what's your take on why they've gotten this so wrong? that to me is political malpractice, the bottom line on us politics and policy, and the impact on the wealth on al jazeera, ah ah, professor is a store in public buildings and sees the airport of catholic sons biggest city in unrest, sparks the by fuel price rises ah, laura barbara sarah, this is al jazeera life from london, also coming up on the chrome drives covered cases to record levels around the world, and estimated one and 20 people were infected in the u. k. last week. president

micron causes uproar in france over his choice of words says he loses patience with the unvaccinated and that no sign of norfolk job inch despite his coffee compet vaccine extension. the tennis star is denied entry to australia over a visa. ah, thank you for joining us. we begin the program in kazakhstan. we're demonstrators of storm the government buildings and sees the al mattie airport. there are reports that 8 to police and national guard. troops have been killed and 317 injured. in an effort to calm the unrest that the entire cabinet has resigned, while the president, as the cleared a 2 week nationwide state of emergency and appears to have shut down the internet. he's also removed his powerful predecessor, nor so can that knows how to buy yours from his role as head of the security

council. the 81 year old lead did the oil rich nation for 28 years, stepping down in 2019 to make way for his hand paid successor. while the unrest was sparked by a doubling in the price of liquid petroleum gas after the government took away price caps on you years, they many catholics converted their vehicles to run on lpg because of the cheap official prices. but the protests have escalated into calls for a change in leadership. and as i, brian still has a lot of influence on his family is believed to control much of the economy. katya lopez or the young has more ah, seems like leave. we're, we're in closing them. hotels have remoted in several city highway to one increase in fuel prices have spread across the country. while inclusions have food, particularly in the largest city. moody, with reports of the fire in gunshots heard,

or the mayor's office were demonstrators trying to storm the building earlier in the week. ah, what began as tutors against fuel prices has turned into a wider coup for government accountability? i think his protests already started and fuel fight energy prices really are about anger, of the catholic people about that government being wrapped in decades. miss rule about a government that has created a lot of wealth or a small segment of the population and served its own interests. but the vast majority of population haven't seen less acknowledge that it's the cost of liquid fi, petroleum gas, or lpg, which is widely used as car fuel, more than double to $0.28 a leader. when the government lived the price camps. oh, but i'm it political pressure, the government of the oil, which countries the price would go back to $0.11 a leader in monkeys. dow,

in the west and another provinces faced with a minimum wage of less than a $100.00 a month, protest or say the increase is unacceptable. isaacson's president sacked his cabinet and appointed a new acting prime minister. now he's calling for the unrest to stone. resume but go, i told me when he calls to attracts civilian and military offices are completely illegal and it is a crime and that will be punished. pow wow. will not fall. what we need is not conflict, but mutual trust and dialogue. am your conflict the government has, are lpg subsidies are unsustainable in the long term bud? it's plant a phase i'll price caps over 3 years, is being fiercely resisted the central asian country, long known in the region for its political stability, now faces widespread on rest. county a lopez of a young al jazeera last year to le, so visor, political activists thing,

kazakstan. she says it's difficult to know exactly what's happening because of the government blocking the internet to pass a day or 2 with being like collecting pieces of information from various people from other activists. because the internet is cut off completely. but we know that the protests are still going on and they've started yesterday in the evening. i'm now continuing with people more and more people joining the process. the last news i've heard from a friend see for just you see, it's hard to tell because we are all cut off from all of all of our information sources. so whatever room is here is what i'm going to share with you. the last news is i can mark building, which is the mayor's office that has been burned. i don't think it's ever been on

the about or the, the gas prices. i think the poses some more of like a cries out about inefficient our government. ah, argentina, the netherlands suite and australia are among the latest countries to report record numbers of covert cases. they, li, infections in the u. k. also remain high with more than 194000 detected on wednesday. it's estimated 3700000 people across the country were infected in the week ending december 31st. but the prime minister barak johnson still insists the current measures are sufficient to control the virus. that being baba has. well, there's no hiding the extent to it's covered 19 and particularly the on the con variant is continuing to spread rapidly throughout the population last week as

estimated the one in 20 people in the u. k. had covet 19 and it was one in 10 here in the capital. now that setting pressure to various sectors including education, including the fire service in many cities and including the health services, of course. so that's something that for johnson referenced in parliament on wednesday, and he said that there was a worrying rise in cases among the elderly and vulnerable population wouldn't, which would increase the pressures on the national health service. but he said that the government is sticking to what it cause plan be that's advice on face coverings and advice on working from home, not the time. he says to introduce greater measures, but he did admit that there had been pressure on the testing system. and now the government is getting rid of certain requirements, but thanks to the sheer size of the on the con wave, we still need to take steps to ensure artistic capacity reaches those who need it

