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rules for passengers arriving from china. after surge encourage virus cases, their normal checks, normal passport control, normal shoes, croatia officially adopted the euro and enters the use visa, free travel zone, and sleeping rough in the united states. homelessness on the rise officials are forced to take drastic action. ah, it will begin in brazil where the new leader, lucindas yoletta silver, is vowed to rebuild a country. he says his predecessor had reduced to ruinous a 77 year old was draped in the presidential sash, ought to be sworn in at a ceremony, and brazilian is the 3rd time he is held, brazil's highest office, thousands gathered to witness the noble ation. veteran left wing politician,

known widely as luna. he defeated outgoing need of which i have also narrow in a close and bitterly fort election in october. if you leave to plead to my gratitude to all of you that faced political violence before during and after this political campaign, you were in the streets during the sun and rain so that you could have your vote who you have the courage to wear the flag of our country, whilst a minority was trying to censor our colleagues when you call it. but if you want to communicate to us now live from brazil here on the go to the main challenges for luna. well, he has many hunger will be the main 1. 33000000 brazilians simply do not have anything to eat. and this is a country that is the major role producer of grains in of meet a major exporter of food. and well, that's his one. run one of his many challenges. the other one is to unite this

country, which is very, very polarized up to day. while he was having inauguration here, there was a camp aha, supporters of former president j bowles donado and they were camped out in front of the army headquarters saying still saying that they did not. * recognize the electoral results that they would resist, they would not negotiate with the government. so even though you boast, fernando is in miami, i'm sorry, in florida right now. they continue to hope that something will happen in the army will, will, will have some sort of a military intervention. the other challenges that beula has are all so education, vaccines, because so during coven 19 pandemic, are both sonata did everything to, to cast doubts on, on the efficiency of vaccines. not only of coven 19,

because now polio and the souls which were 2 diseases that had been eradicated from brazil are bagged because people are doubting efficiency of vaccine. so there are many, many challenges here. and it's an extraordinary come back, isn't it? to for new no reminded me he had to time in prison, took us through how he managed to get back to his position. well, he said it was the happiest day in his life. this is his chance now to redeem himself because during many years and every time they were talking about the p t, the workers party that he leads ah, it was associated to. 8 corruption, the big corruption scandal here that led to be impeachment of his successor also from the workers party deal model surf. and that is what helped shape also now to be elected because people were very angry because the economy was in

a recession after having, after going through a huge economic real bull during lewis to terms in office. but afterwards, the supreme court overturned off the trial that that had led him to prison. and so he's was able to run and when it was a very tight when a very polarized campaign, but he made it back. so he promised now to reconstruct and unite brazil on occasion to give thank you very much indeed. as a new year, new beginning for croatia, the balkan countries adopted the euro as its official currency. almost 10 years after joining the european union. it also becomes part of the shannon zone. many people can travel freely to other member nations without having to go through id checks. stephanie decker reports from the capital sa grab a symbolic moment in the capitol, crashes prime minister,

and the european commission president, paying for their coffee in euro's the 1st day of the new year, has come with 2 more, 1st, adopting the euro. and joining the board of re shank and zone earlier at the board was to virginia. the to leaders had this to say i proposed work in order to go if they are historical moments special moments which should provide us with great honor. and when we witness the achievement of strategic goals of a state, this is such a dicey liver rather being able to cross internal borders without controls is one important achievement. being able to pay cross borders using the same you. currency is another one. and i know by my own personal experience, that creations will always remember the 1st time they paid with europe. the 1st time they held the euro coin, min tit with your national own blend the corner. but it's not that simple for many

people. for the next few weeks, you could still pay in the old currency the kuna, but the change must now be given in euro's, and that's causing confusion going on. so this buyer tells us she has to wallets. now. i mean, she will convert the chain. she laughs, i still don't know. we are shown the up. they used to calculate the change. come hard am on, we have this app now. so convert thing is more or less simple. creations are still paying in corners and foreigners helping in euro's we love the crew, no more, of course, because it's our currency. a linear problem, but as of july, i'm not happy about the euro, but it's not a problem for me to convert. i have some kona and small euro's and the rest i will take from the cash machine if it will work. it's total chaos with the ac ems. it will be an adjustment for everyone,

