mister maralie across c. yeah. florida panhandle will bring some wet weather into cuba and gradually the jamaica ah ah, it's better to conceal now and celebrate later than to celebrate now. and grieve later. the w h r chief warns against increased social interaction during the holiday season. the world grapples with a rapid surge of the army con variance. ah, although it did not come out santa maria here and joe hall with the world news from al jazeera, the white house is welcoming the retreat by to grow and rebels. so you could open doors for talk to and the key along conflict with ethiopian forces. also

a promise of support for workers and the elderly chill as youngest president gets ready to take charge of his country. and we report on the aftermath of super typhoon right in the philippines and the scramble to help those devastated ah cancel now and celebrate later or risk more depth. that is the blunt advice and the head of the world health organization. as coven 19 cases rides markedly across the world. in some cases, it is leading to locked downs while other countries, notably the u. k. a still trying to avoid that christmas shut down. let's start with a snapshot from johns hopkins university showing the number of cases debts and backs in nations. cases, the smaller red number, or the number of infections. $17000000.00 plus just in the last $28.00 days. the most of them is you see coming east coast of the united states, new york,

particularly and across western europe as well. so let's have a look at europe, u. k. first of all, with graphs from our world and data, this is for month snapshot all day. these graphs, this whole period through here, looking to sort of 30 to 40000 cases a day, but now up here, 70000 plus every day in the united states, things were well, maybe not coming under control, but certainly case numbers were coming down through october and november, they are up again to the point of being about 130000 a day in the united states. and just one of the country to tell about south africa . look at this graph over the last 4 months, this period here. october, november. we're talking only $200.00 cases a day. at this point. it is $20000.00 plus, remember, this is where on the kron was 1st detected. ok, let's hear from the head of the world health organization. all of ours are seek of this bundle. 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 uneven cancelled is better than a life cancelled. it's better to cancel now and celebrate later zahn to celebrate the now and grieve later. more on that worsening situation in the u. s . now with alan fisher in washington dc. growing lines for testing, growing numbers of those infected, growing concern where this is all heading in america, across the country, people are spending hours in line to get a covered test plan to say economy carefully. now, given the last on indoors, even though it's not mandated, genovese save as fossil got 2 little ones. so my concern is mostly with them. ones

vaccinated and one is not too little to vaccinate. so we feel very secure and in walworth was we just made sure that we're safe to receive your ports or getting busier to as people head off for the christmas and new year holidays. there's a water that, that could lead to another search in a few weeks. and it could put further strain on hospital systems across the u. s. many states already seeing double digit jumps in hospital admissions. those most at risk, people who have refused to get vaccinated or boosted. if you get infected, you could transmit that to someone else who might be vulnerable. who might be an elderly person, might be someone with an underlying condition. that actually you're playing a role in transmitting that infection to them, even though you yourself are not particularly bothered by that infection. joe biden plans to address the nation on tuesday. the president will arch more vaccinations and announce an expanded test program. but he won't be talking about looking the

country don't to be clear. cove in 19 is not the same threat to fully vaccinate individuals that it was in march 2020. his objective is to continue, continue to make vaccines available, reduce cases around the country, reduced hospitalizations and data across the country and do that through making a vaccines testing and a range of uh, utilities available. but the president and i are vax at the we can, former president, donald trump told an audience in texas. he'd received his booster. he was booed by people who pete to see him. that's always a very tiny group, lee. so one ha, oh, in new york, one of the symbols of the new year celebrations arrived in the city. officials have still to make a decision on whether it's safe for the event to go ahead. alan fisher al jazeera washington new zealand is pushed back its phased border reopen plans till the end of february, due to fears over the spread of omicron protests have been taking place in recent

