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test. some new yorkers, cases of the on the kron variant, continue to sore a tragic homecoming bodies of migrants who drowned in the english channel. a buried in northern iraq. and the latest spider man movie becomes the 1st of the pandemic to smash the $1000000000.00 box office monster. ah tributes. a pouring in for the south african nobel peace prize, laureate desmond tutu, who's died at the age of 90 south africa presidents. so rob preserve praised to, to as a patriot without equal and in leader of principal, your most prominence in the 1980s as an opponent of our party during white minority rule in south africa. jillian wolf has this report from cape town. as news broke of

the death of their beloved bishop desmond tutu tributes port in from across south africa and around the world. his legacy will be his love for or people. and i don't know whether have you come across his writings. he has always said that god is not god of christians, god is god off or people. so his main legacy is his love for all gods people. and he believes that every one is created in the image and he used to it, it would. beautiful image of god, and i've carry that myself personally in my own ministry. yeah. he loved people. america's former president and 1st ever black leader, brock obama called to to a mentor, friend and moral compass. pope francis express and gratitude for his service to the gospel and queen elizabeth remembering his warmth and humour, the elders,

a group co founded by desmond to to express their devastation. president sir, over, i'm opposed. calling the archbishop, a patriot, who gave meaning to the biblical saying that faith without works is dead to, to continuously challenge the status quo on issues like race, homosexuality, and religious doctrine. he also never stop fighting for the people of his country, which he dubbed the rainbow nation at the city's saint george's cathedral, known as the people's cathedral and powerful symbol of south african democracy. locals laid flowers as they bid farewell, friends, family, and faith leaders, a flock to his cape town, home to mourn the loss of their loved one. this has been a long journey and we have all being praying that his makeup takes him because he is given as 90 years of his life. and he was at very

frail in the end. and so we, as the family really make peace with the fact that we should get we cannot expect it man was given so much of his life to be there for his daughter. speaking of the hope she has for a future generation of leaders, the young people who are leading the movement to save our planet in this country. the young people who are speaking out against economic injustice, the young people who are speaking out about access to education. i see, i see those leaders as the country prepares to say good bye to this visionary leader and moral force. those closes to him will pay their respects in both the tribal casa and christian traditions. join wolf, al jazeera, cape town, south africa, an address to the nation, south african president, civil rama, plays

a call to to a man of extraordinary intellect and integrity. we have lost the person who carried the burden of leadership with compassion, with dignity, with humility. and with such good humour, we are comforted in the knowledge that he has left an indelible mark in the lives of millions of people who had the privilege and honor of knowing him. like many of his time, he was a witness to the bravest injustices and most intolerable cruelty that our country has ever witnessed. but he k prime minister boss johnson said he was deeply saddened to hear of the archbishop's death. johnson called to to a critical figure in the fight against apartheid and in creating

a new south africa would be remembered for her spiritual leadership and irrepressible good humour. the daughter of slain 7 white's lead and martin luther king junior beneath king said she was saddened to the death of a global sage, schumann writes, leader and powerful pilgrim on earth us president joe biden praised him for his more moral clarity, saying we heartbroken to learn of the passing of a true servant of god and of the people we send, deepest condolences to the people of south africa. well morning this great loss. well, let's get more on this now. we're joined by patrick gas bodies, president and c o at center for math and progress. he's also the former us ambassador to south africa, and he's joining us by skype from washington. d. seems to gas. bob. thank you very much for your time this evening. because very difficult to do about so much for

having the thank you. you know, it's difficult to talk about the legacy of someone who has achieved so very much how would you describe archbishop to to well, 1st there's a, an emotional sensation that just catches in your throat who we talk about the arch as we call him there. sadness at his passing, but oh, joy to have known him to have been a part of this journey. i 1st met the archbishop to 2 in 1986 when he came to the united states to rally students like me and so many others, countless others into the cause against the apartheid regime. he spoke at one of our cathedrals and i was astounded by the sonorous oratory, the clarity of his vision and his moral. ready purpose, but then overwhelmed by his accessibility, his humanity. and yes, his profound and powerful sense of humor, which was in factious over the years,

i got to connect to reconnect with him when i 1st went to south africa in the 90s. and then on subsequent trips that he took, the u. s. e. demonstrations against the iraq war for instance in 2003. and then finally when i was. ready led to camp to south africa, the ambassador. the thing about the archbishop is that he always had a fierce urgency of now about various struggles. whether it was the anti apartheid struggle, the global struggle against oppression and injustice and economic disparities. his work on the front lines of the queue that his work goes speaking up on behalf of the struggle of palestinians who was always immersed in that invested. but he always knew how to have a good time. he could never finish a story or a joke because he would just break up with his own a sense of and joy and given this extraordinary man,

