u. s. p. has come out santa maria, with a look at some of the figures behind the headline. a 1000000 coven tases in one day is obviously a huge issue for the united states. but there is a little more nuance and even some slightly good news when you go behind the numbers. so let's start with this. the 1st chart we've got from our world and data . this is looking at cumulative cases of covered 90, not daily cases. this is, everything has been over the pandemic up the top. there we are now looking at $55000000.00 plus cases of covert throughout the pandemic. so if you're getting 1000000 of those cases in one day, in a pandemic, that's the last 2 years. that is clearly a huge issue. the good news, though, if i can use that phrase, is the death, right? it's not going up. certainly not the highs that we saw there. this was a year ago when there were around 3 and a half 1000 deaths a day. at this point, we're now down to about 1200 a day, which is still a lot. but as you can see from the trend, there it is quite erratic to was the end, but it's not going up at any great rate. the

u. k. prime minister tells m p 's. he has no intention of stepping down following revelations of possible locked down violations. the saudi coalition launches a series of air strikes on yemen after coal. the rebels fired missiles into the united arab emirates. and we hear from the kurdish refugee whose desperate journey for a better life in europe ended with him in detention. ah, hello. russia says that it's ready to take appropriate measures if it doesn't get a constructive answer from the west on it's security demands for minister surrogate lab revolves said moscow doesn't want the you nor the organization of security and cooperation in europe involved and talks to ease tensions over ukraine, a western powers are showing up defenses against a possible russian invasion. so the u. s. is working with gas ex borders to limit europe's dependence on russian gas. far as a mirror will visit the white house on monday. the crisis has prompted one of the biggest mobilizations of western forces in europe. a 3rd shipment of american wea

u. s. in the past few weeks, especially because the russian side ahead of this un security meeting has accused of the u. s of using the meeting of for a p r stunt. the narrative here very much has been that the west is being hysterical because after all, russia keeps repeating that they don't plan an attack on ukraine. and in fact, for them are from their point of view, ukraine isn't really even the main concern because they've been pushing for these security guarantees. they want stop to nato eastern expansion. when it comes to the actual meeting, there has been some talk of how the russian delegates could kind of tried to re derail the meeting by do you know, carrying out a vote about whether this discussion should take place at all? and i think when it comes to concrete outcomes, russia has the power to veto any concrete initiatives that the un security council tables. so i think there won't be any concrete outcome for russia apart from the fact that they could be shown to be rather isolated on the international stage, which i think would be, would be unpleasant for russian diplomats certainly. ok, so let's talk about about a potenti

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u. k. prime minister tells m p 's. he has no intention of stepping down despite revelations of possible locked on violations. piling up the saudi coalition launches the cities of air strikes on yemen, off to who the rebels fired missiles into the united arab emirates, 11 months to get alec tricity from jordan through syria. and a deal seen as a breakthrough for the sanctions. had assad government. ah, russia says it's ready to take appropriate measures if it doesn't get a constructive answer from the west on its security demands. foreign minister suck a love. rob also said moscow doesn't want the e u or the organization for security and cooperation in europe involved and talks to ease tensions over ukraine. western powers of shoring up defenses against a possible russian invasion. if you, when you're does usually go through a few little if a constructive response does not arrive and the west continues its aggressive course. moscow will, as president putin has said on more than one occasion, take the necessary retaliatory meas

u. k. prime minister has continued to resist calls by m p 's to resign. or if johnson refused to comment on an investigation to where the his government held parties during lockdown. findings are expected to be published soon. yes, media report say supreme court justice stephen bryan will retire at the end of the courts, current term bar. it's one of 3 remaining liberal justices in the conservative majority. court is retirement will give president joe biden, his 1st chance to nominate new judge to the countries us judicial 40. the u. s. federal reserve says it will raise interest rates for the 1st time. in 3 years. they were slashed in is 0 at the beginning of the pandemic, interest rates were widely expected to stop moving up in march in an attempt to fight rising inflation in the u. s. federal reserve chair, dram pals, hes getting high inflation under control. it's vital for jobs. there's date with headlines, more news coming up here and on to 0, right after witness february on i'll just either china host the winter olympics, but we'll diplomatic boycot