most. so we will be suspending the need to do a p c r to confirm the result of a positive lateral flow test from next tuesday in england. if you test positive on the natural flow device, you should just record that results on ga dot u. k. and begin, so violating weather were tough questions in parliament from the labor opposition over the testing system and why it's were to become a shambles in recent weeks with so many people around britain unable to get lateral flow tests or in fact p c r tests will burst, johnson said that the government was now working to ensure that key workers would get tests wherein when they needed them. he also mentioned the ongoing booster campaign. 3rd dose is a vaccinations which he said was one of the best in europe. meanwhile, the united states has reported more than 869000 daily covert infections as disruptions to school slides, hospital care,

and other services continue. the latest figure follows date on tuesday that revealed more than 1000000 cases in a 24 hour period. so this was likely inflated by the new year holiday. the director of the us centers for disease control says the 70 average of new cases is up 98 percent on last week. we should not be complacent. since the increased transmissible city of varian may be of alma crohn might be overwritten by the sheer volume of the number of cases that may be reduced severity, but could still stress our hospital system. while alan fish and joined to fly, now from outside the white house, allen, the pretty impressive figures. how was the country coping with the sheer volume of infections? well, 95 percent of all new cases in the united states or no. the oma calling very were

seen huge rises in the number of cases reported every day. according to the c, d. c. $491000.00 cases per day. that's up 90 percent is rightly point out. 14000 hospitalized every single day since last week. that's up 63 percent and $1200.00 deaths per day. that's up 5 percent. remember the experts told us from new year from thanksgiving all the way up to christmas and new year we would see a search early in 2022. and that's exactly what's happening and of course, the big problem is that it's impacting a lot more people. so health systems that were relying on core workers to treat the ill no find that those co workers also have to isolate or are being affected by covert. it's happening to police is happening and transport. remember on christmas eve, we talked about how flights were being cancelled. that still happening in the same sort of numbers. simply because airlines either don't have the flight staff to do it. or they don't have the support staff on the ground to help those planes and

transports impacted as well. montgomery county, which is not far away from your north of washington d. c. it's a school district there. the didn't have enough bus drivers to man. all the buses today and we're seeing problems to in school districts, take chicago thought biggest school district and the whole of the united states closed today. simply because the teacher say they won't work until they get some sort of assurances and guarantees about testing about making sure that they are safe, that their pupils are safe on their pupils. families are safe as well. that's led to a standoff between the mirror and the teacher's union to. so what are they doing about it? well, the talking about possibly making sure that there is another covered stimulus bill going through the house to try and make sure that small businesses are protected. because they're obviously losing money at the moment. at the supreme court, all of the justices have received their booster shots. that's because they are

going to be dealing with in person cases over the next few days, including a key hearing on the abortion law in mississippi. and this is impacting hospital systems and transport systems all over the country. it's not just in the big cities is hitting arkansas at sitting texas is sitting new york is that in california is hitting mississippi everywhere is seeing a search in cases. and the reality is we might not be through the worst of it yet, because remember, they said the could still be a problem. christmas a new year. and a lot of people got together and celebrated together at new year. and those figures still have to feed into the system. there's a problem to, we're testing the bite and white house didn't order enough tests and time the joe biden and his team say americans will be able to start going online and getting those tests in a couple of weeks for many that simply not good enough. and that's why we're seeing lines of several hours of people waiting to get a test before they go back to work or before they start spending time with others.

this is not the situation that joe biden wanted, particularly as he said, just a couple of weeks ago. they have the tools to deal with who micron alan fisher with the latest air from outside the white house. allen, thank you. well, that's a situation in the u. s. meanwhile, france has reported another record high with about 332000 new cases in the most recent 24 hour reporting period present him and one micron is facing criticism. after delivering a deliberately provocative warning to unvaccinated people, natasha butler explains from paris subsidies. so there was an uproar in france, his parliament as emmanuel macros. comments and strong language about on fractionated people became public, some opposition and peas boot the health minister, while others described the french president's words as vulgar. before a debate on the government's proposed vaccine pass was abruptly suspended. the loan

up is all deploy renews. we asked the presence of the prime minister because the words of the president of the republic or m worthy and responsible, contemptuous on a book very premeditated. this is the reality of the situation. one context so. so it was blue arsic group in the parisian newspaper macro said that on facts, native people were irresponsible as for the unvaccinated, i really want to piss them off. he said, we have to tell them, you will no longer be able to go to the restaurant. you will no longer be able to go for coffee. you will no longer be able to go to the theater. you will no longer be able to go to the cinema. frances recorded record numbers of new cove infections in recent days, fueled by the delta, an omicron variance, doctor se most cove at patients in intensive care are unvaccinated. the french government says vaccination is the best way out of the pandemic. although 90

