scene of torture, rape, and even murder one. 0, one east investigates the crimes. and those set tips behind on al jazeera. ah, this is al jazeera ah, your water minutes are live from headquarters in delphi, i am setting obligate that. coming up in the next 60 minutes. frances restricting travel from the united kingdom to curb the spreader. the on the kron very and tens of thousands of people in the philippines are forced to leave their homes. typhoon right, makes landfall. the us releases all undocumented migrant families from its detention center and track them remotely. and business in bloom,

mexico christmas flower. that's bringing some cheer this holiday season. tom javin actually sports mercedes withdraw their appeal against the result of former ones tied to deciding as dummy ground free. in 1900 drama in the english premier league is lessening with more games cooled off as the on the chrome varian effects bought worldwide. hello, we begin the news hour with the current of iris pandemic, and countries around the world are recording their highest daily infection rates since they started the outbreak fronts and bound non essential travel from the u. k . to curb the spread of the new army kron variance and that's the u. k. c's, a record number off infections. south korean hospitals are being overwhelmed by. busy a surgeon, 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 the army crown variance have driven infections up by nearly 83

percent. that's the fastest serge anywhere in the world this year. we'll get more and all that in a moment. but 1st we're a challenge is joining us from london to talk us through what's going on and in the u. k. and how worried authorities there are over the infection rates? well, i think with another day, the 2nd day running in which the record was broken for the number of new infections . 88000 new infections today. 78000 new infections. yesterday, the previous record you had to go back to january of this year, 68000. so that gives you an idea. i think of the magnitude, the speed with which all micron is ripping through the united kingdom. the. all right, this reproduction right? that the, the figure by what she measure how fast of a virus reproduces itself for all micron,

it seems to be between $3.00 and $5.00. that means that the, the, the number of infections basically doubling every 2 days is hermetically fast, much faster than any other variance. so that is why the scientists and the governments are worried, they say the chief sciences chris with chris with he says that there is much that we don't know about homer con. but what we do know is bad. primarily what they don't know is how severe it is whether it's actually going to lead to many, many more. ready hospitalizations where the people get it badly suffer badly, but even if they don't suffer quite as much as they have done with previous barriers, because of the increased numbers, there is still, they figure out to be a huge pressure, huge burden on the national health service that's why the government is saying, look, we think people should think very carefully about who they are seeing over the next few days and weeks and how that mingling with people. and what that means. if the

last, the, there is a bear, i think people are starting to change their behavior. they are starting to cancel the tendency christmas party. they are starting to scale back on mingling with, with others working from home again. and these are, these are ways that the british people are changing their behavior. the cause of them are con. and because of the way that the government is talking to them. so very, how is this all, how's this all affecting? the country sort of can all mclean and businesses. well, if this is an interesting question, we have a situation at the moment where the government is, it pains to stress that it is not a locked down for a don't the thing we are not telling you what to do. we're not closing things. and yet people are changing their behavior because of the advice that they're being given. so they all cancelling parties. they are not mingling with people as they would have done. and this is having an effect on businesses you're starting to hear

from restaurants, has hotel owners, but people putting on theater performances because of all the things having to be cancelled or scaled back. businesses are starting to get into trouble again. now. previously in the pandemic in the proper lock downs, the government had big safety nets, financial safety nets, to make sure that businesses had money coming through the door that they could rely on, even when they weren't doing proper custom. because this is just advisory and supposed to be locked down is done and dusted. there are no more financial safety nets, and that is a big problem for businesses. they are housing at the moment. for richie su, neck, the chancellor of the exchequer, to come back from a business trip that he's been on in the united states, it appears that he's doing that now to come to the u. k. and make sure that there is something that you businesses can turn to when things get really tough over the next few days a week. thank you so much for

a challenge. reporting from london. natasha butler is in paris with more on the impact. be on the kron variance and having across europe. the french government indeed, imposing type restrictions, effectively binding non essential travel between the u. k and frauds. and that will, of course, be a very disappointing to people both fights the channel. you have time 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 say a very closely indeed this is a way of trying to stop the spread of the on the call variance, which is causing so much havoc here. and here in france, have been more than a $200.00 detected cases of the on the con, very, and of course french government officials say it could be much, much higher already in many regions. in default, we've seen a hospital activating their so called emergency plans, effectively counseling,

a non essential surgery operation in order to free up beds. copay, 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 5 in many countries. we're looking at cases in many countries that are much higher than they were in previous wave lafayette, a lot of concern. in fact, the head of the european commissioners live on line has said that you lead is 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 all the virus. well, as we reported earlier, south korea seen a record, high case count and elsewhere in asia, indonesia has begun vaccinating children. jessica washington reports from jakarta

