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hong kong news website shuts down after its editor and other journalists arrested. z o n. royal services are held across the country as south africa remembers anti apartheid icon. archbishop desmond tutu in sport, manchester city are outside some bare grip on the premier league title rice, the run champions applying brentford aiming for its hence straight league with ah france is confirmed another 208000 cove 19 cases over the past 24 hours that equates to 2 people testing positive every 2nd, and it's the highest number of new daily cases ever seen across europe. the french house minister has warned france faces a double threat from both

d delta and on the chrome variance. when you have a whole says right now, it's mainly delta driving hospitalizations. with all the kron yet to have an impact on the health system. the head of the world health organization says the 2 variants are creating as to know me of cases worldwide to draw other non gibber issues as repeated his prayer for vaccine equity criticizing nations rolling out boosters and hampering supply globally infection rates of it. unprecedented levels with 6 and a half 1000000 cases confirmed over the past week. but there is a crucial difference with this wave hospitalizations and deaths are significantly lower dash partner begins our coverage from paris. while the french government are tightening restrictions, they want to transform the code that passed into a vaccination pass, which means to access things like restaurants, bar cinemas, or even catch a train, people will have to show that they are fully vaccinated. a recent negative test

will no longer be valid. now, it is a controversial a decision. the government says as much, but what the french help minister olivera who is addressing a parliamentary committee says that it is absolutely necessary to try and find ways to persuade the some 5000000 on vaccinated people in france to go and get a job because the country is facing what he called, a veritable tidal wave of new infections. and for the officer, a dozen, we faced 2 enemies. the numbers all show arise in infections. 290000 people have contracts of the virus in the last 24 hours. meaning that without stopping day and night for every 2nd more than 2 people are infected with her own a virus. what it is a controversial measure. even francis, highest legal, a body has warned the government not to erode people's rights by, for example, curtailing a people's freedom of movement. opposition. politicians are saying this is just

a thinly disguised way of imposing a mandatory of vaccination. there are a lot of voices against. there's a lot of criticism, but what the french government says is that such a measure is necessary to try and persuade the unvaccinated to be vaccinated. the government says the vaccination is really the only and the main way out of the pandemic cases are also surging across the rest of europe. and the u. k. is reported nella, the $180000.00 infections, is highest since the start of the pandemic. and while on the con appears less severe, official say the sheer number could still overwhelm hospitals. he fokker has more ah, across europe there accuse outside cove in 19 testing centers as a search of corona, virus infections takes home here in greece. planned restriction. so be brought forward up to the number of cases more than doubled in a day. the world health organization, the moral conscience of the crisis monk,

2 years since the start of the pandemic, with a warning to rich nations racing ahead with our vaccine booster drives. this is the time to rise above shorter term nationalism and protect populations and economies against future variance by ending global vaccine inequity. i want governments, industry and civil society toward we've, as on a campaign that targets 70 percent bucks in coverage in every country by the start of july. many world leaders, including the british prime minister, have thrown their weight behind, getting a 3rd dose of a covey vaccine. to as many arms as possible. we know mccombs a mild of area that those admitted to hospital spending less time there. but it's highly contagious. being large numbers because still the hospital cur. it's also

affecting frontline staff numbers, absences tripled in london hospitals this month, and nearly 10 percent of the cities firefighters called in sick. the overwhelming majority of people who are currently ending up in intensive care of people who are not. i've talked to doctors, you say the numbers are running up to 90 percent of people in intensive care who are not boosted. if you're not vaccinated, you're 8 times more likely to get into hospital altogether. in germany, an urgent appeal for people to rein in new year's celebrations. the number of cases there is no believe to be $2.00 to $3.00 times higher than official figures. better, the gun on police celebrates in very small numbers and do not in danger each other . because the count reported incidents of cases undermine the danger we are currently in. the rise of alma crohn has dashed hopes that the worst of the

