conversation, where should we get our land to put sun meats i isa i can be. this is the beginning of friendship. since the beginning of love are getting somewhere, we can really break through the barriers studio. be unscripted on al jazeera. ah, hong kong bans, flights from 8 countries including the u. s. the u. k. and australia. as it grapples with an outbreak of the alma kron karone of ours varied what in france, uproar. busy in parliament after controversial remarks by president macro about the unvaccinated ah, put on the clock, this is out there alive from the also coming up. another round of protests because

it's dawn where the government's resignation has failed to kill anger about fuel prices. and tell us dar never joke a bit. just granted a vaccine waiver to play and he's trailing open organizes deny, giving him special treatment. so hong kong is banning flights from 8 countries, including australia, the united states, the united kingdom, as it battles rising cobit 19 cases. it is also imposing a raft of new restrictions from friday, including shutting entertainment venue jims and clubs. officials fair that on my chron variant could be spreading undetected through the community. oh, why go gone by a cowboys already given the very dar situation of the pandemic, we have to grasp very critical moment. we have to contend depend, demik to ensure that there will not be a major outbreak in the community again. now i think we are realizing all micron is a highly transmissible variant. so for you,

when we will be able to contain the spread of all micron in society, the measures i'm going to announce or may be the most decisive rapid targeted and comprehensive. we have had for the past 2 years. and let's go to brit clench, who's in hong kong for us. and brits, us more about the new measures. well, this is not the 1st time that the hong kong government has implemented travel bands . but this is certainly the most extensive that we've seen. and it really goes to show the extent that the hong kong government is keen on stamping out alma crohn. i spoke to a top epidemiologist in hong kong advisor ivan hong. earlier he said that these kind of the measures were very necessary in order to keep the virus of bay and to really by the government time because vaccination rates aren't at where they want them to be. they hang around 70 percent. but if you look at the only population over 80, that's only around 20 percent. so this is about buying time to boost those rights.

the hong kong government had planned to introduce these measures next month, but they have been brought forward and it, let's not forget it's chinese new year, 3 weeks away from now. so these measures are supposed to be implemented for 2 weeks . chinese year is a looking at bit touch and go for now, but the hope is, is that people will still be able to meet at least for some kind of festivities, to welcome in the new year. and tell us about this was we're testing on a cruise ship. well, there were 2500 passengers and 1500 crew members and they've all gone through some kind of testing. some of them is still on the ship. others have disembarked. but if they test positive, they will be sent straight to a quarantine camp. close contacts have been and will be sent to quoran to quarantine camp called penny's bay. now, how this all started was that an air crew member tested positive on day 3 of his isolation. it wasn't meant to leave except for essential purposes. he went to

a restaurant, others tested positive, but there was now also a mystery case, not linked to that cluster. and that is what spooking the hong kong government. the hong kong government is chasing at cove at 0 here like the mainland. and so it's very important that they stamp out any kind of remnants, any kind of traces that they can find. hong kong was only recorded 213 cove dis, deaths went, which when you compared to other major cities around the world that is still relatively low. or a brit, thanks to that separate clinic in hong kong. on to france, where president a mental macro has use controversial remarks to describe his strategy for pressuring skeptics to get a clue with 19 vaccination. it has provoked outcries in parliament and backlash from election rivals to live now to paris. natasha butler has more on those comments made by the french president about the grown infection. i should say at the touch it. this is all about an interview. the macro guides net

yes, sir. the french president gave an interview to a newspaper in france, called the piracy, and he was talking about the covey crisis, and he addressed the issue of people who are on vaccinated, if, as well. he said that those who are vaccinated in france are irresponsible and therefore should bait while not regard it as citizens. he said he then went on to say that he was going to tighten the screws on them in a way a hassle them and annoyed them really go off to them. but the worse he actually used in france were far stronger with some scattered logical overtones that have really shocked many people in france and, and spoke to ho, i'm pouring an outcry from opposition and peas, who said the president shouldn't be using such a vulgar language in fact to the leader of the far right political party marine le pen said that president michael was being anything but presidential in the language he had chosen to use other n p said that he was being, he was being something of