in town, growing on the outskirts of decanter. there was no this laughter and even a few tears. as these children became part of the 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 count. i received the short as the government's campaign to vaccinate those in the 6 to 11 age group begins this week nichol. i feel a bit more brave to go and meet my friends now. when the delta various 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. 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 vertical and 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 donors very, and 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 and i don't think people are now afraid of dividing stop. * so they come have one and i 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 reintroduce restrictions of the weeks of soaring infections and calls from health workers to 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 muscular efforts are underway in the philippines after one of the most powerful storms in the world. the sphere hit land typhoon rye blew from the pacific ocean into the c. r. go islands, forcing nearly a 100000 people to flee their homes. jemila went organiser manella 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. residence 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 military as 1st responders across the country. but the typhoon is expected to impact so many provinces. yet as warned local officials to prepare for the worst jamal alan dorgan al jazeera manila. and in the u. s. one person has died in a new storm system sweeping across the midwest. extreme winds in the state of iowa, blue over truck and trailer killing, the driver, high wind warnings are in place from new mexico to upper michigan gusts. i've already whipped up dusting, kansas, making a dangerous to drive. while the storms comments president joe biden visited communities hit by last week's devastating tornadoes. the governor of kentucky, the worst affected state,

has said the debts all there has gone up to 75. hydro castro reports from mayfield . 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 neighbors shelter together. they decided to get in the 1st house together. and unfortunately, the house was just demolished 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 slipped through the debris left in 6 days all last week, superstore leaving the landscape of devastation. authorities fear the final depth

hold go be staggering. 9 year old aniston rack lea 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'd 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, 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. jarrett thompson and his family survive by hunkering in their basement. got positive added to large, can't be replaced with property can you can rebuild. but it might take

a while, which we have family, friends and other people in the green. they are setting up vener system 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. plenty more had on the news hour, including 3 months on an old remaining foreigner is kidnapped by a criminal gang in haiti. our free will have more on the story, was from trash to treasure the artist thing. gaza turned to rubbish. dump site into a leisure center for all and in sport, england were their own worst enemy on day one of the 2nd ashes passed the game trail. yeah. ah. but 1st the u. s. has reportedly released all migrant families from its detention facilities and is now tracking them through ankle bracelets from on this. let's

bring in our white house correspondent kimberly hallett, joining us from washington dc. so it, kimberly, what more do we know about how this move came about? and why did well, it came about because the president promised he would do this on the campaign trail . he said that the previous had mcdonald, trumpet ministrations, immigration policies were in humane and cool. and so as a result, he, on day one, he began making changes. this is one of those changes because the wheels of government moved slowly. it is important to note though, that well families are no longer being separated or being detained in detention centers. i, individuals de la are individuals will be held at these facilities now, and so many people kind of scratching their heads wondering if this is really a major change or just one that has sort of the effects of looking like it changed . now, here's what the immigration and customs enforcement agency said to us. isis committed

to ensuring that all those in our custody reside and safe, 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 of the southwest border of the united states and mexico. and i should point out those shifting conditions means that what we've seen in the last year, due to the president's perceived favorable immigration policies, is at least in one crossing in yuma, arizona, a 2500 per cent increase in the number of people crossing into the united states, i would say a legally, others would say without documentation. so it certainly has been a increasing issue for this administration. still grappling with trying to reform immigration in the absence of any major change of law. yes. so how much progress

has been made on trying to solve the issue at the southern border? well, not a lot o, and this is in part because of the system of government in the united states. congress that makes the laws the policy is driven by the white house. so they can lead the charge, but they can't, is sort of in put in place edicts without the help of congress. so congress has been trying to do this for about 20 years and tasks under the by did administration of looking at this is the vice president, comma harris. shes even been in office a full year yet. so you can imagine the challenges are pretty daunting. now she went down to guatemala in recent months, met with the head of state there ab, it's in, but since then they say we're really heard from her. and so that's brought up some criticisms here at the white house, the white house defending saying, well look, we're still engaging by to of this is a big problem and it's going to take a lot of layers of government to solve it. so,

and there's some pressure on the vice president no question, we should also quickly point out, though, in terms of trying to resolve this. one of the other things that the biden ministration had hoped to do is to undo the trumpet, ministrations, remain, and mexico policy quickly. that is a policy where those seeking to claim political asylum. would i stay in the united states to have their case heard? that's what the biden administration was, the trump administration said, no, you must remain in mexico. and when this was challenged in court, the court sided with the trump administration, not the pushed by this administration to change it so that the change has not been significant. many would say it's not that different from the previous administration, despite jo biden's attempts. thank you so much. kimberly hallett reporting from the white house. while u. s. missionary group has confirmed the release of fits american and canadian missionaries where it could not in haiti, they were abducted by criminal gang just outside the capital port au prince. in

october, several of the hostages were released in recent weeks. the gang members had demanded a $1000000.00 ransom for each hostage. she returns he's joining us in washington dc . so what more do we know about how this came about? as for how it came about, it's not entirely clear. we knew that the f b, i were involved and the state department said that they were in touch of the highest levels of haitian government asian police were involved. and in fact, there was an interesting, interesting statement from a congressman in michigan some to some of the congregation. some of these missionaries were actually from michigan. and he said, i want to thank members of the hostage negotiation team for that diligence and securing the safe release of all the hostages. this was apparently a negotiated release, which was to be expected perhaps beyond that. we've never really had a breakdown of who have been released previously. so what we've ever done is yes of a 17 hostages. our family number 16 americans, one canadian, 5 children,

