the me ah, the tough stories on the i'll just renew our iraq supreme court has ratified the results from october's election in which she cleric, most of us. so there is movement one the most faith earlier or the court rejected a case followed by opposition. parties contesting the outcome. iran is insisting that the us and his allies allow it to export as crude oil is negotiations on restoring the 2016 nuclear zeal take place. and iran for minister told reporters to run will be pushing for this during the latest from the top, somalia president, i've done left,

my job says he suspended the prime minister on allegations of corruption. i minister. and how much for saying robo, says the move is a violation the constitution back to our main story on iraq supreme court ratification of the october election. and what i've been had is joining us right now from baghdad must be what's been the reaction of the political parties as well as their supporters to the endorsement of that election results. will de rheanna. as you know, this is a long awaited decision by the supreme court to day it has taken over a month and a half now with legal procedures that took weeks until this decision. here we are in one area occupied by supporters of the political parties. hort submitted the appeals who rejected on the electra results,

and they say that we have been speaking to a number of them. they say that they will not do not planning to leave this area. as you can see behind me that there they have set up tents, dozens of tents near the heavily fortified green zone and by the dud. and they say they can, they will continue our protesting here until their demands are met. they say that they belong to our political blocks on political coalitions and whatever these color shall decide they, they will go by. now these political parties have stated to day that that they, they, they are going by. they will abide by the court decisions. but at the same time they, they, they, they reject that, or that they admit the fact that the, the decision of the court is, is being, is being get passed by the highest to legal institution in the country. but meanwhile, they say that the court has admitted that have been irregularities that could have

a lead to a vote rigging right. meanwhile, the head of the, for the acquisition or the pro, iranian a political party. or also it stated that there are accepting the court's decision . but meanwhile, the hope that the court would have would have passed a decision that would be in favor of their coalition. thank you so much my what i've been, we're head reporting from baghdad in the on the kron variance is casting a shadow over the new year of crone, of ours cases, rise sharply around the world. airlines in the us have cancelled more than 700 flights for a 3rd day in a row this holiday season, leaving hundreds of thousands of passengers stranded president joe biden is expected to meet state governors to discuss the rise and hospitalizations around the country. meanwhile, in the u. k prime minister boars johnson is facing pressure to impose stricter

restrictions after more than 122000 cases were reported on friday and over in france, the countries recorded more than 100000 virus infections on christmas day. cobra, 1900 hospitalizations, have doubled in the past month. the government is holding emergency meetings to discuss the next steps and tackling the virus. and across africa. countries are reporting a surgeon co cases, including in the democratic republic of congo. it tracing a 4th wave of corona virus, which is putting greater pressure on its rickety health system than at any time during the pandemic. we have to correspondence covering the story this our we have re challenge is standing by for us for all of the developments from the u. k. first we'll bring in our white house correspondent, kimberly haka to tell us about what's going on in the u. s. kimberly, because last week, washington d. c. well, the hotspot for code cases and now we're hearing that there are multiple places that are considered hot spots. yeah,

we are really seeing numbers that we've not seen since the early days of the pandemic in a number of key states. new york, delaware, hawaii, massachusetts, puerto rico, and also new jersey, all exceeding the 7 day averages in terms of records that we had in place in the last 7 days. and this is particularly concerning to public health officials because of the strain that it puts on hospitals and the already fatigued medical workers who hurt now into their 3rd year of dealing with the coven pandemic. but we've also seen other instances where this is playing out in a negative way and that has to do with the busy holiday travel season. as you mentioned, flight cancellations have been a huge problem by the thousands because there simply aren't enough employees, particularly those at the ticket counter to check people in. and so what we're hearing from a number of travel trade groups is the requesting for public health officials that the quarantine period that's recommended in the united states. if you are suspected

of having close contact with a positive case, that it be reduced from 10 days to 5 days. if you can provide a negative tasks, given the fact that there is such a shortage of workers. so how is the white house pawning on combating this? well, what we know is that the u. s. president is set to have his 1st meeting in a number of days with the governors around the united states to discuss what they need to try and deal with this spread that is due to this honor crowd variant. we also know that the u. s. president is going to be implementing is part of his winter plan in january 500 at home, rap and tests that people can test for themselves and be able to kind of control the spread. but here's the big problem with that. and there's a lot of criticism of this white house about this is the fact that it's a little bit late for that. given the fact that we are seeing the surgeon from the

american thanksgiving holiday now christmas and into new years. and there's been reporting and recent days here in the united states that the white house had the opportunity to get these tests back in october, but turned down that proposal. so a lot of people really unhappy with how this is playing out. not good for president biden, who's already suffering in the polls in terms of his handling of this pandemic. thank you so much. kimberly health report from washington d. c. so that's the situation over in the u. s. let's bring in. we're trying to talk about what's going on in the u. k. and so what are the chances of new restrictions for england being announced soon, dory? well, i think they're receding, they have not disappeared, but it's basically burst. johnson has not had any new data for the last 2 days. the last number on new infections was on friday over christmas and boxing day they weren't published. so he will see today the state that he seems since before

