At the age of 65 of the contract in covert 19. The u. S. Attorney general authorizes investigations into allegations of voting irregularities as Donald Trumps team tries to fight the Election Results in court. Im joining with the sports including here let me go when i say they feel a positive sense of relief of the news of a current virus vaccine. Its a deal that all media is calling painful but azerbaijan is celebrating as a victory both sides have agreed to halt all military action of the disputed region of nagornokarabakh people in azerbaijan all celebrating the agreement as it will see armenia handed over control of 3 districts in return azeri forces will stop advancing towards the main city of. I read you had other bizarre. Im sure that every citizen of azerbaijan believes that these days these moments are the happiest days of their lives im happy to have signed this historic document im happy that we are returning to our homeland our native character and we will live in these lands forever after that no one will be able to move us from those lands. But the agreement sparked outrage in armenia with protesters storming the government in the era van theyre demanding Prime Minister nickel pass union resign angry over this incident decision to give up territory. In the Current Situation there was no chance of making another decision a plan to give more details such as why and what the reason was behind last months events i cant do it right now for one simple reason because stopping military actions is the main focus right now and if i Say Something i couldnt danger people. Well this is the latest attempt to end the culture its often the failure of agreements. The deal comes after 6 weeks of relentless fighting it was 1st announced in a Facebook Post by armenian Prime Minister nicol pushing in within minutes confirmation came from a server sean and moscow he would. Meet on november 9th the president of azerbaijan the Prime Minister of armenia and the president of the Russian Federation signed a statement which declares a complete cease fire and of military action in the nagornokarabakh war zone starting from midnight on november 10th moscow time armenias Prime Minister described the deal as unbelievably painful. The backlash was immediate moments after the announcement furious demonstrators stormed into parliament in europe want to protest the move the conflict they argue is about much more than land. But armenia had undergone a number of defeats azeri forces overran nagornokarabakh the 2nd city shoe shop and they were on their way to the capital when the deal was signed some analysts say armenia didnt have much choice the prospect of conflict its cost could be so much worse for the armenians given the current rate of momentum so hes in a difficult position to be sure and it remains to be seen what the future holds for him more than a 1000 people on both sides have died tens of thousands are now displaced. The region is within us their version but has been under the control of Ethnic Armenians since 1994 decades of tension and violence have followed and while an agreement has been signed its unlikely it will also end the animosity between the 2 countries Russian Forces are already being deployed to keep the peace. This with a gun aljazeera. This. Is sounding biased by jons capital baquba vs speak to hotter at the honeyed shes neara in armenia and has a lot of anger and upset over this deal whats the situation. Well lots of anger and upset also a lot of sadness and a huge sense of loss i mean weve been standing here on the grounds of the parliament for the last few hours and weve seen really a continuous coming and going of people voicing their anger voicing their opposition to what happened behind me now at the moment you can see them but theres a group of women who are from nagornokarabakh who are visibly shaken by whats happening. Been also calling on Prime Minister. To resign now the other people who actually say well no this was the right call for the Prime Minister to do because we were on a loss on the ground militarily i was soldiers were dying and we were going to even lose more ground had. Come into action at this point clearing in mind that the azeri forces were within kilometers from. It Prime Minister thats the message actually that the Prime Minister has been trying to give it to to have armenians accept he said it is a very painful moment but he had no other choice that the fate of those 7. Surround about have always been a precondition for germ to start even any kind of talks over the future. Itself he said he had no way out of it and he said that armenia was fighting against. Army in azerbaijan but also it was not as a budge on all alone it was turkey helping their missionaries thats a message coming out from him. But he is under a lot of pressure politically has the support of the chief of staff of the minute but they are also called some opposition parties for him to leave to have another person. Out of this very difficult time ok. From across the pond a very difficult situation for the armenian people to accept now lets cross over to. A different scene behind you celebrations. Absolute. The love for. The president that. There is going to be a little more conflict people have been coming out in the streets celebrating. And theyre being. Taken to people. And grandparents are. There. To see what their president has been able to do and theyre behind it i. Think that it is going to be a while before. Take. Words to explain how people here in the streets. Are feeling. About how they did. And. People. 