[000:00:00;00] ah, this is al jazeera ah hello, i'm barbara sarah. this is the al jazeera news, our live from london. thank you for joining us. coming up in the next 60 minutes. many of the messages we received have said thank you for sharing him. with the world. glowing tribute to south africa bids a final farewell to archbishop desmond tutu at a modest funeral in cape town. at least 12 pilgrims are killed in a stampede of a hindu shrine,

an indian administered kashmir. king john says north korea's economy will be the national priority this year. as this country faces what he calls a great life and death struggle loss. so ah, a new year to celebrate in uganda were schools and bars are finally reopening after being shot for nearly 2 years. ah, we begin the news hour in south africa where the funeral has taken place for anti apartheid icon. desmond tutu in his eulogy, president serial. i'm a pause. i described the former archbishop as the spiritual father of our new nation. it was a simple ceremony as to to himself, had requested his ashes will now be interred at saint george's cathedral in cape

town, where he preached against racial injustice. for years. for me, the miller reports ah, to people around the world, archbishop desmond tutu was a champion of freedom and the fight against racial segregation in south africa. to others. he was simply a husband, father and grandfather. 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 world. you shared part of the love you held for him with us. and so we are thankful among the speakers at saint george's cathedral, michael newton, who served as tu tuesday pretty for many years for the chief mamma.

my dear call america many times with your husband for the owner. he cried easily and in the life of our country, both post and prison, he had my about the service for many was deeply personal. much of the proceedings down, according to archbishop to his last wishes. a plain pined coffin adorned with the symbols of the church. while the eucharist server sent it around to his anglican beliefs and spiritual leadership, his activism against global oppression. and as the leading voice against apartheid laws in south africa was to the full, ah, bishop doesn't want to do too much without question a crusade in the struggle for freedom, for justice,

for quality and for peace. not only in south africa, the country of his best around the world as well. 0, one at times solemn. the service also celebrated the archbishop to his favorite hymns and scriptures. his last moments at saint george's cathedral, marked by final blessing. archbishop desmond tutu was loved by many, but coven 19 restrictions limited. how they would have liked to pay the final respect. instead, they participated in services of small parishes across the country. ah, clergy and bishops form a god of honor as a final, goodbye to a remarkable man, simply known as the arch. he's ashes to be late to interred at the church. he called home for me, the miller algebra kept up at least 12 people have died in a stampede at

a religious shrine in indian administered kashmir. it happened as the val t's were marking the new year. alexey o'brien has more details ah, 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. as larry, it's a tragedy. many people are dead. initial reports suggest an altercation between groups visiting the shrine, perhaps to offer special prayers for the new year. but security has also been called into question. the police were very irresponsible. they did not put up dividers 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, which spread panic. and there was a stampede 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 were there going okay for 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 and small areas, often with few safety crowd control measures. marg, margaret,

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 no one else access to the shrine was halted for several hours, but later resumed alexia bryan al jazeera, thousands of people have marched in cities across iraq to express their anger at the u. s. 2 years after a top hearing in general was assassinated. has some silly money was killed in a u. s. strong, striking a bag that's air, one of them hotel and 4 cities, including the capitol, a leader of an iranian back. the rocky militia was also killed in the strike, which was ordered by then you as president, donald trump. luck more. the bill we're hope was that a rally in central back thousands of iraqis gathered here nearby, dodged green soon tomorrow to the 2nd anniversary of the killing of iranian commander

hudson. slay many an obama, dim hunt is a tub commander of iraq. soon, popular mobilization forces 2 years ago by an american drone 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. there 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 the protest here. they're blaming the government for to what they consider collaborating with the us. they say that the government should implement the resolution passed by the parliament in january 2020, stipulating all foreign troops should leave the country. and they say that they will continue protesting until the government responds to their demands. levant events have also been held in iran to mark the anniversary of sending money, killing military official, spoke at this gathering in the capital tehran, the 1st of 2 days of events. 5 days after the head of the revolutionary guards could force was killed. he ran retaliated, firing missiles at a us air base in iraq during the commemoration a revolutionary guard. the aerospace commander warned the us that revenge will

