across the world. so no matter what lucy out is, laura will bring you the news and current affairs that matter to you al jazeera. ah, this is horrible. is that the mission of hell on earth? a desperate search for survivors underway in 6 us states devastated by tornadoes. ah, time sam is a dime. this is al jazeera alive from dell hall. so coming up there is a tiny wave of omi, called tammy buquet ram saw fitz cove. it boost to vaccine program with the prime minister. warning of the threat of ami kron to grind rebels,

retake the historic town of labella 11 days after losing its easy oak in government forces and the french pacific territory of new caledonia. both overwhelmingly against the independence in the referendum boycotted by separatists. ah, the search for survivors continues in 6 us states 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 joe castro reports from the town of mayfield. this is what the ne field candle factory looked like before the storm. this is what it looks like now. i saw on site a backpack that was left behind and a pair of shoes. and it represents that the tragedy of this tornado has

wreaked 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. and you know, all the 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 suite. 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 though it's unreal, oh, words came describe what i feel right now of my home town. the loss of life here is the greatest shock. knowing some of the ruin home belong to the factory workers who will never return. parts are heavy. as the clean up continues heidi joe castro al

jazeera mayfield kentucky. william gallus is 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 and 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 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 renee to track, beating a record that has stood for almost a 100 years. the british governments is raised the current of virus threat level. its warning, the spread of the army con variant is pushing the u. k. back into risky territory. alert level for won't immediately affects the rules and regulations move to level 5 would bring more strict sions and would be triggered if the health system becomes

overwhelmed. prime minister barak johnson is urging people to get the 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 this a booster days, we could 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 charge to get their booster before the new year. dr. howard pan honey is from the

university of axis medical school. he questions the u. k. government's approach to containing the virus. 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 we crohn is may be a little bit vaccine, evasive. however, what the boost is do is produce a large amount of those antibodies, 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 blow broader range of the antibodies. south africa's president ceramic foes or has tested positive for coven 19. his office released the statement saying he felt unwell after state memorial service performed president f. w. de klerk is being treated for mild symptoms from the poser has been vaccinated against the virus. residents say to ryan rebels, have recaptured the northern ethiopian town of lally balance. just 11 days off the

government forces said they'd take it back to grier people's liberation front, says it launched several counter offensives. the group says it targeted the road, linking shana and langley bella in the hollow region. communications has been coughing the conflict, so that's maybe hard to verify reports from the town, which is home to a u. n. world heritage site run no reports of fighting to the trans all is from low new university college. he says, reclaiming some other towns in the region, maybe more strategically important to the t p l. s. living doesn't hold any military strategic, significant search, but it is a very symbolic it tall as it is, a well known unesco world heritage site and so into nationally it is available. so in that regard it is a drawback, obviously is that the government lost control. it, 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. that 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 over the last couple of days. and that might indicate that they are possibly heading to the state. government controlled resty guy for instance. but again,

that's too early to say. 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. border is dominated the 2 day meeting. moscow denies any plans of a military offensive life or a challenge report from liverpool. so the chief of nations, the united and calling 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 trying to choose its own way in the world. there was a warning, a direct warning to rusher as well. not to invade ukraine, if it did so, it would suffer severe consequences. we can hear how less trust 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. 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, 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 prepaid 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 biden and person told the other day, the white house said afterwards, that the thing,

this one's done in 2014. when russia alex, you got crimea from you cried. 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. still had an al jazeera alice did me and marley dong sang. so she is back in court for another hearing. will have enough they floss on before her in london this year is rapidly becoming one of the worst she is for tea homicides. where following one groceries organization is spent on taking deadly weapons at the streets, ah, look forward to brighter skies the winter sponsored by kettle airways.

