ah ah ah the us step self its commitments in the fight against darma cron pledging more than half a $1000000000.00 to the w h. o and other aid groups. ah, i'm sammy's a van. this is al jazeera alive from dell hall. so coming up, a surprise moved by the head of libby. as electoral commission raises doubts about whether friday's presidential vote will go ahead. rebels in ethiopia, say there, withdrawing from some territory. call on the world to put pressure on the

government. plus, i'm seeing bas robbie and eastern ferguson were earlier this year. the government seized control of one of the biggest and highest gold mining operations in the world. ah, well, we begin with the latest on the pandemic. his cases of coven, 9 teens, alma crohn variance surge rapidly across the world view. i says it'll provide the w 8, show the united nations children's fund, and 5 other global aid agencies, an additional $580000000.00 in funding. later on tuesday, president joe biden is expected to announce plans to provide 500000000 free, rapid test home kits for americans. it's part of an effort to increase support for hospitals should been overwhelmed. ami kron case is now account for nearly 3 quarters of all of us cobit infections. and spring in white house correspondent,

kimberly how could join just live from outside the white house. so kimberly, this is quite a turn around for us policy towards the w. h. o, when you think back to the trunk is right. yeah. when this pandemic started under the trumpet ministration, the u. s. president then was quite accusatory of the world health organization, blaming it for covering up the origins of coverage 19 and assisting china with doing so. and as a result, withdrawing from the world health organization, something that president joe biden reversed on day one in office, feeling that it was most important to unify the global fight against covey. 19 of the world health organization. the best mechanism to do that. now the u. s, president, going a step further, announcing that there will be 580000000 that will be given to global groups like unicef, as well as the world health organization. this is, in addition to the 330000000 doses given to countries,

110 countries around the world as part of the kovacs program. this money will be exclusively for trying to get those shots into the arms of the millions of people around the world. who are still and vaccinated joe biden, knowing that he can't just fight on a crime and other forms of covered 19 other variance domestically, but that this is a global challenge as well. and the u. s. president, we understand or speak later today, it's going to focus focus more on testing and vax, i think, rather than locked downs and restrictions, is that right? that's what he's hoping will prevent new, renewed lockdown restrictions increase testing. and so by doing so, he is announcing a number of measures in his updated winter strategy is, is called here in the u. s. there will now be an availability starting in january

of 500000000 free at home rapid task kits that will be given to americans. this is a big deal because not only will this help prevent the spread of the, our pride variant and others. but also what it does is it to essentially gives americans the tools that they haven't had access to previously tests and like in europe and new care, pretty expensive in the u. s. and they're also hard to find. we also expected 1930 j t that the president will be announcing a number of other measures, including a ramping up the defense production act, ensuring that the tasks that are needed in hospitals and clinics will be available as the i'm a current various searches in the us, we know that there is going to be a deployment of 1000 troops with medical skills to assist the overwhelmed hospitals, and also the president tapping into the national stockpile, making ventilators available. as we see increasingly this hospitals overwhelmed and experiencing a shortage of equipment. and that was kimberly how could,

from outside the white house scotlands cancelling its new year's events as 1st minute cynical, a search and imposes new rules. christmas day and after will be new limits on the number of people allowed to mix indoors and outdoors. no more than $500.00 people will be allowed. outdoor public events for 3 weeks. sturgeon, so she's concerned about the increasing pressure on hospitals. we need to get cases coming down again to relieve that pressure and the pressure health pressure. but also the pressure that comes from staff absences in the week at quoted there was an exemption from isolation for any. there is no use. so that will help to some extent to alleviate that patient. but the only way of properly alleviating that patient, just mail service, but in the economy more generally is to get the numbers of casey, which is comes back to the reason for the difficult decisions i'm sitting here earlier, the british government announced $1300000000.00 in extra support for businesses hit

hardest by the rapid spread of alma kron chancellor richardson. i also confirmed more funding for theaters museums, as well as financial help for small businesses struggling with sick leave. taken together on confident that these measures will help hundreds of thousands of businesses and the millions of people that they employ a course where i will always respond proportionately and appropriately to the situation that we face. people can have confidence in that, but where we are now, we've responded, i think, generously. today the grants that we've outlined up to 6000 pounds are comparable to the grant that we provided for hospitality businesses when they were completely closed earlier this year. in libya, the head of the high national elections commission says he's dissolving the electro committees and ending their work. presidential election is scheduled for december. the 24th mcleana has more from tripoli. this is the 1st sign official sign that the elections weren't aren't going to move ahead. i mean,

