venezuela's defense minister vladimir to patrina said the armed forces were obliged to defend their country from irregular groups that added that human rights needed to be respected. and that the events at the border would be investigated. ah. marking the anniversary of an uprising protest is in sudan, say their demands for democracy will not be silenced. ah, hello, i'm sammy's a dan. this is al jazeera alive from dall hall, so coming up, low voter turnout in hong kong. first, patriots only election after beijing sweeping overhaul of its electoral system. christmas long found in the netherlands on the kron cases growing across europe and the united states. and searching for solutions world powers meeting in islamabad to

address the humanitarian crisis in afghanistan. ah, a surgeon corona virus case is linked to the army kron variant is saying, european governments taking urgent action cases are soaring to record highs in the lead up to the winter holidays. the netherlands has just begun a strict lockdown that the prime ministers, calling unavoidable non essential shops, bars restaurants, along with schools and many public places of all 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 of the 5th wave coming at us with the i'm a kron very and also the mentor. in the u. k prime minister barak. johnson's government is under pressure to impose tougher restrictions. prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed? london's mer is warning. new measures are inevitable. will be holding an emergency meeting with health and security officials. that's after the u. k. confirm more than 90000 infections on saturday alone. may block reports now from london. turbo chosing england's boost to drive. chelsea football clubs, home ground. stanford bridge has become a makeshift vaccine hub or microns now dominant in 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. and alice is shows poor younger a more ethnically diverse communities. our lease protected, the more people they get sick, the more critical services could soon be in trouble, though currently so many staff at this one london hospital trough through a down we covered and the wife work that they've had to drop in extra help from elsewhere. just a mom, the hospitals accident 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. they're 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. 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 omicron 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. 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, on behalf of uncanny a is a senior clinical lecturer at the university of axis medical school. the explains the current concerns about the new variant because it is, are highly infectious and we have 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 vary caused one percent of the people to be seriously ill. on the other hand, we've got army crone, 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 dis vaccine bypassing. and then finally there is a not so peer reviewed report out just yet from imperial university,

which say's that it may be just as much disease causing as the delta variant. what is required? is it continuous effort? you the locked down gives you a little bit of breathing space. i accept that. but after the locked down, it shouldn't be. you drop all your god. and this is where i think we've gone wrong in the united kingdom, which is they call it 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. meanwhile, in the us, president joe biden is considering for the measures. there is cases rise. he'll address the nation on tuesday and is expected to take steps beyond this. so cold winter plan, hospitals are under significant pressure. new york state has recorded its highest number of infections in a single day. allen, the fisher reports from washington,

d. c. it's the start of the biggest trouble window across the us for millions christmas and new year. holidays start here. and the threat from the on the con variant hasn't kept people home, but has given them some warning. i'm very concerned about it because the flight for inside the lobby is full on the plains of who cooper. 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 b and is no, and at least 40 states, places like connecticut and michigan are seeing significant surgeries 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. all 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 bite. 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 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 c. launch bleaker news, allan fisher, i'll just 0 washington. protests isn't sit on a mocking 3 years since the revolution that ended former president of bush years 30 years in power. these are life pictures coming to us now from on the man said i was recently seen renewed protests ever since the military power grabbed in october. go

live to have a morgan in the call tomb from those live pictures. looks like was quite a strong turn out. however, yes indeed, not protest usually thought around 1 pm local time or 11 gmc, but this time around gathered much earlier. one of the main reasons is because they come on the rating band over theory of that uprising that started in december of 2018 in the field. but the 2 high, it's in bred prices and other basic commodities which eventually led to the demands of the thing or the overthrow of the form of government that was led by president thomas here. but the other reason that is feeling this proto today is the fact that the military takeover is still in place. the fact that the military power, after it took over and dissolve the transitional government on october 25th, the lots of people are coming out of voicing anger against that take over saying

