oh, the love of books on al jazeera, what's most important to me is talking to people understanding what they're going through here it al jazeera. we believe every one has a story worth hearing. ah, has it's done to change its former intelligence chief on suspicion of treason after days so violent protests. ah, there i am. how am i here, dean? this is al jazeera live from doe hon. also coming up at least 16 people freeze to death and thousands more stranded after heavy snowfall in northern pakistan. talk court documents reveal tanis star novak joke. event court cove at 19 again in

december as his lawyers fights against his deportation from australia. and a we can, curfew is imposed in new delhi as india reports its highest number of corona virus infections in 7 months. ah, we begin in kazakhstan, where authorities say they detains the former national security chief on suspicion of treason. after days of violent protests, the cassock, president says, the demonstrations against his government are orchestrated by what he calls armed bandits. but cassim jermarta kaya has told russian president vladimir putin, the situation is stabilizing robin forester walker reports now from tbilisi. tom has returned to the center of al mattie,

though the signs of violence are everywhere on republic square seen of the worst of the clashes security forces have re taken control of gutted government buildings. but they've been food shortages and cues, it cash machines and petrol stations with residents venturing out only for essentials them a solution has got to grow the de la at night when we hear explosions. i'm scared it pains me to know the young people a dying assertion you go cuz as you go through so we're scared, not just for ourselves, but for our children and other people's children. yet we never expected. such things could happen, especially in our matty gunfire. could still be heard on friday, as military units raced through al mattie streets in the eastern city of tell the cold gun or sat you of the 1st president mosul 10 as a by of was pulled down, the euphoria has now evaporated. o,

a police loudspeaker warns people to stay indoors while an anti terror operation gets underway. oh, are you president casem, doom out talk. i have shown little sympathy for the protesters. all calls becomes cousin for priscilla to have been called abroad to put apart, usually to move the negotiation, sugar to a peaceful resolution of you. what nonsense, or kind of negotiations can there be with criminals, with murderous force we had to deal with armed and chained bandit, both local and foreign companies. the claim without evidence that protesters are foreign backed terrorists was the pretext to invite the moscow lead security block to send in its forces. 3600 c s t o soldiers. most of them russian peacekeepers are being deployed. democracy activists have expressed dismay that

their colds for change have gone unheard. the banner reads, we are citizens, not terrorists, peaceful demonstrations are still taking place. this is jan our zane in the west of kazakhstan, but legitimate protests. now risk being stamped out by shoot to kill policy. while robin foresee walker has more now on the significance of the detention of the former national security chief. this is major news, the residence screen chief carry massey mav. why? because he is the old member of the old god of, of newfoundland. as a, by the previous president, i was seeing a picture emerge with the rest of my feeble, the firing. newsome turned by the nephew from the deputy of the security

services early in the week and the removal of notebook that doesn't buy as himself . he checks the security council, important positions which indicates that there has been a power struggle within the cadillac in the me going on with this, may him and chaos spot conclude by those protests at the beginning of the year. the beginning of this week in the west of the country, which then spread to our math, and we saw all that violence. so where does this leave us now? well, as we've been hearing the presidents, it's has said that the situation is stabilizing. we are seeing military on the streets of our mattie and other major cities in kazakhstan. we have now that russian lead military block contingent, which will be up to 3 and a half 1000 troops. president has said that he has listened to the peaceful demands

and he will be fleshing out his plans for reforms. on the 11th of january, pakistan's, interior ministry sensibly, 16 people have frozen to death. as they tried to watch the country's 1st snowfall this winter. many had ignored warnings, advising them not to go outside. thousands have been left stranded in the maintenance town of murray arranged 30 kilometers. ne overslept. that's the tricity . supplies have been disrupted. come all. hi. there is in islam above, he says, the military has been called in to help evacuate people. tens of thousands of papers decided to go to the station. murray and i did also of a popular tourist destinations, especially during the winter. when people come to watch the snow, but there's also a, an example of fish that make failure because according to their, for about

