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the u. k ram saw pitts cove it booster vaccine program with the prime minister warning of the threat of all mc crop to grind rebels retake the historic town of labella 11 days off to losing it. 3 theo pin government forces and the french pacific territory of new caledonia. a vote so overwhelmingly against independence in a referendum boycotted by separatists. ah, the search for survivors continues in 6 us states, which was struck by tornadoes late on friday night. but the chances of finding any one alive diminished by the hour, it's feared more than 60 people were killed. the state of kentucky was the worst hit heidi jo. castro reports from the town of mayfield. this is what the mayfield candle factory looked like before the storm. this is what it looks like.

now. i saw on site a back back that was left behind and a pair of shoes. and it represents that the tragedy of this tornado has reaped on this area of kentucky. we learned of a telephone that was recovered. a cell phone that recorded 27. miss messages. we've lost father's mother's brothers, sisters, sons, daughters and others, teens from department of homeland security and the federal emergency management agency or fema are now on the scene. but the likelihood of finding more survivors diminishes by the hour. friday's tornado destroyed everything. it touched in mayfield. this used to be the historic town center. now it is leveled that was once a doctors office back there churches now nothing but rubble. this trailer was

picked up in the sky and dropped here like a toy and people's personal belongings from their homes. their photographs of their family members, now litter the streets. david hargrove digs through what remains of his law. office volunteers are helping him recover client files. he didn't expect to also find this . i've had this desk for since my daughter's been born in, you know, all things they draw for you and i had it under a glass and that's a fail. most of them there's still no power or running water. but the recovery work is in full swing. 10000 people call this town home. i can't even tell what's what right now cuz saw piled up. it's like a like a war zone that happened here. and it's unreal. words came

describe what i feel right now. of my hometown, the loss of life here is the greatest shock, knowing some of the ruined homes belong to the factory workers who will never return. parts are heavy. as the clean up continues. heidi jo, castro, al jazeera mayfield, kentucky william galaxies, a professor of meteorology at iowa state university. he says the path of destruction left by the tornadoes could be the longest ever. recorded 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 a 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,

the 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 the rotation to make it a spin very fast helping to form for nato's. we've gone 8 years in the united states since we've had an f 5 tornado, which should be the maximum strength tornado. they have not yet rated this very long track tornado in kentucky. but there seems to be some evidence that 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 confirmed 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. the british government has raised the corona virus threat level. it's warning the spread of the micron variant is pushing the u. k. bank into risky

territory alerts level 4 won't immediately affect rules and regulations. moved to level 5 would bring more restrictions and would be triggered. the health system becomes overwhelmed. prime minister barak johnson is urging people to get a 3rd vaccine shot. no one should be in any doubt. there is a tidal wave of con, coming. and i'm afraid it is not clear that 2 doses of vaccine are simply not enough to give the level of protection we all need. but the good news is that our scientists are confident, but we, they said there's a booster dose. we can all bring our level of protection back up a fortnight ago, i said we would offer every eligible adult a booster by the end of january. today, in light of this on the con emergency, i'm bringing that target forward. by a whole month,

everyone eligible aged 18 and over in england will have a chance to get their booster before the new year. dr. bahati tang honey is from the university of access is medical school. he questions the u. k. government's approach to containing the virus a so a lot of confusion and concerns the way it was suddenly announced on a sunday, a pre recorded message. and i personally feel that prime minister johnson has once again got it wrong. let me explain why. prime minister johnson continuously continuously continuously keeps on talking about one thing only, which is boosters, boosters and business. if you were to take the advice from any scientist, any scientist worth their salt will tell you that one way to keep the infection numbers down case numbers down is a multi layered approach. the multi layered approach with prime minister johnson

just doesn't want to do is where your mask very properly, where a good quality mask work from home cancel parties, stop gatherings in pubs and restaurants. have your boosters have your seasonal influenza vaccine do? so it is multi multi multiple approach that is needed on the chron is, may be a little bit vaccine, evasive. however, what the boost is, do is produce a large amount of those anti bodies. also a slightly more diverse range of antibodies. and therefore, we can say that that booster works against delta as well as against omicron because we have more of it and a slightly below broader range of the antibodies. south africa's president ceramic rosa has tested positive for coven. 19. his office released the statement saying he felt unwell officer estate memorial service for former president f. w. the clerk.

