country, the climate emergency is putting more pressure on cities across the world and amplified your voice. it's not really the future 8. now. this is not our responsibility. people locked, can't get his response and believe it, we cannot lose hope. we know what to do, and we had the tools and we must build all these prevention. the stream on al jazeera ah travel chaos at christmas record corona virus infections for thousands of flies to be cancelled or delayed. ah la, watching al jazeera live from doha with me for the battle. also a head, a commissioner calls for gandy as former president ja jammy to stand trial for

murder, torture and rape. a sombre festive season in the philippines where tens of thousands are struggling to find food and shelter out to last week. super typhoon and the count downs on to one of the most highly anticipated space missions in recent memory. with the largest most powerful telescope ever builds now, ready for launch big christmas travel plans have again been thrown into chaos by the corona virus pandemic. the highly transmissible on the con, very in test for sale aligned to cancel more than 4000 flights worldwide in the us sick, in isolating airline employees are causing severe staff shortages. gable is under report, so new york airport in new jersey. the surge of the army kron variant and not only affecting people on the ground, but also those trying to get in the air to visit loved ones for the christmas holiday. hundreds of flight cancellations in the united states united in delta,

2 of the largest carriers accounting for the most united sending out these alerts to passengers. your flight is canceled due to an increase in coven cases, limiting crew availability. we have a really concern last night when i saw on the news that they had canceled a 100 quite that i'm like, oh my god, we won't be able to get home. but luckily we kept checking the fight that a 2nd the fight that has got here and everything was fine that we were really grateful for that. had new jersey, newark liberty, airport passengers mostly were trying to remain calm a little bit worried about cancellation. so ha, we see what happens. oh, my foreign cancer. i got the, you know, all the vaccines, 3 of omega, i got a mass otherwise, but we're ready to go. it all good. well, ami, crown is surging. so to is holiday travel official say more than 2000000 people passed

through airport security screening in one day. more than pre pandemic holiday travel with 2019 airport workers. say they are feeling it did last are were other times i we get we get along great. it is lost. awkward, nonstop holiday season. yes i was it. it's crazy. i and i never knew it was like this. aside from the check encounters along his lines at newark airport, where the cobit testing facility and airlines in the us are already starting to cancel more flights for the days ahead. and with the army kron variant and not expected to peak for at least another couple weeks. it likely will mean more canceled flights, especially if the flight tennyson pilots who operate them continue to get infected . gabriel is dondo hodges in newark, new jersey. joe leader is the ceo of the airline passenger experience association.

he says, the surgeon cases can't companies by surprise, what's affecting the airlines. the most is the lack of available islands in crew to fly lights done a very good job in gauging aircraft wherever possible, but really consolidated places as much as possible to make sure the people make it by christmas. here in fiji, where i traveled to 48 hours ago from the united states. it's christmas day here already. and from what i'm seeing, the reports from airlines over 90 percent of passengers are being it will be accommodated to get home in time for christmas. but it's sometimes taking an additional stop or a re routing to accommodate. i think that the airlines and done a great job and staffing up and maximizing the number of people that they have ready to work on the holidays. some of our airlines have done incentives as much as 3 times in normal for flight groups to get them as additional workers, while their colleague are backed by the new varian. but you can't really anticipate

this type of search so rapid i think that's what surprised some of our airlines. and they've been as good as possible under the circumstances in making sure that they can get people progress. in the u. k, the government will send millions of text messages, aging people to get their booster jobs. it's the latest attempt to combat the rapid spread of the army. kron variant. more than 32000000 booster and fair doses have already been administered. very challenge reports you might get that if that, how did you know they may be christmas, but the u. k. is vaccine booster program roles on without a pause. this is portsmouth on england, south coast, and jobs are being given to people who slipped between the cracks. i know that i know portsmouth, i'm not fascinated, and we need to get the town vaccinated to be able to go on. come get that whoever normally is that particularly the homeless. they're very vulnerable at this time of

