we need to take america to try to bring people together trying to deal with people who left behind me. ah, a communications back out into don as protest in march on the presidential palace demanding an end to military ro. ah, hello, i'm marianne minimizing in london. you're watching alger 0. so coming up on the program, christmas travel plans up in the air spread of the on the convent forces the cancellation of thousands of flights, of thought migrant votes, things in the a g and seen as many days. 16 people are now confirmed dead lift off from

a tropical rain forest to the edge of time itself on the walls most powerful space telescope bloss off on its mission to annual the secrets of the universe. ah, hello, welcome to the program. while i protest as are back out on the streets of sudan, calling for the military to leave power to enable a transition to free and fair elections in the country demonstrates his march through the capital and towards the presidential palace in defiance of wanting from the authorities to stay away from key sites in central hard tomb of security forces fired tear gas at people while phone internet services have been shut down. well today marks a 10th day of major demonstration since the military seized power in a cool on october 25th. at least 48 people have been killed in anti military

protest since the crew took place. civilian leader abdullah ham dog was reinstated as prime minister last month after making a power sharing deal with the military. which protest to say is a betrayal of the values of the revolution. they are demanding full civilian governance. but i'm not sure that these people are good now to the streets to reject this military authority. and als slogans are clear for the, i know they go, she uses no partnership, no bargain. um, so i love the army. as for the barracks, the militias do not rule us and we demand the hand over a full power to civilians. we demand civilian democratic rule, and emily are you there is mama vall is, in order to mon joins us now. manage what do we know about the size and scale of the protest today? and how people were able to mobilize in the face of this or shut down and phone and internet services.

right to my, him, the information we have and the college we saw indicate about having a huge numbers of protests as a cross come to him. some of them were in undermanned from in battery. these are the 2 other city is creating, composing with the car itself, the, the capitol of sudan. but your phone, if you have taken unprecedented measures since yesterday night, they closed all the bridges needing to central comp tome. and this time around, they deployed 3 times, the number of troops and policemen, even though troops did not participate in the clock down the number of security forces 3 times more than in the previous occasion about a week ago. and that has given them some leverage in the manner in which they confronted the protests. today we have seen the unlike the situation last time

today, the protestors could not cross the talk to him in any shape or form that could buy with them to go to the presidential police. however, in fighting come to him itself. and that sense of come to him because it is a large area, millions of people living in it, protest as well, able to march all the way to about 2 or 300 meters away from the presidential palace. and that happened on 2 or 3 occasions. but on every occasion, they were watered and dispersed by security forces. this is a possum that we have seen over the last several months when protest as it became a little bit successful in approaching the presidential palace. but then they were dispersed, they are adamant that no matter how much time this will take, they will continue until they push the military away from power. mom and the last time we spoke, i've been reports about the civilian minister. i've de la handed planning to leave his post where what, what does this sort of political maneuvering happening there?

is he likely to stay in this agreement with the military, particularly if there is still violence being used against protest? right? you remember what happened when late in the night, she announced to the media that he was about to tend his resignation. and he said, that's going to happen in a few hours. it never happened until now. speculations are lots of speculations, took place until now about what does that mean? why did he need to announce that he was intending to 10 days reservation, a few of the commission, the few hours, and then he didn't do it in the, in the end. so one expectation, one explanation was thought, thought was at it in fact not addressed to the military to his partners in power, but rather to his ex partners in the civilian component of the government. because

he blamed them for letting him down for not giving him enough support. and he knew that they needed him in the middle, the position between them the military. so he was testing the waters, seeing that what their reaction would be, whether they would welcome his resignation, or whether they would be doing qual, i'm about it. so he, i mean, up the handbook knows that he's needed on both sides of this difficult equation in sudan. and that he's the only one who can speak to both sides until now, no matter how anger was addressed to him, a reaction to his acceptance of the type of, of the, of this agreement with the military. so, the expectation is up of the handbook. if there is any hope, if he has any hope left, he could finally manage to reconcile the sudanese he will not resign from his post . thank you very much. from the sydney's capital hart, him 100 val reporting to thank you. we have some breaking news this our now from

