flexing its muscles from the middle east europe to cyprus moves . from afghanistan to the persian gulf the us remains deeply in tangled in conflicts it doesn't know how much result. in europe it faces allies so disillusioned that they're hedging their bets on america pushing the future of the western alliance into question. but in the contest for global power and influence one challenge overshadows all of those in china a new superpower has risen. one with the military might to challenge the west. and an economy that's the envy of the world. as washington takes it on the brink and generally try to turn to one china looked on with obvious glee. who share with the phrase how in i.p.c.s. found that she may or demean. america so diminished that china can take stock satisfaction in the stakes of its democracy think from moment just how far the tables will be turned just 30 years ago george bush sr hailed an america triumphant it had won the cold war it was in charge no substitute for american leadership in the face of tyranny no one doubts america credib

go through what shoes day that wet and windy weather slot across that isa sort of the mediterranean cyprus becoming decidedly unsettled choppy waters in the eastern med brace yourself if you are in the levant syria lebanon jordan will see some of that wet weather we also see some snow as we go into the early part of next week so that's something to watch out for but ahead of that it is generally fine and settle highs here in doha for around 24 celsius with plenty of hazy sunshine in the sunshine state she's down across the horn of africa where crop of showers just around the lake victoria will see some wet weather here through the rift valley the show is a stand as pay usual across the democratic republic of congo into congo into could bomb you see some heavier outbreaks of rain coming through here just some heavier rain to tanzania but the really wet weather façade in africa is going to be across the eastern side of south africa southern parts of mozambique over the next couple of days with the possibility of flooding. sponsored paul qatar airways when freedom of the press is under threa

continues to warn that it's close we are hard in al jazeera police in cyprus have used tear gas and water cannon to break up protests in the capital in the casea hundreds of people rallied against corruption and coronavirus restrictions cyprus has been gradually easing its 2nd lockdown which it imposed on cases increased after christmas. demonstrations have been held in behind ahead of the 10th anniversary of the popular uprising against its monarchy bahrain was the only gulf country that saw protests during the 2011 arab spring mohamed daleks back at the crackdown on pro-democracy campaigners. this is how it looked when the arab spring breached the gulf region 10 years ago mr noted 6000 people protested in the behind the capital mina on february 14th 2011. i attend now it was unprecedented they called the today of rain but today i dressed in behind had begun the year before the arab spring the country's majority shah population complained of marginalization by a sunni mosque their initial demands included political and constitutional reform socio economic justice and that in east of deta

police in cyprus have used tear gas and water cannon to break up protests in the capital nicosia hundreds of people rallied against corruption and coronavirus too strict cyprus has been registering easily easing its 2nd lockdown which it imposed in cases jumped after christmas an investigator with the w.h.o. says china has refused to hand over raw data on any coronavirus cases the team's trying to discover the autogenes of the pandemic and wanted more information about the 1st cases in december 29 teen investigations been plagued by delays concerns over access and bickering between beijing and washington. 4 people have died from a ball in the 1st resurgence of the disease there in 5 years one of the victims was a nurse who fell ill in january the virus has also seen a resurgence in d.r. congo that was the headlines the news continues after people in power supply. be the hero world right. it's been over a year since the covert 19 coronavirus you mention china and set off a devastating global pandemic as the death toll has grown the responses of governments and health services have come und

of people rallied against corruption and coronavirus restrictions cyprus has been gradually easing a 2nd lockdown which it imposed when cases jumped just after christmas the animals military rulers are granting themselves new powers to monitor search and detain people involved in protests activists a troubled by the increase in nighttime raids by police but neighbors a banding together to prevent the arrests under ship our ports. buddhist monks are among the many marching in yangon they lead prayers outside the u.s. embassy to call for the release of unsung suchi and other civilian leaders. who have not given me that honor not to be just one talk country to escape from under the military dictatorship to be peaceful and developed we don't want to go back to the doctor's era before 2010 we want peace and we are against the military dictatorship more marched in the capital naypyidaw joining thousands for an 8th day of protests which denounce nighttime raids against opponents. while a curfew is in place from 8 pm until 4 am local time people have been out and on edge neighborhood watch g

