our environment editor nick clark joins us in paris. there are counties already feeling the effects of the global changing climate. we'll get to that later, right now we'll go to ban ki-moon and what he said earlier. >> the whole world is watching. billions of people are relying on your wisdom. it has come to ignite national interests that act in global interest and solidarity. nature is sending signals that people in countries are affected as never before. >> let's go to paris now and speak to our environment editor nick clark. we'll find out what is put there and how binding it is. there seems to be a lot of optimism in this deal. focus on when we'll get the details of any finalized deal. >> well, they've been trickling through all day. you might have sensed a bit of a buzz around the place just under a half hour we're going to have everything going in to the plenary session where all the parties of this conference will gather and this final draft will be present: and if there are no objections then the gavel will go down, and we'll h

nick clark our environment editor covering the cop 20 in paris. now we go to washington, d.c. ear it's been hailed as a landmark deal. but also some scepticism as we were hearing from nick's guest in paris there. about it being a launching pad. how will the u.s. be affected by this? >> reporter: we are hearing similar things here in the u.s. about the agreement from american scientists and u.s. activists. yes, it's great that there is this now more ambushing us target for not having temperatures rise more than two degrees, preferably 1.5 degrees. there is that hope that this will lead to more clean energy and e investments. but you get nowhere near 1.5 or less than two degrees in temperature. it's closer to 3.5 degrees. so there is -- basically what we are hearing is you can guy either why -- go either way. either it's a frame work to held the united states government to account. it has to stick to the commitments it's making or you say the whole thing is just words. the key bits of this agreement aren't legally binding, no matter what they say. and that is how much each countr

let's cross now to editor nick clark. he joins us live. it was an hour and a half ago that we thought that the delegates were going to enter the room, which they did, and then nothing much happened. what's happen? ed what is the stumbling block? >> yes, there we were on the brink of this historic deal, and we thought it might happen, i don't know if you can see the picture, but we have a show of the plenary where all the delegates are milling about, and there is not a lot happening. but the main business is going on stage where a huddle. people are trying to figure out what's gone wrong. i think what we're hearing the rumors are that it was in connection with a particular element of the draft text. i've got the text right here. it is article four which talks about the parties shall continue to take the lead. that's a problem for the united states. to find out why it's a problem for the united states, let's look at the minut minutia of this elements. why has brought this to a complete stand still? >> for a full two weeks there has been a de

nick clark, editor in paris, nick, thank you. as we said we'll go back to that, but let's take a look at the day's other studies. police in switzerland say they've arrested two people of syrian origin under the suspicion of making and ex-transporting explosives. the two suspects allegedly violated bans on groups like al-qaeda and isil. >> we have to live with this threat. paris is not far from geneva, and we have 100 kilometers borders with france. we're as effected as the french. >> we have a statement from the prosecutor, so what kind of detail do we have about these two men? >> barbara, well, the general prosecutor sitting along side the head of the judicial police, as it is called, has spoken the last hour. and has been quite circumspect but has given a few more details with the two syrian who is were arrested on friday. he collected press reports, which were saying that they might have had toxic gasses in their vehicle. they said it was simply traces of explosives and indicated they weren't huge amounts of explosives not eno

nick clark reports. >> reporter: all day and all night and again all day and all night. we're very close. >> after the consultations i will have, at 9:00 tomorrow morning i'll be fest in a position to present a text that will be approved and be in place for whole of humanity. >> fabius was hoping to bring a report friday night. >> it's a struggle. i feel like there's a light at the end of this tunnel and we can do it but there are positions that are quite hard to get to. it's very political at the moment and i think we've moved past the substance, we've got a good text, a lot we can live with, we have to push the bar and make it not the common denominator. >> blocking progress, the issue of finance who pays who what. responsibility, that old argument between developed and developing nations. it's all about what countries are prepared to trade off and some feel poor nations are getting a raw deal. >> loss and damage is very important concept that is in the gloarkts text. the poor countries in the world that have nothing to do with climate change need to have mechanism to

our environment editor nick clark joins us live now from paris. historic agreement, nick, we see images of very emotional images coming from the plenary hall. what has the atmosphere been like? >> it's astonishing. it's astonishing. people have been working so hard to try to make this happen for so many years. and the final two weeks this deal that people were hoping for, and anticipating, and really couldn't dream of it happening, but it has. it was astonishing. it was high drama when it did because people were fighting it until that final plenary session. we expected the deal to be signed and sealed and the gavel to go down. and then suddenly there was a moment of doubt as to what was happening. there was a huddle on the stage and this issue about the wording of the sect. then there were officials saying that there were spelling errors and typos, and instead of the word shall there was the word shouldn't, and that was dealt with. and then the gavel went down, and this historic deal had taken place. here we are in a whole new world. let's bring in

