india trauma celebrate. after the year long protests forced the government to withdraw its controversial farm laws and european governments scramble to take drastic measures as covert. 19 infections approached new hives. ah, well, our newest president joe biden is briefly transferred power to his vice president carmella harris. while he undergoes a routine medical procedure, the 78 rural president is in hospital undergoing his annual physical checks. while he is under sedation that com la harris will assume presidential powers making her the 1st woman in u. s. history to do so. meanwhile, earlier in congress, that bill, that debtor bill is passed. the youth house of representatives approved president joe biden's, social safety net and climate bill, the $1.00 trillion dollar bill back better act was watered down after weeks of debate. it will now go to the senate where the democrats hold that very slim majority. let's bring it altogether. val and fisher in washington, d. c. allen, the u. s. does not have its 1st female president as such, but it stiller historic symbolic moment. she has presidential powers, it may just be for a very short time. this is came to standard procedure, george w bush did it when he underwent his a routine medical and also had a colonoscopy. when donald trump went to the hospital, you remember there was a saturday when he disappeared very quickly. heading off to walter reed. no one knew it was was a lot of speculation. stephanie gresham, who is his communications sexier, was his communications director route and her book that it was just for a colonoscopy. one, he didn't want people to know he was going through a colonoscopy, which is pretty standard procedure when he gets to his age and, and he's going from medical. but also he didn't want to say no over authority. well, joe biden will be talking about for weeks when is he going to get his medical? it's happening. it's happening at war to readers. were president school. and during the period when he is under sedation for the colonoscopy, he hands overpower very briefly at to campbell harris. it's standard procedure as i say, there was a problem during the reagan presidency when alexander haig, who was his chief of staff, said i'm in charge rather than the vice president cotton, the big who high. so no, the, make it clear. i have st over the authority. it goes to the vice president. that is how this thing is meant to work. now jen sack, you will be holding a use a conference news briefing as you normally does on a friday. and we should get more details of that medical, but you'll remember also that joe biden celebrates his birthday to morrow. on saturday he will be $79.00, so people were paying attention to what comes out of that. although i suspect the white house will tellers who's getting a clean bill of health. yeah, i've just got half an eye on the briefing room at the moment, so we'll go to that when and if we hear something. meanwhile, in congress, before all of this happened, a victory at least the 1st step for jo biden's signature legislation. exactly that there are few more trap doors to negotiate before you can see game over and put your name on the board. but this is a significant moment for joe biden. remember, the democrats wanted to get this past before he went to glasgow and, and his trip to the g 7. and that didn't quite happen that there were a number of moderate democrats who wanted the congressional budget office, the cb, or to score this to essentially say, how much is it going to cost? they came back and said, look, there will be about $357000000000.00 added to the deficit over 10 years. but they said, we're not sure how much money they're going to bring in in taxes and that could cover it. the white house, as the the department of treasury said, yet we actually will cover it with our plans to tax. those who am the most in the united states. republicans were very much against this idea. they sell out to the deficit alike on to inflation of in speaking to a couple of republicans in the last couple of hours. the say, look, the republicans aren't worried that this isn't going to work. they're worried that it isn't going to work, and it will hand joe biden, a political victory as the problem job biden's go is it still got to go to the senate? there's a couple of dissenting voices there on the democratic side if he can get them on board. and that might mean changing the bill slightly. that is the possibility that they will go through the house. remember, it will be done through a different procedure, which means there'll be a 5050 vote and the casting vote will go to the vice president, come o'haris big day for her. i and so it joe biden is closer to getting this done and he is hopeful that it will get done because i'll be the 3rd major bill that he's passed than a year. and he hopes, politically, that will work well for democrats come the midterms, which are just under a year away. busy day in washington. alan fishes, across at all for us. thank you ellen. on to other news, and poland has accused bearers of continuing to help asylum seekers cross into e u territory. as despite the battle russians clearing a makeshift camp on the polish border on thursday that a race official say hundreds moved voluntarily to that reception center. western borders of belarus remained essentially sealed thousands of migrants and refugees, including children, had been stuck in freezing conditions at the border at fort dais, nato's secretary general has spoken about all