biggest ever sporting event next year for the castle national team, they get used to playing in front of expect and home crowds. they'll be hoping to convince both the fan and themselves. so they really all ready to take on the world . ah, huge house take to the streets in sudan, mocking the anniversary of an uprising for democracy. ah, i haven't seen this is i just had a life and also coming up new locked downs and travel restrictions as the only cron variance spreads across the globe. jillions choose between a right wing candidate and a left wing student leader, and one of the most divisive presidential elections in decades. also warning from

the un about the dangers hinge, refugees face both the miasma and when they see the sanctuary in bangladesh. ah, we begin and she, dan, where protesters are at the gates of the presidential palace in hot tune. early a t gas was fired as they made their way to the building protest as a mocking 3 years since the revolution that ended former president obama bus years 30 year rule. but sudan has seen more protests in recent weeks following the military's power grab in october. this is where the presidential palace is located in cartoon before say police have completely withdrawn from the area hammered, vall joins us live now from hard to. so how many, what's happening there right now?

you know, right, has apparently that the crowd in front of the presidential police has been mostly dispersed, but at the same time they are still there in a way they, they, they come back every now and then they, they gain the place and the confrontations between them and police is continuing. that's a very interesting situation because the, the police have barricaded the entire central cup to this morning. and there was a sense during the day that the professors would not be allowed to reach the presidential police that was heavy use of golf. and found bombs, and we have seen crowds being dispersed everywhere. but there was a time when a huge number of these protesters were able to cross the bridge between hop on battery and central have to well the presidential palace without major hindrance. and they spent some time though in front of the presidential polish without major confrontations, there was a feeling that they will be allowed to to, to stage

a sit in for a long time. but then suddenly, the police came in with a huge cock down on the protest, and they were almost dispersed, but now they are still there, as i says. and it does seem hammered as, as though there's still a lot of mention in these protests. i mean, we mentioned that the taking place on the anniversary of this, the 3 year anniversary of the removal of vomited bashir. but it's not going to and there is it. what that is, talk here about the amazing amount of level of resilience on the part of these youths who lead these protests. we have seen a pattern of them coming back every now and then coming back in a stronger way every time there is an occasion for that. this is one of the biggest occasions for, for, for example, the 3rd anniversary of that of lucian. as the chance of the theme for the last 3

years, the charts are the same, complete withdrawal of the military from power, a complete return to civil rule or at least complete handover of power to a civilian government. something that hasn't happened because we have seen those partnerships between the civilians and, and the military being broken every time every now and then and being replaced with more power for the military. that's what they are criticizing now. and they think that they will not go back, they will not go back home. and this part of protest will never. and until that to go has been achieved. how many lie for a scene? hard tune. thank you. me by the surgeon code 19 cases linked to the on the chrome very has led european governments to take urgent action ahead of the winter holidays. the netherlands has

begun a strict lockdown that the prime minister has called unavoidable not unavoidable, non essential shops, bars, restaurants along with schools. and many public places have closed in the u. k. prime minister barak johnson is under pressure to impose tougher restrictions to the hospitals being overwhelmed. more than 900000 infections were reported there on saturday. but anger against new restrictions continues for the 3rd weekend. in a row, the belgians turned out to impose to oppose compulsory health measures, such as mosques locked downs and vaccine passes. step bustin has more now on the locked down in the netherlands. one of the free countries in europe now has district us locked down since 5 o'clock this morning, only essential shops are allowed to remain open and only 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. the government says,

even though infection, the army, chrome ferry 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 that the maryland perform poorly during the last outbreak, and many patients with the data very and still in hospital, also in adults with one of the last countries to start it's boost the campaign so many people are not protected here and an evidence has refrain from taking unpopular matches like, for example, one or 2 g policy like in germany, were only people with vaccinations or tests can enter shops, restaurants, and bars. and i was have seen protest 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. above punxsutawney a is a senior clinical lecture at the university of ext,

his medical school. he explains the current concerns about the new varied 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 ami crone, which will create many more millions of cases. and it is not 15 percent. seriously ill, but not 15 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 it continuous effort? you the lockdown 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 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. how in the u . s. president joe biden is considering further measures as cases rise there. that's as 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 omicron is on the verge of becoming the dominant variant in new york city. christmas. salumi has more for now. when 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 already starting to see that particularly in areas where people have, where there's low vaccination rates. but 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 what's mostly what we're hearing from officials in the united states and here in new york right now there. encouraging people to get backs unaided 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. a vote isn't sheila costing that balance in the presidential runoff election left wing gabriel bar is standing against the right wing politician jose antonio cash. the result is expected to be close between the 2 candidates who are offering starkly different parts, which you'll see him out of sandra. and yet he has more from the capital. santiago, voting is continuing here and the capital some going across the country, things are going smoothly. but if you talk to a lot of lands, they'll tell you that they are quite worried about the outcome of elections. that there is a lot of uncertainty because this is in many ways an election that has been quite

