in of torture, rape, and even murder, $11.00 east investigates the crimes, and those set to be behind them on al jazeera. ah, this is al jazeera, ah, hello, i'm barbara sarah. this is the al jazeera news, our life from london. thank you for joining us, coming up in the next 60 minutes queues up and down the u. k. for a cobit booster job as britain confirms the world's 1st known death from the on the con. very, and plus. i don't know what happened. hell, i got out and he did. 64 people are confirmed dead in kentucky with

a 100 and five's fill and accounted for after fridays. devastating tornadoes. a former danish immigration minister gets a 60 day prison sentence for ordering the separation of underage couples seeking asylum. and pestilence, bay sex chief executive eel on mosque is name that time. the magazines person of the year announcement of how much was sport a drama, an embarrassment at the droll for the champions league. round of 16, you ever have been forced to redo the fixtures that following a technical error during the original drill all the details lay, then the news out. ah, the u. k. has reported the world's 1st known death from the on the con variant of cove at 19. it spreading with alarming speed and is expected to become london's

dominant strain in the next 2 days. the u. k. has launched a massive acceleration in the booster job program with warnings of a tidal wave, vomiting infections full brennan reports from london. the queue trailed out of the hospital gates and down the street. the stark warning of an imminent tidal wave of omicron prompting a massive search of vaccine uptake at hundreds of vaccination centers across the u . k. the prime minister visited a vaccination center to see the work 1st hand and broke the news of the you case. first on the kron related death on the chrome is producing hospitalizations, and se one patient has now been confirmed who died with all the crew. so i think the idea that this is somehow a milder version of the virus. i think that's something we need to say on one side and just recognize the sheer pace at which it accelerates through the population.

the mission to offer millions of booster jams by december 31st, was he $42.00 military planning teams deployed across every health region, extra vaccine sites and mobile units extended clinic opening hours to allow people to be jabbed around the clock and at weekends and the training of thousands more volunteer vaccinate us, hitting the government's target would mean 1000000 jobs being put into people's arms every single day between now and the end of december. and that's never been achieved before. currently the, any chance is managing around half of that. but the importance of trying has been emphasized by new modeling which shows that in some circumstances on a chronic could cause. busy double the number of hospitalizations that delta did a year ago, and the booster jap gives 70 percent protection against infection. new rules on wearing masts and working from home of now also come into effect in england. passenger numbers on public transport dropped significantly in many businesses are canceling the end of the parties,

but there are determined pockets of political and public resistance to new restrictions. huggins fees, her last paypal. i don't think that the compliance will be as high as it has been impossible to us simply because we've had this tend to face any, no restrictions with the christmas holiday. less than 2 weeks away. it's going to be a race against time to avoid even more stringent restrictions pull brennan al jazeera london villamore chronus thought to account for more than 70 percent of new infections in south africa, where the president himself has tested positive for coven 19 said around, propose a self isolating in cape town while receiving treatment for what's being described as a mild infection. the president who is fully vaccinated use the news to urge all south africans to get their job for me to miller has more it was shortly after delivering a eulogy at the memorial service for form of president f. w to clack. when south

african president solar m, a pasa fell ill, and he is one of more than 18000 people in the country who have contracted coven 19 . in the past 24 hours the day, the government says the president is suffering mild symptoms and is being monitored . those have had close contact with from a parser, have been told to isolate, in a tweet issued by the president while thanking people for their support. he urged also the africans to get vaccinated. so far, 43 percent of eligible sub africans have received at least one jab while they is enough stock available, including booster shots. many people are still reluctant to get a job. the government says it's trying to dispel misinformation and create greater awareness about the importance of being vaccinated. but many other countries in africa have not had the same access to vaccines. just 70 percent of africa's more than 1000000000 population has been inoculated against corona virus.

i order a reply. we want to see you know, from in the last week and average of 19000 south africans have been infected every day. health experts say the surge could be driven by the new army, kron varian. but although they say it's highly contagious, preliminary data indicates it may not cause severe illness. and while the government may be directed by science, a fully vaccinated, but ill president may do little to reassure those already skeptical of been jabbed . for me, tamela al jazeera johanna's bug, and the 1st case of amazon has been detected in mainland china. authorities in the

city of 10 gene say the infected person had recently entered the country and is not displaying symptoms. they're being treated in isolation and hospital. china reported just a 101 new cases of coven 19 on monday. after introducing targeted restrictions such as mass testing, border restrictions and loc downs. beijing will host the winter olympics in february and organizer say the variant will pose challenges. south korea, meanwhile, plans to test the use of artificial intelligence to attract people infected with coven. 19 the pilot project, which is to be rolled out in january, is going to use facial recognition software. and over 10000 c. c. t. v. cameras to analyze a person's movement, their close contacts, and whether they're wearing a mask official say the aim is to reduce the strain on overworked, contact tracing teams. but human rights advocates and some politicians of raise

