u. s. europe, all the united nations to deepen their involvement right now. well over the last 10 years, many of the european country as the us, some countries of the region have been involved trying to a broker agreements and push for a political process. but the problem is that, um, all these efforts um, um, did not lead dinner to an inclusive political process when they say inclusive, a process that include all the different constituencies in the country and a process in which women also can have a say a come participate so the process over this last 10 years has been marked with a competition. among all these are international actors or lack of coordination among themselves. and the result is that there is no gen when inclusive libyan lead process, and then they internationally push for elections, or there is definitely a popular demand for elections. but a number of disagreements and issues have not been resolved. and now if elections are held, they could lead to farther conflict in a stability if they're not held. also, it can be a recipe for more or di

u. s. europe alliance. that's an american organization which campaigns to boost trans atlantic ties and serbia largest city belgrade is jericho. crotch, former deputy prime minister of serbia. and in the german capital berlin, we have bought over senior associate at the democratization policy council. it campaigns to boost liberal democratic values, a very warm welcome to you all. thank you for joining us all inside story. i'd like to begin with, you are a bite of ich, i just wanna get your reaction. first off to this move by legislators are in the republic a service go to essentially start withdrawing from these important national institutions . well, this is a clear attempt at breaking up a buzzing and her to go. you know, as we know, the bonding on war was stopped in 1995, but never really ended. the war simply moved from the battlefield to the institution and the bosnian serb leadership lead lead by mr. miller with the full support. and this is an important. ready point of lead me to russia have deemed

u. s. and its allies is suspicious. so is this the start of a new cold war for global leadership? this is inside store. ah, hello, or if the program on them wrong con, the u. s. europe and their allies in the west often portray russia and china is threats to global peace. they cite examples including russia's troop build up along the border with ukraine. and chinese crackdown on human rights in hong kong. and sion yang. but moscow and beijing see things differently. they accused the west of destabilizing their countries by imposing sanctions and interfering in their domestic affairs residents. a shipping ping and bloody may, putin reinforced that points in a virtual summit. on wednesday, they pledge to corporate on trade and security and to respect each other's interests. katrina, you set up our discussion from beijing. it is, it is a virtual summit and show of solidarity. the presidents of china and russia. she didn't ping and vladimir putin spoke for more than an hour on wednesday, hailing their close ties. voltaire, the wall has undergone unprecedented changes and a pandemic in the last entry sign a rotten relations. how we do the terse, a verse storms as low as

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u. s. and europe strongly dependent upon imports to get those ships. and so now many automakers are exploring partnerships which producers to make their own semiconductors. some experts, however, say it's too little too late. they blame the industry for it. shirts are short term planning, and it's lack of investment. of more that i'm joined by a jeep is, was his executive director and asia pacific chief economist at i h. s. market where he could have you on the show. is it fair to say that these automakers were perhaps short sighted by not really securing their necessary supplies to somebody is an absolutely vital component. i think what we've seen during the pandemic is something quite exceptional. and it's broad out these supply chain vulnerabilities for older mater makers that hadn't been there in that kind of form before. i mean, what we've seen is lost production in 2021 of millions of order units. and that's meant that demand has been much greater than the ability to supply. so we're seeing a new kind of problem for the auto industry that they ha

u. s. in europe. on thursdays, nearly 2000000 new cases were recorded loudly, but south africa says it will ease restrictions. offer infections dropped by almost 30 percent last week. the government believes it's past the peak of the omicron very well will be getting more amusing of restrictions in south africa with for me to mila shortly. and pull brennan is standing by in london for more on the situation in europe. the 1st katrina you begins our coverage from beijing in a suburban neighborhood in the city of she. anne instructions from a loudspeaker tell residents not to leave their apartments unless absolutely necessary. 3 year old, long dull is making the most of the opportunity to stretch his legs. members of his family are only allowed outdoors to take curve at 19 tests, and collect to livid supplies. there along the 30000000 people who will spend new year's eve under strict lockdown or mm hm. yes. my son is very young and doesn't understand a lockdown or where the increase in case numbers me. y

europe stands at a crossroads. should outdated cold war era structures be maintained like nato in over. we line on the u. s. or should europe define and shoulder responsibilities for its own defense? and what about russia? ah, to discuss these issues and more, i'm joined by my guess when decent in oslo. he is a professor at the university of southeastern norway as well as author of the book . great power politics in the 4th industrial revolution. and here in moscow we have maxine schwarzkopf. he is the director of the center for advanced american studies at moscow state institute of international relations. hi gentlemen, cross lock rules and effect.