this. he says the situation is deeply concerning the situation out of border o belarus with polen, but also littering are and the latter is deeply concerning. the location closer shima use are vulnerable people as a means to put pressure on other countries. sir, is cynical ant in humane natal stands in full solidarity with all affected alice. we remain vigilant and stand ready to further help our allies. more with our sad bag. now he is in he not car on the polish side of the border with belarus. if people managed to cross the border, their face, this dense, ancient fries who are standing inside, what the polish government says is the exclusions zone that they have created at the state of emergency. now people are still managing to cross that border no matter how many forces poland has put under some 14000. but when they get here, they still face some great challenges. there are checkpoints ruined by military border force and police. and throughout this fries, you can see signs that people have passed through very recently. here is a thermal blanket on the floor next to just over there. we have her some medicine, we have some clothes that people have changed out of and we're, it shows is that no matter how many forces and how many or, or border forces are and that are on that border with better. ruth, people are still making it across, they're determined to get into poland and the european union, and across this forest we could take 20 steps in that direction or to the right of me. we found clothes, paperwork, medicines, thermal blankets and signs that people are continuing to make it through some kinds of spend a week, a few days, a number of weeks hiding inside the forest as they attempt to make it in to the european union. now austria is become the 1st country in western europe to re impose a full coven 19 lockdown. the new measures starting on monday, will last for a maximum of 20 days, with austria also making vaccination compulsory from february. dominic kane has more on that. the reality for many austrians is that it has been a sliding scale. almost that one week there's been one set of restrictions, then the next week, more restrictions, and now we're into full lockdown. clearly the reason for this is because of the incidence of cove in many parts of austria is in 4 digits more than a 1000 per 100000 of population will. that is a very considerable number. and for many politicians and austria right now, it's too much and they say that even though people are being vaccinated, they say that that, that problem is such that they have to lock down. remember that austria is one of those countries where around 2 thirds of the population has been vaccinated, but that still leaves a 3rd who have not. and yes, of course, that includes the 3rd who have not includes children, but it also includes a large group of adults, people for whom the vaccine has been freely and readily available for many months indeed. and yet they have refused to have the vaccine. the point to make is that the scientists, madison, did the ministers in austria say effectively, that the numbers that they see, the numbers of people coming down with cove it every day. the vast majority of them are the unvaccinated. farmers in india are all celebrating after prime minister, no rent remedy announced his government, his revoking 3 controversial bulls have been protesting against the legislations for a year saying by endanger they lively. let's have named natal as mol, her gender core is finally relieved. she's volunteering at the community kitchen in the outskirts of new delhi where she has been protesting with thousands of other formulas. she says it's been a difficulty for ha, good me. it was hard, but they go, nope, i want her to play electricity and old to come and go. they did everything they got to make our lives difficult, but we have finally, one pharmacy began protesting. soon after in just parliament, past 3 agriculture laws. they see a fable big corporations and leads them was off. while some rallies ended in violent confrontations with police 7 rounds of talk between farmers union and the government failed to end the standoff until this sudden announcement, but prime minister marines remotely withdrawing the 3 controversial laws is my unique anthem in the parliament session starting later. this month, we will complete the constitutional process to repeal these 3 agriculture laws, gone on no problem with a credit rating this victory. but see the announcement as the 1st step, almost set up these temporary structures last year when they decided to camp out until the government roll back to 3 laws. they said they only pack up and go home once the parliament officially revokes them. they also point to critical issue the prime minister failed to mention the $700.00 farmers who died during the protests and their demand to government guarantees them a minimum price for their crop. more these utah from the 7 states are heading into critical elections early next. heated the writing on the wall he relies, unlike many of the people who are around him, that b j. b would not have a very easy passage in return to this, which is very crucial state. and could return of his party to power in 2024 depend largely on how they do in the u. b. and he wanted to retain. you'll be a total cost and best and you'll be as important. so as one job for that matter, movies announcement comes on the day of one of the biggest festivals for the sick community, which has been on the forefront of the farmers