[000:00:00;00] hey ah, ah, this is al jazeera ah, hello and welcome. i'm pete adobe. you're watching the news, our life from doha, coming up in the next 60 minutes, south african say good bye to their national hero. the anti a party activist and world statesman. archbishop desmond tutu. 12 people die in a stampede at one of india's holiest shrines protests than iraq almost 2 years

after iran's top general chasm. cilla mani was assassinated by us drones strike near baghdad airport and 20 is on from the launch of the euro. why not every one in europe is celebrating? ah, a crusader in the struggle for freedom, justice, equality, and peace. that's how south africa's a part. 8 hero, archbishop desmond tutu, was described during his funeral service in cape town. his ashes are being interred at saint george's cathedral, where he preached against racial injustice for years. he was not content to preach about social justice from the pulpit. he was with the homeless, the helpless, the persecuted, the sick, and the destitute. in this 3,

in the shallow test, and in hopes he embraced them all who had ever felt the cold wind of exclusion. and they intend also embraced him for me to mila. how small for us from cape ton? the hearse carrying the remains of the archbishop esmond to has left the saint george's cathedral, and he is expected to be cremated. and then his ashes later in turned at the church, the cathedral just behind us. but to tell us more about the service and just what it meant tor, south africans. and those within the anglican church were speaking to a reverend from casela lou jabber of the anglican church. and who was also part of the planning of this funeral service river. and certainly a fitting tribute to a global icon for march. we had to make sure of that because much of what has

happened in the service itself because of all was the wishes of the archbishop. we had to make sure that we put together in a way that reflects em most accurately. what he desired and who he was saw in the 1st place. people were asking why m a formal church service as such. and the response immediately which we gave or thought or that is with the archbishop was the service, was in the context of a eucharist and holy communion were from which was a fitting way of firm and giving thanks for a life of this nature. the eucharist is really a central feature of our life or faith because it takes us back to the heart of both christian remembrance and as part of his own life and spirituality. the archbishop placed that eucharist at the heart of we was and his legacy certainly one that will always play a central role in the future of the anglican church and south africa. certainly

because, as you rightfully said later on, and the ashes will be in turn and the choice on, turn it back up either of the tina, the us be shop. it's great. is that this wasn't home. the church was his home, he gave himself several of the from the, from beginning to end. and so it is a fitting legacy that is it, it, especially a good blessing that he is. ashes will be here and everyone can pilgrim em to all to see where he's ems to be a flight of prayer and continued. am thanksgiving for he. reverend, thank you very much for your time. we appreciate it. we're speaking there to reverend priscilla. javert from the anglican church explaining some of the rituals and traditions around the fe well to the archbishop desmond to to we know that the presidential convoy is also left the church now alongside the family of the late archbishop and of forsythe africans are really

a sad day one way, the last of the generation of both political and religious leadership or has been lost. at least 12 people have been killed in a stampede at a religious shrine and indian administered kashmir. thousands of people had gathered up the site to mock the 1st day of the new year. alexey o'brien report, oh, in the cold darkness of the early morning, tens of thousands of devoted tracked to the hilltop temple of motivational davy and indian administered kashmir. at about 3 a year, there was a surge in the crowd. witnesses describe a horrifying crash and people trampling over bodies. ah, do you? it's a tragedy. many people are dead. ah, initial reports suggest an altercation between groups visiting the shrine, perhaps to offer spatial praise for the new year. but security has also been called

into question. ah, the police were very irresponsible. i did not put up devices in the area or outside the cave. they mixed also those coming out of the shrine and those going in a saw it with my own eyes. police pushed the pilgrims and also way fashions and blue whistles to intimidate them, spread panic, and there was a stem paid in no time, much of ice. no davy shrine is one of india's most revered hindu sites. before the pandemic about a $100000.00 devotees would climb the steep winding track every day to the narrow cave containing the shrine. authorities had kept the daily number 25000, but witnesses suggest many more people with their going okay corner somewhere there was mismanagement. when we knew that there was this type of rush, we should have stopped the public 1st. if we had stopped them earlier, this tragedy would not have happened. and investigations underway into outs sparked

