what's most important to me is talking to people understanding what they're going through here. it al jazeera. we believe everyone has a story worth hearing. ah, if you're not fully vaccinated, you have good reason to be concerned. president joe biden urges americans to get their coven 19 jabbers. he unveils plans to find the rapidly spreading omicron variant. ah, i'm come all santa maria here and how this is the world news from al jazeera. there are reports, sedans, prime minister intends to step down only a month after he was reinstated, under deal with the military rulers. they be as much awaited elections are thrown

into uncertainty after a surprise moved by the head of the electoral commission. i'm seen bus robbie and eastern purchased on were earlier this year the government seized control of one of the biggest and highest gold mining operations in the world. well, you as president joe biden has told millions of unvaccinated americans, it is their patriotic duty to get innoculated against coven 19. the army chron variant, now accounts for almost 3 quarters of all new cases. biden is warned. the backs nighted face a winter of severe illness. and even death. kimberly, how could reports from washington dc? alma crohn has gripped the united states. 73 percent of new cases are now attributed to that highly contagious variant. testing site across the u. s. are packed in cleveland. this new dr. up testing site was act capacity just hours after

opening, while cobit has been a tough adversary. we've shown that we're tougher to combat the on the cron. sir, she us, president joe biden on tuesday announced a half 1000000000 home rapid tests will be distributed to americans starting in january until now u. s. rapid tests have been expensive and hard to find. we're take even more steps to make it easier to get tested and get tested for free. we're violence also utilizing the defense production act to ramp up test manufacturing for clinical use . he's deploying 1000 troops to support overwhelmed doctors and nurses, and he's tapping into america's national stock pile of ventilators to ensure hospitals are well equipped. still biden says the best way to prevent severe disease and death is vaccination. all these people who have not been vaccine,

you have an obligation to yourselves, to your family and quite frankly. and now we criticize this to your country. shortly after taking office by the reverse, his predecessors withdrawal from the world health organization to unify the global fight against cove it. on tuesday, the secretary of state blinking announced an additional 580000000 will be sent to the w h. whoa, to set up programs to get the and vaccinated their 1st shot. but it may already be too late. we are going to be far behind what is needed for the on the kron search and asked because of how transmissible this variant is. this may be one of the fastest spreading pathogens in medicine that we've ever seen. so all of these efforts that they announced today are excellent. but my concern is that they're not going to be rolled out fast enough. the search,

the arm across the very end is disrupting the struggling us economy. sports leagues are cancelling game. so are some broadway shows, but biden says, it doesn't have to be this way. he pleaded with those skeptical of vaccines and government to reconsider my ministration is put them in place not to control your life, but to save your life. what's not a part of president biden's plan are locked down? seeing in other countries, the white house hopes expanded testing will prevent the need for such restrictions in the united states. kimberly hell hit al jazeera, the white house spoke to john nichols last hour. he is a national affairs correspondent for the nation and says, the us president is sounding alarm bells to avoid any lockdown. it is somewhere where this administration desperately does not want to go. however, it is also something that of public health experts and doctors are suggesting may

be necessary. and the important thing to understand about that is that is not a decision made purely about the spread of the disease. that is also a decision made with regard to the crowding in hospitals, whether hospital beds are available. and as hospitals go beyond capacity is they are overwhelmed. that's the point where public health people say to mayor's, to governors and to the president. look, you have to lock down or you have to have at least some intervention here to try and slow the number of cases that are, are coming on to and that are impacting his hospitals. and so i don't think we can rule it out. i think it is something that may return if it does, it is something that i think grudgingly, president biden would of acknowledge and would accept, but it's something he would really like to avoid. and i think that's why he's putting such an emphasis on getting vaccinations, getting testing,

try to take all the steps that might avoid that. let's look elsewhere. portugal imposed a number of new karone of ours restrictions is on the con cases surge via not clubs and bonds up in order to close for at least 2 weeks from saturday. and people of been told to work from home. authorities will limit outdoor gatherings to 10 people, ppo group on new year's eve. a negative current of ours test will now also be required to stay at hotels, will to go to events. and in the u. k. the report and all the 90000 new cases overall on tuesday, the prime minister bursts, johnson is confirmed. he wont be bringing in any restrictions before christmas. what i can say to night is it naturally we can't rule out any further measures after christmas. and when a keep a constant eye on the data will do whatever it takes to protect public health. but in view of the continuing uncertainty about several things, severity of on the chrome, uncertainty about the hospitalization rate or the impact of the vaccine roll out

