being told, it's not a science story at all. it's a story about politics. the listening post, your guide to the media on a jesse, you know, from the, for velez of correct us. so the battle fields around most of our job is to get to the truth and empower people through knowledge. ah, in limbo, we're hanging migrants stranded in indonesia and still waiting on a decision on their future. ah, come al santa maria, here in doha. this is the world news from al jazeera, hong kong police of right at the office of a website critical of the chinese government. the u. s. and france report the high,

highest daily karone of ours cases and the pandemic began. as all mc horton continues to spread, it's been healthier for those who've been seeking refuge outside their home countries. we're looking back at some of that desperate genies ah, some more than a 100 bringer refugees, mostly women and children, remains stranded in indonesian waters this wednesday. their boats ran into trouble off the coast of aunt j province. after attempting to reach militia, the government is helping them with food, water, and fuel. the un says the boat is unstable and as cold on the donation government to allow the refugees to disembark, hundreds of ranger refugees of reached indonesia over the past few years after many months at sea. more on this with jessica washington in jakarta, so they're getting help food, water, and fuel, but still no actual wood on what's happening to them.

well, that's exactly right. come all. there is still no confirmation from the indonesian government as to what the fate of these refugees will be. what we heard recently from the ministry of foreign affairs is that they have not yet made a decision. and that there is still discussion as to what their plans will be. the ministry of foreign affairs said that they will take the humanitarian factors into consideration. but contrary to what we heard yesterday, when some local authorities in archie said that their intention was to supply the ringo with all the essentials, food, water, fuel, and also assists with repairing their vessel and then allow them to go on their way to their intended destination. the indonesian government says that they have not confirmed such plans, and ultimately they have the authority in this situation. and what is known about conditions for the people on board him in the united notions, at least the saying the boat is unstable in its words.

that is what we have heard from the you and hcr office. here in jakarta, we have also heard from local fishermen attorneys, fishermen who say that they are very concerned about what they witnessed when they noted the arrival off this vessel into indonesian waters. some of them told al jazeera what they were able to see yesterday appeared to be signs that water was entering the vessel. but they did tell us that since then, they have not been able to get any closer to the vessel. so it is difficult to know exactly what conditions, unlike on board, what we have heard from witnesses is that they appeared to be concerned about the health in particular of the young children on board. and some of the fishermen also told us that they were concerned that the elderly people on board looked rather ill and fatigued. jessica washington are driving us from jakarta. thank you.

in hong kong, police have rated the office of an independent online media company. 6 current and former staff members from stand news were arrested on suspicion of publishing anti government material. their homes were rated tubes just the latest example of cubs on press. freedom in hong kong, ever since china imposed its national security law and june of last year. he's a quick look at some of the people arrested. the editor in chief, patrick lam, detained as well as deputy assignment editor ronson. chun girls happens to be head of the hong kong journalists association. also migrating, who is a barrister and a former pro democracy politician. and a well known local pop, same results in his home, who served on the board of stand news until she resign back in june. the latest with brit clinic in hong kong, and i believe that the chief secretary in hong kong has actually been speaking about this. that's right. he came out of the earlier john lay

hong kong chief secretary. he was asked about this and about the, the raid a in the building behind me, all the staff news. he said that he supports police actions based on evidence. and he said that journalism cannot be used as a tool against national security. now of course, that runs of very against what we've heard from some of the journalist groups in the city at ronson, cham, who was the deputy assignment editor. he was held this morning i. he is also the chairman of hong kong journalists association. now, the hong kong journalist association released a statement saying it was deeply disappointed about the events that took place to day and urge the hong kong government to respect the press freedoms that it meant to be guaranteed. as part of the basic law of the cities many constitution, now the foreign correspondents pub is also spoken out. it relates to statement cooling, the actions are further blow to press freedom in hong kong, saying it will continue to show the media environment here in what has been

