dan simmons — take you through space. dan simmons there _ take you through space.go electric is the truck. we've seen self—driving trucks starting to hit the road in the us with big rigs being trialled on long haul routes and we've been in some even bigger driverless beast operating in mines. we are really winging it around the corners as well! but while these vehicles to increase safety, they are still gas guzzlers. however, paul carter has been to a race track to see a new type of truck. in action. a tranquil morning at the top gear track in surrey. except... oh gosh! —— top gear. this driverless electric truck has been breaking the place. and with good cause. trucks make up a relatively small amount of traffic on the roads, around 2% in the eu, they have a disproportionately large impact on the environment. unless they are among the first of a new category, electric autonomous trucks. innovations such as this one are aiming to cut emissions and also designed to operate safely at high speeds. computers, cameras and lidar sensors are a familiar sight on self—drivi

we get more from keir simmons. >> reporter: president putin openly wielding a diplomatic carrot and stick at his news conference today new satellite images this week show russia's continuing military escalation on ukraine's border but the russian leader suggesting talks with the u.s. are gaining traction and war with ukraine is not inevitable. >> we don't want that. it is not our choice. >> reporter: at other times putin sounding belligerent, directly addressing western leaders with uncompromising demands. >> you must give us the guarantees it is up to you, and you must do this immediately. right now. >> reporter: the kremlin insists nato abandoned military activity in eastern europe and not admit ukraine as a member. righting wrongs, putin believes from the gorbachev era. but that draft kremlin treaty already rejected by washington ahead of potential negotiations in early january. >> we haven't finalized the details of those, so that's really the next step. >> reporter: meanwhile tonight, a cease fire reinstated in eastern ukraine. meaning, one official said today, the holidays should be

simmons converting before adding a penalty gave the hosts are big enough lead to ensure victory overemiership, ollie hassell—collins' hat—trick helped london irish to a 43 points to 21 victory over newcastle falcons. northampton saints climbed to third in the table as they handed bottom side bath their ninth straight defeat. and worcester warriors beat wasps for the first time since the coventry side moved to the midlands as they hung on for a bonus—point victory at sixways. in the united rugby championship, 1a points from stephen myler set up an ospreys victory over high—flying ulster. lions beat stormers in the day's other match. that's all from sportsday. have a lovely evening, bye—bye. good evening to you. it has been a cold start to the weekend and it is going to stay cold into tomorrow as well. we have had a whole mixture of weather, rain, sleet and snow but also some sunshine, good spells of sunshine across the south of the country. earliersnow sunshine across the south of the country. earlier snow across central and southern scotland, you can see it showing very clearly hear

andrew simmons reports on the situation across europe. in less than a week, the army chrome variant has swept the globe with more uncertainty about covert in many countries, especially in europe. new restrictions were being introduced anyway with the winter surgeon, delta variant infections. germany is the latest to announce new measures. signs like these vaccinate immunized is the way this country and others are now heading the unvaccinated on our bod from access to all but essential businesses such as grocery stores and pharmacies. angler merkel says new stricter measures are essential in a situation she finds depressing as it was got anything of it. and i don't to be quite honest the fact that we are now in the middle of such a strong 4th wave does not make me happy. it depresses me, especially when i look at certain regions via in france, where the health services struggling with record numbers of covey infections. the government, scientific advisor believes the on the chrome variant will be dominant within a matter of weeks. laverne

when we can, let's go live to london and my colleague who's there for us this out and re simmons . so and the picture across europe is shaping up with, with more government reacting to what they feel could be the situation, i guess in a couple of weeks from now. yes. your up already, the epicenter of cove id right now. and now with the army kron real fears of just how it will go as more and more infections are recorded. in fact, there's one survey that actually suggests that the figure is now well beyond 75000000 people infected in european states. and of course, most of that is dealt her, but on the corner real concern, let's look at some of the countries where that has taken the they've taken the most recent action, and that is, italy and poland. in italy, in particular, anybody who hasn't been vaccinated is going to have a hard time the similar situation in poland because they won't be able to visit a restaurants, theaters or any major public venue. furthermore, the please can now impose 400 euro fines. and there i can now check for the so called super green pass in italy, and t

