lay and denise to poor. society is not interested in the individuality the freedom. the spirit of the young person studio be an spectator. on al jazeera, he the 1st confirmed death from the amazon vera and his reported in the u. k, where its rapid spread will make it the dominant coban 19 strain in london within days. a hello, i'm down, jordan, this is al jazeera life and are also coming up. 74 people are confirmed dead in kentucky with more than a 100 missing were whole towns have been destroyed by the devastating tornadoes to the u. s. decides no action is to be taken against military personnel involved in a drones strike, enough canister on which killed an aid work. and 9 of his family under former

danish immigration ministers facing jail off to being impeached for ordering. refugee couples to be split up. ah, british prime minister bars johnson as announced. what's believe to be the world's 1st confirmed death from the army? kron variant of colbert 19 cases are spreading with alarming speed. and it's expected to be london's dominant strain within 48 hours for bending 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 chron related death on the chrome is producing hospitalizations,

and se one patient has now been confirmed to die 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 sit on one side and just recognize the sheer pace a 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 the chronic

could cause. busy 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 mass and working from home have now also come into effect in england. passenger numbers on public transport dropped significantly in many businesses or counseling the end of the parties. but there are determined pockets of political and public resistance to new restrictions. hobbins feeds her last people. i don't think that the compliance will be as high as it has been impossible to us simply because we've had this into that basically 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 poll brennan al jazeera london. well, i'm a chronus thought to account for more than 70 percent of new infections in south africa, where the president has tested positive for cobra, 190. my poor says self isolated in cape town,

while receiving treatment for what's being described as a mild infection. the president who's fully vaccinated said it's a reminder to all south africans to get their jobs for me to molars. 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 pasa 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 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 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 prompting you for your order. a reason why 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 serge 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. for the 1st case of amazon has been detected in mainland china authorities in the city of tianjin say the infected person had recently entered the country and is not displaying symptoms. they're being treated in isolation in the hospital. beijing will host the winter olympics next, february, and organizer say there and will post challenges. the governor of the u. s. state of kentucky says at least 74 people there have been killed by friday series of tornadoes. another 109, are still missing. the powerful storms tore through his state and 5 others laying waste 2 entire towns. i'm 0 is how does your caster reports now 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? oh, 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 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 state should be right there with him

is eating mill. i because he was right there. and i don't know what happened. hell, 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 fierce defense secretary lloyd austin, has decided against punishing military personnel involved in a drone strike that killed 10 civilians in afghanistan, capital kabul, and aid worker and 9 members of his family, including a 2 year old child, died in the operation on august 29. an investigation found the strike didn't violate the laws of war, but mistakes were made and had him 3 days off an ice latasha cobbler thought following the taliban take over. well mike, hannah has more of this now from washington dc. mike's the pentagon has always said

this drone strike didn't violate in the u. s. laws. what more details are emerging like? well, to pick some contest here. the counted on commissioned a report from what he called an independent observer. the inspector general of the foresee produced a report, acknowledging that with snakes were made in the drone strike describing it as a tragic mistake. he then recommended that no action be taken, however, that decision should be left to the commanders. the top command is in the line of command, that is a general in the military central command and the head of the military special forces unit. so these 2 then took the circumstances they had now reportedly reported back to the defense secretary recommending that no accountability be held against any of those involved in the trial and strike. now the inspector general of the airport had also recommended that certain methodologies be changed in terms of

conducting these drone attacks. the pentagon says this is now being carried out. they are not giving any further details and did not even directly say that nobody is being held accountable for the strikes. this is what the spokesman for the pentagon at to say the recommendations were more about procedure and process and the secretary, we reviewed them as accepted them. and again, most of them are of 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 and in terms of recommendations, and is this now the end of the case? well, it would appear that that is what the pentagon believes. it believes that it has investigated the matter. it has gotten down the line of command. it is found that nobody is accountable. certain procedures have to be changed. it says in the way in

which drones strike so carried out. but at this stage, the secretary of defense has ruled, according to the spokesman there that there is no accountability. he accepts the report from the 2 senior officers who investigated specifically whether accountability should be established and to whom. but you hear the key word there and that is that they do not want to give details about how this decision was reached. saying that this is a national security issue. all details of this investigation cannot be made public . this is the military putting a veil over its investigation. the public do not know the methodology, the public do not get the full details of exactly what transpired. all the republic are being told indirectly is that there is no accountability that the methods of drove and attacks are going to be changed. they have been reviewed. they will be carried out in a different way with more safeguards as to the pentagon. but as far as the pentagon concerns, this appears to be the end of the matter,

whether that applies in respect to congress. well, that is something we'll have to see. all right, i might kind of life us there in washington dc. mike, thank you. let's come here and go very, including desperate things in mexico, with government changes tactics to relocate. thousands of my thinking outside the box of simeon giving in the off side westbank turn to some the power to improve access to electricity hormone. ah, ah, look forward to burritos. guys with sponsored by capital airways. 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. 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 sun, 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 a rather wet and wendy for northern areas of japan snow flurries for much of her chi doe, but tokyo 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 drawing up. in fact, for southern areas of india, we are going to see some showers pulling to places like tom will not 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 mold these. but look at that western coast of india. lots of 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.