percent of the population are immunized, the government targeting those yet to receive a job 3 months before the french presidential election, a macro risks alienating some voters, bought his supporters say he's taking a calculated risk betting on the majority of french people agreeing with them because they're fed up of restrictions and want to see an end to the covey crisis said, tradition, the french voters don't like aggressiveness, intellectual campaigns, a bubble from a sitting president. so my chronic a risky, but it was an assumed risk because this interview was re read and approved by the elisa. it wasn't a gaffe or an error of communication. it was intentional. he sent a message that the campaign will happen with a certain rhythm and tone. micron has yet to declare his candidacy for the presidential race, but he is widely expected to run his victory in 2017 was partly due to the image he projected as a straight talker who didn't shy away from controversy and was afraid to break with

tradition. but whether it will be a winning formula, this time around is uncertain. natasha butler, i'll just 0 paris. italy will introduce a cobit 19 vaccine mandate for people aged over 50. the government approved the measure on wednesday as the country hit a new record in daily infections with more than 10809000 cases detected. people over 50 must received their vaccinations by june 15th other measures are also being considered including a limit on crowd numbers at public events. hong kong has announced the raft of new restrictions, including a 2 week band on incoming flights from 8 countries in door. restaurant dining will be banned for 6 pm and sports centers, bars, museums, and other venues will close for at least 2 weeks. hong kong recorded 38 new corona virus cases on wednesday. yes, ortiz are scrambling to test thousands of close contacts from a cruise ship. after

a confirmed case over the on the turn variant, the united states, u. k. in france are among the countries affected by the flight back. gone. so you go, gone, gone diag cowboys already given the very dar situation of the pandemic, we have to grasp 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 all 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 or may be the most decisive rapid targeted and comprehensive. we have had for the past 2 years or mean. well, cove at 19 cases have doubled across india in just 4 days. more than 58000 new cases were reported on wednesday. health experts say infection rates or surging in several states over all the country has detected more than 35000000 infections. officials say most of the new cases are mild,

but hospitals are still under pressure. restrictions are being tightened across the country in an effort to slow transmission. so become in this half hour. events of january 6th did expose critical departmental failures and deficiencies. the u. s. capital police chief testifies to a senate committee a year after the storming of the seat of the united states government. and canada takes another big step as it tries to make amends for decades of abuse suffered bytes, indigenous children. ah hello, normal service has now been resumed across much of here temperature route where the shipping, its feeling a little more like winter for many parts and over the next couple of days,

which is well down a cool normally wind up towards the north west. coming in the cross, so much show for the british charles and the island of ireland behind these 2 cold fronts here. that's where we got some cool air continue to slide its way further. southwards and east was little area of low pressure and northern parts of italy, bringing some significant snowfall and some cooler air in behind. then you can say single figures, temperatures around 10 degrees down of the sort of values we were looking at. at the start of the year there will be some cloud, some rain, some sleet and snow piling in on that scotlands, northern parts of england, northern areas of while still seeing some of that winter weather. then as we go through or thursday, or the way of rain, they're across so much of a central and southern england in the slightest way. further south was window of dry weather, making its way into central and eastern parts of europe. and we got that wet weather down towards italy pushing towards greece as we go on through friday. that same circulation will bring some rather lively showers longest spells if right across northern parts of algeria,

northern parts of morocco. and it'll turn increasingly wet for much of tennessee. ah, and silence has been distant beneath this eden, ah, is one of scandinavian largest iron or deposits. and it's driving a wedge between those seeking wealth and those defending their way of life. gallow, witness documentary on a jessia. lou ah,

mind are now the top stories on al jazeera demonstrators in kazakhstan, have stormed the government buildings and seized an airport in an effort to calm the rest. the president respect the cabinet declared a 2 week state of emergency and shopped on the internet to italy, argentina, and australia, or among the countries registering record numbers of new covert cases. the volume of people testing positive is causing disruption in schools in increasing pressure hospitals. but that's are not increasing significantly. and the french president am unaware, macro is facing criticism for deliberately provoking unvaccinated people. some opposition and peas described microns words as vulgar and on presidential the world's number one tennis player, norfolk joker, which is stuck at melbourne airport after his controversial arrival for the

