sarah, i joined dogs zero's part of the launched team in 2006 for just as a for, for a 1000000 mom march. in that time i've covered wars revolutions, elections on military corps, from, for vendors of characters. so the battlefields are on most of our job is to get to the truth and empower people through knowledge. ah. ready governments ramp up efforts to contain the spread of only crown and the netherlands is going into long down in london, declares a major incident. ah, no, you're watching al jazeera alive from door. how with me for the betty ball also coming up more than 30 people are now if you have been killed by typhoon dry in the

philippines rescue workers are starting to reach remote areas, hates by the storm, struggling to build a life in the desert, how the debate over chiles. migraines could help decide who wins sunday's presidential election here. champions for the 1st time after they beat denisia with 2 goals in extra time. with the surgeon corona, various cases linked to the army con variant has pushed european governments into urgent action. the netherlands will impose tough lockdown measures from sunday, non essential sharps, bars restaurants, and other public places will be closed until mid january at the earliest and ends in some of the thought summarized in one sentence, the netherlands will go into locked down again from to morrow the netherlands will

be locked down again. that is unavoidable because the 5th wave coming at us with the army kron variant. meanwhile, the united kingdom has confirmed more than 90000 new covey. 19 infections. london's mer has declared the search a major incident ne vacaville for some london turbo chosing england's booster dr. chelsea football clubs, home ground. stanford bridge has become a makeshift vaccine hub. only cons now dominant to the british capital. this is a race against time to protect people from serious illness and safeguard the national health service and businesses bracing for new restrictions. it's really important londoners understand how serious things are the best thing lemons can do is to get both vaccines and the booster. they provide extra layers of protection. the really bad news is those in hospital, the vast, vast majority unvaccinated. that's why it's so important to get both the vaccines

and the boost the job with cases doubling every 2 days. health experts warm the vaccination effort. nice to reach people who haven't had a single dose. that's an estimated 1300000 in london. many millions more across the country. analysis shows poor younger a more ethnically diverse communities. our lease protected the more people to get sick. the more critical services could soon be in trouble. there. currently somebody stop at that one london hospital trough through a down we covered and away from work that they've had to drop in extra help from elsewhere. just a mom, the hospital's accident and emergency unit. and so that's a possible risk of a certain number of people ending up in hospital suffering with the omicron variant . and the country's national health service could soon be overwhelmed. and it's a darkening pitcher across europe. islands introduced an 8 p m. curfew and dutch

health experts were advising tougher measures there. germany, meanwhile, is designated for armstead mark of the u. k. high risk zones, with the possibility of mandatory quarantine for travelers in the french capital, children as young as 5 are now being given a 1st dose of a covey 19 vaccine. the government there is said to be considering making vaccines mandatory was starting to know more about alma crohn and the details of so bring a study from imperial college london finds no evidence of alma crohn having lowest severity than the delta variance. the risk of re infection is 5 times higher than delta, and the varian can evade pri immunity given by previous infection or vaccination. but we do know that serious illness can be averted with a 3rd dose, making this 1st and vital line of defense. if barca al jazeera london, as he mentioned germany, has added the u. k to its list of its of high risk countries,

the development comes as protests were held in germany against coven, 1900 restrictions. ronnie mason transferred in to sylvia off on saturday. several were arrested the country approved of vaccine mandate for health workers earlier this month, and the government is considering expanding this to the general population. 1000 vin spain have been demonstrating against the government the decision to introduce vaccine passports. spain began using the european union digital cove in 1900 vaccination certificate in an effort to characterize an infection. people every time to show the document to slide 5 and night club in the u. s. prize. and joe biden is considering further measures as cases they arise. hill address the nation on tuesday and is expected to take steps beyond the so called winter plan. hospitals are under significant pressure. new york state has recorded its highest number of infections in a single day. alan fisher reports,

