ah whole ah hong kong and bands flights from 8 countries, including the u. s. u. k. in australia, as a grapples with an outbreak of the almost wrong kind of arms variant. for god's sake, please take advantage of what's available. please. as you, as president joe biden tells americans, there is no excuse to being unvaccinated. ah, again, i'm nick logged. this is out 0, live from doha. also coming up anger about higher fuel

prices. a rumps into major protests in kazakhstan, prompting the government to resign. tennis dot net jacob, which has grown to the vaccine waiver to play in this straight in open organizes deny giving him special treatment with so hong kong is banning flights from a countries including australia, the united states and the united kingdom has it baffles rising with 900 cases for imposing a raft of new restrictions from friday, including shutting entertainment been used, jims and clubs. officials for the army on various could be spreading undetected through the community. so while you go gun done by a guy, boys all the given the very dire situation of the panoramic we have to graft very critical moment. we have to contain depend demik to ensure that there will not be a major outbreak in the community again. now i think we are realizing, micron is

a highly transmissible variant. so if we, when we will be able to contain the spread of all micron in society, the measures i'm going to announce are maybe the most decisive rapids targeted and comprehensive we have had for the past 2 years and shoot. let's cross right away to brit planet, who's in hong kong and brit. tell us more about these latest restrictions. well, this isn't the 1st time that the hong kong government has implemented travel bands, but it is certainly the most extensive and really shows the extent that the hong kong government is going to to stamp out all me. crohn. i spoke to ivan hong, who's a top epidemiologist in this city. he's also a hong kong government advisor. now he said that these kind of steps a necessary to basically buy hong kong time because the vaccination rates are still not sufficient enough. not where it needs to be. as vaccination rates are about 70 percent here in the city, but among the elderly it's still sluggish. over 80,

the 8 here. well, it's around 20 percent. the hong kong government had planned to introduce tough measures next month, but in 3 weeks time it's chinese new year, of course and, and many families, many different friends and groups will want to gather full festivities. so the hope is that these measures will expire in 2 weeks time just in time for chinese, new year. and what about the thousands of passengers being held on this well, the so the passenger crew ship is $2500.00 people on board 9 people have tested positive and at the moment they're still in victoria harbor waiting to just inbox and some of them have been gone through testing, but we're still waiting to see the exact number of people who have tested positive for that. now this all started when a crew member returned and tested positive on day 3 of his isolation period. now

crew members are not meant to go out to restaurants. they are only meant to go for a central purposes. but this, this crew member did go to a restaurant and subsequently others have tested positive. the reason this is spook the officials here in hong kong because there is a mystery case, a case found that's not linked to that restaurant, not linked to any cluster that we know so far. and that has given rise to concern that there's a silent chain of transmission somehow in the city that there are a number of cases that we don't know about yet. like mainland china, hong kong has been chasing cove id 0 and it has done so pretty successfully sofa, 213 people have died in hong kong. and when you compare that to other major cities in the world, that's pretty low. and that's because there's such tough at restrictions here, 3 weeks quarantine for most arrivals. close cora, close contacts of people who test positive on sent to a quarantine camp. what's not certain is that if only crone, if cove itself surges do happen in a city,

whether there will be enough space in those quarantine camps to accommodate such a search. all right, that's between hong kong, brooklyn. to china. we're 2nd city has locked down. it's 1000000 residence after reports of new current of our cases, the country is rushing to contain even small outbreaks, 4 weeks before the aging winter. and to begin the restrictions in new jo in central and non province, we'll see most vehicles back from roads and only daily necessities available in the market and similar to what's being imposed phonetic 2 weeks in the industrial hub of she han, china's latest fall epi center residents have been complaining about food shortages but the government and says it is distributed enough supplies in india, it's bracing itself for another wave of current of ours is it reports and other higher, more than 58000 new cases in one day that is twice the number seen only 4 days ago, nearly 3rd of infections were in new delhi and the moon by the cities have brought

