conscience across the wound. so no matter how you take it out, his ear. we're bringing the news and current affairs that matter to you count his errand. ah. the you have steps up its commitments and the fight against the over chrome very and pledging more than half a $1000000000.00. the world health organization of other 8 groups. ah. hello again. i'm adrian finnegan. this is al jazeera, alive from doha. also coming up, the desperate plea for aid, tens of thousands still without food and water. after the typhoon that hit the philippines, the head of libya's election commission orders polling administrators to stop working effectively postponing friday's ballot for president. i'm the boss ravi,

an eastern kirk. it's 9 were earlier this year, the government seized control of one of the biggest and highest gold mining operations in the world. but we begin with the latest on the corona viruses, cases of the electron very and surge rapidly across the world. the u. s. says that it will provide the world health organization, the united nations children's fund, and 5 other global aid groups with an additional $580000000.00 to fight curve at 19. later on tuesday, president biden is expected to announce plans to provide 500000000 free, rapid home test kits for americans. that's part of an effort to increase support for hospitals which are being overwhelmed on the chron cases. now account for nearly 3 quarters of all us covered infections does take you to the us,

our white house port correspondence. kimberly how can you, sir, with us sir? live at sir. the white house im not washington. so kimberly, we have this huge investment by the white house, into the world health organization and other groups. that's right, and the reason is because the united states knows that to fight coven in the united states. they also have to assist in the fight abroad and continuing to counter the problem of vaccine inequality. so that is part of what the united states is doing in its effort to address this optic in cases that is, be experienced all around the world as a result of this ob, across various. now, we know that $580000000.00 will be given to groups such as the world health organization, unicef and others, in order to try and fight the continuing cases of not just this omicron barrier, but of course, the others that are continuing to either perpetuate around the world or even emerge

now, and it's not just the global fight that the united states is addressing. the top priority for the u. s. president today will be the issue of addressing it inside the u. s. borders, namely, the u. s. president. set to update his winter strategy due to the up to can cases in the i'm a crime variance of the us. what we know there will be a number of key changes. one of them will be that the u. s. president's going to be using the defense production act in order to ramp up the production of tests for hospitals and clinics, so that they have what they need in order to fight the virus that we're seeing spreading around the united states. we also know that he's preparing to deploy a 1000 troops, so these are medically trained soldiers that will be assisting in the hospitals. given the fact their states, like indiana, wisconsin, michigan, and others where we do see high rates of unvaccinated individuals flooding those

hospitals. and finally, we know that the u. s. president is tapping into the national stockpile when it comes to ventilators. because what we expect to hear from the president, 930 g m t, is that this could be a long, dark winter. and he wants to see that the medical professionals open combating this now for a couple of years have what they need to continue the fight for all this part of his winter perm from what you're saying. that doesn't include locking the country down again. surely know ahead of christmas. yeah, that is one of the things that the white house press secretary gen saki said on monday, she wanted to make very clear that as we're seeing some of these announcements around the world of locked downs and tighter restrictions on people gathering at homes, et cetera. that is not something the united states is prepared to do right now. this is not a speech about locking the country down. she said, instead, what this is about is giving consumers the power to try and prevent the spread on their own. and the united states government is going to be sending up

a website and starting in january, americans will be able to access free at home, rapid tasks, 500000000 of them will be made available. and this is something that the white house believes is pivotal in trying to prevent the spread across the united states . our white house correspondent, kimberly, how can live in washington. kimberly many facts in the u. k. prime at a subarus, johnson says he's looking at all kinds of measures to try to stroke the rapid spread of the omicron variant. at least 12 people are known to have died from that particular very it is a steep brian on the number of people being admitted to london hospitals. i'll 0 will re challenge reports now from the company. rejoice says the daily mail on tuesday morning. christmas is looking safe. ministers defy gloomy scientists. that affects the question safe from was on the con, is ripping through the u. k. at the moment. and london is the epicenter so much so

that the mayor has declared an emergency situation. but the daily mail is a leading voice on the u. k rights and it shows the relief, particularly amongst the rebellious libertarian wing of the conservative party, that it's freedoms that have been prioritized or johnson said on monday nights we won't hesitate to take action. the problem for some is that it looks very much like a prime minister has hesitated from taking action. his position is that while they're still big questions, beyond that, about the severity of alma crohn, it's too soon to be shutting people up in doors. the cancer position, when those questions are answered and if the answer is a bad, it will be too late to do and think about it and the house service will be swamped . the opposition leader kissed armor whose labor party would have supported new restrictions. if the prime minister had gone for them, says devoris johnson is putting his fractious party before the public, of course,

