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a heavy price if it invades ukraine. along devon asked to export the, our cup a semi final. but in cats, out in algeria is heading of extra time. and earlier she knew the a book bass false in the final saturday, often late drama against egypt. ah, use president joe biden has visited kentucky where he saw 1st hand the devastation caused by tornadoes that killed at least 88 people across 6 states. i hadn't walked through piles of debris and homes without roofs and windows in the city of mayfield, where he talked to locals. he said he'd never seen this much damage for from a tornado. and told local officials not to hesitate to ask for anything. when the 100 people are still missing and tens of thousands are without power, i speak to john henry, who's outside the amazon warehouse was damaged in edward's vill,

illinois. shortly. first, that's bringing hydro castro, she's in mayfield, kentucky. and heidi, president biden, seeing some of that tornado damage 1st hand. how's? he responded so far? that's right. he was here in a field tech touring 1st by air then by foot, and now he's in another town that was also devastated by this. tornado dawson springs and the story is repeating in communities across this region. lauren because the storm that struck on friday with historic and how many tornadoes it, it started more than 30 and in the wide was that they covered one tornado traveling more than 300 kilometers. and the scenes that these radios left behind are just pure and utter devastation. thousands of home just flattened, the work to count exactly how many buildings are damaged by this. the government, there's so many to get through the, they don't even have

a total number. they're fearful that as far as the death, whole, 74 alone here in the state of kentucky. they are fear. fearful that that has that, that death total raise or rise well over $100.00 more. and what's happening to the people who have been infected by this, i mean how they coping right. many have said that they are just lucky to have survived. so they're counting themselves as blast in that sense. many are staying with friends or family. the government, including fema, has also offered to pay for a hotel room, temporary residence, campgrounds, even in, in this area. it's a very rural area of western kentucky. have opened their doors to families seeking shelter, but the reality is because of how many buildings were leveled, entire towns wiped away. essentially, the recovery here is going to take years, the community stepping up to help each other. many, many volunteers,

the workers going at it with heavy machinery and also families shifting through the debris of their homes. and they vow that they will get through this together and they do vow to rebuild ideas. you can thank you very much. a speed not change on hendern in edward's phil illinois and as a federal investigation now and to conditions at the emerson plant. where you are. tell us about that as well as the u. s. occupational health and safety and health association or administration. rather, it says it wants to investigate what's going on here. it's already started that investigation and the investigation could take about 6 months. and at the crux of it is whether amazon could have done anything to avoid this 6 deaths that occurred when a tornado barreled through the front of that amazon warehouse center. what we know is that about 20 minutes before the tornadoes struck, managers were getting warnings that that might happen. that happened at about 8

o 6 pm on friday night. so they corralled most of their workers in a pre designated tornado shelter within the building. a hardened spot, hardened by cement, deep inside that building you see behind me there. but the people who were killed were not in that spot. so the question is, why weren't they there? we know from the sister of one of them that he had gone out to warn some of the people who were outside in trucks that they needed to get into shelter. so then investigation is going to prob whether there was anything that amazon might have done. and there have been some complaints from people inside that they might have wanted to leave and that they were told they had to stay until no work is trained. and what to do, how they responded, but there was clearly some confusion here. and there was an exchange posted by the sister of one of the victims clayton code, in which there was an exchange between

a driver and her boss. and she kept asking to go back to the warehouse, he told her to shelter in place in her truck. she said, that is turns this van into my task it. and so obviously people did not know what to do. the fact that not all of the people that gathered that pre designated tornado shelter suggests that some people there didn't know what to do. that people wanted the whole plant to shut down perhaps. but some people have complained about that. they, they really wanted to shut down the plant when they were told by their bosses just to stand by in shelter in place. so there was a little lack of clarity here. apparently there are tornado drills. they were sirens going off all around the area. but a lot of confusion that just what people were supposed to do, but out of all of the people that were in that building, 45 of them were in the shelter and they were marched out safely. turn 100,

