ah, with the 1st confirmed death from the micron variant is reported in the u. k, where its rapid spread will make it the dominant covered 19 strain in london within days. ah, hello, i'm down, jordan, this is out. they are alive from doha also coming up. 74 people are confirmed dead in kentucky, but more than a 100 missing where whole towns have been destroyed by the devastating tornadoes to the u. s. decides no actions to be taken against military personnel involved in a drones strike in afghanistan, which killed an aide, work,

a 9 of his family. and tennessee, as president calls a constitutional referendum for july, exactly a year after he suspended parliament, says elections would be held next year. ah, british prime minister boris johnson as announced. what's believe to be the world's 1st confirmed death from the army? kron variant of coven 19 cases are spreading with alarming speed. and it's expected to be london's dominant strain within 48 hours. po brenner reports from the u. k. capital. 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 1st on the cron, related death on the con is producing hospitalizations and se one patient has

not been confirmed to die with on. 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 out 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 the chronic could cause double the number of hospitalizations. the delta did a year ago. and the booster jap gives 70 percent protection against infection. new rules on wearing masts and working from home have now also come into effect in england. passenger numbers on public transport dropped significantly and many businesses are canceling the end of the parties. but there are determined pockets of political and public resistance to new restrictions. hobbins feed her last paper . i don't think that the compliance will be as high as it has been impossible to answer simply because without the center that facing the 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, paul brennan al jazeera lunda. will alma cronies thought to account for more than 70 percent of new infections in south africa where the president has tested positive for coping? 19 cyril am a poor se, self isolated in cape town,

while receiving treatment for what's being described as a mild infection. the president is fully vaccinated, said it's a reminder to all south africans to get their jobs for me. the miller has more now from janice book. it was shortly after delivering a eulogy at the memorial service for former president f. w to clack. when south african president solar m a puerto fell ill. 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 of had close contact with from a poser 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 have been vaccinated. but many other countries in africa have not had the same access to vaccines. just 7 percent of africa's more than 1000000000 population has been inoculated against corona virus. i oh, oh, you order a really long from in the last week and average of 19000 south africans have been infected every day. health experts say the serge could be driven by the new army,

kron varian. but although they say it's highly contagious, preliminary daughter indicates it may not cause severe illness. and while the government may be directed by science, a fully vaccinated but ill president made to little to reassure those already skeptical of being jabbed for me. tamela al jazeera johanna's book. meanwhile, the 1st case of the crone has been detected in mainland china. authorities in the city of john jin say the 2nd person, at least in the enter the country and is not displaying symptoms. they're being treated in isolation and hospital. beijing will host the winter olympics in february and organized to say the, the various to oppose challenges. and norway is tightening restrictions to stop the spread of it on the con variant has predictive modeling suggests infections could sort as much as $300000.00 a day next month from wednesday bars and restaurants abandoned from serving alcohol, gyms and swimming pools are also being closed military is being brought in help

speed up the road, out of booster jet, always reporting record highs of both infections and hospitalizations. that's partly driven by the variant expected to be the dominant strain within a day. the governor of the us state of kentucky says at least 74 people have been killed by friday, series of tornadoes and of 109 still missing the powerful storms told through the state and 5 others laying waste 2 entire towns on to 0. how does your cast to reports from mayfield in kentucky? this house is among the few still standing in mayfield kentucky, though it is missing a roof doors and windows. the cato family lived here for 11 years. now they're seeing what they can say. 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 that? 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 and the 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 campbell factory in mayfield, emergency crews continue to search for signs of life. this woman made it out, her boyfriend did not. the fact that i should stay should be right there with him is eating me alive because he was right there. and i don't know what happened. hell, i got out and he didn't. and i just done a 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. so let's bring in nbc correspondent wendy woolfolk, who's in mayfield in kentucky. when the over a 100 people still missing, after that devastating tornado, just bring us up to date with the search and rescue operation there on the ground. sure, they have confirmed the 74 confirmed fatalities and the commonwealth of kentucky, more than a 100. still missing the technical number right now was 106, but the governor is warning everyone that that death toll could certainly rise because so many communities around here look devastated like the one we're standing in. this is downtown kentucky downtown, excuse me, mayfield kentucky. and everywhere you look, there is devastation, there is damage. you can't really grasp it with your words and show you with a camera lens. but we're gonna try to do you even know darknesses fall in the temperatures have dropped. the only lights out here are our crews, but take

