alleyway navigates the big questions raised by the global pandemic power system based on private ownership in the pursuit of profit. so the world in a ton of class capitalism is the pandemic that causes so much of the suffering exploited protected people or the profit episode. one of all hail the look down on out is there ah. ready guilty of manslaughter, u. s. course rules, in the case of a white police officers shooting a black man dead at a traffic stop in minnesota. ah, i know, i'm elizabeth veronica, this is al. does you alive from doha, also coming up the u. k. governments, as the on the con, variant of carbon 19,

is less likely to overwhelm hospitals, but concerns remain as infections rise across europe. vladimir putin puts nato and his sides. the russian president blames the alliance for creat intentions. and life is about to get tougher still for palestinian refugees and lebanon as the un warns of cotton funds. ah guilty, that's the verdict in the manslaughter trial of a former u. s. police officer in the state of minnesota. kimberly potter shot and killed 20 year old black man dante wright, during the routine traffic stop in april. that while member jury reached the verdict, after 27 hours of deliberation during the trial, prosecutors argued that potter who had pled not guilty, betrayed her badge and flattered years of training by mistakenly drawing her

firearm instead of her taser. the moment that we heard guilty on the manslaughter, one emotions every single emotion that you could imagine just running through your body. at that moment. i kind of let out a yelp because it was built up in the anticipation of what was the come when while we were waiting for the last few days. and now we've been able to process it. we want to thank the entire prosecution team. we want to thank community support everybody who's been out there that has supported us in this, this long fight for accountability. and john hand on has more from outside the court in minneapolis. it is rare, very rare that a police officer in charge here in the united states with killing someone while on duty, but it's rarer still that they are convicted now for the 2nd time in less than a year. that's exactly what's happened here. and today it happened twice. potter

was convicted of 1st degree manslaughter in the 2nd degree manslaughter in the april killing of dante wright. this was a very closely watch trial here throughout the united states. because dante wright was shot during the middle of another trial of a white police officer who killed a black man. that was police officer derek chopin, who knelt on the neck of george floyd ultimately killing him. in this case, kim potter stood, was almost impassive. simply lowered her head when each of those verdicts was read, the maximum charge for the 1st degree, manslaughter is 15 years. that's the maximum sentence that she could get and 10 years for the 2nd degree. but there are state guidelines that recommend substantially lesser and to complicate things even further here in minnesota, if it's just one act that you have committed, even if there's more than one sentence generally, you're only sentence on the higher of those crimes. but in any case, because there are mandatory minimums and says she is almost certain to spend years

in prison. we'll find out all of that on february 18th. that's when her sentencing is set for. and i should mention that outside of the court yesterday was the family of john k. right. but also there were several people there listening to the verdict from his family, and they burst into cheers. when the guilty verdicts were called out, will call for systemic changes and policing and criminal justice and the u. s. have been growing in recent years. they grabbed global attention after the murder of george floyd last year. in april, former minneapolis police officer derek show and was found guilty on all counts and fluids. death, according to mapping police violence, despite only making up 13 percent of the population. black americans and $83.00 times more likely than whites to be killed by the police. and n p r investigation revealed that police officers have fatally shot at least a $135.00 black men and women since 2015,

at least 75 percent of the officers will identified as white wood. debbie hines is a form of baltimore city prosecution. and currently illegal out of this, she says there's still a lot more to be done to achieve racial justice in the us. it's just rare that police officers are even charge. what for a killing, let alone convict if they are charged for it kill way and then even after being convicted, it's even rare still that they get any significant gel time for that conviction. i don't think that any police officer tonight to be quite honest the scanner concerned because cam potter was convicted of manslaughter. i think that where the change will come about it's not going to necessarily be in the court room. it has to be through police reform in this country. what justice looks like is people like dante wright would still be living today. he would not have been stopped and killed because he had an air freshener hanging above his window in his rear view window. and his car,

