u. k. at his diplomatic that seems to have escaped some censure from france. i was this playing out in the u. k. well, the u. k is not having its french ambassador recalled in the same way that the united states and the australians have done. but that doesn't mean that the french are happy with the role the united kingdom has played. and in this deal, they have essentially fed through the foreign ministry, the 3 for a minister that the u. k. is nothing more than i kind of vassal state of the united states as to how this is playing out in the u. k. i think this is being seen as perhaps the french being a little bit hysterical about things as throwing their toys out of the prime to a certain extent. but you have to acknowledge that france has been really, really thrown under the bus and this, and i think in the u. k, that view is not being ignored. they can see that this was a big deal for france. they can see that this is a humiliation for macro and, and they can see that this throws french strategy in the indo pacific region into disarray. so the rivalry between france, the united kingdom is long, it

u. k. and when i say u. k, i mean northern ireland as well. and those are called sanatorium photos sanitary regulations. and those pertain to everything veterinarian, the veterinarians cover with regard to meat products, which is of course sausages, and everything to do with any meat products. those could be extended, bought, it would take the u. k. the british agreeing to the rules and regulations under the e u, which they don't want to do. and it would mean the e, you agreeing to just basically duplicate those rules and regulations, which they don't want to do. the 2nd option would be to have the same thing that they have the you also have with museum, which would be to agree to common high standards, which that you already has with the, with new zealand. now actually there is already in place that was great to 2 years ago, a what is called a common agreement and in terms of standards that could be carried through again, bought the you doesn't want to do that either. why doesn't you want to do this? if the e u was to make it easy for the u. k, and we've mentioned this before. there are many other coun

u. k? well, take a look at how the government is responding and whether the military will be getting involved to tackle the crisis. we have a lot to cover today. fullest dive right in the we leave the program with the latest on the release of wallace, chief financial officer, main ones, though, she returned home to china over the weekend nearly 3 years after she was detained in canada. at the request of the.

u. k? well, take a look at how the government is responding and whether the military will be getting involved to tackle the crisis. we have a lot to cover today. fullest dive right in we leave the program with the latest on the release of wally's chief financial officer, main ones. though, she returned home to china over the weekend nearly 3 years after she was detained in canada at the request of the trumpet ministration. but while a deal was made with the department of justice and china released 2 canadian prisoners in return, the vine administration is signaling it's still not done pursuing a case against the chinese tech giant at the center of it all. our to turn new chavez has the latest main one joe, one was chief financial officer and the daughter of the company founder ren zang. fay returned to china saturday night after striking a deal with us. prosecutors in an extradition case that as fuel tensions for nearly 3 years between the west and beijing. after more than 1000 days of suffering

u. k. well, here the appeal in october and it's quite as doubting this is, continues to be heard in a court of law. we've talked about this as an awful lot of correspondence. have been covering him, particularly when he was in the embassy in london. but if you look at a lot of the, the major west, the media outlets to seem quite a sounds shy, why do you think that is because he is a big name figure, but they're not covering, covering him very often. i would say that the mainstream outlets perhaps are not covering the case as much as we would like them to. but i think it is very fair to say that this case, the continuation of the prosecution of a song is becoming increasingly more on popular and major news organizations and all of the major civil liberties organizations and press freedom organizations around the world are calling for the biden administration to drop this case. it is not just a small group of activists or few journalists here and there who are advocating for immediate release. the

u. k, well, now the deficit is making the market nervous as we put winter again. and then finally the catalyst to just tip everything could be china. china's demand for gas has been riding steadily up 8.4 percent again this year. so to satisfy the record demand for gas, china's import the gas work, i could just search almost 20 percent. meaning that you have fewer shipment traveling to europe from could tar. so as shipments of gas have turned from europe toward china, flows of pipeline gas to year from russia has failed to make up that shortfall. russia has been slow to deliver the pipe natural gas to the region, which raises a lot of questions on whether this may be a deliberate move to bolster in case we're starting to close the the noise stream to pipeline. and now octavio, there's a lot of concern that the soaring energy prices we're seeing across europe will make inflation even worse now, while proposed aid packages may actually help consumers pay the higher prices. how do they tend to impact inflation? well, i think just a mathematical certainty, the high en