filter. and while that made, it mostly can demonstrate, as they will continue, that they did the promise to hold pre planned rally and will observe the 1st anniversary of the pro just later this month in the middle. i'll just say that, you know, check the world whether next and then the u. k. governments is set to designate all of her math and the terrorist organizations, calling it a fundamentally and rapidly anti semitic group. i'm in basra and nepal at the border with india where a conflict is brewing over t ah hello there we have got more heavy right across southern parts of india. hopefully as we go on through the next couple days, it will quiet down a lot. so cloud sharing upon the satellite to a pitcher here or where to whether it will linger down towards the corolla towards karnataka. still got some went whether they're just around the northern plains for the time being, but this will tend to fizzle out as we go through saturday and on into sunday some quite weather coming back in here. visibility problems, of course, for new delhi, for the whole any parts of northern india nor the pos of pakistan. he showers, they are down towards the south western part, still seeing some pockets of maybe right could lead to some localized flooding. got some pockets, every right to just around the love and some raw the lobby shower, spinning out of that. he's the side of the mediterranean to try to increase the wet there for serial lebanon. jordan, maybe one or 2 shouts to enter. iraq maybe even into northern parts of saudi arabia over the next day or so. i just, i saw to draw here and die hard. little breezy on sunday. temperatures around $29.00 degrees celsius. try to across the eastern side of africa, penny a shower into central parts on the other side of the rift valley. over towards the gulf of guinea moves sit chatting increasingly wet to it to zambia into zimbabwe. over the next couple of days, an eastern path, a south africa, ah. the end of the country with an abundance of results. trade already won indonesia, his friends for me. we moved full to grow and fraud. we balance the green economy, blue economy, and the digital economy with the new job creation law, indonesia progressively ensuring the policy reform to create quality jobs. investment likely pot linda, this is growth and progress in indonesia now. ah ah, on al jazeera, he's off the top stories, joe biden has resumed his presidential powers after briefly handing them to vice president campbell, horace botton was under a short sedation for medical procedure. was though the 1st time a woman has held u. s. presidential duties. here while the u. s. house of representatives is approved by adams spending bill, the $1.00 trillion dollar bills back, better act, which now goes to the senate, where the democrats hold of her slim majority and poems accused bill resort. continuing to help san am seek is cross into e u territory, despite the battle russians clearing a makeshift camp on the polish border on thursday. protest as our outs again on the streets of sudan with lodge crowds rallying in arm doberman and up to north. a calling for a return to civilian role and condemning the killing of at least 15 people during the protests on wednesday. sedans, police chief says security forces weren't responsible for those desks more with him, morgan now in how to tell us how today's played out. hipaa? yes them all we've seen people gathering at the house of the victims are doing the wednesday protest on november 17 in hostile north and under man. now, hudson north had the highest number of victims out in the protest that have been ongoing since the military took over october 25th. at least 10 people have lost their lives on the 17th alone in the north. so there was several procession which is gathering at the has the victim. and then setting a barricade on main road to prevent security forces from coming in and trying to disperse the process. now that did not go according to plan security for says quiet here, got the processes and tried to pay way and open the main street for the barricade with all the chase processes for people who were there. and i witnessed that the proof that they were being chased by the police and being shot at using live ammunition and tear gas. that's the fight, the police denying that they're using live amunition on protest. so they say they've used the minimal amount of force to keep it separate from that damaging public property. as a police property, they said the only you hear guys to prevent processes from congregating. now people say that that's not going to stop them despite at least $39.00 people being killed since a protest against the military soap over nearly a month ago. people say they will continue to boys their anger and frustration. so the momentum of the process is still keep going to say that they will mobilize for more mastery in the coming days. i'm guessing hip it is no movements on. well, what actually happens with, with the government of sit and watch, what would the military is going to do while the military said that it is going to hold elections in 20, 23 july 2023, and that's in the meantime, it will form a civilian government made up of technocrats who have no affiliation to any political parties, but so far the names that they have put forward for the prime minister. besides, i am the lamb douglasville under house arrest. that those names those candidates that they have are yet to confirm that they're willing to take on that job negotiations to try to