who heads the international jury, the war and ukraine is set to be at the forefront of this year's festival. ah, are a tougher picture of the headlines here on al jazeera, the united nations was appealed for $1000000000.00 to cover immediate humanitarian needs and tortilla, falling last week's earthquakes. they also need $400000000.00 for quake affected regions in serious wrestles. sarah has been meeting survivors in the northern syrian town of gin. denis any drop off the aid can help them to survive this winter. you can see that there are thousands and thousands of people that they have lost their houses or relative the of did one. now they are here waiting for aid for food, food, warm clothes, for heaters and for the medicines. so it has been days that they were waiting for these aid. they're sad, they're angry, and they say they feel that the international community has forgotten them. more than 42000 people are now known to have died. o authorities haven't yet announced the number of people missing. the head of the russian state back, wagner, mercenary group, is blaming what he calls moscow's monstrous bureaucracy for slow military games. if any progression says it could take months to capture the eastern ukrainian town of back moot, which are seen intense fighting in recent weeks, capture it would be a major symbolic wind for russia. when the president of bella roo says his country, but joined the war alongside russia. if a tete an exam, the look a shanker, made the comments during a read press conference involving foreign journalists, bella ruth, was used as a launching point for the invasion last year. the u. s. has condemned israel's decision to expand the legal settlements and the occupied west bank, the white house press, zachary says the move creates facts on the ground that undermine a 2 state solution. yes, president joe biden says the 3 latest era objects shot down by fighter jets are probably benign. he said they were likely tied to private companies or research institutions. they were down following the decision to shoot down a chinese surveillance balloon the week before. so those are the headlines and he's continues here on al jazeera after people empower feature. thanks so much examining the impact of today's headlines. this is what is all about ensuring that louisiana can continue, let comfortable in that setting the agenda for tomorrow's discussions. i don't believe that i think in, in a society that isn't willing to kill international filmmakers and world class journalists, bring programs to inform and inspire you. we need to have a media ensuring that like to the hood, anaya sierra, ah, extreme storms, wildfires rising sea levels. the results of global warming have become ever more evidence in recent years. but have different mark things have been at an industry which knew about climate change, long before the rest of us acted on that evidence. instead of trying to deny it. in the 2nd 2 episodes, a team of swiss filmmakers examines big oils big lives, ah ah, over the atlanta flying observe, over 40 years ago, the world's largest and most profitable old companies began to realize the effects their products were having on climate their own private scientific research told them so well before it became common knowledge. but for the next 4 decades time we could have better spent transitioning to green forms of energy. they sold to discredit and down play evidence of global warming, and the calamities it would lead to. melting glass is rising, sea level out of controlled wildfire extremes, doors, these are only some of the things we've seen in recent years, and it's likely to get much worse. yet as this to part investigation is revealing, the oil industry and its political friends have been relentless in trying to manipulate public opinion about climate change, bullying the media, lobbying governments, and disparaging the scientists and activists pleading for an end to our fossil fuel addiction. it's still happening today, even in switzerland raised more her daily di here is how raj, a couple of swiss politicians and publisher of the populace. right wing magazine belt worker recently described professor sonya, so never readily, one of the world's leading climatology on his video. jama, any kalima? ok. the v. steam and a claim or comfort in indian border, open their carlson crate or torn barrack, they're green and highly gin. d moment d here only see a feeler vsoft low on vincent, off live in an in on, through your own sty can. besides take an over topped, also see st. us the scene to kind of for sure this to kind of visage after in on what provoked the outburst for an interview in which she said that climate change was alarming and unprecedented. i be, it is me, lloyd beacon, so don't meet it. so it didn't meet profane, didn't meet up a colleague, they can meet lloyd and the image on the last policy and be it out there. see this is you but so science thesis, glauben se, inspiration? honda move, inspiration k b, trish t roneesh out trade buzz is f, as i, as you did with this is a confed mob sealed me quantica shorter and dominican they sell. santa hick is so meningitis shall go most accurately. carrie sanchez. she asked his f shanker, let out a horn to letter back mostly for scot. this pussy like as shown fuqua, they put to sam fifths of farmington. hyundai proposal with this critique class else for quite a particular time anytime to pacific meds received in your last house. it's going to fax, $50000.00 democracy on this plan. like if john brought you couple is a national counselor from zurich and an influential voice in the s v p, one of switzerland's main right wing parties. we wanted to ask him about his attack on professor, never antony, but he declined an interview. his party, the s v p, is interesting because of its ties to a fossil fuel lobby graphically revealed in 2019 by an angio, the swiss energy foundation. the lobby group includes major transportation, federations, like auto suisse, t c, s, as tag, swiss oil and economy. sweet and has links with