meteorologist: it remains very wet in the south of india and sri lanka, but the further north we go thegainst -- drier it gets. the smog creating lots of hazy sunshine, the air quality slipping to very unhealthy toward hazardous and it will stay like this for the next few days not just in northern areas of india but for pakistan and depaul. it is expected to change on saturday with a change in the wind. further south we are seeing rains and parts of the northeast or monsoon. we have amber alerts out here not just for heavy rain but for thunderstorms and lightning. up in the northeast corner it does remain fine and dry and settled. as it does work east asia. high-pressure in charge. for the korean peninsula lots of sunshine coming through. sunday as well for southern areas of japan. we have had significant snow, it is going to get wet across coastal areas, cooler for tokyo, temperature sitting at 15° celsius. ♪ >> the weather sponsored by qatar airways. and ending up my dream was toy make hollywood films. >> one man's question to realize a lifelong mission. >> the story i chose was one o

let's have a look at the weather across south asia and remains very wet in the south of india, an sri lanka. but the further north we go, the dryer it gets that's not necessarily a good thing for new delhi. however, this was a situation where the smoke creating lots of hazy sunshine, the air quality slipping to very unhealthy towards hazardous is going to say like this for the next few days. not just for northern areas of india, but for pakistan. and their poll is expected to change, hopefully from saturday, with a change in the wind. but further south, we are seeing that rain in hans, the northeastern monsoon, bringing heavy rains. it's humble not to put a cherry once again. we've got amber alerts out here. not just for that heavy rain, but for thunderstorms and lightening up in the northeast corner though it does remain rather fine and dry and settled as does the east asia, as we hope across the mainland china. we've got high pressure in charge here, keeping fine and dry for the korean peninsula as well. lots of sunshine coming through. it's sunny as well for southern areas of japan

extreme cold and he, they have mobilized from multiple different states and to farmers from the south of india, literally walk down today to show their solidity, with all the protesting farmers. in addition to that, there has been brutal, state suppression and violence which also included part of military forces against the farmers recently just less than 2 weeks ago, that was and b to b. and these son who has been accused of driving over not just protested, but also a journalist, so they have continuously been surrounded by a lot of violence. in addition to this, the state bagged media has div wired. the protest does majorly, they have called them terrorists. they have called the militants, they have called them corresponding to a separatist movement, and they have accused them to be of being funded from abroad. so despite all of this though, farmer's setup, protest sites and camp sites, the conducted citizens inspired from the women of shaheen. bog, who conducted protest in was the majority ideas. and these protests were led by muslim men. and, you know, they have gotten tactics such as of o

let start in south asia and it continues to be a very wet picture in the south of india and for sri lanka. we've got warnings out for heavy rain. once again across town will not do an under pradesh. we could see further flooding in places like china, and that's thanks to the north eastern one soon enhancing that rain by the time we get into sunday, it's going to push into places like carola and that rain will move into more sensual areas. but the further north we go, the dryer it remains new delhi, seen the temperature climb into the high twenty's, but the air quality here remains hazardous to some of the story for pakistan, lots of sunshine, but unhealthy air quality as well as foreigner paul. come on, do seen the air quality remain unhealthy as well, but for the north east corner, it's looking rather settled as it is for much of east asia. we've had high pressure in charge for much of china and the korean peninsula. look at that sunshine. there it is going to get wet to however, for the south, we've had rain in taiwan as we going to sunday. that's going to push into coastal areas of eas

of this week. the artist drill featuring is a rapper from south india. ah, i want to place before you 2 faces. the theme do the economy on the left is what became defining images of the 1st wave of colbert in india. in 2020 labourers rendered jobless all the night, leaving cities and walking hundreds of miles back to the towns and villages. casualties of a sudden stringent look down on the right, some of the richest people. as the world grappled with a pen, demik, india added to 38 billionaires with 2021 rich list. 2 sets of images to very different realities. but one story that equality in india, exacerbated by the panoramic during the been to make unique when you became absolutely obscene in this country. this is part of the global strip. but in india, the super rich, i did an enormous feature there. let me just give you a few data points. just man of this money was making so much money every 2nd that an informer sector worker would have needed 3 years of work to make the amount of money that notation money in one second. so it's really obscene and i would say more to the number of 1000000000