u. k? well, couple of things. number one, the french have to pull their french out of the u. s. and actually the french, if you remember that the oldest ally of the u. s. because they actually ganged up on us brits to our new orb independence. but i think it's very sad move, and she, particularly when they micro declared about now it's great that the adults are back in town when biden was elected. because this is being very childish to withdraw your ambassador. but now to your question brand with regard to the trade with the u . k, i mean, this isn't good for any kind of relations. although the issue is not to that the u . s. and the u. k. form this pack with the australians. it is that the diesel submarines are not viewed as being as competitive and what is necessary to for the chinese in the pacific because these are submarines have to surface and the nuclear submarines can stay under the water for fall greater amount of time. so the diesel submarines were viewed as obsolete. so this agreement was more about what is best for the protection of australia. not a some thumb agains

well, i honestly don't think the u. k is very different from pretty well any other country, which is that they want to maximize the economic benefits from f also fuel resources answer only the u. k. i am very critical and i have been very critical both plans to open a new coal mine and the u. k. and plans to extend the instructional north sea oil and gas for precisely the reasons that we were discussing earlier. that a very high proportion of these results is need to stay in the ground. you gave evidence at this, and i'm sure you're aware of what your opponent say, because you said we shouldn't be opening minds something i'm sure shared by a lot of people around the world. what did you make of wood mckenzie? some consultancy firm claiming the mind can make a contribution to future global metallurgical coal supply within the context of u. k. u meeting, legally binding carbon emissions and targets. well, i mean, i would say that wouldn't be where we're hearing increasing bizarre frames from the fossil fuel industry that it

u. k. army. well have a look at the details just afternoon. ah ah ah ah, i use join me every thursday on the alex simon show. when i was speaking to guests in the world, the politics sport, business and show business. i'll see you then. me the moon. ah. hello, yes, britain. this defend chief appeased, have gone back home prime minister boris johnson's pledge to help afghans who assisted the u. k. in the war of m. wallace submitted to parliament that they will not now be able to get all translators in color of collaborators out of the taliban reportedly seek revenge on those who aided the us led coalition forces. it's not possible for us to bring out everybody who's had a connection with the, with the u. k. forces onto the ira skin. there was a trail leaving them behind potential, immediately find a way to evacuate all these partners instead of delaying it furthermore and putting their lives more in danger. i think it's best that the government should evacuate them as soon as possible or more than a 1000 afghans have been evacuated by the u. k.

u. k. as well as the un refugee agency out of this brand. i me the news. i think we're going to say something remarkable going to senior economy take on the g d p and salvador is about to explode higher and that all ravens about to go fully going. hyper pointed ation, and that's going to filter up to some bigger countries is going to go global and we're all living to something that is absolutely remarkable. the me welcome back. i'm still here with her and master de london on got some really money. his daughter gave us a world exclusive interview for this various program and iran and his daughter said there will be some kind of response what, what is the response to the assassination of a general who fought with american troops against terrorism in syria and iraq? i think the response is come back again, terrorism and their supporters that that's the best response on our leadership has makes it clear that the united states should be expand from or region because when they, wherever they go, they just make a cast. and did you make these points to the foreign

u . k. as well as the u. n. refugee agency after this bring the, the me, the civic leg around the world, expedition 5000 miles round. the clock is given the dead calm as every country close by with the crew. gavin's food and water harbor to go to chat. those also need a little, i know i said it's got everybody locked down or almost no food to know what about that? i'm not sure somebody stuck in the coven, your living like the theme and of oem, but in the 21st century. ah. what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy plantation, let it be an arms race is often very dramatic. development. only personally, i'm going to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful, very political time. time to sit down and talk me welcome back. i'm still here with a runs ambassador london on got some really money. his daughter gave us a world exclusive interview for this village program, and iran and his daughter said there will be some kind of response what, what is the response to the assass

u. k. as well as the u. n. refugee agency out of this brand. oh i was a finance guy. when customers go buy, you reduce the price didn't help. well, reduce a lower that's under cutting, but what's good to food market is that get to the global economy. mm. the welcome back. i'm still here with the runs ambassador london on got some really money. his daughter gave us a world exclusive interview for this village program. and iran and his daughter said there will be some kind of response what, what is the response to the assassination of a general who forge with american troops against terrorism in syria and iraq? i think the response is come back again, terrorism and supporters that, that's the best response on our leadership has make this clear that the united states should be expand from reason because whenever they, wherever they go, they just make a cast. and did you make these points to the foreign secretary? when he said that you would iran had been involved in the killing of a british citizen in the persian gulf of your money coast? i have not met a foreign secreta

