lucy al jazeera will bring you the news and current affairs that matter to you, al jazeera ah, 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. ah, hello, i'm barbara sarah. this is al jazeera life from london. also coming up at least 12 pilgrims are killed in a stampede at a hindu shrine. an indian administered kashmir,

ah, thousands rally in iraq to mark 2 years since the killing of iran's top general costume. still in my need by your us drone scribe plus ah, a new year to celebrate in uganda were schools and bars are finally reopening after being shocked for nearly 2 years. ah, we begin in south africa where the funeral has taken place for anti apartheid icon does. one to 2. in his eulogy president said earlier, i'm a pause. i described the former archbishop as the spiritual father of our new nation. it was a simple ceremony as to himself, had requested his ashes will now be inter that 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 wall. well, it actually is a 2 way street because we shed him with the wo, you shed part of the love you held for him with. and so we are thankful among the speakers at saint george's cathedral, michael newton, who served as to tuesday, p t. for many years a my dear go

about many times with your husband, for as we all know, 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 pine coffin dawned with the symbols of the church while the eucharist service centered around to his anglican beliefs and spiritual leadership. his activism against global oppression. and as the leading voice against a party 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 equality and for peace. not only in south africa,

the country of his best, around the world as well. 0, $1.00 at times in the service also celebrated the archbishop to his favorite hymns and scriptures. his last moments at saint george's cathedral, marked by final blessing. auspicious 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 inter that the church he called home for me, the miller, i'll do 0 ah,

at least 12 people have died in less than pete at a religious shrine, an indian administered kashmir. it happened as the voltaire were michael the new year, alexia bryan reports ah, in the cold darkness of the early morning, tens of thousands of devoted tracked to the hill top temple of motivational davy and indian administered kashmir. at about 3 a year, there was a surge in the crowd. witnesses describe a horrifying crush, and people trampling over bodies. ah leslie, it's a tragedy. many people are dead. ah, 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. ah, 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 stem paid in no time matter, vice. 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 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. marg,

margaret, not everybody's out of my will express my condolences to the families who have lost their dear ones and the sad incident of the stampede. 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 have marched in cities across iraq to express their anger at the u. s. 2 years after a top iranian general was assassinated, that some silly manny was killed in a u. s. strong striking of baghdad airport. there been protests in 4 cities, including the capital, a leader of an iranian back, the iraq, he militia was also killed in the strike, which was ordered by the then you as president, donald trump baffled a bill where he was at that rally and central back that thousands of iraqis got out of here nearby dodged green soon to monica. the 2nd anniversary of the killing of

iranian commander. awesome slay, manny and obama. dim hunt is a tube commander of iraq. soon popular mobilization forces 2 years ago by an american john attack. and they say that they are demanding, get 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 parties, 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 what they consider collaborating with the us 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. there have been reports of explosions in gaza. this follows earlier rocket fire towards israel. from the strip, one of the rockets fell into the sea off the coast of televi video circulating on social media shows and explosion in the sea water off the coast of jaffa. there were no reports of casualties or damage. hamis affiliated news website said the

launch was not to france has just reported another 219000 cove. it infections as the virus continues to run rampant across europe. island is the latest country to cut the isolation period for the many people testing positive for cove it from 10 days to southern spain. portugal greece have also all reduced isolation periods to a week or less to prevent very economy from stalling or was 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 has already seen significant disruption because of the huge numbers of people self isolating with cov, it flights are being cancelled. and college courses are going online once again to more now that from john henderson in washington dc. so what exactly is happening in

the u. s. right now, john? well, the new year's celebrations were happening across much of the country. some were cancelled, chicago had its biggest ever, but the big grandaddy of them all of the one in new york. and that was definitely far more muted than in the past. usually about a 1000000 people gather around in and around times square in manhattan. last year that was cancelled few doesn't healthcare workers gathered this year. only 15000 people were allowed to go. they had to be masked, they had to be vaccinated. it was a very somber start to the year. pfizer is planning boosters for people 12 to 15, but those those boosters as much as they are helping mute the effect of the micron very and they're not stopping it entirely. and that means people are getting the variant in record numbers right now, and they're not able to get tests as quickly as they need them. the country's got a testing problem. so president biden has offered out 500000000 free tests for people to get. and it's still not enough. so somber start to the year and a bit of

