[000:00:00;00] ah, al jazeera, with people pick through fields of wreckage, shall to tornadoes flattened the whole communities of the us, leaving dozens dead. ah, i'm adrian finnegan. this is l 0. live from dough. also coming up. it would be massive consequences. full russia, the world's largest economies warned russia of severe costs if it invades ukraine.

moscow says the west is gripped by raso phobia. the french territory of new caledonia votes against independence and the referendum that was boycotted by those who campaigned to break away. plus on the fall, korean london this year is rapidly becoming one of the worse years for t, homicide. where following one groceries organisation is spent on taking that the weapons at the st. ah, session rescue crews are looking through the rubble of entire towns lost to tornadoes, the tool through the u. s. leaving dozens of people dead of communities in despair . the federal emergency management agency says that it's still hopeful of fighting survivors, but the governor of kentucky says that it would be a miracle if any one has found alive in wreckage in his state. the death tolbert has risen to ac officials expected to exceed 100. we'll saturdays,

violet weather left around 370 kilometers of damage in arkansas on push with a nursing home as killed when the building collapsed. in missouri, 2 people were killed in tennessee, the death toll now stands for. the damage is worse though in kentucky where most of the town of mayfield is flattened. dozens of workers are missing beneath the collapsed candle factory. in illinois, 6 people were killed including 2 workers, an at an amazon warehouse and in mississippi. thousands of homes are without electricity, al jazeera, hydro, castro has an update for us from mayfield, kentucky. the town of mayfield kentucky has been in a word leveled by the tornadoes. this is what remains of the once vibrant historic downtown area. we have overturned vehicles, every which way you look collapsed buildings. and in fact, where we're standing now. well, this apparently used to be a wall now,

just pieces of brick strewn by the tornadoes that hit late friday evening. this is a town that is just coming to grips with a level of destruction, has suffered the governor of kentucky, calling this scene what appears to him like a war zone. but this is not the most central point of concern for rescue workers at the moment because at the nearby candle factory in mayfield, that is where there is still a glimmer of hope that more survivors may be found buried under debris. more than a 100 workers were inside pulling a night shift. when the twister hit, a few found shelter in a storm shelter. some 40 made it out alive, but still another 40 are among those missing. and the hopes of finding more survivors under the meters of debris under the corrosive chemicals that have spilled according to authorities here. that hope is growing ever more slim. this

rescue effort is also being hampered by a lack of power, a lack of water, and just the cold weather that has now gripped this region. coming right behind that unseasonably warm weather that added fuel to the massive tornadoes that reeked havoc. not only here in kentucky, but across 6 u. s. states the head of fema and now and homeland security are going to be here in kentucky to day to assist in that rescue and recovery effort. president joe biden saying to he will likely visit this affected region g 7 foreign ministers have warned the massive consequences for russia if it invades ukraine state and was delivered on the final day of meetings between delegates of the world's richest democracies. the g 7 in the british city of liverpool, rushes, military build up near ukraine's border has dominated the 2 day talks. moscow is denied plans of a military offensive. i'll just re challenge reports now from liverpool. so the chief of nations,

a united and cali on russia to de escalate to return to diplomatic channels and to abide by its international commitments. they also reaffirm ukraine's sovereignty is territorial integrity and the right to be trained to choose its own way in the world. there was a warning, a direct warning to rusher as well, not to invade refrain. if it did so, it would suffer severe consequences. we can hear how this trust and u. k. for the secretary put it. we've sent a very clear united message to vladimir putin from this g 7 meeting. and we want russia to stop its 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. plenty of generosity,

but very little in the way of specifics yet. what are these consequences that russia might suffer? we just don't know yet. might germany prepay be prepared to cancel the north stream to gas pipeline? for example, might russia be expelled from the swift banking system? could ukraine be given proper, offensive weaponry to counter a russian invasion? you have to assume that these specific do exist somewhere that they have been conveyed to vladimir putin when joe biden, and put in towards the other day. the white house said afterwards that are the things that once done in 2014, when russia annexed, you crimea from ukraine. those things could be on the table would be on the table if there was an invasion now. and that entails, that any economic sanctions that are brought to back would have to be a lot more painful than what russia has already suffered. the french pacific territory of new caledonia has voted to remain part of france. it was the 3rd and

final time that they voted in a referendum to decide whether or not to become an independent nation. it narrowly rejected a break away in 2018 and again in 2020 the main pro independence parties. they'll appear to boycotted the vote. she was a concerns that it was held during a coven lockdown, and that may have contributed to a low voter turnout, which sort of just 42 percent. francis president of my deal by chrome as welcome, the result which settles the status of the island. mckinney done in the caledonia, new caledonia, have chosen to remain french. they have 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. if the bed shock renewal is a senior research fellow at the global policy institute, he thinks the result of that vote will be challenged by bows. who seek independence? this time there would be 0 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 devote against dependence at for and from 56 percent to 53 percent in 2020 ads. this time to fact that the us 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 not as clear vote against independence and that you could do and yeah, we remain france. and as michael said, france would be even more beautiful because you could either is now definitely part of it. and it's true that people voted with their sub with the heart, but when with a head, because they're sort of covered crises,

