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very forces the cancellation of thousands of flights. a 3rd migrant boat sinks in the a g and c. in as many days. 16 people are now confirmed dead and we meet the last light housekeepers in south africa as the sun sets on a historical patient. ah, protested had been back house on the streets of sudan, calling for the military to leave power to pave the way for a transition to free and fair elections in the country. security voices vied, tag ass up people while phone and internet services were shut down. today marks a 10th day of major demonstrations since the military seized power in a coup on october 25th. mamma, val has more now from hard to several groups of protest as gathered in the outskirts of costume on saturday afternoon. before marching toward the city center

. where the presidential policies located below, i'm not sure any of these people are going out on the streets to reject this military authority. and als, slogans are clear up. there are no negotiations, no partnership, no bargain. um, so well below the army is 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 really. yeah. but police quickly responded to fear. gus, forcing the protest as to the 1st course, security forces closed on the bridges leading to central cartoon. this, along with an unprecedented police presence in the streets, made it difficult for the demonstrators to advance. on one or 2 occasions, however, the codes managed to get as close as 200 meters away from the warmth of the presidential pollies. but they were soon dispersed. several were injured. the protest this chart of slogans calling and military leaders in the rolling

sovereignty counsel to cede power to civilians. the dumb state has promised to organize and at a day of protest on december 13th, they insist that they would stop their rallies. only when power is completely it is told to a civilian government. $105.00, a da 0 cartoon on the democratic republic of congo, there's been an explosion in the town of benny over the past few hours, the at least 6 people are confined to have been killed, including 2 children attack was carried out by a suicide bomber a targeted popular restaurant in the towns maint boulevard. another 4 people were seriously injured, some of them in a critical condition. at another times of responsibility. ah, ah, well, are more than 4 and a half 1000 flights of been canceled around the world on christmas eve and

christmas day causing travel chaos. the surgeon cove at 19 infections cause staff shortages, u. s. airlines canceled close to 900 flights on saturday. it's opp, ended plans for tens of thousands of holiday travelers over the christmas weekend. this is typically a peak time for air travel. the rapid spread of the army kron variant is affected. many airline workers, or many u. s. hospitals are also reporting staff shortages about $70000.00 americans were hospitalized with proven 19 as of christmas eve that figures up about 50 percent from early november, but overall hospitalizations for the army con variance remained lower compared to previous strains of officials are repeatedly won the situation may worse than for tens of millions of americans that remain unvaccinated. will dr. alley. roger is executive vice chair at the department of emergency medicine, massachusetts general hospital. and he told me why the us health care system was already under pressure over the past 2 to 4 months,

even before omicron. we had been seeing a surge of patients in emergency departments and hospitals around the country. patients who had put off care during covert, and unfortunately patients who were dealing with the consequences of having put off that preventative care earlier, we're already filling our emergency departments and hospitals. and so now dealing with an o micron surge, we're stressing and already strange system with these breakthrough cases, what i'm seeing is when i bring a patient into the hospital for a heart attack stroke, a gunshot wound, something completely unrelated to cove it and they've then test positive for coping because they've had a breakthrough case even with the vaccination or because they didn't get the vaccine in one of the vaccines in the 1st place. what ends up happening is that we then have to isolate that patient in the hospital from other patients who don't have covered we, every time we go in and need that patient, we have to don full personal protective equipment. even if we're just bringing them a tray of food and then unfortunately,

that also means that they might potentially spread the virus to help their staff. what we're running into is that the staff who we are counting on actually can't come to work. the problem is that we don't really have, we don't have many backups in place. we were already facing nursing shortages and physician shortages and how and, and housekeeping shortages as workers had left for other industries just being burned out from cobit. so we don't really have a reserve force to call up when people call out l. meanwhile, british officials keeping a close eye uncovered 19 affections off to a new daily record was set. there were more than 122000 confirm cases across the u . k. on friday with london and major hotspot cases, also arriving elsewhere in europe with france, recording the worst day of new infections this week. andrew simmons has more on this now get into 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 is an angel. 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 frances breaking records. so 2 is italy. the u. k. has been running christmas day clinics to give vaccinations. the priority is on booster jabs 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. and now the office of national statistics is bowling. with

warning, 10 people in london may be infected with cove it in the coming days. oh, mass christmas. queen elizabeth assured 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. christmas can be hard for there. she'll have lost loved ones. this year especially, i understand why that for me, in the months since the death of my beloved phillip, i have drawn great comfort from the warmth and affection of the many tribute to his life and work. at 95 years of age, the queen takes a immense care to avoid any exposure to the virus. but for so many people, especially in london, that isn't the case of a health services, no warning,