nick clark has his story. >> super typhoon haiyan made landfall in my own family's hometown.the devastation is staggering. i struggle to find words even for the images that we see on the news coverage. i struggle to find words to describe how i feel about the losses. >> he was making his opening remarks to the conference in warsaw. in the philippines, the typhoon wreaking havoc and killing thousands. i dare people to come away from the comfort of their armchairs. i dare them to go to the indian ocean and see the impact of the rising sea levels. >> he stood to a standing ovation as wept in his chair. but i the reaction was little. he's now focusing on activism. he's walking from rome to paris, a march of protest. >> so this is day--34. >> 34. >> he's crossing the pass. >> this journey is paying homage to people who are confronting climate change in a very real way. every step we take on this journey is meant for people who have suffered from the ravages of climate change. >> celebration crosses the border from italy into switzerland. >> we did it. >> the men were crying. child

nick clark reporting from paris. thank you, nick. now let's talk about india, one of the world's largest carbon committer. we go to new delhi. what do you hear from indian negotiators about the potential final draft? wel >> that's right, well according to the indian draft minister, a draft agreement addresses india's concerns. that's a big step forward. not just for india but the global community, given that new delhi, the indian government was quite determined to make sure that it's needs were addressed. it's been described by the indian minister as a victory for leadership narendra modi. and there is an adjustment in effort. whether they promise to ramp up things like renewable energies or perhaps india has been able to play a key leadership role voicing concerns of developing nations. that is yet to be seen, but that's a big line coming out of new delhi. a. >> going into these talks, what were the main concerns that leaders in india had? >> for the indian government it was about all the pressure being placed on a country like indi

al jazeera's nick clark reports from paris. >> all night and day they worked and all night and all day again and still no resolution. we're told they're very close though. >> after the consultations that i'm going to have at 9:00 saturday morning, i'll present a theax will be a bitext that wilp forward for whole of humanity. >> 196 countries with differing interest to agree for a way forward is a monumental challenge. >> i think it's a great big space, light at the end of the tunnel, we can do it. there are positions that are quite hard to get to. it's very political at the moment. i think we've moved past the substance. there's a lot we can live with. we've got to push the bar a bit and not make it the lowest common denominator. there's a huge task, 194 interests, in like minded groups, the regional grouping, there are still issues that are tough to sort. so i think we're on a good path. it's a struggle to get over the hill and deal with what we really need and not just what we want. >> and it is same old problems blocking progress. the issue of finance, who pays who, what. ambition,

nick clark reports delegates have five days to finalize their plan. >> compared to copenhagen i in 2009 when the draft was 3,000 pages long and there was dismay. now the draft is 48 pages long and there is optimism. there are 1500 sets of brackets, that's what the ministers who have just arrived today who have started to work on this text have to line out to get to the bottom of them, get wholesale agreement and find that elusive climate deal by the end of the week. >> that's nick clark in paris. he said if the deal is reached this week then countries have until 2020 to put those ideas into effect. >>> in venezuela president maduro calling the move backward to the country. >> we lost a battle today, but the struggle to build new socialism and new society, it starts now. we should take this as a slap in the face to wake us up, so that we can work towards the future. >> if the government does not change its attitude we'll have to change the government. >> 22 seats have yet to be declared. election watchers saying they expect most of those seats will go to the opposition. >>> former u.s. p

. >>> and i'm nick clark reporting from paris as climate negotiators seek out a biening agreement. ♪. ♪ >>> top stories. the u.s. has offered to help retake the city of ramadi in iraq, after at least 27 soldiers were killed battling iraq fighters there. >>> gulf leaders have warned syria's president, bashar al-assad will be forced out of power if he doesn't negotiate a political transition to win the country's civil war. >>> argentina has a new president, ending 12 years of leftest rule. he won the election last month, promising to fix the country's economy. >>> politicians, environmentals, hundreds of people are in paris, and they are in the last 24 hours trying to draft a deal on an agreement. 29 pages, it doesn't sound like much, but it is the first time a deal has been put together properly. sticking points surround compensation for climate inflicted loss and damage. another disagreement is whether the deal will seek to limit global warming to 1.5 to 2 degrees. that's a big difference for islands suffering from rising sea levels. delegates under increasing pressure so sort all of

nick clark joins us from the climate change conference in paris and the finish line is in sight.it be reached, do you think? >> reporter: it will be reached. but it's a question of when. we have that 29-page draft text that you were just talking about that was released about 24 hours ago, and another version will be released in about an hour and a half. and then they will pour over that text and we'll see where we are at. it has been suggested this will be the penultimate text, so there will be another one tomorrow. a lot of the deadlines have been met at this particular conference. let's get a view behind the scenes from a minister who has been involved in the negotiations. he is the minister of environment for south africa, welcome. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: you were working very hard and very late into the night last night. what time did you get to bed? >> i left this place just after 4:00 a.m. >> and tonight what are you expecting? >> i think we're going to sleep here, around 6:00 or so we could be leaving. >> reporter: so another long, long night. >> another long

