barbara on counting the cost, the all new tourism, the world's richest land, making a drab to control access to the trillion dollar banks, industry all cows, the new paul. why rich nations of emitter, diverse culture from climate change and how flouring cost lives in iraq? counting the calls on al jazeera blue. the u. s. centers for disease control homes, the recommended isolation period for anyone infected by coven 19 as cases continue to climb across the country. ah, i money in sight. this is al jazeera lloyd, from dough or so coming up in vienna. negotiate is attempt to resurrect the ra

nuclear deal with discussions focused on lifting. crippling sanctions and fighting sees ethnic groups backlit out against me on most military forcing refugees to flee across the time border. on a week of morning begins in south africa, remembering the anti apartheid icon, the archbishop desmond teaching with the omi called variance is costing a shadow over the holiday period. as corona vars cases rise shortly around the world in the u. s. president joe biden has promised to rapidly increase the level of corona virus testing. he spoken to state governors and admitted that the previous level of testing wasn't good enough. and for a 3rd day in a row this holiday season, us airlines were forced to count. so more than 700 flights leaving hundreds of

thousands of passengers stranded, the u. k. government has ruled out new coven 19 restrictions for england before the new year. instead people edge to remain cautious. more than 98000 cases have been reported that in the past 24 hours and public health authorities in the u. s. have shortened isolation for positive asymptomatic people from 10 to 5 days. it comes as an average of a $100000.00 cases all reported daily. but the u. s. president says the health system is prepared. company health reports in the u. s. cases of cove it caused by the arm across very, and are soaring, had expected to get worse in the coming weeks. the stream is being felton hospitals. new records are being fat with daily infections rising past last winter's pandemic peak. in ne states like delaware new jersey, new york,

and massachusetts, but also hawaii and puerto rico, there is no federal solution. this gets solved, state level on speaking to the nation's governors in a virtual meeting on monday. us president joe biden admitted white house efforts to combat the highly contagious. i'm a crime very. it have been insufficient, but it's not enough. it's clearly not enough provide. we'd know we would have gone harder quicker if we could have but new reporting indicates the biden administration was pushed to ramp up, testing as far back as october in anticipation of a holiday covered search, but declined. bided denies the report we did reject if still biden announced a half 1000000000 at home. rapid task would be distributed to americans free of charge. the tests won't be available until january,

too late for those wanting to test before holiday gatherings. but we have to do more, we have to do better, and we will local mayors and governors are waiting. in some states, the national guard has been called in to support hospitals in washington, dc, the mayor called for volunteers to assemble rapid test kits. hundreds lined up for hours at libraries to receive one lines that airports or even worse, hundreds of flights have been canceled. airlines are struggling to maintain staff, as workers are getting sick or having to quarantine. kimberly hell can al jazeera, the white house, australia has reported more than 10000 coven 19 cases. on monday, a new record as the country battles, a wave of infections. the number of people seeking tests has put a strain on health care services. and the state of new south wales authorities urging people who are asymptomatic,

to rethink. but for cooling emergency services. let's go to sarah clog who joins me live now from brisbin. sarah, bring us up to date with a situation where you are we certainly are saying an ongoing rise in the number of cases across the street. that's all states and territories, victoria, the sup wilds. the states with the highest number that you mentioned this week, we had the highest daily count of being 10000 across the nation. now on tuesday. well, it is recorded 6062 cases. and 3 did, so we're still seeing a rise in hospitalization numbers, but i should state it's the delta barrier that's pushing these numbers. driving these numbers on monday, the recorded this day regarding the on the con, variance and he was the man, the guy he did have online health conditions. he was however, in an age can facility and certainly raised concerns about a potential sprayed there is a while now some reinforcing,

reinstating some health restrictions. so pretty much mandatory across the country indoors at the moment. but you thought, well, this is a push or over 10 to look at over the christmas period. and in queensland where i am on tuesday, we've recorded the highest number of cases. 1150. this is because we've got people traveling over the christmas and new break and we've got huge pression on the health system, particularly news as well because the restrictions to cross borders had been lifted . and of course, people coming from yourself to any other state into queens and now must get a mantra pcr test with thing accused that can last for up to 6 hours. that of course the test results are also taking days to be returned. so that particular claim that has been called upon to, to drop some of those tougher climates, but they get to do so. but certainly the result, the thing big choose and

