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hello, i'm come on santa maria here and don't ha, this is the world news from al jazeera. the white house is welcome day retreat by to grow and rebels in ethiopia, saying it could open doors for talks to end the year long conflict with ethiopian pulses, also a promise of support for workers and the elderly as chill as youngest president gets ready to take charge of his country. colossal shrew. uh blunder, an epic proportions. enjoy proceedings begin in the united states. in the case of a minneapolis police officer charged, but shooting a black man dead last year. ah . cancel now and celebrate later or risk more deaths. that is the blunt advice from the head of the world health organization as covert 19 cases rise markedly across the world. in some cases it is leading to lock downs while other

countries, notably the u. k. still trying to avoid any sort of christmas shut down. so we're going to start with the latest snapshot from johns hopkins university showing the red number here. i'll circle this 1. $17000000.00 plus cases of coven 19 reported around the world. in the last month, you can see clearly the bulk of them coming from the united states and across europe as well. and in fact, if we start to look at europe, we'll look at the u. k. at 1st of all these graphs i'll show you are a 4 month snapshot from august starting. so this whole period here the u. k. was looking at sort of $35.00 to $45000.00 cases a day. now, in the realms of $75000.00 a day plus in the united states will ever doing quite well. it's definitely a downward trajectory from that high of 100. $60000.00 plus in september. now, this point round a 130000 cases a day. this is a 7 day rolling average i should point out as well. and south africa just wanted to show you as well for a global picture where all the current was 1st detected,

of course, this whole period. look at that october and november. we're only talking about 200 cases a day up here easily in excess of 20000 cases a day. so that's a little snapshot from around a few countries here now from the head of the world health organization. all of ours are seek of this bunda me. all of us want to spend time with friends and family. all of us want to get back to normal. the fastest way to do this is for all of us leaders and individuals to make the difficult decisions that must be made to protect ourselves and others, but, and even the consulate is better than a life cancelled. it's better to cancel now and celebrate later than to celebrate now and grieve later. let's go on a fisher in washington, d. c. for more than

a 1000. what such i bought in the white house thing. while he's going to make her address to the donation on tuesday, many people saying look, if it was really that important, he should be talking to the country either tonight or he should have done it on sunday. the shouldn't be 2 days of speculation, but we got from jen sacking idea of what he's likely to talk about joe biden. we know is very much in favor of vaccinations, and that certainly backed up by all the scientific evidence. and joe biden will insist that his white house is always directed by the science, so he will urge those who aren't vaccinated. and remember there's only 200000000 in the us. it sounds a lot, but there's still more than 100000000 people not vaccinated here in this country. he will tell them to get vaccinated to get boosted it is the way to protect them and to protect their loved ones, especially with the christmas new hot year holidays just around the corner. but jen, saki, the white house press secretary, made it clear. there was one thing that was off the table. this is not

a speech about lacking the country down. this is a speech outlining and being direct and clear with the american people about the benefits of being vaccinate, vaccinated the steps are going to take to increase access into increased testing and at the risk supposed to unvaccinated individuals. helen, can you give us a little more information on the situation in the u. s. i just had a numbers snapshot there of daily infections, but there's a lot bigger stories coming out, including our problems with testing. exactly. if you go to the lake, new york, or miami or texas, there's a snapshot of 3 fairly major cities and states. a people are whining up for more than 2 to 3 hours to try and get a test. you just can't get them in pharmacies around the u. s. haven't found them anywhere in a road. washington, d. c. when i've been looking over the last couple of days, people can get their hands on testing. and that's one thing that you're biden's

going to talk about. they're putting billions of dollars in to make sure that companies produce tests and they can make them available. they'll be 10000 testing sites, set up all around the u. s. and this is important because the number of cases as you point out, are going up a lot of places. i've had records of covered cases in the last few days. places like new york and in the midwest and in the northeast. and that leads to increased hospitalization. one district in texas, seeing the number of hospitalizations jumped by double digits, and that is being repeated all over the country. so there is deep concern that this is a problem that has to be address anthony fo 2 is speaking to the national press club just in the last couple of hours. and he made the point about hope public health has become politicized. and many of those who aren't being vaccinated would identify themselves as republican. he says it's ok talking about freedom, but other people deserve freedom as well. freedom from staying away from those who

may be a symptomatic but are still carrying the vaccine. that's a huge hurdle for joe biden to overcome, particularly when he talks to the nation. because there's going to be a lot of people who are going to sit back and see. we don't care what you see. we're not doing it. alan fisher and washington d. c. thank you alan. the british prime minister barak johnson says he is looking at quite all kinds of measures to stop the rapid spread of the only constraint. at least 12 people have now died from that variant in the u. k and hospitalizations in london, a rising steeply journal reports so far in england government guidance against the omicron variant has focused on the boost of vaccination campaign. and the pace of the rollout has shut up. in recent days, the rate of only grown infections has soared 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 boris johnson was found himself caught between the scientists and rebellious ministers and m p's, who say not enough is yet known about omicron. there's been, and i got the data in front of me, 104 hospitalizations from omicron. the question really is, does that and there's a lag time of days or weeks to finding out whether that leads to more fatalities as a result of this, that's if you like the missing piece of the data puzzle, but we constantly keep it under review in a pre recorded statement, johnson erred 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, in a chess. and we weren't hesitate to, to take that action. but in the meantime, what i would say to everybody is please exercise caution. the wave of the crone