year to co. they sleep rough and they definitely need to be protected to some come by. despite christmas day, the 25th and boxing day, the 26th being holidays jobs are still being given. it's just this sort of public service that boris johnson, thanks health workers and care is for and his christmas message. all those in the, in a chess, we're, he over christmas, our co workers, everyone involved in the incredible vaccination can pay those looking after people who have lost loved ones this year. that who would otherwise be on the road. he said, been so many words. those getting vaccinated and boosted are doing what jesus would have wanted. getting jobs, not just for themselves for ourselves, but for friends and family and everyone. we meet that after all. is the teaching of jesus christ, whose birth is at the heart of this enormous festival. ah,

across europe, on a cron is rampant, but countries are responding differently. germans q outside shops to show their health passes. nightclubs will be shot after christmas. and major events, we'll have attendance limits. spain has brought back mandatory mask wearing outside now as well as inside. but the netherlands lockdown is still something of an outlier, non essential shops, restaurants, hair, dresses, gyms, museums, and other public places are close until at least the middle of january. another christmas in the shadow of coven, 19 glory. challenz al jazeera in the world news gambia as truth and reconciliation commission has called for former president yard jammy to face try for historic human rights abuses. it base its investigation on hundreds of testimonies spanning decades of violence. alice alexander, latch has war a 3 year long investigation in the gambia has recommended former president. yeah.

john may be put on trial for murder, torture and sexual violence. yeah. johnny, this responsibility for the killing, for both my more money on moment to me, where the former president seized power in 1994 and for 22 years over. so a regime that has been accused of committing hundreds of human rights abuses in 2017 sharma was forced into exile and equitorial guinea after losing an election to adama barrow under president barrow. the gambia as government set up the truth reconciliation and reparations commissioned to prob allegations of jeremy era abuses. the panel heard from hundreds of witnesses who offer testimony about alleged human rights violations. their stories were broadcast on radio and t v for the country to hear. the government now has 6 months to decide it's next steps. we're hoping that got me to give me commitment and commitment to implement the

recommendations of becoming makes on. and she and as i hands right now, their article, me and i was a presence on, but of course the, i just got this on the chinese have not just have a profile again, anyone sort of, i guess on that. but i guess many at home and abroad hope to see the former president on trial though he remains in exile. but gambia weren't the sole targets of the re jim j. yeah, jeremy's victims include over 44 gun eons who were massacre. they include nigerians, they include senegalese, and the thinking is that if all of these countries got together and help gambia to create a court, it would also provide the political impetus for equitorial guinea where j jam is living on the commission is intended to promote healing and reconciliation for victims and survivors,

but ya may still retains considerable support in the country. the possibility of his return from exile was a key election issue. earlier this month. on the rock concerns his political supporters could hamper efforts to put the former leader and his associates on trial. jeremy has yet to reply to the commissions findings in the past. he's promised to return to the gambia, but he's been barely seen in the years since his exile. the report may make him question whether he would even want to alexander lurch al jazeera. the un secretary general has urged both sides in a few appears to dr. region to embrace the opportunity for laughing cease fire. that's after the fuel. government said he would not chase the rebels, reached retreating into the dry region. already this week to gray and fighting, withdrew from neighboring a fall in regions. the conflict sauntered in november last year. if you'll,

if you declared a state of emergency last month when the rebels were gaining ground, at least 4 people have been killed. rafter, a boss collided with a fuel tanker and burst into flames. in zimbabwe, the crash happened on a busy highway connecting that eastern city of mutari to the capital. harry witnesses reported that some people were able to escape before the explosion. please say dozens of people were hospitalized with serious injuries. in bangladesh, at least 39 people have been killed after a fire with through a ferry carrying hundreds of passengers. but he say it broke out in the engine room in the middle of the night and quickly engulfed the boat. then a smith has more this overnight ferry was packed with up to 800 people heading out of docker for a weekend, away with friends and family. many would have been sleeping in these crowded cabins as the fire took hold in the engine room. oh, the engine had been running for about an hour while on fire. later,