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our british prime minister barak johnson as announcements believe to be the world's 1st confirmed death from the army kron variant of covert 19. it's expected to be london's dominant strain within 48 hours. the governor of the u. s. state of kentucky says more than a 100 people are still missing. following fridays tornadoes, president biden as declared an emergency on a visit, the state on wednesday. and you as defense, secretary lloyd austin, has decided against punishing military personnel involving a drone strike that killed tim civilians. in afghanistan, capital, cobble and investigation found, the strike didn't violate the laws of war. but mistakes were made. 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 say it 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. gully measured,

you suddenly a b. parliament will remain suspended until the election in 2022 is held. done view must be shot 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. manase. in denmark, a former minister has been sentenced to 60 days in prison for her policies while in government. and gusto berg ordered the separation of under age record. g couples. when she was immigration minister, 23 couples were split up a cup on arrival. mamma jam june reports from copenhagen. this is the 1st impeachment court of its kind in nearly 3 decades, but its 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 doi burg 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 joy burg initiated was, as they said, clearly illegal. since that happened, you had the danish parliament, they voted to try miss soy berg. and that's what led to this impeachment court, proceeding french president emanuel mackerel say he's willing to work together for europe with hungry despite differences with the country's government issues of a l. g b t writes, and the root of law have divided them. but mutual concern about threats from russia formed a key part of tools with a prime minister. think to open that in baba reports from the hungarian capital. the 1st trip to hungary by a french president in 14 years and at the prime minister's office, the visitor didn't shy away from the big challenge that's causing ongoing tensions in europe for pasco hope of the queue. i think that europe has gone through in recent weeks and we'll be talking about this in particular with our polish colleagues. allows us to reconsider a common organization who knew how to better prevent margaret flows and protect her

external borders and find ways and means of a more efficient cooperation between europeans on this matter. victor oberon's government is challenging a ruling by the european court of justice. that hungry broke a new law by departing refugees over the border into serbia. last week, the constitutional court ruled the government could apply its own measures, but sidestepped the issue of whether you law had primacy of hungarian law. that's an issue that's already created a class between brussels and poland. mccomb also joined a meeting of the so called visit grad group, the polish prime minister, along with his hungarian cheque and slovak counterparts. earlier mccomb at leaders of the opposition alliance. that's challenging or been in next year's elections. but despite clear concerns mccomb and other leaders have about issues such as l g b t writes in hungry and media freedom, there was agreement on what all been called strategic autonomy. harrington, green chart on omi, our in our opinion, there is no autonomy without

a european defense industry or without our own energy capability, or rather without nuclear energy. and there's no autonomy without self proficiency in agriculture. not actually, both leaders have made it clear that they don't see eye to eye on a variety of issues. but the president mac, hong, this was really a chance to show the european union that when his country takes over the rotating presidency in january, he'll be able to handle internal disputes. no big breakthroughs then, but a signal the you should be able to discuss the toughest tissues without acrimony. how far that's possible in the new year is far from clear. nadine barbara, al jazeera budapest. the european union is imposing sanctions on the wagner group of private russian military contractor, the e u and u, and the choose, it's mercenaries of fermenting violence and committing human rights abuses in ukraine. the middle east and africa. 8 people have been hit with travel bands and assets freeze. the kremlin denies the group as links to the russian government. and

you and bat report has found that colombian police were responsible for 11 deaths at protests last year. the violence took place at to rally is to demonstrate against police brutality or but one of the officers involved is still on the job. i was on run, pietro reports now from bottom over 2 knights of unprecedented violin protest. 14 people died in columbus capital will retain september 2020 demonstrations erupted across the city. after a viral video showed the police spinning down and repeatedly taste during an unarmed taxi driver have yet to don't. yes. who later died in police custody. an independent investigation requested by the mayor of buttah and supported by the united nations, found officers responsible for 11 of those deaths. look your curio natalie. what happened then could not be called any other way. it was a massacre,

a massacre to happen before. any oper, tape or political order to stop utilizing firearms against the demonstrated grandmother. the report details how officers repeatedly disproportionately ann indiscriminately youth live rounds and the protesters and how the national government and police failed to order them to stop. holding back tears, the mayor of bull gotta ask for forgiveness. calling on president yvonne duke to reform the country's police and recognize the gravity of what has happened. all fresco order is mass. i once again asked the forgiveness from the victims and the city. yeah, i totally see my part of political and institutional responsibility and we're fulfill the reports recommendation thoroughly the report. blame the country's justice system for failing to prosecute and punish the officers involved in the killings all but one's still patrol the city at the time president, even duca called the protesters urban terrorists. he hasn't responded to the report,

