u. s. says that it will provide the world health organization, the united nations children's fund, and 5 other global aid groups with an additional $580000000.00 to fight curve at 19. later on tuesday, president biden is expected to announce plans to provide 500000000 free, rapid home test kits for americans. that's part of an effort to increase support for hospitals which are being overwhelmed on the chron cases. now account for nearly 3 quarters of all us covered infections does take you to the us, our white house port correspondence. kimberly how can you, sir, with us sir? live at sir. the white house im not washington. so kimberly, we have this huge investment by the white house, into the world health organization and other groups. that's right, and the reason is because the united states knows that to fight coven in the united states. they also have to assist in the fight abroad and continuing to counter the problem of vaccine inequality. so that is part of what the united states is doing i

u. s. now analysts say that one way the u. s. can deepen it's engagement in the region is through economic partnerships having an effective economic strategy. i think many of these countries are looking for that as well. and blink and didn't say that the u. s. is looking for more opportunity to for, for u. s. companies to invest year and for more foreign direct investment to flow here . now. and then the, the 2 countries also talked about cooperating and fighting the pandemic. and also in strengthening cybersecurity and the u. s. it said there's going to make a financial commitment, a one of financial commitment to helps countries in southeast asia, strength and cybersecurity. okay, thank you. of florida. we are reporting from kuala lumpur. agencies are launching a joint appeal, saying that more than 8000000 people in afghanistan are now on the brink of famine . more than a 1000000 children under 5 could die. it's estimated that 75 percent of all government spending was funded by international jewelry donations before the taliban

u. s. will pay a price for that decision. the u. s. says it won't attend the event because of what it calls, human rights atrocities and genocide. usually yvonne, diesel yonder, ga d u. s. standing opposed to athletes and sports lovers across the world. china deplores this and rejects this and has large, solemn representations and will take resolute counter measures. the u. s. should stop politicizing sports and stop disrupting the beijing winter olympics with words . otherwise, it might harm bilateral dialogue and cooperation in a series of important areas and international regional issues. she would all continue has more now on china's reaction from beijing. china's clearly furious. it says that the u. s. will pay, but it hasn't detailed what those counts measures might be. an earlier in his statement. jolly jen, the foreign ministry, spokes person accused the us of political prejudice. ideological bias, political manipulation and having sinister intentions. as we heard, beijing says that the limpid should be yours as a tool for internati

u. s say it will take 2 to 4 weeks to discover how strong the army con variant is. and if the cum vaccines can stop it. alan fisher. i'll just either washington, south korea meanwhile is reporting a new daily record of new me 5200 corona virus cases. it's strange health care system is from to the government to shell plans to further relax. restrictions is also imposed travel bands from several countries to stop the spread of the only con variant. in other world news, the presidential candidate for the ruling national party of honduras, mastery of sewer has conceded defeat in sundays elections, and means he's left us opposition. rival se and mar castro will become the country's 1st female later. national party has been plagued by scandals and corruption, accusations. castro says voted have reversed authoritarianism. uganda is deploying troops across the border into democratic republic of congo as it battles and armed group. it follows a strong against the allied democratic forces, part of a joint operation with the con, glazed army. the group is based in eastern cong

u. s. has not been able to tackle those challenges itself. so when the u. s. president says it that he wants to lead by example, i think that many of the audience may be listening to that and wondering whether the u. s. president should cast his eyes on his own country 1st before offering advice to others. quickly, some of those examples, the u. s. president saying this is a, a defining challenge of our time in terms of all of the world, but that democracy is capable of self correction. and that, that can be done when parties sit down and work together. but we've seen division in this country that has only been exacerbated with each election. notably, of course, january 6th, when many conservatives in the united states attempted to overturn the results of the last u. s. presidential election when it comes to justice and rule of law that the u. s . president says needs to be upheld around the world. we see gross racial and equality, socio economic inequality and a widening wealth cap in this country. and when it comes to freedom of speech, the u. s. president is talking about

