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or people and dozens of towns at least being worn to flash floods in northeastern brazil with thousands remain traps and peruse hidden pandemic more than 10000 children who have lost a parent to cove. at 90 ah well south africa is observing a week of national mourning for the nobel peace prize. laureate desmond tutu, has died at the age of 90 people out paying tribute to the man who rose to prominence back in the 1980s as an opponent of parties during whites minority rule . desmond tutu, also the 1st black archbishop of cape town. and that's where we'll go now. funny to mila is outside the cathedral in cape town, where for me to the body will be lying in state at some point that will happen towards the end of the week before a state funeral on saturday. and just ahead of that,

we're seeing people coming through to the cathedral, to lay flower was to pay homage to what sub africans, or who south african snow as the arch. and we have not seen this type of outpouring of tribute. so since the death of a former president, nelson mandela and at, during his lifetime, this is what he said about archbishop desmond too, too. he was a voice that was sometimes strident, often tender, never afraid, and seldom without yuma. and within his religious foundation, he was known to be progressive and inclusive. and we've heard a number of tributes from prominent people across south africa across the world. but this is what presidents, laura, my pulse i had to say of following the death of the archbishop. 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 and the knowledge that he has left an indelible mark the lives of millions of people who had the privilege and honor of knowing you for me to just watching people behind you, they're coming to pay the tributes not to make comparisons, but i guess south africa hasn't seen something like this since the death of a former president, nelson mandela. so precisely that, and this is one of these sort of loss generation of leadership in south africa where questions are being raised about what happens next. nelson mandela, that political leadership that fight against a party, the struggle against injustices and very similar of course, to the archbishop in terms of the work he did to fight and in apartheid south africa is in a different space. now. however,

there continues to be social and economic injustices, and that's also what the archbishop was well known for. and even as, as late as 2013, the late to years of his life, he criticized the governing african national congress for not doing enough to deal with social injustices. poverty violence, not dealing with these issues adequately. he was outspoken. any didn't care or who it might have been affected because essentially this is always about human rights. justice and the people ultimately, the archbishop, known for his compassion that's from a to miller reporting from cape town on the death of xerox, bishop desmond tutu. thank you. and there are reports from somalia that the prime ministers house has been surrounded by military and presidential gods. the president mohammed up the law he for mojo says he has suspended muhammad hussein ruble until corruption investigations against him are completed. the president and

the prime minister of tuesday, each other of holding up the parliamentary elections. we're going to talk to matt brought in about the strategic advisor for the son research, which is a think tank focusing on politics and security in the one of africa. i, he's on skype from nairobi today. matt, thanks for your time. i'm. i have heard as she from another guest early today, he was saying actually, maybe the president doesn't have the authorities to suspend the prime minister. we just going into very uncharted, murky, sort of political waters here. i think that's right. the president's constitutional mandate expired in february, and he stayed on and tried a very similar power grab in april this year, which led to fighting in the streets of mogadishu and, and would have it probably concluded in his overthrow, if a deal hadn't been negotiated to produce elections for parliament and president

by the end of this year that agreement for elections expired. these for the parliamentary elections expired today. the prime minister was planning to convene a national conference today to charge the wave forward. and now the president has once again intervened. and his has created a situation of real uncertainty and danger. there are, i believe, $275.00 seats in the parliament being contested in only $24.00 pieces of actually been elected out of that short story. what is the hold up? well the hold up is that the electoral model that used to pertain in somalia, which was quite straightforward, it's been used before, was modified at the insistence of the incumbent president with a number of changes that favored his incumbency and probably his re election and the entire process now has come down almost to one of sherry picking where seat by

seed. we are seeing rigging, we are seeing appointees, of the president intelligence officers from the national security servers being essentially given seats. and these are the people who would choose the next. the next president, somali, it doesn't have a, a real full parliament. if i can put it that way, it kind of doesn't have a prime minister. now, what it does have is a president who seems to be trying to take power and people. i think some people would start to look that as a, as a paragraph, mr. kuhn while it is being widely described as a coo and i think can probably the one person who seems to have some legitimate authority in this situation is the prime minister, the president, frankly, as an ex president, as i say, his mandate expired in february, and he's a candidate for the presidency. there are 2 other former presidents also

campaigning for the presidency. so essentially from my job should simply just be a candidate now and as agreed by all the stakeholders, the prime minister should be left alone to do his job and run the elections. if that doesn't happen, i think there's a real risk of us ending up with fighting in the streets again during from my job last power grab in april this year. mat, thank you so much for that. good to get some. well as much clarity we can at the moment met brighton is from the sun research. thank you. now the united nations, as it is horrified by reports of a mass killing in me and my right scripts of accused the military of carrying out a massacre after the burnt remains of 38 people were found and kaya state witnesses, a civilians including women and children, were rounded up an executed and 2 workers from the charities. i've children, i'm missing so and separately at tens of thousands of civilians,

