and so we understand, as do all of our brothers and sisters in the pacific and in islands around the d. the stakes of this of this fight. the stakes of this. ..of this fight. so, the uk. prepared this session so that the pacific could talk directly with the president of cop 26. i know this is particularly important for the pacific. i hope we will see progress on all of these issues. prime minister, i finally want to say to you that my team and i are straining everything you do to ensure that we are able to say with credibility that we have kept 1.5 within reach. can i also thank you and the uk delegation for providing the opportunity for the pacific, including many of us who were not able to travel to glasgow. we are still experiencing disadvantages of size and a much reduced voice and cannot help but feel continually being marginalized. a five year time frame is the only outcome aligned with the ambition mechanism of the paris agreement. remember, we are negotiating for the survival of our islands. as negotiations continue, many activists in the pacific are taking actions into their

from the first female leader in the pacific islands... current serving female prime minister. there's very low emissions from the pacific and yet. we are most impacted. who carries the expectations of a generation of young women looking for representation. fiame naomi mata'afa became samoa's first female prime minister in 2021, the pacific islands region has the lowest female representation in politics in the world. this year, she'll be attending the cop 26 remotely. climate change is an existential threat to countries like samoa. i don't think it changes, you know, whether i'm the minister of the environment or the prime minister because it's essentially threatening, you know, the life of the planet. if we recall that cop in paris, that's where there was a special call for leaders to come to, to the cop, you know, it was quite an effort to make sure that the leadership was there. and that has also been the continued call to all the following cops, up to the latest. because we are on the frontline in the pacific region, it appears more dis

pacific. one of the many island nations where climate change is an imminent threat.will see now that most of the village have relocated to higher ground. samoa's first female prime minister, fiame naomi mata'afa, is on the front line. as things stand, her island is projected to experience a sea—level rise of up to 15 centimetres by 2030. she believes the global response to tackling covid could be a blueprint for the climate crisis. that's a very clear example of what we can do when they are pushed to act. how do we capture that sense of urgency? and the needed collaboration for climate change? neighbouring pacific island fiji became the first in the world to introduce a climate relocation fund. tukuraki was the first non—coastal village to be permanently moved. liti is from there. a landslide and two cyclones obliterated her previous home and liti sheltered in this cave during extreme weather events. liti, this is the cave where you stayed? although liti now has a new home, she still keeps supplies in the cave as insurance. across the world, its estimated one person

warning russia, rex military build up on the border with ukraine. voting on the way in the south pacific islands of new caledonia and a referendum on independence from france. and iraq, president says his country wants the nuclear deal to be revised, but says us sanctions must go before any agreement. aah! at least 80 people have been killed in the us after a series of tornadoes ripped through 6th, mid western and southern states. it happened overnight on friday. president joe biden says it's like as a be one of the largest tornado outbreaks in u. s. history. and as promising federal help to be affected states when the extreme weather left a trail of destruction stretching more than 320 kilometers as particle hain, their reports. one town seemingly wiped away in one evening mayfield kentucky where a candle factory with 110 people inside was leveled. a trapped worker took to facebook live to plead for help and we aren't trans, please. ya, give us some help. we're at the candle back 3 in may. you please leave us. she got out, but the governor believes the vast majority of workers did not seeing an

were, any escalation in ukraine is the g. seven's top diplomats meet to day residence on the pacific island of new caledonia. vote by an overwhelming majority to stay a part of france and they, some holiday cheer is being restored in vienna where christmas markets and back open again are for a 2 week partial locked up. ah, it's just gone 14 hours gmc, that means it's 9 am in the us state of kentucky and communities there are dealing with unimaginable destruction following a series of powerful tornadoes. the city of mayfield with a population of 10000 has been all but flattened. kentucky saw the worst of it, but the tornadoes also created a path of destruction across 5 of the states, stretching around 370 kilometers. we'll go live to heidi joe castro in the city of mayfield. shortly 1st, he has her report and we are trapped. please give us some help at the candle gregory in may. you please bring us this woman is among the few to get out alive after a tornado flattened the candle factory were she and more than 100 others were working. it's unclear how many people remain trapped somewhere bene

