right to we da da 0 has teens on the grand did when you move award winning documentary and lives on a done like ah, the us census for disease control hobbs, the recommended isolation period for any one infected by cobit 19. as casey's continue to climb across the country, ah, hello and welcome mine peter w. watching al jazeera live from though ha, also coming up. a search and fighting sees ethnic groups battle attire, against me and miles military forcing refugees to flee across the tie border. in

vienna negotiates has tried suit resurrect the iran nuclear deal with discussions focused on lifting crippling sanctions and russia says security talks with the us will go ahead after the new year's holiday. ah, the only chrome barion is casting a shadow over the new year. as corona virus casey's rise sharply around the world, the u. s. president joe biden has promised to rapidly increase the levels of corona virus testing. he spoken to state governors and admitted to the previous level of testing was not good enough. and for a 3rd day in a row, over this christmas period, us airlines were forced to cancel more than $700.00 flights, leaving hundreds of thousands of passengers stranded. the u. k. government has ruled out new cobit 19 restrictions for england before the new year. instead,

people in britain are being urged to remain cautious will the 98000 cases have been reported in the past 24 hours. and public health authorities in the us have shortened isolation for positive a symptomatic people from 10 to 5 days. it comes as an average of $100000.00 cases are reported daily. but the us president says the health system is prepared is kimberly healthcare. in the us cases of coven caused by the i'm a crime very, and our soaring had expected to get worse in the coming weeks. the stream is being felton hospitals. new records are being set 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. it gets found state level 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 good. have been insufficient number, but it's not enough. clearly not enough vibe. we'd known we would have gone harder quicker if we could. but new reporting indicates the biden administration was pushed to ramp up. testing far back is october. it tis a patient of a holiday. cope with search engine but declined. bided denies the report. we did reject it still, well, biden announced a half 1000000000 at home. rapid tests would be distributed to american 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, d. c. 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 now to australia, that country reporting more than 10000 kirby 1900 cases as of monday, a new record. that's the country battles. a wave of infractions the number of people seeking tests just put a strain on hospitals in the state of wales. you authorities urgent people who are a symptomatic to quote rethink before calling be emergency services. sarah clark has more for us from the sunshine coast near brisbin. we certainly are seeing an ongoing rise in the number of cases across the street. that's all states and

territories victorian wilds. the states with the highest number this week we had the highest daily count of being 10000 across the nation. now on tuesday. well, it's recorded 6062 cases and 3 did. and we don't thing a rise in hospitalization numbers, but should state it's the delta barrier that pushing these numbers. driving these numbers on monday, we recorded this day regarding the, on the kron very some site, the reinforcing or reinstating some health restrictions, much the pretty much mandatory across the country indoors at the moment. but you thought, well, can resist is a push or overturned to look at over the christmas period and in queens and where i am on tuesday, we recorded the highest number of dolly cases, 1150. this is because we've got people traveling over the christmas and, and the break and we've got huge pression on the health system,

particularly miss as well because the restrictions to cross borders had been lifted . and of course, people coming from yourself or any other state into queens and now must get a mandatory pciped hands with thing accused that can last for up to 6 hours or course the test results are also taking days to be returned. so that's particularly queens that has been called upon to, to drop some of those tougher climates, but they get to do so, so far. but certainly the result, the thing, the big choose and a lot of holidays have had to be cancelled as you know, a military offensive against ethnic karen arm groups is intensifying in me and mom, the military which sees power in a qu, in february, has been accused of committing atrocities against villages. thousands of fleeing the violence into thailand. tony chang reports now from the ty bought a son of my salt. well the contrast with that, what we're seeing this morning and when we arrived yesterday is enormous. behind me

