we look back at the events that have shaped the news and look ahead to next year. december on a jesse europe ah 31 people try to reach britain, have drowned in the english channel in the worst recorded migration disaster on the crossing from france. ah, hello, i'm has, i'm secret. this is as it are, live from the halls are coming up. all 3 men charged in a death of a black man shot while jogging through their neighbourhood in georgia. our convicted of his murder safely slammed the son of former libyan leader. mama gadhafi candidacy for president. it is rejected by the election commission. 3

german political parties reach a dia, which will see all i shall succeed, angular merkel as chancellor. ah, but at least the 31 refugees and migrants bound for britain have been drowned, have drowned in the english channel near cali after their boats sank. the international organization for migration has called the tragedy, the largest single loss of life in those waters in 7 years. french and british leaders have called for emergency meetings. the dean barber reports. why wouldn't no regular site on the french coast, even as winter sets in refugees and migrants determined to reach britain? and now a reminder of the dangers they face. news that so many people have died at sea after setting off from calais on wednesday night. the french interior minister

arrived there to meet local officials and hospital workers. let us look at a saw sir plant watson. as far as we know, 33 people capsized of dunkirk and cali. as of now 31 people died and 2 people are currently being treated, but their lives are unfortunately in danger. among these 31 dead, we know that there were 5 women and one little girl again. for now, we don't have any more information on the identities of these people. fringe prime minister john cast x tweeted, the shipwreck in the english channel is a tragedy. my thoughts are with the many missing an injured victims of criminals, smugglers who exploit their distress and misery. while the british prime minister called an emergency meeting in london. this disaster underscores how dangerous it is to cross the channel in this way. and it also shows how vital it is that when i step up our efforts to break the business model of the gangsters who are sending

people to see or in this way i say to our partners or across the channel. now is the time for us all that to step up or to work together to do everything a we can to break these gangs who are literally getting away with murder. these people did make it to the english coast on wednesday after being picked up by volunteers from the royal national life boat institution. there among the roughly 25000 people who've crossed from france this year, 3 times last year's figure. but and still receives far fewer asylum claims than countries such as germany or france. but the government currently introducing legislation which would penalize asylum seekers who use so called illegal roots like crossing the channel rights groups. point out legal routes are inaccessible for most and in reality, given how desperate these people are to reach the u. k. more tragedies can't be rolled out. nadine baba al jazeera a paint to him. he is a freelance journalist. he says both governments have not done enough to resolve

this issue with the company with anybody about our country as long martin part of the child of a french andy. but in chicago, if they have been conducting breaks at a minor diplomatic spot, whether fishing was called, which side the border to side of every border. and it's something that has to be a result of as i think it's clearly mentioned in the work, in many, many years in the number of an increase of 30000 people, according to french, official 5 to call the final to those of them have to buy a war in lead time, a far as i have seen, an influx of migrant from that we can continue to

play that thing across from that part of the world into your whether it's by eastern europe or directly for all that means to get so many micro trying to get into your course africa as well. it's something i think, a nation of the political situation in the middle east countries. mom on the continuing economic problems in africa. 3 white men have been found guilty of murdering almighty aubrey, who's a chase down and shot dead in july in georgia neighborhood. last year they pursued the 25 year old black man who was out jogging in their trucks or 3 claim they acted in self defense. and now they could face life in prison. she had the cancer reports from brunswick, georgia. her all 3 men involved in the killing of ahmed aubrey were

found guilty of his murder count, one malice, murder, we the jury find the defendant, travis mc, michael guilty. we the jury find the defendant, greg nick, michael guilty. we the jury find the defendant, william our brian guilty of $27.00 charges against travis and gregory mcmichael and william bron the jury found them guilty of 20 three's. a panel did not accept the defense, is arguments that the men had the right to chase the black joker in their pickup trucks, 2 of them all to one with a shot gun and confront him and shoot him dead on the pretext of self defense schiff outside the court house, there was surprised relief and jubilation. that justice was done. but also realism, that one court victory does not mean the end of systemic racism in the us. well, when, when i grew up, we couldn't, everything was separate bathrooms, water, fountain, eaten places. and that's a big difference, but we got a long way to go