several parliamentarians, mostly from right wing parties in 2021. the s v p campaigned in parliament against the bill to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. a former leader of the s v p. albert rusty was also president of switzer and of auto suites, the association of car importance. we ask mr. rusty for an interview, but he declined. instead, he referred us to avail no. she suisse the countries association of fuel importers . they to declined after numerous emails. so did most of its members. finally we approached christian e mark and s v p national council up from zola phone. so what did he think about the warnings of climate scientists is mostly done kind of forward for malcolm. uh, but it is his movie, he rises or dos at the ousley at cohen shirts that sells. fighting messenger often grown feds and keep the seal on the sheet him and on on thought on. come on it and the 1000 new, vile, and part of recent off the if my fin audio motion, montoya, if month all if i'm for policy, but in house, roofing must be safe. if all can i far and how and how can i go to 6 pm booklets? you miss you go fairly easy to mom says shanty fig. sand is active, you still for sale at the club about the invite that has grown one among me. i'm for all this ice to lines in the politic unfreeze lost count was the vista of dr. seaman. we showed him the swiss energy foundations revealing diagram about the fossil fuel lobby in parliament. it listed him as president to the zoloft and section of ass tag the swiss road transport association. escal obasi ha, the fiscal year at present 3 o o m val m h beneatha, berkeley, kane, petro lobbyist, resume is done, and each been president. they had our stock, 16 soil upon the all stock. this is the notes for toys or they're not far toich for bond road. holy is are of course huge consumers of gasoline and diesel. so does christian e mark defend their interests in parliament? it's been kind lobbies akin. i fry yet not, and alvarado. he come here, sorry, on that is a shirley, honey saucon was healed by each other with i'm fina felice internationally wealthy saga my in a perspective east ishmael. this best it soon. my new mail, if you own too long, feed on say refer comb with this thing the can face to match for the filter. i get it in 2021. the sd p avenue g and swiss boil full full against to propose c o 2 bill to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help to finance the successful no campaign in the subsequent referendum. it was a notable victory and the oil lobbies fight to slow switzerland's transition to more sustainable energy. there are similar stories elsewhere in the world in washington dc. for example, thousands of lobbyists are working behind the scenes in congress to oppose anti oil and gas legislation. that work is in secret, but it's still shocking to hear them talk openly about their methods. in 2021, keith mccoy, senior lobbyist of the american giant exxon mobil was caught doing just that. in a greenpeace sting, xle, did we aggressively fight against some of the science? ah, yes. did me join some of these shadow glutes ought to work against? ah, some of the early efforts? yes, that's true. but there is nothing. was that a legal about that? ah, you know, we were looking out for our investments, we were looking out for our shareholders. it was a revelation for a lot of people that, you know, they know what they're doing. they know how they're manipulating the political system here in the united states. the video stunned california democrat congressman ro connor. he sits on the house committee on oversight and reform, which in october 2021 began investigating big oils, climate change disinformation campaign. that was the catalyst. i mean, keith mccoy basically was on tape bragging about his role in killing climate legislation. bragging that he gave the rhetoric the company, gives the rhetoric about caring about climate. but behind the scenes, they're killing legislation to tackle the climate. i. and i said, we've got to get them in to explain this the committee will come to order. this is the historic hearing for the 1st time top fossil fuel executives are testified together before congress under oath about the industry's role in causing climate change and their efforts to cover it up. you can either come clean, emit your misrepresentations and ongoing inconsistencies and stop supporting climate this information. or you can sit there in front of the american public and lie under oath. we can't solve the climate crisis unless we tackle the climate disinformation crisis. many people don't know that these big oil companies, particularly exxon, have been lying to the public for decades. now, why does that matter? because they prevented us from diversifying. they prevented us from making the investments in the seventy's, eighty's and ninety's in renewable energy. so the 1st part is that they should be held accountable. the 2nd part is that they are continuing to mislead. then, perhaps on surprisingly, the oil companies response was to present themselves as models of low carb and rectitude. and to deny allegations about to climate disinformation campaign. thank you for the opportunity to be here today to discuss the urgent need for action on climate change and shells. effort to advanced societies, transition to a lower carbon feature. exxonmobil has long recognized that climate change will impose as serious risks any suggestion, whichever has engaged in effort spread dis, information, and mislead the public on these complex issues is simply walk a p, i supports climate, action governments, industries and consumers must accelerate policy and technology solutions together they believe after several hours of statements and questions agreed, the committee wasn't making much headway or any of your today prepared to make any statement saying we're going to take accountability on something so important and stop funding groups that are actively engaged in any form of climate, this information. okay. i take that. yeah. you don't want to take the