and similarities of cultures across the world. so no matter where you call home al jazeera will bring you the news and current affairs that matter to you. al jazeera ah covered 19 infections and death surge in the us and europe as the only con variance prompts governments to tighten restrictions. ah, no, this is al jazeera ally from doha. i'm for the battery will also ahead. the un human rights council is to investigate abuses committed by all sides in new york is war. at least while people are killed in thousands of homes destroyed by a typhoon in the philippines. i remember yelling,

teaser taser taser and nothing happened. and the former minnesota police officer who killed black mortar is dante rise, breaks arm as she takes us back. we begin in the us, where corona, virus cases and hospital admissions are rising at an alarming rate. as the winter search continues, the number of infections as increased by 40 percent compared to last month, while hospitalizations have risen by around 45 percent. many universities across the country are reverting to online teaching and sports events have been canceled or postponed. it comes, as experts predicts the only con variant or soon become the dominant strain there, micron is increasing rapidly and we expect it to become the dominant strain in the united states as it has and other countries in the coming weeks. we've seen cases

of on the crime among those who are both vaccinated and boosted, and we believe these cases are milder or asymptomatic because of vaccine protection for the un vaccinated you're looking at a winter of severe illness and death for yourselves. your families in the hospitals, you may soon overwhelm al jazeera. alan fisher has more from washington. of course there was a big surgeon, vaccinations, just as the vaccination started to come on to the market. and america was very happy with the way things were going. but now it's just less than 40 percent that aren't vaccinated here in the u. s. that still quite a significant number. and if you break those figures down, you will find that most of the people who aren't vaccinated identify as republicans . so it really doesn't matter what joe biden or the white house says, there are a lot of people out in the united states who say,

we're never going to listen to what this guy's got to say. even though he seeing this could actually save your life. and if you break down the figures even more, you will see that the number of people who are dying tend to be in read states. that is republican states. and the majority of those who are dying are republicans, and so that is a real worry. now add to that, the fact that we're coming in to the christmas and new year break. remember a month ago we were talking about thanksgiving. how is a big travel day of people we're going to big family gatherings. nothing compared to christmas and new year. in fact, from tonight, people are going to start heading off on their christmas and new year vacations. and that is a real worry for the white house and for the health experts, because they believe that this will lead to a search, which of course then leads to increased hospitalizations, which means that joe biden isn't kicking the but of the omicron variant any time soon. all the u. k. has seen a record number of covered 19 cases for the 3rd day in

a row. more than $93000.00 infections were registered on friday. around 4 percent are only con cases. total numbers nationwide have increased by about 39 percent in just a week by the death rates remains relatively low. france, meanwhile, has a mound that major public parties and fireworks will be banned on new year's eve. ask her on of iris infections rise. prime minister shanker sex, says, all citizens, even if vaccinated, should take a self test before attending social events, he said the only con strain is likely to be the dominant stream from january. farms has been reporting an average of 50000 new infections every day. natasha butler has more from paris on how new restrictions are, are affecting travelers. well, the french government's decision to find all non essential travel between france and the you. k from saturday has caused a lot of disruption and disappointment for people in both countries who are hoping

to spend some of the holiday season with family and friends. so lot of people have had to cancel their trips. others have been scrambling to try and get a plane or a train before those restrictions come into force. and we've been speaking to some of them here at the cross channel train terminal in paris. lot, i would have made it work anyway. had i booked to train it was like this, i got this train by chances i missed that restrictions, but i'd probably i would have on the way to make it work anyway. wouldn't quickly change my train or maybe i wouldn't want to. i wouldn't want to spend christmas by myself for people that i have to take the train to come to paris, whatever. and it's unfortunate and inside, but the same how many people are just trying to get a hold of what's going on and kind of have to have empathy for that. even though if it comes to the point of impacting people's lives, you know, in a negative way, but it's been 2 years that this has been dragging on. so you know, it sucks, but it is what it is. well, the reason for these travel restrictions,

