former warlord, liberia has become the frontline of a drug war. it cannot afford to lose. he says it's a battle he will fight out of responsibility and killed for his past crimes and for his country. ah. ready on his 1st soap of an asia pacific tour, the u. s. secretary of states reaffirms america's commitments to push back against chinese influence. ah, that i'm, how am i he did this is al, to 0 mind from doha, also coming on. no punishment for us military personnel who carried out a drawn attack in afghanistan that killed 10 civilians, including children, at least $74.00 dads and

a 100 so missing in the us. after dozens of tornadoes told through 6 states plus to 8 months, we've worked tirelessly as an organization to be better. and the golden globe awards are from us in change after it was criticized for lack of diversity and ethics. ah, he was secretary of sees anthony blinkin says the asia pacific region needs to be free of coercion in kenneth, in indonesia, on his 1st leg of a tour of southeast asia nid counter. china's influence from has been a growing standoff between beijing and other countries in the resource rich region . in recent years, we all have a stake in ensuring that the world's most dynamic region is free from portion and accessible to all. that's why there's so much concern from northeast asia,

the southeast asia, from the beacon river to the pacific islands about asians, aggressive actions claiming open seas as their own. the starting open markets through subsidies to its state run companies denying the export. so revoking deals for countries as policies, it does not agree with engaging in illegal and reported and unregulated fishing activities, countries across the region, what this behavior to change we do to florence louis has more from coloma for the us as trying to reset its relations in se asia, this region was largely overlooked by former us president donald trump, but the biden administration fee, se asia as vital to its efforts to push back a rising china. now in his speech outlining the u. s. as in the pacific plans secretary of state, antony lincoln said the us will work with its allies and partners to descend the rules based order. he was forthright in his remarks saying,

countries are concerned about china's actions. and he listed some of these, which include china using his, its economic strength to punish countries as policies. it disagrees with, and china laying claims to large parts of the south china sea countries across the region. what this behavior to change we do to that's why we're determined to ensure freedom navigation in the south china sea, where beijing's aggressive actions there threatened the movement of more than 3 trillion dollars worth of commerce every year. think and stressed that the u. s. is not trying to make countries choose between the us and china and for many countries in the region. there is a balancing act involved. china is a very important trade partner. but many of also traditionally looked to the us to provide security in the region. some analysts say that for the us to deepen its ties in the region, it has to have been effective economic strategy. and bring can seem to acknowledge this in his speech, things the us will identify opportunities for us companies to operate here. as well

as for more foreign direct investment to flow into the region. in south korea has had his worst day of the pandemic recording. 94 deaths on tuesday. the korea, disease control and prevention agencies at a record 906 people were also in a serious or critical condition. a medical system is reaching its limits with the filter driven spread, leaving some people dying on waiting for hospital beds. the 1st case of omicron has been the taxes in mainland china, authorities in the city of t n june say the infected person recently entered the country and is not displaying symptoms. china reported 101 new cases of co with 19 on monday. but his deputy prime minister dominic grants sense them are at least 250 people in

hospital with the oma con variance of cove. at 19 you k reported what's believed to be the world's 1st confirmed death of someone with the variance on monday. cases are spreading with alarming speeds in the coming areas. parliament is expected to discuss and votes on possible you restrictions on brennan reports from london. the q trailed out of the hospital gates and down the street. the stock 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 a 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 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 and a chest 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 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 have dropped significantly and many businesses are cancelling the end of year parties. but there are determined pockets of political and public resistance to new restrictions. pardons fees, her last paper, 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 but basically no restrictions 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, you as defense secretary lloyd austin, has decided against punishing military personnel involved in a drone strike had killed 10 civilians in afghanistan. operation on august 29th and kabul killed an 8 worker and 9 members of his family, including 7 children, an investigation find the strike didn't violate the laws of war, but considered the military made mistakes. mike,

hannah has more from the u. s. capital. 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 banks 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 looked at 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 air force had also recommended that certain methodologies be changed in terms of conducting the stroke 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's being held accountable for the strikes. this is what the spokesman for the pentagon had 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. 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 . the governor of the us state of kentucky says at least 74 people have been killed