u. k. as well as the u. n. refugee agency out of this brand, look forward to talking to you all. that technology should work for people. a robot must obey the orders given it by human beings, except when the short or conflict with the 1st law show your identification. we should be very careful about artificial intelligence at the point, obviously is to create truck rather than fear i would like to take on various jobs with artificial intelligence, real summoning the theme in a robot must protect his own existence with the welcome back. i'm still here with the runs ambassador london on got some really money. his daughter gave us a world exclusive interview for this various program. and iran and his daughter said there will be some kind of response what, what is the response to the assassination of a general who fought with american troops against terrorism in syria and iraq? i think the response is come back again, terrorism and their supporters that that's the best response on our leadership has make this clear that the united states should be expand from or region because when t

well, she ever times the al jazeera washington still ahead on al jazeera, why the u. k. is facing some of the most of the shortages of basic supplies and decades. and we meet the experts rushing to save the world, threatened call reefs before us today. ah hello, there are bright skies and plenty of heat. that's the name of the game across the middle east. some of us are above average, so that's kuwait's at $44.00 degrees. we'll come back to that in a sec. we could have some cloud setting up over cats are on saturdays. so though if you're indo, look to the sky or you may see some clouds drifting through ok back to q 8. now i will see some hazy conditions, monday and tuesday. that's because we've got a shamal wind setting up so that kicks around the sand and does so. we see that hazy sunshine, but your temperature is still above average. it stay dry. in southern portions of pakistan, karachi, 39, we may see a scattering of showers in the hall with the high of 33 degrees. what whether that was over a turkeys the black sea region, northeast black sea region, still impacting

u. k. as well as the you and refugee agency out of this bring the, the i have often said transfer fee for the powerful receipts and the last bit cares about privacy. what people care about is power. julian, a son just become a symbol of the battles of brevity, information is power. that's what's going on, or a huge struggle with governments and corporations who want to keep information secret and others who think democratic rights should be pushed forward. and people have a right to know what to do. watch houses help shift the conversation around transparency and see what that battle has done to him. i feel like julian's life might be coming to an end. we are in a conflict situation with the largest and most powerful employer in such a situation. it's remarkable, survive all the news. welcome back. i'm still here with her and city london and got some really money in his daughter. gave us a world exclusive interview for this various program and iran and his daughter said there will be some kind of r

u. k. as well as the u. n. refugee agency. after this, bring me the civic leg around the world. expedition 5000 miles round the clock in the dead. calm miss dennis in every country close by like the crew cabins, food and warner are going to charge us for the most bloom. little thing is got everybody locked down or almost no food and no one really. i'm not sure somebody either stuck in the coated ear living like the theme of own but in the 21st century i'm at kaiser or more of my guys do financial survival. this is a hedge fund, it's a device used by professional galli wags to earn money. that's right. these hedge funds are completely not accountable. and we're just adding more more to them. totally, the stabilize global economy. you need to protect yourself and get inform. watch because i have often said transparency for powerful receipts of the last bit about privacy. what people care about is power. antonia and sons is become a symbol of the battles of brevity. information is power. that's what's going on. and a huge struggl

u. k. everything. well, everyone's got their tables when their homes we, it's been on the back of a trader. we got treated really bad throughout the cove. it in a role popped up at night, can't get no food, can't get a shower and some of us about enough. so they went and got 9 to 4 jobs all day jobs . so that can be home move as one is those opting for an easy life. laurie drivers from the you have left britain in their thousands, many never to return the fall in dr. numbers plus choke points in the global economy mean that supermarkets, a warning of empty shelves at christmas time, manufacturing and comp reduction down climate change has affected crop yields and the timber market. and one prominent fast food chain recently ran out of chicken mix. spellman does high and carpentry in the home improvement trade that his burden since lockdown, increased demand far exceeds supply with the price of raw materials going through the roof of into house. and the other day. the timber that i bought there was probably

u. k. newspaper editor and see from melbourne. i've been calling ne, i think it will be ok. who's now in the u. k. these well place to talk about this. so yeah, i mean, a lot of people around the world, are we going hey, we see you're upset. we see you don't know, kill ations that you guys in the construction industry, but our business is our jobs have suffered in other realms of industry. we have to where we have to have the collections. why should you be any different? they got much sympathy in melbourne. well, and i do a lot of simply for the me show you has had, as a massively mismanaged pandemic in berry minded. as ellie had 90000 cases since the outbreak of current barson and, and 1200 deaths nationwide, were that compared to that sort of 77, a half 1000000 cases in the u. k. and 135000. and that's, and there's a massive discrepancy in, in how it's effective because been in australia and new zealand. it looks like it's probably looking from abroad. it looks like it's been really clamped down. it has been really cut down a bit. people are sick of it. you know, after after $200.00 consecutive days in mel