according to the french government, is because they say they've been looking at the situation in the u. k. with a lot of concern. they're seeing the high number of cov infections there. and particularly the spread of the army corn a very now even though there are registered cases of on the corner here in france, the government says that what they need to do is try and slow down is transmission in this is just one of the ways they are trying to buy time time for people to get their a booster, a dose of coven vaccine. they are all they've also approved vaccination for 5 to 11 year olds across france. that will help to they say the government, a warning. the next few weeks ahead. could be very difficult indeed. we know already the doctors are saying that i see you beds already filling up. denmark will implement new restrictions to curb the rapid spread of the omicron variance, which now accounts for a 5th of its reported cases. daily infections broke. another record on friday with more than $11000.00 cases, detected the restrictions include closing public spaces,

such as theaters cinemas, entertainment pong st conference centers. the government will also limit the serving of alcohol. the new measures will be enforced from sunday while mid jam june is in copenhagen with more on what the government has announced. in that press conference, the prime minister said, in record time, the rules of the game have again been changed. she said that because of the worry that's growing right now over the surge in cobra. 19 cases here in denmark, just today, it was announced that 11194 new coven 19 cases have been registered. that applies to the past 24 hours, and i should add that that is once again, a new pandemic record number of daily cases. every day. this week, there has been a new pandemic record daily number of cases. that's one. cause for worry then you

will have the on the cron variant cases. they account now here in denmark for one 5th of the number of cases in the past 24 hours. 2550 new on the kron variant cases have been registered. and there are over 11000 on the kron various cases overall here in denmark. now, once the prime minister and the health minister finished speaking the proposals that they made for new restrictions, new cobit 19 related restrictions went to the epidemic committee, here in parliament. they voted on those proposed restrictions and they have now been approved. let me just list a few of those restrictions for you. this means that theater is cinemas, entertainment, parks, museums, art galleries, and other gatherings. faces will be closed starting sunday at 8 am local time for a period of at least 4 weeks. also there will be measures taken to limit the number

of people in shops and in restaurants the you case top civil servant investigating christmas bonnie's in government buildings during lockdown has stepped aside from the role after a major event was held in his office salmon cases in said to have attended the party in his office, but knew it happened. prime minister boys johnson ordered the investigation after a video major of his officials choking about a christmas party in downing street last year in breach of crone of ice walls. on to other world news now in the united nations human rights council has agreed to set up a commission to examine alleged abuses in ethiopia. investigators say they've received credible reports that all sides in the conflicts are committing human rights violations. the united states has called on all sides in the long year, long war to renounce and, and violence against civilians. the estimates are shocking. according to

information i our disposal from november 2020 to june 2021. over 2200 survivors reported sexual and gender based violence to health facilities across the gray region. one of go, one stop said this reported that the victims in over 90 percent, the faces were miners and estimated the visits to the center had quadrupled since the complete iraq a year ago. it is important to keep in mind that this figures are most probably an underestimation of the true extent of the sexual and gender grapevines being perpetrated al jazeera is malcolm where, based following the situation from nairobi, kenya some average breast concern is european union. the code for this extraordinary session of the un human right council. we've heard that some of the

biggest economies in the you have actually been quite reluctant to other members of the you that are the driving force behind this. the u. s. state department has been outspoken about this issue as well. just last week we were saying it was concerned about report that gray and forces committed abuses in the horror region to be now the government itself and some of its allies. it's very much against the setting up of an international commission to investigate right to be described what it says in the neo colonial takeover of the human rights commission of human rights council to try and interfere with it with its own sovereignty. it says that it's capable of investigating the, the disease and delivering justice domestic, leave it right. say that in spite of promising to do that before it's failed to do so today, coming back to the re college is there a 61 chief negotiator called re said talk to revive the 2015 nuclear deal.