magazine" recently reported domestic violence increased 300% in hubei, china, 25% in argentina, 30% in cyprus, 33% in singapore, and 50% in brazil. "the american journal of emergency medicine" reports domestic violence has also spiked across the u.s. it is up 22% in portland, oregon, 18% in san antonio, over 10% in new york. as people can be trapped with her batterers at home. this sunday marks valentine's day, as well as v day -- a global day of action to fight violence against women. we are joined now by two guests. the playwright v, formerly known as eve ensler, is the founder of v-day. she is the author of "the vagina monologues" and many other works. we are also joined by the poet aja monet, v-day's new artistic creative director. we welcome you both to democracy now! as i read out those figures,v, about domestic violence soaring in the world as people are alone in homes, sometimes with their batterers, can you fit that into what is happening this sunday around the world? >> yes. obviously, we are here -- it is so funny because i've been doing a lot of online rising this year because peo

the reality isoday, a lot of private businesses in the united states have cyprus every regimes -- cybersecurity regimes. regardless of whether you put the u.s. government above or below commercial space. getting that trust back into government cybersecurity is huge . anchor: times article said the nsa. called active defense, and that did not work out well. what is your take on tha do you think that the nsa has focused more on offense than it has on defense? >> i think the question is in french court click -- is not framed correctly. the nsa is not solely responsible for the defense of computers in the united states. their mission is much more outside of the country and focused on intelligence, or in the case of cyber attacks, some level of seeing those. i think we have seen plenty of president -- president where private industries. part of what we are going to see under the biden administration is continued funding agencies, going to take the lead on even more of a domestic focus and up a lot more public, private partnership. it's all one connected ecosystem that has to work together. anchor: d

information age i think we've now reached this very specific tipping point in the information age where cyprus is going systems the fact that computers are no longer about data but computers can now affect the physical world your critical infrastructure what's happening in a hospital where your water is coming from that's already by computers and so we now have serious risk of loss of white limb in consequence and we need to take that very seriously stefan i saw you nodding just now did you want to jump in as well. you know this is a very important conduit was just made because it does to the quality all that's for sure states cannot respond to that on the whom we support in the states are leading the way i mean it's maybe not be noone was tons of initiative volunteers the journalists the activists who are in your providing capacity or create in order to protect the some space to bring peace to the space who not in states to lead the world we do the convincing of of today in terms of how across these kind of private companies that can provide capacity to state to act basically anyone in the wo

politics in the end not that it's a critical time everything's up in the air i would be difficult to cyprus honestly which fights going to be a day that has an early as the morning with a way to hear from the authorities and figs actually what has happened in the fate of anson fucci david kingsley thanks so much for joining us from melbourne it's my pleasure. former u.s. president donald trump has named a new legal team to head his impeachment defense one comes up to trump abruptly parted ways with his lead impeachment lawyers on saturday he's accused of inciting his supporters to storm the capitol building on january the 6th not that he repeated folds claims of election fraud his aides say they plan to the trial is unconstitutional because he's no longer in office and he joins me again from competent. trump having difficulty with his lawyers in the lead up to his impeachment trial he has good news to share with us now. well they are david show and bruce castor not exactly a household names in this country we have a lot of famous lawyers i haven't actually heard of these lawyers before but

reach a greek island it would only be a matter of time before they'd be in hamburg or even argue that cyprus would have mentioned that as of india and packing so if we just take a few kids out of lesbos then some european governments think that each single child could be the incentive for another 1000000 people to come on. that's ridiculous. the only thing europe a green zone is that rejected asylum seekers should be deported. the up to those who have been rejected must leave that's the vast majority of people arriving at our accidental borders. then the citizens of europe will be happy to welcome those in need mention in that way we can stand up to right wing populism secondly if we can assure citizens that the people coming in are true refugee given a 50 fiftieth's. but many attempts at repatriation fail because the countries of origin not willing to take these people back. found that it's now it's like the past years have taught us that europe can only manage to deport those obliged to leave the country in large numbers when the countries we depend on for cooperation are made an attractiv

