and discovering unique ways of coping control and being alone together. episode to of all hail the locked down on al jazeera me the. ready don and political turmoil, again, prime minister della hand up resigned less than 2 months after being reinstated. ah, around when you went to college, is there a life my headquarters here and also coming up a fire at the south african parliament called extensive damage please. the rest of the man and joe biden tells us ukrainian counterpart of the us and its allies will respond decisively in russia. the invades ukraine,

us health officials will in the health care system could come under strain because of a surgeon amik from cases. ah hello, welcome to the program. sedans, prime minister, dillingham dock has resigned less than 2 months after he signed to deal with the military following a coo and it's been a political deadlock between all parties during the countries transition from dictatorship to democracy. now this move comes up to violent protests took place across the country on sunday, which left at least 3 people dead in aman. earlier police fire tear gas at crowds marching on the presidential palace and the capital cartoon. hip morgan reports 2 weeks after the news of his intention to resign and married, and amid a dead log between 2 dance political parties, prime minister of the lamb, duke announced he was stepping down from his position. what was that?

despite my efforts to achieve the necessary consensus to be able to deliver to our people on the premise of peace, justice and no bloodshed in law that did not happened during the past few days, i met with all the civilian and military officials of the transitional council to explain and to put the put shortage and historic responsibility in front of them. and following what i stated, i have decided to return to you on what you entrusted me with. sure. and i announced my resignation from the post of prime minister 30 abdullah ham doke emerged as leader in 2019 after the overthrow of sedans. authoritarian president armored hillbash here. the country's main civil in coalition. the forces of freedom and change saw him duke as the man to help sir dan transition from dictatorship to democracy. he had previously worked in the ministry of finance before taking up top jobs in the african development fund and serving as the deputy commissioner of the

you and economic commission for africa. as prime minister ham duck oversaw a severe financial crisis during which inflation stored beyond 400 per cent. but he still managed to and the civil conflict in various parts of the country with the juba piece agreement of october 2020. he also successfully lobbied the u. s. and the world bank to remove saddam from the list of sponsors of terrorism and convinced global financial institutions to provide debt relief and economic aid. but in october this year, the military led by abdel for to help her hon. theda take over placing prime minister. hm. duke, under house arrest, and putting members of his cabinet, imprison a month later, i'm doc was released and reinstated after international condemnation of the qu. he then find a deal to form a government of technocrats sidelining political groups. but many for denise felt he had betrayed the revolution. his removal as far as they're concerned,

the last fig leaf that was covering this regime and what remains is a full fledged military military dictatorship. so i think the international community will now will likely, crease is pressure on the military regime with the hope of heating the demands of the city streets and, and installing a pull civilian rule demonstrations against the military and the deal have signed with them. have led to the killings of dozens of protesters by police insecurity. forces. ham duke has been unable to stop the violence or install a government that would remove military interference. and now it seems he is left with no choice but to concede defeat and resign. he but morgan august era harpoon come on. hudson. as a non resident senior fellow at the atlantic council, he thinks the next prime minister will most likely be under military influence. think what we've seen in the last 2 months since the military coup in sudan is

virtually the re establishment of the bush year regime without omar alba, sheer. we've seen the military undo the vast majority of the reforms. we've seen the economic progress halted and financial assistance from the national community suspended. we've seen the intelligent services re empowered to arrest and detain people. we've seen, you know, nearly 60 people killed and more than that raped and injured and arrested and tortured throughout the course of these protests over the last month. so we have seen really a wholesale re establishment of the previous regime in the military's effort to control the political outcome in the country. i think that what we are likely to see is the military try to appoint a new prime minister whether they call it a caretaker prime minister, or they just go ahead and put somebody in that role who will likely be compliant

with the military and, and, and under the military's influence, i think that will only further inflame the pro democracy st. protesters who are i think, really very tired of the direction of this transition. i don't even think we can call it a, a transition any more. we certainly can't call it a civilian led government any more. so i do think though that the military is on a trend where it is trying to, ah, you know, take more and more power and returned to the previous. um, you know, political ah make up and we're going to see a bigger stand off. i think with protesters, i think the x factor right now is how is the international community going to respond to both the prime ministers move. but also now the military seemingly taking more and more power for themselves in albany is a far the devastated south africa's parliament building. and cape town is finally under control. i break out early in the morning and as extensively damaged the

national assembly chamber, where politicians sent a man has been arrested and is due to appear in court. on tuesday, julie wolf has both and kept him a national monument and symbol of south african democracy. up in flames. a fire tour through cape town, buildings of parliament sunday severely damaging the offices of south africa, the ruling party. and later spreading to the national assembly south african president sara ram opposed that calling it a devastating event. but insisting that the work of parliament must go on much as it is disappointing, devastating. there is something that can be grateful for. for these men and women in uniform. go into the most dangerous places that you can ever think of. him and i live the devastation occurred on the heels of the