the settings are reprises as showed that the importance of being the backing of the french government, which helped you get it with vaccines. and as well as the old to do so sure, it couldn't be measures and to the economy during this health crisis like that been processed. and some of the study as largest cities against coven, 19 vaccine mandates, the demonstrations and sydney and melbourne. follow the government announcing war booster shots. 3 quarters of australia is 20. $6000000.00 population is fully innoculated, but it's still reporting around $1500.00 due infections per month. international tourists are returning to the united states to travel restrictions were lifted, but in many cities, employees are still working from home and that beams few customers and they can

store fronts. in places where rent is steep odyssey was kristen salumi reports now on how some of new york's most expensive neighborhoods are 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 about 76 percent leased and are coming out of the panoramic now about 91 percent leased. 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 death not has an impact on the entire neighborhood. fewer office workers means less foot traffic and less business for cover. one of 3, mid town 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 is office workers and tourism to combine. it's really everything. nearly a 3rd of retail store fund here in manhattan are 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. is lisa's turns, 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 aren't up of each other. more and more workers are expected to return as the delta very feeds and vaccination rates continue to entire. but cove id may have changed this landscape forever. kristin salumi al jazeera, new york in austria, a partial lockdown has been lifted for vaccinated people. but those who aren't will remain banned from many businesses and values that been protest around the country . but there is some good news ahead of the holiday season. vienna's christmas markets reopening. they were shot for 2 weeks to help control rising cove. at 19 infections, al 0 dawson jabari is there. 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

a pastry maker who is at this christmas market. 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 a covert 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, that still has 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 vaccinations in this country as it stands now, 67 percent of the population is fully vaccinated. will get to well rotate, maxed out al jazeera, then max start from cross formula. one will champion ultra dramatic when the abu dhabi, pre class, i'm just for washington in chicago, indonesia were experts fear the ongoing gold rush is putting children's health. ah,

ah, look forward to scully's, with sponsored cutoff airways. hello there. it's a much settled picture for south asia over the next few days. you can see from the satellite image, it's lots of dry weather to be found. where are seeing a few showers pull into southern areas of india or rain for july for the next few days. but along the west coast is much dry at lots of sunshine and the temperature in mom bye and go hedging up to the mid thirty's. so most of the warmth can be found here for the south. bushera lanka was seen some heavy storms roll around the south west. some of that rain pushing into the maldives, but the further north we go, the dryer it is is going to be cooler up in northern areas of pakistan. and india, by the time we reach the mid week, we've got some cold air blowing across and down from afghanistan. but there's plenty of hazy sunshine around. at times the air quality is going to be rather poor . but new delhi seen attempt to sit in the early twenties. there was

a move across to east asia. it's much dry, a picture from mainland china. we've had that cold front push for the south and east taking a lot of that wintery weather to russia's far east, and onwards to japan was seen some heavy snow fall in her condo and western areas of hon shoe. by the time we get into tuesday, that will have cleared but we have seen the temperature in tokyo. it's come down to 8 degrees, but there will be plenty of sunshine o sponsored by katara always would so on. i will be part of the greatest global gathering in history, the expo 2022 by woods one. i will be there to showcase her investment opportunities, her unique culture and heritage, economic diversity and pristine wildlife and natural resources. so look out what was wanna at the expo 2020 due by spectacle, where we will unleash our potential both wanna all pride, your destination.

ah ah, hello again, this is al jazeera. let's remind you of the main news this out. rescue workers in the u. s. a sifting through day bri, looking for survivors. after such days, catastrophic tornadoes. kentucky is the worst hit. it's governor says that it will be a miracle if survivors are found. g 7 foreign ministers of war, russia, of massive consequences, if it invades ukraine. the statement came on the final day of meetings between delegates and liverpool, well, moscow's military build up via ukraine's bobo was discussed. and vs in the pacific territory of new caledonia have rejected independence from france. and a 3rd and final referendum turn out was

a little more than 43 percent. pro independence parties say they'll contest the results. 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 for a vote that 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 al jazeera matic trade up 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 elections. and the high national electoral commission has yet to publish a list of final candidates. so who's running? who so maybe i need a chance to be able to, if the presidential election move forward, need to know what kind of policies, what kinds 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 object need to be the current prime minister, who when he got into the position, signed a promissory note, that he wasn't going to stand in these election. you have for have to the work for have to and he's been sentenced to a military court in western libya to that you have playful get that to get 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. is he appears t gray rebels say that they've recapture the unesco world heritage site from government forces. la bella is a town in that old and i'm hot region. it's known for its 13th century rock hewn churches. meanwhile, the prime minister has returned to the front line from where he says he'll command the fight against rebels. i'll be ahmed, returned to the battlefield. from the capital addis ababa, israel's private estate natalie bennett, is to visit the united arab emirates, sits the 1st official trip by this ready, prime minister. the 2 nations established diplomatic tires last here,