18 months when, when, when kidnaps up to the ages of about 15 years old. we've been trying to piece together and narrative based on what we've been hearing, but from, from both haiti and from, from where the sausages are from. and what we're getting is a picture of around 10 a. m, g, m t, the hostages. the remaining hostages were found wandering around in a mountainous area about 2 hours south of photo prints. they were discovered by locals who alerted the authorities. and then some congregants in michigan got a text message. they said, they said it was quote from someone connected to the situation, telling them that all the hostages were free. so that's basically what we've been able to piece together. we don't know the condition of the hostages, we don't know where they are. and in the past, certainly the hostages have been said to be in good spirits. so we've already got much more details. we'll see the, the, the, the, the christian, a ministry group that sent that organize this trip for the missionary says they

will release information. hopefully they will want to release information soon, but often that's right, difficult to get information because people don't want to, don't want to reveal what actually happened and how these, how these hostages were released. there were still waiting that. thank you so much . you have a chance, the reporting from washington d. c. the associated press as calling on the if you can government to immediately release a journalist, detained 2 weeks ago. new statistics from reporters of our borders show that dozens of journalists worldwide have been killed this year. atoria gate and b has more a mirror mankey r a was arrested in the ethiopian capital, addis ababa accused of promoting terrorism. he was working as a freelance journalist for the associated press over the u. s. 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 lose brought in last month. the annual global round up by report is without food as paints a bleak picture of media safety and freedom,

particularly in ethiopia. the correspondence of the new york times as been kicked out of the country, which was unprecedented since abbey took office in that 2018. there. is this communication going out? i am the northern part of the country and now you're just not able to do independent journalism anymore because only the official narrative about the war is a look for in general's. it's been a tough years. the journalist around the world report is without buddha's says, at least $46.00 journalists have been killed this year because of the stories they were reporting. and navy, $500.00 a 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 there 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 oracle centers is. parliament speaker has rejected the president's decision to extend a parliamentary fries for another year. i saw you had called for a constitutional referendum earlier this week. he said parliament would remain suspended until new elections and 2022, the parliament speaker war. and the only way out of this crisis is an immediate cancellation of the presidents, so called exceptional measures, artisan, gaza, or highlighting the need to protect the environment by turning a dump site into a leisure center. the initiative allows people to enjoy the beach for free, as long as they clean the shore. in the say,

it has more on the story. it was his dream come, true. 6 young people who live, he wrinkled, they got together and built the center near the beach. but what makes this place unique is the material used to built it recycled waste and their jaila had that and their friends, they're 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. whether it's a level s, s, or initiative is based mainly on the methodology of joint leadership and community organization through which we employ the arts as a tool to educate people on maintaining the cleanliness of the c side. and because we don't have any funding, at 1st, we turn to use 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 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. it's a branch of the coal. see is ours. you can sit here and enjoy your time free of charge. as long as you clean around the shore. i let and that and their friends invite people to bring whatever is broken or not needed their homes act that issue . they may have been mccann and what distinguishes this place is that it brings together all groups of the society ages and different arts. 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 leisure center. boeing causes 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 was juggling north of off in walter park. we found the details of the sea as ours initiative intersect with many of the municipalities goals, whether from community participation, community interventions in preserving 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 interventions in community and environmental service. her. 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 they hope to show the world how beautiful garza can b u. c l g 0. got them still had on the news, our circus currency drops to another all time low. but there is good news for a minimum wage earners. bangladesh celebrates 50 years of independence, but for some the split from pakistan remains a painful memory. and it's for a hero's welcome for the new formula. one champion lacks worth stopping. of the mercedes team decides to drop its appeal over his title when ah hey there, good to see. we don't often say this, but we're chatting about some cloud and rain through the middle east,

so we'll pick up the story. there are some showers through the la vance moving across iraq into western you'd on and that's going to drop down somewhat weather for actually wait. so we show the 3 day forecast here. really the next several days . we've got that risks. we could even power up some thunderstorms as so we'll certainly be watching that carefully off the pakistan. things a bit cool here for the horror at 18 degrees that is below average for this have the year off to turkey. really gloomy conditions here, low temperatures breezy in some spots that rain will turn to snow. a for people like places like all gra, over the next little bit. we have seen flooding across a congo. so this is force a thousands of people from their homes as that flooding intensifies and still more what weather in the forecast of for the democratic republic of congo spilling into congo on friday and further toward the south. some bursts of heavy rain can be expected zambia right through to the bob boys, southern sections of mozambique right through to eastern areas of south africa and

a bit of a temperature divide here, they're going down in johannesburg, but temperatures are on the way up in cape town getting up to a high of 26 degrees on friday, sir. ah, there's a lot more to al jazeera than t v with our website mobile app, social media and podcast. out is there a digital is a world of award winning online content and portal, bring to the very best of it. they're trying to brighten the people to levy to go somewhere else. the truth is they've got nowhere else to go. so if you miss it online catalog here with me and her gotten on out is in.