different from what she then are used to. this is a country that has for the last 30 years since the country has returned to the mar christy. after the big theater ship of p machine out 31 years ago was used to always the siding between mother. it's kind of a candidates on the sensor laughter on the and to write that the shared pretty much the same economic views of, of the country. that is not the case to in this particular election. the front runner is with them on your cast at 55 year old. the lawyer who presents itself as the right or, or even ultra right. in many ways he is the father of 9 and he's proposing a returned to law and order in the country. and he's an apologist of the penal show . years on the other side, you have gabriella bar. it just turned $35.00 last february,

the minimum grades to run for president in sheila and that is seen as a more traditional progressive. but that has alive himself with the communist party, which a lot of people here fear that could bring in a totally different direction. a thailand has sent hundreds of refugees back to me and mar, around 2 and a half 1000. people are crossed into thailand in recent days after a flare up in fighting between me and mas army and rebels, from the karen ethnic minority by authority since 600 back. even as clashes continue white groups are urging the government not to turn people away. they say me, animals, military is deliberately targeting civilians, a rights group, say, ranger, who have fled to me and may have faced abuses in bangladesh as well. over the past year, authorities have moved around $20000.00 refugees from cox's bra bizarre to the island of bus on char. they say it is necessary to ease over crowding in the mainland

camps for humanitarian groups. call it an island jail and say there were serious concerns about safety there. they called for an end to forced relocations more than a 1000000 ranger live in cox's bazaar. the world's largest refugee camp can be a chad re, has more now from the bangladesh capital a very significant visit. indeed, he was able to visit with the foreign minister, the other you and an angels. the more importantly, he was able to discuss the issues with the writing refugees themselves because there are a lot of concerned res, recently about their situation in boston, char island, i island where many of the rowing refugees have been relocated. and also those in the can. the current violence they're facing inside the cam. gang violence violence by are some member these where he shows that he looked into, spoke to the camp leader, even the common drawing or refugees. so he, this fact finding mission will be an updated information that will be presented in

march 22 next year to the un human rights council. in that context, that is important. he, in the press conference, raised the issues about education of nearly half the population of the camp, which is nearly a 1000000. that is a major concern. and he spoke with the government about a formal education system to be shut up within the camp. the government didn't commit, according to my question, when i asked him, he said, but they're seriously looking into this matter. also, the fact that the boston church island supposed to have a livelihood facilities and now the ratios are throwing us there, told him that the facilities are secure. they're happy of the security, but they're not happy with the living facilities which does not exist. there isn't an after school or education facilities rather, and not enough hospital with proper care. still ahead on, as you will hear, how many have voted in hong kong 1st so called patriots only election,

putting their best foot forward in synagogue. how design is the fashion week of challenging social trends? ah, ah, look forward to burritos guys. with sponsored by capital airways. and away we go with your asia, whether story. hello everyone, good to see. we'll start in the sub continent in india where we still got that cool pool of air toward the northwest weather alerts for these colds. not roger stuff, month per dash, but delhi no longer a part of it. and let me show you why your 3 day forecast, your overnight lows dipping down to about 10 as we get later in the week. so that is actually above average. we've been talking about flooding in malaysia. we had a tropical depression swing through here. this is just outside of call them poor, a flash, fighting and so forth. thousands of people into shelters,

they're snarling traffic. now the bulk of that energy is shifted out toward the and been and nika, bar islands, but it's lost its intensity. speaking of intensity, here's an update on typhoon rise. it's moving just to the east of high nan on monday, but closing in on hong kong. so this is going to dallas you with rain only hong kong, but that southeast corner of china right into taiwan. northern china right now, the hop on the weather rollercoaster temperature is up and down for beijing at 12 degrees. that snow is winding down across western areas of horseshoe and hole kado . so i talked about that weather roller coaster. that's because once again, temperatures are going down in beijing to just the high of 2 degrees on thursday. that's it. we'll see you soon. ah, the weather sponsored by casara always wanna will be part of the greatest global gathering in history. the expo 2020 dubai woods wanda, will be there to showcase her investment opportunities, her unique culture and heritage,

