defines allow, lawns, new babies were dying, and it had nothing about its neglected babies to deck. beeble and power investigate, exposes, and questions they used and abused have power around the globe on out via the global surge of cobra cases continues. governments around the world tried to strike a balance between restrictions and managing the spread of army chrome. ah, well again, featured, i'll be here into how you're watching al jazeera live for my headquarters. also coming up the police in hong kong raid an online media outlets in the lakes is challenged for free expression in the territory. stranded in indonesia and waters over a 100 ringo refugee use face an uncertain future. all their ship gets repaired and

the palestinian president macklin abbas holds his 1st formal meeting with an israeli official in israel in over a decade. ah, let's get going. our top story, the spread of the army, kron barian, says united many countries and a fight against rising cupid 19 cases. but they are divided on how they should react, despite facing a daily average of nearly a quarter of a 1000000 new cases. in the past week, the u. s. has half the isolation period for people with no symptoms from 10 to just 5 days. the u. k. have seen a daily average of more than a 100000 new cases in the past 7 days. yet the government there has promised note and restrictions in england before the new year. however,

a slew of measures will return in france next week. in a bid to bring down case numbers which rose on tuesday to record 180000 in just 24 hours. and in australia with just 9000 new cases on average, travel in and out of some states is once again subject to strict conditions. with this picture across europe is jona hall. 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. france, though, is holding its nerve, also promoting vaccine booster shots as the 1st line of defense. it 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 at $56.00, 7th or 8 days, 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 micro will become the dominant corona virus strain in germany within days. just last, almost something has to be done to bring the infection, think it 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. currently, the article 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 wrong, perhaps giving other countries just enough time to change course. jonah, how al jazeera. well, professor lauren's guston is an expert in global health law based at georgetown university in washington. he says, given the scale of the micron outbreak, governments have to strike a difficult balance between stopping the spread and protecting economies. what almost crime is doing is it's not just infecting people who have not been infected

before and not been vaccinated. it's, it's re infecting people have already been infected with delta. and there are breakthrough infections. quite a lot of them. we think with respect to vaccinated populations and so years so, so and cautiously optimistic, although it's not been confirmed that i'm a problem might be a less severe disease. but the sheer number of cases will mean under that, you're going to have an upper uptick and maybe a surge in hospitalizations and debts. and so right now, we're actually back to the idea that we want to make sure that we know of when, well, more health system. and so we're trying to prevent transmissions is as much as we can. but i think it's probably true to say that over the long term, most people are going to get the arm across very,

it's actually probably the most infectious agent on the planet and one of the most in the history of earth. so this is something that we're not going to be able to prevent spread over the long term. but what we absolutely must do in order to get back to a semblance of normalcy is to prevent serious disease hospitalizations and deaths. we're going to have to start thinking about the best ways to do that, and we can with vaccinations boosters and also i'm therapy. next. i'm, for example, antiviral medications by pfizer to hong kong where the police have been reading the offices of the stand news organisation independent online media outlet. 6 current and former staff members have been arrested on suspicion of publishing a suspicious publication. among them is a form, a politician and prominent pro democracy company, singer than he's home. they have been mass arrests and curves on press freedom

since china imposed a sweeping national security law on the territory more than a year ago. tom grundy is the co founder and editor in chief of the hong kong free press explained to me earlier what he's hearing from his reporters at the scene. 6, a wrestling to stand news this morning. we've just heard that there were another 4 current staff being bought in. for questioning, the rate is still underway. 30 boxes taken away according to one of my staff on the same 200 national security police involved. the acting chief editor, patrick lam, immediately resigned. apparently when he was arrested and ronson chan, his the assignment deputy editor and the head of the german association, he's among those who've been apprehended for questioning. stan news is a not for profit independent outlet that was founded in late 2014 in the wake of the umbrella movement. it has some of the pro democracy slants and it arose,

i guess from the ashes of house news which are closed down after its owner was threatened with standards is widely read and respected in the city. and just last month, it won a press freedom prize from a policy that borders but a few weeks ago on december 3rd, the security chief quiz tank accused it of being biased, smearing, and demonizing. in its reporting about the cities are smart prisons. one can suggest that they are sending a message, particularly, you know, over the festive period, but you know, at the same time as we're seeing this crap down the authorities, the saying that press freedom was intact in hong kong and nothing has changed. and yet the scenes today very much reflect what we saw just months ago when the apple news website raw the newspapers offices were, were rated. now the u. s. secretary of state antony blinkin has condemned on attack by me and mars military, which killed at least 35 people in kaya state on christmas eve, women, children, and 2 staff from the aid group save the children,

