doing away with the coffee that was supposed to get everybody office. it's international perspective with the human touch zooming way in, and then pulling back out again. lou, this is al jazeera. ah, hello, i'm adrian. and again, this is the, these are live for bo hop coming up in the next 60 minutes. people picked through fields of wreckage after tornadoes flattened the whole communities of the us leaving dozens dead. i'm hearty, joe castro, live from mayfield kentucky. a town ruined by tornado and were the search for survivors continues. the world's largest economies warned russia of massive

consequences if it invades ukraine. moscow says that the west is gripped by raso phobia. the french territory of new caledonia votes against independence had a referendum boy courted by those who come pay him to break away. and we meets a london man who works at a legal gray area to disarm young people at a city where knife crime is at record. levels and i'm fine how much with sport from our special studio on the doha was a front my 1st stop and his grand. 8 formula one well can't enough it dramatic when at the season ending hockey in abu dhabi ah, such a rescue crews, a looking through the rubble of entire towns lost the tornadoes that tore through the us, leaving dozens of people dead and communities in despair. the federal emergency

management agency says that it's still hopeful of finding survivors, but the governor of kentucky says that it would be a miracle if anyone has found alive in wreckage. in his state. the death toll there has risen to 80 officials expected to exceed 100 will saturdays, violent weather, carved a trail of damage. that's around 370 kilometers long. in arkansas, one person of the nursing home was killed when the building collapsed in missouri. 2 people were killed in tennessee, that half tall stands at for the damage is worse though in kentucky where most of the out of may field is flattened. dozens of workers are missing. but if a collapsed campbell factory at an illinois 6 people were killed, including 2 workers, an amazon warehouse tornadoes also touched out in mississippi, but it appears to have largely escaped, kind of destruction seen elsewhere. let's go live that may feel kentucky. i'll just there is hydro castro's there are give us an update to heidi on the search for victims. sure,

adrian. i am standing in downtown mayfield or what's left of it, which is destruction as far as the i can see. and that candle factory. we've been talking about is just a little ways from here. that's corded off, emergency response or responders can continue to pick through the rubble there. that of course, is where we're the 110 workers, were pulling a late shift when this twister hit them friday night. there are still some 40 people who are missing and feared dead there. the governor kentucky saying that there are at least 80 italy, these in this state alone, and he's expecting that to rise to over a 100. many of them likely coming from that factory. this is a very tight knit town of some 10000 residents. and behind me, you're seeing the people coming in from the outskirts trying to offer whatever sort of assistance they can. there been many business owners in this district trying to pick through the rubble a law firm owner who i just spoke with trying to dig through the rubble to find his

clients, documents, things that are meaningful, finding pictures or items from art work from children. those are the small things that people are grasping to for whole, but really everyone is just focused on that rescue. seen a few walks from here where those work still remain trapped underneath the candle factory. it's not tornado season. that's usually in what may and june, although tornadoes in december are not unheard of that the, they're pretty rare. what are people they're saying about why they think this has happened? could climate change of contributors? right, that is a big question on everyone's mind. but at the, at this point, there is just not enough data to conclude that climate change directly impacted the size or the scale of the storm. however, scientists say it was the perfect environment for such

a super cell to develop because it was so warm here, right? before the storm hit, it was unseasonably warm. they even called a spring in the middle of winter. here in kentucky certainly would have appearances of being related to climate change and that warm atmosphere contributed to this. her la city of the storm and not just their power, but also their sheer size. a crossing 6 us states, one tornado alone traveling more than 300 kilometers on the ground, wreaking havoc all the while on the ground, which was simply unheard of in previous times. adrian was 0. how did your castro live in mayfield, kentucky? how many, thanks. indeed, william gallus is a professor of meteorology at iowa state university. he joins us now from ames of the state and for i will professor good to have you with us. let's start with some science. how and why do tornadoes form? tornadoes form on any day where you have strong wind shear, which means the winds are changing their speed and direction as you go up in the