of kate something positive will see some significant snow fall and that wet weather iraq link across cyprus into that he's been sort of the mediterranean into the levant so syria lebanon jordan looking very stormy as we go on through saturday some very very strong winds it is going to feel basically cold for many and that will drive its way further race was as we go on through sunday most know this and the over the high ground we have flooding problems already to northern parts of syria far northwest of herat more that wintry mix pushing in as we go on through sunday for the south is a good deal kwassa a good deal bryce so there will be a brisk wind around the gulf for a time on saturday but those winds east down through sunday to just here in doha at around 22 degrees celsius that dry weather that will stretch its way down across the whole of africa but plenty of us once again just around the rift valley will see some heavy showers into kenya into tanzania pushing into southern parts of africa as well as all the way down is that eastern side the south africa. al-jazeera is investigative un

turkey some parts of turkey as well see some significant snowfall and that wet weather rattling across cyprus into that he's been sort of the mediterranean into the levant so syria lebanon jordan looking very stormy as we go on through saturday some very very strong winds it is going to feel basically cold for many and that will drive its way further east was as we go on through sunday more snow this and the over the high ground we have flooding problems already to northern parts of syria far northwest of iraq more that wintry mix pushing in as we go on through sunday for the south is a good deal kwassa a good job right so there will be a brisk wind around the gulf for a time on saturday but those winds east down through sunday temperatures here in doha at around 22 degrees celsius that dry weather that will stretch its way down across the whole of africa but plenty of us once again just around the rift valley will see some heavy showers into kenya into tanzania pushing into southern parts of africa as well as show us all the way down is that eastern side the south africa. but. north korea is

half of some parts of turkey as well see some significant snowfall and that wet weather irakli across cyprus into that he's been sort of the mediterranean into the levant so syria lebanon jordan looking very stormy as we go on through saturday some very very strong winds it is going to feel basically cold for many and that will drive its way further east was as we go on through sunday most know this and the over the high ground we have flooding problems already to northern parts of syria far northwest of iraq war that wintry mix pushing in as we go on through sunday for the south is a good deal kwassa a good job right so there will be a brisk wind around the gulf for a time on saturday but those winds east down through sunday to just here in doha at around 22 degrees celsius that dry weather that will stretch its way down across the whole of africa but plenty of us once again just still around the rift valley will see some heavy showers into kenya into tanzania pushing into southern parts of africa as well those shows all the way down is that eastern side south africa. still ahead on the al-

a better look of people who get european citizenship the practice of the golden passports so-called cyprus has been discontinued for now but a lot of people have got them practices like this as long as something like this is happening in the west putin and the likes of him have the full freedom to claim they're not better than us you know i think there's actually one good develop in the united states is with a law that was passed in december it's now going to ban the ability of shell companies to own real estate and assets in the united states i suspect there's a huge amount of real estate in miami in new york that's owned by russian oligarchs probably ukraine oligarchs and it's all through the shell companies so we don't know who you're going to have to now disclose the beneficial owner and that would be useful in a number of ways been for exam. but if there's a decision in the target individual or were dark we then know who to go after because it would sort of 2nd idea which i hesitate because it's somewhat un-american we don't tend to hold families responsible for the act of a father bu

a better look of people who get european citizenship the practice of the golden passports so-called cyprus has been discontinued for now but a lot of people have got the practices like this as long as something like this is happening in the west putin and the likes of him have the full freedom to claim they're not better than us you know i think there's actually one good develop in the united states is with a law that was passed in december it's now going to ban the ability of shell companies to own real estate assets in the united states i suspect there's a huge amount of real estate in miami in new york that's owned by russian oligarchs probably ukraine oligarchs and it's all through the shell companies so we don't know who you're going to have to now disclose the beneficial owner and that would be useful in a number of ways been for exam. but if there is a decision in the target individual or regard we then know who to go after because it without a 2nd idea which i hesitate because it's somewhat un-american we don't tend to hold families responsible for the act of the father but i do wo

