u. s. sam. so the relationship will develop over the next few years and we hope to be able to have the landing in the near future. now we've talked a little bit about satellites. what about space tourism? could we suit that from spaceport? at the moment we're just focused on satellite launch, that's hard enough, i would say to get up and running for the 1st time. so we'll be really focusing on that over the next few years. but human space, flight and space tourism being part of that is, is obviously really exciting and gets all the headlines for us. i think the future will be in that human spaceflight elements of looking at that microgravity research . putting more humans and researchers into space to test different health care solutions, opinion in lower orbit, i think is a really exciting opportunity. and space tourism, who knows as a, as the market develops and is more launch is happening over than in the us. maybe that's something that you k might look to do in the future, but you know, hats

atlantic region, it continues to deteriorate. russia's foreign minister, sams, nato, for lack of diplomacy, the meeting with the u. s, secretary of state warnings are exchanged over ukraine and moscow is threatened with new sanctions or so they say the c i is embroiled in a child sex abuse scandal that involves children as young as 2 years old with all but one alleged defender going unpunished, according to declassify documents and nursing unions from around the world call for k with vaccine patterns to be lifted. blaming production restrictions for deaths in the developing world. as the army constrain will be followed by others, if we cannot act and it all countries in at here to think of vaccination strategy. ah hi, good morning. welcome. just going 11 o'clock in the russian capital, watching archie international, violating asylum writes campaigners are angry at me. ye, solution for asylum seek is attempting to get into europe through the bell russian border. there are still thousands of migrant stranded in bella. roosted a temporary shelter set up by the authorities. their brussels though wants to extend the asyl

sam, good me, is an ellen. what's the situation more broadly across the u. s. when it comes to coven cases? well, in places like new york, we're seeing record numbers. we already had al, the record number on monday. that again, has been defeated. that means they're cancelling the big time square celebration at, sorry, not cancelling, scaling it back. there's not going to be thousands and thousands of people there. there's just going to be a few 1000 people there and they have to be vaccinated before you can get in. and it will be in reserve sitting and they're hoping to bring in social distancing as i say. hospital systems across the united states are struggling with the numbers that are there are, there are a lot of people on the road they're going to christmas gatherings. they're hoping that members of the family will be there, some of them won't be able to show up because of the problems in the year. but the health experts are worried that all these gatherings, all these parties, all these get togethers, it could lead to another surge sometime after the christmas period. so i think healt

sams night. i, for lack of diplomacy at a meeting with the u. s. secretary of state warnings are exchanged over ukraine. moscow is threatened with new sanctions. also this i the c i a is embroiled in the child sex abuse scandal that involves children as young as 2 years old, with old one alleged defender going unpunished, according to declassify documents. and nursing unions from around the world co for co faxing packing.

ah, i am, sam is a down with a look at the headlines here now to sierra now u. s. president joe biden is declared a major disaster in the state of kentucky after tornadoes ripped through its towns . 5 other areas in other states were also impacted.

u. s. steps up its commitments in the fight against armstrong pledging over half a $1000000000.00 to aid groups. ah, i'm sam is a band. this is al jazeera alive from dell hall. so coming up, a surprise moved by the head of libby. as electoral commission raises doubts about where the friday's vote will go ahead. rebels and ethiopia say there withdrawing from some territory and call them the world to pressure the government. and turkeys travel mirror re bound slightly off, the latest government moves to strengthen the currency. ah, let's begin with the latest on the pandemic. his cases of cov, it 9 teens on a cron variant surge rapidly across the world. the u. s. says it will provide the world health organization, the united nations children's fund, and 5 other global age groups, an additional $580000000.00 and funding. later on tuesday, president joe biden is expected to announce plans to provide 500000000 free, rapid home test kits for americans. it's part of an effort to increase support for hospitals, which have been overwhelmed. ami crohn case is now a count for nearly 3 quarters of all us cov it infecti

sam is a dan. this is the news i live from dol coming up in the next 60 minutes. the u. s . stepped up its commitments in the fight against alma cron pledging over half a $1000000000.00 to aid groups. meanwhile, in the u. k, some holiday celebrations a cancelled as the daily death toll rises dramatically. a surprise move 5 ahead of libya's electoral commission raises doubts about where the friday's vote will go ahead. and rebels in ethiopia say there, withdrawing from some territory, colon the world to pressure the government. and in sport, the president of african football confirms the carpet nations will go ahead as plant a commons. come after doubts have been raised that the tournament daily held in cameroon would be postponed, or even council. ah, we begin this news out with the latest on the pandemic. his case is serge rapidly across the world. this is mainly driven by the more infectious on the con variant, the number of daily deaths in the u. k. for example. well, that's almost quadruple the in just 24 hours. there were a 172 deaths reported on tuesday up from 44 on

sam mateo county supervisor david canada and burlingame city council member emily beach, former u. swill lie in state at the u. s. capitol rotunda this thursday. dole died yesterday morning following a long battle with lung cancer. he was 98 years old. don't survived a major battle wound in italy during world war two. he later became u. s. senate majority leader and a republican nominee for president. he lost to democrat bill clinton in 1996 due to the pandemic. thursday ceremony will not be open to the public. complaints against dozens of restaurants in contra costa county, accused of not following covid restrictions coming up why a lot of them are getting off without a fine. also chief meteorologist bill martin is tracking the return of wet weather will show us where the showers are right now. when you have xfinity xfi, you have peace of mind built in at no extra cost. advanced security helps keep your family protected online. pause wifi whenever for ultimate control with the xfinity app. and family-safe browsing gives parents one less thing to worry about. security, control and pe

sam is a dan. this is al jazeera alive from dell hall. so coming out straight is plans to reopen the economy of being tested by a rise in the army krom variance u. s. president joe biden says he's crafting a plan to prevent russia from invading ukraine, but moscow denies it's planning. an attack. and coping with rising prices in turkey is the country's currency slumps. the new lows. ah, paul's of opened in the gambia for the 1st presidential election since yet, had jama was ousted in 2017 incumbent? adam barrow is seeking re election. despite the promised to step down. after 3 years, he faced his opposition from former vice president was so no doubt bo, initial results of the votes are expected on sunday. like mid adriece joins us now from ban joel the gambia as cap thought. so. mad is the turn out me thing. expectations looks like the courtyard behind you. they're pretty full of people. absolutely, and it's been like that for me since the early i was somebody since 6 o'clock. people who are on q 2 hours before election opened and that shows the enthusiasm, the focus to cast their bulk in this much and it's important because for them it's a milest