long choose again of vaccinations, centers up and down that you terry, of the government's booster job program continues apace. the guy lemme facing the politicians on that side of the river is whether the jobs alone will be enough to slow the progress of the on the cross variance. so we have to look at what we can do to slow only crohn's advice when it comes to deciding which options to reduce the infection rate. the advice from the w h o, do it all. oh, a global surge of cove and case is continues governments around the world try to strike a balance between restrictions and managing the spread of all micro. ah, i money inside this is out. is there a line from dive also coming up? thousands more people flee across the border into thailand as fighting rages on

between mammals, military and ethnic alms groups. stranded in indonesian waters over a 100 were hang a refugees face and arms some future while the ship gets for pad. and cutting down traffic and pollution center. gals, newest locomotive makes its 1st jenny ah, the spread of omicron has united many countries in a fight against rising, coven 19 cases. but they are divided on how they react, despite facing an average of nearly a quarter of a 1000000 new cases in the past week, the u. s. has hauled the isolation period for people with no symptoms from 10 to just 5 days. the u. k. seen an average of more than a 100000 new cases in the past 7 days. yet the government that has promised no new

restrictions in england before the new year. but a slew of measures will return in france next week in a bid to bring down case numbers, which rise on tuesday to a record, 880000 in just 24 hours. and in australia, which is $9000.00 new cases on average, travel in and out of some states is once again subject to strict controls with a picture across europe. his journal, the christmas and new year holiday period was always likely to speed the advance of the micron variant. and so it is proofing in the u. k. a record 129000 new infections were reported on tuesday, but the government's decision not to disrupt new year's celebrations. and instead to emphasize vaccine booster shots reflects positive signs that hospital admissions and death numbers aren't rising with the same intensity. we're looking at the data,

we wouldn't hesitate to act if we saw that the data told us that we needed to introduce further measures. but so far that's not what the data is telling us. the cautious optimism that on the chrome may be less of a threat than the previous delta variant isn't being embraced everywhere. countries like the netherlands, austria and denmark are under varying degrees of lockdown and in spain. a wave of new infections has provoked such public concern that free coven 19 tests are running out. prompts, though, is holding its nerve also promoting vaccine boost shots as the 1st line of defense . it's reduce the required delay before getting a booster from 4 months to 3. we on the morphic, i think the government is doing what they can with what they know about the virus that is spreading throughout the world. it's not only here, we just hope that they won't be fit 7th or 8th, but they're doing what they must. germany is taking a hybrid approach. buying time,

the government says for boosters to work with a range of restrictions including restaurant curfews night club closures, and limits on sports and other public gatherings. it's expected that all micron will become the dominant corona virus strain in germany within days. just last, almost something has to be done to bring the infection figures down. but i also understand that we have to look ahead to the next few weeks. looking ahead is made easier by watching what's happening in the u. k. dizzy all mccomb epicenter, the u. k. governments like touch booster driven gamble based on data that still evolving will either be proven right to everyone's relief or role, perhaps giving other countries just enough time to change course. donahoe al jazeera palestinian president mahmoud abbas has had his 1st formal meeting with an israeli official in more than a decade. he was hosted by the israeli ministry of defense benny guns. guns says

they discussed security coordination and economic issues amongst others. harry forces has more from west jerusalem. i think there are a couple of things prompting this american pressure almost certainly to see progress or at least some indication of willingness to talk by the israelis with the palestinians. at the same time as the prime minister natalie bennett is still rejecting the idea of the u. s. reopening, it's palestinian focused consulate in jerusalem. also the security situation in the occupied west bank and inside east jerusalem as well in recent weeks has deteriorated. and so there is some imperative there for the 2 sides to talk each side, giving a slightly different appraisal of exactly what was spoken about the israeli side. saying that it was both the civil and economic message that it had been

providing in the previous such meeting in august between the 2 men in ramallah, but also focus on what it called terrorism and security issues in the occupied west bank as far as the palestinian side is concerned, they say there was discussion of a political horizon settlement to be conflicts along un resolution lines. also saying that my one of us had raised the settler violence issue and also had called for the ending we'll be reversing of the banning of 6 human rights organizations. defined as terrorist organizations by been against recently some opposition to orders from hamas. a cartoon treated out showing what about washing the feet of many guns and also from views really right from the could. which is saying that the government is dangerously putting the palestinian issue back on the agenda. you are sexy of state antony blinkin has condemned an attack by me on mars

