and pacific islanders dying from measles the latest in the state of emergency and some more more on that stay with us. we're in c were spell of it's really cold weather across northeastern parts of china saving province has had major problems widespread travel disruption quite a bit of snowfall in that cold wave extends this way down into the beijing as well as we go on through the next couple of days the the wind she weather will start to pull out of the way but we're still talking in some very cold air behind this area of low pressure and normally winds here so for sapporo for example temperatures will struggle to get anywhere near freezing to celsius a top temperature here still a chance of some snow but of all stuck to attempt to hear what is 4 degrees cold crisp sunshine as we go on into the next couple of days a sloshy try for a japan as you can see laci try to just around the yellow sea basing around 8 degrees celsius but a fair amount of cloud around here central southern parts of china actually that's because the main weather action is affecting the philippines more than parts o

spy network and channeling funds to the outlawed good earnest movement people from the pacific island of bougainville are due to take part in a long awaited referendum on whether they should become the world's newest nation voting has now begun to decide on independence from power for new guinea it's the culmination of a long peace process which ended a decades long civil war and cost thousands of lives there's a headline sits talk to al-jazeera now. emperors to communist leaders. age old philosophies and the rule of order remain central to the world's oldest living civilization. in a 2 part series the big picture charts the rise of a 21st century superpower examines the challenges it now faces from the outside and from within the complex coming soon. to be. seen. turkey launched a military operation in northeastern syria saying it's aimed at preventing the predominantly democratic forces or from the presence of the border area operation. by the u.s. and the international community but for the turkish government it's a crucial step to ensure national security. and this week i would be

the pacific island nation of samoa has closed all schools and banned public gatherings as it struggles to contain a measles epidemic so far 6 people have died victoria gazin being reports. schools in simone capital apia are normally full of students at this time of year but since the government declared a state of emergency on saturday public gatherings are banned instead parents are being told to urgently vaccinate their children to protect them from a measles epidemic that's sweeping the pacific island nation so far more than 700 cases of measles have been reported out of a population of 200000. plus. it's. because. only outbreak there's been a resurgence of measles around the world cases more than doubled between 20172018 the world health organization blames the spread of misinformation on social media about vaccines health officials in samoa say only 66 percent of the population is immunized against measles that figure needs to increase to 95 percent to ensure herd immunity and to prevent the deaths of any more children victoria gate and be al jazeera. police in georgia have detain

line unless things improve we're looking at climate refugees on a massive scale but it's the pacific island nations that all the most threatened and the least here in ploughing it's not just the people but the extraordinary ecosystems that are in the firing line it is an extraordinary sight exposed structures of ancient coral reef framed in an expensive took ois the requirements of palau a unesco world heritage site and beneath the surface the profusion and variety of life is stunning one of the highest rates of biodiversity on the planet but the challenge is a new worse in amongst a jumble of islands a series of marine lakes hold more one does this is. a lake it is connected to the sea but only through a series of small correction fishes in the rogue it's effectively isolated sealed ecosystem and beneath the surface lies a unique subspecies. golden jellyfish they've evolved to harvest energy directly from sunlight there are more than 2000000 of them and indeed that's a significant reduction in the pos there have been as many as 30000000 in this lake but fluctuations in the weather have rec

jellyfish a unique subspecies threatened by climate change but here the plights of the 2000000 pacific island is facing the peril of the climate crisis. sea level rise is a global problem in europe will speak to those trying to make life on top of the water a reality. welcome to planet as in west from one of the front lines of the climate crisis 1500 kilometers in that direction lies the philippines papua new guinea is 1500 kilometers in that direction we are surrounded by ocean. her lao is an archipelago of hundreds of islands a pristine environment with unique biodiversity but the very thing that is not to the people here is now what threatens them and their way of life. across the globe oceans a warming marine life is dying the water is steadily rising and that's a problem for hundreds of millions of people who live on the world's coastlines residents of cities like shanghai miami lagos rio de janeiro oh threatens down the line unless things improve we're looking at climate refugees on a massive scale but as the pacific island nations that all the most threatened and the least here in plow

war it's a longstanding issue that has put a strain on the 2 countries relations people in the pacific island a bargain villa voting in a referendum to decide whether to become independent from pop when you get it crowds march through the streets celebrating the start of the long awaited vote if they choose independence bogan bill could become the world's newest country those are the headlines a news continues here on our after inside story. a new wave of anger in georgia protesters say the government has broken its promise of democratic reform so could this turn into yet another crisis in this former soviet republic and are outside forces involved this is inside story. welcome to the program he had seen almost 3 decades after georgia gained its independence protesters say free and fair elections so on soloed demonstrations broke out in the capital of tbilisi this week after the government failed to keep its promise.