of our economy. the glasgow climate pact was nearly derailed at the last minute is india, south africa, and china demanded last minute amendments wanting the wording on coal to be changed to phase down. instead of phase out. this brought anger from small island states. this commitment on hall had been a bright spot in this package. it was one of the things we were hoping to carry out of here and back home with pride. and it hurts deeply to see that bright spot dim and the pressure of 2 weeks of negotiations finally told on the cop president, i looked sharma away from the nitty gritty of negotiations. a raft of big announcements were made, hoping to shape the outcome of cop 26 on forest. more than 100 countries pledged to end and reverse deforestation by 2030 bank. rolling $19000000000.00 to do it. another 100 countries pledge to cut 30 percent of highly toxic methane emissions by 2030. it was declared. the end of coal is in sight as more than 40 countries committed to shift away from the fossil fuel. on finance corporations controlling 40 percent of global assets. pledge to align themselves to the target

week. ahead and maybe we've got the old tropical system, bring some very heavy rain into the south west of india, more heavy downpours coming in here the next day or 2, and also wet to the north east. oh, the weather sponsored by casara ways in the country with an abundance of results with great power and want indonesia. he's been friends for me. we moved full to grow and frank, we balance for green economy, blue economy, and the digital economy with the new job creation law, indonesia is progressively ensuring the policy reform to create quality jobs. invest. let's be part linda. this is growth and progress. invent indonesia. now, lou ah, welcome back. a recap of our top stories on al jazeera, the sudanese doctor's committee says at least 3 people have been killed during protests. security forces have use tear gas and reportedly fired live having mission. hundreds of thousands of people are demonstrating against the military takeover. delegates said to you in climate some it's still haven't agreed our final plan to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees celsius. have been working, pastor friday de

first of all, the participation of other countries so far is symbolic at best. india has committed 5 million barrels. southea and japan have not really said how much. china has been doing this anyway. in the case of india, japan, south korea and britain, it is almost certainly political support with the unit it states. japan and south korea are strategic allies. the u.s. is the most important partner in britain now freshly out of the you also seeks closer relationships with the united states. this is a symbolic joining for them. none of them will bring anywhere near as much oil to the market as the u.s. have done. this shows it is largely a domestic effort to reduce pump prices in the u.s. rather than globally. >> you mentioned before the international energy authority. and its position. if either staying correctly, it has a rule that says countries cannot release strategic oil reserves for anything other than crisis situations. the rules also say the iea cannot get involved if it might affect market prices. it begs the question, what is the point of the iea in point like this? -- a situation like this? >>

of crude. japan, india and south korea and the u.k. falling short of expectations.'s get more from our energy team out in asia. what has been the reaction? talk about the fact the markets have looked past this. is that going to continue and what can we expect from opec? >> the reaction is disappointment. it has been talked up so much over the past month with biden going from country to country trying talk people into it. in the end, it is large, in historical terms but not nearly as big as some analysts estimated. 18 million barrels of the u.s. release was planned. it is just going to be accelerated. another 32 million is just an exchange. not exactly. it will have to be returned eventually. the market had already priced in a big reserve. when the numbers came in, oil prices fell as we saw. francine: when you look at the money that you save from the eventually thetic reserve, how much does it help consumers? >> we have seen some analysis that says about 10 cents a gallon could be saved from this. but a lot of this depend on how opec responds. if saudi arabia is anno