u. s. percentage of global g d. p is roughly what it was 20 years ago. europe's gone down, decline japan's gone down, decline china has gone up. u. s. hasn't moved, so i mean it's not like u. s. power is going away. but us democracy is eroding significantly. the legitimacy of u. s. political institutions, the lack of a quality of opportunity, the lack of mobility, of members of the working and middle class, the on we that's being felt. for example, by under educated white men who feel correctly that they're losing status in a country that will be majority non white by 2045. these are deep structural issues that are not being addressed as the wealthy get wealthier and the most powerful country in the world continues to move a pace that that's a real problem. in bremar helping us put the risks, facing the u. s. in the world in 2022 in perspective in it's always good talking with we appreciate your time and your valuable insights tonight. thank you. oh, this is the former soviet republic. it causes stand to none protest. today's storm to set fire to government offices in the largest city, a monument, security forces use

u. k. prime minister has continued to resist coals by m p. 's to resign or is johnson refused to comment on an investigation into whether his government health partners during lockdown. the findings are expected to be published to the saudi coalition. fighting in the oven has launched airstrikes in the capitol center. the targets included with the military sites, as well as a national tv and radio tower. while the crisis between russia and ukraine has prompted one of the biggest mobilizations of western forces in europe in generations. but it's a delicate balancing act needs. barker reports from london practiced drills over the baltic sea by british french and danish pilots. western powers a holding their response to russia's military, build up new ukraine with a display of combat readiness. the danes have also said fighter jets and a frigate to join nato efforts and the baltic. do too much of the alliance risks being drawn into a conflict to the country. they have no treaty obligation to protect due to little and a potential russian invasion ri

s and p 500, which is a proxy for u. s. retirement and college savings accounts will that has fallen more than 10 percent below it's january 3rd. reco closed back in 2020 the tech heavy. nasdaq on the performed major benchmarks. it fell further into a corruption in the 1st weeks of january, sinking more than 16 percent from its own record high of november 19th last year. european traders are also nervous. the stalks europe $600.00 regional share index, close 3.8 percent lower on january 24th. it's biggest, one day for since june of 2020, an asian markets racked up some losses to that's included to pounds benchmark nick a south korea's cosby and china shine. guy composite. some industries have since come all fellows, but trading remains volatile. so what does this all mean, and what does it tell us about investors sentiment? obviously, technology has been the worst performing sector that's after a boom period during the pandemic. among the casualties are some of the most popular companies like tesla, netflix, microsoft, and amazon. the s and peace best performing sectors in the early days of the year have been energy financ

there is other m p 's believe he has become a distraction from other important issues facing the u. k. every nick is sucking attention from the real issues facing the 40 car breaks and the sorting cost of living have pushed millions of families into poverty. it is time to get this over with sure. the prime minister, my daughter, public trust in johnson's leadership, is at an all time low. one paul suggests that 2 thirds of the british want him to resign. no one should be about the law even in the prime minister. again, if you see fit on the 19th of june, my baby was 8 days old. my mother couldn't travel over to come and see her, denise, her grandchild. and so child was, you know, 6 months old because of restrictions and you know, that all that kind of stuff. the findings of an internal investigation headed by civil servant to gree are expected soon and be from johnson's party. are waiting on that to decide whether to hold a no confidence booked for your christian sports. now, egypt have defeated ivory coast and a penalty shoot out to reach the quarter finals of the africa cup of nat

u. s. p, i said, as if that act of aggression that has already taken place a very carefully listened to her statement where your me or her, the great her, i mean a traction of russia against ukraine, that they're all assuring us is going to take place in just a few weeks time, if not a few days time. we have been there however, is no proof confirming such a serious accusation whatsoever being put forward. however, it is not in preventing people from whipping up his from dairy. it is such an extent that an actual economic impact is already being felt by our ukrainian neighbors on your it wasn't, colleagues are talking that the need for the escalation. however, 1st and foremost, they themselves are whipping are tensions and rhetoric and are provoking escalation or the discussions about a threaten of threat of war is provocative in and of itself. you are almost calling for this. you want it to happen, you're waiting for it to happen as if you want to make your words become a reality. whether this is despite the fact that we are constantly rejecting these allegations. and this is despite the fa