2 in the coming hours thanks very much. Theres plenty more still ahead on this news hour including was anger in true find out why congress decided to impeach the president. And thriving in the coronavirus pandemic game makers rushed to launch new products amid a boom in sales as people stay at home. Donna could be released from hospital later with an update on the former world cup when his condition in sports. This in the past hour weve heard that the chief palestinian negotiator saeb erekat has died after contracting coated 19 he was transported from his home in the occupied west bank to a hospital in west jerusalem last month that serves as a palestinian chief negotiator in talks with israel for 2 and a half decades to middle shell takes a look back at his life. So i brought her quote was a familiar face in palestinian politics for 4 decades and he sort of friends from an early age he was 12 years old when israeli tanks rolled into his hometown of jericho in 1987 he witnessed a war that would last just 6 days but which shaped the entire middle east in the decades since i thought i thought it would inform the decisions he made for the rest of his life. Was that a quote says he had to grow up quickly under Israeli Occupation in the west bank his 1st arrest at the age of 13 was not his last he attended university in the United States and moved to england to complete a ph d. In conflict resolution it was the beginning of his fight for Palestinian Statehood through negotiation advocating a 2 state solution based on the 1967 borders it was a compromise and a major concession but throughout his life israelis would accuse him of being an extremist and Sowing Division while palace. Finians would call him a traitor to the palestinian cause giving away too much at the madrid peace talks in 1901 he insisted on wearing the coffee the symbol of Palestinian National identity he was a hero to many back home but at the conference it caused a stir 2 years later he was left out of the final talks and accords negotiated by Palestinian LeaderYasser Arafats about article that would rise to become the chief palestinian negotiator in 1905 resigning only for a time in 2003 reportedly in protest of the Palestinian Leadership at the time his strength was as the public face for the palestinian calls communicating across language barriers to explain their position to the English Speaking world while also an acceptable voice of the Palestinian Liberation Organization to israel but over the years he has described a growing has him ism at israels failure to deliver on its undertakings of the building of yes more illegal israeli settlements increasing number of checkpoints who tell a t. Against palestinians and the israeli separation wall now more than 700 kilometers long peace talks he would say were out of sync with the reality for palestinians on the ground he remained loyal to even through his power struggle with Mahmoud Abbas who is now president of the Palestinian Authority such was autocrats popularity as a politician he held on to his seat in the 2006 elections when hamas won by a landslide. But with hamas in power and Benjamin Netanyahu as israeli Prime Minister the chances for an agreements waned. 3 wars on gaza followed how to cut described it as the new dark age saying that leaving the middle easts most emotive conflict unresolved was simply fueling a regional descent into chaos and extremism. He turned his attention to the United Nations and was instrumental in the Successful Campaign to gain observer status for the state of palestine within the un throughout iraq are to remain convinced that the 2 state solution based on the 1967 borders were still possible the real alternative to a state of palestine living side by side the theatre israel in peace and security on the 1907 lines. As one democratic secular state where jews muslims and christians can live equal or the equal voice. Those who believe that they can undermine that was the solution and replace it with what i call one step 2 system. Maintaining the status quo now apartheid i dont think in the 21st century they will get away with it but impossible. Part was amongst the most critical voices of the us sponsored normalization deals which saw the United Arab Emirates and behind establish full ties with israel he described the deal as the birth of arab zionism and said the agreement was like a poison diagram stamped into the palestinians back. So i bought a card for it for an agreement between israelis and palestinians for decades but for his last years he was fighting his own battle lung disease kept at bay by an experimental drug eventually he would need a transplant of both lungs in 2007 he said he would hate to be a grandfather living under occupation he wasnt able to change that. As told to our correspondents now and tel aviv harry forces and harry was being treated at an israeli hospital what more do we know about the circumstances surrounding his death. Thats right he was transferred to the hospital in one car and just outside jerusalem in early october and after a couple of weeks after about a week his situation became even more critical and they put him on what some describe as a last resort system of treatments the eco system where the take the blood out of the body oxygenated outside the body and return it to the body that enables the lungs not to be subjected to the kind of punishment that has caused so much trouble in so many cases in terms of intubation and ventilation but nonetheless it was obviously very very grave and we got the news this morning that he had indeed died and there was a Statement Released not long ago by his daughter saying that in jerusalem the capital of palestine our loving father sagarika transition peacefully today the 10th of november she referred to his strength his insurance his patience his resilience saying that he lived a life full of thought forgiveness and peace and will be dearly missed weve had some reaction as well from at least one senior israeli politician former foreign minister tzipi livni talking about her sadness expressing her condolences