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thousands displaced. a storms and floods devastate large parts of southeast asia, will have a live update. reports that saddam's prime minister intends to step down a month after he was reinstated under a deal with the military rules on turning like clubs into crypto currency. mining fox, argentines are innovating to survive as their economy grapples the debt prices. you as president joe biden, as told millions of unvaccinated americans, it's their patriotic duty to get inoculated against kobe. 19 the on the convent now accounts for almost 3 quarters of all new cases by been warned that the unvaccinated face of when to have severe illness and death. kimberley hall get reports now from washington, dc. i'm a crime 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 with act capacity just hours after opening while cobra has been a tough adversary. we've shown that we're tougher to combat beyond the crown 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 backseat, you have an obligation to yourself, to your family and quite frankly, now we criticize this to your country. shortly after taking office bite and reversed his predecessors withdrawal from the world health organization to unify the global fight against cove it. on tuesday, secretary of state blinking announced an additional 580000000 will be sent to the w h ho to set up programs to get the 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 as because of how transmissible this variant is, this may be one of the fast spreading pathogens in madison 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 is 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 seen 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, portugal has imposed a number of new corona virus restrictions, as a micron cases, surge night clubs and bars up in order to close at least 2 weeks from saturday. and people have been told to work from home. authorities will limit outdoor gatherings to 10 people per group or new year's eve. a negative current of virus test will now

be required to stay at hotels or go to events. when all the u. k reported more than 90000 new cases on tuesday, but prime minister bars johnson has confirmed he won't be bringing in any new 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 roller the boosters. we don't think today that there is enough evidence to justify any tougher measures before christmas when at least 12 people died from the i'm a convent on monday and the number of people admitted to london's hospitals is growing very challenge has more rejoice, says the daily mail on tuesday morning,

christmas is looking safe ministers defy gloomy scientists. that affects the question safe from wants 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 are being prioritized or something 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, the onset 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 answers are 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 forest 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. and earlier that, but his government announced $1300000000.00 an extra support for businesses hit hard by the virus. 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. today the grants that we've outlined up to 6000 pounds are comparable to the growth that we provide is the hospitality businesses when they were

completely closed earlier this year. but scotland is counseling it's new year's events says 1st minister nicholas sturgeon impose new rules on the day after christmas. there'll be new limits on the number of people allowed to mix indoors or outdoors. no, more than $500.00 will be allowed. an outdoor public events for 3 weeks. israeli set to offer a 4th dose of be covered. 19 vaccines of people aged over 60 prime minister enough, tony bennett says it will help the country overcome the spread of the underground variant. the move has been approved by the health ministry and is now awaiting final sign up by senior officials. the decision comes off to israel report its 1st death from a micron on tuesday. now severe weather is having a devastating and in some cases, unprecedented impact on large parts of south east asia in malaysia flooding as killed at least 27 people and display 70000 dozens and missing. after days of torrential rain trigger, some of the worst flooding in the is the military is rescuing people trapped in

their homes or from it's let me join us live now from calling them properly. so what's the latest so far on the floods and how extensive is the damage? while we're looking at very extensive damage darren, you know, we're talking about at least 7 states in peninsula malaysia that are now experiencing severe flooding. we're looking at more than $70000.00. people have been displaced. the number of people killed is also expected to go up, could go up because so people reported missing at the moment. the number of people killed is already higher than during the last major floods. the country experienced in 2014, the worst hit state is per hung and central pan peninsula, malaysia, state news agencies reporting that 42000 people that have been displaced. social media pose also say that the 2 major highways in that state is still impossible to traffic. now the water levels in some rivers is also very high at danger levels.

even in authorities have said that people living near those areas have to be ready to move out when told to do so. some places in urban areas are still water loved after 4 days. so we're looking at really quite extensive damage to property. we can't quantify that at the moment. many people still haven't been able to return homes, but the houses the homes are still water logged their belongings to personal belongings . businesses shops, many are still under water now. and the monsoon season is expected to last till february. so those potential for more rainfall and also possibly more flooding in the weeks and months to come. yeah, florence and the government's been heavily criticized but not responding quick enough to helping the victims of the floods. what of official has been saying that that's right. so there was a lot, but i haven't said there is still a lot of anger at the government's response and just how slow it has been. people way to days for help to arrive. and in some places, the 1st on the scene were actually volunteers who drove to the to flood waters and

now and vehicles and used though an inflatable boat. so kayaks to reach people who are trapped in their homes and took them to safety. so there's a lot of anger at the lack of coordination among government agencies. now they're also angry posts on social media, criticized in some government ministers, who seemed more keen to publicize how they were present at flooded areas rather than on actually helping flood victims. then there are now there will 2 questions being asked about how, why the government was so unprepared for this, you know, the amount of rain that fell over the weekend. the prime minister has said was equivalent to what west militia would normally receive in a month. for cost, as i said, it was the result of a tropical depression, but one climate next, but says militia actually has the technology to be able to predict such systems. so now questions are being asked about why it wasn't not just adequate preparation, but also flood warnings. and the prime minister has admitted that there was some