state. the funeral of archbishop desmond tutu held a day earlier, just streets away. the president and many of south africa, high ranking politicians already in the city to honor the anti apartheid heroes arch. would have been devastated as well. because this is the place that he not only supported paid for and wanted to see the repository of the democracy that worked so hard. dozens of firefighters spent whole sunday tackling the blaze. police and medical units were also on standby, though no casualties were reported. this is a very said a democracy, parliament is the home of democracy and bonham and is also assist d g, a key point. the national assembly is a symbol of south africa. democracy here is where the president deliver to state of the nation address. and it's also where nelson mandela was elected as the 1st black

president of south africa. of course, it's a place that attract tourists from all around the world. next month, president sterile rum, oppose is expected to deliver that state of the nation address. many might expect that this will no longer be the seen, the incidence igniting a long time to be to move parliament to the country's capital pretoria. but for a place that serve such a pivotal role during south africa, part hide era, that is a move many south africans few which strike a painful chord. chilling wolf, al jazeera cape town, the u. s. president has told his ukrainian count plot, welder moves lensky, that the united states will respond decisively if russia further encroaches on ukraine's territory. liter spoke earlier about russia's build up of tens of thousands of troops. this printing border and they perpetual diplomatic talks. also, later this month, that will involve russia, anita aiming to deescalate the conflict. this comes after vice and spoke on

thursday to plot map huge and threatening him with most on sanctions. if moscow invades ukraine, john henry has more from washington, d. c. gen saki, the press secretary issued this statement, and she said, president biden made clear that the united states and its allies will respond decisively if russia further invades ukraine, it goes on to say the leaders express support for diplomatic efforts. and there are a lot of diplomatic efforts going on in europe this week. there is a meeting between the 10th and the 13th rush will meet with the us. it will meet with representatives of nato and it will meet with representatives of european countries. all of that churning the diplomacy, trying to stop what seems like a pending invasion with a 100000 russian troops lining the border of ukraine, seemingly poise to invade. that statement goes on to say that indeed the president promised he would do nothing about you without you. meaning he's not going to have

a bilateral conversation, which seems to be what the latter mere putin wants. he is trying to have a conversation about the fate of ukraine without necessarily involving that countries always biden, who keeps bringing lensky in specifically vital has threatened economic sanctions. he's threatened to bring more military might in the eastern part of europe under the auspices of nato. and more military equipment in ukraine itself. all of those are things that russia doesn't want. putin seems to want a buffer there any want to promise that ukraine will never become part of nato and biting his told him as a decision between ukraine and nato. of stella had hit on al jazeera, much in iraq to raise the cost in the money. the powerful iranian general killed in the us drone strike 2 years ago and the colorful in centuries old south african tradition that once again fallen victim to the pendant.

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we will pay poor countries to keep their upfront with me, mark my hill on algebra. ah, ah, the charges there with me to run the reminder, all top stories it owns, prime minister de la handed has resigned less than 2 little countries signed to deal with the military following a qu, during his speech. dot says more tools needed in order for all parties to come to an agreement, and it comes as protest as classroom security. goals is once again trying to continue the fight against military rule. at least 3 people were killed. joe biden has told his ukrainian counterpart, the u. s. will respond decisively if russia further encroaches on new friends

territory. bills are prepared for diplomatic talks later this month. that will also involve russia native. i mean to de escalate the conflict my rockies of mark the, to you and of history of the assassination of senior iranian general garcia. cilla money for the money was killed in a us train strike in baghdad along with rocky command boom. had the hon. this and several others. the head was ordered by former president, donald trump, who said the money was turning an attack on us interests. mahmud ability had been baghdad. he says, the demonstrators have vowed to continue pushing for an investigation into the attack. this is the wreckage of the vehicles that were carrying the 2 commanders, the iranian commander, slay many of them. i didn't want this commander of iraq popular mobilization forces when they were targeted by u. s. a. to strike 1000. have been coming here in the famous spot near the airport

to commemorate the assassination of the 2 commanders. people have been lighting candid here and putting flowers. they have been chanting against the u. s. and against foreign troops demanding the expulsion of all foreign troops from iraq. henry rating did the resolution passed by the iraqi parliament and january 2020, following the attack stipulating that all foreign troops should leave a rock. these protests are to say that they will continue protesting across iraq, in many other provinces. to commemorate the death of the 2 commanders, they say that the demanding action, they say that there must be conclusion to the investigation that is started. 2 years ago. they say the key issue in this occasion today as the sovereignty

