a, a a blue this is al jazeera. ah, hello, i'm have, i'm secret, this is the news i live from doha, coming up in the next 60 minutes. oh wow. huge crowds take to the streets in sudan, mocking the anniversary of an uprising for democracy. new lock downs and travel

restrictions as the army kron variance spreads across the globe. urgent appeals for aid after the devastation of typhoon ry across the southern philippines. jillions choose between a right wing candidates and a leftist in one of the most divisive presidential elections in decades. i'm far as well. have all the sport news later this hour, including manchester city, crash new castle for now as they finish what's been a corona virus disrupted weekend at the top of the table? ah, we begin in sudan where protestors have gathered near the presidential palace in hot too early a tear gas was fired as they made their way to the building. protest as are mocking 3 years since the revolution but ended president armored but she is 30 rule. but

sudan has seen more protests in recent weeks following the military's power grab in october. i'm jealous hippa morgan was early on the streets of khartoum and has this report where on the road that leads to the presidential palace where thousands of protesters have gathered for hours to commemorate the 3rd anniversary of the dance revolution which led to the overthrow of long time president omar bashir, but protesters are out for another reason as well to day. they want to show the military that they are against the takeover, which took place in late october, leading to the arrest of siena, government officials, and the dissolution of the transitional government that was in power for just over 2 years, protested on sunday were able to reach the southern gate of the presidential palace, something that has never happened before and pro democracy movement. they say that that for them is an achievement. they have been demanding that the military be remove from to dance politics. and the anger over the takeover only increased on

november 21st. when prime minister ham duke, who was under house arrest following the military tick over, signed an agreement with the military, the prime minister ham dachelle, has been reinstated, has described the current situation as a backslider regression to the transition and to finance transition to democracy. but there is a possibility for the country to come out of at current prices through dialect on consensus. but many protesters here say that they want to see the military be removed from powers and from politics. and they said that is the only way forward to remove saddam out of its current crisis. they say they will be organizing more protests in the coming days despite the amount of fear that has been fired on sunday. and in previous protest, despite the fact that more than 45 protests have been killed and over 200 haven't injured people here in the streets, they will continue to protest. they will continue to voice their demand for a democracy and for civilian rule demands that they started 3 years ago. and they

say they will not stop demanding for until they see it achieved me. how the surge in cupboard 19 cases linked to the alma kron variant has led european government to take urgent action ahead of the winter holidays. the netherlands went to a strict lockdown earlier on sunday, and there was pressure on the british government to do the same. but anger against new restrictions is also building up. as i said, beg reports are. 7 against mandatory vaccinations and vaccine passports, thousands gathered in belgium to express their anger restrictions. it comes with a government issued strong advice to get vaccinated and gave health workers 3 months to get back to make it or risk losing their jobs. britain has seen some of its height levels in new cases of the virus. when the football stadium was turned into a mass boost of vaccination center, as the government tries to curb the outbreak. but for now it's reluctance,

dream pose a pre christmas lockdown is at odds with the mayor of london. if we don't bring in you restrictions sooner rather than later, you're going to see even more positive cases and potentially public service a lot. the us on the verge of collapse, if not collapse in germany, has added the u. k. 2, it's higher as countries meaning tied to travel restrictions. france has already been travel from britain other than compelling reasons which do not include tourism and business. it comes as europe races itself for the spread of the army. kron variant and many countries are now considering the return of restrictions over the christmas period. the streets in the netherlands should have been packed with christmas shoppers. but all non essential businesses have been ordered to close after a strict lockdown was imposed. even on the northern tip of europe, finland with a christmas period brings with it tourists. this now real concern. i've never had times like this before. like i know my colleagues. they are wondering the same,

and this is like a puzzle every day. your stars back again on you look at the latest updates on use and you start wondering what's happening with the travelers. what's happening with the georgia workers. the company is how do we survive as christmas, fast approaches the shadow cast by the covey virus seems to be getting ever longer . i said, beg, jazeera, or in the u. s. president joe biden is considering further measures as cases rise there that says americans prepare for the busiest travel season of the year. states including connecticut and michigan saying surges in hospital emissions. the centers for disease control also says alma crohn is on the verge of becoming the dominant variant in new york city. let's go live now to christian salumi, who is in new york for us. so christian, just, how bad is it there right now?

