oh, for the past week he design space suits for his legacy. putting man on the moon on al jazeera ah al jazeera, with no travel chaos at christmas, wreckage corona virus infections, or thousands of flights to be cancelled or delayed. ah, flow on fully back to boil, watching al jazeera live from doha, also coming up a commission called for gamble, former president. yeah, i, jamie,

to stand trial for murder, torture, and rape. i'm was all, i've been job it in northern buck. hassan, and i'll tell you how changing but the buttons are having an impact on the lives of millions of people here and the count downs on to one of the most highly anticipated space missions in recent memory with the largest most powerful telescope ever built. now, ready for lunch with christmas travel plans have again been thrown into chaos by the current of iris pandemic. the highly transmissible on the con, very in test for stay aligned to cancel more than 4000 fly swelled white in the usa can isolating airline employees are causing severe stack shortages. google is on to report some new or cap or to 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 cove cases limiting crew availability. we were really concerned last night when i saw on the news that they had canceled a 100 white that i'm like, oh my god, we won't be able to get home. but luckily we kept checking the white that a 2nd, the vice that is got here and everything was fine that we were really grateful for that. had new jersey. newark liberty, airport passengers. mostly we're trying to remain calm. i'm 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, then we're ready to go. all good. well, micron 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, 2019. airport workers say they are viewing it. does not our work. other times i, we get we get along. great. it is nonstop. were non stop holiday season. yes, i was. it's crazy. i knew it was like this. aside from the check encounters, the longest lines in work airport where the covey testing facility and airlines in the u. s 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 attendants and pilot to operate them. continue to get infected gabriel's ando, how does it new, new jersey in the u. k,

the governmental send millions of text messages urging people to get their booster jobs. it's the latest attempt to combat the rapid spread of the on the con, very, and more than a 32000000 booster and their delta have already been administered very challenge reflux. you might get excited that how did you not? it 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 knew now that i'm not portsmouth and not vaccinated, and we need to get the town vaccination to be able to go on the come get back to normal. 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 from 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, frank's 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. and that after all is the teaching of jesus christ, whose birth is at the heart of this enormous festival, ah, across europe, on a crown 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 mosque 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 a close until at least the middle of january. another christmas in the shadow of coven 19 glory. challenz al jazeera krishna. dia kumar is the director of the do global health innovation center. he says, although some study suggests on the con, infections and milder hospitals, but there be overwhelmed with cases are not handling it very well. unfortunately, we do know that the transmits ability is significant for the oma con variance, so we're seeing case numbers rise dramatically over 260000 cases reported just yesterday. and even though we're cautiously optimistic that the severity is lower, where the rates of hospitalizations may be anywhere from 20 to 80 percent lower than we saw with the delta variance. the sheer numbers mean that even if

a few people as a percent are ending up in hospitals, that still is going to overwhelm many of our health system. we really have to both continue to vaccinate as aggressively as we can. but we can't forget about all of the other measures. we do need to make sure that we're masking that we're following the at the testing access to treatment using every tool we have in our arsenal to make sure we're, we're maximizing our chance of getting through the next few weeks. in other world news, gambia, the truth and reconciliation commission has called for former president john a to face trial for historic human rights abuses. it base its investigation on hundreds of testimonies finding decades of violence. alexander, lurch as a detailed a 3 year long investigation in the gambia has recommended former president ja jam may be put on trial for murder, torture, and sexual violence. yeah, johnny, this responsibility for the kid in both. my more money on moment to me where the

former president seized power in 1994 and for 22 years over. so i regime that has been accused of committing hundreds of human rights abuses in 2017. john a 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 your abuses. the panel heard from hundreds of witnesses who offer testimony about alleged human rights violations. their stories were broadcast on radio and tv for the country to hear. the government now has 6 months to decide. it's next step. we are hoping that got me to give in commitment a commitment to implement the recommendations of becoming only been mixed up. she and as i head right now, the article in december supposedly on. but of course the,