were among the dead. mister blanca 9 countries to stop selling weapons to the military to prevent more atrocities. it comes as the military which ceased power in a coup in february, continues and offensive against armed groups. in the southeast, thousands of fled into neighboring thailand. tony chang has worn out from the tie border time of my salt the la quanch's day. we have had a few little clashes. we heard her, some bangs inside ma'am. uh, 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 her 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 and lot of villages said that that was the thing. they were really most scared about. the air strikes that had been coming in at the places they lived there. still on the ty side,

there are more than 5000 people who came across in the last couple of weeks. and 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, and there was bought a trade going across so some semblance of normality, returning more than a 100 ring, refugees stranded in indonesia and waters the heresies in the province say they will help to repair their boat, but they will not allow them to disembark. the indian government has yet to come in, says jessica washington reports now from jakarta, indonesia waters off the coast of the island of murderer. these fishermen are trying to do whatever they can to help people in desperate need this vessel carrying more than 100 for 100 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 getting weaker according char information. they've been at sea for 28 days, broken by monday, but i am working on this and 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, me guessing i got them load adela. last time i got a job of the navy, secure our border. 0 hinder, are not indonesian citizens cannot bring them in. even as a few gees is in line with govern policy. stop police say the ringo. we're trying

to reach malaysia. thousands of for you have fled me and martin neighboring hunger dash in recent. he is escaping and military track down that the un says amounts to genocide, facing poverty and crowded refugee camps. 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 the uh, j. but some fisherman told under 0 they were afraid repercussions if they attempted a risky this time. denisia is not a signatory to view any convention on refugees and is seen as a transit country for refugees making dangerous journeys at sea. still, human rights groups saying indonesia must do more as a regional power in southeast asia. the post 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 0 requests for comment. and after so many days and to see these desperate people still face an uncertain future. jessica washington, out here of jakarta, the palestinian president mcmurry abbas has had his 1st formal meeting with and his ready official in israel, in more than a decade. he was hosted by the israeli minister of defense many camps. mister gans says they discussed security coordination and economic issues among others. harry force it has more on that force 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, therefore, 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 settlements 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 will 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 watching the feet of any guns and also from views really right from the could. which is saying that that he is ready. government is dangerously putting the palestinian issue back on the agenda still ahead here on al jazeera, conflicting messages out of the iran nuclear deal talks as to whether any progress is actually being made and holding onto a controversial past will tell you why some people in to lisa, reluctant to demolish fascist months. ah, ah, look forward to brighter skies the winter sponsored my cattle airways. hello,

the weather looks pretty unsettled across the middle east, over the next couple of days. even here in carter, we could see some cloud and some raining see this long line of cloud, just straddling a saudi arabia, stretching from the gulf states. they're just pushing out to kill way. that's where the heavy rain is likely to be running all way down to southern parts of the red sea and it is sinking a little further south was so by thursday we may receive a spot or 2 of rain here in a dough half, for example, $23.00 celsius, the top temperature, some heavier rain, some snow to over the higher ground of western parts of iran that we some showers there to into the o. e, easing down towards the straits of for moose. otherwise, looking largely dr. little more cloudy than of late. you see that same area cloud, it stretches its way across the red sea into eritrea. south sedan could see a shower or 2. e theo pierre, that will tend to fizzle out as we go one through thursday. but by thursday, notice some very heavy right into that eastern side of the mediterranean. it's

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oh, well, come back, you're watching ultra 0 live from doha. you top stores this half hour countries across the will to struggling to deal with the army kron outbreak with some reporting that highest infection rate. since the pandemic began, many a ramping up testing and vaccination, while several, including france have introduced restrictions on comm, police of rated the office of an independent online media outlets and arrested 6 people for what they call conspiracy. to publish a seditious publication, the firm stand news is confirmed. one of those arrested was his deputy editor, wrong some tramp. please say they have a warrant to search and seize relevant journalistic materials, quotes. and the palestinian president, mac motor boss has had his 1st formal meeting with and his really official in more

than a decade. he was hosted by the israeli minister of defense benny guts. now the policies to the iran nuclear talk, sir, putting out conflicting messages about where the progress is actually being made. around. number eights of negotiations kicked off again on monday, but statements made that they later agreed on just one thing. movement is required soon, but those efforts have been complicated by a 5 day military exercise by iran's revolutionary god, aimed at israel dawson, jabari reports now from vienna with the talked continued. this is the revolutionary guards message to israel wargames in iran, including firing bliss, sip and crews messiah. one of the targets resembles israel's demona nuclear reactor. the head of iran's 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 days 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 u. s. withdrew from it in 2018 and impose the series of new sanctions on her on closer. and that prompted iranian 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. he saw him. there's a sabotage event that was of similar facilities for the us as more sanctions.

