in the church leaders here in the old city and the israeli government. last week, those leaders put out a statement in which they talked about what have been happening in recent years. they say pressure on christian communities throughout the holy 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 secular 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 leaders 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. where the midway point in this new sound will get weather update next, and then thousands of people in argentina on the 20th anniversary of what was called the great crisis. 2 decades later, we looked at whether there's been any change on certain times. we looked at what's behind a star shortage in denmark. and then in sports, the national hockey league signed off for christmas. corona virus forces a pool ah, ah. hello, the weather remains cold if not bitterly cold across

a good part of year. a pat my mister large clear skies got big area of high pressure in charge here for the time being. but low pressure will grassy feed its way in as we go on through the next couple of days. and that will allow slightly margaret to push him for many as we go on through the next day or so. so he can see size of that model where these yellow showing up on our chart as we go on through the next day or 2, it will gradually warm up. there we go. temperature struggling to reach freezing across central parts. if you have all the way down into turkey actually, but spare a thought for moscow top temperature minus 19 celsius on wednesday afternoon, malware will come in as you go on through the next couple of days, but still well below freezing. as you can see, that mild air makes his way into central parts. easing over towards the east as we go on through thursday and on towards friday. so temperature starting to recover, you can see getting up into double figures there for london. and paris said that is some improvement. so what's going on with the weather was you try then, fog and frost or proper for those central parts. but here comes at moderate in the

form of cloud and rain tumbling in from the atlantic. suddenly winds picking those temperatures up, there will be some rain the be some snow for a time for some pretty wet there across the iberian peninsula and say that my ah, the from the al jazeera london bureau cath, intact to people in thoughtful conversation with no host and no limitations, what is even more in p me that mouth is system innovation? systems design and system transformation part one of human rights activist, q me, nighty, and environmentalists window near la cheek. i lived as you had for the fossil fuel aero my entire life, and i'm looking for a graceful transition out of it. studio b unscripted on out his era. ah, co cater culture of knowledge, openness and pluralism, world wide eyed to reward, merit and excellence, and encourage creativity. the shape, tomato,

ward for translation and international understanding was found to promote translation and honor translators, and acknowledged the road and strengthening the bonds of friendship and co operation between arab islamic and wild coaches. lou lou ah, it's good to be with us. hello, adrian, for the good. here with the news on, on al jazeera, the headlines u. s. president joe biden has announced measures to limit a surge of all my tron cases that include expanded tests, support for hospitals of more back summations. he stopped short of calling for

another lockdown. israel may become the 1st country to roll out a 4th dose of the cove at 19 vaccine. the government panel is recommended that people over the age of 60 be given the job. aid is now being delivered to survivors on typhoon ravish islands of the philippines. at least 375 people died. when ty, food right at solomon central regions, more than 400000 people, forced to take shelter and evacuation centers. several people are missing off. the torrential rain lead to major flooding in east and central bolivia. benny and santa cruz are among the worst hit places rescue teams are searching flooded areas for saliva as as al jazeera priyanka group total. in bolivia, work this in a raft with a heavy machine caught in a swirling sea of mud and flood water. the sheer force of the pi i river was too strong. the 2 with swept away, leaving the bunk of metal tossed around like

a paper boat until it disappeared them in the after trying to save their heavy machinery, they got trapped by flood waters and were swept away. bolivia is in the middle of its rainy season floods and not uncommon. and so what is the misery? the dilemma we have been stuck here since early morning because of rising river water. as rivers rise, holmes, roads and farm land are destroyed and several people are missing. rescue workers are trying to reach them, but more rain is expected in the coming days. with warnings that water levels may arise even further. plank up though alta 0. a government minister in madagascar swam for more than 12 hours to reach land. after his helicopter crashed into the sea. it happened of the country's northeast and coast on monday. rescuers are still searching for 2 other passengers. serge gary was traveling to inspect a shipwreck where at least 39 people died. the jury in gillian

maxwell's sex trafficking trial, as asked to review, printed testimony from 3 of her accusers, british so slight socialite maxwell pleaded not guilty of grooming teenagers for under age sex with her former boyfriend and convicted sex offender, jeffrey epstein. she faces up to 70 years in prison, to found guilty elders heroes. gabriel alexander is following the trial in new york . they're basically going over the evidence over the last 3 weeks. essentially, the prosecution argued in their case to the jury that gillian maxwell was a sexual predator, and she recruited under aged women too that were eventually trafficked to her then boyfriend, her associate, jeffrey epstein, and where these young girls were sexually abused. and the prosecution presented to the jury for alleged victims. they're now all adults who were teenagers,