well, people are really worried and reconsidering their holiday plans after 2 days of new infections topping records over the last year. now 200-2000 people read that were found tested positive on saturday. that's the higher than during the peak of winter last year. hospitalizations nationwide are up 50 percent, not anywhere near the peak last year, but dr. anthony found she, the infectious disease specialist is warning that hospitals could start feeling the strain because even if this omicron variant is less deadly than delta, it is so contagious and moving so rapidly through the population that could put a strain on hospitals. and we're already seeing that happening, particularly in areas of the country and of the state of new york, where a vaccination rates are lower. so people here are reconsidering their plans and

wondering if it's safe to travel. thought she has advised that travel does increase your risk of catching the disease, but he says you should be safe if you're vaccinated and you take precautions and officials right now are focusing on getting people vaccinated, encouraging people to get vaccinated and boosted. no major lockdown have been announced yet. officials are trying to avoid that given the toll it's taken on businesses and on schools and students in particular. but people are worried and people are watching a lot of private companies in a holiday parties. and things we're seeing are, are getting cancelled already. absolutely. they'll be keeping a close eye on the new year's. so the possibility of was those famous new year's celebrations that happened in new york every, every new years a well that might now be endangered. right,

well that's one thing people are worrying about. is it safe to have all these people in a big crowd gathered in new york times square to watch the ball drop normal times and be thousands of people close together for hours and hours. course it is outside, and right now it's scheduled to go on. people have to have a vaccination in order to attend. but the mayor has said they're keeping an eye on things and they're in nothing is certain. at this point. we've had broadway shows shut down in the last couple of days. the rockettes, the famous christmas show, had to close. and that's because of breakthrough infections in the production staffs. they are, they can't reopen and these are people who've been vaccinated, but they have infection. so with that is the backdrop. nothing is certain going forward. all right, chris, the salumi life. we're seeing you now. but when connie 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. the delta vary 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 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 the 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. are torrential, rain and flash floods in malaysia have forced 11000 people from their homes. emergency workers are rescuing the strand to take them to shelters. floods are common immolated during the annual monsoon season between october and march. police in the philippines say at least a 169 people are confirmed dead in the aftermath of super typhoon right. thousands of soldiers have joined rescue workers to search for survivors in remote areas are corresponding to me like in dog and has more from sagacity. the philippine millet, she invited a story reconnaissance flight over the eastern part of the mid to now region to see

for ourselves the damage caused by super typhoon re sure go island is where super tape for net re 1st made landfill in the philippines. what was once a popular tourist destination reduced to this, the pilot then turned towards the nugget island. even from afar. the damage was distressing to see. it didn't matter whether their house was big or small. the typhoon packing, wind speed close at 200 kilometers an hour, did not discriminate damaging. almost every building. after landing in sooty goes city, general emeralds order is clear. aid must reach those devastated areas as soon as possible. the magnitude of the damage is really big. it is because no one

that was affected, our island robin says, if you will address those problem bursts, inform what your problem released logistics nightmare. we drove around the mean town of city. dow storm damage like this is a familiar scene here. now, at the port area, we found more than a 100 families forced from their homes. they are from the jour. sufficient community once lived on houses on stilts by the sea. now this is all they have left. my god though, what residents here are telling us is that it's 6 pm. now this is going to be their 1st meal for the day. something that they just picked up from the garbage mostly. and this as quickly, at least 5 families to night rest meet that i will at sun is desperate to a we don't even have, right. there's nothing. my children are crying. we look for a left over,

