which led to the assassination of the president and his brother, and of 24 hour period. the center of saigon was a more zone. the press retreated, in effect that the caravans hotel. and many of the story is mentioned we received was from the care of me. ah, this is al jazeera ah, hello, i'm emily. ang, when this is the news out live from coming up in the next 16 minutes. we'll see what happens. i hope my chance me, kron troy's travel plans into disarray, rising cases and the very and for, for thousands of flight cancellations. worldwide commission in the gabby calls for

former president jimmy to be prosecuted for crimes against humanity. all set for the launch, the world's largest and most powerful telescope promises to offer new clues about the universe and christmas to under a blockade. christians in guys is denied access to the holy science can occupy territory by israeli. oh sorry, i'm devin asked with both the world top fully raise concerns about really from player to the africa combination. french well cut off nor legend. patrick vieira says the tournament is more respect. we begin this news hour looking at the christmas chaos and travel disruptions from millions of people across the globe to to coven 19, the highly transmissible army chrome variances forced

a line to cancel more than $4000.00 flights worldwide in the us seek and isolating airline employees causing severe staff shortages. gabriel, alexander reports from newark 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 cancelled due to an increase in coven cases, limiting crew availability. they were really concerned 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. luckily we kept checking the fight that a 2nd the fight 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

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 other worry about where we're ready to go. all good. well on, the crown is surging. so to is holiday travel. officials 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 nonstop nonstop holiday season. yes, i was it. it's crazy. i and i never knew it was like this. aside from the check encounters, the longest lines in newark airport, where the kobe 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 attend and pilots who operate them. continue to get infected. gabriel's hondo. how does it newer, new jersey? that's cause to angie simmons now, who's lived? france in london with the latest and travel disruptions in europe and around the world. hello there, andrew. merry christmas. it's certainly not a merry christmas for many travelers, though. is it no christmas cheer for so many travers as you say, a situation in europe is really devastated by the trans atlantic flights a large proportion of those u. s. flights you've just heard about from gabriel. now the issue being crew availability, a different problem to this time last year, which was when flights were being moved around and according to different hot spots

of cove. it outbreaks with the whole situation with on the chrome, the now we're seeing a situation whereby the cancellations are just mounting up. as gabriel said in that report, this isn't going away with the increase of infections having not kicked yet anywhere in europe or indeed anywhere in the world. so there is going to be a lot of revision of time tables. it would seem that the airline management, so i've got this wrong, they did not make enough account for the number of a sick days mounting up amongst cruise. so yes, this is really about the people as if there wasn't a big enough problem for family. christmas is all over europe right now. this is just making things far worse in danger. and let's take a look at the u. k. more closely. there's been reco daily numbers of kind of infections. does that training look likely to continue?

it certainly does. it's a really, really larger emergency than many have full possible 122000 or infections on christmas eve 24 hours of christmas eve friday. that's another record breaking number. and there's also a worry about the hospitalizations which are increasing as well. we're now hearing that the research in london, which is effectively the capital in europe of our micron. here on the december, the 16th one in 20, in london had covered that figure now is estimated by the government at one in 10. and so yes, this is a real crisis for the government as well, because borrows johnson, the u. k prime minister has not brought out any new measures yet, holding back to look at the data. well, the data, especially in the capital here that speaks for itself and the u. k. in england is

not instituting measures in such a way of scotland, northern ireland and wales. they're not as intensive. and therefore, there's a lot of controversy going on with really a reliance on people at home to make their own decisions. but johnson has to recall parliament before instituting any new measures. that's a 2 day process. it's thought that he may do that in between christmas and the new year. so next week, but certainly it would appear something may have to be done to line up with similar situations elsewhere in europe where harder measures have been taken in france, for example, much stern measures taken their way. they have actually the front, the french have now gone through of the 100000 barrier in terms of infections. another record rate. all right, well mike, she came this updated. thank you very much. any simmons land for us in london to the philippines now which has shot its borders to foreign tourists during the

christmas holiday period. citizens are allowed to enter the country. there are but the strict rules in long and quarantines have made it impossible for many migrant workers. to go home for the holidays. barnaby. lo has this report from manila after having to suffer one of the world's longest and most restrictive blocked doubts, filipinos are out and about daily coping. 19 cases are down to hundreds. from a peak of 20000 a day during the delta wave of infections, most restrictions have now been lifted. but the country's main airport remains only half as busy as it was before the pandemic. the threat of their armor chron variant has halted the government's plans to re open borders. the 1st way by which the 1st strategy with employ to delay the entry of the on the crown variant is to ban the entry of travelers from countries that have a community transmission of the virus variant migrant philippine workers are

