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live in mayfield, kentucky, a town devastated by a tornado and where the death toll is rising. there would be massive consequences for russia. the world's largest economies warned russia of severe costs if it involves ukraine. moscow says the west is gripped by raso phobia. the french territory of new caledonia votes against independence in a referendum boycotted by those who come pay him to break away. and we meet up london, man who works with a legal gray area to disarm young people in the city when life crime is a record levels. and i'm sorry, how much were the sport from our special studio? all the bill? how will the front, my 1st stop it is gone for we know one world champion off there. dramatic when the season ending abu dhabi called p. ah.

such rusty crews are looking through the rubble of entire towns, lost the tornadoes, the tall through the u. s. leaving dozens of people dead and communities in despair, the federal emergency management agency says that it's still hopeful for survivors . but the governor of kentucky says that it would be a miracle if anyone has found the live in wreckage in his state. still, some people are wandering through shattered landscapes trying to find lost loved ones. i talked to about 8 o'clock tonight a little before i texted him and he was returning to the warehouse to drop his van off. and i haven't heard from him since i just heard through the news and we live in ours ville. we lost power. so i decided to come down here to see what was going on. i had no idea the building, looked at mann. and i'm just, i'm worried sick. i just want to know if he's okay. we'll meteorologists are trying to measure this storm against record toyota tornado tracks of the past saturdays, mild weather, left around 370 kilometers of damage. in our console. one person of the nursing

home was killed when the building collapsed in missouri, 2 people were killed in tennessee, the death toll now stands at for the damage is western kentucky where most of the town of mayfield is flattened. thousands of workers are missing beneath a collapsed campbell factory. in illinois, 6 people were killed including 2 workers at an amazon warehouse. and, and mississippi. thousands of homes are without electricity out 0. hydro castro is in mayfield, kentucky. let's go to her life. heidi, what's the latest on the search for victims? adrian, the governor of kentucky has said the death toll here in this state has risen to 80, but he expects that a could exceed 100. that is devastating news for those family members like the wife who we just heard from here in the town of mayfield that are still desperately

winning on to hope that they're missing love. 1 may still be recovered alive from beneath that collapse, candle factory. that was one of the major employers in this town, and we've been seeing people coming out to this downtown area that have been just leveled by this devastating tornado that happened last friday night. but they're coming out to see what's left of their town and also trying to find more information about those missing friends and family members. complicating the rescue efforts here is that there is no power. there's no running water here for many kilometers surrounding. there's a lack of communication for the rescue workers and fema is on the ground here as well as homeland security. all deployed from washington to try to see this rescue effort and manage it from the ground. but certainly, as the hours passed by and now we're going on to our 28th, since the last person was pulled out of the rubble alive and that candle factory.

the likelihood of finding war life underneath that rubble is growing. ever more slim tornadoes in december aren't unheard of, but it's not tornado season. that's usually what april may time to meet. you just think the climate change has anything to do with this disaster. yeah, many people are wondering that to be clear though, there is no specific data that directly links climate change to increased frequency or power of tornadoes. although there are plenty who suspect that including scientists who point to the fact that right before these twisters hit, this area was unseasonably warm. it was like spring and winter time. and that when that a warm atmosphere hit the cold front that came from the north, that was the ripe environment for the historic batch of storms to form one tornado. traveling more than 300 kilometers on land. that is simply unheard of here. and they are expecting this storm to shatter records in the united states.

i'll just say was, how did your caster reporting live from mayfield kentucky? heidi many thanks. g 7 foreign ministers of warned the massive consequences for russia if it invades ukraine statement was delivered on the final day of meetings between delegates of the worlds which is to receive the g 7 and the british city of liverpool rushes, military build up near ukraine's border has dominated the today talks. moscow has denied plans of a military offensive. we've sent a very clear united message to blood to putin from this g 7 meeting. and we want russia to stop. it's aggression with respect to ukraine. and we have very clear that there would be severe consequences if that incursion took place. this is about deterring russia from taking that action on the

subject of iran. there is still time for iran to come an agree this deal. and it's the last chance, as i've said, but there is still a chance for them to do that. and i would dutch iran to come back to the table with a serious offer wife livable. i was just here as roaring challenz is there for us. we've had a final statement, rory, anything new in that nothing that hasn't been pretty heavily trailed all through this weekend and previous as well, and nothing that we didn't have ready for me. let's trust that. who's speaking early this morning. now the g 7 nations are united, they say in korean, russia to de escalate to proceed diplomatic channels to abide by international commitments. they affirmed,

