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in hong kong 1st so called patriots only vote after beijing sweeping overhaul of its electoral system. julians choose between a right wing candidates and the left is the one of the most divisive presidential elections in decades. and in sport, chelsea's boss, thomas tinkle says the club are angry and disappointed. blues are currently in action against walls. had asked for the game to be postponed due to a coven 19 outbreak in their squad. ah! hello, we begin in sudan where protesters are at the gate to the presidential palace in hot to earlier. they were fired with tear gas as they made their way to the building protest as a mocking 3 years since the revolution that ended former president all minded,

but she is 30 year rule. but sudan has seen more protests in recent weeks following the military power grab in october. this is where the prince dental palace is located in heart. you know, our reports that police have completely withdrawn from the area. let's go live now to hipaa morgan who is in heart to me for so here. but what's happening now? yes, has improved that says hospital not far from the southern gate of the presidential palace. that's where they've been for more than an hour. now. this by the use of lab amunition, we've heard from protest who retreated a few meters back, saying that they were able to see a lot of munition being used by the military. because lee has withdrawn from providing security to the presidential palace. we've also seen several protest has been carried away due to suffocation. some of them also sustaining anger. the not

clear yet if it's the result of tear gas canisters hitting them or live ammunition, but there are injuries among the protest. nevertheless, they're still in front of the presidential palace. hundreds. are there right now? thousands gathered on the road that lead to the presidential palace despite the 2 guys that has been fired by the military and by security forces around the palace. despite the live and munition rounds, you can still hear periodic shots of live and munitions done. going to be invited to protest to get them as far away from the presidential policies southern gates as possible. but they're still funding. there are many of them calling on other processors, especially the sudanese professionals association. the body that has been spearheading protests against former president dominant, but here they have fall for a 2nd for us to join the others who are here already. so have a how the military are responding to all this to the moment.

there is no statement from the military yet, but from protest as in front of the presidential paul's hulu. spoken to some of them said that the junior officers, all the soldiers guarding the presidential palace. some of them have been very well coming and have not to use force while others have fired tear gas to despise the protesters. so obviously when it comes to the soldiers guarding the gates of the presidential palace, there seems to be some division as to whether to support the protest of our fault for they call for a thing or to disperse them after the orders or probable orders of the senior officers, now the military has been repeating that there he had to save bar the revolution bethought a 3 years ago and that they will continue to remain in power until elections are held in july 2023. that's a shift from the date that was initially scheduled, which was january 2024. but on the day of the take over general, i've been put the had one on the head of the army, announced that the dates of the elections will be changed to june. of 2023, many protested here. continue to grab and i'm just going to show you some of them

behind us. but they're still here on the road that looked at a presidential palace. many of them still far up ahead, despite the tear guys, despite the live ammunition, they're saying that as much as their coma rating best, a 3rd anniversary of the revolution, they also want to show the military and the world that this revolution is not complete. many of its gold knots yet achieve and they are still demanding a civilian government. not one led by the military, yet clearly still a lot of anger there on the streets of the sheer denise capital ever. morgan live 1st there in costume with how the surgeon cove, in 19 cases linked to the army crown variance has led european governments to take urgent action ahead of the winter holidays. the netherlands has begun. strict locked down that the prime minister, called unavoidable non essential shops, bars, restaurants, along with schools. and many public places have closed. in the u. k. prime minister

boris johnson is under pressure to impose tougher restrictions to prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed with the 90000 infections were reported on saturday. but anger against new restrictions continues for the 3rd weekend. in a row, belgians turned out to oppose compulsory health measures, such as masks, locked downs and vaccine passes. step batson has more from amsterdam. one of the free countries in europe no has district is locked down since 5 o'clock this morning, only essential shops are allowed to remain open and only 2 visitors are allowed at home. the decision came as a surprise to many here in the netherlands, and is specifically dramatic for business owners and the busy weeks before christmas and governments. and even though infections the army, crumbs vary and not as widespread as in other countries, yet they are concerned that in the next few weeks, hospital will be flooded. but the main reason, according to experts,