exempted from the bad but that doesn't mean they can travel without difficulty. there around $10000000.00 filipinos working overseas each year. many of them look forward to coming home during the holiday season. but the emergence of the army could vary as disrupted international travel. john, good saga, who works as a nurse in the u. k. has not been back in the philippines for 2 years. he had hoped to be able to fly home this christmas, but the you case armor can search has made that impossible because of the new larry and a micron and a number of cases that had been increasing. now one thing back, actually the old quote, because we have been the 1st way. i think i'm pretty soon there they will be, they will announce that we're going to be on lockdown because of the neighboring countries are on lock down already. and it's not just leaving that's difficult. john says he has friends who are having

a hard time getting back to you. okay. they're in manila at the moment, but i'm, i was, they just told me that they won't be able to, to come back here. because of the childhood restrictions, despite travel constraints, however, the philippines health department has detected the armored chron variant in 3 international travelers. there's a fear it will quickly spread, but the government says the situation is under control. barnett below al jazeera manila. people in the philippines are also finding it difficult to travel because of distraction left by typhoon, ry awake, a go. the stone displacement 600000 people in killed in nearly 219, has also hampered relief efforts. the philippines has one of the largest populations of catholics in asia to the world news now and the gammy is truth and reconciliation commission has called for former president ja jermaine to face trial for human rights abuses. it's based its investigation on hundreds of

testimonies from people spending decade violence. alexander, lodge reports 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 a 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 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 just have not been provide against 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 $44.00 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 plenty more ahead on this news hour, including more protests expected in sudan. as many complain about the rising cost of living is columbia criminalizing dissent. human rights groups raised

concerns as a controversial security bill is passed by congress. and corporate 19 continues to impact world sports. the n h l is forced to delay the return of the regular season . jim, and we'll have all that a more lightroom and use our ah at least 13 people have drowned after a boat carrying migrants capsized in the agency. it's the 3rd such disaster and great waters in as many jays bringing the combined dec told to 27 smugglers are increasingly using a dangerous route from turkey to easily to into europe. their avoiding patrols around the age in the islands. the un security general or secretary general rather has urged both sides in ethiopians to gray, conflicts,

to embrace the opportunity for a lasting ceasefire. that's after the ethiopian government said it would not chase rebels retreating into the july region. earlier this week, fight has from to grind, withdrew from the neighboring afar, and am horror regions. the conflict started in november last year. if you declared a state of emergency last month, when rebels were gaining ground, internet services have been suspended in sudan ahead of planned protests against the military takeover sedans, reinstated, prime minister has been trying to appoint a new cabinet for about a month without any success. and many people say they are paying the price of the delay is the cost of living and unemployment rises. bohaman val reports from the capital cartoon. islam 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 that treatment. people have drained their savings, likes become absolutely untenable. many sudanese share the same view, but 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 asked because over 2 thirds of the cabinet ministers have not been appoint to so far, including those of interior players defense. and our situation has been going on for nearly 2 months. there was been an explosion in prices soaring inflation and

the 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. i have a for a wheat i for gas or for, for the different commodities distorted their economy. i shall, it's a blanket for a subsidy. there each are getting the same as a pool. he believes more people will now be forced to find a job in the past. at 1015 passes in if i extended family ally on a single working person and that person will try to feed them for his sad

and then mega income. one 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 forward. that's what we're trying to do. but this approach is not popular among the sudanese and that doesn't have 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 free reign, it doesn't seem to care. sudanese households are in a deep mis because of the policy in m. s to our basic services including sanitation and st cleaning. but in the heart of the sudanese capital passes by appear as indifferent to what they see as the authorities. mohammed fun at the 0 cartoon. international pressure is building on libya after the electoral commission canceled

the presidential and parliamentary polls us and for european countries are urging the nation to quickly set a new date for the vote. trying to has more from tripoli today is live is 70 it anniversary or independent or independence day. it's also the day that a presidential election should have been run. so we're here in morris, where, where you can see a crowd gathering as libyan celebrate historic day and live in history. but right next to the celebration, you have people protesting here saying that election should go shouldn't go ahead without a constitution. they're calling for a constitutional referendum before a presidential election takes place. now, just wednesday, the libya high national elections commission suggested that elections be postponed until january 24th. and really, we're not seeing any regret. we've talked to a couple of people. and here's what one of them had to say on the limit to what

you're seeing on the ground. and when you look at the live in social media, most of the live and people are calling for a constitutional refer and them. a presidential election without the constitution is impossible of almost the halo. so what we're seeing now is live in calling for our lametre election to move ahead. they want the constitutional referendum that identifies the power rather than then they are a resident with a believe. we'll move the country forward. lebanon's and president michelle own says he's country needs 6 to 7 years to emerge from its economic crisis, the currency, his last up to 90 percent of its value in 2019, and millions of people now live in poverty. un secretary general antonio good terrorist visited lebanon earlier this month, and said the world is not doing enough to help the country avoid economic collapse