in the region in friday, a series of tornadoes, more than 100, are still missing. the powerful storms tore through the state and 5 others laying waste 2 entire times. how did your castro has the latest for mayfield in kentucky? this house is among the few still standing in mayfield kentucky though it's 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. um 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 boom. 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. so all 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 the people care. 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. back that i should state 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 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. the congressional committee investigating the january 6th capitol hill riots has voted to hold former white house, chief of staff, mach meadows,

in contempt. the vote was unanimous that must still be approved for the full house of representatives. meadows refused to attend a committee meeting last week, despite being subpoenaed. still, hands on al jazeera, un reports flames police for the deaths of 11 people. jan protests in columbia last year fights for women's rights international observers. sunbale alarm the record levels of violence, enquired his son. ah, ah, look forward to brighter skies. the weather sponsored my cattle at ways. hello, hope your week's off to a good start further weather stories for europe. it's a good news, bad news type scenario. so let's start with the good news and it's all about the

warmth through areas of the united kingdom. central areas. talk more about that in effect. but 1st, where all the action is and we can find that toward eastern portions of greece, western turkey, cypress, and the levant. we've got bursts of rain to be expected here. so a saki weather pattern. and then there was winds through the g and could what up to 70. 5 kilometers per hour was found. we go things fairly quiet for the balkans. now we do have a shield of snow cutting across sophia bulgaria. but we're good italy just a few showers. it is drying off across areas of northern spain and southwestern france, where we have seen flooding and look at these temperature of seville, $21.00 degrees. so on that seem of the warmth, we're getting that warm air from the atlantic. so london above average, the low countries, central parts of europe, bit of a cap on temperatures because of that cloud cover. then we've got a plume of moisture running into western areas of scandinavia on tuesday. those winds are lowering temperatures across areas of libya and also egypt. so cairo in

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this is alta 0 quick reminder. all the top stories this arm. he was secretary of state and siblings. since the asia pacific region needs to be free off coercion, antennas and indonesia, on the 1st like of a tour of the region, washington is trying to counter china's influence. south korea has had its worst stay over the pandemic recording. 94 deaths on tuesday, a record 906 people were also in a serious or critical condition. the medical system is reaching its limits because on the down to variance i'm a u. s. secretary, i years defense secretary will not punish military personnel involved in a drawn strike, the kill tens civilians in afghanistan. the operation on august 29th killed an aid worker. a 9 members of his family. brides kidnaps forced marriage

is wife beating anne's murder women in kurdistan. have suffered decades of violence in the mail dominated country. international observers say it's not likely to get any better, which has been reflected in parliament. fewer female m. p. 's reverse it in in last month's elections. same bas ravi has more now from the capital fish cack in just a morning. you may find that some of the images used in this report, disturbing. what's in a name for alton? couple over an artist, single mother and survivor of domestic violence, legally giving her children her last name was a chance to bring her family closer together. 3 marriages left her with 3 children and 3 absent fathers. she says it felt like the natural thing to do. a dow, my dear to us having my children, especially my eldest son, was very disappointed to have some one else's last name, a person who is an absolute stranger. so for all of us,

it was about having the same last name. it was just cozy family happiness, some joy. and i never thought that it would become a big fight a month after posting about it on facebook. alt and received a court order to appear before a judge, the summons or response to public complaints in kyrgyzstan children take their father's name and alton had violated longstanding legal tradition in a system that overtly favors men. public attacks on women in broad daylight, brutal beatings. in the street, even incidents of humiliation and torture of viral videos like this have become a near daily, occurs. shocking examples of the abuse of women rights workers say it's common to the extent of being normalized. the stiletto and looseness. there was a case when a representative from a law enforcement agency said to then of course, a woman will be beaten if she has a long tongue. can you imagine that a police officer is saying that what will happen? how can we think that victim should and can make a statement and law enforcement will act on it?