a lot of holidays have had to be cancelled as a result. and sarah, they've been some blunders on test results with people given the wrong results. took us through what's been happening, the is adding to some of the chaos. we've got some 2 major blunders in the wild. this way we have 995 people receive a text saying now negative and this is before the test results had been confirmed and that city pathology unit has now confirmed that half of those you see that texts were in fact positive. so they were concerned about the number of hidden cases in the community. as a result of this in, on monday, 400 people will say test take sign or message saying that when negative. but they were in fact a positive. so the government, the human error because of the pressure being placed on the health system due to the strict pressure requirements and paper paper want to travel over that christmas time for the shift in clinics that they've descended into kyle. and then it's

a while government has cool for those mandatory testing requirements in queens and to be dropped in on tuesday. the claims on government has now sit at the day don't need to require a 5 day test. the other strict restrictions to travel across the board or a fill in place money. thanks for that update. sarah clark that for us in brisbin the 8th round of talks to revise. iran 2015 nuclear deal with world powers has resumed in vienna. around the foreign minister wants guarantees that us sanctions will be lifted on iranian oil sales fee is a growing, the time is running out and salvage the do. dorsey jabbar has been monitoring the talks from vienna they one of the 8th rounds of the nuclear negotiations between iran and the p 4 plus one that's friends, u. k. germany, russia, and china, and indirectly the united states have wrapped up here in vienna. all parties are optimistic on this 1st day that this rounds will move forward much quicker than the

previous ones, because there seems to be a general consensus about what needs to be discussed. moving forward, please talk will go on until friday, where there will be a 3 day break for the new year, and they will resume next monday and they will keep going until there is some kind of a resolution. the russians ambassador has said that he's hopeful this could be possibly the final round of the negotiations. and of course, we are here because the united states left a deal in 2018 and impose a series of crippling sanctions on iraq or the banking sector. the radian foreign minister, entire on monday said that that is the 1st thing they really want to see remedy. they want to see those sanctions lifted so they can sell their oil on the international market yet again and be paid for it. the process of the way these are looking for to is very specific. and i asked that question to the lead the chief negotiator here in vienna, from the iranians, the deputy for mister alibaba,

connie, and this was his response very much. that was, in my opinion, it's been a good beginning all sides emphasize the importance of lifting sanctions. and the issue of verification and guarantees should be on the agenda. so based on this, it was a great the 1st issue this going to be on the agenda in this round is the issue of guarantees and verification. and then the working groups will continue their work in the area of lifting sanctions in the banking and financial sexes. so that is the position by the iranian send, the deputy for mr. also said that the raise wouldn't be in vienna if they weren't optimistic that these talks will get somewhere and that they, j. c, p. o, it could be salvage, that this point the americans are much more pessimistic at this stage because they say that what the rainy's are asking for is very difficult to guarantee on their parts. but for now, all parties are optimistic moving forward and into a new year that there could be some kind of resolution in the 8th round of the

talks, which could hopefully be the final round of purchase in iran cost to the supreme court rejected an appeal to overturn october's parliamentary election results? the port is of iran back she a group class with security forces near the course of action suff and heavy losses in the vote. alleged irregularities still ahead on al jazeera tension. ron heinz mani on to the president removed the prime minister from office . and as part of all, look i had to 2022. we see watson the still for europe. how, how germany and from ah, ah, look forward to burritos guys. with sponsored by capital airways.

hello there. let's start in south asia. we're going to see some wet weather creep into central parts of india in the days to come thanks to these bands of cloud moving east from pakistan. now ahead of that, we've had a cold wave effect, northern india that support some heavy snow to the foothills of the himalayas. temperatures of plummeted down. and that set to continue for the south of this when you deli, manage to escape the rain, but we've still got fog and smog issues, those fog alerts extend all the way to the northwest, but it's going to get very wet across central air is we've got some warnings out for thunderstorms and lightning in places like madhya pradesh. and that'll scoot along further east by the time we get into wednesday, some heavy rain and snow expected across nepal, edging into bangladesh as well. but further south of this, it's a much more central picture, lots of fine and dry weather to be found down in the south with just a few showers kicking into for lanka. now as we move over to east asia, we'll go straight to japan. we've had lots of unsettled weather here in the form of

heavy snow. we've had record a month for in western horseshoe. we're going to see the snow continue. they'll be a bit bit of a low on tuesday, but there's more to come on wednesday and some heavy rain for central honshu. that's your update. oh, the weather sponsored by casara, always african stories by african filmmakers. terrible. le, let's go to join over with all the loan over the phone mother, no real short documentary from her kina, fossil and synagogue, to be with you for years i can give to them. but of course, the man who plants to bow bombs and a reference 3 africa direct on al jazeera. with