i just got this on the chinese have not had a profile against anyone sorta and a guest on that. but i guess many at home and abroad hope to see the former president on trial though he remains in exile. but gambiola weren't the sole targets of the re, jim j. yeah, jim is victims include over $44.00 gun eons who were massacre. they include nigerians include senegalese. and the thinking is that if all 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 y'all 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 in zimbabwe, abbas has collided with a fuel tank and burst into flames, killing at least 4 people. the crash happened on a busy highway connecting the eastern city of monterey to the capital. harry witnesses reported that some people were able to escape before the explosion and he said, dozens of people were taken to hospital with serious injuries. bangladesh has ordered a series of investigations into a ferry, into a fire on a ferry which killed at least $39.00 passengers. and he said, broke out in the engine room in the middle of the night and quickly engulf the boat

. venice 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 tankless and disturbed with a loud bang at this spot where you're standing right now about that. it was not as flames whipped through the fairy, many passengers jumped into the river to escape. according to police, they believe the engine carried on running for an hour. as the fire took hold. many survivors of a terrible burden juries and the death toll is expected to rise. i was on the 2nd floor. suddenly the engine exploded and caught, for it would be malfunctioning from earlier on. the negligence of the ferry authority resulted in the fall. 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 and a country that's criss crossed by more than a 130 riddles. the government to set up 2 committees to investigate the fire. they've been ordered to report their findings in 3 dates. david smith, all jersey, at least certain people have drowned after their migrant build capsize in greece, is a j and see the 3rd disaster in as many days. coast guards managed to rescue dozens of others. smugglers have been increasingly using the dangerous road between turkey and greece and to europe. they're avoiding the heavily bushels ha and islands. and still ahead on al jazeera is columbia coming in lising descent human rights groups res, concerns as a controversial security bill passes through congress. and as little holiday,

she is christmas in nigeria as a rising price of food and transport phase worsens around the country. ah, 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 those showers through buffer rain and i think probably the northwest of cats are maybe not doas 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. well, you can, because temperatures here will be falling in the days to calm that includes for the hor, so for now a cloudy day at 19 degrees temperatures however are going up in is stumble,

but it comes out a bit of a cost. you can see those winds pick up a through the boss for as central africa. we've got our plentiful storms here where we would expect to see, especially around lake victoria here, heart tomb a bit below average with those winds out of the north $29.00 degrees. and as we looked toward the south, we got some rock and storms of crosses and bob boys, central southern portions of mozambique still wet weather for eastern portions of south africa, just south of dirt. in 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. ah. the african narrative from african perspectives now, but now we're about his big daily. my shift blue, short documentary by african filmmakers from democratic republic of congo. and one

day there was never going to be letting an obstacle just stand in front of you. you ladies. what made the intimate connection between myself and drawn dot diggers and merchants, and fetch me africa direct on al jazeera lou . ah, welcome back. our top stories on al jazeera christmas travel plans have again been thrown into chaos by the corona. various pandemic, the highly transmissible on the cross variant has forced air lines to counsel more than 4000 flights worldwide. u. k prime minister boys johnson is urging people to get a booster vaccine shot over the christmas holiday cases,

a surgeon across europe and gambia truth and reconciliation commission has recommended that formal crescent, yaya jammy stand trial for murder, torture and great. jamie fled to exile in 2017 after refusing to accept defeat in the presidential election. human rights groups say columbia's controversial security law violates human rights and could turn protesters into criminals. it was approved by congress this week and is expected to be signed off by president yvonne doki. the opposition says they'll challenge it all the way to the constitutional courts. alexander, i'm pity reports from board. ha. in a last minute special session, columbus conservative majority congress passed. and you, controversially security law, that the opposition says violates human rights. this is what those already see. the bill is the government response to a wave of crime that followed the pandemic locked downs. the critics believe that