a long way to go. i wouldn't, wouldn't go as far as to say was a huge leap. but it was a step in the right direction. nonetheless, it is striking that in the state of georgia, one of the most historically notorious of the south fullest slave owning states, a jury of 11 white people and one black person could reach such unanimity and in such a short amount of time. and let the word go for of all over the world that a jewelry of 11 white and one black come out in the deep south. good up in the court rica has said that black lab do matter. oh, thank you. thank you. but those who might those who pray most of the walls of freight. yes lord guy, yes. now quick as we would you know, i'm as i'm on add new him as quick as he will now rest. and

amid the joy, there is a bitter awareness office on at auburn was murdered. the police and prosecutors in this county accepted the men's argument that they had every right to chase and kill a black dog in the neighborhood. because they had an inkling that he was up to no good. it was only 2 months later when video surface animated grassroots pressure that the state intervenes. so that question hangs in the air. what about all the motors that weren't captured on camera? she ever time? see al jazeera brunswick, the son of libya as former lead america, thus he will not be allowed to run in next month's presidential election. say phyllis lamb, good daffy is one of 25 candidates who been bond for standing. the b as electro commission says he's ineligible because he's been convicted of a crime. war holly for after, along with 72 others, remains in the race. the united nations, a special envoy for libya, has quit just weeks ahead of the presidential elections,

yen cooper. she had been in the row for less than a year on capital matic edits. james bay's reports from un headquarters in new york veteran un official, yan cubis has headed the u. n. peace efforts in libya since january this year. but the timing of his resignation, one month before the country's elections caused considerable surprise to diplomats . we are not sure about the timing, but yet the ferry sophie b because her, the, the, the, the electro processes are a few weeks for away from now. we think it is very important that his replacement will be come into place as as soon as possible, at least so that there will be no vacuum speaking to the security council by video link from tripoli. mr. cooper, she explained, he didn't want to be based full time in the libyan capital, but felt that's what the job now needed. but he made it clear he didn't want to desert his post. on the 17th of november 2021. i've done that my resignation

in the resignation letter to the secretary of general. i also confirmed my readiness to continue as the special envoy for a transitional period. and that in my book, the natural cover of the electoral period. but cubic went on to say that the un secretary general antonio could terrace, had decided his resignation, would be effective december the 10th. that's 2 weeks before the election, rebuffing his offer to stay on. why did the security general not accept that offer? what we're trying to do is that we are of course, do print. i do intend to announce a successor and we aim to ensure the continuity of leadership and a smooth 6 transition at this critical time. in the security council meeting, there was recognition from all delegations about the sensitivity of this time in libya. the election was described as key, vital, and crucial. despite that remarkably, there's now a vacancy for the post that overseas the entire process for the international community. james bays al jazeera at the united nations. china has come are strongly

against the u. s. inviting taiwan to its virtual summit for democracy. china and russia have not been invited to long ginger on the china is firmly opposed to the united states, his invitation to taiwan authorities to participate in the so called summit for democracy. there's only one china in the world. the government of the people's republic of china is the sole legal government representing all of china and taiwan is an invaluable part of chinese territory. the one china principle is a universal recognized consensus of international relations. taiwan has no other status and international law aside from being a part of china. a still head on al jazeera, south korea, struggles with a new surge of coven 19 is putting the health system under pressure. plus. i'm a listener, and ph. d in a fight rebels. 3 reintegration camp in southwest columbia, where many are wondering if the government can still deliver on the promises of