song of freedom people on the pacific island of bogun ville votes in the hope of independence. in the u.s. the state department has released records related to its teachings with ukraine that a $100.00 page document was made public after a freedom of information lawsuit was brought by an ethics watchdog it confirms multiple contacts between secretary of state mike bump a.o. and donald trump's personal lawyer rudy giuliani earlier this year the exchanges took place in the months before the then u.s. ambassador to ukraine marie evanovich was recalled it supports testimony at the impeachment inquiry that senior officials were aware of efforts to pressure kiev into investigating trump's rival job by let's go live to washington john hendren is there john what more is in these documents. well these documents are the kind of documents that the congressional impeachment firey has been looking for they've repeatedly asked the trumpet ministration for information of the treatment ministration has stonewalled saying it's not a legitimate inquiry so they're not going to turn over the infor

of soldiers killed on a remote pacific island. the un now says one of its peacekeepers may have shot and killed a young protester in the democratic republic of congo after new evidence emerged a senior official in kinshasa announced an investigation a short time ago protests against the u.s. mission spreading in the east of the country the unrest started in beni where people have driven the casket of a man killed during demonstrations on saturday around the streets in the past 2 days 6 people have died protesters are angry at what they say is a failure of un peacekeepers to protect them from rebels who have killed dozens of people this month francoise green yawn is the deputy special representative at the u.n. mission in the d r c he told al-jazeera that the un is being used as a scapegoat in the conflict. one of our peacekeepers showed that a protester was throwing molotov cocktail at the team at them at the peacekeepers so we are still in the process of very fine all the facts and fact checking the reports we have received but t

and a state of emergency in some more of the pacific island nation struggles to contain a measles outbreak. the u.s. is abandoned its long standing position on israeli settlements in the occupied west bank saying it will no longer consider them illegal this latest pro israel move puts the u.s. at all as with most of the international community and the u.n. security council well in jordan reports now from washington d.c. . for 41 years the u.s. has called israeli settlements built in the occupied west bank illegal under international law that u.s. policy changed on monday calling the establishing of civilian settlements inconsistent with international law hasn't worked it hasn't invents the cause of peace this is a complex political problem that can only be solved by negotiations between the israelis and the palestinians pump ailes announcement is the latest in a string of controversial white house moves designed to support israel recognizing jerusalem as israel's official capital moving the u.s. embassy there from tel aviv in 2018 and forcing the palestinians to close their office in washi

song of freedom people on the pacific island of bogun still close on whether to become the newest nation in the world. the ruling party in the east african studies of burundi is being accused of using fear and intimidation to crackdown on dissent opposition figures attacks are being carried out to smooth the transition of power in a general election that's expected next year and the united nations is warning of a new wave of atrocities the ruling party has told al jazeera the election will be free and fair catherine saw reports from burundi's commercial capital which. protected by you can to cross memories of what happened 4 years ago remain true for they span he tells us his young son was shot by police while on his way to buy bread. right. it started in 2015 when president. grant and warn a 3rd time that his opponent's aid was unconstitutional street protests a field vigilante like attacks and assassinations threatened to tear the country apart another election is due next year and the believed father says people are still being intimidated by security forces and members of the ruling

bogan ville voting in a long awaited referendum that could see the pacific island become the world's newest nation the ballot will decide on whether to become an independent country from papua new guinea it's earthrise now. 50 years ago britain forcibly removed the inhabitants of the stroppy call haven and leased it to the us military. for 5 decades geragos islanders have preserved their culture in exile and they're now escalating their struggle to return home. but their fate still lies in the hands of their colonisers. another paradise i witnessed a documentary on a just. in conflict one of the silent and forgotten casualties is often the environment. from the chemical contamination of soils and the collapse of water and food supplies to the habitat damage caused by displacement. has devastating.

