a western africa di on al jazeera. oh, you want to help save the world. sneeze into your elbow. ah, british socialite july maxwell is convicted for luring teenage girls who have been abused by the american financier geoffrey epstein. ah, good morning from dub hobby. when i come out. santa maria, this is the world news from al jazeera, shamed in public people paraded on the streets in china for violating coven 19 rules. also in the news, the body of vance, bishop desmond, to arise a tech tongue cathedral can pay respects to their on anti appetite hero. and 10 years of isolation,

confrontation and missile tests were looking back at kim jones decade. long rule leader of north korea. ah, hello, run a jury in net new york has found british so schlecklein maxwell guilty on 5 counts in her sex trafficking trial charges against the former associate of american financier and convicted pedophile, jeffrey epstein and creed, sex trafficking of underage girls debrel. alexander has a report it took the jury 5 full days more than 40 hours of deliberations. elaine maxwell guilty on 5 of the 6 charges she faced convicted of grooming young girls, her sexual abuse by her former boyfriend, jeffrey epstein. and even sometimes joining in the british socialite remained calm and whispered to her lawyer and drink a sip of water. as the verdicts were read out, outside court maxwell's friend,

lee sat in a regular throughout the trial, and he left with our comment, your chance to give a reaction to the verdict for the prosecution. the verdict was a welcome relief. the road to justice has been far too long, but today, justice has been done. i want to commend the bravery of the girls now grown women who stepped out of the shadows into the courtroom. their courage and willingness to face their abuser, made today's result. and this case possible, the trial attracted enormous global attention, wealthy and influential. epstein and maxwell moved in elite circles counting the rich and famous even former presidents and britons, prince andrew, among their friends and associates. max was lawyers argue that she'd become a scapegoat for epstein crimes. he committed suicide while awaiting trial. in

august 2019 defense lawyers attempted to poke holes in the testimony of the 4 main witnesses and even brought in memory experts to undermine their accounts. but to no avail, we firmly believe and go less innocent. obviously, we are very disappointed with the verdict. we have already started working on the appeal and we are confident that she will be vindicated. delaine maxwell turned 60 years old during these jury deliberations. the sentencing will be at a later date, but she's now facing up to 65 years in prison. gabriel's hondo al jazeera new york, in well, the rest of the world, whole of the world re battling the covered pandemic del turned on the conference. fueling what the w h o is culinary sonoma of cases sweeping the globe. the u. s. has broken another record for infections and average now of 267000 new cases

reported every day. this past week, infections in the use of increased 60 percent older deaths and hospital admissions do remain low. how does your castro's move from washington? it's the highest daily news. hayes as ever in the u. s. were now at 267000 new covey cases. that's the daily average. 60 percent of which is now attributed to the omicron variant and the nations for most infectious disease expert, doctor anthony thought she is predicting that it will only get worse before it gets better. he says the peak of this current surge will likely come in late january. we're seeing much of this happening now in the north eastern part of the u. s. with places like new york city here in washington, d. c. and surrounding states. people queuing for hours in search of covey tests, and then one in for, in many communities coming back positive. now,

if there is some silver lining, it's the evidence that here to the omicron variant is resulting in milder infections. because while those cases of jumped to some 70 percent since a week ago and number, the hospitalization has not kept pace. that's gone up by just 15 percent. but when you just look into each individual case, those are still each person occupying hospital beds and hospitals are swamped with many counties declaring local states of emergency and warning that soon these hospital beds will all be used up. latin american and caribbean countries are also seeing a rise in cases, but health officials say there could be a silver lining with figures suggesting south america has now become the most vaccinated continent in the world. manuel rob hello reports from mexico city. 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 he 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 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 bazillion population is already used to many vaccination campaigns. and is 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 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 variant reaches new corners of the globe. later let be the medical leave is through stance the coating they didn't be there. mickey substantially the same, if a ford wave will happen because of all micro, what we might see is a high number of cases bought a significantly low rate, the 1st at the leases years compared to what we had in the previous waves. because of the effects of the vaccine, previous 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 rap a low al jazeera mexico city. now police since southern china have been captured on camera parading fall men through the streets in a public shaming exercise. they've been accused of transporting undocumented migrants while the countries borders remain largely closed. of course, due to coven 19 that the pocket bang with us now c of the website. new service strategic pan endo pacific arena with us from kuala lumper. a few things i want to ask you about china, but let's just start with this video, which is happening. it's been hot, isn't it? the public shaming? i guess it speaks to how strictly john takes coven 19. while china does take a public kobe 19 very, very seriously, especially in light of only kron because this is 17 times faster in terms of its transmission rate. r infection rate versus delta. and from what

