to come with ah, only patriots allowed hong kong votes for the 1st time since bay jeans, overhaul of its electoral system. ah, hello, i am sammy's aiden. this is al jazeera alive from dell hall. so coming up, christmas log down in the netherlands. army kron case is growing across europe and the united states. searching for solutions world powers gathering pakistan to try and end the suffering in afghanistan. and urgent appeals for aid after typhoon ry

wreaks havoc across the southern and central philippines. ah, that hong kong is holding its 1st election since china imposed its sweeping national security law. photos are electing politicians to represent them in the legislative council. but unlike previous elections, most of the candidates have been vetted and approved by bay ging with 4400000 residents eligible to turn out so far has been low. hong kong largest opposition party, the democratic party is boycotted, the elections chief executive carry lamb has defended the controversial electoral reforms. i do have sarah kia tockets for this general election of legislative council. one is to ensure patriots administering hong kong. and i think that

objective has been met through the design of the candidate eligibility review committees. so all of the 153 candidates could meet this requirement. and you can see that they actually come from a very diverse background. were very different opinions on the range of issues. go live now to brits climate. she joins us from hong kong. so how's turn out looking now? well, it is a little bit lower than in previous years, but it's still too early to say for sure how things will pan out. i spoke to a 20 year old student a little bit earlier. she spoke to me without wanting to reveal her identity to speaking to, to how sensitive this topic is. and she said, there's really no point in her voting today. she'll make use of the free transportation given by the government that but that she doesn't feel there's enough political diversity or true representation for her vote to count. so polls,

as i say, even on in the run up to this election have suggested that they will be lower than in previous years that something the chief executive carry, lab has frogged off even using to chinese state media. that perhaps if there is a low turn out, that it's an indication that people are so satisfied that they don't want to go to the poll to the polls. but clearly there are big sensitivities here. the hong kong government are threatening to wall street journal over it's reporting of this election, and at least 10 people have been arrested for inciting others to cast blanket ballots. activists abroad have also been hit with warrants for being accused of encouraging others to protest. today's vote and brit. how different will this legislative council b after these elections? well, as you say, there are 4470000 people who can vote in hong kong and,

and now that with this over the whole, they can only vote for directly vote for 20 out of 90 seats. the rest will be picked by prob, aging committees. so now you're looking at the legislature in hong kong, which has virtually no opposition. most of the pro democratic camp is in self exile, is in jail, or has decided to quit over both taking requirements bits. let's remember the 1st election, city wide pole fin beijing intensified it's crackdown in hong kong last year and impose that very controversial national security law. all right, thanks so much brit climate them in the surgeon crow. and a virus case is linked to the army. kron very and has pushed european governments into words and action. benevolence has just begun a strict locked down the prime ministers describing it as an avoidable. people rush

to do last minute shopping on saturday, non essential shops, balls restaurants, along with schools and many public places of all been closed. 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 i micron, very closely mentor. and in the u. k prime minister barak johnson's government is under pressure to impose tougher restrictions to prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed. he'll be whole holding an emergency meeting with health and security officials. the u. k confirmed more than 90000 new infections on saturday. london's mer is declared. the serge, a major incident. li fokker reports from london turbo charging england's boost to drive. chelsea football clubs, home ground,

stanford bridge has become a makeshift vaccine hub or microns now dominant and 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 london as understand how serious things are the best thing lenders 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 case is 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 one point. 3000000 in london. many millions more across the country analysis shows poor younger and more ethnically diverse communities. our lease protected, the more people, the get sick,

the more critical services could soon be in trouble. there currently so many staff at this one london hospital trough through a down we cove and away from work that they've had to drop in extra help from elsewhere. just a mom, the hospitals isn't an 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, designated france, denmark 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. we're starting to know more about alma crohn and the details the so bring

a study from imperial college london finds no evidence of alma crohn having lowest severity than the delta variant. the risk of re infection is 5 times higher than delta. and the variant 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 a 1st and vital line of defense. leave barca, al jazeera london, and across the atlantic in the u. s. president joe biden is considering further measures as cases rise there. he'll address the nation on tuesday and is expected to take steps beyond this so called wind to plan hospitals are on the significant pressure. new york state has recorded its highest number of infections in a single day. alan fisher reports from washington, dc. it's the start of the biggest travel window across the u. s. for millions christmas and new year holiday start here. and the threat from the omicron variant