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 joined by austria in limiting travel from britain, the current omicron capital of europe. but all will know there's no preventing its arrival eventually. back in the u. k. cove at 9 teens returned to the headlines, has been nothing but bad news for the prime minister. the next installment in the so called party gates, scandal, features a photo of johnson and his wife joining staff and officials with cheese and 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 will likely see it differently. jonah whole al jazeera london. let's move on to other news rebels from ethiopia, ticket region say there withdrawing from several northern territories, the trigger people's decoration front of them losing its foothold in the regions of m horror and a father in recent weeks. it says it's now pulling out of those areas entirely and wants to open the door to humanitarian aid, around $400000.00 people in it, take away at risk of starvation. a t p. s spokesman, get it to read us as the rebels are interested in taking the rest of the country. they just want to grounds to be free from federal control. we arrived to the center of the job and the captain was taking so far we are not interested in this not interested in speaking

about being interested in securing the interest of interest in ensuring that the see that was listening is broken with us from waterloo, canada now, and fitzgerald and the director of the bass city, school of international affairs. thank you so much for your time. so the take, ryans, who were at one point, what was it, 25300 kilometers away from out of saba. are now saying actually we don't want to take the rest of the country, we just want to be free. it's quite a turnaround. it is, and i think it probably reflects the diminishing capacity capacity in many respects, that the last capacity in fighting power capacity and equipment capacity in possibly the support of the people as well. and that's an essential ingredient for insurgency warfare. i think after

a series of attempts to try to grab hold of strategic arteries in the country, a series of attempts that have failed on negotiating. power is weak in terms of gains made in the battles. so the tools for negotiating power have diminished. and i think based on your introductory statement, well not your introductory statement, but the statement of spokesperson that there is a retreat going on. you know, we understand this a slightly different picture, probably as every, somewhere in the middle, but a local report suggest that the areas cordoned off by the if you can national defense forces and is so that would imply that to grey rebels are stuck within the cordon does it also sorry to interrupt you, and is it sort of an almost let prime minister albia right off the hook,

a little bit of the to grinds retreat because there was a lot of criticism of prime minister, a, b, m, and his actions and saying he was going to lead from the front and all this, and now he sort of, quote unquote, winds let's just go back to the facts and the data, the facts and the data are that there was unilateral cease fire in june, pullback or federal forces. but the unilateral cease fire was described by the t peel f as a sick joke at the time. and then we saw a huge number of border insurrection movements into her. it was incumbent on the leader of the democratic country to defend his people and his communities from there was insurrections movements that there were gains and then there were, there were gains made on both sides. but i think the situation is now that whatever happened with the prime minister is present on the ground, i suspect it was

a boost morale on there. there was an additional strategic leadership on the ground as a result. i think he's long back from that position. but i think with diminished on the other side of the boundary is the leadership of the t v. alas, because local reports also suggested that the t p last last approximately 12 military armed in stewart is the leaders. so it's, it's probably just the liberation of am. hara and a for regions regional state is a win for the federal forces and to offer their regional, state safety and security. the trick is now to offer to try regional safety and security and build all 3 conflict regions that have been affected by this unnecessarily prolonged crisis. and those are grey afar and fitzgerald talking ethiopia with a sonata 0. thank you so much for your time. we appreciate it. thank you.

now the saudi led coalition fighting in yemen, has bombs the international airport and the hoody controlled capital santa saudi media, as the coalition asked civilians to evacuate before the strike. the coalition says the operation was in response to quote, threats and the use of the airports facilities to launch cross border attacks. turkeys lira has made a sharp recovery off the back of measures by the government to ease the currency crisis. president rejects hypo, tuan, announced a series of steps, including a promise to compensate savers for losses, as the lever declined export, as will also be protected. odon again defended his decision to cut interest rates. despite soaring, inflation, will check the world where the next and then the northern iraq, the city of bill counting the economic cost of severe flash floods which swept through the city. i'm hammer, jim's roman copenhagen harbor, one of the cleanest waterways in europe. here swimmers come out no matter the

