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a chicken of sky hotels al jazeera, she's defiant as her husband is jailed in the latest crackdown on the opposition in bella. luce allegations that work as were kept in a kentucky factory as a deadly tornado, pour down us before russia. annex crimea, 2014. this canal provided up to 85 percent of the producers. water needs. as you can see now, it's virtually empty. and we'll explain why it could be a major flash point between russia and ukraine. samantha, how much were the sports news alive from our fee for our cup studio? all the doll? how will the front english will deals with the record number? of course, $1.00 of our, of cases that measures the city is cave. the worth of it is for, for against leads while man like to cancel their game at forensics.
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ah, hello and welcome to the news our top story. the world health organization is criticized wealthy countries offering vaccine boosters to their citizens, while millions of people around the world yet to have their 1st dose. it comes as there are warnings. the only cron variant is spreading out an unprecedented right here in the u. k. infections and now doubling every 2 days out. there is pull brennan, reports from london in europe. the jobs are going into people's arms as fast as they can be unpacked. more than half a 1000000 booster shots were administered in the u. k. in just one day. fall short of the 1000000 a day, the government's aiming for. but the race to reinforce immunity is gathering pace. it's the extraordinary infectiousness of the owner. con variant though, which is really worrying global scientists and health experts we have learned by
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now that we underestimate this virus at our podium. even if or me cron does cause less severe, this is the sheer number of cases could once again overwhelm unprepared. health systems in the u. k. amok on cases now doubling every 2 days and with more than 200000 possibly infected every day, the number could pass a 1000000 within a week. long queues again at vaccination centers, up and down the u. k. as the government's booster jap program continues apace with a dilemma facing the politicians on that side of the river is whether the jobs alone will be enough to slow the progress of the arm across variance. scientists have never seen. never seen a coven 19 very as capable of spreading so rapidly. so we have to look at what we can do to slow only cons. advance does that level of alarm was reinforced in testimony to a u. k. parliamentary committee. we are concerned with enlarge volume of
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individuals who are being infected every day in the population. that we're going to have a very difficult for weeks ahead with cases in the community, which will of course, cause individuals to need to still work in school. and then as cases to transfer into admissions, how's the world health organization has again raised the issue of vaccine hoarding and warned the world's wealthy nations that giving boosters to low risk groups while others are yet to have even one dose of vaccine is dangerous w joe is not against boosters. we are against inequity. if we end in equity, we end the pandemic when it comes to deciding which options to reduce the infection rate. the advice from the w h o. do it all, poll brennan, al jazeera london. so in the vase, few hours, british and bees of approved new restrictions in england to curve the spread of
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crime virus infections. but they found considerable opposition from prime minister boris johnson's own party. a majority of empties voted to make face coverings, compulsory and most indoor settings. they also approved changes to the rules on self isolation and coven passes will be introduced for large venues. a prime minister describes the plan as balanced and proportionate in light of the new on the cross variant. but it's left boris johnson with a big headache. 98 of his m. p. 's voted against his plan. for vaccination passes to enter venues. smaller numbers rebelled on 3 other votes. it's the largest number of his own party to vote against him as prime minister. as a jess of big dent in his authority. after a bruising couple of weeks, she seen him criticized of alleged downing street rule. breaking. liliana and riley is a communications advisor and former aide to a u. k. cabinet. minisey joyce's life from hard fisher, by skype. so more than
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a quarter of tory and peas voted against the government. where does that leave orest johnson's position? or even marian, it leaves. johnson, in a fairly precarious position, is the say, the largest rebellion since last december, we're the ad, 55 mph rebel against, in, with nearly close to double that number rebels and the thing, but will be worrying number 10. and the government, which the most is the breadth of the scale of this rebellion we've got right wing dorian peas all the way through to jerry. we call been on the left and it just shows that there is a rebellion against against the government across a low spot. a lot of spectrum's, all different factions within the tory party. you voted against this, and i think it's going to be a very sick. let's not burst on some of his team tonight. the government's my senior public health advisor, doctor says and hopkins is warned on the cron infections reaching a 1000000
