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promising a decisive response of moscow invades india. kicks off. it's covered 19 vaccination campaign aimed at teenagers as infection rates rise, sparked by the omicron variant canyon conservationist, richard leaky, who helped to prove that humans evolved in africa as died. ah, saddam is facing more political uncertainty. it's prime minister, a step down abdullah hum docs resignation comes less than 2 months after he was reinstated by a controversial deal with the military. that agreement was signed after a coo and october, but sparked weekly protests on sunday demonstrations turned violent at least 3 people died in the biggest city on, dorman earlier police fire tear gas at crowds marching on the presidential palace in the capital called to in his resignation. speech humbug, said he tried his best to keep the country from sliding into disaster and is warned

that it's reached a dangerous turning point. april morgan reports 2 weeks after the news of his intention to resign a merit and emits a dead log between for dance political parties. prime minister of the lamb duke announced he was stepping down from his position. what amount was it? despite my efforts to achieve the necessary consensus to be able to deliver to our people on the promise of peace, justice and no bloodshed 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 dog emerged as leader in 2019 after the overthrow of to dance authoritarian president amaral bush here. the country's main civil in coalition. the forces of freedom and

change saw him duke as the man to help sudan 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 end the civil conflict in various parts of the country with the uber peace 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 helper hon. these a takeover, placing prime minister ham duke under house arrest and putting members of his cabinet, imprison a month later, hum duck was released and reinstated,

after international condemnation of the coo, he then find a deal to form a government of technocrats sidelining political groups. but many 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 increase is pressure on the military regime with the hope of heating the demands of the city streets 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 and particularly for ham. joke 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, bill morgan,

august era harpoon company hudson is a non resident senior fellow at the atlantic council. it's an american st tank which promotes us global leadership. anything sedans next, prime minister will be under military influence. i 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, and i'll 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 as president, renewed to support the ukrainians. russia masses, tens of fuzz, of troops near its border during a phone call with leader in me of the landscape. joe biden promised to back ukraine . if moscow moves further into its territory, diplomatic talk seem to deescalate, in the conflict, will be held later this month, the bail involved russia and nato biden spoke to russian president vladimir putin on thursday and repeated threats of sanctions. if ukraine is invaded, john 100 has more from washington. 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 effort, and there are a lot of diplomatic efforts going on in europe. this week there was

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 seemed to be what latimer potent wants. he is trying to have a conversation about the fate of ukraine without necessarily involving that countries. it's biden who keeps bringing lensky in specifically. biden 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, and he wants to promise that ukraine will never become part of nato inviting. his told him as a decision between ukraine and nato. mine's been arrested in south africa after a fire of the parliament building in cape town is expected to appear in court on tuesday. the blaze damage the national assembly chamber, where the politicians said gillian wolf reports from cape town, a national monument, an symbol of south african democracy, up in flames. a fire tour through cape towns, buildings of parliament, sunday severely damaging the offices of south africa's ruling party. and later spreading to the national assembly, south african president, cyril ram opposed that calling it a devastating event, but insisting that the work of parliament must go on my chest. it is disappointing, devastating. there is something that we can be grateful for for men and

women in uniform. go into the both dangerous places that you can ever think of risking live lives. the devastation occurred on the heels of the state. funeral of archbishop desmond tutu held a day earlier, just streets away. the presidents 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 he worked so hard. dozens of firefighters spent whole sunday tackling the blades. police and medical units were also on standby, though no casualties were reported. that it's a very said

a democracy. parliament is the home of democracy and bonham and it's also a g, g, a key point. the national assembly is a symbol of south africa. democracy here is where the president deliver to the 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 roma pose is expected to deliver that state of the nation address . many might expect that this will no longer be the scene, the incidence igniting a long time to be to move parliament to the country's capital pretoria. but for a place to serve such a pivotal role during south africa apartheid era that is a move many south africans few which strike a painful chord. chilling wolf, al jazeera cape town. so they had an al jazeera english football gets back on its

feet, funds will now be allowed to stand up some games for the 1st time in almost 30 years . and the colorful and a centuries old south african tradition, once again fallen victim to the pandemic. ah, away we go with your other story for the middle east. hello everyone. thank you for joining in flooding continues to be a big story in this region. are we side in northern oman? deadly flash flooding and i think there is the potential to see it for southern iran as its energy moves to the north end. the east will track it out to as it now makes its way into pakistan on monday, just pulling in to the west. but if we put this for monday into tuesday, we'll see a close in on karachi, so some soaking rains here to be expected. and again, the risk of seen some flash flooding while the rain has made