to the family saying it had been someone whod worked towards peace and again that he would be missed so far we havent heard anything from the israeli Prime Minister or indeed the president no official reaction so far ok thanks very much opposed to coming back to you as and when we get more reaction from israeli officials for now though it is cause they have to stand beside dan hes a member of Central Committee and joins us from ramallah thank you very much for joining us i know that you knew personally your response to the news that he has died. Well let me start by convey my condolences to the Palestinian People and those who are loved and you will decide atika is certainly a very saddening you was expected as such but by total mundane for the Palestinian People at large since cybernetica has been known to be a fighter and a person who had a lot of see that lots of energy combating challenges and being able to live up to his promise to be a fighter and put up a big fight certainly has put up a big fight combating corona but it his health and the transplant he had had recently has not come to his rescue he achieved so much in his life didnt he but he wanted to achieve so much more was satisfied. Im not sure if he was satisfied these repeatedly said that he wanted to see a free but this guy and he wanted his grandchildren to grow up in an independent state of palestine yet to this is that aspiration of an entire people and not to flee the aspirations and not witnessing the existence and the establishment of a palestinian state but he does not send many signs of for optimism nor theres a bring any happiness to ones heart specially about a cement and especially a negotiator as for target through political waves and different fronts to combat it is available assistant policy of negation of a scenario right so i would say he goes away be unhappy but yet such fidelity is given at his best what do you think of the current state of negotiations or rather the lack of them. I think everybody is saddened to see the situation comes to a total hold everybody is sad to see normalization taking place the socalled compass and the more of the movement of the embassy of the United States of america to jerusalem and steps that are being taken by President Trump certainly the atmosphere d was that of pessimism over the last few years especially during the tenure of President Trump so i would say and many more would feel totally dissatisfied with the political situation has its terms as the chief negotiator how much respected here from the israeli side i think so many people have a common gun and hes met them into that and communicated with many of them are i guess is wonder respect for them to reflect on their own feeling. But i would say those who have known him theyve seen the level of commitment and the level of energy and the level of adherence to the wish and will already put us in in people so i would assume a sizable chunk of the really progressive but additions put it this way would appreciate and with respect to sort of the lives of. Many thanks indeed for joining us that from ramallah. There is attorney general has authorized federal prosecutors to investigate allegations of voting irregularities if the is strong evidence but the man in charge of election crimes resigns just hours off the last trunk campaign has filed lawsuits in battleground states alleging voter fraud and separately the u. S. President has sacked his defense secretary of a ports. Out of sight in the white house for the moment but still using his power as President Donald Trump settling scores sacking his defense secretary mark casper finding out hed been terminated by tweet esper dubbed yes spurred by the president finally fell foul of the oval office in the summer as Racial Justice protests swept American Cities the president considered putting troops on the street insisted that wasnt going to happen the election is still on Donald Trumps mind sending out a series of tweets about states he claims are in dispute in the Senate Republican leader said the president was right not to concede right know President Trump is 100 percent were going to right to look into allegations of irregularities and weigh Legal Options but his democratic counterpart admitted he was worried when the president was taking the country baseless claims by the president and his supporters that theres been widespread voter fraud and that the election was somehow rigged or stolen from President Trump. That kind of rhetoric is extremely dangerous. Republican see theyre just at the start of the legal battle this election is not over and the pulling together evidence to put before the courts what we do have a whistleblower which i discussed earlier this week who was in detroit as an election worker not as a republican poll watcher who under affidavit says that they were told to back to balance that their supervisor came in and they were there november 4th ballots that came in with no date they were told by the supervisor fact take the ballots to november 2nd or november 3rd so they will count so that has been submitted to the eastern to the u. S. Attorney in the Eastern District of michigan. Attorney general william barr has told prosecutors to investigate any substantial allegations of fraud before the results of verified its being seen by critics as a political move to give more credibility to unfounded allegations made by the President Joe Biden is a new hes won and hes already getting ready for day one as a medical hit 10000000 covert cases he announced his Coronavirus Task force which will go to work straight away i will spare no effort to turn this pandemic around once were sworn in january 20th to get our kids back to School Safely our business is growing and our economy running at full speed again and again to prove back scene manufactured