i know that the capital city that we and that is facing that most serious issue right now is c on. and we have had $1511.00 cases since these of 9 now lot of people might be looking at see and thinking, well yeah, $1100.00 cases total, a $155.00 domestically transmitted ones, i think as the light is 24 on the think he will let us actually sound like an awful lot and spent the compared to a lot of other big countries. with this 0 coven policy, 2 years later, wise, china still sticking to it? well, the reason china is sticking to it is because china knows the, our chin all haul it spread it from woo hon left ah, all for a move on city. if i may so be, are in the know as to how the virus emerge. even though

a lot of site is believe that this is a you not the disease, but public shaming is definitely something that is embedded both in the colonies culture and also the confusion culture that serves as the civilizational background of china. because shaming comes on the what shane comes from the word here and a half 1000000. other words you need to listen and cultivate your heart in order to conduct yourself accordingly for the public interest. and so do you think it will have the desired effects? what the chinese government wants to, to deter people and get them to take things seriously. wall. the desired effect wall differ from region to region because china is a very complex geography. some people are more compliant,

some people are more rebellious. so one cannot determine the outcome ah, strictly on the. busy behavior one, location purely. what about another parts of china? we here obviously when something like or of a place like c on his clothes down. and that's what 13000000 people. and that sort of as a 2nd tier city, i think that is in, in china. what is that the cove at story in other parts of the country in the biggest cities as well, the beijing in the shanghai as well. the thing about c on is that is it is, it has traditionally been there the engine, or cultural capital of many dynasties, even what you referred to as china to day. so see on has that symbolic and historical significance on par with. you see these such as beijing sun high

so. busy trying to get a grip of the situation in see on is very significant also in terms of china's bell and road initiative. because see on is where you can actually travel all the way. true to says true. true. true. seen joe and central asia to london. i say packing bang is with us from quite a lumper ah, with the view of cobra from china. thank you so much. appreciate it. welcome. the hong kong chief executive carry lamb is defended the right on a pro democracy media outlet saying the police acted within the law. 7 current and former journalists from strand news were arrested on wednesday to have been charged with sedition. gamlee tight on a limb, with hydro yamaha, the owner, the it's not like what you said that we're targeting particular media organizations or media organizations with a certain stance. what we target is activities that contravene the law and the

action is taken based on investigation. so the decision is made by the department of justice, and then the case will be given to court to make a ruling and impartial ruling get fighting lives. and you a secretary, said antony, blinking his cold on china and hong kong to release staff members. all that pro democracy, media outlets. and the news ahead is fighting says in me and ma thousands li in search of safety. the heading to neighboring thailand, pakistan struggles to preserve rural areas at risk of being swallowed by rapidly growing cities. ah ha, we got some really mild air pushing into western parts of year. we've been talking about this for the past few days and its on its way. you can see that cloud rolling in from the atlantic. the source of the air is from the tropical sub tropic,

so temperatures really on the high side, near record breaking heat coming through as we end the year here. then the 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 went out as we go through the next couple of days. temperatures and burling go from round for celsius to round 10 celsius for thursday afternoon, and that is something of a trend could get up to 13 degrees by the time we come to friday, the moscow minus 3. that's a couple degrees above average. so that warmth really is setting amy, i've got the wet or whether the cloud piling in though quite strong winds as well. that'll take the edge off those high temperatures, some heavy rain at times just coming in across the north west. we've also see some heavy right down towards a southeast with some snow, just making his 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 frank assessments this crisis is continued to weaken luca sion club, even though they're cap cbd of them the beginning though, what's thankful for informed opinions, lighting, politicians will now be under incredible pressure from the young people. that is one of the most of the things that come out of these critical debate. do you think it should be facilitated? not sure. okay, it's a great. it's a really simple question. let's give samuel a child swans the inside story. on al jazeera lou ah,

on i'll just see where things on the top stories this hour a jury in new york is found. british socialize gillan maxwell guilty. yon 5 counts and a sex trafficking trial charges against a former associate of american financier and convicted to develop. jeffrey epstein includes sex trafficking of under h go the chinese, the city of c on news, baffling, the largest community outright. the countries seen this year. it's reported another $155.00 domestically transmitted cases of covered 90. 13000000 people under locked down for 8 days. and the hong kong chief executive tire lands defended the right on a pro democracy media outlet saying to police, acted within the law. 7 current and former journalists from strand news were arrested on wednesday. the u. s. as cool for their release. the body of south african of anti apartheid icon. archbishop desmond tutu is now lying in state after arriving at georgia cathedral in cape town, south ivers observing

