>> the u.n. chief warns the afghan economy is on the edge of collapse with half a million at risk. ♪ i am lauren taylor. this is al jazeera live from london. living in limbo -- migrants who fled violence in libya appealed to the u.n. for help. >> we are homeless. lauren: early results suggest the shiite cleric's party gained seats in parliament. tunisia's new cabinet unveiled. the prime minister says its new challenge is to win the trust of the people. ♪ before the taliban takeover in afghanistan come international aid accounted for 75% of the country's needs. since then, most assistance has been put on hold and assets frozen, pushing the economy to the verge of collapse. that has prompted the u.n. to try to halt the humanitarian crisis. the u.n. secretary general says international funds are needed now to breathe life into the afghan economy. james bays reports from the united nations. james: the um has been spearheading a humanitarian operation since the taliban took over, three point 8 million

the u.n. says it is shocked. >> all u.n.options -- operations are guided by the corporate souls of humanity, neutrality, and independence. >> the ethiopian state often accuses eight organizations of supporting their rivals in the north. the tpl f regain control in june after months of bloody battles. they pushed back federal forces who retained control of the region's checkpoints. which u.n. says amounts to a blockade of medical supplies and fuel in the war-torn region. >> what we need is 100 trucks to enter tigre every day. we are below that target. >> ethiopia's u.n. mission in new york calls claims of a blockade baseless. the u.n. says 5.2 million people still require food aid. with 400,000 people living in famine like conditions. the only thing that is clear is how far apart both sides remain. >> there is no hunger there is a problem. the government is capable of fixing it. >> if not, the u.s. is threatening to act. >> president biden sent an executive order early this month enabling the u.s. government to impose financi

population fund and another that looks -- works for the u.n. in ethiopia. the u.n. not confirmed the identy of these people, but it is following its internal mechanisms to address this issue. there's been a lot of tension between the government of ethiopia, and not just the u.n., but other international aid organizations working in ethiopia. there are seven officials that the ethiopian government said they are throwing out. antonio guterres did reject that expulsion. that was the most recent in a number of statements from the ethiopian government. barbara: five people have been killed and several injured after a man used a bow and arrow to attack them in norway.it happened in a town southwest of the capital oslo. authorities believe the suspect opened fire at a supermarket before moving through the town. a man has been arrested, and police are investigating whether the attack was an act of terrorism. >> the arrested person is a man, and that is all i can say about the person suspected. lihe's been taken to prison. there has been and will continue to be a large polic

the u.n.ames: these are some of the most recent pictures from tigre, but they are weeks old. the nation is cut off from the rest of the world. the u.n. believes famine has already taken hold and he military and he military access remains severely limited, and now the ethiopian government, in a tweet, announced it is expelling seven top u.n. officials. they have 72 hours to leave the country. in response, a spokesperson for the u.n. secretary general read out this statement he's issued. >> i was shocked by the information that the government of ethiopia has declared seven yuan and officials, including senior humanitarian officials as purse on a non-grotto. -- persona non grata. the u.n. is committed to helping ethiopian people who rely on humanitarian assistance. we are now engaging with the government of ethiopia in the expectation that the concerned u.n. staff will be allowed to continue their important work. james: the un security council ambassador's viewed the planned expulsions as a most

the u.n.000 are facing famine. the crisis began late last year, when tigrayan forces who used to run the country attacked a federal outpost. federal forces and their allies from neighboring eritrea, and the amhara region, waged a scorched-earth campaign and occupied parts of tigray. but in late june, tigrayan forces pushed federal ethiopian soldiers out of tigray. that's when senior u.s. officials say the ethiopian government and its allies effectively blockaded tigray. in september, five convoys of food entered tigray. the u.n. says this is one-tenth of what's needed. and the u.n. has been blocked from bringing in any fuel or medicine. >> medicine is running out of stock, and we used to give also food and-- and also some supplements. we have around 60 intensive care, malnourished children in our hospital. and out of these, six has been died in the last week, because we don't have anything that we can give them. >> schifrin: will those other 54 children die? >> yeah, definitely they will die.