russia over its build up of troops, some of the ukraine. buddha voting is on the way in the south pacific island of new caledonia in a referendum on independence from france. under arms president says his country wants the international nuclear deal to be revive, but says us sanctions must go before any agreement. ah, we begin in the u. s. where at least 70 people have been killed by a series of tornadoes that rip through 6, mid western and southern states. dozens of people are missing, homes have been destroyed, and workplace is decimated. president joe biden says it's likely to be one of the largest tornado outbreaks new as history, and that the total number of dead still isn't known. while the extreme weather has left a trail of destruction, stretching more than 320 kilometers, as particle hain, our reports, one town seemingly wiped away in one evening mayfield kentucky where a candle factory with 110 people inside was leveled. a trapped worker took to facebook live to plead for help, and we aren't shred to please give us some help. we're at the candle factory in may . you please bring us. sh

pacific. one of the many island nations where climate change is an imminent threat.me minister, fiame naomi mata'afa, is on the front line. as things stand, her island is projected to experience a sea—level rise of up to 15 centimetres by 2030. she believes the global response to tackling covid could be a blueprint for the climate crisis. that's a very clear example of what we can do when they are pushed to act. how do we capture that sense of urgency? and the needed collaboration for climate change? neighbouring pacific island fiji became the first in the world to introduce a climate relocation fund. tukuraki was the first of non—coastal village to be permanently moved. liti is from there. a landslide and two cyclones obliterated her previous home and liti sheltered in this cave during extreme weather events. liti, this is the cave where you stayed? although liti now has a new home, she still keeps supplies in the cave as insurance. across the world, its estimated one person a second is forced to flee their home because of climate—related weather events. that number

the pacific islands are facing an existential crisis.e refugees. what's happening here is a bellwether of the planet's future as the world met for the cop 26 in glasgow. i traveled to the pacific islands to meet women on the front lines who are leading the fight against the climate crisis from elders relocating their villages. they told us to go, go. you just worry about your life. to a younger generation leading with practical approaches.

the 1st to kick off 2022 were the pacific islands of samoa and kerry batty with new zealand. following one hour later, auckland opted for a lights display projected on to city landmarks. while in australia, a spectacular fireworks display lit up the sky over sydney harbour bridge celebrations there went ahead this year despite soaring corona virus case numbers. and north korea has welcomed in the new year as well with an open air show in the capitol shown yet well here in germany, there are still a few hours left of 2021 and the new german chancellor has recorded his 1st urged all germans to stand together in the fight against covered 19 and to get vaccinated . other than tackling the pandemic, the german liter. so the biggest challenge for the upcoming year was to lay the foundations for germany's future development. i think one small change is that today i am the one speaking to you on new year's eve as your federal chancellor. things are different this year. after 16 years of new year's addresses by angle america, germany's new head of government rose to the task for the 1

i hope people understand this is a universal experience among asian americans and pacific islanders in the united states. we are the ones after our ancestors going from the civil war had it taken away from them in the chinese exclusion act veterans actually had the citizenship taken away that they had earned due to the chinese exclusion act. are the only population that has a family play into internment camps in the middle of the war and fought for the country even as family members just because they were of japanese descent or even look like they would be of japanese descent. i had people come up to me while i was wearing the uniform of my nation but saying where are you really from? duckworth is not your name. that is your husband's name. no. i am a duckworth. i have been here since the revolution. this past year was really hard on the a api community. it is always been here but now to be the target of hate crimes part of it because the president of the united states was using hate speech the president was saying the country virus and blaming the chinese for the virus but not saying

