part of the world, and i was just, he was very good at bringing the news to the world from here. it's one year until the 1st real world killed in the middle east. talk to al jazeera meets fatma cembura 1st ever female secretary general. the 1st to share her journey and discuss the route to cut her 2022. 0 now does he run? ah france as restricting travel from the united kingdom to curve the spread of the army crown variance. ah! you're watching, i'll just, they're alive from headquarters in del. hi. i'm getting obligated also coming up through us releases all undocumented migrant families from detention centers and trucks. them remotely,

tens of thousands of people in the philippines are forced to leave their homes as type of why makes landfall and business and bloom, mexico's christmas flower that's bringing some cheer this holiday season. with hello, we begin with the current of iris pandemic in countries around the world of recording their highest daily infection rates. since the start of the outbreak front of the band non essential travel from the u. k. to curb the spread of the new micron variance that as the u. k. c's a record number of infections. south korean hospitals are being overwhelmed by a surge and the number of critically ill patients. there are warnings the system there is on the brink of collapse and on the african continent. the delta and army kron variance have driven infections up by nearly 83 percent dots. be fast, the surge anywhere in the world. this year natasha butler is joining us from paris

. so frances, tightening up its border with its closest neighbor, natasha. the french government. indeed, imposing type restrictions, effectively battling normal, essential travel between the u. k and frauds. and that will, of course, be a very disappointing to people by the fights the channel. you have plans perhaps to spend some of the upcoming holiday season with family and friends. but the french government say that they have been watching the situation in the u. k. with rise in cases they're very closely. indeed, this is a way of trying to stop the spread to the on call varian, which is causing so much happening here. and here in france have been more than 200 detected cases of the omi called very, and of course french government. officials say it could be much, much higher. and already in many regions and falls, we've seen a hospital activating their so called emergency plans. effectively counseling,

non essential surgery operations in order to free up beds. and it's also, we do expect this to be high on the agenda that you meets as they normally do just before the christmas break. yes, covey. the top of the agenda, after summit of you leaders in brussels, they had several hours of discussion on the pandemic. they have looked at the way that the pandemic is spreading in europe and how in recent weeks we have seen cases spike in many countries. we're looking at cases in many countries that are much higher than they were in previous wave lafayette. so a lot of concern, in fact, the head to all the european commissioners live on line, has said that you need to expect the omi called varying to be dominant in january, in most of the blog. so what they've looked at all some measures to try and stop

the spread of virus further to try and protect people as they go into these winter holidays. and they put in place things like trying to speed up the booster vaccine program, also measures to try and cope vaccine skepticism, which is so high in paul's, the european union, particularly in eastern countries. and also looking at exporting more vaccines abroad with the kofax vaccine program, particularly to africa. because of course, this is a global pandemic needs a global solution. the restrictions will be, of course, the good news for everyone. there are many people who simply fed up across the european union with these constrictions, with limitations on their freedom of movement and what they can do in the upcoming week spots. you leaders are saying it's essential, not i need to protect people's health, but of course economies. thank you so much. natasha butler reporting from paris for re challenge has more from the situation in london. the infection ready?

all rate of alma kron. this new variance is estimated at the moment in the u. k. to be between $3.00 and $5.00. that means that infections are doubling every 2 days. a quarter of new infections are in london yesterday. wednesday there was the highest number of infections of the whole con, damage so far in the u. k. 78000. that previous record was back in january of 68000. so you can really see the pace which omicron is ripping through the u. k. at the moment, but the government so far is avoiding to avoiding re imposing strict restrictions what it is doing and the by, with the trying to people to change their behavior at a press conference on wednesday for us. johnson said that he wasn't going to be closing restaurants and bars and cafes,

etc. he was just going to ask people to think about whether they really needed to go out to the professor chris with the government. the chief scientist was that he, the people are going to change the way that they are mingling with others over the christmas period. and really think about whether they actually have to be doing that. now rebellious and pays in the conservative party calling this i think it's sort of locked down by stealth. they're not very happy with it. but i have to say that i really have to move to the country because people are listening to the advice and they are changing their behavior. well, the african continent trails as the lowest vaccinated region in the world. it's struggling to get doses into countries to the un back kovak scheme. nicholas hackers in the car in senegal and says the lack of vaccine take up is cause and concerns. it's worrying because right now here in senegal, we've seen our 1st case of our micron. but this could just be the tip of the