the scathing assessment by the u.n. environment program of national government efforts to rein in carbon emissions. they said in the report current commitments will deliver only a small percentage needed toimit global warmi to below two degrees celsius, let alone the 1.5 degrees targeted by the ris agreement. >> we are on track for a catastrophic global temperature rise of 2.7 degrees lsius. this report is another sobering wake-up call. how many more do we need? rerter: another warning before another climate conference in hopes of more ambitious reduction plans. they've given the world leaders their target -- emissions cuts need to be seven times greater than current pledges and they need to get there quickly. >> this is a yawning gap we much cost -- we must close in eight years. wean ghe jobone bnly if we gemoving now and only if we take advantage of every opportunity. rerter: 5.4% drop in global omissions thanks to the coble -- think to the global pandemic could not do much to reduce the gap. as extreme weather from w

scientists say the u.n. is objective >> there is absolutely no pressure on scientists to sell the comments so if e comments are lobbying, if they're not justified by the science, they be -- will not be integrated in the report. reporter:he world has experienced some of the most extreme weather ever recorded in rebound years. the big terrible floods including in china, ferocious wiped fiers in australia and right around the world. it knee, says a veteran of many international negotiations, that most worlds leaders do uniform what is at stake in glasgow. >> people can seep the effects of climate change. this is awful about urning that even though the challenge is immense, there really isn't an at active to dealing with it because within my lifetime and certainly in your generation, you're the ones going to be living this -- with this. reporter: glasgow wants to snow its best fails for the world for this conference. it could be the biggest gathering of british leaders in history. christiana will be there. envir

the u.n.'o security chief opened the conference with this morning. >> we are facing our moment of truth. if we are to meet the 25th division of living in harmony with nature, we must take actions this decade to halt and reverse biodiversity loss and put biodiversity on a path to recovery by 2030 at the latest. this is the defining challenge of our time. >> china's president xi jinping has launched a 230 million dollars fund to help protect ecosystems. here is what he had to say. >> facing the task of restoring the economy, protecting the environment, and developing countries need more support. we need to strengthen unity and work together to get through this challenging time so the results of development and better ecology will be fairer. >> the summit in china includes parties to the u.n. conference on biodiversity. representatives agreed on a 10 year plan to protect species and conserve ecosystems, but none of their goals were achieved by the 2020 deadline. countries now aim to come up with a

the u.n. says civilians must be protected. taliban officials push for recognition and talks with regional powers in moscow. but human rights concerns continue to stand in the way. the arctic is heating twice as fast as the rest of the world. our report from greenland, where innuit people are struggling to adapt to the changing climate. ♪ hello. we begin in brazil where report into the countries coronavirus response has pointed the finger a blank at president bolsonaro. and recommended he faced criminal charges, including crimes against humanity. the draft report followed a six-month investigation. and still needs to be voted on by the senate committee and could be vetoed and altered. momitted is an early recommendation to charge bolsonaro with murder. they say the decision to accuse him of crimes against humanity is not political but technical aimed at preventing a judge from throwing out the report. a genocide charge would've related to brazil's indigenous population, including the devastatin

u.n. agency will start paying to keep the country's fragile healthcare infrastructure afloat after the flow of international aid dollars, which the health sector relied upon, dried up following the taliban takeover in august. this includes paying the salaries of at least 25,000 health workers. last month, the biden administration granted special licenses to some organizations, including the u.n., to engage in transactions with the taliban, which is under u.s. sanctions. meanwhile the humanitarian situation is becoming increasingly dire. this is afghanistan director of the world food programme mary-ellen mcgroarty. >> the afghans still living in the country are adjusting to the reality. it is incredibly sad and a humanitarian crisis has escalated and magnified at an incredible pace. it is a crisis that has its roots in decades of conflict and the increasing pressures of climate change. amy: the united nations secretary-general has appointed staffan de mistura of italy as his personal envoy

