begin to work in northern areas as we go on through tuesday and on into wednesday was brit add destructive snow on the cards and some moderate weather, putting away from china. ah, ah, this is al jazeera ah, hello, i'm marianna mozy. welcome to the news our life from london. coming up in the next 60 minutes to grind, forces withdraw from ethiopia is i'm horror, and a far regions of to territorial gains by the government. as the only con varian surges across europe, germany limits gatherings in the u. k, i just caution ahead of christmas. a new era in chalet. former student protests needed, gabrielle burridge promises to be

a president that unites the country after winning the runoff election. though so survived your tell us. life will never be the same again for them. and the philippines scrambles to send much needed aid to remote communities as the death toll continues to climb off to super typhoon ry. and i'm far as smile will have an exclusive interview with the head of world football, johnny infant, you know, coming up later this hour, plus english premier league has confirmed a will go ahead with its fixture list. spied the disruption being caused by co v 19 . ah, welcome to then he's our we begin in ethiopia, where to grind rebel forces of announced a retreat. mocking a turning point in a conflict that sent shock waves through east africa. a spokesman for the tag ry people's liberation front,

says all fighters with drawing to that northern stronghold of tag rye. after months of fighting where they took over large parts of africa, 2nd most populous country. if you're a p, central government, and others of us, etc, withdraw is a pre requisite for any piece. talk. fight has caused a major humanitarian crisis with international mediation. if it failing to bring about any resolution, rebel, say they all withdrawing. so that age can enter the region. the central government has its just cover up for the military setbacks. when a rebel on tv station is released, new pictures of the aftermath of government as franks and take ry drones. bomb the region for 3 days last week, coming at new 28 people. pictures show rather than carrying dead bodies from a market and thousands of people being treated for that injuries. so anyway, i spoke to tpl, i've spoken got to read to who says rebels and are interested in taking control of the country. they just want to grind to be free from federal control. that

was the center of the job and the capital was taking so far not interested in this not interested in cruising about again interested in security interest. i was interested in ensuring that the seeds that was placed on our paper is broken or thousands of people have been killed during that 30 months of conflict in ethiopia. difficult to know exactly how many, because journalists are not allowed to operate into gray. at least 2000000 people have been forced to flee their homes, including 60000 refugees who cross the border. interested on larger areas remain cut off, which means there's no food. around 400000 people face famine and tear gray. and at nearly $10000000.00 people need food aid across an organ, ethiopia,

to grind rebels say that they are leaving, so that the blockade and the restrictions on their own people and in that region will be lifted. we can now speak to tech like gabber, michael. he's a writer for taylor dot com, which had been documenting the fighting. he joins us over skype from stockholm. does this withdraw by the t p l f mean that they are going to dis on that there will be an end to the fighting and hostilities. thank you for having me on when i think that the security forces have been stuck between hot place and iraq because on the one hand and the the international community has been making enormous pressure on them to withdrawal. so that the 18th and government could be convinced into delivering it because they had been government conditioned the delivery of 8 on the ground forces withdrawing on the weekend. although they had to go there to pursue the enemy that would otherwise invade them to gripe. so they had

that on the other hand, the pressure but on. ready the other hand, they know that this army would mean that the origin and the different government would invade to grade that the next day and visit the kind of devastation that they had when they returned anita, bow horses were integrated last year. so i don't think disarming is with, within the cost of the to grapples is because if they do that, that would be a better addiction of duty to protect that, to ground against horses that have made it clear that they would innovate if there was an opportunity to, to do that, but might they have to make further concessions to the government possibly on autonomy and self rule? if the restrictions on age are to be ease? well, i think the right thing to do would have been to the international community to

heed to the demands that the horses are making and the direct people are meeting. they are simply saying that they have the constitutional right to serve, govern, and administer on that aid on the monitoring system shouldn't be conditioned on them disarming or making any concessions. and i think there's only so much concession that they could make without in danger of the safety of the people off the ground. again, i repeat the area and they have been raising. maybe they are going to do everything in their power to up to make the, to grant people need and accept their root either to grant submit. if they aren't ready to accept a design only, this is exactly the same position that we were in a year ago. that you, it's precisely the same conflict, nothing, nothing has changed only now you have hundreds of thousands of people who are facing funding conditions. thousands have been killed in this war. busy and

millions displaced. what in any way, is the same situation because in, on november or 2020, when the war about wednesday, that american army decided to invent to drive the grounds were saying that the international community should intervene on demand. that both regimes respect the territorial integrity of the gripe on respect the right off the grounds to serve govern. and i think they are meeting the same demands now and also they are demanding that this should be a political dispensation in the country because the problem is not on the integrate is except that the situation is, was going to grab it. otherwise, civilians are being keyed in or me, i'm, i'm senior positions from, from oral me. i'm from other parts of me here to have been jail and the position of the federal government. i just ask you briefly to choir for says have any leverage as a suffer losses on the back of phil and i've been forced to withdraw from and to farm

