and then for taiwan and japan and it is that window of opportunity. but it is an island it is tough with that operation and then if the chinese failed that is catastrophic and then the regional say they are dangerous they are willing to use force and that is the worst outcome from a country like china and safely resistant so we can do the siding. >> . s >> in the south china sea wasn't the case that china had failed complete and also this sort of thing so international arbitration with the philippines that had won a casebo against china with intrusions that china did not care and did what they wanted to do anyway which implied that they can do these things to achieve their objectives but then related to that and then focusing too narrowly on china with the military approach if it's not power projection and then the garden reserve sort of thing. is it really about war? are you to focus militarily speaking on china? and then robert gates saying that we never got our forecasting or predictions right. >> without the respect to secretary gates in a fellows

japan/u.s. relationship requires that an ambassador go to japan and the japanese understand this is somebody who is very close to the president. they really want to see an ambassador who has a direct line to the president, and you do. and i believe that's the reason you have been chosen. i appreciate you sharing at length about mr. mcdonald, because what a tragedy. i was a mayor, and every day in the cities, beautiful things happen and tragic things happen. and that's the case in any city, and you can't be a mayor, especially of a city like chicago, without picking up some scar tissue on the way. but your description of what you learned along the way, the levels of distrust that some in communities feel toward people in power, toward politicians, toward police, i had to learn and then relearn those lessons often in my time as the mayor of a majority african-american city. and i'm sure since chicago is a much bigger city that richmond, virginia, that those lessons were challenging and painful for

so japan, this same band of rain brought more than a 100 millimeters of rain to korea. so it's gonna roll through han shoe and hook kado, but push out toward the pacific. on wednesday in dragon, much cooler air soldiers a hive to degrees and same for cargo shima bundle up that sure weather update soon . ah. in the country with an abundance of results for the road and walk indonesia whose firms for me, we moved full to grow and froth. we balance for green economy, blue economy, and the digital economy with the new job creation law, indonesia is progressively ensuring the policy reform to create quality jobs. invest. let people bring to these use growth and progress in indonesia now. ah ah ah, hello, they are watching al jazeera. that's remind you about top stories here. the salad security force as if i'd tear gas. an anti military protest isn't sued on the demonstrators are demanding a civilian government. sudanese authorities released the last of its political detainees on tuesday. uganda has launched cross border air strikes against the armed group. the allied democrat

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babs to japan. it's a position i hold very dear to my heart having served as our most recent ambassador. and representing one own's country is one of the greatest honors in the world. it really brings home the importance of the exceptional nation the united states is and it's an exceptional honor being bestowed on those of you that will serve as ambassador and an incredible honor that my family and i cherish. today i'm here as a member of the committee that over saw my nomination. i'm over here in a different seat to introduced the nominee to be our next ambassador to japan. while our political backgrounds couldn't be more different, i'm sure there are many issues upon which we strongly disagree. but through recent discussions, it's become clear that mayor emmanuel showed my unwavering conviction that it's the corner stone of the peace and prosperity of the entire indo-pacific region and it's become more dangerous day by day and that makes the appointment all the more important for the united states

the japan/u.s. relationship requires that an ambassador go to japan and the japanese understand this is somebody who is very close to the president, that they really want to see an ambassador who has a direct line to the president. and you do, and i believe that's the reason you've been chosen. i appreciate you sharing at length about mr. mcdonald, because what a tragedy. i was a mayor, and every day in a city, beautiful things happen and tragic things happen. that's the case in any city. you can't be a mayor, especially of a city like chicago, without picking up some scar tissue on the way. but your description of what you learned along the way is the levels of distrust that some in communities feel toward people in power, toward politicians, toward police, i had to learn and then relearn those lessons often in my time as the mayor of a majority african-american city. and i'm sure that chicago is a much bigger city than richmond, virginia, that those lessons were challenging and painful for your en

very similar, dealings are being made by leaving corporations in europe and in japan. so part of this is a kind of political theater, right below which the very processes of the last 25 years are in play. and the leading capital is powers. the private corporations are doubling down on china. they don't seem to be worried that anything big is going to be changed here. i want to know one last point professor. well, poor guy got about 45 seconds left, but what can we actually expect to come from? the relationship between the u. s. and japan, if they try to counter the chinese influence, they're going to be torn between 2 objectives. it's the same with the united states in europe on the one hand, they'd like to get together to add pressure. but neither of them trustee job, neither the japanese americans or vice versa. beach is afraid, the other one will make to deal with trying to leaving them in the cold. this kind of tension never ends very well. my guess is now limp along as they have been doing and it seems like it's been going on for awhile and it's going to continue