hasn't kept people home, but has given them some warning. i'm very concerned about it because the flights are full inside the lobby is full on the plains of who cuba testing lines are 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 now and at least 40 states, places like connecticut and michigan are 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 on here. is going to start to spread much more rapidly beginning of the year. and only real protection is to get your shots. meanwhile, a federal court is 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 cover dangers 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 island fisher. i'll just, you know, washington urgent appeal for food and water being made in parts of the philippines, devastated by super typhoon rye. the number of confirmed that has risen to 75. many of them drowned and dozens remain missing and flooded areas. 800000 soldiers have joined rescue work is trying to reach remote areas. 300000 filipinos, a force from their home. 595 form to our winds on thursday general alan doug and

has been following developments from the city syphon right 1st made landfill 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 are 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 it 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 you believe that millions more have been affected. we also spoke to

civilians was survived to say 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. indonesia as mount summer has erupted for the 1st time in 2 weeks. huge clouds of smoke and ash a bellowing from the volcano. 48 people were killed early of this month after summary ruptured without warning. 36 still missing. more rain threatens to hamper rescue efforts in northern iraq where storms and flash floods kill 12 people. one was struck by lightning, others drowned inside their homes. thousands of properties, neville were damaged, and bosses and trunks were swept away. still had an al jazeera, the charity malaysia trying to reduce food waste and feed those in need. plus

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and the balkans will get a lot of cloud hanging out over here. but temperatures pretty well where they should be for this sub the year, where we have temperatures above average, iberia, southern sections of spain, seville at $23.00 degrees. probably see this mess right here. so we'll go ahead some monday, push of atlantic rain, some soaking rain for lisbon right through to porto, northwestern portions of europe. right now we got this wind coming down from the nor see. so that's going to press down temperatures to below average, scandinavia you're temperatures are above average for now. and we do have some unsettled conditions for the bolt, 6 and breezy conditions. and we'll end this weather report in africa. we're some brain dropping down from morocco to western sahara to northern and northeastern portions of martina on sunday. that's it. see soon. lou weather sponsored by katara always. it's one year until the 1st real world killed in the middle east. talk to al jazeera, meet ventnor cembura,

1st ever female secretary general oliva to share her journey and discuss the route to carter 2022. 0, now does he have a diverse range of stories from across the gland? from the perspective of on networks journalist on algebra, ah oh, i'll come back here watching al jazeera time to recap, our headlines. hong kong is holding its 1st election since china imposed is sweeping national security law. voters are electing politicians to represent them in the legislative council, the candidates have been vetted and approved by bay. jean. several european

countries are imposing new restrictions ahead of the winter holidays after seeing record highs and corona virus cases, the netherlands is begun. the strict locked down to curb the spread of the on the chron variant. urgent appeals for food and water being made in parts of the philippines, devastated by super typhoon rine. a number of confirmed dead has risen to 75, many of them drowned and dozens remained missing in flooded areas. pakistan is hosting an emergency meeting to discuss the humanitarian and economic situation in afghanistan, members of the organisation of islamic cooperation, of also invited representatives from the u. s. u. k. european union and russia. the meeting is highlighting the need for international assistance. can the stan is facing its worst hunger crisis since records began? about 14000000 children are expected to suffer acute levels of malnutrition, this winter a joint now from islamabad by camel. hi, the so come out. so

a lot at stake here, not only for the afghans but also for the o, i sees credibility, right? indeed, this particular proposal came from saudi arabia that an extra ordinary section of the organisation of islamic cooperation council of foreign ministers. march told an emergency meeting, focused on that and decided that they were doors that meeting. and it's my bod day, i'd been an impressive turnout. 20 foreign ministers about 10 deputy foreign minister, the other countries represented by senior delegation member of the permanent 5 member of the united nations security council. all in islam abad. in a harder days, likely to come up with some sort of a plan to help that people of nest on the united nations had founded the alarm.