the democratic republic of congo, or there's been an explosion in the town of benny. at least 6 people are confirmed who have been killed as well as the attacker. a targeted a popular restaurant in the towns may boulevard. many more have been injured, but no claims of responsibility for the attack. ah, more than 4 and a half 1000 flights have been cancelled around the world on christmas eve and christmas day, causing travel chaos. the surgeon covert 19 infections caused staff shortages. u. s . airlines alone council close to 900 flights on saturday. it's appended plans for tens of thousands of holiday travelers over the christmas weekend. this is typically a peak time for air travel, but the rapid spread of the army kron variant has sidelined many align work as its

cause. people to have to take time of work to isolate. and when our gabriel alondo joys us live now from new york, is there any, do we have any indication as to how long were delays? cancellations and staff shortages are likely to go on for well, it depends on what part of the world you're in and how hard this omicron variant is hitting your part of the world. but at least here in the united states, health officials are saying that this surge of the micron variant will probably peak in the 1st or 2nd week of january. that's just an estimate by some health officials. so essentially we're looking at weeks more of these delays and cancellations in the airline industry. what the airlines are dealing with is the same thing that the restaurants and entertainment industry is dealing with all over the world. but here in the u. s. as well. and that's cancellations,

and because of staff shortages due to the surge of the kroner virus now does matter . how many airplanes an airline has. if you don't have pilots and flight attendants and ramp agents to, to staff those flights, they're not going anywhere. they're going to be cancelled. that's essentially exactly what's happening. the cancellations are actually accelerating here in the us on saturday compared to friday, united airlines cancelled about $238.00 flights so far on saturday with more expected that's about 12 percent of its total flights for the day. delta airlines, 290 cancellations, about 14 to 15 percent of its scheduled flights on saturday. and it's only 2 o'clock here on the east coast to the united states. so there's more cancellations expected. this is all because of pilots, flight attendants and other personnel that are either sick or think they might be sick or have think they've been exposed to someone who are, who is sick and therefore need to quarantine and can't work. so these cancellations

are wreaking havoc throughout this holiday season throughout the world, but particularly airports here in the us. always speaking about staffing shortages there with the airlines. and also there's been a similar situation playing out with how health workers there in the u. s. just at a time when on the crunch his is the dominant variance of the virus. now what is the, what is the guidance for those who might have to isolate and they working in hospitals it is, i mean, normally hospital workers would try to be taking holiday at this time of year. but they're not able to because there's a shortage. because of so many people that are trying to get tested, the guidance in the united states is testing, testing, testing get vaccinated as well. in new york, more than 90 percent of people are vaccinated. that's the good news. the bad news is, is it about 44000 people a day in new york are testing positive, which is

a record number new york has become the u. s. epicenter of the army. kron variant here by far throughout the us. and so essentially you have more people wanting to get tested. tests are not available at the number that are needed. there's lines wrapping around the block. we've seen the last couple of days. and then you have people that are getting sick and or getting wanting to get tested and the hospital is simply needing more staff to accommodate all that. the good news of all this is, it appears that the vaccine is working and that the number of hospitalizations is increasing, but not nearly at the pace. it was during the height of the pandemic in early 2020 . but bottom line is the demand for testing now in new york and other cities around the u. s. as far out, paste the supply and fame much from new york. abram alexander, reporting to us in law british officials, are keeping

