oh who ah. ready ready ready dozens, fear dead after more than 30 tornadoes tear across the central us rescue workers come the wreckage for survivors. ah, some of them, how am i? he's in this is out to 09 from doha. also coming up. a 3rd and final referendum.

polls causes forces in the pacific territory of new caledonia, had their se on seeking independence from france, day to and the need for consensus on how to deal with tensions between ukraine and bratia. foreign ministers from the world's 2nd richest nations round out talks in the u. k. class. i'm jessica washington is the coco, indonesia. we're expert fear the ongoing gold rush is putting children's health at risk. ah, dozens of people are fear dads in the u. s. after a series of tornadoes swept through 6 states, the extreme where the system has been active since friday, leaving a trail of destruction stretching more than 320 kilometers. president joe biden says it's likely to be one of the largest her nato events in

u. s. history. the state of kentucky is the worst his. how did your castro is in the city of mayfield? and we are trapped. please give us some help. at the candle factory in may, you please bring us this woman is among the few to get out alive after a tornado flattened the candle factory were she and more than 100 others were working. it's unclear how many people remain trapped somewhere beneath this rubble . but as the search and rescue effort stretches in today to the governor of kentucky says, finding more survivors is unlikely. this is the hardest tornado event we've ever been through. and it's not just because the property damage, but we lost a lot of good people. and we got to do our best as it gets dark and through the next day is to make sure we don't lose anymore. may feel kentucky has lost more than just the factory and it's workers. it's also lost a church of fire station,

a police station, and of course, so many people's homes. and it wasn't just kentucky, an amazon warehouse in illinois, a nursing home in arkansas, destruction in missouri and tennessee states that expect tornadoes but not usually in december. 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 tornado will be rated violence, which means e f, or e, f 5. i'm expecting. winds peak wind speeds to be well over 200 miles per hour with this particular tornado. president joe biden spoke to the nation, calling for unity, promising the full support of the federal government. imagine if, if you're home to the past, wedding a home do. are you worried? i mean, everything's gone from that from from that that baptism will photograph to

the wedding picture to the picture of your oldest daughter in a ballet. i mean, it's as profound as 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 rise. heidi joe castro. audi 0 mayfield, kentucky and b, c correspondent, j grey has more full man that's in arkansas. it's overwhelming the damage here, the nursing home, the backend of its last and we'll show you that the help you we'll talk about 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 when did here, picked up these cars 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 zone. one person was lost inside this building, several others taken to 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. since loyalty is a stone chaser who was following the tornadoes in the state of tennessee. 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 at the time 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 russia. 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 this poor natal goes. and if it's going to go over a town and destroy the town, that's what it's going to do. it's these seconds and final day of meetings was in g 7 foreign ministers in the u. k. city of never paul delegates including those from us in nations. and guess countries are expected to discuss global health security and the endo pacific region. on saturday, the british foreign secretary called for western unity against authoritarianism and threats from russia and china. russia was single dates by the us and britain for amassing troops on ukraine's borders. well, let's get a live update. no, from roy challenge. he joins his form. liverpool worry. where is the g 7? the head thing was the guard suit, russia and china? well one thing i've heard here is the, the g 7, a keen to avoid being seen as anti russia and anti china. that they're more pro

rule of law pro democracy. i think giving that impression is going to be quite tricky considering how much time has been spent over the last few days, particularly violence, trust the u. k. foreign secretary talking about global aggressors. and oh, global aggress as being russia and china. but yeah, i think there is a degree of unity here and what we are perhaps likely to see today is to communicate or to statements being made by the g 71 on general business, and another one specifically about russia. ah, what's that will contain? what concrete measures are going to be proposed? we'll have to wait a think for a, for another half an hour or so. let's just going to be giving a press statement. i will hear what she has to say in that regarding china, i think there's a move here to go from not just monitoring china, but for the countries of the g 7 to watch the responds to china. and i think that will probably involve of some kind of reassessment of development work. when are