ukraine's territorial integrity. suffer and see its rights to choose. it's all you have in the world, and of course, they've warned of the severe consequences if russia invades ukraine, but no specifics ready. nothing then actually tells us what those consequences might be. might say germany be prepared to cancel the nord stream to gas pipelines with russia, and might russia be expelled from the swift banking system? might there be some pretty serious heavy weaponry provided to ukraine to defend itself? we don't know those things yet. we have to assume specific to exist and that they have been conveyed in some way to present we know and by the spike, the other day times what we hear from the white house is that the biden was basically being st. pete. and what we didn't do in 2014 the, the, the way we didn't. and that's all of the financial sanctions that we could have done. we are prepared to do that now,

which suggests that any economic pain that russia does be magnitudes worse than what happened or what have been dealing with over the last 4 or 5 years. so i'll just re challenge live in liverpool in the u. k. will re many thanks. libya's election commission says that it won't publish a list of presidential candidates until it can settle legal issues. the announcement comes less than 2 weeks before a vote that's seen as a major step towards ending a decade of political turmoil. so far, the process has been undermined by disagreements on voting regulations and who should be allowed to run out there? as medic trader is in tripoli, librium have mixed feelings about the upcoming elections. i mean, libyans, in general, across the entire country are sick and tired of the political divisions. they're sick and tired of the violence and the conflict, and they want to, they want the country to move forward. now the un, the international community have painted these presidential elections as something

that will unify the country. but what we're seeing on the ground is that the political atmosphere is extremely divided, more divided than ever before. were 12 days away from the schedule of election. and the high national electoral commission has yet to publish a list the final candidates. so who's running? who so libyan need a chance to be able to if the presidential elections move forward, need to know what kind of policies, what kind of positions do these candidates have? and that's yet to be clear who's running for president. and we have to also look at the front runner candidates, right. so you have prime minister out of me debate us the current prime minister, who when he got into the position, signed a promissory note, that he wasn't going to stand in the election. you have called me for half to the wall, a police officer, and he's been sentenced to a military court in western libya to that you have safe and good duffy duffy's 2nd

son who's wanted by the international criminal court. so, i mean, you have these candidates, you know, 33 candidates that are the front runners that shouldn't even be standing in the election with, with the issues in terms of the political atmosphere. terms of the legal conditions that would allow these, these electrons to move forward. it's looking more and more like these electrons are going to be postponed. israel's prime minister natalie bennett, is on his way to the united arab emirates, sits the 1st official trip bite, is really prime minister to nations established diplomatic ties. last year, bennett is expected to meet the crown prince of abu dhabi during his one day tor. the visit comes as israel is urging key international and regional powers to oppose nuclear talks with iran school. so come here on, but he is our tourists a back in the us. but will it be enough to help businesses recover from the

pandemic? and i'm just the washington, chicago indonesia, whereas with fear, the ongoing gold rush is putting children home, written avenue, had a camera. rooney and for poor gets a massive vote of confidence from one of the most powerful people in the gay ah, the french pacific territory of new caledonia has voted to remain part of france sick was the 3rd and final time they voted in a referendum to decide whether or not to become an independent nation, it narrowly rejected a break away in 20182020. the main pro independence parties appear to have boycotted the vote to, to concerns that was held during a coven lockdown. and that may have contributed to a low voter turnout, which was at just 42 percent. were francis president, emmanuel mc kronos welcomed the result which settles the status of the island.

nickelodeon yen mckinney, dounia, new caledonia ins have chosen to remain french. they freely decided to do so for the entire nation. this choice is a source of pride and recognition. this evening. france is more beautiful because new caledonia has decided to stay. part of it. jack raylon is a senior research fellow at the global policy institute. he thinks that the result of that vote will be challenged by those who seek independence. this time there is old days, striking 96.5 percent against independence. but the turnout was only 44 percent wire into 2 previous referendum. the turnout was above 80 percent and to vote against the bananas at foreign from 56 percent to 53 percent in 2020 adds this time to fact that the us room boycotted the referendum in that day to be question is will accept this

result, what will be the strategy now? because the french government considered as a clear vote against independence and that you could do and yeah, we remain france. and as michael said, france would be bob you'd you for because you could either ya is now definitely part of it. and it's true that people voted with their sub with the heart, but when with their heads, because they're sort of covered crises, the sanitary prizes as showed that the importance of the backing of defense government, which helped you get it with vaccines. and as well as the old to do so sure, it could be measures and to boost the going to meet during this health crisis. there have been protests in a district northeast on india, following the deaths of 14 civilians who are mistakenly killed by the indian army.