a look just right here. this, this kind of story goes door to door. whether it's a business or a home. there have been flattened. people were here all day long trying to find anything they could salvage of their stuff. the people right here, this was a multiple family apartment and they were able to salvage things like a santa claus for christmas decorations and their daughters and favorite paint jacket. and again, they're just thankful to be alive at this point, but the, but the national guard is still going door to door, making sure that everyone is out and is safe and, and they'll put marks on each place that they have searched to make sure there's no one left inside and when the president biden will be in the area on wednesday, we understand, do we know what he'll be doing on the ground? he apparently is coming to the hardest hit areas where we are standing as one of them, like i said, downtown mayfield,

kentucky. he did say though he was trying to wait to come and console people who survived and, and show his support as the, the president of the united states until it would not take away from resources here on the ground. it, it requires so many people to make sure that his security is safe and so he wanted to wait until the proper time, how it will be received. that is probably a mits bag. some people will probably say, why are they taking away from the resources? they certainly say that about the media. several people have said to me, why are you all here? you're taking up what we could be using. but on the flip side, they would like to see their stories. so same thing with that with the president. you know, i'm sure it's going to be a mixed reception. people are being, are going to be glad to see the president, the commander in chief of this nation. but other people will probably receive it and say, you know what, stay away while we try to find a way to rebuild. all right, or wendy woolfolk, there live in mayfield kentucky, wendy. thank you. you,

as defense, secretary, lord austin has decided against punishing military personnel. emboldened a drone strike that killed 10 civilians, not counted. storms, capital, cobble and aid work, or 9 members of his family, including a 2 year old child, died in the operation on august 29th. an investigation found the strike didn't violate the laws of war, but mistakes were made. it had them 3 days off from the ice latasha cobble airport following taliban take over with mike hannah as more in this now from washington dc . mike's the pentagon has always said, look, this drones right. didn't violate any laws so, so perhaps we shouldn't be surprised that nobody would be held accountable for these this well, we must just step back a moment. darren, the pentagon initially would not to confirm that there be any mistakes. it was weeks before it finally admitted that there had to be no mistake in the targeting. that was only off to numerous media reports that indicated this. the pentagon then

ordered an investigation into the strike. the inspector general of the air force conducted that investigation. he reported back to the the, the pentagon that he was found that it had to be in the mistake, a tragic mistake. as it was decided. however, the investigator found no real accountability and handed over that decision to 2 generals who are basically at the top of command. that is the general in charge of the central command, along with the general in charge of special forces. now it is understood, they have reported back to the secretary of defense confirming that finding that nobody is held accountable. though mistakes were made during the operation confirming as well that ways are being looked at in which to rectify these mistakes that were made. but still no accountability and this was confirmed in directly by this, the spokesman for the pentagon, who had this to say the recommendations were more about procedure and process and

the secretary reviewed them as accepted them. and again, most of them are of a classified nature. so we won't be talking about the specifics, but there was no overt recommendation made by either specific to accountability mike, so what happens next? them in terms of recommendations, is this now the end of the case? what it would appear that as far as the pentagon is concerned, this is the end of the case. things may still happen behind the veil of military security in terms of improving the way in which these operations are conducted. to ensure that this type of fatality doesn't occur again. however, as far as accountability goes, the appears that the line has been drawn under this. now, this is not at all unusual hundreds, if not thousands of civilians have been killed in drone strikes over the. nobody's been held accountable for any of these. the close as it came was back in 2016. when

a striking couple near enough gun is done was investigated. there 42 people were removed from their positions, but none of them were found accountable at all. so the military has in the past, and as we heard the from the spokesman full of these pentagon saying that certain details that take place in terms of the decision making process about accountability cannot be made public because they involve issues of national security. so the military is able to draw a veil over to activities, release a statement to the public, even not directly indicating that this matter is now closed. its being dealt with interest service into the command line as it is put. that as far as the public is concerned, this is a loss that they are going to hear, no matter. i might kind of life or stay in washington dc. mike, thank also to come here now to 0, including a former danish immigration minister, gets a 60 day prison term for hard line policies. for 8 months. we've worked tirelessly

