lagos. 3 people are dead and dozens more missing. he was attacked. he was assaulted his house for a shot at 12 years such for justice. the case of a sher lankin journalist who was brutally murdered, goes to the hate. ah, so one day into the cop 26 climate conference in scotland and wold ladies of manage their 1st agreements to end deforestation by 2030 more. why they, presidents and prime ministers spoke about the severity of the climate emergency, but what's far less certain is what action they can actually deliver to stave off catastrophic levels of warming. our diplomatic editor james base begins i coverage from glasgow. o intense diplomacy ahead of this event has been going on for years. this has been build as the conference that can save the planet. it's host the u. k. prime minister, making the point of the city where it's being held. glasgow was the place where the steam engine was invented 250 years ago, triggering an industrial revolution that started the climate crisis. yes, my friends, we brought you to the very place where the doomsday machine began to tick. humanity has long since run down the clock on climate change. it's one minute to midnight on that doomsday clock, and we need to act now to scan it and the warnings of what is at stake here, continued this from the un secretary general william, our addiction to fossil fuels, is pushing humanity to the brain. we face a stark choice either we stop it or it stops us. we are digging our own grapes. u. s. president joe biden came to glasgow with, unlike his predecessor, donald trump, a strong commitment of pipe the climate emergency. but without the tools to do so, his green policies depend on a massive spending package that has already been paid back and has yet to pass congress. there's no more time to hang back or sit in the fence or argue amongst ourselves. this is a challenge of our collective lifetime, the existential threat, threat to human existence as we know it. the president told delegates the eyes of history were on them, but president biden's own eyes were the subject of speculation on social media. what did he doze off at one point as he listened to the speeches here in glasgow, there'll be 12 days of long, intense negotiations for this vital conference to be a success. all the stars need to align, but some powerful leaders like president she of china and russia. president putin are not here. and there's not been the hope for momentum ahead of caught 26 over the weekend in rome. the leaders of the most prosperous nations on the planet met. they said all the right words about the climate, but they didn't take the action that was needed. according to environmentalists, one g 20 country india has committed at the glasgow conference to be net 0 by 2070 . but prime minister there andro modi's announcement will disappoint many putting his country 2 decades behind the un target of 2050 barra india will fulfill 50 percent of its energy requirements from renewable energy sources by 2030 . between now and 2030 india will reduce as total projected carbon emissions by $1000000000.00 tons by 2030. and you will reduce the carbon intensity of its economy by 45 percent and by 2070. and you will achieve the target of net 0 emissions spent living on the front lay mia motley, is the prime minister of barbados, a small island nation that was battered by a hurricane in july called red cord, red to the g 7 countries. cord red cord read to the g. 20 earth. the ha, that's what it said. earth to cop for those who are ways to see for those who have is to listen and for the laws who have a heart to fear. 1.5 is what we need to survive. the urgency of the situation is obvious, but it's still not clear. there's the commitment by all nations to try to fix things. james bay's al jazeera glasgow. let's return to this issue of deforestation . talk to michelle for sarah about the she's in san francisco, director of the nature conservancy, california climate program. thank you for being with us today. michelle. so i'm looking at some of the details of this and it says that canada, brazil, russia, and indonesia have all signed up and that covers 85 percent of the world's forests . so actually this is looking like a pretty good, not i, it's a terrific start. we need but just like best to kick our cop 26. this really is a determining decade for us to really turn the corner on climate change and avoid some of the hardest impacts that we face in terms of reducing emissions and what we're already starting to witness in terms of storms and see level rise as this is a really good start. there was a similar deal though, i think back in 2014, which quote here, failed to slow deforestation at all. so again, it comes down to commitments, doesn't it? it comes out to actually, i should say, following through on commitments. it does and you know, it is still important. we do need these high level political commitments from our leaders. we also need to get all the way to the ground q in gauge communities and indigenous community information. it's important that we've got a lot more pledges than we did in 2014, to commit to rigid stopping deforestation, and reversing it by 2030. i think that is notable. in addition, there's over $900000000000.00. pledge in both public and private funds. so it is a good start. there's a lot more that we still need to do, but we do need a high level commitment, as well as, as work on the ground and finding ways to engage, to move, to solving. can you give our view as the source of domino effect here? if i can call it that day for stations, or it starts with the deforestation, water or the knock on effects because it's not just the issue of carbon emissions and it's so much more to it. well there's, there's a lot more of that. but the question i but, and just kinda starting with the basics of some of your viewers may know as our trees grow, they absorb carbon by the atmosphere and they store it in the roots than the branches and the tree trunk and in the soil. but when these are disturbed through forestation or unsustainable management, that carbon released back into the atmosphere. and that is what's happening. but we have a chance to reverse that drone through more sustainable manager practices and through restoration and conservation. as you noted, there are other impacts that, that come with that if we do the