atmosphere. so on friday night we had very strong values of wind shear in the atmosphere, which is pretty typical in winter. but the other ingredient we need is instability or a lot of energy that is supplied by having warm and humid conditions near the ground . that is often lacking in the winter, but as you heard in this event, there is spring like warmth and humidity present in this region to those 2 ingredients come together and allow for thunderstorms to begin to rotate. and the strong upward motion in the thunderstorm can concentrate rotation to make it a spin very fast helping to form for nato's when these were ferocious tornadoes. is that particularly unusual? i mean, in terms of the size of the speed at which the storm was moving. yes, we've gone 8 years in the united states since we've had an f 5 tornado,

which should be the maximum strengths tornado. they have not yet rated this very long track tornado in kentucky. but there seems to be some evidence. it may be as intense as an f 5, and in addition, it is very rare to have the tornado stay on the ground. this long. if confirm that this path is about 370 kilometers long, it could set a world record for the longest tornado track, beating a record that has stood for almost a 100 years. and what was behind that but warm spring like weather that the you talks about i, you know, i've actually heard there was a very intense system that developed near for why in the pacific ocean which is known as cali, kona low. and that helps to allow our jet stream to buckles. so we had a very strong flow coming from south west to northeast, across the middle of the united states. and this allowed for a very long period of strong south winds that were able to move

a lot of warm air and very humid air from the gulf of mexico into locations. a surprisingly far north for december. at the where do you stand in this argument about whether this was anything to do with, with climate change? i, you know that it is very hard to attribute a single event to climate change. you know, by definition, climate refers to averages over long periods of time. however, we do know with the world getting warmer that should allow for this combination of ingredients, especially getting enough energy to create strong thunderstorms to actually extend further into the winter. so one thing we can say is this is consistent with what climate change should be doing, allowing our big tornadoes to happen in the winter and allowing them to happen further north than we used to see them here with heard reports that the the chances of storms happening further, what it north and east as you say that they normally do outside of of what we

traditionally cool, tornado alley should. should people in neighboring states and communities be worried for the future? and i know, i don't know if i would use the, the word worry to the one thing about the tornado record is, tornadoes are rare enough that we simply don't have enough years of data to know for sure. if this shift eastward is happening. but really, tornadoes have been observed in all 50 states in the united states and in many countries around the world. so it is always good to be aware of what you should do when you hear a tornado warning where, which are safe place b. and you know, areas not too far east of the nato alley. these people should, should already be aware of these things because although tornadoes previously maybe weren't quite as common, they're, they're still not a rarity. really good to talk to professor, but he, thanks and thanks for being with us. william. tell us that in ames iowa, thank you. putting aside his differences with the u. s. briefly,

russian president vladimir putin offered his condolences and a telegrams the white house. it was raised by the kremlin pot of it reads in russia we share in the grief of those who have lost the relatives and loved ones. in the wake of this disaster, we hope that the injured will recover, and the consequences of the disaster will soon be overcome. made while president putin has been warned of massive consequences if his country invades ukraine. the statement was delivered on the final day of meetings between foreign ministers from the wills, which is democracies. the g 7. in the british city of liverpool, russia's military build up, their ukraine's border has dominated the 2 days and talks. moscow deny is planning any offensive. and says, the west is in the grip of what it calls russo phobia i was there was, will re, challenge was at that meeting. so the chief of nations, the united and cali on russia to de escalate to return to diplomatic channels and

to abide by its international commitments. they also reaffirms 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. great if it did so, it would suffer severe consequences. we can hear how this trust and u. k. for integrity, re put it. we've sent a very clear united message to blood, met 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 generality, but very little in the way of specific seattle. what are these consequences that

russia might suffer? we just don't know yet. might germany prepay, be prepared to cancel the nord scream 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 the specific do exist somewhere that they have been conveyed to vladimir putin. when joe buy them and put in towards the other day. the white house said afterwards that the things that weren't done in 2014, when russia alex, you crimea from ukraine. those things could be on the table would be on the table if there was an invasion. now that it's held that any economic sanctions that are brought to bear would have to be a lot more painful than what russia has already suffered. faltering iran nuclear deal was another main topic of discussion in liverpool. the british foreign secretary says the talks in vienna are iran last chance to rescue the agreement on