iceberg. it might be many more that are going under texted, and many more that just are simply are not going to get tested or not making their way to their health centers. there's the added issue of people not wanting to get vaccinated. i mean, the fear of the vaccine is spreading faster than this new variant, and this is having that disastrous consequences. while a couple of weeks ago, we saw heads of states, the south african president, president of sin, i go and others calling for more vaccines to be delivered in africa. the biggest challenge yet is to get those vaccines into those arms. there's the spread of miss information. we met a doctor who works at an emergency ward in senegal, here, who does not want to get back to needed. doesn't believe in the vaccine, simply because the patent that these pharmaceutical companies, the producers have, has not been waived. he says, as long as there's no vaccine produced in africa, i'm not going to get vaccinated. that's as a result. there's more than $200000.00 doses here in senegal that have been

destroyed $200000.00 more that are going to expire by the end of the month. and a 1000000 in nigeria that has been destroyed already was reported earlier. a south korea seen a record high case count elsewhere in asia in denisia has begun vaccinating children just washington reports from jakarta in town. grown on the outskirts of jakarta, there was no this laughter and even a few tears. as these children became part of him, he just coven 19 vaccination. dr. watson this one think it was a little uncomfortable when the needle pushed to my own. but after that i felt ok. hundreds of students in greater to counter received the shot as the government's campaign to vaccinate those in the 6 to 11 age group begins this nichol. i feel a bit more brave to go and meet my friends. now, when the to vary and spread through indonesia, from june to august, the nation experienced a surgeon child death. now with the situation more under control and vaccines

available for children, parents say they feel reassured, must be part of that. i feel it is safe and now it is like preparing an umbrella for the rain doctor. say it is an important step in making school safer on the bottom. but the parents are very encouraging for their children to get fascination . some children are brave, some cries, but we managed to vaccinate all these children with the many countries in the asia pacific were hit hard by the delta variant. now in the face of the army, cranberry, and they're trying to scale up the vaccination drive. the philippines is in the mid to the 2nd mass vaccination drive. why don't you report? people are now afraid of dividing stop. so they come here for the entire really the philippine government wants to have at least 54000000 people vaccinated by the end of the year monk, them children aged between 12 to 17 authorities in south korea. meanwhile,

say they have no choice, but to re introduce restrictions after weeks of soaring infections and calls from health workers to a pressure on overburdened hospital. we've seen a huge spike in the number of daily new cases, but also we've seen a significant increase in the number of critically ill patients. now authority say they will focus on administering booster shots and targeting beyond vaccinated a similar strategy for many countries in the region. jessica washington al jazeera to counter rescue efforts are underway in the philippines. after are one of the most powerful storms in the world. the sierra had land typhoon ry, blue from the pacific ocean into the sierra go islands, forcing nearly a 100000 people to flee their homes. jemila and duncan is in manila with more on the rescue efforts. is the most powerful storm to hit the philippines this year. a 100000 people have already fled their homes typhoon. why made land fallen

thursday and continues to batter the regions of his science and men de now on coast guards are rushing to evacuate. hundreds of residents, after incessant reigns flooded their communities. the young and old men are forced to leave their homes with only the clothes on their backs. residents carry what they can with many hoping any damage will be limited and they'll be able to return home soon. the philippines is no stranger to natural disasters. it is constantly battered by storms and volcanic eruptions. dive when a young in 2013 holds the record as the strongest anywhere in the world. it killed at least 7000 people and displaced millions more. since then, the government has institutionalized emergency and disaster response. but even in