state of emergency in some oh as the pacific island nation struggles to contain a measles outbreak and australia's prime minister weighs in on the latest controversy surrounding rugby straw israel folau i have the story coming up it's just. hello there feeling fairly wintry across central regions of china coastal areas enjoying some clear conditions on a cool some hot temperatures a lot of cloud has been streaming in from the west of the lawsuit as it is though mostly dry as we go through choose day it is cooler than shanghai just 14 celsius and we've got 25 degrees in hong kong you'll notice on tuesday we have this mass of rain across the northern philippines that is the typhoon making landfall on she's incited by wednesday when he does fall apart dissipate pushes out into the south china sea but it is still raw the wet you have another system just sitting to the east so we could be seeing accumulations of about $350.00 millimeters over the next couple of days meanwhile in china it stays fine and dry that means in asia the rains all to the south we've got them pushing a little bit fur

and japan at the pacific island of midway just 6 months later a fight many historians say decided the war and a story largely forgotten even in hollywood. brings his full arsenal of special effects to recreate the epic scope of the battle in which $300.00 americans and uli $4000.00 japanese lost their lives to the state of mind. it took the german director who's lived in hollywood for decades more than 20 years to bring midway to the screen the director of science 5 blockbusters like independence day and the day after to morrow knew this time he'd have to get his facts right. midway incredibly well documented battles both in film and endless books about it and we like kind of didn't invent anything but just try to tell the story as good as we can. highlight woody harrelson as gruff admiral chester nimitz so what's the target i think it's important in getting people's concept of world war 2 right because there were a lot of very crucial events that happened in the course of world war 2 most of which people are familiar with but. people are not generally familiar with the battle of midw

them fairly stunning revelations he's made to us and to australian authorities people on the pacific island of bergen vale are voting in a referendum to decide whether to make him and dependant from pop on a county crowds march that the strength celebrating the start of a long awaited vote a result as expected and december. but it sure long as minority tamils are worried about their future the new president got to buy a right to pass the military operations that crush the armed tamil separatist movement in the last decade tens of thousands of tamils were killed or disappeared during the 26 year civil war under its new family members of some of the victims. killing archie the former capital of sri lanka's tamil separatists is sometimes called the land of the missing their relative spirits a name that will never be shaken off now gotta buy rajapaksa is in power. or watch the son and daughter in law were taken away by the army the day after the war ended 10 years ago and they what they ever go to by our has said that our children are released they have not come to us and where are they i'm ask

in office people on bergen bill are voting in a long awaited referendum that could see their pacific island become the world's newest nation ballot will decide whether they become independent from papua new guinea the launch of testers new electric pickup truck hasn't gone entirely as planned during a demonstration in front. lawn mask it's armored glass was put to the test and the audience's expectations were quite literally shattered the size of a truck stainless steel body is also designed to be scratch and dent resistent it's witnessed next stay with us. just shows this. to some. in the south. even. new rules often please read a law. that allows one to say. why would be on the wall of the. venue. because the deal. was. lost the ali. was easy. is american in don't channels it. wasn't. me. zephania we've been the shia. actually share a mini. water. with the. 2 sons. if you. will walk and. walk. and then get up what we want about the. zukin want lobato signs only gain if more. if more does all farm omari. ponces and off. you know my good luck i liked. their. armies on the moon new phenomena

in preparation for doomsday should knock you decided to move her chosen followers to the south pacific island of fiji. and 2014 to celia's mother and now it's she wanted to move there too we made a deal we made a promise that i would go with her. to help her settle. and i would stay there for 2 weeks. her mother and the rest of her family were among the 1st of more than 400 grace road followers to move to speech. while she was there celia witnessed some of shocked juicer men. what was. the truth it's it was weird. not my cup of tea a lot of wheeling a lot of shouting she would. verbally abuse a lot of people are going to call their names. awful names like what i think liar. or things like that. which is not normal for a church service obviously and i was. taken aback. when it came time for cecilia to leave church members tried to convince her to stay but she refused she couldn't wait to get home i actually started packing like the day before and when i went. you know pack my computer my laptop it was gone i realized my passport was gone and that when he started to panic. yeah panicking a lot

york times ran an incredible story about this but he also challenged latino groups and asian pacific islanders when they had the audacity to register communities so by the time we got to november 2018, my evidence of his bad action was legion. but more importantly what we knew now was that more has to be done and what fair fight is doing in georgia is building the capacity of its citizens to fight back. but not to fight back against the secretary of state but to fight back against the nationalized system of voter suppression because we have to recognize that while voter suppression was a singular example of what happened, it is notsolely committed to the state of georgia . you know that across the sunbelt voter suppression is alive and well. in the state of texas there was a law pending that would have criminalized driving people to the polls, luckily that bill died at the end of the 2019 session but the problem is it made it that far. we know in the state of tennessee because 90,000 african-americans were registered to vote by a group called black voters matter and in the state of tennessee t