absolutely i. it was an urgency that very much from maine to the end of his very long life. i'm curious to know when it was that you met him initially because he was quite late late. i a sense when talking about commenting about and getting involved in political issues in south africa. and he spoke about how it was actually his trips to other countries and especially the united kingdom. and i guess also to the united states that gave him the, you know, that gave him the, the context that gave him the experience to talk more about issues in south africa itself. you know, it's interesting. he once explained it to me this way. he said to be that you one bus understand that when you are in an oppressive power, cherry and regime, which is what the regime was. you don't have a perspective on the depth of your own misery and suffering. so you're right. it wasn't until he went abroad to europe to the u. s. to other countries in africa

that he gained that deep perspective that gave him the moral capital encompass. ready that he needed to speak out forthrightly. let's remember this was a man who didn't just speak out against the apartheid regime. he put his own body on the line, unparalleled, his own health, in order to advance the court of justice. so i did, as i said, meet him 1st in the 1980s when he came to the us. and by then he was already a champion against apartheid. and he both became and told americans that if we followed our president ronald reagan, it is construct a big engage with the part regime that we were in fact supporting oppression. and that neutrality was not a responsible way to take up our leadership on right. he moved my generation of young activists in america and i, we continue to follow those lessons and pay them forward in the climate movement.

in the movement for human rights, the struggle against economic disparity is all of it owes some of its agitation agency energy to his his leadership. and i was going to ask, you know, what impact would you say? what he fought for an ending pot aide in south africa have continues to have and other countries race relations, especially where you are in the us. you know, there are, there are twin impacts that i see there's, there's no doubt that he was the pioneer restorative justice. the work that he did and the truth and reconciliation commission has been mottled and copied. and so many other places in the world. and it has advance the cause of those who are most vulnerable in our society. so that's an important critical space to the occupy clearly has claiming call for justice as relates to race, but also gender equality as well. was terribly important. and something since is

unique for a man of the clergy. but i'd also add them important for my generation of activists . and those who come after me to appreciate his ability to be critical of those that he had been in solitary with an online ship with whenever he felt that they would be hypocritical, if he felt that they had straight away from their core democratic principles. he did not hesitate to call on those that he had been in the trenches with tell them they had had to live up to their creed, their code, and the better angels of their nature. that kind of moral courage and clarity is rare, particularly in political spaces, is ability to not be compromised by privilege. so extraordinary are and continues to be an inspiration to me and so, and countless other activist patrick ass down. thank you very much for your time on this. and joining us live from washington d. c. there you think like moving on to other news now and

hundreds of us flights have been cancelled for a 3rd day in a row. airline said, i don't have enough staff to get planes off the ground, mid a surgeon, coven, 19 infections due to the highly transmissible on the chron. meanwhile, the new york health officials have reported an increase in the number of children needing hospital treatment, half of the admissions a younger than 5, which is too young to be vaccinated. while we're joined now by mike hannah, his life for us in new york. and mike hillary spoke to a travel industry expert on christmas eve when the flight cancellations began. and he was talking about how most people, his flights have been cancelled in the u. s. for already booked on other flights. but it seems that the cancellations of only continuing indeed, yes. well there's been a roll on effect as fried, so canceled people book on another one. then those flights get canceled. or we're talking about a massive amount of lights. just the stay alone,

some 700 flights within the u. s. were cancelled as many as 1400 were delayed for a lengthy period of time. so the problem is in effect compounding, these figures have remain pretty constant over the past 3 days. airlines attempting to fall the gaps as it were, getting more pilots getting more staff. and of course, the airline industry as well, getting people to process passengers through airports. but as they do so, as they fool the holes, more people contract the virus, particularly versions of the new variant. so it is an ongoing situation. airlines cannot predict at this stage when they are going to be able to resume normal service at the rate at which the army crumb variant goes through people. and obviously, airline staff, airline pilots is absolutely unprecedented. so there's no model on which airlines can work in terms of predict when they can get back to normal service. and what is

the situation with the rise in cases and, and, and how hospitals the clothing especially you are in new york, mike? well, the only con the very and continues to drive the vast majority of infections. and if we just take a look at new york state, for example, in the course of the past 24 hours have been over 47500 new cases recorded. the vast majority of the army kron variant. this is, in fact, a pandemic record. and what is significant about this figure is that we are talking about a state in which more than 80 percent of people have at least one vaccine shot. many of them have had of double shots plus the booster shot. so this just indicates how good army kron is had getting through even to vaccinated people. one must point out though health experts beginning to see increasingly that vaccinated people suffer less ill effect. but then we look at children,

