when the wells are empty, people fight for programs that open your eyes to an alternative. you either have kalashnikov, i haven't. my boy on al jazeera ah, the sculpture scaled is too structured is almost beyond belief. joe biden promises to help communities devastated by some of the strongest tornadoes ever seen in the us. ah, i have them secret this is allison alive from the also coming up. the u. k. reports a record number of code 19 cases with the government warning, the omicron variant is set to drive a staggering search. there are several things we don't know, but all things that we do know are bad. bangladesh marks 50 years since its

independence from pakistan will have the latest on the celebrations from backup. and algeria eliminates house nation clutter in the for arab cup, semi finals of the scoring from a late penalty. ah . but the u. s. president has visited communities hit by last week, severe tornadoes, promising to help them rebuild. joe biden says his government will cover the 1st month of clean up costs, describing the scale of the destruction as beyond belief. 88 people were killed across 6 states and more than a 100 are still missing heidi. so castro reports from mayfield in kentucky. this street in bowling green,

kentucky once rang with the sounds of children playing young families lived here. but then on friday, the tornado came and some neighbours sheltered together. they decided to get in the 1st house together. and unfortunately the house was just a mileage for the ground. 11 people died here. 8 of them were children or i don't know what to say, man. is retired when somebody's gone and you're shot. you know what happened to visual as recovery worker. sift through the debris left in 6 days all last week. super storm leaving the landscape of devastation. authorities fear the final depth hold. oh, be staggering. 9 year old aniston rack. lee climbed into a bath tub with her younger sisters and her doll. this photo taken by their mother

15 minutes before the tornado hit. aniston was killed. her sister survived one recounting to nurses what she had endured. she said, yes, i was flying around in the tornado and i prayed to jesus to take care of me and he spit me out in the tornado spit out into the mud. president joe biden comforted, stricken families and toward the disaster area, wednesday, and tend 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, jarrett thompson and his family survived by hunkering in their basement. got positive added to life can't be replaced with profit can you can rebuild, but it might take a while, which we have family friends and other people in the green. they're setting up vener sister nurse with thousands of homes wiped away the rebuilding process will

be long and difficult. the healing even harder. heidi jo, castro, al jazeera mayfield, kentucky, and a powerful storm system is sweeping through the u. s. midwest tornadoes in the states of nebraska and iowa have knocked out the power to hundreds of thousands of people in kansas. there were several crashes on highways off the strong winds with the dump dust, reducing visibility to 0, high wind warning is in place for an area stretching from new mexico to michigan. the u. k. has reported its highest number of daily cove with 19 infection since the start of the pandemic. more than 78000 cases were confirmed on wednesday. prime minister boys johnson says the roll out to boost of vaccines will be enough to find the new more transmissible on the chrome variant. but health officials are warning

the number of cases and those needing hospital treatment 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 because 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. 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 are bad, and the principal one being the speed of which this is moving,

it is moving it 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, when are we get to very, very, very large numbers will be quite a short on our prime minister boys. johnson is under increasing pressure over his handling of the pandemic, and some from within his own conservative party are pushing for him to change his approach. andrew simmons has more from london as the number of infections on the, on the chrome virus skyrocket. the reputation of barnes johnson is diving a 100 m p. 's rebelled against his party in the house of commons on tuesday night 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 trough, a meal dorothy to leave britain through the prices instead with bird, with the worst possible prime minister, the worst possible thought. johnson tried to defend himself and didn't knowledge that 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 trying to get any further moves made to try and protect the public. and that's something that has a lot of concern about. south korea is bringing back social distancing rules as record infection, re threatened to overwhelm hospitals there. the number of critically ill patients is also at a record high from january. second gatherings will be limited in restaurants and

bars must close early unvaccinated. people can only dine out alone or get takeaways . new measures come to 6 weeks after restrictions were lifted under so called living with covey policy. or the u. s. is facing a double corona virus surge from the oma cronin delta variance. many hospitals are at breaking point and facing critical staffing shortages. patty calhane report one year ago today, many americans woke up with fresh hope. the 1st vaccines had been administered for some, it seemed like the beginning of the end. but now, one year later, more people have died since the vaccine was available. then before 500000 people bringing the death toll in the u. s. to more than 800000 and with the new i'm a crown variant that is more contagious. officials are warning that another spike in cases is coming,

but mostly for the unvaccinated. i'll booster vaccine regimens work against alma chron. at this point, there is no need for a variance specific booster. it's gotten so bad in the state of minnesota that hospitals took out this full page ad, practically begging people to get vaccinated. writing were heartbroken, were overwhelmed. dr. kenneth, home in way sign the letter. oh, they are disappointed. upset, angry, frustrated, saddened you take the entire range of human emotion, human emotion, and you will see it in our step. and we have to remember to continue to continue to care for our patients no matter where they come from. what their vaccination statuses. and the spike is having real girl consequences. some universities are going back on line sports games being postponed or cancelled as more than 100 professional basketball football and hockey players have been diagnosed with cove