p. 's. believe he has become a distraction from other important issues facing the u. k. every nick is sucking attention from the real issues facing the product tracks and the sorting cost of living have pushed no families into poverty. it is time to get this over with sure. the prime minister, my dog, public trust in johnson's leadership, is that an all time low? one pool suggests that 2 thirds of the british want him to resign? no one should be above the law even in the prime minister. and again, if it's, if it's on the 19th of july, my baby was 8 days old. my mother couldn't travel over to come and see if i should meet her grandchild until child was, you know, 6 months old because of restrictions. and you know that all that kind of stuff, the findings of an internal investigation headed by civil servant. so gray, unexpected soon, and beast from johnson's party are waiting on that to decide whether to hold a no confidence vote right to your question. the cold stop in the eastern mediterranean has now hit jerusalem with snow blanketing the city. it's the heaviest snow je

u. k. leader is in a political crisis over allegations that he attended parties during lockdown public and rick johnson wants to continue in office various other m p. 's believe he has become a distraction from other important issues facing the u. k. every nick, it's sucking attention from the real issues facing the product and the sort and cost of living have pushed millions of families into poverty. it is time to get this over with sure. the pride mother saw the dog public trust in johnson's leadership is at an all time low. one pool suggests that 2 thirds of the british want him to resign. no one should be above the law even in the prime minister. again, it was the 1st on the 19th of june, my baby was 8 days old. my mother couldn't travel over to come and see her. she didn't meet her grandchild. total child was, you know, 6 months old because of restrictions and you know, that all that kind of stuff. the findings of an internal investigation headed by civil so and so gray are expected soon and be from johnson's party. are waiting on that to decide whether to hold a no confidence booked right to your christian and our correspondent in london. charlotte shall some

u. s. has any choice politically, it can't join our c p because that would be capitulating to china. can't join t c t p p because it wouldn't get the 23 provisions that were struck down which were in favor of the us and especially the larger corporations. i think where they should be looking at as the w t o u. s. is holding the keys, they're, they're refusing to allow any appellate judges in there and therefore there's no enforcement mechanism. w t o needs reform. i think it's a better venue for the us. it would actually be supported by the rest of the world because no one is doing all these, you know, regional trade agreements because, you know, they didn't like the w t o, it's just, it's a non functional body, you know, giant, can this agreement really work when if there are a lot of countries involved that have trade or geo political issues with each other, i'm talking about china and australia, for example, or china and japan, or japan and south korea. i mean, how is this effectively going to work when you have countries that make up this block? the do have quite serious issues w

u. k. prime minister has continued to resist calls by m p 's to resign, borrows johnson refused to comment on an investigation into whether his government held parties during lockdown. the findings are expected to be published soon. you, the saudi coalition fighting in yemen has lost airstrikes and the capitals and not the targets included hootie military sites, as well as a national tv and radio tower. that's up to who the rebels who control the capital, fired more missiles towards abu dhabi in the united arab emirates on monday, the u. e says it intercepted and destroyed them, cut his forces in northern assyria, say they've regained control of a prison falling a week long assault by isolate fighters. around 200 inmates and 27 kurdish fighters were killed in idols, attempt to free comrades. the battle forced 45000 people from their homes in the city of ha soccer. to save the children, charity, he said, some of the 700 boys detained in the prison were used as human shields. those are the headlines coming up next is inside story. good by ah, who should police social media, twitter reports,

p 's are hearing the message from their own constituents. let's not forget here in the u. k, the official death toll from coffee 19 has just gone past a 150000. all of those m p 's will be hearing from constituents who lost loved ones in the spring of 2020. many of them are distraught that they had to follow the rules. they couldn't go to care homes where elderly relatives were dying. they couldn't attend funerals and so on. and we just heard from kim star from one of his constituents who met the prime minister at downing street saying, howled it. she was disgusted to think that in that garden, around the same time he had been partying as one of her relatives or was dying. so this message is getting through loud and clear and that the more and more pressure is brought to bear on those conservator impedes. the more of them were, the more conservative m p 's will actually say his position is untenable, but it's unclear right now whether there is a push, whether they're a machinations going all to try to replace him. of course, it's on many people's minds. i actually spoke to a former senior cabinet member or a few hours

u. k. prime minister barak johnson has drawn up christ plans as anger grows over government lockdown parties. 6 conservative m p 's have joined calls to him to resign. more than a dozen parties have come to light. a senior civil servant is investigating bangladesh is imposed restrictions of cave in 1900 infections tripled in a week to almost 5000 to day public gatherings. a band master mandatory and public places and vaccine certificates needed for restaurants. but many are ignoring the new plant down despite the capital dot com being cleared, declared, and infection red zone. a hostage crisis is like a synagogue in the us state of texas is now over the governance. as all for hostages were rescued and a safe. the suspect is dead, according to local police, does not clear how he died. course will have all of those new stories st half now as well. so on updates you can follow those course on our website at al jazeera dot com is updated throughout the day. i'll be back kid hofner, i'll see you then. ah ah ah ah, and i am from denmark, darlene a best, anita, and instantly now and this will scholar on them in cares. av