a very difficult year for media outlets in hong against press freedoms. britain feel this is starting to get into the territory of shopped, but not surprised. it is shocking any time or when the press is silence. but this is, as you say, a repeat issue in hong kong. ever since the security law came in and has been comma and it, let's not forget, it's already been 6 months since apple daily. the last remaining pro democracy piper in hong kong was forced to shut down after an excuse for a room was arrested after its assets. were frozen, and after a it's found a jimmy lie was sent to prison after that closure of baffled daily sam views was kind of seen as the last bastion of a vocal pro democracy voice is in hong kong. it's extremely well respected here, and hong kong come out, it's known as, as a, an outlet that

a very good at hot hitting investigations into a local issues. and so it does is seen as, as a big blow, suppress freedom here. and there are serious concerns that what this might mean is that the smaller outlets, those online outlets may not survive as this intensified environment takes place. and that was saying this intensified crack down here in hong kong. come out, great credit reporting on that latest anti media right in hong kong. thank you. that will help organizations warning. the army kron very into coven 19 still poses a very high risk cases, all up from current research, 11 percent worldwide, over the past week. with the us reporting a record high, more than 440000 new infections on monday, the center for disease control says both delta and omega and behind the search, frances reported a record high of nearly 880000 cases in just 24 hours by far,

the highest since the start of the pandemic, italy, greece and portugal have also reported a new spike in infections. and in the u. k. to spot a rising number of cases, the government still things reluctant to impose your restrictions. john, how has more on that 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 locked down and in spain, a wave of new infections has provoked such public concern that free covert 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. 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 there won't be $67.00 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, nightclub 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 jona whole al jazeera. now vaccination rates in bosnia herzegovina are low, many are reluctant to take the jap. one group is actually bucking the trend. prison is 80 percent of inmates in fact received at least one vaccine dose in stock. contrast to the overall vaccination rate, which is below one 3rd of mass has been out the 1st meeting in 11 years between the palestinian authority president and these really government defense minister benny gans grated mahar. the bass to discuss security coordination and

economic issues about extending officials at the meeting stress, the importance of having a political venue to find solutions. move mary full said in western islam. 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 any 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 in the news. the had conflicting messages coming out of the iranian nuclear

deal tools as to whether any progress is actually being made. this is one of 3 nuclear plants that germany will close by the end of the year. and we will face out euclid power by the end of 2022 completely disputed decision within the you. i'm steadfast, reporting from good drumming. ah, ah, look forward to brutus goes through with sponsored point cutoff airways. hello there. it's all about the exception in mild weather that's working its way into europe. over the next few days. we're going to see temperatures come up across the board even for that northeast corner where it has been bitterly cold. and that thanks to a warm air that's working its way from the west to the east,

where we are still seeing some really wet windy and wintry. whether we got rounds of rain working their way across the north. western wet and windy weather continues to plague that south east corner, but for the south west remains largely mild and dry with lots of sunshine for spain and portugal, particularly in those southern areas. but let's take a closer look at the way whether it's continuing across greece. pushing into turkey, it's going to be heavy rain for cyprus on thursday, and some snow smudging up into southern areas of turkey. and the rain continues in the north, west britain, an island. but we are going to have spells of dryer weather, the temperature in london picking up to the mid teens, and that weather works its way over the north sea becoming wintery weather for scandinavia. but further south of this, we are seen temperatures pick up in places like germany. if we have a look at the 3 day for berlin will be touching 13 degrees on friday, but it will be cloudy. oh, the weather sponsored by casara always killing the debates. 90 percent of the

world's refugees have come from a common impacted country. the climate emergency is putting more pressure on cities across the world and amplify your voice. it's not really the future rates. now. this is not our responsibility. please give a lot concrete. responsibly defense. we cannot lose hope, we know what to do, and we have the tools to do here that we must build all the paper. this stream on al jazeera with wow, ah, you with al jazeera and these other top stories, the united nations urging the indonesian government to accept more than