the boosters. we don't think today that there is enough evidence to justify any tougher measures before christmas. at least 12 people died from the amazon variance on monday, and the number of people admitted to london's hospitals is growing or a challenge has more on that. rejoice says the daily mail on tuesday morning christmas is looking safe. ministers defy gloomy scientists. that affects the question safe from want 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

the 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 off 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 the boris johnson is putting his fractious party before the public. of course, the spectre of new business and social cubs haven'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. earlier the british government announced $1300000000.00 in extra extra support and sorry for businesses which have been hit,

harvest. taken together, i'm confident that these measures will help hundreds of thousands of businesses and the millions of people that they employ, of course will. 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 to day the grants that we've outlined up to 6000 pounds are comparable to the grants that we provided for hospitality businesses when they were completely closed earlier this year. and scotland is canceling, its new year's events says the 1st minister nicholas sturgeon imposes new rules from the day after christmas. there will be new limits on the number of people allowed to mix in doors and outdoors. no more than $500.00 people to be allowed at any outdoor public events for 3 weeks. other news and there are reports that sedans prime minister of dela hm doc is about the stand down. it's a month after he made a deal with the military. that's been criticized by protesters as a betrayal. ham dog was kept under house arrest for

a month following the military coup in october. since that power grabbed there have been mass protests including this past weekend, which marked the 3rd anniversary of the start of the revolution. more with mohammed val, in cartoon now, at muhammad, i guessed as a credibility issue for the prime minister here, the fact that he was deposed that he was put under house arrest. but that he was also happy to do a deal with the military. or they'll try to come out, he has been put under tremendous pressure. he said to, to do that to compromise with the military and, but he was also pushed, according to his own statements, by the need to save lives and to prevent more bloodshed in sudan handbook. as we know has been thing difficult for since the beginning. he, she is not politically affiliated 20 of the 2 sides, the military and the civilians. that's why they chose him as

a man of consensus. so there were high hopes that handbook would be the man to face with them, from the chaos that it is witnessing. right and all, and has been witnessing for 4 years. but as time goes by, he realized that he wouldn't be able to, to fulfill those promises and to achieve those goals. because the 2 sides of his time to reconcile are extremely polarized. and they get more and more authorized as the trait accusations about wonderful ising power, about mistrust, and so on. the inside getting more and more alienated in this, in this picture, because they think the military are encroaching on power. and that's why we have seen demonstrations coming back to the states a few days ago in the protest, as in a very interesting development, being able to reach the gates of the presidential polish that has given the

evolutionary new momentum. and as we can't the, the task of hum dog who was betting on the possibility to create pos, mom between the 2 slides. and so if he steps down mom at all or practice, really when he steps down, i think he was saying earlier, is there a replacement or is it just that the military appoint someone else and just consolidate their power? well apparently there is no reggie replacement and apparently or so there will be some time before the military could replace handbook because it's difficult, according to many animals to see or to find a man who, who can assume that responsibility at the moment. a man of consensus, a man who could create that to a cancellation or 2 little sides because of those divisions. or i describe that, that extreme polarization. the military have been happy with have duke because he,

for them, he's a, a winning car because they're, he's the man who are, who is not politicized, or at least is not affiliated politically. he's an expert, a, his economist and so on. he's a man or so who is a, you know, the west is pleased with him outside polish, pleased with him. many of the civilians also were pleased with him. and so who was it for them? a winning cob. but as time goes by, as i said, he hasn't been, he says he hasn't been able to achieve his plans because the military are not allowing him to do so. and also because his supporters among the civilians are not standing by him. i'm at val and cartoon. thank you for that. in the news ahead, the jo results in the trial of a former police officer who says she meant to use her taser instead of her gun when she shot and killed a black motorists. and how much would you pay for an empty canvas anyway,