and it will take time as the newest member of the year p, and curious at the 20th country to adopt the euro and go through this transition. there is no doubt, there will be challenges over the next couple of weeks as creations let go of their currency and gradually go fully euro. stephanie decker or xerox. i grab ah, australia and canada have announced travel rules for passengers arriving from china . the 2 countries draw a number of others, including the u. k. u. s. india and spain that are brought in restrictions. testing requirements are also being imposed are be imposing upon after a surgeon cases in china. but while has been increased focus on the spread of cobra . there many countries around the world have been reporting high case loads in recent weeks. in the last 28 days more than 4000000 new cases have been detected in japan. south korea has seen over 1800000 cases,

also high in france and the u. s. with 1320000 and 1750000 respectively. or the 40 percent of infections in the u. s. and are caused by the american sub variant known as x b b. it's highly transmissible and has developed resistance to immunity. china as reporters, 685000 cases in the same time frame. but due to the absence of information from the chinese government, it's a scientific guessing game to determine the size and severity of the surge in the world's most populous country. for hunter isn't epidemiologist and professor of medicine in the u. k. he says, travel restrictions have not been proven to stop the international spread of curve at 19. and that the main issue facing china is that the vaccine effectiveness decreased as strict downs remained in place. the main problem that china has had is that after it fascinated its population, may maintained it 0 cove, its strategy,

and they effectively ended their main machinations on pain about 10 months ago. and . and so by now, please, to potential effect of that initial vaccination campaign, i will have been wait, i evaporated the protection will of wayne. and what we've seen in the west and we saw in new zealand is that when they eased those restrictions, soon after they've completed vaccination, they actually had a big surge of infection, but many fewer days and hospitalized asians than i think china may well be having. so i think the main problem to china is that it maintains, is there a good strategy? so to the point that its benefits from vaccinations declined russia and ukraine accusing each other bombing civilian areas authorities and came say miss ours were fired on sunday. but there are no reports of casualties so far. ukrainians in the capital,

welcome the new year. i cheering and singing on their balconies as air raid sirens rang out. a new year's eve, russian strikes, hit holmes and a hotel in the city killing at least one person. moscow says it was targeting drain factories. there is a good with the company, the official north broadway on december 31st. the armed forces of the russian federation carried out a strike with high precision long range air launched weapons at the facilities of the military. industrial complex of ukraine evolved in the manufacture of combat. drones used to carry up terrorist attacks against the russian federation, storage areas and attack u a v launch sites were also hit plans by the cube regime to carry out these attacks in the near future have been thwarted, then a little bit to go. meanwhile, pro russian separatists and russian media, se ukraine also carried out mass shillings on new year's eve. it acts in russian controlled parts of da nets and new hans reportedly damaged homes, shops and education centers. russian media is quoting a doctor who says 6 people were killed when a hospital was attacked. at least 14 people have been killed and several others

injured in an attack in afghanistan. capital campbell happened in the early hours of sunday morning near the international airport. the body of the attacker was found near the scene. security forces sealed off area enclosed roads. no innovation is claimed responsibility yet. but the regional eiffel group has increased attacks since the taliban took power. still come this half hour, welcoming. 2023 with a missile launch. north korea is needed. unveils ambitious plans to boost his country's nuclear arsenal significantly. and why many businesses say that on pay about measures to control permission in india? ah years or weather update in