to all the parts of the middle east we've got some pretty unsettled weather coming in sliding across cyprus at eastern side of the mediterranean turning to side of a unsettled deficit he 11 in jordan right down into israel and the palestinian territories that cloud on the right will make its way across northern parts of iraq into western areas of iraq continues just not a little further east which is because i wanted to satisfy dry weather comes back in behind for too long i will see more wet weather and some more windy weather as you make the way to the 2nd half of the weekend that we go further south is fine and dry and warm up nicely here in doha temperatures getting up every pleasant 26 degrees celsius that dry weather stretches across the gulf of aden somalia laos you drive that's in club so showers there into the democratic republic of congo i was some west a weather crossed was the gulf of guinea still seeing some life showers coming out of southern angola pushing into that eastern side of namibia sliding across botswana we see some what's the weather still in place there remnants re

into that western side of iran as we go on through friday the rain really peps up by friday actually cyprus will see some heavy downpours south lebanon jordan pushing down across israel see some heavy rain into the palestinian territories you can follow this line of cloud on the right which stretches across northern parts of iraq into kuwait it's essential areas of the red sea north of that that's where the active weather is south of that it is standard 5 and dry $22.00 celsius here in doha with some pleasant sunshine the sunshine stretches down across the gulf of aden into the horn of africa a few showers just around the lake victoria into the rift valley and then as usual showers there across a good part of southern africa the wettest weather will continue across southeast aside of angola coming down across the botswana into the eastern half of south africa now remnants of a real tropical sites in the shallows continue here with wet weather the zimbabwe. frank assessments you've got colleagues on the ground and in the canaries what is the situation there is only one doctor and one nurse f

into that western side of iran as we go on through friday the rain really peps up by friday actually cyprus will see some heavy downpours south lebanon jordan pushing down across israel see some heavy rain into the palestinian territories you can follow this line of cloud on the right which stretches across northern parts of iraq into kuwait it's essential areas of the red sea north of that that's where the active weather is south of that it is danbury 5 and dry 22 celsius here in doha with some pleasant sunshine the sunshine stretches down across the gulf of aden into the horn of africa a few showers just around the lake victoria into the rift valley and then as usual showers there across a good part of southern africa the wettest weather will continue across the eastern side of angola coming down across the botswana into the eastern half of south africa now remnants of a real tropical sites in the shallows continue here with wet weather the zimbabwe. qatar airways gay com and may show you're not hyping the situation to be part of the debate my main characters are women when no topic is of

increase the unsettled and blustery showers rattling into syria lebanon jordan just rolling across cyprus through the course of the day i want to show us to just pushing across northern parts of syria into iraq for this line of showery rain down to central areas of the red sea to see some wet weather coming in here just pushing across towards mecca for example what's the weather setting into western iraq as we go through friday still that wet weather there just pushing back across syria a batch was at least inside of the med but to the south of that it's fine and dry some lovely pleasant sunshine here in concept temperatures around 22 celsius some pleasant weather coming through then pleasant weather to across northern parts of somalia a chance to send showers into central africa recall some big downpours there in so that's an eastern side of angola probably a showers through the democratic republic of congo some wet weather to into zambia and also some other heavy rain for a time just pushing into botswana the remnants of tropical syphon elouise continue to push eastern parts of south af

here for the south we do have a fine dry weather across the caribbean list lovely i have the next dial cyprus and places a plan yet to be wanted see showers mainly into the western side of the reason you might catch a shower would say over towards the wind which in lee was but for the most part is fine dry and sunny. but. to make a change. change your life for the path of a country challenge the accepted truth if you want to create something you push to break it continually mold it up to turn the status quo and fight injustice down the whole month iraq get done it. will sound good just to. pull witness personal documentaries not photo deception on al-jazeera. pool or form. welcome back a quick amount of our top stories here on the al jazeera israel's most senior military commander has revealed the development of new offensive plans against iran left hand and general aviva hartley says he's ordered his forces to step up reparations for possible military action in the coming year is also urging president biden to step back from any return to the 2015 nuclear. global corona virus infections of n