p. 's believe he has become a distraction from other important issues facing the u. k. every is sucking attention from the real issues facing the product and the sort in cost of living have pushed millions of families into poverty. time to get this over with sure. the prime minister, the dog public trust in johnson's leadership is at an all time low. one pool suggests that 2 thirds of the british want him to resign. no one should be above the law even in the prime minister. again, there was a group on the 19th of june. my baby was 8 days old. my mother couldn't travel over to come and see her, she didn't use her grandchild until child was, you know, 6 months old because of restrictions. and you know that all that kind of stuff. the findings of an internal investigation headed by civil so and so gree are expected soon and be strong. johnson's party are waiting on that to decide whether to hold a no confidence vote like you're a christian. for nearly 7 years, a bloody war has been raging in yemen between who the rebels and supporters of yeomans internationally recognized

u. k prime subarus johnson has continued to resist calls to resign as he faced m p . 's in parliament, johnson refused to comment on an internal investigation into whether his government held gatherings in breach of covered 19 rules. the findings had expected to be published soon. police or also carry out a separate investigation. opposition leader kiersten are called and johnson to stand down suggesting he's broken the ministerial code as i told the house. on the 1st of december, the promised to told this house in relation to parties doing locked down all guidance was followed completely in number 10 from that dispatch box. on the 8th of december looks quizzical. he said it. on the 8th of december, the prime minister told this house, i have been repeatedly assured since these allegations of mud the walls no party. so since he acknowledges the minister of quote applies to him, would he not resign? i also ccr so bad about bid restrictions. let me just remind the house and indeed remind the country that he has been relentlessly opportunistic. ah, yes. yes. he did not from

has fire to projectiles, believe to be ballistic missiles. if they are, it will be the 5th launch this year. the u. n. t. s p young young is in violation of security council resolutions. kurdish forces in northern syria save, regain control of a prison following a week long assault by iso fighters. around 200 inmates and 27 kurdish fighters were killed in. i sold attempt to free their comrades. the battle force. 45000 people from their homes in africa. u. s. media reports a supreme court justice steven briar will retire at the end of the course. current term briars, one of 3 remaining rib, liberal justices in the conservative majority court is retirement, will give present biden. his 1st chance to nominate a new judge to the countries highest judicial body and britons prince andrew is seeking a jury trial in the sexual assault complaint. his fighting in new york is facing a civil case brought by virginia go free, who says she was a sexually assaulted by prince andrew when she was 17 years old. he denies the allegations and those are the headlines on al jazeera. i'll be back with more news after risking it al

u. k. prime minister board johnson has continued to resist calls to resign as he faced m p. 's and parliament johnson refused to comment on an investigation into whether his government held gatherings and breach of cover the 1900 rules. its findings are expected to be published soon. the saudi coalition fighting any man has lost air strikes in the capital. son of the targets included the military sites, as well as a national tv and radio tower. not after who the rebels who control the capitol fired more massage towards i would be in the united arab emirates on monday. a current of iris lockdown in 3 apartment blocks and hong kong has been extended at least 200 people and one housing estate i've tested positive australia is marking its national day with celebrations on protests. the 1st sleeter british ships landed in present day sydney in 17. 80 eights rallies have been taking place against the oppression of the indigenous people. those are the headlines. the stream is coming up next by talk to algebra o wild alarm, we listen. a zionist are making serious efforts in order to im

p b. s. in the united states, into all of you around the world. welcome to the program. the u. s. has recorded more than 1000000 new coven 19 infections on monday. that's a world record for confirmed daily cases, though it's partly because of a reporting backlog. after the new year's holiday, confirmed infections have doubled in the past week as on the chrome spreads across the country. that hospitalization and death rates have been lower than in previous ways. u. s. center for disease control has recommended shortening the wait for booster jobs to 5 months, but more than a quarter of the population is still completely un vaccinated. just moments ago, u. s. president joe biden address the nation urging citizens to get vaccinated, unvaccinated, taking up hospital beds and crowded emergency rooms and intensive care units as displaced other people need access to those hospitals. so please, please, please get vaccinated now. there's no excuse, no excuse for anyone been on vaccinated. this continues to be a pest demick of the unvaccinated. so we got to make more progress. and for patients