thanks very much. let's take you straight live now to listening to president biting . who's in. net can, can talk down the street. and de nan all is he has cousins who are all together and one cousin. i don't know where she is. there she is. come on up here, honey. to kill you, sammy coming in. she is about to graduate from u. k. on friday on friday. and i, and i just want you to meet him argue, i'm sorry to keep you all waiting, but i got a chance to hang out with the whole extended family down there. now i want you to meet a soon to be graduate, who wants to go on to graduate school? come on up here with avi is here and we're going to of figure something special for her graduation day. but it may imagine that this friday, she graduates from u. k. i kid and say the best thing that ever came out of kentucky was my sister in

law. and yeah, she is a, she's all blue. she went to u. k. there's you up to duke law school and she married my brother. we're all thankful to everybody for her. my brother and any right, so you got to remember me when you're president right here. ok. thank guys. watch in meet the folks i was just hanging with. thank you, honey. thank you, andy. thank you. gov then reduction i your forbearance is a is commendable. i. this has to be an emotional moment for you, the family for the congressman to raleigh. congressman, thanks for the passport in your district. appreciate it. and the i want also thank everyone here that took the time to be here and you know, one of the things back in the 1900s dawson springs was

a place where people came to be healed because of the mineral waters. literally was a place he came to heal. now it's our turn to help the entire town to heal in i grant to request for the 1st emergency declaration and major disaster declaration the moment i received it. because i got to know governor's father and i knew nothing would come a one real. i mean it for real. and you know, yesterday i also approved an emergency declaration for the state of illinois and tennessee. and i intend to do whatever it takes, as long as it takes, as long as it takes to support your state, your local leaders and friends, you recover and rebuild because you will recover and you will rebuild. you know, of the scope and scale this destruction is almost beyond belief. when you look around here, it's just almost beyond belief. these tornadoes devoured everyday and, or pat. and you know, as i flew over here and a helicopter, you can look down,

you see a house 20 yards away from my house as devastated no houses in good shape. i mean, it says, tornadoes are such devastating storms back arrived from. we're used her hurricanes and floods and high water. but these tornadoes are just something totally different . and they're not. you devoured a divide. everything in the pat, your homes, your businesses, your houses of worship, dreams their lives. and you know, the governor confirmed, or i think he said 74 fatality so far. gov, in kentucky and making these among the deadliest tornadoes ever strike this state. almost 14 people are confirmed dead in other states with dozens of people still still fearful of where the, where they are. i met one, i want, i don't have permission username, but i met one couple on the web said they're still looking for for their friends. they don't know where they are and those are the last, some of those,

no words with the pain of losing someone. or a lot of us know it. a lot of us understand it, especially around the holidays and everything supposed to be happy and joyful was a long time ago. i got a phone call around the holidays and found out that a my i was in washington as a young sen not sworn. and yet about to be a hiring staff and i got a call saying from a 1st responder, that had been an accident tractor trailer brought my wife, the christmas tree on top of my 3 kids inside my wife and daughter dead. but my mother, god, lover, used always say out a very terrible something good will happen. something had good has to happen out of this. it just can't be all bad. we've got to make it better. and so folks, those of last someone know, know how tough it is and you know how tough it is. you know and may field just hours before the storm we just came from may feel the gibson pharmacy had been full

of families with children waiting to meet santa now it's completely gone. in so many businesses, a vital of the community have been so damages towards your town as well. there's a sane in small towns. people know about it when you're born and they care about it . when you die. they know about it when you're bored and they care about it when you die. well, so many places destruction was met with compassion, neighbors, and 1st responders ration to help and save each other's lives and support. i mean, i asked, i'm not joking. i ask when i got to may feel what the 1st thing my 1st my 1st responders fema and the and we're what they heard. they said they were amazed. all they heard about people just going out, helping one another. everybody. everybody just stepping up. it's incredible. incredible while you all step up. and so folks, you know,

the fact is i'm going to make sure the federal government steps up and make sure we do every single thing for years and years. a us senator and then as vice president, we come from delaware, a lot of serious storms, hurricanes and oceans rising as a whole range of things. but you know what? it always took a long time. there's no reason why i should take anytime we have the wherewithal to get it done, and we're going to get every single thing you need. and i'm going to make sure the federal government does what's needed at the state request for famous search and rescue teams are working here in kentucky right now. for those of the power fema is already proprietors. 61 generators. your army corps of engineers has a temporary power install teams to ready to assist if needed. and we provide critical supplies as for a lot more to come. 144000 leaders will drink water, 24000 meals. you know, i just set 74000 and look thousands of cots and blankets or