it's the start of the biggest travel window across the us for millions christmas and new year holidays start here. and the threat from the con variant hasn't kept people home, but has given them some warning. i'm very concerned about it because the price of food inside the lobby, a pool on the plains of who covert testing lines or back to some people waiting hours to get checked out. my brother woke up not feeling good with a fever, and i got a text during lunch saying that he got it. so this place is always open. the variant is no, at least 40 states, places like connecticut and michigan, a seeing significant surges in hospital admissions. new york state has seen its highest single day reporting of infections since the pandemic began 21000 new cases on friday. a record experts are predicting will soon be broken. almost here is going to start to spread much more rapidly beginning of the year. and the only real

protection is to get your shots. meanwhile, a federal court to reinstated the bytes administration's vaccine mandate for big companies. that means workers at companies with more than $100.00 employees will have to either be vaccinated or undergo weekly testing. an appeals court saying the government must be allowed to respond to covert dangerous. as the evolve. some republican states oppose the idea. it's a measure which is now almost certainly going to end up being argued at the supreme court. for the white house, though, it's a small victory in a sea of much bleaker news. allan fisher, i'll just 0 washington. in the world years more than 30 people are now feared dead after typhoon ry hit, the philippines on friday. hundreds of thousands of people have been forced from their homes. rescue workers just wanting to reach remote areas where dozens of people are missing. 800000 military and security forces have joined the efforts in

the worst effected regions. jemila alan doug and has been following developments from deval city siphoned right. first made landfall in the philippines on friday. but until now there are still many areas, many communities in at least 4 provinces that remain cut off. we've spoken to military officials here in diversity who told us that they're doing the best they can providing assistance, security, transport, and reconnaissance flights. the local government officials who need to assess the damage in many areas. the cover president rodrigo, the therapy himself also surveyed the devastation through a reconnaissance flight over the province of city. go and he himself admit that it's going to be very difficult for the government to provide that much needed to many of these areas. before that they fall in struck over a 100000 people were able to evacuate from their homes and to look for safety. but men here believe that millions more have been affected. we also spoke

to civilians who survived to see they were grateful. they were able to connect and recharge their phones to tell their families in many other communities that the survive. but they are much more fearful about what the future holds. that's because many of them have not just lost their homes. they have lost their livelihood as well. slash lads in northern iraq has killed at least 12 people. hundreds more have been injured. and it seems no relief is in sight with more heavy rain forecasts for the next few days. victoria gets behind the details. in the suburbs of her bill, a clean up operation is underway. torrential rain caused flash floods, hair in people's homes and businesses are badly damaged. cameron, a more says flood water swept through his property in the middle of the night, had been, we're a recall, but my son called me last night and told me to come here because there was a flood. thank god, we're fine. the most important thing is that we're safe. everything else can be

fixed. all the water level reached around one me to 80 is that the flood started around 1 am local time when most people were asleep. but every one got out alive. molly puma? this is my aunt's house. 2 people lived here and they had 2 guests who were disabled when the house was flooded. one of the residents tried to save the disabled people. the force of the water meant he wasn't able to and they drowned. we removed 3 bodies from half a matter of mud. iraqis have been hit by a succession of extreme weather events. they've enjoyed repeated droughts in recent years, but have also experienced intense floods made worse when torrential rain falls on sun baked earth. the government's accused of being too slow to adapt to climate change and that widespread corruption has led to years of under investment in the cities infrastructure. it's left areas like this ill prepared to deal with flooding

or gar garcia huffman. this has happened because of government neglect and the absence of a solid plan. this is the 3rd time this has happened to us. there's no sewage system or anything that can save us from danger. it will take weeks if not months, for homes to dry out and be repaired. many say they're worried about more floods in the future. victoria gay to be al jazeera and al jazeera mahmud up there. why had is in her bill and has this update. this is one of the neighborhoods in southern bills. this is the called the coastal neighborhood that was severely hit by the floods on friday. as you can see right behind be the floods were very strong, that it demolished demolished this fence right behind me if you can see. and also some properties of civilians have been swept over by the floods. if you can see here in the background furniture, if you can see over the civil defense teams have been

a trying to help civilians draining their houses and properties and also rescue teams have been deployed to other areas to look for missing victims. as you know, this area last one at 12 months, infant and that was swept over also by the flux. the people here are very angry and questioning the government for what they call, not doing enough to protect them. especially with the reports about drainage system is not working in some parts of the city. the government has located 1000000000 iraqi dinars for rehabilitation of the areas affected by the floods for compensating people and also for helping for helping people in distress for relief and for support. that is estimated at about $700000.00. and meanwhile,