is madeline performed poorly during the last outbreak. and many patients with a doubt that very and still in hospital also, and adults with one of the last countries to start and boost the campaign. so many people are not protected here. and the netherlands has refrain from taking unpopular mashes like for example, one or 2 g policy like in germany, the only people with vaccinations or tests can enter shops, restaurants, and bars. and i was have seen protests and riots in the last couple of months against go with restrictions and also against the unclear policies by the government. so many are wondering what will happen now in the time before christmas when people want to get together and celebrate. how about us punxsutawney is a senior clinical lecture at the university of exits his medical school. he explains the current concerns about the new variance 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 only crone, which will create many more millions of cases. and it is not 15 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 this 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 a 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 lock down with good infection control measures, you won't need another one. and that's the way we should be doing it for in the us . president joe biden is considering further measures as cases they arise that says americans prepare for the busiest travel season of the year. states including connecticut and michigan are seeing surges in hospital admissions. the cdc also says on a crown is on the verge of becoming the dominant variant in new york city. go live to christian salumi in new york for us. so christian, new york is seeing a record number of infections heading into the busy holiday season. we remember how badly it was hit when the, when this pandemic 1st, the 1st hit back in early 2020. how does that compare with this? now, what was the mood there?

well, people are very worried. the number of new infections has been rising. we broke another record yesterday, saturday, with $22000.00 infections reported the highest single day total for new york hospitalizations are also rising 50 percent nationally, but when it comes to hospitalization, those are still well below. last winter's peak, but we've got dr. anthony found she the advisor to the white house saying that he does expect even more strain on the hospital system going forward. and we're just starting to see that particularly in areas where people have where there's low vaccination rates. but that she is saying that people who are vaccinated here in the united states could feel comfortable travelling to meet with family and meeting with family as long as people are vaccinated. so that's mostly what we're hearing from officials in the united states. and here in new york right now there, encouraging people to get back sedated and boosted. they're not predicting more

locked downs. doctor found. she says he doesn't see more locked downs in new york or the united states future, but we're already hearing of a lot of private holiday events get cancelled, and even some public holiday events get cancelled as well. office parties, private parties, the rockettes have shut down their annual christmas show for the year. so it's really starting to have an effect and people are getting very nervous. yeah, you mentioned the, the public, the whole day celebrations. dan, of course, new york is famous for new year's eve celebrations in time square still p days to go till that day. but any, any decision on that of this point? yeah. again, people are wearily looking to the new year's eve celebration. we just heard that paris is cancelled it's fireworks that they normally would have on new years eve. so far the times square ball drop is still on here for new york,

but the mayor says they are carefully watching it. this is an event that takes place outside in times square, and you have to be vaccinated to attend. but then in a normal year, tens of thousands of people would be gathered there for hours crammed together, waiting for the new year to be wrong in so. so people are understandably a bit concerned, a number of broadway shows course broadway. very close to times square, are already having to cancel because of infections. and saturday night live the famous late night television show here, famous for being filmed before a live audience, also did away with its live audience last night. so anything is possible when it comes to new year's eve, the mayor says, continue to evaluate. all right for the moment kristen salumi life was there in new york. thanks christ. plenty more head on the news out. searching for solutions leaders gathering pakistan to try to stop the suffering in afghanistan. urgent

appeals for aid. after the devastation of ty, food riah, across the southern philippines, vaccination becomes a major issue for sports teams. is the brooklyn next try to get one of that stars back on court? ah, well i feel ahead then but 1st urgent appeal for aid after ty, food ry reach, have across the southern philippines. a low tell. we'll bring you more on that in just a moment but we'll move on now. a low turn out is reported in hong kong after the 1st election since china imposed its national security law. people voted for politicians to represent them in the legislative council. but unlike previous elections, most of the candidates were vetted and approved by beijing, hong kong,

