never before in human history has the month christine environments of the arctic in such peril. ah ah if he is prime minister abbey asked med says he will lead the military from the front lines as rebel advance and threaten his hold on the capital. ah. hasn't agitated a life from the house or coming up get vaccinated or risk dying from covey. germany's warning as cases surge in europe next door in austria, it's locked down once again. us jury is asked to weigh up, murder or self defense closing arguments in the trial of 3 white men, killing of

a black man in georgia. and his way as ruling party dominates regional polls were they divided off position, taking only 3 states out of $23.00. i p o p as prime minister says he will travel to the front line on tuesday to lead the military against rebel forces abbey and had said it was time to lead by personal example. in a statement posted on social media fighters from the northern te gray region, a pushing further south towards the capital, addis ababa, thousands have been killed and more than $2000000.00 displaced since the conflict started a year ago. i b, i had called on all e c o p and who want to be remembered in history to join him in the fight. he said, whatever absence is created by his departure, he was sure officials in adis amber would continue to do their jobs in response to

the spokesman for the t. right people's liberation front tweeted abby's mimicry of ethiopia war time emperors had taken on an all too powerful bold skits a frantic overturn, and that his vow to join his forces in the battlefield was another sick joke. william laurence is a former us diplomats and professor political science and international affairs at the american university. he explains what's behind the prime minister statement. i think is primary audience is those who'd be willing to fight to defend the capital . and that he says, stated b o p, in short order, i think a secondary audience is those who may be on the fence waiting to see these are the opiates waiting to see one side or the other prevails. i think there's multiple aspects of his message that are important. one is that i think he's portraying that that, that the conflict is similar up into gray rather than on the gave the capital.

whereas the situation really be the capital much more dire, much or die than that. and he's using sort of messianic language being a martyr and saving, being a savior of the country of this sort of thing. and that sort of dire language boats badly for the small window of opportunity that the americans still think is there for a fire and a and in negotiation. it's very clear that he's ready to fight. he's ready to go to the front lines and fight the battle. he does have a military background. if you look at his nobel prize speech from some years ago, he used a lot of war imagery to talk about the lessons learned about the hell of war. but here we are, you know, almost full circle with the nobel peace prize winner using the most bellicose language to try to ramp up the stakes ahead of the defense. not only a v p, o p, but life and death. you know, he's basically, he's willing to die for the cause, which is the type of stark language we haven't even seen from him until now. anger

against frost, as military intervention in west africa has been growing during a 3 day stand off in between a facile french troops shot and injured several protesters in the town of kaya on saturday. the government has shut down the internet to stop protests for spreading . nicholas hawk has more french foreign ministers always lived that he has called on between us also president john moscow to intervene to allow this fringe convoy in this country to make its way to share the internet. it fell down in the country following days of protest over the presence of french troops on the ground. this is a convoy of 60 vehicles, a 100 french military soldiers that were coming from ivory coast rebates. in tunisia to help the forces their fight arm groups associated to okay, to affiliate an iso. now they were met in breaking off. so outside the capital with protesters chanting anti french slogan,

accusing the french military to working hand in hand with quote unquote, terrorists or arm groups in the north of the country. there was so much anger on the streets of routine of foster, particularly in the capital because the security situation has gone from bad to worse, deteriorating significantly in the past month. just a few weeks ago on down milly if burkina faso security camp, how, what came under attack over 50 people were killed. and then came the information that they had not received their food rations for 2 weeks. and the soldiers had to hunt for their food. that really angered the population feeling that the security forces are not able to contain the growing attacks that are taking place in the country. now, the opposition with members of civil society have called for nationwide protests at

the end of the week, calling for the resignation of the president of ricky mac, cowboy orsia has become the 1st e country to re enter a full nationwide lockdown as infections their search. the average daily death there have tripled in recent weeks. under the restrictions, people can only leave their homes to buy groceries for doctor visits or to exercise . and you simmons has more from the capital vienna. the lockdown is back in austria, or as europe shivers at the onset of a 4th wave of cobit 90. this is salzburg, one of the worst hit places where intensive care units are filling up. last month, the national daily infection rates were around $3000.00 cases per day. they're now hovering between 14 and 16000. in the capital vienna christmas lights may be on, but like everywhere else, shopping has stopped for all but essential items. stalls are closed, people are allowed out for an occasional stroll in this locked down. there's plenty

to see but not to pie. the manager of this restaurant has closed down and is giving his fresh produce away to locals. he's pessimistic. i think everybody has enough of it and question as oh, why again, wasn't there enough time to prepare? we have the locked on now because obviously it's needed. not far away. the christmas market usually brightened, busy at this time of year is a sullen place. we'll opt out of the shuttle to last up to 20 days with a review after 10 full or many people fear it could last a lot longer. and with the restrictions come, an even bigger emphasis on the vaccination program. only 66 percent of the population have been vaccinated, leaving one of the biggest proportions of unvaccinated people in europe. so the government will introduce compulsory vaccinations in february. it's led to