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try and find at least for the time being there, across northern parts of china. it will cloud over more the way of rain, sleet, and snow started to push its way in here as we go on into thursday. as the remnants serve fir, tropical storm arrive, only one has now been issued. still a few showers just coming back into tie one for thursday, but then it will quiet down as it has quite down across a good part of the philippines. we've got the usual rush of shares into southern parts malaysia. seeing some lavish hours, still a chassis and lively down post is coming in across the malay peninsula. i'm afraid over the next day or so, but not as well as it has been recently. india stays dry and settled with folk to the north. oh, with sponsored by casara ways, i've come back to san diego to revisit the fascinating part of calcium history. they were crazy, creative, even visionary. they were top lester, not realistic, and i watch them as a child during and just pops into people still love them. it was basically too bad

to be true, what they were predicting can commitee heal ethnic divisions and national tensions exist in both you today. once upon a time in sarajevo on al jazeera, ah ah, on al jazeera, these are the top stories you as president jo, biden's announced measures to limit a surge of amok on cases. they include expanded tests support for hospitals on more vaccinations, though he has stopped short calling for another lockdown. the british prime minister bars johnston says tighter measures will be considered after christmas. the government bears announced to $1300000000.00 support package for businesses

affected by the on the current outbreak. and sedans. prime ministers reported the close to stepping down at the low. hm. dock was removed in a military takeover been reinstated last month off to signing a deal with the military purchase is cool. that agreement a betrayal. the latest from libya now where presidential elections are likely to be postponed after a dispute over the rules and regulations has been no official announcement that fraud his vote will be delayed. but the head of the electoral commission has dissolved. the electoral committees malik trina explained, snap and tripoli were just 3 days away from the scheduled 1st round of presidential elections. and there hasn't been an official announcement by the high national elections committee that the vote has been delayed. or what we saw today was the elect elections commissioned decision to dissolve. the electoral committees are basically what that means is that it has stopped the work of the, of the workers, the temporary workers that are working in the polling stations across the country.

the administrators of these points stations are as clear signs, a clear indicator that this election isn't happening. now we've spoken to various political leaders and political analysts, and here's what one of them had to say. or la helene, for the 11 is not the elections commission. had no choice with the start, the procedure dissolving these committees because it's clear that the election scheduled for december 24 is not happening out. so the commission cannot have, as committees continue their work for an unknown period of time. so this administrative procedure is normal, but it's an indication that libya will not see presidential or parliamentary elections in the near future yet. so i think the fear now for many libyans as that libya will now go back to square one. it took months and years for the un support mission to bring about this government of unity over at negotiations over brink, trying to bring lawyers rival sized together. and, and the elections were supposed to bring, bring forth a government that,

that has the legitimacy of the living people are so that the fear is now, or that the situation in libya will worsen. or that the, that libyans will not be able to vote for, for those they want to lead them in, at least in the near future. or the, the fear is that it may take a year or 2 and get back to the negotiating table. ah, which may takes a really long time or for an election to be possible. ah, but libby is want to be able to vote for the leadership. they also want a constitution or that identifies the rule, the governing system in libya and what kind of powers of president has are. so we're going to have to wait and see how the political situation develops in the coming weeks and months. the jury in the trial of a former police officer charged with killing a blank motorist, has been told to carry on deliberating. if they fail to reach a consensus on

a verdict. kimberly porter pleaded not guilty to manslaughter. she says she meant to use a taser, but drew her gun and shot dante wright killing triggered nationwide protests. john hendern as more from outside the court in minneapolis. all we've heard is that the jury came back with one question yesterday. they wanted to know about the timing, when kim potter consulted a defense expert at that because there were some inconsistencies in her story about how she reacted to the shooting at the time. but we really don't know a lot more. the judge says that she wants to wrap up this case by christmas eve that's on friday. but you really has no control over how long the jury takes if they're hung, meaning they are not able to agree. they can deliberate for days until the judge determines it. they are your reconcile aubrey irreconcilable at def, at odds. she's facing manslaughter 1st degree. and 2nd degree, the total maximum that she could potentially face if you were convicted of both

crimes is 25 years in prison. more typically for someone like her who doesn't have a record, it would be 7 years on the 1st agree charge and 5 on the other charge. but when that verdict comes down to the court house behind me, there will also be a verdict in the street. minneapolis is really the epicenter of the black lives matter movement. it was here that george floyd was killed. and of course this happened during the protests over his death. so the possibility is there that there could be peaceful protests. there could also be the kind of looting and arson that we saw in the summer of 2020. so what's at stake for minneapolis is also huge, but for kim potter, she phases of potential of years in prison, in for a police officer here in the united states that does not tend to go well. and there's another high profile u. s. court case. we juris of deliberated for 2nd day. this is the fraud trauma of elizabeth holmes, the founder of the blood testing stop thoroughness. she's accused of swindling

investors, out of hundreds of millions of dollars through her defunct company, made unfounded promises of rapid diagnoses of conditions including diabetes and cancer. from a single drop of blood has been a brawl and gone as parliament during a heated debate over proposed tax on electronic transactions. several m piece through punches and wrestle each other while others tried to stop the fighting. and proposed e levy has been fiercely challenged by the opposition for the past month, which says the tax would hurt low income earners support or say would raise more than a 1000000000 dollars next year alone. the decision delayed till next year. now the government of target san is taking control of a private gold mine saying and had concerns about safety in the environment. the canadian owners of the mines say it's a pretext for nationalization. al 0 has been given unprecedented access to that mind. zane bas ravi has the story from kirk sustan's. is it cool region? ah,