the crash while the injured and families of victims have been offered compensation . deadly stampedes a fairly common during indian religious festivals. as large crowds gather in small areas, often with few safety or crowd control measures. mcgrath, not everybody's out of my will express my condolences to the families who have lost their dear ones and the said incident of the stampede. my sympathies to those who were injured in law, one it access to the shrine was halted for several alice, but later resumed alexia brian al jazeera to iraq law were thousands of people have been rallying to mark nearly 2 years since the assassination of iran's top general chasm sla, money, he was killed in a u. s. drone strike, along with the leader of the iranian backed popular mobilization forces, the protest to taking place across 4 major cities, including the capital, baghdad. so the money was widely considered to be the 2nd most powerful person in

iran and was treated as a hero. he was the commander of the revolutionary guards, couldn't force an elite unit that handles foreign operations. he was killed in a targeted strike at baghdad. international airport, on january the 3rd 2020, it was ordered by the then president of the united states. donald trump unjustified as necessary to stop what was called a court's imminent attack. his death prompted protest across the region and widespread condemnation of the us and the attack pushed tensions between the u. s. and iran to new heights and fears of open conflict management. abdul why had has more for us from baghdad. thousands of protesters as members of iraq's popular mobilization forces. they were here a little while ago chanting against the s chanting against are the presence of foreign troops in that iraq. and they say that hasn't been any clarity that hasn't

been any transparency in the investigation over the past 2 years. since the killing of iranian commander customs lay many and double my didn't hundreds that of commander of iraq's popular mobilization forces as you know or by a u. s. during attack or 2 years ago. they say that they take this opportunity to retreat their demands of our full was that a will of us and foreign troops from iraq. they say that they're blaming the government for what they consider collaborating with the u. s. or forces. they said their government should implement the resolution passed by the parliament are following the attack 2 years ago to a guarantee, a full withdrawal over us. some for a troops from iraq leaders of the are the military wings and their political wings of the popular mobilization forces. these are, there are political block, some parties,

the woods which are affiliated to iran. they spoke here up there today saying that there is no way that popular mobilization forces can be dissolved. well, you don't, al cannel is and iraq analyst. he says the electoral defeat is a great reflection of the decreasing popularity across the country. or challenging an accumulation of many defeats, most recently the major electoral defeat, the parties that are affiliated with these groups in the early election last october, which also led them to another crisis where they failed to convince the leader of just movement. to create a consensus government wisdom instead of a majority government. and then the last and other battle where their appeal, which was rejected by the supreme court, where they claimed the elections where rick, so the accumulation of 50 defeats is what pushed them to signify. their strength and presence on the streets as though preparing themselves for 1000000

protests and remembers of the assassination of some sort of money. and while i'm this, the government has been struggling a lot in managing a such type of test on my should. these groups are not a coaching, be the political system with, with the government for the 1st time. and a few weeks ago, it was of a same groups that most reports believe that they talk the house with the minister . what the government can do now is just wait for the government to before because they know it's a current government. although a lot of sources claim that the suggest movement might push for a prime minister called me for another term. but they are dealing with the messages here. they know it's not really something, but they're actually trying to do what we're actually attacking them for, and forces or the us, what they always claim to do. the main message here is that they do, they still enjoy a powerful fan base across the country. it's messages to the suggest moving that they want to be a part of the,

a consensus government to start from georgia government. and the electoral defeat is a great reflection off of their extremely decreasing opportunity across the country . they can get hundreds of thousands of people protesting, but they will never be able to whitewash or what should wait. the memories of the lexical violence that a committed against civil society activists and, and, and i activist, and we'll just, there's a since october 2019 ron meanwhile is also commemorating the 2nd anniversary of cilla moneys killing. it's the 1st in a series of a week of events to mark the assassination 5 days after his death. iran retaliated firing missiles at a u. s. air base across the border in iraq. plenty more ahead here on the new south for you, including the north korean leader kim jong talks, food not weapons as he marks 10 years in power. also at why some e u countries are cutting the isolation period for people who test positive for