he's being treated for mild symptoms on the phone has been vaccinated against the virus. australia has lifted a partial lockdown. so people vaccinated against coven 19 as part of the easing the n, as christmas markets reopening. but those who haven't been jobs will continue to be banned from many businesses and venues. those jabari has more from the piano christmas market. this market has over a 150 stalls, and one of the business owners here that i was speaking to earlier said he's 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 a covert this market usually goes from november 12th until december 26th. 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 that 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. resident say to gray in rebels have recaptured the northern ethiopian town of lolly, bella just 11 days off. the government forces said they've taken it back. the 2 grey people's liberation front says it's launched several counter offenses. the group says it targeted the road. busy linking shana and larry bella in the horror, region, communications have been caught in the conflict zone. vance made it hard to verify reports from the town, which is home to a u. n. world heritage site. ron no report of fighting. smith's office says the prime minister is headed back to the front line. the government's also reporting more gains against the rebels. a dispute, this certainly from vol is from all the loan, new university college,

he says, reclaiming some other towns in the region may be more strategically important to the left doesn't hold any military st. attending significant assets, but it is a symbolic it tall as it is a well known unesco world heritage site. and so it nationally, it is available. so in that regard it is a drawback, obviously is that the government lost control. but there are other towns like because and now, which might be more strategically important for t d f and for the military offensive, they are currently undertaking it is an intensive military campaign ongoing as we speak for the last 23 days, the territory has shifted again and it seems to be that the t d f, the tactical retreat, so week a week ago has managed them to regroup and to read grad to john's.

and now to push back on the government offences against ticket and held territories where it will take them. we don't know yet, this is on the western front line. we see the most intensive fighting's over the last couple of days. and that might indicate that they are possibly heading to earth's the state. government controlled west to grow, for instance, but again, that's too early to say. or stella had an al jazeera, a meeting of g 7 foreign ministers in england ends with a warning to russia, plus on the 4th or in london this year is rapidly becoming one of the worst years. for t, homicide, we're following one groceries organizations are spent on taking that the weapons street. ah

hello there. let's start in north america and we've seen devastating tornadoes course from mendez destruction across 5 states of the u. s. the worst of that was in kent's hockey. now that storm system cleared very quickly pushing off to the east coast, leaving behind a much clearer picture. now we are going to see some exceptional heat in central areas of the u. s. over the next few days, but it's going to remain rather settled for much of the weather action. we have to head to that west coast. we've got a winter storm blow down from british columbia, edging into north western states of the u. s. by the time we get to monday, it's going to be very wet and wintery for northern areas of california. very heavy rain expected. here we could see a month's worth in just 24 hours or more. and we are likely to see some flooding from that. so a very wet week for san francisco, the rain arrives in los angeles from tuesday, but further east of this is, is

a much finer dryer picture. it's cleared up along that east coast and we are seeing temperatures in new york and washington dc recover. now as i said, we are going to see an exceptional want creep up from the south temperatures in kansas city. expected to reach 23 degrees by wednesday, and that's well above the average for december. we usually see it at about 6 degrees celsius. ah, on this week's rice, a new method of cremation, is helping hinder, tradition become more environmentally friendly. and we visit a danish community into a taken sustainability to new heights just over. ready there on the horizon is some so i know they are officially 100 percent renewable. we get that, and so this is it. that's the energy right. generated. we use a change on health,

jazeera lou, the me welcome back. you're watching out just 0 time to recap, our headline. search teams are still trying to find survivors off the dozens of tornadoes. strong, 6 states late on friday. officials expect the death of more than 50 people in kentucky alone. u. k prime minister barak johnson, his warning. busy of a coming tidal wave of the con barian government has raised the current of virus threat level, urging people get vaccine shocked. south africa, presidents around the photo is tested positive for covey 19 he's been vaccinated