why could the only cron varian have a different effect on either on populations in europe or the u. s. so ah, south africa has a predominantly young population, and we do know that the sauce covey to wireless. it's seriousness of serious illness is the older you get, the greater the number of apologies you pick up as you grow older are the more severe disease causing it can be. therefore, in the united states, united kingdom and europe, we have a much more older population. and therefore, we shouldn't just compare the south african experience and assume that it will be the same experience here. time will tell and time will soon tell us if it is mild disease causing as was the case in south africa or that as the imperial up not yet . peer reviewed report seems to suggest that it may be just as severe disease causing the immediate concern. now is it a risk of re infection with the, or may kron variance is over 5 times greater than that of delta. so this is a very efficient mutation that as an that can really evade immunity quite well. it is so, so those mutations, unfortunately are in j

and that's not anything that europe wants for sure. the u. s. enjoy the saber rattling the arm sales. the posturing the politicians can do, but it's not really in europe's interest at all. hopefully that's what comes to emerge with this. well, i'm not holding my breath unfortunately. george, me the way the western median politicians frame this entire situation as a conflict between russia and ukraine. and if you look at these 2 documents, obviously ukraine has mentioned, but it's really that that's a focus pointed at the data point. these 2 documents, these 2 proposals are of a grand scale. i mean, it's something we haven't seen since 975 and, and what needs one, the most important things that needs to happen is that for western audiences understand that it needs to be refrained completely. this is an absolute, central grad for nato nato's mission. and it has to expand or basically to shut down shop. and obviously from what patrick had to say, there's just too much money involved be or go ahead a lot of money. and of course, later comes accompani

europe stands at a crossroads. should outdated cold war air structures be maintain like nato in over reliance on the u. s. or should europe define and shoulder responsibilities for its own defense? and what about russia? ah, to discuss these issues and more, i'm joined by my guess when decent in oslo. he is a professor at the university of southeastern norway as well as author of the book . great power politics in the 4th industrial revolution. and here in moscow we have maxine schwarzkopf. he is the director of the center for advanced american studies at moscow state institute of international relations. gentlemen, cross up rules and effect, that means you can jump any time you want, and i always appreciate it again. let's go to glen 1st here. you know, glen where does, where does your stand right now? because, you know, it's 30 years after the cold war. we still have nato, but we have a lot of the cold war agreements like on missiles and defense and things like that are either been thought or being reassessed, but this isn't the cold war here. nato is not interested in, in negotiating missile treaties or

u. s. in europe weren't far behind, as investors reacted to concerns that demand could be impacted by the spread of the latest cobra, 1900 varian. although the symptoms of the micron various have been mild, it's the speculation surrounding what could happen that has also impacted oil prices. sending brent crude features falling nearly 4 and a half percent. all of the raising the question of whether the year of record highs is coming to a very sun and, and as 2021 comes to a close to you guys. i've been mess cohost christy i and octavio marines, the ceo of openness, l l. c. kristi, let's start with you here. now china has recently said that it wants to focus on stability and just about every aspect of its economy over the next year. is this move to lower? it's a benchmark rate part of that process. in a way, i guess the people thing to china implement was prudent monetary policy in order to stabilize the growth of credit in order to support the real economy. so they're currently focused on maintaining liquidity at a reasonable and ample level. one are also undergoing the tennyson of pining amongs

europe limited options, i mean, because of its dependency. i mean, again, you know, we have 30 years after the cold war of the u. s. is, is a dictating what europe security policy should be. certainly they're trying to do it with energy here. i can see how it makes europe stronger. more dependency makes it more irrelevant. can you address that real quick? yeah, no, i agree, but deals of the see that us change is june a bit like now that you're talking about strategic calling me away from us. it's talking about european sovereign, the, i don't think it can be achieved, but only this week you have a saying, you know, the europeans need their own army, which that means it implies less relies and they don't less influenced by the u. s . i think and there are a lot, there are people who are noticing that this is a very bad take. but in order to have peace in europe, when do need to keep the americans are so close friends. but the most dominant relationship. well, i mean, maxine, could it be any other way? i mean it's very messianic. the with the, the american approach here. i mean, it's either had gemini or nothing i, i,