the countries of the g 7 can try to offer a package to developing countries, developing nations that can rival or better what china is count currently offering those countries in terms of development funds, et cetera. and laurie asia appears to be the focus of the talks to day and just gives a sense of what we're likely to see later. yeah, well, we've got a z and countries coming here and sending ministers today. we're going to have ministers in malaysia, thailand, indonesia, and the philippines joining the g 7 foreign ministers. i think the agenda is going to be going into things like the infrastructure in the, in the pacific region. technology, shad security. they're going to be talking about vaccines and global health security and gender equality here. something that this illustrates is,

i think how much because the u. k is, is, is hosting this event how much the u. k. is trying to strengthen his partnerships in the, in the pacific region as it moves away from the european enemies at the breakfast have happened. it's trying to look east as other countries in the west have done over recent years as, as well. okay, we'll re challenge that bring is up to date, like from liverpool, re thank you. the u. s. is sending its leading. diplomats for europe on a trip to russia and ukraine. current on free will meet senior officials in key of moscow over 2 days. apart from the russian trip build up, the state department says don't fried will also push for pull grass. one ends in the conference in eastern ukraine. holes have caused some bolts and i been counted in the french pacific territory of new caledonia residency voting for the 3rd and final time, whether or not to become independent from france. if not really rejected a breakaway in 2018,

that 2020 were the main independence parties boycotting the move in early results suggest a low turnouts, worried the pandemic will undermine a yes vote. rescue teams and sicily are digging through the rubble of collapse, buildings falling a gas pipe explosion. at least 4 people have reported dad and several others are missing in the time of revenue. sir, in southern italy, the bloss damaged at least 2 of the buildings. so a heads on al jazeera tourists are back in the united states, but will it be enough? doubt pie shaped businesses recover from the pandemic and calls for an ends to india shoot to kill long after security forces guns, and 14 civilians by mistake. ah

hello there. let's have a look at the weather across south east asia and we got more wet and windy weather on the way for the philippines. thanks to a tropical system. that's brewing to the east. it is going to pull into more easton and northern areas. we've already got some flood warnings and advisors out here in places like news on, and that's thanks to rain from the north eastern monsoon. we're also going to see enhanced rain pulling into malaysia in the days to come. by the time we get to choose day, we will see some heavier falls across western areas of borneo. we could see some flood issues with that. now, as we moved down under to australia, it's a much dryer and find a picture for much of the country. we've got a tropical lo, that's been working its way further south of the solomon islands, bringing wet and windy weather to new caledonia and onwards. she new zealand, but it's not expected to affect us radio. we will see some showers in storms across northern areas, but it remains largely hot and dry to the west, which isn't helping bush fires. we're going to see the temperature in perth pick up, and it's going to remain sunny for sidney for at least the next 2 days. a lot of

those storms and showers have cleared off, but it's a very wet picture for the north island of new zealand. we are likely to see some problems from very heavy rain that is going to pick up by the time we get into tuesday, actually, whether update ah, in the country with an abundance of resources you all want indonesia, firms, foreman, we move to grow and fraud. we balance reno economy, blue economy, and the digital economy with the new job creation law, indonesia progressively ensuring the policy reform to create quality jobs. invest park when the leases and programs and, and now lou

ah, this is alta, 0 quick reminder, all the top stories this are dozens of your dads in the us or through series of tornadoes have left a trail of destruction across 6 states. president joe biden is colon from national unity and as promising the full support of the federal governments. it's the 2nd and final day of meetings for g 7 foreign ministers in the u. k. city of liverpool, delegates including those m as in nations and guest countries are expected to discuss global how security and the indo pacific region. and pulse of course, the votes are being counted in the french pacific territory of new caledonia islanders narrowly rejected breaking away from france in 2018. and last year,