weeks to push for an easing of restrictions. the government had previously announced that travel would, sorry, non quarantine travelled reopened by mid january, phineas even citizens and residence in australia, and to foreign tourists by april. in britain, the prime minister bars johnson says he is looking at all kinds of measures to stop the rapid spread of the cove at 19 on the constrain at least 12 people have died from. the variant in the u. k and hospitalizations in london are rising steeply. the supporters from john holt so far in england government guidance against the omicron variant has focused on the boost of vaccination campaign and the pace of the road out 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. know that there's been and i got the data in front of me. 104 hospitalizations from only crohn, the question really is, does that and is a lifetime of days if not 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 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 on 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 and rebels from ethiopia to gray region say they are withdrawing from several northern territory. particular people's liberation fronts been losing its foothold and the regions of m, horror and afar in recent weeks. it says it is now pulling out of those areas entirely and wants to open the door to humanitarian aid. excuse me, around 400000 people into gray are at risk of starvation. now a rebel own tv station is also released new pictures of the aftermath of government and strikes into gray drones bombed the region for 3 days last week. killing at these 28 people. the pictures show residents carrying dead bodies from marcus and dozens of people being treated for their injury. a tv at a spokesman is get your radio and tell us the rebel bond interested in taking the rest of the country. that is want to grow to be free from federal control. a

lot of us to the center of the job and the capital was taking so far. we're not interested in this not interested in cruising out about again. we interested in securing the interest of interest in ensuring that the c was listening is broken. to actually go to michelle as a writer for pick up dot com, which has been documenting the fighting. he says, and he government conditions for the set purchased to disarm won't be met. well, i think the courses have been stuck between hard place and iraq because on the one hand, the, the international community have been making enormous pressure on them to withdrawal . so that the different governments could be conveyed into

a because they can government condition, the delivery of a on these to grapples is withdrawing that we get off though they have to go that to the, to the enemy that would otherwise innovate to. right. so they have that in the other 100 bucks. in the other hand, they know that this would mean that the government would base to the right the next day visit the kind of devastation that they have when they return on hoses where integrate not yet. so i don't think this army is within the cost in this example, because if they do that, that would be a better duty to protect mr. grant against poses that made it clear that they would innovate if there was an opportunity to, to do that. united nations is warning of a growing crisis in somalia because of a devastating drought. millions of people are in need of immediate food and water

aid and the un has done is to put food almost $60000000.00 to fund the response. the companies think one of the most complex, stimulated in crisis in the world, in to any, to, to about 7700000 people were enquire, lifesaving community and income prediction persistence. and that is almost half of the somebody population the saudi led coalition fighting and yelman's bonds, the international airport, and the hoti controlled capital of santa the saudi media says the coalition asked civilians to evacuate before the strike saying the operation was in response to quote threats and the use of the reports facilities to launch cross border attacks . the turkish layer is made a sharp recovery off the back of measures by the government to ease the currency crisis. president reject typo to one, announced a series of steps including a promise to compensate savers for any losses as the leader declines. exporters

will also be protected. is unload amazon, while kodachi took did as the var linen. if the deposit earnings of the turkish layer, our assets and our pupils bank are higher than the exchange rate increase, they will get this return. however, if the exchange rate return exceeds the deposit earnings, the difference will be paid directly to our citizens. moreover, this income will be exempted from tax. in addition, we will put into used tools that will assure the turkish li are assets are used in a way that does not create a new foreign exchange demand from now on. our citizens wanted to switch their deposits from turkish lira to foreign currency, feeling that the exchange rate will be higher. in the news ahead, we report on the plight of thousands of remainder in thailand, seeing their villages after classes with the military. colossal screw up not lender ethnic proportion. jury

proceedings begin in the u. s. in the case of a former minneapolis police officer charged with shooting a black men dead last year. ah ah, look forward to brighter skies the weather sponsored my cattle airways. hello, we got our a wintry blast making its way into our central and northern parts of japan over the next couple days. not too much showing up on the satellite picture here at present . but we are going to see the winds gathering, pushing into our on shewn autumn paths. we'll see some wet weather and some winter weather for a time, kind of seeing a fair bit of snow and temperatures. do plunge as we go one into wednesday temperature. it's a bora will struggle to get anywhere near freezing. brighter skies do come back it be high. meanwhile, we seen tropical air making its way across the far southeast of china or in the form of tropical storm arise. now the system has weakened. it's making its way over

towards taiwan weakening further, but we are still going to see some heavy spells of rain as we go on through the next couple of days, of course is the legacy of those showers to continue to filter in sunshine and showers across a good part of fer southeast asia, still some very wet weather where we saw the flooding just around the malay peninsula. still some lively showers here, but not quite as wet as it has been. recently, i still see one or 2 showers feeding into west rank raver the next hour saved for much a south every asia. it does stay fine and dry, although the showers are gathering once again. i will also northeast of india. oh, with sponsored by casara, always. the listening post cuts through the noise. what so key about competing now? seeing modern day tools being used to perpetuate, there's competing narrative separating space from fuck all 3 versions of the story