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 come tor goldmine. from its canadian partner centera gold. could have somebody run a computer way in just know, thanking you. this was done only with cook, children's kennedy stand 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 categorized as destiny. hang on for the past 2530 is. they worked only with corrupt practices that

bob barrack lee 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 douglas. we also bought turn you right us, 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 fleet of these giant dumb rods 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. 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 to a gold mine in eastern kirk austin. protest is in georgia, are threatening

a mass hunger strike on less. the opposition leader and former president macau soccer. she really is freed from jail thousands of support as much through the capital tbilisi to parliament trying to pressure authorities to hold us. nat election successfully was arrested last year after returning from exile in ukraine . he was convicted of an abusive office, which he says was politically motivated. doctors say he's been tortured walton custody. the philippines military is racing to deliver food and water to the typhoon ravaged, islands, survivors of the deadly cycling trying to return to their homes. 375 people that confirmed dead and doesn't still missing charity say hundreds of thousands of people left homeless are in need of 8. the ruler of de by shake mohammed been russia del mar. tomb has been ordered to pay his ex wife a more than $700000000.00 divorce settlement. a high court judge in london said the greatest threat to princes hire and her children is from her ex husband. i fled to

the u. k. in 2019 with their 2 children. in an earlier hearing, a judge found on the balance of probability that the chef ordered 2 of his children to be kidnapped, hacked his ex wife's phone, and subjected her to a campaign of intimidation. funny museum in denmark of far more than a bog and fallen at loan tens of thousands of dollars to an artist, to create a new artwork. the 2 framed canvases were meant to be filled in with cash, but his mama jim, jim reports from albert the money was nowhere to be found. when the paintings were delivered just days before new cove 19 restrictions forced the closure of museums across denmark, art enthusiasts, in the city of alberto, take a peek at pieces, questioning how happy we are with our jobs. and why there never seem to be enough hours in the day. the exhibit is called work it out, and museum director lassie anderson tells us one particular piece has created quite

a stir. when you work with artists who they challenge the way we perceive the world . and you can, you can never know what you get. the constant museum of modern art certainly had no idea what they be in for when they loaned danish artists. yes, honey. more than half a 1000000 krona. approximately $84000.00. the cash was supposed to be placed inside these frames. an attempt to recreate an earlier work by hunting and to illustrate income gaps affecting danes. but when the canvases were delivered, they were blank. hunting had decided on his own to create a new work. when he called take the money and run, my staff was really worried saying, oh my god, we don't have the options. we wander than wells, all the money the museum is displaying the piece. but there are also threatening

legal action if the money isn't eventually returned. the controversy has both driven up attendance and sparked the debate in denmark about the true value of an artist's work. which means the constant museum now finds itself in a unique position, exhibiting a piece that some have called art, and others have labeled theft. when we meet haunting in his studio in another town, he explains how inspiration struck. do something about the an average stage in commer. why don't you do something about your situation as well? so, so the next one? no, no, i'm gone to a fantastic piece for the show, harming, says, creating what the museum requested would have cost too much out of his own pocket. he considers the new piece a commentary on low wages and believes that makes it even more appropriate for the art show. oh, i asked if he plans to return the money. no, no, no, no, no, no. did no strictly. that's not gonna happen. back at the museum,

we heard what visitors think. brilliant. if someone gave you a lot of money, and i ask you to put them on a painting, wouldn't your bid centered? doesn't seem like an arc to me. ever thought blank, blank. an argument that won't be settled anytime soon. as viewers continue to ponder, how one piece can seemingly be as conceptual as it is literal. mamma, jim's room al jazeera elbow, denmark. ah . right. her past the are, these are the top stories you as president, joe bivens and outs measures to limit a surge in our mclauren cases. this includes expanded testing support for hospitals, more vaccinations. he has stopped short though of calling for another lockdown.