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a day by the end of december. so how will, how will to night rebellion then affect the government's ability or willingness to impose further restrictions in the event of a public health emergency? well, i think the message that the, the rebels have sent is that they want the government to listen to them. i think there is a feeling amongst the tory back benches that actually with a 90 c majority or is johnson hasn't really been listening to them. and that is obviously going to then impact his thinking as we, as we did as we deal with this new on the chrome variance. so i do think that there's going to be a change in tact. i think it's going to be a more collegiate approach to governing and let's be honest, the majority of the conservative m. p. 's probably want to see less restrictions and more of an economic opening as we move towards christmas and into the new year . so that could well have a factor on boris johnson's thinking. and miss also the public at play, who might see a prime minister whose authority is weakened amongst his own,
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m. p. 's. and also there is a conversation around whether not downing street or biding by the rules we're seeing with the, with the christmas party story as well. so there's a lot of factors that play here. and i think we're going to see a slightly different approach from number 10 going forward. when you say a different approach, elaina, the prime minister is more likely to align himself with this because it skeptic, it says the party. i think, i think that's all i am just because the scale of this, of this rebellion seems to be falling predominantly in that fraction of the party. you know, when you're the policies, i think we're going to see a slight more reluctance perhaps in the prime minister to, to be quite as trigger happy with going towards restrictions going towards new measures to combat the, on the chrome very and, but ultimately this is a government that have said from the very start of the pandemic, there we lead by the science of guided by the science. and i think the public wants
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to see political ideology as far away from this as possible. we want to see the numbers in the public wants to be able to see that the data is driving. race in the science is driving miss and nothing bars. johnson master struggle that line very carefully. he needs to keep his impede on board, but he also needs to listen to his expert advisors who are going to be guiding the, the public health response over over the coming months. i mean, i suppose there is a fear that that is exactly what is not going to happen. if you have this big rebellion tonight, is there a fear that actually you could end up with a government that does not act on the advice of and the scientists and the doctors and actually ends up being even more ideological at a time when there is massive pressure on health services, if we see this rise in hospitalizations, well,
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it could well be the case that we do see a slightly more audiological approach to battling the pandemic. certainly with the restrictions. but what ross johnson and the government have in their favor is a labor party that a willing to prove them all they say in the national interest. and i'm sure that is part of it, but also small politics. the public not wants to see people's lives and people's health being used as a political porn to point school and to put for their own ideology. so that is going to wait on the public's mind as are on the government's mind. and ultimately that's going to be, well, i guess for some reason out of this political difficulty he found himself in or the lot he falls deeper into that rabbit hall, which is very, very possible. thank you very much. learn emerald. joining us there from half a chair. okay. analysis of the data from south africa is given the 1st indication of how well the pfizer vaccination performs against on the kron. it appears to support indications. it's more easily transmissible,
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but not necessarily more severe in symptoms. 7 in 10 people who had 2 shots avoid it, being admitted to hospital after the very image. but this was down on more than 9 and 10 in the last wave of dealt or infections. the data from south africa's largest private health insurer also showed that protection from catching the virus . it slumped from 80 percent. it now of the just 33 percent protection study was based on more than 211000 positive test results. 78000 were attributed to on the chron, but those cases were not confirmed. meanwhile, pfizer is saying it's covered 19 pill. it is almost 90 percent effective in preventing death or hospital admissions and high risk people. the drug known as plaques of it was tested on the unvaccinated. it was be given within 3 days of symptoms appearing. pfizer says the drug does remain effective against the on the chrome variant. now elsewhere, the president of the democratic republic of congo is urging people to get
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vaccinated as infections. sore across the country. health officials of now confirmed cases of the only crone varying to the nation with one of the world's lowest vaccination rates. it's administered close to a quarter of a 1000000 doses that's only enough to have fully vaccinated point one percent of the population or cases in the d. r. c. first peaked in june 2021 with more than 9000 in a day. but testing rates are low and the number of confirmed cases will be lower than the actual number of infections. they dropped bright down again by september and stayed low until last week, when there was a sudden jump of hundreds of new cases. health officials that described the rise as exponential and a key sign of the start of a 4th wave. alger there is malcolm web is following these developments from nairobi and explains why the congolese government is struggling to contain infections. firstly, there's a reason that affected all of africa, much of other continents as well, was just