it's better not to allow people who might be infected to enter japan, because the situation in japan is pretty stable. now. it's an actual feeling, moralist for the russian, and we're going to talk to melita venture representative the world health organization in russia. hi there. thank you for your time today is much appreciated . so touch officials are saying the on the chrome was in the netherlands, i think a week to 11 days maybe before was reported in south africa. i was already spreading through parts of western europe. should we expect many more cases around the world? thank you. kevin. actually dominate show can report based on the reports from laboratories around the world and south africa reporting informing w really promptly. what you're seeing in terms of the ology, at the moment in the european member state, in the 50, remember states of the w 2 region, if the delta continues to be the predominance strain. so none of the european member states has reported identifying clusters of on the trunk cases by dis moment. this is why actually, if you go, this is a variance of con

how does that apply to japan? and that's what china wants is to kind of, instead of fighting everybody, take down a few of these days and then the message goes around and sometime it's going to be under a microscope and the americans are going to let it go. and that's the possibility. and there was a cutting remark about the thais, you know, fairly or not, he said they bend before the wind blows, but it's an expression to pretty much every country. they'll see where the wind is going, if they think they will be left out to dry they'll cut a deal. >> so as the united states puts its strategies together to deter that kind of attack, deterrents of which i'm not a scholar divide itself too into two thoughts, deterrents by punishment than had an adversary can withstand and turn to denial, denying the objectives as the enemy and your book, especially with its title, the strategy of denial seems to come down fairly strongly in favor of a strategy of denial. can you talk about that? >> denial is better if you can get away

how does that apply to japan and the philippines? that's with china want is a kind of like instead of fighting everybody basically taken a few of these guys and the message goes around look, sometimes you're going to be put under the hot microscope and it will go poorly for you. the americans will talk a big game but magical. it's better to cut a deal. that's a very real possibility. at cutting remark about the ties fairly or not but he said they bend before the wind blows. it's an expression that applies to almost pre-much every country, which is they will see where the wind is going and if they think they're going to be left out to dry a will cut a deal. >> so, as the united states puts its strategies together to determine that kind of attack, deterrence theory, which i'm not a scholar, canada divides itself into these thoughts about deterrence by punishment, applying as more punishment than it at you can withstand and get them to deter, and then deterrence by denial. denying an objective, , the objectives of the enemy. your book e

in japan, we have a red arrow for the new k down, just shy of about a half a percent. a recent reuters portion that japan's economy likely contracts in the 3rd quarter of this year, as the supply chain was continue to take a toll on the nation's economy. as energy costs continue to rise, the country is pitching a $350000000000.00 stimulus package. and meanwhile, japan's toshiba is looking at splitting its business into 3 focusing on semiconductors, devices, and infrastructure with this stock price dropping about 4 half percent this week on that news. moving to india, the sense fact is more than 1.5 percent for the week on friday, the real estate and energy sectors were all up. a report from the finance ministry in the countries economy is on the way to becoming the fastest growing economy in the world, admitted dr. of koby vaccination. now there are concerns, of course the rise and crisis could hold that progress. moving to australia, the s x is down for the week, but by less than a quarter of a percent, the nation's economy lot 46000 jobs in october, as the unemployme

it's better not to allow people who might be infected to enter japan because the situation in japan is pretty stable. now. it's initial feeling. right now, scientists are rushing then to try to adapt existing vaccines to fight the new stray, which has yet to be fully studied, could be 2 or 3 weeks before they get a better handle on it. as the hold health organization that says it potentially poses a very high risk globally just earlier spoked. so little one event shay, representative of the w h o. here in russia. if there is something new, a new cluster or a cluster related to travel or something else, then genetic sequencing will give us the answer. unfortunately, you know, to jeanette requires that need more time than a p c or a manager test. but for the moment there, no such, i would say information available when a mutation shows a number of i would say change is a number of mutations that we can relate to something either to previous knowledge . for example, the buyer at the very end has mutations. many more mutations on the pipe dropping it is actually the needle that the virus i

it's better not to allow people to my be infected to enter japan because the situation in japan is pretty stable. now . it's initial feeling. so as mentioned at the moment, scientists are rushing to try to adapt existing vaccines to fight the new stray, which is yet to be fully studied. as the world health organization says it potentially poses a very high risk globally. but earlier i spoke to melita when a v h about this, she's a representative of the w h o here in russia. well, a mutation shows a number of i would say change is a number of mutations that we can relate to something either to previous knowledge . for example, this virus, this variance has mutations many more mutations on the spike protein. it is actually this the needle that the virus is using to getting to the salad to make us infected, to actually cause infection to spread further. and this is why because it has many more than other y versus other variance. it has immediately come into concert . so i think i'm saying just acknowledge, but we don't have anything to me, all this logical noise. it's telling us at the momen