4400000 people were eligible. the largest opposition party, the democratic party boycott to the elections. brits clinic 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 that was in 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 the 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. and meaning all 153 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 casting 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, not for previous election. because there is a combination of factors that will affect the vote to 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 everyone to void caught sunday's election. police responded by issuing warrants for their arrest. brit clinic al jazeera hong kong. sonny chung is a hong kong activists living in exile in the united states. he was a candidate in last year's elections in hong kong. he joins us now via skype from

washington. thanks so much for being with us. now i know it's difficult for you to get a sense of what's happening in hong kong right now. since you're not there, but if you, if you could just just tell us what you're hearing from, from people that you are still in contact with. if you, if indeed you are in contact with people that i think most of the people at home actually now also want to point the election and actually personally not just me and also many other african. it's, are we collectively the people who bought the election and yesterday, i guess we aggress borland from the government because i didn't accuse me for incite can people to one court. but actually, i do believe the public opinion is there. the momentum on the crime is all calling for the court. what do you take from the fact that by all the, by all accounts, the turn out for this election has been very low. i can assure others

that he's just now and actually we are pretty sure and now on election will have the lowest turn out in hong kong ah, history. so i've been damaged, wrecked. no debating that hung on people. we will not you. and it's regarding all this political grat down, i mean, we caught in the go. so call late because our political reform actually has a change in fresco to screenings. and in school tonight, political candidate, hong kong people do not embrace this kind of idea. so this is a family home government, encouraging that home people to not yield and you're in washington. of course. presumably you've been given lobbying, governments fair and leaders there. yeah. to, to apply more pressure on china. tell us about how that is progressing and what, what you're expecting from leaders there. i think on the national company,

she has been really upon her tool on people and we are really, really grateful with that. personally, i also pacify in the us congress. full circle parks will pick up a long haul, and you can see that the u. s. government has the momentum to help people, but of course we are still pushing some humanitarian pathways for people to flee and also to immigrate to other places for political reasons. but you're not wrong. i can believe the international companies, not just the us, but a whole international come and he should do something together to, to buy cost only emerging and create more pension in china to discourage their intervention in hong kong and also issue john and bath. so we need people to join the claim to chinese game and in order to create more in the long run. but what specifically can, can the united states do in terms of applying pressure,

given that they, they have a lot of stake in china as well. i cannot make lee with all of the other trades that goes on between the united states and china and not wanting to jeopardize that . and of course, hong kong being a launch business hub, not just for, for us trade, but for, for a lot of other countries. all what we are advocating is not ask him to us government or other countries too. and highly the couple with china. we are not asking you should not tube business, you should not have trade with china. what we're asking is actually you have to put in the human race consideration into one of your, our priorities. and that is really important. we should not own to do trade with china after and as the expands of human rights at the expense of, of human on freedom and liberty and well being of hong kong as in hong kong. so we

really hot dot r d u. s. government can actually like scrutinized or speech on companies and scrutinized a communist party, our direct control committees. and that will be really useful to, in order to discourage, shouldn't king, to didn't offend of, had fuel on the, my doc hon. army of hong kong. could to speak to a sunny chung, joining us there from washington or to rent a rain of flash floods in malaysia have forced 11000 people from their homes, emergency workers rescuing the strand it to take them to shelters. floods are common in malaysia during the annual monsoon season between october and march. a philippine police say at least a 169 people are confirmed dead in the aftermath of super typhoon ry. thousands of soldiers have joined rescue workers to search for survivors in remote areas, as others try to bring in food and water. lia harding reports,

the magnitude of the destruction is best seen from up high fallen trees, flattened homes in signs of lives. last stretch, as far as i can see, the president of the philippines, rodrigo de tirty, fluted the country, southeastern islands to see the damage for himself. we conducted an inspection of this area and i'm tired of looking at the typhoons aftermath because it's all i always see whenever there's a typhoon. i can see that i feel sorry for the people here. super typhoon ride made landfall on thursday. one of the most powerful ones in recent years to hit the thousands of islands between the pacific ocean and the south china sea buildings stood no chance against the winds that reached speeds of up to 200 kilometers an hour. the biggest issue now is answering the appeals for food and water and reaching remote communities, cut off by widespread flooding. oh, well,