so just trying to ambush rebels, open fire on a pickup truck that was carrying coal miners in the remote state of naga land last week. renewed caused a scrapper reported, shoot to kill policy, which gives soldiers immunity from prosecution. now severe as elizabeth brought him reports. i don't want my mamma allen calling yeah, cries out to the graves of her 25 year old twin son lan 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 are there. some of my friends, those who came along with me, we started this sort of but setting fire to tree vehicles. and after that

i went down there and i was sitting there. and then we all, they all started fighting and i lay down and stayed there. following the ambush, and now the 7 men were killed when soldiers fide at protesting villages. another protest was killed the following day. and the hon minister said the soldiers were acting on intelligence that rebels were on the road. adding to the government regretted the incident. a most good on during the ambush of april approached the location and it was signal to stop. however, it tried to please following which the vacant suspected of getting insurgents was fired upon, 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 have 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. i must go. i don't why i find that. that is, it is an example for him in the north, in indian citizen indies, in the us, people, i'm not going to get by on pauses. we cannot accept, we cannot tell it. we have a 2nd does citizen, how does going to be in there until the north and civilian of the country's

government leaders say the army needs extra powers and regents were, rebels operate but as a week long morning for the villages of ot and goes on motherland. and madana estate lead as repealing to their government ally the bad t a jumped the party to repeal the contentious shoot to kill law. elizabeth brought him al jazeera new daddy, me that been processed, and some of the strangers largest cities against coven 19 vaccine mandates. the demonstrations in sydney and melbourne. follow the government announcing more booster shots. 3 quarters of australia is $26000000.00 population is, is fully inoculated, but it's still reporting around $1500.00 do infections per month. international tourists are returning to the united states. after travel restrictions were listed, but in many cities, employees are still working from home and that means few customers and vacant store fronts in places where rent is steep. serious kristin salumi reports now on some of

how new york's most expensive neighborhoods of coping. 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 panoramic. now what about 91 percent leased? so really proving 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, the east mid town partnership represents local property, is who are faced with more demanding as well as fewer tenants. many commercial offices want to shrink the footprint they have a,

is leases terms. the 1st workspace goes, expand the open space, the amenities space in the offices. so there's more room for, for flow. so people aren't on top of each other. more and more workers are expected to return as the delta very feeds and vaccination rates continue to entire. but coven may have changed this landscape forever. kristin salumi al jazeera, new york, in austria, a partial lockdown has been lifted. but those who haven't received the job still aren't allowed into many businesses or veneers. there is some good news ahead of the holiday season, vienna's christmas market. so reopening they were shot for 2 weeks to help control rising coven 19 infections. also, jibari reports from vienna. this market has over a 150 stalls. and one of the business owners here that i was speaking to earlier said he is now a 3rd generation of pastry maker who is at this christmas markets. and

he remembers when his grandfather had a saw here. and this is really something he's never seen before. he was talking to me about how they were closed for the 1st time completely last year because it covered this market usually goes from november 12th until december 26 this year. they close to from november 22nd until today. so they had about 10 days earlier in november they were open. but today, this business owner was telling me that even though they reopen, there is not a lot of people here and that's because they are not there either vaccinated or they don't have a p c r test. they cannot enter or they're just not vaccinated. and that's one of the issues the government is having here. the far right party, the freedom right party has said that they are holding protest demonstrations every weekend for the past 3 weekends. they're against the mandate that the government wants to put in place making vaccinations mandatory for everyone above the age of 14, as of february 1st. so have to go through the parliament,

but it's likely to pass the opposition to that is that people don't want to be told what to do here. they feel that it is not the government's position in place to do so. from monday the stores will reopen, and then from next week the restaurants will also reopen as well. but of course, all of that will be for fully vaccinated people. and they're hoping that that will increase the number of vaccination in this country as it stands now. 67 percent of the population is fully vaccinated. the motor rates, british teenagers, sought to its highest level and more than a decade with knives being used in many of the crimes. the youngest victim was 12 years old. the crisis has prompted one london up to start a campaign for youngsters to hand over their weapons for safe disposal. just a warning you may find some of the images in the book as report distressing. found pole puts on his stamp vest the head of another night reading the british capital of weapons. this is what he's collected in the past 2 weeks. all the blades are

