is former warlord, liberia has become the frontline of a drug war. it cannot afford to lose. he says it's a battle he will fight out of responsibility and killed for his past crimes. and for his country. ah. with carpet cases rising around the well to rec, hold level, some governments of choosing life restrictions compared to last year. ah. hello again on kim all santa maria here in doug hall with the world news from al jazeera, a surgeon fighting between ethnic groups and me and mos me the tree is forcing thousands to flee over the border to thailand. i'm tony chang on the time. yeah, ma boda with a piece is holding of the main boat crossings. the fighting is broken out for the downstream. also in the news talks resume in vienna to revive the iran nuclear deal

to ron wants, guarantees that you a sanctions will be lifted. and the chinese government falls, complaint with the u. n. space agency against the law must ah ha, on starting with the global covered situation this tuesday and all over the world cases are rising driven by that all micron variance starting in australia, testing centers are under pressure with more than 10000 cases reported for the 1st time in sydney, huge numbers of people there and the number of people told by did not have corona virus when they actually do, has doubled that 900 now or in the u. s. president biden says the health system is prepared to handle the rise in infections and in fact, isolation, time for patients without symptoms has been cut in half. it's not on to 5 dates in the u. k. for now, not adding new restrictions, even as its been reporting

a record number of infections in the past few days. conversely, france is tightening its measures, its going to be a work from home policy and more restrictions for unvaccinated people, although it is holding off on a curfew. for new years, eve will talk more about the you kind of, i don't want to start with france. people who me, who we heard from earlier, freelance journalist based and parents as well. there is political opposition. the government is pushing through with these strict images. some of the restrictions that have been announced are certainly not as, as dire as might have been a by generate members of the public locals are the ones that have to implement the various new restrictions. there are some, for example, there's no, no more eating or drinking on public transport. there's no more eating or drinking in concerts, animals, gems. all those sort of places that attract, oversee the, the general public. numbers are being limited in such events, concerts,

others that type restrictions for indoor. ready activities that sort of become a bit of a political football between the various parties say, i think it's likely to pass that there's still a, a majority. that means guaranteed. but as i at this point, i think it's more likely to pass what it does. it's just change the green past as it were to one the to approve your to vaccinations or well the one to 2. and certainly the boosters being encouraged all the population now. and it's like the, the time between or the period between the 2nd vaccination and the boosters drop gradually over the past 5 or 6 weeks. it used to be 6 months now it's down to just 3 months. okay, that's france. now the u. k with jonah hall in london. i think we got used to certainly let's say a year ago john, we got used to the idea of more cases means more restrictions. the u. k. government definitely reversing that trends now. well, i mean,

look at the differences between now and a year ago, principally of course, the vaccinate vaccine program and a different strain of the virus. so bit on that, we don't know everything that we need to know about yet. but one that is already showing some evidence from south africa and corroborated here in the u. k. so far as producing a less severe form of the disease is producing fuel hospitalizations. when you do go to hospital, you are in hospital for less time and it is that sort of data that the government here is looking at the prime minister when he made that announcement, say that there will be no new restrictions this side of new year. great musicals for businesses and hospitality for sections of the public as well. who can now get together? mascot, mass gatherings can go ahead, bars and restaurants stay open. families can gather over the new year and they did this. having looked at the data, the data's pretty, i will trigger 113000 new infections on christmas day alone,

but noting hospitalizations whilst going up, i'm not going up with anything like the same trajectory and depths of re may remain fairly constant. so i think the prime minister and certainly members of the cabinet will feel vindicated in this somewhat cautious approach that they've taken in the last month since on the chrome became prevalent. the advice now remains, you know, get boosted, get vaccinated, take responsibility for your own health and the health of others by taking sensible precautions and will keep an eye on the danger and see what happens. the problem is that science doesn't necessarily entirely agree a section of fairly substantial section of scientific opinion here that's been calling for greater restrictions ever since all mccall emerge is doing so again is warning that the government is essentially gambling on an incomplete set of data. i don't know enough about micron yet. all of that is not in that data. they don't know yet. what exactly has been the product of christmas mixing and that if it were

