can comedy heel ethnic divisions and national tensions exist in bosnia to day. once upon a time in sarajevo on al jazeera ah . ready every single thought frederick drummers can i take care of you as president joe biden promised his help to communities devastated by tornadoes as he visited kentucky. ah, player watching al jazeera live for my headquarters in doha. i'm fully rateable also ahead. the u. k. report is the highest number of covered 19 cases since the start of the pandemic. and warranty, or me, con variant, will lead to an even bigger surgeon infections. a breakthrough in the vienna talks

un cameras will be allowed to film at one of the rons sensitive nuclear sites. political parties in the netherlands agree on a coalition government after months of negotiations. ah, thank you very much for joining as the u. s. president says, the federal government will cover the 1st month of clean up costs caused by severe tornadoes. joe biden is in kentucky way seeing 1st hand the devastation caused by storms that kill at least 88 people. across 6 states. biden walked through piles of debris in the city of mayfield way, spoke to locals, more than a 100 people are still missing and tens of thousands are without power. i've been involved in responding to a lot of disasters and you can see people's faces,

what they're really looking for. and look around, i say, to the press, what they're looking for is just put their head down on the pillow. be able to close their eyes, take a deep breath, go to sleep and make sure the kids are okay. that's what people looking for right now. a lot of hard work is going to happen the next 2 and 3 months to bring it all the way back. the government is going to cover 100 percent of the costs. 100 percent of the costs are the 1st 30 days for all the emergency work from clearing and everything for every single cause. the federal gun was going to take care of last spring in algiers, heidi show castros in mayfield kentucky. heidi, the president, speaking after touring towns devastated by the tornadoes. tell us more about the government assistance is promising. and how people are reacting yeah, fully. so major disaster declarations have been granted here in kentucky and the people here while they were excited to see that the president have to visit. but

there are also some who are doubtful about just how quickly this desperately needed help will trickle down to them. we heard the president promising that the federal government would pay for any recovery need in the next few days, but in fact, i just spoke with a gentleman who lost his house. he was very happy to have survived with his family . however, he lost all of his belongings, he lost its home, and he said that he doesn't qualify for government assistance because he already has private insurance, which he is thankful for. but still, he says there are still a net needs here. but we are seeing the community itself step up and help neighbors to meet some of those needs. volunteers coming from all foreigners donating presence for children who have now lost all of the hopes for a normal and cheerful christmas. and of course, people helping each other. dig through the debris and try to salvage what they can after fridays, devastating storms. and what precisely are the needs right now, heidi, what are the challenges that people are facing and how are they coping right

now? having power in may field has been very challenging. the storm completely decimated the power grid here and just throughout the day i saw cruise putting in new power poles and try to string up lights, but it still is likely going to be 3 weeks before any of the lights come on here in mayfield, there is no running water either and these thousands of families who are out of their homes. where are they staying? well, some have been lucky enough to be with family or friends who taken them in. others are having to camp in camp sites, which the state has opened up for them. so the need here is great. everyone has been thankful for the donations i've been pouring in, but they're also very worried about how can they rebuild from such a catastrophe that leveled not just their own home, but those of their neighbors, their entire community. so they do vow that together. they will be able to rebuild

. thank you for that heidi's jocasta reporting their life from mayfield in kentucky . in the current of our span demik now in the u. k. has reported its highest number of daily covered 900 infection since this thought of the panoramic. more than 78000 cases were confirmed on wednesday from any 6 boys, johnson in 5th countries, booster vaccine rollout will be enough to fight the new more transmissible on the con, very end. but health officials, or warning cases and hospitalizations, will reach new highs in the coming weeks. the doubling rate of on the chromosome 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 the things that we do know a bad, and the principal one being the speed of which this is moving, it is moving in an 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 at the very, very, very large numbers will be quite a short on al jazeera xandra. simmons is in london with the latest as the numbers and sections from the on the chrome virus sky rocket. the reputation of boris

johnson is diving. a 100. m. p. 's rebelled against his party in the house of commons on tuesday nights. voting against new rules which will be in cove. it passes a used night clubs, a larger venues. the motion passed through eventually, but not without damage to the prime minister and a prime minister's questions on wednesday. this is what the labor leader had to say . the british public, looking for a prime minister with the cross, a meal 40 to lead britain through the prices instead with bird, with the worst possible prime minister of the worst possible thought. johnson tried to defend himself and didn't knowledge with some members whose party fell with civil liberties were at stake with the new regulations. right. the way across europe, new measures are being taken to try to stem the level of increases in the on the chrome variant. but here in the u. k, there's a question mark over the prime minister's authority to try to get any further moves