there's been a 40 percent increase in hospital admissions. 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 by well introduce heavier restrictions possibly before the new year. andrew simmons al jazeera london, well in on the stories are following the philippines, his shots, his borders to foreign terrorists during the christmas holiday period. citizens are allowed to enter the country, but they the strict rules and longer. quarantines have made it impossible for many migrant workers to go home for the holidays. on a be low reports from manila after having to suffer one of the world's longest and most restrictive blocked downs, filipinos are out and about daily corbin 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 the 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 a workers are exempt from the bad. but that doesn't mean they can travel without difficulty. there are around 10000000 filipinos working overseas here. many of them look forward to coming home during the holiday season. but the emergence of the armor can varian has 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 his christmas. but the, you case armor can search has made that impossible because of the new variant of a micron and a number of cases that had been increasing there. now one thing back actually the, the old quote because we have been the 1st way. i think i'm a pretty soon there they will be, but they will announce that and we're going to be unlocked down 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. it there 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 child, the 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. barnaby low al jazeera

manila. you're watching out his era life from london still had lift off from a tropical rain forest to the edge of time itself allows most powerful space telescope, blah, self on its mission to unlock the secrets of the universe. olsa. i'm a fall, been job it in northern pakistan, and i'll tell you how changing but the poppins are having an impact on the lives of millions of people hit ah the we set a new record temperature and perth, australia. hello everyone. we'll talk about that in a 2nd. first we've got to start an indo china because the ne monsoon particularly active again. so what, whether hanoi right through to denying an overhand is wall and same goes for lose

on island in the philippines. we'll see some intense bursts of rain here. it's not rain, but it snow for western japan, so honshu and ho keidel. and look at the winfield associated with this. we'll see wind gusts here of about 80 kilometers per hour. so the snow is just blowing around that impacts the visibility some dangerous driving. that cold snap we had while it's all gone beijing up to 6 degrees on monday. well above the average and we've got an abundance of sunshine. i did promise you, we would get australia. so here we go. but 1st, we got to talk about this mess toward the top and lot of rain, lot of wind and darwin in the line of fire there. now look at pers 44 degrees on sunday. i'll show you the 3 dave forecast. you set a new record, christmas day. you could set a new all time december temperature record. it's 44.2. so if we get you to 44.3, you will have done it often who's ceiling brain moving across to tasman c into the south island may see a shower and gives bin with

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welcome back. the main stories now i've been more protest issued on despite communications blackout in the country, security forces fide tear gas to dispose protests as we'd march to the presidential patterson cartoon in opposition to the military takeover in october. christmas travel plans have been thrown into chaos with more than 4000 flights. canceled around the world, nearly 900 of those were in the u. s. on saturday. as long as the all mc on back to the virus is causing mass doffing shortages. and on the corner is also driving out case numbers in the u. k. in europe, with london being the api santa. more than a 122000 new infections recorded in a day while france is crossed a 100000 in a day. for the 1st time. we go to me and mon, now the charities save the children, is saying that 2 of its staff members are missing and me and mom, after that vehicle was set to light, the remains of more than 2 dozen. all the people were found in bunt out cause and

kaya state. the region bordering thailand has been, has suffered from more than a week of intense fighting between the me and my army in the qur'an national union, nor bud and manley has more now. these fighters are from the current national defense organisation, 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, ivonya is leading his units on patrol near the current state, help post to strengthening unified 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 you right now. are we trying to talk with all the current on group to

unify themselves and to fight against the the worst enemies that we're, that we're facing right now who who many fight 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 grand national union or k and you that's all they fled military air rates in the nearby town of lake who i don't know, madrid get to know valley in front of our troops, a gun battle happened when i saw it, but we got the protection by the karen national union soldier. when the troops backed up, we travelled with them as a group at the russo day to my room. and we were always me, amazon, the attacks may take hold using heavy air strikes and i can re the aim to close. resistance was don't sparked heavy fighting with local groups. independent media,

myanmar reported the government truth seeth dozens of different 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 east across the river to thailand. back in the training center teacher, another down in never imagined she would end up here. she said she joined after witnessing atrocities being carried out by the army against the protesters. they led to where they lung thing bound pivot here. while i am very angry that a boom, his army used to yard tax. 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 one are delivery of the conflict ease during the rainy season. but now the weather has cleared and fighting is intensifying. those estate myanmar now

fear of their lives and those their families lore about among the al jazeera or dozens of survivors of a migrant boat sinking of arrived on the greek island of power, or at least 16 people drown when they capsized in the a g. and c lay on friday. it's the 3rd such disaster and greek waters. and as many days, officials say people, smugglers are increasingly using a dangerous route from turkey to italy, which avoids heavily patrol areas around the giant islands. communities in northern pakistan say melting glasses are putting their homes and livelihoods in danger. the country has more than $7000.00 glasses that's more than anywhere in the world except the polar regions. but climate change mean, some of them disappearing and fast. in part 2 of our special series on pakistan's water challenges, some have been jar laid reports from or shoot near the himalayan mountains. living