the fire probably spread from the engine to the earl tanker and his top with a loud bang at this spot where you're standing right now about that. it was not as flames whipped through the ferry, many passengers jumped into the river to escape. according to police, they believed the engine carried on running for an hour as the fire took hold on. many survivors of a terrible burn injuries and the death toll is expected to rise. i was on the 2nd floor. suddenly the engine exploded and caught, for it had be malfunctioning from earlier on. but the negligence of the ferry authority resulted in the fire. the ferry was coveting curtains, all the heat from the explosion was trapped inside and that he'd made everything firm. dozens of bodies have been recovered so far, very accidents, a common in bangladesh, usually blamed on over crowding, and lacks enforcement of rules. fairies are a main means of transport in a country that's crisscrossed by more than

a 130 rebels. the government to set up 2 committees to investigate the fire. they've been ordered to report their findings in 3 dates. bernard smith, our jersey at least 13 people have drowned after their migrant boat capsized increases. ha and see the 3rd disaster in as many days. coast guards managed to rescue dozens of others. smugglers have been increasingly using the dangerous route between turkey and greece to enter europe there. avoiding the have told ha, an island still ahead on al jazeera cleaning up from political chaos. people in sudan say they've been left to fend for themselves and more memorial statues, victims of the channel men sway masika removed in hong kong, adding diffuse of history being he raised ah, ah, look forward to really, to scully's,

the with the sponsored play cutoff airways. we may see some rain across the gulf states. hello everyone. let's talk about that right off the bat. it all has to do with this ribbon of cloud draped over sections of saudi. we'll go in for a closer look. i'll put this a day for now and we'll find ourselves on sunday. could see the showers through buffer rain, and i think probably the northwest of cats are maybe not don't specifically, but there is certainly the risk for it. and those winds will still be crank into about 50 kilometers per hour next for go into pakistan. enjoy it while you can because temperature is here will be falling in the days to come. that includes for the horse. so for now, a cloudy day at $900.00 degrees temperatures, however are going up and it's stumble, but it comes out a bit of a cost. you can see those winds pick up through the boss for as central africa. we've got our plentiful storms here where we would expect to see it, especially around lake victoria here, heart tomb a bit below average with those winds out of the north $29.00 degrees. and as we

look toward the south, we got some rock in storms across in bob boy's central southern portions of news and big still wet weather for eastern portions of south africa, just south of durban. the other day we skipped up more than a 100 millimeters of rain and still feeling like summer in cape town. 30 degrees the high for you on saturday. enjoy. that's it. we'll see again soon. oh, the weather. sponsored by katara ways. talk to alger. while the army, as we listen, design is, are making serious effort and his talk, the terms of use making stories done and i award winning documentary from around the world. ah, 0 me

ah ah, they're watching al jazeera live from doha reminder of our top stories christmas travel plans have again been thrown into chaos by the cone of iris pandemic valley transmissible omicron very interests for sale lines to counsel more than 4000 flights world wide u. k prime minister boys johnson is urging people to get a booster vaccine shot over the christmas holiday cases as searching across europe and gabby as truth. and reconciliation commission has recommended that former president via jammy san trial for murder, torture and free. he fled to exile in 2017 after refusing to accept defeat in the credential english and lebanon's president michelle our own says his country need 6

to 7 years to emerge from its current crisis. the lebanese currency has loss up to 90 percent of its value since 2019 and millions of people now live in poverty. the financial meltdown has been caused by massive debt and political deb blog. the un secretary general antonio terrace has said the world is not doing enough to help lebanon avoid economic collapse. so don's reinstated prime minister, abdullah ham dog, has been trying to appoint a new cabinet for more than a month, hour without success. and people, they say they're the one spain, the price for the political and economic chaos. mom involve report some cartoon his arm used to own 3 vehicles for rental and public transportation. just a few years ago, he considered himself a successful entrepreneur, but not any more. we drove with a psalm and his last remaining vehicle, which is also planning to sell in order to meet his family's needs. hello,