u.n.ibed the bill as a -- >> it has generated a lot of controversy as it was introduced in august this year. the speaker has said that will go through a thorough and transparent process before it is passed into law. it is already punishable with a prison term of three years. this could promote a system of discrimination and violence against xual minorities in the country. the bill is likely to pass with some amendments, since many mps favorite. -- favor it. ♪ nuala: this is "outside source," live from the bbc news room. buckingham palace has announced queelizabeth won't be traveling to glasgow next week for a major climate summit, on the advice of her doctors. the u.n. environment program has said that the world is on track for a catastrophic rise in temperatures if current commitments to reduce carbon emissions are not increased. the report warns that the world is on course to warm by around 2.7° centigrade, which the u.n. says would be catastrophic. pledges made for cuts to carbon emissi

what we have seen as well and put into this u.n.t is hunger spreading from not just more rural, remote areas, but urban areas, because as yogita said in that report, so many government employees were not paid their salaries. they were not paid the last humans under the previous government. now they don't know when they are going to be paid. there are people who are professionally in middle-class jobs who are finding themselves in desperately difficult situations. the international community has not yet recnized the taliban. it is reluctant to engage directly with it and give direct foren grants. those foreign grants previously made up for around 75% of afghanistan's public expenditure. in addition to that, afghanistan foreign of reserves -- they are frozen. those are questions still being grappled with, and it doesn't seem as if anyone has an answer to how to -- as to how to solve them. in the meantime, people in afghanistan, the suffering continues for them. maryam: there has been some reaction already on the delay. a former presid

>> next, palestinian president mahmoud abbas addressed the u.n. general assembly to talk about the future of the two-state solution. >> i now take the floor of the blessed state of palestine to introduce the head of state. >> thank you, mr. president. it is my pleasure to introduce to you, the recorded statesmen, of president mahmoud abbas of the state of palestine before the 67th general assembly. i wish you all success in confronting the challenges that we are facing in the world and in the state of palestine. thank you. pres. abbas: [speaking non-english language] translator: in the name of god the compassionate, your excellency, president of the united nations general assembly, your excellency, secretary-general of the united nations, excellencies, members of delegations, ladies and gentlemen. may the peace and mercy of god be upon you. this year marks the 73rd anniversary of the nexus. more than half of the palestinian people were uprooted from their land and disposed of their property. myself, my family, and many others still possess the dee

he said the u.n., and it was these officials responsible, most were doing good work in ethiopia. he said they falsified humanitarian data. he even said, they've made up the deaths of ethiopians as a result of starving, that were not true. very strong allegations that meant the un's secretary-general decided to speak again. i had never seen a u.n. secretary general use his right to reply. i never saw ban ki-moon do it. he used his right to reply, and this is what he said. >> we believe ethiopia does not have the right to expel these eight members of the human we believe ethiopia is violating international law, and we are ready to cooperate with the government of ethiopia in relation to any situation in which the government of ethiopia feels that any member of the u.n. is not behaving in total impartiality, independence, as humanitarian law prescribes. >> the secretary-general added that if the ambassador had proof, if he had documentary proof he could share, then the secretary-general would investigate, but the secretary-general made it clear he had two recent conversations with t

monte: the u.n. and the international army are poised to take control of this key military base in northern mali. in your view, are the of for t job? >> the u.n. is already -- up for the job? >> the u.n. is already there. molly has a plan to gradually return to this town of great significance. it is the town in the sahara desert which is seen as the center of the long-running campaign for tuareg peoples in northern mali to have greater autonomy. this has at times moved to a seratist agenda. in the run-up to the crisis, back in 2012 and 2013, the tuareg separatist armed groups were active in this area. they entered into a peace agreement with the mali government. a key stake in maintaining stability that region will be building up the autonomy arrangements that have been agreed for the other regions of the far north. essentially keeping that peace process on track. there is a big push from the northern armed groups that are not jihadists. the ones that are former separatists and the ones that are nomi

