[000:00:00;00] ah ah ah south africa and saying good bye to their national hero, the anti a party activist and world statesman, archbishop desmond tutu. ah, who again on the w watching out. jesse are alive from t o are also coming up. 12 people die in a stampede at one of india's holiest shrines. protests in

iraq almost 2 years after iran's top general cast them cilla mani was assassinated by us drones strike near baghdad airport and 20 is on from the launch of the euro. why not everyone 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 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 the streets,

in the shelters. and in hopes he embraced all who had ever felt the cold wind of exclusion. and they intend also embraced him archbishop to touch his daughter. thank people for all the messages of support, which of now port in many of the messages we received have said thank you for sharing him with the world. well, it actually is a 2 way street because we shared him with the wall. you shared part of the love you held for him with us. and so we are thankful. and we are thankful that all of you have gathered in your many places in person, or by the wonders all technology to be

a part of celebrating daddy life throughout this week. i mean, the miller has worn out from cape tom, 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 a, to a reverent him castillo jabber of the anglican church. and who was also part of the planning of this funeral service at reverend, 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 does i ups and who he was

saw in the 1st place, people were asking why in 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 it a context of a eucharist in 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 served later on, and the ashes will be in turn and the joy in turn it back up the route that the

dean and ashby shop explained that this wasn't home. the church was his home. he gave himself several of the, from the but from beginning to end. and so it is a fitting, let us see that it's an especially if 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 castillo 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 course that africans are really a sad day one with 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. an indian administered kashmir, thousands of people had gathered up the site to mock the 1st day of the new year, alexia bryan reports. now 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 am, there was a surge in the crowd. witnesses describe a horrifying crash and people trampling over bodies residue. 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 or so those coming out of the shrine in those going in

a saw it with my own eyes. police pushed the pilgrims and also way fashions and blue whistles to intimidate them, which spread panic. and there was a stampede in no time mutter vice no davy shrine is one of india's most revered hindu sights. 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 were there going okay, puerto, 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 what sparked the crush. while the injured and families of victims had been offered compensation, deadly stampedes, a fairly common during indian religious festivals as large crowds gather and small

areas. often with few safety crowd control measures. margaret albrecht not everybody's her. my will express my condolences to the families who have lost their dear ones, and the said incident of the stampede allow my sympathies to those who were injured in law wanted access to the shrine was halted for several hours, but later resumed alexia bryan al jazeera, thousands of people gathered across a rog to day to marketing the 2 years since the assassination of iran's top general customs till the money he was killed in a u. s. drone strike along with the leader of the iranian backed popular mobilization forces. his killing was ordered by the than us president donald trump, justified as necessary to stop what was called an imminent attack. mackwood abdulla had asked this report from baghdad. thousands of iraqis gathered here nearby,

dodged green soon tomorrow to the 2nd anniversary of the killing of iranian commander, hossam slay manny, and abu madam hunt is a tub commander of iraq's, if popular mobilization forces 2 years ago by an american john attack. and they say that they are demanding the clarity in the investigation. they say that there hasn't been transparency in the investigations. meanwhile, the demand immediate withdrawal of all u. s. troops and iraq. they say that any u. s. military presence in the country will be resistance. that have been leaders of the political protest pro iran political parties that they spoke here today, threatening to take matters into their own hands. they say they will take up arms again and resist the military presence of the us troops in iraq.

thousands of come from other iraqi a province is to join their protest here. they're blaming the government for what they consider collaborating with the us a troops. they say that the government should implement the resolution passed by the parliament in january 2020 stipulating that all foreign troops should leave the country. and they say that they will continue protesting until the government responds to their demands. the north korean leader kim jo moon has laid out his new year plans the country without making any specific comments about the u . s. or south korea, state media reports. it is main goals as being economic development and improving people's lives. the country faces what he's described as a great life and death struggle. robert kelly is a professor of political science and diplomacy at to 7 national university. he says