as an organization to be better. and the golden globes policy change this year's awards off. it was criticized from lack of diversity and then it's more of those things. ah, ah, look forward to scores with sponsored point cut off at ways. hello there. let's have a look at east asia and it remains largely fine and dry over the next few days. how much of mainland china we are going to see things turn rather cold across the north . thanks to a cooler wind that's going to blow down. but in places like shanghai, we're going to see the temperatures pick up a little bit of rain creeping across central areas, edging towards the east and it is going to get wet for the korean peninsula. though the warmth will remain. we'll see the temperature in sol. pick up to 10 degrees by the time we get into wednesday,

but the wet weather will have arrived and it's lean rather wet and wendy for northern areas of japan snow flurries for much of her chi do. but toko managers to stay dry. the temperature at 13 degrees celsius. now as we move across to south asia, it's a largely settled picture and it remains so it's drying up. in fact, for southern areas of india, we are going to see some showers pull interfaces like tom on our do on tuesday. but by the time we get to wednesday, it does dry up my see the shop showers can be found in sri lanka, pushing over to the moldings. but look at that western coast of india, not so fine and dry weather and sunshine mom by seeing the temperature at 34 degrees celsius is a little bit cooler, up north with 24 degrees in new delhi that to weather update. oh, the weather sponsored by casara always. once upon a time the family fled from money and so silent in snowy land. the sisters who

so scared of been sent back, that they disappeared within sound. a little boy had a different state to mod. shit made square. how will that story and witness wake up when moms ouch same. ah ah, welcome back to promote about top stories here on al jazeera, the british prime minister, boris johnson, as announced what's believed to be the wills. first confirmed death from the armstrong, barons of coven 19 cases are spreading with alarming speed. and it's expected to be london's dominant strain within 48 hours. the governor,

the u. s. state of kentucky says more than a 100 people are still missing. following fridays tornadoes, president biden has declared an emergency. i will visit the state on wednesday. and us defense secretary lloyd austin, has decided against punishment, military personnel involved in a drone strike. it killed 10 civilians, math gannons, balance, capital campbell investigation found the strike didn't violate the laws of war. but mistakes were made in denmark. a former minister has been sentenced to 60 days in prison for her policies while in government. in gusto burg ordered the separation of under aged refugee couples. when she was immigration minister, 23 couples were split up upon arrival. mamma jam june reports from copenhagen. this is the 1st impeachment court of its kind in nearly 3 decades, but it's also only the 6th impeachment court in this country's history, in more than 170 years and destroy berg was given

a 60 day jail sentence by this impeachment court. miss deut berg served as the immigration minister here in denmark from 2015 until 2019. she was known for her hard line stance toward immigration at the time, in this case, really all stems from an order that she gave in 2016, in which steinberg ordered the separation of all asylum seeking refugee couples. these were couples who, if at least one member, was under the age of 18, they would have to be separated. now stolberg said that she initiated this policy in order to protect under age girls and in order to stamp our child marriage. and she has maintained her innocence and all this from the get go saying that nothing about this was illegal, but in 2016 the same year that miss joy burn, initiated this policy. you had a syrian couple, one of the couples that had been separated here in denmark. they complained to the

countries ombudsman after that complaint was lodged, then you had a commission that was set up to investigate this. now, just last year, this commission, they concluded that the order that miss deut berg initiated was, as they said, clearly illegal. since that happened, you had the danish parliament, they voted to try it. miss soy berg, and that's what led to this impeachment court proceeding. a you and that report has found that colombian police were responsible for 11 deaths of protests last year that more than 40 civilian death at demonstrations, against the government of president, who's on duty in the past 2 years. human rights groups criticized slow moving prosecutions. are those allegedly responsible, lesandra petty as mona from bulletin? this is escaping reports. i use is very harsh words on the actions committed by the police during those 2 nights of a 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, a massacre of a poor young citizens of the city. the report shows in great detail how the police repeatedly indiscriminately in this proportionately youth live rounds on these protesters, in 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 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 now the nominees for the annual golden globe awards have been announced in los angeles that remains overshadowed by controversy