back curfews and other restrictions following the highest cubic, 1900 infection numbers in month. i. let's cross to elizabeth, run him, who's in italian lives. tell us more about these writing numbers. hello nick, while daily's health minister, this is the latest public health official to say that india is very much now and it's the way off the corona virus and the view drive as cases as being driven by the on the car. very, it was 75 percentage of cases and all major cities being on the cross. now to give you an idea of the kind of rise we are seeing, the eastern city of cold cutter has recorded its ha, i a number of daily cases since the pandemic, the get an a positivity range of 38 percent. meaning that one and 3 people who are being tested in this major city have the virus by which is remain the worst effected city throughout the pandemic. it see the 700 percent increase in cases over the past week. and on tuesday it was 7.7 percent of those who tested positive,

needing hospitalization. and while a lot of government health officials is saying that while hospital like the cases are going up, the hospitalizations are still low at 7.7 percent on tuesday. that was till 834 people and the concern and is that with cases going up as they are, that india is undefended. health care system is not going to be able to handle a huge strain on cases as we have seen in the past. already seeing health care workers around the country contracting the virus, the latest 50 today, one of delhi biggest public hospitals at the 61 just and mom hospital and them by 131 in partner. so to keep the number of hospitalizations down or to try to states are imposing more restrictions. the 7th state of connecticut is the latest to join delhi in a night curfew on the weekends case. is there

a doubling every $2.00 to $3.00 days? same thing as in delhi, and the government is now under the spotlight after a lot of criticism that was all of these restrictions are coming in for the common man that no political rallies or campaigns have been called off ahead of 5 major state elections that are coming up, also we're hearing developments over permissions given trials of and movies, right? that's right. the sources have told local media that the indian pharmaceutical company bought a biotech that has been given approval by and he has drugs regulatory body to do phase 3 trials. all that's entered and nasal vaccine said this is a vaccine which would be used as a booster dose and would be administered with nasal drops and no needle made it now. they going to be conducting trials and 5000 people, interestingly half of whom there receive their jad called convex and the other half will receive the indian made astrazeneca vaccine,

cold clover. she lives also say that they expect an enter nasal vaccine to be available in india. by march and this many people are really hoping that this will help india increase its booster plan because they still haven't started given boost as they're going to do that next week and only to limited people health care workers. those are the 60, those with coin mobility and many health expenses saying that with cases going up as they are, that indian needs to be administering boost as to everyone who's eligible for a vaccine. and not just a select few or less things of that cell is withdrawn him that and you don't think you and as john 100 reports now from washington, you as president joe biden told americans as no excuse for not getting vaccinated with the latest cove at variance. soaring to record highs, president joe biden began with a warning,

and i'll give it to you straight as i promised you. i always would. we're going to say, has you all been hearing continued rise in cases then in his address to the nation, who offered reassurance. if you're vaccinated and boosted, you are highly protected. you know, be concerned about, i'm a crime, but don't be alarmed. the only crime variant is surging, setting a single day record with more than a 1000000 new infections over running test centers. leaving many more wondering if they too are contagious. the less lethal than previous variance, omicron is more infectious, threatening to overrun hospitals and threatening even children who are largely unvaccinated cove. it in a very short period of time has become one of the leading medical causes of death for children in this country. so i think it's about time that we stopped downplaying the significance of coven for children. the explosive contagion hit

hardest in the u. s. his families gathered for the christmas holiday season, cancelling understaffed flights in setting off a wave of vaccine and re masking mandates across the us where positive coven tests have surged from 5 percent to 20 percent since november. many schools returned from the winter break online only, but here in washington and in new york were positive tests have grown from 3 percent to 33 percent. schools are open for business. new york mayor insists that school is the safest place for children. if you look last year 2020, you witness that the transmission rate was less than one percent inside a school in a house. so it was over 15 percent back in washington, president biden ended with a plea for the 35000000 eligible americans who remain unvaccinated. please take

