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white house welcomes the retreat by to grind rebels, saying it could open doors for talks to end the year long conflict with e. p. open forces. turkeys view, a rebound sharply from a record low against the dollar. falling measures by the government to ease the currency crisis. a colossal screw up a blunder of epic proportions and jury proceedings. begin in the us. in the case of a minneapolis police officer who shot that a black motorist last year ah . counsel now and celebrate later or risk more death. that's the blunt advice from the head of the world health organization. as cobit cases rise markedly across the world, all of us are seek off 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 designed to celebrate now and grieve letter. the united states has seen a 50 percent surgeon corona virus infections this month, and the amazon variant now accounts for nearly 3 quarters of o u. s. infections. new york state is reported 3 straight days of record cases, and the state of emergency has been declared in washington dc. alan fisher sent this report on the capital 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, careful, you know, given the mask on indoors, even though it's not mandated, it's trying to be saved as fossil got 2 little ones. so my concern is mostly with them ones vaccinated and one is not because it's too little to vaccinate. so we feel very secure in our workforce. we just make 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 and 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 back sedated 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 and expanded test program, but he won't be talking about looking the country down to the 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 kind of reduced aspirations and data across the country and do that through making a vaccines testing and a range of uh, utilities available above the president. and i are vax at the weekend. former president donald trump told an audience in texas he'd received his booster short. he was booed by people repeat to see him. that's always a very tiny group. great. so one happy new year 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. i'll in fisher, i'll do 0, washington, rebel, some. ethiopia has to grow regions, say there, withdrawing from several northern territories, the to gripe people's liberation fronts, been losing its foothold in the regions of am har and the far in recent weeks. it says it's not pulling out of those areas. and charlie wants to open the door to humanitarian aid, around 400000 people to drive at risk of starvation. when a rebel own tv station has released new pictures of the aftermath of government and strikes into garage drones, bomb the region for 3 days last week, killing at least 28 people picture show residents carrying dead bodies in the market. and dozens of people think treated injuries when a t p f spokesman says the rebels aren't interested in taking the rest of the country. that just want to grant to be free from federal control. that was sent to ireland from the capital

was taking so far not interested in this not interested in cruising about being interested in securing interest. i was interested in showing that the c was listening is broken. what's happening? deborah? michael is an online writer and he's been documenting the fighting. he says, any government conditions for the surface to disarm won't be met. well, i think the courses have been stuck between hot place and iraq because on the one hand the, the international community has been making enormous pressure on them to withdrawal . so that the different governments could be conveyed into a because they've been government conditions. the delivery of a on these to grapples is withdrawing that we did though they have to go back to

the, to the enemy that would otherwise invade to. right. so they hung up on the other hand, the pressure in the other hand, they know that this would mean that the government will base to the right the next day visit the kind of devastation that they have when they return from horses where integrated 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 look, you know, duty to protect. mr. grant again poses that made it clear that they would invade if there was an opportunity to do that. turkeys lira has made a sharp recovery of the back of measures by the government to ease the currency crisis. president, russia, ty, burden announced a series of steps including a promise to compensate sabres for losses incurred exporters will also be protected

. why is another mazin bind kadakya took, did as well learn. and if the deposit earnings of the turkish lira assets in our people's 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 use tools that will ensure that turkish lira assets are used in a way that does not create a new foreign exchange. demand from now on, our citizens won't need to switch their deposits from turkish lira to foreign currency, feeling that the exchange rate will be higher authority. so let's bring in radi scott. he's a senior international economist at the economic policy institute. he joins us live via skype from rockville in marion. robert, good to be back with us to look. we've seen as extraordinary rally by the turkish lira after the president propped up the currency. but given the mirrors volatility, is this rally even sustainable? do you think?