nick clark joining us now from paris. obviously a lot of question marks are still hanging.onference has been extended how confident are people that they are going to reach an agreement and reach the right agreement by saturday morning? >> reporter: well, they are certainly working very hard to try to make it happen. they worked through the night last night, they worked through the night the night before, and they are going to work through the night again tonight. the chair of this conference said there will be a text release around about 9:00 tomorrow, and that could push through to perhaps midday, and we'll see where we're at this point, there are a lot of people who are pushing for that to happen. there is a coalition of ambition which includes the e.u., united states, caribbean islands, and african countries. there is a coalition of deletion, which is really red lines through the texts. so it's all tricky, and it's very hard work to get to the point where you have 196 countries agreeing on the way forward. let's bring in our guest. i'm pleased to introduce the minister o

. >> our environment editor nick clark joins us from paris where the deadline was extended by one day. it's been a busy day, nick. >> reporter: yeah, history in the making. that was a message from ban ki-moon and francois hollande trying to drive this agreement over the finishing lines to encourage all the differing parties to come together at last and get this paris agreement done. this is the final draft. it is a little bit better than the previous draft. it's over 30 pages long, and the question is, what's in there to prevent this agreement from happening? let's get straight to someone here from greenpeace. what do you make from this draft? >> the overall assessment is that, you know, the wheels of climate action have turned very, very slowly over the last 21 years. yeah, we can see that. however, there's no guarantee that it would past through it. it would appear that they have sufficient contention for people in the lower one countries stand up and say they disagree with it forever. we see that 1.5 degrees is in play for the warming. it shows that a lot of countries have done a g

nick clark joins us now from the climate change conference from paris. we're soon running out of time. how likely is it that a deal will be agreed? are people optimistic there? >> i think it will be agreed, it's just a question of when. things have been delayed as you say, but they have been working very hard to get to that deal. they are going to work through the night again tonight to try to achieve it. and then in theory at 9:00 tomorrow morning, there will be another text. although that might be pushed to more like noon, and then we'll see where we're at. and a big factor has be this coalition of ambition, which was set up with the e.u., u.s., african nations, and they have been trying to bring it all together. let's speak to the man who has been instrumental in setting that up. welcome. how important has that coalition been in getting to the point where we're at now? >> we think the coalition of nations brings together various parties that have very high ambition goals to begin with, to share their enthusiasm for pushing hard on a deal that will be

nick clark has been following the summit in paris. >> the moment the world agrees to tackle climate change so, the paris agreement was born. emotions spilled over to bring more than 1 fwhient countries together to come up with a universal packet was an extraordinary achievement. so much so that lawrence fabius banged the gavel again. >> so, i have been asked to bang the gavel again. it's a little gavel, but i think it can do great things. earlier, there was a moment of high drama as suddenly the texted and with difficulty. apparently it was just typing errors due to lack of sleep. >> as a result of the finalization of documents in haste by colleagues who had not slept for days, a number of errors, regrettably were not detected in the document as it was being finalized in the early hour of this morning. the secretary regrets the errors and i would apologize for the over sight. >> outside the main hall, acknowledge that the deal is done but that a compromise is made. >> in the end, we all compromised. developed countries compromised. that's what a negotiation is about. we all compromised. ot

nick clark, al jazeera, france. >> time for sports news. >> thank you. we start with the latest from the english parole. the leaderpremier league, manchester city scoring twice in the first half city with its first defeat in the league. >>> enjoying home at sunderland. >> yes, to be promoted was fantastic season for them, and they believe in what they do. they believe in themselves. and i can't forget that because they deserve that respect. >> 4-0 before halftime. later on second place atletico at granada and gary neville will be in the stands. he'll officially take over as coach on sunday. >> we know that it's very ditch to go to. we know with the new coach it will be very hard. it's always an extra incentive to try to impress the new coach. we know it will be very tough. we'll try as much as we can to keep this winning streak. >> football's governing body fifa has promised restructura restructuring. >> they thought they were untouchable, but now u.s. investigators are plotting leading football officials from their luxury hotel beds or dragging them fro

nick clark joins us live from paris. so nick, the clock is ticking down.hey going to close this one by the end of friday? >> reporter: we shall see. what has happened so far is the release of the draft text, yesterday, and ministers and politicians worked all the way through the night and they are still at it now. and the latest we hear is that a new version will be released oorngd about 7:00, and then there will be reaction, and we'll see how we're placed to reach the friday deadline. the main areas that are graging, differentiation, particularly that rich countries want richer countries to contribute towards a climate fund, and how much we are going to reduce co2 emissions and by when. first let's go to alaska which is in the front line of climate change. daniel lak now reports. >> reporter: people have been living on this small, remote island for centuries. now the rising waters and storm surges of the bering sea are washing away the land and their homes. >> my grand parent's house is around here, which the ocean took before the sea wall got build, we w