advantage of what's available. please. in a nation where one's view of vaccination can depend on one's political affiliation, it seems certain that that's a plea, that at least for some will fall on deaf ears. john henderson al jazeera washington . the rest of the days news is coming up. a landmark deal is made in canada to help a tune for its past treatment. and the message from the un chief to saddam general to purchase term with with hello. thank you for joining in your world weather update begins in australia and here's an update on x. tropical cyclone sets. it's moving closer to the coast of queensland. the gold coast has shut down. beaches over

dangerous surf. we've seen those ways 45 meters even up to 10 meters high. we do have what, whether from brisbane rate down to victoria state and at times this will be some pretty driving rain off to the west. temperatures are hot enough in per $37.00 degrees and let's remember, western australia is parched, catastrophic fire. danger in some parts of the state. after new zealand, wet weather dance is in to the north island. so auckland, your seller's stretch of weather comes to an end. we've got some showers in the forecast for you on friday with a height of 24 degrees off to southeast asia. ne monsoon not as active as it has been over the last few days, but still some driving rain toward the top end of sumatra and northern parts of borneo. evidence that the monsoon not is active through vietnam really top to bottom, just stealing was showers from hanoi to hook. min city hotel in city has a high of 32 degrees, a breather from the snow for now for western japan. but this batch of snow in those waters between korea and japan will move into western japan as we head toward

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the me and again, you're watching out a reminder about top stories. and hong kong is binding flights from 8 countries, including straightly u. s. and the u. k. battles rising to be 1900 cases, officials for the macro invariant could be spreading undetected. india is bracing for another wave of current of ours is reported another high of more than $58000.00 new case to 24 hours. that's twice and i'm seen any 4 days getting nearly a 3rd in new delhi and by yes, president joe biden has told americans there's no excuse for not being fascinated against 19 he and other world leaders, a grappling was spiraling infraction driven by the rocket as hits in iraqi military base, hosting us soldiers casualties have been reported. it happened to the bank that international airports that have been several attempted attacks on us troops in

iraq in recent days, at the thought to get inside with a 2nd anniversary of the killing of top rating general can some sort of money. he was assassinated by the us in bank that let's go live down to market wide in that as a moment. what more do we know about this rocket attack? will iraqi security and military sources say equity shall rocket headset this morning. a victory it bees in the surrounding area of but that international airport no casualties have been reported. and no recent declaim of race responsibility has been revealed. as of yet, a victory base is home to ah, u. s. troops along with the iraqi and coalition forces. and this is, by the way, the 2nd attack targeting the base this week. and the 3rd at the thought of being a u. s. military facility this week on monday, a to a drone attack was foiled by c ram air defense system before they reach it.

the base and the same security sources say that they captured a rocket launcher in and she had district in western baghdad near the airport. with one rocket, a to sherlock, it was, sit on the launcher, to be prepared for to be fired at their base on monday. another attack was foiled. and yesterday, i know i said u. s. military base in amber province was about to be targeted by 2 drones laden with explosives before iraqi air defense system. shut them down. now, nick, the question is whether or not it's linked to threats made earlier by pro ron groups against the u. s. military presence in iraq will as these attacks, i have a come ah,

while these iranian ally and armor groups are celebrating or marking the 2nd anniversary of the assassination of the iranian general custom slay manny and double mat in one day. the tip commander of iraq's popular mobilization forces. they have been threatening to attack any u. s. military facility there, despite the fact that the u. s. had agreed with iraqi authorities to or in the combat mission are by the beginning or the end of the last year. but these on groups say that they do not accept any u. s. military presence in iraq, no matter what they're all as. and they threatened to take matters into their own hands to continue targeting or any that u. s. facility, any u. s. personnel and their iraq and debt, but a couple of days ago they gathered near vit that same base nearby,