the situation in japan is pretty stable. now. it's initial feelings. a life south africa. now we can talk to pathogen research, a professor martinez from the wit waters round university in johannesburg. welcome to our say. it was said from the outset, wasn't it the just because south africa had categorized this particular varian doesn't mean that that's where it originated. now we've got these details from the netherlands. does it give us any better insight into the spread and the seeding of on the crone around the world? thank you so much for helping me. so actually, i think these news from the netherlands, i guess so. so news, so now what we need to to do is really sequence the virus that we're founding, the netherlands compared to the sequence they had to were found here in south africa. and really trying to understand, eat what comes 1st the. and if we are able to do that, so it's good deck day. well, sorry, it's good for a point of view that day. we don't know where it originated, not me, only here in south africa that

ah, nuclear yes. germany and japan with their very distinctive history. going all the way back to the 2nd world war, but here on the french are right, or the arithmetic says, we've got to keep the existing nuclear plants on. we have until the end reached the end of their lifetime. we just can't afford to shut them off. well, you just said a moment ago that we shouldn't just exclusively focus on the solar. and the way i think people are they talk for a moment because if we can do the whole production chain from, you know, rare materials, you know, friends using accumulators to down the recycling. everything that is lab. it's a pretty energy intensive and dirty process at this point of time and many developed countries preferred outsource that production on to the other part of the world. don't you think it's slightly hyper critical to that point about saving the planet? and so sort of outsource the dirtiest part of it on to your neighbors. i do, but one of the good things about the next generation of our renewables is almost all g 20 countries, a sea coast

in japan we have a red arrow for the d. k. down just shy of about a half a percent. a recent reuters port show that japan's economy likely contracts in the 3rd quarter of this year, as the supply chain was continue to take a toll on the nation's economy. as energy costs continue to rise, the country is pitching a $350000000000.00 stimulus package. and meanwhile, japan's toshiba is looking at splitting its business into 3 focusing on semiconductors, devices, and infrastructure. with this stock price dropping about 4 half percent this week on that news, moving to india to send faxes more than 1.5 percent for the week. on friday, the real estate and energy sectors were all up. a report from the finance ministry said the country's economy is on the way to becoming the fastest growing economy in the world, admitted dr. kobe vaccination. now there are concerns, of course, the rising prices could hold that progress. moving to australia, the s x is down for the week, but by less than a quarter of a percent, the nation's economy lot 46000 jobs in october, as the unemployment

it's better not to allow people who might be infected to enter japan because the situation in japan is pretty stable. now. it's initial feeling i. one of canada's top health experts from digital people has lost her job off the lying about her heritage and opened up a whole debate to about race faking to get ahead. taking a closer look at what happened, his saskia taylor. have you ever wanted to be someone else? someone clever us, someone which is someone more successful? have you ever wanted it so badly that you name yourself morning stall there. i'm bare clan ammunition helping me cheap from treaty for territory. and i want to acknowledge that territory, but i'm in treaty 6 territory. i also want to acknowledge my ancestors her career. here was me. well, i'm not sure her ancestors appreciate the shout out. in fact, for people who emigrated from russia and poland back in the 19th century, the revelation that their descendants put on tribe regalia held a feather and claim to be indigenous. would probably be quite a surprise. yes, outed by her own system. it turns out morning stop beth,

so set fare for the korean peninsula and for japan at the moment that's about to change. we got this area cloud sliding out. so for china pushing right up into the far east of russia, that's going to sink its way further southwards. and as it does so, it will just ram papa little so some when she weather coming through our beijing easing towards yellow. see some wet weather coming through here. north korea saying somewhere whether it's sliding in for monday, then that rain really setting in snow on the northern flank of that heavy down. pause for south korea, the que shoe, southern parts of honju, northern parts. so for japan, we'll see the best of the dry weather for longest, but that will turn increased on settle as we go one through the week, of course. so chances and disruption coming through here, we're seeing some disruptive rein recently into we're indonesia, some heavy downpours here. have you down posed to, to northern parts of the philippines, central and southern part of the vietnam, seeing some live showers through cambodia and on in sue or thailand where, whe

anchor: 10 years after the fukushima disaster, new care power is making a comeback in japan. during t climate summit, the prime minister committed to net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, with nuclear playing a key role. japan closed all its reactors in the wake of the fukushima meltdown this year, it has restarted five of 33 that are operational, and governments in says it reduce its independence on fossil fuels, and the target and summaries of the public disagree. this report from our reporters. >> what do we want? >> climate justice. >> when do we wanted? >> now. reporter: the fukushima generation demanding action on the claimant emergency. >> [speaking in foreign language] reporter: the protesters are calling for the shutdown of all -- plants, just as theer balance government wants them to be restarted. >> [speaking in foreign language] translator: -- [speaking in foreign language] >> [speaking in foreign language] reporter: june, july, japan has restarted severareactors over the past 12 months, and three more are under construction. during his first appearance as pr