a bully or he was being coo and undignified, when at the time or when these comments started to filter through an m p. 's were actually in the french parliament. they were debating a vaccine a pass bill that the government has put forward by those debates had to be suspended at 2 o'clock in the morning because of the protests, the by opposition empties. so what do you think is by this, that this outburst? now i think her a manual man cross is a hoping that most people in france agree with him. the leader over maddow macros, political party, crystal casner, came out quite soon after the comments had started to surface. and he said, look, 90 percent of people in france are vaccinated as a small, a minority who are not vaccinated. and he said, you know,

people in france getting fed up of restrictions and they're starting to look on vaccinated people and perhaps blame them. the hospital beds that are filling up are filling up mainly with unvaccinated people. that's putting pressure on hospitals on health workers. it means all the surgeries are being delayed and people want to get out of this pandemic and they see vaccination as a way of getting out of it. so the french president is hoping that most people agree with him. it is, of course, a political gamble. we are 3 months before the french presidential election here, and of course nobody has has not to notice that an macro is waiting into the pre election campaign. you might say by trying to appear and present himself as he likes to do as a straight talker. but it is a risk because there'll be many people amongst his supporters who will feel that his language wasn't dignified and also the sort of language and the, the, the pre, his comments may echo in a way of the macro of the early days of his presidency. where he was often accused

of being arrogant, russia functional leave without unattached about in paris. indian politicians say very convinced the country is in the grip of another wave of infections. another 58000 cases renounce on wednesday. that's twice the number counted. 4 days ago, elizabeth brought m as more from you, dunny jellies, health minister, this is the latest public health officials to say that india is very much now. and the 3rd wave off the cover, and virus, and the few dry cases as being driven by the, on the called, buried with $75.00 percentage of cases. and all major cities being on the cross, the eastern city of called casa, has recorded a highest number of davy cases since the pandemic began, and the positivity range of 38 percent, meaning that one and 3 people who are being tested and that may the city have the virus mon, by which has remained the worst effect city throughout the pandemic, seen 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 are saying that while hospital like the cases are going up at the hospitalization that still low haven't point 7 percent on to say that was till 834 people. and the concern and is that with cases going up as they are, that india is underfunded. health care system is not going to be able to handle a huge strain on cases as we have seen in the past. we've all ready seeing health care workers around the country contract and the virus, the latest, 15 to day one of delhi biggest public hospitals at the 61 just in one hospital in by 131 in partner. so to keep the number of hospitalizations down or to try to state or employ them more restrictions, the southern stage of canada is the lasers to join delhi and a night curfew on the weekend. a 2nd chinese city has looked on its 1000000 that

resident itself, the reports of new current, of ours cases. the countries rushing to contain even small outbreaks for weeks before the bathing winter olympics, begin the restrictions in that you, jo, in central hannon, province. we'll see most vehicles ban from roads and only daily necessities available in supermarkets. it's similar to what's been imposed for nearly 2 weeks in the industrial hub of she han, china's latest farro epicenter, residents. there have been complaining about food shortages, but the government exists. it is distributing love supplies. you k opposition leader kiss darma has tested positive. it's the 2nd time he's caught 19 is not said to have any significant symptoms. stammers infection was picked up during regular testing. there's been a furious reaction in australia or after tennis. dar novak joker, which was granted a vaccine travel exemption to play in a major tournament, organizes deny that he's been given special treatment. the critics point to double

standards, sir o'clock as this his walnut one tennis player and is 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 for them the opportunity to come into a straight come into victoria and competed the israel open. so he's currently 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 type restrictions on travel, like 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 go to 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 a disgrace and i won't be watching at all plays in tournament stuff must be back tonight and 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 straight in 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 analytic 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 select any criticism victoria young with my decision on that. and so i'd have to refer you to them 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 had 2 doses of the vaccine. even so the number of daily 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 still ahead here and al jazeera, the 1st criminal charges in connection to the assassination of patients. president . your renella morgan is i'm the landmark deal is made in canada to help a tune for its past was true of indigenous.

