1st time ever highlighting its effect on physical and mental health and discovering unique ways of coping. controlling, being alone to get that episode to of all hail the locked down on al jazeera. ah. ready on the chrome being more times mr. b circulating at the same time as delta is leading to a soon army of cases apparently make takes a dangerous turn in countries around the world, pushing health systems to the brink of collapse. ah hello money inside. this is out there, a lie from doha, also coming up for the social i. glen maxwell is found guilty of grooming teenage

girls to be sexually abused by the american finance. he had jeffrey epstein, fighting intensifies between me on mars military and ethnic armed rebels, forcing thousands of people from their homes who g z o memorial services are held across the country of south africa, remembers anti apartheid icon. the archbishop desmond to a delta, an army con, variance of coven 19 or ceiling, walk the w h. i cause a su nami, of cases sweeping across the globe on an average 900000 new infections are being reported every day. many countries, including the u. s. australia, bolivia, and several european nations have hit new records. france, for instance,

has reported 208000 new infections, a highest ever recorded in europe. that's to new infections every 2nd. a government has made masks mandatory outdoors in paris. a fearful of the economic impact of forcing millions of people confined to their homes. countries such as a, sleep, spain, and the u. s. a shortening quarantine periods and easing isolation. rules. ne barker has the latest from london. ah, across europe there accuse outside cove in 19 testing centers. as a cert, corona virus infections takes home here in greece. fund restrictions are 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. mont, 2 years since the start of the pandemic, with a warning to rich nations racing ahead with their 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 in equity. i want governments, industry and civil society to work with us on a campaign that targets 70 per cent vaccine coverage in every country. by the start of july, many wild 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 on the crowns a mile to varian 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 city's firefighters called in sick overwhelming

majority of people who are currently ending up in intensive care in our hospitals are people who are not boosting 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 altogether. in germany, an urgent appeal for people to rein in new year's celebrations. the number of cases there is now believe to be $2.00 to $3.00 times higher than official figures. bitter fancy and gunston. police celebrates in very small numbers and do not in danger each other thought because the cow reported incidents of cases undermined the danger we are currently in. 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 al jazeera london in the u. s. cases have increased by 60 percent, although hospitalizations and deaths remain low. the center for disease control and prevention says new infections all being driven by the exceptionally transmissible on the chrome variant. let's get more for am hottie joe castro who's lie for us in washington dc hydro. talk through the latest numbers from the us. believe that daily number of new infections is still shattering, previous records were now at 267000 new infections on average a day in the united states. not only is that the highest, it's been since the start of the pandemic. but now nearly 60 percent of new infections are due to the omi crohn variant. and the nation's foremost infectious disease expert doctor anthony voucher is predicting that it will only get worse

before it gets better with this peak, not expected until later in january. now, of those cases though, there is more evidence of omicron resulting in milder infections. because while the case load has gone up by some 70 percent in one week, the hospitalization rate has not kept up. it's up only 15 percent given though just how many patients are in those hospitals. now, many hospitals are saying that they are under immense strain, and in some areas, local county governments have declared states of emergency warning. the hospitals will run out of bed soon and we're seeing long, long lines, especially in the north eastern part of the country where we're seeing most of these cases surging places like new york city. here in washington, d. c. and surrounding states. people waiting for hours, for covey tests, and in many areas, one out of 4 of those tests coming back, positive,

bullying. how do you, does it appears if president biden has a handle on this crosses? right, many people are questioning that, given that president biden has admitted that his administration essentially dropped the ball on testing that they were not prepared for this latest surge. thus the demand is being so much higher than the supply. but in this new year, the white house has promised to give out $500000.00 rapid tests that americans can go to a website and order and have them be delivered to their homes to be taken. but the white house has already said that will take time. it's not something that will happen to morrow. while that's when americans most need it is in the middle of this search right now. the biden has also promised that he will not be ordering more lock downs, saying that because 61 percent of americans are fully vaccinated. this nation is still much better prepared to handle this surge than previous ones when they,

thanks for the haughty joke. house driver or latin american and caribbean countries are also seeing arise in cases. a health official say there could be a silver lining with figures suggesting south america has now become the most vaccinated continent in the world. manual repulsive 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. then the think of it would, 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 regions. 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 was able to predict 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. and is being massively vaccinated. so 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 jab 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 cron very it reaches new corners of the globe. federal abbey . the medical river is houston's, the currently been a, be there, mickey?

