we tell your story, we are your voice ah, your news, your knocked out, his ear stepped beyond the comfort zone, where assumptions are challenged, traveled to the ends of the earth, and further experience the unimaginable of the people who live it. witness award winning documentary on al jazeera ah the only crumb variance spreads through europe, the w h. o warns the bolden half the population will be infected within the next 2 months. and the u. s. hits a new record for cove at 19 hospitalizations. as top health officials faced tough questions at the senate. ah, hello, i'm adrian for the good. this is al jazeera,

alive from doha. also coming up. the u. s. president touches the senate to pass voting rights reforms. speaking in the battle ground state of georgia and growing criticism of ethiopia as government as more civilians are killed in military as strikes with the world health organization. as warning that half of europe is likely to be infected by the ana kron variant by march. europe is currently reporting the largest number of corona virus deaths and cases worldwide. the w h o 's regional director says that a new west to east tidal wave is sweeping across the region. but hans clued stressed that approved vaccines continue to provide good protection in china and young has become the 3rd city to go into lockdown as part of the government's 0 tolerance approach. around 20000000 people are now confined to their homes and health facilities in the u. s a feeling the strain with nearly 14036000 people in

hospital. that's the highest since the pandemic began. don't it came, begins our coverage from berlin with more on the situation across europe. on the face of us, a very bleak assessment. indeed, that's 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 fall of the only current 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. and it's very clear that the wolf 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 cron in this deep winter phase of 2022. that's the really fundamental question here right now has on the chrome managed to dislodge the delta, very of the preceding, particularly dangerous variance of covey that had been running right. what, like wild fire across the continent. here in germany, the latest estimate suggests somewhere around 50 percent of all cases are of ami chrome. but in other parts of the continent then on the corners really taken hold. and it's starting to really push delta to one side. a u. s. senate committee has meant to hear the federal government take on how it's handling the pandemic

president joe biden has said that he is confident the country is on the right track . representatives from the centers for disease control and top us infectious diseases expert and the fallacy are among those making. the u. s. is experiencing a massive searching curve at 19 cases with a record number of hospitalizations reported on tuesday will during the hearing. there was a heated exchange between doctor font, she had republican sentence around paul, doctor font. she accused paul of launching repeated postal attacks and said that he's using the pandemic for his own political gain. as some of you may know, just about 3 or 4 weeks ago in december 21st, a person was arrested who was on their way from sacramento to washington dc at a speed stop in iowa. and they asked the police asked him where he was going, and he was going to washington d. c, to kill dr vouching, and they found in his car, in a r 15 and multiple magazines, alam munition,

because he thinks that maybe i'm killing people. so i asked myself, why would senator want to do this? so go to ran poll website, and you see fire doc the found she was a little box that says contribute here. you can do 5 dollars, 10 dollars, 20 dollars, a $100.00. so you are making a catastrophic epidemic for your political gain. so the all have political intact, and i, your colleagues and in a politically reprehensible way. things are like a rubbing tails. ok, won't defend it. or some people are still resisting vaccinations. one south american nation is leading the world citizens of chile, a lining up for this week for their 4th dose of the vaccine. the president told al jazeera but a 5th dose could be on the way to our latin america, editor at lucy and even reports. now the vaccination program even extends to the

animal world. so santa fe, went this arrived early for her 1st dose or her 2nd booster shot. she's a recovering cancer patient, so like others here with underlying health conditions. she's more vulnerable to coven 19. 0! for, for the other visit that i've had breast cancer 3 times. so obviously i have to be even more worried about protecting myself. although everyone in fact has to worry about it. one year after chilly began a massive vaccination campaign against coven 19. it's begun rolling out it's fort dos, even hold on one of the 8th, and 3 and older a being vaccinated here in this country. unlike in most, in the region, there is no shortage of vaccines. and the secret, according to president of us young fietta is a tilly began purchasing them even before they existed. we were inviting a small group of correspondents for coffee. benita told us that he bet on 3

laboratories that seemed more likely to cross the finish line. first, including pfizer and senior back and will be at 19 the government began taking measures at a very early stage and with strong decisions to buy vaccines and to begin vaccinating very early. even with the 3rd dose info, he says, arrangements have already been made to guarantee a 5th dose if necessary. sunday, although in chile they've been mil reported cases of animals being infected. the health ministry is taking no chances this weeks, and i became the 1st tape to be a knock elated at the brim so that emma has sunday when they have like, warning. sunday is a unique specimen in south america. the only pure born leon of anger tongue with such an important reproductive potential for the species, which is why we focused on emulating him 1st, and also immunizing the big caps. which amount to be naturally prone to this problem. be the 4 or 2 legged patient health authorities say hospitalizations and