a week of national mourning for $22.00 who died h 90 on sunday history and will be held on year's day to the 1st black entrepreneur of kate down the road to prominence in the 1980s as an opponent of a party will form a political photographer, russia, lumber, documented much, all the bishop desmond tutu life and his fight against the parties. those his shed some of his experiences without correspondent to milan. as a photographer, one quickly realised that images can tell a story without weight, so it was important to give those images on. just look at the late eighty's 18. 89 . there was a big piece march, richie lady in the city of cape, done. so the 50000 people, people from all walks of life, it was an activist and was so big that the system couldn't stop at one of my i connect images which is preaching, and it is almost like a truss. and i've, i've always tricia that image,

which also went all over the world. there's also in the founder but august, the end of 1989. when he heard that a group of, of students were held up in a church methodist church in google. it to and you decided and they were having a city and then they came out and as they came here, i guess just flew all over and it was at such a distance at all. i could do it to use it 200 millions and i got it. and we, we got out. but you can imagine getting the pretty show on us, you know, having not to move home to move your negatives not to be seen. most important image was waiting for montela and the person to hold everyone together was to to and they was standing and keeping the cry, thousands and thousands of people. and that is the moment when mandela walked in. it was ok, mandela. but it was the archbishop view, the main unit was something like that. what's important it's, it's, it's a big,

ceaseless behind. i think that is critical. is lawson or we come in go by the legacy left behind. and this is going out of the church is just in ordering people into young people. what do we do with our to arch? and i was going to be the next voice of the people. so we'll see, you know, who comes up next. and i think they were going to morning for a long time. this should be one of the song long mornings and, and vigils. and yeah, but gosh, arch saudi arabia, king solomon has expressed concerns about iran, lack of cooperation on its nuclear and ballistic missiles programs, addressing the countries advisory, sure, a counsel king solomon said he hopes to ron will change its negative behavior. he also called on lebanon to end what he described as his beloved domination on the country structures. saudi and iranian officials held

a series of direct talks really this year, trying to ease tensions fail to make a breakthrough, us, and russian presidents. we'll speak on the phone on thursday. attention surrounding ukraine continued to escalate the white house national security council. his latimer persian requested the call with joe biden, comes ahead of the us. russian talks geneva, next month, washington, a nato countries of express concern about russia's military build up along the border with ukraine. believe it or not been 10 years since came young and became the leader of north korea, took control back in 2011 after the death of his father, kim jong il. while his leadership style is widely criticized, few would dare to question his grip on power. as cathy or lopez of the un reports, he became north korea's leader before turning 30 at the time many hope king jam own would lead the country into a new era. one though it opened the reclusive nation and its economy to the world under k young of 100,

got up and stand. kim's decade and power has been defined by brutal violence, nuclear weapons, and meetings with donald trump. it's my honor. we will have to work with them. it wasn't easy to get here. and all prejudices and practices worked as obstacles in a way forward, but we are became all of them. and we're here today. i'm president of meetings to gradually the nuclear rise, the north in exchange for sanctions relief, ultimately failed, and threats against a regional neighbors and their allies continued. you will want to let you know he will. the entire united states is within range of all nuclear weapons, and the nuclear pasa is always on my desk. but kim's fixation on nuclear weapons has come at a heavy price. the united nations and others have kept tough economic sanctions to walk. you could young book put north korea has been working towards to huge goals,

strengthening national defense, and improving living standards. living situation got worse because of sanctions at the pandemic table. hudelin bonnie kim's appetite for international respect has led him to the global stage. but his leadership has been described as ruthless with reports of executions including against his own brother, rivals and dissidence, say, poverty, and starvation are rampant ah, to mark 10 years since the death of his father. king john ill, north koreans were reportedly band from laughing, drinking or shopping for 11 days. kim now leads a politic sign, a c spanning 3 generations. that few dare question to me on this. one is what i'm kim, is emulating his grandfather because many people missed the past. so he tried to look at similar to his grandfather and shed tears while giving speeches. that's cost them. you don't get much of still unknown about the young leader,

