you owe 1022, as this tournament unfolds over the coming days. it will play a key role, but organize is getting ready to host the middle east's. biggest ever school thing . event next year. and for the castle national teams, they get used to playing in front of expected home crowds. they'll be hoping to convince both the fans and themselves. so they really all ready to take on the world. ah, a new world wide high of cobra. 19 cases in a single week, as the omicron variant continues to spread, but the number of deaths is showing a significant decline. ah, are entitled to this algae 0 live from london also coming up approach democracy, hong kong news website shuts down. archer,

it's editor and other journalists are arrested. the devastation left in the wake of super typhoon ry experts wanted to expect more of the same unless urgent action is taken to combat climate change. z z o memorial services are held across the country as south africa remembers anti partied icon. archbishop desmond tutu. ah hello france is confirmed another 208000 cove 19 cases over the past 24 hours. adequate to 2 people testing positive every 2nd. and it's the highest number of new danny cases ever seen across europe. the french health minister has warned france faces a double threat from both the delta and omicron variance. olivia overhaul says right

now, it's mainly delta driving hospitalizations with a micron, yet to have an impact on the health system. the head of the world health organizations as a to variance or creating a su nami, of cases worldwide to address. i don't know, gibber yesses as repeated his play for vaccine equity criticizing nation is rolling out boosters and hampering supply globally infection rates of it. unprecedented levels was 6 and a half 1000000 cases confirmed over the past week. but there was a crucial difference with this wave hospitalizations and deaths are significantly lower. latasha partner begins all 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, we didn't 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 oliver all who is addressing a parliamentary committee says that it is absolutely necessary to try and find ways to persuade the some 5000000 unvaccinated people in france to go and get a job. because the country is facing what he called, a frightful tidal wave of new infections. if an officer a dozen, we faced 2 enemies, the numbers all show arise in infections. 290000 people have contracts with the virus in the last 24 hours. meaning that without stopping day and night for every 2nd, more than 2 people are infected with thrown of iris. what it is a controversial measure. even frances highest legal 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 that vaccination is really the only and the main way out of the pandemic. cases are also surging across the rest. in europe, the u. k. is reporting now the 180000 infections is highest since the start of the pandemic. and while micron appears this severe official said, the sheer number could still overwhelm hospitals. he fokker has more, ah, across europe, their cues 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. mark 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 with us on a campaign that targets 70 percent vaccine 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 into as many arms as possible. we know all microns, a mild ovarian, and that those admitted to hospital are spending less time there. but it's highly contagious. meaning large numbers could still need hospital care. it's also affecting frontline staff numbers,

absences tripled in london's hospitals this month. and nearly 10 percent of the cities firefighters called in sick, overwhelming majority of people who are currently ending up in intensive care in our hospitals are people who are not boosted i, i've talked to doctors who say the numbers are running up to 90 percent of people in intensive care, we're not boosted. if you're not vaccinated, you're 8 times more likely to get into the hospital all together. in germany, an urgent appeal for people to rein in new year celebrations. the number of cases there is now believe to be $2.00 to $3.00 times higher than official figures. bitter fancy, and gustavo police celebrates in very small numbers and do not in danger each other . because the cow reported incidents of cases undermined the danger we are currently in. the rise of alma crohn has dashed hopes that the worst of the

pandemic is over. where the w h. o insists 20. $22.00 must be the year. it comes to an end. ne parker al jazeera london, latin american and carven countries, also seeing a rise in cases, but health official said i could be a silver lining with figures suggesting south america has now become the most vaccinated continent in the world. and arapahoe reports from mexico city. ah, a vaccination site in mexico city, in increase in coven, 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 had become among the most successful in the world. i wish people to presidential 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 jack 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. federal epi ne medical river is houston's yelman's. the louise man, the gordon linkedin epidemic is substantially the same. so if a 4 wave will happen because of all me group, what we might see is a high number of cases and bought the significantly low rate of hospitalization compared to what we had in the previous waves. because of the effects of the vaccine us, one breezy by 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 for cobit 19 immunity. manuel rap, hello al jazeera mexico city. ah . media. freedom in hong kong has been dealt another blow as police rated one of the last remaining pro democracy websites. standnew says it's shutting down after