weaknesses that the government was slow to respond in some areas. but he also seemed to suggest that this, that no one party each can be held accountable and it was the responsibility of all government agencies. all right, to florence, new life, or stay in the malaysian capital, calling in performance. thank you. and supplies are being delivered to survivors on typhoon ravaged, islands in the philippines. at least 375 people were killed when typhoon ride, pummeled southern and central regions while some returning home. more than 400000 are living and evacuation centers. generally alan dugan is in manila with the latest on the situation in the philippine we were traveling for the past 5 days and we 1st landed in davos it just to give you a sense of how difficult it was for us to get to the 1st devastation sight of city go province after that, we made their way to the to and from there we were able to embed with the philippine millet. she ended the reconnaissance flight over so we shall go island

be now got providence. and then we had their sales dropped off a sort of go city where this situation is really dire. i mean, even for a country often battered by natural disasters, this kind of damage and devastation is unprecedented. we're talking about at least 4 provinces. many communities remain cut off. it's been almost a week since by foreign rice truck. and the situation on the ground is really difficult. it is distressing to see. for example, in 3 go city. just like in the whole province, just like in the now i got the main issue is really food and water would spoken to civilian some of them. those things that go city will have to line up for hours that just just to be able to have potable water, potable water. 1 that they have to pay for that costs more than double already. for example, just like the price of rice and fuel, then we made our way to deny good providence. okay. do another island that is about an hour and a half by boats where we were the 1st journalist to visit and you know,

by the time the arrived, it had already been 4 days since stifling rice struck the situation is dire, nothing was left untouched. children with barely anything to eat, no electricity, no power cut off from the rest of the world. muscle cells come here and our desire, including thousands of argentines, martin the 20th anniversary of what was called the great crisis 2 decades. later we look at whether there's been any change and how much would you pay for an empty canvas will tell you why it cost a damaged museum? more than $84000.00 more in that state. ah. hello, welcome to look at the international forecast. we have an alberta clipper making yes. why they quickly across sir parts of canada,

easing over towards hudson bay. that's his area of low pressure, with his trailing where the front just around the northern plains of the u. s. the canadian prairies and pushing back up towards the pacific northwest extract a fair bit of cloud, farrah winfrey weather as well. some lake effects no for time, just around the great lakes, but eastern parts of canada, saying some more. that snow is a go on into wednesday, then we got more snow gathering over towards the west. so british columbia, seeing it increasingly snowy mouse, winfrey weather, or slow to so sliding down across the north, west pacific into northern parts of california. it becomes more widespread. it moves across the cascades, the sierra nevada's right the way across into the rockies, so some disruptive snow coming in. we make our way towards christmas central parts, generally dry and clear. charles has some showers wintery in nature, up towards the northeast, dry weather coming in across southern parts of the u. s. i say dry because we are looking at some store. we conditions over the next 24 hours or so. as wet weather

sweeps across the panhandle, cloud and range raping its way across cuba, jamaica and much of espanola. ah. step beyond the comfort zone. where assumptions are challenged, traveled to the ends of the earth, and further experience, the unimaginable and the people who live it is, is probably the most extreme situation i've been involved in how quickly things contract award winning documentary is that also a perception witness on a just the euro lou with

ah, welcome back and remind about top stories here at this hour. you as president joe biden has announced measures to limit a surge of armstrong cases. they include expanded tests, support for hospitals and more vaccinations, but he stopped short of coding for another lockdown. flooding in malaysia has killed at least 27 people on display. 70000 military has been called to help rescue people. still trapped in their homes and supplies are being delivered to survivors on typhoon ravaged, islands in the philippines. at least 375 people were killed and typhoon roy. it's southern and central regions. more than 400000. i'm living in evacuation centers. now we're getting reports, sedans, prime minister, abdullah ham dock is about to stand down. it's a month after he made a deal with the military has been criticized by protest as, as a betrayal. ham dog was kept under house arrest for

a month following the military takeover in october. but since that par grab been mass protest, including over the past weekend, which marked the 3rd anniversary of the start of the revolution. mom at vase in the capital car, 2 months as hum dock has been in a difficult situation. handbook is very fast later than he has been expressing it privately and in public. sometimes about the, the amount of support that he's receiving from the people who pushed him to sign an agreement with the military and, and that's at the same time when his popularity waned. among the revolutionaries who have been looking at him as the savior of sudan. he placed himself in a very difficult situation in the middle between 22 sides who are loggerheads. and we have seen that evolutionary is gaining momentum over the last few days. with that push that led them to the gates of the presidential follies. and they are planning more demonstrations on the 25th and the 3rd and the 30th of this month. so

