and no limitations, what is even more simply means about this system innovation systems design and system transformation part one of human rights activists. q me, ny do and environmentalists window knology. i lived as you have with a fossil fuel arrow my entire life. and i'm looking for a graceful transitions out of it. studio b unscripted on out his era. ah, trans fans, most travelers from the u. k, which has reported another day of record go with 19 infectious. ah, no, i'm fully back to boy, you're watching al jazeera ly from doha, also coming up 1000 slee their homes as a super typhoon batteries. the philippines police in haiti say all the american and

canadian missionaries kidnapped in october, have been released. and facebook says expands private surveillance firms for spying on thousands of its use. ah, thank you very much for joining us. governments around the world are scrambling to contain the spread of the army con variant of covered 19. several countries have recorded their highest daily infection rate. since the pandemic began, france has bonds, non essential travel from the u. k. by any one who isn't a french citizen or resident, the u. k has reported a record number of infections for a 2nd day in a row. at more than 88000 france has reported almost 61000 cases. south korea is reinstating stricter social distancing laws just 6 weeks after. and it's

able to quote, live with covered 19 and in africa, the delta and only cron very and have driven infections by nearly 83 percent. for the world health organization says they are fewer dest said in previous spikes. well, the challenge begins, are coverage with this report from london. the 1247 year, a staar from london brought its usual bustle to paris. but soon, these trains may be mostly empty from saturday, frances limiting travel to and from the u. k. so only those with compelling reasons . french nationals, residents and their families, all arrivals have to isolate truck drivers. they are exempt. it'll say salvage adult. you know, plastic damage, this is the framework that will be put in place, which will allow us to further type in the net to slow down and reduce as much as possible the arrival of mac on various cases in our territory. so during this time, we vaccinated that the booster shots spent for the 2nd day running the u. k. has logged a record breaking number of new cases, 88000 on the cronies,

spreading through this country faster than any previous various paras, johnson government is focusing on vaccine boosters as it principal weapon that and urging people to think about where they go and who they see, we don't want to make your choices for you about your social life. well closing things we all saying is people should be cautious and they should think about their activities in the, in the run up to turn to christmas on the streets of london's west end. those i spoke to didn't seem overly concerned. just got me off to project. get it. i get, i mean, you know, i'll get in. you just go to the root. you can't shut yourself away. forever. have you any plans? no, i haven't. i may just go to the states and ask mary poppins. trying to stay

still trying to live a normal life, but plenty of others are changing their plans at this to star shortages because of infection when business is suffering again. this is canceling performance. if restaurants, cafe in nightclubs losing booking. and unlike before, when they have government financial assistance to help them cope with this, this time, their own their own, sorry, say one in 5, hightail cancellations at the moment. it's people that ship against their christmas party is people not working from home and not traveling. james bainbridge runs the white heart hotel in well, in north of london. he wants the government to think again, we've had a lot of help and it's been, it's what kept us going and it's been well worth it if it was to stop. now not happened. that's a wasted, what's the point and getting his foot as far as we have for that to all be taken away and for businesses to them fail. it's all so very familiar. another wave of infections business is in trouble. again. another christmas in dowse cove. it is the unwanted gift we can get rid of, reach helen's out 0 london us 1st,

and joe biden has arranged americans to get their booster shots as quickly as possible. his worn that only cron will begin spreading rapidly and says that's the best protection against the new variance. do steps we've taken round is not yet spread as fast as it would have otherwise done. and it's happening in europe. but it's here now. it is spreading and it's going to increase for on vaccinated. we are looking at a winter of severe illness and vaccinated for themselves. their families and the hospital will soon overwhelm. but there's good news. if you'd raxon a 100 booster shot, you're protected from severe illness and death period. meanwhile, the un secretary general says floor vaccine policies have contributed to the threat posed by the new varied. the step, the g vector hoarding, the step, the g,

a vector, the national, these are the step, the g eviction diplomacy, right? these new value is demonstrated by you. and so my hope is that companies understand that from not one, we need to have an equitable way to invest. the panoramic are we will all be victims of it. south korea is toughening covered 19 restrictions after surgeon cases elsewhere in asia, indonesia has started vaccinating children. jessica washington reports from jakarta in town, grown on the outskirts of decanter. there was no this laughter and even a few tears as these children became part of it was covered $900.00 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 great had to counter received the shot as the government's

campaign to vaccinate those in the 6 to 11 age group begins this week cause 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 deaths. 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 schools 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 darian. now in the face of the army con variant, they're trying to scale up their vaccination drives. the philippines is in the mid to the 2nd mass vaccination drive. why don't you go to port?