. so in the little of the 2 great residents wrote to the un yesterday, he said that need to grow forces are fully into more than capable of defending the drive. and the reason that they needed to withdraw was because a sense that this is going to be a protracted war and is going to be more suffering to eat, not just to grant, but because they've been government has been using drugs and other amendment from foreign powers and there has been more involved with a foreign pose. the to government say that the best course of action was to give that a different government accept negotiation less, there should be more devastation for the country from the whole country. so in terms of leverage, militarily, they say that they are capable of defending to drive, so they have the leverage of t. yeah, thank you very much to kline kemper and michael, joining us that thank you. in the news,

our life from london still had on the program. a christian missionary group is saying that its members staged a daring escape from haitian gang in the middle of the night, but refuses to say if it paid any ransom. is there another refugee exodus and me and my wife civilians say the military is acting with impunity? and then in sport, england cricketers just didn't catch a break. the latest ashes news coming up later in the show ah, government is warned for the corona virus restrictions might be needed. as a result of record case levels that have been reported over the past week. a primary subarus johnson has described the situation as extremely difficult. these urged caution senior ministers believe to be pushing back on implementing any new measures before christmas. john hall now reports so far in england government

guidance against the omicron variant as focused on the boost of vaccination campaign. and the pace of the rollout has shut up in recent days. the rate of only grown infection has sought to with scientists warning the new year could bring thousands of hospital admissions and deaths each day. if strict measures are brought in soon. at a cabinet meeting on monday, the prime minister boys johnson was found himself caught between the scientists and rebellious ministers and n p's. who say not enough is yet known about omicron. we know that there's been and i got the data in front of me. $104.00 hospitalizations from only crohn, the question really is, does that and there's a lag time of days if not weeks to finding out whether that leads to more fatalities as a result of this, not if you like the missing piece of the data puzzle but we constantly keep it under review in a pre recorded statement. johnson earned on the side of caution, political caution that is less so perhaps in the interests of public health we,

we will have to reserve the, the possibility of taking further action to, to protect the public and to protect public health, to protect our chess. and we won't hesitate to, to take that action. but in the meantime, what i would say to everybody is, please exercise caution. the wave of on the chrome concern, meanwhile, is spreading fast across europe. germany becomes the latest country to confirm plans for new restrictions with social gatherings limited to a maximum of 10 vaccinated or recently recovered people from december. the 28th. while in france, approval has been given for the use of the pfizer biotech vaccine in children, aged 5 and above. both countries are joined by austria in limiting travel from britain, the current omicron capital of europe. but all will know there is no preventing its arrival. eventually, back in the u. k. coven 19th, returned to the headlines,

has been nothing but bad news for the prime minister. the next installment in the so called party gate scandal, features a photo of johnson and his wife joining stafford officials, put cheese on wine in the downing street garden last summer. the government insists these were work colleagues joining an after work gathering and that no rules were broken. the public who were under locked down at the time and now facing another difficult christmas. we'll likely see it differently. jonah, whole elders, europe, lumber. now israel is banning it citizens from travelling to united states canada and a other countries because of concern about the growth of the army con marian. their measures are going to take effect from midnight on tuesday. israel is as largely close its international board as after new variant was detected last month. country is now experiencing a 5th wave of infections. and in the u. s. is in

a 50 percent surgeon corona virus case as this month. fears of new restrictions across the country and around the world. saw wall street markets fall more than one percent on monday because of that uncertainty. new york has seen a 3rd straight day of record cases while estate emergency has been declared in washington d. c. the wes reported more than 70000 new infections on sunday. the south african presence their o rama posters are covered from cove at 19 and his back at work. he's been in self isolation in cape town since he tested positive for the virus 8 days ago. i'm a poster is had miles symptoms and was treated by the military health service while a country battle, the corona virus wave dominated by the on a chrome variant. in the last 24 hours, south africa's reported more than $15000.00 new infections and 3 deaths.