to turn out in the next week or 2 deaths suddenly shoot up and hospitalization. suddenly shoot up. well then at that stage it becomes very, very difficult to suddenly put public measures in place to quickly rein it in. i guess there's also john or a political motivation here. in fact, you could argue most things are politically motivated these days, but this government doesn't want to be the government that locked down its people again because there's been such a pushback against that. there are 2 aspects of that. the 1st is the bar is johnson. the prime minister of the state, he's playing to being the libertarian prime minister. back in july, when he lifted all restrictions on the 19th of july became almost unique in the west world in doing that. and we have lived in this country ever since. pretty much restriction free until i'm across, came along and he was deeply reluctant to reverse that trend piled upon that was pressure from the right of his party who were not just reluctant, but actively vehemently against it. there was a huge red revolt in parliament over

a 100 of his and peas, revolted against the 1st set of measures. but they passed, but because of support from the opposition. but he was left in no uncertain dep, forrest johnson, that if he were to try anything like this, again, particularly over the holiday season and particularly without a complete set of data. well, they were actually whispers on the right of his party that he's own days, may be number. so yes, a huge political dimension to this. of course, of course. thank you jona, how, what the update from the u. k. there. thank you. well, straightly, now we're mandatory pcr tests needed for interstate travel and that's putting a lot of pressure on the health systems there. sarah clark has our report on the straining situation. she's on the sunshine coast. calls are backed up for kilometers at testing centers across sydney. some people are waiting up for 6 hours for tests with results taking days to be returned. some states require mandatory covered tests before they allow people to travel from other parts of australia that

includes queensland, south, australia and tasmania. but that's putting pressure on a health system already inundated with rising number of infections. they're asking people to test before they come to the hospital. but of course at choose the p c r testing. and now i'm believably long and the delays in getting test results are getting to point with their unworkable. so if you've got people who are showing up who are unwell and people who are at high risk of serious illness, they're the ones you have to find early hospital pathology. you this in sydney sent out a premature text, advising nearly 500 people. what they were negative for cove at 19 when they were positive. it blame the incident on a clinic. clara. what's important is mistakes like that from the pathologist don't care again. what's the good news is it was picked up and, and dos. people who were given that incorrect information have now been informed.

and i know that you, southwell south have been in contact and made it very clear that there is like, that are unacceptable. that he, southwell, is government has put in place more restrictions, including manage re masks, to be worn in doors, due to the surgeon cases. but as ruled out returning to a state wide lockdown, we would expect that pretty well. everybody in new south wales at some point will get on the chrome. we're going to get on the chrome. and if we're all going to get on the chrome, the best way to face it is when we have full vaccination, including a booster site like queens and have ignored requests from other premieres to drop the mandatory p. c. r test. for those wanting to travel into site or the last week around 400000 people have cross bought us on tuesday, queens and recorded the highest number of daily infections. that number is expected to rise. i've been here bright, sarah, clark, queens, an australia on 2 other news, me and mar, where a military offensive against ethnic karen armed groups is intensifying. the

military, which of course is power in a qu, back in february, has been accused of committing atrocities against villages and thousands on awfully into thailand. that is where our report attorney chang is the tie. border town of myself. it's a lot quanch's day. we have had a few little clashes, we heard her, some bangs inside their mom, but the fighting seems to have moved in from the immediate border area. that's what the time military were telling us. they seemed a lot more relaxed, very different from yesterday. when we saw fighting really right up to the river, moy, that's the, the border itself and village is pouring across. we even saw an attack helicopter operating along the border. a lot of villages said that that was the thing. they were really most scared about. the air strikes that had been coming in or to the places they lived there still on the tie side, there are more than 5000 people who came across in the last couple of weeks that we