concerns about the invasion of privacy. in the last few minutes, the governor of the, your state of kentucky has announced that last week's tornadoes are now known to have killed, at least 74 people. one of them being a 5 month old baby, another $109.00 people are still unaccounted for. a series of powerful storms tore through the state and 5 other states. lane waste, 2 entire towns from mayfield, kentucky. heidi show castro reports. this house is among this. you still standing in mayfield, kentucky, though it's missing a roof doors and windows. the cato family lived here for you loving years. now they're seeing what they can say. oh, this is where the front door was. and then of course the upstairs. we won't go upstairs if that's okay. and, and then our dining room. not every home in this region has a basement,

but this one, fortunately did, and the cato family had the foresight to offer shelter to some friends who live nearby. they came over just in time and a rush down the stairs likely saved everyone's lives. as soon as we got the basement, you just heard this huge bow, and that was just the, the whole house going up. so you were still in transition. we were still in transition, as in mother, what was your, what were you thinking at them at that point in time i was mentally counting heads . you know, i was like, are we all down here? all 12 people inside the house were unharmed. it's one of those things were just very thankful that everybody's alive and well. this stuff can be replaced. you know, cars can be bought, houses can be done in, but people can't. it's fear the death toll from last week's tornadoes will surpass 100. people died in illinois, tennessee, and missouri. but kentucky had the greatest loss of life. 18 are still on

identified. of the ones that we know the age the age range is 5 months to 86 years. and 6 are younger than 18. at the ruins of a collapsed candle factory in may field, emergency crews continued to search for signs of life. this woman made it out, her boyfriend did not. the fact that i should staff should be right there with him is eating me alive because he was right there. and i don't know what happened, how i got out and he didn't. and i was donna as communities across the region begin, the difficult work of recovering dozens of families are struggling with the same

grief. heidi joe castro, al jazeera mayfield kentucky. u. s. president joe biden plans to travel to kentucky on wednesday. he's also pledged to deliver aid to tornado hit states as fast as possible. i want you to know that this ministrations made clear every government, whatever they need when they need it. when they need make known to me, get it to them rapidly, rapidly. we're going to go beyond what is available for the staying in the us and investigation has been opened into the collapse of an amazon warehouse. at least 6 people were killed when a tornado hit. the building in edward's vill, in illinois, the u. s. occupational safety and health administration has 6 months to complete. the inquiry amazon could face fines if a violations of workplace safety are found. coming up on this news hour from london

or report fines, colombian police were responsible for 11 deaths at protests last year. but what about the many men who died? a historic handshake as the leaders of israel and the united arab emirates meet for the 1st time and in sport where say this or not letting go of their hopes of spoiling max verse happens party following his maiden formula, one world title ah u. s. defense department officials are expected to conclude that no american military personnel will face punishment for a drone strike, which killed at 10 african civilians. a review and to the incident in august found that there was no misconduct or negligence, but breakdowns in communication. 7 children were among those killed in what was

planned as a strike on, on i saw operative, the associated press news agency says the defense secretary will approve those findings and decide no service. personnel were personally accountable by the decision is yet to be formally announced, skidmore, now from michaela who is live for us in washington, d. c. of course, it was a very upsetting development and it was already an incredibly upsetting situation in afghanistan anyway, so they acknowledged that a mistake was made, but found that no one was actually accountable for it. so explain that to us, please. well, it's a difficult thing to explain, but one has just got to look at the process of what has happened here. last month, a so called independent investigation by the inspector general of the air force produced the report which describe this as a tragic mistake. saying that there had been incorrect decisions taken. that there

was a problem with the confirmation process in terms of the target. but then that recommendation was that an accountability be referred back to the top of the chain of command. now that is the head of the joint military services and the head of special forces. now it does appear according to several reports that they have concluded their individual investigations. they refer back to the chairman of the secretary of defense, lloyd austin, and it is reported saying that there is no accountability down the line. so confirming that mistakes were made. so you have a situation out of all of this through the accounting procedures that nobody is found accountable for the death of 10 civilians, including a number of children. critics already pointing out that there is a discrepancy here in terms of the fact that the investigation found that mistakes were made. on the other hand,