that the military has robbed them of the revolution which thought the 3 years ago all right, thanks so much him of organ. the hong kong is holding its 1st election since china imposed the sweeping national security law. voters are acting politicians to represent them in the legislative council. but unlike previous elections, all candidates have been invented and approved by bay ging with 4400000 residents. allen jewel, the ton out so far as being low compared to previous years. hong kong is pro democracy candidate. it's not on the ballot for climate reports from hong kong giant billboards all over hong kong, urging residents to vote in an election design strictly for chinese patriots. security was tied to hong kong held its 1st pulse since china's leaders in beijing over whole 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 legislature in the formats for his colony and regulation. that way. if you set it that way, you'll have to pay the long all 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 is a turned off by the lack of choice? this 20 year old student who asked al jazeera to conceal her identity, said the lack of representation meant she won't be voting. the golf and election,

the not trustworthy to me now because they can qualify whoever they will dislike and root. can we change every 2nd side off a month to what they're sorry for. so actually this is quite huge. there's an meaning all $153.00 candidates in the selection were selected priorities. 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 turnout than previous years. but while casting her balance hong kong leda, kerry lam reiterated that the turn out is not her focus. the government not set any target for a vote. i turned all right. not for this election, not for previous elections. because there is a combination of factors that will affect the voter turnout 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 cast a blank ballot. exiled leaders of the democracy movement called for everyone to boycott sundays election. police responded by issuing warrants for their arrest. brit clinic al jazeera hong kong was still ahead of al jazeera. but when i was genuine incentive jagow, chilly web to print, it didn't show candidates with rather good opposing views of the future. for this country are nearly tied for holidays. presidential elections putting the best foot forward in senegal. how design is at that called fashion. we call challenging social trends. ah, ah, look forward to protest guys who with sponsored boy cutoff airways. and away

we go with your weather reports and we're going to begin in se asia. hello everyone . this is the scene just outside of call of them poor days of rain have led to flash flooding and it has snarled traffic here, people out of their cars, figuring out what's going on. now dryer conditions, it's all had to do with a tropical depression. it's now just said the north of sumatra around b and been in dick bar islands, but it is throwing a lot of wet weather for that top end of smart truck. here's the latest on typhoon right now as it moves toward the east of high nan on monday, but it's creeping closer to hong kong. take care out another day. there it is. it's going to dallas hong kong with a lot of rain. and same goes for taiwan as well. northern parts of china, temperatures have come up in beijing. we're back into double digits, 12 degrees, same goes for a korea. that snows, wind it down across western areas of japan, but temperatures. once again, can tony beige in to just the hive to degrees on thursday,

which is below average. we do have low temperatures toward that northwest portion of india. so this is impacting a route just on and not the per dash where we have weather alerts in play. now, new delhi no longer part of that, your overnight lows back into double digit says we head toward thursday with a high of 23 degrees. that's it. oh, the weather is sponsored by cats. all right, ways. ah, mother nature's gift of colorful landscapes. a strong infrastructure governance arising where investments are waiting to flourish, with even supplied by tradition and where beautiful possibilities are offered. with

the me back here watching out. just hear a time to recap our headlines. several european countries are imposing new restrictions ahead of the winter holidays on thing. record highs and current virus cases. benevolence has begun to strict locked down the front of the on the con variance protesters in sudan, mocking 3 years since the revolution that ended former president dominant machine. 30 years in power, than as recently seen, renewed protests following the military as graham in october. hong kong is holding it 1st election since china imposed the sweeping national security law. voters are electing politicians to represent them in the legislative council. the candidates

have been vetted and approved by beijing pulse of just opened in chile to choose a new president. is a life pictures coming in from santiago, sundays election run off pitts left wing gabriel bondage against the far right candidate. jose antonio cast. our latin america editor to see a newman has the latest from santiago, the close race polarizing opinion on the list, a former student protest leader, who in february turn $35.00 the minimum age for running for president board again. no, but i'm the one, why did we become use 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 chillies, former military dictatorship, and believes that there is a global left wing conspiracy. feeling wife julie will never be