i think it's going to be very difficult given the economic fundamentals that the, the president is tracing. he's got very high levels of government debt and these promise that he's made will require him to, to issue even more debt. that's going to add to the level of money in circulation and increase the rate of inflation. so that's going to make it very difficult to make good on his economic commitments. it's going to mean exports will become less competitive, imports will become much cheaper for turkish buyers. and so it's going to lead to growing trade problems. and ultimately, i think it's is unlikely to be an unstable, sustainable economic situation. yeah, robert, and that's an important point to make because i'm has again defended his decision to cut interest rates despite soaring inflation numbers. but many i'm, they say this was a policy that led to the problem in the 1st place. exactly. reducing interest rates is essentially a monetary stimulus, or stimulating the domestic economy of making

a cheaper to borrow. there also increasing the money supply by borrowing even more to pay for these extravagant promises. he's made it to domestic savers. it's a short term measure decided i think taken to stem the flow of turkish savings out of the country. the typical short term step taken the big problem, the big risky face faces is that foreign exchange traders are going to recognize that the layer is unsustainable at these levels. and ultimately, i think that's we'll take it that will take it down in a long run. you talk about the shorter term, so let me ask you then what needs to be done, longer term to stabilize the currency and how all the money markets on investors looking at turkeys, long term prospects. well, you know, the i m f, the projects that they're eventually going to stabilize, but at very high levels of debt, the government debt is projected to increase from 30 to 40 percent of gdp over the

next 6 years. the current account deficit is going to continue to grow over that period. that's not a picture of a sustainable economy. i think the thing that they're going to have to do unfortunately is, is tighten monetary policy, raise interest rates, and that will have a depressing effect on economy. robert, just a final thought to you. what about ordinary people in turkey? how is this crisis affecting them in terms of savings, pensions, and of course, the cost of living cost of living is going to go up. that's why the inflation meets . and of course, unemployment rates are very high now at 13 percent. and my concern is if the government has to cut spending and raise interest rates, it's going to get worse before it gets better. robert scott, thank you very much for talking to us. thank you. next to me still had to come on al jazeera promise of support for workers, and the elderly chiles youngest president gets ready to take charge of his country . and the aftermath of the philippines super typhoon ryan scrambled to help those

devastating mourners. ah hello, we've got some wet weather when she weather, making its way across the central parts of canada range, slaten snow just sliding in across the northern plains of the us as well. we'll say, shaded with this area of low pressure rapp, previous system that's now in the process of pulling out of the way to still drag us 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 week. there we go with our showers . they're still in place just around the carolinas. for tuesday still a winfrey makes up towards her ontario. we have got a bright, dry weather coming back in behind. on the 6th day, the top temperature in winnipeg for tuesday, and then something of

a when she makes, making its way towards western parts of canada. it did across the pacific northwest useful rain coming in here, but it will become a little more widespread as we go through wednesday, 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 mountains in particular, central and eastern parts will dry up. right. not, not too bad. not too bad, too across the caribbean, although how, where the system rolling across c, florida. panhandle. we'll bring some wet weather into cuba and gradually the jamaica ah, the from the al jazeera london broadcast intact to people in thoughtful conversation with no host and no limitations. what is even more in p needed mouth is system innovation. systems designed and system transformation? thought one of human rights activist, q, me, nighty,

and environmentally window, near la cheek. i lived as you had for the fossil fuel aero my entire life and i'm looking for a graceful transition out of it. studio b unscripted on al jazeera ah ah, woke back to pick them out of the top stories here. this our, the head of the world health organization is calling for limits to gatherings during the holiday period. he said, there is evidence the micron strain is more transmissible and can evade vaccines. but it's still too early to say if it's milder and the delta variant rebels from ethiopia, tegra regions say they're withdrawing from northern territories. they've been losing ground and i'm horror, i'm the foreign. this week's fine to say that putting out those areas and tale open

the door to humanitarian aid and took his mirror, has made a sharp recovery up the back of measures by the government to ease the currency crisis. president o to want announced a series of steps, including a promise to compensate savers and losses income about our main store. and the british prime minister barak johnston says he's looking at all kinds of measures to stop the rapid spread of omicron. at least 12 people have died from the variant in the u. k and hospitalizations in london arising sharply, john hall reports from london. 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 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 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. you 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 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 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's no preventing its arrival eventually. back in the u. k. covert 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, jonas peso has bounced back after the election of a left, his student lead a spot, a steep fall, 35 year old garbled porridge defeated his conservative rival and sundays runoff election. in his 1st day as president elect borage tried to ease fears, his leadership because economic instability, a latin america editor, lucy newman reports from santiago o. before going in to meet president, if i stamp denita president elect gabrielle. but each made a small detour a way of sending the 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 us camping it 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 had been extremely civilized, which is rather ironic considering the congressman, deputy, and bondage just 2 months ago was voting 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 think the 2nd english herman expenditure requires durable finance. and so we're 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 body. 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 bought it is a, it's concede that change is inevitable amino siegel. 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 could you give delegates 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 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 on 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 seems to have begun to see