mediate between prime minister. hm doke and general app and put that behind the head of the army who dissolved transitional government on the day of the takeover. that's it to produce any concrete results. so the gap between the 2 sides with the army saying that it's not going to go back to the status gall and with a prime minister handbook saying he wants the situation to go back to october 24th 4th when he was still prime minister. and his government was set in place that gap between the 2 sides is so very much log in. it's not clear if there's any chance of the 2 coming together to try to bridge the defense to get saddam out of its political crisis. thank you. heber morgan with that update from carson. the u. k. government says it will designate all of hamas as a terrorist organization. supporters of the group. good. now face up to 14 years in jail. and excuse me, home secretary, pretty paternal, announced that move in washington dc on friday may remember patel was forced to resign his britons international development secretary back in 2017 after holding secret meetings with seniors really officials, hamas was calling the decision biased towards israel. often they barker in london pretty battelle makes his key speech over in washington in a few hours time. the intention is to prescribe the entirety of half a mass as a band, a terrorist organization. ready the united states has done that, the european union has done that in the united kingdom is now a following suit. it's military wing, though, has been designated as such since 2001 by the british government. and i massive already commented on the u. case impending judgment by saying that they feel that it's biased towards israel and potentially undermines the other dimensions to mass as well. yes, of course the organization does have a military wing that we know all see well about it does have a political wing as well as govern the gaza strip since 2007 and elections that you there. but it also has a social services wing as well that has been responsible over the years for funneling large sums of money into grass roots projects. we're talking about clean water projects, schools, orphanages, even providing rent relief for peoples whose houses are destroyed during a s railey as strikes. and the concern is that, given this potential blind kids bond, this view that the entirety of a mass is a terrorist organization that it does potentially have the negative impacts on undermining the work of a mass and affiliated grass roots organizations on the ground. just a little more detail here and what it'll mean for him us being banned on to the u. k. terrorism act, any one expressing support for hamas verbally or by displaying its flag symbols could get 14 years in jail or up to 14 years. at least any interaction with members of the organization would also be a breach of the terrorism act. already candidate, the israel, japan and the united states regard him as a terrorist organization. we put a list to us. i'm a 100 and who is the senior representative of mass and lebanon? this is the group does not pose a threat to the u. k. in this decision will only work against london's interests at philistine. everyone knows that we are defending a few point route to finding out why. and according to the international law, we are freed on fight against that you miss you. instead of hoping that your passion for violations against the palestinians, this minister created a problem with the philistine ends. another time if she's talking about the can be really things to i tag and she is totally wrong and she's lying. but if she is talking about the capability of different things, i was, i guess, i mean, i have to ask her whether she is. i mean, to start with what i mean this time is, i mean if she wants to get more preference for the posting, and i mean it is what i get. this is done by here and we will continue this in the go up the portal and i think it is that your issue? i think mostly it will effect on the people who are in princeton supporting the front seat. is she want to prevent them from doing that? she want to prevent maybe the politicians for talking directly to her mask because she understands as a supporter forties and everyone knows that she's a support for if you decide to do that, i believe she will not do anything but for the procedure. so now the question, the big question will be, what the british politicians will do, what they will say when someone is watching a guess, what i believe the benefit of pretty canadian troops helping with rescue efforts in the flood, devastated province of british columbia roads bridges. and railways had been washed away and several times towns remained cut off. officials say they expect us to be the costliest natural disaster in canadian history. chaper townslee with this report now from abbot said the sumac prairie is british columbia's agricultural hot lounge, but now it's submerged. in fact, sue must prairie had been su must lake for millennia, before it was drained in the early 20th century for settlement. now it's a vast flood plain, particularly vulnerable to more frequent weather extremes that scientists want us to expect in the changing climate. over 2 days this week, a months worth of rain fall here. now thousands of displaced or cut off roadways. railways and bridges have been washed away, some of those rescue to staying in this shelter with no idea when they can return home, given the continued flooding and the uncertainty about the structural stability