77 shelters open in kentucky, which are now taking care of 300 occupants. put a lot more is going to occur. of course housing president by speaking to touring kentucky the, the site of the tornado that killed at least 88 people across 6 states. that he described it as a scope and scale of instruction as almost beyond belief. and he said he would do everything it takes to support kentucky and the other states they've been hit in their recovery and out on the some of the help that's already been sent in president biden. the in kentucky take a deep breath. coming up on the algebra news, our high rise rescue. hundreds of people saved when 5 breaks out in a home called office tower. everything old is new again in the netherlands, despite scandals for confidence and new elections. same coalition government is confirmed, and one of our gina is all time great fullest and after his retirement because of

a heart condition. well, hear from you again in fort ah, u. k, as reported its highest number of daily cove infections since the start of the pandemic . while the 78000 cases were confirmed on wednesday. for mr. bowers, johnson assist the countries booster roller will be enough to fight the new or transmissible omicron variant. but health officials are wound, in cases and hospitalizations, will reach new hires in the coming weeks. the doubling rate of our micron in some regions is now down to less than 2 days. and i'm afraid i, we're also seeing the inevitable increase in hospitalizations up by 10 percent nationally. we call week and up by almost a 3rd in london. but we are also seeing signs of hope. but since we launched our emergency omicron appeal on sunday night,

a great national fight back has begun. and people have responded with an amazing spirit of duty and obligation to others. and i will say that each and every one of you who rows up your sleeve to get jabbed is helping this national effort. this is a really serious threat at the moment, the how big a threat. there are several things we don't know. but all things that we do know are bad, and the principal one being the speed of which this is moving, it is moving and absolutely phenomenal pace. and therefore, between the time that it 1st starts to really take off in a way people will be able to see. and the point or when are we get to very, very, very large numbers will be quite a short on are you looking commission president or slough and alliances? scientists expect on the chron to be the dominant strain in year by the middle of january. france is already seeing a spike in cases recording at more than 65000 infections in the past 24 hours as

the highest number of daily cases in 13 months. on the line is one that the block is still battling a high number of delta infections. manzona finished. i guess what i can do is, is in baton. one should not forget, or it's always important to consider that this high increase in new infections is almost exclusively due to the delta variant. but that's what worries me is that we are now seeing on the crown on the horizon on, which is apparently even more contagious. if you look at the doubling of the number of new infections, that's just 2 or 3 days that's rapid. and science tells us that by mid january, we can expect damacom to be the new dominant variant in europe. south africa is also reported to record number of new date code infections. almost 27000 new cases were detected in the past 24 hours. out the officials say the 4th wave is being driven by the macro and variant south africa alerted the world. the new strain in november on a crone has since been found in 77 countries. the scientist is still working to

determine its severity when extensive real life study of the on the tron variance in south africa has revealed. the 2 doses of 5 vaccine provide 70 percent protection against hospitalization and infection is also paid to be less severe. overall on the chrome patients, a 29 percent less likely to be hospitalized compared to all the variance and vaccination people make up just 16 percent of i see you admissions. however, the new variant is far more transmissible. i don't peer reviewed study conducted in hong kong is revealed on the chrome replicates 70 times faster than the previous delta variant. but it replicates less efficiently in long tissue, which on to say could be an indicator of lower disease, transmits civility t go to sun, isn't if at all, just as senior doctorate, queen mary, invest even under insurances, live from cambridge by skype. so it's the early stages still, i suppose, in establishing the details on, on, on, on the chrome, but certainly on,