antonette and reagan 1st met on cyprus she was working in a hotel there and he was a guest on holiday for 2 years they wrote e-mails and phone one another then antonette talked up her courage and followed reagan to the pharaoh's a year after they married their daughter was born right. on tonight's mother has come all the way from manila to the pharaoh's to meet her 24th grandchild. the whole family is looking forward to the baby's baptism naturally she'll be wearing the national dress of the pharaohs. fits right this time say hey. hey hey how are you jim. the baptism has proved a bit of a challenge for antonette there's one pharaoh his custom she still struggles with yes he already had the name but the follow the through the fire while it's the secret we are not allowed to. the only thing anyone. you're only allowed to say is. we are ready to give her and him being the prince when you get pregnant you already thinking of her name i do the same i was so because i can give you i feel like i can have her name. but antonette has resigned herself to waiting until the baptism. in the meanti

to drill there, cyprus, a member of the european union. i claiming of a whole area of what would be greece economics of all the way leading to libya. the support that erdogan had her azerbaijan and its aggression in nagorno-karabakh which cost so many lies and i believe that our war crimes involved there by the azerbaijan's. all of this and so much more. i hope we will not have under the incoming administration president trump, in my opinion, coddled erdogan, and to continue to move forward in all of these pejorative ways, including libya which i didn't mention. i hope we have a clear view of policy as to what erdogan is, what he's doing. when you can say about turkey that more lawyers and journalists are under arrest intricate and in as a part of the world, that saying something considering other parts of the world. are we clear eyed about erdogan? >> very clear eyed. the bottom line is that turkey is an ally that in many ways he cited is not acting as an ally should, and this is a very, very significant challenge for us and we are very c

its own aggressive behavior in the eastern mediterranean against our democratic allies, greece and cyprus. from a broader regional perspective, one of your most important challenges will be to forge a coherent strategy for the indo-pacific, one led by our values, centered on our allies and partners, and implemented with consistency. as you know, i believe that while the trump administration got some of the questions about the region right, they came up with the wrong answers. at a time when we should have been strengthening our alliances, building new partnerships, empowering a multilateral architecture, expanding commercial ties, and ensuring the vitality of democracy and the rule of law, the trump administration, in almost every case, did the exact opposite. so i'm interested in hearing more about her top priorities will be if confirmed in approaching the end of pacific region and china policy nests within this larger framework. we also have a number of ongoing challenges in the middle east, perhaps none so pressing as iran. as you know, i was not a proponent of the jcpoa, but i also be

still event prices cars coming back into cyprus as because 3 white as they've been out some tattered rain coming in across spain and portugal want to say showers just scraping their way across the far north of africa but for much of north africa is fine and dry. but. al jazeera is an investigative unit cutting censored and unseen video from blue high filmed as the coronavirus are great is just beginning to musing on all the bullshit the fact is only in the background more exposing this secrecy and censorship by chinese authorities. ha ha ha ha and a health system struggling to cope al-jazeera investigations 3 dates that still the world. rooting. for. the and. the and. the watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories brazil has begun a long awaited 1000 vaccine distribution program for people in my now as the gateway to the amazon rain forest vaccinations can't happen soon enough health system there is on the verge of collapse security forces in guatemala have broken up a group of migrants who set up camp at a roadblock thousands of people are fleeing poverty and violence in hond

showers down towards at least the side of the med pushing towards the levant crisis guys coming back into cyprus as we go through wednesday but notice some cloud and rain coming in across spain and portugal want to see showers just scraping their way across the far north of africa but for much of north africa is fine and dry. to make a change. change your life or the path of a country challenge the accepted truth if you want to create something you 1st break it continually remolded up turn the status quo and fight injustice sound out all month you do drug tests and. pulls out a lot as to how dogs. witness personal documentaries not photo deception on al-jazeera when the news breaks the next few days how crucial security forces have been deployed heavy in hot water like this one when people need to be heard that our demands have to be fulfilled by the government and then if all the problems leave i would too but if all the farmers stayed others stayed out to sea or has teams on the ground this is the insurrection that president trump is accused of fueling to bring you new moon documentaries and l