and distributed as quickly as possible to as Many Americans to as Many Americans as possible free of charge. Well follow the science to more people who at the president s Election Night event have tested positive for covert cabinet secretary ben carson and david bossie who is leading the legal efforts in the contested states as america faces a spike in cases Vice President mike pence who leads the administrations Coronavirus Task force is heading to florida for 5 days on vacation alan fischer aljazeera washington. Tom switzer is the xix of director of the center for independent studies need joins us now from sydney so a federal prosecutor is saying they will investigate allegations of fraud if there is strong evidence to do so will last emerge its highly unlikely laura because all the about the evidence some far including from Republican Office holders is is that the devout caring process across the United States on election day and the few days thereafter had generally been legal and orderly and had plenty of over saw it with bipartisan groups of observers so it will be very difficult i think to prove evidence of substantially regularities in the voting process and that weve got a lot of people in america absolutely adamant that the election was stolen from them by exploring all of these legal channels does it in some way help them move on and accept the results at the end of the day. Well the reality is that pandemic meant that there was a huge amount of miley in balance a lot of its old post of alice and you know thats the problem here and to most of. The votes were gonna come from democrats whereas republicans were more likely to vote on the election die and thats why the republicans had pretty significant lades in some of the states like pennsylvania wisconsin and michigan and indeed georgia but as the county has continued the republican laid has as a right it is substantially and bashed and vanished now far from can seizing the goat donald trump causing all sorts of upsets and his transition this transition period he considers himself still the president. And joe biden not the president elect a tool hes been sacking the sec to defense secretary do you see this kind of lashing out simply because hes angry over the election upset when the floor is not clear i mean yes before a moderate brain just bought by a president whos fuming about having lost his reelection bid or it could have a deeper and more disturbing purpose the reality is is that the u. S. Military leadership were caught off guard by the decision to terminate the defense secretary and this is at a time cry of stability during a transition period and i think its once again evidence that that shows that trump has very little respect for the military brass and remember this is at a time when americas investors can take advantage of american weakness or disorientation what have the purpose do you think that. Well well i like a man who knows we dont trump is not altogether clear i mean hes clearly been for revenge and he expects unconditional loyalty from all of his cabinet secretaries and there has been published tensions between the defense secretary and dont trump during the course of the last 6 months. It looks like it could have a pretty tough didnt 70 days in this transition period should we be expecting sackings its not inconceivable that bear in mind. The legal drama surrounding the recount and and the actual election result should be resolved by december 14 that is when congress certifies the election which will college fart and of course on january 20 is the diet of the president ial inauguration so its a 2 and a half month period and my sense is that this will be resolved in the next month but the republicans are playing hardball and this might be a sign that they will be prepared to daily jamaal eyes this bought in presidency jesss i feel that democrats try to delegitimize the Trump Presidency for easy go with climbs that the Russian Campaign try to polluted with the trump camp time so this could be the beginning of this more of this toxic polarized that has gripped the United States during the course of the last 4 years. Thanks so much for joining us efforts at the thanks star as time now for all the weather and has that. Weve got some very cold air plunging down across canada feeding out across the western side of the United States behind this large band of cloud heres a cold fronts to the the west of that thats where that cold air is sliding across much of that western side of north america will see quite a temperature contrast because ahead of that system still getting up into the low twentys there in d. C. 23 celsius or 22 for new york but look at this for a temperature contrast 23. 00 in chicago one celsius there in minneapolis and its going to be the cold air that wins out just 9 celsius there for chicago as we go on through a way to stay wetter weather blustery conditions making its way away from the eastern seaboard some heavy downpours possibility of some localized flooding and you can see have a wet weather runs right down towards the southeast of the u. S. Down towards florida where of course we have Tropical Storm ito now this has been with us for a good week and a half to sunday showing up on a system here and there we go as curly back is pushed through cuba across southern parts of florida now making its way into the gulf of mexico gradually pushing its way further north which as we go through wednesday and thursday come the weekend it will reach the deep south coast around alabama. So heads head on out to sara the 8th season at force in the north and his battles against forces in the teeth great region i live in addis ababa. And find out why the opposition in georgia is calling for a new election just weeks off the october 31st poll. Doesnt support 2017 miles as champions test positive for cavan 19 was out of this weeks major joe well have all the details. 