of iraq. the attack happened on iraqi soil and iraq should take an action against the perpetrators, the transitional government. and molly is calling for the election scheduled for next month to be delayed by anything of up to 5 years. west africa regional alliance echo us has already promised more sanctions on molly's officials. if there are no more, if there are more delays to the democratic transition, actually, kate and be as well. ah, in downtown damica, marines are absorbing the news. the elections, they were promised next month aunt going to happen and may not for up to 5 years. opposition leaders say the decision by the transitional government is unacceptable for bizarre, sees it will to do to go holding meetings to say they want to be in power for 5 years. i think this is anti constitutional anti democratic and it hasn't got any legitimacy m and gingerly to kindly,

semi boy to his swooning last july, following 2 military coups in less than a year. he sought to unite volumes and said presidential elections would be held. but on thursday, a conference charged with recommending an election time table said the pole should be delayed by between 6 months and 5 years. go to supporters. agree now is not the time for elections? osgood was heavy. liquor is proposed in the garage doers post electoral crises are more dangerous than a situation where in today. because we've seen genocide, we've seen blood baths across the world. today. i think we need carno to reassure the population here and elsewhere like the international community must understand that the lesser evil today is addressing the concerns of molly im samarra. shooting, despite criticism of the interim government analysts say it has managed to bring some stability to molly. got let in by marco is, is, to

a large extent is to buy it up every, every one. you just have to look at how they've able to change you out on the, on the ground in a very increment, double based steady. it baez's the west african regional block equis is expected to discuss the situation next week. it's already imposed sanctions on officials and has promised more. molly's leaders don't produce a plan for a democratic transition, victoria gate, and be al jazeera now the article invariant and bad weather, causing major travel disruption in the u. s. with many airlines that staff sick, the country is seeing up to 2 and a half 1000 flight cancellations a day. that's half the worldwide total airlines offering up to triple pay in an effort to boost stuffing during the busy close to the holiday season. well, on the con, cases continue to search across the us, but white house chief medical adviser dot antony found, she says, the number of vaccinated people in the hospital remains low. my county has moved

washington dc, or down to 40 making very clear that the rate of infection is rising at unprecedented levels. however, he adds that given the case studies in other parts of the world in particular south africa. and they could be a drop in the rate in coming weeks. this is the, at the right way that the virus, the army kron variant has been going up. a doctor found, she says, as well, that hospitalizations remain high. but it's significant that the number of those being vaccinated do not necessarily respond to the amount of testing that has been done. in other words, the number of cases being entered into hospital is very low among those who are vaccinated, which dr. 40 says is exceedingly significant. and because of that, he adds, may be one should start looking at the hospitalization rates rather than the testing figures. this is what he had to say. this is particularly relevant if

you're having an infection that is much, much more asymptomatic and minimally symptomatic, particularly, and people who are vaccinated and boosted the real bottom line that you want to be concerned about is, are we getting protected by the vaccines from severe disease leading to hospitalization, i'm still very concerned about the 10s of millions of people who are not vaccinated at all. because even though many of them are going to get asymptomatic and mildly symptomatic, a fair number of them are gonna get severe disease. but to far she also said that the cdc is reviewing its recommendation that the quarantine rate among those testing positive who are asymptomatic, be reduced to 5 days. they announced that last week, but within that protocol, there was not a testing recommended after that 5 day period. dr. foxy saying that in coming days,

the cdc, a change this a schools get ready to reopen in the u. k. new measures have been announced to try to limit the spread of cove at 19. the other con variant has seen record daily cases over the weekend, putting pressure on sectors like education and health care. that in bava reports are from london. with the return to school just days away, many a wondering how they'll be able to stay open in the week to the 27th of december, an estimated one in 22nd re pupils in england that those aged over 11 had corona virus. the rise in cases is driven by the more transmissible ami con variant. now, secondary pupils in england, we'll have to wear a face covering, at least for the next 3 weeks. and the education watched or offset says go be no inspections in the 1st week of term was 2 thirds of adults have been boosted. obviously children have not. and so that's why we brought in some additional measures within schools at well play and making available things like ventilators

and extra, some 1000 ventilation units for those classrooms where it's difficult and to ventilate, that's largely backed by school leaders. biggest threats education at st states is not having those members of start teach young. and if the way we try and keep our schools more reassuringly safe, history place to bring this route changes to austin is to improve ventilation. then that will be definitely a process. i honestly think the government's clearly worried about staff absences due to covet 19 it's our boss's in the public sector to plan for up to a quarter of the workforce being off. it's relied heavily on an extensive program of boosters or 3rd vaccination doses to drive down corona virus rates, but that's being outpaced by omicron i. one of the key tools for keeping the economy going. regular testing isn't working properly. there have been severe shortages of all types of tests, including the rapid lateral flow tests, problems in acts i think of it 19 tests are increasing concerns in important such