u. s. says that it will provide the world health organization, the united nations children's fund, and 5 other global age groups, and additional $580000000.00 to fight cove. at 19, later on tuesday, president joe biden was expected to announce plans to provide 500000000 free, rapid test home kits for americans. it's part of an effort to increase support for hospitals, which have been overwhelmed on the chron cases now account for nearly 3 quarters of all us covet infections. new york has reported a record number of cases 3 day in a road at a state of emergency has been declared in washington, d. c. let's take you live now to the u. s. capital, our white house correspondent. kimberly how could is that for us? let's stop them with this massive investment from the white house into organizations like the world health organization. well, what i can tell you specifically about the president's plan with regard to the actions being taken in the united states is that the u. s. president will be revamping

u. s. says that iran has back tracked on compromises it made and talks to revive the 2015 nuclear deal, but insist that washington will push on with diplomacy. a c, d, a state department official says that it's unacceptable that iran is building up nuclear capability for leverage. and is where the security forces of shot and killed a palestinian man who police say stabbed in his railey before attempting to attack offices. it happened just outside damascus, gate and occupied east jerusalem. video appears to show israeli police pointing their guns at paramedics, preventing them from treating the palestinian. the israeli stabbing victim was treated and is now in hospital. and those that had lies moneys for here on out a 0 after the bottom line coming up next. ah. ready hi, i'm steve clements and i have a question. the u. s. says it wants to fight corruption and promote democracy worldwide. but shouldn't start at home. let's get to the bottom line. ah, today we continue the discussion we started las

u. s. says astonishes on trial for endangering lives. pretty sure that the u. s. or the guys with the missiles and the wiki leeks guy had a website. well, we still got to find out how he did it. was it square space? to go deeper into the unprecedented case against assange? i'll talk to journalist mohammed l mossey mohammed l mozy is the founder and editor of the new site. the interregnum has by lines in the canary, jacobin the grey zone and the real news. then we'll go to corresponding anders lee with some mind blowing old news about how sweet an almost me to turn towards real socialist economic policy in the 1980s, but was stopped by a very popular musical group. first, here's my interview with mohammed o mazda. hello, and welcome mohammed. it's so great to have you on to talk about this. so before we get into the charges, let's go through a short history of sanchez captivity. can you help us go through it? first he was at the orient embassy, then he was at bell marsh prison and now he faces the extradition to united states . and what are the conditions that he e

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u. s. war crimes, basic civil liberties, and not to mention julian assange, the u. s. says astonishes on trial for endangering lives. pretty sure that the u. s. or the guys with the missiles and the wiki leeks guy had a website. well, we still gotta find out how he did it. was it square space to go deeper into the unprecedented case against assange? i'll talk to journalist mohammed l mossey mohammed l mozy is the founder and editor of the new site. the interregnum has by lines in the canary, jacobin the grey zone and the real news. then we'll go to corresponding anders lee with some mind blowing old news about how sweet an almost me to turn towards real socialist economic policy in the 1980s, but was stopped by a very popular musical group. first, here's my interview with mohammed o mossey. hello and welcome mohammed. it's so great to have you on to talk about this. so before we get into the charges, let's go through a short history of sanchez captivity. can you help us go through it? for 1st he was at the ecuadorian embassy, then he was at bell marsh prison, and now he fac

u. s. is this is one got to has to do with another, is this normalization of relations with armenia, a gift to the u. s. and saying that we are doing some of the things you want us to do. just don't take away a defense system on turkey, the amount of perspective towards the goals are likely to work in the work and us and must provide the anytime at their approach with the normalization piece in the region. and we're more than that. and this is again, can just change the wider it's served the american way. but right as you know, right, that it's on the field as an active. but you know, they just froze again, working on the line, normalized or regional issues, but any kind of armenian or, or normal vision to get an army. we changed the white glove again. i don't think that the us or others. but again, again, even though maybe russia and the initial cost, and they will actually be part of all those develop. but you know, most of the, even the russian profit kind of company should it be on the american division may have to restart, negotiate, richard, we keep talking about this idea of normalization of relations, not

u. s. president says the federal government will cover the 1st month of clean up costs caused by severe tornadoes. joe biden visited kentucky where he witnessed to devastation and met residence. 88 people were killed in storms across 6 states and over a 100 are still missing heidi, shall castro reports from mayfield in kentucky. this street in bowling green, kentucky once rang with the sounds of children playing young families lived here. but then on friday, the tornado came and some neighbors shelter together. they decided to get in the 1st house together. and unfortunately the house was just demolished for the ground . 11 people died here. 8 of them were children. been ceremony. jake is a family friend. i don't know if it is retired when somebody's done in your shop, you know what i have been to visual as recovery worker. sift through the debris left in 6 days all last week. superstore leaving the landscape of devastation. authorities fear the final death toll will be staggering. 9 year old aniston rack lea climbed into a bath tub with her younger sisters and her doll. this photo take