it the u. s. secretary of state had to return early from his trip to asia after a reporter on his plane, tested positive is leading officials to urge people to pace precaution if we should be having public indoor masking. for everyone vaccinated or unvaccinated, that is 90 percent of the county is right now. but only 8 states have mandated masked in doors, and several states have outright band requiring masks. more proof that in the u. s . the pandemic is still a political issue. one that is having deadly consequences that go haine al jazeera washington has been at breakthrough at the iran and nuclear talks in vienna. iraq 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 the landmark nuclear deal signed in 2015 dosage of body 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 city points for the europeans had been iran compliance with the international atomic energy agency. until now, last night we reached a good agreement with the i a that could address some of the alleged concerns about who runs peaceful nuclear program and leads to continued mutual cooperation with the i a 2 series of texts of 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 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 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 for a camera offline and refused to allow inspectors to replace them. now with this technical agreement 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 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 to be assembled into centrifuges at 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 reigning officials here in vienna, there seems to be renewed optimism about the 7th round of talks. and now that the main issue between or on 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. a still ahead on agile a decades on some bangladesh, his independence to split from pakistan remains a painful subject for some plan. political parties in the netherlands. agree on a coalition government after months of negotiations. ah and away we go with your weather. sorry for the middle east. hello everyone. good

to see you. we have a bit of activity roland across the levant areas of the rock. and we may see some showers across a saudi into kuwait. and another area we're watching as bach, that was show you the 3 day forecast, the risk of some showers thursday. i think the better bet will actually be on friday. and your temperatures well above average for this have the year except for going to pakistan. plenty of sun here, but of instability rolling across says some parts of the country, but nothing major. where we are seen a lot of disturb weather is for turkey, really ra conditions here, low temperatures is stumble, 6 degrees, you've got the rain and you've also got the wind and we're seeing that spread further towards the east traps on had a beautiful day on wednesday. that changes on thursday, equitorial countries through africa, no surprise or storms here. brown lake victoria through democratic republic of congo, congo gabon rate through into cameroon. actually bit more dry and cameroon, on thursday. and then we've got a lot of wet weather botswana inches in bob way that eastern portion of south

africa want to show these temperatures. can take you a few days out because it's a different story. temperatures going down in johannesburg. this is by saturday cape town all the way up to 27 degrees, so feeling it more like summer. ah, the, from the al jazeera london, bro casenita to people in thoughtful conversation with no host and no limitation of the artist by nature. they are person call on last party love i way, way and denise to pull society is not interested in the individuality. the freedom, the spirit. don't the young person studio be unscripted on al jazeera? ah,

the me again, you're watching as a reminder of our top stories this out us president joe biden has place to do whatever it takes to help communities hit by severe tornadoes last week. he's been visiting the worst state of kentucky you case report its highest number of daily covered 19 infections. going to start the pandemic. more than 78000 cases with confirmed on wednesday. sorry to say on the chrome will be the dominant variant in europe by the middle of january. the rounds foreigners, foreign minister says un cameras will be allowed to film at a sensitive nucleus side. issue had been a sticking point to negotiations in vienna to revive the 2015 iran nuclear.

a bangladesh is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its independence from pakistan . prime minister hassan, i is presiding over a victory de rate in india's armed forces, taking part for the 1st time their forces sent in by new delhi to help bangladesh. chic will fight is defeated. talk is towns army in 1971, and estimated 3000000 people were killed in the year leading up to independent attorney cherry is live for us in the us. so a to re tell us more about how or how people are mocking this day. there well it's a national holiday that this started with $31.00 gun sally and the parade started around the hour ago. aside from the indian military contingent, there are military contingent for 6 other countries, including the u. s. the ussr turkey indonesia put on. so all of them have actually

signed a military contingent to celebrate vocation due to pandemic, not many other dignitaries could make at this time. it's a year long celebration, celebrating the 100 year centennial, the father of the nation for shake. would uber a man 50 years independence day and the victory day of the day when the pakistan army surrendered to that allied force that is indian and bangladesh. she guerrilla fighters to nation, was instrumental in supporting bangladesh during the cold war. it was russia and india. now there is also a remarkable journey for a country within the last 50 years facing bales kind of challenges, natural disaster, economic challenges, yet it as able to manage a 6 per st. jude it big growth late. now it is one of the fastest growing economy in the wall. it is a middle income country and set to graduate chair developing nation by 2020 safe. and this is what the government wants to highlight in it's 50 year celebration. yet

there are the challenges still remains. ah, the opposition says there is no free unfair election either the diminishing a space for democracy and freedom of speech. sh, alright, can reach out free life, which there in back advanced him. i'll pakistan's government has congratulated bangladesh on its golden jubilee and invited the prime minister to visit islamabad . but there's a mixed reaction from bangladesh. he's living in pakistan. thousands were left stateless once their homeland became independent. and for many, life remains a daily struggle. santa bon jovi, reports from karachi physically his shot was a teenager, been what is now bangladesh split away from pakistan. some of his family members died in the violence and he blames pocket funds. government for actions that gave rise to bangladesh. nationalism. v had taken the larger portion of focus on actual what subjects our slave a, what a settlement that's it,