military which killed at least 35 people in kaya state. on christmas eve, women, children, and 2 staff from a group save the children, were among the dead lincoln aj countries to stop selling weapons to the military to prevent more atrocities. and comes as the melody would cease. power in the queue in february, continues an offensive against armed groups in the southeast. thousands had fled into neighboring thailand. tony chang has moved from the ty, bought a town of may sot. phillip quanch's day, we have had a few little clashes. we heard her some bangs inside now mom, but the fighting seems to have moved in from the media border area. that's what the time military were telling us. they seemed a lot more relaxed, very different from yesterday when we saw her fighting really right up to the river more. that's the the border itself and villages 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 ties 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 to day. so i think everything in the border area seemed a little more settled in the town of me, a wadi there was bought, a trade going across. so some semblance of normality. returning more than 100 ringo refugees are stranded in indonesia waters. authorities in ha, province say they'll need to repair their boats, but will not allow them to disembark. the indonesian government is yet to comment as jessica washington reports from jakarta in indonesian waters off the

coast of the island, a murderer. these fishermen are trying to do whatever they can to help people in desperate need. his vessel carrying more than a 100 for his refugees was supported the province on sundays. local fishermen said they felt sorry for those on board, particularly the young children. i'm a good deal, according to our radio communication day a week someone died some, a sick, including many children and the elderly, a getting weaker according to our information. they've been at sea for 28 days. but i know whether or not, you know, this has been told to 0, they have been providing food medicine and water to those on board that have not been allowed to help them get to shore local authorities in j say they will assist the ringer and give them a central supplies, but won't allow them into the country. so joe, he made so guessing, i got them load adela. last time i got a job of the navy,

secure our border. 0 hinder, are not indonesian citizens. i cannot bring them in, even as a few gees is in line with govern policy. police say the ringo we're trying to reach malaysia. thousands of for you have fled me and martin neighboring hunger dash in recent years. escaping and military crack down that the un says amounts to genocide, facing poverty and crowded refugee camp. many tried to reach safety in southeast asian countries. last year, a group of for hing refugees was saved by fishermen and brought ashore after their boat broke down near. with some fishermen told under 0 they were afraid of repercussions if they attempted a rescue. this time. it denisia is not a signatory to un convention on refugees and is seen as a transit country for refugees making a dangerous journey to human rights groups saying in asia must do more as

a regional power in southeast asia to push the boat back is, is a violation of international obligations of indonesia. i think international law clearly imposes obligations on states, including indonesia, to protect human rights, off refugees arriving on their shores. the indonesian government has not responded to on to serious requests for comment. and after so many days, and to see these desperate people still face an uncertain future, jessica washington out to theora to carter rushes deputy ambassador to the un has reaffirmed his country's demands for serious guarantees that nato won't be expanded further into east in europe. dmitri polanski spoke out the united nations amid ongoing tensions between the united states and russia, of a military build up on the border with ukraine, russia and the u. s. i want you to hold talks on january 10th. as for what we

want, i think we also commented on this many times. this is a serious proposal. we want to serious guarantees from the united states, 1st and foremost, and so from nato. oh, where patient for quite a long time. ah, you know all these background history that off to the soviet union ah, ceased to exist. there were oral promises, oral guarantees from from liter. so for western countries that nato will not be expanding still ahead on al jazeera afford to shine a light on the former soviet union's crimes. but now human rights group is a victim of modern rushes, crack down. conflicting messages out of the iran nuclear deal talks as to whether any progress is actually being made ah

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hooting man on the moon. on algae 0, lou ah ah, you're watching out as a reminder, on top stories, the sour countries across the world is struggling to deal with the only crawl outbreak with some reporting the highest infection. right. since the pandemic began . many a romping out testing and vaccination while several including france having produced restrictions. palestinian president mahmoud abbas has had his 1st formal meeting with an israeli official, a more than a decade. he was hosted by the israeli minister of defense. finance is an age and