p. the u. s. pulled out of that under the profit ministration and it has not react to negotiations. japan and china are both members of the other regional trade block the are set and the united states is not a part of that either. i think japan is concerned that there's a lot of economic integration occurring in asia as the economic center of gravity is moving towards china. and the u. s. is on the sideline, and so far where a year for the buying and ministration. and we have yet to be a real economic strategy for the region. so i think that you're hoping to really push washing in that direction to craft a regional economic strategy. and to really offer a sensible alternative to what china. so is there any area? i don't know, i know that the close allies, but is there any area where they don't quite see why? well, you know, there are still some trade issues as there are between any 2 countries. you know, while i talked about taiwan at the outset, i do think there's still some question on how far japan is willing to go. so we need to, you know, have consultations on that to make sure we're on the sa

u. s. asylum process has been at a virtual standstill since the started the pandemic leaving hundreds of migrants stranded as conditions at migrants shelters in p. want to become more overcrowded. many who can't find a place to state have ended up here a makeshift migrate camp right on mexico's border with the united states. but space has also run out, and local authorities have fenced off the area. i the sound of children practicing the violin, breaks through the clatter, the parents of this aspiring musician, tell us they've been here for more than 2 months, but say returning to their home in southern mexico, where they faced gang violence. and extortion is not an option that i see them being here is difficult. we're not here because we want to be who would want to live like this. further complicating the matter is the re implementation of a usa policy known as the migrant protection protocols or m p p which forces asylum seekers to return to mexico while their cases are processed. oh, with n p p, scheduled to be reinstated in more cities along the border, it's feared overcrowded conditions at shelters and migrant camps will only get worse. m

u. s. capital and is the party over for boris johnson, his m p. 's put on the pressure to revelations. matter looked down garden gathering . ah ha, we've got lots going on with the weather across australia at the moment. we have further remnants of tropical cycling. tiffany: now running across the top head in to west most right in the far north of western australia, but just run along the coast. we seen some exceptional heat here. thursday afternoon, just around the uphill bro coast temperature topped at 50.7 degrees celsius matching the all time record, which was way back in the 1960. so that hates causing some problems here and place a site with the tiffany making its way inland. that should help as far as the far dangerous concern, of course, a good part of the w way the system will make its way further southwards, into centralized australia. as we go on through the next couple of days, introducing some much needed right then across a good part of the states. wanted to shower, still around east and possible strategy to to stay, which was new. southwell say, which was that southeastern corner of queensland. she be funded dry t

an expert and inflation, there has been a certain degree of a richer kind of reflexive thinking about this. why, why it housing costs so improperly represented in u. s. c. p, i figures by the united states. well, this is an old story. they've been revising the way that they actually accommodate this in the price index for a number of years. and it does have a great may imperfections associated with it. it actually lags what's really going on in the market. it doesn't reflect what's going on a very well on the market. that's and so long technical thing. and i mean, a professor, it is known since, isn't it really? i mean, the oil in britain has at least trying to create a new c, b i h index, which no one cares about even when they're working out new public sector pay. but that's for trade unions in the united states. i mean, the inflation figure in the united states, given that most americans, a huge amount of their income is spent on rent or housing cost. it's just not the c p a is a figure for wall street. well, they're all right. it might be a figure for wall street. the only figure to be watching in the united states is the growth rate money supply that

p r stand. and then the russian delegate, you mentioned, will also speak, so we're going to hear all conflict parties. however, that will be largely symbolic, right? the u. s. i already has sanctions against russia in place. what else of a considering now? yeah, the u. s. and the western partners of course, the european union also has sanctions in place. and they were put in place back in 2014 after the russian annexation of crimea considered ineffective by some. and so of course, the west is threatening with a new level of sanctions that are reaching from economic boy cards to cutting off russian bangs from the international financial grid to even personal sanctions against plotting putin, which has been considered a taboo in former years. but in any way, so those new set of sanctions that are rendered, some of the toughest sanctions that have ever been imposed against a country would hurt the russian economy. it will also probably hurt the world economy. therefore, there's a lot of criticism, of course, also saying that that those sanctions would, would of course, also support vladimir putin narrative. ok, thank you for that element of a salad in washington is quick ro

