ah, it was supposed to be a refuge, but so cruelly as brothers home was allegedly the scene of torture, brain, and even murder. 11 east investigates the crimes and those settings behind them. on odyssey. the u. s. president joe biden warns of a surge in cases of the army. kron virus saying it's critically important for people to get vaccinated on back to me, we're looking at a winter of severe illness and ah, hello, i haven't seen it. i live from also coming up a powerful storm slams in the philippines. triggering floods and landslide, forcing hundreds of thousands from their homes,

relief and gratitude in haiti after all the american and canadian missionaries kidnapped in october are released. facebook says it's banned private surveillance. them spying on thousands of it's uses. ah g 7 nations are warning the omicron variance is the biggest current threat to global public health. it's calling for better coordination among countries to find the corona virus pandemic. president joe biden says the spread of the variance in the us will accelerate into the new year. he says the unvaccinated will be worst effected. it's here now, it is spreading, and it's going to increase for own vaccinated. we are looking at a winner of severe illness in debt 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. the u. k. has reported a record number of infections for the 2nd day in a row at more than 88000. the slow, the spread wales were closed all night clubs from december 27th. limiting holiday festivities and france has ban non essential travel from the u. k. by anyone who isn't a french citizen or resident, it supported almost 61000 cases. in the past 24 hours, rory challenge begins our coverage in london. the 1247 eurostar from london brought his 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 will say salute will give your blessings 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 much during this time we vaccinated the booster shots spend 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 forest. johnson's 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, you for wherever. have you any plans? no, i haven't. i may just go to the states and ask mary poppins. trying to stay safe, but still trying to live a normal life. but plenty of others are changing their plans at this to star shortages because of infection. and business is a suffering again. it is cancelling performance. if restaurants, cafe 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 wasted. what's the point of getting his foot as far as we have for that's all, be taken away and businesses to them fail? it's all so very familiar. another wave of infections business is in trouble again . another christmas in doubts cove. it is the unwanted gift we can get rid of reach balance out 0 london or the un secretary general says flawed vaccine policies have contributed to the threat posed by the new variance. the strategy of vaccine hardening the step, the g. a vaccine national. these are the set, the g eviction diplomacy, airframe, these new values is demonstrated by you. and so my hope is that companies understand that from not one, we need to have an equitable way to address the pandemic,

or we will all be victims of it. of the past week has seen an 83 percent jump in coven 19 cases in africa. the continent with the lowest vaccination rates. the lighter colors on this map represents countries struggling to get people. jad only 20 african nations of managed to vaccinate more than 10 percent of their population. many nations are still trying to get doses. so the un back kovak scheme . a growing vaccine hesitancy is also a concern, as nicholas hawk reports from decker, a precious and life saving vaccine, free of cost. and yet no one at this cove at 19 vaccination center in downtown to car, wants to take it. some pass her buys. asked nurse been to jello if the vaccine will make them sterile. others wonder if it will give them a heart attack or if they'll go blind up despite her assurances the vaccine is safe and could protect their lives? people don't trust her. there was so much misinformation so much nonsense. talking

about coven vaccine, just like talking about politics has become an issue that divides people. let's make this clear. we need to get vaccinated to protect ourselves and our loved ones . it's the only way among those refusing to get vaccinated is t. v. pundit, an emergency dr. bob walker and young. while he treats patients infected with coven . 19 young is famous for his postings on social media. near argues that as long as a western pharmaceutical companies refuse to wave patents so that vaccines can be produced locally. they should not be trusted or used on africans with it's not a vaccine, it's a product being tested on people. that's why people are getting sick despite to vaccine, too much fear misinformation and not enough vaccines means that only 10 percent of africans have been vaccinated. nigeria, home to 200000000 people is only inoculated. an average of a 1000 people

