here at the amazon national park, and i knew all ceremony has been launched the corporation than individuals pay 5000 yes. dollars to name elephant. the aim this year is to raise $1000000.00. much of it for conservation initiatives. ah, this is al jazeera ah hello, and welcome on pete adobe. you're watching the news ally from our headquarters here in doha, coming up in the next 60 minutes. a 1000000 us cobit 19 infections are counted in one day the most by far for any country. since the pandemic began, deli imposes a weekend curfew as india's infections. multiply. a political leader is among those testing, positive sudanese protest is back on the street self to do turmoil triggered by the

prime minister's resignation and the disgrace. silicon valley star elizabeth home spaces, years in prison for invest a fraud. and conspiracy. i'm in support now about jock of edge is heading down under to defend his australian open title. well, number one says he's been given an exemption permission to play at the 1st grand slam of the year without a coven 19 vaccination. with will begin with the pandemic and what is being described as a su nami of army cron variance infections that swamping governments around the world. the united states to set a new global record more than 1000000 cubic 19 cases in one day. as elsewhere, it hasn't translated however into a large death rate, but testing and other services are getting overwhelmed to india, which is imposed

a weekend curfew in delhi. after seeing the highest infection numbers there in months and children in the u. k. have returned to school after the holidays, despite exponential infection rises in the past week. more than 1000000 people, there are now in self isolation, moral not shortly with rory challenge in london. we'll also be talking to poverty, natal correspondent, who will join us from new delhi 1st though, let's go to washington dc life and our correspondent there, john hender. and so john, the us president joe biden meeting with his senior cobit advisors later. what do we think will come out to that discussion? well, he's going to be told about the latest about the resources that are going to the states from the federal government in order to deal with this. wildly spreading on the kron variant 18 percent of those people tested here in the united states. right now we're coming up positive. that is an enormous number in new york city is 33

percent. whereas just a number of weeks ago, it was about 3 percent. so this virus might not be is lethal as the other variance that we have seen the on the kron variant. but it is certainly more contagious. and so which spreading across the us, the president trying to reassure the public just as schools are getting back into the session after the christmas holidays. so he is expected to 1st of all receive information from his cove at 19 team and then to talk to the nation about what the u. s. responses the u. s. have a testing problem. recently, the centers for disease control has reduced the amount of time that people are required to quarantine from 10 days to 5. but it hasn't required that they have negative tests before going back to work and going back to school. and the reason for that is simply there aren't enough tests available. president biting has made 500000001 for every one and a half 1000000 americans. i'm sorry,

one for every 1.5 americans. in other words, everyone could have 1.5 tests. he's, he's made 500000000 tests available. you can look them up online, get them sent to your home, but that simply not enough. because for many people, if you're going back to work in a week or so, when you've had cobra, you take the test 2 or 3 times. so they're just simply aren't enough tests available. whereas a few months ago, anybody could just walk around the corner and get one. so we have a crisis of this new variance spreading. we have a testing problem, but there is good news. columbia university has done a study that suggests that this very end of the virus will peak on the week of january night. but the news is it will peak at a very high level with 2.5 to 5000000 people contracting that virus within that 7 day period. so this is gonna get a whole lot worse before it gets better. so 11 in 3. 0 one and 5, roughly, depending upon where you are in the states, john, i mean,

that's one in 30 one and 5 out of the number of people who are getting tested. so that's the number of people that we know about. some of those people are the school children you're talking about as well. american schools going back in now after christmas, after new year. how's that unfolding? it's mess peter. the school all have different policies even within the same school district. i've got 2 children in university. both of them are going back to school virtually. here in washington, d. c. schools, the individual schools are having different policies with a lot of them are going back online in new york. however, the decision has been made to send those kids back to school. the school official says that is the safest place for them. we'll see how that works out. but for those schools that are closing, often what they're doing is going online for a couple of weeks. and the rationale behind that is that a lot of these kids have been home with families in large groups of people. and

they want to give it a couple of weeks for them. those who have contract the virus to just write it out until they come back and go to school with their fellow students. but there is no uniform policy. not only do we have this policy where we've got 50 states and all the different territories, all making their own rules, it seemed even within the school system, school by school, they're making different decisions. so it's a bit of a mass peter, john, thank you very much. john 100 joining us live here on the news out of washington live now to new delhi and my colleagues that pop any metal. so pop me is the sense that you are, that the city authorities did not really have a choice. they had to bring in this curve. you again, i think we've got problems with that skype line to new delhi. we will try and go back to pop natal if we can before the end of the news live now, to rory challenge correspondence standing by for us at london bridge. the railway

