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a humanitarian catastrophe. the un holes were 5000000000 dollars in aid for afghanistan, where millions going hungry and a landmark moment in medical science and man in the u. s. becomes the 1st in the world to get a heart transplant from a p. i'm joanna roscoe with the sport as no joke of it. she's seen training in melbourne ahead of the australian open. the country's government is looking into whether he made false claims on his travels with more than half of europe's population will get infected with the army chron variant within the next to $6.00 to $8.00 weeks. that's the latest corona virus warning from the world health organization. it's urgent governments to prioritize vaccinations, including booster shots, the w h o says 7000000 new european cases of army corps were detected in the 1st week of january along at this rate. the institute for health metrics and evaluation

forecasts that more than 50 percent of the population in the region will be infected with mcclung in the next $6.00 to $8.00 weeks because of the unprecedented scale of transmission. we are now seeing, raising covent 19 hospitalizations. it dis, changing health systems and service delivery in many countries where oregon has spread at speed and threatens to overwhelm in many more. dominic cane is live for us in berlin and covering developments across europe. hello there, dominic, he's really a staggering predictions from the w h. i. yes, on the face of us, a very bleak assessment indeed that 50 percent of the population depending on which numbers you go by in the you more than 400000000 people live here in the you around

700000000 around the you. it's periphery countries and that sort of thing. so we're talking potentially hundreds of millions of people that this individual from the world health organization is saying might well find themselves falling foul of the army kron variant of the corona virus in the course of the next couple of months. remember, it's deep winter here, right? now, and so all those conditions which militates in favor of further transmission are in place, it's cold outside people tend to congregate together inside if they're not wearing appropriate masks as we were hearing from the w h o. in another part of a statement made by the individual concerned that it's masking vaccination and that sort of thing. in the absence of those that it's very clear that the world whole health organization is making pretty difficult and dangerous suggestions here. hundreds of millions of people might find themselves as a se falling fall of on the kron in this deep winter phase of 2022. engaged dominic

. and what impact is on the crown and the surge of cases having on the ground how hospitals coping in and more restrictions likely? well that's the really fundamental question here. right now, has only cron managed to dislodge the delta. vary of the preceding particularly dangerous variance of covey that has been running right. what like wild fire across the continent. here in germany, the latest estimate suggest somewhere around 50 percent of all cases of ami chrome . but in other parts of the continent then on the corner is really taken hold. and it's starting to really push delta to one side, rather like delta pushed previous variance to one side. so we know that here in germany, the number of hospital hospitalizations is on the increase. the number of new infections is not at the peak that it was in november, december with the delta variance,

but it's still alarmingly high in the view of many medics and ministers who make the decisions that matter. and the thing that seems to be uniform not just from the w and show, but from government here, is that insistence upon the use of the booster vaccination, but also masking and also ventilation in doors. and that sort of thing. it's trying to approach this very at, from 2 sides, vaccinate where possible, the booster vaccination in particular, and then the safety measures of masking. and that sort of thing. because we know people here have also put, made some pretty dire predictions about what might happen if people do not follow their advice. mask and have the booster. that's the mantra here. for ministers. thank you very much for that update down and dominic came live for us in their lane . the us now and more americans than ever before are in hospital with the virus. 1.3000000 cases were registered on monday. that's a world wide daily record. the volume of infections is overwhelming. hospitals

administered, administers, say, many doctors and nurses are infected with the virus to rosalind jordan joins us live now with developments out of washington. they say hello there, roseland, it's not just euro being overwhelmed. clearly, it was a record breaking day in the us, whatever already saying, well, this is very much of concern and this is something which of the doctor anthony valgy who is essentially the country's leading. a public health expert indicated when he was making the rounds of the weekend a public affair shows and giving interviews recently that we have to take a look at not just the number of cases, but how many people are being hospitalized. and in addition to that, one day record of 1350000 people being infected with cove. it a one day, a record. you have 143000 americans in the hospital right now as of sunday,

trying to recover from cobit, that's a new record as well. here in the united states. it's the sort of situation where when you consider that the arm across very it is highly contagious. when you consider that many places have a re imposed some sort of mask mandate. for example, here in washington, you can't even walk into our office building without seeing the signs. put your mask on for your health and everyone else's. you have people fighting over whether children should be wearing masks, vincent in schools that's happening in massachusetts. in other places, there have been a real content concerns about whether children and teachers should even be at school. chicago just resolved a 4 day, a sort of strike as authorities. they're calling it by teachers because of the concern of people infecting each other and their families and their relatives. because again, i'm a chron is so, so highly contagious. indeed. right?