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lester >> all right keir simmons, thank you for that. >>> up next, a life-saving connection for children with cancer >>> finally, the brave little girl who traveled far to the u.s. for a life-saving treatment. catie beck with tonight's chasing the cure >> reporter: four-year-old kavungu is far from her village where she lives without electricity or running water. but in january doctors back home found the toddler would not live without cancer treatment medications unavailable in her country. >> we've had trouble, supplies for chemotherapy, and she would get a dose some weeks. and other weeks she wouldn't. >> reporter: she suffers from bilateral wilms tumor, cancer of both kidneys her doctor connected with dr. andrew davidoff, a doctor at st. jude's children research hospital in memphis, tennessee then a cross-continental journey to remove her tumors began. >> the one on the right was size and shape of a small football, and on the left it was more of a baseball size. >> reporter: her case depicts a desperate situation worldwide. low-income countries without tools to fight pediatric cancer

simmons converting before adding a penalty gave the hosts are big enough lead to ensure victory overys victory over high—flying ulster. lions beat stormers in the day's other match. that's all from sportsday. up next here on bbc news is ros atkins explaining how us abortion rights look set to be changed by the supreme court. in 1973, the us supreme court made a ruling known as roe v wade. it gave women in america new abortion rights. now, the same court looks set to take some of those rights away. it's pretty monumental because this is the first time in a generation that there is a direct challenge to the constitutional right

andrew simmons al jazeera women shropshire, china is denouncing what he calls the deplorable u. s. ban on import because of the mistreatment of wisdom we get, we get the us senate unanimously voted to force goods manufacturers in jin young region to prove false. labor hasn't been used them. the ministry of foreign affairs in beijing says the us is making up excuses to control chinese imports. katrina you is in beijing and has more. china has responded angrily and indignantly to the u. s . ban on goods from sion jung. now, beijing has consistently deny that there are any false flavor or other forms of human rights abuses taking place in the western province. it's called these accusations groundless and says that it's a form of hysteria. now, according to beijing, all of its policies engine, john are designed to stamp out extremism and improve the lives of the week is, but of course, it's not just the u. s. that disagrees with this is also a growing number of western countries as well as human rights groups that have compared the treat middle described it as amounting to genocide.

and you thank you and you, simmons live inland. how the death toll from indonesia of volcanic eruption has risen to 15 with dozens more badly injured and many still on accounted for more than a 1000 people have been relocated, but more rain is expected in the coming days. and it could hamper operations. gillian wolf has the story. the gallery, through the rubble ploughing through volcanic debris that has now begun to harden the hope that these rescue workers might find survivors is diminishing by the hour . the, even for the lifeless bodies recovered beneath the rebel a sense of relief among emergency crews. thank god, we found the bodies of these victims and retrieved them. some of the answers for loved ones in this moment are better than new years. those who survived are still coming to terms with their ordeal. at 1st, i thought it was a bomb explosion, and all of the sudden it was scenario erupting and spoonful canucks ashes. suddenly it was all dark, like it was going to destroy the earth. my children were scattered around, my

andrew simmons has more now exhausted french medical staff like last christmas. this intensive care units in law say, is struggling with the pressure the most seriously ill patients who haven't been vaccinated. like david supper this and then his wife esther says she thought she was going to be a widow a few days ago. david's grateful he still alive is usually direct. usually he says, if he'd been vaccinated, he wouldn't have been at this level of intensive care. while all the crawling infections seem to have a lower rate of hospitalization, the extreme increases in infection rates mean the sheer volume of cases are quickly put in medics under pressure. while france is breaking records. so too is italy. the u. k. has been running christmas day clinics to give vaccinations. the priority is on boost of japs, the government's heavy reliance on vaccinations to try and quell the armor. chrome infection rates is in question. christmas even reco daily figure of a $120000.00 was reached. now the office of national statistics is boring. with warning, 10 people in london m

andrew simmons reports on the latest in a series of setbacks for boris johnson. country life in north shropshire has been synonymous with conservative voting for nearly 2 centuries. but not anymore. morgan, helen, margaret, lillian, liberal democrats. 17000. $957.00, helen morgan is now the m. p from centralized opposition party that smashed at 23000 majority for boris johnson's conservative party. if he had no structure have spoken on behalf of the british people, they said loudly and clearly vice johnson, the parties either. johnson responded by saying he took full responsibility. i totally understand people's frustrations. i, i hear what the vouchers are saying in nor structure and your humility. i gotta accept either that verde, the liberal democrat party with its battle ground headquarters in the grounds of a stately home brought in activists from all over the country a mile down the road. they quickly conquered the market town of wim. the conservative club a desolate place in defeat. talking to people here. and it's plain to see that this isn't just about p

