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morgan lives and political. where on the 3rd anniversary incident, the uprising protest this day, they demand what democracy will not be silent. searching for solutions world powers gather and pakistan to try to stop the suffering in afghanistan. an urgent appeals for aid of the typhoon. roy wreaks havoc across the southern and central philippines and i'm fine hammers and all the sports news coming up. oh dear. yeah. crowned ab cups, champions in del ha with victor overton is yes. we look at how the torment has helped prepare for the woke up in katara next year. ah. we begin this. these are at hong kong, which is holding its 1st election since china imposed a sweeping national security law. photos are electing politicians to represent them

in the legislative council. but unlike previous elections, all candidates have been vetted and approved by beijing. with 4400000 people eligible, the turn out so far has been low compared to previous years. hong kong pro democracy candidates are not on the ballot. let's go lived out of hong kong. brit credit is there for us. brit watched the mood, the saving. how enthusiastically of people been voting well address that the government has been at pains to urge people to go out and vote in the election to day with local reports saying they spent around 870000 us dollars on advertising. there are billboards blasted all around the city. every resident has received a text message reminding them to vote. public transport is free to day and have opened up voting for some people across the mainland border as well. at checkpoints, there has also been a heavy police presence and as a renewed sense of unease. as this election,

this old patriot's election takes place. let us show what we saw and heard across this city a little earlier. giant billboards all over hong kong, urging residents to vote in an election designed strictly for chinese patriots. security was tied to hong kong held its 1st pulse since china's leaders in beijing over hold the electoral system. those changes they said were to ensure only those who love china run hong kong. the new rules drastically limit the number of directly elected seats in hong kong, parliament. 4 and a half 1000000 hong kong residents are eligible to vote for members of the legislative council. but their ballots will only decide 20 seats out of 19. the rest will be hand picked by prob, aging committees. the leadership in beijing says the new rules will clean up what it calls any anti china elements and bring com to the once lively ledger suggest in the formats for his calling and regulation. if you ask that, is that anyway,

you'll have to pay the long pick in on august. the basic thing, if you don't want, then don't play the game with my pro democracy figures out as of right. the probate politicians are working ahead without an effective opposition. the question is, how many vote as a turned off by the lack of choice? this 20 year old student you asked al jazeera to conceal her identity, said the lack of representation meant she won't be voting. the golf and the election and not trustworthy for me now because they can qualify whoever they will dislike and root. can we change every 2nd side a call from month to what they say for? so actually this is quite huge and meaningless. all 100. 53 candidates in the selection were selected. priority is they had the concept of patriotism and love for hong kong. what they want is hong kong to be good. early

polling data suggested a lower turn out than previous years. but while costing her balance hong kong leda, kerry lam reiterated that the turn out is not her focus. the government not set any target for both to turn out right. not for this election nor for previous elections . because there is a combination of factors that will affect the voter turnover rate in any election, but it does appear to be a delicate topic. the hong kong government threatened the wall street journal over one of the newspapers critical editorials in the lead up to the election. and at least 10 people were arrested for inciting others to cost a blank ballot. exiled leaders of the democracy movement called for every one to boy caught sundays election. police responded by issuing warrants for their arrest . now this is the 1st election since paging intensified. it's cracked down here in hong kong last year and introduce that

controversial national security law. so we are, if you like, adrian, in uncharted territory. so the only form of protest really for pro democracy supporters now is to abstain to not take part in this referent. well, that's a controversial point, adrian. it really is a big question over the voter turnout. that's the question on everyone's lips right now. this is the 1st election. since paging overhauled the electoral system making, it's making it certain that only people who love hong kong can run the city. but it's also the 1st election without a proper opposition. since most of the democratic camp is in jail in self exile or has decided to quit politics over oath taking requirements. so paul, suggesting that voter turnout will be lower than in recent years. that's something that chief executive carry. lamb as we saw just then, has shrugged off cheve and mused to a chinese state made it that perhaps if voter turnout was low,