temperature and efforts continue to create a thriving aquatic environment. ah, hello, we got some wet weather when she weather, making its way across. central parts of canada, rain, sleet, and snow. just sliding in across the northern plains of the us as well associated with this area of low pressure wrap. previous system that's now in the process of pulling out of the way to still dragging heels across the florida panhandle that will clear out brightest guys coming in as we go on into the middle. the 2nd half of the way that we go with those showers. they're still in place just around the carolinas for tuesday, still a when you mix up towards ontario, we have got a bright, a dry weather coming back in the high minus 60 the top temperature in winnipeg for

tuesday. and then something of a when she makes, making its way towards western parts of canada. indeed, across the pacific northwest. useful rain coming in here, but it will become a little more widespread as we go through wed and stay a fair bit of snow rolling in across that northwestern quarter of the u. s. good part of california seeing some wet and wintry weather coming through here. fabulous snow there. over the mountain in particular, central and eastern parts will dry up brighten up. not too bad. not too bad, too across the caribbean, although how well the system rolling across c, florida. panhandle will bring some wet weather into cuba and gradually the jamaica . ah, the killing the debate, 90 percent of the world's refugees have come from of common impacted country. the climate emergency is putting more pressure on cities across the world and amplify your voice. it's not really the future. 8, now it's not our responsibility to please give

a lot candidate to this completed facts. we cannot lose hope. we know what to do and we have the tools to do to get back. we must build all these papers. this to him on al jazeera lou. ah, on al jazeera, these are the top stories they saw the head of the world health organization calling for limits to gatherings over the holiday period. he said, there is consistent evidence they only constrain is more transmissible and can evade vaccines. still too early to tell of it is milder than the delta. various i'm a current eyes is now a comp account for nearly 3 quarters of all us corona virus infections. state of

new york's report of 3 consecutive days of record cases. the state of emergency has been declared in washington dc and rebels from ethiopia, tegra region site there withdrawing from northern territories of been losing ground in a power and a far in recent weeks fight. as i, they pulling out of those areas entirely to open the door to humanitarian h. a chinese pesos bounced back after the election of a leftist student leader spot to steep full 35 year old, a gabrielle butch defeated his conservative rival and sundays reflection. his 1st day president elect or to try to ease fears that his leadership would cause economic and stability. a latin american editor, the senior man reports from santiago. oh, before going in to meet president of stm pineda president elected guardian, but each made a small detour a way of sending a message that no one is more important than the ordinary people who voted for him . oh then he went in to the presidential palace where the 35 year old

former student leader will be the boss starting march 9th, president of a skimpy near the showed him around, then they met for 2 hours to discuss chiles future. as is traditional, the president elect is expected to appoint a shadow cabinet to work alongside the current government to smooth the transition and to ease market differs so far relations between both sides have been extremely civilized, which is rather ironic considering the congressman gabrielle bondage. just 2 months ago was voted in favor of the impeachment of president pineda. but what a difference in electro victory makes, but he says he will work to maintain macro economic stability as he embarks on overhauling the pension education and health systems. got to put him on in the thinning cas, according to the permanent expenditure requires durable finance. and so we're going to advance in our structural reforms off one step at a time, so that we don't feel you know, a little by little with care or not body. what is election and sundays run off by

a historic number of votes. defied predictions. he is leading a new left movement. a key question is, who he'll choose as his ministers of economy and the interior, and how many if any key positions will go to his allies from the communist party, even. but it is opponent concede, the change is inevitable, but we don't seek legal miss old. this is the end of one cycle in the beginning of another. and what awaits us requires dialogue at bridge building. oh, you can okay delicate to the constitutional convention. who are we writing chiles? magna carta are overjoyed since bought each is a staunch supporter of the process. it says wanted to jim this one heal this process was born out of a profound political and social crisis that persists secret. so the new constitution is crucial to re direct the country and start to resolve that crisis a min one enormous changes await the country that was considered the standard bearer of social and political stability in latin america. chilly would soon embark

on a new road with a new generation, with new ways of seeing politics, a transition that already seemed to have begun to see a newman al jazeera santiago. the jury is now deliberating in the trial of a former u. s. police officer involved in the shooting of a black motorist. kimberly potter broke down in court last week while testifying about the death of dante rise. his killing in minneapolis sparked nationwide protest, potter has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter. she says she meant to use her taser . but drew her gun instead and opened fire john, hindrance following that trial in minneapolis essentially and boils down to this, the defense says that kimberly potter cannot be accused of recklessly and consciously misusing her hand gun, as she is in the manslaughter charge. one of 2, she can't be accused of doing that because she didn't know she was using her gun.