u. s. says amounts to genocide to become law, it needs to pass the senate and be signed off by president joe biden to you and says at least a 1000000 week is all being held in counter extremism centers. in sion, jain and sledge force labor is rife which beijing denies. adrian's ends is a senior fellow in china's studies with the victims of communism. memorial foundation, he says, action on the issue of important goods made using force. labor is long leverage. you some voices say that the, by the end, ministration has some interest to delay this. some voices also say that the state department is interested in a more targeted approach rather than a blanket ban of goods mate and change young that create a rebuttable presumption that companies basically have to say if we want to import anything made from january 1st, have to prove that it's not made with forced labor, which is actually the proper way to tackle this. companies have long tried to look the other way. they were not sure what to do about

u. s. is there any idea when it might get better? well, it's probably going to be several days if not potentially weeks. that's because health officials here in the u. s. say that the army kron variant, probably won't peak in the u. s. until after the new year. maybe the 1st 2nd, even 3rd week of january. that's just a rough estimate. because the variant is certainly surging in many parts of the world, but particularly here in the us, we're now going into date 3 of flight cancellations and delays because of staffing shortages at airlines all over the world. but particularly here in the u. s it's looking like on sunday, globally, according to flight aware, a tracking site. there are more than 2000 flight cancellations. many of them coming out of out of china, but about 30 to 40 percent out of the us. just on sunday it's looking like about 650 cancellations of flights in the u. s. so far, but the debt could increase as the day goes on. airlines are saying that this is because of staff shortages due to coven cases. not only pilots and flight attendants and ramp agents, and check in agents calling in sick. but even if they were exposed or think they were expos

u. s. president says the federal government will cover the 1st month of clean up costs caused by severe tornadoes. joe biden is in kentucky way seeing 1st hand at the devastation caused by storms that killed at least 88 people. across 6 states . biden walked through piles of debris in the city of mayfield, where he spoke to locals. more than a 100 people are still missing and tens of thousands are without power. i've been involved in responding to a lot of disasters and you can see people's faces what they're really looking for. and look around, i say, to the press, what they're looking for. just be able to put their head down on the pillow. be able to close their eyes. take a deep breath, go to sleep and make sure the kids are okay that you people looking for right now. a lot of hard work is going to happen next 2 and 3 months to bring it all the way back. the government's going to cover 100 percent of the cost, 100 percent of the cost of the 1st $30.00 days. for all the emergency work from clearing everything did occur every single cause. the federal government's going to take care of

u. s. says chaos awaits the world without its leadership, as by many countries still reaping the consequences of american involvement. we report from more toni t o p, where claims of fake news and unbalanced coverage western length free media is being blamed for, exacerbating the turmoil and amazon workers rally of a safety and working conditions, claiming the companies putting profit.

u. s. says one, it's a pale on expedition to united states. washington appealed an earlier decision that she had not to send him to the u. s. for trial on espionage charges. and to popular twitter account monitoring the trial of accused child sex. elaine maxwell has been suspended, raising concerns were dropped because of reporting on links to the global elite ah or.

u. s. says is diplomats will not be attending the beijing winter olympics. china has promised the firm response. ah, don't o'clock. that is, how does your a life know also come and where we wanted vaccines? they just kept, you know, giving us the crumbs from the, our table and south africa's president head south, the government's over, their failure to deliver on promises of coven, 19 vaccines for africa. gambia and police via gas or protest as he refused to accept president the dumb of barrows re election and the by the ministration revives a policy that will keep migrants in mexico while that asylum cases are reviewed. ah, so us diplomats will not be attending next year's winter olympics and china, the white house confirmed the diplomatic boycott on monday, citing human rights atrocities and genocide and relating to the treatment of wisdom weakens and should jag, us athletes will still compete out the olympics. whitehouse cross one can be helicopters more from washington dc under pressure from