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Hello again youre watching aljazeera has a reminder of our top stories this hour has been celebrations in azerbaijan after a deal was signed to end the conflict over the mcgoldrick harbach region armenia will have to hand over control of 3 districts was there a force is prompting an angry reaction from protests as the. Chief palestinian negotiator saeb erekat has died after contracting cope with 19. As the chief negotiator in peace talks with israel for 2 and a half decades 65. 00. And the u. S. Attorney general has authorized federal prosecutors to investigate allegations of voting irregularities if there is strong evidence from campaign has filed lawsuits in battleground states alleging hold. It here appears military has captured an app or control by regional t gray forces thats according to local media troops took the her mare airport in the Northwest Region the latest strike in a week old battle with northern forces. Led ordered the offensive into grey accusingly does that of trying to break up the country and undermine his leadership. My dad joins us now live from and. What we know about the situation is very hard isnt it to get any independent information from. Yes indeed the phone and Internet Networks have been cut in the region. Region is surrounded and cut off from the rest of the country so its very difficult to ascertain the claims coming from both sides but what the government has said just this morning is that they have taken that they. Claimed yesterday that they have taken that town and this seems to be now a complete takeover this is the 4th own that the government has. Taken from militias all the forces loyal to the Regional Administration have the Prime Minister treated about an hour ago that the operation is still on and is drawing closer to the 18th and objectives for why it was launched which is to remove the Regional Administration and bring the leadership of the to p. L. F. To justice he said there fighting is taking place from at least 3 fronts that is the. Border without modern region and also the one with al for the region which is on the border with eritrea and djibouti and also from the sudan border side where hes and weve been hearing of hundreds of people fleeing the fighting crossing into sudan. The African Union calling for an immediate cease fire but we have been listening. Yes theres a lot of concern that this fighting thats going only the northern part of the country could draw ethiopias people into a civil war something the Prime Ministers govern. It has been saying that it is not going to happen and there is anyone saying that this is going to result into a civil war. Does not know the country deeply of course the African Union has just issued a statement most of hockey mom the chairman of the commission of the African Union is saying that there should be an immediate. End to hostilities and 3rd the African Union was ready and willing to help mediation efforts within the parties that are conflicting in them or one part of the control of the un last week of on top of the fighting also issued a statement expressing concern and theres also concern from neighboring countries whose leaders have been calling Prime Minister. But so far the government has not shown any willingness to talk ok many thanks ring is the very latest from. At least 50 people have been beheaded in mozambique in the past 3 days police say a group linked to i saw is to blame and rest in northern in the northern cover delgado province began in 2017 and has thousands of people and they say the vices of burned homes and executed people in the gas rich region the newly reelected president of the ivory coast has invited his political rivals to talks with hopes of easing tensions about the recent election now position call for protests after allison last year i was voted in a controversial. United nations is calling for calm after several people were killed in postelection violence. Perus congress has voted to remove president barton of a camera from office hes accused of accepting bribes worth hundreds of thousands of dollars allegations which he has denied and sanchez has more. Than a last goodbye president melting the scar told peruvians he disagreed with the vote in congress that unseated him after nearly 3 years in office. Leave the president ial post to go home despite many people telling me to start legal action to stop the decision but i want i will face the accusations and prove them wrong was ahead of the curfew because of the pandemic hes got a sympathizers gathered in different cities angry about the decision opinion polls say 78 percent of prove ians said hes got a should stay till the end of his storm in july 2021 i. Discovered came to power unexpectedly after a bit of a look at step down amid allegations of corruption in 2010 lawmakers accused him of moral incapacity for allegedly receiving more than 630000. 