she thought she was using her taser, although the gun was on her right. the taser was on her left. hayes weighs about his half as much as a gun. it is dr. yellow and shoot a laser despite all of those things she's facing, pulled along the gun and defensive because she didn't know she had a gun. she can't be accused of recklessly mis using it. and they also say that she would have been within her rights to usually force against dante right. because at the time he was resisting arrest with another officer that kimberly potter was supervising. the prosecution says there is no defense for just making a mistake that's not in the law. and they say she was not authorized to use deadly force that the other officer had the situation under control. now this was a case that really roiled a lot of viewers in the video that bad cam video came out and shows her saying, oh my god, i, i shot him. she falls on the ground, face down and says,

i'm going to prison and i just killed a boy. this is after she had yelled taser taser taser and then fired instead the gun. so the jury will now have to get together and decide whether the law says that this constitutes manslaughter. or it was just a mistake that is not prosecutable residence in the northern iraqi city of be still cleaning up days after torrential rain called severe flash flooding. several people were killed, livelihoods were destroyed, not mood, otherwise it has more from view. this is a push to the neighbourhood, one of the areas severely hit by the floods in southern beale province in kurdistan region. the civilians here tell us that the floods were very strong, that they created holes and the streets many houses were destroyed. many shops were destroyed, several people were killed. civil defense steams are trying to help civilians drain

their properties. bulldozers are trying to remove the robles caused by the flux at civil defense. teams are trying to open the streets that were blocked by the floods. many shops were destroyed by the floss shop owners here tell us that their shops were filled with the flood water. they say that the drainage system and the city is not functioning properly, and many parts of the city would help string the floods, the rhythm gun, a gun, had many businesses in the area suffered a lot of losses, including were short and my father's some shops were totally destroyed while the flood by it swept over everything. the government, on the other hand says that it is allocating about $1000000000.00 iraqi

dinars to help providing relief and support to the, to the affected areas that is estimated at around $700000.00 us dollars. many shop owners here say that they lost a lot of their properties. this up, for example, is for, for additional outfits. and the shop owner here tells us that he lost about $40000.00 new us dollars. they say that it bill is known for receiving flaws, receiving heavy rain in color seasons and the blaming the blaming prison authorities for not doing enough to prevent the ease us. the government admits it's a natural disaster, but it also says that there have been negligence and mismanagement in some parts of

the city and it's opening an investigation into the incident. the president of the world football, governing boy, johnny anthony, tina has held her virtual summit with member associations trying to sell him his proposal for more frequent world cups. he told us sports corresponded anti richardson. it will lead to a fair distribution of footballs. welf, there is a gap which is which is getting bigger and bigger, not only of club level what it is really huge show, but also national team levels between some continents and, and so responsibility to work and to make room. so how we can not close is got by bringing doors were up down in the country. those were up, we need to make them grow even more to bring new proposals that amount to but i think are going to the direction we have to discuss them. we have to bade them to one child and we'll see where we end up finding a mistake in a denmark where the middle of winter doesn't probably sound like the best time to

go for a swim. but taking a dip in copenhagen harbor is the perfect tonic for some mom. a jim, jim reports in the danish capital. what used to be a major industrial port has been transformed into one of the cleanest waterways in europe. on a danish morning, this cold and grey as anxiety deepens over the surgeon cove. at 19 cases, you might expect to encounter a somewhat darker mood, but for power volk, who started swimming in copenhagen's harbor during the pandemic. this is the one place where his worries get washed away, is dead like dancing. like when you go and dance, your shoe, you'll dip heavy, and it's the same when you go into the water just for 30 seconds. you could up and you just can injection of pure happiness a few hours later in another part of denmark's capital. it's not much warmer, but that doesn't stop joseph in nord gren, who's from finland on laura one laura, it's one of the reasons i really love living here that we have the opportunity like

you don't have to go far away to be able to swim. copenhagen is one of the rare european cities with harbor water clean enough to jump into. but this wasn't always possible. pair shoes works on new developments for the harbor. he says for many years the water was too polluted to swim in. but all the efforts that went into transforming the harbor from an industrial area into a recreational one have paid off. we actually called it the, the blue park. we have a lot of green parkson in copenhagen lot of green areas. but we also have this blue park where people can enjoy themselves, no big polluting ships here. even the transport options are more eco friendly, like this electric powered ferry. having a clean harbor is a real point of pride for copenhagen. but the work is far from over. these days the aim isn't just to make the area safer for humans, but also to protect the ecosystem that exists beneath the water. these are bio

huts also known as fish hotels, dozens of steel cages that contain boxes filled with empty oyster shells, where algae and small organisms grow. the initiative is a partnership between the world wildlife fund and the city of copenhagen, vertical laws of peers as don't show a lot of complexity. and this is a bio hats can help in these bio had had stay in dig if space for kind of an niches where small fish can lift that a good chance and etiquette. food, like the other harbor projects, an attempt to ensure locations that will comfort and an aquatic environment that can flourish. i'm a jim, jim j 0 copenhagen. ah . at up on the are, these are the top stories,

the head of the world health organizations calling for limits to gatherings over the holiday period. he says as evidence, the only constraint is more transmissible and can.