is the town of mayor woody and his sleepy picture of a quiet boarded town. the border itself has been closed. the sometimes you to cove at 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 or down the border in the village of ban ry, 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 a helicopter gun ships operating in refugees, had fled across the border, telling us that air strikes 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 a conflict going on between myanmar 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 me, emma. but also the qur'an ethnic arm groups had been operating and have controlled many of these areas the some time. but while these battles of raging thousands of refugees are pouring across the border into thailand, trying to find sanctuary. st. andrews as the un special rapid sir on human rights in me in march. he says the international community must do more to hold the military accountable for the atrocities. it's very, very dangerous that we know that the fighting is, is increasing window. the tensions have increased and we know that attacks against entire villages have also increased so that the number of innocent men, women, and children that are facing a catastrophe, of course, increases almost exponentially. which of course is, is exactly what we're, what we're fearing. it's, it's there on the tie border, but it's also in other areas of the, of the country as the military tries to seek out villages where that they believe

are harboring opponents armed opponents. and they're punishing all these villages because they believe they are the enemy. so it's a very, very warrant worrying a development, and it's only intensifying with time, frankly, that the international community just has to do more. i think the kind of atrocities that we're seeing in me and more are only going to intensify. and in, in time. and i think what's important is that men on lying, the leader of the hunter and, and his, his colleagues understand that the international community is simply not going to allow this a to continue with impunity. i think it's because of the, the lack of holding him accountable. that's led to all of that. so for example, i think he needs money to continue these assaults. he needs weapons to continuously these a soft and he needs legitimacy. he's looking for international legitimacy. i think it's really important that we increased the ability of the international community

to cut off revenue streams, going to the hunter that we cut off weapons, and that we make sure that we do not in any way legitimize this illegal regime. the north korean leader kim jong earns ruling party is holding a key meeting state media reporting that story is being held more than a week after a ceremony. tomorrow, 10 years since kim assumed supreme command after the death of his father, there are expectations came will outlined the country's major policies for 2022 during the meeting. this week it comes as north korea grapples with an economic crisis and international sanctions over nuclear weapons program. be a threat of talks to revive iran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers has not resumed in vienna. iran's foreign minister, hussein arabic dahlia once guarantees that us sanctions, we lifted on iranian oil sales for years. a growing but time is running out to salvage the deal dosage. a body has been following those talks in 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, these talks 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 and or the banking sector. the radian foreign minister and tear 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 in the paid fort. 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 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 center. the deputy foreign minister also said that the res 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 ratings 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 talks, which could hopefully be the final round. there been protests in iraq half to the supreme court rejected an appeal to overturn october's parliamentary election results. supporters of iran back sheer groups class with security forces near the court function suffered heavy losses in the boats. and they alleged irregularities still to come here on out to 0 attentions, running high in somalia after the president removes the prime minister from office . and a week of morning begins in south africa for the n t a parties icon, archbishop desmond tutu. ah

hello there, the extreme weather divide continues across the u. s. as we looked in north america, we were very cold weather cleaning on to northern and weston areas with some exceptional cold in western parts of canada. we seen temperatures plummet here, but there's a lot of wounds to be found in the south east woman moving up from the gulf and where these 2 combined we are seen since the storms with more snow, but much of the focus is still on the west coast but winter storms pulling into washington and oregon heavy snow. here by the time we get into wednesday, they'll be more rain for california and snow skirting its way for the east. is more heavy snow as well for central parts of canada, ontario and quebec. seeing that fall in the days to come, it's going to get wet as well across the se,

thanks to those hot and humid conditions that grew up those storms. but for the east coast is going to dry up by friday. from shall was the new york and washington through wednesday and thursday, but they feel a lot of heat to be found in that corner. miami, in particular, we have a look at the 3 day. we can be touching 28 degrees by thursday with lots of sunshine, that's well above the average. and it's a similar story across the caribbean. find right funny and warm. ah. from the al jazeera london broadcast intact to people in thoughtful conversation with no host and no limitations. this dick, it is a most consequential decade in events is dull, fought to many companies that are doing bad things in the front. in part 2 of human rights activists. q, me 19 and environmental. if we known in the teeth, the systems are not working, but the longer that you fight them,

