Highlight Racial Discrimination has sparked a backlash in japan. Hello welcome to the program saudi arabias foreign minister has said hes hopeful a deal could soon be reached and the basic dispute with cattle its been 3 years since saudi arabia bahrain the u. A. E. And egypt imposed a land sea and air blockade on cattle well in the past hour kuwait samir says hes happy with the progress thats been made. As our reports. Crucial days ahead for gulf nations talks aimed at and in the 3 and a half year blockade of qatar seem to have achieved significant progress kuwaits foreign minister whose country has been be generally mediating and and to the crisis says he is confident. A constructive and fruitful talks have taken place recently where all the parties have stressed their desire to reach a final agreement and resolutions to preserve the region stability and harmony maintain the interest of the peoples within this context we express our appreciation for the latest efforts by jared cushion or the u. S. President advisor qatars for him an assertion mohamed min of the manner thani says he also remains optimistic about the prospect of a deal we have achieved certain for certain point of time more than a year ago and then things has giordano and right now there are some more moments that we hope that this will put an end for of this crisis because we see and we believe actually that got a few nitty is very important for the security of the region for the stability of that region and for for the sake of our people this need this crisis needs to end a few hours after the kuwaiti and qatari statements saudi arabias foreign minister also said significant progress has been made and all sides are close to reaching an agreement. We hope that these. This progress can lead to a final agreement which looks in return i coude say i am somewhat optimistic that we are close to finalizing. An agreement between all the nations in dispute to come to a resolution that we think will be satisfactory to or the Gulf Cooperation Council has welcomed the news in a statement its Server Development reflects the strength of the g. C. C. Its cohesion and its ability to overcome all obstacles the new developments come a few days after the us president s Senior Adviser jared questioner made a visit to the region he held talks with a meet of qatar shift i mean but how middle 30 and Saudi Crown Prince mohammed bin said man the visit was widely seen as a last ditch effort by the Trump Administration to end the land sea and air blockade that was imposed by saudi arabia u. A. E. Behind and egypt qatar in june 2017 the blockade in countries sever diplomatic ties with doha and issued a list of 13 demands for qatar to implement. They include downgrading ties with iran closing a Turkish Military base and shutting down aljazeera qatar dismissed the demands as a violation of its sovereignty the us has been trying to and the blockade were reared it might undermine its efforts to contain irans influence in the region in the last few months american officials had been hoping some of the arabia would open his space to the tide of flights and move the Trump Administration believes will deny iran an estimated 100000000. 00 in annual viz qatar pays to fly over its space the coming days and weeks which show if the gulf rival nations are ready to set aside their differences one of the ones of the roqueted might take even longer to heal. Our bangladesh if r. T. To ship the 1st group of rain a muslim is from a camp to a Remote Island despite pleas from some refugees to abandon the move more than 1600 people boarded a naval vessel for the isolated island of char the Bangladeshi Government says some rain had to be taken that ease overcrowding in refugee camps its navy has built houses hospitals and mosques on the island but the United Nations is concerned that refugees have been moved there against their will. No i dont theyre forcing my son and his family to go he didnt want to go before see him i came to see him probably for the last time. A little only my family didnt want to go there taking them by force if my family go there to the island they would die because of floods. But they mercilessly beat my brother and broke 2 or 3 teeth but when they brought him here brother didnt want to go to the other they beat my brother and they brought my nieces and sister in law here last month. Or russian char didnt even exist until recently as one of several unstable islands that emerged from the sea 20 years ago after spilt bunched together at the mouth of bangladesh is mango river the island is quite remote its more than a 120 kilometers away from the coxes bazaar refugee camp and the northernmost point of me and my rock kind stay where more than 730000 ring of muslims fled and military crackdown critics say bashar isnt safe either snow to be lashed by cyclons its prone to flooding during the monsoon season but the government in bangladesh is saying it spent 400000000. 00 to build shelters there and a 3 metre flood in bank meant around the facilities Tanveer Choudhry brings us more now from cox is bizarre. Finally the controversial relocation of rowing i refuse to remote coastal island a bastion charter has started out of 2500 listed rowing as it does 1642 rowing guy refugees are on their way to this Remote Island by and have a bath and now the government has come under severe criticism from local and International Human rights bodies as well as the un despite all those the government is determined to go ahead and relocate at least 200000 growing refugees there in phases now we know talking from the growing refugee is a camp as well as. 300 plus who are rescued from the world who are living and as i learned most of them are not happy with the situation preferred to stay in the bartering with me and my where they feel closer to home they can visit their extended families and they can help each other