u.n. says afghanistan is on the brink of one of the world's worst humanitarian crises. the millions of children will die will because of food shortages. u.n. food program is asking world leaders to take action and unfreeze billions of dollars of frozen humanitarian donations. the u.n. says 23 million people from afghanistan's population of 39 million are food insecure. that number has increased by 10 million since last month. afghans have been selling their belongings to buy food. the taliban is also being unable to pay wages to civil servants. the report from kabul. reporter: countdown to catastrophe in one of the world's worst humanitarian crises if not, the worse. those are the warnings from the world food programs. if you look at the numbers, over half of afghanistan's population is facing severe insecurity in this latest report. 14 million of those children. for the first time, urban areas like kabul are facing the same rate of food insecurities as the rural areas. there are various r

if you be a has accused the u.n. staff --ethiopia has accused its u.n.nap --staff of meddling in its affairs. correspondentt: standing their ground, the united nations condemned the kobe's decision to expel seven officials but informed the government it had no legal right to do so. >> the u.n. is sending a note to the permanent mission to clarify it is the long-standing legal the --possession of the organization not to accept the application of the doctrine of persona non-greta with respect to un officials. correspondent: according to the letter, declaring persona non grata applies to state and since the u.n. is not a state, it does not concern the personnel. if you'll be announced the expulsions early on thursday blaming the officials for meddling in their affairs while giving them 72 hours to leave. >> it is important the humanitarian operation continues and it does. we have a high number of people in urgent need in tigre. 5.2 million people are there in need of assistance. correspondent: it receives 10% of its required aid while government is blaming

the cop 26 climate ambitions and the u.n. need resilience and productive smes to support their challenges. therefore, we need to boost sme capabilities and prospects. we must help by embracing digitization, -- investing in skills and improving financial assistance. it is more than worthwhile. thank you so much. >> thank you, your highness. >> later in the evening, president biden and first lady joe biden arrived at the g20 summit gala dinner in rome. they were curated by the italian president, the italian prime minister, and, -- they were greeted by the italian president, the italian prime minister, and, their spouses.

i warn that undermining the two-state solution, based on international law and u.n. resolutions, will open the way for other alternatives imposed upon us by the situation on the ground. as a result of the continuation of israeli occupation of our state, the absence of a just solution for the plight of 7 million palestinian refugees, uprooted from their land in 1948, the systematic theft of palestinian land, and the ongoing crimes of the occupation and the demolition of homes as a means of collective punishment, the killings and detention of thousands, including women, sick people, and children, the imposition of an inhumane blockade, an unjust blockade on the gaza strip, and the annexation measures under numerous pretexts and names, including the plan that they now invented in the city of jerusalem and that we fully reject. all of this, coupled with the crime of forcibly displacing palestinians from their land, as part of a policy of racial discrimination and ethnic cleansing, pursued by the occupation in the absence of a deterrent international response. our people

the u.n.tary general as told ethiopia's prime minister it does not accept his decision to expel seven senior personnel. the foreign ministry claims officials are being expelled for meddling in the internal affairs of the country. the u.n. says it could affect to military operations that help more than 5 million people in that tea great. the explosions came after the a chief said a defective blockade in the region meant there was likely a famine, and a diplomatic editor brings us more on this story from the united nations. reporter: for now of the human not withdrawing the seven high-level members of its staff, but the government of ethiopia saying they should be expelled from the country. the u.n. secretary general picked up the phone to the ethiopian prime minister, and the u.n. says it does not accept the principle the staff are not persona non-grotto. >> it is the long-standing position not to accept the doctrine with respect to united states -- united nations officials. this applies from o

funny, incredibly smart and despite the u.n. performance, which he grew to deeply regret, he wrote in his 2012 memoir i did not try to underplay that that the event would earn a prominent paragraph in his obituari obituaries. the ironies about colin powell is really quite telling, a military man who frankly preferred diplomacy. i remember we briefed him during the transition for three hours on the failed camp david summit in july of 2000 and how fascinated and intrigued he was by these efforts, probing questions. he was a guy who understood the limitations of american military power when it was untethered from politically achievable objections in vietnam and again during the successful "operation desert storm" and "desert shield" and yet associated with an administration that pursued a war in iraq, whose objectives were never clear, and consequences resonate negatively in many respects, afghanistan and iraq to this date and a man, jim, tremendous integrity, who will be forever associated that u.n. speech which he grew to deeply,