australian open shock, which failed to make it through border control. after a mistake on his visa application is, comes a day after it was comes confirmed that he would be allowed to play despite not being fully vaccinated against coven 19 australian open organizers have given to serbian an exemption joke, which has never publicly revealed his vaccination status. and australia's prime minister says he could still be sent home if he's not vaccinated, he must provide acceptable proof that he cannot be back tonight if for medical reasons and to be able to access the same travel arrangements is fully back to that of travelers. so we are white, he is presentation, and what evidence he provides to support that if that evidence is sufficient, then he won't be treated any different to anyone else and he'll be on the next flight, not so there should be no special rules than either of which at all or women's world number one, ashley bart, he says she understands the frustration felt by many in australia over the decision

to give jock of which a medical exemption. it's a tough one. i think, as we've maybe seen a little bit in the last day or so that from the starting public, i know how hard it has been for, for julian door around donation. but in particular, victoria, i have had a real rough trot of the last month and 2 years and i understand why there may be frustrated with the decision. but ultimately i have no interest in speaking about novak's medical history. the chief of the us capital police says this forces made significant changes since writers stormed the congress. last year. j thomas manger was testifying in front of the senate committee investigating police actions during the incident. on january 6th, 5 people were killed. one supporters of the former president donald trump attacked the government building in a bid to derail president joe biden's election when a congressional report found multiple intelligence failures, as well as

a lack of proper equipment and training for capital officers. events of january 6th did expose critical departmental failures and deficiencies with operational planning, intelligence, staffing, training, and equipment. i'm pleased to report that we have addressed a significant portion of the many recommendations issue to the department. in fact, of the more on 100 recommendations issued by the inspector general, we have implemented and are addressing over 90 of them. and john henry joins us live now from washington d. c. a. so what else did the chief of the use capital police have to say thomas manor was in here in the capital complex on january 6th. he was a retired police chief living in maryland. so he doesn't feel the need to apologize for what happened then. he's an outsider who is brought in to fix those problems and fix them. he says he has been doing. he said, if those attacks were to happen today,

he says the police are now equipped to repel a mob like that you heard. and they're saying is result of re 90 of the more than 100 issues. and inspector general's report has identified and i just spoke to general russell andre, who essentially, he's the guy you responded to hurricane katrina. he also wrote the after action report to these attack and for the house of representatives wrote a report on what went wrong. and he said it was a complete government failure. but ultimately the officers on the scene saved the day and saved in his words, democracy. the force was out, man, they were out maneuvered and in many cases they had less equipment, less effective equipment. and some of the riders, i can tell you that 1st hand from having been here, when these riots were going on, on a re says they're still not staffed enough. they have to hire hundreds more officers . but he says, one key thing has changed on that day. he's that he blames the trump administration

for not calling in the national guard soon enough. he says, now the police chief can call the national guard directly. and that can happen in a moment's notice. i asked him if he's, if he believed the chief, when he said they could repel it and attacked from a mob like that. if it were to happen today, he said if he says that i believe it and gentlemen were just looking at the pictures that now and even though it's almost exactly a year minus 24 hours to the day, they were still so shocking. how was the anniversary if you will, not necessarily being marked but, but remembered or talked about in the u. s. right now. well, there will be vigils here in washington in all across the country. the one that police are most concerned about is right out side of the washington d. c. jail. that's because that's where a lot of the writers are being held and their supporters will be outside. so that's the one issue. people are concerned about president biden will be addressing the public and gen saki the press secretary. the white house has just said that he is going to lay it out, as it really happened. laying blame at the feet of president donald trump. trump

was to make an announcement on the same day. he has now been cancelled that appearance jo, handled with a letter from washington d. c. john, thank you. canada has taken another significant step in its attempt to make amends for the decades of abuse suffered by use indigenous people. the government says it will pay more than $30000000000.00 in compensation to those who are taken from their families as children and put into state care, jody vance reports 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 as 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 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 and 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 nearly $100.00 hostages, including women and children, have been rescued in northwest a jury and more than 2 months after they were captured by bandits. among the 97 freed hostages were 19 babies and more than a dozen children they'd been abducted from their homes and along highways in remote communities in some far and the neighboring so called the state. police say that

were rescued, enjoys security operations, targeting the camps of armed groups that have been terrorizing the region. we have more on that story and everything else that we've been discussing here on out there on the website. there it is. al jazeera dot com, and you can see there the spike, in cases in france, turkey, and u. k. one of our top stories ah, and other top stories on al jazeera, there has been a further day of unrest in kazakhstan, demonstrators. storms go home, buildings and seized a marty airport. in an effort to calm the protests, the president sacked, the cabinet declared a 2 weeks state of emergency and shut down the internet. the unrest was sparked by a doubling in the price of liquefied petroleum gas after the government took away price caps on new year's day.