u. s. and across europe, france has reported 200000 new cases for a 2nd day in a row. the u. k. has also broken its daily infection. tommy, with a home 189000 new infections. re challenge reports from the london on the alarming developments out of europe. dedicated, skyrocketing hand, coven hospitalizations in england, or event flyer. since the alarm bells ringing, there's an ami kron serge. it's about to crash over the already struggling national health service. so we keep increasing, especially it of course the pressures are, again, mounting on wake when you've got workforce, as i said, that's already up to $550.00 for nurses on many more. and so 5 things then of course the pressures are building and building and building. so what will it be like? and john, you re contingency plans of being put in place to cope with existing hospital capacity becomes overwhelmed with new temporary boards built the house patients. 8 temporary hub, being built at hospitals around the country, each one with a capacity of $100.00 beds more sites of being planned for an extra $4000.00 bed. if neede

u. s. and europe strongly dependent upon imports to get those chips. and so now many automakers are exploring partnerships which ship producers to make their own semiconductors. are some experts, however, say it's too little too late. they blamed the industry for t shirts are short term planning and lack of investment of more than i'm joined by regime biswas. he's executive director and asia pacific chief economist at i h s. market or she could have you on the show. is it fair to say that these automakers were perhaps short sighted by not really securing their necessary supplies to somebody is an absolute vital component. i think what we've seen during the pandemic is something quite exceptional. and it's brought out these supply chain vulnerabilities for older mater makers that hadn't been there in that kind of form before. i mean, what we've seen is lost production in 2021 of millions of order units. and that's meant that demand has been much greater than the ability to supply. so we're seeing a new kind of problem for the auto industry that they hav

u. s. and europe strongly dependent upon imports to get those ships. and so now many automakers are exploring partnerships which it producers to make their own semiconductors. some experts, however say it's too little too late. they blame the industry for t shirts are short term planning and it's lack of investment. of more that i'm joined by reggie biswas, he's executive director and asia pacific chief economist at i h s. market where she could have you on the show. is it fair to say that these automakers were perhaps short sighted by not really securing their necessary supplies to somebody is an absolutely vital component. i think what we've seen during the pandemic is something quite exceptional. and it's broad out these supply chain vulnerabilities for older major makers that hadn't been there in that kind of form before. i mean, what we've seen is lost production in 2021 of millions of order units. and that's meant that demand has been much greater than the ability to supply. so we're seeing a new kind of problem for the auto industry that they ha

u. s. and europe strongly dependent upon imports to get those ships. and so now many automakers are exploring partnerships which ship producers to make their own semiconductors. some experts, however say it's too little too late. they blamed the industry for t shirts are short term planning, and lack of investment of more that i'm joined by reggie biz was his executive director and asia pacific chief economist at i h s. market where she could have you on the show. is it fair to say that these automakers were perhaps short sighted by not really securing their necessary supplies to somebody is an absolute vital component. i think what we've seen during the pandemic is something quite exceptional. and it's brought out these supply chain vulnerabilities for older mater makers that hadn't been there in that kind of form before. i mean, what we've seen is lost production in 2021 of millions of order units. and that's meant that demand has been much greater than the ability to supply. so we're seeing a new kind of problem for the auto industry that they haven

u. s. in europe as the oma kron variance is found to be 5 times more likely to re infect people. ah lot hasn't think of this as you see that live from the also coming up. the un human rights council will investigate the abuses committed by all sides in ethiopia is more i remember yelling. these are teaser teaser.

u. s. and europe report reco cove with 19 infections, but more evidence suggests that the alma called variance is milder than other strains. ah, clubs, the whole roman watching all their life. my headquarters here in de hall also coming up south korea's government pardons full but president park and hey, he's been serving a 22 year sentence. the corruption.

u. s. want europe and the relations between russia and the other with some countries. that's not a game. i think nato is an organization where united states has play very important jaws, but they are not the only partner in this case. she's always making wonders to do, doing the last decades in us all this was and we destroyed countries without any reasons. and there was no politician and no secretary genera of the nato of nato, who had the courage to say, no, no, mister president, we are not following you. falling our interests in our interests. we have to make peace and not war. cnn producer has been charged with child sex crimes arrival news outlet has also discovered that a criminal complaint involving the man was filed last year suggesting that law enforcement knew about his legit activities. well, before they made an arrest or t caleb mopping can give us more details on the case. john griffin is a long time cnn producer, and we understand he's now been arrested. he's charged with 3 counts of attempting to engage in illegal sexual activities with a minor. now we understand that what

u. s. in europe, with the french prime minister warning, the oma cron variant is spreading at lightning speed. ah, and has them seek this is as you said, a lie food also coming up for you and human rights council will investigate abuses committed by all sides in ethiopia. is war the clean up begins in the philippines after typhoon kills 12 people.