a country long affected by around 20 storms, each year siphoned right comes at the most precarious time. those evacuated can stay in temporary shelters for too long because of cobit 19 restrictions. while those in coastal and farmland communities say they are already bearing the brunt of an economic recession and fear that the typhoon could obliterate whatever livelihood they have left. the philippine government has pre positioned aid and the g as 1st responders across the can. she? but the typhoon is expected to impact so many provinces. yet as warned local officials to prepare for the worst. jim i lean dogon, i'll jazeera manila, and in the us, one person has died in a new storm system sweeping across the midwest. extreme winds in the state of iowa, blue over a truck and trailer killing the driver high. when warnings are in place from new

mexico to upper michigan, gusts have already whipped up vesman, kansas, making a dangerous to dr. stella has on al jazeera press. freedom at risk reporters without borders say at least $46.00 journalists have been killed this year for doing their job from trash to treasure, the artist and gaza, who have turned to rubbish dumpsite into a measure center for all ah, ah, look forward to really to scully's the with sponsored play cuts on at ways. hello. nice to see you. here's her headlines for asia, not a whole lot to report for india seems quiet, no major weather alerts except toward the northwest where we've got some fog for roger st on and also been job a but no major rain that's really reserved toward sri lanka and the mall div

smalley has a high 3 degrees. we have seen few storms like this in the western pacific. now cutting across the philippines. this will be an issue for western areas of the philippines on friday, $2.00 to $300.00 millimeters of rain. those wind still howling at 175 kilometers per hour. let's truck out where right is going to go sliding into that south china sea as we get toward the weekend. and we will look toward vietnam to see another landfall. so we'll go in here for a closer look. i think this will be late sunday into monday south. if to name north of hope you mon city. next we're going into northern china, also korea, coal blast of air here. we'll chat more about that in a sec. some see and do snow western horseshoe into whole cato now i'm going to put the colors on a bit of easier way to see it. so the darker the blue, the lower the temperature sol, just high of minus 3 degrees on friday. and we look at our 3 day forecast. yep. that's below average. that sure weather update. thanks for joining in soon. a bit.

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oh, going to top stories on al jazeera this hour. the on the corner variance is driving a record number of infections in many countries around the world. frances bands all non essential travel from the u. k. and cases in africa have searched by nearly 83 percent. the rise of coverage 19 cases is featured highly at a meeting of european leaders in brussels. tensions with bruce about migration flows, as well as new security situation with ukraine. we're also discuss risky operations are underway in parts of the philippines that have been hit by one of the most powerful storms in the world. this year. officials say about 10000 villages or in the path of the typhoon. the u. s. has reportedly released all migrant families from its detention facilities and, and now tracking them through ankle bracelets from on this. let's bring in our white house correspondent, kimberly hawker joining us from washington d. c. so, detention facilities rose, subject of a lot of controversy when the president took office. what's behind this particular

move? kimberly well, this is an effort to keep a campaign promise and you're right, those detention facilities under the microscope. not just at the start of the bike administration, but under the trumpet ministration, where democrats accused the republican president donald trump, of in humane practices with respect to these detention facilities. and so the pledge was by joe biden that he would make changes if he became president. this is an example of that. what we're seeing now in the previous administration also accused of separating families, is that not only were families held in detention centers together, but now they are not going to be in those facilities at all. in fact, they've been released. now here's the statement on these changes coming from the immigration and customs enforcement agency. they say isis committed to ensuring that all those that are custody of and save secure and humane environments. and under appropriate conditions of confinement, ice is continuing to make nimble operational changes at its facilities in response

to shifting conditions along the southwest border. those shifting conditions means a sharp increase. the number of undocumented migrants coming into the united states just in arizona at one border crossing alone. 8 but there's a gap in the border wall of the number of illegal crossings is outward of about 2500 percent from one year ago. now, part of this is due to what they see is favourable immigration policies. but getting back to those detention centers, we should point out that they're not that significantly different from the previous administration. given the fact that while families are being held in those detention centers, they will be used for individuals who make the cross into the united states without the right paperwork. so the southern border is a still remains an issue further by then administration and the vice president is supposed to be heading that effort to sold the crisis. how much progress has been made so far? well, not