that's what one of the things that justice looks like justice looks like police will not be get jittery when they stop the black person for basically anything and then ends up killing val just this will look like when police are basically treating black people the way they would treat a white individual because most of these cases where people end up dead, the best ration disproportionate numbers are black people. so there was a long way that we have to go before we have justice in this country because justice means what they are and what is just and that's not what's happening right now. but that has to happen systemically throughout the police departments within this country. and through police reform, then we can even have one of the federal level which that appears to be also lacking in this country. now, friday marks one months in south africa, announce the 1st case of the corona, nevada's variance, known as on the kron and scientists. now and developing

a clearer picture of its dangers so far, the data in the u. k. suggest it is milder than previous variance, but because it's significantly more infectious, it could still cause serious pressure on health systems. back of the ports on how europe, as being impacted by on the kron health services across europe, on a war footing. taking the fight to armor chron by giving booster vaccinations to hundreds of thousands of people a day. the variance fueling a new wave of infections across europe. in the french capital, long queues formed outside pharmacies and coven testing centers in the run up to the christmas holidays. elsewhere, french police increase their checks on people's health passes, allowing for now at least the cities restaurants to remain open. president emanuel micron took to instagram to urge people to avoid spreading the virus. and for me, you want honey with this year, once again because of the virus,

i asked you to have a lot of vigilance. this means continuing the protections against viruses, you know, smart as regularly washing hands, respecting, distancing, ventilating rooms regularly with fresh air, isolating, and testing ourselves. as soon as we have symptoms, smart epistle, newsome, the u. k. health security agencies, the latest body to crunch real world data on the severity of the disease. concluding that someone with all micron is as much as 70 percent less likely to be admitted to hospital. but because the transmitter ability of our microns very high infections could rock it to the point, large numbers may still end up in hospital. we do know with only crime that it does a spread a lot more quickly, is a lot more infectious than delta. so any advantage gained from reduce risk of hospitalization needs to be set against that. and we know, for example, if her, if a much smaller percentage of people are at the risk of hospitalization, is that a smaller percentage of a much larger number?

there could be still significant hospitalization. our best way to, to deal with this, the best way to protect ourselves is through vaccinations and in particular the booster program. it is now even more important to come forward and to get boosted. the analysis also concluded that 2 doses of a covert vaccine are not enough to offer strong protection against omicron. a boosters vital and reducing symptomatic infection and serious illness. although data suggests protection starts to wayne after just 10 weeks. 3 jobs also don't stop people from contracting and spreading the disease at an alarming rate. despite no new official covert restrictions in england, london's christmas markets are quiet, fought for his down hawkish, british government ministers want clear cut evidence of a risk to the national health service before backing any new restrictions. evidence that may take days to become clear in the hospital data. what happens in the

british capital, where omicron cases are at their highest, will sound the alarm for the rest of the country. and given the numbers here, the rest of europe to the of barca, al jazeera, london, and corona myers cases in new york have as and 60 percent. and the past week, 12000 new infections were reported on wednesday. health officials say more testing sites have been opened. hospitals and jails have implemented restrictions for people visiting. and mayor bell de blasio hasn't yet decided of the annual new year's eve celebration in time square will be canceled. gabriel alexander has more from new york. new york city has become right now at this very time, the national epa center in the united states of the pandemic. all 50 states in the us have proven some cases of army crime. but here in new york city, it is worse than anywhere else in america. the big issue is testing. there is not

enough testing here in the city or state to meet all of the demand. this is a state of 20000000 people and about half of which live here in new york city, and with the cases rising so exponentially over the last week or so, there is a huge demand for testing. as you can see at this test site that we're at here on 42nd street in midtown manhattan. the lines have been at times hundreds of people they've stretched for blocks in some parts of the city. and you can see that it's not just right here at this testing site, but they're trying to open testing site all over the city as fast as they can. in fact, if you look down a block here, you can see another one. they're just a block ahead. all of these sites just have opened within the last 48 hours or so. and even beyond that, another block, there are more testing sites,