and some of china's largest property developers are in trouble talking concerns about the impact on the global financial ah, ah, look forward to burritos guys. with sponsored by cut on airways, your weather story for asia right here, right now we're going to begin in india, where toward the northwest, no major weather alerts right across the country, but that northwest corner we do have alerts for but fog and a bit of a cold snap going on, so we'll show you the 3 day forecast in delhi, your temperatures a bit below average. dip and down to 6. but as you head out of the city, the temperatures are even lower. now for the most part, typhoon rye has made a clean sweep of the philippines, his son, the strongest storms we have seen in the western pacific. and he did quite

a number on the philippines. it's now in the south china sea salt trace where it goes is it brushes up against that coast of vietnam over the weekend? i don't think it's going to make a land fall here, but still enough to cause some damage. it will veer toward the east go over, potentially high nam before slamming into southern portions of china. so this is as story will continue to keep tabs on over the next few days to northern china. right now we do have that blast of cool air coming down also into korea as well. and that snow piling up for western portions of honshu and hook kado. so measure the cool air saul just a high of one degree on saturday, but give it time. those temperatures will rise back to double digits on monday. we do have a cloudy day. however, on monday, that's your weather, sir. oh, the weather sponsored by katara always ah, inculcate a culture of knowledge, openness and pluralism, world wide, and to reward merit and excellence,

and encourage creativity to shake him out. award for translation and international understanding was found to promote translation and honor translators, and acknowledged their role and strengthening the bonds of friendship and co operation between arab islamic and world coaches. ah, ah ah, welcome back. a reminder, our top stories on al jazeera us corona virus cases and hospital admissions are surging, on average, more than a $120000.00 infections are being reported each day. an increase of 40 percent on last month. the u. k. has seen

a record number of coverage 19 cases for the 3rd day in a row. more than $93000.00 infections were registered on friday. the booster program is accelerating. half of all adults have received a thorough job and the un human rights council has agreed to set up a commission to examine abuses in ethiopia. conflict. investigators say they've received credible reports that old signs are committing violations against cbs avenues in the philippines is counting the cost of tie foreign rye which has killed at least $12.00 people and destroyed thousands of homes. the storm hit, the central and southern regions, forcing hundreds of thousands to seek safety. is now heading towards yet numb and china. joan melinda dunn has more from the philippines capital manila. within 24 hours since stifled ry 1st made landfall in the philippines. and many areas remain cut off. government leaders admit they are struggling to get an accurate picture of

the typhoons impact the net gross and sir ego provinces. in the town of murray, bo hockey ball province. rescue operations are still underway. local government workers there say at least 20000 families have already been evacuated from their homes. and many more are in desperate need of rescue. evacuees can't stay in temporary shelters for too long because of coven 19 restrictions. social distancing impacts evacuation sites is difficult to implement. many see there are more worried about the long term impact of this devastation. millions of filipinos are already bearing the brunt of the economic recession. they fear the latest typhoon disaster could obliterate whatever livelihood they have left. the government has pre

positioned aids and military as 1st responders across the country, but many communities remain cut off that the officials and even aid groups are still struggling. how and where to send aid to those who need it. most type would write, devastated huge parts of the desires and the men to now regions. these pictures show extensive damage of the international airport in sebu power and communication lines down and some hospitals are reported to be damaged. even for a country often hit by natural disasters. this damage is being seen as unprecedented. jamal ali logan al jazeera manila in the us, former minneapolis police officer came potter has apologized in court for shooting and killing 20 year old black man dante wright. she is facing 2 charges of manslaughter, but claimed she meant to draw her taser instead of our gun video. the shooting set

off launch protests across the us. john hendrick report from chicago. the fate of kim potter, the white police officer accused in the racially charge killing of a black man will soon be in the hands of a jury. members of the jury in highly anticipated testimony in minneapolis, courtroom potter took the stand in her own defense, breaking down, saying she meant to pull out her taser. with the former police officer who was a 26 year veteran, says she accidentally drew her gun instead. and fired, killing 20 year old dante, right. as he drove away from police, it's just one chaotic it and then i remember yelling, teaser taser teaser and nothing happens.

