people still love them, it was basically too bad to be true, but they were predicting can comedy ethnic divisions. a national tension exist in both yesterday, once upon a time on algae in the . ready us president joe biden warns of a search in cases of the micron, very and saying it's critically important for people to get vaccinated on vaccinated. we're looking at a winter of severe illness and ah, hello and has them seek this is edge, live from the house or coming up. a powerful storm slams into the philippines, triggering floods and land slides, and 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 his band, private surveillance firms are spying on thousands of it's uses. ah. g 7 nations are warning. the only crone variance is the biggest current threat to global public health. it is calling for better coordination among countries to find . the corona virus pandemic president joe biden says the spread of the virus in the us will accelerate into the new year. he says the and vaccinated will be worst effected is here now and is spreading and is going to increase for own 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're 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. to slow the spread, whales will close all night clubs from december 27th limiting holiday festivities and france has banned non essential travel from the u. k. by anyone who isn't a french citizen or resident. as reported almost 61000 cases in the past 24 hours re challenge reports from london. the 1247 year a staar from london brought its usual bustle to paris. but soon these trains may be most the empty. from saturday, france is limiting, travel to and from the u. k. so only those with compelling reasons. french nationals, residents, and their families all arrivals have twice late truck drivers. they are exempt.

it'll say salary capital cubic plus can damage. this is the framework that will be put in place, which will allow us to further type the net to slow down and reduce as much as possible the arrival of on the con, various cases in our territory so much. during this time, we vaccinate the booster shots, but 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 okay. i mean, i thought i'll just go live with you can't shut yourself away for wherever have you can with any plans or preference? 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 staff shortages because of infection. when businesses suffering again, it is cancelling performance. if restaurants, cafes, 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 and 5 hotel cancellations. at the moment it's people should be getting their christmas parties. is people not working from home or not traveling? james bainbridge runs the white heart hotel and 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 of getting his foot as far as we have for that to all be taken away from businesses to them fail? it's all so very familiar. another wave of infections, businesses in trouble. again, another christmas in dance cove. it is the unwanted gift we can't get rid of rory, talents out to 0 london or u. k prime minister boys johnson is under more pressure after a surprise by election defeat, the conservative party is lost no structure for the 1st time in more than a century. earlier this week, a 100 m. p. 's from johnson's own parties voted against his plan for strict corona virus measures. the opposition accused the government of playing politics with public health. of the us centers for disease control is recommending americans choose other corona virus. vaccines. over the johnson and johnson jap cdc says the

shot is less effective than those made by mcdonough and pfizer, and sometimes leads to faithful cases of blood clotting. at least 9 people have died in the us. out of the more than 200000000 fully vaccinated americans, 16000000 i received the j and j jap. i one of the most powerful tropical storms to hit the philippines. this year is now weakening. after slammed into the coast on thursday, one person has been killed while hundreds of thousands have been displaced in southern and central regions. winds up to 195 kilometers per hour, knock down power lines, and rick, rudolph homes. heavy rains triggered floods and landslides that speak now to jamila alan, doug, and she joins us live now from manila. so give me, what's the latest you're hearing from the effected areas will, has them of just tuned into the press conference of the national disaster risk management

office, which is directly controlled by the office of the president. and basically, you know, even these officials admit that they're trying and struggling to find the real picture even assess that the extent of this damaged, that's because many areas, many provinces remain cut off since by phone re made landfill ensure go, it has made 8 landfall since thursday 530 p m local time. it is currently over the province of palau and before heading into the south, china sea. but these areas, for example, on the province of saudi go late the province on isla, at this point, i'm sure go island. these areas remain cut off with very little information coming out as well. but the pictures are what we're seeing are on line through social media through, you know, contacts on the ground are quite grim. i'm, we're seeing people stranded on the roof, stops, basically hoping, waiting for rescue home submerged international airports, basically non operational. so the government is basically saying that they're

looking at establishing or re establishing communication lines in order to fully assess where or how to send aid to those who need it. most. a no information is, is sketchy but on this at the moment. but what do we know about the kind of assistance that's been provided, if any of this point to, to all of the people who've been forced from their homes, well as you know, has them, this is a country that actually encounters an experience as at least 20 by foods each year . this is a country that is no stranger to natural disasters. but since 519 and 2013, we've seen a significant improvement when it comes to aid and emergency response. you know, even yesterday the government said it has reposition aids and military as responders in many areas covered by typhoon. right? but again, they don't really know how they're going to be able to send that aid. what sort of