group, _ and china and other members of the group, particularly we would like to support— group, particularly we would like to support the interventions by india and southagraph 36 of the document being deliberated upon. we, like others, look forward to a good outcome to this cop26. however, we would kindly ask you _ this cop26. however, we would kindly ask you to— this cop26. however, we would kindly ask you to consider this paragraph particularly in light of equitable progress on all climate action by developing countries. again, we thank— developing countries. again, we thank you — developing countries. again, we thank you for the floor and this is our submission. thank you. thank ou, our submission. thank you. thank you. nigeria. _ our submission. thank you. thank you. nigeria. for— our submission. thank you. thank you, nigeria, for your _ our submission. thank you. thank | you, nigeria, for your intervention. i now give the floor to palau. thank you, mr president, for all your— thank you, mr president, for all your work— thank you, mr president, for all your work over the last few months and especially these last two weeks. thank— and especially th

next day or so. joining up with that wet to weather that we also have across the far south of florida, pushing across india competence. la some heavy down pools that into central america . still a few showers coming into cuba. maybe the shower too, into hispaniola, but the jamaica and the east and not as it does that, lassie. fine. and why? lots of pleasant sunshine temperatures, weather ship being kingston at around $28.00 degrees celsius. ah 8 said to as he jo, this whole real way with somebody's got to do it. where do you go to that by let's go. there boys here promoting clean, safe sanitation for all. but with a 3rd of the world lacking basic facilities, can his unique style really help clean up the math? sunny culture to pop culture is the fastest way those soft sanitation problem. mister toilets, a witness documentary on al jazeera, ah asylum, and limbo, the dangerous and desperate journey to the poland beller was buddha comes to an end . that's more refugees and migraines are sent back home. ah, hello, i'm darn jordan. this is al jazeera die from doha. also coming up we the jury find the defendant k

and it is why a rough move in areas of south asia, for slaves of pakistan as well as northern india and bangladesh. but it's a very wet picture, down in the south. those warnings remain for town. now, do we've seen flooding here? the city of janai has seen its heaviest rain in 5 years, and that is likely to continue by the time you get into saturday is going to pick up for carola and there's more intense rain for sure. lanka. oh, the weather. sponsored by casara, always indonesia, the country with an abundance of results for the trade already won indonesia, his friends for me, we moved full to grow and fraud. we balance for green economy, blue economy, and the digital economy with the new job creation law, indonesia is progressively ensuring the policy reform to create quality jobs, investment. let be part when denise is growth and progress, invest in the new fia now. ah ah, looking back here watching al jazeera alive from the how your top story so far today. the former south african president f. w to clerk has died at the age of 85. he was the countries lost a partied era. president ch

i'm pulling up into central parts of india, but as we go into thursday, the rain will ease in the very south, though karen will continue to get a drenching as will that eastern coast of india. but the further north we move, it becomes finer and dryer. lots of hazy sunshine for new deleon, there's a lot of heat building along the north, west coast and into pakistan. though the further north we go, it is getting cooler. we've got a cold snap pulling down, and that's going to affect nepal and bring the temperature down in katmai due to below average for this time of year. that was moved to east asia. it's been rather chilly in the north west of china. we've had significant snow fall and those cool conditions have pulled into beijing, but the temperature will pick up over the next few days, though the air quality will remain rather unhealthy. down in the south, we book cloud bringing showers to coastal areas as well in the east. it remains fine and dry for the korean peninsula as it does for japan. the weather sponsored by katara ways of 2 years ago, the grace of the damage caused the precious g

but in the case of india, japan, south korea, and of course, britain, it is almost thirdly, political support would be united states of china, japan, south korea, our strategic allies of the u. s. is, is the most important partner and britain. now, freshly out of the you are also seeks close relationships with the united states. so this is, this is the symbolic joining for them, all of an actual additions are supplied. none of them will bring anywhere near as much was the market as the us have done. and it shows that it last via, as i said earlier, program a domestic effort to, to use pump prices in the us rather. ready than the global connected you mentioned before the, the, the international energy authority and it's position in this. if i understand it correctly, it's going to rule that says countries cannot release strategic or reserves for anything other than crisis situations is we sort of alluded to before, but its rules also say that the i e a can't get involved if it might affect market prices, one kind of begs the question, what is the point of the i e a in a situation like