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a lack of doses. which countries of course, almost all of the available. this is at the beginning of this year, and it was only when donations start to trickle into, into poor countries, that governments were even able to start those vaccination programs. but that's something that affected all of this continent. and of course, if there are enough doses for government to give out to many people, then they're not in a position to start running public. a public awareness campaign to coach people to come and get back to native health x. but say that congress situation is worse even than the other countries in this content, countries around it because of a reluctance, because it hasn't been expressed by the political leadership by president felix typically. and other health officials who themselves were very slow to publicly take the dose of the vaccine. one of the 1st donations that congo received the 3000000 doses of the aster, venica vaccine. and many of those ended up being sent to other countries because
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they weren't used before they were due to expire. so this is mobilized very slowly, although now the well bank says that congress ministry of health has started to organize a program to distribute vaccine to the problem, to the provinces, to rural areas. but this will happen very late, which is what explains why the vaccine rate is indeed very far behind other countries. it's and he's out live from london. so i had for you on the program to far i groups are sued over january's insurrection at u. s. capital, the hottest day the optics ever known. new dates are on the impact of climate change includes rain weather's only ever been snow. and a footballing giant is given a super sized tribute in his hometown. son will be here with that in the rest. the day spawns ah,
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the exile about a rational position he does fit on a chicken of sky or is told al jazeera she is devastated after a husband was sentenced to 18 years in prison. sir hate canoe ski was found guilty of organizing mass on rest and inciting, social hatred, charges he denies. he was, he was detained. a protest last may, as he prepared to run against alexander lucas shanker in the country's presidential election. his wife, who ran in his place, says she is still shocked to smite, preparing herself for the verdict. i was prepared for it. so i should talk sentence, but it doesn't affect. it was really stressful for me and to the whole day because i feel to the state, it doesn't mean that i'm going to cry the whole day long. i understand that only difficult and ready job united job. you'll make a future release possible. my husband, hundreds, thousands, offer
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a bill or since well, take a new ski has been handed to one of the longest jell terms in modern better. russian history is support to say the charges were fabricated and politically motivated and followed more than a year of mass protest against the president of cas shanker. many of the demonstrations ended with violent police crackdowns. last year's election has been globally condemned as fraudulent, but not a chicken of sky. i says how focus is now on the couples. children, my children do move him out to the sentence and i'm not going to tell them my, my younger daughter. she say his father, but i don't want to ruin his hopes because i honestly believe that to be able to meet no be there. did he and the nearest future. now haitian authorities the same, more than 50 people have been killed. after a petrol truck exploded, dozens of others were injured in the blast and the city of cap patient. several
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houses reportedly caught fire as a result of the explosion saw a truck overturned while being driven around midnight local time. governments declared 3 days of morning. this is the latest disaster to strike the country this year after the president was assassinated and an earthquake killed more than 2000 people. gand an opposition to bobby wine is accused police of assaulting his party members in placing him on the house arrest again. had of a campaign rally for a local election, says police and military officers of bod. him from leaving his home in my garry, north of the capital camp. allah. a pop, star turned politician, came 2nd in january election, which returned, present you are in was 70 to power for 6 time. vote was marked by a crack down on opposition figures. now the washington d. c. city government is suing too far, right groups involved in the storming of the u. s. capital. on january a 6th. it has filed
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a civil lawsuit against the organizations known as the proud boys and the oath keepers a want to recover the costs of the police deployment on the day medical and paid leave expenses, as well as damages for salt and emotional distress. so shebra tansy is following the story and joins us now from washington. at 1st we are expecting a vote about the former white house chief of staff over this riot. what's the latest on that sham debate is finally getting underway now with the democrats republicans, unless cheney actually who's the, one of the 2 republicans on the select committee, investigating january 6, we'll have a, a big starting role. it's expected we don't sure whether even more of the documents, the mark meadows, the transformer, cheapest, or will be revealed on the house. it should be quite interesting. we've already had some taste of what's in the documents he's passed over in the last couple of days. text messages to him personally during the riots on january 6 from notably donald