pledge. alright. the hearings continued for months. so did the own industries claims it was working to dekalb and eyes which ro connelly to described as outrageous green washing? his hope now is the defense. surely big oil will go the same way as the tobacco industry. in 1990 full cigarette manufacturers lied to congress and it marked the beginning of that decline. you know, you believe nicotine is not a big. i believe nicotine is not addict of yours, mr. john. i believe. i believe the nicotine is not the big tobacco hearings captured the american imagination, and people said it is wrong that these to battle executives know that cigarettes are addictive, and yet they're denying that. and that led to cultural change in america. we need a similar cultural change when it comes to the embrace of alternative energy. but if the u. s. congress with the house now back in the hands of the republicans, hasn't yet managed to force through that cultural change. others are keeping the fight going. this is the east coast of the usa, like everywhere on the planet. these shores are experiencing the effects of global warming. katie, luciano is a geologist who works for the south carolina department of natural resources. this is one of our road and transaction i'm measuring from the forest to the sea and a getting a better idea of how the shoreline is transitioning as it moves and arose backwards . we've had a episodes of hurricanes, a lot of a very high tides, and the erosion rate has, has basically doubled from its historical version rate of 7 and a half meters per year. in other words, on erosion rate, that's twice what it would be without climate change. you can look back here and you can see we are right in the forest here. so you can see all the vegetation and the beef is actively eroding on to this island. so this place this beach was a forest, then i guess it was as dense as this forest right here, where we're standing just several years ago. in fact, rising waters threatened much of the eastern seaboard of the united states. charleston in south carolina is among the cities most at risk built on the peninsula almost at ocean level. it's always been exposed to inclement weather, but global warming poses another challenge entirely. we are on the front line of climate change from sea level rise and from the increase impacts of extreme weather. we have seen the direct impacts year after the year for a decade now. every year, flooding tied like when i was a boy, maybe 5 times a year. now it's 90 tides a year that impact our street where we don't discuss the politics of climate change anymore. it's reality here. the cities being hit by ever more frequent and more serious, hurricanes, protecting the shoreline has thus become crucial. since hurricane irma, which struck in 2017 tens of millions of dollars, have been spent raising these fortifications up by just one single meter. but it's not enough. okay, so charleston also faces chaos surge events. if you have a major hurricane. irma was not a major hurricane if you get a major hurricane and it comes in, it could push a wall of water 101214 feet high. and if you would get that, that would over top this, this would all be flooded. so we're working with the federal government to see if we can get them to help us build a surge wall or serge structure around the entire peninsula. the idea is to build a giant dyke of shoul like that in venice to hold back the ocean. but the cost is estimated at around $3000000000.00, a staggering amount of money for a city of only a $150000.00 inhabitants. so the mer is taking legal action against those. he holds accountable for the threat they face the city. charleston is suing $24.00 big oil companies over damages to the city and their contributions to climate change. we are filing lawsuit day against big oil. and the reason is they have contributed through a i intentional deception to, to change the story. busy of the impact of the burning of fossil fuels on climate change on this plan. so i feel it's not fair to the citizens in charleston. they have to bear the burden, the total cost of these improvement that are needed because the sea level run. the complaint directly targets a host of big oil companies, including exxon mo, bill, shell, chevron and b. p. mainly because of that disinformation campaign. defendants concealed the dangers, promoted false, and misleading information, sought to undermine public support for greenhouse gas regulation, and engaged in massive campaigns to promote the ever increasing use of their products. at evergreen volumes. i believe that they contributed a willingly to this problem and they should be part of the solution. the lied. they lied. yes. it was a misinformation campaign. it's very similar to what the tobacco companies did with the cigarette smoking and the impacts of cigarette right. mm. charleston low c to against the oil. johns isn't the only one. some 30 major u. s. cities and states have done the same, including baltimore, new york, washington, massachusetts, and minnesota. the plaintiffs are supported by the center for climate integrity. richard whiles, as its president. these cases are very winnable and that's why the oil industry is terrified of these cases right there. they're far more fearful of these cases and they are of anything the congress might do or anything that any state legislature might do. because, you know, they've got a lot of power in the congress. they pretty much own the republican party. but they are afraid of these cases because they have the potential to stick them with the damages that they have caused. if you think about the cost of adaptation from climate damages to climate damages in united states is going to be multiple trillions of dollars. if these companies have to pay their percentage, their portion, their fair share of those damages, it will be multiple hundreds of billions of dollars. while says that the old company is a particularly fearful that the low seats will force them to open their archives and make compromising information public. if