the spectre of new business and social cubs hasn't gone away. it's just been deferred for another day. christmas may be safe, according to the daily mail, but new year and beyond. certainly isn't through as concern for new cases of the on the chrome very. and since 1st detecting it on sunday, like many countries around the world for his type thing, restrictions ahead of the holiday season. and officials that want more people to get the booster shots have a child re reports. another patient in another stretcher, in another make shift tent as the number of those infected with cobra 19 continue to rise. health officials are taking drastic steps to prevent a new outbreak. ah, dylan darling, the application of the 3rd booster dose will be advanced. no longer be necessary to wait 5 months, but only 3 is done for 2 reasons. firstly, because it's already been demonstrated. there are several countries such as england and other countries that already applying this $30.00 off to 3 months. it's

absolutely safe. there's no problem. 74 percent of its population has been vaccinated, but officials want to increase that figure to 80 percent by the end of the year. ramona for people who have yes, it bothers me because i had a meeting with my family and now they say i will no longer be able to drink my beer or dancer anything like that. more than 200000 people have died from corona virus. one of the highest mortality rates in the world, the government is desperate to prevent more deaths, but not every one is convinced than you. meshes will work. i've been there a lot better than not. it depends on the people how responsible they are with their health and the environment with all the people actually. because the law is made, people do not listen to the law. and even if they say there is a curfew before 11 at night, many people my mate persona, the peruvian government is reducing public capacity and shopping centers from 80 to 60 percent,

and extending curfew by 2 hours during christmas and new year's eve. another holiday ruined by a pandemic that many hoped would be over by now. her marriage audrey out you, sarah, south korea, has imposed new restrictions on gatherings and businesses after a rising curve at 19 infections. health workers have been warning of an impending crisis when he rushes came into force on monday night, as, as a beg reports. oh, final drinks and a meal before the new restrictions take effect. restaurants, cafes, and bars must now close by 9 pm. gatherings are limited to 4 people as long as they are vaccinated, those who are unvaccinated, must dine out long or order. a takeaway? i soon nancy her that she will work. so it's a little disappointing. but if we don't follow the government's policy when coven 19 is spreading widely, there'll be more damage. so we can help with follow the policy that the new measures come just weeks after the government east restrictions in

a policy called living with cove. it, it's left businesses worried about their future. you took her there to give her these restrictions that came with the living with cove and 19 policy. a hide more people have prepared a lot of ingredients with the hope of doing good business during the year end time . now with a sudden change or the ingredient to left unattended, nativity workers, my business is going very badly. the government doesn't really think through it or i personally think those small business owners, like myself, should gather and protest in front of the presidential office. i hope there will be a big protest, so our voices can be delivered directly. but the country is seen as the success case of spotting the warning signs early and controlling the spread of the virus. 80 percent of the population of vaccinated. and the government is encouraging people to get boosted jobs. but despite that many businesses, a feeling the strain aside bag i deserve. in libya, the head of the high national elections commission says there is dissolving the

electoral committees and ending their work. the presidential election is scheduled for december 24th. um, to see my trainer reports from tripoli. this is the 1st sign official sign that the elections are weren't. aren't gonna move ahead. i mean, we're just 3 days away from the scheduled nationwide. first round of presidential elections are but is this a surprise? no, it's not, i mean, we've been talking about for the last couple of weeks or that it is more than likely that these elections will be postpone. and thus, because they were moving ahead, despite a constitutional framework agreed upon by the rival, legislative houses, libya currently has 2 legislative houses. they have the parliament that basin eastern libya and they have the high council of state are based here in tripoli. they were meant to agree upon a constitutional framework to hold elections, or that would include who can run for president, or what kind of powers as a president have that never really happened. or the international community wanted

these presidential elections to move ahead. they painted them as something that would unite the country are, but we, what we saw on the grounds, especially, and these last couple of weeks is that libya has become more divisive, more divided than ever before. our so not a surprise, but yes, this is the 1st sign ah, that the elections aren't moving ahead. still come here on al jazeera, 17 people dead in malaysia after one of the worst floods in recent years will tell you more. thousands of people in argentina, mark the 20th anniversary of what was called the great crisis 2 decades later, we look at whether there's been any change ah hello, they will look to south asian in bitterly cold across northern areas of india. thanks to an intense cold wave that's brought temperatures in the mountains areas

down to minus 15 degrees. now that cold weather has pushed further east and to the south. we are expecting some very chilly nights in places like a deja and west bengal in days to come. it warms up slightly for the north west. we've still got foggy conditions around the further south we go. it is dryer. a few showers creeping into coastal areas of corolla and edging into sri lanka. but it is going to get rather wet across at north east corner. we got warnings out for possible thunderstorms and lightening in some, some of those edging in so bangladesh. and was we move across to east asia? it's west or across southern areas of china. wet and windy weather from that typhoon, which downgraded rather rapidly, continuing to effect tie one well into the weekend, but it's much dry. a picture across mainland china. we've got cold air blowing down from the north. that's going to knock the temperature down in beijing rather dramatically. it'll be rather cloudy here in the days to come. but there's plenty