a day. in senegal, within 200000 expired doses, have been destroyed is where the cobra vaccine is being stored and needs to be kept between 2 and 8 degrees celsius. the challenge is to get those vaccines in remote health centers, where the ambient temperatures is around 40 to 30 degrees celsius. also, it's a race against time for health workers to get as many people inoculated before these doses expire. for nurse jello. the new variant is spreading faster than we think, partly because of widespread misinformation. this vaccine hesitancy has a cast, perhaps barely visible for now, but she fears a wave of infections lies ahead. nicholas hawk al jazeera de car, one of the most powerful tropical storms to hit the philippines. this year is now weakening after its land into the coast. on thursday,

one person has been killed while hundreds of thousands have been dispatched in the southern and central regions winds of up to 195 kilometers an hour, knock down power lines and rift ruse of homes. heavy rains triggered floods and landslides. jimmy landover reports is the most powerful storm to hit the philippines this year. a 100000 people have already fled their homes typhoon. why made land following 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

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. jim eileen dorgan al jazeera manila are the remaining 2 of. busy american and canadian missionaries kidnapped by a criminal gang in haiti, have been released, people gathered at the christian aid ministries campus in puerto plants. before a convoy headed to the airport group is abducted in october. after visiting an orphan inch near the capital fraud i gathered, they were treated relatively well named still waiting to hear the rest of their story. i'm sure they weren't treated supremely new. life is hard even. it's best and i have not received any details. i think if there had been any

severe problems, any injuries or any illnesses that they had, we would have probably heard ok, the kidnappings have become a major problem for a t at it now has the highest abduction rate in the world. this year has been one of the worst with nearly 950 kid. nothing's reported so far. but the actual figure is expected to be far higher with many victims, families, not telling authorities due to threats from gangs the explosion in abductions mirrors, the growth of gangs across the country around $165.00 violent criminal groups. i believe to be operating in the capital puerto plants and many on now better equipped than haiti's police force. 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 the haitian haitian media, se sum, i'd always experience weight loss in that time and in captivity. and then we switch to the reports. we got from the u. s. at least these, these missionaries came from all over the over the u. s. they were organized by an ohio based mission regroup. and their report stay that those who knew the missionaries and were part of the congregation of the missionaries for 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 or a member of 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 release that was negotiated. apparently we knew that the f b, i was helping facilitating in negotiations as well. fill ahead on 0 polarized, like rarely before she leaves, presidential election campaign comes down to a battle between the heart, right and far left and rooted deep in the history of mexico learn more about the flower, the signified off for the holiday season, around the world. ah hello, thank you for joining in. here's a look at the america, the headlines that were tracking much cooler air left in behind after those storms

have swept across minneapolis, just a high of minus 5 degrees. let's go into the east right now and new york here temperatures will come down in the days to come. we'll drop you back to single digit toward the south, could see some storms fire up here as we look toward arkansas, tennessee, and also kentucky. it's certainly something that we're going to be watching over the next few days. things have quieted down for the west coast across california temperatures dropping in denver as well as 6 degrees and a lot of activity popping up in and around close to dallas. that should say now for western canada is about a cold blast of air across alberta sketch went into manitoba. so when a pe will take a look at the next 3 days for you look at this minus 18 high on saturday, that's 10 degrees below where you should be for this time of year. heaviest frame will be along dad's caribbean coast for central america, just driving into the coastline there. and for the top end of south america, we've got our storms really flaring up from the pacific coast of columbia rate to

the atlantic coast of brazil. and for patagonia, sunny commodore river davia a hive $23.00 degrees on friday. ah. the 20th centuries 1st genocide thought to have set the blueprint for the holocaust is too often overlooked. the sand will come in very everything. but for some reason, the sand refused to bury these people. they want this story to be taught over a century on the injustice. still i came down that generation and the path to reparation is nelson, easy. one, namibia, the price of genocide, people and paula on al jazeera. oh, the

