u. n. also, literally was in the days adopted a resolution addressing what called the militarization of crimea and called on russia to provide freedom of navigation in the black sea and the sea of as of timely then that this happens tonight. again, no reason to think there's any connection. but sam, timely, but there, there is a whole, a whole lot of advantages. if you look it like that for ukraine, if there is something in the headlines, isn't it? well, it certainly does 1st headlines. i mean, you have biden cooling zalinski after after talking to vladimir putin, after talking to his closest allies and he calls you, craig. and he says that the united states is going to provide ukraine with the sort of weapons it needs to fight back. this is in their latest film called just just now released just now. whatever weapons those will be is anyone's guess. the united states and various european nations have already provided ukraine with an arsenal from, from boats to vehicles, to artillery to night vi

u. s embassy for 2 years and was promised special visa status for himself and his family. but his request was rejected, and that's left him stranded in afghanistan. he also worked for the u. n. assistance mission and supported swedish troops. sweden's also refused to get about . he and his family now fear for their lives. we've asked the state department in the u. s. for comments on mr. sharif his plight. if we get a response, we'll let you know. coalition troops finally withdrew from afghanistan in august with those chaotic scenes throughout the evacuation that you'll remember back then, concerns were raised over the fate of local employees, who risked retribution from the newly reinstalled taliban authorities. according to the u. s. state department, more than 60000 interpreters and others who applied for visas are still in afghanistan. mr. sharif, he says, the treatment of people who risked their lives is unfair. western countries are in the united states. they are very restricted for accepting immigration, so that's why we're left far behind our la manny enterprise. those on those who swelled and supported them with doing the past 2 decades. in afghanistan, we provide d

u. n. food program as also planned to mission year had the but our trip and that when we were halfway there. so we just would have to, shana try to push the bird forward, which is the scary the, i mean all is the rounding islands at one point where he attacked by the incisions . no luck, low tides, we're definitely stuck. we have to wait through shallow waters and mangroves for 3 hours before we encounter the 1st inhabitants corolla. mm hm. and then finally, we get to the island of kitty and aids boat docked in the evening before the islands government administrator helps with distributing food that's critical for survival of you said, i'm happy with that. i'll probably up without this food. we be in an utter crisis up there, almost everyone here lives from the sea, but the refugees are from the mainland. they're farmers and can't fish. without the food aid that it'll be chaos here. oh said i'm up to visit the doctor. about 4000 people lived on these islands before the insurgency. now it is more than 10000 people was thousands of displaced people leaving the mainland in the coming here in t

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u. s. sideline, the johnson and johnson cologne of ours jab are the rare cases of blood clotting. ah, an ominous with veronica. this is al jazeera and live from doha. also coming up, the u. n. says old signs in ethiopia and guilty of committing severe human rights violations. and calls for an end to the conflict. 11 years since the arabs spring to museums a back on the streets calling for greater change class. i'm alexandra buyers of the cat are balloon festival. here in doha, i'll bring you the birds. i view of efforts. event tourism to new heights. i had of next year's depot world cup. ah. the u. s. centers for disease control as recommending americans choose other corona vars. vaccines over the johnson and johnson jab. the cdc says the single shot is less effective than those made by mcdonough and pfizer. and in rare occasions leads to fatal cases of blood clotting. at least 9 people have died from clots in the us . out of the more than 200000000 fully vaccinated americans, 16000000 have received the j and j jab, while the johnson and johnson vaccine as being manufactured in south africa. and it's government has promised to donate around $2000000.00 doses to all the afr

ah, you're watching al jazeera ally from doha with me fully valuable also ahead. the u . n. human rice council is to investigate abuses committed by all sides in ethiopia as war. at least 12 people to kill them. thousands of homes destroyed by a typhoon in the philippines. i remember yelling, teaser teaser teaser and the former minnesota police officer who killed black malter is donte right. break sound as she takes us. ah, we begin in the us where corona, virus cases and hospital admissions are rising at an alarming rate. as the winter search continues, the number of infections as increased by 40 per cent compared to last month, while hospitalizations have risen by around 45 percent. many universities across the country are reverting to online teaching and towards events have been canceled or postponed. it comes, as experts predicts the only con, very into will soon become the dominant strain there. i'm a crime is increasing rapidly and we expect it to become the dominant strain in the united states as it has in other countries. in the coming weeks, we've seen cases of arm