forest that often can have impacts on local communities and their way of life. it can also impact water i and water quality, or all these other what we call co benefits that are associated with these resource lose our forest or when they're degraded. we also lose a lot of these other important benefits. the things that we depend on for our livelihood and for economy. so it's a win win if we're able to restore and conserve these for us in, in tropical countries, but also globally when, when that's what we like michelle for, sorry, joining us from san francisco today. thank you for your time. thank you. any p o p rebels from the target people's liberation front say they've joined up with rebel forces from the countries most populous region, or romeo g, p. a left says it's forces have sees the town of combo chest and it's airport in the horror region. while rebels in romeo say, they've sees the town of can we say both strategic points on the highway to add a saba, if you have is prime minister abbey, i met is called on all citizens to mobilize in the fight against a guy and forces the armies been fighting the trigger people's liberation front for nearly a year. now, tens of thousands of civilians have been displaced by that conflicts. as your highness, marian who teaches international relations with a focus on africa in the middle east and says the new alliance between the t p l. s . and the rebels in romeo is a significant moment in this conflict. there is a new marriage of convenience alliance between at least a faction of the ration front. and the i love it because abby has managed to alienate the all know the including someone has. so he is really increasing the isolated and that you feel like he's trying to take advantage of that situation as well as o l a n right now, since they have the momentum military moment, the objective with their history. and now if you know the situation is rich such a boy and also the animosity between ethnic groups reach them all time that one of the last to go to i just have a bar. and a rule again, looks not a very practical idea, but they do have the intention. they have every intention of trying to get rid of as the prime minister. and perhaps some kind of a transition into a new regime coalition focus. what was the various groups that they seem to be friendly with aligning with a 21 story building and nigeria has collapsed killing at least 3 people, dozens of thought to be trapped in the rubble. the building and lagos was still under construction. it's being reported, the developer only had permission to actually build 15 flaws in recent efforts to demolish or reinforced unsafe buildings in the city with more than 80 taken down this year from i did receive following the story from a bring chat. trust on the scenes. well, ambulances and emergency workers, but there was nothing much they could do. they tried to dig through the rubble with bare hands. heavy duty machinery started coming into the area of lagos, which is a high brow residential and commercial estate in may go city. and then the work started in earnest, looking at the rebel, the mountain of rebel. they in fact, needed much more bigger heavy duty commit to move the rebel in order to access the people who have been trapped inside the building. now it's not clear exactly how many people have been trapped and lagos is no stranger to this disaster. a respecting b construction court has always been a difficult situation in lagos enforcement, despite enforcement such contributions continue not only in lagos, but across the switches. nigeria, people bribe officials to look the other way while the they go skimming things and making construction or constructing poorly built structures in lego, eventually these structures collapse and killed and lot of people every yeah, we register such incidences. in the news ahead liberia's climate challenge. we look at why it was ranked the worst performing country in the world on sustainability and a quarter of a century of ounces. here we look at which impacts since it launched with a mission to give a voice to the voiceless. ah now has been relatively quiet to the last 24 hours or so. this looks like a lot of class, but really the rain take a long way north and the total is coming afterwards. isn't that cold is cold front, going to be cold air behind it. the templates are in single figures, and certainly here when you pick your feel it and eventually that car will come or down across the states, but it hasn't really bitten just yet. so the forecast the toronto is at lowest about 5 degrees or wednesday, little less cold on thursday and as the percentage chance of brief snow showers in the field. karl was saying, the snow further west in the rockies. but the code comes up with the moisture from the gulf. you get, i think significant thunderstorm risk in texas hale possibly to when i those are once more the pacific coast looked very wet by the end of wednesday, which i'm sure is welcome rain. there's a good line of exaggerated shout, tsukuba. recently, jamaica occurred again to believe honduras and nicaragua. this is the case for tuesday. whether that's the focus of the heaviest, the rain, orange tops means the biggest dam pause next. because last even of entirely dry as the south america, very pleasing to say a lot of see a lot of numbers only a disappointing that you're in rear where it still wet the it's the world. 