the government of the prime minister because the sent region must rule. bernie is studying or is trying to open investigation and what is the cause? negligence and mismanagement? because some parts of the drainage system are not working in some parts of the city . coming up after the break, we take you to spain, where families are fighting to keep their homes under threat of eviction jests before christmas. and as if he for our cup wraps up, him, khattab will look at what lessons can be learned one year ahead of source, biggest competition. ah, ah, look forward to really, to scully's, the with the sponsored boy cutoff airways. hello. they will start in east asia and typhoon rise. expected to move closer to the southern coast of china in the days to

comical miss hainan island. but it'll bring some wet and windy conditions to that area. but ahead of it, it's looking largely fine and dry across much of mainland china. we've got high pressure in charge, keeping temperatures in beijing and shanghai well above the average, lots of sunshine. here it is going to get cooler as we edge towards the weekend to some the story for the korean peninsula. lots of sunshine for saw a little bit of cloud lingering about. but for the wet and windy weather and more wintry mix, we have to move to northern areas of japan. in particular, we could see some heavy snow fall in her kind of, as well as western areas of han shoe in the days to come. but by the time we get to monday, the action is going to be in southern areas of china. you can see hyphen rice sweeping in there on a north east in the direction. it's going to bring some heavy rain to the area. and we will see rain in hong kong by tuesday. now as we move to south asia, it's looking largely dry across much of india. it's been very cold though. we've had the mercury sitting in the minuses,

some record cold nights up here. and some fog around is gonna remain this way over the next few days with the temperature in new delhi. well below the average the weather sponsored by katara always. if america held up a mirror to itself, what would it see in a sense, race is the story of america. what's working and what's not? a lot of people were only talking about that. it wasn't at the top of the agenda. if america can handle multiple challenges on multiple fronts, we need to go back to the bottom line on al jazeera, you the hero world news right ah washer for ah,

welcome back on top stories on al jazeera this hour, the netherlands will impose a 4 week long dawn from sunday, cone of virus infections are searching across europe. london's mayor has declared a major incident in response to arising on the con cases in the u. s. virgin joe biden is expected to announce new proven 19 measures when he addresses the country on tuesday. new york state has reported its highest number of infections in a single day. and now the news, a number of people killed by typhoon rye in the philippines has risen to 30 rescuer cuz they're trying to reach, trying to people in the wake of friday storms. hundreds of thousands have been displaced to chile now, where the current wave of undocumented migraines is one of the key issues that could determine the outcome of sunday's presidential election for right candidates . jose antonio cast his proposing to dig

a ditch along the northern border to keep my grants out his left wing upon and gabrielle burridge, b. lease. their focus should be on traffickers who smuggle people into the country . the scene. human reports from e kaycie near chillies border with bolivia. there's no electricity or water yet. land grabs and makes shift camps like lemuel le are springing up like mushrooms all over chillies at the camera. desert area of outdoor speech. you're the newest arrivals. are undocumented venezuelan migrants, like angie who came here with her 4 children and no money and thought, god thought i've been here for 2 months. we've been living in the shack, made of cardboard, and a sheet on the top. there. no toilet and little food or wood to build better shelters, yet spaces for more families are already reserved. but there is trouble in the air . last month, julian camp dwellers set

a barricades to prevent more migrants from arriving the latest in a series of protests that often end in violence. one was hally, chilion, pastor loan's, heel, or soil, and his venezuelan wife are concerned about growing xenophobia. if you are larry good often, if some of them are criminals, put them and joe, but the majority here want to work and legalize them. migrations that awesome in the nearby city of a kick it newly arrived, venezuelans have set up camp along the sea side promenades. nelson support, that is the president of this areas, neighborhood association. i go who will apply, you know, they occupy up clauses, beaches parks, including our most respected patriot. ec symbols at 1st. we welcome them, but then the migrant trafficking started bringing them in waves. it's turned into a nightmare. despite the unprecedented influx of undocumented migrants from haiti, columbia, peru, and especially venezuela, the government has him provided emergency food and shelter. and it's become

