really facilitate a tape, right in depth analysis of the data global headlines inside story on al jazeera ah. ready but an event cancelled is better than a life cancelled affirm warning from the world health organization taking the lead to advise countries to step up efforts to curve the spread of the armor, chrome variant. ah. hello the hello robin. you're watching old. is there a life my headquarters here in doha? also the desperate plea for a tens of thousands are still left without food and mortar. in the aftermath of the typhoon that hit the philippines, a currency crisis, turkeys,

lira rebound slightly. but will the latest move from the central bank stable further, currency dips. i'm then both robbie and eastern kurdistan were earlier this year the government seized control of one of the biggest and highest gold mining operations in the world. welcome to the program council now and celebrate later or risk more deaths. that's the stark message from the head of the world health organization. as cases of the amok wrong corona virus very drives rapidly across the world. on office r. c cove. this pandemic. all of us 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 the difficult decisions that must be made to

protect ourselves and others. but uneven counsel is better than a life cancelled. it's better to cancel now and celebrate later than to celebrate the now and grieve letter. i work on cases no account, 4 ninty, 3 quarters of all us cove infections. new york state has reported a record number of cases 3 days in a row, and a state of emergency has not been declared in washington d. c. and it's alan fisher with the latest 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 covert test planet saved on. be careful, you know, given the mask on indoors, even though it's not mandated genovese save us fossil got to little one. so my concern is mostly with them. once vaccinated in one is not too little,

the vaccinate, so we feel very secure and in walworth was we'll just make sure that we're safe privacy, healthy, which we hear ports are getting busier to is people head off for the christmas and new year holidays. there's a worry 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 are 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 denounced and expanded test program, but he won't be talking about locking the country down to declare coven 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 hospitalizations and data across the country and do that through making a vaccines test and arrange as a utilities udella. but the president, i are vax at the weekend, former president donald trump told an audience in texas he'd received his booster shot. he was booed by people repeat to see him. that's always a very tiny group. marie, no 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 and fisher, i'll visit a washington. meanwhile, british prime minister boris johnson has said that he's look at all kinds of measures to stop the rapids spread over mcclung. these 12 people have now died with

the variant in the united kingdom and hospitalizations in london. a rising steeply, jonah ho, has the latest. so far in england, government guidance against the omicron variant has focused on the booster vaccination campaign and the pace of the rollout has shut up. in recent days, the rate of only grown infection 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 with a 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. $104.00 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, 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 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. jona hall al jazeera london. he zealand as to phoned its phase border reopening plans until the end of february in response to the rapid spread of the mac on variance. it had previously announced that non quarantine travel would reopen for citizens from january and to foreign tourists by

april. now the country has recorded several cases of variance in international arrivals. locked downs under the house restrictions have been ruled out in australia, even as the number code 1900 infections hit, a record high of 4600. got morrison says australia needs to move past what he describes as the heavy hand of government. and instead, take a common sense approach to living with the virus while vowing to spreading the governments as only a fraction of infected people are in hospital. 11 is the governor of the central philippine province of warning, of looting, of a dozen reach affected areas. the 10s of thousands of people without food and water, as well as tricity. after typhoon roy made landfill on saturday and destroyed everything in its path. at least 375 people have died and about 56, a still missing driller allendale reports. now from the did it got islands? the epicenter was survive as a desperate for aid. this is central say,

now good island. a town which bore the brunt of super typhoon rice fury on thursday . what was once a thriving coastal community, now desolate, my marathon and iraq to your 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 live on the new law for so like i own when, when you're like that they phone was very strong and we went downstairs to hide, but our walls gallon. 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. jean basil you 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 kimberly, of 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 for the owner. 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 allan doug and al jazeera innagot province, southern philippines, rescue workers and malaysia, nor evacuating people from the worst flood hit region there that 8 people have died for them were found in selling all the countries wealthiest or most populous region . the government has been criticized over slow rescue if it's due to a lack of boats and manpower. the army has been mobilized across 7 states after months worth a seasonal rain, fell on friday. no rebels from ethiopia to gray regions say they're completely pulling back from several northern territories to open the door to humanitarian aid . the dry people's liberation front is asking the international community to put pressure on the government to hold its military operation in the region. the

government has yet to respond. priyanka gupta has more after weeks of making advances, a significant setback. one that could alter the course of a few years war. tiguan rebels say the retreating from harrow and afar regions in the north area said they had captured just months ago, which once put them within striking distance from the capitol, addis ababa ever since prime minister abi amory march to the front line to rally his troops against the rebels, the shift in the battlefield, husband swift, an aerial offensive with chinese drones and morality weapons have destroyed to grind supply lines. the courses have been stuck between hard place and iraq. because on the one hand, the, the international community has been making enormous pressure on them to withdrawal . so that the government could be conveyed into

