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i'm sammy zaden. this is al jazeera live from dell hall, so coming up the u. k. house, g 7 foreign ministers warning russia over its mercury build up on the ukraine border. the pacific territory of new caledonia votes in a final referendum on independence from france. ah, at least 80 people have been killed in the u. s. after a series of tornadoes ripped through 6th, mid western and southern states. it happened overnight on friday. president joe biden says it's likely to be one of the largest tornado outbreaks in u. s. history. he's promising federal assistance to the affected areas will be extreme why the left, a trail of destruction stretching more than 320 kilometers as patty col high and explains. one town seemingly wiped away in one evening mayfield,

kentucky where candle factory with 110 people inside was leveled a tract worker took to facebook live to plead for help and we aren't trans, please. ya, give us some help. we're at the candle factory in may. you please bring us. she got out, but the governor believes the vast majority of workers did not seeing an entire downtown, wiped out knowing the loss of life that occurred here. an muhlenberg county, and everywhere else. this is, this is the hardest tornado event we've ever been through, and it's not just because of the property damage, but we lost a lot of good people. and we gotta do our best as it gets dark. and through the next days to make sure we don't lose any more. the storms with as many as 30 tornadoes could be seen from space tornadoes that came down and stay down, causing damage for more than 300 kilometers. this path length, i believe,

when it's all said and done, we're waiting for the numbers to come in. will be a near 400 kilometer path length and very likely that this torina will be rated violence, which means e f, or e, f 5. i'm expecting winds keep wind speeds to be well over 200 miles per hour with this particular tornado. and it wasn't just kentucky in amazon warehouse in illinois, a nursing home in arkansas destruction in missouri and tennessee states that expect tornadoes, but not usually in december. president joe biden spoke to the nation, calling for unity, promising the full support of the federal government and reminding people of what has been lost. imagine if you're home to the pat waiting a home, do what he worries. i mean, every these gone from that, from, from that, that baptism old photograph to the wedding picture to the picture of your

oldest daughter and a ballet. i mean, it is profound, just profound. a federal emergency has been declared in kentucky with other states likely to follow, and the national guard has been called in to help clear roads and search door to door looking for survivors. knowing the death toll is likely to arise. paddic lying al jazeera, washington kentucky was the worst head states with at least 70 fatalities. the governor says he's losing hope for finding any more survivors. hi, the joe castro reports from the town of mayfield in kentucky. we were driving into may field. it's really extraordinary when you see houses standing and then suddenly you find yourself in the leveled zone of the town. you can see these houses completely destroyed. i'm surrounded by this in this neighborhood. and of course there is that candle factory which we just heard about. and patty's report where the search and rescue effort continues. but now we are approaching our $24.00 since

the storm hit. that happened friday night here in kentucky. and since then, with each taking our, the likelihood of pulling out more, survivors has diminished. some 40 people were told were, were rescued or left that factory. but there's still an untold missing who remain trapped underneath that debris and kentucky's governor after touring the site earlier today. was devastated, saying that the likelihood of pulling more survivors out from under that rebel, the widespread factor of this destruction, the storm cutting a path of some 300 kilometers across the us. so even as you're driving across state 5 states and total affected by this, we know of at least 6 deaths in illinois linked to an amazon amazon warehouse that partially collapsed. there were 2 people who died in arkansas, one of whom was an elderly resident of nursing home. and the sad part of this is

even as more rescue workers and search crews dig through debris all across the section of the united states. as patty said in her report, this death pole across the country is expected to climb. and b, c correspondent, j grey has more from mon, at in arkansas or it's overwhelming the damage here the nursing home, the backend of its last. and we'll show you that help you, we'll talk about the federal help. we're starting to see some of that on the ground here. they're going to need it, not just now, but for a long time because of situations like this, you can see what the wind did here, picked up the car through them. rip them apart, basically throwing bricks and other things into the front windshield. and then the assault on this nursing home, you can see what it did, it ripped apart the wall and the roof. but the backend, as i said, is for the most part gone. if you look over the top of this thing, if we could get up over the top, you would see that it's just torn away. and unfortunately,