a major issue ahead and sundays presidential election, new left candidate, gabrielle body. each promises to protect migrants, human rights, but target human smugglers. but his opponent has gained popularity with his get tough policy along chili's 1100 kilometer northern border. far right wing presidential candidate or sampling jocasta's not only proposing to expel undocumented migrants, but also to dig a ditch along chili's poorest northern border with bolivia to keep them out. the ditch would be 3 meters deep and 6 meters wide, and it's the closest the yet, the former you as president in donald trump's wall along the us mexican border. except the cast is not proposing that bolivia pay for it. at v barrett, i came from columbia 6 years ago, legally and has been working ever since. she shows us how she's built her small house on another land grab, but she's worried. ilia montana is the bane of ways to morrow. they could throw us

all out of here, like i did in venezuela, to the colombians. and what happened now? the venezuelans are the homeless ones. no one knows when they might become a migrant. and i've been like these venezuelan children crossed the border into chile just this morning with their parents. what happens to them will depend a lot on who wins sunday's election. to see a newman, al, jazeera e, kiki and alice on the rom petty's in santiago. he says this election is being fought on several big issues just like migration and increase in crime and drug trafficking here in front and center in the minds of many voters to leanne voters. and that's true both here and upper class neighborhoods like the one where we are an employer neighborhoods that more directly had to deal with the consequences of that increase in crime. and the far right the candy, they cast them a great job truly,

to sort of tap into those fears and the and then the. and if you add to that, add to that the fact that since 2019 mouth, this country has been a rock by almost unprecedented protest. and part of especially young she lands who sort of understand how that has helped her. all of this has helped propel a caster to the top of the lot the in the 1st round. on the other hand though, there are many she lands that want to do something about inequality in this country, both socially and economically. and that's one of health to the left is the can be, it's gabriella boring to come in a 2nd that he's a millennial. he is a young candidate just 35 years old, just barely making the age to be able to run for president. ne, come to represent this new sheila, who wants to change this country,

which remains the richest in latin america, but also a quite an equal country. and he's hoping to bring forward a number of progressive reform, spencer reform, education reform allowing more people to have cation in this country. and that's something that is important to many, also people here. and polls have opened in hong kong 1st legislative elections since 1st sweeping changes to the system. only 20 of 90 lawmakers will be elected by miss old. all candidates have been vetted, which official say is to ensure only patriots run early. the city is electoral off, has sent out a mast text message urging people to vote and meet fears of a low turnout. and he said people have been arrested for a legally calling for a boycott to stay now, where housing shortages have led to some families facing eviction in the run up to christmas. that's despite spain's constitution entitling citizens to adequate homes

. a government in the catalonia region is trying to solve the problem by introducing rent control. and tasha go name reports from barcelona. initially, carlos barrel cow thought he and his mother would leave quietly as his neighbors had. for 25 years, they've called this 4 bedroom flat in barcelona home. that he realised finding another apartment anywhere in the city for the $685.00 a month. they've been paying is impossible. he's been fighting eviction for the past 4 years. i me, women and police are expected to forcibly remove him and his mother from the apartment, the week of christmas epic. thou and i bought it there. this is affecting me emotionally. i my mother, even more. i've had to distance her from all of the struggle because of her illness, but is impossible to do that completely. it'll get into the ag. throughout the you, the average supply of affordable housing is 9 per cent. in spain is just 2 and

a half percent according to government data. in the last 20 years, the rental market has only grown because of a lack of jobs and low wages. the brookings institution estimates the government needs to provide at least one and a half 1000000 rental homes to low income earners. the kind of loony or region which includes barcelona, implemented a rent control policy last year. the 1st in spain, the conservative popular party is now challenging it in court. the city is in the process of building $8000.00 affordable rental homes and forging public private partnerships to build more. i think i'm in court and that we have to bear in mind that 40 percent of people in barcelona renting, let's think about young people who have normal jobs and can't afford to pay market price housing that so it's a structural problem and doesn't affect only a specific sector of the population, the tenants union of catalonia says,