cubic 19. as the ami kron variance fuels they search ah, the north korean leader, kim jong owen, has laid out his knee plans for the country without making any specific comments about the us or south korea. state media reported his main goals as being economic developments and improving people's lives as the country facie swartz. he's described as a great life and death struggle. robert kelly is a professor of political sciences and diplomacy at the pusan national university. he says kim's speech signals the possibility of severe food insecurity in rural north korea normally than our leader uses. bi annual speech to sort of rattle the saver and talk about nuclear weapons and north prius and willingness quite all the products and things like that. and that's pretty typical renter from,

from ne me, you're going back decades, an issue that you really didn't get that, which is one of the reasons why i think that there's been some focus on this. there was some emphasis, particularly on things like food and growth and pretty big world development. and all that's great because actually worker really need that re book the countryside, northgate most impoverished. and so kim jong and actually means that that would actually be a good thing. but it also kind of probably signals that north korea is back in security. and now in the last couple years, the north koreans are taking a really, really hard line on toby. they steal off the water completely 11 or chris. international trade is already very difficult because of all the sanctions because of the nuclear weapons program for 2016. the sanctions on white stuff and southern are greens were really dependent on the border change with china. and that has all been shut down. that name, he mistaken. like i said, it's a really strict hard line. and that's probably because northridge lacks the yeah, the medical facilities, the grassroots deal with real co it outbreak that were to happen. and so the result

though, of completely stealing yourself off has been the, the continued power to be of the rural sector and probably mount attrition. we don't know or tell us much, but that's probably what this and our things are very good about giving us information. and as we're misinforming us and you get making foreign observers and you want observers and things like that, the world food recommends whether you want agencies to operate inside worker. but a lot of that has really been restricted, north, reasonably kicked out, a lot of foreigners in the last couple years. so we don't really know. we have some kind of information from north korean to escape across the border and interact with 3. and i think koreans live in northern china as we get some kind of informal price data through them. but i mean, and our streams don't actually keep track of their own g d p, for example, right now, turns you barely functions rates that will be used on. so no, we don't actually really have a good picture of it if you want to or change the relationship with the rest of the world. actually say this would be the big moment to say it, right? maybe we'll make a deal and most weapons in exchange for, you know, some kind of a package or something like that. but they're emphasizing food security. and non

attrition probably tells us that there is an economic crisis of some kind of work rather wouldn't be surprised given the border shut down over co it what i mean, what we really can't we on the outside here. and this is the strategic issues that we on the outside really care about. there was really no mention of that, right. and we'll be north that, you know, maybe maybe we'll make a deal. i knew we know we'll start building if you give us x, y z and kim hasn't said that. he hasn't said that for a while, right? we don't really have a good sense of what they might actually would would want from us in exchange. so finally, free, so you know, we're still basically stuck in a strategic dilemma. me argentina is willing the impacts of the new corona virus very and bought in a record of 50000 daily cases. people waited in long queues to be tested for the virus centers in the capitol brand of iris on new year's eve. argentina recently reduced the number of quarantine days from 10 to 5 to me with if we tend to have

been heading for a month and a half and confidential case exploding and a little bit did you expect did not happen here. your 30 sort of foreseen all of this had people come to test altogether, the vacation period and the end of the the prisons were coming in for emma, who we are here because we run together tonight with the family. we came from the coast and we want to be sure we don't have covered the philippines recorded almost 3000 cubic 19 cases as of friday. that's just about a twofold increase in just 24 hours. the spike prompted concerns about all the wave of the virus to time where millions of people are still reeling from a devastating typhoon barnaby lo reports. not from manila, filipinos packed malls in shopping districts. during the holidays, as cases of hobby lead team appear to be dropping to new lows, the government had east most restrictions. i had one of the busiest seasons, but experts warned there was no room for complacency. starting december lane been,