that's the scene playing out. not only in this community, but communities across the entire strike. so one person was lost inside this building, several others taken the hospitals outside of the area that's most effective here. what we're hearing from those that were here that survived is that they did have good warning. they had like 20 minutes. the sirens went off and they were able to get out and into the hallway here, and that's what saved lives. if you look outside of this area in the neighborhoods that surround, it's dark now and you can't see anything but but coming in today, they're ravaged as well. you can see the homes that are really reduced to just rubble. you can see others that have the roofs torn away or walls torn away. and what you saw throughout the afternoon with families, families here gathering what they could not a lot that you can pull from a place like this, gathering what they could from their homes. the cold front has moved through and

now the temperatures are dropping. so you've got all these families not only here, but again across the entire region that are not only wondering how they're going to stay warm, but where they're going to stay for a while. it's a tough go. vince, while t is a storm chaser who was following the tornadoes in tennessee, he describes why the storms are so devastating. this is a pretty massive outbreak with not just a roll. strong tornadoes, but a couple of very strong, almost violent potentially tornadoes. and in the middle of december, this is not when we would be expecting something like a couple of towns that i was driving through last night with the tornado in my windshield did not have storm sirens going. and it wasn't a matter of whether they had power, electrical power to them or not. because there were still lights on these towns. it's possible somebody down there, some of the towns that either a failure of their warning systems coming storm sirens or they just didn't have

them. and it's really concerning because we've got to be able to get these warnings out immediately. that's how we're going to save lives, you know, 5 or 10 minutes, even 15 minutes. there's just not enough time to take shelter from a tornado. it's in town. so there's an adrenalin rush. extremely stressful. it's, it's not, it's definitely manageable for someone like me. we're used to this, but for the general public, dis, this could be, this is life threatening and this isn't, this is crazy. some folks that i've spoken to after tornadoes, not this case, but other cases of said they felt their life flash before their eyes. it's incredibly stressful. i mean, there's potentially a deadly, a deadly situation going on anywhere from a few feet to maybe a mile or 2. and it's coming at you it's, it's incredibly stressful and it can be scary at times because you have no control over what's happening other than your actions. you know, we can't control where the for nato goes. and if it's going to go over a town and destroy the town, that's what it's going to do. top diplomats from g 7 countries have been urged to

show unity against global aggressors as they meet in the u. s. u. k said he, rather of liverpool. russia in particular, been singled out by the us and britain for massing troops on ukraine's border. but finding consensus among the allies may be difficult from liverpool, rory, chance reports, prisons, foreign secretary welcomed her richwell counterparts with a brass band and coven conscious fist bumps the u. k. the u. s. canada, germany, france, italy, japan. the g 7 is a club of advanced economy democracies and their friends. and these meetings are a chance for them to affirm both what they're for and what they're against. we need to defend ourselves against the growing threats from hostile actors. and we need to come together strongly to stand up to aggressors who are seeking to limit the bounds of freedom and democracy. have all their perceived

threats, coven, china, iran, and more. it's not that russia that is seen as the hottest issue with russian troops massed on the other side of the ukrainian border. that's clear. alarm from western democracies about the possibility of an invasion. what we have to do is deter russia from taking the course of action. i'd been very clear, it would be a strategic mistake for russia to do that. and what the g 7 meeting this weekend, the taking place is about is about a show of unity between like minded major economies. liz trust is rallying cry for what she calls the free, well, just like minded country, it should step up that should unify that. to stop the introspection and drift and pushed back against perceived, aggressive russia and china. and they should do this using economics and technology . but germany is no stream to gas pipeline project with russia is an example that

true unity can be elusive. germany's the green party, foreign minister, and alina barbara, is against it. social democrat, boss, chancellor schultz, is for it. and germany is not yet agreeing to threaten russia as the us and u. k. would like with blocking nord stream to invade to ukraine uniting the free well is easier said than done re challenge? how does era livable to us is sending its leading diplomat for europe to russia and ukraine? karen don fried, will need senior officials in kiev and moscow over 2 days, apart from the russian troop build up. the state department says don fried will also push for progress on ending the conflict in easton, ukraine still ahead on al jazeera of environmental protests continue in soviet capital, despite concessions from the government. plus i'm just for washington, it's the consul, indonesia. we're fear the ongoing gold rush. pretty children health.