but there was nothing. we went to bed with an empty stomach. i gave them a go. this is the human cost of support. they would rise at destruction. it's estimated that thousands of families are displeased here now, but this is just one province. days since the storms, shock. many communities remain cut off with dozens reported missing. and this is why many say they are still bracing for the worst gym. eileen dog and al jazeera, should he go province southern philippines, plenty more head on this new job, including hong kong 1st. so cold patriots only elation, but how many actually took searching for solutions? well, powers gathering foxes found to try to stop the suffering in afghanistan. the vaccination becomes a major issue for sports teams. the brooklyn that's trying to get one of this falls

back on course. ah, well that's still had the 1st us president jo biden's efforts to pass one of his signature pieces of legislation is on life support. and a senator from his own party may have struck the fatal blow. the nearly 2 trillion dollar build fact better bill is aimed at improving education, lowering health care costs and tackling climate change. but democratic senator joe mentioned says he won't back it by needs every democrat in the 5050 sent it to get the bill through. i cannot vote to continue with this piece of legislation. i just can't. i've tried everything humanly possible. i can't get there. you're done. this is a no. this is a no. on this legislation,

i have tried everything i know to do. the white house has responded to mentions, remarks press secretary jen sack, he said his comments this morning on fox are at odds with his discussions this week with the president with white house staff and with his own public utterances. she went on to say that his comments represent the quote, sudden and inexplicable reversal in his position and a breach of his commitments to the president and the senators, colleagues in the house and senate. why eric ham is a political analyst and also a join us via skype. now from washington, d. c, thanks very much for being with us. so 1st off, we had set a dimension, pretty unequivocal there in his decision not to vote for this bill. does that effectively kill it? well, yes, it does, president biting off 50 senators plus his vice president commonwealth to get legislation over the finish line. but a little bit should not be a surprise to the president as well as a democrat,

joe matching has been saying from day one that this legislation that he did not support that he did not get behind. and he was never actually in favor of this legislation. in fact, the only reason why his, his response to what had been best habits is because he was trying to get the infrastructure legislation over the finish line. now that the $1.00 trillion dollar spending package that joe matching himself had been a part of actually crafting and putting together. once they got that through the, the, the senator said that he would move on bill back better, which clearly he did not. and this is unprecedented. never any history. have you seen a senator of a president all parties, not only tank signature legislation, but a signature piece of the president is very agenda. and given how tight the margins are in congress right now, and many looking at a complete to nami, next year with democrats moving up,

potentially bold out in the senate. the fact that joe matching did not deliver for the president. if c as a major blow to his agenda, but also and more importantly to the parties, potential future and control in washington. and presumably, republicans are looking at this now because not a single republican, as we said, has voted for this bill. not entirely, not particularly surprising, given how partisan things are in washington. they're looking at this and thinking we don't really have to do anything to democrats. are doing it all for us. well, not necessarily, but the sense that now joe may actually has a major component of president biden's agenda. it's going to be very hard for democrats to run next year on that agenda. more importantly, it's going to be even more difficult for the president to go out and talk to the american people about what he promised to deliver. and therefore a major component of that will will not be at hand. and so this is something that

is politically, this is, this is devastating for the party and for the president, but also a speech to just how much power one particular senator can wield in the united states, particularly given how tight the margins are right now. and also it also has a very glaring light on, on the whole, the reservation in washington given the fact that you have this legislation that is overwhelmingly supported by all americans. and yet you have no republicans, even one willing to support this legislation. i wanted ask you about that because as you say it is, it is a very popular that does have a lot of popular support. is it? is it surprising to you that there isn't a single republican in a, perhaps a swing state or, or a state vista was democrats that, that there isn't one among them that might go the other way? yes, that's so true. i'm glad you brought that out because you take