on how to foster transmit. so seems to be a certain amount of evidence so that it is a lot faster. absolutely, it does no doubt that it's spreading very, very quickly. actually in the you can denmark, its been doubling in less than 2 days in how tang rare, you know, this apathetic we things started and it was reading about doubling time of 3 days. so it's more rapid than any previous wave that we've seen, which means that there will be a very, very large number of cases by very soon. and that of course means high impact in terms of pressure on hospitals and high impact in terms of severe disease. i mean the, in the, in the u. k. at the moment the emphasis is mainly on vaccinations. what will that be enough to and will that happen fast enough to think toward large numbers of deaths? and they almost certainly not because i mean if you just look at our, you know, the proportion boost at if it's still a minority compared to the entire population. and that means that although they are more wonderful groups,

somebody was boosted to day for example. but only have him back to the booster and about 10 to 14 days and that's about 5 to 7 doubling time. so by that time case, numbers will be extremely high, even for people being boosted today. of course, many people don't have access to both so so january, so we can deal with an exponential rise as rapid as this week, but boosters alone and i think that's a huge mistake the government is making while there is uncertainty about the impact, there is no uncertainty around the fact that the energies would almost certainly be overwhelmed, is just a question of how much do you, i mean, you asked the reluctance is always true to go back to lockdown because people know that they're damaging as well in the, in their own way. do you think that the europe and perhaps the u. k. need in the longer term to look at how they manage the health systems so that they have more capacity in there. so there are that are into, across is every time there's a, a winter, you know, when to a spike and infections. and especially with, with in the, in the case of cove it i don't think just my health about being certainly hel,

capacity needs to be improved. gemini, yuki has some of the worst hel, capacity in western europe. but i think a, you don't need long dance if you have reasonably good public health measures throughout. i mean, we need to remember the u. k is entering the omicron crisis of $50000.00 cases per day and almost no capacity analysis. tim. that was not inevitable. it was preventable, had retaken basic measures like mass mandates, put ventilation in schools, and had to sort of better systems for mitigation schools and, and backs nature children. so the fact that you know, we book, i think ultimately need to go to lockdown will again be because of delayed basic measures which are not very restrictive, but could have preempted this had react to dolly. so the problem is actually late action and had not done should never be the primary measure of controlling the pandemic. unfortunately, at this point in time, the crisis is so severe that i think it will be needed. but it amused faces crosses are so severe, but there are times we don't know yet, do we, how the vaccines will react to a micron?

yeah, well, i mean, do, says will certainly help. but the fact that it's doubling every 2 days means that, you know, we're heading to hundreds of thousands or even a 1000000 cases a day. and when you have those levels, irrespective of severity of the varying until what impact vaccines have in the proportional to population that has been vaccinated. like population level, the bactrim health services will be massive. div dakota study. thank you very much indeed for talking to thank you. but ethan eastern germany have carried out several raids after death threats were made against a state leader for backing current. auroras' measures. 6 properties in dresden and a nearby town were searched on wednesday and to vaccination activists. a suspected of plotting violence with crossbows and other weapons. german estate of saxony has been free as seen, frequent protest against ruin of ours policies, and has germany's lowest vaccination right. has been

a breakthrough at the iran nuclear talks in vienna. iran's foreign minister says you and cameras will be allowed to film at a sensitive site. the issue had been a sticking point during discussions to revive a landmark nuclear deal signed in 2015 and also to buy reports from vienna. this is the 7th round of negotiations between iran and signatories of the 2015 nuclear deal, as well as the united states. and one of the main sticking points for the europeans had been iran's compliance with the international atomic energy agency until now was off last night. we reached a good agreement with the i a e a that could address some of the alleged concerns about iran's peaceful nuclear program and lead to continued mutual cooperation with the i a, a to series of texts are being discussed in vienna. the 1st is the result of 6 rounds of talks. at the same time, other parties have agreed to have iran's newly proposed texts on the table. so as to achieve single, concise text from discussions and combination of all of these. iran says the i e a