we, me somehow i had an alarm at alert that there is already like a switch off then, you know, and the increase in deposit, even the rate is very, very fast. and in terms of either ins, we see that most of the gaze as currently are. i think the might be and mild and the are coming from b ah 23rd is each group. so somehow are somehow we can correlate this, this kind of, they now mixed the mobility of people because of their holidays. more on the chron patience had been identified this week, but the health department, while a traveler from the united states who tested positive, had reached quarantine regulations in order to party, at least a dozen of her close contacts. now have the virus entrepreneur variant is driving home bit 19 cases to record numbers. in many countries the philippines has largely been spared, but daily infections are wrong,

the rise and all it's possible. the new virus variance is reading health. department officials say it's too early to make that conclusion. a new wave of the virus is likely not only to stream the country's health care system. it could exacerbate the humana care in crisis in regents, still suffering and the impact of super typhoon right. as it is, there are already outbreaks of diarrhea and gastro enteritis in those areas. worse hit by the storm. we have nbc of the show room at south for an increase of k as in the urea, half in cold. but, but you know, cock and call me i among the ceiling gums, lossy minute, aren't offered there. i know our practitioner division in evaporation center. so i oh, there is an air white undersea such as nbc. also i spent 8

workers hope an increase in cove. 19 cases would be the last thing they would have to deal with, as they're still struggling to provide basic needs like food and clean drinking water to the millions affected by the typhoon. barnaby low al jazeera, manila island is the latest nation to cut the period of isolation for people who test positive for cuba. $19.00 to $7.00 days instead of 10 spain. portugal and greece have also reduced their periods of isolation to a week or less. as on the chron, rapidly spreads, he, you governments fear people continue to isolate for almost 2 weeks, services such as public transport, hospitality, and retail, will be interrupted. let's speak now to doctor barrett to pan connie, a. he's a senior clinical lecturer at the university of extra medical school and a specialist in infectious disease control. he joins us on skype from edinburgh, dr. pan. connie a great to have you here on the news. our again, sir, so we're not back to square one here we've, we've not gone back in time 2 years, but there's no light at the end of the tunnel yet. so. so where are we on that

scale? well, unfortunately, which they are, i will of, on the crown, it has put us back several steps. and unfortunately, this was foreseeable because people like myself, i've been saying for at least a year that unless we suppress infections in other parts of the world, variance of concern will arise. and it will be a setback. and this is an example of what has happened, or the good news of cause is that the lexia program in the richer countries is protecting their population and preventing the large number of serious illness and debts. but we've still got a long way to go, especially with immunizing the oral parts of the world. do you think governments around the world who are reducing the peers of isolation are getting it right. and do you understand the reasons why they are doing it? i think it is proportionate and even myself,

i've been reflecting and thinking about it for the united kingdom. and i recall about a month ago saying that if you were to sincerely test properly at day $6.00 and $7.00 and the cast was clearly properly done and it was negative and negative again . and you are fully immunized. and one more item, which is you have no more signs and symptoms than i think on balance. it's not a bad thing to say. you may come out of your quarantine period. what can we do? i mean, is the classic example of be the change that one wants to see. so what's the, the cocktail of precautions or measures that we should all observe as we kind of moved back to the new normal or something that approaches? what was the old normal of normal every day day to day life? and this is such an important question. and a lot of people are often blindly following only the government guidelines and

remember government guidelines. just because they say it is okay to party doesn't mean it is. okay. so what i would say is we can beat the change that we want it to be and, and it would mean be fully immunized fate your boosters and i were a good quality mask. and f, f, b to mask, and away those in door closed, only ventilated places. if we were to excise, all of those measures ourselves, we by our on fx would bring down the case numbers. can i ask you a more personal question if you will. i didn't quite understand some of the european governments advice or pockets of the advice and also the north american, the u. s. and the canadian vice in the run up to christmas. because the advice was, don't socialize with people because it's christmas, but is counter intuitive. because if you take average figures for average sized