and you are mentioning their hospital admissions. how are those health authorities coping well, they're basically trying to figure out what is essential at this point. and what isn't essential in virginia where i happen to live. the outgoing governor, ralph northam has imposed a very specific kind of state of emergency for hospital admissions. this is basically going to make it easier to bring in out of state of health care professionals who are licensed to supplement the a short staffing in the hospitals. because of course, doctors and nurses, and physician assistants and, and lab techs are all getting sick as well in virginia. this is also a, basically a putting in a penalties from companies that would try to a gallery, people who are buying those at home. a rapid testing a kits to see whether or not they might be infected. this is something that they

expect that the new governor greg young can will also keep in place again to make certain that there are beds available for patients of do need to come in for treatment in some places. elective surgeries, say you've got, you know, a bulky shoulder. you're going to have to wait to get that surgery so that there are beds available for people who have suffered a heart attack or who were coming in with a very serious case of co infection. they are only so many hospital beds that are going around that can be made available there only so many health care workers who are available and so health care systems across the u. s. are having to figure out how to allocate what is becoming a very scarce resource instantly is all right, thank you very much for that update and stay safe. rosalind jordan live for us in washington dc. let's head to china now, where 20000000 people are confined to their homes. as

a 3rd cities placed under lockdown to stem the spread of corona virus, while them 80 omicron cases were detected in on young over the weekend. it's believe the infections are linked to 2 other cases found in the city of change in on saturday. katrina. you has more from dan, joe, in the hyman province. on youngs 5000000 residents have been ordered not to leave their homes until they get tested. the coven, 19 non essential businesses have been closed, and all private vehicles have been ordered off the roads. mass testing is underway in the city. now the province of her, none. where identity is located is home to about 100000000 people. they've been facing an outbreak of primarily the delta variance since the beginning of the year in the city of and young. they've identified since the beginning of january at least $400.00 cases. but what sparked concern is this weekend was the discovery of at least 80 cases of me, very infectious on the chron variance. now these cases have been linked to students

who traveled from the port city a tinge in another city in china, which is under defacto locked down. now, authorities are very concerned about the tinge in cases because this city borders bay gene and officials there have promised to see loft hanjin in order to protect the capital. all leaders in china are under enormous pressure to prevent any infections from reaching the capital bay. during before the beginning of the beijing winter olympics, which opens on february the 4th. and this is a very dangerous time for the virus here in china, we're just heading into the lunar new year period or chinese new year, where it typically many people travel across the country. there are hundreds of millions, true of trips made here in china as people travel home to see relatives for the most important public holiday here in the country. now officials have discouraged travel this chinese new year because of these out, thanks. and officials are saying that they are staunchly committed to maintaining

time as 0 tolerance approach to the pandemic. despite the fact that already 20000000 people here in china are affected by very severe locked downs or pandemic restrictions. britton's prime minister is facing renewed calls for his resignation after new revelations about a garden party held during lockdown. or as johnson has repeatedly denied breaking locked down rules, but a late a man is reported to assure his private secretary invited around 100 government staff to the party. the opposition labor party says johnson must go because of his repeated lies covering this story for us is nadeem barber, who is live for us in london. hello, then a dame. tell us more about this email invitation for drinks at downing street. will emily? it is an incredible e mail, and it was hinted out last week by dominic cummings, or as johnson's former or personal advisor. and then i t v. the british broadcast

to reveal this e mail from a senior number 10, downing street official to staff. and let me quote you a bit, we thought it would be nice to make the most of a lovely weather and have some socially distant drinks in the number 10 garden this evening. then he went on to say, b, y o be bring your own boose. now, in the last her hour or so, and we've heard from a cabinet office minister in parliament saying that people shouldn't make any judgements until an investigation has been carried out by senior civil servant. su gray. he was asked whether the prime minister actually attended that event. he wouldn't say the prime minister himself has refused to say that he did not. and so a lot of people really are reading into these are statements. the context of that is that on the 20th of may of 2020, the culture secretary, all of a doubt, it had got on television to tell people they shouldn't mix with people from other