a marxist or communist country because we believe in freedom. this is gabriel bought each from who became a congressman 7 years ago for the newly formed left wing political coalition that pushed the 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 one of the highest income inequality in the world than his symbol is this tree from what 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's not worried about his use. now, then began for lookin to know them. i feel that's what we need a new vision, new ideas, more support for young people to get ahead. but some moderates and investors are frightened of what it is alliance with the communist party bodies has changed cuz style to look a bit more presidential has been recalibrating his program. but down to those

buddhist building, him has been rateable. when he's not the only one who has been significantly tweaking his profile, former congressman cast is an old school ultraconservative 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 chiles 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 the state of emergency. cast. biggest drawing card is, has promised to restore law and order money if it was still a most needs is security, but this was a peaceful country. there anyone could work around as well any our get now. it's not safer anywhere. cast represents the return of public order and respect to resort each. what each,

the hope that dreams of social justice can come true. symphony anthem blue will the loss since her different models confronts each other in the selection. 2 generations with opposing visions of what she needs, but what her different ways of seeing life as well will we face convulsive times on top of the scene? either one could become the next president of a country that has lost its political center. the very thing that the 3 decade seem to guaranteed shall his reputation as latin america standard bearer of political and economic stability. to see a newman, al jazeera santiago in the us, latino and black voters say they're losing their right to vote. non white voters in texas complain of being frozen out after republican politicians campaigned to have electrical maps redrawn following president donald trump's reelection failure. as phil laval reports, the department of justice is suing texas and it's

a similar story across the us. texas a serving up for a fight on the political landscape and not white voters are at the very heart of it . i figured it out of her no voice. jerry. amanda is the word of the moments here that is parties deliberately changing political boundaries to give them an advantage. it's not the people picking the partitions, it's the politicians speaking the people people that are voting for them, remapping congressional district to dilute the opposition. and now the federal government is suing texas, that department of justice claims republican lawmakers are deliberately discriminating against a growing, gnawed white population. as a supreme court has observed a core principle of our democracy, is that quote, voters should choose the representatives, not the other way around. kaylee runs this mexican restaurant in austin, frustrated, doesn't come close. doing their own does not representing us. that's, that's a lateral law. mean is, is,

is also up to us to stand up and say something like it. now, he was just going to give up. the democrats campaigned hot here in texas in the 2020 presidential election and assign of just how much they think best state could flip. now that didn't happen, but they are increasingly confident here. texas is no longer the certainty for the republicans that it once was, and that has got some in the g o pe pretty worried texas gained to new seats in congress after the 2020 census which showed the population shot up by 4000000 over the last decade, 95 percent of that growth driven by black and latino arrivals to groups typically more likely to vote democrat. but there are no new minority dominated districts in the new maps. the interesting aspect of the american political process in which the process of drawing these maps is decentralized to the state level. most states have a very political process that runs to some degree or another through the state legislature. arm in those legislatures are partisan bodies and they are

gerrymandering nationwide from georgia to florida to north carolina, which is delayed next year primaries because of legal challenges. but it is not just a republican issue, the democratic, similar stuff in the past, right. so, i mean, what's the problem? well, the problem is, it's still in their credit at the end of the day. and so when me and my friends and different people, i worked with an organized when i pushing to get democrats elected here that now with the fight for right now, the congressional district, the state house district, are all majority white here in texas, even though texas is one of the most diverse states in the entire country, republican governor greg abbott, has signed off on the controversial changes he's backed by the state attorney general, who caused the d. o. j law suit, a ploy to control texas, voters that are really going to be less hispanic voting for some of those motors. the solution is simple. if all of us show up to vote, we can, it doesn't matter how much a jury amended the district, we will win those teeth. but the question, is it fat or even legal?