a, those provinces in particular would need. and of course, we'll be looking at a current disaster situation where you have a pandemic scale, which means that those who are evacuated can stay too long in temporary shelters because of the minimum health protocol required. many of these areas, as well as are already bearing the brunt of the economic recession, coastal and agricultural communities of people who already said, they fear that there will be not much left of their, of their livelihood after this, after this bye for now is over, jimmy allen dugan in miller, thanks very much. at least 27 people in japan are fear dead after a fire at a psychiatric clinic in osaka, local media say police are investigating possible arson. the reports, an elderly man brought a bag of flammable liquid into the false flu clinic and ignited firefighters managed to put out the blaze off to 30 minutes. victims were thought to have

suffered from hot and lung failure. of the remaining 12 american and canadian missionaries kidnapped by a criminal gang in haiti, had been released people gathered at the christian aid ministries campus in porto, plans before a convoy headed to the airport. the group was abducted in october after visiting an orphanage near the capital roy gathered they were treated rule to be well, i'm still waiting to hear the rest of their story. i'm sure they were treated supremely new life and it is hard even its 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 a she have a chance. 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 let the authorities, haitian medius as they were, than they were taken in. they were given medical tests, the haitian haitian medius, a subject i'd always experience weight loss in that time and incompatibility. and then we switched to the reports, we got it from the u. s. at least these, these missionaries came from all over the over the u. s. will that they were organized by an ohio based mission regroup, and their report stay that. those who knew the missionaries and who 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, 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 release that was negotiated. apparently we knew that the f b i was helping and facilitating in negotiations as well. head on out of the u. s. ramps up the pressure on china over the treatment of muslim weakness in changing a nation polarized chill. a presidential election campaign comes down to a battle between the hard right and far left eye. 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 vans moving across iraq into western iran, and that's going to drop down some what weather for a q wait. so we show the 3 day forecast here. really the next several days we've got that risk. we could even power up some thunderstorms as so we'll certainly be watching that carefully off the pockets doesn't seem to be cool here for the hor, 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 for people like places like all cra over the next little bit. we have seen flooding across the congo, so this is force thousands of people from their homes as that flooding intensifies and still more wet weather in the forecast for the democratic republic of congo, spilling into congo on friday, further toward the south, some bursts of heavy rain can be expected zambia right through to the bob boys southern sections of most and be great 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, the extent beyond the comfort zone, poor assumptions are challenged. traveled to the ends of the earth on further experience, the unimaginable of the people who live it is a probably the most extreme situation, the offering involved in how quickly things contract award winning documentary is that old for perception? witness on a just the euro. lou

ah, hello again. you're watching. i just need a reminder of our top stories to sell. the remaining 12 american and canadian missionaries kidnapped by criminal gang in haiti, have been released group was abducted in october after visiting an orphanage near the capital. one of the most powerful tropical storms they 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. u. s. president joe biden is wanting unvaccinated americans about what he calls a winter of severe illness and death by the says, the alma chronic cobra. 19 variance will spread rapidly in the new year, and he's appealing for more people to get boosted jeff's. or the un secretary general says flawed vaccine policies have contributed to the threat posed by the

new variant. the step, the g vector hardly the step, the g, a vector nationalism or the step, the g eviction diplomacy. these new belgium is demonstrating despite you. and so my hope is that countries understand that from not one, we need to have an equitable way to address the panoramic or we will all be victims of it at the past week has seen an 83 percent jump in cobra. 19 cases in africa. the continent with the lowest vaccination rates, the light colors on this map represent countries struggling to get people jagged. only 20 african nations have managed to vaccinate more than 10 percent of their population. many nations are still trying to get doses through the us bank kovak scheme. a growing vaccine hesitancy is also a concern,

as nicholas hoc reports from that car. a precious and life saving vaccine, free of cost. and yet, no one at this coven 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 they'll go blind up despite her assurances the vaccine is safe and could protect their lives. people don't trust her dad, so much misinformation so much nonsense. talking about clothes and vaccine, just like talking about politics and 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. he 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, more than 200000 expired doses, have been destroyed, is where the coven vaccine is being stored. it needs to be kept between $2.00 and $8.00 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 honk al jazeera de car, a facebook's parent company mentor has banned 7 companies, which it says we're operating as surveillance for higher. it sending warning seems to 48000 people who believes were targeted on his social media platforms by malicious activity. met the says politicians, journalists and human rights activists were effected. connie good yellow is editor in chief of seen that she says, cyber spine practices will continue unless governments and social media platforms take action. we're 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 e mail 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 could come from this kind of surveillance. the surveillance for higher 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 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 norris that affects their business and it prevent us doing business with them