households except for one other person in an outdoor setting. the metropolitan police were tweeting similar advice. in fact, 5 days before that we now know there was another garden event here which number 10 have cold and a year work meeting, but there was cheese and wine there and the prime minister and his then fiance carry. now his wife were photographed with other members of staff and later that year, of course, there were a string of events here. however, you label them, which looked very much like social events which didn't observe social distance seeing rules now on those embarrass, johnson has always always insisted that rules were not broken and that he was not present. but this seems to be difference center and as an intently does that nadine bother, we have to move on unfortunate that we appreciate that update. thank you very much . my friends in london. plenty more head on this news hour,

including no reason for optimism. we have more on rushes reaction to the 1st round of high stakes talks for the us on the crisis in ukraine. aid work is halted in ethiopia to gray region up to multiple air strengths. a place to come up with. and concerns raised over how tennis plays are being tested for corona virus, head of the 1st grand slam of the season. joe will have the details coming up in school. ah, because it stands, president says a russian lead military force will begin pulling out of the country within 48 hours . casem dramatic, i have told parliament to fall. withdrawal is expected to be completed in 10 days. the force largely of russian soldiers was sent to cause extern last week to quell

violence during protests against the government. more than 160 people were killed and nearly 10000 detained tick. i of has also announced a new government lineup at ali khan, that smiled has been at nominated as prime minister robin forissi, a walker has been following developments from tbilisi, georgia. it's created, this is mission accomplished for presidents. we're kind of the c a c o came in, it was clear that he had vladimir putin backing behind him. they did that job, which appears to have been largely symbolic, finding out across the country, being present at strategic locations like military bases and so forth. now they're on their way out to kind of, you clearly is in a position to do the job by himself. 10000 people detained a today, his speech was also about restructuring the security services, the police,

the military and the national state. national security, putting himself very much in charge of those important instruments of power in the country. so kind of actually for the 1st time, went off the indirectly president the previous president know. so that's it by didn't mentioned by name, directly, a criticism directly, but what he said was that people the lead on the and as a buyer had made themselves very rich, very wealthy. they spend that money abroad and now it was time to bring that money home and to give it back to the people. so the president for college has established or will establish a new funds that some of that money presumably will go into and this is the deal he's cutting with his predecessors, diagnostic legacy, the people who are his family members and, and as a buyer who has taken money out of the country and now must bring it back. the u. s

. e 's were showing reassuring and european allies following talks with russian diplomats to de escalate the border crisis with ukraine. some european officials are concerned about washington taking the late and talks with moscow. they fe, being excluded from move to resolve tensions on the ukraine border. but it's jenna how reports the talks in geneva made no real progress. it is an achievement of sorts. the talks between russia and united states in geneva didn't end in failure. they were never likely to be a major success. but while russia insisted it had no intention of invading ukraine, there remains little sign of an immediate end to the crisis. it's not the situation we're ah, a deal breaker one way or another. he's in the vision. unfortunately, we have a great disparity in our principal approaches to these us and russia, in some ways, ah, have, or was it views on what needs to be done?

us negotiators trod carefully, they promised they wouldn't be talk of ukraine security without ukraine present. this instead, a chance to air respective concerns and get a measure of russia's true intent with tensions at their highest since the end of the cold war points of dispute between russia and the u. s. are plentiful, but ukraine is perhaps most urgent. russia has supported a separatist conflict there for 8 years now, and the presence of a 100000 russian troops on ukraine's border threatens a new war in europe. russia wants legal guarantees that ukraine will never become a member of the nato alliance. a demand flatly rejected by western allies. on monday, ukraine's deputy prime minister met the nato secretary general talks with russia will widen on wednesday to include nato members in brussels. and then the o. s. c. e. in vienna,

on thursday. what russia is doing is tries to impose its agenda is stand of returning to the negotiation table. and we have that very clearly that we will never compromise on the right for every nation in you'd have to choose his own path, including what kind of security arrangements in one, sir, to be a part of earlier rushes deputy foreign minister said as to the u s had not taken seriously. his country's demand that ukraine never be allowed to join nato. that's an ominous sign by continuing to press what is a solid western red line? russia may be showing its hand that president putin may not intend this week of talks to succeed at all, but rather to use them as a pretext for war. jonah hall al jazeera, the u. s. may mileage skeptical of russia's insistence. it's not planning to invade ukraine. as our diplomatic editor james base heard from the american ambassador to