millions of people in afghanistan faced starvation as international aid dries up and the u.n.ns of a catastrophe. this little girl has been sold by her parents so the family will have enough to eat. >> we know there are other families here who sold their children. someone came up to someone on our team and asked if we would like to buy their child. the desperation and urgency of the situation is hard to put in words. laura: in sudan, a military. coup is underway. the prime minister has been arrested and at least three people are dead. plus, meet the triplets who are ambassadors to a global summit on climate change. at just eight years oldhey are trying to conserve our planet. welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. we begin in afghanistan, which the united nations says is counting down to catastrophe with millions facing starvation. since the taliban seized control, the international aid that props up the economy has slowed as world leaders debate ho deal with the regime. families have told the bbc they have to sell their own babies to get money for food. ou

they are different from the mandatory u.n.ctions we have seen before in indonesia and other countries. secondly, they have not had -- they have not punished their so-called targeted individuals. on the contrary, these people remain very prosperous. they are more prosperous than they were in 2001 when the sanctions were introduced. for me, the debate about sanctions must be placed on whether they are achieving the purpose, which is to improve, to influence, i don't want to say force, but influence clinical and economic reforms. they have not achieved that. on the contrary, we have gone downwards in terms of the economy. we have a coup government in place, so nothing has improved. they need to change the paradigm. and that's why i welcome the envoys to a structured dialogue. to me, a structured dialogue is quoting us and our statements. it's time to sit down and look for a way forward through national, regional, and international cooperation towards -- zimbabwe is in need -- after that, oil follows. that -- all else follows. tha

according to u.n.ources, china has been reluctant to hold the meeting. >>> the first world expo to be held in the middle east has kicked off in dubai. it was postponed for a year because of the pandemic. expo 2020 dubai will run for the next six months. the fair's sprawling grounds were built in a desert suburb of the united arab emirates's largest city. travel restrictions are still in place in many parts of the world. visitors over the age of 18 will have to show proof of vaccination or negive pcr test. more than 190 countries will take part. japan's pavilion will introduce the country's traditional culture, anime and new technologies. it will also promote the next world's fair expo 2025 in osaka. ♪ >>> and now here is your three-day world weather forecast. that's all for this edition of nhk "newsline." i'm yoshi ogasawara in tokyo. thanks for watching and do stay with us for more. ♪ >>> this is "newsline biz." i'm gene otani. share prices in tokyo plunged on the first trading day of the month. inves

nick: that does not make the forthcoming u.n.egotiations in glasgow any easier, with their focus on the phasing out of coal bad news too, because from the health perspective, the green transition cannot come soon enough. across poland, toxic billows from chimney tops. this as -- at a time when the world health organization said air pollution is more dangerous than thought, killing an estimated 7 million people year. poland air pollution because 75,000 premature deaths each year of the country has some of the most polluted air in europe. 76 cities are the most polluted in the country. in this city, sciences hitching a ride into the evening sky. every time the sightseeing balloon goes up, onboard sensors send air pollution measurements down. in 2019, city authorities banned the burning of fossil fuels within city limits. and the effects have been immediate. >> this year a change in the city, the quality of the air is improving. >> the experience demonstrates the possibilities ahead for poland. phase out coal,/emissions and cleanup

a u.n. says all signs in libya's -- sides in libya's conflict have committed crimes that may include war crimes, detailing accounts of murder, torture, enslavement,. and rape libya has been -- enslavement, and rape. libya has been marred by conflict since 2011. we have international crisis group's senior analyst for libya, who says the investigative panel will need to get more specific in its next report. >> this report that was published today is just the beginning of a process. the commission, this mission that was the fact-finding mission was supposed to deliver its final report by now, but actually was very late in having its presence on the ground. even in the report they say until this june they were not fully operative. the conclusions in this report are, let's say, rather superficial. they admit that these crimes took place, but without the level of detail, they don't name individuals, they don't point to specific countries, except for mentioning them as supporting the conflict. ther