from left or some sort of repercussion. and besides a ban, those practices and that's for hire is going to continue to happen. or the us senate has voted to ban in force from china. as jim jang region less produces can prove for slavery was not used. it passed unanimously, despite opposition from companies who argue it will further disrupt supply chains. the administration's also announced new sanctions again, several chinese companies for their actions ins in jane, the u. s. as acute china, of committing genocide in its treatment of muslim week, is there, chinese embassy in washington called the action totally groundless. alan fisher has more 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 gen jang area of china must be able to prove that there was no force labor involved in the goods that were produced. a number of human rights organizations have said that the mainly muslim wiggers are being used in force labor camps. now, the chinese embassy here in washington says those 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. now if you add that to the,

the, the investment band that was imposed last week, you can see why people are seeing that relations between beijing and washington, or perhaps their worst in a generation. the governor of the us state of kentucky says the number of deaths from friday's tornadoes has now written to 75. 16 people still missing at least 5 others were killed on wednesday in a separate powerful storm system. more than 20 different tornadoes reported which meteorologist say is abnormal, for this time of year, or $250000.00 homes and businesses remain without power. across 4 states, australian police have launched an investigation into the death of 5 children who are killed. when a gust of wind swept up a bouncy castle, they were jumping on several other children. they were in a critical condition. after falling about 10 meters, police are looking into whether the castle was properly tied to the ground. the

children aged round 12 was celebrating the last week of primary school in the island state of tasmania. today that says, my new community continues to grieve. my children who sadly lost their lives yesterday, we will side continue to hope and pray for the poor children's remaining hospital that will be able to recover. the tragedy which occurred yesterday is beyond comprehension. it's devastating, heartbreaking. it's just simply and comprehensible. what should have been a celebration for the end of the school year turned into an unfortunate tragedy. for young children at hillcrest primary, the you, the e. u. has again threatened tough sanctions against russia if it invades ukraine. european commission of president ursula on the lion says moscow must de escalate the tensions and refrain from further aggression. us intelligence officials say russia has moved tens of thousands of troops to its borders with ukraine. though

moscow denies it has any plans to attack chili's presidential candidates have made last ditch effort to win over voters. the head of sundays run off election. poli suggest it will be an extremely tied race. far i candidate jose antonio cast, finished on top in the 1st round, these were taken his left wing opponent gabriel burridge, but only by a slim margin or latin america added to the sea. newman has moved from santiago this was the last chance to alter conservative presidential candidate for san antonio. pasadena had to convince julians that he is the man of the future just by his passport to 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, shake and drugged violence and also an uprising, an indigenous uprising in south central tele oh,

we're 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. who held this rally and one of chillies, 3 wealthiest counties, where he has wide support task is a subject catholic who opposes same sex marriage, abortion. and what he calls a nest winged cultural dictatorship monkey swung more to the center in recent weeks to win over those you see him as a representative of chiles. patty, his opponent was 35 year old, new left leader gabrielle body to help a simultaneous rally in a more middle class part of the capitol. he too, has been working hard to take the perception that he's too radical, especially since the political alliance includes the communist. pardon me,

although he says he's still the same. former student leader that lead street protests apart, he's looking lesser formal, is offering a better future in a less unequal society. threatened gamino escobar al 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 has. 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 mike, when the most competitive and next in this country has seen in more than 3 decades . a scientists in brazil estimates 17000000 animals were killed in last year's wildfires. in the was largest tropical wetland fires destroyed about 30 percent of the pants in our wetlands, which extend across parts of bolivia and paraguay. scientists have described the damage to the ecosystem as apocalyptic. the poinsettia flower is

synonymous with christmas in many countries, millions of them are grown every year in mexico, well known as the not chip went out. and this holiday season for uses are hoping for bumper sales off the business suffered in the pandemic. john hallman reports from mexico city christmas is approaching in mckuddle there her micah, one of latin america's biggest flower markets. and one plant in particular is the star of the show. the no chip winner. 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 deep christmas isn't the same without it. we met her, she snapped up more than 10 bouquets. when uploaded a mortar apart 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 other takes, could it quit less so to 2 and used it to control fevers and heart conditions. but it was when the us ambassador jo point set fell in love with it and took several plots back to the u. s. that it really became popular now in english, the flowers cool when set fia off to 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 its 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 flores that say 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 1000 families just in such a mil coker for more. and they're hoping for big bounce in sales as met could continues to open up in christmas. comes john holman. out is eda mexico city. ah, this is azure. let's get a round up of the top story u. s. president joe biden is wanting unvaccinated americans about what he calls a winter of severe illness and death is appealing for more people to get pushed to jobs. here for a tier now as ready as going to increase for on vaccinated. we are looking at a winter of severe illness and death unvaccinated for themselves, their families and the hosp.