travel bands, saying they will not prevent the spread of the disease and could discourage countries from sharing data about evolving variance. no cases have yet been detected in the u. s. however, the centers for disease control says is working to impose stricter cobit 1900 testing rules for air travelers entering the country. alan fishing now from washington. the guided by science is a new variant, but familiar advice from the united states. if you're not vaccinated, get vaccinated, get boasted if you are vaccinated, continue to use the mitigation methods, namely masks. avoiding crowds and poorly ventilated spaces, choose outdoors rather than indoors. keep your distance, wash your hands, test and isolate if appropriate. there are no signs of the variance in the us, but other countries are stepping up measures to stop at spreading. in japan, for example, all 4 nationals have been banned from entering that last month. and traveling japanese citizens and residents will have to quantize for 14 days on returning to the country. many nations have already ban travelers from south africa that when stop the spread, says the world health organization, we are trying to warn the

u. s. says that that is a matter between ukraine and nato, and they can't make that decision. and bilateral talks with russia, the u. s. is also threatened economic sanctions. if those $100000.00 troops amassed on cranium border russian troops enter ukraine and invade further. the u. s. has said that will result in economic sanctions further militarization further arming of ukraine and nato partners in that region. russia says that would be a rupture and relations between the 2 countries. so that's where they start with those diplomatic talks, which will occur on a lower level in europe next month. and he thinks that john hendrick left for us in washington, d. c. louis navarro as a fellow at the foreign policy research institute. he previously served as the last u. s. senate chief of staff to joe biden. he says the kremlin, under estimates at washington's response to its tactics in ukraine and ga this is a crisis of the kremlin making. and is it what is unclear in all of this is what constitutes in vladimir putin's mind. the security of russia and normalization that does not re

u. s. threatened each other with consequences over an escalating crisis in ukraine. ah, the u. s. says it stands with people of sudan after a lethal crackdown on protest was killed for people. wildfire in the us state of colorado, barn, hundreds of homes and force and evacuation of tens of thousands of people. and environmental activists in columbia appealed for protection after a violent purge of some of their leaders. with exactly 2 years ago, china told the world health organization about new and mysterious cases of pneumonia and hans city. now the world's been changed by a pandemic that killed almost 5 and a half 1000000 people on the crown and delta variance of cobra. 1900 shattering new delhi infection records in the u. s. and across europe. china has been battling to keep cova cases at 0, but now 13000000 residents in the city of sean have been locked down. it's a hub of china's industry and technology and it's struggling with the highest number of cases recorded in any chinese city this year. we're going to be having more from the city of the city of china from katrina. you in

u. s. says that iran is back tracked on compromises it made and talks to revive the 2015 nuclear deal. but it says that washington will push on with diplomacy. a senior state department official says that it's unacceptable that iran is building up nuclear capability for leverage. is ready, security forces of shot and killed a palestinian man who police say, stabbed them. israeli before attempting to attack offices. it happened just outside damascus gate it occupied east jerusalem. video appears to show his ready police pointing that guns of paramedics, preventing them from treating the palestinian huge numbers of people have joined the latest protest in serbia against new laws. that environmentalists say, let foreign companies exploit local resources. they block riches most ways in belgrade and cities across the country. those are the headlines won't use v here and i'll just see right off to witness next. if america held up a mirror to itself, what would it see in the sense race is the story of america what's working and what's not a lot of people, we're only talking about that. it was

u. s. says assange a journalist isn't protected from the espionage act. why on the media more concerned about the case studies, implications for freedom of speech is the 1st one on the suppose. it springs to mind. well, because the u. s. has argued that assange conspired to hack into government computers. the chief witness that the f b i had to push forward that claim in iceland is now retracted that statement, but that is a kind of that's the kind of reassurance that has been given to media outlets to distinguish them from julian. because otherwise, there is no difference. remember that a major publications like the guardian in london, the new york times, dare spiegel, they all published this material, in fact one awards for it. julian, in fact, was leaked the material as and i worked 15 years for the new york times. i was leaked classified material and published it and did what any publisher would do, which is to put it out. he's never been charged with publishing material. it is false or incorrect. it's a pretty amazing track record. but yes, it's very