nick clark, on the grade st. bernard pass in switzerland. >> much to come, waiting for help, the nepalese still waiting for help. >>> the security measures used by sailors, and in sport, the unbeaten golden state warriors take on the brooklyn nets looking to extend their record streak even further. >> at 9:30 - "america tonight" - top investigative reporting, uncovering new perspectives. >> everything that's happening here is illegal. >> then at 10:00 - it's "reports from around the world". >> let's take a closer look. >> antonio mora gives you a global view. >> this is a human rights crisis. >> and at 11:00 - "news wrap-up". clear... concise... complete. >> now a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera. syria's government has described air strikes which killed three soldiers as an act of aggression by the u.s. led coalition. washington has denied that it was behind the attack. >>> hundreds of rebel fighters are leaving the city much homs. fighters out of the area which has been under siege by government soldie

nick clarke is in paris for us. >> this is the main be negotiating chamber. hopefully at the end of the week, there will be agreements on climate change. if he has his way, the gavel will go down at approximately 6:00 on friday. thingsin' these things have a habit of going on. this is the slimmed down text. and it has been reduced from 700 to 300. so they're on the right track, but it's going to take awhile yet. let's tell you the kind of verbal hlese that they're dealig with. this text is one of three options, one, below 2°, industrial levels, and and choice of words. other, or it designed to implement or achieve or carry out. all of these individual words have to be fixed up. the president of the climate conference, he said that at 6:00 on friday night. and looking at this, you have to wonder whether or not that was going to happen. >> these events have a way of going on and on and on, and last year, we ended up sleeping outroar for a night, but the french have very kindly suggested sleeping arrangements, so this one very much has our name on it. >> nick cl

nick clark in paris, and from paris we are off to the roof of the word.xperiencing the effects of climate change, more intensely, and many other parts more than any other part of the word, go to alaska now, average temperatures are already up to four degrees higher than they were, and there's a great deal less snow and ice. in alaska's far northwest, daniel lack reports. people have been living on this island for centuries. now the rising waters of the sea are washing away the land. and their homes. in 2002, villagers voted to move the community inland, since though little has been done, and people now want to stay despite the dangers. in the a high school science class focused on climate change, they learn about greenhouse gases and global efforts to curb them. they measure coastal erosions and conduct research by surveying community elders about what has changed during their lives. >> every single person we talk to talked about something different. whether it was how the ice was here later, or buries on the land. >> people have seen housing wash away, h

nick clark, al jazeera, paris. >> the u.n.s holding a special section on burundi following a coordinated attack on three army barracks in bujumbura which killed 15 people. malcolm webb reports. >> gunfire and explosions shut down burundi's capital bujumbura on friday morning. residents woke up to roadblocks, checkpoints and military patrols. violence intensified over the past few days. militia's, sometimes with as many as 100 men ambushed the police and military, sometimes exchanging gunfire for several hours. the attacks have mostly taken place in areas where there's strong opposition to the president's third term in power. in this bujumbura suburb, witnesses say the police killed their neighbors. they say they were marched to the street and executed at point-blank range. >> the police took my mobile phone. they broke down the door and found this man in there. they carried him to the road and shot him. >> police have been conducting house to house searches hooking for illegal weapons. thursday, they displayed a catch of guns

nick clark, al jazeera, france. >> thousands of people have been protesting in the south korean capitalabout their president's conservative government. >> termed to be heard for the second time in less than a month, thousands of south koreans march through seoul to show their anger at the government. and it's not just about history books that have been written by states or unpopular labor reforms. >> the government has ignored public opinion, and it is reflected in policies. each and every one of us have frustrations in our minds. i came out to express that. >> there is a growing mistrust of president park, a conservative second generation politician who was elected three years ago by a small majority on the promise of being more progressive. park's father was president for 20 years after a military coup in 1961, and he's credited with driving the country's economic growth. when his daughter promised vitalization many say they believed her. some are worried that president park has other traits in common with her father. he put these governmen anti-government posters up in his shop windo

nick clark now reports. >> here's the problem.wo villages in central france separated bay ridge and eight wind turbines. the village of san clÉmente has turbines on its territory, but they're a long way from the town. the neighboring village of lavoin has no turbines on its land but full frontal view of the displays. claude lives under the ridge. he said on windy days the noise is unbearable. he has had to install triple glazing. he said the turbines have split the community. >> the first thing is the noise, and then the cost of sound proving. and our house has lost a third of its value. then they destroyed wood land to build it any way. that can't be good for carbon emissions. >> back in san compliment where people benefit from the electricity the turbines are out of sight and out of mind. >> personally they don't bother me. >> we need something to give us energy, and for me this is clean energy. >> legal actions are multiplying aimed at blocking construction or getting them dismantled. they say the future is all about clean ener