will release 50 million barrels of crude from its strategic petroleum reserve. china, japan, india, and south will also release some of their stockpiles in the decision to collectively discharge stored oil. the latest coronavirus wave in the u.s. is taking its toll in some states and care units. some parts of the country are seeing outbreaks that are as bad as ever. in 15 states, patients with confirmed or suspected covid are taking up more icu beds than a year ago. michigan now has the highest coronavirus case rate per capita in the u.s. president biden has dodged the risk of a senate confirmation fight over the federal reserve decision to reappoint jerome powell for another four-year term. it drew support from both democrats and republicans. some progressives -- the president also selected lael brainard to be vice chair. the u.k. fintech atom has moved to a four-day workweek. employees will see their time at work cut by three and a half hours to 34 hours, with no change in salary. . shares of zoom lower premarket. the videoconferencing company reported a smaller than expect a number of cust

day or so. joining up with that where to weather that we also have across the far south of florida, pushing across india competently some heavy down pools there into central america. still a few showers coming into cuba, maybe the shower too, into hispaniola, but for jamaica and the eastern alice. it does that, lottie. fine, and why? lots of pleasant sunshine temperatures, weather should be in kingston at around $28.00 degrees celsius. ah yes. with african narrative, with african perspective, i new theories of short documentary by african filmmakers from across the continent. this is going to really get committed to head down to africa, direct counting, sued on al jazeera big. ah ah, welcome back to promote about top stories here. this al, a more trouble on the border. poland says hundreds of refugees and migrants of again try to illegally cross into you territory, encouraged by neighboring bella roofs. some people found in poland. forest are receiving medical health and hospital. a jury has found us teenager, con rittenhouse not guilty of murdering to men and wounding another. he opened fire with a sem

the next day or so dawning up about where to weather that we also have across a far south of florida, pushing across india catan peninsula some heavy down pools there into central america. still a few showers coming into cuba may be the shower to into hispaniola. but for jamaica and the east analogy. dawslet lassie, fine and tribe, lots of pleasant sunshine temperatures, weather ship being kingston at around 28 degrees celsius. ah, the port was me, the capital of puffy gideon is ranked one of the most dangerous in the world. one 0 one east investigate the violent gains, filling fia on the street. on l g 0, frank assessments is likely to change biking behavior at all. it's not gonna change their behavior, they're going to continue to do what they do and in depth analysis of the days global headlights, inside story on out jesse era. ah ah, look like you're watching out as ever with me. so robin a reminder of all the top stories, poland says hundreds of refugees, migrant. so again, trying to illegally cross into you territory, encouraged by neighboring bella, bruce, some have been taken to hospital, they wer

honoured 8 men who had been convicted of lynching a muslim man to deck before having their sentences suspended. then there's the south side, yuki, adina, chief minister of india's most populous state, with equity. in september, on the campaign trail for the election, he said muslims had been monopolizing government food dialogues. i'll go down to supper. i get ahead in the mood thought ha, don't get la. a part of our last on august got a got it. just you the b g b yet reminded officials for anti was him statements. but it's leaders have been conspicuously quiet about this years. spirit of anti muslim violence when they have got involved in some cases it's been to blame the victim. like the bangle cellar, the slim ali, once the video went white and there was a lot of outrage and a very strong public bush, but it's the aggressors. however, the next day look, unless they're not by the college game on camera guilty, but regowski, public school sample bargaining mother. whoa, read the lum from market belyea to bug her badge. i'm sure i could come got wrap up and he made some very serious allegations against us. me money. you said that does mean what he was pausing a