a because they've been government conditions. the delivery of 8th on the grapples is withdrawing all my phone though they have to go back to the to the enemy. otherwise invade to gripe the us this moment pushing for the fire and as imposed sanctions in response to human rights abuses. during the conflicts, we've long urged in the human rights abuse and violations and for negotiated resolution to the conflict. so in fact, if we do see a movement of to grand forces back into to t great, that is something we would welcome. it's something we've called for, and we hope it opens the door i to to broader diplomacy for millions of a few pins, facing hunger, onstar vision. a diplomatic end to the conflict couldn't come soon enough. priyanka, ark 0 fella had hit on al jazeera, a former american priest, son guilty, sexually abusing often girls under his car. if people also

come lost all a blender proportion injury proceedings begin in the us. in the case of many of those police officer who shot at a black motorist last year, they stories after the break. ah hello, the weather remains cool, cloudy, but quite across northwestern parts of europe. we have got a change coming in as we go on through the next couple of days of the month. we have high pressure, so very much in charge, so that's keeping it settled. but this high will slide down towards central parts of europe over the next couple of days ahead of that, the winds coming in from a cold, nor the direction. we can see temperature is plunging over the next day or so must

go. for example, minus 17 celsius that cool. as cold, even for moscow, we have got some wind fi flurries around the baltic states and winfrey weather to write down around the black sea. still a few showers have the high ground of turk, in some lively showers. cosette 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 over towards 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 ireland into northern ireland in scotland. pushing a little further east with central air is still saying 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, the end of the country with an abundance of results. ray barnett walked

indonesia, whose turns forming we moved full to grow and frock. we balance for green economy, blue economy, and the digital economy with the new job creation law, indonesia is progressively ensuring the policy reform to create quality jobs investment. let's be part linda. this is growth and progress. invest indonesia. now, lou ah, look back, you're watching all 0 with me. so he'll run a reminder of all top stories. the head of the world health organization is calling for limits to gatherings during the holiday period to address at home. and

gabrielle says that there's evidence the arm across strain is more transmissible and can evade vaccines, but insisted it's still too early to say if it's milder than the delta variant. warnings of looting if aid doesn't reach storm affected regions of the philippines . tens of thousands of without food, water and electricity since typhoon rise landfill on saturday, 375 people have died and 56 are still missing. rebels from ethiopia to gray region, say there withdrawing form several northern territories. the dry people's liberation front has been losing its foothold in the regions of them hotter and afar. the t p a says it's pulling out of those areas to open the door to humanitarian aid. that turkeys lira has made a sharp recovery off the back of measures by the government to ease the currency crisis. rest job early one has announced a president, a series pod me of steps including

a promise to compensate savers for losses incurred. now, he says, exporters will also be protected. isn't that amazon bind kadakya took did as the while learned if the deposit earnings of the turkish lera 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 are more over. this income will be exempted from tax. and addition, we will put into use tools that will ensure that turkish li are 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. it has to foreign currency, feeling that the exchange rate will be higher authority. another lire has gained about 30 percent against the us dollar following year to gans or announcement to bolster the currency. the turkish banks association said around $1000000000.00 in

savings were converted to the lar, after those new measures were announced. early on tuesday, the lira traded at 11.50 following the government's new financial initiative. the lower has been the worst affected currency this year, having lost about 55 percent of its value. let's get more on this by speaking to our correspondent, mrs. other, who joins me now on satar. it's interesting because it seems the president and business or odds are to this moved to lower interest rates of what that might sort of achieve in the long term and short term. yeah, for the economists to main criticism, coming from the economist as that this is not, this model is not sustainable because they believe that this model eventually will lead or a turkish lira in the market. the more and more to actually is going to be poorly into the market and that is eventually going to lead the laws of renew for, for the turkish lira. however, the government here says that this is a temporary measure as mad a, a permanent one. so they're desperate times call for desperate measures and this is

one of them. so the government is planning to keep this model for may be from 6 month to 6 months to one year, particularly when the call with fs r. elizabeth got but did it it, is it working? yes since yesterday one and it's working to actually her game around 30 percent value against the a did the you asti. so the main model simply is there so far, the dollar has been a 7 would saving model for this is for the turkish, a nationals in the country. so it was a way of, in westland, because if you have, for example, $100.00, that is equal to $1000.00 lire next the, it could be $1201500.00. so that way is making the dollar as a way of the investment. and so inevitably, people were saving more and more money there, more to save and more and more dollars. so the lack of dollars in the market was create and the loss of where do, particularly in the turkish lira. now the government says that if you how 100 the

