 of them boarded flights on wednesday the busiest travel day since march while access to the u.s. will soon be more difficult with travelers from the u.k. required to show a negative test after a more infectious strain was found they're being blamed for a rapid rise in cases across the u.k. restrictions were. slightly for christmas day many face tough new measures from saturday throughout the rest of europe things are looking similarly grim 25000000 cases of the virus have now been recorded across the continent in latin america vaccines are starting to be rolled out as the 1st covert $900.00 jobs start arriving in argentina chile costa rica and mex

star le bron james with the l.a. lakers set for christmas day showdown against the dallas mavericks. welcome to the news hour we begin in the united states where a motorhome has exploded in downtown nashville and what police believe was an intentional act minutes before the early morning blast an announcement was heard from the vehicle warning that an explosion was imminent 3 people were injured in the blast which was felt several blocks away flights in and out of nashville airports have now been stopped because of telecommunications problems caused by the blast chopper tansey reports. the early morning blast in downtown nashville was folks underhook from the moment is aware of already served least 20 buildings were damaged when the vertical exploded. police were already on their way to having received a call the reporting. when we arrived for her. believed to be coming from the vehicle the explosion was imminent they called in the bomb squad and began evacuating the area as the bomb squad approached the explosion oc

the assistant coach stepped up to take his place a bye she couldn't inspire san antonio to win le bron james on his 36th birthday scored 26 points and 8 assists to lead the lakers 21212107 when it's a big deal it's a substantial moment. you know i've been a part of this organization i got traded here aren't in 2007 so i've been in san antonio are this urgent sports organization with the stars and everything for you know 13 years so i have a lot of time invested. and they have a lot of time invested in me and building me in getting me better honestly in the moment i was just trying to win the game i i say this a lot but i try not to think about the huge picture and the huge aspect of it because it can get overwhelming. over in boston the celtics speed the memphis memphis for their 10th straight when jaylen brown scored a career high 42 points before sitting out the 4th quarter the celtics going on to thrash memphis 126-2107. well the english premier league says it's not playing to suspend the season new coronavirus cases meant wednesday's game between fullam and tottenham had to be postponed

respects are number one priority and if any time we feel that's being jeopardized we will stop le bron james and the defending champions are sounds like is what we in action on the opening night against the l.a. rivals the clippers out 35 years of age and james says he's mindful of taking care of his body to make sure he doesn't why himself out of this into my body but i would say i'm right that. you know if this. was about. to be very smart we were married. you know. we want to get better every day. or these me if i wind up i'll listen to much about it later massey is given a hint that he could stay up past lane up beyond this season in a preview to a longer interview to be released later this week messi says he had a very bad time in the summer when he tried and failed to leave the club but he says he's fine now and if messes corso boss and there came later pele's record for the most goals at one club part of me not to fuck. i don't think you need an interview to find out if messi is full of energy because i can see it every day seeing him with the team and his team mates it gets hard for

year old who has won the australian open 6 times previously says he has no plans to retire though le bron james helped the los angeles lakers to their 2nd win of the new season on sunday with 812791 victory over the minnesota timberwolves it was all about james though oni's 1st start since agreeing a new 3 year contract extension with $40000000.00 kyle kuzma school 20 points in the 1st half alone including 3 consecutive 3 pointers james himself contributed 18 points on the night for the defending n.b.a. champions. the dallas mavericks set an n.b.a. record for the largest halftime lead in the shot clock era they took a 50 point advantage into the break over the l.a. clippers they went on to win 12473 with lucas don't change school in 24 points and 9 rebounds and 8 assists meanwhile worry is the older boy kevin durant's suffered a narrow defeat at the hands of the charlotte hornets gordon hayward led the way with $28.00 assists and 6 rebounds as charlotte 11061044 brooklyn's 1st defeat of the new season christiane or an elder may have missed out on the fee for best player award but he's been name

from washington in exchange as well as a future 1st round draft pick one man who's staying put is le bron james who has reportedly agreed a 2 year 85000000 dollars contract extension with the los angeles lakers james it's been $36.00 later this month is the league's reigning most valuable player in the lakers past the heat in 6 games in this year's finals but coronavirus remains a problem for the n.b.a. nearly 9 percent of players have tested positive ahead of their return to training camp the league says of 546 tests on players 48 were positive sick so would have to isolate for 10 days after their symptoms passed meaning some could miss the start of the preseason on december the 11th. training for the paralympics will get grants with an unprecedented $2200000.00 to help support them the international paralympic committee announced a package to compensate losses suffered by more than $200.00 federations and national olympic committees from the coronavirus the tokyo 2020 games was postponed until next year because of the pandemic it's the biggest source of income for paralympic federations the g

of the title defense that with a defeat the full facing city rivals the clippers on opening day le bron james if team a had been celebrating the finals i think 3 from october although celebrations were halted by a poll georgia school 33 points on tuesday with while lenora death whipping on and chipping in here with 26 clips winning 11609 this game won our stats for us literally going to go through not. just return it got a lot of peace. in our our success this year so we look forward to. and that's ok as well for me i have more for you later on but for now i hand you back to. thanks very much southern culture of all those stories on our website at al-jazeera dot com it's updated throughout the day now barbara starr will have more news from our london new center in a few moments of the sort of the braver to learn from sana me of the news our team thanks very much for your time and your company. discovered kazakstan as a new strategic location at the crossroads of europe and asia. develop and grow your business. in the leading logistics trade and business harbor. in 1st in a country with a grea

have recent examples where like you know kobe bryant sadie passes away and his is mistaken for le bron james that to me that's bonkers and that that's happened of quite a few times i think having a more diverse newsroom will help that but then i don't know whether actually practically speaking you would have a say in changing. what you know is a racist headline i think there is no substitute for diversity so on that basis i think it's so important that young journalists from all backgrounds go into journalism that's what they want to do but you need to be prepared for the fact that it's not a straight path and what i did which worked really well for me was actually to do something else 1st to build up my knowledge my expertise my credibility so that when i went in a i had the confidence to speak and challenge and be i had to be listened to because i was someone who had the credentials that may be difficult to ignore in a way i'm kind of losing interest in asking me to organizations to take us seriously to pay us equally to listen because a serious we have to keep all seem to that's like we'v

and a boss here one of bron james is moved up to 2nd in the n.b.a.'s all time christmas day scoring this le bron school 22 points for the l.a. lakers against the dallas mavericks it means he's now a 383 points on christmas day and charles kobe bryant who's in 1st with 395 the browns ifas helping save 138 to 115 when what was an overall great day for the latest on. also. i woke up early this morning. it was just. so. oh so i came back home. which. was something. you know i. was. always out with benjamin so. excited when i woke up to. go and despite jamie bartlett injuring his ankle in the 1st 8 half the miami heat managed to beat the new orleans pelicans 111298 the result maintains a coach's perfect day and only record on christmas day they were being a lot more physical with us in the 2nd half. bumping us out of our normal wall in our actions there are other good defensive teams are. much improved already you know on that and. it's always good to see us respond 2021 is shaping up to be a massive year in boxing with a highly anticipated and undisputed heavyweight title bout expected to happe