deaths from coven 19 had dropped significantly since the aggressive vaccination campaign began. but this also an awareness that until everyone can be equally immunized on every continent, chileans will likely have to prepare for many more jobs before it is pandemic is over. lucy and human al jazeera santiago in france, senators have been debating whether to approve a coven vaccine pass. the proposed legislation is controversial because it bars anyone who doesn't have a job from public places. thousands have been taken to the streets for weeks to oppose the measure. will several nations have got a step further made vaccinations mandatory. they include austria where people face fines if they're not fully vaccinated by the 1st of february. italy made vaccination mandatory for the over fifties last week in greece. it's compulsory for over sixty's. germany is new, chancellor, olaf sholtes is planning

a vote on the policy next month. quebec could soon be the 1st canadian province to tax on vaccinated adults. premier francois lego says that they're placing a financial burden on the health care system. on tuesday, he announced plans for those with our medical exemption to pay a health care contribution. cobit 19 hospitalizations in canada of searched with the spread of the on the kron variant u. s. president joe biden has called for voting rights reforms to expand access to polls. speaking in the battle ground state of georgia, democrats alleged that republican states are imposing restrictions to suppress black, another democratic leading voters. either wants the senate to abandon its super majority rule, to pass the bills right to vote. and that that vote count. it is democracy's threshold liberty. without it, nothing is possible. but with it,

anything is possible. while the denial of fair and free elections is undemocratic, it is not unprecedented. to think eddie is of a political strategist and george does not live from washington dc glasgow. good to be with us and to take it. what do you make of what the president had to say today? i thought today the president of the united states and the vice president of the united states and a very strong message to the american people, to the united states senate. that was a very clear message that democracy is before us and that we have a choice. are you going to be on the side of darn the martin luther king junior? are you gonna get inside of george wallace? and it was clear that he outlined a case for voting rights. why it was so important for us to pass federal legislation the freedom to vote at in the john lewis voting rights act, that it was imperative that congress needed to do it now. and he also laid out a pathway that we needed to adjust the filibuster in order to make way for there to

be a vote on this issue. any also made it very clear that adjusting to full buster heads taking place before with the debt ceiling. and there's no reason why it should not happen again for us to deal with a fundamental right in our country, which is democracy. we all know what needs to be done, talking about it, those one thing getting it done is a mother entirely i think show, and i think what president fighting and vice president biden illustrated today is that they are actually putting the pressure, you know, they're using the power of, of the, the microphone of the president and the vice president going to really ground 0 in georgia to talk about what was happening not only in georgia, but other places like florida in texas. where we have seen state after state put forth aggressive laws to suppress the right of the vote,

largely of people of color. and they were actually using their power to send a very strong message should the united states senate also is important to know that they have been working. they have been meeting and the president said today, i'm tired of having quiet conversations. i'm getting loud about this. there's also been movement of the federal government, you know, the whole of government approach. they're doing everything in their power to address voting rights from the vantage point of the power, the presidency, whether it is been increasing and doubling the funding and the infrastructure at the department of justice in the civil rights division and the voting rights division to actually deal with these attacks on voting rights and the litigation that's come from that. but also the work that they've done with agencies, whether it is through the department of housing and urban development led by secretary marsha fudge to actually you know, help people get the information they need to vote. but what they made clear is that the united states senate now has to do their job and that is past these 2 important

pieces of legislation. to what extent is the president damned if he doesn't damned if he doesn't other any dangerous for him politically and getting rid of the filibuster in order to push through voting rights reforms. why the president made a very clear point that the filibuster has long been a, you know, it is a tool, it is an archaic, you know, tool that has been in the united states senate that has been use largely to suppress when you look historically at how the filibuster has been used and you know, folks have used the syllabus, villa buster in the united states senate to stand in the way of civil rights. but here is now an opportunity to end the filibuster, or to adjust that full of bus around a one time basis to, to, to share in this important voter rights legislation. and the president himself made it very clear that this has been done before, you know, senators came together on

a bipartisan level to deal with the filibuster, reform in just this past year to deal with the dent sealant. and he made very clear why can't we do this for voting rights? and i think activists and advocates in the american people are saying the same thing. and i think what vice president harris said in her remarks, i think was super important. she said, americans, you know, we wait long enough and is time for the united states, the act and they need to do whatever they need to do to bring this boat to a floor so that we could actually in, in ensure that we have free and fair elections and access to the ballot box for all americans in this country. good tilted ship to take up many thanks to the for being with us to take 80 that in washington. thank you. so to come here on al jazeera, switching off shrill anchor. why fears a growing of rolling power cups, and pumping investment into the heart of tripoli?