it is an indicator of how such cases go. at one of the only organizations of its kind, lawyers work free of charge with women involved in broad kidnapping, enforced marriages. raven domestic violence, as well as narcotics and people trafficking. some lawyers of represented the families of victims of the most brutal murder scene here in recent memory. this last year, he didn't even stop at kidnapping that girl. he killed her where all human beings shouldn't women not even be protected against murder? shouldn't they feel anxiety? if the future is about young girls crush and fear that to morrow, they could be treated this way. forced marriage is a crime. why? it is vital work but only scratches the surface of a nation wide problem. raising public awareness about women's rights and gender based violence in kurdistan is a challenging task to say, the least. activists are often threatened and have even come under attack, hulu. crudest non civil society, though vibrant, has to a degree,

been forced under ground activists. academics, filmmakers, artists, musicians, meeting behind closed doors at invitation, only events in undisclosed locations. alton says so many women have asked her for help. it's overwhelming for just one person. so despite threats, disruptions and violent assaults by counter demonstrators at a women's march last year, she will continue raising her voice to stay in the public. i know civil rights activists like her say violence against women as a nation wide concern that demands a government response. but with fewer women in the next parliament, the uphill climb has just been made steeper. zane basra v o 0 michigan. a 5 year long legal battle involving us gymnastics has come to an end. a $380000000.00 settlement has been reached. between victims of the disgraced former team, dr. larry nasa and america's top gymnastics association. nasa was accused of sexually

abusing more than $300.00 women and girls. were sentenced to more than 300 years in prison. 3 years ago. it's among the largest settlements ever for sexual abuse case . at least 7 people have been killed after a car of the serbian license plate crashed into a house in hungary. will he say the vehicle was carrying migrants across the border? the driver refused to stop for a police check point 4 others were injured in the accident and you in back to port says find columbia and police were responsible for 11 debts during protests last year at 2 rallies against police brutality. oh, but one of the officers is still on the job. on the central ramp, yeti reports now form bochita. over 2 nights of unprecedented violent protest, 14 people died in columbus capital. latino september 2020 demonstrations erupted across the city. after

a viral video showed the police spinning down and repeatedly tapering and unarmed taxi driver have yet or 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 not a lip what happened and could not be called any other way. it was a massacre. a massacre to happen before any oper, tape of political order to stop utilizing firearms against the demonstrated grandmother. the report details how officers repeatedly disproportionately and indiscriminately used live rounds on 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 unprecedented on 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 will 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 us pledge to reform and modernize the police in the past. yet, protest in 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 organizations, and making the need for real reform ever more urgent. allison ramp yet i'll just eat, i've gotta chill as to remaining presidential candidates have taken part in their

final tv debate before sundays. one off election conserves are candidates. jose antonio casters promising to be tough and crime and immigration. leftist gabriel boric wants to raise taxes on the wealthy and expand social services. the cast canine on top after the 1st round of voting in november us overseas and mexico are trying to reduce the number of migrants heading north to the knighted states. many are being moved to various cities with a promise of temporary jobs until their cases are hurts in us chords. but as manuel rep hello reports for mexico city, the long wait is 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. settlement eva e, mid hitler county. 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 u. s. court. mexico's president has defended the changes saying he's focused on ensuring a more orderly flow of migration. nancy rama is, is, 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 governments 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 caravan and 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 if people were killed. those meat understand brown is those boys. those asked that lay vassal, perfectly migrants have always been exposed to dangers, like sex trafficking, organ trafficking, et cetera. but what is happening now? the government's rhetoric is about protecting migrants and creating order. but the reality is they are living migrants to fend for themselves under vulnerable circumstances. i would say the government is re victimizing migrants with o u. s. 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 guarantee that migrant rights are not violated. manuel rap below al jazeera mexico city. the nominees for this year's golden globe awards have been announced in los angeles, that the organisation behind the ceremony has been accused of unethical behavior and lack of diversity among its members. while reynolds us more from holy woods, after waves of criticism for lack of diversity and 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, bylaws, 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, but influential critics group showed it had not

a single black person among its 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 and promises and their questionable conduct and standards in regards to accepting money or accepting trips or accepting gifts for in exchange for a favourable vote. amid a fierce backlash, the u. s. television network, nbc dropped it's broadcast of the globe for 2022. actor tom cruz returned 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 and they brought him in to help diversify the membership of the

h. s p. a interval is a by mary trance person. so oh ary helpful. but are the changes enough? it least they're trying, but they still, they got a long way to go. and a broader question is hollywood as a whole embracing diversity. and last, hollywood is now starting to get 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 and jane champions the power of the dog were best dramatic picture, 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 leave 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, time magazine has named the entrepreneur. elan mosque is 2021 person of the year. the magazine says the chief executive of tesla and space x is the best example of a massive shift in our society. it credits the 50 year old with creating solutions to global crises. ah.