a clean sweep of turkey, particularly toward that ne black sea region. things have settled down. traps on has a hive. 7 degrees in the sunshine, and it's stumble coming in at 12 on monday, through the tropics of africa, we got our usual storms flaring up, more specifically through central areas of the democratic republic of congo, north of this, the heat, juba, 38 bungie, 34 lagos, 36 degrees has been quite stormy into parts of the eastern side of southern africa . we still get downpours, not too far away from johannesburg and really into durban, but settled conditions in cape town. ah, your temperatures leave a little bit to be desired though with a high of just 21 degrees on monday. that's it. see again soon. ah, he uses performance ought to draw attention to the critical and controversial issues facing chinese guy. one on one east mates. china is active

with me. one out to 0 o l g 0 with oh no oh, you want to go to 0 reminder about top stories this our sedans, prime minister, abdullah hum, dock has resigned. less than 2 long sought to resign to deal with the military following. the qu, conduct failed to form a government. he said more talks are needed if the countries to move towards civilian world. president joe biden's told the leader of ukraine that the u. s.

will respond decisively of russia, moves farther into its territory. diplomatic talks later this month, to deescalate the conflict, will also include russia and nato. a mine's been arrested in south africa after a fire rip through parliament to keep time he's due to appear in court on tuesday. the 5 extensively damaged the national assembly chamber of collapsing pots the roof with india starting his campaign to vaccinate teenagers expanded inoculation. dr. comes is all micron infections are on the rise across the country. several regions of introduced restrictions including a nighttime curfew in the capital, new deli schools and public places there. and in other states are close probably mittens with us now from new delhi. i would imagine that this new vaccination driver, this expanded one, is going to be a relief for a lot of the students who've been studying at home. it probably makes it

a better chance that their schools might eventually reopen. that's a great start to 2022 for many, just an hour ago children about 15 have started getting their vaccines on this age group, which is between 15 to 18 is a population of about at least 70000000. so it's a huge, huge drive. in fact, a vaccinations also going on and schools and education centers. now children have had it very difficult and the pandemic, you know, are they, were that schools were the 1st to shock the last to open. in fact, in delhi schools was shut again because of the alarming rate at which covered 19 cases have been surging. 6 and on to now, archer and below 18 were not eligible for any vaccinations. now this announcement comes a sorry, this is dr. comes a fortnight after prime minister marines removed the announce at india will be expanding its vaccination. dr. given how fast cases have been rising around the

wood and in india, as of now, this bracket, this age bracket is only getting call vaccine, which is it to jab, engine made maxine, but it's not just children. starting next monday, healthcare workers, and many people about 60 who have underlined conditions will also be legible, for booster doses. so a huge boost if i can say to ingest vaccination drive. yeah, but it's going to be a very large scale drive, isn't it? because you said 70 for 70000007 to 18 year olds, but that's on the same day that india's bread producing record numbers of covered cases. yes, you know, cases have been surging. in fact, this morning the government said india clocked about 32000 new calvin 19 cases. not this number is much lower compared to many other parts of the world, but is a huge jump from about the 1012000 cases. india was recording a fortnight ago,

in fact, in some cities, cases have more than doubled overnight just this weekend. the state of bengal imposed new restrictions. there's a night coffee place. and interestingly, the state has also restricted flights coming from new delhi. and more by which are the hardest hit cities. now the financial capital already had some restrictions. now the government has increased the number of hours during which people cannot visit public places, like beaches and parks. in delhi schools, i have been shot cinemas in jim's are also clause, and a restaurant and public transport are under restrictions. the government says that while the 3rd wave is here and it is preparing for a massive surge, the good news is that cases are still mild, and most people it says our asymptomatic state said they will look at hospitalizations and dead. that's a number that has remained flat for the last couple of weeks to decide on where the

new restrictions will be imposed by me. thank you very much. as perimeter and talking to us from new delhi or from monday new covered 19 restrictions will come into effect on the russian city of st. petersburg. restaurants and most shops will only be open to people who are vaccinated to have recovered from the virus or they've tested negative. only half the populations receive the job. it's reporting more than 18000 new cases. a day about 1500 of those are in st. petersburg or meanwhile the u. k. has also imposed new measures to avoid the spread of corona virus. the on the convent, her scene record daily cases over the weekend, and that's putting pressure on sectors like education and health care. let him bubble reports 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 variance. now secondary pupils in england will 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 had been boosted and obviously children have not. and so that's why we brought in some additional measures within schools at were play 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 to 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. and that will be definitely across was probably 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 will light 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 test problems in accessing copied 19 tests are increasing concerns in important sectors such as the health service. the may, doctors union here says it's members are having trouble getting tests, which means they're worried that they're infecting that patient. buquet government insists more restrictions must be a last resort. but with hospitals warning cove, it's placing immense pressure on them. experts say the only alternative is changes in behavior be fully immunized. take your boosters and are where a good quality mask and f f. b to mask and a while. 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 workplace is around the country. what isn't those how well the measures in place will deal with it? the d barbara al jazeera london, the amazon variant and bad weather are causing serious trouble disruption in the u . s. many airline staff are 2nd up to 2 and a half 1000 flights are being canceled every 24 hours. that's roughly half the total number of daily flights in the world. airlines are offering staff up to triple pay, in an effort to boost cover at the end of the busy holiday season. hong kong is newly elected politicians have been sworn in 2 weeks after a controversial general election. the group of 90 politicians swept to victory in an overhauled patriots only election or to turn out for those polls without