when they claim that they were victims of jeffrey epstein and glen maxwell. as far as the defense, they argued from the jury that this case comes down to memory. money and manipulation. they say memory that this happened so long ago, 994 to 2004. when the allegations are that the memory of these women can't be trusted because it was so long ago money, they claim that the women all have the alleged victims were testifying, all have financial motivations to cooperate with the prosecution. they all did receive some money from the victims compensations fund out of epstein estate. and they say manipulation, they say that they, that the victims had testified in this trial had been manipulated by the prosecutors. that's something the prosecutors flatly deny. bottom line, this case is now in the hands of the jury to decide in japan branches of mcdonalds, say that being forced to rush into french fries. the fast food chain says linley sell small sized orders for a week starting on friday. it's due to

a shortage caused by floods in canada that have disrupted exports. mcdonald says that caused a crunch in the global supply chain for potatoes. strong economic growth in denmark is expected despite a surgeon cove at 19 cases that the unemployment rate is low jump. vacancies are at a record high staff shortages, having a di impact, particularly in hotels and restaurants, not a jump. june reports now from copenhagen. as the manager of this business hotel and copenhagen susanna learned should not be checking guests in her class. but denmark has more job vacancies than at any time in at least 10 years. so the added responsibility falls upon her at any given hour. susanna can also be found running the front desk, answering phones occasionally, even tidying up to where she says that at the height of the

pandemic life, there was even more to do a cleaning room, sometimes flushing toilets, that. i mean, it's hundreds of toilets. we need to flush, we needed to clean that the whole public area. that's normally housekeeping. who do that? while the labor shortage has made things particularly difficult for denmark's hospitality sector. economists say one thing that's helped both hotels and restaurants is the hiring of foreign workers. susanna is swedish and says that makes sense for both employers and employees. young, more money here and then mark the number of jobs vacancies may be soaring. but denmark is also experiencing low unemployment rates, economic experts believe those 2 trends showcase how well the danish economy had been emerging from the impacts of covered 19 until our micron. the variant of the

corona virus is beginning to darken outlooks. those are concerned that we going to lock down again. and on top of that, you also have the issue about increasing prices. and therefore you see inflation around copenhagen masks are back along with signs on doors, making people question just how festive the season will be. capacity limits and stores and restaurants are being introduced just days before christmas. a time when danes look forward to doing their holiday, being and gathering with loved ones. olivia can rig work, serving food and drinks at this restaurant, which like so many others in copenhagen was already struggling to hire staff. now things are even more tenuous. i think all of their people who work in the house, the selling business or of course, of course concerned. it said that the lovely christmas again this year will be affected by by commit a time normally reserved for festivity,

now filled once more with uncertainty. mamma, jim, jim and 0 company a jury in the trial of a former u. s. police officer charged with killing a black motorist has been told to carry on deliberating, if it fails to reach a verdict. kimberly porter pleaded not guilty to manslaughter, saying she meant to use her taser, but drew her gun on short, dante wright, the killing trigger nationwide protests owners, who as john hendern is 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's 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 than 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 could deliberate for days until the judge determines it. they are your reconcile aubrey irreconcilable at def, at odds. she's phasing 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 degree 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 and for

a police officer here in the united states that does not tend to go well. tens of thousands of people in argentina have marked 20 years since some economic crisis sparked large scale protests and riots known as the great crisis of 2001 years of austerity culminated with a government decision to limit cash withdrawals and sparked outrage on the streets of the police crackdown left 39 people dead. or critics. i 20 is on the situation on tina. it's no different. the government is in the midst of negotiations with the instructional military fund to restructure $44000000000.00 that it owes to the i ref, to raise a bow reports from water sellers. 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 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 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 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 refill 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.

argentine is trying to recover from the economic effects of the pan 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, the mom really 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 science, the die m f. as in zebra, sealant and we're at the 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 both so pet rent up a little 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 alternatives 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 iraqi artists have transformed one of bank, dad's oldest neighborhoods into an open air art gallery. it's been popular with locals and curious tourists as iran, calm reports now from baghdad. they call themselves the butterfly effect,

a collective of street artists with one goal in mind to beautify the neighbourhood . we're in the al amberin area of how the meal is one of the oldest parts of baghdad. it's also home to the a mom called the mosque, which dates back to the beginning of the 16th century. ali khalifa is the leader of the collective. he wanted to bring joy during the current of iris pandemic when people couldn't leave the neighborhoods or had a dinner with our rational. we started by drawing on the school walls, but after the outbreak and the curfew and people were imprisoned to these narrow lanes, we decided to shift our drawings to these parts of the city and waited for the reaction of people. it was a complete surprise. it brought joy to people, lay very quickly, more people on the collected to pay their houses down upon within while, if not a month up, the area was cold and neglected. but with the help of the guys and the creativity which they do for free is come alive again. alam bahrain is one of the oldest places and cut me a city. the walls were cracked and there was no life in them,

