said that this means that there is high probability of global transmission back belt. secretary francisco lucas said that it is safe to assume that this new virus variant is already circulating in local communities. think courage, people to stay at home as much as possible. and get vaccinated. the philippines, vaccination rate remains below 50 percent. still ahead on al jazeera us present. joe biden reassured, support for ukraine, promising a decisive response if russia invade, said a man, is arrested in south africa in connection with a fight that destroyed the parliament building in cape town. ah, ah, look forward to brighter skies. the weather sponsored my cattle at ways. last winter, japan got a huge amount to snake and it's starting again, their warnings out effectively for blizzards in ha carter in the far north hung chew as this wind coming across the open water. the shows itself building into big snow showers. the air come stronger on is 13 and but i guess the tech is plus 12, so all of our energy has gone in to snow, shout. if you're not in japan, it's fine looking whether it's a bit w

said that this means that there is high probability of level transmission that felt secretary francisco. lucas said that it is safe to assume that this new virus barrier is already circulating in local communities. encourage people to stay at home as much as possible and get back to needed. the philippines vaccination rate remains below 50 percent. yemen who the rebels say they've said to ship belonging to the united arab emirates because it was carrying military supplies to cargo vessel was seized near the port city of her data. but the sadie led coalition says it wasn't carrying weapons and medical supplies for board. instead, saudi arabia is leading a military coalition that's been at war with the fees for almost 7 years. mohammed al laptop has more from santa we couldn't tell exactly is telling the truth or the how these military spokesperson during his pressure has revealed some pictures that he says, show the, the, the you a flag, car, cargo ship carrying weaponry, arm and vehicles, and also marian boats, but, but we couldn't confirm such pictures that had been revealed by the how the sp

said that this means that there is high probability of local transmission that felt secretary francisco. lucas said that it is safe to assume that this new virus barrier is already circulating in local communities. encourage people to stay at home as much as possible and get back to needed. the philippines, the vaccination rate remains below 50 percent. people in the russian city of saint petersburg have begun and their wake under new restrictions, restaurants and most shops will only be open to those who are vaccinated have recovered from the virus or tested negative and the half the population has received a job. there will then 800000 new cases of being reported in russia every day. about 1500 of those are in st. petersburg to other world news. now a fire at south africa, parliament building in cape town has flared up again. these live pictures of firefighters tackling the flame on sunday at blaze guarded the national assembly where parliamentarian sate extensive damage was caused to the building and parts of the roof caved in. a man has been arrested, but the cause of this new fire is not

said that this means that there is high probability of level transmission that health secretary francisco. lucas said that it is safe to assume that this new virus barrier is already circulating in local communities. encourage people to stay at home as much as possible and get fascinated. the philippines vaccination rate remains below 50 percent. the u. k. prime minister says the country's health service will be under considerable pressure in coming weeks as it grapples with surging case numbers. but bars, johnson says there won't be new restrictions while other european nations consider making their responses stronger. returns reports from london, pupils return to english schools on tuesday after the christmas break. and the head teacher at richard challenge school in south west london is worrying about staff absences of her for stuffing. the me saying they'll be an ice lation of beginning a turn. now we can manage that, but if that becomes 10 staff or 12 staff, we've got huge problems and not for the 1st time in the pandemic. english schools are implementing last minute policy directors from t

that this means that there is high probability of level transmission and bad health secretary francisco. lucas said that it is safe to assume that this new virus variant is already circulating in local communities. think courage, people to stay at home as much as possible. and get vaccinated. the philippines vaccination rate remains below 50 percent gibbons 55 to say they've seen a united arab emirates ship confirmed hijacking the u e flights cargo vessel of the empty port city for data. the rebels said the vessel was carrying military supplies for the saudi led coalition says medical supplies room port. saudi arabia is lidiam, military coalition. that's battled the who sees for more than 6 years. mohammed al top has more now from son the how these have already captured. and also that been revealed by the host these military spokesperson, who says that there they are fighters have captured the receive a met military share. that was a voted navy weaponry says that the there were navy raiders and different weaponry that have been captured by the visa. these can weapon in the canary have been bee