, i would agree, i think that they know, and i also say, and i decided get my heart out, her pacific islanders and you know that you are entirely reliant upon her mother, earth and yours and your ocean for your life. you know, a lot of what we do is in recognizing the situation that you are in is the same situation. we are in and, and, you know, the, the, the better we can do to stop a tar sands pipelines. the better for you, you know, i mean that, that is my goal. you know, i've, i spent 8 years fighting a pipeline that they just put in, you know, it's a crime. 8 against mother earth, it's a crime. you can't bring more oil out and pretend that it's going to work out. you bring it out in, in, in canada, you burn it in the united states. ah, it's going to show up in the pacific. you know, so all we do is, is, you know, knowing that our community is related to your community and, you know, been good prayers for you and your community. high density of them actually from, by the standards to being in the united states who are saying that to inequality, consumerism, new liberalism, and i'll dissimi

southeast asian countries. voting is underway in the independence referendum on the tiny of south pacific island group of new caledonia . it's the 3rd time the french rule territory is deciding on the issue. it narrowly rejected a break away in 20182020. the main independence parties are boycotting the referenda . they're worried, the pandemic will on the my, they yes vote. and wayne hay is monitoring the referendum from tauranga in new zealand. this referendum is being held in quite a tent atmosphere, given those calls to stay away from the polling booths by the leaders of the pro independence political parties. in fact, they have called for this boat to be postponed until late next year. of course, the french government rejected those calls and the boat is going ahead. so those pro independence groups have labeled this entire process and democratic because of the conditions in the lead up to sundays voting and also the conditions on the day . and it appears as if people are heating, those calls to boy caught the vert. we've had pretty good voter turnout and the 2 previous referendums, in fact,

southeast asian countries. voting is underway in the independence referendum on the tiny south pacific island group of new caledonia. it's the 1st time or the 3rd time. rather, the french rule territory is deciding on the issue. it narrowly rejected a breakaway in 2018, and 2020. the main independence part is a boy called the reference, and they're worried. the pandemic will undermine a yes. why and hey is following the vote. he joins us now live via skype from tower ranga in new zealand. so all the cold. so boy having much of an impact so far. well, so far it seems that they are this referendum is being held in quite attempts atmosphere, given those calls to stay away from the are polling booths by the leaders of the pro independence political parties. in fact, they have called for this vote to be postponed until late next year because the french government rejected those calls and the vote is going ahead. so those pro independence groups have labeled this entire process and democratic because of the conditions in the lead up to sundays of voting and also the conditions on the day. and it ap

. >> targeted crimes against the asian american pacific islander community across the bay area have increased since the start of the pandemic. six men are being charged with hate crimes after san jose police arrested them in connection with at least 170 incidents in the past year. dustin dorsey explains how the community came together to help catch these suspects. >> violence, robberies, purse snatching's, and attacks on the asian american community shows the highest it has been in the last two years across the bay area. leaders don't want residents in san jose and little saigon to be fearful this holiday season and beyond. >> while we live in different places and our families came from different countries, we take your safety seriously, and we take it personally. >> backing up their word, police made six arrests in september after an extensive investigation. these men linked to at least 170 incidents of robbery, theft, and burglary that targeted members of the a community. these men targeted more women because they were asian american. >> an attack like this is really an attack against the b

and from the me con river to the pacific islands about asians aggressive actions. claiming open sees as their own, the starting open markets through subsidies to the state run companies denying the export. so revoking deals for countries as policies. it does not agree with engaging and a legal and reported and non regulated phishing activities. countries across the region. what this behavior to change, we do to the governor of kentucky in the u. s. s. at least 74 people have now been killed in the region by friday series of tornadoes. with more than $100.00 still missing us defense. secretary will not punish military personnel involved in a drawing strike and danced on that killed 10 civilians. that operation on august 29th killed an 8 work and 9 members of his family. and a 5 year long legal battle involving us gymnastics has come to an end. a $3800000000.00 settlement has been reached between victims of the disgraced former dr. larry nasa. and america's top gymnastics association. nasa was accused of sexually abusing more than $300.00 women and girls. and with that you are up to da