against the virus and has miles symptoms. says the infection is a reminder at all to get the job g, 7 foreign ministers, a warning russia face is what they're calling massive consequences if it invades ukraine. the statement came on the final day of talks in the u. k. city of liverpool, rushes, military build up near ukraine's border and dominated the 2 day meeting. moscow denies any plan of a military offensive re challenge reports from liverpool. 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 earlier. 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 are 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 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 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 to 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. and that entails that any economic sanctions that are brought to bear would have to be a lot more painful than what russia has already suffered. the around nuclear deal was another big topic of discussion in liverpool. the british foreign secretary says talks in vienna, iran's last chance to rescue the agreement on the subject of iran. there is still time for iran to come an agree they steal. 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 author. nestali bennett is making history by becoming the 1st is really prime minister to make an official visit to the united arab emirates. he was met by foreign minister, the love been valued and her young and above bobby on sunday, b, u. e. along with rain signed the u. s. broke could deal with israel last year to establish formal diplomatic ties. libya is election commission says it won't publish a list of presidential candidates until all issues related to the upcoming polo resolved. historic votes on the 24th of december as being seen as a major step towards ending a decade of political turmoil. of the process has been undermined by disagreements on just who should be allowed to run. well, like trying to reform from 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 the 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 needs 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 elections. you have called me for half to the world. police have to and he's been sentenced to a military court and western libya to that. you have safe and get that the 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. voters in the french island territory of new caledonia, have voted overwhelmingly against independence. the referendum result hailed by the french president was overshadowed by

a boy called among those who campaigned to break away. castillo has already on reports. it's still new. caledonia is remaining of french territory. although the voter turnout was low at around 45 percent 96 percent of 5 lenders who did vote rejected the latest bid for independence. it was the 3rd and final referendum in the past 3 years, voters sided with france and all of them said the girl, the kid. you know this, this victory is beautiful. it's the beginning of something new in the french republic, and i'm proud of it. independence groups boycotted the vote. they say holding the referendum during coven lockdown was both unfair and lead to biased result. new caledonia is east of australia and a strategically important to france, which has a military base there. government 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. because it doesn't get done. yeah, you can, donations 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. been with a population of about 275000 and a weak economy. some analysts say, having the backing of france may have given residence, a sense of security, which helped you get it done with vaccines. and as well as the order do so sure it could be measures and to boost the economy during this 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 his status for the territory. katia, a little bit of the young al jazeera and el salvador, thousands of demonstrators are protesting against the government, the calling for an independent judiciary and our accusing president nie a bouquet of being a dictator. it comes as the us imposed economic sanctions on the kelly's chief of staff for legit corruption south korea, the president is on a 4 day visit to australia, ways to to sign a number of agreements aim that boosting trade and security may include a defense still worth $1000000000.00, south korea will supply a straight leo with artillery weapon, ammunition supply vehicles and radar president, moon and australian prime minister scott morrison also confirm the florentine free travel bubble between the 2 countries. the delivery of an important commitment of

our government that we might, it's an important further chapter in the defense industry story for a stranger as we continue to build as sovereign capability. and korea is an important partner in that journey, both in our security arrangements, but also in the building of our sovereign capability. in defense manufacturing, the murder rates for british teenagers has sold to its highest level and more than a decade. many of the crimes involve the use of knives. the youngest victim was 12 years old. the crisis is prompted one london as a start, a campaign for youngsters to hand over their weapons. and we should warn view, as they may find some of the images in these boxes reform to be 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. parents gained a big following on social media from you, where teens eager to get rid of their weapons. no questions asked see, help understand. you know, man got soccer got on one. you get me a 17 year old boys reached out on instagram, wanting to hand over a blade in it. foreign operates in a legal, greys own not condoned by the police, nor actively discouraged. he knows more the most about what knives can do. so i stepped on to the vacations 9 times 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 that you're probably not here above with him on a picket. if it's 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 wanna die

in atlanta ridden. she knew you on the 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 often than 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 that 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 of wished 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 fate that they don't work in. they should be a long term plan in place of 5 or 10 year program to show 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 scratched the surface. the series, but hardware and ne parker al jazeera london with less than 2 weeks to go until christmas. hundreds of people in greece are getting into the festive spirit, taking part in the annual charity stand to run the 2 kilometer re circles, the city's olympic park. there was no need for any reindeer or slaves though on a sunny day in the capitol. athens. ah, i'm sammy's a down with a look at the headlines here now. jesse are now. search teams are still trying to find survivors after dozens of tornadoes struck 60 states late on friday night.

officials expect the death toll of.