a $100000.00. in re code written to that station, i have a station that has narrowed roads. they were wanting heavy, you know, that led to our georgia catastrophe because people was stuck in their way. her entire family. we are getting reports of care because of the reading, read the record robot heaps of no particular read the system had nerve damage in the cloud all along the courtyard area, but particularly up in the mountains because we have reported to fall off, you know, i had been reported in certain areas, the average lawn chair and the land slides have blocked the road and they help god had led to the chief minister now declaring an emergency. they've got it in the interior minister gordon. the patent military bought it in the military to come and help rescue people. and of course, to top more people from going to that his station court documents have revealed

tennis. donal that joke of inch tested positive for cove at 19 last month, and his lawyers say that is why he had a vaccine exemption to enter astray leon. but joke of inch was denied entry after landing in melbourne this week. to play in the australian open his lawyers who are trying to overturn the cancellation of his visa legal papers show he tested positive on december 16th. well, he's now been detained in a melbourne hotel. meanwhile, supporters of the tennis star have gathered outside that hotel. his trillion serbian chamber of commerce says his detention is to you to failings by both the victorian state government and the federal government. and also says officials were trying to rid themselves of responsibility for his visa, resulting in its cancellation and re mccormick is the 7 news sports journalist

based in melbourne, and has more on the latest developments about 35 pages of documents were released pertaining to know about job beaches day in court, which is monday here at 10 am and in those documents it is revealed for the 1st time that he tested positive through corona virus on december. the 6th thank there . he thought, along with the guidance from tennis draw, you know, who it's been revealed, i told players that one of those that weren't vaccinated. one of the ways they could get around an entry into australia was it if i had tested positive to carbon in the past 6 months, then they were exempt on getting backs unaided and could answer the country without florence any. now that is the case sticking point here and drop bid says that he follow tennis astrology is guidelines and he did everything that he was told to do . and when he got to yes, drawing border official said no, just because you detest, paused due to probably in the past 6 months. that is not

a good enough excuse. and that is not a good reason for entering the country without foreign painting so that you're sticking points here. and it's being revealed obviously, other than that you're testing positive on the 6. thank these movements around that time and need to come on the scrutiny out when he's in the graham you can take him for our photos we. serbian officials accepted a stamp. he's on up just the guy asked that he supposedly tends to be barbara pate's yacht test in serbia grading. we've done various officials without social distancing or that any more involved. you also tended and event for stan dice, another preschool as well mixing with you know, children, teachers, doors that, sorry for distance or any math me governments around the world is scrambling to introduce new measures to control soaring corona virus infections. india has hits

a 7 month high for daily news cases or the 140000 were recorded on saturday alone in a bits control break international travelers will not have to call and seen at home for a week. well, the british, a health minister, such a job, it is warding of 8 concerning wise and hospital admissions. in england is specially among the elderly. he says the country's national health service has have a court rocky, few weeks ahead. while in germany, infections of water tripled in the last week, people will no need to get tested before going into bars and restaurants unless they have received a booster. shots will get more on the situation in the u. k. shortly. first, the pump. number tompkins is the latest from new delhi when one of the jellies business market that today back a deserted look at the rest of the city. because laws shop,

public parks are all closed because starting this weekend, which is saturday and sunday in india, there is a weekend for you in the national capital. what use is that unless people have an absolutely important reason to step out like going to the hospital or traveling, they have to stay at home. of course, essential services like hospitals and food deliveries will continue, is now delhi already has the maximum number of restrictions in the country. a few weeks ago the government imposed in nice cuff you and also closed on school cinema halls. and jims, the city also slash restaurant capacity because of the rising rate of over $900.00 infection. other states have also set up tubs. so in sudden india, the seat of thumb allowed will have locked down on sundays. and the fate of good not to go, which is also in sudden indo we'll have a weekend talking like today for the next 2 weekends. the state of marashi has the