pandemic is over. but the w h o insists 2022 must be the year. it comes to an end. ne parker, which is era london. the official number of crone of ours cases in india remains low. the nation of more than a 1000000000 people recording just over 9000 on wednesday. and it's thought on. the kron could be responsible for far more still unregistered new restrictions on non essential activities have been imposed in new delhi, and booster doses are due to be administered early in the new year. and the metal has more from the capital. these factory workers are racing against time trying to finish their day's work before the curfew starts. so they don't lose their wages as the virus threatened to wipe out their livelihood. once again, we're looking at it. i'm scared of the gov. you, you does the on. i'm a poor person and migrated from a village to make

a living. i'm scared of corona virus and the night go few as covered 19 cases, right? several states have imposed night curfews, and strict are testing rules for travelers. new delhi, which has the highest number of omi called cases in the country, has been put on yellow alert. cool gyms and cinnamon have shot with new restrictions on restaurants and public transport. the capital is preparing cove in 1900 was and ramping up oxygen supply. as a 3rd wave of infections is threatened, despite that markets have been crowded. the chief minister has employed every one to follow. covert 900 protocol, need to get good enough really. we don't want to spread yet again, and that is why we are repeatedly making that if you go out or go to market or office please, where we have to be responsible. but at the same time, don't be scared that the government has also expanded. if vaccination drive is

talking next month or the 15th will be eligible for a job, why frontline workers and over sixty's with health problems can receive booster shot. the government has approved to new jobs and an anti virus drug to treat koby 19 while india is showing some indication of renewable attention to respond to on the ground weight. and that is on including recognition coverage. and though wind up ended testing. but as far as the appropriate behavior is concerned, there is a lot of room or space for improvement. while infections and hospital cases remain lower than in other parts of the world, the government says restrictions will be increased if the infection rate continues to rise. while market traders like the feel financial losses, political rallies continue in states where elections are due earlier, the new york. that's provoking a repeat of so called super spread. i'm really just gathering an election rallies.

they went ahead in the summer, despite the death of veterans infecting millions of indian park newman's iraq. new jelly. current of virus infections are also increasing in many countries across africa, which has a much lower vaccination rate than the rest of the world. the wave has come soon after many nations began loosening restrictions to try to revitalize economies, kenya garner. and i go to have all recently reported the highest infection rates yet coverage. so it has more from nairobi. the pores coming out or south africa indicates that the number of infections has drastically reduced in the last 9 days of from about 23009 days ago 215000 am on monday. that is a 40 percent drop. so this is good news, but in other countries, dozens of other countries are on the continent. is seeing an increase on positivity rate. in kenya for example, we are at 34 percent. but what we are noticing in this country is,

is that our peep, many people are not displaying severe. a severe symptoms, severe enough to be admitted in hospital. so lot of people who are testing positive are being told to as self isolate at home or in neighboring uganda. same case, 18 percent, positivity rate. mild mostly mild cases. are the government a has again, started testing or mandatory testing in border points, but the big concern now is a democratic republic of congo in its 4th wave. so what we're seeing is that our hospitals, particularly in the capital kinshasa, are being of a want health workers are feeling the pressure and in a big concern, also, especially in this region of east africa and central africa is the rate of vaccination. kenya, for example, only has 14 percent of its population vaccinated in democratic republic of congo with 90000000 people only has about 97000 people

a fully vaccinated. this is very low. so the aim here is for the government to get as many people as possible vaccinated, not just to protect them, but also to protect the health care at the fragile have care systems. that american and caribbean countries are also seeing arise in cases. and health officials say there could be a silver lining with figures suggesting south america has now become the most vaccinated continent in the world. and your revenue reports from mexico city. ah, a vaccination site in mexico city. in increase in cove at 19 cases linked to the holiday season has also led to a rise in the number of people seeking the jap. unless it doesn't what i feel safe about everything because of the support that the government is giving us. what we believe that everything is going to be, all right, because the vaccine, but mexico isn't the only country in the region. stepping up vaccination efforts with the army kron corona virus. very it identified in almost