. rights groups in columbia, say a new security law, violate human rights, and could criminalize protests. the bill was approved by congress. this week and is expected to be signed off by president yvonne to k. but the opposition says fell challenge it all the way to the constitutional court. alexandra ram p a. t report from the capital budget. 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 are. see. the bill is the government response to a wave of crime that followed the put them in lock downs, that critics believe that while the claims to guarantee citizen security with penalties, it also violates the constitution dangerously expanding. self defense laws among other provisions. why get a pet owner where i said it was a matter of this bill allows private citizens to use weapon on the property. let's

say if 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 response to the economic and social protests, the rock, the country in 2019. and again, this year, everything un reports documents, various instances of unnecessary and disproportionate use of force by police officers that lead to does instead and criticize arms to 1000000000 shooting at them. traders only, but the country's defense minister who control is the police said the law does not legalize these actions. then what i was got into this law does not violate peaceful

protests in any way. but when crimes are committed to show 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 said, internationally, you know, you the cute, the experts have already, but it says the court will likely reject the most liberal articles of the bill is when a lot people, it's a typical example of punitive populace. people want to see those who commit a crime rotten jail and you can understand that from the victims perspective look way. but the rule of law regulates things in a different way when we can't forego people have constitutional rights. columbia have been hoping for an improvement in security and at the same time, or you mean 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 i listen that i'm the eldest of the largest and most powerful telescope ever built is true to go into space and just a couple i was time scientists hope and the james web tell us guy will help us better understand stars and galaxies than a 13000000000 years old. manuel rapids has more from the launch size. you can root in french. he, anna, 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 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 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 bucks that exist right now. at the space museum in the city of crew, a new generation of astronomers anxiously await lift off. 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. i've 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. men with rap hello al jazeera crew, french vienna. to break this down for us lance bringing it palazzo bigler, who is a science journalist, an author of several books, including writing to the stars in his journey to mars and beyond. he joins his live now from that new jelly. thanks for being with us here in this news our palazzo,

firstly, what makes this telescope? one of the grand scientific endeavours of the 21st century, break it all down for us simply extremely costly or 10000000000 dollars. it is much anticipated by the time because it has been much delayed. and now this will give us an opportunity to be into the boss on how you and i came about. we are essentially star dust and to be able to look at the earliest stars and galaxies is the very exciting opportunity. when james, the school offers into it will be a successor, will be at a school. so astronomers across the world and especially in india, but astronomy is very, very fine because india how one of the highest land based telescopes

of the world and let the dog enjoy cushman. and the mother of that is much anticipation and the find that is likely to come out is exciting and shouldn't be pushing the front of understanding of the unit worse. but the launch has to go right. yes, of course. before we get into the launch, i just can you explain to me how web will look deeper into the cosmos and then as a consequent and move further back in time. how is that even possible to back in time? see, it is believe that about over 13000000000 years ago for the big bang, the universe, it ward and also the big bang. there are several galaxies which are very far away and several star, which i've left the signatures. and the james web scope, with a very, very large mirror of over 6.5 meters of the largest school of its kind

to be sent up into space. would be able to get us the signatures of the only stars and prove the understanding and the autographs given by the better school one to be able to understand what it was like soon after the big bang when the star and the galaxy is bombed. wow. really way past. so now let's focus on the launch. the telescope must 1st divide this 27 minute ascend. just how difficult and complex is this journey. oh, he does a very complex journey. i have personally witnessed the launch of an audio and 5 rocket from trains. it is very reliable rocket. it is a rocket which has 98 percent success rate, which is as high as it possibly can get for rock. in times it is very robust rocket,

it can carry very heavy payloads, this time is just getting to james the school in the next few hours. it should last off. and the 27 minute journey to space is not easy. even even for telescope, which is sort of delicate. and then subsequent made the steps in which the telescope, which is forwarding to be casing of the rocking when it unfolds, is going to be even more breaking down the line gen even one step. going out of think can really write the mission. so the ingenious james school will be hoping for a 100 percent success. and but you remember the how it is go, but it was long, several years ago, it had to be given glosses since it was, it couldn't focus properly and the americans had to fix the problem dead. that's

all. but the james, when everything goes right and the world gets to know how.