we're just 3 days away from the scheduled nationwide. first round the presidential elections. but is this is a prize? no, it's not. i mean, we've been talking about for the last couple of weeks 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 base and eastern libya and they have the high council of state based here in tripoli. they were meant to agree upon a constitutional framework to hold elections that would include, who can run for president. what kind of powers as a president have that never really happened? the international community wanted these presidential elections to move ahead. they painted them as something that would unite the country. but we, what we saw on the ground, especially, and these last couple of weeks, is that libya has become more divisive, more divided than ever before. so not

a surprise, but yes, this is the 1st sign that the elections aren't moving ahead. rebels from ethiopia to gray region say they've pulled back from, i'm hora and the fall regions in the north. but the great people's liberation front says it's a strategic withdrawal and the piece they want the international community to put pressure on the government to hold its military operation into gray. priyanka go to reports. after weeks of making advances, a significant setback, one that could alter the course of a few p us war. tiguan rebels say the retreating from harrow and i far regions in the north area said they had captured just months ago, which once put them within striking distance from the capital, addis ababa interested? this not interested in squeezing out about again

interested in securing interest. interested in ensuring that received 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 morality weapons have destroy to grind supply lines. the current, the, 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 latest 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. won't be pushing for thy fire 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 do see a movement 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 salvation. a diplomatic end to the conflict couldn't come soon enough. priyanka gupta, alt 0, still had an al jazeera thousands of argentines, margaret 20th anniversary of what was called the great crisis. 2 days later we look at whether there's been any change floss promise of support for workers and the elderly chiles. youngest president starts planning before he takes charge of the continent. ah,

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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. oh, the weather sponsored by casara always. in the next episode of thrice nick, talk to him to greenpeace croon on a voyage through the window. see to highlight the importance of protecting this fragile antarctic ecosystem against an expanding list of man made threats beneath the surface of the leg. nickerson desolation is just tv with live release it.

so the remote is rules owner and salt, tick sanctuary on al jazeera with a well come back. you're watching al jazeera time, somebody kappa head lice now view. i says it'll provide 7 global aid groups, an additional $590000000.00 to fight cove. at 19, later on tuesday, president joe biden will announce plans to provide 500000000 free rapid home test kits for americans. a head of the high national elections commission and libya says he's dissolving the lecture committees and ending their work. presidential elections was scheduled for december. the 24th rebels from ethiopia to gray region

say they've completely pulled back from several northern territories to gripe people's liberation front has been losing its foothold in the regions of m. holla and the fall. now more on the pandemic and south korea has imposed new restrictions on gatherings and businesses after arise and cove. 19 infections. health workers have been warning of an impending crisis. the new measures came into force on monday night. i said, 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, unlimited to 4 people. as long as they are vaccinated, those who are unvaccinated must dine out long or order. a takeaway? i seen them seem 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 will be more damage. so we can help it. follow the policy with 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 coven 19 policy. a hide more people have prepared a lot of ingredients with a hope of doing good business during the year and time now with a sudden change or the ingredients left unattended. and i have too many workers. my business is going very badly. the government doesn't really think through 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, beg, i deserve peru has confirmed for new cases of omicron since 1st detecting the new

variant on sunday. like many countries around the world, it's tightening restrictions ahead of the holiday season. officials want more people to get booster shots. america chandry reports. another patient in another stretcher, in another makeshift tent, teach. as the number of those infected with coven 19 continue to rise. health officials are taking drastic steps to prevent a new outbreak. ah, alady learn dar, 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 are 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 and her people really?

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 the new meshes will work. i've been there the less, but i love it depends on the people how responsible they are with their health and the environment with other 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 number. so now the peruvian government is reducing public capacity in 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 or 3 out you, sarah, israel's foreign ministry has rejected allegations from church leaders that

christians are being driven out of the occupied east jerusalem's old city. ahead of christmas. christian groups have accused jewish settlers of harassment. they also alleged the border closures as a result of coven 19 targeting, and the them high, false reports from the old city unoccupied. east. jerusalem will usually at this time of year, the square here in front of the church of the holy separate would be thronged with christian pilgrims in the run at christmas, the omicron serge and the very strong travel restrictions imposed. by the way, the government had put paid to that in its stead. though in the run up to christmas, we have a route of rep proportions between the church leaders here and the old city and the israeli government. last week, those leaders put out of statements in which they talked about what have been happening in recent is they say pressure on christian communities throughout the whole land in the form of a tax on churches, desecration, a church, property, intimidation of christian communities. the purchase of christian property here in

