living in the fashion was light. how much money did you make on here? breland deliverance i made that al jazeera english proud recipient of the new york festivals broadcaster of the year award for the 5th year running. ah, south africa's parliament sustained significant damage after 5 breaks out in cape town. ah, i'm to clock this is al jazeera life to also come you thousands defy a ban on protests in the netherlands to demonstrate against korean virus restrictions, at least 6 people are killed as intense rain triggers. flash floods in amman

in to job security forces, fatigue, acid, and to cooper tests is marching towards the presidential ha. ah. firefighters is still baffling to contain a fire at south africa's parliament buildings in cape town. the place is badly damaged, the national assembly chamber and part of the roof of the parliament building has collapsed. one of the presiding officer says, the fire ripped through the area of parliament where empires for the a and c party at their offices. the need to go a lot deeper and deeper into how this type of event can take place and what measure we will need to take going forward. but for now, i think we should be grateful that the national assembly parliament raised to ashes and to the flaw gillian wolf has worn out from cape town. presidents or

did announce just short time ago that there please are speaking with someone in relation to the incident and that an investigation is still ongoing. the situation is fluid. i can still see the smoke billowing from the top of the building and the entrance is covered and there are definitely 1st responders police vehicles, fire rescue services here on the ground. and i spoke a short time ago with the folks certain for the city fire services. it says there is extensive damage to the old building and the fire had spread to the national assembly building, which i'm standing in front of right now. there's an active fire fighting scene at the moment and the 17 firefighters were called at the top 6 this morning. luckily, there has been no one in jared because it ends it's sunday morning and it was early, so no one was in the building. hi, this is an iconic building for south africa. it really is

a symbol of democracy in south africa, where a lot of parliament members meet the day they discuss issues. it's also where the president, pits the state of the nation address. and it's also where nelson mandela was elected as the 1st black president of south africa following the new democracy. and this is where we deliver his inaugural address and 994 governments around the world to grappling with how to control searching cases of current of ours. thousands of people in amsterdam have defied a ban on protest to ruddy against strict terrain of iris measures. netherlands imposed a nation wide locked down 2 weeks ago, shutting all non essential stores, bars and restaurants, and not expected to last until january. the 14th in england, secondary students will have to wear masks when schools reopen after the christmas break. a daily record of more than 162000 cases was recorded in the count saturday, largely driven by the on the chrome variant and in bangladesh. a campaign has

belonged to vaccinate $40000000.00 people each month. it's hoping to not slate 70 percent of the population by april. let's say now from 19 barbara who's at a vaccination center in london and says the current of ours response is being stretched. the government here is stressing the restrictive measures such as you are seeing in the netherlands must be a last resort and have been trumpeting the successes. they see it of the vaccination and booster program which is carrying on rapidly here across the u. k. but they also have asked people to continually test before they socialize and go to work. but most people, many people around the u. k. have experienced problems doing so. in the last couple of weeks, the government is under strong criticism right now, including from some of its own policies for not preparing better as we come out of the holidays. some of the national health service have said that their members

should be prioritized for those natural flow tests. and also the more reliable p c r test saying that people like nurses have struggle to get a pc or test before going in for shifts. really worryingly for them because of course, the more cases there are inspectors like that it leads to stuff shortages on those shortages. there are reports that have been confirmed by the government that they've asked bosses in the public sector to prepare for shortages of up to 25 percent of the workforce in coming months. if on the current continues to rise as deeply as it is now, one area that's worrying people is schools. it was reported that in december as many as one in 20 primary school pupils tested positive for full copied, maintain. and let's not forget that because of the problems with getting tests,

the real figures in the population could actually be worse. well, let's say from some o'clock who's an associate professor in sunny la microbiology at the university of reading in the u. k. he says if children aren't wearing must properly and the rules may not have much impact. this is the, i think, in secondary school age children. and so people are familiar with the u. k. system . that means when the age of 11 up have any influence on younger children that they were expected to do this. but not quite sure that anybody's ever really study the effectiveness of miles when a school environment, because it's not just the case of wearing them. it's case waving properly in the right place, the right time, all the time, changing them, making sure they fit stuff like that. so it does strike me that the government saw perhaps looking at the situation, fearing that schools are going to be a drive that they've seen. this is something that can be done. so they do it