a muted celebration for new year's eve later celebrations on. but of course, lots of people will have traveled for the holiday season for the christmas holiday . and all of this is coinciding with a lot of them needing to get back. so what impact the stock spot? the shortage is having on travel in the us was staff shortages are combined with bad weather which came at exactly the wrong time. the middle of the country center being chicago has had a big snow storm over the weekend. so in the middle of this travel season, people trying to get home 2500 flights were cancelled a huge number. and that represents about 5.7 percent of all flights. and about half of those were in chicago. so a lot of cancellations due to weather. but the other problem is covert related. and that's the fact that people don't want to work over time for the airlines over the holidays, as they normally would, despite big incentives, because they're worried about catching the virus because it's been so transmissible

here throughout the us. so the airlines have been hit about a 9 ni 19 percent drop in their business since 2019. it just hasn't come back. and then you've got colleges which are now starting once again as they get a couple of years ago. virtually, i've got 2 sons in university here. both of them are starting virtually for the next semester. so the 3rd year of the company are starting to look a lot like the 2nd. let's hope it's just the beginning of the year and then we'll get better soon. john henry with the latest in washington, d. c. john. thank while. meanwhile, schools and bars in uganda will reopen in a few days after being closed for nearly 2 years. and night time coffee will also be lifted on january 10, after coming into effect. back in march. 2020. the president has a high vaccination wait means it's now safe for the country to reopen. uganda has imposed that some of the strictest and most lengthy rules in the world to contain

the virus. since the pandemic began, it's reported $137000.00 cases of the corona. busy virus and more than 3000 deaths, a terminal with call the 19 um, it became one of us maybe 45 months with way too long. like we are scared of it in terms of the measures of them, but yet in reality we're ready to live with doesn't look like it's about to go away . ugandans of stuff. i don't know in the upholstery us about get you me nice. quite with another look down now people will run to my me inclusive. all right, go to come in this half hour. it's 1st 2 decades, a so crisis near collapse and eventual stability. now, the euro has been given

a new look for its next 20 years. and the new law banning plastic packaging on most fruit and vegetables comes into effect the in france. ah, there was still a tropical cyclone wandering around in the carl css, whose origins were back near dawn would. but it's staying over the water, you'll help to pump air into places. you don't really want it. it'll be rather humid than increasing the coolant breezy. for example, in brisbin. and i think the coastal waters will be particularly rough. otherwise that's not the story's a fairly average picture. warm in places, halting places actually potentially really fluctuate in melbourne at $21.00 from $38.00 at the end of last year. but there's still plenty of faulty around. it's

more or less in the middle australia where birds built hot places, mostly 7 above noble. in that comparison with melbourne, merit 6 below noble. the ne monsoon continues and with that, of course, if you're on the coast of vietnam or even in land in the hills, you got this persistent, humid air producing thunderstorms. and brain is a fairly large event throughout viet nam, there's quite a concentration, i think also in malaysia and the has been recently in china. this is legacy flooding from a couple of days ago if that, that there could be some more heavy rain in towel. now do, but it seems that the focus is going to be further south and maybe concentrating more in sri lanka, ah, 2020, a year of locked down and social distance and you can't reach across the screen. and guess what i li re explore is one of the global pandemic biggest side effect

loneliness. everyone who lives alone has to be socially isolated for the 1st time ever highlighting its effects on physical and mental health and discovery in unique ways of keeping control, being alone to get everything to of all hail the locked down on al jazeera o. a reminder. now of the top stories on al jazeera, south africa, the president has described as 122 as a crusader in the struggle for freedom, justice, the quality and peace. at the former archbishop funeral, only cape town, the n p. a party hero died last sunday at the age of 19. at least 12 people have