of oilfrom america's strategic reserve. five other countries — china, india,japan, south korea, and the uk — are doing the same thing in a coordinatedeaking earlier. while our combined action will not solve the problem of high gas prices overnight, it will make a difference. it will take time but, before long, you should see the price of gas drop where you fill up your tank. and in the longer term, we will reduce our reliance on oil as we shift to clean energy. but right now, i will do what needs to be done to reduce the price you pay at the pump. for more on this, check out the bbc news website or download the bbc news app. our business team have been looking at the potential impact of measures announced by the us and other major oil—consuming nations, including china, india, japan, south korea, and the uk. staying in the us, thanksgiving celebrations are also cause for concern because of covid. things are obviously better than they were at this stage last year. but the seven—day rolling average of new cases is ticking upwards. anthony fauci, the chief medical adviser to presidentjoe biden, has warned of a surge of infections if pe

honoured 8 men who had been convicted of lynching a muslim man to deck before having their sentences suspended. then there's the south style yuki adina, chief minister of india's most populous state. with that, for the in september on the campaign trail for the election, he said muslims had been monopolizing government food dialogue. so go down to supper. i get my head in the mood thought, ha, not good bye. oh, some of them got about you asked you to be shipped to me under decisions for mission statement. but it's leaders have been conspicuously quiet about this years. speed of anti muslim violence when they have got involved in some cases it's been to blame the victim. like the bangle cellar, the theme ali, once the video went wild, there was a lot about creating a very strong public bush company to be aggressive. oliver, because the next monday for the game on canada, we go because i'm begging that will be lambs for believe to bug john. so i could come up and meet some bases allegations against the the money you say that the money was supporting as a handle and yet big his identification people are ready. john are going to propel here. they might be to polic

of parachuted in this space. so you never know that would be objections from china, south africa, india, who to live mostly on call. so it's very important to them that but the pull point about the, the wording of cold and fossil fuel to families in the document. a tool is a fantastic thing. it's a breakthrough as far as ease. absolutely. so even the fatis agreement does not mention fossil fuel. so imagine fossil fuel being the main cause of the climate crisis. don't find any mention in the palace agreement did the 1st time in the office show fixed fossil fuel ward has been mentioned. but the challenge is wildly cold. why not oil and gas? because when you talk about fossil fuel, all 3 are important. but majority of the countries while using full are developing countries and they are still heavily relying on court. so their objection would be that add oil and gas and also talk about equity. you know, who should phase old fust and the kind of support they will need to phase out. thing is, this is, this will be the 4th iteration of the tax rented. and the total fossil fuels was put into the 1st one and that it was wa

of this nature in a decade, the u.s. will tap into emergency oil supplies in texas and louisiana. there are around 600 million barrels in the reservoir. china, india, japan, southand the u.k. are also living. india released 5 million barrels of oil for local use. we know why president biden is doing this. inflation is at 831 your high, petrol prices seven your high and both are impacting americans and the president's approval ratings. pres. biden: the impact is real but we have faced worse spikes before. in the last decade, we saw it in 2012 when the price of gasoline hit $3.90. we saw it in 2014 when it hit $3.69. as recently as 2019, we saw it surpassed three dollars in many places. we always get through those spikes but we will get through this one as well at hopefully faster. but does not mean we should stand by idly and wait for prices to drop on their own. >> joe biden talking about the price and the stastics. according to the american automobile association, the average price is $3.40 in pennsylvania, california, nevada it is higher. in perspective, a year ago the figure was two dollars and $.11, over a 50% ris -- two dlars -- $2.11. over 50% rise. pres.