the u.n.pretty dire projections of what's happening inside of afghanistan right now. more than a million children could die of malnutrition in the next year. the taliban has still not allowed girls aged 12 and older to return to school. they may say something but they're not doing it. there are videos of women being beaten in the streets, just demonstrating for their rights. isn't this proof that the taliban has no intention of becoming a democratic government or any kind of government that protects human rights? >> there's no question that the taliban have a different vision for afghanistan. it's a vision of a more islamic government than existed before, and there is, obviously, disputes will about the interpretation of islam. >> brennan: little girls going to school? >> well, i think there is disagreement inside the taliban. right now, for example, in at least three or four provinces, high schools for girls have been opened. and they say the same will happen as far as the rest of the country

around 100 u.n. staff have been evacuated according to the secretary-general because of the latest round of air-strikes and insecurity. but they say they are doing the best they can, but need -- more help is definitely needed for a dire situation. isa? >> very troubling developments. do keep us posted. mackenzie there in johannesburg. >>> still to come right here on the show, colombia is hoping to flay a bigger role in the medical marijuana industry and a boom for some of the nation's farmers. take a listen. >> just standing in a place like this, in a country like colombia, only ten years ago would have been completely unimaginable. and the idea of how profound this turn around is, not just for economics, but also on social terms. this halloween, xfinity rewards is offering up some spooky-good perks. like the chance to win a universal parks & resorts trip to hollywood or orlando to attend halloween horror nights. or xfinity rewards members, get the inside scoop on halloween kills. just say "watch wit

a u.n.s as global promises to cut emissions are not enough to meet the paris agreement targets. he says there is a 60% chance that to butchers will rise by doubled up. -- double that. the european commission says it is on the lookout for manipulated energy prices, as the cost of gas hits record highs. ministers met in luxembourg for emergency talks to tackle the situation. most countries are responding with measures including price cuts and subsidies. the block is struggling to agree on the longer-term plan to avoid the effects of price swings. the european commission is analyzing the design of the continents electricity market and looking closely at how gas supplies are behaving. anger in ecuador over plans to increase oil and mining exploration. indigenous communities are worried about the rising cost of fuel. indigenous groups earlier sued the government to try to halt oil development in the amazon, calling the president's efforts eight policy of death. -- a policy of death. demonstrated

one, the u.n.ssil fuels need -- to avoid catastrophic climate change and to, in two weeks time while leaders regarding a lascaux for the climate summit to talk about how to avoid that. here is our climate editor. >> the leak it consists of thousands of comments by governments and others to the scientists responsible for key u.n. reports. they were given to greenpeace u.k. which pass them onto the bbc. >> these reports of the bible of climate science. they are used by governments to decide how to tackle climate change, and thewill provide a crucial input to the negotiations in glasgow. >> let's look at what the leak reveals. starting with saudi arabia, the world's largest oil exporter, and advisor to the saudi oil ministry demands phrases like the need for urgent and accelerated mitigation actions on all scales should be eliminated from the report. >> if you look at saudi arabia, which is not even the largest producer of oil -- oil -- exporter in the world but also the head of opec and opec plus, co

they specifically wants him in the picture when addresses the u.n. security council. the u.n. ambassador was there. this was a joint operation of the intelligence committee, the u.s. intelligence community made a major blunder, a major failure. they thought saddam hussein had weapons of mass destruction, chemical or biological, nuclear, they were afraid he was working on that. years earlier, saddam hussein used poison gas against the iraqi kurds. but by, you know, 2003, when the war against saddam hussein began, there were no weapons of mass destruction. he later acknowledged it. he did what was the right thing to do, he admitted the blunder and mistake, and said to me on several occasions, we screwed up, we got to learn from that to make sure it never, ever happens again, and he wanted a full intelligence rooeview of how th u.s. intelligence community could have made a mistake like that. >> we talked about the 1996 campaign that he was heavily courted to run for president again in 2000, actually. but it was the endorsement in 2008 after having served in several republican adm