including his long term plans for north korea, katya lopez, so the young al jazeera, the intonation government is giving shelter to more than $100.00 ra hanging refugees who were stranded at sea. the boat of mostly women and children was left to drift off the coast of a province while attempting to reach malaysia engineers. governments of the refugees were facing emergency conditions. hundreds of the muslim minority who fled me in my have reached in tunisia in the past 2 years after that perilous journey, often lasting month. a human rights group is accusing government forces in northwest me and mar, of massacring people and destroying their homes. video from a drone, which matches satellite images, shows smoke, billowing from pants. lying in chin stays active as churches, schools and hundreds of homes were bombarded with the military hasn't commented on the allegations and to minimize kaya state, the un security council demanding accountability for the killing of 35 civilians,

including children, thousands forced from their homes by the violence sheltering and neighboring thailand. tiny chang as a report from the time bought a town of my thought. 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 mighty 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 answer pull to me 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 open to, but the throwing large bombs out of the helicopters and soldiers sitting in the shop is firing machine guns at the people below. ha, despite being outdone, the perrin fighters marolla appears to be high. even though does nothing compare with the tried am i to like that a bundle? we don't care? well, we do believe it at the end, although we win and it's clear the cease far 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 you to take over our land to our country 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 loss in the fighting, many don't feel safe enough to go home. tony chang al jazeera on the time your mom bought a helicopter being used to find a forest fire in southern argentina as crushed into a lake killing 2 crew, 3 weeks of fires and papago near, burned more than 4000 hector's bad weather and strong winds of cause the flames to spread quickly. government declared a national emergency for 12 months due to the fire risk. a pockets or wants to put wants to protect farm land and slow the rapid growth of its cities. it has the highest rate of administration in south asia, but a housing shortage growing population is driving thousands of farmers away from their ancestral lands on the binge of a t. as this report, as these decades old mangled trees will soon become fuel for fire,

cutting down tens of thousands of fruit trees has made room for more housing society in focus on southern milton city. but from of here who were already struggling, they pandemic related locked downs and high diesel costs have made their lives more difficult, less liquid vitals out of the me data. i'm chopping them down because we don't get enough from these trees. we don't have enough to feed our families. we are selling because labor is expensive and profit is very low. now it will be up to the buyer to plant new trees or build houses. all farmers who are giving up the trade believe they're cutting old trees, which are difficult to harvest, and they will have no impact on mango crops. but pakistan's rapid urban position is becoming a threat to its sources of food. predict fear the government doesn't have a line use policy or an urban development strategy that could improve its long term planning. buck is fun for that matter is, has the highest rate of openings ation. in south asia, it is being,

it's accelerated because of the lack of development as well, because you're just populating, people are moving towards cities from really as in the need of economic opportunities. whereas the cities are not providing those kind of economic opportunities. what you'd really need to do is provide people with opportunities at the place where they live, to provide people with skills so that they can actually, you know, give benefits to their own local community. we say there are policies, but i think the policies are not holistic and not not comprehensive. it's a story repeated all over the country. it's not just the cities people are all moving toward doris hotspots in the north and that rapid uncheck growth is endangering pockets on the water supply as well as agriculture. with less fresh produce being grown locally. more foreign reserve is being spent on important fruits and vegetables, and that's led to a price increase. columns,

famous potatoes are becoming an exotic commodity. for small scale farmers who see no profits in farming, there's no real incentive not to cash and on their land. pushy november this leg, the local, we do, the people are moving to penn job in other parts of the country after selling the agricultural land. a good price is offline. here. i know very expensive and people from urban areas of buying and paying them good money out, people are migrating from here and buying lands in other areas at cheaper rates. this scenic valley is now being overtaken by new hotels. there's no real planning for sustainability. the government says it recognizes the dangers of unchecked loss of agricultural land, industries, and housing societies. we have banned the expansion of how things are hated into farmland, are farmland, which is our bed basket. it's a new law and we have fostered this card to go down to the provinces. so the problem, it says now i have to put it into legislation and then i'd like to take it down to

the local government level, gets implemented. that process takes some time and, and to new laws are implemented focused on st. we'll continue to be hacked away and found that we'll keep losing 2 concrete jungles. some of in java, out there, a column northern pike stun. ah, you without just there are, these are the top stories a jury in new york is on the british social, like gillian maxwell guilty on 5 counts and 6, trafficking trial charges against a former associate of american finance year and convicted peter fall. jeffrey epstein include sex trafficking of under age girls, wilson gabriel alexander, 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.