families, people actually socialize less over christmas a new year, and those sort of, you know, those key holidays, easter hanukkah ramadan, eat those holidays that everyone takes part in around the world. and generally, statistically, we all socialize with 6 or 7 people that we know really well. and the danger is not from people. we know really well, because we probably know their medical back story. the danger is from strangers. is people you meet on a train on a bus, on a plane? yes, you are right. and therefore whilst the christmas get together with family members was allowed, for example, it was a natural break. and the natural break main that we are not with the office. the office part is the busy tubes trains. and the gatherings in restaurants and pumps where you don't know the natural history of other people's health or infectious

status or their immunization status. therefore, in summary, it is easier and better to mix with people, but you know, and you've agreed to given protocol. whereas when you are meeting and mixing with total strangers, you are going into a know ok. we have to leave it there, dr. punk honey. thank you so much for joining us here on the news. great talk you the world has welcome the new year, but the shadow of the corona virus pandemic still looms large. laura bird, manly reports now on the scaled back celebrations across the globe. and i'll cope it, crash the party once again. ah, it did. she dish and the dates back more than a sent me. and this year, 15000 ticket hold. it was back in new york times square to see the famous boat up at midnight. ah.

mountains and not here because of the pandemic. ah, in cities around the world, new year's celebrations were more muted. and they would be normally in london officially, then it cancels. and so to berlin, where a new year's eve party at the brandenburg gate took place without a live audience. as a tv show, only madrid was one of the few cities in europe to celebrate v a z. but there the crowd was limited, blessing half as it please. you size thailand. welcome here with fireworks display bank hook on the heavy cove at 19 restrictions. oh, it was one of 2 places in the country to host here and here. so patient of the other offense with comfort tis the spread of all the club. i

today's kind of compensation for the past 2 years that i didn't get to celebrate. that's why i decided to bring the whole family here today. my kids are happy and we will come back again next year. oh, in hong kong. bully worked mason. victoria hall. the waterfront. ah, and the music concert by the cities. home on the course of stress. mark the beginning of 2020 to better me better. haha. medical history go, we hope everyone will be healthy and happy and we hope to find them in the older 2 though. we all can open the border and get trouble. yeah, look, career. oh, so by what i want to lighting out the night sky hours earlier. new zealand had been one of the 1st ring in the new year. it's neva,

australia didn't afford that. tens of thousands of people gathered around sydney harbour bridge in a tribute also to the front line workers in the fight against coke 19 but elsewhere, there were banned from big gatherings in china were 2 years ago. crone of ours, thus emerged, events were cancelled with a national high alert in the city of shan under locked down. since the 1st report, a case is more than 5400000 people have died around the world. and with the all the cranberry and taking hold, many governments of we impose restrictions to try to ease the strain on overwhelmed hospitals. even in those countries where gatherings are allowed, many people have chosen to stay home the one wish shared by people around the world . this new year is that 2022 is better than the last 2 years and sees an end to the

pandemic. lori ladyman, the al jazeera and gave alexander, was in new york's times square. we saw a lot of what we've seen every year with the typical new year's eve celebration here in time square the fall, dropping that down the count down the confetti when the clock struck 2022 people hugging and kissing each other. those were the scenes that we saw that we are accustomed to over the years and we saw this evening as well. what was different though, not as many people were here. and that's because up the spread of the corona virus serge here in new york. they were expected to have 60 to 70000 people here. they scaled it back to only 15000. everyone had to show proof of vaccination, mostly where a mask as well. and this was all because of the spread of corona virus here in new

york city. new york has become the us epicenter of the pandemic once again. and just in the last 24 hours, 43000 people in new york city alone have tested positive for corona virus. it's spreading like wildfire here. the positivity rate is 22 percent. one in for new yorkers is now testing positive for the virus, given all of these scenarios, and all of these numbers, if you will. that is why the new year's eve celebration was scaled back dramatically. here. you still saw the scenes or celebration, but it was certainly not nearly the numbers or the, or the, or the size that we have seen in previous years. still come here on the news for you. we look at thousands of people displaced by fighting in my area are preparing