a close eye on cove at 19 infections after a new daily wacko. and more than 822000 confirmed cases across the u. k. on friday with london being major hot spot cases are also rising elsewhere in europe with france recording west avenue infections this week. andrew simmons has more now exhausted french medical staff like last christmas. this intensive care units in law say, is struggling with the pressure the most seriously ill patients who haven't been vaccinated. like david supper this and then his wife esther says she thought she was going to be a widow a few days ago. david's grateful he still alive is usually direct. usually he says, if he'd been vaccinated, he wouldn't have been at this level of intensive care. while all the crawling infections seem to have a lower rate of hospitalization, the extreme increases in infection rates mean the sheer volume of cases are quickly

put in medics under pressure. while france is breaking records. so too is italy. the u. k. has been running christmas day clinics to give vaccinations. the priority is on boost of japs, the government's heavy reliance on vaccinations to try and quell the armor. chrome infection rates is in question. christmas even reco daily figure of a $120000.00 was reached. now the office of national statistics is boring. with warning, 10 people in london may be infected with cove it in the coming days. oh, mass christmas queen elizabeth to show people suffering in britain. they would be alone. this year though, her focus wasn't on cupboard. it was the death of her husband, prince philip, the duke of edinburgh. she expressed her grief on a personal level, talking of how she missed the man to whom she'd been married. the 73 years with christmas can be hard for there. she'll have lost loved ones this year,

especially. i understand why that for me in the month since the death of my beloved phillip, i have drawn great comfort from the warmth and affection the many tribute she, his life in lag. at 95 years of age, the queen takes immense care to avoid any exposure to the virus. but for so many people, especially in london, that isn't the case of the health services. now warning, there's been a 40 percent increase in the hospital of missions. this christmas is surreal for so many people living in the british capital, the government says that it's watching the data before making any decisions on heavier restrictions. that prediction of one in 10 people here suffering from cove . it is a sobering statistic. the government may well introduce heavier restrictions, possibly, before the new year. under simmons,

al jazeera london sat on the program ah, making the most of it people around the world celebrate christmas united by a common wish. ah. getting going for sunday, december, the 26. hello everyone. we still got that relentless rain across siberia. so northern portions of portugal into northern spain. this is concerning because earlier in the month we had extreme flooding in northern spain and southwest france . and that's where this rain is headed. now for the united kingdom, specifically scotland, we've got some weather alerts posted for blow in snow on sunday. and this because we have this brisk wind coming off the nor see and for london, wait for it. air temperature is about to shoot up as we lead in to 2022. so by next

wednesday, you're up to 15 degrees. the average is 9. so while above where you should be for the sum of the year, ok off to italy, we may power up some thunder storms in rome at 15 degrees. unsettled weather across those eastern shores of the adria exceed, could see the winds wind up to 6070 kilometers per hour. we've got warmth here to sarajevo, 9 belgrade, 12, sophia, 10, all above average. also above average in its stumble at 14, but that went through the boss 1st will guts to about 50 kilometers per hour. the rain is petering out across sat morocco robot at 20 degrees and we've got some exceptional heat in southern nigeria, lego set 36. you could set a new record. ok, i'm out of time. i'll catch up with you in a bit bye for now. i o g 0 world takes a road trip across with spanish, people love and i am no exception. one woman's journey

seeking her heritage. i'm covering you insights into christian spots. listen, i'm origin. it's a story that seems to have been her brush in search of my rooms on out even. ah ah, i'll come back and look at the main stories. now. authorities have been dispersing mass protest against military rule ensued on today marks the 10th day of large scale demonstrations since the military seized power in a coup. in october,

christmas travel plans have been thrown into chaos with more than 4000 flights cancelled while wide. nearly 900 of those were just in the united states on saturday. ally and save the army con very to the grown of ours is causing mass staff shortages are variant is driving record cove 19 case numbers and the u. k. europe london remains the empty centreville list with 122000 new infections reported in a day while france has crossed a 100000 for the 1st time. so the charity save the children is saying that 2 of its staff members are missing and me and more after that vehicle was that on fire. the remains of more than 2000 other people were found in bunt out cause and kaya state region bordering thailand has seen more than a week of intense fighting between the men mom in korea national union for bud. mandy has mall these fighters from the current national defense organization