while the claims to guarantee citizens security with the full penalties, it also violates the constitution dangerously expanding, self defense laws among other provisions. why get it by the foreigner where i said it was a matter my this bill allows private citizens to use weapon on the property. let's say a peasant farmers invade the land of a big landowner. it can shoot and killed them and take justice in their own hands. it will bring new violations of human rights in a country that already has a terrible record in that regard. the law increases penalties for damaging public infrastructure or when protesters where a mask and it comes as the government is under pressure for the police, responds to the economic and social protests, the rock, the country in 2019. and again, this year, everything un reports documents various in unnecessary and disproportionate use of force by police officers that lead to does instead and criticize arms to video

shooting at them, traders. but the country's defense minister who controls the police, said the law does not legalize these actions. then what i was caught in this law does not violate peaceful protests in any way. but when crimes are committed, it shows the police and the justice system that they can bring those responsible to justice. this law responds to people's needs for security and protection. well, some mayors apply the elements of the bills, especially the tougher penalties. critics say they will challenge the law in the countries constitutional court and will then now that internationally in slowly, okay, security experts, hydro, the bit error says the court will likely reject the most liberal articles of the bill is on a hill plot deep because it's a typical example of punitive populism for people want to see those who commit a crime rotten jail. and you can understand that from a victim's perspective. lapointe, but the rule of law regulates things in

a different way. we can't forego people's constitutional rights. columbus have been hoping for an improvement in security and at the same time or you main police for a long time. the government says this new law will do that reducing crime across the board. but many are asking if it indeed will. and at what cost allison the and betty l. a z of a with her he won't stop. military commander has said military dress conducted this week, were intended to send a warning to israel jones hon. bye, gary has said 16, blessed of miss hours of different classes were fired in the gulf. iran combated these drills and made concerns over possible plans by israel to attack his new sites. lebanon's president michelle allen says his country needs 6 to 7 months to emerge from its current crisis. the currency has lost up to 90 percent of its value since 2019, and millions of people now live in poverty. the financial meltdowns been caused by

massive debt and believe or deadlock, un secretary general antonia terrace, has said the world is not doing enough to help lebanon avoid economic collapse. nigerians are feeling the impact of rising prices as they try to enjoy the festive season. food prices and travel costs are soaring, preventing many people from going home for the holidays. fidelis by reports from a butcher. well nozer, jonathan is out shopping for the family ahead of the festive season. he's trying to buy gifts for his children and stock up for the holidays. for his family plans have been disrupted by the rising cost of food items. i bought my own my head spaces. oh god, what i want to buy to the level of them under albert, how to be able to so symbols within this bureau. nobody wants to be on a level shopping anymore because there is, as is no good for many people. sitting there firmly has become

a daily struggle as the coastal some items have doubled enterprises. i speculate as the height of 31st it says in those traveling for the holidays, the cost of tickets is rising to oh, mercy charles dulcie has 3 children to look after. she can afford to take them to anywhere these holidays in terms of our traveling. i was planning to travel, maybe to lagos, all some other album, places that will go and have a vacation with the family, you know, spending and going for that to a patio guidance and all that. it's all this once we have to cut them off the hash economic reality. he's also squeezing santos or the market like abdul is shackle before. if christmas remained like you one week, we asked that dead soon joe. mike at gun started to move barry way. but this time

around that we are the costumer damn no comin like that. the number of people living in poverty in africa, most populous nation, is among the highest in the world. the world bank estimates may jurors inflation and foot prizes pushed 7000000 more into poverty in 2021. now been and this business analyst says very little has been done to improve the situation. now, the diesel is almost article com where we act knowledge to data. that is, are not way should be, we are not where we should be. these are bad, these are bad, bad as in. but then when we acknowledge that solution, we call for those suffering, they'll hope that politicians can keep their promise. every situation will improve mixed here. fidelis, i'll jazeera

a butcher for francis s as well to live beyond the lights and decorations. and remember the poor during the festive season. the head of the roman catholic church reminded the faithful that serving others is more important and seeking fatter. so success. it's a 2nd christmas. second time christmas eve laugh has been held at saint petersburg silica and the vatican. since japan demik began. the number of people who attended was increased from last year despite a spike in over 900 cases. in the 1500s of people joined midnight mass in bethlehem in the occupied westbank, small of unusual crowds gathered for the facilities and was believe to be the birthplace of jesus. normally christmas is beth and busiest toys season this year. israel has banned almost always national travel, including 2 occupied palestinian territories. flattered pakistan where communities in the north se mountain glaciers of putting their homes and livelihoods in danger

