comply with the regulators requests its executives are expected to be summoned in coming days sarah clarke al-jazeera hong kong. still to come on al-jazeera a man convicted of the murder of wall street journal's daniel pearl is set free by pakistani courts. and south korea orders its toughest sever measures to contain covert 19 force in the closure of tourist sites across the country. the wind is changing again. for japan it's not coming out of the cold interior so it's snow showers again maybe half a meter at worst but typically a bit less than that is widespread away on the western slopes of honshu and hawkeye to and if it carries on beyond saturday there will be rather more snows and that most places a dry and cold is an increase in the cloud in southern parts of china which will bring a shower or 2 for hong kong i think you'll just see the wind picking up so from such they almost gets probably windy or windy especially brought her yet to monday the skies are clear and is the strength the northeast monsoon it has helped to build some pretty big showers in vietnam recently they're going

spending their christmas away from their families because of tough coburg 19 restriction says sarah clarke. christmas decorations may be up but large celebrations in hong kong our hold public gatherings of more than 2 people have been banned and borders remain closed. people like nathan cowen will spend the festive season on his or in his family in australia unable to fly in to join him because of strict travel restrictions were very top family and spend a lot of time together it's been really hard on myself on the family and on the boys as well foreign domestic workers in hong kong have been hit hard by the pen demick their almost 400000 here most are from the philippines and indonesia these women of the breadwinners for their families but they're unable to return home for a holiday this christmas very hard for a mother wanting to see your family your your child and. sorry. you know you want to you want to give her the best christmas but you know you can't really push her to understand everything this is all i think here is all. this domestic worker who doesn't want to be identified gave

will comply with the regulators requests it executives are expected to be summoned in coming days sarah clarke al-jazeera hong kong the most high profile person jailed on the hong kong's controversial national security law is now out on bail jimmy lay's spent nearly 3 weeks in jail on charges that he colluded with foreign forces they will continue to remain under house arrest several pro-democracy activists have faced similar charges under the security law critics say beijing and posted on hong kong to silence dissent. thailand's capital is not tory's for traffic and pollution including on its waterways now the government is looking to make one popular method of transport greener. much quieter scott high blower reports from bangkok. fishing out his front door like he has for the last 40 years amarin need your mom lives in a community of houses built on stilts lining the edge of bangkok's busiest can now . while the fishing might be convenient the steady increase of commuter boats rushing by has become unbearable he says but there's some relief on the way a switch to electric boats. on the back

comply with the regulators requests its executives are expected to be summoned in coming days sarah clarke al-jazeera hong kong. check the weather here. hello a wintry scene is unfolding slowly across the european plane to give a traditional christmas day look this is what it will look like temperatures are dropping that low single figures will be plenty of snow particularly on the alps and then it squashes down against what is still going to be rain in the balkans so that is take a case in point vienna that a 5 degrees in the cold wind on friday but it will change to a sunny sky thing but look at the temperatures minus 5 minus 2 overnight lows it'll be frosty on the ground the reason snow to look at in the mountains snow proper will start to fall i think on saturday throughout the balkans as a slowing leading bottom end of this frontal been pushing dance through europe and of course being fed by moisture from below so that's a potential lot of snow however meta likely in sarajevo still snowing on sunday until the afternoon and then a southerly wind to start to rise so sudden europe won't

comply with the regular his requests its executives are expected to be summoned in coming days sarah clarke al-jazeera hong kong. what's often called the happiest time of the year has been anything but that christmas celebrations have drastically changed with people trying to stop the spread of covered 19. these are live pictures this coming from the vatican pope francis is holding a christmas eve mass this here no faithful are able to participate due to coronavirus regulations but it is being streamed around the wall the time actually was moved earlier because people need to adhere to italy's current curfew restriction so they move it to 7 30 pm so everyone can get home by 10 pm those people about 100 i believe who were able to attend. more of the vatican to china where the virus stasis christmas gift manufacturers are struggling while other countries limit their participation in the holidays according to the international labor organization the pandemic is wired into the global income gap with women and low paid work is bearing the brunt of it once it is always on my sales volume has drop