the more that things changed studio be unspent paid on al jazeera lou. ah, just after 316 gmc welcome. if you're just joining us, your top story so far this half hour us health officials have shortened isolation periods for people who have cobit 19, but they're showing no symptoms from 10 to 5 days. cdc also is recommending no quarantine after exposure for those who received that booster shots. villages in me and mom had been fleeing to neighboring thailand as fighting between government and ethnic karin forces intensifies. the violence was triggered by a military raid last week. the 8th round of negotiations to revive the iran nuclear

deal has resumed in vienna. iran's foreign minister wants the u. s. to lift sanctions on to iran, spoil exports. and he, you, diplomat, who's sharing the talks says negotiations may be over within weeks. the white house has confirmed plans to hold a security talks with russia early next week. russia's foreign minister says both diplomats and military officials will take part in the discussions, shuttled for january, the 10th secular, rav made his comments in an interview. ed on the foreign ministries. websites. mike, hannah has more force 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. mike hannah reporting there. well, rich advice is a security analyst he thinks, despite the prospect of talks, there are fundamental disagreements between the 2 countries. the russians submitted a pair of security treaties draft treaties to the u. s. nato. in which they made demands which the, the western powers really can't accept. they include removing their forces from all countries that join nato since then, $997.00, which include about it almost 10 countries and east and central europe and other requirements to limit what, what the nato and the western countries can do with partners that want to cooperate with them. so i think that it's, it's a fine that will have dialogue including the both military and political level. but they're just, it's going to be

a challenge to get any concrete agreement. i think there will be probably a para meeting. so looks like there'll be a russia us dialogue, and then they'll be a meeting of the nato russia council, which will include a broader range of european powers. so clearly ukraine is going to be at the top of this last rational a tree, build up along the crane border. there is the challenge of what to do with the regions that are aligned with russia and eastern ukraine, but belong to ukraine and in international recognize foundries. they may also discuss the bell roof issue and immigration. and then the draft treaties will be some discussion of the principles, but bears perhaps, the administration said that they perhaps might discuss some of the more concrete clauses, such as having notifcation of military exercises near each other's countries. syria has condemned an israeli government decision to double the number of jewish settlers in the occupied golan heights. the $300000000.00 plan was endorsed. during

a cabinet meeting on sunday, the girl was seized by israel from syria in the 1967 middle east war, and annexed in 1981 somali as prime minister mohammed hussein robledo as ordered military forces to take orders directly from him. after the president mohammed for module suspended him on allegations of corruption and an abuse of power. both have traded accusations about delaying elections, ill, han, homa, the 1st american somali congress. women of cold fought for my job to step aside for the elections to proceed. has been at smith smalley as the 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 isn't in direct q y shaka salma, yet i would like to clarify it. if somebody people that the government in

transitional faith is responsible for leading the country and running dfs 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 could do, and it's the latest round in a long running dispute between the 2 leaders. the 1st class 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 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. bernard smith, al jazeera sir in state media is reporting is really forces of carried out and asked right on a major port in the city of latania and says, multiple fires of now erupt. it in containers at the port falling was described as israeli aggression. it wasn't immediately clear if any one has been injured, and the syrian reports cannot be independently confirmed. the jury and delane maxwell sex trafficking trial has signaled it's not near a verdict. deliberations have now been extended into a 2nd week. the brochure socialite pleaded not guilty to grooming teenagers for underage sex. she faces up to 70 years in prison. if found guilty. gabriel elizondo was following the trial in new york. well, it appears that the jury is taking this case very seriously and also taking the

defense argument seriously as well. most legal analysts will tell you the longer a jury deliberates, the better it is for the defense. that's a general consensus. the bottom line is though, that nobody knows what is happening inside that jury deliberation room in this federal court house behind me in lower manhattan, only the jurors that are in that room. this is the 3rd full day of deliberations. the juries deliberated in total about 21 hours. now it's a very long time. and on monday, they signal to the judge that they do need more time. they asked for transcripts of a couple of different people that testified. they also asked the judge to further define what enticement means in a legal term. several of the charges against us, maxwell referred to enticement. and they also asked for some sticky notes of