people are now afraid of dividing stop. so they come here. i really the philippine government wants to have at least 54000000 people vaccinated by the end of the year, month them children aged between 12 to 17 authorities in south korea. meanwhile, say they have no choice, but to reintroduce restrictions after weeks of soaring infections and calls from health workers to a pressure on over bird and hospitals. 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 the unvaccinated. a similar strategy for many countries in the region. to sco washington al jazeera dakota, one of the most powerful tropical storms to hit the philippines. this year is now weakening after it slammed into the country on thursday. one person has been killed

in hundreds of thousands have been displaced in the southern and central regions of the philippines. a 100 winds of up to 195 kilometers per hour, damage power and communication lines as well as homes are made. allen, again, has more it 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 little 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 military as 1st responders across the country. but the typhoon is expected to

impact so many provinces. it has warned local officials to prepare for the worst jamal alan dorgan. i'll jazeera manila, the remaining 12 american and canadian missionaries kidnapped by a criminal gang in haiti, have been released. people gather the christian aid ministries, campus in port au prince, before convoy headed to the airport. a groove was abducted in october after visiting an orphan, aged near the capital. 5 of them were freed in the past few weeks for the final 12 discovered on thursday. the gang known as $400.00 mo, also had demanded $1000000.00 for person in ransom is not it clear if this was paid, she returns, he has more from washington. we've been trying to piece things together from reports, from haitian authorities haitian media as well as, as well as those in the us. you know, the missionaries and the picture we have is around 10,

10 am g m t. the remaining hostages were found in a mountainous area about 2 hours south of puerto prince v. they were found by locals who alerted the authorities haitian media. as they went then they were taken in, they were given medical tests to haitian asian media, a suffix i'd always experience weight loss in that time and in captivity. and then we switched to the reports. we got from the u. s. at least these, these missionaries came from all over the over the us. they were organized by an ohio based mission regroup. and their reports, they that those who knew the missionaries and who were part of the congregation of the missionaries from michigan received a call from someone or a text message rather early this morning from quite someone connected to the situation. telling them that all the, all the missionaries were now free. and we have this interesting quote from michigan congressional member, remember congress saying i want to thank the members of the hostage negotiation team for the diligence and securing the safe release of all the hostages. so this

was apparently then a negotiated release. we don't know whether, whether that $17000001.00 for each $1000000.00 for each hostage was actually paid. but this was a, a release that was negotiated. apparently we knew that the f b i was helping and facilitating in negotiations as well. the still ahead on al jazeera campaigning close is in chillies. presidential run off with balls suggesting it's a very tight race. and rooted deep in the history of mexico. we learn more about the flower that signifies this thought on the holiday season around the world. ah, ah, look forward to burritos guys. with sponsored by capital airways. hello, nice to see you. here's our 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 bun job, but no major rain that's really reserved toward sri lanka and the mall div molly has a high of 3 degrees. we have seen a 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. there was wind still howling at 175 kilometers per hour. it struck out where rye is going to go fighting in to the 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 denying north of coach him in city. next we're going into northern china, also korea cole blast of air here. we'll chat more about that in a sec. some see and do snow western horseshoe into hole kado. now i'm going to put the colors on a bit 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. oh, the weather sponsored by casara always. it's the political debate show that's challenging the way you think. have agencies fail, hated the situation is worse than it was before the digital sound bites and digging into the issue is a military advancement going to stop the family ticket? i is under a company seizure by it's about people out of dining. how will private migration differ for those who have in those who don't have lot of country see, we will pay poor countries to keep refugees there upfront with me, mark lamond hill on out 0, lou