station there also ship station as well. rory 8, supposed to be super busy supposed to be getting back to normal after christmas. new year. doesn't look like it. know if this is the big factor work event, rush hour in london's main train stations again, then, well, i must have missed it. and i've been standing it since about 730 this morning. well, in time for russia, there are many reasons why people haven't come rushing back to the office pace again. one is it that i've been told not too far as johnson has, the prime minister said that anyone who can work at home should work a pat. so that over the last 7 days, more than a 1000000 bricks tested negative. so he says positive because you made 19 a huge, huge number. and the government has asked ministers to put implants. a worst case scenario of one in 4 brits being off work. sometime soon, now,

if that actually happens, then the prospect of keeping vital services like the transport network and health service running properly is going to be a real pop hill struggles. and that leads on to the last reason why people might not come back to work, is that they couldn't actually get that many, many trains being canceled, their severe disruption because of staff shortages across the transport network, particularly on lines into london. so yes, it was very quiet this morning for this back to work day and in the context of the schools going back in, in the u. k as well once the christmas new year, holidays of now the thing of the past, of course, how are they going to contain the spread of one forgets which wave we're talking about now, but this current wave well, yeah, the caraway. say, well, they both johnson's maids, perhaps the,

the only tweak that he's made to plan b, which is the light touch approach to crohn containment. he's to say that so school kids in high schools have to and masks in the classroom. now that announcements came out via the newspapers on sunday, which really enjoyed many teachers and sat teaching unions. he said, hold on a 2nd. why are we reading about this in the paper? 2 days before schools go back? shouldn't you, as the government perhaps of talked to was about this? at 1st they also complains about, but what they say is the lack of funds being made available to deal with. all these are self isolation and coven 19 star shortages. and they've complains further the stay been asking for better ventilation in schools for months now. and they are still waiting for that to come from the government. it's not just schools that are under the course as well. you've got the n 8 chairs, the national health service, with several n h s trusts,

which the kind of reads regional administrative units. the look after particular areas of health services. declaring critical incidence is race. it means they don't have enough staff in those areas to be able to offer a kind of adequate level of care. as i said, as i put it. so yes, there are burdens on all services, many services in the u. k. the moment because so many people are off with covered 90. right. thank you very much for a challenge. they're talking to us live from london back to poverty metal. she still in new delhi poverty. we'll have our conversation hoping the skype line doesn't disintegrate. mid chat. so this weekend curfew, how will it work this lisa coffee, by the way, is an extension of already existing restrictions in new jersey, the national south for the sarge info and virus cases. a week ago there's been a nice coffee that was in both schools was shot, so a jims and cinema halls and there will also restrictions on restaurants. now the

government says that it will also chop or non essential activities and or non essential movement over saturday. and sunday, so unless you're health skywalk or john list or delivering food, you will have to see a tool in addition to this or the government employees will be working from all the employees who work in private companies are also encouraged to work from home. the government has been more people to stay at home whenever you can also control to call the 1900 protocols because there have been photos and people crowding markets . at the same time. it's worth mentioning that one of the thousands of people who tested positive for gilbert 19 in new delhi over the last 24 hours is the city chief minister. now he's getting absolutely no sympathy for contracting the virus because he's been hosting, like many of the political leaders in action rallies in boy bound states in

northern india. in fact, the prime minister himself has been hosting values. this is a reminder of what happened this past summer when the dash is bad into work through the country. infected millions of people as an election on election rallies, continue. okay, happening. thank you very much. company. michelle, they're talking to us live out of new delhi. yes. more than 100 passengers on board, a cruise ship in the mediterranean have tested positive for curve 19 the ships called the m. s. c. grandeur sir. it arrived at the north west, an italian port of genoa. on monday, it is now docked near rome. most of the passengers are from italy. those who live in the area have been allowed to disembark. the rest are being accommodated in local medical facilities where they'll have to stay until they test negative. in other news, the authorities in sudan have closed bridges leading into the capital in the hope of preventing more protest. however, crowds have already started to gather in various districts of the capital cartoon

to demonstrate against the military sedans. army chief is calling for an urgent care. take a government after the prime minister resigned. abdullah hm. dog step down on sunday saying the political deadlock is threatening sedans. survival live now to mohammed val, who's in on dorman outside cartoon mohammed, just take us through and explain to us what's been going on there with those protests. hello, yes sir, i'm in on demand and this is the albany street, which is one of the biggest the streets and on demand. and this is where a huge crowd of a protest, esa, marched a few minutes ago they passed here. but we have that we have the remnants of them behind me. and until now it's calm. they are marching calmly and chatting against that military rule or of sudan. we also understand that in other parts of cartoon, in southern cartoon, and also in body of crowds of protest as garter than they tied to march towards the