without really knowing how much impact it's going to have. i don't think we can be sure what, what impact will have and not even show the getting childrens when a face moss will drive down. those that are over the age or 11 or they will drive down the numbers. i can't do any harm, but i'm not convinced it'll be a huge amount of benefits. you would just have to make sure that their schools are well ventilated, the social distance, appropriately. that's very difficult with sort of kids with the 4 or 5 up to 1011. so not really sure that there is going to be protection. they are vanishing the small risk from the 19 we should remember that then highly likely to get to get l. o seriously oh well let's get more. busy on the vaccination drug by dash has tons of children and duck fearful of the new. on the contrary and bang of this government started a major vaccination drive all across the country. it is targeting $40000000.00

people to be vaccinated by january this year. and it also wants to vaccinate 80 percent of the population by june this year. they by day a good day by day people taking the vaccine has slowed down a bit. now the government is undertaking a major campaign to encourage people to take their jap, jericho militia with the high. the government also started a booster program for senior citizen and the front line workers. it has also started vaccinating school children from the age of 12 to 17 years old. josh, josh, yes, madam or the wife today i'm here with my wife and my mom who's 60 to get booster shots. i'm a physician. we've already had to and now we have to take a food doses unbeatable leaders by leather so far received on 100000000 doses of vaccine through unicef under caution agreement between the asian development bang bang as gunman and unicef. it also received are the millions of those says through bilateral agreement, so far, only 29 percent of the population have been vaccinated. the challenge remains for

government to get the vaccine from the manufacturers to the recipient, hands in the remote, rural areas of bangladesh. the current of ours cases, or surgeon cross australia, the number of people in hospital in new south wales has claimed more than 1000. for the 1st time since the on the conversion to merged, the lack of rabbit rapid tests is putting the health system under extra pressure. so our cloud reports from queensland were the latest from australia the q, the p c r. testing center is a long waiting times for processing. results can take days, rapid adage, and tests or rats are nearly sold of those that are available. affiliate high prices. every state in australia is now recording a growing number of cases with one and 5 people in yourself while testing positive . at the moment, it does not appear to be any song that is abiding. the numbers which are being reported in terms of positive cases. clearly under reporting of the number of

actual cases at bit. now that means that a lot of people get infected very quickly, so hopefully that means we get through the community very quickly. but really, to some degree, that's not really the way you should be doing it of the last way. the number of cases being recorded has climb to more than 10000 a day across astrology. in the south wells are 5 times as many people being treated in hospitals compared to mid december claims that recorded its highest number of daily cases since the outbreak began. so won't be a surprise at all. ready if in the next couple of days, we see a significant increase in, in cases as more, more samples of tests that are more people come forward to that won't be a surprise in the next few days. if we say i see a significant rise in cases with board is now open across all states except western australia. the spread of current of bars is rapid with different generations mixing over the new year holidays. this is about tempering managing the spread. it's not

about trying to stop it and, and it's, it's, it's an awareness this. while when you altima lever, i'm probably would be exposed to, to kind of virus anyway. this is now spit out that process. so it is really just trying to manage it, particularly while we're still rolling out to the people who are quite honorable. testing centers in some states were forced to close over the new year due to high temperatures. that combined with a lack of rapid energy tests across the street area, is putting the health system under even more pressure. the failure of this is actually breaking the pandemic worse and causing potentially the infection to be spread much more quickly as tomorrow. so we've got these gaps, we're just when we needed it, we don't have these rapid edge interests, which is directly contributing to the chaos, but also the potential for increased transmission of the bar. so the community chaos that's unlikely to be voted with the holiday season. still under way,