said that this means that there is high probability of level transmission that helped secretary francisco. lucas said that it is safe to assume that this new virus variant is already circulating in local communities. think courage, people to stay at home as much as possible and get vaccinated. the philippines, vaccination rate remains below 50 percent of people in the russian city of st. petersburg curve started monday under new cove at 19 restrictions. restaurants and mo, shops will only be open to those who are vaccinated, have recovered from the bars or tested negative only half the population is received. jab more than 18000 new cases are being reported in russia. every day. about 1500 are in st. petersburg with the oma cron variant and bad weather, causing serious travel disruption. in the united states. many airline staff is sick and up to 2 and a half 1000 flight to been cancelled every 24 hours. that's roughly half the number of daily flights globally. airlines are offering up to triple pay to boost offering at the end. the busy holiday season. yemen susie fighters say they've seized the

said that this means that there is high probability of level transmission that felt secretary francisco. lucas said that it is safe to assume that this new virus barrier is already circulating in local communities. encourage people to stay at home as much as possible and get back to needed. the philippines, vaccination rate remains below 50 percent. the u. k. prime minister says the country's health service will be under considerable pressure and coming weeks, as it grapples with surging case numbers. but burst, johnson says they wouldn't be new restrictions while other european nations consider making their response is stronger. or a challenge reports from london, pupils return to english schools on tuesday after the christmas break. and the head teacher at richard challenge school in south west london is worrying about staff absences that had forced off the mail. me saying they'll be in isolation of beginning a turn. now we can manage that. but if that becomes 10 staff or 12 staff, we got huge problems and not for the 1st time in the pandemic. english schools are implementing last minute pol

said that this means that there is high probability of local transmission that felt secretary francisco. lucas said that it is safe to assume that this new virus barrier is already circulating in local communities. encourage people to stay at home as much as possible and get back to needed. the philippines vaccination rate remains below 50 percent passengers on a cruise ship in portugal have this embarked after being stuck on board for days following, and coven 19 out bank. the gym and cruise operate a cancelled its voyage after $52.00 cases were confirmed among the crew. on wednesday, another 12 people have tested positive sins, more than 4000 people were on board the ship passengers were finally allowed to leave after hitting negative. people in the russian city of saint petersburg have started monday and new quote 19 restrictions. restaurants and most shops will only be able to open, so those who have vaccinated have recovered from the virus autistic negative. only half the population has so far received a job well than 800000 new cases of being reported in russia every day. about $1500.00

said that this means that there is high probability of local transmission back belt. secretary francisco lucas said that it is safe to assume that this new virus variant is already circulating in local communities. think courage, people to stay at home as much as possible. and get vaccinated. the philippines, vaccination rate remains below 50 percent. the 8th round of talks on the iran euclid dealer resuming on monday in vienna. vain to revive the 2015 agreement with well piles. iranian foreign ministry spokesman, the as says at western nations, have realised that they must break down from maximal demands as it was put. let's make 2 daughters jabbar whose life was from vienna and also remind us of where were these talks and what's at stake. well, we're just returning to the negotiations here after a street a break over the new year. and the radian delegation arrived in the austria capital late on sunday, and they are holding meetings throughout this afternoon at the hotel behind me. here it talks are now at a very critical point. sources of said that from the european side this we could be one

said that this means that there is high probability of local transmission that felt secretary francisco. lucas said that it is safe to assume that the new virus variance is already circulating in local communities. encourage people to stay at home as much as possible and get back to needed. the philippines vaccination rate remains below 50 percent. okay, let's bring in doctor krishna coma. he's the director at the global health innovations center and joins us from north carolina. thanks for being on the program, dr. cases of only krona now surging across the globe, and some medical professionals are even recommending double masking. tell us a little bit about that. do you think it's necessary? yeah, we do know that the ohm icon variant is highly transmissible, much more so than the prior variance that we were dealing with. which means we have to be that much more careful about ventilation and masking. now we do have a higher ability to access high quality and high filtration mask like k 95 k n 95 or k f. 94 types of maps. if not, then we can use surgical math or if the only thing available or