u. k. this is across the world, so you can't just say, well it's, it's just the u. k. problem because it is and, and in fact, as health care goes compared to european countries anyway, you're better off in the u. k than most other countries. it has been better wrong and don't forget the vaccination process over 90 percent of the u. k. public. what they call double jobs compared to the, the rest of the european union. so it's far more efficient than anywhere else in the, in the european union. so it's very well run and it's far more efficient. nevertheless, there is this backlog and that's why they've levied this tax boys. johnson has said he doesn't want to go into more debt in order to from the n h s national health. so how to the british people, how people you can react when their government says, you know, we more money from taxing in the us. they don't take it to well, well they don't, but i'll show you golf poll has said that over 64 percent of the british public is in favor of this tax. why the n h f actually in the u. k. is considered it sort of like in americ

u. k as well, because in the last couple of weeks, we've seen a bit of a back and forth with our politicians and various advisory groups to decide on who should get things. and what they've been arguing about is, should we be offering vaccines to children? many other countries around the world, including in the us, but many of the european countries all proactively vaccinating their children in some european countries. they've got to nearly a 100 percent of their young children age 12 to 15 in the u. k. we're just beginning to embark on that particular journey and what is that you get very large uptake of over large amounts spread the virus in that particular sector of society . why? because those the last groups to be offered vaccination. so that current to bull, they're also more likely to be more how holly, socially network, they're meeting with each other. they're in school at university, at work, public transport, partying games, nightclubs and so on. and this is all up, but your transmission to occur. so as a result, there's a higher risk in that particular group that they're going to

u. k to all of this? well, i think the reaction in the u. k. depends on ready which parts of the cohens area you're looking at and how they feel about france and how they feel about the current british government. there are sections of society and political life in the u. k. that likes getting out the nose is the french and therefore is, i think, amused by what's been going on. certainly thing. so the french being a little over hysterical throwing that toys out of the prime box. i'd say there are a great many people here who also think that the french have been very hard done by and this new situation. and that's the, the deal that's been done between the united states, the u. k. and australia. although it has advantages for the certainly has not perhaps been the best handled. and the french could be considered to be rightly aggrieved to having lost numerous things. they've lost a very lucrative arguments deal, a multi $1000000000.00 deal with australia. they've also lost faith ready. they have been humiliated by this micron has been humiliated

u k, canada and japan, as well as from the e. u to travel here. quarantine free. organizers say there are enough measures in place to keep film bus and the rest of italy protected. and the studio done with waiting all in all, i think stewed is realizing that basically they have such a big backlog of products. so they have to put the stuff out, the good news for film fans who are ready to take their seats while maintaining a social distance. kimbell al jazeera venice. ah, and i thank you through some of these headlines here now just to cut his foreign minister as hell talks with his dont' counterparts in doha, several western nations of ask or to engage with autonomy. mon also asked a 3rd to employee is influencing context to really help all parties of done as time to reach an inclusive political agreement that ensures stability and future prosperity of all people. and i've got to stand and of course we've discussed situation of the vulnerable position of religious and ethnic minorities and women and girls. and we would like to con

u k, as well as a straight lifting europe altogether too. but i'm afraid multilateral collective action is becoming more and more difficult. stocker, matthew, what's the point of the un if multilateralism isn't bill and isn't part of it's d n a? if you simply can't do that, what's the point? well, as you, as you were saying earlier in, right, i mean it's, we need somewhere somewhere where people can, can, countries can gather where sovereign states can exchange views, can try to pull in the same direction wherever possible. you know, in my experience, in my diplomatic career, i always felt it was important to sustain a regime or a, a, an organized form of behavior among sovereign states. because they're very difficult to build in the 1st place. and it's really hard to get countries to agree on the same rules and norms. so are common rules. and so, you know, it's really something we do need to preserve because because it's the best we have . but the big problem is that the un was forged in a spirit of common interest, right? where everybody i

