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with the prime minister warning of the threat of omicron to ryan rebels, re take the historic town of la bella, 11 days after losing it to re fi open. government forces of the french pacific town tree of new caledonia votes overwhelmingly. against the independence, the referendum boycotted by separatist. ah, you as president joe biden has declared the major disaster in the state of kentucky after tornadoes ripped through its towns. areas in 5 other states were also devastated search teams. they're still trying to find survivors off to friday nights, disaster. at least 60 people are feared dead. heidi joe castro reports from the town of mayfield in kentucky. this is what the mayfield 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 a tragedy that this tornado has wreaked on this area of kentucky. we learned of a telephone that was recovered. a cellphone, 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 level 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 things they draw for you and i had it under a glass and that's the i found 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 i 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 ruined home 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 gala 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 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 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 vary and who's pushing the u. k. back into risky

territory. alert level for won't immediately affects rules and regulations move to level 5 would bring more restrictions and would be triggered if the health system becomes overwhelmed. prime minister bias johnson is urging people to get a 3rd vaccine shot. no one should be in any doubt. there is a tidal wave on the 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 with a 3rd dose a booster days, 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 charge to get their booster before the new year. dr. howard can honey, is from the university of accident medical school in questions the u. k. government's approach to containing the virus. they saw 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 booster. 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 must 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 kron 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 below broader range of the antibodies, south africa's fraser, and sarah ram opposed that has tested positive for cove. it 19. his office released the statement saying he felt unwell after estate memorial service for former

president f. w. the clerk. he's being treated for mild symptoms from a post has been vaccinated against the virus. president say to graham rebels, have recaptured the northern ethiopian town of lally, bella just 11 days off. the government forces said they've taken it back to gray people. the variation front says it's launched several counter offensives. the group says it targeted the road linking shana and land, the better in the higher region. communications have been cut in the conflict zone . that's made it hard to verify reports from the town, which is home to a u. n. world heritage site. there are no reports of fighting casela from vol is from low new university college. he says, reclaiming some other towns in the region. maybe more strategically important to the t p life. living doesn't hold any military strategic, significant,

such. but it is a symbolic it tall as it is, a well known unit school world heritage site, and so internationally it is available. so in that regard it is a drawback, obviously that the government lost control it. but there are other towns like just 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 john's. and now to push back on the government, offensive 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 earth's. the government controls west to 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 statements came on the final day of talks in the u. k. city of liverpool. russia's military build up near ukraine's border has dominated the 2 day meeting. moscow denies any plans of a military offense. it's already challenged 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 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. 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 that 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 biden and put in towards the other day. the white house said afterwards that the, that once 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. natalie bennett is making history by becoming the 1st israeli prime minister to make an official visit to the united arab emirates. he was met by foreign minister abdullah inside and yeah, and bobby on sunday the u. a, along with bahrain find the us broke a deal with this last years we established formal diplomatic ties. still ahead on

al jazeera tourists by him the us. but would it be enough to help high street business is recover from the pandemic law. on the fall of london, this year is rapidly becoming one of the worst. she is 15, homicide. where following one groceries organization was spent on taking that the weapon, the st. ah 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 effecting 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, little bit, 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 cairo will come down to the early twenty's across the central area of africa. we are seeing those storms and showers before the really wet weather. we have to look to northern areas of namibia, southern areas of angola. so there is all botswana as well seems very heavy rain, but it's going to get very heavy for s, we're teeny, by the time we get into tuesday. ah,

it was supposed to be to refuse itself careers. brothers home was allegedly the scene of torture, planning, even murder, 11 east investigators for crimes on those sector behind them on august. mm. the the hero world news wash. oh, the me. welcome back. you're watching out 0 time to recap the headlines now. us president joe biden has declared

a major disaster in the state of kentucky. off the tornadoes, brit through towns and areas in 5 other states. such teams are still trying to find survivors off the friday night disaster u. k prime minister barak johnson, his warning of a coming tidal wave of the army con, very. and the government raised the current of virus threat level and urging people to get a 3rd vaccine. sean, south africa, presidents ram, oppose a tested positive for coven 19. he's been vaccinated against the virus and has mild symptoms. he says, the infection is a reminder to all south africans to get the jobs in america. financial capital, people are slowly returning to work, but in smaller numbers than before. the go with 19 pandemic. that means fewer customers for local businesses. as christian salome reports from new york city, one vanderbilt, a new high rise named for its address,