ah, ah, look forward to brighter skies. the weather sponsored my cattle at ways. hello, great to see you. here is your weather update. we're going to begin in se, asia good news. the ne monsoon not as active as it has been so bit of a break from intense rain through malaysia and singapore, but still some flooding rains for northern smasher where we have seen flooding. thousands of people force from their homes. indo china also because that ne monsoon not is active just dealing with some showers top to bottom through vietnam, 125 degrees and coachman city, 32 degrees. we do have some rain stuck in between the gang, see, and the pearl river valley here. so it's sherry day and way lane with the high of 13 degrees, but of a breather for the snow. now for western japan, but look at this batch of snow in between those waters between korea and japan that

will side in western japan by the time we get toward friday, off to india, those flooding rains we saw across the southern pakistan has now moved in. so this is impacting good routes. roger stun, westmark protection author pradesh. we'll see some thunderstorms even the potential of hail. but south of this we've got plenty of signing once again because that ne monsoon not as active as it has been. that means we get into dr. falls across tom on the do so sunshine for ny with a high of 29 degrees on thursday. and now you're up to date. we'll see you soon. take care. ah, the weather sponsored by katara always frank assessments. this gracious, please continue to recon luca shan, even though perhaps he believes in the beginning. but i informed opinions, i think on addition, will now be under incredible pressure from the young people. that is one of the most types of things come out of this critical debate. do you think

a should be facilitated? not sure. okay, i think, right. it's a really simple question. let's give tommy a child once. inside story on now jazeera. ah, ah, oh. oh daniel watching out 0 reminder on top stories on kong is binding flights from 8 countries, including australia, united states, and the united kingdom is at battles rising. even 19 cases. officials fair, the armstrong barren could be spreading undetected. the french parliament was suspended overnight after president manuel macro made some controversial talk to people who are unvaccinated. the government is trying to push through bill that would make vaccination compulsory to access public venues. india is bracing for

another wave of current farms reported more than $58000.00 new cases in 24 hours. and what has been called the 3rd wave of the pandemic. that's twice the number c 94 days ago. nearly a 3rd, are you delhi? and even by or large, regina is also grappling a surgeon new infections as to raise it by reports now from foreigners. long lines of people waiting for a covey test. im when a site is they have been waiting for hours as authority struggle to cope with a rise in covey. 19 infections here very forever and for the lsat. at the said he had a moral obligation to get tested after coming in close contact with a relative infected with coven. 19 over here, i went to a party and i've heard 3 vaccine shots. my niece told me last night she has covered so here i am. i'm working in an office and i have to be responsible. the government has confirmed the army kron variant is responsible for the rice infections. eddie

got an under says the positivity is alarmingly. hi, amanda, but i have in total we are testing around 300 people of every 150 tests. we do 50 a positive. it's a rapid test, but we are seeing the increase. the city's government started setting up these testing sites in many parts of winners aries last week because of the increase and cases. president elevator buffer members have discarded re imposing restrictions. i believe. for now, the number of people in the hospitals due to call with 19 remains low and the death rate has not varied in the past month. and that's why the government is focusing on the progress of the vaccination campaign that began one year ago. many south american countries, i winning the vaccination, race, 63 percent of the regions population is vaccinated and that figure continues to increase. but any say or me, kron still poses

a serious threat to the health system. reason i can be american united deals in a country like argentina where the health system is fragile and you see problems even in the united states. you see hospitalizations are increasing. doctors and nurses are getting sick. the problem is double. i'm looking at the charts from brazil, from peru, even from chile. they are a peak 3 weeks ago, and then it went down. all i can say is that every one is vulnerable to this. and that's why leaders in the region are pushing for more booster shots. and preparing for some difficult days ahead. as the army kron variant continues to spread business, i will, i'll just see them when a site is just as a bank out on the streets. and because it's done undeterred by a state of emergency orders and the government's resignation, tracy was started several days ago, a high fuel prices in countries west. since then, they spread to the largest city of massey. we reported that the mass office has been set on fire. the president has issued calls for calm and warnings. though what

under after called, dia compatriots. i urge you once again to see reason and not to react to provocations from inside and outside. the euphoria of rallies and permissive nurse calls to a tech office spaces of civilian and military authorities. absolutely illegal. this is a crime followed by punishment. what many has acts of converted their cause to run on liquified petroleum gas, or l p g is cheaper than petrol because of government price cuts. but the government lifted those on sunday, a 3 year transition period was supposed to allow for the gradual end of price subsidies for domestic consumers along the market to dictate prices 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 that on tuesday. government officials said the price in the west would be further cut by about half, but it wasn't enough to quell angus bruce penny a is