well now we go to developments in haiti because the u. s. christian ministry group says that ransom money was raised to pay for the release of american and canadian missionaries kidnapped in the country. but that they eventually escaped on their own groups as 12 people fled in the middle of the night, 2 months after being abducted, following an orphanage visit near the haitian capital user. their freedom came out last week, 5 others who were taken at the same time, had been freed in recent weeks. question a ministries, groups as funds were raised to be used as ransom. but they did not say if any of it was actually paid. the gang had demanded a $1000000.00 per person. when they sent the timing was right, they found a way to open the door that was closed and blocked, filed silently to the path that they have chosen to follow and quickly left the place they were hill. despite the fact that numerous guards were close by, well, now to the philippines, where the number of people killed in a strongest typhoon, take the country this year has surged to 375. another 500 have been injured and at

least 56 are missing. but in remote areas, these figures could end up being much higher. the de naga islands were at the abbey center of the disaster is jamilla allen, dugan reports survivors, a desperate for food and drinking water. ah, this is said, you'll see that good at town which bore the brunt of super typhoon race fury on thursday. what was once a thriving coastal community, now desolate, my maritza and iraq, the, your to ring have been living here for more than 50 years. a home they built to raise a family. this is all whatsoever to live, what they love and for so like i own when, when you know that they phone was very strong and, and we went down stairs to hang. but our walls gallon. so we rather than a, were a, were very scared of an animal right everywhere you look, there is destruction. it's been days since typhoon right devastated the southern

philippines. but this community remains cut off from the rest of the world, though. so survived here. tell us life will never be the same again for them. men here feel frustrated and abandoned. hardly anything is spared here in the market. not even it's provincial capital, like a landscape scraped by a steel brush or the immediate aftermath of a bomb explosion. this is how this devastation looks like. up close. mary jean, but celia says she's grateful. she survived the typhoon with her family and one month old baby. now hunger has become pervasive here. there is nothing left to harvest. they have no money. this woman of wilma, or if the kids are so small, i still need to be with my baby. i prayed to the lord to please make the typhoon

stop. the wind was already so strong and it started at 12 noon from the well 88 year old anesthesia tells us she wants to be reunited with their daughter who lives from another town. anesthesia was rescued after home collapsed beneath her. there are many others in san jose to shocked to share their ordeal. while others see the ply dawn simply because thee have no choice. everything was wiped out in an instant the sea. now there is only suffering jamila lin, dog and al jazeera in her good province southern philippines. a former laughter student leader is kind of a cum chili's youngest president, gabrielle burridge. as hell talks with the man he's replacing are going present sebastian, panera and era says he is optimistic for chiles economy on the porch. despite markets reacting negatively to his rectory while leaving the palace bar said he is

expecting a smooth transition of power when he takes office lu. but on gil am leaving in peace because they're going to have an oddly transfer, a transfer of institutional state upper latest make this up available for democracy to work. and that's good news for you, because it's something that perhaps one doesn't know how to appreciate and good luck. and if you live, we have to value it and deepen the latin america editor, listen. human has been following the story and joins us now from santiago. what impression has gabrielle barge made so far as president elect? but i can tell you, is that he's made a fairly that especially after his address to the nation after having one on sunday night. he has made what it seems to be a very good impression, including on those who have been his opponents all the while. it was a reassuring speech. it was a huge one that said that really address those who had

a policy not just to have supported his policies all along. and he's sounded very, very moderate and conciliatory. so i've heard from a lot of people who have said just that, but they're not quite as worried now as they had been. it was very interesting when he arrived at the presidential palace before actually go in. he made a detour to greet the large, large crowds of people who had heard that he was going to go and visit the president of a senior that he took celsius with them and signed autographs. basically sending the message that day. the common man and woman are going to be his priority above everything else, but he did take his tour of the presidential palace, which is rather ironic. it happened just 2 months after he himself had voted in favor of a move in congress. he is still a congressman to impeach president, save us, damn p d. so there you see how or just the difference that one electoral triumph can make relations. and what about reaction public responses are in chile to his victory