spoke to a couple of them. who said they still don't want to go home, they're still concerned, but they want to monitor what's going on across the board. so they want to make sure that everything is secure. nonetheless, it does seem to be a little bit quieter today. so i think everything in the border area seemed a little more settled in the town of me, a wadi and there was border trade going across. so some semblance of normality returning i didn't. asian officials say they will not offer refuge to a group of ro hanger, refugees on a stranded boat. i say the vessel will be turned away. that they will help repair it 1st. a 1st spotted by fishermen on sunday. for yogi made mcguffey, i've got unload. i believe his job is to secure the country's border. a bureau hunger are not indonesian citizens who can't just bring them at land even as refugees. this is in line with government policy number one more. jessica washington, now in jakarta, tell us more about this. one will come all this is still

a developing situation and we are just beginning to receive information. what we have heard recently from up to local police in our j spokes person is that they are indeed providing assistance to those on board in a form of few food and fuel. and that they have asked those on board to continue on to their destination country, which according to local police, is malaysia and the police folks person did say that that is what the ring to refugees indeed want to do. we've also heard from a local attorneys fishing croup. they say that they to have been trying to assist those on board. they've been supplying food medicine and drinks and that they did also mentioned that conditions right now are rather complicated. it is rather windy and one efficient in a particular told us that he feels very sorry for the women and children on board. at this stage we still have no comment from the central government. ok, with regards to what you mentioned, whether these, the remainder, refugees,

will be asked to continue on to the destination country. but we have heard initial reports that the boat may be experiencing issues with the engine. and so those potential plans may be subject to that. jessica, what sir? or is their president here in a what's happened in previous cases in indonesia when rank refugees of arrived? well, there is precedent and you know, for the last few years they have been a number of boat arrivals of rank refugees. and last year we had the largest photo rival since 2015. and one case that got a lot of attention was a recent one last year where the boat was experiencing and mechanical problems. and local chinese fishermen actually pulled the hanger to shore in an attempt to save them. and they brought them to archie. but this year the situation seems to be complicated by the fact that many fishermen that we've spoken to say they are

afraid that they may be run the vacations if they do assist the rate to bring their beyond providing food and medicine indonesia. as you might know is not a signatory to the un convention on the rights of refugees. and so as a result, it is seen as more of a transit country rather than the final destination. but we have heard from some human rights groups that say that indonesia, in this case really must assist these refugees because it does have the role this here of g 20 president. and so it must take on the role of a global leader particularly considering this is an issue that so deeply affects se, asia. but as i said earlier, we are yet to hear from the central government as to the stage of these individuals on forward. thank you for that update. jessica washington reporting from jakarta. right, we'll grab a break when we come back. the indian government cutting, born funding to a charity founded by and mother theresa holding on to

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tradition. dom we're beautiful possibly with are offered ah ah. oh and al jazeera, these are the top stories. the number of people in australia were told i didn't have corona virus when they actually did not double tool was 900 the fortran sidney's apologize for what it's holding. a data processing village is in me and mob been plain to neighboring thailand is fighting between government and ethnic current forces intensifies. yvonne, it's triggered last week by

a military rate and denise, an official say they will not offer refuge to a group of rancor on a stranded boat. this indicating the vessel will be turned away, though they will help prepare it 1st. i was 1st spotted by fishermen on sunday syrian state media reporting is ready forces of carried out an ass, drawing on a major port in the city of la takyo. missiles have reported the damaged containers at the port and several residential buildings sort of shops in a hospital. not clear if anyone's been injured and the reports have not been independently confirmed. we are into the 8th round of talks to revive iran's 2015 nuclear deal in vienna. ron's foreign minister once guarantees us sanctions, will be lifted on iranian oil sales. also, jabari is in vienna with more there's certainly a sense that to this could be the most critical round yet. since the european signatories to the nuclear deal triggered the dispute mechanism in january of this