a dozen latin american countries. a new push for contagion prevention. is underway in brazil, which just a year ago was considered the epicenter of the pandemic in south america. vaccine drives have become among the most successful in the world. i wish people to president by who, despite the fact that the president of the republic is one of the most vocal leaders against the vaccine in brazil, the brazilian population is already used to many vaccination campaigns as being massively vaccinated stuff. despite a long struggle to launch national vaccine programs, recent data suggests that south american countries now have the world's highest vaccination rates. world health experts have also applauded the efforts by argentina and mexico to jointly produce more doses of the astrazeneca jap, seen as a milestone for vaccine accessibility. while these recent developments are hopeful, health authorities in the region warned the dangers of contagion are still high, especially as the army con variant reaches new corners of the globe. later let be

the medical river is houston's yelman's. the louisa, the gordon linkedin epidemic is substantially the same though if afford waive, will happen because a for me group. what we might see is a high number of cases, lot to significantly low rate, the hospitalization compared to what we had in the previous waves. because of the effects of the vaccine us on principle, experts from the pan american health organization warned that vaccine inequality continues to be a major challenge in the region. adding that several latin american countries are still far from the 50 percent vaccination threshold necessary to reach full cobit 19 immunity. manuel right below al jazeera mexico city. still to come on the news, our trained resumes are only tie me and mar border. after weeks of violence between men was military and armed groups. a devastation left in the wake of science, super typhoon right. experts warn to expect more of the same. and as urgent action

is taken to combat climate change and in sport, another record for when a phosphate falls, all time greats ah media. freedom in hong kong has been dealt another blow as police waited one of the last remaining pro democracy websites stand news says it's shutting down after its assets were frozen, and senior staff arrested and accused of publishing articles which in sight hatred, a claim it vigorously denies planet reports, hundreds of hong kong place rated the stan use office in the early hours of wednesday morning, using a warrant under the much criticized national security law to collect boxes of what were described as journalistic materials. on how 6 people linked to the independent media outlet were arrested under separate law on sedition from the british colonial era. by wednesday afternoon stand,

news announced it was closing after 7 years. we are not talking to reporter, we're not talking the good of the media. we just targeted national security law. the old fences among those arrested was well known singer and activist. denise ho and former politician, margaret own, both former stand use board members. so i know want at least turned up at the home of stan, use deputy a simon editor, ronson chan. office is telling him to stop recording as they arrived. chan who was chairman of the hong kong journalists association, stood by the now disbanded news organisation altruism. oh no, your 100 ohio extern users been doing professional reporting. there's no doubt about it. the whole world sees it. it doesn't matter what charges have been made. i nothing can change. that fact, the hong kong journalist association said it was deeply concerned by the arrests and urge the government to respect the media freedoms that a meant to be safe, guarded under the cities. many constitution, the basic law. hong kong chief secretary, john lee shrugged off the criticism,

saying journalism cannot be used as a tool against national security. they are the evil anemones that damage pres, rhythm chinese government in beijing says the security law in hong kong is necessary for stability. following political unrest and mass pro democracy protests, dozens have been arrested, prosecuted and jailed since china imposed the legislation last year, 6 months ago, the last remaining pro democracy paper apple daily was forced to shut down after its assets were frozen and its founder jimmy lie arrested the closure of the apple daily left down use is one of the last pro democracy outlets in hong kong. now there are questions over whether smaller online outlets can survive the crackdown on media freedoms, brick planet, al jazeera, hong kong. keith richberg is the director of the journalism and media study center at the university of hong kong. he says it was only

a matter of time before the authorities took action against anooj. stan news knew it had the bull's eye on its back because of the, you know, at that time it decided to at the time the national security lock in a stand news deleted all of their own and columns. all their old opinion pieces, not from their website, but you know, there are only 3 left, 3, what i would call independent news outlets that do some critical reporting and span news was one of those. now you've got a citizen news and which is another online site and also hong kong refresh which is in english of so you know, it's, you know, time will tell they know that they're going after these other rooms, so they have absolutely no independent critical media here they've been using other law sufficient law, colonial era, british law left behind. but they've been allowed to use sort of the national national security means or techniques. so even though they're not charging them with the national security, violation of that could still come later,