comply with the regular his requests its executives are expected to be summoned in coming days sarah clarke al-jazeera hong kong well now to thailand the capital is notorious for traffic and pollution including its waterways that's why the government is looking to make one popular method of transport greener and quieter scott hyder reports from bangkok. fishing out his front door like he has for the last 40 years a marine that needs your mom lives in a community of houses built on stilts lining the edge of bangkok's busiest day now . while the fishing might be convenient the steady increase of commuter boats rushing by has become unbearable but there is some relief on the way a switch to elect a. both. the electric plants will generate less knowns i won't bother people so much but. bangkok was once described as the venice of the east and many of the 10000000 people here still use its waterways to get around. and the boats used to carry them are noisy big polluters putting toxins in the water and into the air. so the city government has launched a quieter and greener alternative a 3 month el

change globally a hands free future living at arm's length is increasingly becoming the new neural sarah clarke al-jazeera hong kong. you're watching our deserve it means the whole room the reminder of our top news stories millions of people across the u.s. state of california are preparing for harsh new lockdown rules to come into place in the next few hours the state has reported its highest number of new covert 19 infections more than 30000 in a day south korea's president has deployed the military to assist with expanded crowd of virus testing and tracing more than 600 cases reported on monday the 30th day in a row daily triple digit increases health experts are warning if this trend continues the hospital system could soon be overwhelmed venezuela's opposition leader who has slammed sunday's parliamentary vote as a fraud counting is underway for the poll which was boycotted by the opposition it's likely that president nicolas maduro will consolidate his power observers say voter turnout was historically low here in this voting center in the district that is normally a lot of people when th

1st day of the trial are accused of trying to flee to taiwan in august to avoid jail sentences sarah clarke has more now from hong kong. pro-democracy activists deliver a petition to beijing's liaison office in hong kong they want the group of 12 held on the mainland of china to be released after more than 4 months in detention is a secret trial you know people are not allowed the family member are not allowed to go or to hear a trial out and also they have not met with a member over the 128 days that they are detained so there are no transparency no visitation by family is all harassment tight security is surrounded a court in the southern chinese city of shenzhen as 10 of the 12 activists attended the 1st day of the trial they're facing criminal charges relating to last year's and a government protests in hong kong and one of the accused has been charged under the national security law in august they were caught by chinese authorities trying to flee hong kong by boat they've now been accused of illegally entering mainland waters family members say they've had no contact since their wrist

speedboat they accused the youngest of whom is only 16 face charges of crossing the border illegally sarah clarke has more from hong kong. well the trial has just got underway in the last hour and a half or so the lawyer has revealed that he believes that they or the whole group of the 10 of them that are appearing out of the 12 inch engine on monday that they will plead guilty now if that's the case he believes that we could actually get a verdict on monday on the 1st and only day of that trial now under mainland laws are the penalty for crossing the border illegally is one year in prison for anyone who's organizing the crossing illegally of the border onto the mainland or into the mainland it's 70 years jail if you're involved in a syndicate or you could face life in prison looks like this tight security around that court but we do know that the families of the 10 people in court on monday have been unable to attend a simply because of covert number one the quarantine restrictions they can't access the mainland but they also found out on december 24th christmas day they were were informed that

limits human contact and normalizes social distancing changing how we use and interact with spaces sarah clarke reports from hong kong. it's the latest luxury hotel to launch in hong kong the harry will open this month it was built before the pandemic added to depth to the social distancing regulation we've been fortunate in some regards to be able to watch what's been going on in hong kong and how the hotel industry and restaurant industry have managed all the social distancing and what the best practices are and whilst we may have wanted to have a big fanfare of an opening that's now going to be rather more located the pandemic is transforming the way we live work and interact with social distancing laws in place architects like john pauline who designed the aquatic center for the beijing olympics are adapting to avert future outbreaks in one of the buildings that we're looking at at the moment so we've got a continuous tree in the going through the building with interconnecting stay and this encourages the staff to walk through the building not touching anything and actually taking the deman