the un ambassador, the deputy foreign minister of russia says they have no plans to invade ukraine. you are the u. s. official probably has more contact with the russians than any other you deal with them an almost daily basis. do you believe him? i wish to believe him. i wish that it is true that they have no plans, but everything we've seen so far indicate that they are making motions in that direction. and if they have decided not to move forward because of our engagement with them over the course of the past few weeks with president biden speaking to president putin twice. ah, then that's a good thing. but we will continue to prepare and to plan for responding. should they take any actions against ukraine? the lightest air strike in ethiopia is too dry. region has currently 17 people. dozens of others were wounded in the southern town of may say bri. that followed

friday's attack, which killed at least $56.00 people in the camp of the displaced the war pain it's read, has halted. i'd work in the area. the government times denied targeting civilians in the 14 month conflict. for more on this, let's bring in malcolm webb, who joins us live now from nairobi in neighboring kenya. hello, they malcolm. one more you hearing about these deadlier strikes with the asteroid on monday, i witnesses told aid work that at least 17 people have been killed. and many more been injured. yes. so that you mentioned on friday before, more than 50 people were killed that for the great people liberation front said as the aid work because you were operating in the area many more were injured dev as well. that was in a refugee camp in the north of the gray region, close to ethiopia, the border with eritrea. now the pin federal government power is widely seed is

something that turn the tables in this conflict. in recent months, the conflict began just over a year ago. now just a few months ago, the t p l f and allies were advancing towards the capital, addis ababa than last month. the government successfully fought them back and a lot of observe as a tribute to drones that the government has recently bought a combat. drones, which is certainly proved effective militarily. but the depth of civilians in the s drive is that the same time attracting, growing criticism from the international community. malcolm, as you mentioned this for thing going on for more than a year, thousands have now died and millions are displaced. how was the international community reacting with us? state department tweeted just to show again that the these asteroids were unacceptable in the depths of civilian us. president joe biden spoke yesterday with

a pin prime minister abbey. i made the statement from the state department said at abide and was critical about the strikes. also expressed concerns about the human rights situation in ethiopia, including the very many people have been detained under the state of emergency. people have been detained for long periods without trial in large numbers the bite and did say that he was pleased with the recent release of political prisoners last week. prime minister abbey, i'm, it announced a release of several high profile political prisoners, including some officials from the t p l f. we were arrested earlier in the conflict . now it's not entirely clear if all of these prisoners have been released have been granted amnesty. or if they may face trial at a later stage, but certainly will release the protocol put in on one hand, but then it's continuing conflict or even escalating conflict in the case of the

civilians being caught up and strike on the other hand, that's gonna certainly leave a lot of people thinking that these extensive mediation efforts maybe aren't necessarily bringing this conflict any close to close in day. thank you very much for bringing us up to spade malcolm where, but live for us in nairobi. the u. n. is launching its largest ever humanitarian appeal for a single country and needs more than $5000000000.00 in a for a canister. will then half the population that's about 23000000 people faces acute hunger. the un humanitarian chief says he's most worried about children's welfare. fem mode is eunice. if the chief is communications in afghanistan, she says the winter temperatures have added to the crisis. as guns then is descending into the biggest humanitarian crisis in the world, the scale of suffering is quite unprecedented. and as you see, its children and women,

those who are least responsible for the crisis who are facing the brunt of these challenges. around half the population. also going to found 23000000 people are food insecure, which means that they cannot find or afford you trisha's food. and as you see over 1000000 of that number, our children and what use f is predicting that without urgent action, those children will suffer from severe acute malnutrition, which puts them at risk of dying in 2022. we think that without action one into children will be acutely malnourished. so the problems are huge. on top of that, i've got this done is facing the difficulties of climate change. we are experiencing the worst drought that the country has had for 27 years. we've got rising food prices, we've got tripling poverty. we've got rising unemployment. and all this against the

backdrop of winter, you know, last night was minus 6 degrees centigrade. and i keep hearing from, from mothers from villagers that they don't have money for rudy for coal to keep their homes warm. and it is children who are suffering the most still in afghanistan and a group of women has march through cobbled demanding equal rights. women in afghanistan have been waiting for months to attend school and work. the taliban lead government pledge to provide access for women after takeover in august, most female government employees were told to stay at home. oh, girls were banned from going to school after the 6th grade. time after that date of the weather he's well. now you think you'll be self evident the sunny countries are producing energy by renewable means. well, martine year is one of those, but it's not always sunny in all these north africa,