a landmark piece. 3 d signed 5 years ago. ah. but it's getting cold again across the united states. the is leaking out from the mountains where it's been snowing and the temperature dropping of the 10 degrees is thanksgiving day itself is a line of showers, fostering thunderstorms in texas. behind it, the temperatures will drop and you will feel that change. the snow is restricted to probably on terrier and some lake effect snow in the great lakes, and there's more common in b. c with rain running down into washington state. the process continues during friday, but rather than push anymore cold, we stopped the push to wind stops, and the sunday week is strong enough to lift temperature a little bit, your tongue of warmth, stretching back up towards the dakotas. neither ho bismark up to plus 9. for

example, however, we'll start the process again with more all coming out during saturday. the snow though, be restricted, probably to the dakotas, maybe little bit further east than that on the pacific coast. it's rain still from most places, and washington may be the feathers south extent. significant showers are drifting through the turks and k, crosstown through hispaniola puerto rico, back to jamaica, and honduras, and especially costa rica and panama. but if you're west that in mexico, it showers mostly around the gulf coast ah and assassinations in broad daylight and increasing moderates, towns and cities. living in fear, al jazeera world examines the rise and criminal gangs, and the palestinian israeli community. how are these violent crime syndicates

operating and are these ready authorities doing enough to combat them at palestinian israeli crime? waived on al jazeera lou. the hello again. you're watching. i just a reminder about the top stories this out. at least $31.00 refugees and migrants tried to reach britain have ground in the english channel and the cali after they're both st. you an official say it is the worst disaster in the crossing since they started keeping records. 7 years ago. 3 white men in the u. s. had been found guilty of murdering a 25 year old black man who was out jogging,

almost aubrey was chase down and shot dead in a georgia neighborhood last year. the son of libya is formerly the mom. i got that he has been far from running in next month. presidential election. electro commission say say for the slam get daffy is ineligible because he's been convicted of a crime. war poly for half thought along with 72 others remains in the race. health officials in the us are concerned about the possibility of another search in coded 19 that says millions of americans travel ahead of the thanksgiving holiday this week. rosalind jordan is lifeless from washington d. c. so rosalind, how can, how much concern is this about the public health given this is the, the biggest travel day of the year in the u. s. and cases of already been resign rising the fall and that's right. a public health experts are generally telling americans to

a use all of the precautions at hand get vaccinated. wash your hands, maintain social distance, wear a mask whenever and wherever possible, in order to protect the more vulnerable to protect those who have not yet been vaccinated, either because they're too young, or they have a pre existing health condition, or thereof, you know, have some other reasons why they're not vaccinated, but because the travel levels are coming back to a close to what they were 2 years ago at thanksgiving time, there is a concern that cases are going to be a spiking of that we might be at the beginning of a 5th serge of new coven cases here in the united states. just in the last 14 days, cases are up about 25 percent. on average, a daily they're about 94000 new covet cases being diagnosed. and certainly there is a concern that if people aren't taking these precautions that in about 2 weeks time,

you know, which is the lag period, after people are exposed to the virus, we could see another uptick in cases across the united states. and how do the cases there? they are very ab regionally across the u. u. s. one of the one of the major hotspot . well, the major hotspots are places that had not been considered real hot spots in some time. the upper midwest, minnesota, wisconsin, illinois, basically the west side of the great lakes, parts of the rocky mountain states, down into the american south west and in and the far northern reaches of the north eastern part of the country. notably in new hampshire, where you would think that tal because it's a small state that many more people would be vaccinated and because of its proximity to the commonwealth of massachusetts, which is known for it's a top flight medical facilities. it's worth pointing out that in massachusetts,

they have decided form this coming monday to put off all non emergency surgeries and other procedures in order to have enough space. in case there is that surge of covert cases or i, rosalind jordan. my for so they are in washed and thanks. a protest is in the french carrion region of guadalupe, have burned cause and set up barricades in a rally against coven 19 measures. anger over restrictions has stirred, longstanding grievances, of poverty and inequality. there. vaccination rates remain low with less than half the population inoculated against karone of ours. president emmanuel cross at the crisis was explosive, but promised to contain the situation. south korea is reporting reco numbers of critically ill covered 19 patients. nearly 80 percent of the population is fully vaccinated and the country started easing restrictions. this month, florence louis has more to south korean government,