a 100 were hanged. refugees stranded at sea in an unstable boat. mostly women and children became stranded in indonesian borders while trying to reach elijah police in hong kong of right of the office of stand news and independent online media outlet. 7 current and former staff members have been arrested for publishing articles and citing hatred against authorities and the world help organizations want to be on the convent still poses a very high risk. current of ours cases searched worldwide by 11 percent in the past week with us. britain, france initially old reporting record highs, the parties to the are on nuclear talks to putting out conflicting messages. 8th round of negotiations, it kicked off again on monday, but statements made a day later agreed on me on one thing. that movement is needed soon. also jabari with a support from vienna with the talks continue. this is the revolutionary guards message to israel. wargames in iran,

including foreign ballistic and cruise missiles. 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. darren 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 us withdrew from it in 2018 and impose the series of new sanctions on her on over. 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 provocative, 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 buyer on 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 delegations that this negotiation has to be finished

in the relative ritual movie period of time. and then i would put limits. but we're talking about which note about the head of a rounds atomic energy organisation. mohammed islam me 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 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. sources, safari, al jazeera, vienna, united states has promised its european allies meanwhile, transparency and solidarity. when it holds tools with russia,

your state department spokesman at price to build, discuss mutual goals on january 10th. malia russia's deputy ambassador to the you and again demanded theories guarantees, and they wouldn't expand further into eastern europe. the us and russia faced ongoing tension over a military build up on the border with ukraine. some of the heavy rain for 30 years in northeast in brazil, of course being a flooding emergency more than a 100 cities now. water levels and by your states have continued to rise after 2 dams collapsed. at least 21 people have been killed in august. $80000.00 are homeless and more random forecast. the state government is set aside $14000000.00 in emergency funds. sheila is declared in agricultural emergency as far as 5 road south of santiago. thousands of hector of forest have been destroyed, including farmers, crops, is 5 houses raised in the and noble region alike of rainfall caused a water shortage and several areas causing the fire to spread even faster.

more on our preview review series, 2021 into 22. and this year people continue to cross international borders in their minions seeking protection or opportunities away from their homelands. you and figures show the number of internally displaced. people is dramatically on the rise . as is the number of people fleeing the country for asylum, and more than a 3rd are under the age of 18. support from john holman. one of the most searing images from 2020 law u. s. border patrol agents chasing down haitians trying to cross into texas. women white, patrick, even with those words of video provoked an outcry. the u. s. ambien, but in some ways they were typical of another year in which people were on the move . doors were shut to them, locked him out of pocket, la kills me about this is that everyone knows what we haitians are going through,

even though there's no president crime as high students can't go to school, there's no work. the economy is down, people can put up with that, see, poor taishan is not good for olive, even other people with other problems from the middle east trying to get into poland, neighboring belarus, that load them in and encouraged them to try and cross said the european union, it's not just a matter of political will putting up barriers to migrants. the protocol to dealing with them in many countries is also hopelessly out. they says the chief of staff for the iowa international organization for migration. the, the tools, especially from a legal point of view that governments have at their disposal. i are tailored for 60 years ago when that movement and the reason for moving were different. so right now, most part of the world. ah, the only way you have to get legally into a country is requesting as ilo,

but not all of those that are moving right now in the bed is region actually qualified for his island based on international or national law. ambrosia says that means both an overcharging of asylum systems and ultimately sending people back home. you might need help, but don't fit the limited set of rules. but in 2021, they would just problems at the end of the journey this year. so migrant stopped on route by natural, a man made hazards in the duddy and gap, an area of jungle between columbia and panama, record numbers of migrants across of trying to get from south america to the united states. but they confronted not only by deadly snakes and spiders, the gangs were systematically robbing and raping them many finished the route traumatized or not at all. well, really have a good weekend and hopefully it was horrible because i felt i couldn't do it any more. my feet were injured and i was thinking of my children. i thought that my

baby wasn't going to make it go me mexico further up the route authorities post those who did get through their southern buddha. the had no phone foot. people start walking before dawn because the he, the day here in chapa's, his intent gets about 30 degrees and it's hard to cover these distances with that. some baking down those heading from the horn of africa, trying to get work in saudi arabia have to travel through wooten yemen, about many don't arrive here and there are still many libyans drowning in the mediterranean of to fleeing their country in overcrowded boats. these people were rescued in november, but more than 70 died in a wreck. the same mode. hey, it's not just those heading overseas. the iowa reports a dramatic increase in internal migration. those fleeing within their own country. 5 and a half 1000000 in afghanistan alone, and 4000000 in,