kim's speech signals the possibility of severe food insecurity in rural north korea . normally than our brians. our current leader uses the annual speech to rattle the saver and talk about nuclear weapons and north prius and a willingness to fight all opponents and things like that. and that's pretty typical rhetoric from, from north things to me. you're going back decades, an issue, you really didn't get that, which is one of the reasons why i think that the focus on this, there was some emphasis, particularly on things like food and growth and, and world development. and all that's great because actually 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 and security and malnutrition last couple years, the north koreans and taking a really, really hard line on over they sealed up the water completely. 11 or chris. international trade is already very difficult because of all the sanctions because the nuclear weapons program for 2016,

the sanctions are quite step. and so the north koreans were really dependent on the border change with china, and that has all been shut down. and our team is taking, like i said, it's a really strict hard line. and that's probably because northridge lacks the, yeah, the medical facilities, the grassroots, to deal with real co, it outbreaks that were to happen, strategic issues that we on the outside really care about. there was really no mention of that. right. and it will be nice, northridge, so, you know, maybe maybe we'll make a deal on nukes, and we will stop 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. still to come here on al jazeera, why some e u countries cutting the isolation period for people who test positive for coded as the omicron very infuse the latest search after 2 weeks and see hundreds of migrants arrive safely. me italian port of puzzle.

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over a higher elevation. and this will also push in to georgia as well. now, through the tropics of africa, we've got some heat to be found here. job at 37 bungie, 34, and as we had towards nigeria lycos with a high of 37 degrees, we are seen some storms flare up around this eastern portion of southern africa. so my boot so as it's moving into southern sections of vase and bob way is while bulawayo has a hive 29 degrees, and in cape town, you're coming in at 21 on sunday. that's it. happy new year. see again soon. ah, ah, let me tell you a story of in space technology is quantity revolutionizing the way you live broadcasting every goal, in high definition, helping your children either. you can stream the world blockbusters. however you want your connected with your office,

wherever you happen to be. this is the story of sales and sales science space to deliver your vision. lou ah, exactly cool to post the how you're watching al jazeera, your top story so far today. archbishop desmond tutu has been described by south africa's president as a crusader in the struggle for freedom, justice and peace. the apostate hero has been all know that a special funeral service in cape town. these 12 people were killed in a stampede on a religious shrine, an indian at missive kashmir. it happened at the hindu vash. no dobby shrine in the countries north where devotees were mocking the new year. and thousands of people

have gathered across iraq to mock nearly 2 years as the assassination of iran's top general cast them cilla mani. he was killed in a u. s. drones drive along with the leader of iraq's iranian backed popular mobilization forces. the philippines recorded almost 3000 covered 19 cases on friday. that's just about a 2 fold increase in just 24 hours spike from to concerns about another wave of virus at a time where millions of people is still reeling from a devastating typhoon on a be low reports. now, from manila filipinos packed malls in shopping districts during the holidays, as cases kobinie team appeared to be dropping to new lows. the government had east most restrictions had one of the busiest seasons. but experts warned there was no room for complacency. every thing, december, 19th we,

we somehow had that alarm alert that there's already like a switch of that in, you know, and the increase in the parts of the be the rate is very, very fast. and in terms of patterns, we see that most of the cases currently are. i think the might be mild and the are coming from the 23rd, each group. so somehow, somehow, weekend quarterly this, this kind of, they not mix to the mobility of people because of that highly, be more on the current patient had been identified this week. but the health department, while a traveler from the united states, tested positive, had reached quarantine regulations in order to party, at least a dozen of her close contacts. now have the virus on record. various is driving with 1900 cases to record numbers. in many countries, the philippines has largely been feared, but daily infections are on the right and all this possible,

the virus variance is spreading. 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 humanitarian crisis in regents, still suffering and the impact of super typhoon ride as it is. there are already outbreaks of diarrhea and gastro enteritis in those areas. forced hit by the store . we have nbc of the showman and sample or increase of h as in the urea, half encode but, but you know, kaufman calling i among the ceiling dumps, you know, seem, wanted, aren't offered that i know offered the shiny vision in the evaporation center. so i, oh, there is an air going, i'm the see. since i just nbc or so,