ah, ah, look forward to greatest guys with sponsor point cut airways. hello there. we'll have a look at africa in a moment, but 1st to the middle east, there's a lot of warmth around the event at the moment, temperatures here, sitting above the average, but it is gonna turn more unsettled. you can see that wet and windy weather working its way across the mediterranean. now the further south we go, the cooler it gets. we've seen temperatures below average in southern saudi arabia, as well as for the gulf states and or mun, and yemen. but it remains relatively dry, as i said, the wet weather is going to move in to lebanon and syria, as we move into the next week. and that ties up with wet weather that's plaguing northern africa. that thanks low pressure across the mediterranean, chucking

a lot of rain coastal areas of chinese, the are and kicking up some of that dust around libya, blowing it into egypt. but we are seeing the temperature recover in cairo. it is sunny to feel rather warm again. and there's a lot of exceptional warmth across central parts of africa, in particular for the central african republic, as well as the congo. but it is looking rather wet, those thunderstorms rolling down into northern areas of angola and joining up with showers the destruction of the way done through namibia, through southern areas of botswana. and it's going to be a very wet week for johannesburg. and for cape town that to weather update. oh, the weather sponsored by casara ways. it's the political debate show that's challenging the way you think. have agencies fail, hating the situation? is was, it was before the digital sound bites and digging into the issue is a military advancement. going to stop the family ticket? i is under a company to divide to mount people out of di. how will climate migration differ

for those who have in those who don't have lots of countries say we will pay poor countries to keep refugees there upfront with me, mark lamond hill on al jazeera lou . ah, i'll come back here watching al jazeera time. to recap, our headlines rescue teams in the u. s. is searching for survivors after tornadoes ripped through 6 states on friday night. at least 80 people are dead. southern state of kentucky was the worst hit on those tornadoes. hit an amazon warehouse in in the loy, killing 6 people, dozens of others for rescue. the british foreign secretary is calling for western

unity against all for a terry newsome and threats from russia and china. the u. k is hosting g 7 foreign ministers in liverpool, along with delegates from southeast asian countries. voting is underway in the independence referendum on the time the south pacific island group of new caledonia . it's the 3rd time the french rule territories deciding on the issue. it's narrowly rejected a breakaway in 20182020 main independence policies boycotting the referendum. they're worried. the pandemic will undermine a yes vote. wayne hay is monitoring the referendum from tower in new zealand. this referendum as being held in quite a tent atmosphere, given those calls to stay away from the polling booths by the leaders of the pro independence political parties. in fact, they have called for this boat to be postponed until late next year. of course,

the french government rejected those calls in the vote is going ahead. so those pro independence groups have labeled this entire process and democratic because of the conditions in the lead up to sundays voting and also the conditions on the day. and it appears as if people are heating, those calls to boy caught the vert. we've had pretty good voter turn out in the 2 previous referendums. in fact, last year's vote saw more than 85 percent voter turnout. about halfway through the day on sunday, though, reports coming in suggest that the turnouts for this year's referendum is only about 27.75 percent at the same period last year. it was almost 50 percent. so we're seeing significantly lower numbers at this time around as we approach, or just after the halfway mark in voting on sunday. and again, it's because of the cova 19 pandemic,

according to those independence or pro and dependence political parties. they say that this vote should have been postponed because of the pandemic. the 1st case, all cove at 19 was recorded in new caledonia in early september. then that was around the same time that campaigning for the referendum was supposed to start. and it really couldn't get underway in person campaigning any way because all the restrictions put in place by the government. and also, the pandemic has disproportionately affected the conduct indigenous population. most of whom support independent. so they say that this is simply not fair to hold this referendum under these conditions. palestinians have in municipal elections for more than 150 local councils across the occupied west bank on saturday. but a key faction boy counted the pole mass was angered off. the parliamentary and presidential elections were cancelled earlier this year by president mood bass.