year. because the u. s. last, the deal and iran with reduced his commitment to the nuclear agreement, the russian ambassador to the talk says that this could possibly be the final around the e. u coordinator, who is hosting the talk said that time is of the essence. of course, they're going to have to be difficult decisions made in teheran and washington for there to be a conclusion to these talk. and of course, the reading delegation, who arrived in vienna on monday morning. and they are saying that they're here because they know that their talks are leading somewhere, otherwise they wouldn't be here to begin with. i spoke to the deputy foreign minister from iran, who is the head of the negotiating team from the iranian side. and he had the following to say about where things stand after the 1st they concluded 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 that's 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. the main issues iran has now and they're hoping that that will be one of the main things address this week in the 1st few days of the round is the selling of a raining oil on the international market. since the u. s. imposed sanctions on iran in november of 2018. the ratings have only been able to sell their oil to 6 countries, which guy got special waivers from the americans. they haven't been able to be paid for that because their banking sector is under also strict sanctions. and that is one of the main issues right now before that the iranians were selling nearly $3000000.00 barrels of oil per day. they were opec's, 4th largest producer, a recent violence by italy's fall, right as ignited a national debate on fascist monuments erected across the country. experts,

a fewer italians, a questioning whether the statues of those who pushed for races courses in the past should in fact be demolished. at rainy as our report from the nearly 80 years after his fall, benito mussolini obelisk still towers into the roman sky. it stands outside the photo italy co, formerly known as the ford, mussolini. it's here the dictator built a sports complex to cultivate the new man of his fascist regime. people have mixed feelings about these monuments established with a present that show and seeing all the stadiums in these monuments forces us to face the past every day. by not forgetting the past it, make sure that we won't repeat it a story. so toward i, if this is italian history and architecture and it needs to stay as it is this stadium bill under mussolini direction, is a reminder of the importance of sport for him. he saw it as a way to build

a national identity, fascist also saw sport as a way to prepare the population for war. and inside the complex of fresco of mussolini still graces the walls. prime ministers have given speeches here in recent years under the gaze of the former dictator who collaborated with hitler and the holocaust. across the country monument to fascism are everywhere. some pay homage to saline for public works. others glorify the regime for creating an italian empire. experts say that, unlike germany, italy never had a reckoning with its fascist past. decades later, italy also stands apart from a global movement, pushing to tear down statues and flavors and those who thought for races causes even one of italy's oldest anti fascist organizations is against demolishing fascist monuments and mortal st. machine see go air for it wouldn't be too

simplistic to do that in a distraction from the real work. we haven't raised any of our history. even bed parts from ancient rome. we have made a point of explaining it, and that's what we should do with fascism historian andrei. ammonia says there seems to be an acceptance of these monuments. there is a sort of normalization or legitimate zation of fascism which should explain to people that that was a brutal or a gene that was the tougher ship. and even if we leave monuments, we should the knowledge that that is not them all. chris, if something else a common reframe in italy, is that fascists were brutal, but they did good things to. with that idea, mind it's likely there. monuments will stand for years to come. adam rainy al jazeera room. indian government has frozen the bank accounts of one of the world's

best known catholic charities. and so if the organization was founded by mother teresa did not meet conditions under local law. the charity denies the validations more on the story with pass me natal and new delhi. the indian government has deemed that missionaries of charity, which is a charitable organization, started by mother theresa nobel prize winner. back in 1950 is no longer eligible to receive and use foreign funds for its activities. the charity works with housings of poor and destitute people across indiana, according to its recent tax filing receive donations of about 10000000 dollars last year. now in india, the law requires organizations to report it for and funding and also apply for a license to be able to use money coming from abroad. now the charity had a license, it had applied to renew it, but the government deemed it ineligible saying that there were adverse inputs. we