a you're watching out as a reminder of our top stories this our u. s. health officials have shortened to isolation for people who have coven 19, but showed no symptoms from 10 to 5 days. the cdc also recommends no quarantine of exposure for those who have received booster shots. australia's reported more than 10000 coven 19 cases. on monday, a new record as the country battles a wave of infections. a number of people seeking task has put a strain on health care. the 8th round of negotiations to remind the ra nuclear deal have resumes in vienna. aaron's foreign minister wants to us to lift sanctions entre ron's oil exports. and e diplomat who's chairing the talk says negotiations

may be over within weeks. a military offensive against ethnic karen arms groups is intensifying in myanmar. the military, which sees power in a queue in february, has been accused of committing atrocities against villages. thousands of fleeing the violence into thailand as beat attorney chang. he joins his lie from the time board. a town of may start. so bring us up to date with what you are seeing where you are. well, the contrast were there, what we're seeing this morning, and when we arrived yesterday is enormous. behind me is the town of mayor woody. and it's a sleepy picture of a quiet boarded town. the border itself has been closed for some time sheet covered 19 herb. but we can hear burmese language radio. people getting ready for the day yet yesterday, when we arrived at about midday, about 10 kilometers down the border in a village,

a barn rye. we could hear all of the sounds of a full on war. there was small arms fire, automatic gunfire. mortars going off, we saw the evidence of mortars that had landed on the ty side. heavy artillery, we even saw her helicopter gun ships operating in refugees, had fled across the border, telling us that airstrikes had been hitting their villages. and that's pretty much what has been going on all along this border for about 30 kilometers. for the last 2 weeks. there's all sorts of conflict going on between mere mar border, forced me on my armed forces. and on the other side of people's defense forces, a group that's an arm group that sprang up in opposition to the military coup and murmur. but also the qur'an ethnic arm groups have been operating and have controlled many of these areas the some time. but while these battles a raging thousands of refugees are pouring across the border into thailand,

trying to find sanctuary. money, thanks for that update. tony chang, speaking to us live there from the time, bought a town of may salt. the russian foreign minister says talks are planned with the u. s. service security concerns and an interview ads on the foreign ministry website. take a lateral said russian diplomats and misery officials will take part in the talks. in january, my camera has war from new york. well, we've all state department for a response to the comments made by sir g. a lab rather than to there is no direct confirmation of lab rubs intention to hold a meeting between experts from both the us and russia at the state department simply says that it's willing to engage in diplomacy, whatever the forum be direct talks or that through nato allies, however, it says as well that any talks must depend on the fact that russia addresses us concerns about security. and also as such,

discussions have to be on the basis of reciprocity. so there's no direct confirmation from state department. apart from that comment, saying that that is open to any form of dialogue with russia on condition as well. it adds that it is in consultation with its nato allies. now we do know that jake sullivan, the national security advisor, held a talk with his russian counterpart early last week. not clear whether that conversation del to this upcoming meeting or potential meeting. we also know that president biden held a telephone conversation with the russian president a short while ago. once again, discussions there appeared to center on the possibility of a summit at some stage, but no clarity as to whether this meeting between an identified and as yet unnamed military officials and diplomats is going to take place where it will take place. or indeed, when it will take place,

syria has condemned the an israeli government decision to double the number of jewish settlers in the occupied golden heights. the $300000000.00 plan was endorsed during a cabinet meeting on sunday. garland was seized by israel from syria in the 1900. 67, middle east was annex in 1981 hurry forth at explain from west whistler. this is a plan over the next several years, a 3 to 5 years costing $300000000.00 plus and the policy sees the creation of more than $7000.00 new housing units. most of those going in the existing jewish israeli conservation settlement in the occupied go on the heights, but also the proposals to, to further such supplement smaller ones. on top of that the current population levels there are very, very sparse. it's a large area, 150000 or so people, half of them israeli jews, the other half, mainly drew's arabs with

a handful of lights as well. and so what is being proposed is doubling the population of israeli settlement within the occupied area. now as far as the israeli public is concerned, mainstream is really political opinion. it does pretty much accord with what natalie been at the prime minister was saying that this is seen as pretty vital israeli territory on a security level. it is a lot less controversial as well than such settlement building inside the occupied west bank. well, you have to make inroads into what could be a future palestinian state with until velocity is a live peace negotiation process going on. and so it is an opportunity for a right wing pro settlement is ready, prime minister to make a big settlement announcement without potentially some of the audio that could come