and this makes it very difficult to verify reports from the town, which is also home to a u. n. world heritage site residence had to grind fighters were in the town center, but there's no fighting. and abby, hamid's office is saying the prime minister is headed back to the front lines after turning to the capital, addis ababa on wednesday come. it is reporting more gains against the rebels, bought the t p l f. disputes this or professor cotillion tron, vo is sir head of peace and conflict studies at oslo new university college. and he specializes in this region also traveled widely in the region. he joins me via skype from oslo. now tara tree keeps changing hands as we were just reporting where it's going back and forth. how much of a blow is the loss of lively baylor to the federal government? where labella doesn't hold any military store, attending significant search, but it is a symbolic it tall as it is a well known unesco world heritage site. and so it nationally, it is available. so in that regard it is a drawback, obviously that the government lost control. it but there

also coming out. the u. n. says old signs in ethiopia and guilty of committing severe human bytes violations and colds for an end to the conflict. 11, yes. was the out spring to museums a back on the streets quoting for greater change.

, this issue of how to get taller bond not only to buy in program, but also to help in terms of security is something that the u. n is currently dealing with because they do have field offices and they do have, you know, different operations that are ongoing. they're not to the level they used to be, but they also need the taller bond to provide them security. they may need assistance from getting places and then the 3, the issues of, well, you know, a lot of their leadership is on sanctions live on black lists and things like that . so that's how you know, how, how do you deal with them in order to get the 8 out there, but not necessarily legitimize them or go against your own. the lists that you made that you know, some sanctions are there any prospects for improvement here? only do you see any, what can be done to help the afghan people? i mean, the biggest thing that can be done is to release the funds. you know, there's still aid that's coming. it's trickling in. you know, it's 144000000 years, 300000000. there may be a couple 1000000000 here and there. but unfortunately, the way a lot of fun has been set up

all along these dissident ethnic armed groups along the tie border think also because they have been sheltering members of the n u g, the national unity government government in exile which has been formed in opposition to the coo and clearly they're trying to move against them as the one year anniversary of that. who approaches? tony joining him bangkok. thank you. no israeli soldiers have injured more than $240.00 palestinian protested in the town of barker, north of nablus. that's according to the palestinian red crescent. security forces fight, tear gas live ammunition and rubber coated steel. bullets tension has been escalating in the area since it is rainy. settler was shot dead by 2 palestinians. on december, the 16th hundreds of settlers attacked the town in the occupied west bank earlier this week. neither abraham has more from bethlehem in the occupied westbank. there is a lot of increasing tension that's taking place in vertical and an older villages around the north of the occupied to a bank where palestinians are saying that they've been sending for themselves. and they've been organizing local commi

these is cost effective on with ally cycle of the nest and there's also a new ranko position in the u. s. military, according to the n d, a draft bill. and that is gender advisor. so troops can get help if they feel like changing genders. we can only guess how many millions that's going to cost. and of course, none of this would be possible without china and russia because of whom the pentagon argued. it needed more money. in your sunday, we firmly opposed the u. s. slipping negative content concerning china or making an issue out of china for political manipulation is not implement negative content and articles in the act that target china and dummy's. chinese interests or hurts overall bilateral ties and corporation and important areas. while the l g b t, q plus community may let out a sigh of relief, people that have been incarcerated. guantanamo bay innocence included without trial or justice for decades, will just have to wait a little longer. now one thing they didn't find any money for is, is a few dozen plane tickets to send guantanamo inmates home or to court. unfortunately, he section 1032 of the act contin

rahman you watching out there alive, my headquarters here in dough are also coming up a timely boost for millions of afghans. the u. n. votes to exempt humanitarian aid from sanctions imposed on the taliban government. plus these olives are changing lives. i am with some of the job in northern by hassan, and i'll tell you about the efforts to cultivate more of them. welcome to the burger, we begin in china. we're more than 13000000 people have been ordered to stay home in the eastern city of shan, around 200 cove at 19 infections have been recorded since the beginning of the month. only one person per household is allowed to leave home every 2 days to buy essential goods. now china is on high alert for outbreaks as it gears up to host the winter olympics in february, katrina, you has more from beijing, the latest count we have now over 200 cases reported and she and, and this outbreak has failed to at least 5 other cities and there have been at least one infection noted in beijing. so from thursday midnight authorities have said that the city of $13000000.00 people will be under strict lockdown. only one member of th