this subject. if iran, there is still time for iran to come and 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 urge iran to come back to the table with a serious author, ethiopians to guy and rebel, so that they've recaptured a unesco world heritage site from government forces. la bella is a town and the northern i'm hot region. it's known for its 13th century rock hewn churches and abbey army officers. what the prime minister has headed back to the frontlines. the government is also reporting war gains against the rebels. but the dispute this natalie bennett hasn't arrived in the united arab emirates becoming the 1st is really prime minister to make an official visit to the golf country before taking off. but at remark that it's just the beginning for relations between

them, the u. e and gulf neighbor, buck randall, will find a u. s. bro could deal with israel last here to establish formal diplomatic ties. and that is, i had this all tourists back in the united states. will it be enough to help businesses recover from the pandemic? and i'm jessica washing hill. it's a causal indonesia were experts via the ongoing gold rush is putting children's health at risk. and you had a camera, rudy and football, get some massive vote of confidence from one of the most powerful people in the game. ah, it says in the french highland territory of new caledonia voted overwhelmingly against independence. the referendum result hailed by the french president, is overshadowed by a boy caught among those who campaigned to break away. now, as here as katya lopez hold on reports with her a cool new caledonia is remaining of french territory. although voter

turnout was low at around 45 percent 96 percent of fire lenders who did vote rejected the latest bid for independence. it was the 3rd and final referendum in the past 3 years. both are cited with france in all of them. with that girl. okay, do you want this to be? this victory is beautiful. is the beginning of something new in the french republic, and i'm proud of that. independence groups boycotted the vote. they say holding the referendum during coveted lockdown was both unfair and lead to bias results. new caledonia is isabella's trulia and is strategically important to france, which has the military base there from leaders, and harris feared and independent new caledonia would move closer to china, which has built economic ties and political influence on other pacific islands. located in the katie dounia. new caledonian 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. with a population of about 275000 and a weak economy. some analysts say having the backing of friends may have given residence, a sense of security, which you can do with vaccines. and as well as the order do so sure it could be measures and to boost the economy during the is health crisis. now, a new stage of negotiations will begin while the territory will remain part of france. caledonian leaders, including separators will have up to 18 months to negotiate with the french government and redefine and new status for the territory. katia, a little bit of the young al jazeera libya's election commission,

says that it won't publish a list of presidential candidates until it can set legal issues. the announcement comes less than 2 weeks before a vote, but 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. i'll just here, 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 election 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. we're 12 days away from the schedule of election. 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 these presidential elections 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, odds of 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 the election. you have coby for, have to the work for have to and he's been sentenced to a military court in western libya to that you have say, forget that the 2nd son who's wanted by the international criminal court. so, i mean you have. 5 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. that been processed and the districts of ne on india following the deaths of 14 civilians who were mistakenly killed by the indian army soldiers trying to ambush rebels. open fire on the pickup truck that was carrying coal miners and the remote state of naga land last week. there renewed cause to scrap or reported. shoot to kill policy, which gives soldiers immediacy from prosecution. i'll just here's elizabeth per annum report. i don't want my mom i our calling yet cries out to the graves of her 25 year old twin sons, 91 and top one. she pleads with them to come home for christmas. the brothers from altering 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 fire 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 though, so came along with me. we started, they said, but setting fire to tree vehicles. and after that, i went on there and i was sitting there. and then we all. there was started fighting, and i lay down instead of following the ambush. another 7 men were killed when soldiers fired at protesting villages. another protest was killed the following day . in 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 daughter. during the ambush of april, approached the location. it was signal to stop. however, it tried to please following which the vacant suspected of getting insurgents was fired upon water, resulting in the killing of 6 out of the 8 traveling. and it told me, 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. one was the truck driver, some dotted and boosted enough. they were ambushed, they shot some people who didn't know anything. 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 ass band, law enforcement, and these are the ministers. cush 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 with immunity, from prosecution, from us both and why? why is that? that is, it is an example for him, you know, same indian citizen in the us, people,