but the guise of revived these walls with the colorful pictures. i was very pleased with their ideas. i love the fact that these are history on the was on roy, and i know the idea behind a lot of the murals here is to reflect the local community, the residents that live here, the characteristics of the community. for example, this house belongs to a very famous local butcher. so what the collective have done is paint a street scene with a butcher in it. the way may have looked centuries ago. the collective does all of this voluntarily, but they did run into trouble with the architect association which said that they were destroying the character of the neighborhood, but support from the residence. quickly dismiss the accusation, the painting continues both with new work and maintaining the old. now that the krona virus restrictions have been lifted, the artisan residents hope the more people visit and it will become a defining motif of the neighbourhood the years to come in wrong con, how desert cordelia, baghdad, scientists in southern china, i've discovered

a perfectly preserved dinosaur embryo fossil that's at least 66000000 years old. it belongs to a toothless federal pod dinosaur research has dubbed it the baby union. they say it's one of the best dinosaur embryo remains ever recovered and is believed to been buried on to a sub mudslides which prevented it from being disturbed by it scavengers. just ahead hear all the designs for a painful twist. full upon james assist himself as another defeat over here with with with

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fit players, they are required to proceed with their game but seems and now allow to sign one replacement for every pilot test positive for cove in 90. if apply those test positive, you must spend a minimum of 10 days away from the team. all returned to negative p. c. r tests. the leak is had to postpone 7 games in the last week, but the and b s marquis christmas day games are still set to go ahead as planned. we've of course, looked at all the options for frankly, we're having trouble coming up with what the logic would be behind pausing right now. as we look through these cases, literally ripping through the country right now putting aside the rest of the world . i'm, i think we're finding ourselves, we're, we sort of knew we were gonna get to for the past several months and that is that this virus will not be eradicated. and we're going to have to learn to live with it . and i think that's what we're experiencing in the league right now. i would just

say to, in our community, really to everyone, at least based on the data, the n, b a has, the boosters are highly effective and we strongly encouraging everyone to get them . in fact, in our league right now, we're out, you know, we're around 97 percent vaccinated, but we're up to about 65 percent of our players have been boosted and we're in active discussions with the player association to look for ways to get that number . even higher. well, the national hockey league is pulling it season for a few days. this game involving beats, tampa, bay, lightning in the vegas golden nights went that on wednesday, but the matt ship between the philadelphia flies in washington capitals was postponed due to cove. it related issues affecting the capitals, then it's a schedule, a sets regime on december the 27th. tampa went on to win this game full 3. the league also looked set to confirm. it won't be releasing piracy, february's winter olympics in beijing. there are concerns that a positive test in china could lead to 8131 day stint in currency. i definitely

feel for the guys who have missed numerous opportunities it's, it's not something we're the next year. you push in a couple of months like these are, you know, opportunities and experience of a lifetime. you don't get very many of us not. you might only get one. you know, it just might happen to fall kind of your window and that doesn't work goes which unfortunate allah lay of egypt and morocco's roger casablanca faced each other in the calf super cup, lights her on for the 4th straight ear. this match between the winners of the african champions league and the confederation cup title holder is being played in cats. up alley of one. this trophy recalled 7 times 9 of their plays were involved in this month's arab cup, which also supplies in cats are now despite concerns over the global surgeon covered 19 cases, the africa cup of nations is due to kick off us planned in camera next month. we've

been talking to for, i think gary al smith about the countries preparations cover quite a while there was to the african shop. there she'd been just by successful also stood on women's africa, a couple of nations and the pool a crowd of 50000 people. the final comment, mary, trust me, let me just could some your lead to african football football agent today on what he said as well. similar to assist you in championships up in the nation. the copy in the midst of the panoramic where a lot of the countries hot could be, i did speak. why was it never canceled? why was away from around it? why is the conversation not about africans thinking of innovative wasted? were the only other ones custody that is good for you. this is probably the 1st time in a very long time that we have a good idea of the, the info player in the world that is most on language as well. you've got to it's

for countries media, fantastic story lines coming in a little metos who kind of surprised great countries like old jerry of work just war b. r a y o tari stadia and also you out, you know, nigeria what just changed your coach and you don't know what's going to happen. the africa couple of issues is one of the best tournament in the world because it is unpredictable and there is a lot of excitement. i'll forward adding a cat's ear south for austin with a hat trick. as the london club reached the semifinals of the english li count, they beat 3rd sis i've sunlit on one of america. i did the cathy got the opener in the 1st half from minutes weiss in quick succession. after the break. it was all come to 1000. we pretty good full on top of the bouncing to the semi in this competition and also for the arrows i for you in the prim. yep.

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