were purely designed to help mining giant re tinto dont operations in serbia's, west the south pacific island of new caledonia is holding a referendum on independence from france. it's the 3rd vote on the issue off to vote, as narrowly rejected the idea in 20182020 correspondence. ah ah i ours isn't up and the number of people living in towns now exceeds those living outside. when this milestone was reached in 2009 few people notice across the globe, cities are growing upwards and outwards at unprecedented speed. fundamentally changing the way we live and work. this could be a golden age of architecture, or time of unrestrained commercial speculation. how our wells will look for generations to come is being decided daily and te, few of us are engaging with the debates in this supercharged world of instant communication, instant message, and instagram. we're too busy looking down. it's time for us to look up. ah, i spent over 12 years living in hotel rooms and is quite literally a suitcase you and your tooth brush says also time full reflection. all of the jobs i've done all visiting huge mega

warning russia ricks military build up on the border with ukraine. voting on the way in the south pacific islands of new caledonia.

president joe biden has promised the full support of the federal government residence in the pacific island of new caledonia voted to stay a part of france. that was the 3rd and final referendum on whether or not to become an independent country. libby as election, commission says it won't publish a list of presidential candidates until consented legal issues. the election is scheduled for december, the 24th, and seen as a major step towards ending a decade of instability that the process has been undermined by disagreements on voting regulations and who should be allowed to run. sunday protests have been held in australia's largest cities against kirby 19 vaccine mandates. the demonstrations in sydney and melbourne followed the government and i'm seeing an acceleration in the booster shots campaign. the n as christmas market has reopened. after being shut down for 2 weeks, the partial lockdown was lifted on people who received their cobra, 1900 vaccines. those who haven't will still be barred from entering many businesses and venues. those are your headlines. news continues after we go bac

there's so much concern from northeast asia, the southeast asia, and from the me con river to the pacific islands about beijing's aggressive actions . claiming open seasons there, all the stores open markets through subsidies to its state, run companies denying the export. so revoking deals for countries as policies. it does not agree with engaging in illegal on reported a non regulated fishing activities. countries across the region want this behavior to change. we do to us defense secretary lloyd austin as decided against punishing military personnel involved in a drug strike that killed 10 civilians. enough gamma stands capital. the operation on august the 29th killed an aid worker and 9 members of his family, including a 2 year old child. an investigation found the strike did not violate the laws of war. it happened 3 days after a nice little attack, had campbell airport following tyler bond take over. human rights watch says israeli police used excessive force against palestinian israelis during communal violence 30 of this year. in may palestinian israelis in the city of long rallied agains

the first international holidaymakers arrived on the pacific island, welcomed by traditional dancersn grass skirts earlier on. tourism accounts for around 40% of fiji's economy. other countries are worried about the impact of the omicron variant. the head of the human tourism agency said blocking travel is not the answer. >> i also repeat i will call for restrictions on travel to be less and for all governments to follow guidance which advises against such measures in cases like this. kate: america's labor market has been dealing with a shortage of workers, and it is a problem that has trickled into the seasonal occupation of being santa claus. the agency highersanta.com has seen a 101% increase in the number of people or businesses hoping to hire a santa look-alike this holiday season, but it says it has at least 10% fewer entertainers available. that is partly because the jelly persona tends to look for older, overweight men, who are at much higher risk of severe illness if the contract covid-19. many of them are taking the year off or have retired during the pandemic. we have to h

warning russia over its build up of troops on the ukraine. buddha voting is underway in the south pacific island of new caledonia in a.

there's so much concern from northeast asia, the southeast asia, from the meek, on river, the pacific islands about asians aggressive actions. claiming open seas as their own, the starting open markets through subsidies to its state run companies denying the export. so revoking deals for countries as policies. it does not agree with engaging and a legal and reported and regulated phishing activities. countries across the region . what this behavior to change we do to florence louis is following developments from column for we've heard the brighten administration. talk about how it's rivalry with china is its biggest jo, political test of the century. and you know, this visit really is about in a way the u. s. trying to reassert its influence in a region that former president, donald trump, pat in a way neglected during his term and before the scene during the biden administration. important high ranking us official visit. we had us defense secretary lloyd austin, vice president kamala harris, visit southeast asian countries within the 1st year of 5 and taking office. u. s. president joe biden