substantially the same, if a ford way will happen because a form equal. what we might see is a high number of cases bought a significantly low rate. the 1st of the researchers compared to what we have in the previous waves. because of the effects of the vaccine, 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, a low al jazeera mexico city and india new restrictions on non essential activities. i have been put in place in the capital, new delhi, and boost of vaccine doses are set to be rolled out to some early next year. poverty metal reports these factory workers are racing against time, trying to finish their day's work before the coffee starts. so they don't lose their wages as the virus threatened to wipe out their livelihoods. once again,

article along with it. i'm scared of the curfew. we eat as the on. i'm a poor person and migrated from a village to make a living. i am scared of corona virus and the night go few as covered 19 cases rise sharply. several states have imposed night curfews and stricter testing rules for travelers. new delhi, which has the highest number of omicron cases in the country, has been put on yellow alert. cool jims 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 had been crowded. the chief minister has employed every one to follow. covert 900 protocol, need you to get enough fairly. 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 expand it. if the vaccination drive is starting 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 covered 19 while india is showing some indication of renewed net attention to respond to i'm a graduate and that is on including recognition coverage. and though wind up ended testing. but as far as the appropriate behavior is, there is a lot of room or space for improvement. what infections and hospital cases remain lower that in other parts of the world, the government says restrictions will be increased if the infection rate continues to rise. while marketing does like these feel financial losses, political rallies continue in states where elections are due early in the new york

. that's provoking feel as if a repeat of so called super spread out really just gathering an election rallies. they went ahead in the summer despite the data variant infecting millions of indians, pav, newman that i'll just iraq. you jelly, jerry new york has found the british search, like elaine maxwell guilty on 5 counts in a sex trafficking trial charges against the former associates of the american financier on convicted peter fall. jeffrey epstein include sex trafficking of under age girls. a trial included testimonies by for women who said they were abused as teens some as young as 14 years old. 6 year old maxwell could now spend the rest of my life in prison. the road to justice has been far too long. but today, just as has been done, i want to commend the bravery of the girls now grown women who stepped out of the

shadows and into the courtroom, their courage and willingness to face their abuser, made today's result. and this case possible. gabriel lesandra has been following developments from outside the courtroom in york. it was certainly a dramatic final day here is a little bit before 5 pm here local time in new york when the jury signal that they did finally have this verdict. 6 charges. it was complicated, i'll quickly go down them. conspiracy to entice miners to travel to engage in illegal sex acts, the jury found going maxwell guilty, enticing, minor to travel, to engage in illegal sex acts enticement not guilty on that one. the 3rd count, conspiracy to transport a minor, to engage in illegal sex acts guilty, transporting a minor guilty conspiracy to commit sex trafficking guilty and the big one, the 6 count sex trafficking of minors. guilty in all that's about 65 years in

prison. the keeling maxwell now faces in terms of her reaction. when the verdict was read lane, maxwell was stoic, she did not cry, and as the verdict was read, her lawyer put her arm around her. she whispered some words that were inaudible to her lawyer took a sip of water as she was led out of the court room by u. s. marshals. she did not look at her family and gave no visible reaction. she will now be led back to the metropolitan detention center. phil ahead on al jazeera palestinian president visits israel were here, the things that was a bad idea. this is one of 3 nuclear plants that germany will close by the end of the year. germany will face how you power by the end of 2022 completely. a

dispute this decision within the youth. i'm steadfast, reporting on timing. ah, ah, look forward to burritos guys. with sponsored by capital airways. hello, i'm afraid we have more heavy snow in the forecast, the parts of japan over the next couple of days. we have seen that rack or snowfall to northern areas of japan. this area of low pressure will sink a little further south. was the cold fun, dragging more cold air over the sea of japan, and it pushes its way into western pass of con shoe and on into hawkeye. it becomes even more expansive as we go on into friday. so some parts could see maybe 50 or 60 centimeters or snow. further, 50 or 60 centimeters will cause further disruption. we already have power route

just where we about as well. for the south. it is generally dry. further west is dry, but it is cold, crisp, sparkling sunshine, there for sol, with a top temperature minus 4 celsius. much of china will be dry and saddled. can give sunshine, it's sunshine and showers, as per usual across sir, se, asia, some heavier ones. just coming back into the malay peninsula, some parts of tile and northern areas, or malaysia, seeing some heavy down pause, could see some live showers to just pushing into southeast and passive india over the next day or so. were seen. some foundry, show showers just pushing across the northeast corner. there now clearing away folk coming back in very cold up towards the northwest. but there's that wet weather into algebra dash and campbell, now due for the weather, sponsored by katara always celebration tradition. i just,

it was gains way into the diverse culture of the money as it relates to different purpose in booking or lend life together the wedding to money on entries in ah oh, you're watching out. as a reminder, if our top stories this, our delta and alma called variance a curve at 19 of feeling while the w h. i cause a c nomi of cases sweeping across the globe. on average $900000.00 new infections are being reported each day. france has reported 208000 new