u. s. is much more, much more focused on the in the pacific theater. so that europe needs to take care of relations in its neighborhood, especially also with russia by itself. n. glenn has a very funny reading of history and the relations with russia where europe and the u. s. are the only culprits were a shiny, happy future with the kremlin would be in the, in the cards. if we only disarm to and dissolve the nato, i think history tells, tells a very different different story. of course we need to take the crime than on threat perceptions seriously. but this is very funny. strange and peculiar reading of history that, that you offered glen doesn't pass muster, or let's get glens response to that. yes, no, i didn't say that nato has to be disbanded. i think that nato was quite effective when it did very little that he said throughout the cold war it was effectively a power promoting the status quo that is, plus a defensive alliance. seeking to deter the soviet union after the cold war, nato has become prohibitionist power. that is, it's now expanding its invading other countries without un mandates. so under this, the under this new nato, the revision is natal

u. n. world heritage site. there are new reports of facing and point minister i'll be, it's also says he is headed back to the front lines. the government is also reporting more gains against the rebels, but the rebels dispute this. well, critically drawn, vol is a professor of peace and comfort studies that also new university college. he says, reclaiming some other times in the region may be more strategically important to the us. labella doesn't hold any military pretending significant assets, but it is a very symbolic it tall as it is a well known unesco world heritage site. and so it nationally, it is available. so in that regard it is a drawback, obviously is that the government lost control. it, but there are other towns like now which might be more strategically important for t d f and for the military offensive they are currently undertaking it is an intensive military campaign ongoing as we speak for the last 23 days. and the territory has shifted again, and it seems to be that the t d f, the tactical retreat, so week a week ago has managed them to regroup and to read grad to john's. and now to push back

jenna ali bucket county, the head of the iranian negotiating team went and met also with grossey, the head of the i. e a at the u. n. a nuclear watchdog. right. it seems, there are many other meetings that are behind closed doors that we don't know of. so for now, there are no answers. there are no reactions with respect to what the iranians are proposing. but what we know is that the iranians have main issues that they're asking for. first of all, the lifting the sanctions. and to be frank, the 1st 3 days of these thoughts were mainly on this section. sanctions and the lifting of the sanctions. but it's not only about that, it's also about verifying how these sanctions are going to be lifted. and that guarantees that the iranians are asking from the united states and nor does in order to go ahead with them complying once again with the nuclear deal. as it was agreed on in 2000, and we know that iranian officials, or at least one iranian official, has said that we're prepared to stay in vienna for as long as necessary. what does this tell us about the talks going forward and how long will they last do we know will

also ahead. hundreds are killed in thousands display. so storms and floods devastate large parts of south east asia and, and lifeline for millions of afghans. d u. n votes to exempt humanitarian aid from sanctions imposed on the taliban government. ah, more than 13000000 people have been ordered to stay home in the chinese city of shon, around a 140 cove. 19 infections have been recorded there over the past 2 weeks. only one person per household is allowed to leave home every 2 days to buy essential goods. china is on high alert for brakes as it gears up to holes to winter olympics in february, katrina, you has more from b j. the latest count we have now over 200 cases reported and she and this outbreak has spread to at least 5 other cities. and there have been at least one infection noted in beijing. so from thursday midnight authorities have said that the city of $13000000.00 people will be under strict lockdown. only one member of the household is allowed to leave the her every 2 days to collect groceries. only certified, essential workers will be allowed to go to work. school has been closed for some days now. entertain, then you have been clo

n a vaccines originated from the u. s. work. so if power is inaccurate inequity, there's also inequity of the case burden, which is the breeding grounds for yet another very which could even be worse than our car. so we have to look at both of these, you know, where there's tremendous number of your cases and spread. we've got to put the fire off. and so we need to attend to both the under vaccinated parts of the world, the lower and middle income countries. but also the culprits, and the u. s. is corporate number one as a country. obviously, the continent of europe is also contributing a lot of cases, but no country like the u. s. right now, do you think we should be much more forceful when it comes to mandates then our system has been so far either at the federal level or the state level. that, that, this notion, ah, that some folks considered out and that they are right, versus the collective health of american society, global society. you know, are we getting the, the equilibrium right between those 2 poles. right. well see if we haven't gotten the librium right. and it's very sad that mandates even had to come off as an issue, be