nick clark, al jazeera. >>> japanese ships have left port to resume whaling in the antarctic ocean.national outrage forced japan to stop hunting whales. they say they are for commercial hunts and not for research as climbed by the japanese government. >> reporter: two vessels left the southwestern town earlier on tuesday. they will meet up with two other vessels including the mother ship and a fishery agency patrol boat as they head towards the antarctic ocean. the whales will resume from the end of december and carry on through the end of march. the mayor said there was nothing happier than this day, because it remarked the resumption of japan's whaling season. the international court of justice ruled that japan's scientific whaling had no scientific basis whatsoever. there was no reason to kill the whales. however, japan has always said it wants to resume fully fledged commercial whaling, that's why this scientific research as it calls it, is necessary. and it will take a third of the whales now. the australian go says it does not agree with the concept of killing whales for resea

our environment editor nick clark is live from paris for us. nick, not a lot of time left, is there, before that friday deadline. are they going to pull it off? >> remains to be seen what happens over the next 24 ours or so. we had the draft text which has been whittled down, progress in the right direction, was. now we're hearing that there's going to be another in carnation of the draft text in the comes hours. we shall see if that materializes and how it is received by the parties. a view behind me what is going on in the negotiating rooms. what's your take on where we're at with this text? >> a new text was released yesterday evening. it was in some ways received, progress has been made. it was a sense that it was still a little bit unbalanced, so the parties discussed for a few hours the issues that are still remaining and have ever since been formal and informal discussions. we expect a new text to come this evening at 6:00. then it will be received and we'll have to see what's in it. issues that remains to be looked at as of yesterday, th

nick clark, al jazeera, paris. >> at least a dozen gunmen have been killed after they launch coordinated attacks on three army bases in burundi. another 21 suspects were arrested after they attempted to stock up on weapons and ammunition. at least five soldiers were injured. >>> now zimbabwe's party is holding it's 15th annual national conference. it's a long time leader robert mugabe wants to find an away around division. >> let's be one and work together. the people's call. there rewe main what? the people's party. >> now one of the inventors of genetic editing procedures is calling for tighter restrictions on human dna restoration. >> at johns hopkins university, these mice are providing embryos for cells whose genes are being manipulated to fix what nature has broken. it's a simple and precise method of altering the dna of any organism. what it is called editing software for the genome. >> we can go to a specific chromosome to a specific spot to one of the millions of nuclei molecules that make up that dna and can change it. >> they say cutting it, removing it or replacing with a hea

. ♪ hello and welcome to the news hour, i'm nick clark in doha and coming up, in the next 60 minutesraqi forces take the city of ramadi from i.s.i.l. the greek parliament votes to recognize palestine as a state in the president of mokmood. afghan government forces advance in their bid to push the taliban out of the southern district of sangin. [chanting] and the pressure and his parliament takes up a bill for punishment for juveniles accused of serious crimes. ♪ iraqi military advance to the center of the city of ramp da to flush out i.s.i.l. fighters and they say there have been some casualties in fighting in the south of the city and army reportedly surrounded the city from all sides and they seized the capitol of anbar providence and north ramadi 14 security fores and tribal fighters have been killed in an i.s.i.l. attack and joining me on the phone from baghdad is a member of parliament from anbar providence and tell us what you know about this latest offensive. >> thank you very much and you know as you know at midnight that offensive to go to ramadi starts by iraqi forces and t

environment editor nick clark reports. >> reporter: getting 147 world leaders to sit to record the moment for prosperity is almost as hard as getting consensus on how to battle climate change. this time there's a sense it could be different. >> paris must mark a decisive turning point. we need the world to know we are headed to a low resistant future. and there's no going back. >> all the leaders took the floor. before long president obama was at the podium. i came as leader of the economy and second largest emitter to say that the united states of america recognising the role in creating the problem, we embrace responsibility to do something about it. china was the fillon of the peace, but tres concessions need to be made. >> it is imperative to respect differences among countries, specially developing countries, capacity building and structure. it should not deny countries to increase poverty and living standards. >> questions are arrived about india's role. negotiators fear accepting an agreement could impact economic prosperity as it tries to bring millions out of poverty. >> the pros

our environment editor nick clark is in paris.e has been speaking with the united nations climate change chief in that final agreement. >> this was never going to be easy. it is definitely the most complex negotiation that there has been, and the most complex of all of the climate change negotiations because we're on the cusp of legally binding agreement. >> we know that they would no --the u.s. would not accept a legally binding agreement. >> i think the united states administration has carefully studied this, and it is very clear that this agreement needs everyone on board, including the united states, and they have carefully studied what they can do from the executive level, and are very much behind us. >> what are you saying, that it not totally legally binding. >> absolutely it's going to be legally binding. congress is not the only one who can establish what is legally binding for the united states or not. >> but it has to be passed by congress to get it through. >> maybe not. >> if it's a treaty. >> well, it depends on whet

