past crimes, and for his country ah, the u. s. and 5 other nations release millions of barrels of oil from strategic reserves to curb rising energy prices. ah low, i'm fully back to ball live in doha. also coming up on arches, iraq, ethiopians, prime minister, pledges to lead troops against the grey and rebels who are advancing towards the capital. dutch hospitals overwhelmed by cove 19 infections and netherlands. most patients to germany for treatments and thousands of migrants remain stranded along the poland bellows. bordering freezing conditions, despite more repatriation flights from minsk

ah. so we begin with breaking news from the us. the white house says it's releasing 15000000 barrels of oil from its strategic reserves. a spot of a coordinated effort with several nations the curb soaring fuel prices. the biden administration has come under increasing pressure to act better. prices have more than doubled compared to a year ago. china, india, south korea, japan and the you care also releasing oil from their reserves live to our white house correspondent, kimberly hall kit for warn this. kimberly, why has the president made this announcement now? it has a lot to do with the american holiday season. and the fact that the american thanksgiving is already underway in terms of the festivities. this is an annual holiday in the u . s. that pre the pandemic would see people drive to visit family members, great distances, and really is the peak travel season in the united states. and as

a result, given the fact that those numbers of travelers are now back up to where they were before the pandemic. a lot of americans not very happy about the high gas prices that they're paying in california as much as $5.00 a gallon here in the washington d. c. area closer to $4.00. and that is particularly high and hard for a lot of working class americans whose wages have not kept up with the inflation that they're experiencing. so the u. s. president concerned about that. he's got low approval rating numbers right now. it is not just energy prices, but the price of food and other items that are also hard for americans giving the rise and inflation. so this is as much a political move is, is, is an issue of supply and concerns about the prices as a result of those shortages. and the question of course, is whether it will work. yeah, and that's the big debate. now what the white house is banking on is the fact that

this is being done in coordination with other countries. and that could mitigate what summer concerned is potentially going to be just a short term reduction in prices, but that ultimately could lead to higher prices. that is what the nay sayers are saying is going to happen in all of this. but the white house is really counting on the fact that this is something that is being done in coordination with other nations as you reported. and we should point out very quickly that the strategic petroleum reserves are typically released for things like natural disaster or, or other sorts of issues. not usually to alleviate prices as the president is doing right now. it's about a one month supply. and this is a bit of a gamble for the president, but in consultation with his team, he believes it will work because he believes this is a situation crated, not because of policy. but because of the pandemic, we're gonna wait to hear from the president. he's going to be speaking in the coming hours about this or he's going to make his case to the american people.

kimberly thank you for that. kimberly hancock my for a sarah. the white house were early. i spoke to rudy brody, who is the chief executive officer of annotated environment holding. he says the coordinated move will bring some level of civility to oil prices basically. but is it a bite and decision to start releasing from b s. b, r is a very good move and it is one of the strongest moves to dump an inflation a threat if her i'll pick bloss and the, the saudis will not, or would not willing to increase their production resident binding had the 3 choices. ah, one is to ask you as share in the street to start austin there production, this is one to use some of the strategic petroleum body. her reserves that are i don't 714715 1000000 headers. so what they have released

now is around 7. and if this is accompanied by india, china, korea, that there's going to give a major stability to the oil, pride ices, and will and give the level of all a prices to an economical, sustainable weight. specially after what we have seen in the cover time. in the world news, ethiopia, the prime minister, says he'll travel to the front line on tuesday to lead the military against rebel forces. the year long conflict has intensified in recent months with fighters from the northern dry region advancing towards the capital, the war has gained the lives of tens of thousands of people and disgrace, millions, victoria gate and b has more ethiopians. prime minister says it's time to lead by personal example. it's a dramatic new step in the conflict. it's devastated the northern te gray region in a statement released on social media. abby actually had said, this is