that it might mean that people are so satisfied in the government that they don't need to take to the polls. but certainly, that's a big, quick question on everyone's lips, adrian. and we'll be keeping an eye on that voter turnout as the night goes on. brit credit in hong kong. many thanks. have a brit, protested saddam, mocking for years since the revolution that ended former president obama. alba, she is 30 year ruled is a live pictures from them on demand. saddam has recently seen renewed protests and a sense for military power grab in october. let's go live now to cartoon ultra cirrus, hip morgan. is there a tell us more about what we can see going on around yoga? yes, we're seeing, protest is gathering ad this 1000, going to want to several fussing points here and the capital city. how to, to me now sit there, how to film state is

a tripartite city. so we have on demand what at the north american center and people here are gathering to make their way to the presidential palace. they say they're going to go there and demand the military handover power to civilian rule. they come on the right thing. the 3rd anniversary of the sedan uprising, which started in december of 2018. they said that's revolution is incomplete because the military is still in power and there is no civilian government. and sedans, transition has been disrupted, following the military take over. there was chancing slogans that we've heard repeatedly over the past 2 months or so. adrian saying that the military should go back to the barracks, and that's about the power should be handed over to civilian government. many of them say that, but they're not satisfied with the way the revolution has been going over the past 2 years. that political policies have not served their purposes have not fulfilled their promises over reforms, economic and social reforms including judiciary reforms, but they say they want to see civilians a power regardless of how political parties have been forming. one of the key

demands, one of the reason why this revolution started, is to get the military to out of power and how a civilian government. and this, it will continue to voice for that until it happens. it all looks pretty peaceful and good natured at the moment. how will authorities respond using we've already seen security forces blocking most of the major bridges around the capital harpoon. we've seen the security and the military specifically blocking all the roads leading to the army headquarters and with the police was a spread around the capitol, most of them around vital or important government institutions, as well as banks and other institution. but we've seen in the past, adrian police firing tier guys, i protested to disperse them from in front of the presidential palace to disperse the protest, generally speaking, but we've also seen use of live ammunition so far. at least 44 people have been killed in the protest, according to my to groups more than 300 processes had been anchored since the

military take over on october 25th. and they are concerned with the spread of security forces around the capital that there will be injuries. and that's today. i'll just have a hipaa. morgan reporting live from khartoum about many. thanks, cindy. this is, but he's off from al 0 still to come on. the program on a jury is luxury home market is booming. it was an affordable housing crisis that close, but when i was genuine in santiago, chile where 2 printed enjo candidates with radically opposing views of the future for this country are nearly tied for sunday's presidential elections. and in sport, crowds of scaled back teams say that they weren't signed players who on vaccination was covered, continues to hit leagues around the world, a surgeon current of ours cases linked to the omicron variant as seen,

european governments taking urgent action cases are soaring to record highs ahead of the winter holidays. the netherlands has begun to strict blocked down, but the countries prime minister called unavoidable non essential shops, bars, restaurants, along with schools of many public places are all closed. it means in some of the thoughts 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'm a kron, very interested in the u. k prime minister barak johnson's government is under pressure to impose tougher restrictions to prevent hospitals for being overwhelmed . he is to hold an emergency meeting with health and security officials later that's after the u. k. confirmed more than 90000 infections on saturday. our cirrus sir, dave barker reports from land. ah, turbo, charging england's boost to drive. chelsea football clubs home graham,

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 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 1300000 in london. many millions more across the country. analysis shows poor younger a more ethnically diverse communities. our lease protected the more people against

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 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, 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 coven 19 vaccine. the government there is said to be considering making vaccines mandatory was starting to know more about alma crohn and the details the so bring

a study from imperial college london finds no evidence of omicron having lowest severity than the delta variance. the risk of re infection is 5 times higher than delta, and the variant can evade pri immunity given by previous infection. all vaccination . but we do know that serious illness can be averted with a 3rd dose, making this our 1st and vital line of defense. he's barca al jazeera london and 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 his so called winter plan. hospitals are under significant pressure. your york state has recorded its highest number of infections in a single day on the zeros alam trisha reports for washington. 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 of food 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 in 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 desperate, much more rapidly beginning of the year. and the only real protection is to get your sha us. meanwhile, a federal court is reinstated the by the 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, seeing the government must be allowed to respond to corporate dangers. as they 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 al jazeera washington that says speak to, but at bank county at who is a senior clinical lecturer at the university of accident medical school. he just now var, skype from bath in the u. k. good to have you with us, sir. the scale of the threat posed by the omicron varied is being led by bare by scientists are like huge. what extent though, are the measures that various governments are only now introducing too little, too late? you are so right. it always appears to be,