a record low. almost all seats were won by pro beijing and pro establishment candidates. dozens of pro democracy candidates were jailed or prosecuted in the lead up to voting. hong kong news outlet, citizen news is shutting down. it comes amid what's being described as a government crackdown on descent. it's a 3rd media organization in the city to close in recent weeks, journalist and citizen news say they don't feel they can work safely after colleagues had a separate pro democracy news outlet. what arrested for sedition authorities have moved to silence opposition after china introduced a sweeping national security law following massive pro democracy protests in 2019 canyon. conservationist and fossil scientist richard leaky, has died at the age of 77. his work helped to prove that humans evolved in africa. barbara and copper reports at the height of an elephant patient crisis. in the 1980s, richard leak, he organized

a spectacular publicity stunt. as director of kenya's wildlife authority, he authorized 12 tons of confiscated elephant tests with millions of dollars to be burnt. although the practice was widely copied, globally, critic said the ivory should have been sold to fund anti pitching efforts. we can burn ivory and do all these things, but unless we can persuade the public why we're doing it will be wasting of her ivory must be seen as only valuable if it's on an animal. it should not be ever seen as a valuable commodity for trade, but his implementation of a sheet to kill policy against aunt patience made him powerful enemies. he lost both legs when the plain he was flying, crashed in the wrecked valley, in what he later said was a failed attempt to kill him. leak his parents were the world's most famous finders of ancient hammond, had fossils. he continued their work and it was in

a dig in kenya's to corner reaching in 1975. that lake his team discovered an almost complete skeleton of an early human known as homer erectus. the find help prove humans evolved in africa. it's paid a lifelong campaign to preserve that corner region. it's a natural heritage site with evidence of pre history. not just of the ancestry of humanity, that the irish history of the african foreigner is better represented there than anywhere in the world. look at him, he was less successful when he tried his hand at politics. in 1998, he resigned after just 2 years from his position as the head of kenya's civil service. he had attempted a cracked and corruption. richard leaky was 77. the to, to draw between liverpool and chelsea on sunday is the 1st top 5 football match in england in 30 years to have sections for fans who want to stand up. stadiums were ordered to make fans sit down from matches and the top 2 tiers of english football

after the hills, but a stadium disaster in 198997 liverpool fans died following a crush because police failed to control the crowns. david kong is investigative football writer at the guardian. he says, sitting only sections are not popular with many fans. partly is the passage of time and partly diaries recognition. standing the kind of stumbling accommodation, but happy now is very, very much safe in the hills. and in fact, the, the football supported association that represents football supports his rights clubs right through our england. they were always against the monday, 3 standing at, sorry, the mandate receipt thing. and they always argue that it wasn't something itself that was unsafe. it was the terrible unsafe stadium, hill's gra cope, of the police that was found by fighting west in 2016 to law,

the killed the people due to gross negligence. and so many pauses prefer something deeply imbedded in the heritage and experience and atmosphere of, of english football, football all over the world and even the and they grow the same day 3 seating. 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 are just not many people just never got used to sitting a south african tradition that goes back more than 2 centuries has been disrupted by the pandemic. for a 2nd year, tens of thousands of people usually take part in the minstrel carnival. but as farmer miller reports from cape town, things are very different again. this year we had an eva

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 or clubs, they ban coma drums creating the unique sound and rhythm, singing songs of hope and good luck often take in pop songs and making it their own sr, mind blowing experience, mind blowing. you cannot imagine. people start to fly, the music drives them, me more, give me more and every one was saying, give me more. melvin has been brought to these parades since he was a child. some of his earliest memories go back to the 19 fifties and sixties of freedom. that's expedient in the parade. but there's much more than, than, than what, what people can imagine the, 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 dancers would pass through, surrounded by tens of thousands of people who come out to watch the spectacle. but for a 2nd journey ro, cova 19 is interrupted. the long standing tradition. despite the event being cancelled, 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 that we have coming for ourselves. we come from the most marginalized parcels of society and in the western cape the

attitude really is 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 utilizes well me 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, the miller al jazeera cave down. ah, this is to say that these are the top stories, saddam's prime minister, the hon dock has resigned less than 2 months after he signed a deal with

a military following. a qu, conduct failed to form a government. he said more talks are needed. if the countries to move towards civilian ruling can with the protesters of clash with security forces binding to continue their fight against military rule, at least 3 people have been killed. hipaa morgan has more on handle.