potter was supervising another officer when he pulled right over for offences. she says probably did not merit a traffic stop. right had expired registration tags and an air freshener dangling from the rear view mirror. both technical violations that are often overlooked. an air freshener to me is not just an equipment violation. and during the cova times, the high cold times, the motor vehicles were so offline that people were getting tabs and we were advised not to try to enforce a lot of those things because the tab we're just not inflict elation. then the stop went wrong, right? pulling away with an officer still dangling from his car, potter says the officer had a look of fear on his face and she wanted to save his life. potter is charged with 1st and 2nd degree manslaughter. legal experts say that the prosecution probably

has to prove that she acted with some degree of consciousness. if the jury decides that she acted unconsciously and didn't know that she was using legal force, that's probably not enough for a conviction. probably the shooting came when public interest in police killings of black men was at its peak in the midst of the racially charged trial of the white police officer who killed george floyd in neighboring minneapolis drawing protesters to the scene of the brooklyn center. shoot over and over in a tearful cross examination, potter who had never fired a weapon in an arrest. apologized, you are focused on what you had done because you had just killed somebody you knew that force was unreasonable and unwarranted or anybody that's why you said, i'm going to go to prison. i don't know whether that happens and whether dante

right life ended in an unfortunate accident or a criminal act. a jury will decide. john henderson, al jazeera chicago to china, now where the continuing problems facing the country. second, 2nd largest, real estate developer ever grant her smart fears about its impact on the economy. other chinese developers, including kaiser and she, mo, are also in trouble with share prices falling because of debt concerns. katrina, you reports on sue's hall in eastern china. it's called fairy land, but it feels like a ghost town he ever grand project is just one of the hundreds in china stalled because of the real estate giant's financial troubles. it's more than $300000000000.00 in debt and has defaulted on to overseas bonds. okay, yeah, retired pharma, mrs. song lives close by and has brought a granddaughter here to play to the hey kristie that it's such

a shame. it looks like it's a nice place. building began in 2017, but no one knows if it will ever be finished. this theme park is meant to be the highlight of the sprawling new development called ever grand cultural tourism city . the grand plan involved luxury apartments, hotels, and restaurants. lot of the companies, bills started piling up, construction ground to a home work stopped in august abandoned materials and machinery, a left where a grad castle entrance was supposed to be. the security guard says he hasn't been paid in months a summer. your job. what can i do? i just wait and hold. my salary will be paid. he's one of the thousands of employees, contractors and customers, or money by ever grad chinese creditors are suing the developer for or would you learns? the government has stepped in to restructure the company's debt, but a bailout looks unlikely. now fears about the help of other heavily indebted

developers, including kaiser and shamar have gripped financial markets. yeah, a lot of it is that it is just building building, building, taking out, you know, taking on as much credit as possible. aah. and did the leverage at the end of the day of these are developers. i was just astronomical. i'm and you know, it wasn't matched with the potential. do you actually make in our sales out into the future? ah, to be able to pay this back. slumping property sales around the country are adding to china's already slowing economic growth. they do introduced title regulations to control the mounting debt. last year. analysts say it's trying to teach property, develop his lesson while also trying to shield the sector and broader economy from a crisis. it will affect the international economy, but not a, not in a disastrous way. so i think we go slow down china's housing market. there is a weaker demand for commodities. and so that will put

a damper on commodity prices. and china's economy slows down. that can have a brother impact to for or the global market, but that matches little to the families who have pulled their savings into f. a grant investments like this unfinished park. this little to be done. but wait, katrina, you al jazeera pseudo. the un children's agency says the economic crisis in lebanon is fueling an increase in child abuse. unicef and it's local partners handled almost twice as many cases in the past year. it says at least $1000000.00 lebanese children are at risk of violence. child labor has also increased with more than one in 10 families sending at least one child to work. and more than a half of parents surveyed said their children had skipped meals in the past. month because they couldn't afford to feed them measured to marla. my gte is the special