u. s. says, amounts to genocide and sledge, forced labor is rife which beijing to nice. there's a you had lines coming up next to debbie unscripted. it's the political debate, so that's challenging the way you think is a military advancement. going to stop the family to get i was and that a company see right now people out of dying children are very upfront with me. mark lamarr hill on out 0. ah part is being used to make cost satisfaction of the brochure our, our society for the rich and the powerful we come from a time a generation. when what matter denart was to be radical today. what the hell does radical me ah, ah, ah, my name is i why, why? i'm mom artist. and am activist. i'm reminder, i'm documentary maker, but 1st i'm a human being. ah, ah, i'm a nice kapoor. i'm an artist. and i live and work in the u. k. we couldn't be more different way. and i in our approach to what we do. i'm much more interested in the esoteric the po, attic, or whatever else, all difficult stuff. chinese authors, i way way to attain it. may jing atwood on sunday is be no official comment

u. s. say it will take $2.00 to $4.00 weeks to discover how strong the army come period is. and if the vaccines can stop it, our fisher, i'll do is either washington on, it does now appear the army kron variant was in europe before south africa alerted the world health organization last week in the netherlands. the health authorities there see they detected the bearing in 2 samples from the 19th and the 23rd of november. scotland 1st minister also says 9 cases reported. there are linked to a single event. on november. the 20th nigeria has detected its 1st cases of the army cron berry in the country center for disease control says 2 cases were found among travelers who arrived from south africa last week. the nigerian health officials say they will put measures in place to slow the spread of the new variant africa most populous country has registered 214000 cubic 19 cases. since the start of the pandemic, south korea is struggling to contain a sharp rise in infections and deaths. there, a strained health care system has prompt the government to shelf plans to further relax. c

u. s. says chaos awaits the world without its leadership, despite many countries, still reaping the consequences of american involvement. and we report say for more 20 fi at this, our claims of fate use and bias in west and the media is being playing for, exacerbating the term. ah, i just going 7 pm in moscow, you're watching artie international. now the annual end of year media briefing by the russian president vladimir tatum has wrapped up. it lasted for more than 4 hours. artes more ghastly. it brings us the key points. this is an opportunity for jordan some all manner of outlets small, large internationals, had to gather together and to ask, puking, ah, the most pressing questions that they have. but that includes a journalist from small provincial outlets in russia. people forget, have vos russia is a levin. time zone that spans and there's a lot of questions the journalists want to ask. so we heard questions ranging from from issues with mortgages and provincial towns to big hitting questi

u. k. also end of an era german chancellor angular merkel is about say good bye. up to 16 years running. europe's largest economy also, china condemns the u. s. is decision to impose a diplomatic boy called the beijing 2022 games as the violation of the olympic spirit ah button to program. a high stakes meeting between the leaders of the us and russia has been taking place. presidents, joe biden, and vladimir putin have been holding virtual talks focused on russia's troop build up along its border with ukraine. their affairs in washington that moscow may be planning to invade its neighbor. and according to the u. s. intelligence, it's preparing an attack early next year, and as amassed $70000.00 troops near the border. russia denies any plans of an invasion of ukraine and describes the accusations as hysteria, president and wants to guarantee from the west that ukraine will not join nato and bug is expected to urge de escalation while warning of economic consequences. if an attack takes place and he's been working with allies to prepare for such measures, but as smith is in moscow, i was speaking to him in a few moments time, but pheasants c

u. s. says that iran is back tracked on compromises it made. it talks to revive the 2015 nuclear deal. but insist that washington will push on with the play, the c a senior state department official says that it's on acceptable that iran is building up nuclear capability. the leverage and is ready, security forces have shot and killed a palestinian man who police say stamped and israeli before attempting to attack officers. it happened just outside damascus, gate and occupied east jerusalem video appears to show israeli police pointing that guns. paramedics, preventing them from treating, with kind of sitting in those the headlines. now, let's get you back to the portal. ah mm. welcome to portal. i'm sandra gammon back with more great content from the digital side of al jazeera as our website, social media and podcast. now this week it's all about afghanistan. we've got a film about the struggles of some young african refugees in norway and the woman who helped them. we'll show you that a bit later. but let's begin with what's been happening in afghanistan since the taliban took over n