. ceremony wouldn't be televised next month, after criticism of the group behind it was accused of a lack of diversity and unethical behavior among the judges. rub reynolds reports after waves of criticism for lack of diversity in its membership and ethical lapses . the movie critics who choose the golden globes film and tv award says it's changed its way. we changed our rules by laws added a new code of conduct and restructured our governance. we also have 21. you members, the largest and most diverse, now a 79 year old history. a los angeles times investigation of the hollywood foreign press association, a tiny bud influential critics group showed it had not a single black person among it's less than 100 members and other minorities women and l g b t q. persons were under represented as well. they were slammed for their lack of

black members. they were slammed for their token reform, promises and their questionable conduct and standards in regards to accepting money or accepting trips or accepting gifts for in exchange for a favorable vote. amid a fierce backlash, the u. s. television network nbc dropped its broadcast of the globes for 2022, hacked or tom cruise return. his 3 trophies, hollywood collectively shown the organization. the h. f. p. a promise to add 13 new black members, but wound up with only 6, including travail anderson a well regarded writer and critic who will sit on the powerful credentials committee. ne, brought him in to help diversify the membership of the h. s. p. a interval is a by mary trance person. so oh, very helpful. but are the changes enough?

it least they're trying, but they still make out a long way to go. and a broader question is hollywood as a whole embracing diversity? and last, hollywood is now starting again. hollywood has shenanigans. hollywood has shenanigans . they start, they get it when they get called out best television series. snoop dog announced the nominees, including kenneth bronowski, autobiographical belfast. we can do this a different way. king richard starring will smith you and jane champions the power of the dog were best dramatic picture is here as well as licorice pizza matters even more than enough in steven spielberg's adaptation of west side story, in the best comedy or musical category. without a broadcaster for its award ceremony, it's unclear how influential lease choices will be on the all important oscar

awards that follow in march. and whether the golden globes itself will survive. rob reynolds al jazeera hollywood, tennessee, as president has called a constitutional referendum for july 25th. exactly a year after he suspended parliament, dismissed the prime minister and seized broad powers. guy said, says it will follow public online consultations. starting in january, he also announced new parliamentary elections to be held at the end of next year. yup, colon, musty suddenly abbey. parliament will remain suspended until the election in 20. 22 is held. dumb view must be shot out that we will organize a popular consultation on the 1st of january. preparations have already started for the electronic platforms and for the questions that will be asked, which will be clear and short enough. so now it's considered one of the most important wetlands in the world. diana national park in southern spain is the unesco world heritage site and

a refuge for migrating birds and endangered animals. does natasha g, a name reports, the impact of water theft is now being compounded a drought with every season a different diana emerges. spain's 57 year old national park is nature's tableau of wetlands beaches dunes and pine forest ecosystems. scientists call the wetlands one of the most important on the planet. yet these days it's the dry season year round at this unesco world heritage site. you can see that it is nothing an integral to fake now because they know what the so old a species of finding on some video, those which should be a perfect fit in the say that half or so if thrown in hand, they are in children 3000 seasonal pods used to dot the wetlands to day. there are less than $100.00. the world wildlife fund or w w. f says,

this park is surrounded by 1600 hector's of illegal strawberry blueberry and raspberry farms. the farmers don't have a permit to use water from an aqua for, to irrigate their berries, to preserve the ecosystem. the w w f says the water theft must and, and farmers, residents, and tourists need to conserve water. 10 years of lower than average rainfall and a drought declared last month, have exacerbated the water shortage. the farmers union in the province says barry farming provides 102000 jobs and instead of blaming them for streaming water resources, the government should complete a project to divert water from another basin. in fact, some will confirm follow the yellow, which i still wanted until hun you. we're fed up with the way we've been portrayed over many years. we've been dedicating our lives to this. we want to leave

something here so that it is completely compatible. and so that our children can carry on doing this. to restrict water use, the spanish government sealed illegal wells and purchase farm land around diana national park. we to go together with a farmer, improved then by domains balconies, young a super pro and i knew sharpie still with use was her consortium because at the end it here the young are in good health, resource important for pharmacy in the future. for generations. the people and the park have co existed. if the future means less water, life may change for both. for the worst. natasha game, l. g 0. well, the province, spain. ah. type a quick check of the top stories here on al jazeera, the british prime minister boris johnson has announced what's believes to be the.