or k n d o. it's one of 2 ethnic fighting groups operating on the border between thailand, amanda, and for the past week, it's been involved in fierce fighting with government forces. made a general note on the air is leading his units on patrol new. the current state help post to strengthening unify local forces. i think the main reason they're dropping bombs at night is to terrorize the people and also to encourage or to encourage their troops by saying ok we, we, we are behind new. right. and are we trying to talk with all the current on group to unify themselves and to fight against the the worst enemy that we're, that we're facing right now who who many flight of thought here the k into had quarters. it's early morning in this remote village. you recruits

a quote out for roll call and this tiny arrive just days ago along with fighters from the korean national union or k and you that's off. they fled military air rates in the nearby town of lake who i didn't know madrid get to know value in front of our troops. a gun battle happened when i saw it, but we got the protection by the karen national union soldiers. when the troops backed up, we travelled with them as a group through so that to my room, and we always me, amazon, the attacks may take who are using heavy air strikes and artillery the aim to cross resistance was don't spart heavy fighting with local groups independent media, myanmar reported the government troops sees dozens of discipline. thousands of people reported to have escaped the fighting summer being recruited. but many just want out of the conflict. these people are collecting what ever they can and

escaping if the cross the river to thailand. back in the training center teacher, another down then never imagined she would end up here. she said she joined after witnessing atrocities been carried out by the army against the protesters. they led dorothy long thin gown pivot, arizona. i am very angry that a boom is army used to our ducks. i'm very sorry for the people. i want to revenge to the burmese army for the brutality that they have inflicted on the people, harriet, hello, that they were bernard olivia, the conflict ease during the rainy season. but now the weather has cleared and fighting is intensifying. those who stayed in myanmar now fear for their lives and those their families lore about a man. the elder theera, dozens of survivors of a migrant outs and king have arrived on the greek island of paris. at least 16 people drown when they capsized in the g. and c, late on friday,

is the 3rd such disaster and greek waters in as many days. vishal say people, smugglers are increasingly using a dangerous route from turkey to italy, which avoids heavily patrol areas around the aegean islands. are so sorry, there is following these developments from door ha mosley this refugee is, are been taken by this smugglers from church mare and boardroom. and also the city is like i done and isn't also, or the, or state horse provinces for the ross. it's a but that how we can see that it's actually keeping changing due to the security issues. the smugglers are well aware of the security concerns and the security forces are up to them. so they keep changing their actually location or getting the people on board and taking them to the agency and down to the mediterranean sea. but as i said, woodrum churchman, either an ism or the mean location. so then there's refugees are being taken by the bought by, it's my of the smugglers to grease italy asked to pain animals sometimes to malta

and the cypress as well. do you refugee agency says that in just this year, in 2021, 116000 refugees have been across in the mediterranean sea and a 55 percent of them were trying to reach italy, 25 percent to subpoena and 7 percent of them. to greece, but we can see that the agency and the admitted had any have been to, has to have been turned into a graveyard for the refugees. because the un virginia says that just in last year, 2500 people have either died or gone missing in mediterranean. the largest and less powerful space telescope ever belt has been launched into space from south america. scientists hope eat james web callous got. we'll help human beings better understand the formation of stars and galaxies and over 13000000000 years old. and is there is money, arapahoe is and following the launch. and the,

all the preparations that have been underway from the launch site in cooper and frank guiana. death taught it's a space mission 25 years in the making. ah, the launch of the james web space telescope, the largest and most powerful space observatory ever build, is one for the history books. as successor to the celebrated hubble mission, scientists say the technology aboard the spacecraft, promises answers to questions. we haven't even thought yet of asking in my dreams. and my hopes are seeing signatures in planetary atmospheres away from our solar system that could hand to the presence of life will be one of the most important discoveries ever using an enormous gold plated mirror. 6 and