in way internationally. if he made some of the proposals within the west, back somali, as prime minister mohammed hussain robo has ordered military forces to take orders directly from him to president mohammed from j suspended him on allegations of corruption and abuse of power. both have traded accusations about delaying elections in hon. omar. the 1st american somali congress woman has called for a small j to step aside from elections to proceed on. as smith has more in the story. smalley, as president says, the prime minister is suspected of corruption and is now suspend mohammed of the law. mohammed accuses mohammed robel of stealing land owned by the army. the prime minister says the move in direct to shaka, so mighty yet i would like to clarify it. if somebody people that the government in transitional faith is responsible for leading the country and running the affairs

of various state institutions to the armed forces should take orders from the government and the prime minister's office to anyone who disagrees with this, we have to present it to the judiciary that going to do, and it's the latest round in a long running dispute between the 2 leaders. they 1st clashed in april, when the president, unilaterally extended his boy by 2 years that prompted army factions loyal to each man to seize rival positions. in margaret issue, 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,

the u. s. embassy in somalia has urged de escalation from both sides burdick smith outages in north korean leader kim jones ruling policy is holding a key knee thing is being held more than a week off to ceremony to mark 10 years since kim seems supreme command on to the death of his father, their expectations came will outline the country's major policies for 2022 during this week's meeting. it comes as north korea grapples with an economic crisis and international sanctions of its nuclear weapons program. now germany marked the end of an arrow this year with anglo michael stepping down as chancellor to 16 years successor alas, shoals and his party have signaled the return of moore left leaning politics across europe. but the regions of a power send to france is hoping to keep the balance as it is shown. how reports from berlin, i'm paris. ah,

it was the end of an era in germany and gala merkle, 16 years as 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 centre left him accomplish civilly take this gun from the holla, sholtes, and promises more merkel style stability. but with an accent on social justice. his offer of respect for the working class, one voters 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 an 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 dawn. my call was going to face my 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, 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's a 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 rock schroeder, that's no reason to think sholtes and mccomb can't see eye to eye on europe at the world. joe, to hold al jazeera at paris during delane maxwell. sex trafficking trial has signaled it is not near a verdicts. deliberations i've extended now into a 2nd week. the british social, i'm pleaded not guilty to grooming teenagers for under age sex. she faces up to 70 years in prison, if found guilty. brazilian authorities are working to assist hundreds of thousands of people who've been displaced by flooding in the north of the country. dozens of towns have been inundated, altitude dams,

gave way in the states of bar. here. these 18 people have been killed the region as experienced heavy downpours for weeks. officials say the rainfall for december has been 6 times greater than average. some residence resorted to using inflatable raft to fleet are flooded homes. the captain on 1st mates of a ship out spelled a 1000 tons of oil off the coast of maricia last year have been jailed for 20 months. captains denila cannot none dash, while pleaded guilty admitting to drinking during an on board possy ship had a coral reef and ran aground and an area known to host rat and ancient wildlife. south africa has begun a week of national mourning falling the death of an anti policy leader and nobel peace prize. laura's the archbishop desmond tutu, the president and sarah rum oppose, a husband among those,

leading the tributes. familiar reports. ah, bells ring out at saint george's cathedral to honor archbishop ameritas desmond tutu. mourners come and go at what is known as the people's church. paying tribute to a man recognised as cape tells, greatest resident reserved there was mover, afraid to open his mouth in it. but the beans, the evil of apart the laws within the life he lived in the legacy lived. hm. it is because of the foundation that he bought, that someone like me can sit in the city of cape town council now representing the be office, great city and country a regardless of my race, of my religion. it's at this church during a party to, to became the city's 1st black archbishop. it's from these steps the nobel prize winner preached against the tyranny of white minority will during apartheid. and it's here where to his funeral will be held on new year's day as his home

government officials, friends and family pay their respects amongst them president silver melissa, but as we say in african policy, a huge tree has fallen. and this is a tree under which we as africans are the children of this great country, south africa found refuge found shade found protection. and this tree has now fallen rehab that my oh. 7 my god to, to will line state at the cathedral on friday. but coven, 19 regulations. mean many of those who loved archbishop to to won't be able to put him farewell. instead, they've been urged to visit local parishes to honor the archbishop memorial services will be held in south africa this week, including an interfaith service for the archbishop, who was to many a unifying figure to, to transcend and race and religion. and was often celebrated for including all self

africans in his struggle for social justice. while devoted to the church to, to will not only be remembered as a religious leader, but an icon whose appeal brought and often defied itself, africa together for meter. mila al jazeera, cape town, tessa, founder in on mosque, is facing a backlash and china complaints his satellites. had to close encounters with its space station earlier this year. the claims have not been verified. the china has complained to the un space agency uses of the way by messaging platform of label the musk satellites bites junk. ah, this is al jazeera, these you top stories, u. s. health officials have shortened isolation for people who are coven 19, but show no symptoms from 10.