sarah clark. audi 0. queensland, australia. the densely populated gaza strip is seeing an increase in current of our cases. the health ministry, there is one that god was on the verge of a powerful 4th wave human outside. as more because the strip is facing another difficulty, it's complicated stays. the densely populated enclave has detected the presence of the on the crone variant, which with extra burden on the health sector, which is already deteriorated. health officials here are extremely worried in light of its rob, it spread among the people. we are afraid that the capacity of receiving of this pit cases will be in challenge due to the lack of oxygen and generation or oxygen therapy and other and needed evansville your thoughts and the i see your bits. so we are in need really to support and his,

and his and the water to allow the israeli site to facilitate the influence of this machines. because there are many challenges facing garza but is israel continues to prevent the entry of station plants and other vital legal devices for the i c u unit. and with the escalation of the condemning crew in garza, this put the life of many elder ease, especially as well. a friendship football john's programmer, have confirmed but little messy has tested positive for cove. 19 the argentine is among 4 players in quarantine. after contracting the borrowers, the quartet will miss monday's french cup match, but could be back in the squad for next sunday's league game against leon. barcelona coaches question the logic of allowing his sides games on sunday to go ahead about so that has a depleted score for their clash with new yorker with 11 players missing because of covert 19. chevy says it's ludicrous. the match has not been responding. not

understand. what i get, but i got that is not a match. we are here to do what we're told. but the fact is we have 17 players missing 11 of them because of cove at 19. and we're supposed to put on a show. the professional football league shouldn't allow it neither us nor my. your car will have their main plays on the peach. it will be a d caffeinated game. still ahead here on algebra, molly's interim government proposes delaying elections by 5 years, despite pressure from the navy to restore democracy and with food prices at the highest level is nearly a decade. we look at how people in serbia struggling to make ends meet. ah hey there, thanks for joining in here sir. whether story for asia,

we're going to begin in india. we still got watches in play across that time on the do to see some birth of rain, but i really think the heavier stuff a reserve for longer. as we look toward northern parts of india, fog watches are now back in play across this area as well. so foggy start to the day, but that will eventually dissipate as the sun gets go in and we heat things up a bit. so we've got a high of 21 degrees in new delhi. ok off to southeast asia, blankets of rain across borneo, the top and bottom end of march where we lose a bit of intensity in our monsoon rains across malaysia and singapore on monday high pressure still carving out sunny skies. a across the central areas of china toward the eastern wall, shanghai at 14, that's above average. same goes for hong kong with a high 21 degrees. but we're talking about the snow through japan, setting a new record, southwest hon. shoes. 61 centimeters is so on the ground in january, so yeah, that's good enough for a new record and still more coming. but i think the worst of the snow on monday

will be reserved for that southwest corner of hawkeye do. in fact, we do have a snow storm warning, so not only a lot of snow falling, but those winds within that snow around impacting visibility. tokyo has a high of 9 degrees on monday. the. the listening post cuts through the noise was talking about competing, seeing monday, seeing you completing, separating spin from fax, all 3 versions of the story from the limits of the truth. but the full story remained and unpacking the stories you're being told. it's not a science story at all. it's a story about politics. the listening post your guide to the media on a judge. oh,

a. you're watching your reminder about top stories and firefighters are still battling to contain of art, south africa as part of the building. in cape town, the national assembly building has suffered significant damage, and part of the roof has thousands of people in the savannah to fight a battle protest rally against strict current of ours netherlands and pose a nation wide down 2 weeks. good show to all non essential stores, bars and restaurants. bangladesh is not the campaign to vaccinate $40000000.00 people each month. less than a 3rd of the population is vaccinated, and health officials are hoping to not late 70 percent by april. now the

leader of molly's interim authority is calling for elections to be delayed the transitional government to degree. it's a whole pose next month following a military coup in 2020. now it was some held within 5 years. the west african regional blocker was as imposed sanctions and officials and this promise more if molly's leaders don't produce a plan for democratic transition that isn't by has more now from a buddha. last thursday there was the end of the national dialogue, had recommended that elections, the presidential and legislative elections will be held between 6 months and 5 years. but then the countries, the foreign minister, had a meeting with the media off the vehicle was a block, which is the regional block, the that the president of gunner after the meeting is a broadcast on national tv. where the foreign minister now said that, that the expect to hold elections in 5 years. because in previous times they had