which you mentioned am on friday night. the new york health department issued an emergency announcement saying that the rise of children being accepted into pediatric hospitals had increased by some 4 times over the past 3 weeks as a massive increase in pediatric admissions. now also, as you mentioned, there half of those children being admitted or under the age of 5, so they are not able to get vaccinated. so this of course is just a yet. another problem in a mass of compounding problem said on the chron is causing in new york city, for example, the mayor says there isn't going to be a locked down as they were on previous occasions. however, much of the city is effectively self looking down around him shows are closing on broadway restaurants are closing because they do not have staff or people do not wish to go out at this particular stage. so army kron is having a massive impact on this city. and many others around the world,

like thank you for that. that is, mike hannon with the latest live in new york. thank still ahead. on the, for the turn, a lockdown school closures and loss of one or more parents. we look at the emotional toll. the corona virus is having on children and per room and surrounded by thousands of people in northern brazil, trapped after 2 dams 1st. ah hello there. it's a tale of 2 extremes. weatherwise across north america, we've got some exceptional warmth with spring conditions. down in the south, but the west continues to see that wintery weather with some heavy snow stretching all the way from western canada down to california. if i move out the way, you can have a look at that wintery weather pulling in once again, stretching across the cascades and into the rockies. we've also got more snow

blizzards as well, expected across central parts of canada. moving across to the great lakes that we've seen some exceptional cold up here. done. central air is it is looking more mild and we have got that warms coming up from the south. the temperature in houston city about 10 degrees above average. and if we look at the i, so firms, you can see where that warmth is coming in, hitting a cold air mass. and when that happens, we do get the likelihood of some severe storms that are expected to roll across some of those central and south eastern states. but for the east coast it is looking more mild. we'll have a few showers in washington dc, but it's sunny and cold in new york for the real sunshine. we have to come to the us gulf coast, a few showers popping in, but a lot of warmth here. and of course, for the caribbean, it remains a fine, dry, sunny and warm was $28.00 degrees in havana. that's your weather. ah

frank assessments, this gracious are you continued to weaken a look. i shall go up even though there can proceed. believe them the beginning that they will expect for informed opinions. i think politicians will now be under incredible pressure from the young people. that is one of the most helpful things to come out of these critical debate. do you think it should be facilitated? not sure. okay, it's a great, it's a really simple question. let's give samuel a child swanson. inside story on al jazeera. ah ah, ah. what challenges they are with me, elizabeth vermont? i'm a reminder of our top stories. the salah tributes are being paid to south africa.

nobel peace prize winner desmond to to after his death at 90 years old. the un secretary general antonio cherish described to, to as a tower and global figure for peace. staff shortages have forced airlines to cancel hundreds of us flights for 3rd day in a row. and health officials in new york have reported an increase in the number of children being admitted to hospital. now at least 10000 children and peru have lost one or both of their parents took her own of ira's, leaving many poor families without their bread winner has been described as the hidden pandemic. marianna sanchez reports from lima when antoinette of i years lost her 34 year old husband to cove 19 last year. she had to move into a small room at her in loss with her 3 children and all her belongings. now she works nearly 12 hours per day, 7 days a week,

a 16 year old saw looks after the smaller ones you're gonna think of. and i usually make $10.00 per day. but sometimes there is no work. and sometimes i only make $7.00 in a day gun hardly enough for food and medicine. she says their life turned upside down. like for most poor families who have lost their bread winner to the pandemic . more than 200000 peruvians have died of corona virus. b 2 has the highest per capita death rate in the world. official government figures put the number of children who have lost one or both parents to the deceased and about 10000. but the lancet medical journal says, one of every 100 miners has lost a care giver. a total of more than $99000.00 children affected locally and i have families added to the shop they already have because of the confinement with the lack face to face glasses, they have stress and anxiety. it's a critical situation and one in april, the government rolled out

a grant plan is nearly $50.00 for each child, but families have to apply online, and for many that has proven difficult. over here among abilene, everything is virtual 1st, they told me the information was missing, then that it had already been paid. i feel like they're lying to me by with every thought. the government says by june, only 3000 children were receiving the pension. children not only phase of 1000 as of ring loss of parents most are poor and it is unlikely they will receive psychological help to overcome what for many has been a dramatic experience. and when it says that eden suleima constantly cry. but any of you want your current out, it's been so shocking. i never imagined losing my husband and especially shocking for my children. my daughter christ calling out for her dad, my little son cries in the sleep cove. it analysts say it is still early to understand the scope of the problem and dawn right now. and we are facing an

incredible challenge that we do not seem prepared to assume. we are a country in morning, and we are talking about a whole generation marked by the loss of their parents. it's yet another great challenge paused by the coven, 19 pandemic, the united nations children's agency. unicef says that while the majority of children may not get physically ill from the disease, their lives will forever be affected by the ana sanchez. i'll just see that lima beetle now rescue teams or trying to reach people trapped in northern brazil after 2 dams burst causing major flooding. the dams gave way in the state of bar here, fallen weeks of heavy rains. dozens of hollands roads and bridges have been damaged . officials say the state has received 5 times the average rainfall for december. officials in the philippines say it could be february before power is fully restored to areas devastated by typhoon rye. at least 378 people died when the