hello there. let's have a look at the weather across the middle east and levant, and it's turning more unsettled in that north west corner. we've got low pressure pulling across the mediterranean, bringing those really wet and windy conditions to turkey. we are expecting some snow to fall in the south. by the time we get to choose, they will have drenching downpours, affecting cypress, in that range. gonna roll into israel, the palestinian territories, as well as lebanon and syria, in the days to come. we are expecting those temperatures to dip down slightly. now, as we move further south of this is much dry. a picture. temperatures across saudi arabia are looking slightly below average for this time of year. we had seen 20 degrees celsius look at a cloud expected to move in and some light winds. but it's not looking as when windy as it is across northern areas of africa. in particular for libya and egypt, we're going to see some heavy rain fall across coastal areas and the temperature in kyra will come down to the early twenty's across the central area of africa. we are

seen as storms and showers over the really wet weather. we have to look to northern areas of namibia, southern areas of angola. so there is of what swanner as well seems very heavy rain, but it's going to get very heavy for s. we're tinney, by the time we get into tuesday. oh, the weather sponsored by casara, always the listening post cuts through the noise like talking about competing night, the monday tools being used to perpetuate those competing narratives, separating spin from fuck all 3 versions of the story and some element of the truth . but the full story is, remains and cochin. unpacking the stories you're being told, it's not a science story at all. it's a story about politics. the listening post your guide to the media. on a jesse utah. ah,

the me all come back, you're watching l 0 time to recap all headlines. us president joe biden is declared a major disaster in the state of kentucky, off the phone a those read through it, towns and areas, and 5 of the state search teams are still trying to find survivors on friday night . disaster u. k prime minister bars johnson is wanting of a coming tidal wave of the micron. various government has raised the current of virus threat level and urging people to get a bird back to the shop. south africa as president cell phone has been tested, positive for koby, 19 vaccinated against the virus and has miles symptoms. says the infection is a reminder to all south african to get the jap,

ousted me and my lead on sang suit she is facing yet. another court hearing about violations related to the pandemic. monday's case is based on a complaint by a member of the public. she's already been sentenced to 2 years in jo violating cove with 19 restrictions in a separate case as crossover live. now tony chinese following the case from us for us from bangkok, so tell you what can we expect in court today? one thing the main event is going to be testimony given by the 1st minister of men delay. that's man, my 2nd largest city, he's going to be taking the stand, talk about the accusation of more code violations which have been placed against uncensored. she were not expecting a judgment today as we felt as we heard last week when she was sentenced to 4 years in jail. that was then immediately commuted by the gentle lead, a min on light of 2 years. and the next sentence thing is expected next week when

she's going to have judgment on cases brought against her for telecoms violations for having illegal walkie talkies in her possession. but i think what we're saying here is really a death by a 1000 cuts instead of imposing one heavy sentence. i think that gender is trying to just bring all of these little charges against her and slowly take her out of the picture. they also announced last week that she wouldn't be serving her sentence in prison. she'd be doing it under house arrest. again, she's been kept in a undisclosed location since the military crew back in february, but i think at this stage, nobody's expecting very much leniency or even 3rd judgment from these. the results of these court cases are also getting reports of claims that aid is being disrupted . what do we know about the a delivery studies and do that's come from a human rights watch report which has just been released, looking at all sorts of violations of aid being sent across into man ma from

overseas. also the arrest of medics within the country. but who are being accused by the gender of supporting antique who demonstrations and movements, and they've, in some cases, armed insurgents who been operating in border areas. and they put all these together to say the picture inside is getting increasing the grim they said before, the qu, they were 1000000 people estimated to be in need of a aid. inside the whole of myanmar, that figure has now jumped to 14400000 people with more than 5000000 children. they say there are all sorts of problems that medical aid people being forced from their homes by military actions. or you just the fact that people can't get enough food to eat. we've seen civil disobedience movement since the qu, which a paralyzed large parts of the country that has been pretty effective against the merge, except they have effectively closed ranks and sure the best food security