. the country has more than $70000.00 ratios and more than anywhere else in the world except for the follow regions, but they're at risk of disappearing because of climate change. in part 2 of our special series on pakistan's water challenges or some been java re for some osha near the himalayan mountains. living 2500 meters above sea level. there are no grocery stores nearby, presented as day begins with getting milk for her family. she lived in the idyllic pass village with legal issues meet in northern parts of firm, but under the 3 come, isn't ever present dangerous because those glaciers and melting and at different rates because of land erosion and floods, their house is not only 12 meters away from a river bank for the family lived in constant fear, not knowing whether another flood will sweep it all away. is that john said the area. this used to be our agricultural 9. when i was a child, we had fruit,

orchards, and field. after massive glacial outflows became more frequent, it's all become part of the river. the whole area in the summer is the merged. we face constant danger. our village has lost cattle and lots of agricultural land and this area has become more dangerous. 7000000 people at risk from glacial league outburst floods of gloves as they look in the known out of the 3000 or more glacier lakes in northern pakistan. the united nations development program says 33 dangerous to get any more than 600 acres of land when lost to the river. many people living in posture were angry at the government, but not doing enough. they say that talk about warning systems and protection was never going to action a couple of things and it's working with international partners, invest 40000000 dollars into saving lives and property. these ratios. don't disinfect. the 7000000 people affect the 30000000 people who live in pockets on we

have a project which is looking at setting up early warning systems so that we can at least get, you know, humans out of harm's way. but the challenge is the infrastructure. the infrastructure gets damage 70 percent of the damage caused by these racial birth is on infrastructure. and that creates and creates an economic cost for august on scientists. so assessing glacial fluctuations to understand the complex interactions involved in climate and glacier response for its far reaching impact on global weather. focus on $7000.00 plus known glaciers make it home to more glacial life than anywhere on earth outside the polar regions. and within the himalayan region, i'll find glaciers as sensitive to phlegmatic changes due to their very will out that you and debris covering the ice on the foothills of the himalayan mountain range that is erotic whether excessive rains cause flood. and a lack of rain means that waterways and spring such as this have dried up and

there's very little snow on the mountain tops and that, but most of the population that risk is more than 80 percent of focus on fresh water comes from glaciers. this is a huge challenge for august, and it's not about one on making. started because of august on the missions because of what is happening around the world on climate change. and we are getting affected by this. an average country store about 40 percent of the water, but in pug fun, the figure is 9 percent and the rest goes to the sea. and environmentalists say, unless water consumption is reduced in farming, and in urban areas, the precious resource will become increasingly scarce. as the planet forms from jared under the ocean near him, 1000000 mountain system. and in part 3 of our series of ham i've been driving takes us to corston in 7 pac sun, where a decline in yearly rainfall has devastated the regions water supply. it can wash at re, for starting from

o 2 g m t on and be right here on our just syrup. now the largest and most powerful telescope ever belt is due to go into space in the coming hours. scientists help the james webb telescope could help us better understand stars and galaxies that are 13000000000 years old. my rappa low has more from the launch site in choral french ghana. 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 space center in french, vienna, or high. 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 the 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. we're trying to rewrite some of the astronomy books that exist right now. at the space museum in the city of crew. a new generation of astronomers anxiously await liftoff 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 faring 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 this payload some one and a half 1000000 miles away from her with the rock it 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 rob, hello al jazeera, peru, french kiana. ah la again. i'm fully back to bo. with the headlines on al jazeera christmas travel plans have again been thrown into chaos by the corona virus pandemic. the highly transmissible on the car very and test for se minds to cancel more than 4000

flights worldwide. kimberly xander has moved from newark airport in new jersey delta. one of the major carriers here in the u. s. is announced her over a 100.