east cove at 19 restrictions less than a month ago. but on wednesday, official say they may consider re imposing some rules. the number of new cases and seriously ill patients is rising across the country. daily infections reached a record $4100.00 on tuesday, and nearly 70 percent of beds and intensive care units are now occupied. arguing it's ant granules all a major factor that has contributed to the increasing number of cases, and that has made the hospital bed utilization rate a bit worse, is the increasing number of infections in the elderly. senior citizens were the 1st to be na collated earlier. this year and health officials say part of the reason infections arising is because they're in unity is waning. the government says it will give them booster shots. what the government is trying to do at this point is to our ext an the deployment of booster shots, especially among the most vulnerable i as quickly as possible. there are increasing

testing, especially in congregate residents. so all settings but just a nursing homes and our long term care facilities. officials are also conducting tests and trace operations. after more than $200.00 people tested positive for cove at 19, at a church in the city of china, a tributary they wanted full time sheet in the morning, the central disaster and safety countermeasure headquarters reported that around 91.4 percent of the confirmed cases from shannon's mcguire, unvaccinated someday, the increase in infection so soon after restrictions when lifted will be a blow to many. but although the numbers rising that some relief that at about 35 a day, the number of deaths remains relatively low. florence louis al jazeera or the world health organization is warning that hundreds of thousands more people will die as a new koran of ours. waves sweeps through europe. germany is set to mark

a 100000 deaths as it hits a new record of more than 66000 cases. the netherlands is introducing new restrictions, social distancing is set to become compulsory again. and in france. 30000 people had tested positive in the past 24 hours for the 1st time since august. barbara angle par reports. it's effectively a you turn. the european union's public health agency said boost to jobs one turgeon clos september. there were only needed for the frail of those with poor immune systems. now that advice has changed. countries should also consider a booster dose for all adults, 18 years and older, with a priority for people above 40 years old. this is to increase protection against infection. you too waning immunity, which could potentially reduce the transmission in the population and prevented

additional hospitalizations and deaths. the new advice comes as most countries in europe, a seeing record rates of covert infections in the netherlands. this medical center is having to transfer some patients to germany because of the pressure in france came this warning audriel vinyl to cultivate go to day. we're announcing $30000.00 covered cases of the last 24 hours. this is a major increase ineffectual. that shows if it was needed in any way that we are indeed in the midst of a 5th wave of the pandemic, whirlpool a bed across the european union, 6 or 7.7 percent of the population is fully vaccinated. but rates vary widely between countries. and the world health organization says there's growing evidence that protection against infection and mal disease is declining. it wants a vaccine plus approach. combining vaccinations with measures such as face mask wearing daily covered related deaths across the e. you have reached nearly 4000

t 100 nearly double the level of 2 months ago. in germany, the latest 24 hour figure was $335.00 deaths. and new infections are to record high . at nearly 67000. the w h has warning that by march, they'll be higher extreme stress and intensive care units in almost all 53 countries that compromise its year preaching at this hospital near cologne. like many places covered patients needing intensive care and mainly younger unvaccinated people. a bit of it sooner, may you over, we've increasingly got younger people in intensive care. the amount of time they're treated as significantly longer and it blocks in tentative care beds for longer period. winter then not available for the care of other patients with on only some german politicians are now advocating compulsory vaccination. at least for specific

professions. austria's already announced, covered jobs will be compulsory for every one from february. the countries just returned to a full national lockdown. and it seems other states may soon be doing the same barbara and gave her alto 0 a leaders of 3 german political parties have agreed to form a coalition government falling 2 months of talks. olaf schultz is now said to take over as chancellor early next month. it will be the 1st 3 way coalition government, in nearly 70 years old dominic cane has more from berlin. for many weeks, these 3 parties have been behind closed doors talking to each other, trying to work out a platform of policies they can present to parliament to have them elected as a new coalition government trying to sort out their differences and co here around a set of policies that they believe the country can unite around the man who has been leading these negotiations and who is in all likelihood,