how civic pride is being restored along with the ancient passage of libya's capital city. ah ah, look forward to brighter skies the winter sponsored my cattle a ways that even at this time of the year, the seats, the east, the korean peninsula is quite warm. so was his cold in sol, cuz that back wash, wind is really cold, is enough moisture to pick up and produce snow showers in han shoot hawkeye to it's going to be very snowy in this part of japan, which eventually will be loved by the skis. but of course, if you're not a scare, you probably won't like it very much. but beyond that, there was very quiet little bits though still possible because for the same reason cody has come across the yellow sea. but on the whole dry looking picture, the some rain leaking across the tibetan plateau into the far west of char syntron

for example. and the snow of anything pushes further south during thursday in that continued cold wind south of all this though and is much quieter. yes, it is the wet season friend. these are in malaysia, but this particularly friend media with java, southern see mantra and this part of borneo involved in what's like to be the wet is potentially flooding rain. and that usually for india, the rain and the snow, that walls as you well know up in the northern part of pakistan has influenced india to the east. this is unusually wet weather for northeast in india, even bangladesh, rather more noble in sri lanka for the weather sponsored by caraway's running is one of the most accessible sports in the world else's era correspondent tandy richardson takes us on his personal journey of discovery. when you find yourself out in the middle of nowhere, and the run is hurting. why should not just stop exploring the growing popularity

and science? he pushes the limit from kenya to the cockpit. in search of answers to why we run. elgin's era correspondence ah, ah ah, hello again, this is al 0. let's remind you of the main news. this how the world health organization is worthy of an approaching tidal wave of corona, virus infections in europe. it says that more than half a people they're likely to be infected by the, on the chrome variant. within the next 2 months. more people are in the hospital with coven 19 of the u. s. than ever before. any 146000. the straight on the health

care system has been compounded by staff shortages as hospital work has become infected. and u. s. president joe biden has called for voting rights reforms. speaking in the battle ground state of georgia, democrats alleged that republican states trying to suppress black and other democratic leading voters by wants the senate to abandon its super majority rule. in order to pass the bills, cassock stands president has announced the withdraw within 10 days of the moscow led military block, which had intervened following the countries worst on rest. in 30 years of independence. cassim drama took i have in a speech to parliament, also took aim at wealthy oligarchs, linked to the former president, a long time leader, the sultan, as a buyer sh robin for a steel walker reports. the people who looted this al marty shopping mall knew no one was coming to stop them. not only did they steal new shoes, they had time to leave their old ones behind. what the store owner estimates damage

. is it over a $100000.00? most call him a quick check it out later. the guys who did the looting, mostly men. right. but they still took all the launcher, right. everything's gone. so so doesn't good. let's just get on tuesday the president took, i've did not say how he would help business recover from an estimated $57000000.00 in losses. but he did promise social, economic and political reforms and strikingly a crack down on the countries all the galks who must pay into a new national fund or they appear. president yelled about, thanks to the 1st president obaskey, a group of very profitable companies and a lot of people, even by international standards have appeared in the country. i believe that it's time to pay tribute to the people of catholics dawn and help them systematically and regularly relatives. the former president, northville 10 as a buyers have amassed fabulous wealth and taking it abroad. it's estimated that his

daughter and son in law own properties in london alone worth over $350000000.00. slightly more than half of national wealth is held off. sure. it is probably a reasonable estimate. so you're talking about more than half of all the well from the country is outside the scrutiny of the government. and therefore, if the owners of that wealth decide not to participate in the new national firm, then that wealth will not participate in the national front. there's nothing the government can do about that. took, i have says foreign troops will leave within 10 days. he seems confident he no longer needs the moscow backed military force to hold on to power from the prime minister down that loyal deputies of being appointed, vicky issued to what extent you will be able to repair the columbia to pick it out of this corrupted her creamy no, all you gotta keep typo full full fooling. and 2nd me how he will be able to do the re distribute to wealth or make to narrow this social gaps and socially with what

it is. sylvia injustice if you will be able to the so this is the best way of healing. there's much healing to do widespread damage to both the private and public sectors. more than a 160 people have died, thousands injured. this is a traumatized nation, hoping the nasa by era is drawing to a close. but wary of what comes next, robin 1st year walker al jazeera, shall anchor is imposing rolling power cancer because the electricity board can't afford to pay for fuel. the worse thing, economic crisis led to the rationing of gas food supplies and petrol. al jazeera michelle fernandez in colombo, explains how shall anchor got to this point. some people are looking at the possibility of power cuts 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 power cuts, but a few hours later we had the formula, fisher, shad, you of power caught 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, or the prices of us. angel items are skyrocketing that are shortages of mid 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's 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. ah, 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 8 soldiers, including a high ranking commander in bikini faso have been detained on suspicion of conspiring against the government. but the sri prosecutors say they were tripped off about a plot to destabilize institutions by an insider, came across a struggle to contain a 6 year conflict. trust deepened, political instability in the country. laser sas try can ethiopia to gray region, has killed at least 17 people. thousands of others were wounded. in the southern town of might, sarah said bri. it follows an attack on friday which killed at least $56.00 people in account for the displaced government is denied targeting civilians in the 14 month conflict. on the zeros malcolm web is in kenya's,