highest number of over 900 cases. many of these are coming from in just financial hub, which is mon, but what's really wanting authorities is in many of these cases are coming from the cities poorest. the city is home to a, chas largest slum which is seeing its highest single. there's $530.00 should beginning off the plan damage for now. the government that has rules out a complete loss. will scientists in the u. k. say a force cova job isn't yet needed. several countries are offering the extra shots to people with weak immune systems, poll brennan has more now from london. what the scientists here in the u. k. have been examining is how best to maintain the level of protection and immunity and the level of antibodies within the population here in the u. k. and what they found from looking at specifically the over 65 year old age group is that actually the booster shots are working pretty well at maintaining protection. so the statistics

from the u. k. have say the health security agency said the 3 months after the boost shot protection against hospitalization remain up. put 90 percent, which is pretty good for people, a $65.00 plus. now that doesn't mean that you're not going to get to run a virus protection against mild symptomatic infection. dropped to around 30 percent around 3 months after you have the boost shot. so you can see you, it's still possible that you can get an infection with covert even if you've had the booster shot. but the likelihood of it being a severe infection is going to put you in hospital. and by put strain on the national health service here in the u. k, it's very small indeed, 10 percent or even less. now what that has been extrapolated by another acronym, the j. c, v i, the joint committee on vaccines and immunization, the government advisory body is to say that rather than put effort into a 4th boost shot,

which has been mentioned by some politicians rolling program of continuous boosters, perhaps year on year. it's probably best and more effective to concentrate on getting those people who perhaps have no shots or just one or just 2 shots so far. getting them vaccinated. because the advisory from the metrics is that that would have more effect than pursuing a program of continuous rolling boosters for those who are already of the mind to get them. still ahead on al jazeera, mexico's government is accused of negligence. as the country reaches 300000 corona virus deaths, and why the european governments is pardoning a number of high profile political prisoners. ah ah,

look forward to brighter skies. the weather sponsored my cattle airways. hello, i'm pleased to say we got some slightly choir to weather making its way towards japan over the next couple of days that shit on a little marla. so shouldn't see quite as much snow as we have seen recently. but still little on the cool side. you see the ice about starting to open up just making the way into more of a northwest the or a westerly direction. so a few showers still where some went through once in place there for a time across the western side of honshu into hawkeye, to where to where the pulling away from the eastern side of verge, pan temperature in tokyo, getting up into double figures. so that thaw will continue, as you can see as we go on into monday, it is last she dry. we have got some bits and pieces of snow there into the far northeast of north korea. chances some snow just around the, at the yellow sea up to was at east side of china. quite a blustery when setting in by the time we come to monday, southern parts of china now to sing some rather wet weather over the next day or so

. now we have seen some rather wet weather spinning outs of for afghanistan, northern parts of pakistan recently in to the north west of india, some heavy snow around the foothills of the himalayas. and we also seeing some very wet weather now coming in across sierra northern parts of india sliding a little further east, which as we go through the next day or 2 with heavy showers as franca. oh, the weather sponsored by casara always. americans are increasingly saying authoritarianism might not be so bad. there were several steps along the way where the chain of command, if you'd like, tried to cover it up. 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 world on al jazeera, we understand the differences and similarities of culture across the world center might have when you call home will. but you can use in current affairs that matter to use a ah,

this is al jazeera, quick reminder, all the top stories this our authorities and cast on say they detains the former national security chief and suspicion of treason. after days of find that protests, the cassock, precedence is told bush as leader of the situation is stabilizing. course documents have reveals tennis, star novak chunk of inch tested positive for covert 19 last month, sawyer se, that's why he had a vaccine exemption to enter strayer, to play in the grand slam. later this month. and pakistan's interior ministry says at least 16 people, frozen to death, for se, tried to watch the 1st snowfall for winter. many in