don't know what these adverse inputs are because the government has and specified it. the charity has in a statement said that it has asked it sent us to not use any of the bank accounts. there is a process to appeal this rejection, but we don't know where this is going to go. and this is not the 1st time that the government has restricted for funding for philanthropic organizations and charities . in fact, of the last 6 years, more than 6000 organizations have seen therefore, funding being restricted. one of the most prominent ones is greenpeace. this year, a lot more than a dozen organizations that largely work in climate change and child labor areas have had them funding restricted. interestingly, these are 2 areas where the indian government has received a lot of international criticism. last year, amnesty international had to form its operation. it said that the indian government had been harassing and bullying its employees. its offices were rated by

authorities and the police several times. and at the time, amnesty says it had been a, at the receiving end of the harassment because of its real ports on human rights violations by prime minister in the reins or mode. these governments specifically in indian administered kashmir. the founder of tesla ellen mosque is facing a backlash in china after bay. jing said his satellites had to close encounters with it's space stationary this year. the claims haven't been verified, but still bearings complained to the united nation space agency uses of china's web or messaging platform of labeled space act, satellites, a space junk, and threatening to boycott. tesla, katrina, you as more from beijing, what honest, foreign ministry has criticize the u. s. government saying that countries should be responsible for the actions of their private companies. it's also q, washington of having double standards saying that it often calls for safety and

space, while at the same time, not abiding by international space tracy's and endangering other crews. they're now bating has confirmed that there were 2 close encounters between la musk stalling satellites and china's 1st permanent space station, the tin gong. the 1st incident happened in july and the 2nd happened in october. now the china space station is itself quite young. the coal module was only sent up in april and yet to be completed, it's due to be completed sometime next year. interestingly, paging did not refer to ilan mosque or his company tesla. the electric car company, which is a quite a big name here. they have their own factory and shanghai, and the company sells about a 4th of all its electric cars to chinese consumers. but while paging hesitated to name the man and his company, chinese internet uses did not on way bore china's version of twitter. there were more than 90000000000 comments overnight of uses, lashing out at 11 mosque and his business. they accused him of being reckless,

shameless, and of causing trouble in space. this is not the 1st time the billionaire has been in hot water here in china earlier this year. there was some complaints by customers saying that they were offering poor customer service here in china. we have to wait and see whether this incident will affect the company's bottom line, but as yet the chinese government itself has not threatened any other actions. apart from that complaint to the u. n. space agency. suddenly a new commuter rail surfaces began operating in senegal, official sidle, help reduce pollution. but many people say it's just too expensive for them to use . as i bake, as i report at a cost of $1300000000.00. this new rel project is aimed at modernizing senegal transport system and ease traffic and pollution. does a good will. it's a train that may to park once con, enter, as is done in old big countries. and i'm making a commitment to myself to take the t e r for the next visit to the pickin and the

chimney algio. to show that it's a modern tool at the disposal of all senegalese, whatever they're status for now, it connects. docker and gemini are jo 40 kilometers away with the journey time of 45 minutes and the plans are for it to be extended to other parts of the country. our plan, we legally thank you for your understanding. i ticket costs travelers $3.00 with half of the population living below the poverty line that's expensive for many. and given the average monthly weight in senegal is $160.00, a daily return journey would cost many people most of their pay. but supporters say there will be solid economic benefits measured by the good news and as an industrialist. i'm not going to use it because i'm, a businessman is ramp up may be my employees though to work for me who live in the suburbs will be able to use it on wheels and allow us to have our employees at a fixed time and to boost production,

rama fuchs. it's estimated that more than 100000 passenger the day will use the trains. and officials say they are designed to protect the environment as the roads in the capital are gridlocked with polluting old cars and buses. senegal has one of the fastest growing economies in africa, and president mackie sell says, this is only the startup, ah, how fast they are. these are the top stories, the number of people in australia who were told i didn't have corona virus when they actually did, has now double to almost 900 albert tree. and sidney is apologize for what it is called a data processing. error steady has reported more than 10000 new cases for the 1st time, more from the sarah clock on australia, sunshine coast.