we'll wrecked him and we asked the head of the norwegian refugee count. so if things look better next year, i'm not optimistic, really. number one, there is much more like image. if you'd displacement natural disasters every year, 4 times more people are displaced by natural disasters. then by conflict at the time when there is record displacement also by conflict. and you also have, at the same time, a waning international solidarity with those who are free. and so those who now tried to cross the border to escape violence, a meeting, barbed wire, oblique rama. for those foods to flee the home as we head into 2022, john home and algebra, mexico city you and secretary general says the world is becoming more unequal,

bumps humanity can unite to find solutions and its pre recorded news message. antonia good terrace called for new commitments to tackle the crises facing the world, including a bold plan to vaccinate every person everywhere. the world welcomes 2022 with our hopes for the future being tested by deepening poverty and worsening inequality. by an, an equal distribution of coffee vaccines by climate commitments that fall short and but ongoing conflict division and museum formation. these are not just policies, this is a moral and real life tests. and that test that humanity can pass if it could need to making 2022 year of recovery for everyone. when the germany is closing 3 more nuclear power plants that aims to phase out the energy source and tiny by late next year, that was a decision made after the focus human nuclear accident in japan. a decade ago,

it has been a controversial policy. the given nuclear energy is a big help in reducing carbon emissions. stevenson reports now from bavaria is a farewell gift made by a local priest, a calendar of the nuclear plant that became part of the community in the last 5 decades into it as our heart pleased to see such an advanced, well functioning and safe installation. close stone, but we have no choice but to accept the good having a nuclear plant in bavaria has not always been safe. in 1975, germany's 1st nuclear accident happened here to work as died. but rather than say, they never felt unsafe. the installation functions without problems, they could easily continue. they've invested so much money into it. other countries that produce and continue to build nuclear power plant. and we shut them down such a waste for decades, germany, as you know, wave of anti nuclear protest, especially after the general explosion in 1986 in the den sophia union. radioactive

particles were found as far away as bavaria, and after the accident in full shima in japan and 2011. the merkel government close to 8 of its 17 nuclear plants immediately promising to shut down the rest by next year. closing down a nuclear plan does not just a matter of shutting down reactors and locking the gates, dismantling will take years. and then there's a problem of radioactive waste which could contaminate the area for thousands of years. and that's not a burden potency to put on future generations. but not everyone within the u agrees. france and the netherlands, even planning to build new nuclear plants, asking that european union to include atomic power in the list of sustainable investments to make the transition to clean energy skin. for what we need to do is to find that the sodomy that allows us to pursue our industrial choices to be

consistent with the objective of the card when ising, our economy. as a group of german scientists is calling on the government to reverse its incision, they say shopping, the nuclear plants will force the country to use more fossil fuels. me, germany is definitely not your plans because energy is such an environmentally benign energy source that can help you that can help germany so much with the colonization in the future with providing stable source of energy. and therefore, it's the big mistake that germany is now accepting energy. while nuclear power is the largest source of energy in france in germany, the council just 12 percent. to replace this, the new government has promised to speed up its production of wind and solar energy . the only way forward, according to me, i'm not sure which part of a government team finding the solution for nuclear waste. in the german law, we are required to identify a location for

a nuclear depository. that is expected to be safe for 1000000 years. that's a long time. it's a big challenge, and that is of course, one of the big concerns. if countries, as is now being discussed in europe, choose to continue with nuclear energy or go into nuclear energy. what are we leaving behind for next generations to deal with? because we really haven't figured out what to do with this high level radioactive waste. germany has made up its mind, so it is bay for ever to nuclear power steadfast and al jazeera. good timing. ah, the top of the hour and these are the headlines, the united nations is urging indonesia to accept more than $100.00 range, refugees, stranded at sea in an unstable boat. mostly women and children on board. they became stranded in indonesian waters while trying to reach malaysia. jessica

washington with one from chicago. c uncertainty really isn't over for this group.