middle eastern countries, his clarity, the, for example. so 30 percent of martini's energy comes from those sources is cloud at the moment across miller. sadie ray, just a few showers, disappearing. we talk about wednesdays. forecast here, but usually and for most the year the revenue plays most of the live and iraq and iran enjoy the sunshine. this is one of those times the when it's not the case that's particularly true for turkey at the moment. with a load is moving slowly, ease with wednesday's forecast is particularly wet, one or a snowy one, depending on where you are. so particularly in the eastern side of turkey, the strong normally breeze, wrist them bull bay roots just on the edge of this on wednesday. come thursday and everything's but south and slow. the east was so showers in lebanon, for example, on the coast of the full cost of beirut suggests they're going to be around for a couple of days. at least windy weather to start with. then it cools down a little bit that a 14 with the wind dying at that system, which is difficult. this time the is moving eastwards through northern parts of iraq did to iran. but most iran and afghanistan and pakistan enjoy the sunshine

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reminder of our top stories, this our, what health organization is warning, the only con variant of cove it is expected to and more than half of your population. within the next 6 to 8 weeks, governments are being urged to prioritize vaccinations, including to show more americans than ever before. are in hospital with corona virus. 1.3000000 cases were registered on monday worldwide. danny westport and catholics president says russian troops will begin pulling out within 48 hours with a form to withdraw. expecting 10 days, at least 160 cuts were killed and 10000 retained during days of anti government protest. in the former soviet village returned to our top story and the w. i chose warning of europe out of europe. rather, wait on me. kron is expected to, in fact, half of its population within weeks. joining us here in kata is dr. patrick tang

a micro biologist and chief of pathology at sidra medicine. i'm sure you have been very busy, doctor. a staggering prediction from the w h. show about on the con cases in europe, we mirroring and pay now for so thank you for having me and that the pick a very accurate prediction and what was in africa and from other countries that had significant waived on the cross so far that we would expect that the majority of the population will country to getting back to the next few weeks, 2 months. so should we be concerned about that, that there is this surgeon cases, or does it mean that we're closer to say a worldwide heard immunity? that's a pretty accurate statement again. so one, whether we should be concerned or not depends on each person's individual immunity

battle and bomb, our ability to severe to be as well as what's happening within the country. so if you're in a country that has high vaccination rate and probably would hit by a large wave of delta, an infection in the time, then there be high levels of unity in that population. and they are going to have less effect on occupation. whereas if you were in a country that had low base the vaccination and why didn't hit as hard by the previous wave in action, then an older conway would cause a lot of problems for such occupation. so it is still very much country specific. your here in kata in doha, what are you seeing on the grounds, in terms of cases and people getting tested? well, we're seeing similar things in many places around the world. the better on the crime is virtually unstoppable without having significant restriction by society and

economy. that type of restrictions that are being used in places like china. and yet, we've got some countries in europe who have got protests going on because people don't want a vaccine passport to still don't want to get vaccinated. how do you say that impacting the surge of only crohn cases but very important that we do do some measures to control this way up on the con, so there are in that can be done that are practical. so we've been having booster shots and delivered to that population, protecting the most at risk of giving them people protecting back the people around them. and. and where in math is another very important measure to reduce the bed of on the con and

generally out. and then all the things that we've been doing throughout the candlestick and just quickly dr. before we let you go, i've been asking other health professionals about this. when are we going to stop saying? corona virus? when will we see the back of this pandemic are very hard to predict the future, but from, from this current wave up in action, look like it might be the last be earth wave of koby 19. because why one thing is that the buyer is always going to develop new barriers over to over time. some of them might eat them, the or some of them might be mild. but at the same time, the world is also building up community from vaccination as well. as from all of the different ways of infection. so i think our community that's going to developed around the world to protect us from future, waive any barriers that come. and it's unlikely that there'll be another severe

wave of corporate 19 after this. all right, i'm going to hold you to that. thank you very much, dr. patrick tang the chief of pathology at sea dra medicine. thanks for your time and news. alan. thank you for having the most senators in france are debating whether to approve coven vaccine at travel passes. the proposed legislation is controversial because it bars anyone who doesn't have a job from public places. natasha butler explains the southern port of mac, say is in a region with one of the highest unvaccinated populations in france until recently, nico call was among them. when we 1st met him a year ago. he didn't want to cove it vaccine because he worried about possible side effects. but he has since changed his mind and just had his 2nd job. i would get off. i had many questions about the vaccines effectiveness of what's in it. it was a personal decision and i decided to say no to be vaccinated,