international tourists have begun to return to the united states now that travel restrictions happy lifted, but in many cities. so for some high ease are still working from home. that's led to less foot traffic and vacant store fronts and what were once considered high rent districts like midtown manhattan in new york. but as christians salumi no reports, things do seem to be improving. one vanderbilt, a new high rise named for its address, rises directly above grand central station in midtown manhattan. some of the most expensive real estate in the world. the $93.00 story office tower offers this spectacular view to the public from summit one vanderbilt plus all the latest amenities for corporate clients who according to senior vice president jason hacket, have flocked here despite the lingering pandemic. from an office building perspective, we've got the premier address in new york,

we went into the pandemic at about 76 percent leased and are coming out of the pandemic now at about 91 percent. so really proving out that there's demand for class a high quality office space which we have here at summit one vanderbilt. of course, not everyone can afford the rent here. no doubt the view is much different down there at street level where office vacancies remain up. rents are down in this part of town, and 2 thirds of office workers have yet to return to their deaths not has an impact on the entire neighborhood. fewer office workers means less food traffic and less business for kava one of 3 midtown restaurants owned by amy batek. she says her business is back to about 80 percent of pre pandemic levels. the neighborhood people carried us over, but to get us back to 100 percent level of the numbers we need to see to, to be open office workers and tourism to combine it's really everything. nearly

a 3rd of retail store fund here in manhattan, our bacon. these mid town partnership represent local property owners who are faced with more demanding as well as fewer tenants. many commercial offices want to shrink the footprint they have a lease term. as far as workspace goes, expand the open space, the amenities space in the offices. so there's more room for, for flow, so people are on top of each other. more and more workers are expected to return as the delta various feeds and vaccination rates continue to entire. but coven may have changed this landscape forever. kristen salumi al jazeera new york sunday possessive and held in australia's largest cities against co, with 19 vaccine mandates with demonstrations and sydney and melbourne. full of the government, announcing an acceleration in mister schultz. 3 quarters of strangers. 26000000

population is fully elated. but around 1500 new infections have been reported as the new on the con. variance spreads protest discipline, backend demonstrating in vienna against the austrian government's plans to make covert 19 vaccines mandatory. those who refused to get vaccinated can be find more than $4000.00 every 3 months of street has a 68 percent vaccination rates. one of the lowest in europe will protest our expect fits on sunday. the arguments over how to restructure the $45000000000.00. so engine tina to foreign lenses spilled onto the streets of the capitol last spring activists march and one assign these to confirm a potential deal with the international monetary phones on payable protest is urged government leaders to focus on tackling widespread oversee. instead

serving protest is been blocking roads for 3rd weekends. the loans and plans for lithium mining, saturday's cries are smaller than last week. since the government and the bank see some scrap flows that actually sent were purely designed to help the mining joint new 10. so start operations in serbia, where ocoee and zora, which reports in belgrade, men international hires that you see behind me has been blocked. 3rd starting in a row. and this part that goes to sir b as capital belgrade is actually one of the couple of dozen points. the professors are blocking the least 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 3. i've been taught to lunch lead,

deal mine in west serbia. but some n g o z and some political opposition parties claimed that main demand has not been fulfilled to reopen, is banned from mining lead to human serbia for goods that stands 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 the other in 2004. you know, the dotted contains lead deal that we 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 voltage sort of be on progressive party,

the ruling party in serbia, ahead of the parliamentary elections. dr. scheduled for the april next year. how thank spurts of raise news, safety concerns about illegal gold mining in indonesia. dozens of babies are suffering bursting fact centurylink, c, hazardous chemicals used to process the precious metal. jessica washington reports from the islands of loan book 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. for these men, finding just a speck of gold makes it worth much. hi ma'am. and by yeah, yes, it's risky. because if we make mistakes, the grant can easily collapse. the gold rush, the intercom long started decades ago and minus 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 gold here too. and yet he used mercury to process the goals, researches from a local and g o, a looking into his case and all the children who they say maybe victims of mercury exposure among mascot, 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 breed . the researches say even children with no link to mining may bear the consequences of sickle tongues. gold obsessions. like near india was born without i've got, i mean, i never imagined i would have a son without dice. the doctor asked me if my husband was a coal miner and i said no. the researchers are also conducting i q tests on local children. they say the government must do more to educate people about the dangers