but simply not enough. many of the sites that were open during the height of the pandemic. here in 2020, were closed down after new york thought that the pandemic was over. well, clearly that is definitely not the case. i european negotiators and talks to revive the 2015 nuclear deal with yvonne of accused of having no new practical initiatives around foreign ministers. as the european delegation wasn't constructive during the most recent round of talks, world powers have made little progress in meetings to reinstate the agreement. that sets limits on fed and nuclear program. iran one sanctions imposed by the us to be left it talks are set to continue on monday. now military tensions between russia and the nato alliance have featured prominently in president ready me puritans, end of year news conference. speaking to about $500.00 journalists and moscow fruit and reject of the idea that russia should provide security guarantees to the west

is as nato should be the one given assurances because it's created the tensions, whole brand and reports. it's a cold, cold, christmas in terms of russia, nato relations, as evidenced by these russian troops undertaking, firing exercises near the border with ukraine and of all the topics covered in president putin's annual news conference. it was the questions about ukraine and possible nato expansion, which saw him visibly bristling, whereby bordeaux guarantee it, i thought, would we have made it explicitly clear that further later movement eastward is unacceptable. what is unclear about valley to go? are we putting missiles next to the united states borders unique knows it is the united states to has come to us with their missiles the already on our doorstep. you may, yes. need your good address and their response to a question from the u. k. news channel, he highlighted the historical context of the grievance. certainly been, i should, i do not know we're doing. we're no us to discuss it. not one inch to the east is what we were told. and the mighty mite is and what happened. we were duped. we were

brazenly triggered the were 5 waves of nato expansion to law. that's what we're talking about. you have to understand, it's not us who are threatening and that we didn't come to the borders of the us or the u. k. you came to us ukraine, gained its independence from the soviet union in 1991. and although its cultivated close ties with europe, some parts remained deeply connected to russia by history and language. in 2014, when you're my dad protest, ousted ukraine's pro russian president, russia swiftly annex the crime in peninsula and supported pro russian separatist groups in the eastern region of dumbass. but ukraine's express wish is membership of nato and the european union. an ambition reiterated this week by president lensky. my browsing them all. yes, we want to unblock the don bass piece process as soon as possible to return crimea to gain membership of europe in union an upcoming years. and to get a very clear and very specific timeframe from nato. and we want to get it in 2022.

the kremlin has tabled security proposals, which would effectively block ukraine's nato ambitions. russia has also deployed tens of thousands of its troops near to the ukrainian border diplomats from the united states and russia. we'll meet to discuss the proposals in january. nato is in an awkward position, hit an attack against one nato member is considered an attack against all. so while defending ukraine's rights to freely apply for nato membership, the alliance knows that granting membership could bring nato troops face to face with russian soldiers across a buffalo front. instead of these ukrainian soldiers practicing with us supplied javelin miss off, it could be american troops firing them for real. and russian soldiers firing back pull brennan al jazeera. still head on the bulletin a if you get him to clinton? no, it's gonna take about 14 days and then to hold. it is old already over. what christmas was cancelled from many's and bob. when's living and working in south africa and

more on why a hong kong university has removed a famous statue. mocking the t animal square massacre. ah, ah, look forward to brighter skies the winter sponsored my cattle. it weighs. hey there, here's your weather in a minute. 15 for asia, we're going to begin in india. it's a foggy start to the day on friday for the northwest and also the northeast, but you're gonna be hard pressed to find any rain across india. same goes for bumper dash into sri lanka in the mall div smalley coming in with a high of 31 degrees off to southeast asia. rain is piling up for that southern portion of sumatra. and just to the south of so the ways we, we got this likely going to cook up into a tropical cyclone and impact the top end of australia on saturday. now for indo