but they leave because of the ruling by the court of appeals here in hong kong. the police, even using non national security laws, can use techniques that are allowed under the national security law meeting. seizing the property of journalists closing down their, seizing their assets and forcing blows down like they will. they're like, they're done with stan, lose the, the presumption of bail is, is a lot more difficult under national security cases. so we'll see, you know, that applies here in the, in the cases these sinks arrested because one was already arrested one of the 7 that was already in custody on unrelated charges. so yes, although it's not a national security crime, number one that still come, but number 2, the heavy handed tactics and techniques that police use are given to them as powers under the national security law. it's questionable to me why they would choose to use the sedition law, which is on the books from the british. well, they also, interestingly enough, within the last few days,

slap the same sedition charges against jimmy live publisher. daily news already being held on national security grounds. i suspect that again, this is just my interpretation that they might be using that law so that if they get criticized by outsiders, they could say, well what a 2nd. these were laws that were put in place by the british colonial power of the last time. we think these laws were used to stop some kind of publication where after communist inspired riots and ongoing in 1967. and they were used by the british to, well, you'll government. so it might be a way of saying a hold on a 2nd. you know, the british did this when they were in charge of hong kong. we're just using their same laws. they didn't, even government says it will lead to more than a 100 were hang a refugees who were stranded at sea land in the country at the group of mostly women and children were left to drift off the coast of ha, providence. when attempting to reach malaysia, indonesia, as governments, as the refugees were facing, emergency conditionals. hundreds of a muslim minority who fled to military offensive in mid march have reached

indonesia or in recent years. jessica washington is more from jakarta. these people will be towed to shore and they will be allowed to disembark in indonesia. what we have heard from local sources on the ground is that the process of towing the vessel to the coastline could take around 3 to 4 hours. the vessel as it stands is around 80 kilometers from the coast of b, it in our province. and so it could take around 3 to 4 hours and that's without factoring in some of the difficult weather conditions. we understand that right now, the rock heavy winds and heavy waves as well, which could complicate the effort to bring this vessel to shore. but what we can say with certainty is that they will be allowed to disembarked in our province after so many days of uncertainty. we heard a short while ago from a representative of the government explaining the process behind the governments thinking or more in thought go nysha. or the non asian government today has decided

in the name of humanity to accommodate growing or refugees currently floating on a boat in the ocean near a chair. sir, this decision was made after considering doing emergency conditions experienced quite a few chiefs on the ship. well, it's not altogether a surprising outcome in the past. indonesia has in fact, accepted rancor refugees that have arrived in waters near archie. but it is worth noting that indonesia is not a signatory to the un convention on refugees. and so, as a result is not really seen as a destination for permanent resettlement. these refugees will now join the hundreds of other refugees from many other countries. on the long wait to be re settled into a 3rd country. lilyanne found his chair v. ringo working group of the asia pacific refugee writes network. she says that unlike other countries in the region, indonesia has a national legal framework to protect refugees. it's quite complex in the region

when it comes to finding a humane response to rank or refugees because of the lack of legal frameworks. number one, and number 2, the concern that are actually taking in around get boat could just could use a basic away. it could create a pull factor for other refugees to come. and one of the good things about indonesia, though, is it's actually one of the only countries in the region that does have a domestic legal framework to at least allow for disembarkation. which is the presidential regulation one to 5 of 2016. and that actually does have provisions for disembarkation of refugees who are particularly those who are in distress at c, as well as coordination of government agencies and, and cios and you and agencies of course to respond in an emergency response to support refugees. the problem though, is that there are lots of different ways of interpreting this regulation and does

usually happens whenever there's a rank, a boat that comes to indonesia, into indonesian waters and is in distress. there's a debate that takes place about what the best response is. traders returning to work along the tie border after lol and fighting between me and mas, military and armed groups, are you in special envoy, has called for the ceasefire to be enforced nationwide. and attorney chang reports from the board. a town of my sot, thousands of refugees have fled into thailand to the last 2 weeks. trade resumes across the time in my border of the weeks of bitter plaiting in the area, long boats laden with goods bearing their loads to and fro. the molly river that divides the 2 countries has been quiet for several days. but further inside man ma biting has been fierce. the battle rages inside the grounds of this temple in the town of may totally fighters from the korean national liberation army against forces from mere mazama and border defense force. it's an uneven fight. the fight