. ♪ ♪ >>> hello i am nick clark and this is al jazeera live to doha. also ahead on the program.prise move the three-year sentence of a well known human rights lawyer is suspended. >>> burkina far so issued an arrest warner for blaise compaore in the death of a rival. >>> spaling stu

our environment editor, nick clark joining us from those talks in paris. u have got the piece of paper that matters, nick. >> reporter: yeah, indeed. this is the new slimmed downdraft text. still a long way to go, i have to say. the number of brackets reduced from something like 700 to 300. so it is going to take a while. there is a radical idea to reducing the target to 1.5 degrees. this offers three options. that is the sort of thing that this document is full of, and they are going to have to resolve here. and over the choice of words whether it should be shall or should, or other, or all of the other individual words have to be fixed up. the president of this climate conference says he wants it all to be over, the gavel to go down at 6:00 on friday night. looking at this you have to wonder if the that is going to happen. we spoke to the climate chief for her take. >> this was never going to be easy. it is definitely the most complex negotiation that there has been, and the complex of all of the climate change negotiations because we're on the cusp of a

the effects are plain to see as our environment editor nick clark found out. >> the winter season is about to get into full swing. chalets are ready for the christmas rush. a handful makes the most of wide-open peace. all around things are changing. to see the evidence you only have to take the tourist train up the mountain on the old cog railway that has been operating. there lies one of the longest glaciers in the alps. glaciologist has been studying the mountains for years. luke took the time lapse film and you can see what a force it is. thousands of years of ice flowing down the mountain. but it's losing volume every year. >> the glacier makes the invisible visible. we are talking about temperature, energy, greenhouse gases. what we see here is the result of all these things. the climate is unfavourable for glaciers. it is diminishing. the landscape is changing. we have to protect it for ourselves. >> here is a photograph taken in 1910, showing the train station with the glacier below, spin on 100 years and see the dins. >> it's incredibly apparent the volume of ice that has dis

our environment editor, nick clark has been the pacific nation which lies no more than three meters aboveevel to see how people there are managing. >> reporter: from above it's evident now narrow the main island is. yet this is where 50,000 people live. it has a population density similar to tokyo or hong kong and it's growing fast. wherever you look, it seems there are children, and you can only wonder what the future holds for them. from the water, you can really see how low-lying the island is. there is practically noel vagus at all. there is just a lagoon this side and more water on the other side in the middle of millions and millions of square miles of open ocean. there's nowhere to go up, sideways, or at all. we put to shore at this village, where the sea wall has been destroyed by ever-more powerful and persistent storms. where there were once homes, there's now open water. people are being forced to relocate to already crowded areas. there's still some stuff here. >> still some of their stuff here. they will come back for their stuff. >> reporter: the village elder showed me a ho

from paris our environment editor, nick clark reports. >> reporter: all night and all day they workedll night and all day again and there is still no resolution. we're told, though, we're very close. >> translator: after the consultations that i'm going to have, at 9:00 saturday morning i will be in a position to present a text to all of the parties, which i'm sure will be approved. >> reporter: he had hoped to finalize a deal on friday night, but getting 196 countries all with differing interests to agree to a way forward is a monumental challenge. >> i think we're in a pretty food place. but there are positions that are quite hard to get to. it's very political at the moment. we have a good text. there's a lot we can live with, and we just have to push the bar a bit. it's a huge task with 194 interests. and even though you put them into like-minded groups and the regional grouping there are still issues there that are tough to sort. i think we're on a good path. it's just a struggle to try to get over the hill and deal with what we really need and not just what we want. >> reporter:

. >> that's nick clark in paris. if that deal is reached, countries will have until 2020 to put those rules in effect. also for france, a major victory for the far-right party. they made huge gains in elections. franÇois hollande's socialist party coming in third. these are the first votes since the paris attacks. >>> a major power change in venezuela p the opposition party taking nearly double the number of seats controlled by the socialist. president nicolÁs maduro calling it a move backyards. >> we've lost a battle today, but the struggle to to build a new society starts now. we should take this as a slap in the face to wake us up and work towards the future. >> if the government does not change its attitude we'll have to change the government. >> 22 seats have yet to be declared. election watchers say that they collect most of those seats will go to the opposition. former president jimmy carter saying that his cancer is in remission. it was a surprise announcement he made at church. john terrett has more. >> i wa