continue for the killing roles. and i'm putting on the axis of resistance, those who love and seek blood vengeance for generals to lay mind. i will continue this path. and if americans wants to limit the expenses, they must themselves back up and leave the region that have been reports of explosions in garza, this follows earlier rocket fire towards israel. from the strip. one of the rockets fell into the sea off the coast of tele, via video circulating on social media shows and explosion in the sea water off the coast of jaffa. that when no reports of casualties or damage harass affiliated news website said the launch was not deliberate. north korea's leader has broken was tradition, as he laid out his new year plan for the country. kim jong news, this speech to concentrate on domestic issues, saying the struggling economy will be

a national priority this year. and like previous announcements, which have focused on diplomatic policy, there was no mention of the u. s. or indeed south korea. according to state media, he spoke of a great life and death struggle facing the country. where a self imposed corona virus located has led to food shortages, international agencies of warned the growing food insecurity and starvation for more on this, let's speak to aid in the foster carter an honorary senior research fellow. and so see all the jim ward and korea leads university. he joins us from exeter, here in the u. k. so thank you so much for joining us here on our xerox. so what did you make of this year's message from kim john and the focus usually, perhaps a bit more belligerent here. the focus, very much on domestic issues. that's exactly right. it is very, very striking. admittedly, it's quite hard to know what he would have said. if he had had the usual external

and belligerent focus, it's fairly clear that joe biden, the u. s. is not very interested. unlike his all is predecessor donald trump fighting has a loss on his plate. and in south korea, of course, they have an election, something which tra, kim, driven is not troubled by at home. he'll be there for life. but the south korean president, when jan has been a big fan of dialogue and has been rewarded by being shunned for about 3 years by him during and after just one good year talks in 2018. anyway, he will be out and may end up with somebody new. and if the conservatives got back and they were like north korea tools, so i guess it's a time to focus on the home agenda. my goodness is a lot of it to you ladies out. well, you know, they've got a coach in spite blockade, which is a huge did a lot of damage. a lot of countries, of course, have to weigh out between, you know, how a restrictions and an economy and co covered. but they can not ask of it. but the, the draconian restrictions they have made an already poor economy. poor

a still. so there's a lot to do. so as you mentioned, less pressure from outside, i guess a few are potential platforms for him as well externally. so tell us a little bit more about the kind of pressure that north korea is under. domestically, you know, we mentioned the co that crisis, obviously the economy. there has been diet for a long time, but paint the picture for us of what exactly people in north korea are facing right now. it's extremely gramlin. it depends who you are and where you are. there is, as it has been for a long time, there isn't a lead to live in the capital pyongyang, which is a little bit of a show patient has skyscrapers a new apartments continue to be built with what resources and how finance treat at really know this is for the you know, the, the, the party a lease and sound out in the countryside, especially in the bleak midwinter and northern korea. as a very harsh winter. it is a hardscrabble life. it's made more so by the fact that uniquely among the letters are not many communist countries left. but those which still are ruled by communist

parties like china and viet nam, have had the sense whenever you think of the politics, to realize that you have to change the economy. and they are capitalists and all but name, they have incentivized that farmers, they undergo considerably economic growth. people have got to have and china, hundreds of millions of people are better off. north korea has not done any of that . and the single most depressing thing i find about this long, we haven't got the verbatim, kim driven speech, but the long reports we have a big focus on agriculture. very unusual, suggested this is a problem, but i could have, you know, i'm an old man, as viewers can see. i've been reading the stuff for 50 years. you know, i used to be a farmer that's not good. it hasn't changed. you know, the, the, the lot just the verbiage, but the actual policies that the states great, which seem to be loosening slightly. there were incentives to farmers all seems to be rolled back. so it just isn't going to work. hectoring people commanding people to ensure they are endlessly loyal and deliver the plan. it ain't gonna work. the people are suffering and i'm afraid they will suffer more north. greg got less

a than ever last year. was it makes it difficult. it's honestly or a country i love dearly, and the sort of devoted my life to it breaks your heart. i'm sure it does. and in setting a lot of the reports coming out of there are heartbreaking. and you mentioned at china in, in your answer there, i mean, obviously that country crucial in north korea's past, present, and obviously future as well. what is its relationship with china now? when is this speech, you know, aimed at the domestic audience? also aimed at china and mind. i think your spouse on about that, i mean one way that kim jong and has broken with the policies of his father, kim jong il and grandfather can also get my kim's right. that is, that came up. father and grandfather were very good at balancing different powers against each other. and with his 5 grandfather it was the sinus of the dispute. back in the day, kim duncan seems to broken with that. it looked in 2018, you know,

