ah, ah, al jazeera, with awe on his 1st soul of an asia pacific to the u. s. secretary of state, we affirms america's commitments to push back against chinese influence. ah, hello, i'm how am i here? dean? this is al jazeera live from doha. also coming up at least 74 dead and a 100 still missing in the us after dozens of tornadoes, tor through 6 states,

the fights for women's rights international observers. so the alarm of at record levels of violence in kyrgyzstan for us. for 8 months, we've worked tirelessly as an organization to be better. and the golden globe awards are promising change after criticism mines over its lack of diversity and fx . ah, you are a secretary of state and city blinkin says the asia pacific region needs to be free of coercion. glen can, is an indonesia on the 1st leg of a tour of southeast asia in a bed. a cancer, china's influence has been a growing standoff between bay ging and other countries in the resource rich region . in recent years, florence louis has more from kuala lumpur,

the u. s. as trying to reset its relations in southeast 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 that the u. s. 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. want 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,

lincoln 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 an effect his economic strategy and lincoln seemed to acknowledge for us in his speech, things us will identify opportunities for us companies to operate here as well as for more foreign direct investment to flow into the region in korea has had his worst day of the pandemic recording months before dance on tuesday, the korea disease control and prevention agency sent a record 906 people will fill in a serious or critical condition. the medical system is reaching its limits with the

delta driven spread, leaving some people dying or waiting for hospital. but the 1st case of all micron has been the faxes in mainland china. authorities from the city of san june. see, the infected person recently entered the country and does not displaying symptoms. china reported 101 new cases of coal with 19 on monday. thing okay, has reported what's believes to be the world's 1st confirmed death of someone working on the con variance on monday. the cases are spreading with alarming speed . parliament is expected to discuss and vote on possible you restrictions for brendan 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

sadly, these one patient has now been confirmed who died with on the chrome. 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 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 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. 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 masts and working from home have 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. 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 tend to no restrictions with the christmas holiday. less than 2 weeks away. its gonna be a race against time to avoid even more stringent restrictions pull brennan, i'll jazeera london us defense secretary lloyd austin, has decided against punishing military personnel involved in a drone strikes, had killed 10 civilians in afghanistan. the operation on august 29th and campbell

killed an 8 worker and 9 members of his family, including 7 children. an investigation for the strike didn't fire late the laws of war, but considered the military made mistakes. mike, hannah has more from the us capital. the counted on commissioned a report from what he called an independent observer. the inspector general of the air force. he 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 looked at the circumstances they have now, reportedly reported back to the defense secretary recommending that no

accountability be held against any of those involved in the tro. strike. now the inspector general of the air force 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 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 a 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 clear 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 congressional committee investigating the january 9th capitol hill riots in the united states has voted to hold for a white house, chief of staff, mark meadows, in contempt. the vote was unanimous, for it was still due approved by the full house of representatives and has refused to attend to a committee meeting last week. despite being subpoenaed, the governor of the state of kentucky says at least 74 people had been killed in the region. in friday, series of tornadoes, within $100.00 are still missing. the powerful storms tore through the station, 5 others laying waste 2 entire tines. i did your castro has the latest for mayfield in kentucky. this house is among the few still standing in ne field 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 . 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 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 staff should be right there with him

is eating meal. 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 still had to own out to sierra un reports claims police for the deaths of 11 people doing protests in columbia last year. and desperate scenes in mexico is the government changes tactics with with hello hope your week's off to

a good start right off the bat. we'll get your, the latest on tropical cyclone ruby as it slides toward the se, stopping down a lot of what weather in new zealand will chat more about that and it's sad for australia. it's really gonna be that southeast corner where we see the white weather. what would have trivia for you the highest temperature ever recorded in australia? 49.9 in south australia, and i think in the days to come, we will beat that a particularly for northwestern sections of the country and look at the heat through the outback. alice 40 a birds vill, 44. now to new zealand, we've set daily records for just how much rain we've seen across the north island that sliding further toward the south on wednesday. so christ church now in to some of this action for the philippines, it's been days of rain across central portions of the country. so the ground is incredibly saturated. cannot hang on to any more moisture. and here we have storm, right. moving in. so very real risk care of seen landslides and mud slides. now, the ne monsoon steering a lot of what, whether into malaysia call them poor,