that airport and the market, the assassination in the, on the same as pot were so many of unable my demand is, were targeted 2 years ago. all right, that's a picture in baghdad movement up to what had and so much more to kazakhstan where the president has accepted the government's resignation after protest, ruptured over the high price of fuel police in the larger city of al matter used here, gas is done remains to didn't demonstrate his overnight on tuesday, president cason, you're mud talk. you have as declared a state of emergency there. one is already in place in other regions. more than 200 people have been arrested across the country. where many cars have converted their cars to run on liquified petroleum gas, or l p g, because it's cheaper than petro and that's due to the government, a price cuts, but the government lifted those on sunday. a 3, a transition period was supposed to allow for the gradual end of price subsidies for domestic consumers allowing the market to dictate prices. but when they ended

on january, the 1st, the price of lpg doubled. in some western regions, the government accused fuel stations of fixing prices, so many cut bears. on tuesday, government officials said the price in the west would be further cut by about half, and it wasn't enough to quell anger. that's enough. and bruce penya, who is a correspondent for radio free europe, he says the protest could have wine to implications in the region. i think this was taught, everyone was surprised that it's spread. so it did, you know, these protests tend to do. they started over for economic reasons, as we mentioned, a doubling in the price of liquified petroleum gas. but it quickly took a political angle where people started calling for free elections, of local officials, started calling for the alter about top officials in the government. so the, you know, they're, they're working to get this kind of under control as much as they can. it's going to hurt the reputation because the government, but, you know, cause expand is always been fairly stable. they've had moments in the last 10 years

where there was some problems with the order was fairly quickly restored. so the fact that it is a stable country in central asia, which has had some problems, some of the countries in the past. you know, there's going to be ripple effects that are going to come from this. and i imagine all the governments and central asia, of course, there are 607000 kilometer border with russia. so all the governments in those countries are gonna be watching real closely. what happens if for no other reason than to make sure they don't make the kind of mistakes that the cause of authority did by allowing the situation to get his out of and as it did today, the main suspect to the killing of haiti is president. you over the mice has appeared in the u. s. federal court for the 1st time, form officer in columbia military was expedited from is the 1st to face criminal charges connected to the murder in july that triggered a political crisis in the caribbean nation. un chief antonio terrorism, pushing for sudan generals and protest leaders to sit down and talk protests of

continued since the country was plunged further into term or following the resignation of the prime minister is only recently been reinstated. as under chappelle reports, thousands ignore a ban on protests and choose to hit the streets anyway. it's been 2 days since the prime minister stepped down. please hold the resignation of handle and not affect opposition. what is built on falsehoods will remain wrong, and the case from the very beginning was wrong. the demands of the protest movement is still united, and we are holding the flag of the resistance committee in different locations, sex, and cultures. there's been protest like this since october's military takeover when prime minister abdullah hm doc was sacked then reinstated a few weeks later. oh, come on. good cinnamon, newcomers is one episode of many previous approaches that all condemned the

military code. we're trying to continue the course of evolution and achieve complete civilian rule, right? those are the people's demands. anyway. fewer bridges were closed ahead of tuesdays . protests and protesters weren't cut off from the internet. a slightly escalation and a cycle of violence that's claimed around 60 lives in the past 3 months. the un security council has told out 0, it may soon take up the issue a, we are very concerned about that, about dead, the violence used against peaceful demonstrators. we have taken notice of a ham ducks a resignation and but we still would and continued to encourage the military and the civilian and leaders over over at saddam to, to, to get together and to find a way for what the civilian prime minister stepped down. because he said he was

unable to bring people together to agree a path forward, and it still remains unclear who will enter chappelle al jazeera canada is working to make amends for his past involving the poor and abuse of treatments of indigenous people. the government says it will pay just over $30000000000.00 to compensate those take the children from their families and put into state care events is more from vancouver. this is history making in canada, a press conference to announce a milestone in addressing miss treatment and discrimination against 1st nations families. i'm very pleased to announce that canada and the parties have agreed to significant agreements and principal one that provides fair and equitable compensation to 1st nations children and families harmed by discriminatory under funding. and the other addressing the long term term reform that's needed for the 1st nations child and family services program. it's been almost