u. s. and europe strongly dependent upon imports to get those ships. and so now many automakers are exploring partnerships which hip producers to make their own semiconductors. some experts, however say it's too little too late. they blamed the industry for t shirts are short term planning, and it's lack of investment of more that i'm joined by reggie biz was his executive director and asia pacific chief economist at i h s. market where she could have you on the show. is it fair to say that these automakers were perhaps short sighted by not really securing their necessary supplies to something is an absolute vital component. i think what we've seen during the pandemic is something quite exceptional. and it's brought out these supply chain vulnerabilities for older mater makers that hadn't been there in that kind of form before. i mean, what we've seen is lost production in 2021 of millions of order units. and that's meant that demand has been much greater than the ability to supply. so we're seeing a new kind of problem for the auto industry that they

u. s. in europe weren't far behind as investors reacted to concerns that demand could be impacted by the spread of the latest cobra. 1900 barian. although the symptoms of the micron various have been mild, it's the speculations surrounding what could happen and that has also impacted oil prices. sending brent crude features falling nearly 4 and a half percent. all of this raising the question of whether the year of record highs is coming to a very son and and as 2021 comes to a close to joining us on this guys. i've been moscow host, chris, the i and octavio marines, the ceo of openness, l. l. c. kristi. let's start with you here. now china has recently said that it wants to focus on stability and just about every aspect of its economy over the next year. is this move to lower? it's a benchmark rate part of that process. in a way, i guess the people thing to china implement was prudent monetary policy in order to stabilize the growth of credit in order to support the real economy. so they're currently focused on maintaining the quality at a reasonable and ample level while they're also undergoi

u. s. and europe for the french prime minister, one and the on the prong variant spreading at lightning speed. ah ahmed the problem and this is al jazeera life from dog ha, also coming up, damage and destruction in the philippines.

u. s. in europe report reco cove at 19 infections, but more evidence suggests that the alma called baron's is milder than of the strains. ah, pelham. so robin, you're watching over there. a life headquarters here in dough hall coming up in the next 30 minutes. south korea's government parton's form of present park and hey, who's been serving a 22 year sentence for corruption.

europe. but i do want to start with katherine sawyers over in nairobi. kevin, i feel we haven't heard that much about army kron in africa. it's been more of a u. s. and europe issue, i've actually got another map here. i'm just going to quickly show the view is showing the whole global situation. and when we look at africa, you tend to see the case numbers actually in africa, maybe bar south africa are down there, not as bad as the rest of the world. what is the news? and the big picture coming out of africa for the cases are down in the last, throughout the year. but we have seen an increase of infection grades in dozens of african countries like here in kenya. for example, we have seen of positivity rate of 34 percent, which is a huge us is a steep leap from the beginning of the year. we've seen that in other countries as well. now, you know, in the results that are coming out of different governments, they're not differentiating between, you know, or, or more on the chrome very and, or are the variance generally? so they're just generalizing so it's a difficult to know exactly how many are on the chron variance. a people have been affected by t

a dramatic increase in the number of infections across europe, or i'm the u. s. ah, i'm robot this, and this is all 0 life. and doha also coming up the leaders of russia and the u. s . threatened each other with consequences over an escalating crisis in ukraine. ah, the u. s. to says it stands with people and saddam after a lethal crackdown of protesters killed 4 people. bonfires and the usa to colorado, burn hundreds of homes and force and evacuation of tens of thousands of people. ah, and one of africa is old anti colonial. and so the congolese rumba gets major international recognition with and exactly 2 years ago, china told the world health organization about new and mysterious cases of pneumonia and han city know, the world's been changed by a pandemic that killed almost 5 and a half 1000000 people across and delta variance covered 1900 shattering new daily infection records in the us. across europe, france has reported 200000 new cases for a 2nd day in a row, the u. s. has been recording more than 300000 cases on average for days across the atlantic. the u

u. s. and europe say that iran isn't being serious ukrainians. describe the hardships of trying to get across. no man's land as tension mounts on the border with russia. and we beat the iraqi painters, turning these dilapidated bagdad alleyways into works, abbas in the new cove at 19 very it is getting more of a foothold around the world. a week off to south africa identified it. the world health organization says that all the con has been detected in 38 countries that's up from 232 days ago. shanicea is one of the latest to confirm the case. it measures reminiscent of earlier stages of the pandemic government. so trying to keep on a cron out by imposing travel restrictions, but scientists say it'll spread regardless of calling on countries instead to focus on preparing health systems and to avoid becoming too distracted. as we're talking about ami con, let's also not forget that the predominant variance right now still remains the delta variance. so micron may be on the rise and we may come to a point where it takes over to be the dominant varia