it's better not to allow people who might be infected to enter japan, because the situation in japan is pretty stable. now. it's initial feeling. well, correspondent peter oliver explains now how european countries and in particular, austria and germany are coping with the possibility of a new cavity. search, chancellor angler merkel and heard successor in waiting for that job or left. schultz sharing a meeting of the health ministers of the 16 states that make up germany, the reason that they're doing that is because they need to have an overarching national plan, in their opinion, how to tackle not only the new variant, but the, the cases of coven 19 that have been going through the roof in this country. if we look at the figures for a little bit on monday we saw a new record when it comes to the 7 day indices that see the number of cases per 100000 of the population. hit 452.4 for the 1st time during this pandemic. now, health ministers heading into this meeting of been saying that they're incredibly concerned about the young micron variant of others. i. li i nicked us, we all agr

we had some countries to japan, for example, didn't have doses promise dollars to cover, but even a fall that got the dollars, there were no doses to buy anywhere. there was a global shortage. now we have a global sir plus an in the rich g 7 countries of the vaccines that everybody wants the 5 years in the journals and even know now being approved. so we have the supply, it's simply a way of getting them to other countries that need them and then going the last mile because there's a vaccine hesitancy, a very poor health infrastructure to deliver them in so many places, afghanistan, 80, and so on. but by the end of next year, i think we can do it and hit the 70 percent target. now don't end up in making like a rather bile or let's say a logically motivated question, but i don't mean i don't mean it. but we know very well that many developed countries, including canada right away. who are the diagnosis of faxes you now you say that there is an over supply now, but if i'm not mistaken, canada has contract is 4 times as many of those as it passed. people while many countries in africa, vacc

she, it will, it will supercede japan in that position. and so, so we have, and obviously we have some geopolitical tensions. but, but, but mainly it's the perfect storm of supply and demand. and when it comes to price, yes, obviously the high l n g prices are partly to blame, but we also have to see that part of the european take off is indexed to oil. and so when oil prices go up, part of the part of the indexation goes up as well. so, so it's, it's tough and for europe, the question is, how do we get enough gas? and how do we ensure that we don't put the poor segments off to population for the chart to, to stark choice of do i eat or do i heat? now, a route for the governing coalition. in germany, you have a decision that is made now, which is most likely going to result in low storage levels in europe, an energy crisis, different economies, sectors affected. is that and a contingency plan here for germany and for europe. well, it's interesting that every member of the upcoming government announces that we need to radical changes when i

the situation in japan is pretty stable. now. it's initial feeling. right now, scientists are rushing to adapt existing vaccines to fight the new strain which has yet to be fully studied and the pressure is on. as the world health organization says, i'm a chron, potentially poses a very high risk, globally. it w h o representative in russia says progress is being made in understanding the strain, but there is more work to be done. well, a mutation shows a number of i would say changes a number of mutations that we can relate to something either to previous knowledge . for example, the buyer. this variant has mutations many more mutations on the pipe protein. it is actually nice to need all that the virus is using to getting to the salad to make us infected, to actually cause infection to spread further. and this is why because it has many more and other viruses at the very end, it has the media to come into concert. so i think acknowledge, but we don't have a logical noise. it's telling us at the moment that this is a more d

reporting this warrant, not penalize nevertheless, many nations are pushing on with their measures. japan is banning. own you foreign travellers in an attempt to keep the new strain out of their country. we have a team of reporters covering the latest developments. jenna hall is standing by for us in london. we have our white house correspondent, kimberly hallett, and we have our diplomatic editor james bays at the united nations. james, let's start with you. and what's the latest from this special 3 day meeting? well, un secretary general has made it quite clear that he believes that travel bands are not the way forward his spokesperson, making it clear that south africa had done great work in finding this new variant. and there shouldn't be collective punishment of south africa and its neighbors. in southern africa, he firmly put his weight behind the world health organization statement, a ball position. with this statement which was read out a short time ago. the secretary general said he is now deeply concerned about the isolation of southern african countries due to new coven 19 trav

it's better not to allow people who might be infected to enter japan because the situation in japan is pretty stable. now. it's a natural feeling. all right, now, scientists are rushing to adapt existing vaccines to fight the new strain, which is yet to be fully studied, of course, and the pressures all of the world health organization says on the chrome potentially pose is a very high risk. globally, a w h o representative here in russia says progress is being made in understanding the strain, but there's more work to be done. when mutation shows a number of, i would say changes a number of mutations that we can relate to something either to previous knowledge . for example, this virus. this maryann has mutations many more mutations on the spike protein. it is actually nice to need all that. the virus is using to getting to the salad, make us infected, to actually pool infections to spread further. and this is why because it has many more than other y versus other variance. each has immediately come into concert. so i think has scientific knowledge, but we don't have i think them, y'a