rises directly above grand central station in midtown manhattan. some of the most expensive real estate in the world. the $93.00 story office tower offers this spectacular view to the public from summit one vanderbilt plus all the latest amenities for corporate clients who according to senior vice president jason hacket, have flocked here despite the lingering pandemic. from an office building perspective, we've got the premier address in new york, we went into the pandemic at about 76 percent leased and are coming out of the pandemic. now. what about 91 percent leased? so really proving that there is demand for class a high quality office space, which we have here at summit one. 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 food traffic and less business for cover. one of 3 midtown restaurants owned by amy batek, she says her business is back to about 80 percent of pre pandemic levels. the neighborhood people carried us over, but to get us back to 100 percent level of the numbers we need to see to, to be open office workers and tourism to combine it's really everything. nearly a 3rd of retail store fund here in manhattan, our bacon, the east mid town partnership represents local property owners who are faced with more demanding as well as fewer tenants. many commercial offices want to shrink the footprint they have at least as terms, 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 are 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 coven may have changed this landscape forever. kristen salumi al jazeera new york, the french pacific territory of new caledonia has voted overwhelmingly against independence. the referendum results was hailed by the french president, but overshadowed by a boy called by pro independence groups. they planned to appeal the results, and the united nations catalog has already on reports. it kill new caledonia is remaining of french territory. although the voter turnout was low at around 45 percent 96 percent of our 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, is 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 aesop, 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 he didn't get it done. you know, you can, jones 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 france may have given residence, a sense of security, which helped you get it with vaccines and as well as the old to do so shore. and it couldn't be measures to boost the economy during this whole 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 livia is election commission, says it won't publish a list of presidential candidates until all issues related to the upcoming poll are resolved. the historic vote on the 24th of december is being seen as a major step towards ending a decade. physical turmoil of the process has been undermined by disagreements on

just to should be allowed to run. manic trainer reports 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 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. 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 also need to be us 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 called me for have to the police for have to and he's been sentenced to a military court in western libya to that you have safe and get duffy duffy's 2nd son who's wanted by the international criminal court. so, i mean, you have these candidates, you know, $33.00 candidates that are the front runners that shouldn't even be standing in the election, which would be issues in terms of the political atmosphere. terms of the legal conditions that would allow these electrons to move forward. it's looking more and more like these elections are going to be postponed. south korea and australia has signed the defense still worth $1000000000.00. sol will supply australia with

artillery weapons. i mean mission supply vehicles and radar president, moon j n. and australian prime minister scott morrison also confirm the quarantine 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 strike 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. at least 3 people have been killed in brazil after their home was destroyed by a torrent of flood water. the state of emergency has been declared in almost 50 cities in the states of us. many cities have been cut off off the several bridges

were flattened. salvador thousands of demonstrators are protesting against the government. they calling for an independent judiciary and are accusing president ny buccheri of being a dictator. it comes as the u. s. imposed economic sanctions on kelly's chief of staff for a legit corruption. mexico is mourning the death of musical icon vicinity fernandez . he is the thing unknown to his fans as the king want a dozen grammys and latin grammys throughout his career. he was famous for his mastery of his younger traditional mexican music, known as on shadow. he was 81 years old, devout medical complications after a full the murder rate for british teenagers is sold to its highest level in more than a decade. many of the crimes involve the use of knives. the youngest victim was just 12 years old. the crisis is prompting one londoner to start

a campaign for youngsters to hand over their weapons. we should warn view as though may find some of the images in need barkers report to be 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, addition, man got topic. 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 in the legal greys own not condoned by the police, nor actively discouraged. he knows more the most about what knives can do. so i stabbed on to the vacations 9 times each occasion. so to me. m how kathy, math guys, person you and,

and we made the 17 year old who's noticeably relieved to be handing over his knife to some one. he feels he can trust your barbecue. here above with him on a ticket. if, if i 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 at 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 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 mix of poverty and online rivalries. this year, the number of child victims is at its highest since 2008. the year 16 year old ben

kin 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. are wished more could be done to stop the situation to stop these young cage getting involved in knife crime. successive governments have to try to come up with a quick fit, but they don't work in need to be a long term plan in place of 5 or 10 year program to show 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 knives. i mean that as 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 end 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, the series, but hardware and need parker al jazeera london. ah, i am, sam is a down with a look at the headlines here now to sierra now u. s. president joe biden is declared

a major disaster in the state of kentucky after tornadoes ripped through its towns . 5 other areas in other states were also impacted.