15 years since canada's human rights tribunal ruled child and family services had discriminated against 1st nations children leaving hundreds of 1000 and suffering trauma. and spiraling into poverty. billions in compensation, in an agreement in principle, and still for those affected. it is mostly an important step forward. we have a long way to go to address the poverty in our nations. and no amount of money will ever be the right amount, nor will it bring back a childhood last but today is about acknowledgments about being seen and heard children taken from their families and put into a system under funded and ill equipped to deliver the basics of life led to generational trauma, harm and loss. this milestone announcement cannot turn back the clock, but if solidified by the deadline, will build the framework. the agreement, in principle we assigned today will support 1st nations children so that they can

have the same opportunities to grow up with their families and communities thriving through their cultures and languages. as a next step in a difficult one, canada and the parties will negotiate a final settlement agreement which will map out how compensation will flow to 1st nations, children and families will establish a framework for long term funding to improve services for children and families. the parties have until march 31st to finalize the agreement, jody vance. al jazeera, vancouver. what a court in canada has ordered iran to pay $84000000.00 to the families of those killed in the downing of a plane. in 2020 airlines military shot down a ukrainian passenger jets near terren calling 176 people on board. many of them were canadian citizens or residents around eventually apologize for the incident saying the plane was mistaken for hostile target. military was on high alert to us custom sooner money. laws for britons at prince andrew have on traffic by the late

convict. jeffrey, the prince's defense says she signed to deal with epstein to prevent her from suing him. the judge will decide soon whether the case can go ahead. there's been a furious reaction in australia after tennis don never jock, of which was granted a practicing travel exemption to play in a major tournament. organizes deny. he has been given special treatment, but critics point to double standards at a time of soaring to with 19 infections. so our clock has this report, his walnut, one tennis player, and his 19 if he's 20 major titles at the astrology. and this year he gets to defend his party after announcing on instagram. but he was exempt from the country vaccination and was granted permission to travel to melbourne. obviously the announcement by novak that he has been gone to the medical exemption and and that exemption the 4th and the opportunity to come into a straight come into victoria and competed the israel open. so he's currently on,

on the fly for his way here. and then gets sometime today, the decision has triggered widespread anger and a country that had to deal with some of the toughest ties. restrictions on travels both interstate and overseas. and from those in a city that have endured the world's longest cumulative, locked down to contain the pandemic, i guess, discussing, i don't know how you can get medical exemption when you apply that when you that fit and you apply and your number one in the world i think to describe revolt on the right thing. we've all gone out and got l. judson l boosters and we have someone that come from overseas and all of a sudden he's, he's been exempt and comply and i think it's described and all went be watching or plays and tournament stuff must be vaccinated to have an exemption to take part in the strain open, it starts on january, 17, last year, the world number one tennis class said he was personally opposed and wouldn't want to be forced by someone to take a vaccine in order to travel. strike an open seo and the government in the state of

victoria had denied joke of it's got special treatment. say it's up to the tennis player to reveal his medical condition. it's very clear on what conditions you would receive an exemption on. and to brief, you quickly summarize those. one of them is obviously having an adverse response to any kind of exceeded having something like an an effective response. another one is if you've just had major surgery and may or may not be suffering from my call, died us. and another one is you are recovered. case. the prime minister was quick to the let any criticism victoria younger, my decision on that. and so i'd have to refuting toward young about the reasons for doing so on the court has now reached every state in australia. more than 90 percent of people aged over 16 have had 2 doses of the vaccine. even so the number of deli infections in most states is reaching record levels. some testing centers had been forced to close to deal with the backlog. the national cabinet, led by the prime minister, has now great to provide concessional access to rapid adage and tests in

a bid to ease pressure on a health system. struggling to cope. sarah clark, al jazeera queensland, australia a little, not the direction of our website. our desert dot com is address or with news recovery. right, there are dessert dot com ah, just to have a quick update of the headlines here on out there. and hong kong is banning flights from 8 countries, including australia, the united states, and the united kingdom. as it battles rising cove at 19 cases. it's also shutting some public venues from friday that will include gems and night clubs. officials fear the amok on barrett could be spreading undetected through community count while you go candidate that.