with the, the summer, with trump and south korea that he was paying the old game, which has been played well. but he's put all his eggs in the china basket. i reckon obviously spell this out. he's caught, connected, us try to rivalry is only going to get worse. he can't be sure of getting anything from the us or from south korea. china, we'll bankroll him, perhaps reluctantly, is be interesting to see what price china will. it will exact, but basically china he's, he's caught, he's counting on china and provide the china doesn't want him to do things like another nuclear test or another long range missile test is interesting. we haven't had those for several years now, but he must be torn pots with him, or whether to try and load something and get the americans attention, or just hope that she jumping will bail him out to not to mom to higher price, but you're quite right china is key 8 and foster carter owner, a senior research fellow in sociology and modern korea leads university. sir, thank you so much for sharing your expertise with us. thank you very much. indeed. happy new year. 19 coming up on this news hour from london slides canceled

and college courses going back online, how foreign coven cases are causing disruption and frustration across the us. i still storm blows into colorado putting out the fast spreading wildfire that turned into your neighborhoods into piles of smoking ash. ah, francis just reported another $219000.00 cove infections as the virus continues to run rampant across europe. ireland is the latest country to cut the isolation period for the many people testing positive for coven 19 from 10 days to 7 spain, portugal greece. they've also all reduced isolation periods to a week or less to prevent their economies stalling well with so many cases in

europe. governments fear longer isolation, periods will disrupt the vital services, such as public transport, hospitality, and retail. meanwhile, the united states is already seen significant disruption because of the huge numbers of people. self isolating with coven, let's get more now from john henderson, who joins us from washington. d. c. john, good to see you, and not a great start to the new year. there tell us, tell us more in on all those new years eve celebrations were much smaller than they have been in the past. the biggest one traditionally as in new york city, usually we have about a 1000000 people getting together there last year. of course that was cancelled with just a few dozen healthcare workers there. this year the mayor allowed $15000.00 people are much more limited group to go out and celebrate. they had to be vaccinated, they had to wear masks. so it was this summer celebration to start the year, and that's because this alma kron variant of the virus has been spreading like wildfire throughout the united states. this is

a country where only are fewer than 2 and 3 people are vaccinated. only one in 3 has got that booster shot, and there's a testing problem here because of the new variant. everybody's trying to get tested whenever they feel sick and that has, that means that the tests that were once widely available just a couple of months ago, there used to be several places in my neighbourhood where you could go daily and get that test done. now people are waiting days and weeks president biden has promised to solve this problem. he's offered a 500000000 tests, that's over one for every american. and those are being distributed. these are the at home tests. so you have to sign up on the web to get them, but they're still simply aren't enough. so a bit of a somber start to the year and the airlines are having a rough time as well. they cancel 2500 flights on saturday. that's the worst day so far in, you know, in a long time, about 5.7 percent of all flights are canceled. half of the flights in that were cancel were in chicago. the middle of the country is,

isn't during the snowstorms. there's another problem that's covered related, and that is that people don't want to go to work for the airlines right now. they're, they're turning down big incentives to do over time because they're concerned about this new variant. and that means the airlines simply can't staff their flights and it hurts them because it comes right in the middle of the holiday travel season. so flights are down about 19 percent from 2019 the pre cova days. so the year for the airlines is ending with more of a whimper than a bank. yeah, a lot of things converging to make it a very difficult period. right now, john henry with the latest from washington dc. john, thank you. india has reported nearly 23000 new cove in 1900 infections in the past. a. busy nearly 4 times the number seen just 5 days ago . it for the sudden rise is largely being driven by the on the con variant. heavily populated areas including the bike or catherine you directly are seeing some of the

sharpest rises. india was one of the worst that countries earlier independent makes nearly 35000000 infections. but cases have remained low since the summer. a booster . dr. will begin later this months in an effort to curb a 3rd wave. the philippines meanwhile, have record of nearly 3000 new cove in 1900 cases. on friday, the rise in infections has led to concern about another wave of the virus restrictions are set to be tied in the capital. but there are concerns about the spread with millions of people still recovering from a devastating typhoon. barnaby lo reports from manila filipinos packed malls and shopping districts during the holidays. as a case is colby, late teams 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. but everything, december 9th, we,