representative of the un secretary general on violence against children. she says violence against children can be prevented. the added value of the report is to give the snapshot about what's going currently, ily been on regarding child protection issues. and when i am speaking about child protection issues, it's about a lebanese children, but also ordinary fusion children and all sorts of families who are living in difficult circumstances. i think what the report is highlighting. also, it's highlighted the fact that you choose a financial crisis, a current financial crisis, political crisis, but also you monitor in crisis. and if we add the social economic impact of depend a meek, i think it's highlight the increase of all forms of violence. again, children and coping mechanism to deal with all these issues regarding the exacerbation of inequality and increasing of overseas among the most vulnerable

people. live by 9 as well as many other countries is, was have 85 mentioned on children's rights and have to guarantee the rights and we despise the fiscal constraints. they have to see a really tight protection and protection of the most vulnerable, including, i mean, really as a priority despite fiscal constrain, despite all this crisis. and here is the support of un is really here to remind zat . but he's also in a closed partnership with government and we all the key partners really to make it happen today because we need to react very, very quickly to protect children, to provide them with social protection, with psycho social support with education and also really making sure that it's really joint implemented and really accessible to all children in the family without discrimination and showing that no one is left behind. the 7th round of

talks to revive the 2015 iran nuclear deal has ended in vienna. the use code major says of establish good relationships with the new delegates from tehran and agreed upon some of the rants key demands. dawson, barry reports from vienna an unprecedented display by the united nations nuclear watchdog. this is one of the cameras, the international atomic energy agency has been trying to get reinstalled in a workshop outside to her on since june. that's when iranian officials say an act of sabotage was carried out damaging these cameras. the reigning officials are about to conclude their investigation. some in iran say these cameras could have played a role in the attack and a charge the director general denies. it is absurd to believe or to say that the i e commerce when part of some sort of solvent,

that is number one. number 2, this commerce will not have any trust meter in beacon that can be used in the way that he was alleged. as the issue of iran's compliance with the i e a seems to have been resolved for now. the european signatories of the deal, france, germany and u. k. along with russia and china and the united states, wrapped up their 7th round of talks in vienna. now it's cleared, the clock is ticking, we don't have much time there is hm. oh, views, sense of urgency in every pin we do here. so we will resume. we will resume. sure. m a we will be, i hope, hub in the final thrones of these negotiations. the leader in, in negotiator and deputy foreign minister ali bowery. connie is more helpful than ever before. that's because the 2 proposals iran put forward at the start of this round, which began on november 29th,

have finally be agreed on by all parties to be part of the dialogue in the upcoming talks. and the most important developments so far, the americans are talking specific sanctions really for iran will come and ask them we are making provisions about sanctions, relief and have gone back and forth with the americans. they have exhibited a series of our demands and we are in the pro suits of negotiating, the details of the coil. you. iran and wall power signed a nuclear agreement in 2015, which curved its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief and economic benefits. but the united states withdrew from the deal in 2018 and imposed sanctions on iran. and iran then reduces commitments to the nuclear deal in retaliation. this was the 1st round for aaron's new a nuclear negotiating team under president abraham bracy. they had a new list of demands which slowed down these talks and frustrated many of the other parties involved. but the state has finally been said to begin the hard part of the negotiations. as all parties involved of agreed,

the time is of the essence to try and get all those parties to revive the nuclear deal. door. such a worry al jazeera, vienna, thousands of tunisians have been protesting on the 11th anniversary of the uprising, which triggered the ab spring revolution. oh, crowds ran e double for and against frozen k said. he recently announced the constitutional referendum for next july. that comes a year after he sees widespread powers and move 1st been criticized by some assa. ah, no. again, i'm thoroughly battle with the headlines on al jazeera u. s. current of iris cases and hospital admissions are surging on average. more than a 120000 infections are being reported every day. an increase of 40 per cent on last month. i'm a crime is increased.