but the situation has since evolved as a 5th wave. the own convent, renown, or children are a major source of transmission. and my wife is a teacher writes, her environment has changed. and on balance, i decided it was better to get vaccinated. very quickly, frances registered record numbers of new cove. it infections docked to say most people in hospital with the virus are unvaccinated, so the government wants to pressure those who are not immunized to get a job. by introducing a vaccine pass for most social activities. last week, french impedes approved the pass. after days of face debate. people in france after have a cove. it's hell pause if they want to catch a train, go to the movies or even be in a restaurant like this. it is a q r code that most people have on their telephone, but effectively shows whether you've been fully vaccinated or have a recent negative test. but the government wants to change the rules of it. only

people who are vaccinated will be able to access the path, which means people are on vaccinated will no longer be able to do things like this . the measure his infuriated people who are against the coven vaccine, on saturday, thousands protested in paris against the pass. and against the french president who recently made controversial comments about on vaccinated people, fell at dunker and it is an attack on our freedom. i am not vaccinated, m a crone does not respect the constitution. he has insulted me as a citizen. this opposition and p says the pastor is an erosion of rights and the wrong approach on which he be these all that go should be put to get vaccinated. do you have to respect them? yes, we have a, i have a clinician rate go nearly 90 percent between it to convince people who are unvaccinated. this are not necessarily because they are against it, but because they don't have enough information. so, well, some say the vaccine pass is divisive. emanuel mat crawl battle. most people in france supporting it because the majority are immunized opinion. polls suggest he

was right. 3 months before the presidential election, and i course hoping that he is risky. political calculation will pay off. natasha butler, al jazeera massey said in his farm as have shut down the main road, linking sudan and egypt in protest against a higher electricity prices. the closure has left hundreds of trucks stranded protest. as in al at mill tarka in northern sir dan have been demonstrating for a 3rd consecutive dang. sedans, willing military council has promised to review power prices. hippa, morgan is following developments from the sydney's capital cartoon. hallo, they heber. what to protest is want well, what protesters are asking for it for the government to reverse a decision they made with the thought of the year 2022, which is an increase in the cost of electricity. now, previously a person was able to purchase electricity for about a dollar or $2.00 just enough to suffice their needs. but would they used to get

for that amount? now they have to pay the $6.00 times more. and for farmers in the northern state, they think that will affect productivity. so when they've done it for the 3rd consecutive day, they've blocked the highway. that leads that connect the sudan and the northern state to the border crossings in egypt. and that is going to affect trade, and that is the point they're trying to make. they want to show that the government decision is going to impact their productivity and their farming season. and therefore they will try to stop the government's economy as well. so to dance, the government has formed a committee to look into this price hikes that has been imposed by the government itself and to see the impact to have on the farmers and to try to come up with a way to try to subsidize electricity. specifically for farmers so that the farming season is not affected, but the association informed the qualities in the northern state right now say that if the government does not review that decision and rebirth it or at least set

a different rate for electricity, for farmers in the northern state, they will continue to block the highway that connect to that in egypt, affecting trade between the 2 countries. thank you very much for that update here. morgan life for us in cuts in human rights organizations are urging the release of 600 refugee and migrant protest is attained in libya. one was shot when security forces rated a city in the u. n. community center in tripoli. demonstrators have been camped for the past 3 days or 3 months rather, to demand better protection. no doubt we have been attacked. people vulnerable women, disabled mentally disturbed individuals who were seeking savage. you were thinking protection of the office have been attacked at night out of nowhere, and they had no escape brute. there are no bragged invitations sent us where

in un treatments our wisdom rib exclusions, torture is the vision. everything in human, an unimaginable my humble, requested international community, eastern to vent a south african accused of starting last week's fire and parliament has been additionally charged with terrorism and delay, christmas murphy was arrested after the blazing cape town. 49 year old is now being accused of detonating an explosive device as well as aston and stealing property. his supporters demonstrating answer the court saying he's being made a scapegoat shall anchor is imposing rolling power cuts because the electricity board can't afford to pay for fuel. the worse me worsening economic crisis has led to the rationing of gas food supplies and petrol. men al fernandez has more from colombo. some people are looking at the possibility of power costs