let's go over to under simmons not at london's gatwick airport, that people in u. k. have been used to 2 restrictions chopping and changing. how are these new ones being viewed? they're well mixed. used really a lot of people are thinking this may be too little in terms of the on the chrome virus because all evidence is pointing now to it spreading within communities and boys, johnson of the prime minister, i had to announce that to a cabinet meeting on tuesday, let us, he said, that only indicates is now all that's on the chrome, or is it is spreading out? it is actually nearly indications are, but it's more transmissible than the delta variance. and indeed, other suggestions are that's it's a matter of only weeks, not months before on the chrome overtakes delta as being the big biggest challenge, the biggest threats to people. the question is now, of course, how dangerous is on the chrome seems to be little doubt that it is spreading out of a rapid right. but the bottom line is that you k people feel that may be the government is being too light handed with restrict

andrew simmons al jazeera women structure, philippines is counting the cost of typhon ray, which has killed a least $12.00 people, and left a trail of destruction. 195 kilometer an hour winds down power lines and destroyed homes, forcing hundreds of thousands to seek safety. jamila ellen dougen has more from manila more than 24 hours since stifled ry 1st made landfall in the philippines, and many areas remain cut off. government leaders admit they are struggling to get an accurate picture of the typhoons impact the net. gross and sir ego provinces. in the town of murray, bo hockey ball province. rescue operations are still underway. local government workers there say at least 20000 families have already been evacuated from their homes. and many more are in desperate need of rescue. evacuees can't stay in temporary shelters for too long because of cove at 19 restrictions. social distance thing impacts evacuation sites is difficult to implement. many see there are more worried about the long term impact of this devastation. millions of filipinos are already bearing the brunt of the eco

andrew simmons reporting from london. now thousands of people are back on the streets of the sudanese capital to protest against the military takeover. chicka has been fired on protesters and hard to me, and a number of protesters have been injured. there is a heavy police presence and internet services have been cut. home involves covering the story for us. he's joining us from hard to me. so 1st of all, talk to us about the tier got that's been fired and, and the latest the casualty figure is with a number of people who have been injured done and we don't have a specific, specific figures in this regard. but we know that confrontations have been on an off during the day since the protest is particularly in the central capital area, began to try to push towards the presidential poly said, well at least 2 or 3 ways. for testers, which come to the, in the 1000 and they were close to the presidential police, actually one or 200 meters from pawleys and some of the, some of the occasions they spent some time there before. the

and re, simmons al jazeera south korea is making it mandatory to show a vaccine pass for more public spaces, including cafes and restaurants. the passes already been in use, but until now only for high risk and new flight jims. south korea is ramping up restrictions on the confirming 5 cases of the army kron variant authorities have also counseled quarantine exemptions for vaccinated travelers. they've replaced it with 10 days of mandatory isolation. the international monetary fund is warning of an economic collapse. if g 20 countries don't extend the debt relief initiative, the program was launched last year to assist poor nations during the pandemic can expires this month. the i'm f once more private credit is to take part and it's calling for improvement to encourage more poor countries to make use of the program . 73 countries are eligible for relief. rushes, mercury build up near its share border with ukraine is raising fizz. it could attack its neighbor, the us secretary of state anthony ben can says he's concerned about what he calls an aggressive russian policy towards kiev.

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let's get more on this from andrew simmons who joins me now in london. it's been a very busy, furious and frustrating day for not just politicians, but for the public at large have been watching this story unfold quite unpleasantly . most certainly and very bruising day for the prime minister who faced really tough questions in the house of commons. rowdy affair with that or more and more pressure being put on him, he kept apologizing, describing the situation as, as really, really a bad on the people of britain. because these were offensive, offensive matters, offensive acts and allegro stratton the, a former advisor, and spokesperson a to boris johnson. she has resigned. she was at the center of the whole thing, and he had said that people will possibly face disciplinary measures. these staffers from downing street, but sir, it has to be said that the leader of the opposition, the main opposition party, the labor party kiss darma. he said that there are more questions than answers in what forest johnson had said. he had a short everyone that that would

enough enough, they have said that you are in fits late and they want to change or join by under simmons from the town of when in shropshire. andrew, i mean a kicking and a hammering. call it what you will, but my word, it was a resounding defeat. an utter humiliation really for britons. conservative lead government most certainly some people describing this as seismic in political terms. hello morgan. you just heard there that describing it as rudy north shropshire. up sending out a message to boris johnson, who she named directly at saying the party is over a dick there at christmas parties. this time last year. and the pandemic was really, really biting into people's lives. and the outraged that christmas parties should happen in government circles in downing street real outrage over that, that was an issue that was profound here. another issue was the rebellion of conservative party's body members over a coven measures. and then of course, at the central issue here, which was o in partisan the m p who breached a government roles with lobbying, basically representing 2 private compani