the weekend and on that basis he will make, i think, a decision about whether they're going to be me restrictions coming in before new year. he really is going to face, i think, a very reluctant cabinets and back benches within his own conservative policy. if he tries to push through any new restrictions that is because they feel vindicated in trying to keep the restrictions as minimal as possible because they are looking at the, the data that is coming out on, on the kron from various studies around the world. and they are seeing what everyone else is saying that it looks like on the kron is less severe than the delta variance. yes, it's much more infectious, but it doesn't make people quite as ill. and they are going to be thinking, well, that shows that we were on the right track when we tried to keep locked our

measures limited and tried to persuade bar johnson not to go with any any more stringent measures. they also think that the scientific advisors that are, that are giving us johnson lots of information and advice, are very gloomy and overly powerful. they would much rather these back benches and cabinet members have a strong carry on day one day, which the face of the advising people are limiting social contacts, but not heading them that have to do so. so put this into context and tell us how widespread is ami kron right now? well, i mean, the late, the latest figures were a 122000 new cases on friday. that was a record. i think there have been other records that have been set previously last week. so it seems that the numbers are still going up and up and up. whether we're going to be seeing the beginning of a peek inside or no. yes, to seem to say. and also,

what it means for hospitalization is perhaps to say that we should start getting those hospitalization figures coming out, which will give us a better idea about the severity of armor khan, and whether it really is less severe than the delta veterans or thank you so much for a challenge, reporting from london, south africa is observing a week of national mourning for anti apartheid icon and nobel peace prize. laureate desmond to 2 people are paying tribute to the man who rose to prominence in the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid during white minority rule. he even want to nobel peace prize for his work. 22 was also the 1st black archbishop of cape town. this is a sad moment, but it is also a moment of celebration, celebrating a life well lad. alive, but it's so gigantic. just of many folks in the

life of our country where the ice bishop led many of the paper, millions of people in his struggle against a pottage. and when a pa, tate was defeated, also led the process of reconciliation. our correspondent farm dot miller has more from cape town. so far we know that the funeral will be held at saint george's cathedral on saturday from about 10 a. m local time. but ahead of that to the body of the archbishop desmond to, to will lay in states on friday. and during the course of this week, were expecting to see a number of memorial services across the country, including one in cape town where the city has described the archbishop as its greatest residence. in fact, there will be an interfaith ceremony on wednesday, which i think also speaks to how the archbishop has and was viewed in terms of

inclusivity and also being progressive even within the, his foundation within the anglican church. so we are expecting people to come out on wednesday onwards. the cities also paying tribute to the archbishop by lighting the famous table mountain purple in the city all as well. and we've seen a number of people come out to the saint george's cathedral through the course of the morning laying flowers and paying tribute to the to the archbishop. it is very important for him to always deal with social and economic injustices, as well as in quality equality. and specifically in south africa. he also spoke out against the african national congress, the governing part in south africa. and going as far as in 2016 said, you'd no longer vote for the a and c because they weren't doing enough to deal with economic problems in south africa, poverty and corruption. so this is not somebody who held his tongue in terms of stating what he believed was right. germany,

mark the end of an era this year with anglo merkel stepping down as chancellor, after 16 years. her successor assaults on his party have signalled the return of more left leaning politics across europe. but the regions other power center france just hoping to keep the balance as it is, john hall reports from berlin and paris. ah, it was the end of an era in germany and gala merkle, 16 years is conservative, chancellor, 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 centre left in the carpet should see the tape, 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 into the dawn,

my call was going to face mary le pen the far right candidate in the 2nd round. and he would, 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 she rec, schroeder, that's no reason to think sholtes and mac. com can't see eye to eye on europe and the world. joe to hold al jazeera at paris. an extreme cold warning has been issued for much of western canada. a number of cities are reporting record low temperature is with the coldest,

vomiting to minus 50 degrees celsius. whether officials expect extreme conditions to last for several days. still a heads on the al jazeera and his hour, the sports news, and another and batting collapse, leaves england on the brink of a 3rd straight defeat against australia. ah

ah ah ah ah ah. hello again time for the sports. this is andy. thank you so much, doreen. well, a record 103 premier league pleasant staff have tested positive for cove at 19 in the past 7 days. 15 games now being postponed this month with