2 both populous democracy, diverse dynamic, and undergoing momentous change context. india takes an in depth look at the people and politics of india, exploring how to cope with 1900 pandemic struck the nation. it's continuing impact and the lessons learned for the future. join me famous. those are for context india and alex is either lou aah! on al jazeera, these are the top stories this our world leaders of agreed to end deforestation by the 2030 or the $19000000000.00 has been pledged towards the plan. the 1st commitment made the cop 26 climate conference in glasgow rebels and ethiopia. milton tegra regions that have joined up with forces from romeo, the country's most populous region, claiming control of 2 towns on the highway to the capital, addis ababa and rescuers have been working overnight in lagos, nigeria, to find people trapped under the rubble offer $21.00 story building collapsed, at least 3 people have done. it's returned to our top story, those stark warnings made at the cop $26.00 meeting in glasgow. the leaders of poorer countries on the front lines of climate change they'll be calling on donations to fulfill their previous promises of climate finance. one such countries, liberia rank worst, and the world for sustainability by the 2020 environmental performance index. nicholas hark reports on the outskirts of the capitol monrovia. this is lie beer as guinea forest region, often referred to as the lungs of west africa. but from where i stand, the air is on breathe, both heavy with toxic chemicals. it's things the eyes, and this is why the international tire manufacturing company firestone has cleared part of the forest to make way for a rubber plantation. the size of singapore, in the process of turning rubber into tires destined for cars in north america and europe. villagers say they are polluting the waters and the air farmington river was warned, the lifeline for millions of people living around monrovia, it's now in scenarios not just a dead river but a poisonous one and that is driving people to their death as a reminder to future generations to what cause villagers to die. they've carved out their coffins and the shapes of cars. these are, these are our permanent editing while i bureau, is he because of that pollution and a gourmet news? i was here to coordinate senior news. we been crying, well, know what we're yeah, we're crap. according to the environmental performance index. liberia is at the bottom of the ranking. this poor indebted country has given half of its land to private concessions to companies that are logging or exporting rubber minerals. the government says librarians are not responsible for this pollution, which we, we are like, the don't set that up. that's how it is. let we go. we, we feel what is happening everywhere. you know, the environment is if into one, what happened in russia? what are in china, if at all? yeah, even though we added a bunch of almost a quarter of this country's population is displeased. people are fleeing land grabbing and land degradation as well as climate change and most have made the capital monrovia that's fairly one meter above sea level. their home look at the circumstances in which they live. both human industrial waste is being poured out and the government is doing nothing to pick up the trash or deal with this pollution, nor are they providing electricity to the people living here most are relying on fossil fuels such as charcoal or diesel generators to power their homes and feed their families and was like, variance, carbon emission is a fraction to the ones of rich polluting nations. they are feeling the full brunt of the effect of climate change and have the most at stake at this comp $26.00 conference. and yet their voices are barely getting heard. after more than a year of political turmoil, the delayed elections, somalia has begun voting for politicians. it's low house of parliament. the 1st 2 politicians, the 275 member lower house were elected in mogadishu. and monday, being chosen by tens of thousands of clan delegates, there is a separate voting process to be up a house. then both branches of government will choose. next presidents. the accounting is begun in south africa, the local elections, turnouts is low. it's expected to be the toughest contest yet, the ruling african national congress party. some predictions suggest it'll get less than half the vote and may lose control of some of the country's largest regions. the united nation special envoy for sudan says mass protests against last week's military takeover. a working tens of thousands of people have been rallying against it. at least 11 people have been killed and more than a 100 injured next to me to seeing the mos demonstrations and special stillbirth. and we have no way here to not to measure as the 2nd soft stations account number. we can tell that we the efforts are going. there is a lot of sharpening between the general come on funding, residence and other places where other officials are located. president vladimir putin has stress the need to strengthen rushes air defenses. his comments come as nato forces carry out military exercises near russia's borders. if you will, then we must further improve our air and space defense system. leading powers have been developing perspective the high speed strike, whether it's also warranted by the military political situation, including increasingly intensive flights by nato aircraft, new rochelle, and the appearance of the alliances worships armed with guided missile in the baltic and black sea. now it's been 12 years since the outspoken sri lankan journalist last on chromatography was briefly met it. now international media watchdogs are taking his and to other cases to a people's tribunal in the hague. it will officially begin on tuesday to march the international day to end impunity for crimes against journalists. manella fernandez, spoke to come to his family recruitment and is waiting for justice to of years ago. his younger brother left on the was killed. it was just the 1st time he had been targeted, but the investigators have to call that military intelligence operatives carried out the attack that killed him. last hunter had been through tough times before he was attacked. he was assaulted his house for a shot. that is cuz he was really damn assaulted for when he cases fired. but he didn't feel frankly at the beginning that they would kill him. but they did. men on motorcycles followed him from his home to office in a military style operation that left the journalist with a fatal head injury. i was right here on this crowded street in colombo. that vicar amato was broadly murdered in broad daylight. a short distance from a major air force base in the 12 years since his killing. there are still more questions than answers. because within this sunday, leading newspaper published regular exposes highlighting corruption but a story on massive kickbacks from a deal to buy meek aircraft implicating, then defense secretary and now president got up a roger potter drew angry reactions. because nathan go was due to give evidence, in that case when he was killed. the moral of his sunday leader newspaper was unbowed and unafraid. an approach he followed just 2 days. this will, he was killed. he made these