a one hour a day, according to what has been announced by the salon electricity board. that the said electricity provider, the headquarters that you see are just behind me. now the government is very conscious that this is going to be inconveniencing people because the power card will be coming during peak demand and that's during the evening hours. we had the minister yesterday saying that there will be no paragraph, but a few hours later we had the former law official shadow of power cards being released by the electricity board. now, the government is conscious that this all comes at a time where people are being essentially wacked by all sides are the prices of angel items are skyrocketing that are shortages of mil powder of gas. and this is all been exacerbated by a huge foreign exchange prices that the sri lankan government is facing. it does

not have foreign currency for import. ah, and that to, ah, they've got to stretch and manage with what they do have. so in terms of the 2600 or 2700 megawatts of power, that your longer users, your own jo, are they do have the electricity board has a massive debt to the state fuel provider. and the steadwood provider has said they're going to stop essentially supplying the electricity board. or we do have basically coal fired power plants, but the majority comes from fuel fired power plant as well as hydro power. so the fact that we can source a lot of fuel to drive those majority of fuel power plant is an issue. but in general, the electricity board engineers have said that one of the issues that we have not been adding new power plant that year on year 150 megawatts also is increasing in demand. but we just don't have the capacity

a you and pays paying tribute to the president of the european parliament who died in hospital in each lane. david to solely was $65.00, a memorial book of condolences has been opened at parliament headquarters in brussels for colleagues and friends to pay tribute. germany's chancellor, all of schultz described the former italian journalist as a shrewd politician and good friends. in a 1st for medical science doctors in the us have transplanted a peaks half into a patient to save his life. surgeons have been trying to find a way to use animal opens because of a shortage of human ones. barbara and groper before david bennett had been given 6 months to live and didn't qualify to receive a human heart. doctors told him there was no guarantee had survived receiving a heart transplanted from a pig. his patient was given an opportunity for this on this experimental

transplant, was the idea mind that we didn't know what the outcome might be, but it wasn't going to be worse than traditional therapy. a gene edited pick hot was used to reduce the risk of the patient's body rejecting the organ. and 3 days after surgery, doctors say his doing well, bennett son says his father is glad he made the difficult decision. you realizes the magnitude of what was done and he really realised the importance of it. i've been talking with him. i've never in my life i heard or seen my dad cry, but i think he realised the seriousness of his condition in the last couple weeks. decades of research went into the medical breakthrough. it was always said, does he not grasp? foundation is the future and always will be. this was gordon multiple times. i would like to say that, you know, grasp on vision is now the present. in the united states salon,

an estimated $10000.00 people die every year, waiting for a transplant. it's one of the reasons says, cautious excitement. it's significant because we don't have a source of human organ replace. ah ob, sufficient numbers to answer demit. ah, and not only to man but a timely manner. but for now, david bennett and his family have been thrown a lifeline. barbara and aicpa, alta sarah, incredible stuff. i case for the next here on al jazeera and the u. s. i've been champion is thrashed. awake out from the 1st grand slam all the season. all those days out, coming up with joy. ah

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ah ah, south kareem food has become the latest export from the country to say a rise in popularity. it cinema and music industries have already swept the globe, but now i'm demick is pushing sales of korean instant noodles, especially in the west. laura ben manley reports in the street market. and so these spicy rum, your noodles pack, a punch, a staple. the south koreans, the now winning over pallet for round the world. since the pandemic demand for oodles of the spicy noodles have food leading south korean manufacturer, non shim says a pandemic helped to spearhead a k food wave in america, canada,

and europe. and that expanded noodle cells by 24 percent lost here over 2019. ah, the noodles have become a latest trend in a growing western appetite for all things south korean, that's including cape hot, k drama, and k movies. non shem sales went up after the oscar winning film parasite presented a made up dish could jap, a gory using its product. green brown, some young rahman, full sales, reached new hiv alternate with youth. in the popular netflix show, with game and caper band btn pushed international sales of monday or dumplings by 90 percent of the team members got into a fight with food korean wave. how you play a huge role in the popularity of korea noodles and things like b t. s like the

world wide sensation b t s. and just seeing rahman and korean drama has played a huge role. people see it and they see that it's not just something that we eat out of convenience or something that broke college students. if they see that it's something that people really enjoy. the humble in the new door isn't new to american society. it's the main se in prisons as much as it is on the students plate. but south korean foodies claim their brands taste better and say there's only one way to eat it. that brings out that spicy flavor. i think it goes to the satisfaction of eating the noodles when you hear it. good solar per who's western is good on korean. food and culture was able to take up this experience widely shed on social media who are about money out there.