00 in bribes for public works when he was governor in Southern Region of war not being discovered denied any wrongdoing less than 2 months ago discover survived a previous attempt to remove him over claims he didnt or feared in a corruption investigation in september before the 1st impeachment trial the government filed a lawsuit at the constitutional tribunal to clarify what moral incapacity means according to the constitution but the justices said they will not have an answer before december allowing lawmakers to make their own interpretation of the law analysts say lawmakers have undermined produce political system if you know that look as if this is the end of democracy for a country we have turned into a Banana Republic where the rule of law is a joke and lawmakers think they can unseat a president. Just because they have votes. To discover leaves office after confronting some of the worst political upheaval in recent history 7 cabinets changed at least 60 ministers resigned hes got a dissolved Congress Last year in an attempt to push forward political and education reforms used. Evidently this created great animosity from the traditional Political Class toward president was carra who didnt have a party and in peru when a president is often have Political Support in congress the rule has been that those governments and really badly or with a coup got a Foot Congress i mean the worst health and economic crisis for more than 100 years to the end he maintained he was the victim of an opposition plot following his own efforts to introduce anticorruption reforms but yes im just im just happy to. People in jordan nonvoting in parliamentary elections the Global Pandemic has worsened an already struggling economy affecting millions but despite the public discontent turn out as expected to be no jordans pollens is viewed as having limited power to influence government policy georgias opposition members are protesting against the results of last months parliamentary election there on sunday Police Use Water Cannons to disperse hundreds of protesters outside the Central Election Commission where they have been demanding a new poll open for us there walker reports from tbilisi. We dont have any jews in politics is back on the streets just days after a parliamentary election which opposition parties claim was bricked. The opposition has promised to Boycott Parliament until new elections are held its not a good decision by us we dont like the decision for your brand or your participating in Democratic Institutions is a crucial value but sometimes you have the choice between what you have choice bad choice and even worst choice so entering the parliament in these circumstances would be indorsing merely isnt the one and chance of free elections the governing Georgian Dream party picked up almost 50 percent of the vote on october the 31st dashing hopes by opposition parties that they would win enough seats to form a coalition. They say there is evidence the Central Election Commission manipulated the result by 10 percent in the governments favor you pretty much. The dispute turned violent on sunday police used water cannon on protesters who called for the head of the Election Commission to resign. The government said police acted lawfully 19 people were arrested i mean the mega mega bank i dont i would like to think long foresman for acting safely and using restraint to prevent an assault on a state institution friends we may have different political views we may represent different Political Parties on different platforms but we must remember that we all share our homeland. The government says it is willing to hold talks but opposition supporters say its new elections or nothing yes were trying to pass as i go on for a long runs i want. To say well this is like state my country that i love so much and very small children are going to make a good. My french and i are waiting for the government to come to a census and make a decision on Holding Fair Elections because no one can rig the georgian peoples vote and neither will discover. Your position has taken a gamble it believes that it can keep this momentum going out on the street because. Theres still going to be effective opposition in parliament. Despite warnings from Health Officials that large gatherings of worsening the spread of coronavirus. Opposition has promised mass rallies until its a bit. Probing 1st year walker aljazeera. The coronavirus pandemic continues to affect britains job market more than 300000 people are now unemployed and that number is expected to rise experts warn a 2nd will stifle job recovery the government extended emergency unemployment payments until march ospital beds in southern italy and. Patients are being administered oxygen inside their cars patients have been waiting outside the could tone no hospital in naples as leverage to more than 25000 you quote of ours infections on monday the southern campania region which includes naples is one of the worst affected areas. Brazils Health Regulator has suspended trials of a potential Coronavirus Vaccine because of what its calling a savannah adverse event a vaccine is being developed by chinese pharmaceutical firm son of ag in partnership with a state run Research Institute surprised by the regulators decision one volunteer died during the trials but researchers say thats had nothing to do with the vaccine well in 10000. 00 brazilians are taking part. A wealthy and demick has devastated Many Industries it has given a huge boost to the video game sector Tech Companies microsoft and sony and launching new consoles amid shot rise in the number of players while white south korea with some of the fastest speeds in the world is a major target for Game Developers as well mcbride reports from seoul its one business sector that has been thriving in the pandemic and has the makers of the most popular gaming consoles rushing their latest offerings to market. Globally the gaming industry was stagnant last year but the outbreak of corona virus means the industry in south korea and the rest of the world has seen big growth. From sony theres the new playstation 5. We have the power branded playstation the worlds biggest gaming ecosystems and established User Community going head to head with microsofts latest x. Box system its like all Gaming Systems here benefiting from south koreas super fast 5 g. Mobile Internet Network enabling ever more immersive play without making any in the past people had to download install and then play a game Going Forward we will be playing games by streaming them align the professional gaming of the sports has also grown during the pandemic helping confirm south