u. s. says k also weights the world without its leadership by many countries still reaping the consequences of american involvement. we report from war tony, theo picked were claims of fake news and unbalanced coverage in western mainstream media. being blamed for exacerbating the tomorrow. and the amazon work is rally over safety and working conditions, claiming the companies putting prophets over people's lives. workers work between 10 and 12 hour shifts. now we will go to the bathroom, not able to take a break, not able to come through, have time off the sick pay. no, nothing like of course people are going to die. ah, they're good to have you with. it's thursday morning at 10 this thursday. the 23rd of december i'm calling back with you well use from arte. first the future of the world without american leadership might be grim and chaotic. but suddenly, according to how secretary of state antony blynn conceit it but as all teeth nikki errands been finding out. there are quite a few countries

u. s. says is diplomats will not be attending the badging winter olympics china as promised the firm response. ah, hello nick loud, this is al 0 life from joe hall, also coming up. and when we wanted vaccines, they just kept, you know, giving us the crumbs from the table. south africa's president head saudi government save their failure to deliver on promises of coven 19 vaccines for africa.

u. s. say it will take 2 to 4 weeks to discover how strong the army con variant is. and if the cum vaccines can stop it, alan fisher, i'll just either washington rozelle. meanwhile, let's begin the 1st latin american country to report on the kron cases. it's one of the worst covert 19 affected countries with more than 6000 deaths. julio ponce is an api, jamie ologist, and says brazil is at greater risk because it allows unvaccinated tourists in the country. brazil has gone through several waves of covert infection including waves that devastated entire cities like the capital of amazon. and now we also had situations where a very and that was 1st described in brazil. the gum ovarian took over the original strain of the virus, brazil. as of now, is one of the country that is getting up vaccinations, it's getting faster than we 1st believed to be to be capable of doing. and we are now at around 76 percent of the population inoculated with 2 doses. but we also have a lot of regional differences. so states in the southie are closer to 80 percent. while some states in the

u. s. says chaos awaits the world without its leadership, as by many countries still reaping the consequences of american involvement. we report from more toni t o p, where claims of fake news and unbalanced coverage western length free media is being blamed for, exacerbating the turmoil and amazon workers rally of a safety and working conditions, keeping the companies putting profit over people's lives. blocker work between 10 and 12 hour shift. now you will go to the bathroom, not able to take a break, not able to, to have time off. no sick pay. no, nothing like of course people are going to die. ah, and i just turn on. i am here in moscow this wednesday, the 23rd of december. my name is colleen bry. welcome to you, wealth news from r t international. his a statement for you to begin with the future of the world without american leadership might be grim and chaotic. certainly, according to secretary of state, antony blinking. but as artes nick aaron's been finding out there are quite a few cou

u. s say it will take 2 to 4 weeks to discover how strong the army cranberry is. and if the vaccines can stop it, i was fisher. i'll just either washington. south korea is struggling to contain a sharp rise and infections in death largely from the delta variance the government to show plans to further relax. corona virus restrictions to protect the strained health care system is also imposed bands on travelers from several countries to stop the spread of the army kron variant. alas, tam in so is a doctor at the ms. medi women's hospital. she says the government is speeding up the booster campaign to contain the spread. on october 31st, our can had achieved population full immunity of 74 per cent. and on november, 1st, we embarked on r a stepwise return to normal program. basically many social restrictions were lifted. the problem was we didn't do anything substantive to address the issue of increasing breakthrough infections, especially among the elderly, each 60 and over. and so what we've seen is not only an increase in daily cover cases, which is what we expect

u. s. says there was an intense conversation among the g 7 countries who are united in their position on the nuclear talks ahead of the international atomic energy agency. spoke to our correspondent door for jabar in vienna. rafael grossey outlined the contentious issues that need to be ironed out. well, it was a wide ranging a discussion we, i specifically talked about the role of the i. e. but then we of course, talked about this, j, c, p o, a and raphael grossi was very much adamant that it is a deal that is very, very important and critical for their war. and they are not involved in the politics of this nuclear deal. they just want to verify what has been agreed to. he also talked about the issues that remain with iran. he admitted that iran is one of the, it's the country that as the most inspections of his nuclear program in the world. but despite that, he said there are still issues that they are discussing with iran. that is a cause for concern for the i. e a. and this is what he had to