officials say they will not offer refuge to a group of more than a 100 were hanging on a stranded boat. nay, the countries are che province. they say the vessel will be turned away that they will help repair it fest the parties to the iran nuclear talks are putting out conflicting messages about where the progress is being made. 8th round of negotiations kicked off again on monday, but statements made a day later agreed on. only one thing. movement is needed soon, but those efforts have been complicated by a 5 day military exercise by iran's revenues. re god aimed at israel dawson, jabar reports from vienna where the talks continue. this is the revolutionary guards message to israel war games in iran, including firing bliss, sip, and cruise missile. one of the targets resembles

israel's demona nuclear reactor. the head of rollins armed forces staff, major general mohammed bovary says 16 ballistic missiles of varying classes were fired simultaneously to iran has one of the biggest missile programs in the middle east regarding such weapons as an important deterrent and retaliatory force against the united states. and other adversaries in the event of war just stays after those drills. world powers are back in vienna, trying to salvage what is left of the 2015 nuclear deal. the joint comprehensive plan of action has been unraveling since the us withdrew from it in 2018 and impose the series of new sanctions on her on her wheelchair. and that prompted a raining officials to reduce their compliance with the deal, which means their nuclear program has progressed. robert kelly is a former director of the international atomic energy agency. and

a nuclear engineer. he says aaron's been backed into a corner. so there's a sabotage event that was of similar facilities or the u. s. as more sanctions. they've turned it to pushback and do something provocative. and i think they've gone past the point of reasonable provocations. they're now um, they've gone too far. not well, powers have been insisting veteran's ballistic missile program needs to be part of that deal. a notion that's continuously dismissed by iran, as the 8th round of talks continue here in the austrian capital. israel opposes these efforts and has long threatened military action if diplomacy fails. and that is just one of the many reasons. time is of the essence. there is a sense of urgency in old litigations that this negotiation has to be finished in the relative richer movie period. of time and then i would it limits. but we're

talking about which note about the head of a rounds atomic energy organisation mohammed a slummy recently told the russian media outlet that iran does not intend to go beyond its current enrichment levels of 60 percent. a move all western powers have warned would cross and red line. iran says this nuclear program has always win for civilian use, a statement, some don't believe. while it continues to stop by a highly enriched uranium. officials your safe retentions to ease and for iran to limit its nuclear program. the talks fear must succeed, and failure will have far reaching consequences. door such avari al jazeera vienna . syrian state medias reporting israeli forces carried out an asteroid on a major port in the city of la takia. it's not clear if anyone was injured. the reports haven't been independently confirmed. and the 2nd reported, israeli asked right in syria this month,

or how much i'm june reports in serious major port, city of latasha, the sound of air strikes thunder in the distance as fireballs light up the night sky. this is the result of his railey missiles, according to syrian state media. the syrian government also reports that residential buildings. a hospital shops and containers were all damaged in the attack. details that could not be independently verified. the port of latavia is in the west of the country and handles most of serious imports. this is the 2nd reported israeli air strike there this month. the earlier attack happened on december 7th and also targeted the container facility. it was reported to be the 1st on the facility since the start of the war in syria in 2011. is missile

strikes on the talk yet were larger than the previous ones. israel's military has not commented on either of the airstrikes but it has previously confirmed conducting raids against iranian targets inside syria. bahama jim jones and visited a purchase has been held in garza city in support of palestinian prisoners. had a stagnant factions, content, what they call continuous nominations, in israeli jails. they say prisoners, often beaten one of russia's most prominent human rights, grapes has been ordered to shut down by the supreme court. memorial international has been documenting abuses committed by the former soviet union for more than 30 years. husky to say it's distorting history, which the grip has denied and its method courts. over the past 12 months, this has become a familiar scene for human rights groups and activists. in russia,

this time, the axis fallen on an organisation made famous for identifying the millions of victims of starlings purges as the judge finished reading the order to liquidate. memorial shouts of shame came from a public gallery. ah, that is dealing to worse than russia is moving from li, authorize variance in system for some kind of forced more than totally theory of assistance in russia, which would be kind over linkage with the soldier for you don't even partly do the story. so it's a very dangerous more recently memorial has spoken out against the discretion of critics under president vladimir putin o. outside court as elsewhere, there's little room for that. in today's russian, prosecutors accused memorial of organizing large scale media campaigns,