of transport routes that remain. i've heard 2 days to 10 days. no one knows, so i heard 2 days, 2 days ago, so i'm still here. farmers have desperately been trying to rescue their livestock some 20000 dairy cattle once grazed her many a fool to have perished in washington dc after the so called a 3 amigos summit. with his us and mexican counter pulse, the canadian prime minister pledged coordinated action. we will continue to work with indigenous communities to keep people safe. we'll work with the province with industry and all of the partners to on logistics on repairs and getting goods moving true to did mention climate change in general terms, but didn't take the opportunity to link the catastrophic flooding in british columbia to greenhouse gas emissions. but climate scientists are being explicit, they say that is all set is part of a destructive cycle caused by human induced global warming. just a few months ago, a record heat wave caused by changing jet streams lead to forest fires, that stripped the landscape of trees and the stability of their root systems. that was then followed by intense storms fueled by the warming ocean that washed away everything in their path. in the past, climate scientists are locked in to say that one specific weather event was definitively connected to global warming. but now such as the strength of the science, that ambiguity is gone. they say this is what climate change looks like. she advertise the al jazeera abbott, so demonstrations have been taking place in iran to demand improvements to the water supply. hundreds of thousands gathered in the central city of the home, the banks of the now dry river. many who attended a farmer demanding the government, let the river run without diversion of iran. i've been suffering from chronic drought for more than 20 years. indian businesses are aggressively lobbying the government to impose tariffs and quality control checks on t imports. from the poll, i said the unregulated influx is hurting local brands. try in the policy. there is not any better fill the gap in the indian market. same bas robbie has the story from lam districts in eastern the no soldiers, no guns, but it nepalese eastern border with india. tensions are simmering. an unlikely front line is where for years the 2 countries have been locked in quiet conflict over one of the world's most precious and widely consumed commodities. for nepalese t plantations. it's a fight for survival. yeah, one of the key is the goose that lays the golden egg. there is local production happening. we have local companies here worldwide, people drink tea and it's also good for health. we drink it and we call alarm district. the place to mine for tea in alarms markets, himalayan t is liquid gold fuel for the country's economic engine. but growers from the neighboring indian state of west bengal, or lobbying their government to impose terrorists and bureaucratic roadblocks to take their landlocked neighbors. t off the table. where here it into paul's border with india now. and darjeeling is just 30 minutes down this road past that checkpoint. now the terrain, the soil, even the plants that the t comes from. it's all the same in this area of indian grover say that there's is the original darjeeling brand, and only their t should be allowed to carry the name, the seeds of what some nepalese have taken to calling the kettle. wars were planted more than a century ago. when the british still ruled, india smuggled out of china and planted in darjeeling in the 18. hundreds indian growers say their t is the genuine article and importing from the paul is destroying a legacy brand. but indian traders routinely mix nepalese t with and sell it as darjeeling to make up for supply shortfalls and meet massive market demands. in fact, india is nepalese, biggest customer, half of the tea made here and almost all of the premium. great stuff. most similar to darjeeling is bought by india for nipple is owners, india stirring up trouble, is just about protecting market share. i pill that very, very big country with the new york. we have a small, you're going to me and we have a 1000000000 and a 1000000000 defeated with india 1000000000 and 1000000000. and that we don't have anything to sell our product to india while it t is in a very small quantity. that is not going to that in any good. i mean nothing. but the big thing part of brewing tensions steeped in history at risk of boiling over or a storm in a teacup indian concerns have merit. but now police say t should move as freely between borders. as their people, zane basra, the old euro alarm district, eastern newport, the longest partial lunar eclipse, and nearly 600 years is underway. the best views a north and south america, australia, and northeastern asia. nasa says the partial eclipse went on for more than 3 hours and 28 minutes the longest. going back to bell since the printing press was invented in $1440.00, there was a longer total lunar eclipse expected on november, the 8th of next year. ah. this is al jazeera and these are the top stories, joe biden's resumed his presidential powers after briefly handing them over to vice president campbell. harris biden was under a short sedation for medical procedure. it was though the 1st time a woman has held u. s. presidential duties before that the u. s. house of representatives approved president biden's spending bill the $1.00 trillion dollar build back better act, which now goes to the senate where the democrats hold a very slim majority.