resistance and protest. this woman has just had her 3rd vaccination, the booster jap. yes, she says people shouldn't be forced to have vaccinations. we had a chancellor who had made only marketing for his career and, but he didn't explain and that didn't make a good preparation for to to ensure that everyone will be back from a capital is across europe. a watching austria closely as they consider their own restrictions here. the daily number of death calls by the corona virus has tripled in recent weeks. this locked down is a last resort. andrew simmons al jazeera vienna hospitals in germany are running out of intensive care unit beds. johnson langley merkel says the con, restrictions don't go far enough. the health ministers urging more citizens to get

vaccinated if you had them in the thesis been to us probably by the end of this winter. pretty much everyone in germany at some time being said so much cynically. what has been vaccinated recovered or died? but it's true with a highly contagious delta variance. this is very, very like the i'm sticking into francis present emanuel. my cross says riot spock by cove 19 restrictions in the french overseas. department of guadalupe have created an explosive situation. his government has sent special forces to the caribbean to end the unrest have been nightly protest there for nearly a week as well as a strike against compulsory cove in 1900 passes. and the u. s. the government says 90 percent of federal employees haven't had at least one dose of the co with 19 vaccine. now. president joe biden announced the vaccine mandate in september, nearly all of the 3500000 employees have met monday deadline. employees who remain on vaccinated could face

a 2 weeks suspension on many public health workers in the u. s. a. quitting their jobs after facing harassment for their role in promoting corona virus restrictions . more than half of all states are creating laws that will cover public health powers. hydrogen castro has more from the state of maryland. travis gales was serving as the top health, official of montgomery county, maryland, when the covey 19 pandemic arrived. his mission was simple. in regard to the counties, 1000000 residents keep them all and keep him from dive. as hospitals across the us, filled with patients suffering from coven 19 gales, recommended businesses in schools close. and for everyone to wear masks. the policies were restrictive, but worked to keep cases low in the community. in this liberal suburb of washington, d. c was supportive gail says, but then came signs of impatience while things became more political. the

discussion moved from. hi good morning. here's where our cases are. here's what the test positivity rate is and those kinds of things to while things are different, why can't we do this activity and why is this particular thing close and why is this jurisdiction open and why are we open? gail said he also received a threat in email. shared with al jazeera gills was called a power hungry loser and an enemy of the people and will be dealt with accordingly . when i would leave the office, i would try to park in different places and i would take different routes home. because quite frankly, i was concerned about someone following me. public health officials all over the country have reported similar experiences or worse, exhausted from long hours of work than targeted by members of their own communities for recommending unpopular. but life saving mandate. a year and a half into the pandemic. hundreds have called it quits and we just can have people and public service being threatened for doing their jobs. maryland state senator

wrong young has proposed making threatening of public health worker a crime. but the trend in most of the country has been the opposite. was lawmakers in 32 states, introducing 100 new laws to restrict public health actions, citing freedom of choice, and making it harder to enforce mask and vaccine mandates. happening to a great extent because of politics. i mean, if we can't trust and believe the people that are expert in the field who were bad shape, oh, it's fear the backlash against pandemic restrictions has left the us less prepared for the next pandemic. gales for one is among the public health officers who have resigned. he leaves behind a county that with his early push, now has among the highest vaccination rates in the country. but that still has a named his replacement id. jo, castro, alger 0, silver spring,

maryland. i'll fill a head on al jazeera u. s. president joe biden ops for continuity, and his pick to head the federal reserve. she lays presidential election heads into a run off. we'll look at who's facing off for the top, jo. ah, ah, look forward to brighter sky's the with sponsored my cattle at ways it is got cold in china in the korean peninsula and in japan, this is the proper winter front on its way through now. so the wind that follows it means those hours for the western slopes of home shoe and hawkeye dough, behind it, it's cold sunshine. it's not extraordinarily cold. average temperature is about 7 invasion. about 10 in shanghai is down to minus 7 hobbit where you might want it to be. and this pretty draws right most, a china that night in hong kong. it rises