presidential pollies. they were met with t a got a little bit of t, a gas has been used also here in the state. well, was tad, but not like anything we saw during the last few occasions or a few days when at protest as were killed, where i stand here. so we have also seen a 2 or 3 signs of ease used by the government. the bridges are not all close or not all the bridges are closed today and internet was not to cut off. and people are speculating about the reasons for this. some saying that it is because the cutting off of the internet and the phone lines and also the closure of the bridges has served the interest of the protest us because it's acted like a civil disobedience studies decided by the government or not by the protest as and that's what they will protest as want they want to cripple public life by way of protest against the government. now we have seen that today,

it did not happen or to the degree that we saw during the last couple of weeks. this is just the middle in terms of time. this is just go out in the middle of this process procession today. and we don't know what's gonna happen because the pattern is not doing the last hours of the afternoon. that's when they fired bullets. that's when they killed people, that's when the crowds get bigger, bigger and more. ah, more excited. so it's, it's another day it was not shuttled by the way, but the air at assistance cavities, as they call themselves, they have decided to increase the number of days when they say div protests are they, they want to use it as a kind of war of war of attrition against the government at trying to den, citizen of the military and force them to respond to the demands of the street as they say, which is the complete withdrawal of the military from rural and sidney to the civilians. so mister ham dog has apparently decided to go that must please some of

the protesters, but there are discussions of foot. oh, they're all ready starting off to day to replace him. who with the protest is like to see in that job. i want the protests to say they are not interested in any replacement off of prime minister bella handbook if dr. placement is chosen by the military. they say at long as a prime minister or a government is appointed by the military. as long as the military are still in power. whether in a, in a, in a, in a, in a sharing agreement or a loan. that not, not what that, what that evolutionary is. what's that a distance committees once they want a complete, disappeared off of the military from power. they want a civilian government, a transitional government, or they want to democracy. they want elections. and they want the, the preparation for that, the transitional period to be ruled by a civilian government and made up of the a capital. i've taken a cost,

they don't want any at any military ministers or any military rulers in the sovereign counsel. so they're not into, this is not interested by what's going on at the top level, these discussions, these attempts to find the middle ground that they're not interested in that. but we don't know because it did in the last couple of weeks. some of them were saying, let's give a chance to mr. abdullah handbook they would not dot that much against there. the political agreement between him and, and the, and the military. but when he reside, they said we look those what, where are the hardliners among them said look, we're, i've indicated in what we have said, this is not it that i think whatever they do, whatever arrangements are the top level between the parties between the big players in politics, this has nothing to do with the aspirations and the demands of the threats. okay, we must leave them a thanks very much, ma'am. a girl talking to was life from on, on, dorman, just outside cartoon. 1317 g m t last more still to come for you here on the news

are including they are fearful offer are not being able to comply with the north, and they have to make up their mind. a warning for the media from the leader of hong kong. as another news outlet shuts down, flooding in more than half of the laziest states after weeks of heavy rain and in the premier league. manchester united lose for the 1st time. under the interim manager, more on that with far in about that ah, to hong kong caught her sentence, the lawyer, child hon tongue to 15 months in prison. she was convicted of inciting and unauthorized gathering to commemorate the channel man square massacre. char was arrested last year a day before the june, the 4th anniversary of the 1989 crack down in bay jing she was convicted on similar charges in december. the sentencing on tuesday im in she'll spend 22 months in jail,

the police about the annual shannon and vigil for the past 2 years. citing corona virus restrictions, hong kong cedar carry lamb has rejected claims the territories press freedom, faces extinction, quotes it follows the closure of a 3rd independent news outlet on monday. editorial leaders with citizen news say they're worried about the safety of their journalists. in october, the outlet was accused of misleading people about the national security law imposed by b. jing i read news about because of the closure off an online medium. press read, i'm in hong kong faces extinction or hong kong freep free press faces collapse. i just cannot accept that sort of allegations. i but nothing is more important than the rule of law in hong kong. and journalists and media organizations like or of us, half so respect and comply with the law if they are fearful off for not being able

to comply with a lot. and they have to make up their mind and take the necessary positions. but planets has more from hong kong. citizen uses, winding up its operations in the building behind me, and will now stop updating its web site after it said it could no longer continue sizing the safety of that stuff. it's the 3rd media outlet a to close off to a stand news last week. the arrests and raid of its new for and the 4th closure of apple daily and june. last year, citizen news described itself as a small boat and tremendously rough seas. it's found a chris young said that he hoped it would not deterred young journalists from taking part in the industry and that there's still a role for media here in hong kong. however, it's still unclear whether the remaining outlets, like hong kong free press can survive in this environment. chief executive carry lamb said that it's not about press freedom that it's about upholding the national security law. while hong kong authorities deny there's