made to try and protect the public. and that's something that has a lot of concern about or scientific spect omicron to be the dominant strain in europe by the middle of january. that european commission president aust lavonne delay and has warned. the block is still battling a high number of delta cases mentality mitigation. what i got misty is, as in my inbox, it seemed that 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. what i'm, what worries me is that we are now seeing on the crown on the horizon on, which is apparently even more contagious. i'm to him. 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 parent in europe. in other world news, there's been a breakthrough at the ran nuclear talks in vienna. iran's foreign minister says un

cameras will be allowed to film at a sensitive site. the issue had been a sticking point during discussions to revive the landmark nuclear deal. find in 2015 dawson jabari 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, as of last night, we reached a good agreement with the i e a that could address some of the alleged concerns about around peaceful nuclear program. and lead to continued mutual cooperation with the i. a 2 series of texts are being discussed in vienna. the 1st is the result of 6 rounds of talks of 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 you and 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 her, where centrifuges are being made. 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, a camera offline, and refuse to allow inspectors to replace them. now with this technical agreements with the i, yea, 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, again, we'll 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, if you have

a better handle on whether any centrifuge component might be taken away from garage jibley, assembled and you centrifuges that some secret site. the remaining signatories of the nuclear deal have been meeting since april to try and get the u. s. and iran 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 your reigning 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 resolved. it will be up to the americans to put forth what they're willing to do. to convince ron to return to for compliance door search avari al jazeera, vienna. phil i had on al jazeera bangladesh, mox 50 years of independence from pakistan. we look at the progress it's made and some of the challenges it's still facing. and algeria knox, san jose katia in the 17 minutes, injury time to reach

a fee for our final ah hello there. here's her headlines for the americas, and i got to tell you it is not good news. so right off the bat, we've got some storms cool air coming off the rockies, meeting up with warm golf, with mexico air through the upper midwest rate, down to the deep south, severe thunderstorms, the potential for tornadic outbreak in the upper midwest. whole press play. see where these storms go. moving further toward the east throughout the day on thursday, some states like minnesota could see the tornado in december for the 1st time. it's something we're watching carefully to the east. we see that activity through the great lakes region, but it's surge of warm air here. so toronto at 14 same goes new york. do you see your temperature is way out of whack here? well above average to the deep south, once again seen some of those storms,

arkansas, kentucky rate through, into tennessee, which of course we do not need. people are still picking up the pieces here. we see that rain through still moving across california, snow through the sierra nevada, you know, for b, c's or mainland ducking and dodging this. but look at that cold air and now berta. admin to minus 20 while below average central america. we've got our rain in the usual spot here and i'll take you to south america. we're a very stormy pitcher as we head toward rio de janeiro on thursday with the hive 28 degrees. that's a season ah, ah, inculcate a culture of knowledge, openness and pluralism, world wide, and to reward merits and excellence and encourage creativity. the shake ahmad award for translation and international understanding was found to promote translation

and honor translators, and acknowledged the road and strengthening the bonds of friendship and co operation between arab islamic and wild coaches. lou ah ah, logan. you watching al jazeera alive from doha, recap about top stories, d u. s. president says the federal government will cover the 1st month of clean up costs caused by severe tornadoes. joe biden is in kentucky where his during the devastation caused by storms that kill at least 80 people across 60 iran. foreign minister says un cameras will be allowed to feel very sensitive nuclear site. the

issue had been a sticking point during negotiations in vienna to revive the 2015 landmark nuclear agreement. and the u. k. has reported its highest number of daily covey 19 infections since the start of a pandemic. more than $70000.00 cases were confirmed on wednesday, and scientists in europe say army kron will be the dominant variant in the you by the middle of january. while deep t go to sunny is an f e. m. ology sen, senior lecturer at queen mary university of london. she says, focusing on vaccination alone will not be enough to limit the spread of omicron. there's no doubt that it's spreading very, very quickly. actually in the you can dead markets when doubling in less than 2 days in how time, where, you know, at the diag we think started, it was reading it about doubling time 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 soon. and that of course mean high impact in terms of

pressure on how that old and high impact. and we had to do and if you just look at, you know, the proportion boosted it's still a minority compared to the entire population. and that means that although they are more wonderful group, somebody was boosted today. for example. we only have impact of the booster and about $10.00 to $14.00 days, and that's about $5.00 to $7.00 doubling time. so by that time case, numbers will be extremely high. even for people who booted today, of course, many people don't have acceptable. so the geography. so because i deal with an exponential rise as rapid booster law, and i think that's a huge mistake the government making while there is uncertainty. in fact, there is no uncertainty around the fact that the editor will almost certainly be overwhelmed. it's just a question of how much. so the fact that you know, we will, i think, ultimately need to go to lockdown,