comments reacting to an attack on the local t v station. we as media personnel will have to face up to these challenges, not the 1st time of media organizations are come monday attack in this certainly won't be the last but we as media personnel must face up with this challenge. not be both, don't want under what they were pretending to be didn't and united way face this did the coming from his family and media colleagues have criticize the slow pace of investigations. the government minister of public security told al jazeera that justice would be served was definitely just, it will be done. and a good the culprits will be a bad taken for books, right? if somebody has done a wrong thing, as per the british theory late, it says that even if you were out at sea, in the space late, you went inside a cave, like you're gone her may, you can't escape. so that is the what is philosophy. so i use a believe in that after years of delayed justice, international media organizations have organized what they're calling a people as tribunal. an event in the netherlands calling attention to the murdered of journalists in sri lanka, syria, and mexico. love increment of the says the truth will come out only if there is political will 1000000 fernandez or 0 for them. media in haiti, a reporting at least 6 fuel truck drivers have been kidnapped. coalition of powerful gangs is blocking entry to ports, holding fuel stores in port a prince. it's leader has said a will allow access but only if prime ministerial henri resigns gangs have been blamed for an increase in truck driver abductions, fuel shortages of left desperate motorists crowding haiti's petrol stations. funny how the zeros celebrating its 25th anniversary? what launched as an arabic language, satellite news channel, and $996.00 here in doha, is now of course a global network with several outlets and multiple languages. now, disease has been a vocal advocate of press freedom. many of its journalists have been arrested while at work. mohammed vall takes a look back at the history of the network in the obstacles and dangers. it's faced . the people at the time of its launch in 1996 on just yet i was seen by many as a drop in immediate ocean dominated by mostly western news channels and outlets 25 years later that drop has created the flood of change around the world problem. so actually in our home and 25 years ago today, we launch the georgia news channel. we meant it to be a present from katara to those who needed global news and current affairs. before i just launched the world enjoyed little if any media freedom, citizens from iraq mauritania, were told what to think and say, throw state own channels as focused on, glorifying the leaders while ignoring the concerns of ordinary people. but when the channel began broadcasting under the slogans of the opinion and the other opinion and the voice of the voiceless, it earned the respect and the cognition of millions at its viewership rocketed on the other than i levied. thanks. dear, generous support. your highness, father emir, we have proved that the out of journalists are citizen, once provided with the required margin of freedom, is able to create and become a source of news and information to the world. one, thanks to god, we now see how i just, it has turned into that source of information for international media outlet. i know what the shepherd does, he, you know, i'll just 0 different channels are now available in 440000000 homes across the world. and it's digital platforms reach hundreds of millions of individuals as to its effects might be enough. dimension of the 0 roland, raising awareness regarding issues in the middle east and the global south with special focus on daily concerns of average people instead of dealing. while most media outlets were embedded with american and british forces during the occupation of iraq, i'm just focused on the human cost of the war, as it had done before enough gone to stop. but it came at a cost of disease journalists were injured, arrested, and even killed among them. thought it a europe, us strike on the capital bike that putting the rock in town. we were well aware from the very beginning that this project would be faced by tremendous difficulties, and that al jazeera would represent a challenge for guitar and it did. in fact, out 0, blaze, it's trail in an unfavorable environment. it was as if we were chiseling away as a rock in 2011. and this was the motels crystallized, as millions of people took to the capital, demanding freedom justice and the better life of this year. i was underground reporting while local regional, funny, international channel field talk, acknowledge that protests that became known as the spring in 2017. and the testament to how influential of disease had become a blockade or cut off was he posed by egypt. saudi arabia behind and the united up yesterday they insisted that channel must be shut down for the blockade to be lifted. that was rejected. so you're not going to shut down out. no, not the actual damage. here. i'm just yellow commitment to continue to report on the flight of civilians in palestine. lead to its offices in garza the bomb along with those of other media outlets. this time by the slightly audi life on tv. but those challenges seemed only to strengthen the network to resolve and make it sold more relevant in the region to day or to 0 network boasts 5 different channels. several websites and digital platforms all have cemented themselves as leaders in the field seeking the human story. and striving to speak truth to power a quarter of a century has passed and what was once described by former egyptian dictator. symbolic as a tiny match box is now a global media empire, and a beacon of free expression in a region that has never needed it. more hum upon a da 0 though. ah, up us the out here on al jazeera and these are the top stories world leaders have agreed to end deforestation by the 2030. more than $19000000000.00 has been pledged towards the plan. it is the 1st commitment made at the cop $26.00 climate conference which has begun in glasgow. the united nations secretary general antonio terrace. had a stark warning though to the gathered leaders about just what's at stake. i would addiction to fossil fuels is pushing humanity to the brain.

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