do it all, pull brennan, al jazeera london, angie simmons has the ladies for us now from london. hello there, andrew. what more do we know about this mounting pressure on bars? johnson? well, it's mounting to the point where by there's been a rebellion and his party tuesday nights saw more than a up to a 100. a members of the conservative party members of parliament vote against the government over its issue of coven passes. these are our certificates to allow people into a bar to, into night clubs and larger venues. either that or the alternative is a negative results to a covey test. now the measure did pass a but only through the major help of the opposition labor party. really because this situation has grown into her a thorn embarrass johnson side. his party say the measures are draconian but, but really they're not in any way as stringent as elsewhere. in europe and indeed in the u. k. either scotland, northern ireland and wales have their own systems for cove, it passes. and in scotland for example, there's a new rule now which benz anything more than 3 separate households

andrew simmons al jazeera or an 11 and a half 1000 new covered 19 cases were detected in south africa in the past 24 hours . as health officials warn the new variant is driving a sharp increase in infections. that soft infection rates doubled in a day on wednesday, or macro has become dominant across south africa, which was the 1st country to report on the highly mutated strain neighboring zimbabwe is also reported their 1st case of the variant in the past few hours. early evidence suggests omicron poses a higher risk of reinfection. manila is foreign developments from johannesburg. will expert suspect that it is the only con variant that is causing that sharp rise, whereas previously it had been the doubt of variance and this was their main concern. just how transmissible army kron is how it would affect people, and just what role vaccines would play in terms of protection. now the institute of communicable could, communicable diseases has said to day that there is, chances are the people who had coven 19 before. it's likely that they still would be infected by this new variant, desp

andrew simmons al jazeera, more than 11 and a half 1000 new kevin 19 cases were detected in south africa in the past 24 hours. as health officials warn the new variant is driving a sharp increase in infections. at soft infections doubled in a day on wednesday, or micron has become dominant across south africa, which was the 1st country to report on the highly mutated strain. the world health organization says more information about the covert 19 parent should be revealed soon. and evidence suggests on the chron poses a higher risk of reinfection. i mean, the miller is following developments from johannesburg. well, expert suspects that it is, the army can vary and that is causing that sharp rise. whereas previously, it had been the doubt of variance. and this was their main concern, just how transmissible army kron is how it would affect people. and just what role vaccines would play in terms of protection. now the institute of communicable communicable diseases has said to day that they is, chances are the people who had coven 19 before, it's likely that they still would be infected by

andrew simmons live for us in london. the u. s. secretary of state has cut short the 2nd leg of his southeast asian. soon after a journalist accompanying him tested positive for kaiser. 19 antony blinkin has been at trying to firm up ties in the region to count to china's influence. he has criticized banking for its aggressive policies in the region. lincoln and senior officials tested negative in quite a long fall. still ahead on al jazeera, less people had died at the facility than what it was if people would let them go. we look into why work and say they couldn't leave a factory moments before tornadoes struck kentucky and find out why a ship building project is under threat in gaza and what it means, the palestinian family. ah welcome see your world's weather update. we're going to begin in the sub continent . hello everyone and no major weather alerts across india except for the potential to see some fog through punjab state rate toward the northeast of india in a san otherwise just a few scattered showers for tamela. do r

let's go over to andrew simmons done at london's gatwick airport. how will people reacting to these new restrictions? well next reactions really of there is a lot of concern about whether the restrictions are enough to deal with on the chrome and the indications that it's a spreading very rapidly. as far as these travel restrictions are concerned, within 2 days of departure, the has to be mandatory cove. it test and within 2 days of arrival, that has to be a mandatory covey test. there's also the red list which has been extended to nigeria, the 11th country to do so. the other countries of southern africa states. there's a lot of controversy over this. it means that the has to be the only u. k. all irish nationals on flights coming in on this red list. and there was a restriction also on, on that a flying to any one of these people. and so, but also is these that they have to actually go into quarantine for 10 days in hotels. profiting something like $3000.00 now in terms of overall feelings about omicron, the u. k. prime minister in the tuesday cab

and you, simmons has been following developments for us from london. hello there and jerry. so bars, johnson was asked if he would resign during questions in parliament, had was that were saved well, he's coming under with a massive pressure. not just on cove it but a whole range of other fronts. domestically. however, in the cove its situation, he faced the biggest rebellion from his own members of parliament since he became prime minister 2 years ago. they just disagree with the cove at passport sir. system that's been introduced and voted a successfully on last night. but as i say, a 100 voted against him, and they really feel it's no thorough terry and move, even though it's actually the much less strident measure in the whole of the u. k. wales already has cobit passport, scotland too. and also northern ireland, and indeed the u. k. is move so far against the american fire and at the variance are pretty lightweight, compared to the rest of europe. the burst johnson really is under pressure. what about the rest of europe? and jerry, how are they stopping? and coven 19? a