she served at the u.n. the trump administration for nearly two years before stepping down at the end of 2018. she was elected twice as south carolina's governor. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome ambassador nikki haley. [applause] ms. haley: good evening everyone -- >> my name is john and i am the executive director of the ronald reagan foundation. thank you for coming. in honor of our men and women in uniform who protect and defend our freedoms around the world, would you stand and join me for the pledge of allegiance? [applause] >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. please be seated. [applause] >> before we get started, i would like to recognize a few special guests we have in the audience this evening. former congressman and terrific wife -- and his terrific wife, [applause] >> our second special guest with us tonight is a member of our board of trustees. for

the u.n. human rights committee have called for his extradition order to be suspended and said he had been denied treatment for his cancer while jailed in cape verde. saab appeared in a miami court for the first time monday facing corruption charges. in response, venezuela's government has halted negotiations with the u.s. this is venezuelan president nicolas maduro. >> the plane arrived, the hitmen came down. they fought about and removed him from the jail he was held. they took him without advising lawyers nor the family nor anybody. amy: nbc news reports the homeland security department is planning to build an "intelligence-gathering" cell to closely surveil the movement of migrants in central and south america who may be making their way to the united states to seek asylum. dhs officials are also seeking to establish aerial surveillance of trucks and migrate camps across multiple borders in increased collaboration between central and south american authorities and u.s. agents. the cell wil

you'll be attending the u.n. climate summit virtually.ress there, and what should be the united states prioritize? >> so one of the main things here, and that's a great question, is that we, as the united states, have historically polluted the most. and there's a responsibility for the u.s. and other high polluters like china, like india, to support developing countries to transition into a more renewable future and to build in that resiliency that allows these countries to adapt to a planet that is warmer. it is fair, and it is necessary so we can actually protect individual sovereignties of countries. but our global security, we are interconnected. if we don't support each other's efforts to become more resilient to the impacts of climate, we're all losing. so we need to see proper funding. $100 billion a year right now is what is being advocated towards helping vulnerable nations transition into adapting to this new climate future, but it's going to cost more than that. we need to recognize that, and countries need to do their part. an

u.n. sure can. as of august there were 13,000 u.n. personnel deployed to mali.i and its neighbors are in the midst of a national fight against islamic jihadist, all in the sahel, where the brown of the sahara means the green of the savannah and now the russians may be getting embroiled. joining me now is amy mackinnon, a reporter on foreperson. thank you for joining me. explain to us the place in africa, the sahel right now. you have french forces, german forces. what's going on? >> as you mentioned, the counterterrorism campaign in the sahel have really been one of the overlooked fronts in the war on terror but now with the war in afghanistan drawing down, it really is emerging to be one of the next crisis points in global efforts to counter terror. in terms of military presence, it's being led by french forces in mali, where they had french bases in the region even after these countries gained their independence. since 2013 france had an operation in mali and neighboring countries in the region to try to push back these terrorist groups. it's not really been a

if you look at biden's speech at the u.n.y, almost all of it was focused on those global problems that richard is talking about, and talking about how not only to cooperate with china on things like climate change, but to mobilize lots of different configurations of democracies to tackle those problems. the last thing i will say is it's not fair to say that biden didn't consult with the europeans about afghanistan. he spent two months consulting but in the end, it was a fundamental disagreement about the policy and he decided to do what he thought was right. that was not -- that's very different from trump. that's saying yes, i care about your opinion but it's also saying in the end if i think this is right, i have to do it. >> i care about all of your opinions, but we are out of time. thank you for a terrific panel. >>> next up a jihadi gold rush in the sahel. don't know where that is? watch the program when we come back. you founded your kayak company because you love the ocean- not spreadsheets. you need to hire. i need in

the u.n. says almost 500,000 children under five and tens of thousands of pregnant and breast-feeding women do not have enough to eat. those are the headlines, the news continues on al jazeera. >> lebanon in morning after its worst street violence in years. seven people killed in just -- gun violence between rival sects in beirut. could this trigger more instability. this is inside story. >> hello, welcome to the program. the streets in lebanon's capital are quiet after a day of violence. someone a could just be the calm before the storm in a country already in the middle of political and economic chaos. the currency has lost more than 90% of its value into years. people cannot afford food, medicines or fuel. nor can they rely on basic services like electricity, of care or rubbish collection. many lebanese blamed politicians for years of corruption and mismanagement. last year's beirut port last that killed more than 200 people is seen as a symbol of the state's failure. has blah holding ralli