out now there is a lot of controversy a shot list where made by the camp leader a lot of growing us told that they were enticed and forced into putting their name in there and we cannot independently verify that now the government on its part says the facilities are good theres never base hospital at least 120 clustered villages with good modern facilities despite all there is there are still a lot of controversy the government in sees the concentration is a major problem in one area and it cites security reason to moving theirs rowing us to a disagreement island. All now to the situation in ethiopia the federal government is saying that it captured or killed most of the leaders of the restive tigre a region as it aims to bring an end to the months long conflict there but the head of the to grain Peoples Liberation front says that civilians in the regions capital mcalary have been protesting about looting by eritrean soldiers who are supporting ethiopia now its difficult to confirm any of these crimes because of the media and Communications Blackout in the area but the United Nations has said that it is concerned about the situation facing refugees inside to gray almost 100000. 00 refugees from neighboring eritrea were living in camps in the region and many a thought to have fled the u. N. Is hoping to get access to the region to deliver aid next week and says food and medicine is running out malcolm webb is following developments from neighboring kenya and says that the conflict doesnt appear to be of. The uns or freeze for the coordinates a coordination of humanitarian affairs is that it has reports of continuing fighting in many parts of the sea gray region last week Prime Minister ahmed said that the Government Forces were in control of the region the Government Military operation was over that followed Government Free taking control of the regional capital of macquarie but their enemy that c. P. R. Left said that it wasnt over they filed to continue fighting on the c. P. A. Reported still control thousands of fighters and substantial stocks of military hardware researches say that thousands of civilians being killed in the fighting there will have been reports of massacres of civilians by militia aligned to both sides the leaders of both sides deny it but its very difficult for anyone to verify any of these claims because there is almost no access to humanitarian workers human rights workers and journalists. Around the past few minutes a new stay at home orders been announced for San Francisco this comes as leaders in the u. S. Call on people to wear masks in war and they warn of even more drastic restrictions ahead as the corona Virus Outbreak continues to shatter records over 200000 new cases were detected on thursday and close to 3000 deaths reported as well that is the highest a rise in both infections and fatalities so far its part of the countrys deadliest 3 day stretch since the outbreak started or the surge in cases also hit the economic recovery 245000 americans found jobs last month but thats down from 610000 new hires in october president elect joe biden has been talking about this and kristen salumi is following developments from bidens hometown of wilmington delaware so the economy continuing to add jobs but the pace is has slowed quite considerably. Absolutely the latest data and certainly the president elect joe biden himself are painting a pretty grim picture of whats ahead for the u. S. Economy with more than 10000000 jobs that have been lost since the pandemic began still not back those people still out of work and their Unemployment Benefits do run out before the end of the year on top of that youve got the crowd of virus infections and hospitalizations and deaths in this country surging and more restrictions on business expected to go into effect and joe biden talked about all of this and the impact that its having particularly on working class americans not only are they losing their jobs completely sometimes losing hours at jobs many have lost unemployment but many have lost Health Insurance and many are at risk of losing their homes with one out of 6 renters in the country behind on their payment all of this again painting a very dire situation biden said Congress Needs to act and needs to act quickly this situation is urgent if we dont act now the future will be very bleak murders need help and they need it now and they need more to come early next year but i must tell you i am encouraged by the bipartisan efforts in the senate around 900000000000. 00 package for relief its a bipartisan if congress if we can use as they work out the details of this relief package that have to focus on resources for direct Public Health responses to close 90. And while congress does seem to be moving forward with a relief package that could help workers before the end of the year you heard joe biden there saying that that alone will not be enough he sees that as just the 1st step hes promising to have another round of proposals to stimulate the economy ready to go as soon as he takes office after his inauguration on january 20th. Thanks very much from wilmington delaware christian salumi thank you kristen well the development u. S. President donald trump has ordered the withdrawal of nearly all american troops in somalia by january 15th of course this follows other announcement other announcements that weve had on withdrawals from afghanistan and iraq before his term ends and pull the inauguration of president elect Joe Biden Heidi joe castro is in washington now with more any more details on this. Larry and we know that the total number of u. S. Troops in somalia currently is somewhere around 700. 