of sunshine to be found in soul and shanghai. the temperature here, sitting in the mid teens, with lots of sunshine that she weather update. ah, ah, welcome to a world of confidence over sex. with business class, where your privacy is paramount and your experience. sit back, relax in your own private space. let us take care of everything. all right, ways, the air line you can rely on ah

ah, hello again, this is al jazeera. let's remind you of the main news. the south, the u. s. says that it will provide 7 global aid groups with an additional $580000000.00 to fight cove. at 19, later on tuesday, president biden will announce plans to provide 500000000 free, rapid home test kits for americans. the restrictions on gatherings and businesses in south korea following a rise in coven 19 infections, their health work as a warning of a major crisis. as hospitals. a stress with you reco daily cases on the head of the high national elections commission and libya says he's dissolving the electoral committees and ending that work presidential. a presidential election was scheduled for december 24th rebels from ethiopia to glide regions say that they've completely

pulled back from am hata and the far regions in the north. but to gray people's liberation front says that it's a strategic withdrawal aimed a piece. they won't be inst, national community to put pressure on the government to halt its military operation and to cry. i'll just there is priyanka groups are reports 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 far regions in the north area said they had captured just months ago, which once put them within striking distance from the capitol, addis ababa interested? this thought? not scooting about again. interested in security. just interested in ensuring that the c that was being pulled out is broken. ever since prime minister abi amen march to the front

line to rally his troops against the rebels. the shift in the battlefield has been swift and a real offensive with chinese drones and emerald. he weapons have destroyed to grind supply lines. the current, you know, noise with regards to whether it's a strategic retreat or not will inevitably reveal itself. we're still in the final stages of the slightest operation. if you recall the operation for national unity in diversity, the aimless to infer that t p l a forces were cleared out of her and for regions. this is something that is still being undertaken because there's still some elements within certain pop pockets that need to be fuller. fully cleared out, the u. s. has been pushing for the far and as imposed sanctions in response to human rights abuses. during the conflicts we've long urged and human rights abuse and violations and for negotiated resolution to the conflict. so in fact, if we use the 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 to to broader diplomacy for millions of a few pins facing hunger and start ation. a diplomatic end to the conflict couldn't come soon enough. priyanka gupta, alt 0. the governor of a central philippine province is wanting that people may resort to looting if a dozen rich areas affected by typhoon roy, tens of thousands of people without food since the typhoon laid land full on saturday. at least 375. people are known to have died 56 or so missing. jermel allen, dog and reports now from the dinner. got islands. ah, this is sandra said in agony 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 in iraq, the your to ring have been living here for more than 50 years. a home the built to

raise a family. this is all what's left of it live up very lot of for to like i all when, when you're me that they phone was very strong running new at downstairs to haine. but our walls, good gallon. so we went to the ne, we're a, we're very scared to run and i'm right. everywhere you look, there is destruction. it's been days since they fall right. devastated the southern philippines. but this community remains cut off from the rest of the world, though. so survived here, tell us. life will never be the same again for them. men here feel frustrated and abandoned. hardly anything is spared here in the market. not even 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 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 woman of wilma, by the kids is 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 name. i got with that oh, well 88 year old anesthesia tells us she wants to be reunited with their daughter who lives from another town. anesthesia was rescued after home collapsed beneath her. there are many others in san jose to shocked to share their ordeal. while others see the ply dawn simply because they have no choice, everything was wiped out in an instant. they say. now there is only suffering

jemila lean dog and al jazeera in haggard province. southern philippines. people in the worst flood had regions of malaysia being moved to safety. 17 of them have died . 4 were in sullen gore in the country's wealthiest and most populous region. the government's been criticized about his slow response, which it's blaming all like a boat, a manpower, all zeros flora slew reports from columbia, missouri city to lancaster. yeah, yeah. i asked him more than a day, tramped in her home by flood waters. this woman is finally been rescued. 2 days of torrential rain last week had caused waters to rise swiftly, inundating homes and damaging property. many couldn't leave their houses in time and ended up sheltering on the upper floor or roofs desperate for help. and the roads had become impossible, and the only way out was in boats. those who managed to escape barely had time to

grab their belongings. abilene, i, but i yank, i mean we are left with only our clothes and important documents like our children's birth certificate. so that's all we brought with us. we can't bring a lot of things. so we just saved what we could carry with arizona. the bank on some of the 1st on the scene were volunteers who drove to flooded areas and used their own equipment to transport people to safety. i was actually disappointed on the government to provide it for the long term. when i know that a lot of people doing yeah, worked on it all, the mom was coming down everything. but is that slow slow and all this because of the politic softener. and the government has deployed tens of thousands of emergency service and military personnel to help malaysia's wealthiest and most popular states. the language is badly affected, which is unusual because the monster in floods typically affect states on the east coast or peninsula malaysia. tens of thousands are taking shelter in relief centers