nobody has been found accountable for these mistakes. now the inspector general of the air force you concluded that investigation recommended several procedures that have to be amended in terms of carrying off such drone strikes. the spokesman for the pentagon says that this is under way now to alter these procedures. however, that spokesman did not confirm directly that there is no accountability in this particular case. what he did say though, is that there is no discussion of any accountability being assigned from the recommendation of the 2 military generals who investigated the matter and report it back to the secretary of defense. so i don't know whether that makes it any care, but the simple point is, is that it does appear that nobody will be held accountable for that drone strike. despite the fact that the pentagon admitted liability to it. and despite the fact that the pentagon kept quiet, or indeed lived about those events for a period of time before

a newspaper report brought it all to light. and so as you say, no one will be held accountable that we sink. but of course, the moral damage was done and lives were lost a do you think that there's going to be any kind of political fallout over this because, you know, we, we know about this case. many, many other is a took place over the decades of occupation in afghanistan. well, hundreds, perhaps thousands of people have been killed in these drone strikes over the year. and a very sharp statistic which may add understanding to what is happening here is that no accountability has been found to any of these going through a lengthy period of time. the closest there was, was a drone strike in 2015, an upcoming st. on in 2016, it was found that people were responsible. a number of people, of military personnel were pulled away from their jobs. however, even in that particular case,

no accountability was assigned. now this is the issue here, whether it is taken up in congress or one of the select committees that something that will be, remains to be seen that has not been the case before. so what you have, as well, though, is the pentagon using as a safety blanket, the argument that it cannot release the procedures of the investigations or the chain of thought that led to the decision not to assign responsibility. because these are operational matters that may impinge on national security. so you've got around and round about here. the pentagon has lots of ways in which to drop the curtain over these particular issues, whether congress takes it up in any form. well, that's something that remains to be seen, but as i said, that has happened. seldom if ever in the past by canada, with the latest on those developments. joining us from washington d. c. my kid, thank you very much. it's go back now to that story about the tornadoes in the

united states that have killed at least $64.00 people, including a 5 month old baby that speak to n b c's. wendy woolfolk, who joins us live now for mayfield. in kentucky, one of the worst towns we've heard warm awards of support from the governor and the present and bite. and how will people their coping though, after losing everything? barbara, it's incredible to see the resiliency of these people in the state. the commonwealth of kentucky. they are determined to pick up the debris, which is littered. this is the downtown area, barbara. you need to see where we're standing because it's no exaggeration to tell you that everywhere you look in the downtown area, you are going to see destruction. devastation right here beside me. remember these tornadoes hit 2 weeks before christmas, so you might be able to make out that little santa that was i'm shirt. decorating this area, remember,

there are homes and businesses in this downtown area. we've spoken to people who live in the house over here, and they were a family of 4 who rode out the storm. all 4 survived along with their 2 dogs. they spent today literally going through drawers in this bedroom. the only reason though we could see them is because obviously you can tell the walls are off their house. we the next house, but beyond it, there are some bricks. all the roof is gone. she walked us through there and showed us the, the shadow of all the dirt that was on the wall where they were hovering in place, where she spent a good 2 hours keeping her baby granddaughter in her arms. but they survived, and they're thankful to be alive. she said the only thing she would have done differently is the bathroom in that house. i'm fine, not a thing off the shelves. and she said if we would have just moved, maybe 10 or 15 feet, they wouldn't have had injuries with glass and shards of debris. but other than

that, they made it out fine. it's incredible to see people that just say no loss of life is a win for them in this situation. they don't care about the stuff. stuff can be replaced lives cannot. i do want to update something that we just heard from the governor, andy, bas years, latest press conference. he now says the death toll was up to $74.00 for allergies . and he believes though it will continue to rise because many of the towns in this region look just like this. they are literally mounds of rubble. and so they have the national guard going place by place, door to door to make sure that there is no one left under all of this. wood and debris. sounds absolutely terrible. wendy woolfolk reporting for us from mayfield in kentucky, wendy, thank you so much. are you and back to report has found that colombian police were

responsible for 11 deaths, said protests last year. the report focused on deaths and protests over several days following the death of a taxi driver at the hands of police, which was then captured on video. there have been more than 40 civilian deaths at protests against the government of president, even decay in the past 2 years. and a similar em pitney joins us live now from. but with us on us under whatever reports. main findings. yes, barbara, this is a escaping report. i use is very harsh words on the actions committed by the police during those 2 nights of protest and violence here in the capital bogus. and what the report says is that over all of those actions amount to a massacre and in particular, massacre of poor young citizens of this city. the report shows in great detail how the police repeatedly indiscriminately in this proportionately use live

rounds on these protest. there's a particular in very poor neighborhoods of the city as and that's what the report says as if the police, i thought that they could kill these young poor people and get away with it. it also accuses the national government and the leadership of the police have failing to stop the officers from doing so. and it also says that this is the failure of the justice system in the country to, to punish these those responsible for this killing. since most of these officers are still patrolling the streets of all, but i mean, bearing in mind how strong these accusations are. has there been any response from the police are indeed the president no, not so far. barbara. the mayor of that cloudy lopez who had requested this report