the new ministration has some of the world's largest oil producers, including china and india, and japan to consider releasing crew stockpiles in a coordinated effort to lower global energy prices. and this move comes after divide administration pushed opec plus to increase oil production. and so far, the cartel has refused. that has, we've mentioned many times on the show. this latest proposal represents an unprecedented challenge to opec. in part because it involves china, the world's biggest importer of proof. now what happened is industry ministry official. so the united states has requested tokyo's cooperation in dealing with higher oil prices. but he could not confirm whether the requests included coordinated releases of stockpiles. biologic pan can not use reserve releases to lower prices. the official said now ben, i'm just going to let you continue that conversation we just had with mr. cope it's been present, opens that we're here and i'd be like, oh and what do you, what are you talking about? here's the problem with what i see is happening right now. i understand what he's sa

yes, germany and japan with their very distinctive history. going all the way back to the 2nd world war. but here on the french are right, or the arithmetic says, we've gotta keep the existing nuclear plants on, we have until they and reach the end of their a lifetime. we just can't afford to shut them off. well, you just said a moment ago that we shouldn't just bags, we focus on the solar and we can keep it. or they try it for a moment because if we can do the whole production chain from, you know, rare materials, you know, producing accumulators to them, recycling, everything that is last, it's a pretty energy intensive and dirty process at this point of time and many developed countries preferred outsource that production on to the other part of the world. don't you think it's slightly hyper critical to that lady about saving the planet? and so sort of outsource the dirtiest part of it on to your neighbors. i do, but one of the good things about the next generation of our renewables is almost all g. 20 countries have oceanic a sea coast. al

it's better not to allow people who might be infected to enter japan, because the situation in japan is pretty stable. now. it's initial feeling or right now, scientists are brushing to adapt existing vaccines to fight the d strain which has yet to be fully studied. and the pressure is on as well as the world health organization says on the chrome potentially poses a very high risk globally. a w h o representative here in russia says progress is being made in understanding the strain, but the still more work to be done. when a mutation shows a number of i would say changes a number of rotations that we can relate to something either to previous knowledge . for example, the buyer. this variant has mutations many more mutations on the spike protein. it is actually nice to meet all that the virus is using to getting to the salad to make us infected, to actually cool infections to spread further. and this is why, because it has many more than other y versus other variance. it has immediately come into concert. so i think i'm saying just acknowledge, but we don't have a logical noise. he

hello, so set fare saw the korean peninsula and for japan at the moment that's about to change. we got this area cloud sliding out. so for china pushing right up into the far east of russia, that's going to sink its way further southwards. and as it does so, it will just ram papa little. so some wintry weather coming through our beijing, easing towards yellow sea, some weather weather coming through here. north korea, seeing somewhere, whether it's sliding in for monday, then that rain really setting in snow on the northern flank of that heavy down. pause for south korea for q shoe, southern part of honju, northern part. so for japan, we'll see the best of the dry weather for longest, but that will turn increase the unsettled as we go one through the week, of course. so chances and disruption coming through here, we're seeing some disruptive rein recently into we're indonesia, some heavy downpours here, heavy down post to, to northern parts of the philippines, central and southern parts of vietnam. seeing some live you show us through cambodia and on in to were thailand where, w

the world of art and culture . virgil ablow was 41. 0, this is al jazeera, these are the headlines. japan is banning foreign visitors from entering the country after the discovery. often you omicron variance, foreign minister for milk. she though says other measures are also being considered representative from russia, china, germany, france, and the you. k, a set to hold talks with iranian officials in vienna. it's in the hope of salvaging the 2015 nuclear deal to han's new governments as colon for all sanctions against it to be lifted. dorsey jabari has the latest form vienna. at the moment, we are waiting for the iranian delegation, her who arrived in the austrian capital on saturday to meet with the european and members of the signatories of the j. c. p. o has got nuclear deal is known. their indians have held meetings with the chinese and their russians on sunday. and in the next few hours, they were meeting with the europeans. they have a very specific list of demands for the americans. the americans, of course, are also here, but they are not meeting directly with the arena there a