a newman al jazeera santiago. now a former u. s. missionary has been found guilty of sexually abusing young girls at a shelter for orphans and impoverished children in east timor, 84 year old rich of dust. bah, use them at his top of on his children's home, which took in hundreds of young people in our faces up to 20 years in prison. were jessica washington is life for us in the indonesian capital jakarta and jessica, what more details are emerging about the courts verdict and the reaction to the sentencing? well done, just a few moments ago, we heard that the verdict and the sentencing that the accused has been sentenced to 12. he is in jail and found guilty of sexual abuse against 4 children in his care. and we heard a few moments ago from the prosecution who acknowledged that this is an historic outcome for team or less day or east team or. but they are disappointed by what they say is a very light sentence. they know in a statement,

they acknowledged that this is beatrice history for the nation. children were subjected to horrible crimes because as a society, we were blinded by the belief that a figure like the acute would not commit crimes against children. and the prosecution says that as a result of the seriousness of this case, they will be seeking an appeal and they will be seeking the maximum sentence of 30 years in prison for the accused. and jessica, tell us a bit more about the significance of this case. although this is a hugely significant case, 40 more let's say, or is team or this team will say is a very religious country around 98 percent of the population identify as catholic and the church has played a very important role in the history of this young nation many still feel a sense of gratitude to the catholic church for the support that the church gave people during the indonesian occupation that provided food, shelter,

and safety during what was a very difficult time for many timorese people. and so as a result, many people still feel a sense of discomfort at anything that discredits the institution of the catholic church. and in this figure of rich a dashboard, we have a figure who was not only a priest, but a very influential one. at that he had support not only within the country, but also international donors who saw the work that he was doing as the director of this orphan age and all the shelters that he himself set up and believes that he was doing amazing work for him for local timorese people, we spoke to one of the people who was a foreign dona who said that he was absolutely shocked when he heard these accusations that he was among many who saw the accused as a sort of mother teresa like figure who was doing wonderful things for east timor, and as a result, there was a lot of shock when, when this case really became public knowledge. but it is hugely significant because

this is the 1st time that a case has been raised against such a high profile priest. and as we've seen, there has been a guilty verdict that has been passed down. and what this could mean is that it could be the catalyst for further cases for further victims of sexual abuse to come forward. alright, jessica washington life is the in jakarta. jessica, thank you. now the jury has continued its 1st day of deliberations in the trial of a former u. s. police officer and ball in the shooting of a black motorist. kimberly potter broke down and caught last week while testifying about the death of dante wright. she's pleaded not guilty to manslaughter, sang she meant to use her taser, but drew her gun in stead and open fire. john hendrick has more from minneapolis. tragic accident or manslaughter. those are the choices for the jury, now weighing the fate of former police officer kimberly potter. i answer you realize this case is important, and 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 to tie him, there's no mistake the fence. you will not see an instruction on the defense of mistake. the judge will not give you an instruction that says a person is not guilty if they commit a mistake. you pull 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 argues 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 the deadly force because dante wright was resisting arrest. she doesn'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 agree that 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, the number of people killed in the strongest typhoon to hit the philippines. this he has surged to 375. another 500 have been injured and at least 56 and missing. they didn't get islands or at the epicenter, and as jamal allan doug reports survive as a desperate for drinking water and food. this is central st. connecticut island at town which bore the brunt of super typhoon rice piri, on thursday. what was once a thriving coastal community, now desolate,

my marathon and iraq to your to ring. 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 libertarian law for so like i own when, when you're late that they phone was very strong and we went downstairs to hide. but our walls and so we rather than 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. the school money for wilma, 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 dine simply because they have no choice. everything was wiped out in an instant. they say. now, there is only suffering jamal allen,

dog and al jazeera. can i get province southern philippines? fairway, brazilian aquarium has been spreading some christmas chair, but with a bite, a dive at the rio de janeiro aquarium has been dawning as santa claus costume. while feeding the facility shocks and spring rays. he's been joined by mrs. claus and the other christmas characters for the festive feeding aquaria, visitors can watch the die every day until christmas day. ah, not a quick check of the top stories here now, just over the head of the world health organization is calling for limits to gatherings over the holiday period. he said there's evidence. the only constraint is more transmissible and can evade vaccines. all fours are seek off this bond, am jak 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 leaders and individuals to make.