a pool manager at yahoo club says coat, excuse me, couches are doing all i can to protect the place. you bill not stop discussing because if we don't discuss it is just face like this maybe to face anyway like this, but best still it's the place need help and help needs to come from from allah, from, from other areas. so that means in this case all the coaches, all the closer to the players and b, b have to deal with all these kind of things. while arsenal had plenty of cove 19 issues ahead of their 5, no one against norwich, the leagues old place i had a right back crisis. all 4 of that place in a position had been rolled out as per league guidance teams have to fulfill their fixtures. if they haven't 13 outfield players and one goalkeeper available, sharon of ours also looming heavily over it. sometimes 3 now when against crystal palace, as bonus means spurs who are fit in the table have played 3 games less than a number of their rivals. while their opponents pass were missing there and manager

patrick the air he tested positive for cove igniting larry 3rd place. chelsea came from behind speed aston villa at 31, but their head coach thomas to call says he's having to take huge risks with his score and said he's been forced to get someplace more minutes than he wanted you to been short on numbers. because of the positive cases and injuries, one of those were, sir, that man romilly le kirk, he's just recovered from corona virus. villa, meanwhile, were without their manager steven jared up. he tested positive. their next game on tuesday has been called off because opponents leads don't have enough players available to have a pearl to watch. everybody thinks like, of course, when you read the met sheath and you read, read the names you. saint leger, everybody's, they're 18 guys. top squad, and it's true if you're, if you're, if you look in detail, you see that we are struggling and, and we're taking some, some huge risks holding once more. the distractions have helped manchester city increase their lead at the top of the table following

a 63 when over less the city. there's 6 points ahead of liverpool who were unable to play their game against late on sunday to to that outbreak in marcella else sort fixed or we've been talking to football right. a gap in hamilton. he says, business considerations are playing a big role in the premier leaks handling of the pandemic. it's not clear the play, the teams are being treated equally, some teams. so having the games called off of us having to play the games. others having to play with we can backward stuff because their medical stuff has tested positive all the coaching stuff as opposed to just not just about the players. so it's not a level playing field and some clubs still that they are being treated unfairly. the logical thing to do would be to have a week or 2 week breaker to let the infections go through the squads and through the club training grounds, and then start again in 2 weeks time. but unfortunately, money to takes everything in the premier league the regains throughout the

christmas period, have to be played with fatigue. the contract people failed. so the show must go on . and that means that the unfortunate infections will carry on as well. and there isn't an obvious way out of this crisis at the moment, manageable is unique in, in europe, and carried on playing through the crusade. in fact, is the busiest period of the season. whereas in italy, in spain and france, germany, they are on a break. and their players are actually on holiday at the moment, so they will have to find some time in the schedules later in the season. and it means a very crowded fixed list in the 2nd half of the season. so to catch up. well, australia looked to be heading towards a convincing series when against england, the source suffered yet another passing collapse there. on the brink of a 3rd straight defeat, the start of play in melbourne has to be delayed with england needing to do coven test data to the best support staff. tested positive for covered 90. 4 wickets from jimmy anderson. look to got england back in the game earlier where they help

restrict the home scenes were 1st innings. leader to australia level $267.00. but in the final our australia's bowl is taking over. they reducing 231 before. oh, it means jerry. so my resume, day 3 trailing by 51 run really going to when they were you we knew that that last 12 i was going to be tough with it with enable but even even so to, to lose for were cases really disappointing. now, so the, the spell from stark and come means was with outstanding but that's what you expect that, that will class bonus that then if in test cricket for, for many, many years, well the, tell us bringing in some promises to help avoid further disruption after 3 more games will cold up to you to cove in 19 so called taxi school to being re introduced these made up of 6 reserve plants who travel in practice with teams and

can replace regulus who will rule out g to current of virus. the regular season was to resume today after the holiday break, but that was being pushed back to tuesday to allow the league more time to analyze testing results. 67 games have been postponed so far this season, and vancouver canucks play itala myers is disappointed. and how the situation is being handled. i think as players, the most frustrating part is seeing what other sports leads are doing. and it seems as if we're heading the opposite direction a lot. so it's you know, i think it's a little confusing for us. and the play chasing cleveland cavaliers thrashed the corona virus to painted throne raptors in the n b a. the canadian side head plays missing due to the leave health and safety protocols. cabalistic full advantage using to 45 point when fire guy last week the m b a now that it has no plans to hope the season despite the worsening cove. it 9 to charlotte,

garland fire. so like everybody did other job, you know, at the thought, like we did a great job trying to figure out what we can do and i thought we did the best we could do. but just it is what it is. best reassurance, kind of crazy. ok. but hey, sports looking for an out during thank you so much and for that update. well before we go bit coin is giving a former alimony implants in texas and new industry. so crypto miners are pouring in from all over the world and offering millions for a spot there from the val explains from rockdale rockdale, texas is coining it in bit coining it in. just listen to this. it is the sound of making money. the us now be destination for bitcoin minors and rural texas, reaping it here. we're hiring 400 more people like a fast, we can hire mind springing up everywhere. solving complex algorithms 247 to release

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