a time when leading a country with martyrdom is needed. i will go to the front line and lead the military from the ground myself. those of you with your pins, he want to be remembered by history. for the sake of your country, join me in the fight to day. unless say it's an unusual move by the prime minister . i think it is assigned a hope for that deductible. also mobilize all the rest your bins to join the military forces and though to join the war against the duct in defense forces. but certainly it is also a sign of desperation. in response to the prime minister's statement, the spokesman for the tea gray people's liberation front tweeted, obese mimicry of ethiopia, as will time empress is taken on an altar, palpable skits of frantic overtone. i would have dismiss this as yet another sick joke, abby, would it a military offensive against the t p. a left last november saying it was in response to attacks on army bases. the t p left says it was unfairly targeted. but

in june this year to graham fight is recaptured, the regional capital mckelly, and they're now advancing on the capital at is have a despite a flurry of recent diplomatic activity as cease far has not been reached. and analysts say the language used by abby and monday statement is worrying. 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 latitude learned about the hell of war. but here we are in almost full circle the nobel peace prize winner are using the mult, bellicose language. on to try to, you know, ramp up, the stakes ahead of the defense, not only of ethiopia wegner in life and death. you know, you basically you willing to die for the cause. both sides of the conflict continue to maintain hard line positions and have set preconditions ahead of any negotiations. victoria gate and b al jazeera and rebels in the northern to gray

region, have put on a public display of government. soldiers say say they've captured thousands of federal troops are being held as prisoners of war in the regional capital. mckelly as fighting continues for. let's take a closer look at where the conflict is taking place. the t p. a left rebels are pushing south from to grind to the neighboring regions of am hara and afar and down a major road, running to the capital, addis ababa? earlier this month to gray and rebel said they took control of these towns. con boucher sits on a supply line linking the landlocked country to the port city of liberty. while independent journalists, um, you'll get that sure is in december by with the latest, the prime minister is insisting that he is heading to the battle ground. he is going to be the force that's going to quote, unquote, buried the enemy with our bones and blood. this has been a bloody war and the fuel in history, the last year has produced millions of victims and he is,

he is moving forward to make sure that the open government tide will win. but the other side is also insisting that they're going to be, they're going to win this conflict. begun and try has progressed to hara and 40 region again, affecting millions of people. but again, the u. s. invoice also last night was in, in the sub of trying to settle this. the u. s. seems to be a which issue among the tea opens accused of siding with the t p and left there was also a 1000. so if you open dash cross that came out yesterday voicing concern that the u. s. was getting involved too much trying to take the example of syria and i've gone to stand in iraq to if you will, which is that important nation among the whole no profit combinations. the job site is saying that the pen looking is looking at ending the premier ship of ib ahmed,

the prime minister. but the other side is saying they're really looking for trying to open humanitarian corridor that was lacking before this conflict, really came close to the sub. but they took that tight is also blaming them. so this is one of those conflicts. same fucked, different versions. this is what the conflict has been so far. sticker on a virus pandemic now in the world health organization is wanting. another 700000 people in europe could die by spring covered 19 patients in the netherlands are now being transferred across the border to germany to east fresh on hospitals. there. the numbers are expected to increase as cases reach, record levels. plans by the dutch government to impose further restrictions have previously triggered wyatt's in germany, the government is considering further measures as corona, virus infections hit record highs. some officials are connie for public spaces to be restricted to vaccinated people, or those who have recently recovered from covered 19. let's get an update on the

situation across europe would normally kane, who joins us from berlin. let's start with a situation in germany where you are dominic, just how bad is it right now. if you look at the different statistics that people have been compiling for covert since to start the pandemic here, it's never been as bad as it is now, getting close to 5 and a half 1000000 infections since the start of the pandemic. and we know that tens of thousands of being diagnosed with the virus every day, the 7 day rolling number a 3rd of a 1000000 cases in the last 7 days. we also know the death toll is still very high . more than 300 people are dying every day. at that rate 2 days from now, they'll reach the $100000.00 deaths total, which has a psychological significance from medics and ministers alike. but also for wider society. and you have people, at least in one state, in the southeastern state of saxony, people in hospitals,