nick clark, al jazeera, on south tarot. >> japan's whaling ships are returning to the southern ocean after a 2014 international court of justice ruling. forced them to halt the hunt. four vessels have left for the whaling season that runs from the end of the year until march, the fleet is set to kill 300 whales. environmentist activists harry faucet has the latest from japan. >> two from japan left the town, earlier on tuesday, they will meet up with two other vessels including the mother ship, and a fishing agency patrol boat. the whaling will resume from the end of december and carry on through until march the mayor told the crew there was nothing happier than this guy, after last season during which time they took no whales whatsoever. that was the march 2014 ruling by the international court of justice, ruling that japan's scientific whaling had no scientific basis whatsoever, there was no need to kill the whales in order to monitor their population, their eating habits and their reproduction, however, japan has always said that it wants to do commercial whaling that's why this r

nick clark has more on that on aljazeera.com. ♪ >>> the family of laquan mcdonald speaks publicly forhe first time since the release of dash cam video, showing the teen being shot and killed by a chicago police officer. >>> a trail of clues. investigators calling the bottom of a lake for evidence connected to the san bernardino shootings. >> tonight they step off the plane as refugees, but they walk out of this terminal as permanent residents of canada. >>> and a warm overnight welcome for syrian refugees, beginning their new lives in canada. ♪ >>> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm randall pinkston. the family of laquan mcdonald, shot to death by chicago police last year, will be making a statement shortly. they are expected to thank the public for demanding justice and call for the resignation of the state's attorney. earlier ministers called for a special prosecutor in the case, and a petition for a vote of no confidence against the city's mayor. andy the mayor has already said he is not going anywhere, what has happened so far, and what do we expect? >> right

here is the environment editor, nick clarke. >> the moment the world agreed to tackle climate change. [ speaking foreign language ] [ cheering and applause ] >> reporter: and so the paris agreement was born. and emotions spilled over. to bring more than 190 countries together to come up with a fact, was an achievement. so much to lawrence fabius banged the gavel again. >> i have been arrived to bang -- asked to bang the the gavel again. it's a little gavel, it can do straight things >>> earlier there was drama. the text appeared to put it in jeopardy. the agreement feared was in jeopardy. it was typing errors due to lack of sleep. >> as a result of the finalisation of documents in haste by colleagues who had not slept for day, a number of errors from not detected in the document l9 as it was being finalised in the early hours of this morning. the secretary regrets the errors and i apologise for the oversight. >> reporter: outside the main hall, acknowledgment of a deal down, and the compromises made. >> in the end we all compromised. developed countries compromised, developing countri

. ♪ hello i'm nick clark and this is al jazeera live from doha and also coming up, on the program theek parliament votes to recognize palestine as a state in the presence of abbas. afghan government forces advance in the bid to push taliban out of the southern district of sangin. [chanting] under pressure, india's parliament debating a bill seeking harsher punishment for juveniles accused of serious crimes. ♪ so then the iraqi military advanced to the center of the city of ramadi in a major offensive to flush out i.s.i.l. fighters and military fighters say there have been casualties in fighting in the south of the city. the army reports they surrounded the city from all sides and seized anbar providence earlier this year and northern ramadi 14 security forces and tribal fighters killed in an i.s.i.l. suicide attack and we have a member of parliament from anbar providence and says ramadi could well be captured by the weekend. >> midnight the offensive to retake ramadi by the iraqi forces and very huge progress toward the center of ramadi and the iraqi forces, they are doing very good p

nick clark, al jazeera, paris. >>> india is regarded as one of the world's biggest polluters, let's droughtscapital new delhi now and talk to al jazeera's nidhi dutt. what is the response in india to the climate deal? >> reporter: well, a mixed response. on one hand the government is hailing it as a victory. particularly for india's persistence when it comes to the needs of developing countries. on the other hand, there has been some criticism a leading environmentalist from india has suggested that the deal is a compromise. and she said that a number of key issues that developing countries, including india, were raising, haven't been agreed upon. they are not in the agreement and as a result india will have to continue fighting. also pointing out that in terms of emissions cuts and finance developing countries, don't actually have to begin this process of cutting emissions or adding to this global fund until 2020. which perhaps is a little too much time given that time is of the essence as we have been hearing from paris. also suggestions that key things i want i can't was looking for, sust

. ♪ ♪ >>> hello i am nick clark and this is al jazeera live to doha. also ahead on the program.urprise move the three-year sentence of a well known human rights lawyer is suspended. >>> burkina far so issued an arrest warner for blaise compaore in the death of a rival. >>> spaling stupalpalestinians y for those whose homes were did he extraordinary by the israeli military. >>> so then it is the fourth day of fighting between afghan forces and the taliban in southern helmand province. the army is advancing to a district that fell on the taliban on monday of the police spokesman says that dozens of british soldiers are also assisting the afghan security forces there. jamie macintyre has this report. >> reporter: in afghan's southern helmand province fighting intense as the taliban claims success in capturing the police headquarters, governor's office and other government buildings. the governor says he has left afghan soldiers and local citizens begging for food. and like the latest suicide attack that killed a half dozen u.s. troops outside the air bay, it's just more evidence th