i spent 8 workers hope an increase in coven. 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. barn below al jazeera manila. argentina is feeling the impact of the new corona virus very and reporting a record 50000 daily cases. people waited in long queues to be tested for the virus at centers in the capital gwin as iris on new year's eve. argentina recently reduced the number of quarantine days from 10 to 5. the astronauts. it'll miss me with dick, which i know to have been heading for a month and a half hour that covered anton case exploding in europe leo. did you expected not to happen here in your thirty's should have foreseen all of this that people come to test altogether. the vacation period and the end of the lebrans were coming. what that the board in oklahoma 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 will island as the latest country to cut the isolation period for people who test

positive recovered $19.00 to $7.00 days instead of 10 spain, portugal and greece, and also reduced their isolation periods to a week or less, as our micron rapidly spreads, the e you government's are worried if people continue to isolate for almost 2 weeks. services like public transport, hospitality, and retail will be interrupted. doctor about out to pack honey is from the university of exeter medical school. he's also a specialist in infectious disease control. he says it is okay to come out a quarantine if people are testing negative after 7 days of isolation. what i would say is we can be the change that we want it to be and, and it would mean be fully immunized. take your boosters and we're good quality mast and f b to mosque and avoid those indoor closed, fully ventilated places. if we were to excise, all of those measures ourselves, we by our own efforts,

would bring down the case numbers. it is easier and back to mix with people that you know and you've agreed to given protocol. whereas when you are meeting and mixing with total strangers, you are going into a no. unfortunately, with the arrival of on the chrome, 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 surprise infections in other parts of the world where i'm so concerned will arise and it will be set back. and this is an example of what has happened. the good news, of course, is that the vaccine 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 or

a box of the world. a german charity boat has arrived in the italian port pal salo with hundreds of migrants on board at rescue dot c last week. those on board, mostly from africa, include around $200.00 minus most of them unaccompanied. they were rescued in 5 separate operations across the mediterranean. italian government says the number of migrants that drive this year has now nearly doubled. the adoption of the euro brought some challenges for some use states. one years a member nearly destroyed the currency altogether. as a result, john surplus now from athens. it was a moment of enormous pride, greek prime minister cost assuming this made the country's 1st euro withdrawal from an atm inside the bank of greece, signaling the countries change over from the drachma a decade. long process of lowering budget deficits and double digit inflation had enabled grease to meet eurozone criteria. and the trade off was credibility in

international markets. greece could now borrow at 5 percent interest down from 25 percent. but there was a problem, governments over borrowed and largely to buy votes. it financed the increase of government consumption spending. ah, hirings, in the public sector, increases spectacular, in some cases, increases of salaries when the subprime mortgage crisis hit us banks in 2007 lenders began to look more closely at bar. it was balance sheets, especially in the european south. current accounting balances that had been built and the net foreign debt that had been built in the south became unsustainable during the crisis when foreign investors and creditors realized that there was so much debt that had been built, that didn't been possible to service. ah, and that's how credit rates, when very high the spread when they high and, and the,

the government crash shut out of markets. greece was forced to borrow from its eurozone partners on condition that had cut public spending. that brought protesters out on to the streets. they called for greece to default on its loans, which could have seen the euro come crashing down by encouraging enough traitors to bet against the currency. instead, between 20102018 greece performed the fastest and deepest spending cuts recorded in a developed economy. and also suffered the deepest postwar recession losing a quarter of its g d. p. unemployed swords to 28 per cent. all this happens through a political storm in which governments averaged 2 years in office. but this instability meant that eventually every major party signed on to austerity. the reason was that even in the depths of the crisis greeks overwhelmingly back to euro's own membership. if there were the active available yet, it was right to stand the euro because we don't have much of