of 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 be 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 annual swimming race across home comes iconic victoria harbors back on of to being suspended for 2 years. only her views are 3 sons infirmary will i compete and the all has to be vaccinated? it resumes after the city reported 0 local infections for months. the harbor race is one of the few major sporting events. alignment should take place this year in financial hub. you can see that it's the 1st time we can participate in the sporting events is the pandemic started,

which means we are ready to recover been processed in a district of north east india, following the death of 14 civilians who are mistaken. the killed by the indian army soldiers trying to ambush rebels, open fire, and a pickup truck carrying coal miners last week. the operation is for you and calls for the repeal overshoot to kilo, which gives soldiers immunity from prosecution. this was param, reports. i don't know, my mom, i don't know. our calling yet, cries out to the graves of her 25 year old twin son. last one and top one. she pleads with them to come home for christmas. the brothers from auditing village and mon districts were in this pickup truck last saturday when soldiers opened fire. 6 of the 8 coal miners traveling with them were shot dead once i had fired cape one cognac, let a search party when the miners failed to return home after we get, we get to know that the bodies out there. some of my friends though,

so came along with me. we started, they said, but setting fire to tree vehicles. and after that, i went down there and i was sitting there. and then we all. there was started fighting, and i lay down instead of following the ambush, and now the 7 men were killed when soldiers fide at protesting villages. another protest was killed the following day. india's home ministers had the soldiers were acting on intelligence that rebels were on the road, adding to the government regretted the incident most good on. during the ambush of equal approached the location, it was signal to stop. however, it tried to plead falling, which the vacant suspected of getting insurgents was fired upon. what are resulting in the killing of 6 out of the 8 traveling in it. however, it turned out to be a case of mistaken identity. but one of the 2 survivors told al jazeera the truck driver was never asked to stop by troops who fired from both the front and back.

new chairman cognacs on shore. when was the truck driver dotted and boosted enough, they were ambushed, they shot some people who didn't know anything, and it wasn't even at night or in the jungle. it was on the road in broad daylight . the killings had provoked protests against the armed forces, special powers act, which gives the military extended powers in areas where rebels are operating. the law enforcement indeed, administered fish made and large parts of india, northeastern states. soldiers had the power to shoot to kill arrest without warrant or destroy the suspect. buildings all was immunity from prosecution. from us, both i do, i asked why is that that is it? it's an example for him in the north, in indian citizen indies, in the us, people i'm not in, we'll get by on pause. if we cannot accept, we cannot tell it we have a 2nd us citizen. how does going to get to the north and civilian of the country?

government leaders say the army needs extra powers and regions were rebels operate . but as the week long morning for the villages of ordering goes on, neither land and migalia state lead is repealing to the government ally the bad at the jumped the party to repeal the contentious shoot to kill law. elizabeth brought him al jazeera new daddy. a state memorial is being held in south africa for its last president under apartheid after be to clark died last month aged $85.00 to be diagnosed with cancer. president su around officer is to live in eulogy. the heavily guarded ceremony, the clark made a video to apologize for apartheid, but his legacy divides many south african. it's true of us. laura shepard church lay, the daughter of america's 1st astronauts has flown into space. the blue origin rocket sword, 100 kilometers before touching down 10 minutes later,

6 tourists were on board the spacecraft including former n f l player michael strahan white. so we're dodd of that, that the trainees that are here. and i got to say it was sir tony, really, you want us to go there, but it was on the label. it's hard to even describe it. i've gotta take a little bit to process it way. couldn't have gone better, got my head. i got mad, we haines, i could fly idea today. ah, this is al jazeera and these are the headlines dozens. if your dads in the u. s. is tornadoes leave a trail of destruction across 6 states. president joe biden is calling for national unity. and as promising the full supports of the federal government, i want folks from all the states, you know, we're going to get through this. we're going to get through this together in the

federal government is not going to walk away. this is one of those times when we aren't democrats or republicans. sounds like per board, but it's.