speedboat they accused the youngest of whom is only 16 face charges of crossing the border illegally sarah clarke has more from hong kong well the trial has just gone and why in that court now at 12 activists and pro-democracy members have been charged but we only have 10 of those 12 appearing in court on monday for that trial and that's because 2 of the miners and now face court another day now the last in a while the lawyer for some of the families has said that they will plead guilty and as a result if they do plead guilty he suggested that we may actually get a verdict on monday now undermine landlords the penalty for crossing illegally the border into the mainland could face around one year anyone who's organizing the illegal crossing of the mainland border a could face 7 years jail the f.b.i. says the man suspected of setting off a bomb in the u.s. city of nashville died in the explosion investigators gather d.n.a. evidence from the home of 63 year old anthony warner and matched it with human remains found at the bottom scene they believe he walked alone 3 people were injured and about 40 b

has faced increasing pressure from beijing over its expansion plans for more let's cross live to sarah clarke in hong kong tell us more is agent 2nd largest corporation shares have dropped what's happening. all of this decision today being announced by state media in china is a huge blow to the group that we're the largest i.p.o. on the stock market that was the atlas thing and that was meant to make its debut back in november it was to be a jewel listing in hong kong and shanghai that decided to shun the united states to a what the alibaba group described as a geopolitical tensions but this particular listing back in november it was suspended 2 days before it was to make its debut that security authorities in china made that announcement back in november they decided after a recent interview with jeff marni executives that the regulators decided that this particular i.p.o. listing didn't meet the listing qualifications or disclosure requirements so today's announcement on thursday coming out of china that the alibaba group is now under investigation of allegations of monopoly is as yet anoth

to see what the verdict is if there is one in court today but for now thanks very much indeed sarah clarke talking to us from hong kong. still ahead on al-jazeera senior egyptian officials hold talks with libya's tripoli government after years of backing its rivals what this could mean for diplomatic relations and the wonder woman sequel scores big at the u.s. box office offering some hope to the film industry hit hard by the pandemic. will storm continues to back to the northwest of here you can see this massive cloud this color which has been sinking this way further south is behind this cold front significantly colder air coming for proper winter weather rack again across the british isles as we go through the next 24 hours or so and down and see the central mediterranean just about italy and the balkans another nasty little low there that's been producing some very heavy snow fall as well snow will become a little more expansive across the out says we go on into monday some parts could see maybe a meter of snow further north the remnants of better that will dig down with cold northerly

comply with the regular his requests its executives are expected to be summoned in coming days sarah clarke al-jazeera hong kong. iraq's government recently devalued the local currency the iraqi dinar by more than 20 percent is the biggest currency devaluation against the dollar since the 2003 fall of saddam hussein traffic has this report from baghdad. for more than a year theory abraham has been coming to protest in central baghdad to demand better services political reform and an end to what he says has been decades of government corruption and mismanagement. but he's here today because like many iraqis he is shocked and angry about the government's recent devaluation of the iraqi deano against the dollar by more than 20 percent and you have stunned by the government's action i will i think to lose almost quarter of myself because i'm paid indiana the finest meanest that says it won't affect us how we'll its not. the government said it had to devalue iraq's current c. because of a collapse in the oil prices brought on by a slump in global energy demands due to the coronavirus pandemic th

for change globally a hands free future living at arm's length is increasingly becoming the new sarah clarke al-jazeera hong kong. millions of children in pakistan already struggle to get an education but the situation is only getting worse the schools across the country are shutting down for a 2nd time because of the pandemic one university student has decided to try to help there's a story my name is. and i'm a psychology student i've been for imparting knowledge so i'm running a small library in. a small village a remote village in the northern areas pakistan i used to work in islamabad i had a good job then i felt i can do better than that so i moved in here because i always wanted to do something for the community of this region i came to know about the move by library that was founded by a japanese lady called musial i started working with them. in the middle of to be sure is and there more to be always have threats we never know what can happen next because the glacier outburst the landslide ings they're very common here we go to different villages we provide the kids with book the bo

also unexpectedly suspended 2 days before its shed yule debut well for more let's now speak to sarah clarke she's in hong kong for us so what do we know about why this is happening now. well look it's a huge blow to the alibaba group as you mentioned state media made this announcement on the shin wired news agency that the tech giant would be investigated over allegations of monopolistic practices are it shows the for the tensions between jack ma he's china 2nd richest man and also worth around has a net worth of around $50000000000.00 of course president xi jinping and it comes after you mention the ad listing the shelves this was the jewel in the crown of the empire it was to be the largest i.p.o. on the stock market time but as you mentioned it was shelved after it was meant to go ahead in november it was to have a jewel listing in shanghai and in hong kong jack ma decided to make the listing in the region as opposed to the united states due to what he described as geopolitical tensions on the regulated said this particular listing it didn't meet the disclosure requirements as a result b