he also called on the international community to speed up the removal of crippling economic sanctions. the u. n. has warned that half the population doesn't have enough to eat. cash flow has been an issue since the taliban took control of the government, leading the world bank to freeze nearly $10000000000.00 and assets. civil servants haven't been paid and months. aid groups. welcome the resolution. it is a very important step in the signs beds the sanctions. i've had an impact on, on the capacity to, to bringing assistance to bringing i 9 show us to port than the pretty cheese to our people in the services that we need to, to support right now at this moment. the ones humanitarian chief martin griffith's called the resolution on milestone the rare agreement among council members. evidence of the shocking level of need and suffering and afghanistan. kristen salumi al jazeera, the united nations estrella will begin withdrawing its troops from the solomon islands up to days of unrest last month for them. 200 pace, capers from fiji. papa new guinea and new zealand were also deployed as a request

u. n. team in early december describing human rights abuses on both sides of the frontier. the majority said that while in belgrade they had been beaten or threatened by security forces, and also alleged the balance sheet security forces, force them to cross the border on team also had numerous reports of people being immediately and automatically returned irish from poa the human rights office is calling on both nations to address the crisis in line with their obligations to international human rights and refugee law. so what would be the red pill or the blue pill? that was the choice facing kiana reeves more than 20 years ago. and the groundbreaking science fiction epic matrix, the film and its 2 sequels to pick to the destination future in which humans are trapped by machines inside the simulated reality. now matrix for has just hit cinema screens and a premier delayed several times by the panoramic. but does it measure up to the original? here's our review. thomas boss who had to decade since the matrix revolutions. tell me what happened. thomas anderson, aka neo, is living an ordinary life in san francisco. when events take a turn for the weird like crazy. we don't use th

u. n. team in early december describing human rights abuses on both sides of the frontier. the majorities ended wanting bedouins, they had been beaten or threatened by security forces, and also alleged that the brother machine security forces forced them to cross the border on team walls that had numerous reports of people being immediately and automatically returned to paris from poland. the human rights office, his calling on both nations to address the crisis in line with their obligations to international human rights and refugee law. you're watching d. w. news. just a quick reminder of our top story. we're following for you. german chancellor, all of shots has announced new restrictions to slow the spread of the only chron corona virus variance. the measures which will come into force after christmas include limiting public and private gatherings even for vaccinated people. other european countries are taking similar steps of next. it's business news, i'm terry martin. thanks for watching. sh . i'm just kinda, i think that's hard and in the end is a meet you on what i wanted to you and more we will send you back. are you.

he also called on the international community to speed up the removal of crippling economic sanctions . the u. n. has warned that half the population doesn't have enough to eat. cash flow has been an issue since the taliban took control of the government, leading the world bank to freeze nearly $10000000000.00 and assets. civil servants haven't been paid and months aid groups. welcome the resolution. it is a very important us that in the sands batts, b sanctions. i had an impact on, on the capacity to, to bringing assistance to bringing. i man shall as to port than the present cheese to our people in the services that we need to up to support right now at this moment. the ones humanitarian chief martin griffith's called the resolution a milestone. the rare agreement among council members, evidence of the shocking level of need and suffering and afghanistan. kristen salumi al jazeera, the united nations. no flourishing wild olive industry and northern pakistan is providing much needed jobs. the government hopes it'll shift people away from joining armed groups and it could also see families pay l

u. n. team in early december describing human rights abuses on both sides of the frontier. the majority said that while embellish they had been beaten, or threatened by security forces, and also alleged that the brother machine security forces force them to cross the border on team, also had numerous reports of people being immediately and automatically returned to paris from poa. the human rights office is calling on both places to address the crisis in line with their obligations to international human rights and refugee law . america. second busiest ports in long beach, california is working at full capacity. but even a 24 seventh's schedule hasn't been enough to keep up with consumer demand. these christmas long beach is far from alone. shipping bottlenecks have led to delayed delivery, surging prices and empty shelves around the world. that's also sparked calls for a rethink of immensely complex global supply chains. so fancy monce investigates. ah, nothing absolutely nothing is beginning to look like christmas here at the los angeles and long beach ports in california. these trade harps of the world's 5th largest economy are anything but in the holiday spirit. both port