a is assured, but really done very little for the people. and that is creating a growing humanitarian crisis according to human rights. what. but there's also an appeal for internationally. they say that a $109000000.00 has been pledged by the international community for aid within myanmar. but so far, only 18 percent of that has been given, so they're pushing the rest of the world to take more of an active interest. and that is likely to be high on the agenda for antony blink in the u. s. secretary of state when he comes to this region later this week. all right, thanks so much. tony chang, there french pacific territory of new caledonia has voted overwhelmingly against independence. referendum result was hailed by the french president, was overshadowed by a boy called by pro independence groups may plan to appeal the results of the united nations. catalog has already on reports with

a new caledonia is remaining a french territory. although voter turnout was low at around 45 percent 96 percent of higher 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. we said that early caitlin will this 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 la tobias results new caledonia is east of australia and is 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.

literally been in the caledonia, new caledonian, 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. it blew been with a population of about $275000.00 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 or yeah, with vaccines and as well as the order i do so sure in 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

new status for the territory. katia, a little bit of the young al jazeera, south korea and astray. lee, i have signed the defense still worth $1000000000.00. soul will supply australia with artillery weapons. i munition supply vehicles and radar president moon j n. and straighten prime minister scott morrison also confirmed a 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 forestry as we continue to build our 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 rate for british teenagers has sold to its highest level in more than

a decade. many of the crimes involve the use of knives. the youngest victim was 12 years old. the crisis is prompting one london starter campaign for youngsters. the hand over their weapons should warn view as they may find some of the images in these boxes report 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, 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 soccer. once 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 class person. you 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 ticket. if. if and i get this both are probably for me, it was never really a guarantee is more personal beef is more like little situations of a groups or of a people and, and they're willing to prove themselves. you don't wanna die in at la regencia you on that i. 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 a 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 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 kids get involved in north crime. successive governments have to try to come up with a quick fix, but they don't work in they should be a long term plan in place of 5 or 10 year program to sort of start 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 country 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 confiscated every month. fire and on elijah say, they barely scratched the surface. the series but hardware and ne parker al jazeera london with less than a year before the world comp. there's increasing focus on the legacy. the tournament will leave for cutter. the organizers say see thing will be donated to

poor nations, and the stadiums will be turned into community facilities. it's learned lessons from other countries that have struggled to find the post tournament role for the world cup facilities. bernard smith reports from the brazilian city of my mouth, the even in football, my brazil, it was always going to be a challenge to make full use of a $40000.00 capacity stadium built in a jungle city that can only be reached by air or river. for games are played here in the 2014 will come, local government is still paying back the $160000000.00 construction loan to the federal government with little return to show for the investment must well then you buy all the legacy is very small and we bought transport awards, haven't started, but us security has been improved. hospitals have not been expanded or renovated several areas with entering tourism. there's been no progress. it's frustrating for

the population. the now the amazon, as serena host, my now says seat in brazil's division hosted some concerts and to qualify for the counselor will come for most of the game, went out to see doesn't even come close to filling the state meeting for a big match like this this is a quarter final cup game and gate receipts. don't even come close to covering the running costs the post around $73000.00 a month to operate the stadium according to the management this month. they'll take in half that call the c p. as in which dodge is important to think about how to pay for the stage from the beginning, so that it's not feasible for the government to encourage football school. the growth of local sports. because the objective of award used to bring visibility to the local sports as a visa because the cope with the heat and humidity of the city not far from the

equator. the stadium was designed to be as area as possible. 6 and it's an impressive piece of architecture, but there's little danger, funds overheating in here. even when the local team managed to salvage a drawer in this give me just 0 minutes. ah. and let's take you through some of the headlines here now just here and now us president joe biden is declared a major disaster in the state of kentucky. off the tornadoes ripped through its towns and areas in 5 of the states. search teams is still trying to find survivors after friday nights. disaster. hi, be jo caster has more from the town of mayfield in kentucky. i spoke with one gentleman who is an attorney.