iran president brought him a ac, says his government is serious about the latest round of negotiations indiana to revive the 2015 nuclear deal. you said if world powers are willing to remove sanctions on to her, on an agreement can be reached. the us says there was an intense conversation among g 7 countries who are united in the position on the nuclear, towards the head of the international atomic energy agency spoke talk respondent. those jabari in vienna are filed grosse outlined. the contentious issues that need to be ironed out. well, it was a wide ranging discussion we, i specifically talked about the role of the i e. but then we of course, talked about this, j. c, p o, a and raphael grossi was very much adamant that it is a deal that is very, very important and critical for their war. and they are not involved in the politics of this nuclear deal. they just want to verify what has been agreed to. he

also talked about the issues that remained with iran. he admitted that iran is one of the, it's the country that as the most inspections of his nuclear program in the world. but despite that, he said there are still issues that they are discussing with iran. that is a cause for concern for the i. e a. and this is what he had to say about that specific those issues the ages he and iran are trying to come to an agreement on or, or based on 2 things. one these the capability or the ability of the agency to return to one facility, one specific facility in iran, where we need to reinstall cameras that need to be there. and it has been difficult to to this. so we have been talking about these and the other thing is how to address a number of issues which need to be clarified. the agency found a traces of nuclear material in places that had not been declared before they

facility he's talking about. there is kara shuts out just outside of to ron, it's a workshop that produces central futures for around nuclear program. and adarine said that the f b, i. e, a had 4 cameras in that facility. and in june, there was an act of sabotage which destroyed one of those cameras and they blame israel for that. they said at that time that they are going to take all 4 cameras off line until there is an investigation. and there is some kind of a statement issued by the united nations and the i e. until that happens, the ranges are not willing to open up again, inspections to that workshop. and the director general mentioned that this is one of the points of contention because they cannot determine what is happening in iran's nuclear program. if they don't know where the center features are going and how many are actually being made. and you can watch the full interview with i, a chief profile grossi on talk. $1220.00 at $830.00 g m t on sunday.

protest as have been back out demonstrating in vienna against the austrian government plans to make coven 19 vaccines mandatory. those who review to get vaccinations face a fine of more than $4000.00 every 3 months. australia has a 68 percent vaccination, right. one of the lowest in europe. serbian protesters have been back out blocking roads for a 3rd. we can running denouncing plan for lithium mining, saturday's crowds, a small of the past week. also the government early about the some demands it scrapped laws. activists said were purely designed to help right? mining giant re a center soft operations. and serbia is west from belgrade onions, audit reports, men, international hires that you see behind me has been blocked. 3rd starter in a row, and this bar that goes to sort of b as capital belgrade is actually one of the couple of dozen points. the professors

are blocking the least the very moment across the 3rd b, r. for an hour. this road blocks are taking place. although the serbian government met the main demands of the last week brought this and decided to reconsider. do key loads that are helping mining giant reopen to lunch, lead your mind in west serbia, but some n g o z and some political opposition parties claimed that main demand has not been fulfilled. the real thing is banned from mining lead. do you mean serbia for goods that's fans also for any company? not just seen a little background is that company or pinto discovered the minerals called your daddy's in the valley, or for either of you either in 2004 mean or the dotted contains lead deal that's been use for electric car batteries. so the commercial interest is clear and big, but local citizens as well as the green, active it's afraid dot lead to mining,

would irreversibly pollute the area. and that is the main reason that they said they are protesting. also, it should be fed that these brought this widely seen as a big blow to president will teach sort of the progressive party, the ruling party in serbia ahead of the parliamentary elections. dr. scheduled for the april next year, health experts of raise, new safety concerns about illegal gold mining and indonesia. dozens of babies are suffering birth defects, potentially linked to hazardous chemicals used to process the precious metal. jessica washington reports from the island of lombok. in the hills of the cost on indonesia, 30 meters on the ground. this is one of hundreds. if unauthorized mine it's dangerous work. but for these men, finding just a speck of gold makes it worth much. hi. yeah. hi. yeah, yes,