a lot of progress. if you look at the fact that many of the policies they vowed to change haven't been changed at all. for example, the one we were just talking about these detention centers, which we should point out. we haven't been able to see because the media's been blocked from seeing them for quite some time. and the other point we should make is that in terms of these changes, are a lot of what the biden ministration attempted to do was actually undone in the courts. an example is the asylum policy. notice remain in mexico, the trump administration saying if you're going to make that claim, you had to stay in mexico just south of the united states. well, that case was heard by the administration. tried to change that allow people to be in the united states during that process. the court said no way. so the other challenge for the bi administration comes from the fact that the vice president's been tasked with looking at all of this. and she's been under a lot of criticism, given the fact that there haven't been that many changes now. she's trying to go

for the root causes. that would mean that people, perhaps i are looking for employment or try to escape corruption or crime that these can be changed kind of at the country of origin so that people don't need to leave their countries. don't feel the need to play. but that's a tall order, and it's going to take some time. and we should point out for context when it comes to reforming immigration in the united states. the vice president's only had just under a year to try and do what congress has not been able to do in a generation. thank you so much. kimberly how can reporting from the white house police in haiti say a group of foreign missionaries who are killed now have now been released. they were abducted just outside of the capital porto prince. in october, several of the hostages were released in recent weeks. their criminal gang had demanded a $1000000.00 ransom for each hostage. turkeys president, roger ty, berta, one plans to raise the minimum wage by more than 50 percent. next year workers will

now earn a minimum of $270.00 a month. earners in that category will also be exempt from paying income tax, but the turkish lira has lost more than half its value this year alone with annual inflation at around 21 percent. bank employees in india have begun to treat a strike to protest against the privatization of public sector banks. demonstration happened in the capital tell in the cities of above and we was all in the bank officers confederation, which is a union says the privatization of 2 banks would result in job losses and branch closures the associated press who's calling on the if the open government to immediately release a journalist, detain 2 weeks ago. new statistics from reporters without borders show that dozens of journalists worldwide have been killed this year. victoria gate and b has more. amir among kiara was arrested in the

e. c. o. p and capital addis ababa accused of promoting terrorism. it was working as a freelance journalist for the associated press, or the us based news agency is called the allegations basis to other journalists will also arrested. they face up to 15 years in prison if convicted of violating the emergency laws brought in last month. the annual global round up our reporters without food as paints a bleak picture of media safety and freedom, particularly in ethiopia. the correspondence of the new york times, i'd been kicked out of the country, which was unprecedented since be to office in 2018. there is this communication block out in the northern parts of the country and now you're just not able to do independent journalism anymore because only the official narrative about the work is a load for journals. it's been a tough years for journalists around the world report is without buddhist says at least $46.00 journalists have been killed this year because of the stories they

were reporting. and nearly 500 are being detained. 65 are being held hostage. the most dangerous countries for media workers or mexico and afghanistan, followed by yemen and india. one of the reasons why they are so many journalists detain these you're up to 20 person is mainly because of the deterioration of the situation in 3 countries, including jamar, a, china and the bill hours report is without buddhist says, its findings are alarming bought remarkably, the number of journalist hill this year is the lowest since it began counting 25 years ago. bought the number of journalists being detained is the highest. and in their absence it says vital voices remain silent. victoria gate and be al jazeera gold gold like artists in garza, are highlighting the need to protect the environment by turning and dump site into a leisure center. the initiative allows people to enjoy the beach for free,

as long as they claim the shore. you will not say it has more on the story. it was his dream come true. 6 young people who live hearing, called, say, got together and built the spawn center near the beach. but what makes this place unique is the material used to built it? recycled waste. jaila had that and their friends are all artists. they say not only did they want to keep their feet in short, lying clean. they also wanted to create a place where people can have fun. why learning about the importance of recycling and protecting the environment mobile that it may require marvelous as had or initiative as based mainly on the methodology of joint leadership and community organizations through which we employ the arts as a tool to educate people on maintaining the cleanliness of the suicide, and because we don't have any funding at 1st, we turn to you, solid waste found in warehouses of companies and municipalities that represented a burden on them. this place was built by around 300 tons of recycled waste is up