showers down tools at least the side of the med pushing towards the levant crisis guys coming back into cyprus as because 3 wide as they've been out some cloud and rain coming in across spain and portugal want to see showers just scraping the way across the far north of africa but for much of north africa is fine and dry. from fossil fuels to modern day renewable as societies develop the energy demands increase requiring innovative solutions to make such the mounds as a global power develop into the investment company nebraska power is uniquely positioned to deliver against eastern mountains we provide business growth promote social economic benefits and provide innovative safe and environmentally sound energy solutions for future generation the brush fire nearing future energy. rule. come on the top stories here around. the world health organization has been called into question for not declaring a global pandemic until march 2020 an interim report by an independent panel looking into the u.n. agencies response described at the level of that system as not fit for purpose. global health emerge

showers down towards at least the side of the med pushing towards the levant crisis guys coming back into cyprus as we go through wednesday but notice some cloud and rain coming in across spain and portugal want to see showers just scraping their way across the far north of africa but for much of north africa is fine and dry. county the current president she's got ambition to turn china into a 30 trillion dollar economy by 2035 game via witness the biggest migration since partition will work its return to cities and canned goods bombing the world. counting the cost on al-jazeera joggers in new delhi take advantage of the relatively clean air after weeks of toxic small stopped people from venturing outside institutions including harvard say air pollution is leading to more severe cases of the coronavirus and more deaths from it and no way in india is the situation would stand in daddy the number of cases out of record highs and where a desperate situation of the indian government set up a new commission to monitor sources of and pollution across 5 known for the state's health experts and mention

and as the east medical cyprus into the levant but there's cold enough over turkey to produce an awful lot more snow high temperature in istanbul only about 4 degrees and that drops and this is all going to be rain of course except in the bekaa valley for example for a snow seems likely. it is murder when you throw a fire bomb into someone's home and mishits you off hashish you know i think that's not insignificant in numbers that insignificant ideologically that is significant even as it crime gag down very significant by dictating the government and the fucked up policy down shalt not kill part of the radicalized series on al-jazeera i care about how the u.s. engages with the rest of the world i cover foreign policy national security it is very much a political impounds here's the paul flick how do we illustrate it are we telling a good story will people get what we're trying to kill their living outside and make it count this is not the way any family wants to raise their children we're willing a kid in taking you into a place that you might not visit otherwise it's absolutely feels

and as the east medical cyprus into the levant that is cold enough over turkey to produce an awful lot more snow high temperature in istanbul only about 4 degrees and that drops and this is all going to be rain of course except in the bekaa valley for example for a snow seems likely. underside of a stall. they once prosperous fishing village sinks beneath the mud. parliamentary elections ignite fierce rivalry that will determine the future of this defeated and politically divided community. a microcosm reflecting the plight of a nation witness venezuela a sinking revolution on a. al-jazeera as investigative unit obtained censored and unseen video from will harm filmed as the coronavirus are great is just beginning to live on all those years that the us is only in the dark more exposing the secrecy and censorship by chinese authorities. up on a clock and a health system struggling to cope al-jazeera investigation is 3 dates that still the world. well again the top stories on the al-jazeera this hour donald trump has become the 1st us president to be impeached twice the house of represen

of the mediterranean across a good part of increasing way in some very lively storms moving across cyprus into the events syria lebanon jordan israel palestinian territories all say somewhat weather with the risk of some flooding as we go through thursday that cloud of rain will make its way across iraq eventually pushing into iran and you can see how that rain just trowsers way across q.a. down into central parts of saudi arabia to the south of that is fine and dry and i think we'll see the wet weather here in casa temps getting up to around 23 celsius in doha that weather that maser out across the gulf of aden as well puffs a fair weather clout there into a theo pier but nothing much to speak of the main showers will remain around the rift valley pushing across lake victoria down towards southern parts of africa where the seasonal storms are doing really quite nicely and they are widespread those showers extending their way across eastern parts of angola pushing down across as zambia zimbabwe sings and heavy rain moving parts of mozambique also looking rather disturbed and there is a ri