a crack down here and say they are not targeting the media. the hong kong journalist association says that attacks on the press threatened the status of hong kong as ages world city. hong kong was once known as the thriving hub for media outlets. but since the national security law was introduced in 2020, that changed. and now there are big fears over where the independent journalism here is being crushed. tens of thousands of people have fled, their homes is heavy, rain causes flooding across my lazy emp. the rain started on sunday, causing rivers in several states to rise to dangerously high levels. at least 50 people died in flooding since the middle of december. more than 125000 people have been displaced. florence louis has more on the flooding from the lazy capital polynomial. 7 out of 13 states have been affected by floods, according to the national disaster management agency, more than 17000 people are flood relief centers as of tuesday afternoon. but the total number of people affected by floods is much higher. at its peak,

a 125000 people were displaced. now in some states, this is the 2nd even 3rd wave of floods. this monsoon season, which typically runs between the months of october and march malaysia, saw unusually heavy rain mid december. and again, in early january, the government was caught unprepared. it didn't respond fast enough to floods. in some places it was volunteers who actually reach those areas and who helped move people to safety, who are bringing food and water to people. and the has been a lot of anger directed at the government. now the damage to property has been huge . you've seen pictures of homes that vehicles that have been submerged plantation, land roads. i've also remains that much for days that have been land slides. and this coming on the back of 2 years, nearly 2 years of pandemic, of prolonged periods of lockdown. this is putting

a severe financial strain on many families. and it isn't even over yet. the department of irrigation has forecast, have high tides in some parts of malaysia. and particularly in places where the water levels at rivers are still dangerously high. this get potentially worse and flooding. and torrential rain has forced more than 20000 people to leave their homes in indonesia. several districts in north ha province have been inundated by the waters. the authorities say one child has died. jessica washington reports people in indonesia at a province days of unrelenting rain, has forced thousands of people from their homes. at least 15 sub districts are affected. many parts of indonesia experience flooding during the monsoon season from november to march. but some people here told al jazeera they have never seen floods like this,

about our land. this time it's really bad. they're taking refuge. some of us are going to our relatives houses because the war is up to 2 meters high in our homes. local authorities are providing food and other essentials, only is legal fees. i believe we have resources in our warehouses and so far it's still enough. we distributing it to the people today and tomorrow. he says it is difficult to know how many people are impacted by the floods due to communications being affected, logan will hear the number of people taking refuge is in the thousands. we do have some issues because many areas are currently experiencing blackouts. thousands of homes have been damaged in north r j, as well as a school. many have been evacuated to a nearby prayer space, anxiously waiting for waters to receive the head of north arches. disaster

mitigation agency told al jazeera the region has flooded several times in recent months, and that deforestation has made the area more vulnerable to severe flooding. as people struggle to cope more rain is being forecast for later this week. jessica washington al jazeera jakarta clamp. he will weather his rob. the rain recently around middle east picked around the gulf has been pretty nasty. it's on its way out, but it's a slow moving process. and it's just this. the 1st stage of the 2nd stage is still to come dance around. just the side of the of iran across the states or moves in this governance in northern and that there was rain the proved to be pretty. rather, the thing when it should do sitting in raw dotson and shallow valley's, however, that rate is still to be followed because it may, will produce bit more. i think, to date in mind that it will cross and will focus on pakistan the following. whether is a fairly strong wind that shamal normally when that comes out of iraq,

because the ground is fairly dam, would be no sand in this, but it is certain going to be felt is already being felt as it's chilly. 17 or 18 degrees. as maxima, susan middle, the de maxima and his when keith blank day and night dancer, the emirates as well, where the temperatures will equally drop. so as far the rain them, well, the satellite pictures already into pakistan, but it's also not quite left the southeast of iran during when to the focus will certainly be pakistan. the potential, of course, is still less flooding in place like karachi. and if you follow it northwards, northern edge, up into the hills, turns into snow. is that on wednesday in thursday? and then a ron gets more on 1st day once a young rising star in silicon valley, elizabeth holmes is now a convicted criminal. the 37 year old with some guilty fraud and conspiracy. she falsely claimed her now defunct tech company could test for diseases using one single drop of blood rub. reynolds has the story from los angeles.

the story of elizabeth holmes became a cautionary tale about the limits of technology and the boundless nurse of greed and gullibility homes is start up thera, nos promised devices that would revolutionize medicine by screening patients for a vast variety of illnesses with only a drop of blood she adopted the attire and manner of silicon valley disruptors like apple founder, steve jobs are actions that will determine this new stereotype around women being the best in science and technology and engineering. and it's that that are little girls will see when they start to think about who do they want to be when they grow up. accepting the hype, homes was lauded in the media investments poured in from the likes of news. corporations, rupert murdoch, and oracles, larry ellison, former trump education secretary, betsy divorces,

family sunk $100000000.00 into the venture to elderly secretaries of state. henry kissinger and george sholtes were sufficiently beguiled by homes as blandishments to join the company's board of directors. but it was all a fake. the blood testing machines, homes promise never worked. investigative journalists and prosecutors began poking holes in her claims. eventually the whole enterprise toppled like a house of cards. there are nos closed down in 2018. prosecutors, argued holmes performed sake demonstrations falsified reports and made misleading claims. the 37 year old holmes testified in her own defense, blaming everything on her exboyfriend co defendant and former thoroughness executive, ramesh bonnie. but in the end, unlike so many before the jury wasn't buying it, homes faces a maximum of 20 years in prison for each count. she is expected to appeal rob