will again be because it delayed basic measures which are not ray but could have preempted this had reacted. the problem is actually action and had lockdown should never be the prying movie measure of controlling the pandemic. unfortunately, at this point in time, the crisis is sorts severe that i think it will be needed. ukraine's president is urging the european union to impose new sanctions on russia to help east 5 intentions between the 2 countries. brody me as the landscape was speaking in brussels at the us eastern partnership, summit, france and germany of the main brokers for peace between ukraine and russia. there currently a 100000 russian troops on the border with ukraine, smoking fears of a possible invasion. attach a button that has more from paris. well, according to the lease, say the french present, a manual micro met with ukranian, president vote amazed lensky on the sidelines of summit in brussels. the 2 leaders discussed the situation in ukraine and their concern over russia's military build

up on the border. we know that us intelligence officials have warned that the criminal could be looking to attack ukraine. micro also brief lensky about a phone call that he had had on tuesday with the russian lead vladimir putin, while the 2 leaders within joined by the new german charles the old leff shoals. the 3 then committed to trying to find a durable and peaceful solution for the crisis. they all said that they were committed, of course, to safeguarding ukraine's territorial sovereignty. and they will say that they wanted to try and work to revive peace talks between russia and ukraine. along the lines of the normandy format, in which france and germany would act as mediators. a coalition has been announced in the netherlands after the longest negotiations in the country's history, $273.00 days of a new government has been formed with the same parties,

despite the previous administration being blamed for a childcare benefit, scandal said last and reports from the hague, dutch photos have to wait 9 months to see the same faces from the same parties, announcing a new government, acting prime minister, margaret of de santa right favored a party, promised a new start with the democrats, christian democrats, and a small christian party. no longer the exact same coalition was forced to step down earlier this year. after almost $50000.00 parents were wrongly accused by tax authorities of child care benefit fraud and investigation. found that some were victims of racial profiling natasha dpi, was forced to pay back nearly $120000.00 and lost her job, her house, and suffered from strokes. horn on mentally ex, not need. i think it's in, you mean, i don't understand how this is possible. they have done this to us and not only to us, but to so many people. how is it possible that the same people who did this can still

be there? so it's not that how long it in their coalition agreement to parties acknowledge the 1st thing they need to do is to restore trust. a recent survey showed at only 16 percent of dutch people still have confidence in the government strategy to tackle the gulf has been demick, riots broke out and several cities in response to restrictions. why didn't you decide if we want a new government with a new face? this is not my, i should not run. i should not. of course i'm, i'm always responsible for everything which is not going well and is absolutely your crenshaw with the child benefit scandal. of course it happens on my watch. it was not my personal doing, but absolutely true. i was prime minister when that happens for many, so don't understand you're, you're here again, you're the new prime minister. yes. but we step down as a government in january, we 40 elections in march of my party, one after 9 month and at times painful negotiations. the new government looks very much like the old one. and although the 50 page agreement promises ambitious plans

and a new approach, many wonder if it will be enough to restore confidence in politics. the new government has allocated billions for far reaching climate policies to build new houses and improve the education system. i would say we have a leader as ship problem in the netherlands. or, for instance, our prime minister positions himself explicitly as her political manager, an he declined to show any moral leadership on important issues. say what the rule of law is, what the significance of loneliness is in the cove it's pandemic. and so it's only managing present problems, but no vision, but the router will most likely lead his forth cabinet is optimistic, the new government that took so long to build will bring change. although some worry, it might not live long enough to fulfill its promises. steadfast an elgin 0. the hake police in hong kong have confirmed hundreds,

have been rescued from the cities, world trade center following a fire in its 1st floor. at least 13 people were taken to hospital. brit kennet has more a peak, our 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. oh, there was thick smoke billowing out of the world trade center in causeway bay by fighters 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. oh, firemen discovered a heavily smoke lock. the fire scene was heavily blocked. the time of arrival. so to a fireman of we refunded to us is this one though to reason may

need to the distress to the occupants inside the building authorities say the fire started in the me to 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 and distress, and there will be many people demanding answers. rick clinic al jazeera hong kong, former south african president, jacob zoom as lawyers are appealing a ruling setting aside his medical parole, and ordering him back in jail. the 79 year old is supposed to be serving a 15 month sentence for contempt of ot after defying a constitutional court order to give evidence that a corruption inquiry. yeah,