the christian quarter by what they call radical groups. a reference to the sort of sexual activity over the name it as such that we've seen in recent years. now they are careful in that statement to pay tribute to the israeli government's commitment to christian life to freedom of worship. nonetheless, there has been a very strong rebuttal coming from the very foreign ministry saying that these claims are baseless a distortion of the reality on the ground. they talk about that commitment to freedom of worship, and they say it's infuriating that these church does don't talk about pressure on christian communities elsewhere in the middle east. the strength of his response follows what we've seen published in the u. k. media in recent days. an article by the head of the latin patriarch, it here in jerusalem. also by the archbishop of canterbury, the most senior figure in the anglican church in which he talks about a hot cry coming from christians in the holy land. the jury in delay maxwell's sax trafficking,

trial is once again asked for the printed testimony of 3 of her accusers. it's the 2nd day of deliberations british socialized, maxwell pleaded not guilty to grooming teenagers for under age sex with her former boyfriend, jeffrey epstein. she faces up to 70 years in prison, found guilty tens of thousands of people of march, the 20th anniversary of what's known as argentina's, great crisis in 2139 people were killed in a crackdown though a nation wide protest and riots after the government imposed measures to ease large scale debt or critic say 20 years on the situation in argentina is no different. the government is in the midst of negotiations with the international monetary fund to restructure $44000000000.00 it owes to the global fund throws a bo reports from one osiris. this building housed at disco

prior to the cove it pandemic. but the loved down and argentine has already shaky economy, forced owner, so i can neil to adapt live. i think if i 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 are 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 to oswell it. there were no phone ups. now 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 around when a site is here 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 pen demik. 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. come on. really sad. 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 science, the die 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 growth. so pet 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 other crisis. the agreements with the i m. f is the only tool the government has to establish 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, i'll turn it 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 that when a site is chili's currency. the pe saw stabilized after a steep full following sunday's run of presidential election. but left wing

president lights, gabrielle borage, still faces challenges ahead. he lacks a majority in congress, must now bring the country together after a polarizing campaign. our latin america editor lucio newman reports from santiago o. before going in to meet president of a stamp pineda president electric company. but each made a small detour a way of sending a message that no one is more important than the ordinary people who voted for him . oh, then he went in to the presidential palace where the 35 year old former student leader will be the boss starting march 9 presidents. if a scam pineda 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, 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 thinning cas, according to the permanent expenditure requires durable finance. and so we're going to advance in our structural reforms off one step at a time, so that we don't feel you know, a little by little with care or not body. what it you selection 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. even bodied his opponent concede that change is inevitable, but middle siegel withheld. 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 we writing? chiles? magna carta are overjoyed since bought each is a staunch supporter of the process. it, it says wanted to him, different heal. this process was born out of her 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 of a min one enormous changes await the country that was considered the standard bearer of social and political stability in latin america. chilly would soon embark on a new road with a new generation, with new ways of seeing politics, a transition that already seemed to have begun. to see a newman al jazeera santiago, the frog american priest has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for sanctuary. abusing young girls in east timor, 84 year old richard dash bark,

abused them at his shelter for orphans and impoverished children. he was the frogs by the catholic church in 2018. the government of kurdistan is taking control of a private gold mine saying it had concerns about safety and the environment. the canadian owners say the environmental concerns are a pretext for nationalization. al jazeera has been given unprecedented access to the mine, sam basra. avi has more from categor, stands is so cool. 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 i do look landscape hides the secret what the country's precedent 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 commodore gold mine from its canadian partner, centera gold cross thunder, beautiful. not comfortable. i 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 destiny about hang on for the past $2530.00 is. 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 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 now in australia and under going 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 comb for gold. my new management has added a fleet of giant, dumb trots, 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 been

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. 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 v l 0 at the come to our gold mine in eastern kirk istan. ah. and let's take a look at some of the headlines here now g 0. now the i says it will provide 7 global aid groups, an additional $580000000.00 to fight cove. at 19, later on choose day president joe biden will announce plans to provide 500000000 free rapid home test kits for americans. scotland is cancelling its new year's events as 1st minister.