u. s. says chaos away the world with access leadership, despite many countries, still reaping the consequences of american involvement. and we report for more tony theo pierre, where claims of fake news and bias in west and mainstream media is being blamed for exacerbating turmoil. ah good. even just on 6 o'clock in moscow, you watching naughty international. now the n u n. d v media briefing by the russian president vladimir titan has wrapped up and it lasted more than 4 hours. aunt is more at cast, it goes through the key. she's this is an opportunity for, for journalists from all manner of outlets small, large international for, to gather together and to ask, puking, ah, the most pressing questions that they have. but that includes a journalist from small provincial outlets in russia. people forget, have vast. russia is 11 time zones at spans, and there's a lot of questions the journalists want to ask. so we heard questions ranging from, from issues with mortgages and provincial towns to big

u. s. house of representatives has voted in favor of banning imports from china's weston shing jang region. over force, labor consents response of washington's pushed back against beijing's treatment of muslim wiggers, which the u. s. says, amounts to genocide to become law. it needs to pass senate and be signed off by president joe biden, the you and says a least a 1000000 week as are being held in counter extreme as extremism centers. engine jang. as the ledge force labor is rife which beijing has denied as b to adrian's ends. he is a senior fellow in china studies with the victims of communism. memorial foundation . he joins his from minneapolis via skype. so 428 to one. that's overwhelming bipartisan support. for this bill, are you surprised? no, i'm not surprised. i think it is very much a bar bipartisan issue where the parties agree that something has to be done that forced labor needs to be tackled. unfortunately, there are 2 different bills in the senate and the house that need to be reconciled . so we'll have to see how quickly this could actually over time be put into law. what do you think it's talk? chances are of getting, sorry. well, some voices say that the buying and ministration has some interest to del

oh, there this is al jazeera, these are the headlines. china says the u. s. as diplomatic boy cause of next year's beijing winter olympics could harm relations. american government officials will not attend because of what they call human rights.

u. s. say it will take 2 to 4 weeks to discover how strong the ami cranberry is. and if the vaccines can stop it, our fisher, i'll do is either washington. south korea, meanwhile, is reporting a new daily record of really 5200 corona virus cases. it's strange health care system has prompted the government to shells, plans to further relax restrictions, and also impose travel bands from several countries to stop the spread of that on. the kron very and talk to alice tan is an engineer as a ms. medi women's hospital in so she says the government is speeding up the campaign for the booster. vaccines help contain the spread further. on october 31st our can had achieved population full immunity of 74 per cent. and on november 1st, we embarked on r a stepwise return to normal program. basically, many social restrictions were lifted. the problem was we didn't do anything substantive to address the issue of increasing breakthrough infections, especially among the elderly, each 60 and over. and so what we've seen is not only an increase in daily cover cases, which is what

as a reminder of our top story says, the u. s. has warned russia tough economic measures if it invades ukraine. president joe bought it, and vladimir putin held a to our virtual cool that ended with no breakthrough. the kremlin says the 2 leaders would keep engaging on practical and sensitive australia is the latest country to announce its officials will not attend the winter olympics and beijing joining the u. s. crime in the scott morrison says, china has responded to several issues raised by restraint. including alleged human rights abuses. malaysia's appeal court has upheld former prime minister nat geo products guilty verdict and a corruption case pleaded not guilty to dozens of charges over his involvement in a multi $1000000000.00 state. 3 political policies in germany have signed a coalition agreement paving the way for the formation of a new government need is off the social democratic party, the green policy, and the free democrats attended assigning ceremony in berlin. the coalition marks an end of the conservative gover

it's been saying for weeks now, the 100000 russian soldiers were lighting the border to invade ukraine. even the u . s. media was saying, a 175000. turns out it was 10000 soldiers doing drills near the border. do you think now we can actually expect any of these accusations to stop? well, one would hope it, but little me just a positive direction as yet fear mongering. the me, the media, is it a all time high this and full scale invasion talks? folks have another cuban missile crisis that continues to be a favorite topic. and we're still cause for sanctions on russia though that was we're not sure because where she doesn't seem to have done anything at the moment. anyway. sanctions on russia. sorry, one on a list from sepa, former us ambassador, and i was even calling for sanctions on russia. pre, i'm seeing any possible moves from russia. current western policy is that if russia does something worse, stan and only then would the west adopt new sanctions. the dynamic must now be reversed. the west should impose new sanctions now and agree to lift those sanctions. only if russia pulls back from militar