a state like pennsylvania state that went for joe biden or state like wisconsin or even michigan or not michigan, because you don't have any republicans out there. but a state like pennsylvania, wisconsin, or even the state of west virginia, which is a very poor state. and this legislation will do much to live, not only children, but also many americans in that state out of poverty. we're talking about a state with a median household income of less than $26000.00, and you have a u. s. sen there who's making $180000.00, but yet he will not pass this legislation that will provide a income child tax credit for those people in that state. and what that does is that list tens of thousands of children out of poverty, and he will not get behind that legislation. so it's not just jo magic, but it's also his republican colleagues showing more capital from the state of west virginia who will not support this legislation. and the reason why because they are

afraid of what former president and donald trump might say. if in fact they do get behind and as we understand this bill may help out. a lot of people in mentions, home state of west virginia. so if that's the case, why was he supported? well, i think one of the reasons that joe mentioned will not get behind this legislation is because he does have a lot of car box for climate change. and we're talking about a senator who also has an enormous amount of business and financial stay in the coal industry. and so this legislation would actually reduce the amount of coal being used. and it also provides a carbon net neutral framework going forward is so bad as something that could be damaging financially to the senator. and so what we're seeing here is him placing his business and financial interest over the interest of his citizens. good to talk

to eric ham, joining us there from washington. thank something was a low turnout is reported in hong kong after the 1st election since china imposed as controversial 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 residents. well as jubal and the territories largest opposition party, the democratic party boycotted the elections. brick 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 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 calling, the regulation that way, if you get it that way, you'll have to pay the long to get all those basic things if you don't want them, 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 voters 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 boss 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? awesome. and 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 lamb 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 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. sony chung is a hong kong activists living in exile in the united states. he was a candidate in last year's elections in the territory. he says, sundays, paul was widely boycotted. most of the people your home home actually now also want to be russian and then actually personally, not just me and then also many other activities. we collectively push the people to boycott the election. and yesterday i just, we aggress warren's on the government because i didn't accused me float, incite, can people to po cult but actually i do believe the public opinion is there. the momentum there on the crime is all calling for the part election will have the

lowest turn, not in hong kong history. so i think we need demonstrate a very clear stick. no co basing that hung on people. we will not you. and it's regarding all this political grad down, i mean, we caught interest though, so call lee because political reform actually has a change in fresh whole to screening. and school denies political candidate, hong kong people do not embrace this kind of idea. personally, i also pacify 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 reasons. all right, still ahead on idea. my genius luxury home market is booming. that is a different story for affordable housing. plus i'm dominant pain and the bull and

cultural exhibition that's bringing east and west head to head an in school. this swedish dog makes it 4 winds out of 5 ski cross. welcome detail. later this out. ah . your weather report for the middle east and africa come at 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 cub for pakistan. temperature is still below average in the nor so as i'm about 18 the hor, 17. but cobble at 11 men, afghanistan, you're actually above where you should be for this. have the year ok now to the

levant, and that act of whether this can bring soaking rain for lebanon in palestine as well. look, ramallah is 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 got storms bubbling up across lake victoria white. whether both in the east and the west were seen it through the democratic republic of congo. further toward the south thunder downpours to be expected zambia into zimbabwe. central sections of mozambie read around southern sections of south africa as well to look at the temperature in cape town, up to $27.00 degrees for you on monday. enjoy. that's it. we'll see again soon. ah, with, from the al jazeera london broadcast then to 2 people in thoughtful conversation with no host and no limitation. what is even more urgent to me that now is system

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ah, hello again, you're watching. i just did a reminder of our top stories they saw at least one person has been killed and more than a 100 engine protests she danced. capital hard to rally is taking place on the 3rd anniversary of the revolution that ended that to your rule of former president all martin bashir. several european countries are imposing new restrictions at the winter holidays off the scene co with highs in corona virus cases. the netherlands has begun a strict lockdown to curve the spread of the army. chrome varied of voters and she lay are costing their ballots in the presidential runoff. election left wing gabriel boy standing against right wing politician jose antonio casket. the result

is expected to be close to candidates are offering very different pass for chiles future or latin america attitude as you know me and joined us.