are in your bank account and at the end of the day, if that is losing 15 person, for example, then the government is going to compensate that 15 percent. then you're going to be beat $115.00 turkish lira extra. so in there says there is no meaning actually to, to make the savings in dollar. so for now is we're kim. yeah, it's working since yesterday, but we do not know what it are going to be the effects of the decision on the market for the longer we'll just keep a very close eye on it. resources. thank you very much. nie for me, as missionary, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for sexually abusing young girls in east timor 84 year old richard dash, bah, p abused them at his shelter for orphans and impoverished children. his defraud by the catholic church in 2018. jessica washington, as in jakarta, a neighbouring indonesia, she says the case is divided. the predominantly catholic nation. a single essay 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 jonas 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. a u. s. christian group whose missionaries were held hostage for months in haiti say they were not released. they escaped the groups as the 12 hostages travel through forest. after slipping postcards on december, the 15th a gang kidnapped the group mid october. i went demanding a $1000000.00 for each person a blunder of epic

proportions, those the words of the prosecutor to describe the fatal actions of the us former police officer who shot and killed a black motorist. kimberly porter pleaded not guilty to manslaughter, saying she meant to use her taser, but drew her gun and shot dante, right. john, 100 reports now 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 gesture shall careful consideration. we will await your verdict. potter says she mistook her gun for her taser when she fatally and accidentally shot dante, right? 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.

i am. there is no mistake defense. you will not see an instruction on the defense of mistake. the general not give you an instruction that says a person is not guilty if they commit a mistake. she pulled her hand guy instead of a 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. potters, 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 the deadly force because dante wright was resisting arrest. she doesn't know she had a gun. so how could she consciously,

recklessly handle, ought to write? took it upon himself to flee even left after he was shot purposely. oh, 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. now the

government of co gaston has taken control of a private goldman saying it had concerns about safety and the environment. the canadian owners say the environmental concerns are a pretext. the nationalization of 0 has been given unprecedented access to the minds. a bas robbie has moved from pakistan is a qu, region the foothills of the tear and shone melton rage dramatic terrain that stretches across 5 countries. its highest. pete is in the central asian nation of kurdistan, where idyllic landscape hides a secret what the country's president described as an environmental disaster. ah, for 30 years, a major industrial operation has scarred the land and been at the center of serious industrial accidents. earlier this year, following decades of public protest, the new government seized operational control of the comb tore gold mine from its canadian partner centera gold. could have somebody run a computer,

we just know thanking you. this was done only with cook children's kennedy stan up because they damaged our environment. they violated our laws, worked outside the law. all this was proven after we initiated a criminal case. as for the come to mind, it is a very big organization. it's the organization that could decide kyrgyzstan destiny . hang on for the past 2530 is. they worked only with corrupt practices that bob berkeley of destroyed our environment, mich amiga, ma, millicat, t angel. while negotiations are under way about the future of mining operations at the site, new management is trying to lessen environmental impact and improve safety conditions, especially the monitoring of seismic activities. at bunker as soon as temporary, external management was introduced, they brought attention to improving the safety of mountain mining operations. we bought new radar systems install this a white stumps and earlier we didn't have them on dollars. we also bought turn you right as which are now in australia and undergoing tasting. and calibration come to

where is the biggest industrial operation in the country. the single biggest generator of revenue and the biggest private sector employer. everything here is just bigger than thank you over operation that the come for gold. my new management is added a bleed of giant jump from having more moving power. these being able to extract more goal more quickly. krueger stands economy depends on this goldmine. but pulling or from the ground and gold from the or is dirty work. with great economic benefit comes in editable ecological harm. at one of the communities closest to the mind, there is open support for nationalization. but worry for the mountains with the numbers filled up and i think come towards the good for our economy. but the same time there is some damage the environment we are concerned about receiving glacier . there's also talk

a 1000000000 to tons of ways. we have some concerns to dig for gold and grow the economy or preserve the natural environment. a question that is likely to keep coming up as long as there is gold in these hills. zane basra b l g 0 at the come tor goldmine an eastern curtis spun. ah, there are nice the whole rama. reminder of all top stories the head of the world health organization is calling for limits. gatherings during the holiday period, doctor ted ross, gabriel said that as evidence the article strain is more transmissible and can evade vaccines, but insisted it's still too early to say if it's milder than the delta variant. all of ours are seek of this bundle. all of us want to spend time with friends and.