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addis ababa? austria has become the 1st country in western europe. reimpose, a national corona virus lockdown infections surging there and neighboring countries . germany's house minister predicts people will either be vaccinated, recover or died by the end of winter. frances president, emmanuel macross, has riots in the french overseas territory of what the loot have created. an explosive situation is government is sent special forces to the caribbean to end the unrest spock by covered 1900 restrictions. our closing arguments have been made in the us state of georgia in the alma to armory murder trial. 3 white men are accused of killing aubrey and on on black men. last year, 25 row was shot dead was jogging after being chased by. 1 the men in pickup trucks, one of them, travis mcmichael, testified he saw aubrey as a threat and that he acted in self defense. she albert says he has moved from

washington. the thing about georgia law there, it does have a very specific emphasis on, on what's called accomplish liability. so even if you're, you just part of a crime, if you seem to be contributing to the crime, you can be held liable. and that's where the prosecution is. going for the, the, the prosecutor also saying, look, you, 1st of all, aubrey was unarmed. he was running away. you can't claim self defense. if you are the one who actually instigated the altercation, you never mentioned anything about us. it was the rest to to the police and so on and on guys and the sort of the prosecution really relying on on the law and the admissibility of the law, not on, on race, which maybe maybe wise given us a jury of 11 white people and one black person, if these men are acquitted, clearly it will seem like, well, there are 22 types of justice in america, which i think most people, certainly who are looking for a successful prosecution already. already believe i'm and the argument is always

with written the house with these 2 men just reverse. busy the races, right. and if it was, if written houses black, imaginative, these men were black. and it was, we should remember, even in this case, in a reason, this is a trial right now is, i mean, the police didn't even follow up on the killing of all, but i'll bri until some footage appeared on facebook 2 months later. and then they were pushed into, into, into, into investigation because 3, what 3 whiteman, being involved, the killing of a black band. they said that he was a robot. well, now your guy must, must be the case. so, i mean, clearly this will just be confirmation that justice isn't fair, but the prosecution, as themes are made a very good legal case against these men. a us president joe biden has nominated jerome powell as chair of the federal reserve for a 2nd term bite. and spoke positively of pals actions during the global pandemic, but some disagree with his use on monetary policy. white house correspondent, kimberly how can reports ending months of speculation?

u. s. president joe biden announced his pick for federal reserve chair. i'm nominating jerome paul, for 2nd term, his chair, the fred, to reserve, powell served a 1st term during one of the worst economic downturns in recent us history. that's why biden believes he's the right choice. again, our country was hammer jeans, jobs last year. and i was panic and our financial marcus, j steady and decisive leadership helped to stabilize markets and put our economy on track to a robust recovery. powell faces a storm of challenges. rapid us inflation with price spikes for everyday goods, like gasoline and food, and supply chain shortages that have left retailers struggling to keep shelf stocked. the central bank must decide how to keep prices stable. it will use our tools, both to support the economy and strong labor market and to prevent higher inflation from becoming entrenched. analysts say raising interest rates is one possibility.

what is not clear? he should do that. because if the supply bottlenecks on open up soon, and there's some evidence that they're starting to, then you don't want to slam on the brakes just when the road is straightening. our financial markets responded favorably to the nomination, but the reaction wasn't always favourable from within the democratic party. sen, elizabeth warren has repeatedly criticized powell for not doing more to protect americans from financial institutions. miss deeds. she says she will vote against his re nomination over and over. you have acted to make our banking system less safe. and that makes you a dangerous man. despite that disapproval by some members of the president's own democratic party, jerome powell is expected to be confirmed by democrats and republicans in the u. s

. senate. kimberly help it al jazeera, the white house venezuela's ruling socialist party, has claimed victory and regional elections. president nicholas medulla party, 120 of 23 state governorships, turned out was just over 40 percent. one of the lowest in the country's history opposition figures say the result is a blow to their 1st campaign. after a 4 year boy cost theresa bo has more from caracas. it's a major setback at the interesting to know that the opposition has gone through the elections in the past, but in a way the they decided to participate in the elections because they're frustrated by the failure of us sanctions, who we moved nicola from office. they were also involved and defy the presence of, of, of servers from the european union in the country. they have been to go to several parts on the country, talk tobar. so they were expecting that control on the ground would help them

achieve their object. however, think they will clam their worth. the biggest problem of the opposition phase here is that around 60 percent of the population did not know that we're also 5000000 people that could have voted for them that have left the country. but also the big divisions that exist within the opposition. among them in opposition leader one white who has been challenging the going to constantly he was reluctant to participate in the election. what other members, 150 to participate in the election? then what we saw and we started this division in many local parts of the country where they were to candidate from the opposition ended up hurting their chances of winning those municipalities. those states, among other things, when you see the national results, you see that the opposition in total had at least 9 points ahead of the ruling socialist party. and that those divisions is what complicated their chances of winning in many parts across any akila is headed for

a presidential election run off in december. the 1st round of voting is left you lay ins facing a choice between 2 polar opposites. hard right, former congressman jose antonio cast will face off against left is gabriel burridge, a former student protest lead of latin america editor, luciana and reports. now from santiago, the result of sunday's 1st round presidential elections will force chileans to choose between 2 radically different visions. for the future in less than a month, one that promises a new economic, political, and social model, and another that valves a return to stability, family, values, and law and order. both candidates are practically tied. conservative cassandra, on your cast was the 1st one out of the gate on monday, confirming he's willing to modify what many c as an extreme right wing program. in order to seduce moderate conservatives, the name of water must be improving quinn. we have