the, me, hello again. you're watching. i. reminder of our top stories this south u. s. president joe biden is wanting unvaccinated americans about what he calls a winter of severe illness. and dan biden says the micron variance will spread rapidly in the new year and he's appealing for more people to get loose. the japs are one of the most powerful tropical storms to hit the philippines. this year is now weakening. one person has been killed and hundreds of thousands have been displaced in the southern and central regions. the remaining 12 american and canadian missionaries kidnapped by a criminal gang in have been released, who was abducted in october after visiting and often the g open. each near the capital of facebook's parent company mentor has band 7 companies,

which it says we're operating as quote surveillance for hire. it's sending warning notices to 48000 people who it believes were targeted on his social media. platforms by malicious activity matter says politicians, journalists, and human rights activists were affected. or connie goody, and mo is editor in chief of seen it. she says, cyber spying practices will continue unless governments and social media platforms take action. for learning about us today, which probably means it's 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 email accounts, all sorts of data that could be used to undermine whatever efforts they are making, perhaps to expose governments go after groups, ethnic minorities in china. there's

a whole range of abuses that couldn't come from this kind of surveillance. the surveillance for hire business goes well beyond just facebook. it's something that happens across the internet using technology. in the old days, they would probably use penn paper and phone books. remember when we used to call each other on phones and now they're using digital technology. so unless there's a repercussion, you have instances were, were government, 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 norris that affects their business and it prevents us doing business with them. so unless there's some sort of repercussion besides a ban, those practices and that's alice for hire is going to continue to happen. or the u . s. senate has voted to ban imports from china. is jean jang region unless produces, can proved, forced labor was not used. it passed unanimously,

despite opposition from companies who argued it will further disrupt supply change . it's now to president biden, to sign it into law for the ministration is also announced. new sanctions against several chinese companies for their actions initially and jane. the u. s. is accused china of committing genocide in his treatment of muslim week. is there chinese embassy in washington called the action totally groundless. alan fisher has more on the developments from washington. so the u. s. senate has no confirmed jo biden's nominee to be the new ambassador to china. he is nicholas boncey as a veteran diplomat. but the whole process was essentially on hold, because a number of republican senators wanted to push through that what they call the weaker force labor prevention act. now it passed through the house and it has passed through the senate by unanimous consent. and this essentially says that any individual or company important goods from the ging jang area of china must be able

to prove that there was no forced labor involved in the goods that were produced. a number of human rights organizations have said that the meanly muslim wiggers are being used in force labor camps. now, the chinese embassy here in washington says there was allegations are without foundation. and they insist that the measures taken by the senate will gum up the global supply chain. simple fact is that that bill is now heading to the old resolute desk in the oval office, and joe biden is expected to sign it in the coming days. it hasn't been a good day for us china relations because we heard from the commerce department that they were going to impose sanctions on a number of companies, including a drone company. because according to the commerce department, they were acting not in the best us national interest. no. if you add that to the, the, the investment bond that was imposed last week, you can see why people are saying that relations between beijing and washington are

that perhaps their worst in a generation or the such in press is calling on the ethiopian government to immediately release a journalist, detained to lease, got a new statistics from reporters without orders show. nearly 500 journalists have been detained worldwide this year. the highest number, the group was recorded. victoria gate and b has more a mere monkey, yarrow 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 us base 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 correspondent of the new york times as been kicked

out of the country, which was unprecedented since abbey, to office in the 2018. there is this communication law count. 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 work is to look for in general's. it's been a tough year for journalists around the world report is without borders 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 are mexico and afghanistan, followed by yemen and india. one of the reasons why there are so many journalists detained is your up to 20 person is mainly because of the deterioration of the situation in 3 countries, including jamar, a, china and a bill. hours report is without buddhist, says, its findings are alarming. but remarkably,