in japan, we have a red arrow for the ne k down just shy of about a half a percent. a recent reuters pool show that japan's economy likely contracts in the 3rd quarter of this year, as the supply chain was continue to take a toll on the nation's economy. as energy costs continue to rise, the country is pitching a $350000000000.00 stimulus package. and meanwhile, japan's toshiba is looking at splitting its business into 3, focusing on semiconductor devices and infrastructure with this stock price dropping about 4 half percent this week on that news. moving to india, the sense x is more than 1.5 percent for the week. on friday, the real estate and energy sectors were all up. a report from the finance ministry said the country's economy is on the way to becoming the fastest growing economy in the world admitted drive of cobit vaccination. now there are concerns, of course the rising prices could hold that progress. moving to australia, the fx is down for the week, but by less than a quarter of a percent, the nation's economy. last $46000.00 jobs in october, as the unemp

we had some countries in japan, for example, didn't have doses promise dollars to cover, but even a fall that got the dollars, there were no doses to buy anywhere. there was a global shortage. now we have a global cert plus come in the rich g 7 countries of the vaccines that everybody wants the pfizer than the journalist and even know now being approved. so we have the supply, it's simply a way of getting them to other countries that need them and then going the last mile because there's a vaccine hesitancy, a very poor health infrastructure to deliver them in so many places, afghanistan, 80, and so on. but by the end of next year, i think we can do it and hit the 70 percent target. now, don't end up in making like a rather bile or let's say a logically motivated question, but i don't mean i don't mean it as such, but we know very well that many developed countries, including canada right away. who are the diagnosis of faxes you now you say that there is an over supply now, but if i'm not mistaken, canada has contract is 4 times as many of those as it passed people. while many countries

so japan really stepping back very quickly there that did cause a dip in the markets across asia this morning, although they appear now to have started. a mass vaccination drive is underway in the philippines. only 40 percent of the population has been fully inoculated so far . the government is also tightened its border controls in an efforts to limit the spreads of the army con variant. honduras has left one candidate, seal, mar, castro has claimed victory in sundays presidential election. she told supporters, voters have reversed authoritarianism. the governing national party has also announced its candidates, had one minority hello, has more from the hunter and capital is a bit of jovial environment. people very much happy celebrating. and we're val, or we've already heard from us, your mother counsellor herself who came in and spoke to her supporters stopping short of declaring victory would say that today the people of honduras have one and promise a government reconciliation saying that it's early as tomorrow she wants to meet with the under other candidate to form a government

the situation in japan is pretty stable. now, it's initial feeling. well, right now, scientists rushing to adapt to existing vaccines to fight the new strain which is yet to be fully studied. and the precious, almost the well health organization says omicron potentially poses a very high risk globally. when a w h o representative in russia says progress is being made in understanding the strain, but there's more work to be done. when a mutation shows a number of, i would say changes a number of mutations that he can relate to something either to previous knowledge . for example, be so by this my rent has mutations, many more mutations on the spike protein. it is actually this the needle that the virus is using to getting to the salad to make us infected, to actually pool infections who spread further. and this is why, because it has many more than other viruses, are the variance. it has immediately come into concert. so i think acknowledge, but we don't have a logical noise, it's telling us at the moment that this is a more

in japan, we have a red arrow for the ne k down just shy of about a half a percent. a recent reuters portion that japan's economy likely contracts in the 3rd quarter of this year, as the supply chain was continue to take a toll on the nation's economy. as energy costs continue to rise, the country is pitching a $350000000000.00 stimulus package. and meanwhile, japan's toshiba is looking at splitting its business into 3 focusing on semiconductors, devices, and infrastructure with this stock price dropping about 4 half percent this week on that news. moving to india, the sense x is more than 1.5 percent for the week. on friday, the real estate and energy sectors were all up a report from the finance ministry. so the country's economy is on the way to becoming the fastest growing economy in the world admitted drive of cobit vaccination. now there are concerns, of course the rising prices could hold that progress. moving to australia, the s x is down for the week, but by less than a quarter of a percent, the nation's economy lot 46000 jobs in october, as the unemployment

she, it will, it will supercede japan in that position. and so, so we have another see, we have some geopolitical tensions, but bed bed mainly it's the perfect storm of supply and demand. and when he comes to price, yes, obviously the high l n g prices are partly to blame, but we also have to see that i have of the european take off is indexed to oil. and so when oil prices go up, pipe of the part of the indexation goes up as well. so, so it's, it's tough and for europe, the question is, how do we get enough gas? and how do we ensure that we don't put the poorer segments off to population for it to chop it to, to stark choice of do i eat or do i heat now or root for the governing coalition? in germany, you have a decision that is made now, which is most likely going to result in los forest levels. in europe, an energy crisis, different economies, sectors affected. is there any contingency plan here for germany and for europe? well, it's interesting that every member of the upcoming new government announces that we need to radical changes w