of course we'll keep checking in with you to see whether know about verdicts comes through but sarah clarke talking to us from hong kong thank you. still ahead on al-jazeera county begins in these areas the west african country inches closer to what could be its 1st ever democratic transition of power. new details about the man suspected in the bombing in the u.s. city of nashville what may have been behind the attack. carlos storm continues to kohls havoc across northwestern parts of europe you can see the circulation has just making its way across the wells pushing down towards the southwest of england tightly packed ice coming in behind the winds been drawn in from a cold maulvi direction and that sets the theme for the next few days basically cold weather coming in across many parts of the northwest of europe 2 celsius there in glasgow just 5 degrees in london 6 celsius the in paris that cold red takes all the way down across the bay of biscay old pasta spain pushing into southern areas of france could see some significant snow fall over the coming hours similarly some more snow to just

foreign workers the spending their christmas away from their families because of tough restrictions sarah clarke reports. christmas decorations may be up but large celebrations in hong kong our whole public gatherings of more than 2 people have been banned and borders remain closed. people like nathan cowen will spend the festive season on his or in his family in australia unable to fly him to join him because of strict travel restrictions were very tight family and spend a lot of time together it's been really hard on myself on the family and on the boys as well foreign domestic workers in hong kong have been hit hard by the pen to make their almost 400000 here mostly from the philippines and indonesia these women of the breadwinners for their families but they're unable to return home for a holiday this christmas very hard for a mother wanting to see your family your your child and. sorry. you know you want to you want to give her the best christmas but you know you can't really push her to understand everything this is all i think here is all. this domestic worker who doesn't want to be ident

china's globally a hands free future living at arm's length is increasingly becoming the new norm sarah clarkeal-jazeera hong kong. does that remain a starter today but i will hand you either to bob or sarah and learn to have much much more of the day's news and just a minute to stay with us here on out there. december on al-jazeera it's 10 years since of revolution in tunisia ignited the arab spring al-jazeera looks back at the uprising and asks what really changed across the middle east this stream is where al-jazeera is global audience becomes a global community a year after the 1st coronavirus case in china will examine the devastation caused by the virus and the efforts made to eliminate covert 90 people in power is back with more investigative documentaries and in-depth stories climate leaders will gather online to press ahead with a new stage of the paris climate agreement and examine the possible likely solutions december on al-jazeera. in south central chile indigenous communities are fighting to reclaim their ancestral lands and the conflict is becoming increasingly violent talk to a

the architectural community is already transforming the way we live to avoid future outbreaks sarah clarke has this report now from hong kong. it's the latest luxury hotel to launch in hong kong the harry will open this month it was built before the pandemic i did to death to the social distancing regulation we've been fortunate in some regards to be able to watch what's been going on in hong kong and how the hotel industry and restaurant industry have managed all the social distancing and what the best practices are and whilst we may have wanted to have a big fanfare of an opening that's now going to be rather more located the pandemic is transforming the way we live work and interact with social distancing laws in place architects like john pauline who designed the aquatic center for the beijing olympics are adapting to avert future outbreaks in one of the buildings that we're looking at at the moment that we've got a continuous tree in the going through the building with an interconnecting stair and this encourages the staff to walk through the building not touching anything and actuall

travel restrictions it could be months before they can go home and be reunited with their families sarah clarke out a 0 hong kong. well as we've been reporting the pandemic has changed the way friends and families are gathering for the holidays this year it's bring a little lightness to a tough situation the u.s. aerospace defense unit known as nora has kept his tradition of following santa claus as he travels around the globe the so-called santa tracker has been updating children on the movements of father christmas for more than 60 years. still to come here on this program the sports news and sorry we look ahead to a boxing day cricket beast here with that and all the other international sports news when we come back. to american people have finally spoken in america as i see it when america is off balance or because more dangerous the world is looking to live next year of sanderson. with the election behind us the republican party dump truck with your weekly take on u.s. politics and society now at the bottom of. this underwater treasure is it the risk of disappearing the coral bleaching cau