decades of feeling to provide affordable housing has altered spanish society. i think it is mostly breaking relationships in neighborhoods, m, m. c, these and towns. because we, we argued that the right to housing is not only to have a shelter, but also to have a neighborhood to have a community to be part of. instead of christmas decorations at the barrow calls home moving boxes or at the ready. but after contacting the un commission for human rights, carlos is feeling hopeful. the u. n. is asking the government to suspend eviction or offer him and his mother, alternative housing, while the case is reviewed. natasha her name al jazeera, barcelona protest, as indonesia of renewing cost for president kai said to send down the rallied again a day after demonstration walking the 11th anniversary of the uprising that triggered the ab spring site. recently announced the constitutional referendum for

next july. that will be a year after he sees that widespread power president and send other african leaders are in turkey for an economic summit, focused on boosting trade links, present, or a chef type berto on is hoping to triple trades with african countries, which is currently worth $25000000.00 a year fails of turkish weapons, including drove technology also on the agenda. anchor urgently needs income as the value of its currency, the mirror things to another, you know, and stock market trading was suspended on friday. in indonesia, the alert level has been raised, where volcano threatens 3 erupt again, 40 people were killed earlier this month or 36, remain missing. after a sudden eruption on mount marrow, people are being h to avoid the danger zone on java island. as experts report more activity, which could trigger an avalanche of lava, the

valgy re add been crowned our cup champions for the 1st time the final against in asia was go less after 90 minutes. but an extra time substitute. so you'd unleashed a chart that finally beat them with the final pull. the 2, no 9 kenesha. the 1st title, 1900. 63, the hosting, the cup has given cause have a chance to test the new stadiums and the arrangement it's putting in place for next year, for world cup. so hierarchy has been looking into what lessons the organizes have learned during the tournament. the. it's been the biggest tournament yet, held in castle with most of the 8 purpose the world cup stadium. fully put to the test. hundreds of thousands of football fans afford in and out of the arena's in the last few weeks to watch the fee for arab cup a glimpse of what to expect it next year's. well ha,

while i every one want to come? i received many message. well, they, they won't even, they can photo inside the video, the effort that has been done to the investment, the organization. it's something you cannot imagine is better than the premier league at some time. behind the scenes, it's all systems go to ensure one of the world's biggest tournaments runs smoothly from new pitch technology to a newly built metro system. everything is on trial. the fees are a health is being seen as a test to capture as to whether it's ready for the walk up in less than a year, or even $3.00 things have fans have been attending this tournament. and overall, their experience has been very positive bots, not without this issue. tickets availability and a new mandatory fine id system is some of the problems that caused confusion and delays. the follow be sure to be delivered at all. so we can avoid the line on to

for, for the 2 people or coming out to the country. the whole saw entry to the stadium was hard for me to let me come in with my medication. and the only entrance to disable people is at the far end of the stadium via catalyst supreme committee for delivery. and legacy says, hosting the arab cup has been a good opportunity to make improvements ahead of the world cup and in collaboration with fever. you have completed our constructions and we're focusing more into the fan experience. so we get actually the opportunity of engaging with the public, indicating them with some of the new features that you will be introduced in the world cup. for example, the fan id, we will be introducing a new version of it, an improved version of it for the public. so everything has been tested. this is, was actually one of the biggest tests with a population of less than 3000000 people. cattle security forces aren't used to dealing with large crowds, double the amounts of scans are due to arrive from all over the world for kickoff next year, which is exactly why cats are,

has signed agreements earlier this week for turkey in kenya to send thousands of security personnel to assist other countries will also be helping out to ah, it's taken more than a decade to prepare for the world cup and cattle is getting closer towards the finishing touches and even closer to hosting the biggest sporting events the region will ever have seen. so to highlight al jazeera, thou ha, ah, i'm fully battle with the headlines on al jazeera, the netherlands will impose a 4 week long down from sunday as colon virus infections rise to launch in 2000 per day. all non essential shops and schools, well be closed and angel sharp thought summarized in one sentence, the netherlands will go into lockdown again from to morrow. the netherlands will be

locked down again. that is unavoidable because of the 5th wave coming at us with the, our macro.