is for independence spacing, a fully equipped modern army. with heavy artillery and support, most weapons, they have a rocket propelled grenades. this man crossed the border with a group of rebels over night. he wants his identity hidden, but he says it's the attacks from above that most people, you know now when i don't know exactly what they are. but the throwing large bombs out of the helicopters and soldiers, the sitting in the shop is firing machine guns at the people below murder. despite being at guns, the present fight is moreover appears to be high. even though nothing compare with the side that major like that a bundle, we don't care. well, we do believe it at the end of the day when it's clear, the cease fire that is held for a decade is now shattered. so we know we really know that they make a very big golf is into our you to take over our land,

our territory like that on the tiny side of the border, the state of high alert has been load the time military are now considerably more relaxed after the fighting appears to have moved away, but they're still monitoring very closely watching anyone who's going up to the board. but inside myanmar, an estimated 20000 people have been displaced by the fighting. they remain and make shift shelters with limited food and water. and despite the law in the fighting, many don't feel safe enough to go home. tony chang al jazeera on the time here, my boredom says al jazeera from london still to come more refugees than ever before . why 2021 saw tens of millions force from their homes and the di prediction for next year. and it's for whatever fresh doubts as to whether the world's number 110th player will defend his title at the australian open. ah,

how are we got some really mild air pushing into western parts of year? we've been talking about this for the past few days and it's on its way. you can see that cloud rolling in from the atlantic or the source of the air is from the tropical sub tropic. so temperatures really on the high side, the record breaking heat coming through as we end the year here. then a little further east. we have still got cooler air coming in from a normally direction. so minus 10 celsius there, the top temperature in moscow. but just a couple of days ago that temperature was nearest minus 20 and is the warmth that is going to win out as we go through the next couple of days, temperatures and burling go from round for celsius to route 10 celsius for thursday afternoon. and that is something of a trend, kick it up to 13 degrees by the time we come to friday, the moscow minus 3. that's a couple of degrees above average. so that warmth really is setting in me. i've got

the wet or whether the cloud piling in though quite strong winds as well. that'll take the just those high temperatures, some heavy rain at times just coming in across the north west. we've also see some heavy rain down towards the southeast with some snow. just making its way across at east side of the mediterranean to southern pass of turkey. that wet weather, also affecting the far north of africa, could see some wet weather into libya and also eat it with showers too. for the golf guinea. ah. the uses performance ought to draw attention to the critical and controversial issues facing shawnee one 0, one east meets china's activist. often went out to 0 polio cuz she to says he will break and you fall of capitalism. what does this mean? we bring you the stories and developments that are rapidly changing the world we

live in. less than one percent of for vaccines have gone to poor countries. why is that? counting the cost on al jazeera, compelling. we keeping our distance because it's actually quite dangerous. ambulances continued to arrive at the speed of the explosion in spite, i still don't feel like i actually know enough about living under fascism was like, unequal to broadcasting. some nelson have been on august night for a happy al jazeera english proud recipient of the new york festivals broadcaster of the year reward for the 5th year running. ah ah, i might have top stories, young. i'm 0. current of ours infections of hit record levels with more than 6 and

a half 1000000 cases around the world in the past week. but hospital admissions and deaths remain low, independent hong kong media outlets stand, news says it's shutting down after its officers were rated by police. stauffer, arrested, accused of inciting hatred. indonesian government says it will let more than a 100 ring refugees stranded at sea land in the country. they've been drifting off the coast for day. these churches, town halls and landmarks across south africa or lit up in purple. this week. it's in honor of the cultural icon, desmond to to who died on sunday. the 1st black archbishop of cape town was also a pre eminent voice in the fight against a partied farm. and a miller attended one of the services held in his memory. lucy, z o a small and intimate affair at cape town city hall to celebrate a man considered

a giant in south africa's history. the city of cape town holds an interfaith memorial. cannot be you.