actually complained about the lack of logistics. and also the fact that you take countries to go into syria violence because of the continued attacks by am groups officially in the central and northern region of the country. so they're now saying that because they only do that after 55 years, so that you'll be able to hold elections because it will. the national dialogue that was had last week had been a boycotted by the position who said that says whatever it was being fed is just a waste of time. and that they don't see elections happening. so in the looking likely that these elections are going to go next month. so we're getting for the functions of promise by the regional block, because the hard trip in that, in this elections don't hold, that they're going to impose another round of functions against the transition committee members. and the effects, or the supporters as well, to sit on our security forces. if i take asset protests in cartoon, elliot,

internet septic, we're cotton armed offices, blocked bridges, connecting the capital to the suburbs. they were trying to prevent the plan demonstrations which recall the memory of protest as killed by security forces being processed since the military seas power in october. and well, has more now from culture policy, the protest did not to materialize in the, in the, the form and in the size that was expected by the authorities. and also by observers here, hundreds took to the streets in southern cartoon. the plan was to limit the initial plan was to limit the protest in that area for to day. they call it a day for the martyrs. but late late later yesterday, deb committees from that, the other 2 cities come composing a capital of sudan under man and, and by they announced that they could are all they would try to cross and join the protest in southern capital. but it did not happen, apparently the closure of the bridges and also the cutting of the network

communications, both intimate and regular phone lines did its impact on coordination or probably or so according to some of the committee leaders whom we talked to yesterday. that announcement that they would join, the protest in san courtroom was only a tactic to a to confuse the authorities and caused them to attic the maximum state of alert, which is very costly. by the way, it's a kind of a psychological war against your forty's, and they say they will do more of these tactics. they will announce a protest which would not, which they would not to organize it. during the next phase, global food prices are at the highest levels. in a decade. many people are now struggling to make ends meet in serbia, rising fuel and power prices and making matters even worse or burden manly. as this report. this new year, many in belgrade, a choosing carefully, well,

they personnel, food basket. and that because prices have food that was alone or 20 percent on a year ago. and we have to predict prices to get to the end of the month to go through the month without any day. we may have the most of the we don't eat what we want, but what we have here, we always pay on from that. i managed to put it together somehow to pay for utilities to pay for electricity to make ends meet the mini probably fail. awesome morgan, it was payable. you according to the un global food prices rose by 30 percent in the past year, hitting the highest level in almost a decade. that's because harvest had been hit hard in major exporting countries, including russia, the us and canada. and that's due to bad weather disruptions to supplies, to dakota, 19 factors, closures, and high energy costs are also to blame. in serbia. prices rose by

7.5 percent. but food with more than double that oils and fats rose by 22.5 percent vegetables. more than 20 fruits, nearly 17 percent and meets by 14. and they started it seems to me that this wave will continue. it will not stop at the end of this year. on the contrary, i think we will have a new wave of price increases and there are several reasons for that. the 1st is that all excise products will increase in january. there will also be an energy crisis and this madness with the prices of gas electricity. so on, on the in november, the government kept food prices of sugar, oil, flour, pork and luke. but that will expire at the end of january. of you know, objectively this freezing of the prices of these foods didn't have any effect on stabilizing prices. it had a psychological impact on consumers and gave the impression that the government is

protecting the standard of living many years. so price wise as far exceed minimum wage increases and not putting pressure, many people to put food on the table lore, the man, the odyssey rob south christmas tree, says an unidentified person is crossed into north korea. it happened on the eastern side of the highly fortified demilitarize in south korean officials say they message the north to ensure the persons safety, but had a response. north korean troops killed a fisheries official last year saying he illegally crossed the maritime border. at least 6 people have been killed off the heavy rains in amman. strong winds and flooding began on thursday, and the storm is expected to continue until wednesday comes warnings for people to stay away from dangerous weather has more on the storm with just 3 months ago. the tropical cyclone. shaheen made landfall in northern