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trump's son donald trump junior fox news artists who are very close to trumps. like this has to stop from house to intervene. he has to do something and, and it was very late in the david old trump did release a video message calling on the protest is to go home the select committee still trying to understand what exactly was in terms mind when he didn't really do anything as as the protest is ransacking parts of the capital building, so that's, that's key, but their mother is, has, has given the select committee, thousands of documents, he's refusing to give some others. so several 100 others. i'm to appear in person for a deposition. and that's why john, re since commission is holding him in commencement in contempt. mark matters says it's a matter of executive privilege. he's an advisor to the president, and therefore, the president is. but you know, in order for people to give advice to a president, they have to be sure that comments to become public in the future on others. how can they be honest? the select committee says, wait a 2nd. you've already can. you've already helped us with all these messages,
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we're going to ask you about something you were given us, which are now in the public domain, and therefore you are covered by executive privilege. this is interesting case because you may remember steve barnum who was a key compet visor. he also went through a similar process where the committee committee sent this of a full house for debate. as, as what matters is very likely to pass that donald party lines. but in trump's, in balance case, the d j then said, all right, then we're going to charge. we're going to file the charges against against slightly more complicated matters. because bannon was a private citizen when january 6th. mcmanus was the chief of stops and may not be so straightforward once it eventually gets republic justice. but another key part of this investigation and what did happen on january thinks what, what, what, what was the reasoning behind behind the inaction of the white house in particular? and the d. c. attorney general as announced that his office is suing to the far right groups involved in the capital right now. what is the purpose of this lawsuit?
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it seems once again to be really going off of these groups financially, we saw the same law that is being invoked here in d. c. b infecting virginia, as, as regards to charlottesville, right wing protest on right. frankly, where they went off to the proud boys near the keepers and said, look, you know, you have to be financially responsible for the damage and the injury cause. so that's very similar to the argument we're getting this started actually it's a law that dates back to the 19th century when after the civil war went, when, when these laws we can use to help break the ku klux kind of lease normally. so it's really about, yeah, i haven't get off to these groups financially. these groups are also, many of you members who've in charge tables are facing federal criminal charges. but this is really a, i think, an attempt to try and try and neutralize some of these groups as they all seem to be making something to come back in some areas, certainly locally around the country. thank you very much. every time same washington. now in on developments for a governor of the us state of kentucky saying it could take
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a week to know exactly how many people are killed in friday's tornadoes. so far east $88.00 people are known to have died across 5 states, including $74.00 in kentucky. alone, more than 100 people are still on, accounted for workers, volunteers, and members of the national guard have been searching for survivors. and looking for bodies. hygiene, castro has more from mayfield kentucky. this is the candle factory here where 8 bodies were pulled out of the rubble, the company's spokesperson for mayfield consumer products has said, all remaining missing workers have been accounted for. and the governor of kentucky said that can, can they have, are dogs here have not indicated further findings. so he is cautiously optimistic that there are no more victims in this site, but there are allegations that the state of kentucky will be investigating, as in the case of any workplace, they tallies when this super cell of storm hit on late friday night here in
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kentucky. inside the now level the building were a $110.00 workers. now the way this an unfolded was there was initially a false alarm, another tornado warning earlier in the night. and many of the workers afterwards, voice concern and allegedly wanted to go home, but were told they say by their managers, that they could not, that they could be fired if they did. so this is an allegation that the owners of make your consumer products denies, but it is something again that will be investigated now talking to people who live here in a field. this is a very rural community. there aren't that many employment option and this place has been described as sort of a last resort type of jobs where people here, there are thousands of homes and businesses that have been leveled. yes, we find some rescuers, some, some cleaning crews in some communities, but others it's, it's still a ghost town because such is the great challenge i had here. there was still no