i've been trying to escape fighting near the border with thailand and tony cheng, his life for us there in the ty city of my salt, which is near me and my just festival tell me the latest on this fighting yeah, it's been very active or this afternoon. we arrived in this area which is about 10 kilometers are further down the my river from minnesota. or on the way we saw an attack helicopter parade are patrolling along the border. and we got out of the van, and there was the sound of gunfire. immediately. small arms fire, automatic gunfire. small percussive bangs that appear to be from mortars and louder bangs that are, that must be from heavier artillery to it. there's a slight lull at the moment, but so we were just speaking to the time military who are patrolling nearby. they said that sir, there have been some hits on this side of the border. they've also fired warning shots across to the other side to try and stop any one coming over here. but

clearly the situation is very fluid. we've also just seen a group of villages from across the river on the mir my side coming across. they say it's very unsafe over there, as we understand it. at the moment, there are various different groups belonging to the correct ethnic armed groups fighting against the myanmar military and the myanmar border force. one of the reasons they're fighting here is because the river is shallow. it's very easy to cross. at the moment, no one's out there. the locals on this side, staying well within the boundaries of their houses at the situation remains very tense. sort of position tony, does it put the tie government in because you got people coming in from me in march . i knew escape for fighting the very difficult position because they have been very reluctant to criticize the military hunter in immune march and their attitude so far this year when we've seen

fighting in these areas is to let people come across for a couple of days and then push them back when they deem the situation to be safe. very clearly at the moment is, is very unsafe, more and more people flooding across more than 5000. at the moment. i think the situation the thai government wants to avoid is the situation they had in the eighty's when they saw tens of thousands of people pouring over the border, who then effectively remained in thailand for the next 20 years living in refugee camps. it basically became, a cit is on the size of, of ty, hillsides. they really don't want that to happen. i, ironically, many of the people coming across at the moment a coming from piece villages, there were, were established to re house, some of the people from the ty refugee camp so that they probably are more familiar with tyna than mere mom. and i think it's going to be very hard to convince them that it's safe enough to go back home. tony cheng as in net, my southern thailand was to me in my thank you tony. in the news ahead side by side,

but with very different agendas. we're looking at how the relationship between europe, powerhouses, germany and france might evolve in 2022 and testing overwhelmed in australia as it records the 1st death linked to the army. kron variant of cove at 19 ah, ah, look forward to burritos guys. with the sponsored play cut on airways. hello. thank you for joining in. we're starting to see the rain peter. i would across siberia. good to see you. but the wave is moving in across western areas of france toward the south is while this is concerning, because earlier in the month there was extreme flooding in southern france. we have a mile push of air across siberia look at some these temperatures valencia 24

degrees in the sunshine. that mild there will eventually make it into northwestern europe. but for now, london, 11 degrees. there are some more of that rain into western france. and where we have low temperatures and precipitation. so across germany, there is the risk we could see some freezing rain, so red weather alerts out for that. and we talked about those temperatures rising. look at this in london, you could be up to 16 degrees on wednesday. the all time december temperature record across england is $17.00. so this is near record breaking stuff off to central areas of europe through the balkans. we do have some heavy falls here. once again, could see some freezing brain across, hungry and still for is stumble breezy conditions. and we see a shield of rain for western areas of greece on monday, off to africa and the east. it is a bit cool here. hard tune. 31, a. d saba, 23. but further toward the west we've got heat, a boucher high, 36 degrees on monday. that truck they'd season. oh, the weather. sponsored by katara ways. it's the political debate show that's

challenging the way you think. have agencies fail hating the situation, is was that it was before the digital sound bites and digging into the issue is a military advancement. going to stop the family ticket? i, he's on that have company to divide to now people out of barry, how will climate migration differ for those who have and those who don't have lots of countries see, we will pay poor countries to keep refugees there. a port with me, mark lamond hill on al jazeera. oh ah, so these are the top stories on al jazeera somali as prime minister mohammed has said, global says his suspension is

a violation of the constitution and the country's laws. president mohammed up the law, he from ojo accused, the prime minister of corruption. both might have been accusing each other of holding up somalis, parliamentary elections, made miles, military is been accused of carrying out a massacre. after the child remains of $38.00 people were found and kaya state witnesses sate civilians including women and children, were rounded up and executed and south africa observing a week of warning. excuse me for the nobel peace prize, laureate desmond tutu, rose to prominence in the 1980s as an opponent to the parties during white minorities road. he died at the age of 1930. we had from reverend paid a story. i was friends with desmond to do for 35 years and said he was actually disappointed with south africa's post appetite governments. she accused of failing to live up to their promises of liberation will be interested in never lost hope during the struggle against a party. but the most, most depressed i've ever seen him was in recent years when the very movement and