especially in our northern european countries, are too little too late and a knee jerk reaction. and i will just reflect the and thinking to myself, if the politicians had done a little bit more homework, only 6 weeks ago, we would be in a better place today. this is a problem that we are facing, which is the disconnect between the science and the politicians who make the final decisions to what i found, the science being over cautious. the variance spreads rapidly. it's highly infectious that much. we know it can also bypass antibodies produced by vaccines and previous infection or by other variance. but does it make people just a sick? why the concern, when we just don't know at the moment how many people will become seriously ill? yes matter because it is a highly infectious and we've seen the rising tide of cases. we know that it won't

be 0 disease causing. so let's take an example. if the delta variant caused one percent of people to be sorry, the delta area caused one percent of the people to be seriously ill. on the other hand, we've got ami chrome, which will create many more millions of cases. and it is not point 5 percent. seriously ill, but not point 5 percent of a very large number. a much larger number is still a very big number. and those are the concerns. the other concerns are as you mention, this vaccine bypassing. and then finally, there is a not so peer reviewed report out just yet from imperial university, which says that it may be just as much disease causing as the delta variant. so those are the concerns. we all know, having been through it before, how damaging lockdown saw to both the economy and our own mental health. do they work in lockdown? spear enough to stop the spread of omicron?

no, i don't think so. and now that we've had several of our trials that locked downs, we can see that it is a temporary lost applause. what is required is that continuous effort. you the lockdown gives you a little bit of breathing space. i accept that, but offer the lock down. it shouldn't be you drop all your god. and this is where i think we've gone wrong in the united kingdom because they call it the freedom day and all sorts of other euphemisms. that's the wrong messaging, because if you continue after the locked down with good infection control measures, you won't need another one. and that's the way we should be doing it. more people will get a covert due to the trans miss ability of, of alma chron, but with it spreading so rapidly. does that mean that the wave of infections will be over far more quickly than those caused by previous variance? and we can get back to some sort of normality it may be so only time will tal.

i hear you because we may have a huge surgeon number of cases. and then because people have been infected, it comes down again. the trouble is when you get that huge surge, and we have a perfect storm at the moment because it's winter, it's holiday period are rising number of cases. ah, we may overwhelm the health care systems. if there is too many patients, all in one go. really good to talk to so many thanks. anti barret, punk county other senior clinical lecturer at the university of exodus medical school. pakistan is hosting an emergency meeting on how to help prevent famine in neighboring afghanistan. the organization of atlantic corporation is highlighting the lead for international assistance. 14000000 afghan children are expected to suffer acute levels of malnutrition. this winter, like hassan's prime minister in ron con, told the meeting that disaster can still be averted if leaders act. now the

point is that if the word does not act, this will be the biggest manmade crisis which is unfolding in front of us. we the, oh i see it's a big responsibility on us. because not only is it the situated situation and a one of thought as it unfolds, but it's a religious duty to help them live now to as i'm about office here, as enron car come, i'll hide, i'm sorry. is there any major prime minister? come on, tell us more about what this meeting is hoping to achieve. well this is indeed an extraordinary session given the fact that that is the goal where band that make a cross the why and the timing because it was only large months that she did

a report for the extra emergency session to take place of the oh, i see, this is up to 40 because in august on another extraordinary session was held in 1980 and the focus on the prime minister dashboard. also, no one has done the share for 40 years, the country been a wall. and even before. busy the dollar bon took power over 50 percent of the people who were living below the poverty line. sure, indeed, that is the contention that merging amongst the muslim country. i see it should not be forgotten. the 2nd largest body after the united nation would 57 nations the budget needs i've invited all the other apartment and 5 member of the united nations security council. the us and authority to you and under secretary, also martin group of gods. the dogs have been talking about the urgent need to