a correspondent for radio free europe. and he says, the protest could have white implications in the region. i think this long time everyone was surprised that it spread. so bows in it, did, you know these protests tend to do? they started over broken our region. as we mentioned, the dublin and 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 they, you know, they're, they're working to get this kind of under control as much as they can with 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, you know, 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 in central asia, of course,

there are 607000 kilometers border with russia. so all the governments in those countries are going to 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 like the authority to did by allowing the situation to get his out of and as it did today, a rocket, his head and iraqi military base hosting us soldiers, no casualties have been reported. it happened near baghdad international airport or been several attempted to tax on us troops in iraq and recent days. the current side, with the 2nd anniversary of the killing, of top rated in general, some sort of money who was assassinated by the united states in baghdad. the main suspect to the killing of eighty's president of juvenile voice, has appeared in the u. s. federal court for the 1st time, a former officer in columbus military, was that just extradited from panama is the 1st to face criminal charges connected to the mud in july. that triggered a political crisis in the caribbean. nation. like kinda has more on the case from washington dc. but he has now been formally charged in miami federal court having

been brought in by f. b. i. agents from panama, which is where he was arrested while boarding a flight. it is reported to jamaica. now he is a sum of one of some, 2 dozen former colombian commandoes who were employed by a miami security firm earlier last year, c t u security. they would then deployed to haiti initially it is said as a personal protection group, there to protect political figures within haiti. however, it does appear according to prosecutors that this then moved into basically what became an assassination squad and palacio is set to be one of the 5 members who actually entered the compound of that. then haitian president opened on boise and assassinated him on july. the 7th, 3 of the others were with him,

were killed during that operation. there are another 18 it is believed, still in detention within haiti. they have not faced any for the charges. so obviously a lot of questions for mario palostio in terms of exactly what happened, who was responsible for the actual killing of the haitian president. and very importantly, who was the brains behind this whole operation? now, many had insisted that the u. s. was in some way involved, but the fact that the u. s. has now brought its 1st prosecution in connection with the case a very important detail indeed f b i. agents have been assisting the haitian police a large period of time. now, in the inquiry into the destination, but this particular risk, this particular case may cost more light on all the events that happened back in july last year. electric car company, tesla has been accused of supporting genocide for opening a show room in china's western. she jang region, the council on american islamic relations as urge the company to immediately closed

a new store. she jang has become a significant point of conflict between chinese and western governments. more than a 1000000 muslim minority wiggers of believe to have been detained in labor camps. sir, china denies any allegations of abuse saying the camp to provide vocational training . you and chief antonio terrors is pushing for us. who don's generals and protests leaders to sit down and talk protests of continued since the country was plunged further into term all following the resignation of the prime minister is any recently been reinstated? xander 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 from the resignation of handle and not affect our position. 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 a flag of the resistance committee in different locations, sects, 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, leukemia. this 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 the about dead, the violence used against peaceful demonstrators. we have taken out this over

a 100 a resignation and but we still would and continued to encourage the military and the civilian and leaders over over saddam to, to, to get together and to find a way forward. 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 according canada, has ordered iran to pay $84000000.00 to the families of those killed in the dawning of a plane in 2020 aaron's military shot down and ukrainian passenger jet. net. her on killing all 176 people on board. many of them were canadian citizens or residents. iran eventually apologize for the incident. so in the main was the claim was mistaken for a hostile target. its military was on harlow,

after the u. s. assassination of top arabian general of some sort of money and kind of there is continuing to make amends for its dark past involving the poor treatment of indigenous people. the government says it will pay just over $30000000000.00 to compensate those who had taken from their families as children and put into state care jennifer once more now 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 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 acknowledgements 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 agreements 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 striving through their cultures and

languages. as a next step in a difficult one, canada and the parties will negotiate 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. ah, so this is our desert. these are the top stories and hong kong is binding flights from 8 countries, including australia, the u. s, and the u. k. as it battles rising cobit 19 cases, it's also shutting some public venues from friday that will include gyms and nightclubs. officials fear the omicron variant could be spreading undetected through the community. the french parliament was suspended overnight after.