they're saying they're now having to contemplate tree arch. in other words, when patients arrive, no matter what their state, the doctors will have to decide. who do we prioritize for treatment because the cove it patients who are coming in are filling out the beds and leaving no space for other sorts of patients. pretty bleak picture that is basically facing the ministers and medics in this country right now. what about the rest of europe? the number is also very high in places like the netherlands are chairs, arranged is locked down. can we expect similar measures in other countries? will the really central question here has, is twofold question. actually, the 1st one is to governments need to locked down like they did before. and do they also at the same time have to introduce what in germany is called the if fledged basically where people must be vaccinated. those 2 questions are voting around the

same time. we know the austrian solution is a direct lockdown right now, which is going to be in place for the best part of the next 2 weeks and maybe a little bit longer than that. and then this requirement that everyone has to be vaccinated starting in february of next year. but in other countries it's not quite so straightforward. we know that in belgium, in the netherlands, when ministers talked about locking down or met, tightening restrictions. they were met with angry scenes on the streets protests and that sort of thing here in this country, in germany, you have a situation with 16 different straight states with prime ministers in states where it's really bad saying we want tighter rules, but the federal government and the coalition government here, not so sure about it, not just here. the question is, will the states around austria look at the example there and say that's the way we want to go. they're all looking at, houser is going right now and trying to make a decision. dominic, thank you for that, dominic, a life, i say in berlin,

and still ahead on al jazeera liaison from the east, a bombing central lanka campaign is a step closer to justice. and was apart, black people living in south africa is cape town. see they are being pushed out of areas to house, to ridge ah route the ne monsoon setting now, which means they will be rein in viet nam to can the east coast. so it will go through cambodia to southern time that has been particularly wet a recently. same is true in northern sumatra, particularly band ha, where it's been flooding recently. bit further south. it looks rather dry than java's, i think had it's phil if heavy rain recently seems true. western bonnie of a can't say it's all finished just yet. this also sees me correct. now we've seen

the cold go into the northeast of china minus 7, hub in that codec goes across the open water. so snow quite significant, started back on the western slopes of honshu and her card in the sunshine elsewhere attempted to be below normal in beijing added. so for example, in india, it's not a big surprise to find flooding in bigler. this time, the years, the ne monsoon, every now to can you do get that chain. i was hit a lot worse a couple of weeks ago. i suspect was he more to say more showers in this general area, but the folks use for the south towel, not at all sri lanka, fall next day or 2. northern india, napoleon, pakistan suffering from poor quality is tommy a, which is seasonally correct. bit of a breeze coming down through the gulf, bernice of dust with it too. for example, there are ah ah, mother nature skiffs,

cold fool landscapes. but strong infrastructure governance. arising. we're investments are waiting to flourish. we're greed, tv, even supplied by tradition. boom. where beautiful worth of food are offered lou. oh, they're watching al jazeera, i remind her of our top stories. the white house says it's releasing $50000000.00 barrels of oil from a strategic reserves is a coordinated effort with several nations to stop soaring fuel prices. actual

prices have more than doubled compared to a year ago. if your p as prime minister says he will travel to the front mine on tuesday to lead the military against rebel forces vietnam war with the t p, a less has intensified in recent months as he com to prove advances towards the capital. i did come back in a while to help organisation is wanting another 700000 people in europe could die from corona virus. by spring, patients in the netherlands are being shifted to germany to east pressure on hospitals and germany is considering further restrictions. my investigations have begun in bulgaria into the worst bus crash in the country's history. at least 45 people were killed after firing gulf to bus that was returning to north macedonia from turkey. only 7 people on board survived where we challenged tacitus, the charred wreckage of the bus makes clear how intense the fire must have been. the vehicle crashed and burned on

a bulk area and highway. in the middle of the night, it was taking mostly north macedonian tourists, back home, after a weekend trip to assemble. but it's not yet known. why so few people made it off alive, or what caused this disaster in the 1st place. this damage suggest the bus hit a barrier before carrying on to crash into the central reservation. bulk air is interior minister said he was deeply shocked by what he'd seen was. not everyone can stand such a picture. the picture is terrifying. the details of this tragedy will be investigated north macedonia, foreign minister visited survivors in hospital, in bulk areas capital. sophia lives with us for i'm here in the hospital to get more information. what we know is that a horrible tragedy has happened in bulgaria with the bus that came not macedonian nationals were traveling from miss tumble to scorpion. there were over 53 passengers in the bus. dozens of them, my children, over 40 were killed. some of the wounded but concert here. but let me 1st see the