legation state back to his time in office. now bangladesh is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its victory over pakistan on thursday. it's fight for independence was one after 9 months of war, a government estimates around 3000000 people were killed in the conflict. 50 years later, the country now wants to tell the world about its progress and development. tanveer chantry reports from the capital back. oh me too. so this landmark speech in march 1971 by shack. maggio berman popularly known as bung bondo, inspired the bengali people. and what was then, is pakistan to rise up and prepare for a war of independence without any v, a t o. since we have given blood will do more of it. putting sharla will free the peoplesoft, his land on the struggle. this time is for emancipation. the struggle this time is for independence. saw denise ah,

when bung with us became an independent country. 9 months later, bongo bundle became its foss precedent and later prime minister. or you boley now in his late seventies and a farmer, freedom fighter visits the bangladesh liberation war museum with his family. he does not want the next generation to forget the sacrifices that were made. one little dinner under my life. we loved bung upon though i'm he is the one who inspired us to go to war and fight for independence with our life down so that we can live in a free country like we have achieved many things and are happy about it. but the alarm, another former fighter, survived several bullet wounds 50 years ago, but says his disappointed bangladesh is still not fully self reliant. love what a little bit bigger than the rest of the look. we went to war to liberate ourselves from domination and become independent since then, the nation has developed a lot and has changed a great deal. but so much more needs to be done with that. we are truly

a self reliant country. during the 9 months conflict in 1971, nearly 10000000 bengalis took refuge in india. suffer a lie, young physician left the u. k to join the liberation war and set up a fil hospital in india who fought for democracy or equality. alley. we have a cheaper huntington's hulu, who live longer. we don't suffer from honda, but we have no democracy. we have no war. we had so 2 cities and diesel autocracy. we dealt with them or police, he will to freedom of his speech without the equality. he fancies, bending, las once termed a bottomless basket case by former us secretary of state, henry kissinger. bangladesh now has one of the fastest growing economies in the

world, and is scheduled to officially become a developing country in 2026. by le le let a much over the past 50 years, but the nation is still very polarized between 2 main rival political parties. for many desperation, for democracy, free and fair elections still remains a major challenge. bangladesh has defied many expectations since it's barb 50 years ago. but is facing more obstacles on the political front. it's over population and the effects of climate change. turnville chaudhry al jazeera, darker the u. a secretary of state has cut short the 2nd leg of his southeast asia . tor after i journalist accompanying him on the trip, tested positive for cove at 19. antony blinking has been trying to firm up ties in the region to county. china's influence is criticized beijing voice aggressive policies in the region. look at additional ah

now cut off his cup. holes have been knocked out after losing 2 algeria to one a gold semi final match to extra time with a late july headed home who headed that home the legendary 97 minutes of stoppage science. but it wasn't enough. i was curious to know victory with a penalty shortly after face tenicia in the final on saturday. i was just, there is only richardson has more on the nail biting, semi final. i don't mind if you are kept semi final between algeria and could produce the a very confusing phenomenon has to be said. algeria looked to be cruising into the the cup final. they were winning one know, 90 minutes, the polish referee decided they would be 9 minutes if it's on the spot, the not being very many delays during the game. in the 7 minutes of that injury, time mohammed one sorry look to it, become something of a national hero. if

a castle scoring a late late equalizer was spilt on even us about for an even late to go from algeria, they school in the 17th minutes about a time the referee kept on adding more and more time. the end result was that algeria one to one and they will goes through to the final where they will play unique earlier in the day to need to be aged for the very late goal of their own. in fact, it was an own go in the 5th minute stuff, which is time in there. again, the castle left with the not entirely satisfactory outcome of playing in the 3rd place, playoff against egypt on saturday. they've reached 3 consecutive semi final capital in solomon since winning the asian company got to the semi find in the gulf cup lights from that year in 20. 19, early this year, they go to the last 4 in the gold cup in a competition that entered as a guest in north central america, also reaching the semi finals in itself, something of an achievement. but cats are really would have fancy that chances of

winning this tournament. they've got their full strength team available. unlike countries like algeria whose european bass players are not available and the have been some concerns amongst those who follow cast off a will closely that since winning the asian cup. phil sanchez, the coach house states somewhat too loyal to the school of players and hasn't changed things up now. he said a defeat like this will not derail the plans. he's had in place the last 3 or 4 years, but plenty to think about him and his team as they build up to playing in that 1st well cut next year and trying to achieve i stay today of getting out of the group station into the knockout rounds ah her again, i'm fully.