has been arrested on suspicion of treason, fueling speculation. of a power struggle and the ruling party on the u. s. state department is condemned to national. can he p o p is nolan, t gray region in which at least 56 people were killed. aid workers say a camp for the displaced people was hit and bodies of 9 victims of the snow stole in pakistan had been bought a to a slow bought at least $22.00 people died in total temperatures fell to minus 8 degrees celsius overnight on friday. with the number of people in the hospital in the united states had covered 19 is rising, driven by the army. kron variant or more than 900000 cases reported in the last day . and 2615 deaths, health regulators awarding more children under the age of 5 who aren't yet let eligible to be vaccinated. and now being admitted to hospitals, which already short staffed in the united kingdom, the number of people killed by the virus has since the pandemic has passed. as this began, pandemic has begun rather passed a 150000. the country reported 330 new deaths over the last 24 hours an increase of 84 from the previous day. now over the past week, more than 1200000 people have tested p

u. s. is sorry, the government says accrued as spilled into the sea during work on a pipeline of that lap on p at refinery rep. so the company that owns a facility denies has been a unique cruise, is still cleaning up off to the tolerance unami cause another major spill at the same refinery. ah, so this is out 0. these are the top stories and the united states and nato have delivered written responses to moscow. security demands about ukraine in it, they rejected russia's call to permanently banned kia from joining the security lines. the document we've delivered includes concerns of the united states and our allies and partners about russia's actions that undermine security. a principle and pragmatic evaluation of the concerns that russia has raised and our own proposed.

u. k. conservative party, after allegations of government parties held during locked downs with increasing number of m. p. 's. now calling for the prime minister to step down. there are reports that boris johnson has drawn up crisis plans to hold on with job. on wednesday, he apologized to parliament for attending what he called a work event. while the rest of the u. k was in lockdown, a senior civil servant is investigating the math. bar, johnson could be toppled as tory leader if enough of his own. m. p. 's turn against him. now a conservative leadership contest would be triggered if 15 percent of tory m. p. 's right to the chair of the powerful bank bench. 1922 committee meaning 54 of them need to turn against him. a vote of no confidence would then be held and johnson would be ousted if more than 50 percent vote against him. if he survived that vote, party rules that he can't be challenged again for another year. so far on the handle of conservative m. p 's publicly said that they submitted letters to the committee that the barber has more from london. we need 54 conservative m p 's from in parliament to actually put in letters to the bat bridge committee to trigger leadership contests. now, o

u. s. is sorry, the government says accrued spilled into the sea during work on a pipeline of that lap on p at refinery rep. so the company that owns a facility denies has been a unique cruise, is still cleaning up off to the tolerance unami cause another major spill at the same refinery. ah, say this is out 0. these are the top stories and the united states and nato have delivered written responses to moscow. security demands about ukraine in it. they rejected russia's coal to permanently band kia from joining the security lines. the document we've delivered includes concerns of the united states and our allies and partners about russia's actions that undermine security. a principle in pragmatic evaluation of the concerns that russia has raised and our own proposals for areas where we may be able to find common ground. we may clear that there are core principles that we are committed to uphold and defend including ukraine sovereignty and territorial integrity and the right of states to choose their own security arrangements and alliances. we've addressed the possibility of reciprocal transparency measures regarding force, posture and ukraine, as well a

u. k. was operating under severe lockdown has not gone down well with the wider public and particularly with the conservative m. p. 's, who, who had been forced to support or boris johnson so many times in the past. it seems that the biggest rebellion at the moment comes from the 2019 intake of new m. p 's, new conservative and peace. who came in in that new general election? that said, though, there was one intervention from an old tori grande, david davis, a former conservative party leadership candidates who am at towards the end of the prime minister questions quoted from the 1940 debate to the norway debate. when he said, look here, you've sat there for too long for all the good that you've done in the name of god go. and he directed that at fullest johnson. but forrest johnson at the moment has not returned hits and on the term we understand he still in the parliament building, meeting with m p. 's trying to prop up support in the hope of surviving at least to the end of the week. so paul, why all of this is happening? he also did announce that he is planning on relaxing some coven restrictions. what do we make