situation and i'll be back later with more police in north macedonia, have begun an investigation into best trans the bus and travel company. this man came to it, shut it office in north macedonia, capital scope here looking for news of his nephew from seattle chest. so information about the crash at 6 am this morning. i saw it on the internet and as my nephew was in turkey, i started searching on the internet. i called based trends for the number to 34 routers. we do not have any information for them, nor are they answering their phone. and the investigation continues by daylight on the stream a highway into the worst bus crash in bulk area in history will reach helen's how to 0 barrels says is returned another 118 refugees and migraines to their countries more i expected to leave later on tuesday. but thousands are still trapped in a continuing standoff between poland and barrels that

a russian president, alexander lucas shanker, has blamed. the e u for the crisis after the block rejected his suggestion to take in more refugees . correspondence that boston is on the bell, russian side of the border where migrants are taking shelter from freezing temperatures. while conditions in this camp here are getting harsher and harsher by today, it was freezing overnights in the last couple of weeks. but now it's also freezing . during the day and it has started to snow, not very must be feeling very cold. this place is not, or someone can live with it, like children and cannot live inside this building. we're not for living. this is how they're getting some water. this is how people are washing their clothes in the middle of the month and know where they go to the toilet. there's a center here where they can spend a night, but many are cramped to get

a money. are coughing, money are getting ill. so increasingly people are choosing to be repaired, created, they leave to the back door, officials take them to the airport. but there's also quite a significant group assess. we are not going anywhere. we keep waiting until germany takes them in. and there's not a group who at night, tries to still sneak in to the polish border and try to cross secretly. but conditions of course have very difficult in this winter here. it is really cold. temperature people have died already runs across. and so it's a very desperate situation. nearly 80 percent of lebanon's population is estimated to be living below the poverty line. the un says it's lead families to make decisions out of desperation. it's calling on the country to take urgent action to protect children. after he documented a spike in child labor. event harder has a story from being children at work. their numbers are

increasing in a country where a worsening economic crisis is pushing more people into poverty. nearly 8 and 10 people in lebanon are now poor. nearly half of the workforce is unemployed. those who still have jobs struggle because of the collapse and the value of the local currency. from any like mash, the up de la. this means having to decide whether to send their children to school and different. i have 5 children, 2 of the teenagers don't go to school any longer. they work at a hair salon and da cafe to help us pay bills. they are among the victims of lebanon's, economic collapse, and skyrocketing inflation that has particularly affected children. a recent study by the u. n. so child agency, unicef shows $3.10 households have cut spending on education for in

10 have been forced to sell household items to buy basic goods. $7.10 have had to buy food on credit or using borrowed money. the united nation says living conditions have deteriorated dramatically in just a few months with more children going to bed hungry and not receiving the health care they need. i never seen a guy who was mother noticed in this country before. but the reason today i witnessed by myself a child who is really suffering from malnutrition. so those desperate the mothers and fathers who are being forced to take this. but it measures only because they need to survive. marielli is among them. this vegetable seller used to be able to support his family before the financial meltdown began 2 years ago. not any longer. one. and that means alicia

and hollywood are among what the un says are the $260000.00 children of school age whose education is at risk. their father tells us the priority is to feed them and all that about them. i can send them to school every day because i don't make enough to give them pocket money or to buy the books stationary and all other items they need it. and hundreds of thousands of children are already living without the basic needs being met. and the lack of political will to change a system that has inflicted misery on the population means the crisis is set to worse than than other else. should sita beirut, in sri lanka court has been adjourned. on the 1st day of the trial of $25.00 men charged with carrying out the 2019 easter bombings are facing more than $23000.00 defenses, including murder among them is the alleged mastermind who's accused of having links to iso 27767 people were killed in the attack on churches and luxury hotels