she, it will, it will supercede japan in that position. and so, so we have another cbs, some geopolitical tensions, but, but, but mainly it's the perfect storm of supply and demand. and when he comes to price, yes, obviously the high l n g prices are partly to blame. but we also have to see that i have of the european take off his index to i am. and so when oil prices go up, pipe of the part of the indexation goes up as well. so, so it's, it's tough and for europe, the question is, how do we get enough gas and how do we ensure that we don't put the poorer segments of the population for it to chart to, to stark choice of do i eat or do i heat? now or root for the governing coalition. in germany, you have a decision that is made now, which is most likely going to result in low stores levels in europe, an energy crisis, different economies, sectors affected. is there any contingency plan here for germany and for europe? well, it's interesting that every member of the upcoming new government announces that we need to radical changes when it co

in japan we have a red arrow for the knee k down. just shy of about a half a percent, a recent reuters pool show that parents economy likely contracts in the 3rd quarter of this year, as the supply chain was continue to take a toll on the nation's economy. as energy costs continue to rise, the country is pitching a $350000000000.00 stimulus package. and meanwhile, japan's toshiba is looking at splitting its business into 3 focusing on semiconductors, devices, and infrastructure with this stock price dropping about 4 half percent this week on that news. moving to india, the sense x is more than 1.5 percent for the week. on friday, the real estate and energy sectors were all up a report from the finance ministry. so the country's economy is on the way to becoming the fastest growing economy in the world, admitted dr. of cove it vaccination. now there are concerns, of course the rise and crisis could hold that progress. moving to australia, the s x is down for the week, but by less than a quarter of a percent, the nation's economy. last

ah, nuclear yes. germany and japan with their very distinctive history. going all the way back to the 2nd world war. but here are the french are right, or the arithmetic says, we've got to keep the existing nuclear plants on, we have until they and reach the end of their a lifetime. we just can't afford to shut them off. well, you just said a moment ago that we shouldn't just exclusively focus on the solar and we can keep it. or they have for a moment because if we can do the whole production chain from, you know, i rare materials, you know, producing accumulators to that recycling everything that is land. it's a pretty energy intensive and dirty process at this point of time and many developed countries preferred outsource that production on to the other part of the world. don't you think it's slightly hypercritical to that point about saving the planet? and so sort of outsource the dirtiest part of it onto your neighbors. i do, but one of the good things about the next generation of our renewables is almost all g 20 countries, a sea coast. all can do ge

she, it will, it will supersede japan in that position. and so, so we have, and obviously we have some geopolitical tensions. but bed bed mainly it's the perfect storm of supply and demand. and when he comes to price, yes, obviously the high energy prices are partly to blame, but we also have to see that part of the european take off is indexed to oil. and so when oil prices go up, part of the part of the indexation goes up as well. so, so it's, it's tough and for europe, the question is, how do we get enough gas? and how do we ensure that we don't put the poor segments of the population for it to chop it to, to stark choice of do i eat or do i heat? now, a route for the governing coalition. in germany, you have a decision that is made now, which is most likely going to result in low storage levels. in europe, an energy crisis, different economies, sectors affected is there and a contingency plan here for germany and for europe. well, it's interesting that every member of the upcoming new government announces that we need to radical change

whereas producing less than we were before to go to japan and india and china and ask them to give us loyal. it just doesn't make sense to a lot of people in the same thing with the call. so opec as well, that is, it has not made a whole ton of sense time now for a quick break. but when we come back, the pandemic has fueled the great resignation, and now companies are turning to robot to help the labor shortage. we'll discuss this with a futurist straight ahead as we go to break the numbers with them. well, the mic no said, you know, born is another piece and you as a merge, we don't have with the we don't on the back seat. the whole world needs to take action and be ready. people are judgment, common crisis with we can do better, we should be better. everyone is contributing each in their own way. but we also know that this crisis will not go on forever. the challenge is great, the response has been massive. so many good people are helping us. it makes us feel very proud that we're in it together with ah, new york, it's really what america is about ah, when our mayor took our vase, h

we have breaking news out of japan. shery: we are getting the current account surplus right now coming in at 1.033 trillion yen. this would be the trade surplus narrowing from the previous month. we're talking about the adjusted number also coming in at 762.7 billion yen, which is a narrowing surplus than in the previous months. this of course as we are sued in the numbers reflecting a widening trade deficit, a weaker yen and higher commodity prices. also being felt across the board. so the current account surplus again narrowing to 1.033 trillion yen. haidi, this of course following the japan labor cash earnings as well, rising less than expected. we're watching all those data points coming out of japan. haidi: we are also watching hertz, just announcing it is pricing its upsize offering of stock by selling certain stockholders of hertz at a price of $29 u.s. a share. they are expected to have an aggregate purchase price of $300 million at the price at that offering. hertz, the rental company that managed to exit bankr