died in a stamp that a religious trying to get us started kashmir. the vote team were mocking you, or at least 13 people have been injured. and thousands of march in cities across iraq to express their anger the us 2 years up to the top. iranian general customs to me, my name was a fascinated outside by ukraine's president has used his new your message to say his main goal for this year is ending the war in the east of the country. large parts of the region were taken over by russian fact separatists almost 8 years ago. and the russian troop of build up near the border has led to increase tensions growing in both the us and europe. nothing baba has one. 0 no. we not scared of any army on the other side of the border. that's the message from ukraine's president in his new year message, one clearly aimed at russia. and there was more defiance in the sand with bookish

music in shelley. unfortunately, we have not ended the war in the east of our country yet. this is our primary goal . that's why i say not yet, because next year will definitely be better, according to ukrainian officials. there are currently around a $100000.00 russian troops near the border. western government say they're concerned about a full scale invasion. the fighting in east and ukraine between separatists backed by moscow and the ukrainian army started in 2014 as huge protests in the capital. kiev lead to the pro russian government being overthrown. conflict is killed, more than 40000 people, devastating ukraine's industrial hotline. notice that the boss leaving civilians terrified to earlier this week, the russian and u. s. presidents had a phone discussion lasting nearly an hour and involving threats on both sides. i

made it clear to the president that he or makes any more move goes into ukraine. we will have severe sanctions or increase our our presence in europe with our nato allies and the heavy price to pay for it. no, but our president immediately responded that if the west decides in this or other circumstances to impose the unprecedented sanction. he mentioned that could lead to a complete breakdown in ties between our countries and caused the most severe damage to relations between russia and the west. rushes worried by what it says is the west's rearming of ukraine. and it will be taking part in a series of meeting, starting in 10 days time. it wants legally binding guarantee these, that any future expansion of the nato alliance will exclude ukraine and other former soviet bloc countries. it's not clear at this stage where any compromise

will come from letting bother al jazeera, more than a 1000000 venezuelans have fled poverty and political upheaval by heading to peru in search of a better life. most of them find work in b informal sector and put in their health and safety at risk because they don't have access to health care. marianna sanchez reports from lima ah holiday gala far away from home. you visions of the road? i am orchestra, give free concerts to promote themselves. oh, the musicians are mostly business. will em migrants trying to make it in better but it's hard says lead viola, player ye at mullen silence. ah. although he's a professional musician, the only job he's been able to land cleaning car tires has increased injuries to his back. most venezuela migrants are willing to do any job,

and most without health care is the fear, the neil a thought, a lamarche. i've stopped eating some food to buy pills. one of my colleagues gave me part of his salary. so i managed to pay for $10.00 appointments. but for the most part, no one gives me a hand paper. ah, more than 1200000 venezuelans are displaced in they do. a national superintendency for migration says nearly 80 percent of them don't have health insurance or other benefits. at the santa rosa parish on the outskirts of the capital, at least 50 per venezuelan families live on handouts cannot be an impact on most don't have money for food or a stable job. and many have health problems. the low here says that only migrant children under 5 year sold pregnant women scan has free medical care. the rest must have residence card, but the majority doesn't have one. joselyn little has his. her son christine will

soon turn 6 and lose his free health care. however, she says it doesn't make much of a difference to have a work permit. well, i mean, i me, how can i, my husband has the residence he card, but he works in an, a formal job where he has no benefits. so we're simply up in the air without anything economist, hearsay venezuelans have contributed to bidders g d p with 0.2 percent last year. but the challenges continue to be great, but it didn't work in that. we're talking about an extraordinary situation for which we have to generate extraordinary norms. we are talking with the authorities, so that was the paperwork. is the door opener for these rice, but a boy, ah, nearly 30 percent of venezuelan migrants are professionals. that 9 out of 10 do not work in their expertise. among these musicians, there are security guards, cooks, street vendors, many say they hope they can soon play full time. but for now their contribution to