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 cove it. so for now rescue workers scramble to get help to those who need it most. with dozens confirmed dead already. many reported missing and submerged areas. the death toll is expected to rise. the disaster prone philippines is usually battered by around 20 typhoons and tropical storms every year. the full impact of this one has yet to be uncovered. we are harding al, jazeera or jamila island. doug has more in this now as well from city gao, city in the philippines. people we are desperate to talk to us. they are from the community, fisher folks who have lost their homes over a 100 houses on still destroyed. that's about the $168.00 families,

a 5 point right truck. so he goes to here in the southern philippines. they now live by this road side. they said they have spent all the money they had in this. if it's all, make an average of 3 families actually have to fit in here. they have no drinking water, no rice, no food, no electricity. and they're really said they're quite desperate. even spoken to one mother who says her children have not eaten since the day before. and behind me, this has become a familiar scene across study go city. people are desperate for drinking water lining up for hours just to be able to buy drinking water. that is now costing more than double than what it used to be, just like the price of rights and fuel. and it's quite clear that the situation here is desperate. volcano in indonesia has erupted for the 2nd time in 2 weeks.

everyone's been want to stay away from mount seminary experts, see the increased activity could trigger an avalanche of lala 48 people were killed when the volcano erupted without warning. earlier this month. 36, remain missing on java island. a pakistan is hosting an emergency meeting on how to help prevent famine in neighboring afghanistan. the organization of islamic corporation is highlighting the need for international assistance. 14000000 afghan children are expected to suffer acute levels of menu fish and this winter boxed ounce prime minister enron con, told the meeting that disaster can still be averted if lead is 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 no one has thought as it unfolds, but it's a religious duty to help them can hide. as much as from islamabad, this is indeed an extraordinary session. given the fact that did the colewell band make across the y and a timing because it was only large money that saudi arabia per board for the extra emergency session to take place of the oh, i see this is after 40 years because the budget on another extraordinary session was held in 1980 and the focus on the prime minister said the dashboard also. no one has done the shared dead for 40 years. the country been at war. and even before the dollar bond power over 50 percent of the people were living below the poverty line. sure, indeed, there is a content merging amongst the muslim country. i see it should not be forgotten. the

2nd largest body of the united nation with 57 nations, the budget needs have invited all the other apartment and 5 members of the united nations security council. the un under secretary are also a martin griffin of god, the doctor being talking about the urgent need to help can get time. this is also a dime when one is on a, experiencing a pro long drought up cost effective food security. and millions of people are going to be living in danger of august on a prime minister. also appealing to the united states that dish or dealing that dollar bond from the people $40000000.00 of them who need desperate aid. and they needed to a still ahead on as you see it a how and i do is luxury home market is booming, but there's an affordable housing crisis. us. i'm dominant cane. the burling

cultural exhibition that's bringing east and west head and in sport crowds, us scaled back, and team say they want sign players who are not vaccinated continues to hit leaves around the world. ah, your weather report for the middle east and africa can actually right now. hello everyone. good to see. we have a lot of activity in the levant. we'll talk more about this in a 2nd. is shifting what, whether into northern parts of syria and same for iraq, so flood stricken or beale once again in the line of fire here, looking to see some more rain. it's going to move in late monday into tuesday, about another 20 millimeters come for pocket. star temperature is still below average in the north. so as i'm about 18 the hor,

17. but cobble at 11. when i've got to sand, you're actually above where you should be for this year. okay? now to the levant, and that act of whether this can bring soaking rain for lebanon in palestine as well. look ramallah. it's a high 9 degrees b route for thinking that you could see upwards of 50 millimeters of rain, and those winds will be cranking at 65 kilometers per hour. central parts of africa, we've got storms bubbling up across lake victoria, whether both in the east and west were seen it through the democratic republic of congo. further toward the south thunder downpours to be expected zambia into the bob ways, central sections of news and be right around southern sections of south africa as well. but look at the temperature in cape town up to 27 degrees for you on monday. enjoy. that's it. we'll see again soon. ah, i've come back to sarajevo to revisit the fascinating part of calcium history. they

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