u. k. prime minister boris johnson, has denied that he had lied to parliament about a lockdown party. johnson's former adviser accused him of misleading m. p. 's about the event, but he maintained that nobody had warned him the gathering might contravene. sober rose, 3 days of volcanic eruption triggered a to me that had hung on the scale of the destruction is just beginning to emerge. the government says several smaller islands have been evacuated because nearly every home there was destroyed. cars act stuns former president nor sultan, as are by denying rumors of a power struggle. among the political elite speculations, been fueled by a purge of his associates from government positions by president custom, your march, okay. as and as are by, as has been seen in a video for the 1st time since the days of anti government riots earlier this month, he's refuting reports that he fled the country customs on one of the firewall. he's 2019 i handed over my full powers to president catherine, jo marcus. i have been a pensioner. and since then, right now, i'm having weller and time off and cause excess capital and i have not left it in full power is i

u. k. prime minister boris johnson has denied that he had lied to parliament about a lockdown party. johnson's former adviser accused him of misleading m. p. 's about the event. but he maintains that nobody had warned him the gathering might contravene coven rule. 3 days after volcanic eruption triggered a to me that had hung on the scale of destruction is beginning to emerge. the government says several smaller islands have been evacuated because nearly every home there was destroyed. a former colombian presidential candidate who was kidnapped and held by 4 cripples for 6 and a half years has announced that she's running again for president, ingrid beth and cor, was held in the jungle after being captured by the revolutionary armed forces in 2002 she appeared before columbia as truth commission, which was set up after the 2016 peace agreement between the fark and the government . alexander and petty is joining us live from columbia capital bogo to us. so it's an unexpected announcement. one of her chances of being a serious contender. well, they're indefinitely unexpected. she had said that she wasn't going to run for the presidency of colum

p on sanctions in it and treasury has some more sanctions on north korea and i was just returning the timing of this comes after the u. s. as you're saying imposed new sanctions on certain north korean officials. so what do we make of the timing of these 2 tests? well, i think it's not related to sanctions. they were going to do this anyway. the, these 2 tests follow what we've seen in the fall of last year. they've been testing new, a variety of different missiles, right? new summary line to police in missile new train mounted willis, the missile, and had reciting missiles. so they have a broader strategic objective here, which is to diversify missile arsenal in her survive realty of the missile forces and deep feet missile defenses. so they are on this trajectory of continue to expand their program. and then of course, there are some internal reasons as well. they want to show strength and defiance to united states international community. because we are going through our lot of internal stresses to the regime. they are the 1st country to cruise the border with china and in january of 2020 of because of the covey conc

p. thank you so much, matthew. good torture, azure ah, from the ongoing tensions with russia and china to the taliban takeover in afghanistan, the u. s. president joe biden has faced no shortage of foreign policy challenges during his 1st year in office al jazeera, as diplomatic editor, james bays takes a look at his track record so far. i have joseph robin advised you, and you do solemnly swear one year ago, moments after he was sworn in, the new president pledged that b a return to a more traditional u. s. foreign policy. we will repair our alliances and engage with the rural. once again. not to me, yesterday's challenges, but today's end to mars challenges. later, the same day president biden signed back up to the paris climate deal of the un. the u. s. has returned to the human rights counseling geneva. it's rejoined the education and scientific organization, unesco. and again, it's playing its part to funds schools, clinics, and other services for palestinians through unrra. but other parts of u. s. foreign policy have proved much more problematic biden promise to rejoin the iran nuclear deal. but even close allies, believe he wasted precious time getti

u. k. conservative party, after allegations of government parties held during locked downs with an increasing number of m. p. 's. now calling for the prime minister to step down their reports. boris johnson has drawn up crisis plans to hold on to his job. on wednesday he apologized the parliament for attending what he called a work event. while the rest of the u. k. wasn't locked down, a senior civil servant is investigating the matter. let's bring in the dean, bobby, he's joining us from london. so there's a lot of speculation on the future of the prime minister as more and more of his own party and seem to be turning against him. is this something that he can survive? what's being said? oh, it's very difficult to predict, but certainly pressure like never before. clearly from the opposition labor party, immense pressure kissed all the parties leader has called on bars johnson to resign again. on sunday, on a tv interview, he said that the prime minister had broken the rules clearly because he attended that garden party, which was sent out invitations, sent out in an email to number 10 stuff saying, let's make the most of the nice weather. bring your own booze case thomas saying that far as