different colors, insinuating that they're really going through these charges and trying to hammer out some sort of conclusion here. the bottom line is, this is a difficult case, difficult charges as well. 6 different charges that the jury has to come to some consensus on, but the big one is the 6th one. that is sex trafficking of miners, which carries up to 40 years in prison, added all up and all 6 charges are up to 70 years in prison. bottom line, know is dealing maxwell is in a holding cell in this court house behind me and she is waiting just like everyone else for the jury to reach some sort of verdict. in brazil, rescue workers are trying to help. hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced by flash flooding to dams of collapse in the state by here, and at least 20 people have been killed. is alessandra from petty. rescuers

continues to work around the clock monday trying to reach residents still trapped across the north eastern state of by year. 72, towns in cities have been flooded by torrential rain stead. intensified over the christmas holiday. when to dance collapsed in the city of etha buena, some residents returned to their homes to pick up their belongings through a 2nd floor window. emergency workers rescued, hundreds in nearby towns that heavy currents on the swollen rivers continued to complicate the operations. we were casual acquaintance alone, joke his bill with this volume of water, it's difficult to maneuver even with jet skis. it has been difficult to reduce the risk for the teams, and the victims rescue teams had to retreat and certain moments stopped. lot of the governor of the state of viet cleared it the worst disaster in the states history. half a 1000000 have been affected at least 16 thousands are homeless or storms up. wellness mom with right now,

we are focused on rescuing people and sheltering them. but we are also carrying out technical visits with mayors to identify if it will be necessary to build new houses or repair them as well as public infrastructure. authorities are also monitoring an additional 10 dance for any danger signs and say they will regulate the release of water to avoid flash blood. and does this, i would, i think we are looking at the forecast for the next few days and the impact it can have and decide which floodgates to open and what volume of water we can release without causing further problems. we need to alleviate areas already flooded without harming others. it's a complex technical decision. a wireless many have been surprised by the severity of the rain, outdoor. it is blame an increase in the temperature of the atlantic ocean mixed with the nino weather phenomenon for pushing rain patterns north. some experts say it's a sign of climate change is really. ready the kind of thing we unfortunately expect

to happen more and more frequently according to the less emphasis report the the style proceeds and it's already stored per cent, more frequent. then in pre industrial plants. so that's pretty much what's ebony the forecast called for more rain, but even when that stops, it will take many weeks. if not, month to recover from the devastation. allison m p a t t al jazeera the captain and 1st made of a ship. that's billed $1000.00 tons of oil off the coast of maricia. last year had been jail for 20 months. the captain soon ill chromarty manders walk, pleaded guilty admitting to drinking alcohol during a party on board the ship. the ship hit a coral reef and ran aground. an area known to host, rare and endangered wildlife was the worst environmental disaster in the history of malicious. the tesla found at ellen musk is facing

a backlash in china after complaints the satellites had to close encounters with it's space station. earlier this year. the claims have not been verified, but china has complained to the u. n. space agency uses of the we boom. messaging platform have labeled the mosque satellites, quotes space junk with nearly $30000.00 objects, believe to be orbiting the planet. scientists, as governments to share data, to reduce the risk of collisions. south africa has started a week of national morning following the death of the anti party icon and nobel peace prize winner, archbishop desmond, to, to the president silver. i'm a person went to the to, to home in cape town and spent time with the archbishop's family. the president also paid tribute to, to, to work as a religious leader and activist really as an outstanding religious leader, really exuded love,

embrace our people as their nation right across the various racial groupings in our country embraced them and participated in the birding off the south african nation, and if there ever was one person who really promoted social cohesion, it was, i'd say bishops does one to 2 to ah, exactly how fast the are. these are your top stories. u. s. health officials have shortened isolation for people who have cobit 19, but show no symptoms from 10 to 5 days. the cd she also is recommending no quarantine period after exposure for those who have received their booster shots period. little bit, australia has reported more than 10000 cubic 19 cases on monday, a new record as the country battles away.