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an incredible journey into the realms of science fiction, where cloning and synthetic biology have scientists playing god. witness genesis to point toe. the hunt for the woolly mammoth are now to sierra. ah oh. watching al jazeera with me, elizabeth brought him a reminder of our top stories. the sour a jewelry in the u. s. is found fuller, minnesota police officer, kimberly porter guilty of manslaughter and the fatal shooting of a black man 20 year old dante right died off to punch a shot him during

a routine traffic stop. in april the u. k. is house security agencies has people who are the on the chron a 50 to 70 percent less likely to be admitted to hospital those, the delta, the country reported maybe 820000 cases on thursday, just a day off to recorded more than a 100000 infections for the 1st time. and corona was cases in new york have was in 60 percent in the past week. almost 12000 new infections were reported on wednesday . hospitals and prisons have introduced curbs of visitors to control the spread of the virus. now thousands of doctors in india have gone on strike their demand and the government resumes hiring post. graduate medics. there has been a recruitment freeze due to the pandemic. doctors say the delay has left a government run hospitals understaffed and overwhelmed with clay, with 19 patients. bob, me, metal has moved from new delhi, not remembering on the outside, the health ministry of new daily where hundreds of doctors have been protesting for

several weeks. these doctor, a residents belonging to several government on hospitals in india, every year, more than $40000.00 residents, appear for an engine exam. of these resolved the i law to training support in hospitals, but this batch of residents that process has been delayed by several months, but it was both boned optic woman 19 cases. busy started rising in india and then it was the toward up a separate petitions will fight in the supreme court, challenging the government's decision to resolve some of these trainings. bod was going to know us. man, i was just sorted. hospitals are understaffed. it was more than $45000.00 doctors who have cleared the exam on sitting at home despite expectations of a 3rd covered v. 2 doctors are forced to sit at home during the peak of 2nd. we have many medical students who are asked to work in hospitals, so qualified doctors are sitting at home while unqualified ones are working in the hospital. why rest?

say they have continuing to show off for work so emergencies. i'm covered 19 related duty, 7 hospitals, which are already on the staff have been overwhelmed with patients waiting several hours. the treatment doctors have said they will continue to protest till the demands on magic with a 1000 bob wins living and working in south africa have been false to cancel plans to head home for christmas, or many can't afford to pay for mandatory hotel quarantine. and as a result, south african boss companies is struggling for business. gillian wolf reports from cape town. usually at this time of year, these bus seats would be packed with zimbabwe ends, heading home to spend christmas with their families. but not this year, after new quarantine restrictions were introduced in zimbabwe to curve the spread of the arm across variant of corbett 19. it's also bad news for bus companies. augustine's business would normally send for buses a day each carrying around 60 passengers. now it's just one,

sometimes with as few as 5 on board silver covered study under this will give you he is with not to do so ago. this is it giving all this year? it was hope. the festive season would help businesses recover financially after the pandemic shot south africans borders from much of last year. but new restrictions are impacting those plans. they require incoming travelers to quarantine and government approve facilities at their own expense. it's a cost many migrant workers like to wander simply can't afford god. oh yes, so much. oh, something one offenses us wolf is the best. what? one m m a gun? warm little son. harris of africa. the minimum waves around $21.00 ran an hour and us dollars. the currency uses them bob way, that's

a $1.46. imagine just how much people would have to say in order to both travel and quarantine. if the exchange rate that makes it impossible for most workers to go home. it also means and borrowing struggling economy will not get it's desperately needed, annual influx of foreign currency. those and bub wins who do make the trip up north are using up their savings and borrowing from others everything. so we'll put them in the loop, right. plenty of money from them. see there were no good. good, if you pick up in some say they really have no choice because they married 3 years, 4 years, 5 years, we got senior quadrants, yours did records and you also would zulu, while the you see now we see must see them in baby must see us you see,

so that's why we decided to plug in now for those fortunate to be going home time spent with family despite having to quarantine 1st to far outweighs the financial burdens waiting for them when they return. chilling wolf are da 0, cape town. now hundreds have woman have a woman, have marched and sudanese cities are to allegations that woman were raped during anti military protests last week. the united nation says it received reports that 13 women were raped or gang raped by security forces on sunday. woman attending this march and on that on there, the military wants to frighten, protested, and stop them from pouring on to the streets. now the head of the un relief and works agency for palestinian refugees as his organization is on the verge of financial collapse. for the plaza veneers warning and where i can no longer meet the growling leads of refuge even lebanon. santa holder has more from beirut. in