a northern region had ignored warnings, advising them not to go outside or the number over at cove, with 19 related deaths in mexico has now passed. $300000.00 is also been a rise in infections which some health experts believe is being fueled by the contagious omicron variance, and also is largely spurred on by tourism al jazeera is a man or apple, a rapport snow for mexico city. it's fine in the sun in the resort city of kain could. but mexican health officials say a boom in international tourism has also led to a significant rise in coven 19 infections. a warning that doesn't seem to be much of a bother to foreign tourists. i would say far, we haven't felt exposed their approach colds in place and we've been wearing our

masks and everything following the rules and washing our hands. vacation hot spots, or the only places where contagion is on the rise. in mexico city, a sharp increase in cases has also led to higher turn out at vaccination sites. concern is also spreading among parents as millions of children returned to school from the holiday break is a lot in which up with other one here. we have to be very careful because this is affecting the children more than before. so we need to have more safety measures. but with the support of us all, and the teachers, we should be all right, back with more than 4000000 cases of coven 19 have been recorded in mexico since the start of the pandemic, according to data from johns hopkins university. and debts from the virus have surpassed 300000. with such a staggering death toll, the government has been accused of negligence in it's handling of the pandemic response from pepco. and despite a steep rise in new cases,

mexico's president has denied the country, has entered a 4th wave of contagion, is danella body. and there is this new variance is very contagious, but luckily it is not requiring hospitalizations, nor have we registered an increase in the number of deaths. and that is the most important thing. mexico's government has not yet released official numbers of infections linked to the amik on various policy. analysts say this isn't the only area where transparency is lacking. the one that goes that get that in the name of one thing that we still don't have in mexico, and it would be very important for the health ministry to publish as a database on the progress of the vaccination campaign. we have the entity ports. yes. but we don't have the database that can be analyzed. mexico's government continues to face criticisms over what many see as a relaxed attitude toward contagion. and for not requiring a negative coven 19 test for foreign visitors. this recent surgeon to wrote

a virus cases is not limited to mexico, but rather a trend being experienced by countries all across latin america. manuel rap a low al jazeera mexico city. ethiopian government has released a number of high profile political prisoners, including members of the rebel t grind people's liberation front. officials in the capital, addis ababa say it's time to promote national dialogue. after more than a year of conflict in the north lay, harding reports a lull. in fighting has made way for potential dialogue. the ethiopian government is pardoning a number of high profile political prisoners, including members of the rebel to gray people's liberation front. the government has been fighting the t p l. f for more than a year, amid ethnic and tribal tension. prime minister abbey meds, government says the pardons purpose is to paved the way for a lasting solution to ethiopia as problems in a peaceful,

non violent way. especially with the aim of making the all inclusive national dialogue a success. it was not immediately clear how many of those granted amnesty have been freed. ah, the war in the north has claimed the lives of thousands of people and left hundreds of thousands more facing famine conditions into gray, which is under what the united nation says is a de facto blockade. un secretary general, antonio gutierrez welcomed the news of the pardon on twitter. sane. i will remain actively engaged in assisting ethiopia to bring an end to the fighting and to restore peace and stability. the pardons coincide with orthodox christmas. a day widely celebrated by christians in ethiopia. it also overlaps with a visit by us envoy jeffrey feltman, who was pushing for talks. the conflict has threatened to tear apart africa's 2nd most populous state and to stabilize the horn of africa region. what can the nobel

peace prize winning prime minister negotiate the solution in his country divided by war? leah harding al jazeera said african president, cerebrum of po, so says the governing african national congress policy needs to be renewed and rebuilt. he's addressing the celebration of the a n c's, 100 and 10th anniversary. several issues continue to tarnish the parties image, including allegations of corruption earlier this week and inquiry phone that state decisions made on their former president jacob summa were influenced by private interests. not only was states kept a systematic attempt at siphoning off public resources and funds. it also destroyed the capability of the state and led to the departure of a pebble people from public institutions. as they resist that state