. some say they are worried about their future. give her a view of you that if you go in and you know, you could say be a starting from 0, nothing else could be saved if possible. please help us right now. people are suffering due to the cold with 19 pandemic. we are living in the shelter week on working hills. we're self employed, cannot run their businesses, like my husband who works on his own. he has an automated workshop, the because of the flood, it's a total loss. the government says it will provide more than $20000000.00 for the repair of homes and infrastructure damaged by floods. florence louis al jazeera column poor tens of thousands of people are parked the 20th anniversary of what's known as argentina's great crisis in 2139 people were killed in a crackdown though a nationwide protests and riots of the government imposed measures. while it was trying to ease its large scale debt or critic say the 20 years on the situation,

argentina is no different. government is in the midst of negotiations with the international monetary fund to restructure $44000000000.00 that it goes to the global fund. odyssey restoration bo reports from one us alice. oh. this building housed at disco prior to the cove. it pandemic. but the loved down and argentina's already shaky economy, forced owner. so i can neil to adapt live. i think it's a look at what he has now filled the room with machines used to mine crypto currencies. he's not only doing it for himself, but also for those who want to invest a busy, but i don't, we are good at elac and there what i, when you're in the beginning, it was very complicated and hidden. they sent us an email address and we checked it was valid. there were no phone ups. no, everyone wants to do it yet. we rent space and the handling of the machines and we have to separate the funds because of heat and energy required to operate. and it's

proven a success. neil has expanded establishing mining farms all around when a site is there, located in restaurants, and on rooftops with a growing list of clients. crypto currencies have become a way for people in argentina to protect themselves from endless economic crisis that include inflation evaluation and now capital control. this crypto currency farms use enormous amount of electricity and they're profitable here in argentina because energy is relatively cheap if compared to other countries in the region. argentina is trying to recover from the economic effects of the pandemic. it's also well to close a 40000000000 debt agreement with the international monetary fund to establish the economy. but many fear the medicine could be worse than the deceased. oh yeah, the mom already said no, no. there is no agreement with the i m f without adjustments. said this protest is

the beginning of a series of moments. we will do to reject which ever agreement our country and our preston signs with the i m. f. as in zebra, sealant alberto for amanda says they're trying to close a deal that won't affect argentina's most vulnerable citizens. he also says an agreement is essential to get the economy out of the read economy. see a deal is necessary to give argentina credibility in international markets in got so far to rent up all eaten, gra. i think the political survival instinct, i believe, will make the government close a deal, argentina macroeconomy and all the problems we face cannot resist on of a crisis. the agreement with the i m. f is the only tool the government has to stabilize the economy and generate expectations, which is what the country needs. argentina has had over 20 agreements with the i m f. and people here have gotten used to living in crisis. and that's why they have

started to find out turner gives like crypto currency mining that they hope would protect them from the fluctuations and instability of the economy at home. that he said, well, i'll just see down when aside his, the government, a care gustavo, is taking control of a private gold mine saying that it have concerns about safety and the environment. the canadian owners say those concerns are a pretext for nationalization. aunt is here has been given unprecedented access to the wine st. basra of 8th reports from kingston's isic cool region. ah, the foothills of the tear and shown mountain range, dramatic terrain that stretches across 5 countries. it's highest, pete is in the central asian nation of kurdistan, where i d look, landscape hides the secret what the country's president describes 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 come tor goldmine from its canadian partner centera gold coast on that beautiful not considering just noticed on kenya, this was done only with comb total kyrgyzstan 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 is destined without somebody for the past 2530 years. they worked only with corrupt practices that bob barrack lee of destroyed our environment, make a mega mama like a t n john. while negotiations are underway, 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 installed us on weiss stumps and earlier we didn't have them on dollars. we also bought turn you right us, which now in australia and under going tasting and calibration come tour 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 comb for gold. my new men read his added a bleed of these giant dumb fronts, having more moving power. these being able to extract more goal more quickly. crudest arms economy depends on this gold mine, but pulling or from the ground and gold from the or is dirty work. with great economic benefit comes inevitable ecological harm. at one of the communities closest to the mind,

there is open support for nationalization. but worry for the mountains with numbers . the other thing i think come towards the good for our economy. mm hm. but the same time, there are some damage to the environment we're concerned about receiving glaciers. there's also talk a 1000000000 to tons of waste. we have some concerns below. 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 bas ravi al jazeera at the come tour gold mine in eastern kirk istan. ah, it's good to be with us. hello, adrian finnegan here and so how the headlines and al jazeera, the u. s. says that it will provide 7 global aid groups with an additional $580000000.00 to fight cove at 19. later on to say president bible announced plans to provide 500000000.