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electricity here in mayfield. there is no running water. and so there's also concern for those thousands of displaced families where they will go, especially at night here when the temperature drops below freezing and there is no heat. now, the community has certainly come together with donations and volunteers. president joe biden is also expected to be visiting here in person tomorrow to assess the damage it is of the same golf corporation council states have gathered in saudi arabia for that annual summit. iran nuclear talks, crown of iris pandemic, and the taliban takeover in afghanistan top the agenda in riyadh. final statement from the talks emphasized the need for unity to combat all threats. the group consists of saudi arabia, cat, r, bahrain, kuwait, amman, and the united arab emirates. this is the 1st meeting since the end of the blockade of cattle. in january, frances ambassador to the united nation says that talks to bring iran back to 2015
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nuclear deal. on nearing the end of the road, a pessimistic assessment came as the unsecure to counsel discussed the slow process of the talks which are ongoing in vienna. we are working tirelessly and in good faith will or pot nurse in vienna to deliver a deal to saver and restore the juice buey iran as walked back up thought compromises reached after many weeks of challenging negotiations. while at the same time presenting additional maxima, his demands, we are nearing the point where he runs escalation of its nuclear program. we left completely hollowed out the juicy buey. the d promoting door is firmly open for iran to a dealer. now, iran, as to choose between the cut ups of the g she buey and affair,
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and comprehensive deal for the benefit of the iranian people and nation. iran's continued nuclear escalation means that we are rapidly reaching the end of the road . curses limits following events for the united nations and just listening to the basset of the fist to be trying to strike a balance between suggesting that the bowl is in iran court. while at the same time, the saying that there is a commitment to restore the deal. absolutely . but i think the pressured ah, was directed ad or ron. this was a briefing in the security council. he spoke before a briefing in the security council during which the security council heard from the under secretary general for peace building and political affairs here at the united
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nations rosemary decarlo. she was calling on both sides to the deal as well to essentially get back to calling on the united states to return to the deal and calling on iran to return to compliance and stop enriching uranium beyond the limits set in that deal out the europeans, particularly those that are signatories to the j. c, p o, a are accusing a ron of back tracking on commitments that were made an attempt to revive the deal. they said that they are putting forward, quote maxima list demands and criticized iran for that's a signal in concern at the countries lack of urgency, despite claiming to want to get back to the table and back to the agreement in the united nations. also as express concern about ron's behavior, particularly the lack of access to nuclear facilities. that was something that to
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carla talked about as well and how that makes it a challenge to get a clear picture of actually what's happening there and to return a confidence to those involved in the deal. but i think the carlo and the united nations attempting to be a calming voice in these discussions, calling on both sides to come back and i'm sounding a bit more optimistic, frankly, than the europeans did. a speaking outside of the council chamber saying that the secretary general has been in contact with both the united states and iran. and both have indicated that they're serious about returning to the deal. what is the united states representative at say? we did hear from the us ambassador linda thomas greenfield as well. she reiterated jo biden's point that the united states is ready to return to compliance as so long as iran does the same. those were her words. she course,
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it was the united states under president trump in 2018 who backed out of the deal. and it was in 2018. and then in 2019 that iran began ignoring its responsibilities under the deal and violating its restrictions. so what iran can accelerate its nuclear program and slow walked diplomacy is what linda thomas greenfield had to say. it's one thing to say that you want to return to the deal, but you can't do that and keep stalling. you need to show some good faith. of course iran, i'm sure we'll have a different way of looking at things and they are expected to speak as well. so we will update you as soon as we hear from them. thank you very much. kristin salumi at united nations. you're watching al jazeera life from london much more still a had a post mortem on an nfl player who shot dead 6 people in april as found. he had
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a brain disease linked to concussion sustained on the field. santa will have that story in sports ah. a warm surge of air. hello everyone, that's for the united kingdom into the low countries, central portions of europe as well. we've got a bit more thicker cloud cover there. so that's putting a bit of a cap on those temperatures, but enjoy it while you can. here's the 3 day forecast for london. it's temperature as fall to below average. by the time we had toward the end of the week, want to take you where most of the action is right now. round the g and the eastern net, a lot of activity here, really soggy.

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