its assets were frozen, and senior staff arrested. it's accused of publishing articles which in sight hatred, a claim it vigorously denies. brit climate report. 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 laur on sedition from the british colonial era. by wednesday afternoon stand, news announced it was closing after 7 years. we're not talking to report of you on the talking the good of the media. we just targeted national security law. the all frances 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 organization. after them, oh no, you're 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 why the arrests and urge the government to respect the media freedoms that a meant to be safeguarded 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, rita 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 an 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, as bra, he is a verdict has been reached in the sex trafficking trial of gillan maxwell. and the british socialites has been found guilty of helping her former associate jeffrey epstein, sexually abuse under age girls. gabriel, arizona has been following the trial for us in new york joins is now. so gay will take us through the, the, the verdict. well, the verdict just came down in the last few minutes in his court house in downtown manhattan, new york. there were 6 counts against lane maxwell. the jury has rendered their

decision and says she is guilty of 5 of the 6 counts against her. the jury is still in the court room right now. the, the, the judge just finished reading the verdict. so we should get some reaction from lawyers and, and perhaps even go in maxwell's family as they exit the court next few minutes or so. let me just run down quickly, the 6 charges against her, and exactly what she was found guilty of. count one conspiracy too, in case a minor to travel to engage in illegal sexual acts. the jury found guilty maxwell guilty count to enticing a minor to travel to engage in illegal sex acts that was found not guilty. according the jury, the only count of the 6 years found not guilty account 3 conspiracy to transport a minor. to engage in illegal sex acts guilty, count for transporting a minor with the intent to engage in a criminal. sexual activity,

jury found her guilty count 5 conspiracy to commit a sexual act with a minor guilty and finally count 6, the big one sex trafficking of minors. the jury found doing maxwell guilty. all of these counts together would be 70 years in prison. however, according to my quick calculations here, the not guilty on count 2 carried 5 years. so we're looking at potentially up to 65 years in prison per gallon. maxwell that is just potentially given what each of these counts hold in terms of jail time. of course, there will be a sentencing. the judge will determine the final jail time, but she is now facing, potentially, according to my account here, up to 65 years in prison. doing maxwell was in court all day. the jury deliberated for about 7 and

a half hours. they asked for 5 different testimonies, transcripts from testimonies on this day. they've been deliberating for now, 6 days for over 33 hours delay maxwell in court today was wearing a red sweater. she actually looked very, really relaxed as did her lawyers because the longer this deliberation went on, the more it was thought that perhaps the jury would come back with more not guilty verdicts. that was not the case. again, the jury just delivering their verdict. de lane maxwell found guilty of 5 of the 6 charges against her and gave b, you've said too much of the trial, took us through some of the points. so because often, well this was a lot of stuff. it was based in quality, in events that happened a long time ago, but tell us what was the most sort of telling testimony and that, and that helped to bring to this conclusion

the for alleged victims. they were for the testified on behalf of the prosecution. they were teenagers at the time that they said that they were traffic to jeffrey epstein. by d lane maxwell. they gave very powerful testimony, all of them about how they said they were befriended by gillian maxwell and gillian maxwell befriended them as they were going through difficult periods in their lives . and the key lane maxwell made it acceptable for the young girls to give inappropriate massages to jeffrey, it turned into sexual abuse. those for women. they're now they're now women. they were teenagers when these crimes occurred. their testimony was very powerful, quite frankly. and without their testimony. i think it would have been probably

difficult for the prosecution in this case. in terms of the defense, they argued that this came down to memory that these events happen more than a decade ago. if the women's testimony could be trusted because their memory could not be trusted about events that took place so long ago, the defense also argued very vigorously that this was also about manipulation in their words, that the women had been manipulated over the years because they each they all had received millions of dollars in the victims compensation fund. the bottom line is this. this jury deliberated for 6 full days, 8 hour days and days. the asked for the transcripts of 13 different people that testified. that's a long time to deliberate. that's a lot of testimony to go through the transcripts to go through and they reached a very conclusive verdict guilty on 5 of 6. so it was clear that while this

was a trial that was supposed to last between 5 and 6 weeks, the trial only went about 2 weeks, 2 and a half weeks. it was a very short trial, long during deliberations. but in the end, it was clear that this jury gave a lot of consideration to both sides to all of the arguments here to all of the different people that gave testimony and considered it very carefully based on how long they deliberated. and ultimately came to this decision. okay, really don't do. thank you very much indeed to bring us up to date on a jury funding gillan maxwell guilty on 5 of the 6 counts in that sex, be strong. thank you very much. david study indonesian governments as it will let more than 100 rang refugees who were stranded at sea land. and the country group of mostly women and children were left a drift off the coast of ha province while attempting to reach malaysia, indonesia, as governments, as the refugees were facing emergency conditions, hundreds of the muslim minority who fled a military offensive in mid mar,

have reached indonesia in which is jessica washington has 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, there are 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 disembark 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 government thinking, what are you doing this year? or the non asian government today has decided in the name of humanity to

accommodate growing a refugee shop currently floating on a boat in the ocean near our church, cyril. this decision was made after question during, during the emergency conditions experienced quite a few gees on the ship. it's not altogether a surprising outcome in the past. indonesia has in fact, accepted ringo refugees that have arrived in waters near aren't say. but it is worth noting that indonesia is not a signatory to the un convention on refugees. and so as a result, it's not really seen as a destination for permanent re settlement. 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 traitors returning to work along the tie border after a long in fighting between me and was military and armed groups. the un special envoy is called for the seas fall to be enforced nationwide. and attorney chang reports in the border town of my sot. thousands of refugees fled into thailand in