saying that the countries on the word of your mentality in crisis at the time when the world has still not recognize the new government and carbon that did the dollar bond recognition of their main nuclear issue. but it is important that pockets on the prime minister of foreign minister, and even the turkish foreign minutes started speaking at that session, said that edward urging that the people of vanya thought must be had an order to cave off by a huge man, a daddy and cried said the word, much keeping gage read the dollar bond. the us lawmakers, 9 of them have also report to the government that day. shared unfreeze the almost $10000000000.00 that was brought in by the united states and also to shift and your manager and assistant. also take note from the us special representative form for don tom. re saying that their timely and important initiate gave and come out without the lifting of western sanctions. how effective could any aid plan to i've

kind of stand really be that's the elephant in the room ready because it's not, oh, i see members that carry most weight when it comes to the financial conditions of i've got to stand and do that is going to be a very important issue. it might not be forgotten that the dollar bon marched in to cob, but because the bonds ex ron president hom at car himself admitted that he odd stay of $1.00 bond to come into gobble after president sharp knew fled the country with millions of dollars in order to save the situation and save god but from bloodshed . the avalon taliban of gods have been waiting for international recognition. the west had not extended that, however it had that for a while to humanitarian assistance, amidst warning from the united nation that gave great catastrophe at that time. if

the international community does not help. and some of those members who are attending. i've also highlighted the fact that failure and i've gotten assigned could lead to problems not judge for the local you by dollars. so for the credit for the states and the world at large. all right, thanks so much. come on highway. 2 rockets have been filed at bank dad's 45 green zone. the 1st one was shot down by rocks missile defense system. second one damage to con. there have been no reports of casualties. the green zone, host foreign embassies and government buildings and is regularly targeted by armed groups, is ready. security forces arrested 6, palestinian suspects over the killing of an israeli man in the occupied west bank. and 1st, say a gunman, find the car, killing one person, and injuring to others. israel send more troops to the area to conduct a man hunt. the shooting happened. how much the legal is ready. settlement was

dismantled in 2005. but settlers have established an unauthorized outpost at the site, migrants in mexico, of protested against policies designed to make it harder for them to enter the u. s . many of the demonstrators, from guatemala and i've been forced to walk through mexico. also, the government stopped them from using transport a migrant plan to reach the us. those plans have been delayed by the reinstatement of the remain in mexico policy. its forces, it forces rather migrants to wait across the border while their applications are being assess. voting is due to begin in the next few hours in chile to choose a new president sunday's election run off pitts left wing gabriel barracks against far. i'm candidate. jose antonio cast our latin america editor lucy. a newman has the latest from santiago on the close race polarizing opinion o the left

a former student protest leader who in february terms $35.00, the minimum age for running for president board again. no, i got to but i was, i see why, why did we become useless so much inequality? why did we allow it to grow before our eyes? never again. we will change it on the far right. a 2nd generation german immigrant who supported chili's, former military dictatorship and believes that there is a global left wing conspiracy. it's either noise. we say ha ha, mass of chilly will never be a marxist or communist country because we believe in freedom. this is kelly and bought each when he became a congressman 7 years ago for the newly formed left wing political coalition that pushed for structural social reforms. my guy, he represents a new generation that took to the streets 2 years ago, demanding more equality in chile, which has won the highest income inequality in the world. his symbol is this tree from where he used to imagine

a better future critically from his home city of put that in us that overlooks the strait of magellan. agatha, a single mother tells us she is not worried about his use. now then began for logan to know them. i field, that's what we need a new vision, new ideas, more support for young people to get ahead about his youth. now then begin to look in to know them. i feel that's what we need to be a new vision, new ideas, more support for young people to get ahead. but some moderates and investors are frightened, but it is alliance with the communist party parties has friends cuz style to look a bit more president also has been re calibrating his program. the thought out to those that was billed to him as in rateable when he's not the only one who has been significantly employed in his profile. former congressman cast is an old school ultra conservative catholic who opposes abortion and same sex marriage. his motto is,

make chile great. again. he would expel undocumented migrants and his position on climate change is lukewarm. he would maintain chillies, unbridled free market model and lower taxes have big business. but in recent weeks, he's reconsidered, allowing the military to make arrests without a warrant during a state of emergency. cast. biggest drawing card is as promised to restore law in order to get money to do if it was still a most needs is security real. this was a peaceful country there. anyone could walk around as any our get now it's not safe . anyone cast represents the return of public water and respect for authorities. what each, the hope that dreams of social justice can come true. symphony anthem blue malay laws. since her different models confronts each other in the selection to generations with opposing visions of what sheila needs before her different ways of seeing life as well. will we face convulsive, tiny, political, the see?