a primary sector. we don't produce many things that we import a lot. and if we don't have a strong currency to buy, impulse will suffer what's herky suffering. right now, it's currency is full against 0 and the u. s. dollar to everything important is expensive. all of the greek crisis created a new institution. the european stability mechanism set up to lend, to distressed euro's own governments and protect the currency from speculation. and it planted an idea, realised during the pandemic crisis of a common euro bond greeks hope. the $750000000000.00 euro resilience and recovery fund will be the 1st step towards a more perfect fiscal union. jobs are apollo's al jazeera athens. well, the european central bank mount the 20th anniversary of the currencies introduction on new year's eve with a light display in blue and yellow. the euro was 1st introduced in 1999, but it was an invisible currency until coins and bank notes were launched in 2002.

dominic cane has that story from berlin. 20 years ago it was a novelty, a new currency across much of europe. as one central bank took on responsibility for the monetary policy of hundreds of millions of people, for much of its 1st decade, the eurozone seemed to prosper. but then came the global financial crisis with the greeks leading a succession of ease states, unable to pay their national debts and close to defaulting on them. and therefore, dropping out of the euro club, brussels became the place the seemingly endless meetings of ant bailout packages. with growing tensions between rich and northern and porous southern european member states. between 20102012, there are endless predictions that the euro is going to fall apart, or at least it, it would lose some of its weakest members. like, like greece, in the end, none of those forecast came true. when the coven pandemic seemed to shake the integrity of the euro zone, angular merkel, and a manuel mac hall solved the crisis with the so called corona bonds. effectively

using the assets of the rich member states to guarantee the debts of the worst hit nations. now the sea bees main fo is inflation driven by fast increasing energy prices and supply shortages when the euro was being dreamt up, some one that if the plan was a currency to challenge the dollars supremacy to day europe has managed to establish itself as the 2nd global, most important through currency concerning for example, the m, the for x markets or that markets and in the international payments. so for example, it's roles almost equal to the dollar. the driving force behind the single currency from paris and berlin. the new german government still continued to closely cooperate bessy, french government. and i assure you that c, franco, german tan then vill stay essential for the further development of the

european union. and the european monetary union opinion polls both across the euro zone and the wider e. you suggest broad popular support for the single currency. a trend that has been stable throughout its existence. 20 years ago, hundreds of millions of europeans had to adapt to the new notes and coins in their pockets. and soon they may have to again, because the e. c. b has announced an overhaul of the look and feel of its cash. dominant cane al jazeera berlin tribute, so been pouring in for the hollywood actress and comedian betty white, who's died 3 weeks short of her. 100th birthday she'd been acting for more than 80 years. she held the guinness world record as the female entertainer. with the longest ever career on u. s. t. b. as barbara ango. oh, in a youth driven film industry, betty white was a rarity. she was one of

a few actresses who maintains top power well into her ninety's. oh, this is something you did to mrs. miller that she began her career in the 19th thirty's on radio. and in variety, shows. i'm sorry, this is a very critical touchy one to best supporting actress emmy awards for her role in the mary tyler moore show in the 19 seventy's. oh, oh. oh. but her portrayal of sweet and quirky rose nyland and the 1980s sit. com, the golden girls shot her to super stardom and aunt her new legion of fans. she won an emmy in 1986 for the role playing a widow living and retirement with for all the ladies and the antics in miami. she wasn't afraid to laugh at herself. ah, he was a response when she unveiled a wax work of her so at madame to sorts. you know,

the only thing that hurts me. why did they wait till i was 90? i mean, a few days ago would have been, well i guess she was starring in the t. v. show hot in cleveland at the age of 92 until it was cancelled in 2014. betty white continued to make new audiences smile. darker saying a glass of wine a day can extend your life. and that perhaps was the secret of her lengthy career. looks like we're a little live forever. it. ah, this is al jazeera, these are your top stories so far. archbishop desmond tutu has been described by south africa precedent as a crusader in the struggle for freedom, justice, and peace. the partied hero has been honored at