. ♪ hello and welcome to the news hour, i'm nick clark in doha and coming up, in the next 60 minutesraqi forces take the city of ramadi from i.s.i.l. the greek parliament votes to recognize palestine as a state in the president of mokmood. afghan government forces advance in their bid to push the taliban out of the southern district of

nick clark, al jazeera.rance. >> we have pictures of a terrible fire on board of an oil rig in the caspian sea. this is just off the coast of azerbaijan. the search is on for a number of people missing we join our correspondent in the neighbor. there are people missing and people already known to have died, robin. >> yes, that's correct, david. we have finally had confirmation from the state oil company that runs this rick. they have finally come out this evening with figures they say 32 have been rescued. 30 people killed and people are missing. that's a reflection of what we were hearing earlier today from an independent source who claimed 30 people missing presumed killed after this fire happened yesterday in very stormy weather. it's understood that the gas line was broken in those high winds under high pressure, caught fire, and very difficult for rescue services to reach the rig, to reach the platform. as to how those people may have died, either in the fire, but also reports we've been hearing of a li

. >> our environment editor nick clark has been the. >> this is where 50,000 people.it has a population density similar to tokyo or hong kong, and it is growing fast. wherever you look it seems that there are children, and you can only wonder what the future holds for them. you can see how low lying the island is. practically no elevation at all. there is just this narrow strip of land, and then more water on the other side in the middle of million and million square miles. there is nowhere to go but up. there is nowhere to go at all. there were once homes, but now there is water. people have been forced to abandon houses and relocate to other areas. >> there is still stuff here. they were going back for their stuff. >> they moved away. >> so they finally had enough. it was just too much. >> it was too much. [singing] >> while we are there, the president hosted a conference on the troublesome issue of climate-induced migration. also there the prime minister highlighting the challenges they face. >> knowing the history. >> president tom has long campaigned for urgent a

al jazeera's nick clark has the story. >> reporter: all night and all day they worked, and all night and all day again, there was still no resolution, we were told they were very close. >> at 9:00 saturday mortgage i will be in a position to present a text to all of the parties which i'm sure will be approved and will be a big step forward for whole of humanity. >> laurent fabius had hoped to finalize a deal friday night, differing interests, to agree a way forward is a monday unanimitial challenge. >> it's an enormous struggle, there's a light at the end of the tunnel and we can do it. but there are positions that are very hard to get to it. we have moved past the substance, we have got a good text, we have to push the bar to make it the lowest common denominator. the huge traffic of 194 interests, if you put them into like minded groups, the regional groupings, there are situations, a struggle to try get over the held and deal with what we really need and not just what we want. >> and it is the same old problems blocking progress. the issue of finance, who pays who what. ambition,

nick clark our environmental editor. >>> the leader of the failed coo coup, led of security when he wasssassinated in 1987. he was killed by a group of soldiers but the exact circumstances of his death are still unknown. he's charged with complicit with the murder, the most senior official to be charged in the case. >>> floodwaters are beginning to recede in a southern indian city. there are shortages of food, drinking water and shelter for those made homeless by the flooding. and health workers are increasingly concerned now by the spread of disease. >> a few household numbers, this woman prepares a meal for her family. it's not much but better than nothing. she has struggled to find the basics to keep her family alive. >> when the floods came suddenly we ran out of this place in safety. the water kept rising up to the second floor. i've been wearing this sari for the past five days. we lost everything. everything was washed away. we don't know how we're going to continue our life. our future is a question mark. >> powers restored in the surrounding areas, but until the lights come on,

our environment editor nick clark joins us from the climate change conference in paris. ess we're all expecting a deal of some kind to be struck on saturday morning. what is the atmosphere there? are people worried that perhaps it is not going to be as strong as it needs to be. >> reporter: i think certainly there is that fair, and we'll only know when the final draft comes out. there has been this delay. we were expecting a final deal to be made at 6:00 this evening, but now it has been pushed back to 9:00 tomorrow morning. and may be pushed back further. they will be working through the night again tonight, and hopefully there will be a decision tomorrow. there is a coalition of ambition, including the u.s., e.u., and brazil now, and other nations who have been trying to close the gaps there. but there is also a coalition of deletion that have been putting red lines through parts of the text. countries like saudi arabia, venezuela, and even china to a certain extent. so it is trying to close the gap between those various sectors to try to come up with a deal. let's talk