of the mediterranean across a good part of increasing way in some very lively storms moving across cyprus into the events syria lebanon jordan israel palestinian territories all say somewhat weather with the risk of some flooding as we go through thursday that cloud of rain will make its way across iraq eventually pushing into iran and you can see how that rain just trowsers way across queue way down into central parts of saudi arabia to the south of that is fine and dry and i think we'll see the wet weather here in casa temps getting up to around 23 celsius in doha that weather that mase right across the gulf of aden as well puffs a fair weather clout there into a theo pier but nothing much to speak of the main showers will remain around the rifai pushing across lake victoria down towards southern parts of africa where the seasonal storms are doing really quite nicely and they are widespread those showers extending their way across eastern parts of angola pushing down across as zambia zimbabwe sayings and heavy rain all the parts of mozambique also looking rather disturbed and there is a

the lack of production capacity it isn't just germany that's being accused of looking out for itself cyprus is courting israel for vaccine delivery saying that the european union isn't forthcoming with the new doses to provide a mass switch to rollout the initial indications were very encouraging but at some point there was a setback in its effectiveness 2 companies came up with the vaccine 1st phase the buy into can be done but the number of vaccines is not enough for rapid mass vaccination e.u. commission president has live on the line is telling member states to cut it out into it to the plan that they all agreed on we have all agreed legally binding that there will be no parallel negotiations no parallel contracts so the framework we are all working. in is a framework of 27 together we are negotiating together we approach your ng and together we are bringing forward this vaccination process brussels is calling on member states to come clean about any side deals they may have going on the president has asked commissioner this to send a letter to all health ministers asking them to provid

some make the most of that $24.00 that we have in beirut increasing wind and rain will set in through cyprus through turkey pushing for the race with some really heavy downpours could lead to some localized flooding some stormy weather coming in here that's just the maintains the foot by routes for damascus as well that rain sleet and snow will push its way across syria lebanon jordan down into israel into the palestinian territories iraq sinks in what's the weather to and again northern parts of saudi right to south of that is generally fine and dry as is the case to across much of east africa just around somalia a good parts of ethiopia plenty of shallows into the rift valley as per usual some heavy downpours coming through here and you can follow those heavy showers into the central parts of southern africa and all the way down towards the south actually increasing cloud still much in evidence there across that eastern side of namibia some very wet weather coming in through a good part of south africa this week. but . you know influences travel some neighborhoods are backed by social and

cyprus and singapore the company is reported to have paid millions of dollars for their services both al-jazeera arabic and al-jazeera english contacted dark matter and offered them the opportunity to respond to all the allegations made in the film but they declined to comment to either request a similar deal a shelf. in the telephone pole vault masoom in. moscow or gloat mode for this year's world it's the volcano malinda t.v. and. 6 in the east the machine but on certain will select t.v. they asked me stop me ask me stuff all my almost see him i'm sure but all nas ought nagin and they're good. they're good the all you. really good. team but all we certainly do see that. israel is a hub if not in the world and certainly in the region for this sort of cyber technology and i think you know one of the things that we're going to see more and more countries like the u.a.e. that have these big ambitions in cyberspace are going to try and replicate that sort of talent pipeline in their countries it's very scary especially when the targets are journalists civil society dissidents these sorts

their purchasing russian weapons and also more controversy being more aggressive in greece and cyprus. i think we do need to keep an eye on turkey. what was mentioned about misinformation being used by the russians, infiltrating the media in this part of the world. we certainly saw that in the case of the macedonian referendum, so it is happening and i think we need to watch that. the question i would ask today, and if it has been covered sorry, i do not think so, is that has agreement macedoniabania, north for the free crossing of borders where you do not need a passport. or a work permit that allows them to promote tourism and also cooperation. not dealing with the virus. do you think that will expand? do you think that is a good thing? you think kosovo will be included? how can the u.s. promote that sort of thing and use it to our advantage to shore up micronic institutions? sec. albright: i personally tonk it behooves us to try get the countries in the balkans to work together, in some ways. that is not an easy thing to accomplish, given the things we have been talking about. i do