that's why there's so much concern from ne day to the southeast asia and from the mika river, the pacific islands, about beijing's aggressive actions. claiming open seas is there all the stores open markets through subsidies to its state run companies denying the export. so revoking deals for countries. his policies, it does not agree with engaging in illegal on reported and unregulated fishing activities. countries across the region want this behavior to change. we do to says korea has had its worst day of the pandemic recording. 94 deaths on tuesday, a record 906 people were also in a serious or critical condition. the u. k. has reported was foolish to be the world's 1st confirmed death of some one with the army con variance on monday. cases are spreading with alarming speeds and in the coming hours, parliament is expected to discuss an votes on possible new corona, virus restrictions. the governor of the u. s. state of kentucky says at least 74 people have been killed in the region by friday series of tornadoes. one of $100.00 are still missing. philippine president rodrigo deterred a, has dro

the south pacific island of new caledonia is holding a referendum on independence from france. it's the 3rd vote on the issue as it for now the i, she didn't on until the she's such a call. and as somebody who's on their own, you can get this a sense of loneliness. also a sense of being able to not be distracted by anything else. apart from what you see, ah, ah, and you can feel the hairs on the back of your neck standing when you reach the top of that building and get a great view of the city. and you know, the timeline to kind of help you achieve that by creating that sense of hyper reality. i know i owe new york at the time, photographers, and concerning architecture of photography, paradise. every way you go, there's a shop. i few cities divide opinion more than new york, a towering celebration of identity for others, including one of europe's greatest muslim, it's architect like a boucher, a beautiful catastrophe of a leaf spies soaring above the pole. ah, you didn't get for the skyscraper of a 22 miles to build on. it was always going to be a vertical city. mm. yeah. do y

. >> targeted crimes against the asian american pacific islander community across the bay area have increasedince the start of the pandemic. six men are being charged with hate crimes after san jose police arrested them in connection with at least 170 incidents in the past year. dustin dorsey explains how the community came together to help catch these suspects. >> violence, robberies, purse snatching's, and attacks on the asian american community shows the highest it has been in the last two years across the bay area. leaders don't want residents in san jose and little saigon to be fearful this holiday season and beyond. >> while we live in different places and our families came from different countries, we take your safety seriously, and we take it personally. >> backing up their word, police made six arrests in september after an extensive investigation. these men linked to at least 170 incidents of robbery, theft, and burglary that targeted members of the a community. these men targeted more women because they were asian american. >> an attack like this is really an attack against the bas

and the major core doors of this climate change with the greenhouse gases that when we see the pacific islandsiterally disappearing and that their home is going underwater and when you see their droughts throughout africa and then when it forms in india to create the moral situation but yet so those 20 us tonight that havee read your book one of the things that i love about this conversation is the chance to connect with an author to go deeper and then just to have a great understanding of the work he or she has gone through the trouble to publish so what are the one or two or three things toou understand about this book what would you like them to know? what would you like them to understand? >> i would hope that people grasp the idea that water is life-giving.hi so then the spirituals very important to me that i this book really gets it across in the second thing much is given in much is expected. and as a nation the most richest and powerful empire the world has ever known that is unimaginable it is just desk causing and then to be a nation to have so much to us and destruction even about t

caledonia would move closer to china, which has built economic ties and political influence on other pacific islands. literally doing in the california new caledonian, have chosen to remain french. they have freely decided to do so for the entire nation. this choice is a source of pride and recognition. this evening. france is more beautiful because new caledonia has decided to stay part of it. reuben, with a population of about 275000 and a weak economy. some analysts say having the backing of france may have given residence, a sense of security, which helped you get a good yeah, with vaccines and as well as the order i do. so sure, it couldn't be measures and to boost you're going to be doing. do, sir, is health crisis. now a new stage of negotiations will begin, while the territory will remain part of france. caledonian leaders, including separatists will have up to 18 months to negotiate with the french government and redefine a new service for the territory. katya little bits of the young al jazeera estate memorial service has been held at a church in cape town for south africa, lost a party pr