those documents come out, the reputation of damage to these companies will be enormous, right? these are the things they fear. in europe cooled civil ready ruled against one of the oil johns royal dutch shell. this was the unprecedented ruling of a court in the hague, in may 2021 to show hope neither for stating it had been fulfill steel. and so for now, latter off our po, dixie, and there cope, careful with the pair can create and yes is for, for least via had called sharon black from the show hope and trade out and dare to, to shout a outdoor from the show hope and to lay frontier shit off names from show hope close to being an net or favor fair to push in the case was launched in april 2019 by a pollution of environmental and jose and more than $17000.00 dutch citizens. they accused the multinational of destroying the climate with full knowledge of the facts like its american competitors. shell, they said, knew of the danger posed by its products. some 40 years ago. it is an hour and he stories enough for our photos, alamo, for years then it has goodness over the next the kirkwood health dot, unheard of her filer would stop him at the tours alcohol. her father quickly marked on the raft, the little hind to rival over the storm zealous from world for if it were sag upon, provide a demand for honoring and felt more amazed omen. the groundbreaking nature of the judgment can be found in its details. shell must reduce emissions by 45 percent from its own facilities, such as its boar holes or its gas stations, but also the emissions from the consumption of its products. for example, gasoline in march, 2022 shell filed an appeal against the rolling, arguing that its own plans to reduce c o. 2 emissions by 2050 are sufficient and a statement. it also said we question how shell can have a legal obligation to reduce carbon emissions. we do not control from customers who are not under a similar legal obligation to reduce their admissions. the company believes that it's not justices role to set or impose environmental objectives. but that's not how this environmental lawyer and swiss green m. p season said russia helen nozzles, mom. padding mangion man. yes sir. i knew very to pause the republic on my chest. the magic i victims risky. napa does on leopard g key a total more param abdul ruby asap remark. there it was, said i for new apologise. luxury van dealer, the wal mart nozzler. he visited the 711 q magic, is it on you have a po remote where our whole representative says she now market cassandra? not was his them. capitalists of them. are they not up his bad it put local shows it selected, you know, committee. oh boy, boy jelly shows the fossil tougher, clear, male how this cell m as you defeat you? suppose i knew miss your volume? did i gas or glass or chilly cabin or brusset? this oxygen you can burn it. don't necessarily. you've f o r d a blood only you also please keep soil vision does business would've, if where we open the tragedy is that it took 40 years for that radical turnaround to begin. instead, climate change denial and disinformation so doubt in people's minds and left is all facing unpalatable choices in an uncertain future. yet, don't don't the company because you have a good de la hall push actual from this issue as the adult washer manascale rogers . say collector also does it's just on corporate monte. sure. hold on. i prove i'm on problem clemente, bessie for now. walker. if it in going back to you is in miss yolanda because if it's on emissions, who do are you on fed as under please. and in order to pump up or do you shake society if he are secret of her daily book on the 2000 statues and proven to super kill any problem. so got it on a mentorship one knocks us again. greg, have 70. if this isn't complete, says on to a pizza. i'm more prom bill not have near her news. audrey so say up to more candle as neevadolla way ish moscow and felt responsibility this on the focus is i for myself, it know by typical shadow porky care po, pissed at hospice house. she'll see says i for my son. whenever the book is there, word to qualify, this isn't for mission campaign. the yvonne i mean it's just pure evil. i don't know what to say other than that at this point. i mean, the science is so clear, and yet these companies continue to mislead and deceive the public about it. and everybody's life on the planet is at stake at these companies are just despicable. their options are there. clearly the technology is available for us to switch and they just want to milk their products for as much money as they possibly can, as long as they possibly can. consequences be damned. so want to big oil hadn't lied . it's the question we put to the woman in the usa. we met right at the start of this investigation, lamenting the destruction of her ancestral land. if they all companies had law 40 years ago, we probably wouldn't be standing so close to this water right now. we probably would be way back there in the distance amongst all the trees that are standing up here in the birds chirping. seeing the sea gulls come begging us more to last. don't make 40 more years with less help children unmanned aerial vehicles, deadly but increasingly familiar to on the modern battlefield with the conflict in ukraine, sparking the 1st full scale drone war and pointy to a coming age of artificial intelligence. some autonomy weapons people empower, examines the ethical questions around this proliferating technology and whether it poses a dystopian threat, drones and the future of war on a just 0 ah . in november 2020 austria security service is carried out operation lock so against dozens of muslims. i opened my a saw a machine gun pointed with my head, but a court found the rate on north pole and now charges have been dropped against one of the accused. one, the reason why they are doing this is because they want to intimidate antiterrorist, measure, or discrimination. austria operation looked all on algebra holding the powerful to account. as we examined the u. s. each row in the world on al jazeera ah .