a lot more in common than differences. we've always said the, our program isn't written in stone. we can modify and improve many things. a key factor and cast success has been the growing sensation. the chile is out of control . fed by an explosive rise in violence, drug trafficking, and in uprising by indigenous map, poacher groups, terminal. that's why mattie voted for cast the mail record locally. there's no more respect for authority any more for the police. it's not safe to walk on the streets at night. any more phone provider gabrielle body to the left wing congressman and former student leader also needs to modify his message to appeal more to the center and attempt to assure chileans that he can provide order as well as address income inequality. and how can you get a dollar we must go to every corner where our message has not been heard to the regions where we haven't been able to deliver our proposals with the common moderation that's needed that employee. if dyslexia must see the evil any soccer,

this is the most uncertain and polarized election, and julius is 1970. we don't know who the next president will be, and that alone is a novelty here in chiller. the one who got most votes in the 1st round, always won in the 2nd. but we can't say that this time either. he is in audio center left candidate, michael and rick is on the nami, who did not make it to the run off, says the millions of chileans who marched for more social justice, 2 years ago, had not signed up for the violence that has often accompanied protests. elaine noticed from then on, it became a debate between distribution of income and order. and so far it seems that old is winning because a large part of the country understands that order is important. social justice than social justice is for order. as is usually the case, the markets have reacted positively to the strong showing of the conservative candidate to these currency as rebounded and the stock exchange is up 8 percent. but given the total i'm certain, see about the final results of the selection. that enthusiasm may not last long.

22 percent of chilion still uncommitted to either candidate and certainty, will be the only given until they return to the polls. to see in human al jazeera santiago, afghanistan's banking system is at risk of collapse if urgent and decisive action is not taken. that is the warning from the united nations development agency say the situation is that a nance stands to causes to keep banks operating are shrinking due to a cash liquidity crunch, and a spike in unpaid loans. the entering government, once its assets abroad to be unfrozen, the economy plunged into deeper crisis after the taliban took over. in august. security forces in uganda have increased patrols after recent suicide attacks that killed 4 people in the capital, compile them. at least 100 people have been arrested since tuesday and 6 have been

killed. the least say the allied democratic forces in neighboring democratic republic of congo carried out the attacks. catherine enjoy reports from cam. paula police and soldiers in kampala prepared to go out on night patrols. there's a coffee in place because of coffee. 19 but about trolls and now more frequent and thorough falling attacks by 3 men who detonated explosive devices killing themselves and other people near a police station and parliament last tuesday. george katana, who had a shop on parliament avenue, was one of 4 civilians were killed. he was the bread winner of a big family. he sent says you stuff, but loving. good will ship something like school. we have gone to good schools. mattress no man has been there 1st. the attack

comes off the back of 2 others in october, 1 at a restaurant in the city, and another on a bass that was traveling to western uganda. the government has blamed allied democratic forces with routine uganda, but now based in the eastern democratic republic of congress, not kiva province is not a military coffee is more or one in till use lead. her campaign just need to find out who and where haiti a fight is, have carried out a series of attacks and killings in recent years, including an assassination attempt in june on general cartoon by our marla, the roads minister. he stoughton and driver died in that attack. i still have claimed the most recent incidents in the name of its central african administrative branch, adf is said to have links to it. about

a 100 people have been arrested in 12 others killed by security forces in the last 5 months. police say they're all links to adf, and some have been actively recruiting young ugandans to join the ranks with some security expert, say, killing suspects could be harmful to the fight against what the government calls terrorism. if we don't get very, very careful as well for the shuttle and the day, then we are turning them into matters. we're major louis tourney. they're little just into matters because they're now have reason to join what they believe. what would they not, possibly believe in life is coming back to normal in kampala, falling explosions. some ugandans are worried about the possibility of more attacks, but they also see they're determined not to leave in fear. kathleen saw al jazeera kampala, uganda are the women's tennis association says it's still concerned about the welfare of chinese play or pang why the international impact committees released

this photo of pang on a video call, whether it's president. but a double ga, is questioning her ability to communicate without censorship or coercion. transformers research, she attended recent public events. playing hadn't been seen in public for weeks after choosing a former vice premier of sexual assault. the me this is, i just need a, let's get a round up of the top stories. now. ethiopia fi minister says he'll travel to the front line on tuesday to lead the military against rebel forces. fighters from the northern t gray region of pushing further south towards the capital, addis ababa. william laurence is a former us diplomat. he says, this is the stock. his language abbey estimate is used yet he does have a military background if you look at his nobel prize speech from some years ago.