because they had no funding for their project. they began by collecting solid waste, such as wooden planks, broken power poles, huge garbage cans, rocks and lots of tires. they recycle them all to build this entire place to project they call this c is hours. you can sit here and enjoy your time free of charge. as long as you clean around the shore. i let annette and their friends invite people to bring whatever is broken or not needed their homes act. that issue the may is helen mccann and what distinguishes this place is that it brings together all groups of the society ages and different artists. and because it is free of charge, you can enjoy every part of the place in exchange for volunteering in any field you want. or even in exchange for old or broken tools and objects that have no value for you anymore. at the start, the idea was difficult for people to accept,

not to throw garbage or even clean the shore, but now we have imposed this fact and it has become an example for many people and them. it wasn't easy to find a place where they can build this laser center. boeing gases municipality heard about their plans. it granted them this piece of land near the beach. it was originally a dump site for garbage and other waste, woodland know to fulfill was little to paul. we found the details of the sea as ours initiative intersect with many of the municipalities goals, whether from community participation, community interventions and perceiving the environment. reusing environmental materials. we found they played an exceptional role in creating a role model for young people, volunteers, and community activists to make sustainable intervention in community and environmental service. since this project was founded,

it has become an example for others to do the same. but these young people say it's only the beginning of a bigger dream and the hope to show the world how beautiful gods they can be. c, l 20, got them bangladesh, celebrating the 50th anniversary of its independence from pakistan. earlier, a prime minister, jessina presided over a victory day parade and doctor were india's armed forces to part for the 1st time, india help bangladesh. she guerrilla fighters, defeat pakistan's army in 1971. an estimated $3000000.00 people were killed in the 9 month conflict leading to independence. talks to revive the 2015 iran nuclear deal are continuing in vienna. it follows wednesday development that iran will now allow you one camera to film at a sensitive sites. the issue had been a sticking point during the negotiation. 5 children and australia had been killed

after a gust of wind swept up a balance to play castle. they were jumping on to the se for more aged about 11 or in a critical condition. after being thrown from about 10 meters high, they were celebrating their last week of classes at a school in the island state of tasmania. the point such a flower is synonymous with christmas in mexico. it's known there as no chip went off, and millions are grown every year. and this holiday season producers are hoping for a bumper sales after business suffered in the pandemic. john home and reports from mexico city. christmas is approaching him mccardle the micah, one of latin, america's biggest flower markets. and one plants in particular is the star of the show. the no chip winner. it takes its name from the spanish for christmas eve, its endemic to mexico. and it's color means it's become synonymous with the festive season. the government estimates that about $20000000.00 plants grown a year for

a deep christmas isn't the same without it. we met her, she snapped up more than 10 bouquets. one appleautomotive, a pot from the fact that it's pretty and joyous, it helps the people that grow it. to me it's a really important falla, that means a lot at this time of year the us takes, could it quit le such a tool and used it to control fevers and heart conditions. but it was when the us ambassador joe point set fell in love with it. it took several plots back to the u . s. that it really became popular. now in english, the flowers cool poinsettia off the him. and it's all over metzger, city as the cap to comes back to life off to the worst of the pandemic. this is the city's main artery paseo de la reformer. and this is, it's hall. this is the most iconic monument, a mexico, the angel of independence. and it's a mock of how important the nazi where the flower is. it is a blanket of them all around the foot of the statue. and this is where they

produced in the green houses of the such a mill called the strict on the outskirts of the city. perhaps it was inevitable. the egg of florida is that sega flowers in english, is dedicated his life to them from may when their 1st planted, his livelihood rests on these plants. doing well, recommend this healing good? practically, it's a year's income and a lot of families depend on this. more than one half 1000 families just in such a mil coker from work. and they're hoping for big bounce in sales as met. screw continues to open up in christmas comes. john holman. out is eda mae exclusively ah, hello again, had lines on our 0. the on the con variant is driving record current various cases in many countries around the world on the african continent, the delta and on the con, variance have driven infections off by nearly 83 percent. and france has banned all

non essential travel from the u. k. the rise of cases as featured highly at a meeting of european.