infections, the highest ever recorded in europe to new infections every 2nd. and in the us cases of increased by 60 percent or by hospitalisation and deaths remain. a jury has found british searchlight. elaine max will guilty on 5 counts in a sex trafficking trial charges against a former associate of the american financing and convicted paid fall jeffrey epstein includes sex trafficking of underage girls, 60 year old maxwell could spend the rest of her life in prison. us in russian presidents, we'll speak on the phone on thursday as tension surrounding ukraine continue to escalate the white house national security council says joe biden requested the call to vladimir putin and it comes ahead of us. russian talks in geneva next month, washington, the nato countries have expressed concern about russia's military buildup along the

border with ukraine. hamas has denounced a visit to israel by the palestinian president mahmoud abbas. his meeting with israeli defense minister benny gowns was the 1st in the country in more than a decade. a ha, my spokesman said it deepens the palestinian political division and complicates the situation. county office said a series of confidence building measures were discussed, including the transfer of payments to the palestinian authority. you know, i'll say it has more from gaza in an urgent meeting held in because of the 2 by the policy infections. they didn't know their strong condemnation to the meeting held by a boss and janet. and they said the meeting comes in as time when the policy and territories are witnessing or illusory situation. that worries the occupation and it lights off . the vicious attacks carried out by satler's story, the policy new residence,

and also the fear attack all the israeli authorities on the policy and prisoners and, and in a time where wide range of supplement activities is being carried out in the territories of the west bank. because of the meeting of the palestinian authority president us is really wor, minister guns is a crime against palestinian people and stepped to the revolution flared in the vessel bank and the motivation to do normalization occupations on palestinian authority to retreat from this position. they also strongly conduct the ongoing use rarely palestinian security coordination. saudi arabia king says riyadh is concerned about iran's lack of cooperation with the international community on it's nuclear and ballistic missile programs. kings, some are also said the kingdom hopes to her on will change its quote,

negative behavior usa called on lebanon's and what he described as his bull, as domination on the countries structures. he made the comments while addressing the countries, advisory sure council can count them on hasn't been seen in public for some months . c on security council has demanded accountability for the killing of 35 civilians, including children in mi on mos kaya state. member states, calling for an immediate cease fire. fighting has escalated between the military and ethnic karen armed groups, thousands of refugees, all sheltering and neighboring thailand. toni chang reports from the ty bought a town of may salt, trade resumes across the time, yet my border of the weeks of bitter plaiting in the area, long boats laden with goods bearing their loads to and fro. the murray river that divides the 2 countries has been quiet for several days. the further inside man,

man fighting has been fierce. the battle rages inside the grounds of this temple in the town of may taught her lay fighters from the korean national liberation army against forces from mere mas army and border defense force. it's an uneven fight. the fight is for independence. placing a fully equipped modern army with heavy artillery and an support most potent 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 fear. les ativa now, and 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. oh, wow. despite being out gun, the perrin fighters morale appears to be high. even though does nothing compare with the tried the and my to like that a bundle. we don't care. well,

we do believe it at the end of it it we when and it's clear the cease fire that has held for a decade is now shattered. so we know we are clearly know that they make a very big offers into our have to take over our land to our territory like that on the tie 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're bored and germany is closing 3 more nuclear power plants as an aims to phase out

the energy source entirely. by late next year, the decision was made also the focus human nuclear accident in japan, decade ago, stepped vast reports from bavaria. it's been a controversial policy given nuclear energy is a big help in reducing carbon emissions for businesses. 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 timing. a nuclear plant in buffet area 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 general explosion in 1986 into dan. sophia unions. radio active particles were found as far away as bavaria, and after the accident info shima in japan and 2011. the merkel government close 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, 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 opponent say, to put on future generations. but not everyone within the u agrees, frowns 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 economy 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 incision. they say shopping, the nuclear plants will force the country to use more fossil fuel. me, germany, definitely not cause your plans because energy is such an environmentally benign energy source that can help 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, it cancelled 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 earth, 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, i 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 forever to nuclear power steadfast and al jazeera. good timing, such as town halls and landmarks across south africa or lit up in purple this week it's in honor of desmond tutu who died on sunday. the 1st black archbishop of cape town was a prominent voice in the fight against apartheid. for mister miller attended one of

the services held in 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 south 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 to become and back to you shall be all final, didn't we pray that the legacy of great leaders such as odd mitchell didn't do

too. oh, we 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 these? 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 tis whose 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 states for 2 days for people to pay their respects. for me, the miller alter zera cape town. oh.