2500 meters above sea level. there are no grocery stores near by. present day begins with getting milk for her family. she lived in the idyllic parson village where 3 glaciers meet in northern bucket. but under the 3. com isn't ever present dangerous because those glaciers and melting and a different rates because of land erosion and floods, their house is not only 12 meters away from riverbank present. his family lived in constant fear, not knowing whether another flood will sweep it all away. is that john said the, this used to be our agricultural land 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 merge. we faced 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 tutors get more than 600 acres of arable land have been lost to the river. many people living in the past who are angry at the government, but not doing enough. they say that talk about warning systems and predictions was never going to action the government, it's working with international partners who invest $40000000.00 into saving lives and property. these ratios don't just affect the 70000000 people. in fact, the 30000000 people who live in parker fund, 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 damaged. 70 percent of the damage caused by the glacial birth is on infrastructure, and that creates and creates an economic costs for august on scientists. so

assessing glacial fluctuations to understand the complex and direction involved in climate and leisure response for it's 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 climatic changes due to the variable 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 pops and that, but most of the population at risk is more than 80 percent of focus on stretch. water comes from glaciers. this is a huge challenge for august, and it's not a lot of work 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 stood about 40 percent of their water, but in progress on 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 warms, some of injury down to the ocean near the him, 1000000 mountain system. and in part 3 of our series on pakistan's, more to challenges is on the than joe they takes us to co host on in southern park is don, where a decline in yearly rainfall is devastated. the region is water supply. so you can watch that report, which will be starting from the $200.00 g m t on sunday. the largest and most powerful space telescope ever built has launched from south america. scientists hope it will open up a new understanding of the universe for zoom. and then for a closer look at the james web telescope, it's the largest and most powerful telescope of

a built. and it's traveling some distance. it's final destination being one and a half 1000000 kilometers away. it's going to stay cool at minus 233 degrees celsius. this is the optimum temperature of the telescope to use and for read to view the universe, that's wavelengths that we feel as heat. a look into the universe is really a look back in time. its mission is to view the very 1st stars and galaxies that emerged after the big bang was in 13 and a half 1000000000 years ago. and we'll also investigate the potential for life in on the galaxies. money rapp, hello, has been doing his own investigations now from the launch site include in french, 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 built, is one for the history books. ah, as

a 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 i see eng signatures in monetary 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. the politics, of course, are always there, but there's 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 for me already on space, a top in already and 5 rocket specially suited for this particular mission. me need i and 5, i've been chosen due to its reliability. it's like we called but there are so its capacity to performance, the very specific volume we can accommodate and build the ferrying so 20 years ago in the early 2000. it was decided that when we belonged by wealth 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, weathers on course to redefine astronomy and begin to unfold the mysteries of our universe. manuel, wrap a little al jazeera peru, french piano. lesson the world light houses and man by robots, computers, and apps, and hardly any by humans. the job of a light housekeeper is a dying profession. in south africa, just 6, remain on the minimum. one of them in cape colombine, 45 lighthouse as a dotted around south africa coastline. and for passing ships and fishermen, they offer a vital beacon for navigation. this lighthouse at cape columbine on the west coast was both in the 1950s. it's one of just 60 manned by a keeper. it's the 1st landmark of the southern african coast, seen by ships traveling from europe. wayne brown has been here for 17 years to be

like those, keep it. this is actually a blessing for me. for, for personal point, does that does that might be, but times change and so does technology. wayne is one of the last few lights, housekeepers in south africa. we, we had a radio beacon with the old moscow with people, with the most coat that changed. then they at the g p. s, and from the gps had changed to yes, yes, means what the medical dental patient system, the light from the 15 me to tool lighthouse is magnified by a lens which on appear day can be seen as far out as the t 2 nautical c miles. that's almost 60 kilometers. when says he takes great pride in keeping berlin's clean and working at its best. the lighthouse stands above the west coast village of pots and auster known for its heavy gales and thick fog that obscures the

coastline. the light did actually turn to motors, but in the old days it worked like a grandfather's clock. the light does keep, i must come up during the night. it's 3 hours. you must wind it up for the light to turn it on. but nowadays we have 2 motors, the extra 2 in the old insert on the light is now also automated. and if anything goes wrong, head office is alerted via an app. even the traditional fog who doesn't require manual labor, it automatically misses of the is humility, blasting warnings when necessary. but wayne says nothing can replace the human touch. it's a sad thing and also a bad thing. because if you most of the space, we then know like those keepers on that it's look bay to be honest. the 1st lighthouse in south africa dates back almost 2 centuries. this lighthouse in cape town is the oldest in south africa, and the 1st slide keeper began working in 1824. back then the light was powered by

oil and lay to gas and all the work was done manually. but advances in technology mean a light keeper is no longer needed. definitely a diesel dime proficient. so does our duty to our fellow staff members that we do it you, kate and upscale team to change direction, change the carrier direction so that they can get involved in different projects. it may be difficult to tell how many lies have been saved by the diligence of members of this humble profession. and for one of the last generation of keepers like wayne, this is more than just a job for me. davila alger 0 cape columbine sub africa. ah, look at the main stories. now. protests have been back on the streets of sudan calling for the military to leave power to pave the way for

a transition to free and fair elections. the security forces fatigue, acid demonstrated to try and disperse them.