a minute. 15 will kick this one off in australia. good to see you. so it remains wet and w a around the kimberly region, you know, broom could see about half a month's worth of rain over a short period of time and wind gusts about 50 kilometers per hour in time heat of the day storms, thunderstorms will break the heat and that se struck down your temperatures on tuesday, you'll notice that fresh air purse remains hot at 36. and there is all that weather for the kimberly. and for new zealand, just some showers for the north and south island. nothing major here. so as we move on to vietnam, those monsoon rains are sliding down the coast. meantime, solid bands of rain for northern philippines, around logs southern philippines, around val. but i'll swear across the country, those severe fight advisories have been dropped. what weather continues to steer into indonesia as main island of java through bali and lone box and for china. gloomy pitcher from jung chain wool han, shanghai gray lin rate through to hong kong. but more in the way of sunshine for

young joe with the high of 7 degrees that familiar set up again, you've got that cold air moving over the warmish waters of the sea of japan. that means some see effects, snow for western areas of japan over the next little bit. and now you're in the know, ah, of course, the world, young activists and organizers are on the move. you know, i heard generation change meets the new yorkers using alternative approaches to quite institutional racism, a leaks brutality. this is indeed a nation wide problem. network wires, a systemic solution generation chain on. i'll just do lou.

ah, one of the top stories here now to 0, brazil's new leader is about to rebuild a country. he says his predecessor had reduced to ruins who we seen su. let us in vote was draped in the presidential sash out being sworn in to ceremony in brazil, yet thousands gathered to witness the no be ration. croatia has adopted the euro's its official currency nearly 10 years after it joined. the european union also become part of the shingles zone, meaning unrestricted, travel to other member nations. and australia and canada have announced travels with passengers arriving from china. the 2 countries joined a number of others, including u. k. u. s. india and spain. that have brought in testing requirements for us to search in new cases in china. north korea's me as promising an

exponential increase in the production of nuclear weapons state media, as kim jong known as ordered, new intercontinental ballistic missiles with nuclear capability. he says he wants the arsenal to surpass the u. s. and south korea on saturday. so said north korea $53.00 short range ballistic missiles towards the sea to the east of the korean peninsula. eunice came reports from so there was dancing fireworks and a ballistic missile launch. north korea brought in the new year, not just with the stiff at ease, but also by firing what it called. it's super large, multiple rocket launcher officials showed all the systems on saturday, capping a 6 day meeting of the ruling workers party in which they laid out their goals for a 2023 king john then said 30 such systems were ready to be deployed to quote overwhelm the enemy, south korea. young young also warned. it would significantly increase the

production of tactical nuclear weapons, shuns helen tones, would it hang with the current situation, highlights the necessity to mass, produce tactical nuclear weapons, and calls for an exponential increase of the countries nuclear. often, 0, one, north korea declared itself a nuclear estate and september, calling its program irreversible and not up for negotiation. in announcements made on sunday, a new intercontinental ballistic missile system would also be built with a quick nuclear counter strike mission issue. likely to run on solid fuel. it was already on kim johnson's wishlist of military modernization, outlined in its 5 year plan, along with a nuclear powered submarine. analysts say, report so far as to just to spite strides, made 2022 was a still unfulfilled year of military targets for up young young and that north korea would forge forward well, intimidating south korea. in response,

south korean president, sonya says sole stood ready to punish any provocation by the north. his defense ministry warrant. any attempt to use nuclear weapons would spell the end of kim jenkins. government unit, kim al jazeera soul, columbia and venezuela have opened a bridge linking the countries it had been closed when any 7 years because of the diplomatic rift between the neighbors delegations, met in the middle of the 10 debtors bridge for the opening ceremony on sunday. event is meant to signal new improve relations after cross border trade resumed in september, and his way in a cott ties with columbia in 2019, after it recognized opposition leader one guido. as finance, when his intern president punishing fuels including coal, have been banned in and around india's capital, new delhi. it's the latest attempt to improve air quality for the city's 32000000 residents. despite the benefits, the banners costing some businesses more and that's causing resentment. happening,