going to be the next chancellor within 10 days or so, all of shots from a social democrat. this is how he told the gathered reporters, what his priorities are going to be on the globe. and in fact, we are united by a belief in progress and the politics can achieve something good. we are united by the will to make the country better to move it forward and to keep it together. we are not about lowest common denominator politics, but about high impact politics. we want a dare to do something about climate protection, the restructuring of our industry, the modernization of the country, the strengthening of social cohesion home. we want to dare to make more progress on the question that many people will ask is, how can these 3 parties with differing views about many key issues in german politics, really stay together for the full term of parliament for years. and there are other questions too. we know which ministries these parties are going to get. but we also

know that when they are voted into office, that will effectively vote angular miracles, kristian, democrats out of office. they will metaphorically lick their wounds in opposition, but they also know that in the other house of parliament can really make difficulties for this particular government. so it's not all plain sailing for this new traffic light coalition as it's being cold, which in all likelihood will be voted in to office in the next 10 days, also, sweetness, 1st, the female prime minister has resign just hours after she was confirmed by parliament magdalena anderson was leading a minority coalition with the green party, but it quits when they knew, but it was rejected. green say they were only in power to implement green policies, which were voted down the processes now in the hands of parliament speaker. but anderson says she hopes to try again as the leader of a single party government. time may be running out on

a landmark peace deal between the states and font rebels, signed in columbia 5 years ago. the promised peace has not been achieved, alessandra, and yet he travelled to the region to speak with former fighters, struggling to integrate into society as new groups fight for control of a territory. fuller fight gravel, william woody l is rightly proud of, is speak farm. it's one of 3 projects. he started with hundreds of other demobilized fighters investing the roughly $2000.00 each. they received this part of their agreement to design. we're selling an average of $160.00 pigs a month, 40 per week of around 100105 kilos. and we hope that with the 2 new sites will reach 10120 a week. william says, reaching this point has been very difficult approval for the project arrived only a year ago after long fights with bureaucracy says was set up to fail them in

mobile. yeah, no, katie. oh, i see that is, this government has done everything possible to make the deal fail if it wasn't for the united nations and the international cooperation that are guarantors of the process got on. i wonder if i would be here the government saying that the story piece deal with the fact 5 years ago, bringing to an end, the conflict that killed more than $200000.00 people over more than 5 decades. but many of the hopes of that day or fulfilled, even though most combatants laid down their arms by addressing poverty and inequality, promising road schools and jobs in many neglected rural areas of the country. the peace deal was supposed to end the root causes dep fuel the war, but 5 years later, little has changed him, although he's through she on his many accuse the conservative government of the van to cab slow walking to deals, implementation studies show that just 4 percent of the promised rule reform

measures are complete, came production is that an all time high and you arm groups and 5 dissidence are perpetuating new cycles of violence. many reintegration camps are mostly empty after form or fighters moved away and the threat by armed groups. slight claudia crews with former comrades has been trying to start a fish farm 1st. they were forced to leave their camp, then their leader was killed. they ought to fail. okay. we live in fear. this is worse than during the war. back then, we could at least defend ourselves lessons after 5 years, i thought we would have a place to live a little and basic purity. we feel disillusioned yet we endure. but despite their in doing commitment success for them and the country remains elusive and lasting, peace is not guaranteed. allison, them 50 al jazeera cal dawn are coca a beijing has marked

a 100 days to go until the start of the winter. paralympics gonna take place in march after the end of the olympic games. beijing is the 1st city to host both the winter and summer. paralympics more. the 600 athletes are set to compete in 78 events during the 10 day gangs. ah, it says al jazeera, let's get a round up of the top stories, at least 31 refugees and migrants trying to reach britain have drowned in the english channel near cal a after their boat sank. un official say it is the worst incident in the crossing since they started keeping rec, or 7 years ago. this disaster underscores how dangerous it is to cross the channel in this way. and it also shows how vital it is that we are.