u. s say it will. well, it does now appear. the army kron variant was in europe before south africa alerted the world health organization last week in the netherlands. the health authorities there say they detected the variant in 2 samples from the 19th and the 23rd of november in scotland. the 1st minister also says 9 cases reported there are linked to a single event. on november, the 20th, germany's incoming chancellor says, mandatory vaccines are necessary to contain a 4th wave. dominic cane has morn out from berlin. the seriousness of the coven situation here in germany, his focus many mines, both medics and ministers. on what they can do to try to dampen down this wave of covert that has been washing across the states of germany for many weeks. now. in one sense, the politicians have decided to decide later many of the ministers who took part in the digital conference on tuesday afternoon here in germany, we're trying to get some form of decision that might help them in their individual states. but in the event, what's been

u. s. says amounts to genocide to become law . it needs to pass the senate and be signed off by president joe biden. it's alleged force. labor is rife which beijing has denied as he headlines and he's continues here on out his ear off the street and stay with us. talk to al jazeera, we ask how would you describe taliban relationship with the u. s. we listen coffee . one kid who's not told for coffee 19 has been terrible demonstration of the failure of human. so we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on al jazeera. i think i am josh rushing going in for me. okay. and you're in the stream today, the pursuit of nuclear fusion, many think of it as the ultimate energy source of the future. i mean virtually unlimited and free of radio, active waste and greenhouse gases. but what will it take to get there? scientists have been at work on fusion energy for decades, and now they say achieving it may be closer than ever. we're hear more about the science it's being done with fusion. but 1st, what questions do

u. s. say it will take 2 to 4 weeks to discover how strong the army con variant is. and if the cum vaccines can stop it, i'll fisher, i'll just either washington soccer is struggling to contain a sharp rise in infections and deaths, largely from the delta of variance. the governments shelves, plans to further relax restrictions to protect the strained health care system. and also impose bands and travelers from several countries to stop the spread of the macro variant. the u. s. supreme court has been listening to arguments and what's been termed the most important abortion case in a generation. they'll eventually decide whether to uphold a 2018 mississippi law bonds, most of washington. after 15 weeks of pregnancy, i'm on the right to terminate the pregnancy is established in 1973 and a case bonus rover says wait pro and anti abortion wise protesters taken to the streets in washington, d. c. and the mississippi or the law at the center of the case before the supreme court hasn't yet come into effect in mississippi. lower courts have consistently ruled it violates pr

u. s. says half to the isolation period for people with no symptoms from 10 to just 5 days. the u. k has seen an average of more than a 100000 new cases in the past 7 days. and yet the government there has promised that no new restrictions in england before the new year, but a slew of restrictions will return in france next week in a bid to bring down case numbers, which have risen to an average of 72000. and the in australia with just 9000 new cases on average, travel in and out of some states is once again subject to strict controls, more than that in just the live. but 1st though, with the picture from across europe, he was jonah, how the christmas and new year holiday period was always likely to speed the advance of the micron variant. and so it is proofing in the u. k. a record 129000 new infections were reported on tuesday, but the government's decision not to disrupt new year's celebrations. and instead to emphasize vaccine booster shots reflect positive signs that hospital admissions and death numbers aren't rising with the same intensity. we're looking at the data, we woul

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 infections. let's bring in white house correspondent, kimberly how could so this is quite a change from the trump era's approach to the w h o. right? kimberly yeah, you'll remember that jo biden's predecessor donald trump blamed the world health organization for he is said allegedly that it was covering up the origins of covet 19 and assisting china in doing so. and as a result. 4 withdrew from the world health organization, that's something that was rectified by joe biden on his 1st day in office. and he believed that it was instrumental in the globa

u. s. says it wants to fight corruption and promote democracy worldwide. but shouldn't start at home. let's get to the bottom line. ah, today we continue the discussion we started last week on the summit for democracy. the white house is hosting leaders for more than 100 countries to the virtual conference with 3 main goals, according to the by the administration fighting corruption, promoting human rights and standing up against authoritarianism. but with all the dark money and the questions surrounding the elections process and polarization in american politics, shouldn't president joe biden be more worried about the future of democracy right here at home. today i'm talking to sen. sheldon whitehouse, who's been a leading voice on fighting corruption domestically and internationally. sen, whitehouse chairs, the senate caucus on international narcotics control sen. thank you so much for joining. say, i want to kind of give our viewers in an understanding of the underbelly of a lot of what we see on the surface of governments in democracy. what are the big factors you've been looking