colin powell tried to moderate what he said at the u.n. and did his best to follow an order from the vice president of the united states and i guess the president of the united states. i still salute him for his service. on colin powell, the man, he was so approachable. his humility shone through. his favorite thing was repairing old cars. he had a garage full of car parts. i never sought garage but i have a son with that habit and i talked to him about my son doing the same thing. he would get a twinkle in his eye. it was so much a part of him that he would share the warm and personal parts of his life with people like me. and to alma he was a loyal spouse. to all of us who knew him for cared for him, our serious condolences, and to our country which couldn't need more duty, honor, country right now, to bridge the incredible toxic tribalism in both political parties. colin powell was the answer for so long in public life. he will be so sorely missed by absolutely everyone. we need someone like him, some youngster to come up through the mi

. >>> and as the u.n. climate summit gets under way -- >> this beach all but disappeared many years ago. now it's the highway that is threatened. >> -- martha raddatz reports on rising sea levels. alarming erosion eating at hawaii's coastline. >>> and -- >> countless young women saw her on tv and said, i can be here. i can be that strong. >> the new book honoring our friend, colleague and trail blazer, cokie roberts. >>> good morning, and welcome to "this week." as we come on the air this morning, president biden is attending the g20 summit in rome. the first in-person meeting of the world leaders since the pandemic. he went to mass last night receiving communion with first lady jill biden. this morning, joe biden met with turkish president erdogan before heading to glasgow for the u.n. climate conference. cecilia vega is traveling with the president. she joins us this morning from rome, and cecilia, two big items on the agenda at the g20, climate change and getting vaccines to poor countries. >> reporter:

. ♪ >> the u.n.ry general has criticized the world's leading vaccine producing nations for failing to share with poorer countries. the distribution has been uneven. according to africa's top public health official, less than 5% of the people on the continent have been fully vaccinated. this is the u.n. secretary general. >> we have seen vaccine hoarding, nationalism and vaccine diplomacy. we welcome efforts by countries to get vaccines to more places buthe plethora of global initiatives has failed deliver. it has not got us anywhere close to the first benchmark of 10% vaccination in all countries by the end ofeptember. the number of doses required comes to less then one week of global manufacturing. ♪ >> we are here in the bbc newsroom. the 2021 nobel prize for literature has been awarded to thtanzanian novelist abdulrazak gurnah. in the u.k., the english premier league has confirmed there will be a saudi takeover of newcastle united football club. the deal is worth 300 million pounds. some are celeb

a new u.n.ound that mitigation measures put the planet on a path to 2.7 degrees celsius temperature rise by the end of the century, way more than the paris agreement goal. and that current pledges will lead to a far smaller cut in greenhouse gas emissions than needed the u.n. secretary-general said less than one week before cop 26, we're still on track for a climate catastrophe. >> diana, thanks >>> and we have a weather alert, another major storm barreling into the northeast and mid-atlantic tonight where 18 million people are under coastal flood alerts the remnants of the bomb cyclone that hit the pacific northwest earlier this week. the national weather service reports the storm may cause the worst flooding since 2003. forecasters say some areas could see as much as 4 inches of rain and it comes just days after a powerful nor'easter slammed into the area heavy rain and high tides pushed water from the chesapeake bay into annapolis, maryland today the flood closing businesses and shutting down

house hearing with experts on global climate change and environmental policy held ahead of the upcoming u.n. climate change conference in scotland which pres. biden will attend. creating low-cost housing in the united states. >> what happened was once your home is torn down, you are directed to the projects, you can only rent in the projects. the government owns them. you can never own anything and public housing. to this day, this remains a problem. 37% of public housing residents to this day are african-american. those are all people who were not owning anything, not accumulating wealth. we should not be surprised that having steered african-americans into public housing that there is a gap between black and white wealth. >> the author of "th epoor side at town" sunday night at 8 p.m. on q&a. you can listen to new podcasts on our c-span now app. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2021] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> monday, the u.s. supreme court will hear arguments