today we talk about a staple of the asian american and pacific islander culinary culture. today we talk about rice. we will highlight rice first by telling the story of a chinese family that has been farming rice for 100 years in northern california, then we'll showcase a variety of rice-based dishes traditional of japanese, korean, and chinese cuisine. all the dishes are typically made during the holiday season and can be easily made with leftovers. for example, congee with leftover turkey, bibimbap with leftover vegetables and side dishes, and of course mochi during the new year. all that served up on our show today. as many of us know all too well, rice is a key component of asian food.s popular holiday dishes, rice is incorporated in small and big ways. but where does rice come from? we visited san francisco's japantown to get but where does rice come from? then we'll take you to willows, the northern california town where guey jones began farming rice 100 years ago. mike inouye: a staple in all asian households, rice, with our meals and in favorites like sushi and pre

this island nation in the middle of the pacific ocean consists of 2 main islands and has a total of 403 kilometers of coastline. island on a stick that the climate is tropical. but the temperatures tend to be around 30 degrees celsius. once again i'm always yes this is going to be my favorite place in the came our new myth of warm climates sandy beaches the ocean wonderful you know you know what i think i once they a paradise like this for so long anymore it's true of the rising sea levels and perry cans and euros would become more and more of a problem in states like this. you might think that this are really happy about rising sea levels right but actually they're so bad off as well. yeah that's true but you know pretty fish in chorus they are good for tourism which a lot of locals depend on but their actual true bear you off for you is that lies in their function breakwaters they help to avoid erosion and flooding experts actually estimate that if the reefs are gone the coast would be destroyed twice the spot on. coral reefs host the rich diversity of species and are often called the

today we talk about a staple of the asian american and pacific islander culinary culture.ay we talk about rice. we will highlight rice first by telling the story of a chinese family that has been farming rice for 100 years in northern california, then we'll showcase a variety of rice-based dishes traditional of japanese, korean, and chinese cuisine. all the dishes are typically made during the holiday season and can be easily made with leftovers. for example, congee with leftover turkey, bibimbap with leftover vegetables and side dishes, and of course mochi during the new year. all that served up on our show today.

the remote pacific island of peleliu was the scene of a world war 2 battle involving u.s. and japanese soldiers it was expected to last for days but continued for more than 2 months with nearly 13000 dead 75 years old the task of identifying and repatriating remains is continuing as nick clark reports. some of the sleepy piece a penny is almost too much to bad and when you know the story you understand why the 75 years ago this small corner of the pacific was a small corner of. the marina the 1st division had on the reputation of drawing operations which entailed easy landing. spot battle you'll destroy additional good luck was dissipated it was at 8 30 in the morning on september the 15th 1944 when wave after wave of american troops began to pour into the beaches it heavy japanese resistance there were gun emplacements at either end of the beach and many us soldiers died but the battle had barely begun. 11000 japanese were facing 18000 u.s. marines and the fighting was intense the island their field was quickly taken by the marines the japanese i didn't found which they h

we tripled asian pacific islander turnoutai for democrats in the state of georgia. we increased the youth participation rates for democrats by 139%. an african-american participation which we were told in georgia have maxed out under the election of president obama, but no one else was going to vote, so why try. we decided to dig deep, and we turned up 40 out 40% more violet in context. 2014, 1.1 million democrats voted for the governor. in 2018, 1.2 million black people voted for me. [applause] >> the reason these numbers matter is that we wrote a new playbook. we wrote a new story for how you can win in georgia, that the nephew could only talk to certain communities and you couldn't have certain conversations, those were wrong. we have an authentic campaign that began with me being exactly who i am. you can't miss me. i said at the same thing meverywhere i went and i talked about the sametr issues to everyone who would listen. and as a result not only did we increase democratic turnout with communities of color across the state, we also increased the white percent

people on the pacific island of. voting in a referendum to decide whether to become independent from papua new guinea crowds marched through the streets celebrating the start of the long awaited referendum is the culmination of a long peace process which ended a decade long civil war that led to the deaths of thousands of people they call a gauge report stuff from port moresby. rugby his lucky religion jackie joseph is running a training session with teenagers and at the same time educating them on issues like violence against women she's returned to her homeland to work after fleeing the country with her parents during the island's devastating civil war i think it's been quite a journey growing up as a child in and being able to to be where i am today the conflict centered around pangaea you know a huge copa and gold mine many locals felt their resources were being exploited. unrest and subsequent fighting between the bogan field revolutionary army and p. and g. forces led to a full blown war an estimated 20000 peop