either one could become the next president of a country that has lost its political center. the very thing that the 3 decades seem to guaranteed shall, is reputation as latin america, standard bearer of political and economic stability. to see a newman al jazeera santiago every day malaysians throw away about 4000 tons of food. that's enough to feed 3000000 people like charity and quite a long pour is working to divert the food that still safe to eat away from landfills and on to tables. florence louis reports from the capital this wholesale market in quantum pool is where any one who wants to buy fresh produce in bulk comes to shop. and it's also where surplus food is picked up by charities like this. the last food project. why wait? what good? so if we were delight rescued of would, why we're going to do with it. right?

so the best thing is to fit the people who are in is it worth? the organization's motto is feed the hungry, not the landfill. and it's made agreements with wholesalers to donate food. they cannot sell. oh some up on it makes me feel good. whatever we can't use anymore isn't going to waste. it's great. we can give it away to be enjoyed by others. this is where for it deemed unfit for sale is thrown out and it's not just rotten, produce a stuff that is about to go bad. sometimes misshapen vegetables are also discarded every day malaysians throw away an estimated 4000 tons of food. that's considered edible. that's enough to feed 3000000 people. 3 meals each and waste food 1st left to rot, produces methane, a gas more damaging to the environment than carbon dioxide among those receiving surplus food or low income families, often ages and soup kitchens? bagwell you? good bye dear. but it's great, rather than the food being thrown away,

it's at least put the good use because the stuff we get is still edible. we're all happy about this song. but environmentalists say more needs to be done. the amount of good ways would all inclusive, basically make up about 50 percent of the total composition. so to a lot of room for improvement, i think for want video to start exploring a waste of it, which we can actually cut down on our disparate ways. and a lot of this has got to do with cultural my such ships. campaign is say, if people buy only what they need and don't order more than they can eat, that will help reduce food waste and help the environment. florence louis al jazeera, quadruple algeria have been crowned arab cup champions for the 1st time. the final against to nicea was goal a soft down few minutes for an extra time substitute. i'm here. so use on least a shot that finally beat to misuse. keep her moist hassar

find in school was to nil. denying to nicea their 1st hour cup title since 1963. well, hosting the arrow cup has given cutter the chance to test the new stadiums and the arrangements it's putting in place for next year's fee for world cup. sarah. hi, ross reports. ah, it's been the biggest tournaments yet tells incatel with most of the 8 purpose built wells cut stadiums fully put to the test. hundreds of thousands of football fans afford in and outs of the arena's in the last few weeks to watch the fee for arab cup a glimpse of what to expect at next year's was ha, while i every one want to come i you receive many message. well, they won't even take in photo, inside the video, the effort that has been done, the investment, the organization, it is something you cannot imagine is better than the premier league or some guy

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 pub is being seen as a task to caps or as to whether it's ready the walls in less than a year. now we've been meeting the fans. i've been attending this over all their experience has been very positive. thought not without this issue. to get availability and a new man that you find id system is some of the problems that caused confusion and delays the fund. i be sure to be delivered at all. so we can vote the line onto it to people who are coming outside the country and entry to the stadium. what's hard for me, it is, let me come in with my medication and the only entrance disabled people at the far end of the stadium. cuts off supreme committee for delivery and legacy says hosting

the arab coff has been a good opportunity to make improvements ahead of the world cup and in collaboration with fi fi. you have completed our constructions and we're focusing more to the fun 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 the test. it says this is was actually one of the biggest tests with a population of less than $3000000.00 people. cat off security forces aren't used to dealing with large crowds, double the amounts of spans g to arrive from all over the world will kick off next year, which is exactly why castle has signed agreements early this week for turkey and kenya sent thousands of security personnel to assist other countries will also be helping out to me. it's taken more than a decade to prepare for the world cup and castle is getting closer to the finishing

touches and even closer to hosting the biggest sporting event. the region will ever has c.