ah, you're watching al jazeera alive from doha reminder of, i mean stories this hour frances spanning, most non essential travel from the u. k, which has reported a record number of call with 19 infections for a 2nd day. south korea is also reinstating streaks her social distance in laws after surgeon cases. one of the most powerful tropical storm to hit the philippines this year is now weakening. one person has been killed and hundreds of thousands have been displaced in the countries southern n central regions. and the remaining 12 american and canadian missionaries kidnapped by a criminal gang in haiti, have been released. the group was abducted in october after visiting an orphanage near the capital portal. prince. 5 of them were freed in the past few weeks. now facebook's parent company meta has banned 7 companies, which it says we're operating as surveillance for hire is sending warning notices

to 40000 people who it believes were targeted on it. social media platforms by malicious activity. the company says a surveillance companies enable their clients to collect intelligence on site users . matter says politicians, journalists and human rights activists were affect it let speak to connie, go video more about this. she is editor in chief of c. net that is joining us from san francisco. connie very good to have you with us on al jazeera, this has been described as a very sophisticated spying operation. how widespread was it, and what more do we know about these? so called surveillance for higher companies are in what they do well, when we know there are 7 companies that mehta, formerly facebook has now banned for allegedly spying on some 50000 individuals. as you mentioned. and we're learning about this today, which probably means has been going on for quite some time. this is concerning because these companies who have been paid by governments opposition, leaders,

companies we, we don't know who they've been hired by. exactly. but are spying on people to collect information including contact lists, private e mail accounts, all sorts of data that could be used to undermine whatever efforts they are making . perhaps you exposed governments go after groups ethnic minorities in china. there's a whole range of abuses that could come from this kind of surveillance. what exactly do we know about their, their strategy, these companies? and what about this specific operation that facebook has uncovered? had it facebook go about uncovering it? actually a team of researchers uncovered it, it is and notified facebook and what we found, or what they learned was that these 7 companies were pretending to be other legitimate organizations, businesses, even spoofing, news media organizations including fox news,

and then reaching out to dissidence journalists other people associated with various efforts pretending to be these other groups, to lower them into conversations, to hopefully send them documents or a links that, that they would then click on. and then that would expose the computers because those malicious links could allow them access then to your devices and that earth, a treasure trove of personal information about you. yeah, that facebook meta now says it's band these firms, but will that be enough in your opinion, to prevent such incidents? no, of course it won't. it being banned from a platform, of course is inconvenient. this surveillance for higher business goes well beyond just facebook. it's something that happens across the internet using technology. in the old days, there were probably use pen paper and phone books. remember, we used to call each other on phones and now they're using digital technology. so unless there's a repercussion, now you have instances where, where governments, the u. s. government, for instance, today,

banned some 40 companies from china because of some of the practices they were using with biotechnology to target muslim bi northeast that affects their business . and it prevents us from doing business with them. so unless there's some sort of repercussion and besides a ban those practices and that's alas for hires. gonna continue to happen, right? so, so how aware are uses about this, you know, people like me and you, i mean, and what can we do to protect ourselves if anything? well, the 1st thing you can do is very, very circumspect about what you post by yourself online, and be very careful when you answer emails, especially from people who now are pretending to be legitimate organization. and if we can, as sophisticated as a lot of journalists are and are very careful, our ability to protect ourselves, you know, is a part of a chain. we have networks of friends. and if one of those people are hacked or

a family member, they can still get access to your information. if you personally feel that you've been the target of attack, one way to tell is if your devices are running hot, that means somebody has in stall spyware, on your phone or on your computer, and suddenly your phone or device, your laptop is running hot. the battery is running all the time. that is an indication that you have been targeted by spyware. certainly, very concerning connie, thank you so much for talking to us about this. thank you for your time. my pleasure. and the associated price is calling on ethiopian guffman to immediately release a journalist, attain 2 weeks ago. new cities, 6 from reporters without borders show. nearly $500.00 journalists have been to have been detained worldwide this year. the highest number, the group has recorded. victoria gates and b has city tense. a mirror man kiara was arrested in the ethiopian capital, addis ababa accused of promoting terrorism. he was working as a freelance journalist for the associated press. the us based news agency is called