the public response has been depending on who you voted for positive again. now the markets, as you mentioned, did not have a good response. earlier in the morning the, the julian pencils slumped very, very sharply. the us dollar went up, but by this afternoon it went back to normal. so that also seems to indicate that that the voltage is message that he will respect macro economic principles. that he will not over spend and that he, those, that he must go step by step, implementing the social reforms that he has promised in health education and pensions, so as not to derail the attempt to bring about social justice in this country. apparently at the some people are giving are going to give him a try or at least trust him that he's,

that means what he says at least for now. thank you very much. america added to lucy and human there in santiago. surely. 35 year old boy shall soon be under pressure to fulfill a campaign for mrs. ram. bishop pledges that sir was just describing that he wants to remake most advanced economy in latin america, which is also one of the most on equal in the world. you anything one percent of change own approach of the country's wealth, or it says that's a consequence of a free market economic model impose decades ago by the dictator. augusta finishes his ambitious plans include ending chiles, private pension system, fighting climate change, and blocking a proposed mining project, which lays also the world's largest copper producing nation and the markets of already reactive as we would just hearing that one of its biggest mining companies, the lithium lineup, s q m slumped almost 11 percent in early trading on monday on the july and pay. so

also we can buy more than 3 percent. i do appoint as a professor at diego portales university school of political science joined us via zoom from santiago. so he wants to really put the emphasis on social justice and social rights. is he going to be able to deliver on these promises, given the major obstacles and i suppose a fragmentation of congress. yeah. me the question, i think he has tomorrow for one because he's confronting b as in congress, the weights are right. we call in the senate and most of the lower tumblers. so i need to get the right way in order to bastisse ambitious reforms. now what does that mean and specific times because

this is a country that has one of the highest rates of inequality in terms of both income and wealth. and then by o e, c o e c d standard is it also has the lowest rate of public investment, which is why we saw his big protest movement just a couple of years ago in 2019. so how is he going to, i was going to moderate his, his policies and when he already may sound more like you, like in the right, he's a group of advice or economy like from the may 3 and moderate less, then we'll see, show it. secondly, i think that he is proposing grandma kind of a really for the week, for instance, pension reform will be the 1st one. the 2nd one is like paying the death of the

student loans. is that a lot of money? so he's proposing a rather leave them in terms of like a pain day death by little, by lever bonding. they contribute to the state to be long. so i think that he's taking poignancy very cross to be pro and he was 2 weeks back. he went to try the next year and a to bush, a for a pro any pension reform would be the 1st but he risk alienating his supporters. i think that the, in the sense that he's facing an economic total more, i mean the economy delays very bad in the next 2 years.

so probably he will face a social. it's been, it's been a lot of navigation with that, right. we in congress, what is the number one priority for many children's more than half the country voted for him, so he has a 55 percent. this is a very strong mandate at the same time. it was a very, very polarized divisive election. how is he going to unite the country and appeal to those who might not be too happy with this result? i think the main one right now, i am more, you saw it on our pension reform. he was very affected by recent reforms that allow people to get a money out of the accounts. they say, you know, accounts and that a make aliens for it for the pension retirement. so i'm

form probably will be the 1st this thing with a debate about increasing the problem to be spending on the 3rd one probably will be implementing a property that the my take a lot of time or next year president. i hate to do all these. they need to, that's the right. so that's the reform probably will be part of the debate next year. kind of went as professor day go portales university school of political science. thank you for joining us from santiago and you said on this news out from london. there is a sound historical treasures while the taliban will do anything to save them from

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moscow, for example, minus 17 celsius. that cool as cold, even from moscow, we have got some wind fi flurries around the baltic states from winfrey weather to write down around the black sea. still a few showers have the high ground of turk in some lively showers because at east the side of the mediterranean, just pulling away from cypress, heading on into the levant. central part, still quiet for the time being, but i was to was the west. his thought we start see the change some wet weather coming in across portugal. will gretch see cloud and rain also extending up into island into northern ireland in scotland. pushing a little further east with central air is still sing some fine and dry weather for the time being with early morning mist and fog, we have got one or 2 shares cleaning on to the far north of egypt as we go on through tuesday. but fine and dry for much of west africa. ah,

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ah ah ah, my main stories now to grind rebels battling the ethiopian government, say they all withdrawing that troops from the northern regions of afar, and i'm hora groups as the retreat will allow humanitarian aid to enter the region . the government is saying the withdrawal is a cover from military setbacks u. k. government is wont further restrictions, might be needed to keep the army concurrent of ours variant under control. but senior ministers believed.