ahead, shane, get time off of the actions. this is also a dime where no one is on the, experiencing a pro long drought. started up cost effective for security and millions of people that are going to be living in danger. def, i guess i need prime minister also appealing to the united states that you're dealing that dollar bond from the oven. people 40000000 of them or need desperate aid, and they need to show time may be of the essence. as you say, that was the oh, i see, have the wherewithal. once it's decided what's needed to take action quickly. well that is going to be a really big question as to whether d. oh, i see regina boston not being able to do much able to come up with at least financial support that rich country with n d o. i see the prime minister also saying that this is a religious duty to head the people of afghanistan. there will be a press conference later in the day, and it will become clear what sort of action

d o. c is likely to propose, in order to stave off that humanitarian crisis, that no one has done. although damage or position from certain water than the west that lead to dollar barton delivered on the problem is that you rent a day and it will not flow into the country so it will be important. proceed the outcome of the oh, i see extraordinary checks and i'll just come on high the reporting live from as i'm about come many thanks. urgent appeals for food and water being made in parts of the philippines. devastated by super typhoon. right. the number of confirmed dead has risen to 75000 was remain missing and flooded areas. 18000 soldiers of joint rescue workers trying to reach remote areas. 300000 people were forced from their homes ahead of 195 kilometer and our winds on thursday. president rodrigo to 30 flew to the region on saturday and promised $40000000.00 in aid. oh,

wow. i didn't say we don't have money that we don't have enough funds to help people. we do have money, but the budget is a bit tight because we've poured all our resources into fighting coven. torrential rain on flash floods in malaysia have forced 11000 people from their homes, emergency workers rescuing the stranded and taking them to shelters, floods. a common in malaysia during the annual monsoon season between october and march of volcano in india has on into, has erupted for the 2nd time in 2 weeks. everyone's being want to stay away from mount some arrow. experts feel the increased activity could trigger an avalanche of lava $48.00 people were killed when the volcano erupted without warning earlier this month. 36 are still missing on java island. we'll get a weather update. next here, now to sierra bend and on dominant cane at the berlin. cultural exhibition that's bringing east and west head to head. i will hear from golf spigot style tiger woods

as he makes his return to the school tennis off a car crash center will be here with that more a little later. ah, getting going on sunday december. the 19th here is what you need to know across europe, the bulk of the activity, the stir mad, but the rain starting to peter out for grease, and also parts of turkey is stumble gloomy, day, 7 degrees. but we do have some mountains, snow here, and snow closer to the ground for places like arkansas with the high of 3 degrees flooding rain for cyprus, into the levant, and for is stumble. the rain will never be too far away and your temperature is both by day and night. are going to slip below average next to italy and the balkans, who get a lot of cloud hanging out over here. but temperature is pretty well where they should be for this year, where we have temperature is above average, iberia,

southern section of spain, seville at $23.00 degrees. probably see this mass right here. so we'll go ahead some monday, push of it by into grain. some soaking rain for lisbon right through to porto or western portions of europe. right now we've got this wind coming down from the north sea, so that's going to press down temperatures to below average scandinavia, your 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 where some rain dropping down from morocco to western sahara to northern and northeastern portions of montana on sunday. that's it soon. ah. 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 frauds,

we need to go back to school. the bottom line on al jazeera is done with lou.

ah, hello again, adrian for the getting here. and how about the diesel from al jazeera? the headlines hong kong is holding its 1st election since china imposed a sweeping national security law versus relaxing politicians to represent them. in the legislative council, the candidate support been vetted and approved by beijing protest against her daughter all king 3 years since the revolution of ended. former president over alba, she is 30 year rule. so donna's recently seen renewed protests following the military's power grab and sober and several european nations are imposing new restrictions ahead of the winter holidays after seeing record highs in corona virus infection rates, the netherlands has begun a strict lockdown to try to curb the spread of the o michel variant in chile voting is to begin in the next few hours to choose

a new president sunday's election run off fits the left wing. gabriel borage. against the far right candidate was antonio cast or latin america editor lucio newman. as the latest from santiago on the close race which has polarized opinion o, the left a former student protest leader who in february terms $35.00, the minimum age for running for president. for 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 between the noise. messina hamas 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.