it's risky. because if we make mistakes, the ground can easily collapse. the gold rush into thong started decades ago, and mine is say, it died down in 2018. but in recent months, hundreds have flocked back to the mines due to financial hardship. and i think this is the risk we take to make a living work here for around one year because i have nothing else to do because of current of our unauthorized mining is an open secret here. mine's not the hillside impossible to miss and villages like this across the cost on gold mining is part of daily life. people here depend on it for most or all income and the machines use as part of the process of extracting gold. a convenience lee, right in front of their homes. these machines are the unrelenting soundtrack to life here. mine is put mercury inside them to extract gold from the sediment. it's

cheap and easy for us. i don't, i'm gotten any lucky or not. we have to use the purchasing go to how we make money . but living near dangerous chemicals comes with consequences. 5 year olds are in cannot walk or talk yet. he was recently diagnosed with microscopically a medical condition where a child's head is smaller than average, often impacting brain function. busy and i'm really seen when his father worked in the mines. he would process the goals here too. and yet he used mercury to process the goals, researchers from a local and g o r, looking into his case and all the children who they say maybe victims of mercury exposure. when i'm on my car up until in the most kill minus keep mercury at home and use it in front of the children for newborns. the exposure is from the mother. they had been exposed through the air. the breeze, the researchers say even children with no leak to mining, may bear the consequences of sickle tongues,

gold obsessions like nor andrea was born without. i've got, i mean i never imagined i would have a son without eyes. the doctor asked me if my husband was a coal miner and i said no. the researches are also conducting i q tests on local children. they say the government must do more to educate people about the dangers is mercury, but authority say it takes time. it is a very serious concern and you cannot change the mindset within a minute because they already very familiar with that. but it takes time. the absence of change. it is children here who pay the real price of gold. jessica washington out to 0. 6 on an exhibition is opened in london to celebrate artists who have links with the caribbean. life between islands highlights the contribution of communities who arrived after the 2nd world war. jessica baldwin went for a look. i

7 decades of art with a connection, the caribbean life between islands that tape britain is the 1st time a british museum with an international reputation is showcasing caribbean british are these are the, the history is recent history is we need to mind and we need to show that significance to today, and we need to show how they've continued through artistic practices through today to walk through that history from the 1st artist arriving in the late 19 forties. artists exploring the dynamics of living between 2 cultures. ready she ain't holding them up. she's holding on looks at the strength, often expected of black women and points to the difficulties of maintaining her

heritage while forging one's own identity. the black power movement of the sixties and seventies, documented by photographers calling out racism and discrimination the social and economic life of immigrants recorded as they settled and became established in britain. if there wasn't that influx of people coming from the carbon, you would get the richness of which shot we've got today. you wouldn't get the question of how the bypass british is today. filmmaker steve mclean provides a metaphor for the black d as flora as they navigate life in britain. a bay in jamaica overflowing with foliage juxtaposed with failing hotels, illustrates the joy of living with natural beauty. amidst the reality of economic hardship. since 1st arriving to phil labor shortages more than 70 years ago,

people from the caribbean have had a vast influence on britain. every aspect of british life has been enriched by 4 generations of people who came from islands across the atlantic. it's an important historic show planned before black lives matter and the black cultural renee silence, current events, giving the exhibition even greater impact. jessica baldwin al jazeera london. ah, let's take a look at some of the headlines here now. jazeera now rescue teams in the u. s. so searching for the survivors off the tornadoes ripped through 6 states on friday night at least 18 people are dead. the southern state of kentucky was the worst hit, the extreme weather left the trail of destruction stretching more than 320

kilometers. president joe biden says it'll be one of the largest tornado outbreaks in us history. i want folks in all the states.