the number of journalist hill this year is the lowest since it began counting 25 years ago. but 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 official campaigning in chile, has drawn to a close ahead of sunday's presidential run off election polling suggest it will be an extremely tie rice fall right candidate. jose antonio cast. finish on top. in the 1st round, he's overtaken his left wing opponent gabriel abolish. but only by a slim margin, a latin america to be seen him and as more from santiago. this was the last chance to the altar. conservative presidential candidate for san antonio, pasadena had to convince julians that he is the man of the future just by his past, which is so closely linked to this country to form a military dictatorship. however, he promises to restore law and order something that this country has not had for

a long time. this, i mean, more than 2 years of social uprising and upheaval, i think in drug violence and also an uprising, an indigenous uprising in south central chile. a we are going to recover the state of law that we never should have lost. and we will recover our economy and dignity because the left is only capable of promoting poetry, that poverty that has dragged venezuela, nicaragua, and cuba into unbelievable misery. would have held this rally and one of chili's 3 wealthiest counties where he has wide support cash. it's a song to calculate who opposes same sex marriage, abortion, and what he calls a left wing cultural dictatorship. but he swung more to the center in recent weeks to win over those in c. m, as a representative of chiles. patty, his opponent was 35 year old, new left leader gabrielle body to held a simultaneous rally in a more middle class part of the capital. he too,

has been working hard to fix the perception that he's too radical, especially since his political alliance includes the communist party. although he says he's still the same. former student leader that lead street protests at heart, he's looking lesser formal, was offering a better future in a less unequal society. threatened gamino law, our road is peace to find ourselves again as 12 ladies. we need social justice and not violence, and there is no clear away to have instability then to leave everything as it hurts . and bet is what jose antonio cast proposes. this race is neck and neck, and nobody that i know at least is daring to place a bet on just who my, who in the most competitive annex in this country has seen in more than 3 decades. a japanese media is reporting at least the 27 people are fear dead in a building fire in a sack that happened in an age story. building and shopping entertainment area.

victims were thought to have suffered from heart and lung failure. the cause of the fire is not yet known as some of those forced from their homes by the volcanic eruption on the spanish, on the la paloma finally being allowed to return home. that's off the scientist suggested the 3 month erupt may be coming to an end. after the closure of company via has vents, thousands of people were evacuated from the surrounding area with around 3000 buildings destroyed by the lava flows. of scientists in brazil estimates 17000000 animals were killed in last year's wildfires. across the ponton, our region fires destroyed about 30 percent of the areas tropical whitland, which extends across parts of bolivia and paraguay. while the region experiences natural cycles of burning and recovery, scientists say 20 twenty's fires were unusually launched due to a mega drought. the region was going through at the time. the point set,

the flower is synonymous with christmas in many countries, millions of them are grown every year in mexico was known as the national boy. him and his holiday season produces are hoping for bumper sales of the business suffered in the pandemic. john, home and reports from mexico city. christmas is approaching him. mckuddle the maker, one of latin america's biggest flower markets. and one plants in particular is the star of the show. the not ship winner. it takes its name from the spanish for christmas eve, endemic to mexico. and its color means has become synonymous with the festive season. the government estimates that about $20000000.00 plants had grown a year. for a deeper 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. in the us takes, could it quit less so 22, and used it to control fevers and heart conditions. but it was when the us ambassador jo 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 mexico 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 start chick. 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 they got flowers in english, is dedicated his life to them from may when their 1st planted,

his livelihood rests on these plants. doing well, recommend eslinger practically, it's a year's income and a lot of families depend on this more than one half barrels and families just in such a mil 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 visitor, mexico city. ah, this is agitated, let's get around up the top stories u. s. president joe biden is wanting unvaccinated americans of a winter of severe illness and death. biden says the alma con coven. 19 very. it will spread rapidly in the new year, and he's appealing for more people. forget booster japs! it's here now. and spreading as gonna increase for on vaccinated. we are looking at

a winter of severe illness and death, unvaccinated for themselves, for families and the hospital will soon or well. but.