and some elements of the truth. but the full story remains and coaches hung packing the stories you're being told. it's not as time story at all. it's a story about politics. the listening post, your guide to the media on a just 0, ah ah, you without a 0. these are the top stories that saw the head of the world health organizations going for limits to gatherings during the holiday period. he said this evidence the on the constrain is more transmissible and can evade vaccines, though it's still too early to say is milder than the delta barriers. i'm a crisis now account for nearly 3 quarters of all us to run a virus infections. york state, sir quoted 3 consecutive days of record cases in

a state of emergency declared in washington d. c. on rebels from ethiopia. tiger, i reason say there withdrawing from northern territories, had been losing ground in am. hara and a foreign recent weeks fight as a pulling out of those areas and timing to open the door to humanitarian chillies. chillies pe, so has bounced back after the election of left. a student leader sparked a state full 35 year old gabrielle borage. defeated his conservative rival and sundays runoff election as 1st days president elect bought it, tried to ease fears that as leadership would cause economic instability. now latin america editor, the senior man reports from santiago o. before going in to meet president, if i stamp pineda president elect gabrielle, 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 will be the boss starting march 9th, president of us campaign. yet i showed him around then they met for 2 hours to discuss chiles future. as is traditional, the present intellect 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 had been extremely civilized, which is rather ironic considering the congressman gravity and bondage just 2 months ago was voting in favor of the impeachment of president pineda. but what a difference in electro victory makes breeches, 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 think the 2nd and get a permanent expenditure requires durable finance. and so we are going to advance in our structural reforms bus one step at a time so that we don't feel you know, a little by little with care or not. what it,

what it 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 body, his opponents concede that change is inevitable, but middle siegel mayfield. this is the end of one cycle in the beginning of another. and what awaits us requires dialogue at bridge building. oh, you can do the delegates to the constitutional convention who are rewriting. chillies magna carta are overjoyed since bought each is a staunch supporter of the process. it says wanted to jim this one here. 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. been 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 seems to have begun. to see a newman al jazeera santiago, a u. s. christian group whose missionaries the kidnapped in haiti, says the group escaped captivity as 12 people travel through the forest walking for 16 kilometers. the ohio based organization confirmed it was raising funds for ransom payments. that's not clear. if they were, i should paid a gang kidnapped to the group in mid october and when demanding a $1000000.00 for each 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 that they were hel, despite the fact that numerous guards were close by. the jury's deliberating and the trial of a former u. s. police officer involved in the shooting of a black motorist. kimberley potter broke down in court last week while testifying

about the death of dante wright, she has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter, saying she meant to use her tazer, but drew her gun instead and opened fire. john hendern has moved from minneapolis. tragic accident or manslaughter. those are the choices for the jury, now weighing the fate of former police officer kimberley potter. i sir, you realize his case is important. serious, and therefore, to serve sher careful consideration. we will await your predict. potter says she mistook her gun for her taser when she fatally and accidentally shot dante wright, prosecutors say she knew wrong from right and should have known left from right when she pulled the firearm on her right side and not as she says, she thought she was doing the taser on her left thigh and there's no mistake the fence you will not see an instruction on the

defense of mistake. a general not give you an instruction that says a person is not guilty of their commit, a mistake. she pulled her hand gun instead of her taser. that's recklessly handling a fire. in the trials most dramatic moment, the former police officer took the stand herself breaking down as she relived the shooting. i remember yelling taser taser taser and nothing happened. potter's defense lawyer argue she can't be convicted of miss handling a gun in the april traffic stop because she didn't know she was using it. and that in any case, she was authorized in using deadly force because dante wright was resisting arrest . she didn't know she had a gun. so how could she consciously, recklessly handle one or 2 right? took it upon himself to flee even left after he was shot