capture somewhere fired some were forced to resign. 3 white men have been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a black ciocca in the us state of georgia. the judge said 2 of them, father and son, would spend the lifetime without the possibility of parole. she had her tansy reports. this was the verdict, ahmed aubrey's family had hoped for that his life plus 20 travis mc michael and his father gregory give him the maximum sentence for murdering 25 year old aubrey. after chasing him through a georgia neighborhood in february of 2020 william raleigh brown. who drawing them, the chase was given a mandatory murder sentence of life imprisonment, but with the possibility of parole. after 30 years, the judge said that he, unlike his co defendants, had displayed some remorse. all 3 can appeal their sentences, but also face

a federal hate crimes trial next month set before the sentencing members of aubrey's family made the case. a man who killed messiah santa nurse court room every single day next to his father. ah, no, get there. chain a seat next to my elbow again, and i'll breeze mother addressed her son directly. i made a promise to you. to day a lady tress. i told you i love you. and some day, somehow, i will get to justice. the presiding judge said he thought deeply about the case even paused in silence for a minute to suggest how long aubrey had been running in fear of his life before he was murdered. a fraction of the time that a mod armory was running instant till assures and rendering his verdict. the judge

alluded to the racial folk lines of this community in the deep south. i argue that maybe a neighbors more than the people who just own property around your house. i believe that is and also believe that in assuming the worst in others we show our worst character outside the court aubrey's mother. thank lucy, supported her family and made reference to one of the most shocking moments of the trial. when one of the prosecutors alleged her son was not a victim, but a criminal quotes with no socks to cover his dirty toenails. the law toenails that he law not know the argument she, she failed admitting that a mile was lying there in milledgeville with a big hole in the kid. outside the court, there was celebration that accountability for the murder of a black man by white men in the south. so many of them still haven't gotten anybody arrested for killing their child. so busy about all of where no more, no more,

no more. but it should be remembered that in the aftermath of abra killing the police and local authorities did nothing excepting the word of those now convicted of murder. that aubrey had been up to no goods. only when video evidence was released, weeks later, did stage authorities act. she ebert hansi alger 0 but as t, as in south korea started a movement 30 years ago to bring attention to the plaintive so called comfort women, their demand and compensation for koreans who were sexually enslaved before and during the 2nd world war. some activists feared the survivors may never live, to see justice florence louis reports. they were called comfort women. a term used to describe women and girls forced to work in brussels run by the japanese military. it's estimated up to 200000 girls and women from asia was sexually enslaved. they endured rapes beatings,

even murder. those who survived often had to live with the stigma. a significant number were from korea, a former colony of japan. and it's here in south korea that the walls longest running, protest continues to take place each wednesday around noon survivors, activists and ordinary citizens have gathered in front of the former japanese embassy in soul to demand an apology and compensation from the japanese government . this year some survivors sent video messages as cove at 19 concerns prevented them from attending in person. oh, japan insist that it never forcibly dragged us out of korea and never made us suffer. but i demand they stop lying and be honest. thou only 13 of the women still alive in south korea, 100 buildings, grandmothers passing away without receiving a proper apology and compensation. let's fight until the japanese government gives

an official apology and legal reparations are made so that the lives and cries of the grandmothers are not in vain. 6 years ago, japan and south korea reached an agreement. japan apologized and provided nearly $9000000.00 to a fund to help survive little. but that deal has largely fallen through. survivors were critical of it saying it prioritized money over a more sincere apology from japan. and when president moon j in took office, he effectively abandoned the agreement, signed by his predecessor, calling it seriously flawed relations between south korea and japan. took a further dive. yet week after week, year after year, protest is remain undeterred in their quest for justice. as the demonstrations continue into a 3rd decade, a new generation of activists have taken up the fight for florence li al jazeera.