well, i 2 things on that, tom ah, a year ago we had some countries in japan, for example, didn't have doses promise dollars to callbacks, but even a fall that got the dollars, there were no doses to buy anywhere. there was a global shortage. now we have a global sir plus mom in the rich 7 countries of the vaccine that everybody wants. the pfizer is the journalist and even know that now being approved. so we have the supply. it's simply a way of getting them to other countries that need them and then going the last mile because there's a vaccine hesitancy, a very poor health infrastructure to deliver them in so many places, afghanistan, 80, and so on. but by the end of next year, i think we can do it and hit the 70 percent target. now dr. credit, and it may seem like a rather bile or let's say a logically motivated question, but i don't mean i don't mean it as such, but we know very well that many developed countries including candidate, by the way, who are the diagnosis of faxes you. now you say that there is an over supply now, but if i'm not mistaken, canada has contract is 4 times

paul: let's stick with japan. third-quarter gdp data expected to show a fifth contraction in two years. the prime minister puts the finishing touches on a stimulus plan intended to boost the recovery. what can we expect from the print coming up later on? >> third-quarter gdp is it looking to great for gdp -- for japan. it is largely a result of a search in covid cases. there is also a slowdown in trade thanks to supply chain constraints. pre-pandemic, this was supposed to be a crowning glory quarter in japan. yvonne: what is the data going to mean for the prime minister and his stimulus package? >> it probably means more excuse to spend to shore up the economy. he has already confirmed that he will have handouts to children. economist expect a package. they will need that spending if japan is going to catch up with other economies. we will have to see the details of the package when it comes out later next week. yvonne: thank you. let's do a quick check of business flash headlines. alibaba singles' day posting rec

this year, china will pick up the largest import and supersede japan in that position. and then there is geopolitical tension. so it's a perfect storm of supply and demand. the high energy prices are partly to blame, but we also have to see part of the european take of the index of oil. when oil prices go up, the indexation goes up. so for europe, the question is how to get enough gas and ensure they do not put the poorest segments of the population through having to make the choice to either have heat or food. >> the decision made now in germany which will likely result in low storage levels and energy crises, is there a contingency plan for germany and europe? >> it is interesting that every member of the upcoming government announces we need radical changes when it comes to climate change. they are all pushing for renewables, that more needs to be done than what the previous government has done. and see rising -- and seeing rising gas prices could lead us to understand that it is now time and not discuss the reasons it did not meet the targets before like how close i

reserves, and yes, china and japan appear to be moving forward. china said officially last week they are preparing a release, we don't know how big it will be or when they will make a release. japan has been a little more evasive, they have not publicly said they will make a release but there are local reports in japan saying the government is prepared to release the excess of the reserves. whatever excess the iea says they must have for emergencies, they are looking to release because legally they are able to do that they made comments last week with a set legally they might not be able to make releases based purely on bringing down the oil price, and south korea said they are considering it. while there will be some sort of coordinated release with the u.s. and other asian nations, it is not clear who will be going up. we know that president biden will be making some sort of statement on tuesday about lowering prices and helping consumers, but we are not sure who will be joining him in those comments and what form it will take. dani: ok, the coo

the situation in japan is pretty stable. now. it's initial feeling. right now, scientists to rushing to adapt existing vaccines to fight the new stray, which has yet to be fully studied and the pressures on as well. how foggins zation says on the chrome potentially poses a very high risk globally. a w h o representative here in russia says progress is being made in understanding the strain. but there's much more work to do. when a mutation shows a number of, i would say changes a number of mutations that we can relate to something either to previous knowledge . for example, this virus, this variance has mutations many more mutations on the spike protein. it is actually these to need all that the virus is using to getting to the salad, make us infected, to actually cause infections to spread further. and this is why because it has many more gen other right versus other variance. it has immediately come into concert. so i think has scientific knowledge, but we don't have a logical knowledge. it's telling us at the moment that

on counts in the course, count japan's new prime minister, tackle income inequality, plus will the world trade organization health countries to secure corporate 19 vaccines will be speaking to the w t. o. u director general. counting the cost on al jazeera. ah, this is al jazeera ah hello, hello robin, you're watching out there and use our life. my headquarters here in doha, coming up in the next 60 minutes. fears of a new cove at variant of prompting widespread travel restrictions from southern african countries and sending stock market into free fall. on the front lines ethiopians prime minister visits troops battling t p l. a fighters in the northeast and from migrant crisis to political crisis, france cancels talks with the u. k. over how to deal with the problem. angus dunn's government says it's foiled a qu, days before parliamentary elections and it's for african football leaders. vote in favor of holding more regular world cups . the confederation of african football is backing the fee for president plan to stage the finals every 2 years. ah good. have a company welcome to the ne