that is andrew simmons with a native live and when and shropshire. thank you. now a mission we group who were kidnapped in haiti, 2 months ago had been released. the group of americans and canadians that included children were taken captive in october after visiting an orphanage near the capital caught a glance. 5 of the missionaries were freed in the past few weeks, but the final 12 set free on thursday is not clear. if a ransom was paid, roy gathered, they were treated rule to be will. i am still waiting to hear the rest of their story. i'm sure they weren't treated supremely new. wifi. haiti is hard even its best and i have not received any details. i think if there had been any severe problems, any injuries or any illnesses that they had, we would have probably heard cabra tansy has more from washington dc. we've been trying to piece things together from reports, from haitian authorities haitian media as well as, as well as those in the us. you know, the missionaries and the picture we have is around 10, 10 am g m t. the remaining hostages were found in a m

andrew simmons al jazeera women shropshire, the 7th round of talks to revive the 2015 iran nuclear deal has ended in vienna. the youth coordinator says they've established good relationships with new delegates from to run and a great upon some of the runs key to minds. but on rake more, i says it's vital. they returned to negotiations as soon as possible. we have found a lot of work ahead, a very complex task i had to say difficult because physician had to be taken. now it's time to take to focus on priorities to focus on what is the most important for each litigation to take decisions accordingly. and to go ahead, because again, we don't have much time. there is an obvious sense of urgency in everything we do here. so we will resume, we will resume soon. we will be, i hope, having the final french of these negotiations may mother un nuclear watchdog chief, is dismissing allegations that his equipment was involved in an active sabotage. at one of a runs nuclear sides, tehran had denied monitoring access there since june. but on wednesday the i struck a deal to reinstall cameras inside a

andrew simmons al jazeera, where min shropshire, ah, this is algae. let's get a round up. now. other top stories, us corona, virus cases and hospital admissions, or surging on average, more than a $120000.00 infections are reported each day an increase of 40 per cent on last month. i'm a crime is increasing rapidly and we expect.

let's get mon monday, simmons who joins me now from london. of course, andrew, a great deal being said in parliament and a great deal of anger being expressed most certainly yes, a very raucous session. the prime minister's questions. it was always going to be that way. the prime minister was bruised in the exchanges with calf tama, the leader of the main opposition party. the labor party was uproar. busy as he tried to apologize several times and then said that that would be an inquiry by his cabinet secretary. this would look at the conduct of these senior downing street staff is in the way they conducted that sort of fake type of press conference. and the last thing in the joking, which is really cause more anger amongst the british public and the way that it just was arrogant and dismissed a very serious situation. then at that time, allegedly this policy because the, the government is still saying it's called the never actually happened, which frankly just doesn't wash with people and doesn't wash with parliament. time and time again, car

andrew simmons, their 4th in london. now the highest ranking, military official in india has been killed in a helicopter crash. the russian maid helicopter came down short of its destination, which was a military training college in the state of tom, a law to the defense chief general of been, rub up, his wife and 11 others were killed. one person survived on his being treated in a military hospital. it's not known why the helicopter crashed. an investigation is now underway. elizabeth brandon has more from the capital, new delhi. the indian air force confirmed the news of the death twisting with deep regret. it has been ascertained that general ben rollin mrs. medulla cut out, and 11 persons on board died and what they call the unfortunate accident. they were 14 people on board. the military helicopter 13, including beth and roberts wife, died, and one person is being treated and hospital. now the administrator of the district of middle good us and louder, where the crash took place has said that the identity of the bod

that's cause to angie simmons now, who's lived? france in london with the latest and travel disruptions in europe and around the world. hello there, andrew. merry christmas. it's certainly not a merry christmas for many travelers, though. is it no christmas cheer for so many travers as you say, a situation in europe is really devastated by the trans atlantic flights a large proportion of those u. s. flights you've just heard about from gabriel. now the issue being crew availability, a different problem to this time last year, which was when flights were being moved around and according to different hot spots of cove. it outbreaks with the whole situation with on the chrome, the now we're seeing a situation whereby the cancellations are just mounting up. as gabriel said in that report, this isn't going away with the increase of infections having not kicked yet anywhere in europe or indeed anywhere in the world. so there is going to be a lot of revision of time tables. it would seem that the airline management, so i've got this wrong