peruvians is music that heals the soul. medina center, so just either lima biddle, its exactly 20 years since the euro 1st entered into circulation. currency now used by 19 you countries, among others, they replaced the german marks of french francs and a town need it. and while this achieved successful stability, it hasn't been without problems. dominic came, looks back at the benefits and challenges of bringing so many nations together under one currency. 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 euro's own seemed to prosper. but then came the global financial crisis with the greeks leading a succession of 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, event, bailout packages. with growing tensions that enrich a northern and poor southern european member states between 20102012, there are endless predictions that the euro is going to fall apart, or at least that it would lose some of its weakest members. like, like greece, in the end, none of those forecasts came troops when the covey pandemic seemed to shake the integrity of the euro's own angular mackerel and a manual mccall salt. the crisis with the so called corona bombs. effectively using the assets of the rich member states to guarantee the debts of the worst hit nations. now the se b's main focus is inflation driven by fast increasing energy prices and supply shortages when the euro is being dreamt up, someone that if the plan was a currency to challenge the dollars supremacy. today, europe has managed to publish itself as the 2nd global. most important to currency

concerning, for example, for x markets or debt market. and in the international payments, for example, its role is almost equal to the dollar. the driving force behind the single currency comes from paris and berlin. the new german government will continue to closely cooperate with the french government. and i assure you that the franco german time then, will stay essential for the further development of the european union and european monetary you, in your opinion, polls both across the euro zone and the why did 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 announce an overhaul of the look and feel of its cache. dominant cane al jazeera berlin. shoppers in france need their canvas bags ready as a major new environmental law has just come into force. cucumber is bananas and carrots are among the 30 types of food and vegetables that it is now illegal to wrapped in plastic packaging, cause and sober genes and leaks are also in that list as one of the 1st moves out low. all single use plastics by 2014. meanwhile, cherry tomatoes, raspberries and blueberries has been given the reprieve, but even soft and loose produce will have to be plastic tree by 2026. it's estimated that more than a 3rd of all fruit and vegetables were sold wrapped in plastic in france. last year . the government thinks the new band could cut more than a 1000000000 pieces of plastic every year. while a majority of people surveyed said that they were in favor of the move,

neighboring spain will bring in its own ban on plastic next year. well, french journalist and colon this time, elizabeth new test says that there are still practical problems that need to be solved. on the one hand, the french is very much aware of the need to reduce plastic use. those brought support to the general use. sort of not using so much plastic and they complain about this at the same time. but the ones you buy the vegetables yourself, you realize that nothing has been calculated to find new ways of ramping vegetables . that doesn't sort of make them decompose too fast. in the case of a, i'll give an example that i've been through myself during your shop. i often buy and when to on, and i switch on world of french winter vertical. and they were wrapped only little plastic tray and wrapped in sort of thing. and now the plastic tray has been replaced in both of the, the, the of the cut off of the law by a comb, baldwin, and you put those in the fridge and the, the, the, the of the, and i've, the moist,

i'm soon the called bolt sort of melted them on the whole thing is completely rotten. so that man, i buy ziploc bags which are made of plastic to put them because otherwise i cannot keep them more than a day in my fridge. on the you said it was very much aware of that, and they say they're all things that people will not touch because they can't keep them the same way. now a rare upside is, is a pandemic. is that a controversial french near is a tradition appears to be on the decline. the interior ministry says that just the $874.00 cars were torched overnight. yeah, that's the tradition. that's compared to new year's eve in 2019 warm when more than 1300 vehicles went up in flames. gerald. 8 that there many credited the low number this year with a heavy presence of police enforcing pandemic restrictions. and while many of us

want years, they at a slower pace, a handful of very brave italians of dived head 1st into 2022. the diving event in 2 rooms that surely river tiber has taken place annually on january 1st. for over 50 years, several divers took the plunge off the $32.00 bridge this year for the enjoyment, hundreds of onlookers. ah, and now the top stories on al jazeera, archbishop desmond tutu, has been described as a crusader in the struggle for freedom. just this equality and peace at his funeral . his ashes are being interred at saint george's cathedral in cape town, where he preached against racial injustice for years. the anti apartheid hero died last sunday at the age of 9, south africa president sarah remo poser said that he was the.