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exactly how fast the are, these are your top story so far here on the news of the u. s. has set a new global record will in 1000000 curve at 19 cases in one day. that huge number has not translated into a big death rate, but testing and other services are getting overwhelmed. india's, impose to we can curfew in delhi, after seeing the highest could with 19 infection numbers. in months. experts suspect the more transmittal army kron variance has now begun to overtake the delta various in the new security forces in sudan. if i tear gas at crowds demonstrating against the military in khartoum, sedans, army chief is calling for an urgent care taken government days after adela hum doc resigned as prime minister. ok, let's return to cove it. and just as vaccines were a game changer last year, now, many countries are rushing to purchase cobit 19 antiviral pills. that design to further reduce the chances of hospitalization and death phases. packs loaded pill

was 89 percent effective in clinical trials, and other developed by merc called mol. no. piro via has faced setbacks and it was 30 percent effective britain approved phases pill for adults, with mild to moderate infections on december. the 31st south korea. as authorized it for emergency use and israel approved marks pill on sunday following japan and several other countries. france cancelled its order with merc last month. disappointed by the trial data, joins now from the u. k. a simon clark. simon is the head of division of biomedical sciences and biochemical engineering at the university of reading. simon clark. welcome back to the news or the pills. how do they work? well, the mon, the prevail works by inducing mutations in the genetic code of the virus, not mutations like we see which give rise to new variance. but mutations that stop

it from replicating for the virus is unable to produce more copies of its genetic code. and that whole new virus packs of it that works by inhibiting something an enzyme called protease, which is made by the virus made by the cell on the palm, the direction of the virus to process bits of proteins in order to package up new virus and, and make new virus so basically they both stop the production and you virus particles. but they do that by quite different means. can the pills be administered to a potential patient at any point between somebody being fit and well somebody being a little bit sick. somebody being big sick and somebody being an intensive care pack salivate has to be given within the 1st 5 days of i think being symptomatic. if i remember rightly, i think i'm ready say mostly prevents needs to be given within

a certain timeframe posted infection. so there is a relatively short but not tiny window of what these drugs can be effectively administer. it sounds as if there might be a riskier though, because it's in pill form. is there a chance that governments and individuals for understandable reasons, one should say, might want to hold this? so if you get given by your g p, your doctor, your local hospital, whatever, say 50 pills in a bottle and you start to get better. and then you test negative, you've maybe got 25 or 30 pills left over. and you might think yourself, oh actually, i'll just put those in the bathroom cupboard until next time. that's always a risk with any anti microbial people do that the politics, but it's really on wise thing to do because when you start to do things like that, use you increase the chance of getting anti microbial resistance while people i know some people don't think that challenge,

particularly with packs of it is very high, it's not 0, and we need to get one person infected with a drug resistant very. and that can then spread on and we've got ourselves a problem. remember, all the variance, most of them start off in one class, just reading machine, the lines from what you're saying that simon, it doesn't sound as if you're convinced that this is a game changer in the way that vaccines were a game changer. i think vaccines are a big game changer. these drugs ought to be welcomed and they will be effective. they will save lives, particularly packs of it. but to get back to your point about people holding them at the packs of it in particular, they need to be careful. they have a fully functioning kidney, kidneys, and liver, because he can't be administered to people who can't detoxified very quickly. we need to be very careful about banding these medicines around by the fear that

there is a risk if they're not tightly controlled. that's what will happen. an interesting aspect to the curb. it's story that does need to be told, simon, thank you so much for helping us there. simon clark, talking to us, be aware from reading the man accused of setting fire to south africa. the parliament building has appeared in court. the case was joined until next week. the fire started on sunday at the back of the complex that houses the old assembly chamber if led up again on monday, gillian wolf, now from cape town. i'm here outside the magistrate court in cape town, where the man accused in connection with the fire inside the parliament buildings has made his 1st court appearance. he is facing 5 charges, and i'm here with eric the spokesperson for the national prosecuting authority to tell me more. eric, what's the latest? the latest that is, london murphy appeared to the court, and the case has been postponed to next week at niche next tuesday. we asked for the 70s was wondering because we want to confirm some bill application bailey