and asked for assistance to the united nations that she once again said that she has very sorry for what happens. she asked the family for the families of the victims for forgiveness and said that she was totally follow the recommendations of that report. then she called holding back tears on the president and the leadership of the police for them to recognize what happened and to yes sir, and what she's been trying to push forward for over 2 years now, which is the reform of the way the police operates in a columbia, but that hasn't happened yet. we haven't heard from a president at the time of these protests the mayor had called on pray, severe decay to do something to call the police. and he said, do care what he did was described the protesters as urban terrorists using a language, usually

a youth in this country during the internal conflict to describe left, the spirit in surgeon. so what we see so far is that the national government has not a lease, recognize howard gin to an important it seems to be to have real police reform in column and assembled empathy with the latest from bogota. allison for thank you. the crown prince of upper darby has hosted israel's prime minister in the 1st official meeting of the 2 nations leaders, natalie bennett, met to the united arab emirates mohammed been zaid after a deal to establish diplomatic relations was brokerage last year under the then u. s. president trump, iran has condemned the visit as detrimental to the security of the region. but bennett said he's optimistic about the newly established friendship. throughout the day we had meaningful and straightforward talks about our 2 nations about the region and about our economy and technology and what we can do together. i'm flying

back to israel, very optimistic that this relationship can set an example of how we can make peace here in the middle east. talk more about the significance of this visit with your see michael bergen. middle east analyst and associate fellow at the london. think tank. chatham house. jesse michael, doug, thank you so much for joining us here on al jazeera. i mean, certainly, you know, visually did the photo op is quite impressive when it comes to the regional issues with which the 2 countries can collaborate. what do you think of their priorities? do you think this is more than a photo opportunity? give me a photo opportunity of coast a show that he's in charge and there is the hosting that i know in which piece. so nobody's ation to me. this will be the market moves in between israel and religion don't depend on unit on, you know,

the type of game. so says the only a statesman or so these are actually moving on from the leasing. but then also how to go into those between these and the girls boxes demand, konami said to the with a new bill, energy, slaves, cancel calculation and the rest. but of course there are 2 issues. the big only going to exam one is a lot. and i think for the u. e to play more delicate, so all that is owed, like you to, to, to play there is a feel feel, or source on general eventually some of the long. but also the nuclear issue is i would like to see you, we parked off in the lines versus salon and you explained too much is walking a tightrope and one more delegates game. but also let's remember that in the back on there is also the philistine an issue. the thing the street, at least in the lease, is still an important issue and its own was in the big lounge off any normalization

between israel in slavery. it's interesting that men that were the orchid traitors of many of these abraham accords, both net and now and, and of course president trump are no longer on. 7 the scene right now, how do you see this a going forward? do you see any other countries finding out to neighbor mccord's? having seen, of course, said this visit, or do you think that that kind of development for so called peace in the middle east. it was very much part of the trump era. this is an interesting point because both the company and, you know, live those we've must ego would have liked to think that we felt them things big things. big diplomatic moves won't happen in the middle school any less. and actually this shows that the interest on way beyond the this, this is what, this kind of thing agreement corporation, whether it's on, on strategic issue security issue, economic energy. and the last are well established will found it in the national

interest of both countries, whether you stomp on that and you know, all binding and then it, there is even one step further. i think what consolidate this relation even, even further is the uncertainty about will be united states going to concentrate, to focus in years to come. if it's, i think it's a bit of an illusion that, that the united states could turn it back on them. it is, but even if focus is less than the middle east is will actually consolidate. are the original alliances? yes, the mecklenburg, associate fella, chatham house and middle east. the analyst, this are always good to get your views. thank you. thank you. thank you. now it's more still to come on this our oh cities, police fire here again to this 1st thousands of protesters the announcing last

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pushes off further east, by the time we get into choose day, we got heavy snowfall bulgaria, wet and windy weather continues for greece and pushes into turkey where we are likely to see some snow. but as i said behind that is looking a lot finer and dryer for large areas of france as well as easily as it is the iberian peninsula. we're expecting a lot of sunshine come back in for spain and portugal, but it's further north that we are going to see the unsettled weather sweep across into northern areas of island and britain. we've got some wind warnings out for scotland with heavy rain here. and as it pulls across into norway, we are going to see rain, sleet and snow moving into western areas there with heavy snow. by the time we get into wednesday, novel places like sweden and denmark, we are going to see things warm up slightly. the temperatures are on the rise here, but for western areas of russia we will still see that heavy snow that to weather update.