in columbus. now fernandez has the latest. the very 1st day of the high court trial at bar has been adjourned. because as you can see, the last group of suspects are being taken back to the remind prisons they're being held in. some of those huge piles. they're carrying. actually the list of indictments and chargers. one of the defense lawyers told me earlier that it's 9 volumes. a single one was more than $3000.00 pages. obviously, when you look at chargers of over 23000 against the accused, it's going to take some doing, and it's going to take some volume. so what the judges have a rule basically to deal with the defense requesting that those documents are provided toward the accused in the language they can understand. and tamara, and obviously in english are these state lawyers asked for more time. and as a result, the hearing has been adjourned till january. now, while the state has put forward the fact that this group includes the

a legit mastermind, a mouth for now, larvae a molar v as they have her named. ah, there are those who question this her obviously members of the catholic church have been scathing or in their criticism of the government investigation. there's a lots of fax that came up in the presidential commission of inquiry in the parliament inquiry have not been taken up by investigators that they've been ignored. or there are also members of the families of the suspects that i have spoken to. some of them are essentially being very, very concerned about a fit of what's happening to their loved ones in demand who are facing these charges. they said they had nothing to do with the bombings, witless aspects. or they said that they have actually been forced cost, or some of them going as far as to say that some of the suspects were tortured. but the government maintaining that these are the people involved, or who aided or who are bettered. are those suicide bombers that carried out last 6

deadly suicide attacks on easter sunday morning and 2019 to south africa. now, where in the city a cape town, real estate developers are being accused of putting the needs of the rich before the poor. people are being evicted from shelters to make way for new buildings, and the situation is drawing comparisons with the apartheid era. family explains. living on the sidewalk and shelters built of scrap metal and plastic sheeting, this group of homeless people in cape town have been here for 2 years now. in 2019 they occupied a vacant old people's home on the site days later, city authorities evicted them and demolished the building. right in this up, up now together with every 40 this out. so now when dad kicking us out there are showing that they want to keep this city white. they don't want anyone to hear except right between his in his city. while the eviction has been taken to court,

the lives of people here remain in limbo. this lands been sold to a developer and barbara's hoping the courts will intervene. there is definitely a prioritization of capital in our city, and the needs of the poor are not being met if they are. if housing development, software aged, it is usually created on far flung areas on the outskirts of our city. and which just in effect replicates, the spatial affected that, that has plagued the city of cape town since colonialism. but the city says it's working to integrate different communities within the inner city, and that is developing 10 sites for affordable housing. and that over 10 years it's built close to $70000.00 low cost units. but there's a backlog of 300000 people waiting for a home. and the city says it has to prioritize those at the top of the waiting list . any projects that we don't has qualifying for the service. now, let me make an example. if tomorrow you, you know,

very well ducks in this particular development next to parliament what winkle beneficial now does someone was being a victim elsewhere. and then that person will remove you from our parts drugs. we put some on that. so it can be for, because we have to accommodate from some of the person who has was qualified and was the weights. but here in the suburb of woodstock family, say they've been on the waiting list for housing for more than a decade. one of them is shanelle commander and a family who are now being evicted from a home. they've lived in for generations. this communities also taken city authorities to court to avoid being moved to outlying areas. city officials have had to relocate thousands of people evicted from prime land within the city while some so they're willing to move many others complain. it's often to the outskirts of cape town to areas like this one where there are fewer facilities. and it's further away from the city where there are work opportunities. people at this we

settlement camp say, where they live is pushing them further into poverty in a city already plagued by deep economic disparities. for me, tamela al jazeera, kept on ah 1000000, i'm fully betty bo, with the headlines on al jazeera, the white house says it's releasing 15000000 barrels of oil from its strategic reserves is the coordinated effort with several nations to stop soaring fuel prices . actual prices have more than doubled compared to a year ago. a white house correspondent, kimberly hockey has more this is being done in coordination with other countries and that could mitigate.