the courts will have to decide on that one fed. lavelle al jazeera austin texas focused on is hosting an emergency meeting on how to help prevent families neighboring afghanistan. the organization of islamic corporation is highlighting the need for international assistance. 14000000 afghan children are expected to suffer acute levels of bound nutrition this winter august, sun's prime minister on con, told the meeting disaster can still be averted. just leave this act together. 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 one has done as it unfolds, but it's

a religious duty to help them come on. hi, the has more now from its lima bad. this is indeed an extraordinary session, given the fact that dated the colewell band make a cross the why and the timing, because it was only last month that saudi arabia per board for this extra emergency session to take place of the oh, i see this is after 40 years because i didn't budget on another extraordinary session, which i did in 1980 and the focus on the prime minister said to dashboard also no one asked on you said that for 40 or the country being a wall and even before the dollar bond power over 50 percent of the people were living below the poverty line. sure, indeed, there is a contented merging amongst the muslim country. i see it should not be forgotten. the 2nd largest body of the united nation with $57.00 nations of august on each

i've invited all the other apartment and 5 members of the united nations security council. the un under secretary also a martin griffin, of gods. the drugs have been talking about the urgent need to help change the time . this is also a dime when i run on it, experiencing a pro long drought effect for security. and millions of people are going to be living in danger. the focus on the prime minister also appealing to the united states, the dish or dealing the dollar bond from the oven. people 40000000 of them who need desperate aid and they needed to israeli security forces have arrested 6 palestinians over the killing of israel. the man in the occupied westbank on thursday, a gun and find the car, killing one person, an injuring to others. these re minute re send more troops to the area to conduct a man hunt. the shooting happened near homage

a former israeli settlement. 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 100. thousands remained missing and flooded areas. 800000 soldiers of joined rescue workers trying to reach remote areas. 300000 filipinos of force from their homes ahead of the 195 kilometer. now winds on 1st day president throw the rigor the terrace, the president rather the regular that saturday flew to the region on saturday, promising $40000000.00 in a way. 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, and flash floods. the malaysia have forced 11000 people from their homes. their emergency workers are rescuing the strand to take them to shelter. floods the

common in malaysia during the annual monsoon season between october and march of ok now in indonesia has arrived for the 2nd time. in 2 weeks, everyone's been warned to stay away from mount some arrow expert. fear the increased activity could trigger an avalanche lava $48.00 people were killed when the volcano erupted without warning of this month. 36 remain missing on java island . fashion week in senegal. capital is showcasing not just the african fashion, but diversity to m. r. a child very reports on the catalog of new creations on this fly in back off a jeep samuel was born with cerebral palsy, but that's not stopping her from to failing her dream to be a model on the catwalk or other disability kids. they could do it too, in around the world to go on approved to other disability kids. you're not your disability,

you're just you and you're perfectly normal. just the way you are featuring design is from across africa. the to call fashion week is one of the continents longest running clothes show. it's founder a darma and d. i says it's important for her to represent women from across the continent, juniper. bah, viva la mud. come, i don't want to live with fashion as the european dictates as to i don't want to do that any more. i want women who respect so many different things more than just bodies. i'm. oh, yeah, of course there will always be models, beautiful ones. but i want to be able to give room to other women to different women as well as inclusivity. there she is. theme was also about sustainability. textile production is estimated to generate 1200000000 tons of carbon emissions annually. hoping to help africa's carbon footprint. the show only promotes locally manufactured designs,

allows bulio going gas producing and wonders. it's inspired by a traditional rwandan dance, and i've only used fabrics made in africa. so either hand woven or naturally hand died or more industrial, but still made in africa like here we have ethiopian genes. for example. we have had died wiley from ivory coast and we have this beautiful organic cotton which is ethiopian. oh, this isn't the 1st time to senegalese, vash, designer has made a statement on the cat or she also created the 1st black fashion week show in paris . now she's hoping others will follow in her footsteps and challenge the western standards of fashion and beauty. her marriage, audrey ouch is era. ah, thank you through some of the headlines here now just there are now several european countries.