picked up more than half a month's worth of rain over the past. try for hours and for northern sections of china, we've got some cooler air punchin in to bay jane. so by the end of the week, you're going to have just a high of one degree, but at least it's sunny. that's it. see soon. ah, with the on the comfort zone, we're assumptions are challenged. travel to the ends of the earth, uncertain experience, the unimaginable of the people who live it is probably the most extreme situation i've been involved in. how quickly things contract award winning documentary is that also a perception witness on i'll just iraq, lou

ah, this is al to sir, a quick reminder of the top stories this. are you a secretary of state entities? lincoln says the asia pacific region, these to be free of coercion than kenneth in indonesia on the 1st lag of a tour of the region. washington is trying to concert china's influence. south korea has had his worst day off the pandemic recording. 94 deaths on tuesday to record 906 people were also in a serious critical condition. medical systems reaching its limits because of the delta variance and the u. s. defense secretary will not punish military personnel enforced in june strike that killed 10 civilians in afghanistan. the operation on august 29th killed an 8 worker and 9 members of his family, including 7 children,

brides kidnapped, forced marriages, wife, beating, and marriage. o women and kirk is stun, have suffered decades of violence in the male dominated country. international observers say it's not likely to get better, which is being reflected in parliament, has fewer female m. p 's, who voted in in las bon selections. same astronomy has more from the capital, bish care, and just a warning view as may find some of the images used in this report. distressing. what's in a name for alden? 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, oh my dear, i 7 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. sla gatlin was there was a case when a representative from a law enforcement agency said to them, 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? that 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 close to he didn't even stop at kidnapping that girl. he killed her. we're all human beings. shouldn't women not even be protected against murder? shouldn't they feel anxiety? if the future is about young girls, girls shouldn't 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 nationwide 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. lou curtis non civil society, though vibrant, has to a degree, been forced underground activists. academics, filmmakers, artists, musicians, meeting behind closed doors at invitation, only events in undisclosed locations. oh 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 eye. 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 bishopric, a 5 year long legal battle involving yes, gymnast aches has come to an ends. a $380000000.00 settlements has been reached between the victims, if he disgraced former team. dr. larry nasser and americans,

top gymnastics association, nasa was accused of sexually abusing more than $300.00 women and girls. he was sentenced to more than 300 years in prison. 3 years ago. it's among one of the largest settlements ever for sexual abuse case philippine present introduce the deterrence a has dropped his candidacy for seats in the senate to 30 announced his bate in november. the president's term ends in june next year, and the constitution prevents him from seeking a 2nd term in denmark, castle, a minister has been sentenced to 60 days in prison for her immigration policies. foreign governments, anger still he beg and ordered the separation of under aged refugee couples when she was immigration minister, manage em, chin reports foam. copenhagen, this is the 1st impeachment quarter of its kind and nearly 3 decades, but it's also only the 6th impeachment court in this country's history. in more

than 170 years in gustavo berg was given a 60 day jail sentence by this impeachment court. i'm miss doyle burg 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 it 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 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 authorities in mexico are trying to reduce the number of migrants headed north to the united states. and you're being moved to various settings for the promise of temporary jobs till the cases are herds. and us courts that as manuel rap hello reports from mexico city, the long ways his elf and 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 hill. i thought i was brought here and they told me they would give me a job. they promised me a dream, but it wasn't delivered with 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 her. in u. s. ports, mexico's president has defended the changes saying he's focused on ensuring a more orderly flow of migration on rama. is it? 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 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 people were still knows me under jim brown, his those boys. those asked that les rasul 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 ha, ah,

us and mexican officials see 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 rappel al jazeera mexico city. a u. n. backed report has found columbia police were responsible for 11 deaths during protest last year, a to release against police brutality. oh, but one of the officers involved is still on the job. and the sandra ron p a t report symbol guitar. over 2 nights of unprecedented violin protest, 14 people died in columbus capital below time, 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 or political order to stop utilizing firearms against the demonstrated mother . the report details how officers repeatedly disproportionately and indiscriminately youth 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 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 ask for 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 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 organizations, and making the need for real reform ever more urgent. allison ramp yet i'll just eat, i've gotta the nominees for this years. golden globe awards has been announced in los angeles, but the organization behind the ceremony has been accused of unethical behavior and lack of diversity among its members, or reynolds as mono from hollywood. 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 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 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 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 i 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 branagh, 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 is yeah. as well as licorice pizza. i even more than enough in steven spielberg's adaptation of west side story in the best comedy or musical category. without a broadcaster for it's 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, ah.