well they go, all right, it's time epis bought his joe. i really thank you very much. the australian government is investigating whether or not ciocca, which made false claims on his declaration for money into the country. well, tennis number one was spotted earlier on tuesday training in melbourne, but there's a question over his claim that he hadn't traveled for 14 days before entering australia. social media posts appeared to show him in serbia and spain in the days before his arrival. we're still waiting to hear from australia's immigration minister as to whether he'll use his personal powers to cancel joke of his visa again. well ali i spoke to 7 news, melbourne reporter blake johnson, who gave us the latest update on chuck up which is battled to stay and play at the australian open. so when i talked to the dr. dentist, really, he had to set a fairly standard travel decoration. one of the questions was, have you traveled in the past when dies and in the documents relates to the court. you can clearly say that he has the nie box, but we have vision of him training in spine on january 3rd,

he was in service before that, not to mention the days that he spent mingling with a members of the public well, supposedly covered positive. and then the shuttle to australia, so that in itself is a, is a mistake bit of information and providing false or misleading information in that form. so it can carry a maximum dow sentence of a year, very unlikely. brokovich would get that to that, but still it raises questions about his truthfulness when he was coming into the country. and we can confirm that australian bore to force base regarding this new angle after their interviews with him and be able to be unreasonable. so could be tied to for the voter force with mr. joker, which perhaps it's a really important to realize the judge that i did not confirm stock, which was like he simply role, but he's interview with motor post the it was unreasonable and therefore he's a cancellation should not have happened in the 1st place. it doesn't mean that he's like had to stay another point to recognize, is it not that truck which still does not meet the requirements having a vaccine exemption into a strike?

so having that, i mean i've had the immigration minister still has a decision to mike as to whether not that dr. beach can remain in australia, getting him out. he's not coming back that it does not have the correct vac same exemption requirements to stay. he does have the correct backs and exemption to play in the study and i've been a consent we'll spend raised every current of our as testing of compared to says ahead of the australian open controversial australia play an atomic was playing in a qualify in melvin. and complained to the referee that he was coming down with kind of 19, but couldn't get a test a ah, with see yes, please. yeah, there's been a nightmare for emerald o'connor and her

1st competitive match since recovering from corona virus. the us open champion was thrashed at the city international. only managing to win one game against well, number 13 elena debach enough from kessick son read to con and now heads to melbourne for the australian. i've been very much ahead organize the next months paging winter olympics have dismissed the possibility of postponing the games because the omicron outbreak, well, white officials admit they are leaving their options open around coven, 19 prevention, and control measures. during the games. china stepped up, its strict 0 tolerance strategy in the regions surrounding beijing ahead of the winter olympics, which starts on february, the 4th a year solomon. woody. if, if a mask cluster of infections happens, it will impact the games and the schedule for sure. i think with the efforts by the athletes from overseas and domestic personnel, it means we should avoid this situation from happening. if the worst happens,

it's out of our control. so we leave our options open at the africa nations defending champions. algeria are currently in action against sierra leone, who are playing the torment for the 1st time in 25 years. it's golub at half time or so on. she's a, one of the most anticipated matches of the group stage reaches to african heavy weights, egypt and nigeria, egypt who are led by livable style. mm hm. it's seller. are the most successful team in the tournament history, winning on 7 occasions. my own say i would love to win something with the country i came here. i think i'm a cup. them isn't the mom proud to where to share. i give my best to the team. we have with coach forever, with team have a very good group, and they play for 741011 years now. so i know we have very good team. so we give our players and hopefully we win in the ambia joel and beat has continued his

hot foreman in the process joined an exclusive club for the philadelphia $76.00 is for the 7 consecutive game and be scored at least a 30 points. and the only other 2 players to achieve that for the franchise, and be a legend, allen, iverson, and wilt. chamberlain, the man from cameron finished for 31 points against the houston rockets, hoping philadelphia when by 20 brooklyn had carry iving for just the 2nd time this season, the unvaccinated stall can only play away games because of your vaccine mandates. having finished with 22 points against portland, but the nets went down by 6 ball period. you know, i felt like i made a few them, but now she came back in that and be actually staff. so this isn't judging up to speed. that's really what it means at this point for you. all right, that's i guess vote for now it's back to emily. thank you very much, jerry. all right, stick around. we'll have more news in just a moment, but in the meantime you can head to our website al jazeera dot com. and i'll have

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