the hell of her sailor. the situation is different now. you can no longer pay for the education of you. children can't buy food because a loaf of bread is now 40 pounds. if a family member fall sick, you can't pay for the treatment. people have drained, their savings, likes become absolutely untenable. many sudanese share the same view that the crisis is a direct result of political chaos and the lack of proper government. the absence of government in this country is not a figurative expression. it's rather little. and as because over 2 thirds of the cabinet ministers have not been appointed so far, including those of interior defense. and our situation has been going on for nearly 2 months. there was been an explosion in prices soaring inflation and a huge rise in unemployment, leaving many people in a state of desperation. one of the few ministers remaining in his job after

october's military takeover is jabrisa by him. head of the dar for arm, justice and equality movement. he defends the lifting of subsidies and an immediate plunge into a deregulated, free market economy that subsidies for, for example, for full. ah, a for a wheat i fall gas or for foot at different commodities distorted the economy. actually it's a blanket for a subsidy. there each are getting the same as a pool. he believes more people who allow the thought to find a job in the past. at 1015 passes in, if i extended family, i rely on a single working person. and that person was tried to feed them through his sad and that mega income salary. now practically cannot do that. and if

people, if they're not working them going to feed themselves. so they have to go and look for work. that's what we're trying to do. but this approach is not popular among the sudanese and that doesn't been better than what's happening in the country is affecting the market and people's ability to buy and sell merchants raise prices that they wish. while the government has given them 3 rain, it doesn't seem to care. sudanese households are in a deep mis because of this policy in m. s to our basic services including sanitation and st cleaning. but in the heart of this, with any capital passers by, appear as indifferent to what they see of the authorities. mohammed fun at the 0 cartoon. oh frances, as urged the world to look beyond the lights and decorations and remember the poor during the festive season. the her roman catholic church, reminder of the faithful that serving others is more important than seeking sadness

or success. it's a 2nd time christmas eve mass has been held at saint peter's basilica in the vatican's inter pandemic began. the number of people who could attend was increased from last year despite a spike in cove. 19 cases in the city christians in iraq have been able to attend a christmas eve church service after the easing of crone of irish restrictions in bagdad. some worshippers express relief at being able to attend this year's mass. last year. the city was under locked down for christmas eve. hundreds of people joined midnight mass in bethlehem in the occupied west bank smaller than usual crowds gathered for the festivities in what's believe to be for the birth face of jesus christ normally christmas is bethel ems busiest tourist season. this year. israel has banned almost all international travel, including 2 occupied palestinian territories. now, ge the philippines. our christmas comes at a challenging time. a week after typhoon ry left, a trail of destruction, the storm des space more than 600000 people. and covered 19 has hampered relief

efforts. esco live to barnaby. lo, was in manila forest. barnaby. i know christmas is a very important time for filipinos. what's the mood like this year, amidst all the hardships people are facing well, you know, one of the most important things for filipinos during christmas is to be able to gather a family. and last year they weren't able to do this because of the severe cove in 1900 situation and their restrictions that were imposed by the government this year is a different story. although there have been 3 on recruiting various cases that have been detected, cases have remained low and so families have been able to gather. and this is true even in typhoon ravaged areas where they might be an evacuation centers. they might be in make shift shelters and surviving and relief packs, but they are celebrating christmas. now, the other thing that's important for filipinos is to be able to tend christmas,

massive. and again, last year, they weren't able to do this because of the restrictions. but this year, churches have opened, and millions of filipinos flocked to these churches in the run up to christmas. inside and outside a crowd of worshippers. as far as the eyes can see, for most filipinos christmas is a sacred holiday that is incomplete without attending church. often daily in the week leading up to christmas edition on a nightly christmas mathis, or an important filipino or the shot. there were even some less here, despite the pandemic. although vernie lee method a freight impression of a difference. i don't know just very, very happy with the philippines cove 19 situation has improved considerably. daily infections have only been in

a hundreds for weeks now. and would most curbs lift it. the one place filipinos have not been hesitant to congregate is here, filipinos are some of the most devout catholics in the world. each year during the christmas season, churches are filled with the faithful, pre dawn for 9 days of masses. last year, however, cove 19 restrictions forced this tradition move mostly online. the services are still streamed, but churchgoers believe praying as a community could be more powerful, especially during this challenging time. the country is not just reeling from the pandemic, but it is suffering from the aftermath of typhoon roy. this is really about us continuously. ah, continuing the spirit of christmas, which is the cross over the decided especially of those who are suffering. and those who i've been, ah, devastated by the pipe, particularly supporting victims of type food right has become an urgent concern.