mitchell reports from deandre in northern india. bit by bit agriculture waste is shoveled into a boiler powering this factory in northern india. the unit next door is using natural gas. both textile plants had been running on coal, but after the government announced a bad on polluting fuels beam, john are spend a $150000.00 to switch over. he says his operating costs have doubled the live company bought in robot. our industries unable to compete, it's much cheaper to diet, textiles and cities like pseudo code from one job still using bet. cool. the industry here is grieving. we are thinking of shifting our factories to other regions. the region around new delhi is one of the most polluted in the world. ed remains toxic, despite several efforts to reduce it. now, authorities have banned industries from burning polluting fuels. it's also illegal for people to use coal in their home. according to government,

aid of the region uses 1700000 tons of code every year. industrial emissions account for about 30 percent of the pollution this band is aimed at reducing them and also phasing out dependence on fossil fuels. the high cost of switching to alternative fuels has for some businesses to shut down, while some are moving to areas where coal is allowed, others are planning to sell and recover their investment and promote that. we are living hand to manage that we're struggling to repay our loans. people here are desperate. i'm not the only one suffering we even considered protesting, but business people don't want that. a good bank. i see i got that. they both have on is on the committee that recommended the bad. she says it's the only way to drive change. a respect of them is convinced that present bought off development is not sustainable. and therefore they have to adopt lena. my yes, the only problem, today's, do they have the money i, i'm not in favor of subsidies, but maybe a thought of soft glue pomo plans are exempt from the bad. many business people

rely on fuel, want the government to ease restrictions, or give them financial support to make the transition bargaining mit the largest eda body, northern india. a lack of a for affordable housing is contributing to an increasingly visible homelessness crisis across the united states. expos, say the origins of the current crisis go back decades and issues such as poverty, mental illness, and addiction of made the situation worse. it's estimated at an additional 3 point . 8000000 housing units are needed in the us to cope with demand. kristen salumi has more it may look like an ordinary apartment building, but for 67 year old helen, it's the home she never had before coming here. 3 years ago, she spent years cycling in and out of jail as she struggled with the diction life before here, before fortune society for me was so i was not and but darkness. since i've been

here, i've been to a free and i don't ever want to turn back to that life. that life is how many end up here sleeping in subways and living on the street. and was, seems like this becoming more common in cities across the country. elected officials have been calling for drastic action. my 1st act as mayor, will be to declare a state of emergency on home from los angeles to washington d. c. to new york. here in new york, the mayor has called from war aggressive policing of the subways, forcibly removing people with obvious signs of mental illness or drug addiction and taking them to the hospital. but advocates for the homeless se treatment alone won't be enough. stanley richards helped establish castle gardens the complex, where helen lives. you have to have places for them to go. and when they get on the medication and they're stabilized, they need a safe home to go to. they need to be part of

a community. all of the units here are affordably priced with mental health and addiction services offered on site. over half of the tenants here are formerly incarcerated, and many are employed in the building. 0 one new york officials who broke ground on 326 more affordable units earlier this year, admit thousands more are needed. ah, but attempts to build on another site have been met with resistance by neighbors who at this community meeting express concerns about their safety or property values. still advocates say there's evidence such facilities benefit the entire community. the alternative is jail or prison, or rotating from emergency rooms to jail cells. ah, the alternative is humanly damaging and inordinately expensive. so

it's a cost effective intervention for the minority of people who can't live effectively on their own. new york officials have acknowledged meeting the demand will be difficult, and even if successful for many, it will be too late. kristin salumi al jazeera new york relatives of migrants. his boat sank off the coast of lebanon, who tried to enter the port of tripoli to meet survivors. soldiers pushed back relatives there. saturday, a shipwreck that killed 2 people. and under $200.00 of a migrants were rescued by the lebanese navy. most of the people on the boat were from syria, and about 50 were lebanese. they were trying to reach europe. brazilians continued to mourn the death of the man who is widely known as the king of football pele. he died on thursday at the age of 82. a coffin carrying pallet's body will be taken from sao paolo, to his home town of santos, john home, and visited the port city where there's a museum dedicated to the football legend. this is the saloon of jorge, the king,