information which includes confirming his dental address and whether he's got pending cases. i can see him also want to be given the opportunity to do an investigating officer to visit the crime scene as you will know that it was bidding until late yesterday. so that he's able to assess the damage. now you have to remember for our audiences, the importance of this building is that it is a heartbeat to south africa democracy. it is a place where parliamentarians meet and debate about policies and legislation. it's where the president delivers his state of the nation address. and it's also where nelson mandela was elected as the 1st black president of south africa. so it's also raised concerns across political parties and the general public about easy access to key monuments like this in south africa. haiti's prime minister says he's survived an assassination attempts ariel on rece as it happened during national

days celebrations. over the weekend. his office says bandits and terrorists strike to shoot him at a church, took off his last july after the then presidential and almost he was assassinated activists in the central mexican states of moral loss or demanding accountability. over the death of an environmentalist who had spoken out against the reopening of a landfill site, supporters of rodrigo vasquez morales say he was killed by gangs involved in the waste management industry. manuel repulse, explains trash can be a dirty business anywhere. but in mexico, it can also be deadly. last year that he got morales and environmental activist who often criticized the reopening of this land, and the city of gwyn of aka, was shot and killed by an unknown gunman. many people here believed that he was death was a direct result of his activism nor thinking a lesson constantius, the circumstances and the connection not clear, but it is evident that this occurs in the context of the reopening of this landfill

. and the fact that he has express things on social media and made comments, making it clear that rodrigo intended to continue the fight against the landfill. the low mother may he, a landfill, had been shut down for almost 10 years after studies found the site had contaminated a local aqua. when the landfill reopened, in april of 2021 activists and local residents took to the streets and protest, jackie said the owner that at the last altercation here was very violent. residents say that i was even gone the fight ha local say each time there were protests, there was violence. human rights observers safety that he goes. case is not uncommon in mexico, adding that a dangerous intersection exists between waste management and criminal enterprise. billing wizard setup is organized crime because it implies this collision of interests. corruption of officially with those companies that are sometimes front organization. one is because they arrive here and they have an experiential

preventing a service. at a recycling center in cuernavaca, friends of rodrigo morales say he was a recycling advocate and an active proponent of sustainability that yes, he supported me and my mother more than any one. i was always calling out what a legal, legal, but now with league was gone. now what do we do without when we go? the company that operates the low mother, me, he a landfill did not respond to al jazeera is request for a comic. oh, but an investigation into the road that he goes. debt is underway by state authorities. legal morales was one of 25 human rights and environmental activists who were killed in mexico in 2021. the united nations human rights office here in mexico city has condemned the violence and has called on the mexican government to do more to guarantee the rights of activists. the mexican government has struggled with waste management policies for years, a growing population and increased garbage imports from the united states almost guarantees. the problem is only becoming more complex. in the case of the low, my,

they, me, he, a landfill questions over ties to organized crime, remain unanswered and justice, and the death of one activist remains elusive. but one thing is for certain protests and demonstrations against the landfill itself, have not resumed manuel ref hello. al jazeera mexico city, a series of multi $1000000.00 infrastructure projects in bosnia herzegovina, of being blocked by one of the 3 members of the presidency. 3 leaders from 3 different ethnic groups run the nation. the serve member who wants independence for his region has voted done old major projects and a song. okay, go reports. that is having serious consequences from many people. for years, the village of church of are near the town of dest. leach has been waiting to be connected to the city water supply system. several says, a few months ago, they thought that dreams would become a reality. and the war to wells in front of their houses would be a thing of the past. the expansion of the water supply network had included that

village. however, the ongoing political crisis in the country has blocked the continuation of the project financed by the european investment bank. water producer. nobody drinks or cooks with this water. we only use it for showers and toilets. we have to go to the springs uphill. i go every day to get 102050 liters. when we drink it, we don't get it again. the municipal government had planned to connect 2 thirds of the population to the city water supply by building a new filter station. the largest post will project in test, which was supposed to be completed in march 2023, but it was blocked because the presidency of bosnia herzegovina did not sign the agreement with the european investment bank. that finance is it, or your court record? this is a direct example of an impact of the blockade of the institutions of bosnia and herzegovina which directly affects the quality of life,

rural and re people. and the lives of our people should be everybody's priority. emma. he adds that the blockade of this project will affect almost 26000 people. and it's not the only project that has been blocked. a $1000000.00 fun to help acclimate development in areas along the border between bosnia herzegovina and serbia is on hold. as is an agreement with no way on financing projects, in bosnia justice system and approvals from the japanese government to appoint an agent to procure equipment for the border. police and hospitals. at the center of the crisis is mineral da dick, the leader of the bosnian serb enclave republic. i subscribe. a member of bosnia herzegovina as tripartite presidency. da dick has refused to participate in any decision making process worth more than 50000000. your as because he says it goes against the ruling of the entities national assembly. hm. though the autumn o martin,