i mean, analysts talking about how do observing a situation that he's, you know, going to lead to a total failure of his policies. those policies by what she intended to reconcile between the 2, between the 2 sides and his finally got untenable in libya, the head of the high national elections commission says he's dissolving the electoral committees and ending their work. the presidential election is scheduled for december 24th. malik. trina has more now from tripling, 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 commission 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 oil had the leader, 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 left. 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 negotiations over bring 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 odd 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 nigerian government says at least 45 people were killed in the ethnic violence over the weekend. armed, heard us from the full army ethnic group attached to villagers in nasa. our state,

local leaders say the violence wrap it on friday and continued into sunday grazing rights and water access in the region of lead to deadly clashes between cattle. her dish and farmers opposition supported in georgia, demanding the release of jail. the former president, macau soccer. really off, the doctor said he was tortured in custody. thousands rallied in front of the parliament in the capital, tbilisi threatening a mass hunger strike. soccer billy was arrested in october after returning from exile and ukraine. he was convicted of abuse of power, a charge. he says is politically motivated. tens of thousands of people in argentina have marked 20 years since an economic crisis. spock large scale protests and riots known as the great crisis of 2001 years of austerity culminated with a government decision to limit cash withdraws. well, that sparked outrage on the streets and the police crackdown that left $39.00.

people said, well, critics say 20 is on the situation in argentina, is no different. the government's in the midst of negotiations with the international monetary fund to restructure $44000000000.00. it owes to the global fund theresa by reports from going as iris law. 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. but i think if i look at what he has now filled the room with machines used to mind group took 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, in the beginning it was very complicated and hidden. they sent us an email address and we checked to us valid though, 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 there, located in restaurants, and on rooftops with a growing list of clients. crypto currencies have become away from people in argentina to protect themselves from endless economic crisis that include inflation evaluation and now capital control. this crypto currency farms use enormous amounts of electricity and they're profitable here in argentina because energy is relatively cheap if compared to other countries in the region. identities trying to recover from the economic effects of different demik. it's also about to close the 40000000000 that agreement with the international monetary fund to stabilize the economy. but many fear the medicine could be worse than the disease. well, yes, i'm not. there is no agreement with the i m f without adjustments. so this protest is the beginning of

a series of movements we will do to reject which ever agreement our country and our preston science for di m. s. b. now it will be worth it and where to 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 read economy see a deal is necessary to give origin tina credibility in international market. so, but i think the political survival instinct, i believe, will make the government close a deal. argentine us micro economy and all the problems we face can resist and crisis. the agreements 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 ident tina 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 a turn, a deal like crypto currency mining that they hope will protect them from the fluctuations and instability of the economy at home. that he said, well, i'll defeat one aside. if no museum in denmark is finding out just how much an empty canvas is worth, the frame was supposed to be filled with cash, but the artist kept it for himself. his new work is cold. take the money and run as mamma jam june reports him. i'll book is now a publican. legal dispute about whether the empty frame is modern art or plain theft. just days before new cove at 19 restrictions forced the closure of museums across denmark, art enthusiasts in the city of audible. 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'd be in for when they loaned danish artist. 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 haunting 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 last off 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 riven up attendance and spark 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 stages in commer. why don't you do something about your own situation as well? so so the next or 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. the, 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, i'll ask you to put them on a painting. wouldn't your bid some to it doesn't seem like an arc to me. if it's fine 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. now to buys ruler shaft, mom had been rashid. alma tomb has been ordered to pay his ex wife more than $700000000.00 and a divorce settlement. a high court judge in london said the greatest threat to princess hi and her children is from her ex husband. i fled to the u. k. in 2019 with their 2 children in an early hearing, judges found on the balance of probability that the shake order 2 of his children to be kidnapped, hacked his ex wife's phone and subjected to a campaign of intimidation. in bosnia, a group of migrants of escape,

their daddy struggles to showcase the inspiration behind their journeys on the runway. the new brand seeks to shine a light on various stages of their migrant journey known as no nation fashion label . stop it as a semi in collective, providing reusable face. during the public several people are missing off a torrential rain cause major flooding in bolivia is central east rescue teams are searching flooded areas for survivors. some residents have been brought to safety. dozens of homes have been destroyed and several roads have been cut off. ah, i could check the headlines here on al jazeera u. s. president joe biden has announced measures to limit a surge of amik on cases include expanded tests, support the hospitals and more vaccinations, but he stopped short of calling for another lockdown. all these people who have not

been back you have an obligation to yourself to your family. quite frankly. i know would be criticized this to your country.