purposely. ah, the racially charged shooting of a black man by a white police officer came as attention on the black lives matter movement was at its peak. it happened during the trial of derek shaven, the white police officer ultimately convicted of murdering another black man named george floyd, drawing protesters from minneapolis to the nearby suburb of brooklyn center, where potter killed. right. both sides agreed with kimberly potter made a mistake when she shot donte right afterward, she fell to the ground and cried out. i'm going to prison. the question the jury has to decide now is should she ponders lawyers asked for a mis trial over the length and style of the prosecution's closing arguments? perhaps a sign of concern about the outcome a request. the judge denied john henderson al jazeera minneapolis, a former u. s. missionary has been found guilty of sexually abusing young girls at a shelter for orphans and impoverished children. this is in east timor 84 year old

richard dash buck abused than at his toughness children's home, which took in hundreds of children who not fuss is up to 20 years in prison. dash back was different in 2018 after he confessed to the abuse. this case has been polarized, though, with supporters, including the former president and on august mt, former ukrainian president pet report of shank was being investigated over suspected support of russian back rebels and eastern dumbass offices from the state bureau of investigation, trying to subpoena, put a shank on thursday, a chism of buying 7000000 dollars worth of coley through state on companies from areas control by the separatist is when he was in office. or franco's lawyer described the cases unique nonsense, humanitarian groups and me and marcy civilians are being targeted in fighting between the army and rebel groups or than 3000 people have escaped the violence by crossing the border into thailand just this week. but hundreds have already been forced back cathy lopez on the on us this report. these type of attacks are

forcing thousands of people to escape me on more fighting between the military and rebels is intensifying and current state in the southeast. civilians are fleeing across the border into neighboring thailand, hoping to find refuge when the army bombed half of my house. my baby was very sick, but i managed to run out while my daughter was passed out. we were in the jungle for 2 days and more heavy explosions were launched. nearby. hundreds of children are among the many forced to move. this family managed to escape, but only temporarily. ty, security forces have allowed some villagers to cross the river to receive food and water, but afterwards they're being sent back to me on more. many are returning voluntarily, fearing they'll lose what's left of their belongings. are clear to you all that i

go, i picked up my child and ran immediately across the river to thailand. i heard about 50 artillery rounds at our village in just one day or nearby in the sugar cane field, myanmar villager see the attacks are getting dangerously close, but for many escaping isn't an option like that. i live in the week of it. it's scary, but i don't know where i can run to with my 5 children. i'm not authorized to travel freely, so i can't go anywhere. i want to go back to my village, but there's no work there. army commanders deny targeting civilians but humanitarian group say the military is cracking down on protesters and rubble. grove, such as the korean national union, particularly since the military to else did democratically elected leader on songs, which she and february come night. while some families that manage to

stay in thailand will sleep in this outdoor area meant for livestock. it's a break from the fighting nearby, but who knows for how long? katya a little bit of a young al jazeera, the number of people killed in the strongest typhoon to hit the philippines. this year is now reached $375.00. there are over $500.00 injured and at least $56.00 missing. didn't got islands were at the center of it all and it's jamila alan's, i've been report, survive as a desperate just for drinking water and food. ha. this is central st. innagot island at town which bore the brunt of super typhoon rice fury on thursday. what was once a thriving coastal community? now desolate? my marathon and you're on the, you're to ring and i have been living here for more than 50 years. a home they built to raise a family. this is all what's left of it. they put very law up for to like i own

when, when you know that they phone was very strong and we went downstairs to hide. but our walls flow gallon. so we rented them a were a, were very scared and, and i'm right. everywhere you look, there is destruction. it's been days since typhoon ry 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 its 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 jane basil 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 to money for you, myra. 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. i 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, they play dawn simply because they have no choice. everything was wiped out in an instant. they say. now, there is only suffering. jim helene dog and al jazeera in haggard province southern philippines. finally, the south half hour, a brazilian aquarium has been spreading. some christmas cheer with

a bit of bite though. a diver at the rio de janeiro, aquariums bin or santa claus costume. while feeding the facilities shocks and sting rays joined by mrs. calls and some other christmas characters for some festive feeding. a quiver here dive every day until christmas day. ah, this is out as they are these other top stories, the head of the world health organizations calling for limits to gatherings during the holiday period. he said, there is evidence the amazon strain is more transmissible and can evade vaccines. but it's too early to say if it is a milder variance on offers r c. gov, this bundle me all off. i want to spend time with friends and family. all of us want to get back to norman the fastest way to do this is for all of us.