he's expected to meet with fot officials in cyprus, bahrain and qatar thanks, mark. gillian: we'll talk with the security chief who will tell us what the pentagon's next move is likely to be, that's next. griff: there are just three days left as georgia voters are deciding who will head to the senate. and the final pitches. charles watson is following it all from atlanta. >> a balance of power at stake, u.s. republicans and democrats are putting their ground game to work. the latest on the senate runoff election next. >> the georgia senate candidates are beginning their final push ahead of tuesday's runoff with uncontender campaigning from the sidelines. charles watson has the latest. what's going on? >> huge numbers, griff. folks in georgia are turning out to early vote at record levels that nearly match what we saw during the general election back in november. a little more than three million people already voting either by mail or by in person. that's 82% of the total early votes that were tallied during the general election. both republicans and democrats are foc

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. >> reporter: their job is to plant trees, namely ceder and cyprus. >> reporter: he makes sure only the small trees are cut down to give the bigger ones room to grow. cheaper options have led customers to look else wear. around 90% of disposable chop sticks are now imported, he says, mostly from china. there the chop stick industry claims millions of trees a year. a designer hopes to shift the focus back without harming the forest. >> translator: if you see a bunch of chop sticks in the convenience store, you think it's fine to pick them up and throw them away. but i believe the perception of the product will be different if you discover the various steps in the process of making it. >> reporter: in late 2019, he cocreated a waribashi-making kit, sourced from the artisans who get a third of the profit. she hopes it will attract a new audience to the craftsman. and, their profit goes back to the mountains. cnn. >>> well, obviously, for many 2020 may be a year to forget but that's not likely. coming up, the great challenges the world faced in 2020 and why it will always be a year to r

. , isn: cyprus, i have to say an innocent bystander. it is the size of the economy that matches what we are trying to say. these platforms in polite little terms, monopolies, they are so big that they have more power than governments. you see these companies have full lobby representation at the eu and k street in the u.s., and overall they operate as if they were a sovereign state. they own all of this data which is useful in terms of what goes on in the underlying economy. we think in 2021 it will be one of the major talking points that companies like amazon, facebook and others will have to have a headwind from the fact that they will try to get away from. make no mistake, some of these companies like amazon have paid little to zero in taxes over the last 10 years despite the fact they have created the richest owners of business in the world. annmarie: you are saying it is time to short some of these tech companies, even though they have been the absolute darlings of 2020. you think 2021 will not be as friendly to tech? steen: i thin

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french ships and aircraft recently carried out their 1st joint exercises in the east mediterranean with cyprus and egypt also taking part was the united arab emirates the 2nd country with which greece is now striking up a strategic alliance during. some year. crises. the only county. in greece where it could be. it was something that was really appreciate basically government. next. and greece is encouraging the united states to expand its military presence here after 12 years of budget cuts greece will increase its defense spending by almost half this year to $6700000000.00 some of that will be spent building for new frigates and if greece chooses an american design the u.s. will finance a buyout of the elop seas shipyard behind me and they will be built here for 7 decades greece has invested in nato and the european union for its security but that is no longer enough other e.u. members are reluctant to sanction turkey which is a lucrative export market the crisis with turkey this year has taught greece that it has to find new friends jumpstart ople us friends. texas and 9 other u.s. states a

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the eastern med is split into 2 hearts down the rain stopped falling in turkey and start falling in cyprus the stilson right in stone the northeast of turkey and the lower bit is turned into an onshore breeze really from lebanon southward towards sinai bringing showers thunderstorms rain or cloudy skies a focus of the gaza reflects that showers on thursday still not the dark skies on friday in a brighter looking saturday now friday's national day in qatar the weather looks set fair $24.00 degrees is probably a minimum of the warm but it's going to reason we humans are to feel that with a few clouds in the sky otherwise it's looking fairly fine thread arabia it's iran which catches a bit of rain or snow or tight after azerbaijan as well as a remaining storm just for the part where the active weather for the south is seasonal it's been worse while it's balsam flash floods to cause i'm in a towel we're talking about 5200 millimeters typically in those big showers we're showing thursday and friday will probably edge eastwards and northwards covering good part of southern mozambique zimbabwe an

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