aimed at discrediting the russian or forty's china. what happened today was very sad, although it would be untrue to say we weren't ready for it. it was one of the unfortunately predictable outcomes of the present judicial system. of course, nothing is over with us. we will appeal and the maria will live on with the people because it's the people behind it serving this great cause. first and foremost, the work will continue the move against memorial caps a year that has seen authorities jail or outlaw individuals or groups. the criticize vladimir putin. but the ban against memorial international stands out even in the current climate and would have been unthinkable just a few years ago. bernard smith, al jazeera in the us government has frozen the bank accounts of one of the wells, best known catholic charities, and says the organization that was founded by mother teresa did not meet conditions

on the local law has been accused of trying to force people to convert to christianity and charity to noise. the allegations under the health care workers in india have joined an ongoing protest by resident doctors, a government run hospitals. this comes as many were dragged and beaten by police on monday night. puffy metal has bought from the jelly. oh a dog with the national not every year with a p o for a nash with that's no 1st time delayed once a month. talk to say that on one hand with both of them have knocked out on the new the good in their education process. and on the other hand, over bud,

in the many doctors who have been showing up to work in the middle of the pandemic . now, several other medical organizations have extended their support to the doctors over here on monday night when they were marching with their demands to the health minister. home. housing of them were detained. some of them, but even beaten by the police and charged with writing, doctor said they were protesting peacefully. what this means is that in hospitals like this one, medical facilities and services are down to a bare minimum as capable of convent continue to rise in the city. just good morning, denny chief minister, now fresh restriction, including slowing down of jim and a restaurant. we think capacity for that meaning yeah. there were chaos exceeds in afghanistan capital, when taliban members fired shots into the air during a women's rights protest. the

group of women organized ronnie, days after the government introduced new rules for long distance travel. women must be accompanied by a close male relative if traveling more than 72 kilometers. the protesters also demanded better access to food and jobs. move aside as a board member, if the afghan women's network, she says the taliban continue to deprive women if their freedoms people could not move around in afghanistan. women in late without having a mad am, especially, you know, outside of the cover city or outside of their cities, whatever they were, they had to get my handling. but, you know, but towards the end of the, like, what's the, or, you know, just before the ton of on arrived in afghanistan, all of this was, was really a lot more relaxed. and there is a reason mainly was because most of these women don't have anybody to take as

a matter, not a lot of ease, women don't have them. their mom has, has actually, maybe some of them have died or the audio the parents went out of their families. so you know, they had to travel a bit far to go and visit some family members, and they were doing it alone. so now this thing starting over again is just that as just another way of, of putting restriction on women and, and for no, for no apparent reason. because you know, the, this is the, it's almost like, you know, when there is nothing else for the 21 to do then oh, they don't want to do, then pick it after the woman's cases. i don't understand which to tell me the truth . i really don't know what is going on and why is it that half of the in or the correlation of interest on all of the women or, or thieves and the tone about, or the thief catchers and or the police or whatever. and here we are. so why

everything falls on behalf of the women? it's absolutely beyond me. i don't, i don't get and implement, they're absolutely right. this is, this is partly to, to, to curb our, our, our freedom, the judge in the sex trafficking trial of delane maxwell says she's, can, said coven 19, could stall proceedings. she's urging george to try to speed up their deliberations to avoid getting the virus which would delay yvette eggs. maxwell is accused of grooming teenagers for under age sex with the late finance. see a jeffrey epstein, a new york state governor says a new york state prosecutor says former governor andrew cuomo will not face criminal charges of allegations of sexual harassment. to women accused form of unwanted kissing prosecutor said, while there was evidence of it occurring, it didn't meet statutory requirements, a criminal offenses accusations by at least 11 women lead cuomo to resign in august

. he to noise any wrong doing can you sing in? senegal has just got a lot easier. the country's fast commuter railway since independence has made it. inaugural jenny, i said bag reports on what the milestone means for the country. at a cost of $1300000000.00. this new rel project is aimed at modernizing senegal transport system and ease traffic and pollution. and it's a train that may to park once con, enter, as is done in all big countries. and i 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 their status for now, it connects docker and gemini, our job, 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 do you for your understanding a 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, no measured by the museum as an industrialist. i'm not going to use it because i'm a businessman isn't, but maybe my employees, though to work for me who live in the suburbs, will be able to use it and will say, allow us to have our employees at a fixed time and to boost production. and i'ma i will fix, it's estimated that more than $100000.00 passenger the day will use the trains. and officials say they are designed to protect the environment as the roads in the capital, a 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 start

of his plan to strength.