oman, and it brought about 2 years worth of rain to musket. so here we go. again. we're going to go in for a closer look. we'll see some of these solid bands of rain here in boss. got the drench the area in and around. so this time around we picked up about a quarter of a years worth of rain. but the bottom line with this that is still too much rain too fast. and it's a bit of a one to punch here because this is a mountain it's area. so you've got all that rain falling high above it just rushes right down to the ground and the ground just cannot hang onto it. so that's when we see those scenes of flash flooding. now let's try out where this energy is going on sunday, because i think we could see more images of flooding emerge across the middle east . a potentially que wait, look at this, the darker the yellow, the more intense the rain is also through eastern sea audi as well and southern sections of iran. but that threat for iran not just sunday into monday as well as this energy moves more toward the north and also toward the east. now want to peel

out, give you a wider look, because this is really something that we're going to be dealing with for the next few days, or this it transitions into southern sections of pakistan. the risk of also seeing some flooding here as well. so we look at the next 3 days in karachi and a really rainy forecast here. so about $10.00 to $20.00 millimeters of rain each day. but we need to remember these areas simply cannot deal with this much rain that fast investigators in the us said, colorado is still trying to work out what spot the fire that destroyed more than a 1000 homes. at least 3 people are missing, who fear dead? after 1st place the fall is no longer considered to be an immediate threat because of a dump of snow and freezing temperatures. kentucky governor has declared a state of emergency as powerful storms through the u. s. states. they've caused flooding power. damage across the region, parts of eastern kentucky, as well as tennessee, arkansas, louisiana, mississippi, and alabama also under

a tornado watch tele tornadoes to through the region, 3 weeks go clean more than 100 people. and the severe weather has been playing the cancellation of more than 2700 flights across united states. airports in chicago were particularly hard hit as a snow storm headed to the area and lines globally struggling with shortages because of corona. var mexico has a wealth of ancient cities, tombs and artifacts. and it's long been a treasure trove for oncologists. but many of its historical pieces was scattered around the world. the government is now trying to get them back. john homan is more lost treasures returned home after being recovered from abroad. that being shown off in a new exhibition called the greatness of mexico. some of the pieces are on display for the 1st time. this 1200 euro will really came home from los angeles. these copper hatchets, which we use is money in southwest mits, co, 500 years ago,

also returned from the u. s. over the last decade, the mit can governments mounted a big push to bring home the country's historical objects. more than 10000 to been recovered. christina talks to us from germany after voluntarily returning 20, some figurines, that have been with her for decades now may see anybody there. but again, if i don't feel bad, because if i die tomorrow, my children won't have this problem and they will end up in a rubbish down, which is my biggest fear, the daughter on the quote to feels the same sample has promised comments you. okay . though the laws were convinced that all the artifacts from every country should be given back to them, not just mexico for more than a 100 years they've been stolen. these are the pieces christina, inherited from her husband, who got them as a gift from a mexican student many years ago. many the recovered treasures had a circuitous route abroad, and it's tough to get them back using litigation. instead,

the mits can governments relied on diplomacy good will. we've been very successful in receiving voluntary returns of the spaces because people really want those pieces to go back to their arm. or we just met because long been a paradise for archaeologists. and collectors with temples tombs, jewels and ceremonial objects to be found and sometimes wished to way if the momentum, the ratcliff handle may he cool. mexico was growing and a lot of people were looking at it from the 1940 to the 1970 later. then with the law of 1972, our institute had more tools to fight for pillaging, and it went down. oh, now the river vaught, facts flowing out the country seems to be reversed. what the exhibitions literature says is that when a countries ought to fight for lost, erodes part, the nations memory. and thus, why the big hunt to find that these are like little bits of mexico's memory,

that is scattered around the globe. the return of some of them is celebrated by this display, which marks 200 years since met, co gained independence from spain. john homan, al jazeera mexico city. ah, or let's have a quick recap of the headlines here on al jazeera and fire fight to the still battling to contain a far south africa's palate buildings. in cape town, the national assembly building has suffered significant damage, and part of the roof has collapsed. we need to go a lot deeper and lots of deeper into how this type of event can take place and what measures we will need to take going forward. but for now, i think we should be grateful that the national assembly parliament has not been raised to ashes and to the floor.