for 5 years on hell japan is still seeking the remains of soldiers killed in battle on a remote pacific island and in sport we'll look ahead to wednesday's games in the champions league as holders liverpool look to the book their place in the last 16. hell out of the eastern med rolls a cloud of them oh it's been quite sparky quite sundry increase in cyprus bits of significant rain but is turning to weaken now on its way across in the van the forecast for thursday takes it across to northern iraq to. maybe and iran then the sunshine follows it's in this direction this is a we're travelling to start really developing in the stock. terence back up to 40 in baghdad a 24 by the time we get to friday as no significant breeze there's nothing really happening in the east and that are the troops periodic rain south of this we've seen the change in seasons you know and the northeast once it is quite strong the cloud is building on the coast of amman yemen occasional showers show themselves in the mountains to the west here otherwise quiet no significant breeze there has warmed up riyadh has warmed up b

people in the pacific island of bogun vale of voting in a referendum to decide whether to become independent from papua new guinea crowds march through the streets celebrating the start of the long awaited vote if they choose independence spoke of bill could become the world's newest country. and the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after studio b. unscripted next. sometimes we are right as i think we're really close that most of this. entire relationship with the past is full of. what are my guide in my interest is the let me phrase die you my me to mesa by. i once through trial for allegedly holding off a radio station at gunpoint in defense of democracy i believe was a human problem and human being and you're quite right to say i got myself involved my name is wallace. i'm a turkish british novelist and like every storyteller i'm drawn to stories but also silence is the things we cannot talk about i have multiple attachments just like all the faster and multiple attachments means multiple stories i am in a shack. i felt i knew a live suffolk even before i met or like when i

i but beijing is pushing back to pacific island nations care about the solomon islands have become the latest to switch diplomatic allegiance from taiwan to china both countries are receiving significant financial investment from beijing and beijing has threatened sanctions against any u.s. company involved in a recently announced arms sales to taiwan in the big picture a snub of one film festival in the creation of another might not seem significant but cultural pressure is still a way beijing hopes to steer taiwan. basic. hello again the headlines on al-jazeera protesters have been venting their anger in the eastern democratic republic of congo towards un peacekeepers demonstrators accuse the un a failing to stop militia attacks on tuesday to confirm were killed as crowds marched to a u.n. base. with more details about what's going on. the situation is still extremely tense. and. a neighboring temple we are told protesters bag. and a government office in angry young men on the street all morning through the afternoon they were trying to get to a military base that is very close to th

war it's a longstanding issue that has put a strain on the 2 countries relations people in the pacific island of bergen villa voting in a referendum to decide whether to become independent from pop when you get it crowds march through the streets celebrating the start of the long awaited vote if they choose independence bogans will quickly become the world's newest country those are the headlines a news continues here on our jazeera after inside story. a new wave of anger in georgia protests to say the government has broken its promise of democratic reform so could this turn into yet another crisis in this former soviet republic and are outside forces involved this is inside story. welcome to the program on how he had seen almost 3 decades after georgia gained its independence protesters say free and fair elections still on soloed demonstrations broke out in the capital of tbilisi this week after the government failed to keep its promise to reform the electoral system tens of thousands barricaded the gates of parliament's calling for an early election they say they were lied to and the ruling

, you know, there was a stereotype but there was some basis to it which is a lot of asian or pacific islanders pushed their kids your parents were very supportive and that's kind of unusual. cassie: yes, what's wonderful is my grandma on my father's side originated a musical theater company in san francisco and so, my mom was a little hesitant about me going to the arts but knowing the success of my grandmother and knowing that people in the arts can be successful, she's been like, a lot more supportive and is very much like, "okay, it exists. people do it and it happens all the time." robert: you probably can't picture yourself doing anything else, right? cassie: no, i can't. robert: well, congratulations on landing the role and great to see a production open in san francisco, your home town. cassie: yes, absolutely. robert: all right, well, "gypsy" with cassie grilley just opened and will run through december 8 at the alcazar theatre on 650 geary street in san francisco. robert: and stay with us. and twinter drive is next. street in san francisco. today, community seva is launching its than

formidable england team whose own diversity has also been an advantage players of nigerian and pacific island heritage among others making a traditional rugby powerhouse even stronger england's performances so far make them favorites to repeat that world cup triumph of $10003.00 and avenge their defeat to the springboks in the final 4 years later but with south africa struggling both a traditional rugby territory and a potentially huge new on victory for them here could mean lifting a continent as well as a cup. paul aris al-jazeera yokohama meanwhile 3 time rugby world champions the zealand have ended their campaign on a hard by winning the 3rd place play off against whilst the all blacks started in dominant fashion with loose head prop gerry movie charging the best part of train t 5 latest across the line for the are opening char of the match a pair of ben smith tries in the 10 minutes before half time in short the kiwis were in no danger of losing this fixture they were running 6 strides in total and a 40 points to 17 when he's encouraged steve hansen bows out as does his wireless counterp