that's it. on december 16, 1971. by combining general new jersey signed to threaten the document. and if pockets on begin by the dash after a 9 month long, violent uprising indian soldiers in lori hundreds of thousands of people were killed by those who called for independence. and those who wanted to stay part of a united part fun for this. the many focused on you hold india responsible when bengalis of the allies back vash, ferguson is not going to shift and indians realised it more than the been goalies. dunden intervened politically, socially monitoring day established the office of mac b by me and tell cut out that sentiment is fueled by political speeches by indian leaders visiting bangladesh for bangladesh. his freedom,

the desire here with match to their pakistan forces carried out atrocities there. in sprawling suburbs of karachi, the 10s of thousands who were forced from their homes have mixed feelings about the split of 2 buckets sun, 50 years on this place, finding that she's in both countries have struggled to find the state many and bugs on feel abandoned, and left with no legal status, sticklers bangladesh, she cannot get an education go to hospital or earn a living because they lack proper documentation. despite government promises, nothing has changed for thousands of families here about a number. you know, what i will look. this is our country. we are historically been goalies, we should we go, our generations have been born and we demand identity cards. so we can at least living in the last 5 decades, buckets on and bang that they have developed mutual ties. the government has been

regulated bangladesh on the golden jubilee and invited the prime minister to visit pakistan. but when it comes to the war of independence, there are some wounds that even time can not heal. some of the characters ukraine's president is urging the european union to impose new sanctions on russia to help ease rising tensions between the 2 countries for demons. zaleski was speaking of brussels at the use eastern partnership, stomach, france, and germany. all the main brokers for peace between ukraine and russia, honored 1000 russian to support to be a mass on the border with ukraine smoking fears of a possible invasion. germany has expelled to russian diplomats after the murder of a former chechen commander in berlin. a court found a crime was ordered by the kremlin russians citizen has been sentenced to life in prison. 20 k hunger. she really was shot dead at close range in a park on august 2019. a coalition has been

announced in the netherlands after the longest negotiations in the country's history 273 days. but the new government has been formed with the same parties by the previous administration being blamed for child care benefits, scandal, step bus, and reports from the hague. that voters have to wait 9 months to see the same faces from the same parties, announcing a new government acting prime minister, margaret of the center 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 that only 16 percent of dutch people still have confidence in the government strategy to tackle the golf. had 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 an english responsible for everything which is not going well and it's absolutely your crime shows do the child benefit scandal. of course it happened on my watch. it was not my personal doing, but absolutely true. i was prime minister when that happens for many jordan understand you're, you're here again, you're the new prime minister. yes. but we stepped 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 a 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 into call. it's been demick. and so it's only managing present problems, but no vision, but the voter 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 and elgin's era. the hake lawyers for former south african president jacob zoom are appealing a ruling setting aside his medical role and ordering him back to jail. zoom was sentenced to 15 months in prison for contempt of court. after defying a court order to give evidence that a corruption inquiry just after he began his sentence, we fell ill and underwent surgery. a victims of petrol tank explosion in haiti has been buried. at least 75 people were killed. and tuesday's bloss in the city of cap haitian, it's believe the tanka was trying to avoid an oncoming motorcycle when it flipped on its side, causing fuel to drain towards a nearby pile of smouldering rubbish and igniting people. in a southern ecuadorian town are moving out after a sink hole opened up and a building fell into

a local claim. illegal mining near the town of the rumour their affairs other buildings could also collapse. there was no word yet on any injuries. ah, our cup hosts katara has been knocked out after losing to algeria to one in the semi final cutter. looked like taking the mazda extra time with a late equalizer. heading home. in the 7th minutes of stoppage time. for plate continued, and algeria sealed victory 10 minutes later despite having a penalty, initially, se they'll face to next year. in the final, on saturday had zeros. andy richardson has more on the nail, biting semi final at the atlanta stadium. well, they are a semi final between algeria and could produce the very confusing phenomena has to be said. algeria looked to be cruising into the the cup final. they were winning

one nail. at 19 minutes, the polish referee decided they would be 9 minutes of audits 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 with spill, so i'm even asked about for an even late to go from algeria of a school in the 17 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 go 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 practice with 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 player 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 cuff, 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 who's european bass players on not available. and the have been some concerns amongst those who follow self will closely that since winning the asian cup. phil sanchez, the coach, has stayed somewhat su, loyal to the score 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. but plenty to think about for him and his team as they build up to playing in that 1st world cut next year and trying to achieve. i stay today, i'm getting out of the group station into the knockout rounds. when influential american writer and feminist bell hooks has died at the age of 69,

she's best known for her work on race and gender was her books taught in classrooms . and most notable titles ain't i a woman and feminist theory from march into center. she died at her home in berea in kentucky after what's been described as an extended illness. ah, i haven't seen with the headlines now on al jazeera us president joe biden has pledged to do whatever it takes to help communities hit by severe tornadoes last week. he's been visiting the worsted state of kentucky, 88 people died across 6 states and a 100 more missing. 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.