church leaders hope this christmas, their flock can extend a helping hand warrant to below al, jazeera, manila, students and activists in hong kong say the removal of statues depicting the tenant men square down is another sign that civil freedoms are being eroded. 3 universities have now taken down memorials to those killed in china, in 1989. the chinese university says it removes the goddess of democracy statue because it was an unauthorized. it was unauthorized until now the territory was the only place on chinese soil where the freshman morals were tolerated all long you is the writer and civil rights campaign. no, he explains why these statues are being taken down. the removal of these statues and the pillars of shames and so on is firstly

a to symbol. are you so that hong kong autonomy is supposed to be well previously. i mean, seems last year, july, when raising impose that the national security laws on hong kong is already the beginning of all phone calls. but well, and then the aging has prosecuted $150.00 free projectors under the law. now this is just as a spectrum. ah, it has not involved in any separate gay jaw suppressor and oh, collusion before and forces just to dare and spare it does. why would they offer a di wanted to, to get rid of the schedule which has not alief? that's it because the law, the reason is really a symbol because ah,

i firstly there will for do you want us to catch about 10 on the metric and more importantly it make sure that, ah, the scenario where. busy hong kong, the broker learns and china to no credible when john hand in hand, which was the occasion obviated by. and it was this connection which refers to the statue. oh, yeah ha, says symbolized. is that that's a preaching doesn't want that happen. again. a russian court is fine, 2 of the world's biggest tech companies for failing to delete content. her government teams illegal. google has been fined nearly a $100000000.00 and met her jest over $27000000.00. they are reviewing the ruling of the government has introduced several new laws targeting online platforms. human rights fo, see moscow's campaign threatens freedom of speech. now, the largest and most powerful telescope ever build is due to go into space in the

coming hours. scientists hope the james web telescope could help us better understand stars and galaxies that are 13000000000 years old. man, iraq below has more from the launch site, in choral french, guyana. it's one of the most highly anticipated space missions in recent memory. after more than 2 decades of setbacks and delays, the james web space telescope is finally cleared for launch and expectations at the speech center in french kiana or hi. and i think i speak for everyone to say that we're, we're really excited to see it launch and i think everyone's done everything they can to make it a successful launch as well. web is the most powerful space telescope ever built its mission to pier back 13500000000 years ago to the early stages of our universe . scientists say the potential for new discoveries could up and everything we know about our place in the cosmos. we're really trying to look further back in time and,

you know, examine how some of those 1st galaxies formed where we're trying to rewrite some of the astronomy votes that exist right now. at the space museum in the city of crew, a new generation of astronomers anxiously await lift on one. and the excitement is just as high for aspiring scientists as it is for the grown ups who have been waiting for this moment. for years, we went to hear the music, i'm acela's phone and i've been studying astronomy for 10 years. i'm very excited about this telescope. so many questions will be answered thanks to it. i study excel planets, those planets that orbit stars, other than our son, and looking at their atmosphere, we could find possible evidence of extra terrestrial life. the web space telescope represents a collaborative effort by more than a dozen countries and the work of thousands of scientists and engineers from all over the world. the ferrying,

sitting on top of that area and 5 rock. it is housing the james web space telescope and those rocket boosters that you see on the side of the spacecraft have been filled with some 480 metric tons of solid fuel propel it just enough to blast off and send us payload some one and a half 1000000 miles away from her with the rocket now sitting on its launch pad, fingers are crossed and collective breaths are being held for weather conditions to be optimal. on the day of launch. manuel, grapple al jazeera crew, french kiana. ah la again. i'm fully battle with the headlines on al jazeera christmas travel plans have again been thrown into chaos by the current virus pandemic. the highly transmissible only con, very in task force airlines to cancel more than 4000 flights worldwide cable is under, has moved from newark airport in new jersey.