. china, meanwhile, has announced it will send a team of advises and provide equipment to the pacific island nation. thousands of resident doctors in india have gone on strike. they demanding the government resume, hiring post graduate doctors. there has been a freeze issue to the pandemic. they say the delay has left a government, run the hospitals understaffed and overwhelmed with coven. 19 patience happening, middle reports from india's capital, new tele, with his ministry, and new daily, where hundreds of doctors have been protesting for several weeks. these doctors a residence belonging to several government on hospitals in india, every year, more than $40000.00 residents, appear for an entrance exam. of these results, there are a lot of changing supports in hospitals, but this batch of residence that process has been delayed by several months. you thought it was supposed boned on diploma 19 cases started rising in a death and then it was the toward several petitions will fight in the supreme court is challenging the government's decision to resolve some of these training spots was want

there's so much concern from northeast asia, the southeast asia, from the beacon river to the pacific islands about asians, aggressive actions claiming open seas as their own. the starting open markets through subsidies to its state run companies denying the export. so revoking deals for countries as policies, it does not agree with engaging in illegal and reported and unregulated fishing activities, countries across the region, what this behavior to change we do to florence louis has more from coloma for the us as trying to reset its relations in se asia, this region was largely overlooked by former us president donald trump, but the biden administration fee, se asia as vital to its efforts to push back a rising china. now in his speech outlining the u. s. as in the pacific plans secretary of state, antony lincoln said the us will work with its allies and partners to descend the rules based order. he was forthright in his remarks saying, countries are concerned about china's actions. and he listed some of these, which include china using his, its economic strength to punish countries as poli

there's so much concern from northeast asia, the southeast asia, and from the meek, on river to the pacific islands. about asians aggressive actions claiming open seas as their own. the starting open markets through subsidies to its state run companies denying the export. so revoking deals for countries as policies. it does not agree with engaging in illegal and reported and unregulated fishing activities . countries across the region what this behavior to change. we do to us defense secretary lloyd austin, has decided against punishing military personnel involved in a drug strike that killed 10 civilians in afghanistan and investigation found the strike did not violate the laws of war, but mistakes were made. the congressional committee investigating the january 6 capitol hill riots is voted to hold former white house, chief of staff, mark my, those in contempt. the vote was unanimous, both must still be approved by the full house of representatives. the governor of the state of kentucky says at least 74 people there have been killed by friday, series of tornadoes, another 109 people are still mis

now, at 11am our time, it is new zealand, the tiny pacific island of tonga and samoa kicking off the tions around the world and the last of all to bring in 2022 will be tiny outlying islands of the united states. this isjust about the start of it. this is auckland harbour bridge and the guy tower with a light show under way after 128 days of 2021 spent in lockdown. new figures show staff absences caused by covid at nhs acute trusts in england rose by more than 40% per cent in the week to boxing day. hospitals in northampton, sheffield and rotherham have temporarily suspended visiting due to the high number of 0micron cases. an average of more than 25,000 health workers were off sick or isolating each day. london was again the worst hit with about 4% of staff in acute trusts absent — up by nearly 60% on the week before. borisjohnson has praised what he called the "heroic" vaccination effort across the country. the government says its met its target of offering all adults in england a boosterjab. but nhs bosses say some vaccination centres have reported that as many as 40% of people fai

and from the con river to the pacific islands about asians aggressive actions. claiming open sees as their own, the starting open markets through subsidies to its state run companies denying the export. so revoking deals for countries as policies. it does not agree with engaging in illegal and reported and unregulated fishing activities, countries across the region, what this behavior to change. we do to a solo is principal advisor at the pacific research center. he joins us on skype from costa, can balloon in malaysia good to have you with us. so the bring can visit, is it about countering chinese influence in the region? well, does this sound bytes us certainly sounded like it, but i think is a mismatch. all expectations on the part of the united states, and in some, one off a superpower contest with china. and it would of course, like to have, for some of these, some is asian nations to be and wings to take the american side. on the other hand, i think a lot of these asian countries, which are expecting, for example, more american economic interactions, trade investments, and so o