u. s. in europe as the omicron variance is found to be 5 times more likely to re infect people ah, on have them secret. this is edges here that live from the also coming up. the you and human rights council will investigate abuses committed by all sides and ethiopian war. i remember yelling your case or tazer. nothing happened for minnesota police officer who killed the black motorist. don't a right breaks down as she takes the stand. the clean up begins in the philippines after typhoon kills 12 feet in hello. 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 has increased by 40 percent compared to last month. while the numbers in hospital have risen by around 45 percent, many universities are going back to online teaching. and sports events have been canceled or postponed. experts predict the, on the con, very, will soon become the dominant strain that 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.

u. s. m. europe report record cove at 19 infections, but more evidence suggest that the arm across buried is milder than other strains. ah, hello. so rahman you're watching out, is there a life my headquarters here in doha, coming up in the next 30 minutes? south korea's government parton's, former president park and hay who's been serving a 22 year sentence for corruption, also guilty of manslaughter. a u. s. court convicts a former police officer of killing a black motorist and fiction, all future artificial intelligence is everywhere, but some predict terrifying outcomes the using the technology ah welcome to the program friday. marx, a month since south africa announced the 1st case of alma crohn and it continues to drive record searches of cove at 19 infections across the world. all recording has thrown holiday gatherings and travel plans into disarray in new york. the mayor has scaled back the city's famous new year's eve celebrations. gabriel alexander has more from new york on 42nd street in midtown manhattan. the lines in covey testing sites are long all day from morning until ni

u. s. in europe report, record cove is 19 infections, but more evidence suggests the aldacon berry and his milder than other strains ah. columns the harmony watching on their life while headquarters here in doha, coming up in the program. south korea's government pardons, form up president park gay, who, who's been serving a 22 year sentence for corruption. police india have begun an investigation into a video showing hindu religious the.

u. s. and europe report rec, hold cove at 19 infections, but more evidence suggest that the alma called buried is milder than of the strains . ah, hello. so robin, you're watching out there. a locked my headquarters here in doha, coming up in the program. south graham government pardons, former president part good hey, has been serving a 22 year sentence for corruption also guilty of manslaughter. a us court convict say form a police officer, the killing a black motorist. plus i must have been job aid in a mongrel forest. just off the arabian sea, and i'll tell you how the lack of fresh water is killing species of mangroves here . ah, welcome to the program friday marks a month since south africa announced the 1st case of almo chrome, which continues to drive rec, hold surges of k with 19 infections across the world. the variant has thrown holiday gatherings and travel plans into disarray in new york. the man has scaled back the city's famous new year's eve celebrations. gabriel alexander has more from new york on 42nd street in midtown manhattan. the lines had covered testing sites are long.

u. s. in europe report record cove, it 19 infections, but more evidence suggests the aldacon berry and his milder than other strains ah. columns the harmony watching over their life. while headquarters here in doha, coming up in the program. south korea's government pardons, form up president park gay ruin, who's been serving a 22 year sentence for corruption. please cindy, i have begun an investigation into a video showing hindu religious leaders calling the genocide against muslims. and as christian celebrate christmas eve, wherein bethlehem and the occupied with bank to see how the pandemic is affecting the shares preparations, ah welcome to the program. we begin in the united kingdom, where old christmas eve prime minister boris johnson, is urging the public to get a booster shot appointments for cove 19 vaccines are being made available for christmas and boxing day johnsons, law. she resisted calls for title restrictions for the holidays despite the fast spread of the on the chrome variant. though the time for buying presents is theoretically running out. there is still a wonderful th

the 1st detective in south africa and later identified in some parts of europe, the u. s. japan, israel, and now many other countries as well. and then came the reaction and it was fast. borders was suddenly closed off to passenger travel from southern african countries, which brought a lot of anger, especially as south africa, fell down the right thing and alerting the well to the new very to the 1st place. oil prices fell more than 10 percent as soon as the variant was detected, stock markets took a hit to and are expected to face weakness of uncertainty is invested closely. watch for updates on, on, maker on. so what comes next, largely depends on what scientists discover and how quickly they do so. so what all this means is that we're back into the realms of one step forward to step back. in fact, we arguably already were before me con, emerge, consumer demand was rising, with good economies reopened. people were back out shopping regularly, particularly with the end of the holidays approaching. but keeping up with that demand was already a problem. there were a lot o