the people who helped to bring us liberation, betrayed the vision of a rainbow south africa. and have taken us down the road of corruption and greed, and, and avarice. and vitality that is what has made him sad and he has struggled with that. he said to me, i am in a conversation all that long ago. he said, you know peter, we, we, we know our theology. we understand that human beings are frail and fallen and therefore we shouldn't be surprised that this is but we are allowed to be very, very sad. and i, i think he struggled with that. he spoke out against them with the same strength and almost ferocity as he used against the apartheid regime. and he said to them,

you are worse, you are worse because you could and should be different. we trusted you to be different and his words were strong. i warn you, i want you, he said you will bite the dust. and when he said that i remembered him saying that to be a party, reggie and we all know that he's prophecy. looks like it could come true. because recently, the amc government has suffered some real setbacks. people are tired of their corruption and their inefficiency. and, and so i, but i, i don't want to leave him on that note because while he was deeply disappointed with the, with the generation that it should have liberated us and, and stayed faithful to the values of that of that liberation. he had immense hope and confidence in the younger generation. the israeli government is planning to double the number of jewish settlers in the occupied golan heights. the capital

endorsed a $300000000.00 investment plan for the region where $25000.00 israel is already. they've gone hot seized by israel from syria in the 967 war, and then annexed in 1981. the united states was the 1st country to recognize israel sovereignty over the territory. lamont, the colonies, slay lit the golan heights. is israel money? this is obvious, since 1991 is ready law was applied on it. it's the on debate on the fact that the trump administration recognized it and the fact that the buyer 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 flash. subbing in ne, in brazil has led to the death of 18 people rescue teams and trying to reach those

who are trapped. this deluge came up to 2 dams, burst following weeks of heavy rain sold and rivers and flooded towns across the state of bar. here i was under a run petty as this report. some residents of ether, buena, ne, brazil resorted to piloting jet skis to help flood his families, reach safer grounds. others like this men peddled an inflatable mattress to reach his home. water flooded this and other towns across the state of by year after 2 dams collapse following weeks of heavy rains that had already displaced thousands on sunday afternoon, residents have eaten a survey to damage a point. i'll put a lot on mine. it's crazy by the bridge. it looks like the ocean that are waves, almost 2 meters high. we feel sad, thinking about our families. our responsibilities are debt, but you can't play with gods. well. alto, 80 say they evacuated thousands of residents from 67 towns still under flash floods,

warnings. while rescuers on dingus, we're trying to reach trapped families, bringing basic supplies on what to do. so it's very sad to see our town like this. it's very said, i never seen anything like this in my life. may as governor read, castro said some 400000 people have been affected by the flooding. bill huseby, the winters, views this, i've received a lot of videos of people putting themselves at risk, trying to save vulnerable people, the elderly children, throwing themselves into the water up to their necks, using floats. this strength, this unity for life will help us rebuild the unprecedented rains 6 times greater than the historic average have continued unabated since mid november. more than 4000 people are now homeless, while at least 18 of died since the start of an emergency that could continue for weeks. allison, the and pierre t al jazeera protest,

as in iraq have blocked roads leading up to the federal court and the capital baghdad. supporters of the run back to she, our groups are appealing against the electoral commission after suffering. heavy losses in october's elections was the shia cleric, more powder of thought as movement which one the most seats. the results from parliamentary elections sparked several demonstrations across baghdad. many of them turned violent australia's most popular state new south wales as recorded its 1st death linked to the army corn variant of covey. 19 testing sites across australia have been overwhelmed in many cases, and managers of a hospital and sidney apologized after it's sent out. incorrect results to nearly a 1000 people, and that was after another major laboratory mistakenly informed 400 people had contracted the virus that they were actually negative. his catherine bennet, my chair in epidemiology institute for health transformation at deacon university

explains why australia is now struggling to manage this surgeon cases. well, we've actually really started to make the transition that makes the timing of the crime even worse in a way. because the strategy knew we couldn't keep the virus up. and the idea was when our vaccination rates were high enough and they were right, you know, hitting 90 percent believe that finance. now 16, an older population that we would then be ordered. some of the state 30 were doing that states that already had delta still circulating, were planning to get back to 0, and had hospitalizations with manageable levels, mainly and vaccinated people. victoria was 90 percent awfully vaccinated nazi you still but other states were starting to then have their plans in place to open up and on the chrome really shifted everything for the world. it has that vaccine escape quality. that means that the work we put into vaccination might still protect people from going to hospital, but it means you're just dealing with much larger numbers of infection in the