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winter holidays. after seeing record highs in corona vars cases the netherlands has begun to strict locked down to curb to spread. the oma crone very low to think she lay off costing balance in the presidential election. it's a close race between 2 men who are promising to take the country in very different directions. left winger, gabriel borage on the fall rights. jose antonio cast and united states some latino and black citizens, fear they are losing their right to vote. non white voters in texas complain of being frozen out off to republican politicians campaigned to have electoral maps redrawn falling president 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 or no voice. jerry monday 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. the department of justice claims republican lawmakers are deliberately discriminating against a growing non white population. as the 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. yeah. doing that there are, does now representing that, that's a lateral law mean is, is that it was up to us to stand up in and say something might have now he was 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 arrive. those 2 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 the centralized to the state level. most states have a very political process that runs to some degree or another through the state legislature 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 democratic at the end of the day. and so, you know, when me and my friends and different people i worked with and organized when i'm pushing to get democrats elected here, that's not what the fight is 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 dates in the entire country. republican governor greg abbott has signed off on the controversial changes he's backed by the state attorney general, who cause the d o. j lawsuit, a ploy to control texas, voters that are really going to be less hispanic voting for some of those voters. the solution is simple. if all of the show up to vote, we can, it doesn't matter how much a jury amended the district, we will win those see. but the question, is it fair or even legal? the courts will have to decide on that one fed. lavelle al jazeera austin, texas

a low turn out is reported in hong kong after the 1st election since china imposed its controversial national security. more 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 on kong largest opposition policy. the democratic party boycotted the elections brit clinic reports from hong kong 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 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 pro 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. the regulation that way, if you set it that way, you'll have to obey the law office of 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 forcing 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 you 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 either awesome and to what they're sorry for. so actually

this is quite huge. and meaning of all 153 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 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. not for this election nor for previous elections. 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, valid exiled lead is of the democracy movement called for everyone to boycott.

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 u. s. he was a candidate in last year's elections in the territory. he says sunday's pole was widely boycotted. most of the people in home actually now also want to be russian. and then actually, personally, not just me and then also many other activities. so we collectively push the people to boycott the election. and yesterday i just, we aggress warren's on the, on the government because i didn't accused me float, incite, can people to court. but actually i do believe the public opinion is there, the momentum there on the crime is all calling for the court election will have the lowest turn out in hong kong history. so i mean, it's really family affair to beijing that hung on people. we will not you,

and it's regarding all this political grat down and we got into the so call late because political reform actually has a famous change in the threshold to screening and school denies political candidates. hong kong people do not embrace this kind of idea. personally, i also classify in the u. s. congress for several times with a couple hong kong. 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 wes's volcano in the engine asia has erupted for the 2nd time in 2 weeks. everyone's been want to stay away from mount central. experts fear the increased activity could trigger an avalanche of lava. 48 people were killed when the volcano erupted without warning. earlier this month, 36 people remain missing on java island. budge and appeals for food and water being

made in part of the philippines, devastated by super typhoon right. the number of confirmed dead has risen to 100 and dozens, remain missing and flooded areas. 800000 soldiers have joined rescue workers trying to reach remote areas. 300000 filipinos were forced from their homes ahead of a 150 kilometer. our wins on thursday present. rodriguez to 10 k. flew to the region on saturday and promised $40000000.00 in aid. why? 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, a fashion week in singles capital is showcasing not just african fashion, but diversity to a moral char reports on the catalog of new creations on display in back on a jeep, samuel was bomb, is cerebral palsy,

but that's not stopping her from fulfilling her dream to be a model on the catwalk or other disability kids. they could do it to and around the world who they 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, but you never buy viva la mud. come, i don't want to live with fashion as the european dictate as to i don't want to do that any more. i want women who respect so many different things more than just bodies. 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. alas, believe going, going pretty soon 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 hon died or more industrial but still made in africa like here we have ethiopian genes, for example. we have had died wildly from ivory coast and we have this beautiful organic cotton, which is ethiopian. with this isn't the 1st time to send please. fashion designer has made a statement on the capital. she also created the 1st black fashion week in paris. now she's hoping others will follow it, hazard steps and challenge the western standards of fashion and beauty. her

marriage all 30. and as always, there's lots more on our website at 0 dot com. get the latest on all the stories we're just talking i on have them speak with the headlines now on al jazeera, they've been injuries during protest in sudan off to police 5 guests at crowds outside the presidential palace rallies are taking place on the 3rd anniversary of the revolution that ended the 30 year rule of former president, alma mohammed, vol, has more from hard to we have seen crowds being dispersed everywhere. but there was a time when a huge number of these protesters were able to cross that bridge between capital and battery. and central have to, well, the presidential police without major hindrance and they spent some time there in front.