but as pledged to reform and modernize the police in the past. yet protesting columbia continued to be met by violence. in april this year, the police response to anti poverty demonstrations was again brutal, killing at least 20 people, according to human rights organisations and making the need for real reform ever more urgent. allison ramp yeti al jazeera bo gotta. the congressional committee investigating the january 6th capital riot has voted to hold former white house chief of stock, lot meadows in contempt. the vote was unanimous but must still be approved by the full house of representatives. meadows refuse to attend the committee meeting last week, despite being subpoenaed. authorities and mexico are trying to reduce the number of migrants heading north to the united states. many are being moved to various cities with a promise of tempered jobs until their cases are heard in us courts. but his manner rapid reports now from mexico city. a long wait,

often leading to frustration and in some cases, violence ah, a migrant camp in acapulco, mexico, disoriented and exhausted. many seem unsure of why they're here or where they might be sent next. when we settle many that early middle out that i was brought here and they told me they would give me a job, they promised me a dream, but it wasn't delivered. welcome. many, at this camp or from central america, haiti, and elsewhere on the american continent. they were brought here by immigration authorities enforcing a strategy of relocating migrants to various mexican cities. relocating migrants is one of the most recent policy changes by the mexican government. mexico is also re adopting old policies like the controversial migrant protection protocols, which force us asylum seekers to remain in mexico while their cases are heard in us court room, mexico's president has defended the changes. i'm saying he's focused on ensuring

a more orderly flow of migration. nancy rama is did. it's a program that will allow us to continue to care for migrants. that's what we're going to do. but experts argue the mexican government's strategy of containing migration is unsustainable. ah, violent confrontations are becoming more common like this one in the outskirts of mexico city on sunday, where riot police tried to corral a migrant care, an incidents involving large scale people. smuggling are also on the rise. last week, a truck carrying as many as 200 migrants crammed into its cargo space, flipped on its side in southern mexico. at least 55 people were killed. let me get under jim brown if those were those i lay. because migrants have always been exposed to dangers, like sex trafficking, organ trafficking, etc. but what is happening now? the government's rhetoric is about protecting migrants and creating order. but the

reality is they are living migrant to fend for themselves on the vulnerable circumstances. i would say the government is re victimizing migrants with us and mexican officials say they're committed to addressing the root causes of migration and to protecting migrants. but international human rights organizations insist countries in the region must do more to guaranteed that migrant rights are not violated. monroe up a low al jazeera mexico city. now, when the occupied west bank palestinians are turning to renewable energy sources to get around israeli restrictions, some are installing solar panels on the rooftops to overcome a power crisis. the abraham ripple this is the largest power plant in the occupied west bank. it has 20000 solar panels and is now generating electricity for 3 palestinian institutions, including this hospital and ramallah. before switching to solar energy hospital

manager save a paid $1000000.00 a year in electricity bills for the past 2 years. that electricity has been free of charge for dr. henley, but up in the solar panels are covering all of our needs over the tricity as a hospital. it's part of our social responsibility to use in the tricity that we're generating and reduced out dependency on israel and 90 percent of the electricity used in the occupied westbank is bought from israel. the rust comes from jordan and through renewable energy sources. the local palestinian initiative aims to install more solar panels in the west bank to increase reliance on green energy from 6 percent to 70 percent. what is really restrictions are complicating this process. israel prevents palestinians from developing the majority of land in the west bank, installing solar panels and school rooftop was one way around it. but access to lands is not the only issue, even when electricity is generated. it's not easy to transmitted from one location

to another fella stand on the operates on low, low voltage and medium voltage grades. we don't have any transmission network that would enable us to do large scale projects. so we had to size this project, both in terms of availability of land and the capacity of the grid to carry and evacuate the power produced here. tens of thousands of past indians live off the grid. international organizations provided them with solar panels. now they are the only source of power. it's hardly enough to generate electricity for basic need and only operate during sunlight. even though the electrical grid is meters away, better when communities here cannot benefit from it. it's part of the israeli electricity network and serve the in league and it's really supplements in the area . well, the palestinian energy authority says investment and solar energy is relatively new and still weighed down by bureaucracy. there is

a gap of coordination between these institutions that been established in the law that slowing down the process and the career kind of bureaucratic procedures in a place where the sun shines more than 320 days a year. solar panels could solve the electricity problem, but it is the israeli occupation that's preventing the path tinian goals of energy, self reliance need abraham l just either be occupied westbank. ah. type a quick check on the top stories here on the al jazeera, british prime minister barbara johnson has announced, was believe to be the world's 1st confirmed death from the amazon parent of cupboard. 19. it's expected to be london's dominant strain within 48 hours. i think the idea.