i think all i'm doing is strengthening the role of the national assembly here, which should be the final place of decision making. i mean, not the presidency, it has created a crisis which some belief will enable dodie to stay in power to get excited as facility on the luxury of lava. the fact is, it's easier to rule over poor people, and it's also affect the municipalities where the projects are being blocked. are the ones run by leaders and mays from opposition parties. samira doric is trying to suppress the opposition of yellow anya in their sledge. another consequence of the blockade is all too evident. the planned construction of a waste water management plant will allow treated water from the sewage to fly directly into the soda river as early as next year. but that won't be possible without the decision of the presidency. santiago out as ara a woman who says she was sexually traffic to britons. prince andrew accepted a deal in 2009 to settle

a previous case against the late sex offender. jeffrey epstein. the legal agreement is contained in documents released by us judges. they revealed that virginia jeffrey was paid $500000.00 as part of the epstein deal. she's not fighting a civil case against prince andrew accusing him of sexual assault when she was 17. his lawyers have argued the 2009 settlement could release him from liability. he denies all the allegations, beaches in gonna have reopened 2 years after being close to the public because of cobra. but only people who are vaccinated will be allowed victoria gayton be asked the story. oh, the pleasure. beach resulting gone is capital i cry is once again welcoming visitors. beaches across the country were place to the public in march 2020 because of classic 19 people here were thankful to be back and eager to make up for lost time. don't go out much. could they be there thursday at lol. i think that very day

in that new year we decided to come in have fun year. yeah, by we al devin, every protocol, the strict rules are in place only vaccinated people are allowed on to the beach and there were plenty of police officers around to ensure compliance. but for those not yet vaccinated all is not lost. a temporary vaccination center is operating just outside the resort. once people have had that jap, they're allowed on to the beach organizers, safety initiative has been a big success or people don't have to fix the way it gets here. the diarrhea to us the it on tuesday, the just agree. and then the death though, you to boston dot one, then the just to gashodi gwinnett enjoyed himself despite the optimism his id numbers and not back to pre pandemic levels. and the extra government restrictions all frustrating today's working in the tourism industry. this long time that these was schools for today because it out. yeah,

i can hear but not the numbers. we are better, but we will. but echoes are they will come about this and nobody is annoying. so does that progress sounded wonderful. got the i cancelled out to go back home son full duty. i've been thinking this also is greatly appropriate business. i didn't say they're still waiting to receive financial help that was promised by the government, but they're taking comfort from the fact that she has got off to a much better star than the one before. tory again to be al jazeera. apple has made wall street history offers market value, briefly hit the 3 trillion dollar mark during the 1st day of trading in the new year. is the 1st public company to reach that milestone with the share price of almost $183.00. apple's value has tripled in less than 4 years. coming up next, the sports news with bar including japanese tennis, dynamic osaka,

returns to action 4 months after taking an indefinite break. ah ah

ah ah teachings just a month away from hosting the winter olympics. the city is the 1st to host both the summer and winter games, but there's been no shortage of challenges. katrina, you reports now from me outskirts of beijing. weeks away from the opening of the beijing winter olympics, the slopes are full of avid skiers and snow borders. many are looking forward to the games and go home for hi of course i am very excited and proud because the

winter olympics will be held in my motherland law, burglary very hotly. this board had become very popular in china. in recent years. the chinese government has poured billions of dollars into preparing to host the games in february, including investing in italian snow making equipment to help build up its fledgling winter sports industry width will create a whole culture around the winners course. we create a hole in the 9th and also in the, in the attorneys head as the now that time has that aspiration of re entry 100000000 people on snow and eyes. $30000.00 international athletes and support staff will be among the 1st to stay in a new olympic village and trial, a chinese digital currency. these resorts have had their busier season this winter because of the olympic games, but they will be forced to close the weekly up to the opening of the event. his entire area will be sealed off to control the spread of the corona virus. doors

taking part will be restricted to a tightly controlled venue bubble. china is battling the delta variant in its more severe flare up of curve at 19 for months. with 13000000 people in the western city of she and under lockdown. authorities are anxious to contain that and prevent any outbreak of the on the cross strain from spreading across the country. the pandemic isn't the only challenge organizes face. some western governments, including the u. s. the u. k. at canada, had announced diplomatic boycott in protest against the treatment of wiggers and she's young. they ging accuses them of politicizing the games and as worn. they will pay the price over hasn't made clear how analysts say additional boycotts by ear or asian countries. would be very embarrassing for china. low teams are going to boycott games themselves. but if the english speaking democracies are being followed by other major countries,