and it is expected to meet the crown prince of abu dhabi during his one day visit. it comes as israel is urging key international regional powers to oppose nuclear talks with iran or gum the moderate for british teenagers, a sword 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 was 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 and leave barkers report distressing. found paul puts on his stamp vest ahead 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 phones 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 something. i don't want you get me a 17 year old boys reached out on instagram,

wanting to hand over a blade in it. foreign operates an illegal grey zone, not condoned by the police, nor actively discouraged. he knows more the most about what knives can do. so i stabbed on 2 dif occasions. 9 pounds each occasion. so to me. m how kathy, math guys, person, if you and we made the 17 year old who's notably relieved to be handing over his knife to some one, he feels he can trust. you're probably not here. i'm from with him on a picket if, if and i get this both are probably for me it was never really a gang t 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 it. la regencia you 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. this year, the number of child victims is that its highest since 2008. the year 16 year old ben kim 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. a wish more could be done to stop the situation to stop these young keach getting involved in north crime. successive governments have to try to come up with a quick fit that they don't work in the to be a long term plan in place of 5 or 10 year program. to sort of start and educate people bookkeeping. cowan, give it 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 can do 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 nice. 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 pro series, but hardware and ne, parker, al jazeera london rescue teams and sicily of digging through the rubble of collapsed buildings following a gas pipe explosion. at least 4 people are reported, several others are missing in the town of rob, looser, last damaged, at least 2 other buildings. illegal gold mining and indonesia is raising concerns about its effect on children's health. thousands of babies are suffering from birth defects, potentially linked to hazardous chemicals used to process the precious metal. not serious jessica washington reports now from the island of lombok. in the hills of the coffin, indonesia, i'm happy 30 meters on the ground. this is one of hundreds of unauthorized mines. it's dangerous work. but for these men, finding just a speck of gold makes it worthless. mother la. hi am emma by yeah, yes, it's risky. because if we make mistakes,

the ground can easily collapse. the gold rush into called thong started decades ago, and miners say it died down in 2018. but in recent months, hundreds have flocked back to the minds due to financial hardship. and i think off, this is the risk we take to make a living. i work here for around one year because i have nothing else to do because of karone of our somebody unauthorized mining is an open secret here. mine's not the hillside impossible to miss in villages like this across the cocked on gold mining is part of daily life. people here depend on it for most or all of their income. and the machines used as part of the process of extracting gold are conveniently right in front of their homes. these machines are the unrelenting soundtrack to life here. miners would mercury inside them to extract gold from the sediment. it's cheap and easy for us at olive garden, any like it or not,

we have to use it. purchasing gold's how we make money yellow. but living near dangerous chemicals comes with consequences. 5 year olds or in cannot walk or talk yet. he was recently diagnosed with microsoft really a medical condition where a child's head is smaller than average, often impacting brain function. color. 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. 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 bree, the researchers say even children with no link to mining, may bear the consequences of sickle tongues, gold obsessions. like nor injure the 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 of mercury, but authorities say it takes time. it is a very serious concern and you cannot change the mindset within a minute because they are going to be very familiar with that type, 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. don't. true lanka has revealed what it says is the world's largest natural blue sapphire. the giant gemstone weighs 310 kilograms that has been named queen of asia. it was found at a pit 3 months ago. i was certified by the national german jewelry authority on sunday max. the steppin has one that his 1st have

a fully the one championship. louis hamilton took the lead off the start and look sent to claim a record 8th drivers, crowned in upper darby, but nicholas latifah lay crash, pulled out the safety car, stop and use that opportunity to pit for new tires. and he edged ahead of hamilton . bit way through the final lab to win the title. i think of course, you know, nervous for today, but the other and just some other rates where you want to do well. but of course, you know, the outcome can determine your for as a 2nd. but yeah, throughout the whole race and i just try to keep on pushing, try to keep believing in it, even though it didn't look like it. and then sometimes miracles happened. you've, you've faith and a 7 time will jump in for the world championship. in 2021. you have a message about the news is an amazing driver and amazing competitor. they really made it really, really hard for us. and i think it really love to see the fluids, you know, the 2 teams and against each other. and we had some tough times. i think that's all part of the sports and it's emotion everyone wants to win. and it could have gone

either way. of course today, but for sure, you know, next year we'll come back and we'll try it all over again. fairly estate morial service has been held in south africa for its last president under pos 8, f w. clerk died last month. after age 85 has to be diagnosed cancer. his government eventually bowed to international pressure in the early 19 nineties to release political prisoners and remove racist laws. president. so i'm opposed to pay tribute at a heavily guarded ceremony in cape town. ah, it is good to be with a fellow adrian fit here in the headlines and al jazeera rescue workers in the u. s . a sifting through day bri, looking for survivors following saturdays, catastrophic tornadoes. kentucky is the worst hit. it's governor says that it will