powerful storm slammed into central and southern regions last week. rescue as say at least 60 others still missing. about $100.00. 19 cities and municipalities remain without electricity. now the bodies of 16 people have been laid to rest and iraq. there were among 27 migrants who drowned in the english channel last month trying to reach the u. k. was the worst such disaster on record in the narrow crossing between southern england and france, mac wood, that the law had reports from baghdad. these people are mourning the loss of their loved ones who drowned in the english channel last month. the bodies of the kurdish migrants arrived here at it. a bill of core. oh wow. ambulance is siren's wrangler . crossed this city in the early hours of sunday. as they were carried to be buried in their home towns, i crossed the kurdish region of northern iraq. women and children were among those

who died. most were young people who sought a bit of a life abroad. oh, on little like little sun liver. unfortunately, during the past 8 years, young people in kurdistan lost hope because of the financial crisis against they wanted to live in a country that respects human rights. because here, there is no respect for human wrangler. hawaii, a dingy carrying the migrants capsized in the english channel. a month ago, it had sailed from the french city of galle towards the spirit in the international organization for migration sad. it was the largest single loss of life in the channel since it began collecting information 7 years ago. the could this turn, the regional government says it has been liaising with french authorities to identify the victims through fingerprints and dna. the kurdish region is widely considered a safe haven compared to other parts of conflict called the iraq. but many people

that sell whatever they own to pay smugglers to get them to the u. k. and europe. in the hope of a bitter life, hundreds of iraqis will repatriated from below rows in november. they were among the thousands of review jesus park on the border between below some poland. among those return to iraq most will from the kurdish region. the government of this turn region says it has warned that young people not to jeopardize their lives by being exploited by people smugglers. while the victims families say a lack of jobs, that it can almost decline and corruption out of forcing people to flee the country . that had it, but that there's really government has approved a plan to double the number of jewish settlers and the occupied golden hives. the

cabinet has endorsed the $300000000.00 plan for the sacraments, golden, and the parent tree captured by israel from syria and was, and next in 1981. moved not recognized by most of the international community medical. honestly, the golan heights is israel money? this is obvious. since 1981 israeli law was applied on it. it's be on debate from the fact that the trump administration recognized it, and the fact that the biden and ministration clarified there is no change in this policy is also of importance. after 10 years, the horrible civil war in syria, any sensible person, understands a peaceful and flourishing israeli. golan heights is preferable than any other alternative. now, tense calm has returned to the occupied westbank. town of booker violence has been escalating there since the settler was shot dead by 2 pounds tinian earlier this month. harry false at reports another night of violence in what's become in recent

days, the most frequent point of friction in the occupied west bank is ready. troops sealed off the village of berker, villages threw rocks and burned tires. the military said shots were fired in the area. soldiers, fire live ammunition rubber coated steel, bullets, and tear gas into the crowd. by sunday, quiet had returned, but after day is that what people here call unprecedented levels of attacks by israeli settlers. local activist honey describes how on thursday night settlers descended from the nearby illegal outpost of homage vandalizing a cemetery. before moving on to the village itself, holmes was stoned with alarm going out, the dozens of settlers were attempting to get into houses. arafat cellar says this level of threat against the village is something new. i don't know with an equal loss. i've been sitting up till morning in case they come back and they're out of control. no government controls them. no army controls them. they attack you

anywhere. earlier on thursday, thousands of settlers gathered in a mass rally at the entrance to homage to mark a week since the killing of yahoo, the demons, man. he was shot as he left the outpost in an attack attributed to the palestinian islamic jihad armed faction. on sunday, soldiers continued to god, the entrance israel was supposed to withdrawn from here in a 2005 disengagement plan that a religious seminary has operated with military protection. ever since, since the shooting settlers have repeatedly fought with soldiers, as they tried to erect new structures, within whom esh they're calling to the outpost to be formalized once more, the military closures in recent days have happened when there been large numbers of settlers threatening the village but villages we've spoken to say that the soldiers are here to ensure the safety of those settlers. when it comes to protecting burka from attack, they say they're on their own. the shooting 10 days ago has led to reprisal attacks

across the west bank, but it's here in boca where the threat has been most concentrated and most constant . the village remains on alert harry force it al jazeera in the occupied west bank . now the superhero film, spider man, no way home, has taken in more than $1000000000.00 of the global box office. that's a new record for the block. auster is the 1st film to reach that milestone. cynthia started the pandemic. the 2nd movie in history to reach that mark despite many theaters being closed or their capacity effected because of corona virus restrictions. ah, hello again, i'm elizabeth toronto mentor, harvard. the headlines on al jazeera tributes are being paid to south africa. nobel peace prize winner desmond to to after have death at 90 years old south africa's presidents. so.