exile for decades. these palestinian refugees have long lived on the margins of society. they are among the most vulnerable and poorest communities of lebanon. their situation has been made worse because the economy is close to collapse. and now their lifeline faces a shortage of funds. the financial crisis of on one us being of an existential nature. and it's often existence in nature because we cannot properly deliver our services anymore at a time to needs into come have significantly increase. always providing access to education to all the policy, reproduce, girls and boys in the camp and in the country. we are providing assistance to more than 200000 people. we are providing primary health scale. lebanon's currency crash has hurt the palestinians as well. inflation lead to food prices increasing by 10

fold. well, when people are just buying the basic, they no longer buying kilos, but in grounds for many help from the un is vital, especially since the lebanese state denies palestinians basic services. i didn't own rob provide education and medicine by this should give us more help because many people can afford to buy bread. a recent decision by the lebanese authorities to expand palestinian right in the labor market is welcomed here as a way to deal with rising unemployment. but many tell us it's limited and what is needed is to grant them basic rights. i. i can't register my truck under my name. i can't even get a license to drive it. there are minimum rights which palestinians dont have. we thank the minister for the new decree, but i doubt it or resolve an impairment. shelven palestinians her faced what rights groups call discriminatory policies since they 1st arrived in lebanon in 1948

successive governments, believe easing restrictions and providing them citizenship will encourage them to settle here permanently. that's why the majority rely on the informal labor market, but opportunities are drying up. and i said, if we don't work, we can eat. and there isn't much work nowadays because of the economic crisis. even before the economic collapse, lebanon's palestinians were struggling. it has since pushed more into poverty. the united nation says it now has to find money so that the crisis won't have what it calls a devastating humanitarian impact center could there al, jazeera beirut. now, hong kong university has removed a statue commemorating the victims of the $19890.00 adamant square massacre which is censored in china. the so called pillar of shame was made by a danish sculptor to symbolize the live last june. the military cry found as

a vague reports taken down under the cover of darkness, boards were erected a random monument, which was then covered up 8 meters tall. the pillar of shame depict 50 torn and twisted bodies piled on top of each other. it symbolized lives lost during the military crackdown on pro democracy protest. basing gentlemen square on june 4th 1989. but since october it had become an issue of dispute. the university demanding it be taken down in a state trans. they said the decision on the age statue was based on external legal advice and risk assessment for the best interest of the university they added. the university is also very concerned about the potential safety issues resulting from the fragile statue and just like that, it was taken away and put in storage. you know, when we go down the hall and we move to, hong kong alliance has gone to hong kong university. students union is also gone.

and today, given the pillar of shame has gone. maybe they just want to raise our memories of the 198910. i'm incorrect down. so we must preserve men inside against forgetting nikolai moment. in previous years, students gathered on june 4th to remember the events. the chinaman square. authorities have now banned lighting concerns about the coven. 1900 pandemic city would become his party. wants to impose here is a kind of a name. yeah. what happened in china? more than 30 years ago. the move follows a controversial national security low in hong kong. last year, the fact was the session version, terrorism and foreign confusion to intervene in the city's affairs. it spock protests and criticism of beijing for curtailing freedoms that were promised to hong kong when it was handed back to china by britain in 1997. for now, there is an empty space with the monument once stood. but for many,

even though the pillar of shame has been removed, the memory of what took place cannot be raised. a sad beg, i'll g 0 o belgium will shut down. well that's nuclear power plants by 2025. the move the creation energy shortfall with gas fired plans and option to fill the requirements. the government says it's still intense to keep new generation nuclear technology on the table. even though phasing out nuclear power has been part of belgian law since 2003 ah. hello again. almond is the broadman door hall with the headlines on al jazeera. a jew in the u. s. has found former minnesota police officer, a kimberly porter guilty of manslaughter, and the fatal shooting of a black man. 20 year old dante wright died off to pont a shot him during the routine traffic stop in april. the moment that we heard

guilty i'm the manslaughter. one emotions every single emotion that you could.