will now be able to allowed to have cameras at one of its sensitive sites. the director general of the un nuclear watchdog has had some serious concerns about the lack of access to what was taking place at a workshop just outside to her on over where centrifuges are being made use of. but in june, 1 of the cameras was attacked and damaged iranian officials accused israel of sabotage. then, iranian officials took all 4 i. e cameras, offline, and refused to allow inspectors to replace them. now, with this technical agreement with the i, e a, there is hope that the talks here in vienna will get the push. they need to move forward in a practical sense, it means that the i e, again, will be able to monitor the production of centrifuge components. this is what the garage facility does. and the reason for doing this is for the i a e, a have a better handle on whether any centrifuge component might be taken away from the

garage to be assembled into centrifuges at some secret sight. there remained signatories of the nuclear deal have been meeting since april to try and get the us and iraq to return to the agreement, which was aimed at limiting iran's nuclear program. in exchange for economic benefits and sanctions relief. while the u. s. is not directly talking to raining officials here in vienna, there seems to be renewed optimism about the 7th round of talks. and now that the main issue between iran and the i e seems to be a result. it will be up to the americans. for 4th, what they're willing to do to convince ron to return to for compliance. dorsey, of ari al jazeera vienna. well, a dozen people were taken to hospital in hong kong after a fire inside the cities, well trade center. but 300 people were trapped on the roof when the fire broke out in a machine room and moved to scaffolding, surrounding the building red planet has moved from hong kong. a p cow,

a panic in one of hong kong, busiest districts, dozens becoming trapped in a well known shopping center after a fire broke out during lunch time rush. wow. there was thick smoke billowing out of the world trade center in causeway bay. fi fight is trying to reach dozens of people stuck on a podium and the roof of the 38th story. skyscraper, hundreds of others becoming trapped inside, while fumes filled a dining area. eventually, all 770 were rescued. all firemen discovered a heavy smoke lock. the fire scene was heavily blocked the time of arrival. so through a fireman of we refunded the of it is one though to reason may need to the distress through the occupants inside the building authorities say the fire started in the meter room on

a lower level of the building. an investigation is underway into exactly what caused the fire. the manual alarm and sprinkler systems had been disabled on the 1st 5 floors because of renovation works. the fire department said it was only alerted to this after the fire had broken out. this all happened at a popular shopping area in the run up to the holidays. some of those who were trapped would have been out with their colleagues for christmas lunch. it's caused plenty of chaos in distress. and there will be many people demanding answers. rick clinic al jazeera hong kong, searching under there, alive from london, still ahead. vladimir putin and she's pink, old virtual talks as western nations pressure. moscow. troops build up on ukraine's border thing in the tail from climate change. how global warming is hurting africa's bees, and it's farmers. and in the n b, a steph curry into the record books over details. ah

hey there, here's her headlines for europe in africa, thursday, december 16th, we're going to see high pressure build toward the northwest. it's going to deflect systems around. so as the situation on thursday, watch what happens on friday. there's a disturbance pulling into iceland, but wall to wall sunshine here. but if we turn flows, we got wind coming off the north sea that's going to drag temperatures down london, just a high of 7 degrees that's below average for this have the year. let's go to where the action is. the eastern med over turkey locked into gloomy conditions here. it's what and windy and it's stumble. and for some that rain will turn to snow. so we're looking at all correct. nothing major actually just mostly flurries or temperatures are below average here for the bulk in some cloud cover draped over this area. if we look around the black sea eastern portion, some showers and snow over the higher ground by far the best weather on the

continent, iberia seville, 21 degrees. we've seen a bit more cloud cover, roll in lisbon, 15 and porto a high of 17 degrees. when this weather report in africa right now, few showers, trying to sneak into northern parts of libya and egypt. but things will stay dry in cairo with a high of 900 degrees, which is also a bit below average for this from the your mix of funding cloud on thursday. that's it. we'll see you soon. ah, gotta one of the fastest growing nations in the world. one a needed to oakland and development school into national shipping companies to become a p middle east and trade and wanting skillfully my 3 key areas of develop who filling up from it. so connecting the world, connecting the future,

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