koreas position as a world leader. There a bigger sponsorship deals and developing Technology Offers the expanding online audience a richer experience. For south korea its all much more than just video games it represents a part of its Economic Future as it charts a path focused on Digital Content gaming joins k. Pop dramas and movies as the countrys growing export of soft power. If for the last half a century manufacturing has helped our economy to flourish cold cruel continent the countrys power of development for the next 100 years south korea has seemingly embarked on a quest for digital supremacy now with the new devices to help it robert pride out his era soul. Oh gaming has evolved from arcade style into an immersive Interactive Entertainment in fact interesting is one of the Fastest Growing in the world with more than 2700000000 people playing video games this year and with many of us stuck in lockdown the pandemic has led to an increase in new uses according to a recent survey nearly 15 percent of global respondents said they spend 7 to 12 hours a week playing online games and the reason for its popularity is accessibility and affordability users can play games on the small phones tablets all consoles and have access to cheaper Data Connectivity the gaming industry is predicted to surpass 200000000000. 00 in revenue in 2023. Is a videogame journalist and commentator and he joins us from london so a guy can you explain this a little bit about this big launch that were going to see today and why so many so many people are excited about it. Well the source of console launches only happen once every 7 years or so so theyre quite a big moment for the industry today hes got the launch of the x. Box series x. And series s 2 console want a premium offering at about 450. 00 pounds 500. 00 and 1. 00 a sort of cheaper offering with which office so the scaled down experience less of the 4 k. Gaming elements and thats tuner and 50 pounds of 300 pounds and then next week you have the launch of the playstation 5 now these a similar machines in terms of power whats different about them i would say is that a they tend to need the latest technology to support them so they really need a 4 k. Television which a lot of people want to have at this stage and also the jump in terms of graphical fidelity isnt really massive it is noticeable as it was in previous generations so the sort of features that were talking about as gamers are being able to load into a game much quicker than before being able to move from game to game so that sort of convenience factor which to be honest with you are a massive selling points for a lot of people dont know what has the at the the end playstation. Well the playstation comes into this generation with the momentum around 110000000 playstation 4 sold locally compared to around 50000000 for the x. Box a playstation is certainly certainly have the momentum but obviously x. Box comes from microsoft that microsoft is one of the Biggest Companies in the world incredible market value and it has the financial backing to be able to invest in the x. Box platform so i think that the export will get some ground back this generation in the some interesting moves that microsoft are making theyre making this this thing called x. Box game pass which is essentially a netflix for gaming and more and more of. A thing that they want that the customers to have so its about 10 pounds 1212. 00 a month to have access to a massive game y. B. Over 100. 00 games and all of microsofts 1st party titles which are coming up in addition to that theyre also investing massively in exclusive so theyre buying up studios really on mass to get games exclusive to their platforms and thats really the thing that ultimately gamers care about that they want to play the best games and if microsoft ends up having them as its just done with spending 7000000000. 00 on bethesda which makes the Elder Scrolls of fallout very popular titles then i think again it will it will gain some momentum but the playstation brand is just so synonymous with gaming its been going for a lot longer than the x. Books its just a really powerful brand especially in asia as well and gaming has come so far has been such a short space of time is it going in the future. Well whats interesting about the Gaming Market is that its always its always a pushing at the forefront of technology is always in flux so you have these traditional gaming experiences on the playstation and x. Box which offer those sort of premium experiences like going to the cinema for movies you know really big budget games that look amazing but actually the markets diverging so much that youve got game is that just want to play on mobiles and tablas they might want to stream games in as more and more services from the likes of playstation microsoft google to allow you to stream games to any device that you want and thats certainly more and more people up to gaming and i think thats one of the challenges for the industry in general is that the games that the i play and i enjoy that you know they tend to be like historical epics quite violent thats the thats always been the thing about the video Games Industry but opening the market up to more and more people demands more or more more people to come into the industry from diverse backgrounds and i think that thats something that the industry is struggle with in general to good news is that the games market is stronger than ever and actually its really boondoggle last year as more and more people of of sadly being in lockdown and have their and 10 min options restricted so the games and she actually is healthy. Very interesting indeed thanks very much for joining us there from london. A celebration. At a university in the u. S. Joe will have all of those details. Lets get to all this for now with norah thank you take care lympics organizers say they feel a sense of relief over news of a possible breakthrough in the search for a cave in 1000 vaccine the games office phone by one year until next july because the pandemic but there remain doubts as to whether they can take place so whether fans will be allowed to attend officials there are boyd by mondays announcement from Pharmaceutical Company pfizer that their vaccine appears to be around 90 percent effective at preventing covert 97. 