as the health service. the main doctors union here says its members are having trouble getting tests, which means they're worried that they're infecting, that patient. government insists more restrictions must be a last resort, but with hospitals warning coverage, placing him, it's precious on them expert say the only alternative is changes in behavior be fully immunized. thank your boosters. i and i were a good quality mask and f, f. b to mosque and a why those in door closed, only ventilated places. if we were to excise, all of those measures ourselves, we by our on ethics, would bring down the case numbers. for now, the only certainty is that or microns having an impact on work, places around the country. what isn't known as how well the measures in place will deal with it. the d baba al jazeera london,

a south african tradition that goes back more than 2 centuries, has been disrupted by the pandemic for a 2nd year. for me to mill reports on from cape town on the minstrel carnival, which tends to south people to cough didn't leave a yard or the 2nd of january is when communities in cape town take to the streets, ushering in the new year. the musicians and dances are part of club, so clubs, they ban coma drums creating the unique sound and rhythm, singing songs of hope and good luck, often taking pop songs and making it their own. as a mind blowing experience, mind blowing, you cannot imagine. people start to fly, the music drives them, the more killing mall and every one was saying, give me more melvin has been brought to these parade since he was a child. some of his earliest memories go back to the 19 fifties and sixties freedom that expedient. in the parade, but there's much more than,

than than what, what people can imagine. the carnival goes back more than 200 years. when the dutch colonized the cape in what is today south africa. slaves would come out on the 2nd day of the new year to celebrate the day off. it's evolved since then, while the 1st formal carnival was held in $19.00 oh $7.00. this is book off in cape town, where the parade of musicians and dances would pass through, surrounded by tens of thousands of people who have come out to watch the spectacle . but for if they conger and ro, cova 19 is interrupted. the long standing tradition. despite the event being canceled, some troops continued to practice whenever covert 19 restrictions i eased. this is just one of the dozens of clubs that participate with more than 20000 other musicians. dances and singers. people are devastated. very, very,

very little let that we have going for ourselves. we come from the most marginalized parcels of society and in the western cape the attitude to the earlier that we need to get the carnival going as quickly as possible. while the carnival's origins go back to the days of slavery, people in this community say it's now symbolizes far more utilized as well to that i left forward into the new year and, and we use it as an expiration or factor as we become positive. again, positively, after the jo strife. for now, the usual celebrations have been put on hold. but still, with the hope that the global pandemic will not rail the passing on of a centuries old custom. for me to mila al jazeera cave down, break fluid. israel has killed another 1000 my great re cranes,

the hula valley. it adds to the $5000.00 cars because it's found in the reserve in the countries north. last week. the environment minister has called it was blowed, one like that. israel's history, though alone canyon conservation, is richard leaky, has died at the age of 77, leaky study of human fossils help prove humanity evolved in africa. it was central, say the fight against the ivy ivory trade and protection of africa. the elephants in the 1990 s, leaky took on several various government roles including head of kenya's, civil service. liverpool and chelsea's to to draw on sunday is the 1st top flight match in england to have standing sections of fans and any 30 years legislation enforcing sitting on the venue. the top 2 tiers of english football was introduced. the wake of the hills for stadium, disaster of 198997 liverpool fans lost their lives following a crush due to the police, a failure to control the crowds. david com is investigative football ranch with the

guardian. he says, sitting early sections, whenever popular with many fans, partly is the passage of time and partly diaries recognition and standing. the kind of stunning accommodation that happy now is very, very much safe for them to have a hills. in fact, the, the football supposed to association that represents football supports his rights clubs right through our england. they were always against the mandate, 3 standing at, sorry, the mandate receipt thing. and they always argue that it wasn't itself that was unsafe. it was the terrible unsafe stadium at hillsboro cooper. the police there was found by fighting west in 2016 to unload the killed, the people juicy, gross negligence. and so many ports as prefer something deeply

imbedded in the heritage and experience, an atmosphere of english football, football all over the world. and even though they grow sane day 3 see thing, but i low in english football, numerous food 2 years ago. very, very great number. the people are all the grounds continued to stand, right. 3 matches in the seat in areas. people have just not many people just never got used to sitting ah, watching out there. lisa hill, roman reminder of our top story. sedans. prime minister de la hum dog, because resigned less than 2 minutes after he signed to deal with the military following a coo during his speech. and he said more talks are needed in order for all parties to come to an agreement. it comes with protested slash with security falls is once again long to continue the fighting military rule.