community. that not only do you have that, have that risk, that you will say even re cases they will appear and be in hospital, but also people going into hospital for other reasons, taking the virus with them and making the hospital system very, very complicated at the moment is i tried many stuff we've really pushed testing numbers up while some days was well over a 150000 tests and you just can't keep that volume of tests up and keep the turnaround time short in terms of getting those results back. so it's not to load the system. and on top of that, some of the states that we're trying to protect their own board is because i didn't have on the chrome circulating at that stage. they were asking that every traveler in today's face should have a p c artist before they leave. and so that was adding somewhere between 2540 percent. more people into the cues for p c r testing. so she about human infection in the community. hosp travel requirement in the us,

hundreds flights have been canceled for 3rd day in a row. airlines i, they just don't have enough staff to get their planes off the ground was code infection surge due to all micron in new york doctor's report. and the number of children needing hospital treatment is increased as well. half of the admissions are children below the age of 5 who are too young to be vaccinated. to run of ours deaths in peru, maine might have left at least $10000.00 children without one or even both of their parents. it has been described as a hidden pandemic, and has left many poor families without their main bread winner, marianna sanchez as our report now from lima. when antoinette of i years lost her 34 year old husband to coven 19 last year, she had to move into a small room at her in love with her 3 children and all her belongings. now she works nearly 12 hours per day, 7 days a week, a 16 year old son looks after the smaller ones your, they're gonna think off on i usually make $10.00 per day,

but sometimes there is no work. and sometimes i only make $7.00 in a day, a 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. they do has the highest per capita death rate in the world. official government figures would the number of children who have lost one or both parents to the disease 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 family are added to the shop they already have because of the confinement they like face to face classes. they have stress and anxiety. it's a critical situation and one in april, the government rolled out a grants plan of nearly $50.00 for each child, but families have to apply online,

and for many that has proven difficult about her young aberdeen. 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 3rd. the government says by june, only 3000 children were receiving the pension. children not only think of nestles, having lost the parent most are poor, and it is unlikely they will receive psychological help to overcome work for many has been a traumatic experience. and when it says the evidence will lima, constantly cry. but any of you them won't come down. 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. colbert analysts say it is still early to understand the scope of the problem and don't, don't know if we are facing an incredible challenge that we do not seem prepared to assume. we are a country and 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 n a sanchez, i'll just see that lima beetle and iran has been the entry of travelers from several european countries. again, trying to curb the spread of on the chron people flying from britain, france de knock in norway won't be allowed in for the next 15 days. and a similar been imposed in november on travelers from 8 african countries that's been extended and germany marked the end of the year this year with sang the medical stepping down as chancellor, after 16 years, her success all off schultz and his party signaled the return of more, less leaning politics across europe, but the regions, other power into france is hoping to keep the balance just as it is. john hall with

the support from parents. ah, it was the end of an era in germany. and gala merkel 16 years is conservative chance the defined by economic strength, stability, and european leadership. in her place came a shift in tone and direction. if not pace, a quiet man from the center left can accomplish civilly tape the guns. all off shoulder promises more merkel style stability, but with an accent on social justice. his offer of respect for the working class, one vote is back from the populist extremes. his vision to turn germany into a manufacturing power for the carbon neutral age. there is not just a change in style and communication, but this is going to be a domestic transformation. monumental task that they have set out for themselves. but in terms of foreign policy, it's not going to be simply an inward looking government. because the world

situation doesn't allow for that for a country in the middle of europe with no country has more neighbors as in this. and so there's going to be a global agenda and there is more of a human rights based approach to foreign policy. so 2021 ends with change here in germany, the ascent of the social democrats signaling the possible revival of the left across europe. while in france 2022 brings in election in which president emanuel mack cronies, hoping things stay more or less the same for him, at least a few months ago. the deal seemed to be done. michael was going to face matthew le pen the far right candidate in the 2nd round. and he would say it was going to be the winner. as in 2017. now it's far more complicated because the far right is split between 2 candidates. and the 3rd candidate has emerged. the right wing, traditional right wing, valero, because,

and so the game is far more open. that it seems that the axis of french politics has moved to the right, dominated by issues like immigration and to succeed. micron will have to move with it. but like previous power, couples with political differences. think coal meter, all chirac. schroeder, that's no reason to think sholtes and mccomb can't see eye to eye on europe and the world joe hall al jazeera at paris. ah. without his era, and these are the top stories south africa are observing a week of morning for the nobel peace prize. laureate desmond tutu, he rose to prominence in the 1980s as an opponent of a partied during white minority rule. he was 90 years old. his family to miller with more from kate on what is key is, is just really the humanity that the archbishop oh,

is described by in that he didn't want a big.