illegal to carry, but easy to get hold of on line. we're talking about bone tissue, nerve damage, foreign gained a big following on social media. me where teens eager to get rid of their weapons. no questions asked see, help, understand. man got up. got on. once you get me a 17 year old boys reached out on instagram, wanting to hand over a blade in it, foreign operates, and a legal greys own not condone by the police, nor actively discouraged. he knows more the most about what knives can do. so i stepped on to if occasions, 9 pounds each occasion. so to me m, how can i say math guys, person a few and, and we made the 17 year old who's noticeably relieved to be handing over his knife to some one. he feels he can trust. you're probably not here. i'm from a listen on a picket. it is going to get this both are probably for me, it was never really a gang team is more personal beef is more like little situations of a groups or of people and they're willing to prove themselves. you don't want to

die in atlanta, didn't you need on a day? so the teenager, he just handed over his knife, said something very powerful to us. he said that there are 2 types of londoners. there are civilians like me. and there are young people like him who live in a constant state of war, simply because of where they live, a more of the, not the color of their skin. please say children as young as 10 a, carrying a deadly arsenal of weapons. the violence fuel by a toxic makes of poverty and online rivalries. and this year, the number of charm victims is at its highest since 2008. the year, 16 year old ben can, seller was stabbed to death on a london street by a group of teenagers. his family has kept his memory alive through this education center or wish more could be done to stop the situation to stop these young keach getting involved in north crime,

successive governments. i have tried to come up with a quick fix, but they don't work in the to be a long term plan in place of 5 or 10 year program to show of star and educate people bookkeeping gowen or you give to police responded with a series of serge operations, but the numbers quickly rebound several of prisons. police forces admit they're fighting an uphill battle. we've seen a decade of sterility and cuts to policing, to youth services, to education, and a chronic under investment in mental health services, children services and drug treatment. and that's what's really resulting in the spike. however, we are making really meaningful effort to rebuild community policing so that we can proactively prevent crime in our communities. so we're not just simply talking about flick knives or short knives. i mean that is a, as a sort. we meet up with friends, friend, elijah, who's been collecting knives in a different part of the city. it's an unnerving hall of huge blades. i would say

it's like almost like a fashion this is where the weapons and up handed over a police station counter. this is a fraction of what's confiscated every month. foreign and elijah, say they barely scratch the surface series, but hardware and need parker al, jazeera london, a weather update. max here on that is how much water combo, including ramos, taking the plunge across all the race, returns to home on dramatic scenes. a semi final flush with his vision. ah

hello there, let's look to the middle east and that unsettled weather. i warn you about is going to pull across the levant in the days to come. you can see those wet and windy conditions working across the mediterranean. we are going to see that rain moving to places like israel occupied palestinian territories as well as lebanon and syria in the days to come. that rain is going to creep across into iraq. we're likely to see some showers in q 8 by the mid week for the south of this. it is a much dry, a picture. it's feeling cool at night. and some of the gulf states like guitar and southern areas of saudi arabia, but it's largely fine and dry and settled picture. now it's looking more settled as we move to the north of africa and places like algeria. but we are seeing that wet and windy weather move further east strong winds expected across libya and we're going to see the temperature in cairo come down in the days to come across that central band of africa. however,

there is still some exceptional heat and storm rolling into eastern areas of kenya . we could see some flooding issues with that. and it is looking a wessa to the west, the northern parts of angola, edging down into namibia, southern parts of what swanner. and it's a very let wet outlook for eastern areas of south africa with thunderstorms in johannesburg through the week. ah, if the political debate show that's challenging the way you think, have agencies fail hating the situation is worse than it was before the after digital found bites and digging into the issue is a military advancement going to stop the family ticket i is under a company to drive to mount people out of berry. how will climate migration differ for those who have and those who don't have lots of countries see, we will pay poor countries to keep refugees. they're up front with me, mark lamond hill on out 0. can you hear it?

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catastrophic tornadoes. kentucky is the worst hit. it's got my says it will be a miracle if survivors are found. g 7.