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 moly river that divides the 2 countries has been quiet for several days. but further inside, man ma fighting 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 amazon, me 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 overnight. 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 sitting in the shop is firing machine guns at the people below. mary, despite being at guns, perrin fighters moreover appears to be high. even though nothing compared with those tried the major like that. but we don't care. well we do, believe it at the end of the day we will. and it's clear, the sci fi that is held for a decade is now shattered. so we know we really know that they make a very big golf as 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 and are considerably more relaxed after the fighting appears to have moved away. but they're still monitoring very closely watching any one who's going up to the border. but inside man ma, 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 you mom bought houses, denounced a visit to israel by policy and president mahard. our bus is meeting with israeli defense. mr. bennett again was the 1st in the country in more than a decade, spokesmen. so that deepens the palestinian political division and complicates the situation of us made the trip to discuss economic and security issues. the russian a u. s. envoys to the iran nuclear talks of metal. the sidelines of the negotiations in vienna. russia's representatives had coordination between them with key to restoring the deal comes after conflicting messages about progress. on the 8th round of discussions, iran and russia say a deal is with inside. the u. s. is expressing caution. iran wants guarantees that

sanctions on its oil sales will be lifted abroad, broke out in kenya's parliament during a debate about a controversial bill governing political parties. and the formation of coalitions makers had gathered to vote on changes to the law when the fighting began. showed punches and bottles being thrown, at least one parliamentarian was injured and another has now been borrowed from the house for 5 days. germany as closing 3 more nuclear power plants as teams to phase out the energy source entirely by late next year. the decision was made after the fukushima nuclear accident in japan a decades ago. but it's the best reports from bavaria, nuclear, energies low, common credentials mean it's a controversial policy. this 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 please 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 other countries that produce and continue to build nuclear power plant. and we shut them down such a waste. for decades, germany has seen a wave of anti nuclear protest, especially after the channel will explosion in 1986 into dan, sophia unions. radioactive particles were found as far away as bavaria, and after the accident info 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 the 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 carbonized, our economy. as a group of german scientists is calling on the government to reverse its decision. they say shopping, the nuclear plants will force the country to use more fossil fuels at germany. definitely not cause plans because their energy is such an environmentally benign energy source that can help that can help them and you so much with because ation

in the future with providing stable source of energy. and therefore, it's the big mistake that germany is now sitting energy. while nuclear power is the largest source of energy in france, in germany at a 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, on the roof with 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 to nuclear power steadfast and al jazeera, good timing, churches, town halls and landmarks across south africa, a little purple this week. it's in honor of the cultural icon, desmond tutu who died on sunday. the 1st black archbishop of cape town was also a pre eminent voice in the fight against apartheid feminine. miller attended one of the services elder, his memory. oh, 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 human with art when another archbishop desmond tutu who despite being at the forefront of the anglican church,

was known for embracing all sub africans. and so people of different faiths and backgrounds gather albeit under cove at 19 restrictions, limiting the number of people in attendance in early learning were in the euro. john, fairly, from a law. do we come and beg? you shall be all fine moody too. we pray that the league is your great leader, such as odd michelle, you don't do too. oh, be kept alive ah, those here including the archbishop's family. this is a tribute to a legacy that for many is immeasurable. i have spoken of his abiding faith and hope, but what of his love, which was the greatest of ease? and the loudest of his life's messages outside the city hall. it's lit up in purple, a color synonymous with the man, simply known as the arch,

says his funeral will be held on new year's day and according to his wishes was as little pomp and ceremony as possible. ahead of that, his body will lie in state for 2 days for people to pay their respects. meter, milan alter zera cape town, and on monday you can catch up with all the news on our website. the rest of that is our dra 0 dot com. and you can watch us live by clicking on the black live icon al jazeera dot com ah, from under the top stories on how to 0, a verdict has been reached in the sex trafficking trial of gillian maxwell. after 6 days of deliberations, the british socialite has been found guilty of helping her former associate jeffrey epstein, sexually abuse under age girls. maxwell was convicted on 5 of the 6 charges she was accused of and faces several.