00. Do enough to this that we do not exist outside society we are preparing the olympics and paralympics within the same society under such circumstances i also heard the news about the vaccine i think that everyone felt a positive sense of relief the same can be said for the organizing committee. And some more encouraging news in that take care plans to hold olympic test events early next year after a successful gymnastics meet in the city some days event featured 22. 00 International Athletes with a few 1000 fans was held in a bubble with combat system to daily head of well gymnastics says its proof an International Event can be held safely in tokyo. A place and you can still take you with us when the gymnasts arrived to japan you could see fear in their eyes they were worried they might be infected and you can see that fear deep into their eyes but each day they spent time in japan they managed to ease their fears at the end of the day you could see the joy in their eyes. The vietnamese grand prix has been dropped from the provisional calendar for next years formula one season the street race in hanoi it was supposed to take place in april for the 1st time it was canceled because of kobe 19 and its now reportedly being removed because of local political issues several other venues are in the line to fill the gap with f one set to stage a record 23. 00 races including the 1st ever in saudi arabia. Diego maradona could be released from hospital in argentina later with his doctor saying the 6 year old is doing great the 986 world cup winner underwent brain surgery for a blood clot last week and has also received treatment for drug withdrawal symptoms my read on his personal doctor says his family has been supporting the 4 margin time star and stressed that he is being shielded from coronavirus while in the hospital and one of scientists one of you i think were going to go diegos in great shape and has energy he wants to go to his house along with the therapy doctors were evaluating clinic therapy we are going to speak tomorrow aside from that i want to clarify the issues about covert covert is everywhere its here as in any other place but we are following protocol most affectionate well from one argentine football hero to another lino messi is preparing for his countrys upcoming World Cup Qualifiers south americas qualification process is behind schedule because of coronavirus delays but they got things up and running last month argentina won their opening 2 games and now host paraguayan on friday before travelling to peru. 5 time world champions brazil also won their 1st 2 games but theyre still on neymar as a doubt for their games against venezuela and euro quite hes got a groin injury the brazilians are hopeful too he can play against uruguay but his club p. S. G. Says its impossible. Meanwhile europe the way for Nations League continues 3 time european champions spain have 3 matches to play during this International Window 1st up they play a friendly against the netherlands that would be a repeat of the 2010 World Cup Final and then in the Nations League they will face switzerland and germany. Spanish golfer Sergio Garcia has been forced to pull out of this weeks moss after testing positive for corona virus the 2017 champion revealed the news on twitter but says he and his family a feeling well is the 1st time garcia has missed a major championship in 21 years earlier this year well number one Dustin Johnson and another former masters champion adam scott are among those who tested positive. It is terrible timing and this is. Now the Silver Lining for myself and i was talking about it with us tomorrow as we caught it at a time when men we werent going to miss the masters. It seems like almost one guy a week or maybe just a bit more test positive theres going to be a couple here. Where players have been out practicing at augusta including defending champion tiger woods the masters usually takes place in april but was moved to defend that because of the pandemic things will be a lot quieter than usual as there are there will be no fans there this week mages are different but at the same time theres always this of energy that you get the crowds even from the monday guy that just isnt there. At the same time its a major you know theyre all career defining weeks. Meanwhile university in the u. S. Is forcing students to undergo mandatory current Virus Testing off to thousands of fans still in the football field and through parties when the team one night a day make clemson a Double Overtime on soft ice buffy huge celebration on the field they the fans wouldnt wary mosques or have them pull down all the students will have to be tested before they leave for an extended winter break if they refuse they wont be allowed to register for classes next semester. All right that is a useful for now more later nora thanks very much that would be a lot of testing went to. Thats it from me nor a call for this news but do stay with us polly will be here with more days news in just a man. Held for over 3 years in an egyptian prison so denied the right to a fair trial no charges have been brought against al jazeera correspondent saying his crime journalism. To demand truly and voice solidarity with all detained journalists sign the petition thank. You say. 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