00 and while that number may not be large the pentagon has long considered this mission against al shabaab in assisting the smalling government to be a cornerstone in the u. S. Policy against al qaeda and its affiliates around the world and the pentagon statement announcing this this withdrawal it makes takes pains to say that these troops will be relocated to neighboring nations of somalia and in fact cross Border Operations may yet continue and the statement does say that the u. S. Is not abandoning its african allies of course this does fall on the heels of president trumps decision last month to also draw down troops in afghanistan and any rack down to 2500. 00 u. S. Military troops in either of those countries that too is set to take effect by january 15th mariyam thanks very much from washington i know joe castro. It was al jazeera live from london still ahead on the program istanbuls i in the sky keeps watch on social distancing as turkey brings in new restrictions to curb a surge in corona virus cases and well tell you about the daring offer ration to save an endangered giraffe stranded on a sinking in ireland. Hello weve got cold windy weather heading towards the southeast of australia over the next couple of days still have some heat concerns over into central and northern parts of the country but you can see how the the waynes are going to drive away and from the southwest there are a westerly direction initially and then a significant cold front will sweep its way across South Australia towards the southeast so some heavy rain coming in on this system could be cold enough for a touch of snow over the high ground you see on the snow coming through here set in the case and see parts of tasmania but even its victoria southern areas of New South Wales as we go on into sunday the temps just fullbacks just 20 celsius in melbourne 20 celsius there to fall adelaide rick getting around 10 degrees below the seasonal norm start to dry up as wetter weather heads towards new zealand have had some bits and pieces of wet weather into japan recently that should move out of the way over the next couple of days some showers just straddling honshu for a time on saturday as we go on into sunday it will brighten up and warm up a touch temperatures in tokyo to around 15 celsius laci dry well as you try to across the Korean Peninsula but just not just want to see wintry flurries for north korea. Pakistans k. S. C. 100. 00 episodes more than 36 percent we bring you the stories in development is that a rapidly changing the world we live in the water is going dispensable to Economic Activity but industrial uses worsening contest of fresh water counting the cost on aljazeera. Holding the powerful to account as we examine the u. S. Is room in the hour on aljazeera. The on the earth. A recap of the headlines this hour now gulf states appear to be nearing a resolution with counter over that 3 year blockade saudi arabias foreign minister says all the nations involved are close to finalizing an agreement after significant progress in talks human Rights Groups say that concerned rangar refugees have been forced into a remote bangladeshi island government says the group of more than 1600 people moved to ease overcrowding in camps and United States has suffered its worst day yet for corona virus infections and deaths with close to 2900. 00 fatalities the surge is also stalled at the economic recovery with just 245000. 00 jobs added last month. Well now the mayor of mexico city has called on businesses in the capital to close their offices to help fight a surge in coronavirus cases people have been urged to work from home and the local government will scale back operations this as the president encourages mexicans to cancel new year travel plans and even avoid exchanging christmas presents the nation has the worlds 4th biggest caseload with over 1100000 infections overall officials admit that figure only represents a fraction of the true number of infections lets go live now to emanuel rappler whos in mexico city i suppose there must be concerns that the worst of this crisis is yet to come. That certainly appears to be the case will go over the latest numbers more than 108173 confirmed deaths mexico still accounts for the 4th highest death toll from cope at 19 in the world the bottom line is that mexico is still in really bad shape the big surprising news on friday is the change of tone from the mexican president who throughout the course of the of the outbreak here in the country has been criticized for downplaying the severity of the virus hes been criticized for not wearing a mask when appearing in public for questioning the efficacy of wearing a mask on friday morning he had a very different change of tone he came out saying people urging people to stay in their homes not go out unless absolutely unless its absolutely necessary now a big concern right now here in mexico is occupancy at hospitals if you go outside right now you see the amount of people that are out in the streets not Wearing Masks going into businesses and restaurants the amount of traffic thats out in the streets almost have prepared demick levels its easy to see why so many medical professionals are at wits end over the lack of policy other than to simply urge people to stay in their homes theres here in mexico city for example occupancy is at 69 percent that number is high in itself but its only an average some hospitals are already saturated or operating beyond the point of saturation theres one hospital the School Hospital which is a covert designated Medical Center is operating reportedly at 122 percent occupancy that is a major concern last week there was a group of doctors and nurses from a lot of assets one of the biggest hospitals in the mexican capital who basically threatened to stop treating patients unless the government imposes even a partial lockdown to prevent people from going out into the streets and becoming infected with the virus but if people likely to listen because there is a holiday coming up on december 12th millions of people. 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