then the front will be much bigger. but those here say they won't be counting the number of foreign officials who attend the games. instead, they'll be keeping an eye on the number of metals, one by china's team. especially the colts. katrina, you al, jazeera junk, jocko beijing. now he's far with the rest of the day sport. peter, thank you so much. now about job coach says he's been given a medical exemption to play at the australian open without being fully vaccinated against coven 19. well, number one, and if any champion premise, he said he was unsure if he would compete at the event of vaccine mandate is in place at australian tournaments, including the ozzy open, which says all participants must be fully vaccinated or have a medical exemption. joclett. she was never revealed his vaccination status posted this message on social media. happy new year wishing you all house love and joy and every moment and may you feel love and respect towards all beings on this wonderful

planet. i spent fantastic quality time with loved ones over the break, and today i'm heading down under with an exemption permission. meanwhile, defending women's champion now male sol. ken's preparations looked to be on track after taken an indefinite break from the sport 4 months ago, the japanese star is through to the 2nd round of the warm up event in melbourne. saga one, the opening, sat again to lease coronet of france, but she dropped a 2nd before closing with a 3 sack victory. it was as hard as 1st competitive match and losing in the 3rd round of the us open in september 24 year old ended her season early siding and mental health issues. i don't know, of course i took time off, but um they told me to let them know and i was ready and i guess when i got bored enough at home because i was just sitting at home and doing nothing i i took, stood on them and i was like, i would love to play again if you guys don't dislike me too much. so they came over . yeah, that's kind of how it went. angland craig coach gram thorbe says covered 19 has

taken its toll on the players during their tour of australia corpus taking charge of the team. for the 4th test and sidney, there had coach chris silver word tested positive for the virus on the pitch. angland have been out played losing the 1st 3 matches after series. in order, well, you have matches coming in to it. you'd play some style games coming into it. you'd be out of a good look at your own team as well coming in to the series. that hasn't happened, obviously. well, we've had the distractions of coven off the field as well, which have been challenging to say the least. i think that they've sacrificed quite a lot to come over here a couple of ways quarantine tom away from families. i'm, you know, some restrictions on, on what i can do as opposed to pre pandemic. i'm, and i think they're having some positive cases. the coach obviously being away from this guy. i think it's been really tough for them. a task in getting manchester united back to top level football is seemingly getting harder for inter manager

ralph rag neck. the germans on being run since taking charge was ended by wolves, and on united home turf chow martino score the only goal of the game and the 82nd minutes. greg nick admits, man, you are struggling to find a balance under his management. united, our 7th and a whopping 22 points behind these leaders and crosstown rival manchester city. i knew from this law that it wouldn't be an easy job to find the best possible balance with regard to the place that we have offensively and defensively. and therefore, it was important for me to make sure that we don't concede that many goals. but again, today we chose against which t, with one of the better teams in possession of the ball. and on the other hand, not so easy to be to, to get to create chances ourselves. it still showed that we are struggling and we still have quite a few steps to take. and the nfl tampa bay had code you. bruce arians has denied

knowing. antonia brown was injured during sunday's game against new york jets. it remains unclear what triggered brown's departure during the 3rd quarter. what did he be object to regarding to what you said to make him want to leave the stadium during the game? you have to ask him, brother. i know. i know i have a clue. he just refused to go and okay, it tell us more about it. not really. i mean, what happens pretty obvious will happen. so you know, he left the field and that was it. as far as antonio brown, what emotions you have is somebody who is defended in and help keep monitoring for so long and, and we're the precipitating moment leading up to that incident on the sideline yesterday. no one, no whatsoever. and yeah, like i said, i care about him a bunch. i hope that he's okay, how will you look at this whole experience now that it's in this way? no, i have no regrets. i just, i just hoped the best for him. in the, on the a,

the memphis grizzlies jam miranda has become the 1st player in franchise history to score 30 points in 4 straight games. the grizzlies were playing the brooklyn gnats more at who had been named player of the week. scored $36.00 points in memphis, survived a shaky 1st period to be brooklyn, $118.00 to $104.00. it's grizzly 5th straight when and a season high. 3rd straight loss for then we can panic. know it's a, it's been a crazy period. were large, you know, 89 percent of our team to call transition 3 that were coming out of that and it was just a big stop to the momentum of the season. so was not overreact. but you know, that was embarrassing. and i forgot to ask you to do a lot better to get back to the standard that we played out before the direction. okay, and that is all useful for now, peter, back to you far. thank you very much. we will have 30 minutes. all al jazeera world

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the cross variance. so we have to look at what we can do to slow electrons advance when it comes to deciding which options to reduce the infection rate. the advice from the w h. o, do it all. ah, never before i have we seen the world collectively come to its ease, right? americans, voice, their frustration is 1000000 cobit 19 cases, the recorded in one day, the highest for any country. since the pandemic began. deli imposes, the weekend curfew, s infection saw the state chief minister test positive the day off for addressing the political rather ah, hello and welcome. i'm peter.