thank you. air pollution is affecting the lives of millions of people across south asia. clouds of small gar enveloping countries including india and pakistan. and india's capital new delhi schools have been closed indefinitely than many businesses of shop at doors. the equality and the hor, in pakistan's, even worse monitors recently rank a city the most polluted in the world. government officials in india's capital a passed a range of emergency measures to address the worsening equality problem at all as more in new delhi emergency measures to protect people from this a pollution crisis. schools and colleges at lower indefinitely, classes will be taught online, polluting industries that construction have been ordered to shut down onto next week. and nearly all the he goes a band from entering the city. these people aren't pleased, gradually, the school should open because i want to play with my friends, have funded my classmates and also learn better. we don't need new joke solutions to this kind of problems because those think, you know, us all the authorities sprinkling water to set his dust and using anti small guns. they'

of gasoline. the move is being taken in parallel with other major oil—consuming nations, including china, india, japan, southsin has appeared in court to face charges of intentional homicide. darrell brooks is charged with six deaths after another victim, a child, died. nearly 50 people were also injured in the attack in waukesha. north macedonia and bulgaria have declared days of mourning to remember victims of a bus crash on a bulgarian motorway yesterday. at least 45 people, mostly tourists, were killed when the coach crashed in flames in western bulgaria. the cause of the crash is still unclear. people in northern ireland are again being asked to work from home where possible

hearing india and china have faced heavy criticism after demanding last—minute changes to the climate deal, on the issue of coal. india heavily relies on coal for its economic development. 0ur southidanathan reports on the challenges the country faces in tackling climate change. india's sacred river, a symbol of purity. turned toxic. what looks like harmless bubbles is poisonous foam, much of it caused by industrial waste and sewage. this man is a fisherman who lives and works here. all the chemicals are thrown in the river, he tells me. it's disgusting but it's not a natural disaster but humans who have done this. what we're seeing here in many ways represents india's overall challenges when it comes to climate change. one of the country's holiest rivers, now horribly polluted. the cause, waste from nearby factories that create jobs and help to drive economic growth. coal was centre stage at the cop summit, in a tussle over economic and environmental needs. dirty but dependable, it powers this nation, providing some 70% of india's energy and millions ofjobs. which is why the country refused to agree to a deal to phase it out completely. prime minister narendra modi did make a bo

been hearing india and china have faced heavy criticism after demanding last—minute changes to the deal, on the issue of coal. india heavily relies on coal for its economic development. 0ur southallenges the country faces in tackling climate change. india's sacred yamuna river, a symbol of purity. turned toxic. what looks like harmless bubbles is poisonous foam, much of it caused by industrial waste and sewage. this man is a fisherman who lives and works here. all the chemicals are thrown in the river, he tells me. it's disgusting but it's not a natural disaster but humans who have done this. what we're seeing here in many ways represents india's overall challenges when it comes to climate change. one of the country's holiest rivers, now horribly polluted. the cause, waste from nearby factories that create jobs and help to drive economic growth. coal was centre stage at the cop summit, in a tussle over economic and environmental needs. dirty but dependable, it powers this nation, providing some 70% of india's energy and millions ofjobs. which is why the country refused to agree to a deal to phase it out completely. prime minister narendra modi did make a bold pledge to hit net

of people across south asia. a cloud of smokers developed several countries including india and pakistan in india's capital. new delhi schools have been closed indefinitely and many businesses a shot the pollution in the pakistani city of the hor, is even worse. a recent index puts it as the most polluted city in the world. or in india's capital authorities have passed a raft of emergency measures to try to address worsening air quality schools, colleges, and many businesses in new delhi and nearby areas. are we forced to close the meet our reports in new delhi emergency measures to protect people from this a pollution crisis. schools and colleges are closed indefinitely. classes will be taught online, polluting industries that construction have been ordered to shut down until next week. and nearly all vehicles are banned from entering the city. these people aren't pleased to gradually the school shadow, but because i want to play with my friends, have funded my classmates and also known better. we don't need new york solutions to this kind of problems because those things will never solve authorities or sp