a half meters across and instruments that operate in the infrared spectrum. the web telescope seeks to lift the veil on cosmic realms that in the past were too distant or too cold for any previous telescope to detect. web is a marvel of human ingenuity made possible through the dedicated efforts of thousands of scientists and engineers, and the close partnerships between more than a dozen countries. i'm. the politics, of course, are always there. but as a scientist, which, you know, sense try to rise above that and say what, what can we achieve together as a common goal scientifically. and that's how we can achieve so much more together by, by pulling our resources pulling our expertise. but always with one goal in mind, let's do the most challenging things that are possible. 20 seconds into the flight . the web launch was carried out by the private space firm ariano space a top in ari and 5 rocket, specially suited for this particular mission. did i answer 5 as been chosen

due to its reliability? it's like we called but that so it's capacity to performance. the very specific volume we can accommodate on delta ferrying, so 20 years ago in the early 2000, it was decided that web we belonged by i and for a while, celebrations are under way following the successful launch of the james web space telescope. it'll still be a nail biting 30 days before it reaches its orbit. now on its way to its orbit at a location known as lagrano point to some one and a half 1000000 kilometers from earth, web is on course to redefine astronomy. and begin to unfold the mysteries of our universe. manuel, rap, hello al jazeera, carew, french, guiana. with people around the world. i've been celebrating christmas day once again under the cloud of the corona iris pandemic. and as jane wolf reports,

many shad at the same wish an end to the panic. o people around the world are celebrating christmas with many refusing to let the impacts of coven 19 affect. the festive cheer in australia, the 1st part of the world to ring. and christmas day people flocked to sidney's glistening. bondai beach, a summer temperature sword stranded expatriates, made the most of it. there's no flights harm aba i'm celebrating the bestbuy archive, and i love being australia. love been in bumble. i been on the base for christmas, vice a drink come through and i'm, well, what low kid you want, you got fit for these. running up and down the vague, you've got the sand, you've got the water, you've got the sunshine. whereas if you want to be people also gathered in bethlehem where christians believe jesus christ was born. and i better place with

a joy to the word in india. christian communities celebrated across the country from hyderabad to new delhi. as did those in south korea, china thailand and the philippines, january messiah disguised. but i'm happy, at least we can now hear mess at our church before and there was no chance to go to church. well, and that's why we are taking the opportunity to go to the church while it's still a lot. firefighters and mexico became santa's helpers for the day, delivering toys to vulnerable children and their families. while in venezuela, volunteers gather to feed people facing hunger. in the united states, shoppers packed stores to get their last minute gifts. but not everyone made it home in time. travelers were stranded in airports across the u. s. and the world as

thousands of flights were cancelled. a result of staff shortages as coven 19 infected crew members. ah, this year's christmas wish shared among most people who couldn't, could, could eat that. there is no more covert that we can go back to how we were used to living. that's if we're at all in the vatican, po francis reminded the faithful to be humble and used dialogue to resolve conflict and in the gulf regions. big as roman catholic cathedral welcomed its 1st ever christmas mass. in bethlehem, a smaller than usual crowd gathered to celebrate with a similar message as everywhere else i put on on my leg. a slide be bethany. although the situation is hard with coded, people want to live and spread joy all around this year. we hope the corona virus would disappear. this piece upon all nations. the violence within our society will end and the atmosphere will stay as it is now full of love and joy between every

one. a message of hope reverting across nations around the world. gillian wolf, al jazeera al jazeera dot com for the latest on all of our top stories, including today's developments there answered on more details on that. a couple of seconds ah or protest as have been back house on the streets of sit on calling for the military to leave power and for a transition to free and fair elections. the security forces 5 tag asset demonstrate is march the presidential palace in defiance of wanting to stay away from key sites in central harton. mama, val, is that the information we have and the crowds we saw indicate that there have been a huge numbers of protests as a cross called tom.