red badge fellows private room. his own museum used it with during interviews, a meeting, friends, claudia, on the staff here is showing us around. let's do a photo of him with his parents. say the chair he sat in silly that was introduced as ordinary objects made somehow important by the presence of one enormously famous as it is now gone. she got to know during her time working here at a think he was very kind, always treated every one as if it was a pleasure to see them. he was a special person. pele was more than a person. he was a brand important enough for the brazilian government to build this museum ticket on this thread. she had us all of the foreigners used to visit the museum because he the king was so important. he was an idle m f. now he's buchanan marshal, window, lunar, but he was only too mortal vulnerable to begin with. it's quite fine. and actually that the museum starts with the shoe box, the palais, built with his uncle,

near his shining shoes at a very young age at the local railway station. this is where it all started for him, the sort of poverty phases, family was in. that boy became the man of a 1000 goals, who could shoot with both feet, run the 100 meters in 11 seconds, hover, seemingly supernaturally in the air. every one wanted a photo with him and they still do so for him were mucous along. i traveled a 1000 kilometers to take a picture with a que. i mean, he was a really good player, but what makes it so special that it was worth driving a 1000 kilometers for our warrant that all my newest who has 3 stars, he says, referring to police 3 woke up wins. he still be only one from there to the pinnacle of celebrity meetings with moments presidents movie stars. endless endorsement deals, the little boy who grown up shining shoes in brazil,

the gong global. and he stayed there till his death. but it didn't seem the affection for him back home in the night air suntrust the town whose team he playful, where his museum is. a 1000 voices sang the sentence on him in homage. in the last moments of a dying u. l. a departed with it. but it enormous affection remains for him. here. john holeman al jazeera santo, brionas, he and energy boom after huge oil fields were discovered off it's atlanta coast. now the countries using that new found wealth to fund solar projects, benefiting isolated mainly indigenous communities. trying to report from the capital georgetown deep in the remote jungles of guyana far from the coastal power grid, where the kite 2 or falls meet a rain forest, the blankets, the landscape, a new generation of guy. and he's,

our indians is seeing the light before solar power panels during the village this underdeveloped bridge, and ran on expensive diesel generators or no power at all. it is hard to find that didn't have that part in the village kato, an hour and a half flight from the capital of georgetown solar energy. now powers the schools, new computer lab, the lights and air conditioning that cools this tropical climate. it's quite comfortable here in a remote area, so it's beautiful in terms of having solar energy and electricity open running. even fetched roof huts are energized off the grid for all of the help even government who they are. the village off is this renewable renaissance was previously possible, but unaffordable until now,

beneath the waters off the guy and he's coast lies. a newly discovered bounty of oil, enough to transform a country with a poverty rate near 40 percent. according to the world bank to an oil rich republic, now the nation's new found oil wealth is funding in energy project that is electrifying the rural landscape. we are pursuing a program to provide some 30000 solar home systems to communities that are distant and far removed from the national with well going on is just beginning to export oil to the world president. your fun only wants to replace carbon based fuels at home with renewable energy, with a goal of cutting the cost of power in half. we have a very or writ system or a power is driven by fossil fuel. the demand for power has grown exponentially. so we're investing in solar hydro, when our natural gas, as part of our energy mixed the nation's energy planners,

are harnessing the rain forest rivers to power. hydro plants like this one near kato, even in the capital of georgetown were going on. as oil boom is being felt, the most solar power is transforming the landscape and the power grid event boom, can continue. experts say the fossil fuel bounty of the guy in east coast has the potential to provide clean energy to the countries remotest regions and lift the fortunes of the next generation. john henderson, al jazeera georgetown, guyana, and more view anytime on our website, our 0 dot com ah, minor, the top store is allowed to 0, brazil's new leader lewis in us. you're lunar silver, has vowed to rebuild a country. he says his predecessor had reduced to ruins. the 77 year old was draped in the presidential sash.