well. but let's look at the u. k. d, the medical relatively high vaccinated countries, but have higher rates of the violet, sun, scotland, and extremely high rates, recently, and england rate. now increasing again. so what's going on? why is that a high vaccination country can still have relatively high rates of spread the virus? well, if you do have in america, for example, lots of large box. so very often the cases are in the back. but the majority of cases will be in the maximize both you do receive, right? so the actions and maximize people as well. but the good news is it's not translating into severe disease and live ation pace numbers aren't especially informative, called the key metric here. it's severe disease liberation, the u. k. scott member holding study are telling study, right, that numbers up. i mean, last week i heard an expert in nature and overwhelm now in this phase of it, even though case numbers are all of the main increase hospitalization. that important certainly that we can the length between

well, but let's look at the u. k. i'm the data medica which are relatively high vaccinated countries but have higher rates of the violet, sun, scotland, extremely high rates recently. and england rates are low increasing again. so what's going on? why is it that a high vaccination country can still have relatively high rates? so spread the virus. well, you have in america, for example, loc, the large box. so very often, the cases are in the box. maybe the majority of cases will be in the maximize both you see right, so the actions and maximize well. but the good news is it's not time buddy and severe disease optimization. case numbers aren't especially informative, called the key metric here it's severe disease location. the u. k. scott member holding study. i'm telling study without numbers. i mean, last week i heard an expert and you have not been overwhelmed now in this phase of it. even though case numbers are all the main increase, hospitalization is important. certainly that we can the link between the spread of

u. k is as well, so we are aware of this. but now it's a case of mobilizing us and making sure we get as much as possible for those developing countries. and it's more of a logistical question that even a manufacturing question, maybe a quest, a licensing manufacturing in other countries. but the key question is, logistics, the sort of logistics that human kayden seem quite capable of mobilizing for warfare, that logistical support seems beyond us for, for distributing via the wires that it does not know they are aware of that as well . so the global production in the next 12 months will be $22000000000.00 because of the vaccines that will be made, not smart enough to vaccinate the world. so the question that we can get into the trucks get out there, you know, get out of these remote places and so on. and then on there aware about that are quite right. it becomes just to go exercise. now we did a smallpox in that we've got vaccine all over the world, eliminate about what we've almost done with polio in africa now, africa, pol

u. k. they part of this as well because they signed the strategic partnership with australia and the u. s. well, the u. k. prime minister for his johnson was here just a couple of hours ago in new york. he is on his way to washington d. c. u can be meeting that were present by the meeting in the white house. the 1st meetings have just been prime minister in the white house course discussing that route. they'll also be discussing it a i've got to start and of course climate because remember the u. k. is the nation that's hosting the climate talks coming up in just 5 weeks time. and then prime minister johnson will be coming back to new york and giving his speech towards the end of the week. or james talks about james base there in new york at the you in general assembly lets hit now for march. our senior political analyst joins us now from london. and i went in 1st that french spat to the french row to begin just eventually going to blow i think the french are going to milk it all the way to the european autonomy. because the french have been arguing preaching for many years now that euro

u. k. back in 1958. now, australia is going to become a member of that tiny club as well with both the u. k and the u. s. helping it develop a nuclear power submarine fleet, which is going to have a massive impact on the indo pacific region, particularly with regard to the strategic conflict that is continuing the the us and u. k. already maintain a significant naval presence in the region. but injecting into that nuclear power, australian submarine is certainly going to ratchet up the whole situation and actually bring this new cold war under the water as well as on top of it. and mike, that had been announcement between the, the us leaders of the u. s. u k and the united states, they're all very careful not to mention china. they do seem like the elephant in the room here. i see. think this is likely to effect relations between washington emerging a very large elephant indeed. and you are correct to mention that not one of them said the name china during the addresses that in veiling this particular lions. but there's little doubt, according to most analysts, that the motivating force behind forging

u. k. back in 1958. now, australia is going to become a member of that tiny club as well with both the u. k and the u. s. helping it develop a nuclear power submarine fleet, which is going to have a massive impact on the in the pacific region, particularly with regard to the strategic conflict that is continuing the, the u. s. and the u. k. already maintain a significant naval presence in the region. but injecting into that nuclear power, australian submarine is certainly going to ratchet up the whole situation and actually bring this new cold war under the water as well as on top of it. now the answer is korea conducted ballistic missile tests within hours of each other, in a sign of escalating tensions that are said at launch missiles from a train up for the 1st time. south korea meanwhile, reported its 1st test of a submarine launched missile. the international criminal court has approved an investigation into the so called war on drugs in the philippines. judges said president rodrigo deter it is cracks and cannot be seen as a legitimate law enforcement operation. prosecutors say civilians have be