capital nairobi says ethiopia is use of our power, has been controversial. the pin federal government air power is widely seen as something that turn the tables in this conflict. in recent month, 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 in 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 death of civilians in the asteroid is at the same time attracting, growing citizens from the international community. us president joe biden spoke yesterday with a pin prime minister abbey ahmed. the statement from the state department said at a biden, with 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 that bite and did say that he was pleased with the recent release of political prisoners, but certainly with relief. the vertical printed on one hand, but then it continuing conflict were even escalating conflict in the case of the civilians being caught up in the 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 a close farmer's in northern sudan or blocked a main road link with egypt leaving hundreds of vehicles stranded. they demonstrated in our little taka for a 3rd consecutive day against high electricity prices. the ruling ministry council has promised to review the changes to power terrance. here morgan is following developments from the capital cartoon. well,

were processed as are asking for is 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 a 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 as $6.00 or 6 times more. and for farmers in the northern state, they said that will affect productivity. so what they've done as for the 3rd consecutive day, they've love the highway that needs that connect this sudan and allow them 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 destroy the government's economy as well. so sedans, government has formed a committee to look into this price hikes that, that has been imposed by the government itself. and to see the impact on it,

to have on the farmers, and to try to come up with a way to, to, to subsidize electricity. specifically, for farmers so that the farming season is not affected, but the association in foreign ecologies, in the northern state right now, say that if the government does not review that decision and reverse it, or at least set a different, raised for electricity, for farmers in the northern states, they will continue to block the highway that connects with an egypt affecting trade between the 2 countries. triple is old city is rich in history and culture. the historic area of the libyan capital was established more than 3000 years ago. at leisure, developed by the romans, should've been neglected for decades. but that's now beginning to change was monitoring reports. bob, as a deed is to western entrance into the ancient city. voyer. it means new door, but it dates back thousands of years. oh yeah. was established by the phoenicians, nearly 3000 years ago. it then came under roman control and flourished in the 2nd

and 3rd centuries, a. d. it was conquered by the rushing dawn caliphate and was renamed tripoli in the 7th century. it's one of 5, eunice, go world to heritage sites in libya that are on it's in dangers las while it's been neglected in recent decades. that according to change, local authorities with the hope of residence have begun to renovation campaign to save the old city. there are the mallet salesman and he old city as a symbol for all of lydia. the city hasn't seen renovation since the 1940s. all the governments that libya has seen since then neglected the city. it was on the verge of collapse. but thanks to the association and the residence we're seeing new life put into the heart of tripoli. follow the bab as you did. entrance has just reopened to the public with a new look. and shop owners like alamo brook couldn't be happier. sarah, coffee before there weren't many customers,

but after the renovation the market changed. new customers are coming in then people are visiting because they want to see the non look come to rely on about all that. had yanna is on the board of directors of the old to the association and has been supervising the renovation work. she says it's been her dream to breathe new life into triple is old city. yes, and super proud. of course. i mean, it's something, oh, it's a dream coming to and not even mentally my father used to work in this organization . my father died. want to tell him, you know, i hope his looking, you know, same casey, you, we've done what you always hoped. so personally for me, sir, yeah, it's a big, it's a big thing. i'm very proud. can see how the entire via the old city has changed with these new renovations. and locals now have a sense of pride in the cities rich history and a renewed sense of hope that it could return to its former glory. now,

emma used to live in the old city. she found out about the renovations on social media. if i brought my grandchildren to see the history, this change is amazing. i hope they renovate the entire city. 40 years ago when i lived here, the roads and homes were falling apart. this is a great beginning. libya has seen relative. com since a nation wide ceasefire was signed last october. people here hope the hard one piece won't be short lived, so the work can continue to maintain lucas historical psych, latrina al jazeera tripoli. ah, it's good said he, with a slo adrian, to look in here and know how the headlines allow to 0. the world health organization is warning of approaching tidal wave of corona, virus infections in europe. it says that more than half of people there are likely to be infected by the omicron variant in the next 2 months. more people are in

hospital with cove at 19 in the us than ever before. nearly 41.