says a car was targeted air pollution is choking millions of people across south asia. cloud of smoke has enveloped several countries including india and pakistan in india's capital, u. deli schools have enclosed indefinitely. and many businesses shut. the promotion in la hor and pakistan's even worse monitors recently ranked the city the most policies in the world's ca heider has war from pakistan's capital islamabad. there are hundreds of brick, fact trade spewing take black smoke into the air. so this is a problem that had been growing and that had become worse now, although the health of fisher wanting that people are church day and god, they're sure to avoid open spaces. the school and the factory that workspaces remain open. and a lot of people don't have the luxury of not going to work because they have to earn a living the government. on the other hand, i'd been promising to get to act together. my dad failed to do so. one example is that burning of the stubborn on both sides of the border, one job at the agriculture bread budget of india and buckets on and farmers there for hundreds of years. i've been gorging, setting a l

india is also a wider g of political side to this is them all. these is emerged as an important battle ground for competition between india and china. in south asia, blackman as an madison, his chief editor of the artist news. he joins us now from molly in them all these good to have you with us. so india has strong trade cultural ties with them. busy all these, i think, last year they gave $250000000.00 to the country that try and help the pandemic. one has triggered such a strong campaign against new delhi. thank you. you have always enjoyed strong relationship with india and he has as low and the moment the good news is mainly the indian military in the mortgage. and the moment their delivery presence can be seen across high locations in the mornings, and they open it up and one military and also signed where it is military agreements between the moses in india and most recently this year and february they signed an agreement with india to the other and maintain and navigate this. this is something similar to the of the mega adams in margins are, the dealer had exposed. so this is one of the main reason and the government has not been tra

south asia. it's been a divided picture for much of india recently. it's dryer up in the north west in the south, but it is going to change over the next few days. we're watching to circulations one to the west and one to the east. bringing to rental downpours once again to areas like tom. well now do an under pradesh where we do have warnings out, shall anchor as well. seeing a lot of that wet weather and we could see further flooding in places like chennai . we've also got wet weather coming up that west coast. we're gonna see rain chucked at one buy in places like good jurret. we don't expect to see this rain here at this time of year, but there it is. a further north of this, it is looking a lot finer and dryer for places like new delhi and the whole in pakistan. but the air quality remains rather unhealthy to hazardous, but it is looking a lot more settled now. it's more settled as well as we move over to east asia for large areas of china. it's dwight up nicely across the south. a lot of that wet weather that week weather systems pulled out. it's

ah hello there, there's a contrast to the weather when it comes to south asia, it's looking finer and dry up in the north of india. and pakistan as well as bangladesh, but down in the south. well, it's getting a real focus. we've read warnings out for camel. now do an under pradesh on thursday, we've seen flooding here. we're likely to see more. and this is similar story for sri lanka. we've got some flooding happening in the south, more intense range to come, and that's thanks to the north eastern one soon as well as low pressure that's worked its way west across the bay of bengal. now that rain does these slightly come friday shifting up to more central areas. but we are expecting another round of rain to come into play as we go into the weekend. that was the move across to east asia. we had a bit of a wintry mix in the north east of china, snow storms here, ice conditions. they continue on thursday, but by the time we get to friday, they'll push out to the east. it does start to dry up the temperature picking up slightly similar story for the korean peninsula. fine and dry up in the north showers in the south

of covid and everything, so we're super excited to have them for the holidays. >> reporter: with vaccination rates rising, the white house today reopened u.s. borders to 33 countries including china, india, brazil, southa and much of europe, though international arrivals from other countries had also dropped off. now airports are packed and there's heavy traffic at both the mexican and canadian borders. >> this is the good news that we've been waiting for for quite a while. >> reporter: he is the president and ceo of the san francisco chamber of commerce. he says one-third of the city's tourists are from around the world. >> san francisco, as you see, has 20 million visitors that come annually. part of the lack of the energy in downtown san francisco is because of lack of tourism, and so we're very excited to see this latest news come about. >> reporter: effective today, new rules require international visitors to show proof of vaccination and a recent negative covid test. there are a few exceptions for the unvaccinated. that's for travelers under 18 and those traveling from countries with low vaccine availability and in certain humanitarian and emergency situations. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: after