they've tended to push back and do something evocative, and i think they've gone past the point of reasonable provocations. there, now they've gone too far. now, world powers have been insisting veteran's ballistic missile program needs to be part of that deal. and notion that's continuously dismiss byron 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 her finish in no relative return label period of time. and then i would put limits. but we're talking about which not about the head of a rounds, atomic energy organisation. mohammed islam you recently told

a 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 here 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 a very al jazeera vienna, hundreds were killed when typhoon rise slammed into the philippines. early of this month's dozens more are still missing. the devastation is widespread and weather experts say its intensity was unexpected. it highlights the impacts of climate change on extreme weather. events bonded below now reports from manila, typhoon ry packed winds of more than 200 kilometers in our mead landfall. 9 times

last week. from the east to the far west of the philippines, central and southern islands. millions of people are having to picked up whatever's left of their lives. the devastation is unprecedented. state weather forecasters had predicted a powerful typhoon. but when it hit the country, it exceeded their expectations. it actually entered the period. so sorry, the arrested development where there's really much, much, not much going on in the storm based on the satellite observations. and then it is after that, which is the interesting part after the arrested development period. it's sudden the ramped up it's development and then that's the time that where it reach it's intention. typhoon right also hit about a 3rd of the country that has historically been spared the fiercest storms. it also

sustained its strength threw up. the pattern that has emerged from this particular typhoon is that the damage can be relatively far from the eye or the center of the storm. usually when a storm barrels through our country, we know which provinces and which city, sorry, been a get hit. right is not the 1st supersonic loan to devastate the philippines in 2013 super typhoon high and left a trail of destruction and killed at least 6000 people. it was one of the strongest typhoons ever recorded. many scientists and environmentalists say such extreme weather in the philippines is the consequence of climate change. and they're afraid it's only going to get worse. barinello al jazeera manila. the indian government has frozen the bank accounts of one of the world's best known catholic charities, and says the organization that was founded by mother teresa didn't meet conditions

on the local law. it's been accused of trying to force people to convert to christianity. the charity denies the allegations. hundreds of health care workers in india have joined an ongoing protest by resident doctors of government run hospitals. as comes as many were dragged and beaten by the police on monday night poverty metal has more force from you delhi. oh daddy. but that i can go with the national not every year, with housing residents appeal for a national lease, which be of a notice in $700.00 and to fall in love with him. doctor has no 1st time laid on 7 months to see that on one hand, this to me that both of them have north south on the yard in their education process. and on the other hand, off of bardeen,

the many doctors who had been showing up to work in the middle off the pandemic. now, several other medical organizations have extended their support. the doctors over here on monday night when they were marching with their demands to the head ministers home, thousands of them were detained, some of them, but even beaten by the police, and charged with writing doctor say they were protesting peacefully. what this means is that in hospitals like this one, medical facilities and services are drawn to a bare minimum as cases of army convent continue to rise in the pretty. just this morning. denny chief minister, now fresh restriction, including clothing down of gym, assisting our restaurant. we think capacity with meeting young recent violence committed by fall right? groups in italy has ignited a national debate on fascist monuments across the country experts. a few people are

questioning whether the statues of those who pushed for racist causes in the past should be demolished. adam rainy has that story from the italian capital, rome. 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 4 saline. 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 establish with the present. that's your 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 installed yes or toward i a, 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, monuments 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 of enslavers and those who fought for races causes even one of italy's oldest anti fascist organizations is against demolishing fascist monuments and malta simply, she's ego air for it would 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 and that i am on it says there seems to be an acceptance of these monuments. there is a sort of normalization or legitimate zation of fascism who will should explain to people that there 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 is 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, a leading american politician who helped to get obama care onto the statute. books

has passed away from a u. s. senate majority to harry reid as died at the age of $82.00. the democratic senator was nevada's longest serving member of congress in office from 1987, up until 2017. he played pivotal roles as an opposition figure to president george w bush and then by helping accomplish for the president back a bomb as agenda rates had been battling pancreatic cancer. ah, exactly, for 30 gmc, you're watching out to syria top stories. countries around the world are struggling to deal with the army kron outbreak with some reporting, their highest infection rates. since the pandemic began. many a ramping up testing and vaccination, while several, including france have introduced restrictions.