we somehow had an alarm and alert that there is already like a switch off then, you know, and the increase in the positivity 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 this age group. so somehow, somehow, weekend quarterly, this, this kind of the mix to might be of people because of that highly, be more on the chrome patients have been identified this week. but the health department, well, 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 home bit 19 cases to record numbers in many countries. the philippines has largely been spared, but daily infections are on the right. and all this possible that you virus

variance is reading health department officials think it's too early to make that conclusion. a new wave of the virus is likely not only to stream the countries health care system, it could exacerbate but monetary crisis in regents. still suffering from the impact of super typhoon right. 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 show room or at sam or increase of the says in the year. yeah. in cold. but you know, as a mom, gums glossy morning or there are no opertitional division in the evaporation sensor. so i all the, it is an air born such as nbc ashburn, aid workers, hope an increase in covered 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. far below al jazeera manila. the united arab emirates says it's banning known vaccinated citizens from going abroad from january 10th. under the rule change fully vaccinated citizens also require a booster shot to be able to travel. the foreign ministry says the rules will not apply to those with medical or humanitarian exemptions. schools and bars in uganda will reopen in a few days after being closed for nearly 2 years. and i time car fuel will also be lifted on january 10th after coming into effect. back in march. 2020. the president has a high vaccination rate, means that it's now safe for the country to reopen. uganda has imposed some of the most strict and lengthy rules in the world to contain the virus. since the pandemic

began, it's reported 137000 cases of the corona virus, and more than 3000 that let's talk more about this with joseph or chiana, who's a writer and commentator on uganda affairs any joins us now from capella. so thank you for joining us here on our just 0. it's a very long time to be close out. i mean, obviously there have been locked downs all over the world, but none quite as long as this. what has the effect been on the country? do you think now have been near to you, barbara? yes, it's been the longest and you got to has a matter of medical that but yes, i didn't happens that schools are reopening next year. i mean the next week, but as it happens they figure they're going up as of

tomorrow. it is reported that we've had 3 death in the let us be give and 101658 new cases with the very high quality rate of 1.4, or they're about percent. but quite clearly, of course, the figures as self generally over the is it has been going to with brother to speak. and this is kind of wondering how the government just justified to its people. but i guess get people on board because we've seen around the world some trying to rebel against any kind of restriction, right? you usually wrongly, but here the number is the 3000 and that's in a population of i'm guessing what? 45000000 people. if yes out the government managed to get everyone on board for so long. i think it could be i used that the

government has rather repressed the but i know there's not like that. but generally, if you look at the county like run that we had 1100 and about 12000 cases with just 1300 debts. in fact, you find a country like k. yeah, we the, you know, doubled the number of infection. so, you know, but then maybe 2000 less. the point really is that you can generally vary in population by and large, most people happy top believed. in fact, some of them actually leave the president, save them from copays at the bread and save them from infections in many ways. and because also on the other hand, ronda had to do to be part of those who campaigned on the thing because the government came out rather than rather repressive. so people were beaten and forced

really to be so generally people went ahead and paid. now generally does k y schools, how to me and clothes will this long is a question that bond life nobody can. even the government is like the question now this 10 years is a long time for everyone. it is particularly a long time for children. children who should be at school is there any indication of what the impact has been on the younger age groups of this incredibly long locked down whereas. 3 you mentioned schools were closed it has been huge. there has been a huge increase in a child. molestation particularly team a pregnancies across the country reported to been huge cases of child murray. and about one of the been cases,

the miss as a bond lied, it would lead abroad. but these are related like you want to have it. you know, those are really not very, very much reported. but barbara, there's something else you know, i was in part of that particular need to talk at various lee and you find you increase in job. i have had to rescue at least one boy who was pending time going to defend for the family almost. i mean, so that really play not poor families. i mean, if these pumps tend to suffer generally more, the rich families have not. in fact, in many cases, some of the children continue just like want to keep the learning and elsewhere to study via the internet. but the majority of the children who don't have, remember the experiences. i'm really, really both the brand. i think the judy will still be out on whether or not

joseph law just we seem to have some good. now with your line, we're getting a lot of glitches, but joseph, a channel writer, and commentator. and again, that affairs telling us there about the impact of such a long lockdown and school closures, of course, on younger people in uganda, sir, thank you so much for your time. that's more still to come in this news our including it's the 1st 2 decades. so a crisis near collapse and then eventually stability. now the euro is being given a new look for its next 20 years. the and venezuela migrants makes sweet music in