the allegations baseless 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 our report is without buddha's paints, a bleak picture of media safety and freedom, particularly in ethiopia, the correspondent of the new york times, as been kicked out of the country, which was unprecedented since abbey took office in 2018. there is this communication going out in 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 log for generals. 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 there are so many journalists detaining these you're up to 20 person is mainly because under deterioration of the situation in 3 countries, including jamar, a, china and glovers report is without buddhist says, its findings are alarming bought. remarkably, the number of journalists killed 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, and cerio official campaigning has drawn to a close. i had of sunday's presidential run off. polling suggests it will be an extremely tight race for right candidates horse antonio cast finished a head in the 1st round, he overtook his left ring. opponents. gabrielle bore. h, but only by a slim margin. a latin america added to lucy newman is in santiago. she says the

vote has polarized the country last 2 years has been on a political lower post. there was a, a social uprising that completely paid the map of this country. i think it's fair to say that the political center has practically disappeared as well that that has given a lot more in the far right. and then we need by an option or didn't violate, rub, trafficking, a and arm rebellion with. and of course with violence and destruction, but they want to return to apply in order and that they want people say a lot of them are supporting. what's the answer you're like, make a quick note itself as the man of the future, right? the fact that with

j and by the way that his wife died earlier this afternoon, people to see that at the age of 99, that is a good one or a bad with the u. s. has reportedly released all migrant families from its detention facilities. they're now being tracked with ankle bracelet, or white house correspondent, kimberly hockey test more. this is a campaign promise that the u. s. president made that he would deliver a more humane immigration policy. certainly he set out to make some changes, but

a lot of the immigration policy under the trumpet ministration remains in place in terms of the statement coming from the agency task with overseeing. all of this is known as immigration, customs enforcement or ice. i says in it statement, it's committed to ensuring that all those in our custody resided safe, secure, and humane environment. 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. now terms of those shifting consist, conditions, ah, that means sharp increase. in the case of one crossing in yuma, arizona. when a south western states, there is an increase of illegal immigration, or undocumented migrants entering the united states of about 2500 per cent. from one year ago. i'm add to that. what we should also point out is when it comes to the conditions of confinement,

the media hasn't been allowed to see these conditions and they were heavily criticized under the trumpet ministration, accused of keeping people in cages. the early pictures under the biden administration didn't look any different. ah, and so they to stop letting the media go in to take tours. and so we don't particularly know how much this is differing from the previous administration to. now, what we do know, however, is that there are at least try to keep families together as well. that's what this announcement is, is that families will no longer be held in these detention centers, but they'll still be used for individuals in australia. 5 children have been killed after a gust of wind swept up a bouncy castle. they were jumping on, but they say 4 more are any critical condition after falling to the ground from about 10 meters in the air? the children aged around 11 were celebrating their last week of primary school in the island of tasmania. the events that it occurred to die in davenport in

tasmania are just chattering, though they are just unthinkably hot breaking and young children on a fungi out together with their families. and it turns to its such horrific tragedy . at this time of year it just breaks your heart. now the point set yet flower is synonymous with christmas in many countries, millions of them are grown every year in mexico, where is known as the no chip winner and this holiday season produces are hoping for bumper sales after business suffered in the pandemic. john holman, reports from mexico city christmas is approaching him, mckuddle decker, micah, one of latin, america's biggest flower markets. and one plant in particular is the star of the show. the no chip when it takes its name from the spanish for christmas eve, it's 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 date christmas isn't the same without it. we met her, she snapped up more than 10 bouquets. when uploaded a mortar, 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 flower that means a lot at this time of year. the us takes, could it quit last such a to and used it to control fevers and heart conditions. but it was when the us ambassador jo point set fell in love with it took several plots back to the u. s. that it really became popular now in english, the flowers cool queen, set fia off to him. and it's all over met her 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 its hall, this is the most iconic monument, a mexico, the angel of independence. and it's a mark of how important the nazi where the flower is. that there is

a blanket of them all around the foot of the statue. and this is where they produced in the green houses of the so chimerical district on the outskirts of the city. perhaps it was inevitable. the egg flores 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. economic eslinger, practically, it's a year's income, and a lot of families depend on this. more than one half 1000 families, just insult yamil coker from work. and they're hoping for big bounce in sales as met could continues to open up in christmas comes john holman, out to cedar mexico city. ah, clara again. i am fully battle with the headlines on al jazeera france is banning most non essential travel from the u. k, which.