i'm not, we'll get by on pause. if we cannot accept, we cannot tell it. we have a 2nd does 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 a week long morning for the villages of ordering goes on motherland and migalia state lead is repealing to the government ally the bought a t a jumped a party to repeal the contentious shoot to kill law. elizabeth, parent of al jazeera new daddy, me the british government has raised its corona virus threat level warning. the rapid spread of the other con variant is pushing the u. k. bank into risky territory. the alas, increase from $3.00 to $4.00 won't be any immediate changes to rules and restrictions, but if it gets up to the maximum 5,

it indicates that the health system is about to be overwhelmed on the crown is expected to replace delta as the case dominant strain within days, australia has announced that it will shorten the waiting time for coven 19 boosters, hoping that it will tackle rise in cases of the old crone. variance of sunday's announcement was made opponents of vaccinations and pandemic restrictions gathered for more protests in sydney and melbourne firmly. in the minority though, australia is one of the world's most located countries, with 3 quarters of its population. having received 2 shots, international tourists. so returning to me and i did state south to travel restrictions were lifted, bought in many cities, employees are still working from home and that means few customers. they can store fronts in places where rent is steep. i'll just have kristin salumi reports now on how some of new york's most expensive neighborhoods. a 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 pandemic. now, what 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 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. ah, is office workers and tourism to combines it's, it's really everything. nearly a 3rd of retail store funds here in manhattan are vacant. these mid town partnership represents local property owners who are faced with more demanding as well as fewer tenants. many commercial offices want to shrink the footprint they have. debt is leases turns as far, 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 various feeds and vaccination rates. continue to entire but cove id may have changed this landscape forever. kristin salumi al jazeera, new york. we'll get to whether update next foot. sure. others probably will still to come on the news i, including ah, anger and out. so little offer, its president pushes ahead with plans to build the world's 1st bit, colleen city john, so far as on the of, and shoreline code, so to be the largest ever found in for with a one controversial and to the championship, decided in abu dhabi, the details later and support 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 all going to that rain moving to places like israel, the occupied palestinian territories, as well as lebanon and syria, in the days to come. not rain is going to creep across into iraq. we're likely to see some showers into 8 by the mid week. but for the south of this, it is a much dry, a picture. it's feeling cooler at night. and some of the gulf states like guitar and southern areas of saudi arabia, but it's largely fine and dry, unsettled picture. now it's looking more settled as we move to the north of africa and places like our jury. but we are seeing that wet and windy weather move further east from winds expected across libya and we 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 storms 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, edge and down into the maybe a southern parts of what i want to. and it's a very let with outlook for eastern areas of south africa with thunderstorms in johannesburg through the week. the once one time fund fled for me. and so silent and ely, the sisters so so scared of being sent back that they disappeared. we've been found . ah, a little boy. ah, mon shit made square. how will open story and witness wake up mam. ouch sir. cities have always been in motion. they have to be, to evolve and adapt of all the sad cities, all the greatest work of all shooting comments in

a huge city. you can get this sense of how the world around you behave in a way you cannot see with the naked eye. you can feel the hairs on the back of your neck standing up when you reach the top of that building and get a great view. metropolis analysis era. well, lulu ah, get avery until you get a hearing. so how about the diesel from us? 0. the headlines rescue workers in the u. s. a sifting through daybreak, looking for survivors after saturdays catastrophic tornadoes. kentucky is the worst hit. it's governor says that it will be a miracle if survivors of 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, where moscow's military build up near ukraine's border was discussed and voted in the pacific territory of new caledonia, have rejected independence from france in a 3rd and final referendum baton out was a little more than 43 percent, pro independence parties say that they'll contest the results. returning to our top story, some images that so give stock perspective about the catastrophic damage in mayfield, kentucky. they showed the town before and after the tornadoes came through, governor and the sheer says, the entire towns like mayfield are gone, or tornadoes in the u. s. during december are extremely rare, though not unheard of over all around 1000 the recorded. ideally, mostly it's central us states along an area referred to as tornado alley. the pink months.