the ship returned to san francisco this morning after a 10 day journey to kabul, san lucas, mexico and ports in southern california. three days before it returned. the san francisco department of public health asked the ruby princess to do covid surveillance testing the cruise ship tested 25% of its roughly 700 passengers. it found 12 positive cases of covid 19, all of them either mild or asymptomatic. they had a section up there that they had a quarantine section. so as soon as someone would come down with it, they would isolate the people. those 12 passengers spent two days in quarantine on board the ship and we'll spend another three in a designated hotel in san francisco, paid for by princess cruises. in a statement, the cruise liner told ktvu as with all princess itineraries, this cruises operated as a vaccinated cruz as defined by the cdc, with guests and crew vaccination rates approaching 100. what a difference vaccines and two years can make. it was march 2021, another princess cruise liner, the grand princess docked at the ports of oakland because of one of the first known cov

lucas struggled in the pandemic and shifted to community service, providing meals to the service -- the homeless. ama: a san francisco man is relieved to be reunited with his service dog after she was brazenly stolen. lucky mckenzie has epilepsy. his german shepherd helps to prevent his seizures. someone grabbed a summer on octavia and waller streets and ran off. a dog matching summers description showed up at animal services, and the two were reunited. >> i was actually shocked that i was able to get her back. when i said, i don't know how to pay for the fees, and those were waived, i got her back, and it was wonderful to see. ama: project open paw nonprofit that helps animals for the un-housed, provided summer with some specialized food. dan: it is time not to check on the weekend weather. ama: sandy is here with what is coming our way. >> i want to show you a snow view from mount rose. they got some snow with the weak system that brought the rain. 141% on average. tahoe is reporting some light snow. here in the bay area, we have a few clouds around. here's a look from our pier 39 camera. temperatures, low to mid 5

researchers say that was especially true in san francisco , where weekend work jumped from 17 to over 20% well popular oakland bar is closing by the end of this month. lucas in uptown. share that news on its social media page today. ktvu elissa harrington is live in oakland to tell us why and how patrons are going to miss it, melissa that's right. you know that bar has a lot of regulars and tonight a lot of them were sad. they tell me that lucas taproom is a fixture in the neighborhood. the reason it's closing has to do with the disagreement with the landlord over rent. with them taking this away landmark. it has been a favorite in oakland since it first opened in 2000 and four lucas taproom on the corner of broadway and rest grand avenue. but by the end of the month, this uptown bar will serve its last drink where we're gonna go, according to published reports, the building's landlord was going to double the rent. the owners of lucas had been struggling with the landlord for years to come to an agreement. i used to come all the time back when i used to the open mic nights. so gonna miss this place . it's just a great part of the community being able to s

francisco. we saw so many people come out -- they left flowers and stood with each other to remember a man who helped define a generation of american pop culture. scott lucas grew up watching full house. >> sort of touched everybody in my generation, my siblings, my cousins, all my friends. it raised a generation through the country. >> definitely sad news. he is the dead of the 1990's for everyone. jobina: he was found in his hotel room in orlando care and authority say no foul play is suspected. he had just performed a show the night before. bob saget was 65 years old. coming up at 7:00, his friend and fellow comedian, gilbert gottfried, on his life and the last time the two spoke. reggie: thank you. we are seeing reaction from his costars on twitter. this is front -- from john stamos, who writes, i am in shock. i will never have another friend like him. i love you so much, bobby. and my heart is broken. i love you, bob. andrea barber played kimi on the show and shared this post, saying, this one hurts. yet the biggest part of anyone in hollywood. i am indebted -- guttedutteduttd will never be able to hug him again. kumasi: abc issued a statement saying

lucas tomlinson from ukraine to los angeles rams and san francisco 49ers, we appreciate it. in ukraine. even what we call ukraine gives a sense of where you stand. if you call it ukraine, you recognize it as a sovereign state. folks that are pro-russia shah -- russia call it the ukraine, a territory of the former soviet union. even the words, you know, give an a indication of what side you're onful we'll see what happens and whether nato steps up. in texas last night if former president donald trump took to the podium, as he often does, he spoke for an hour and 20 minutes at a massive rally all of which was streamed live on fox nation. he rallied supporters in texas talking about the contrast of what the disaster of what the last year has been, the democratic leadership, the lack of leadership from the white house and how their policies and their incompetence are hurting america. here's a portion of what president donald trump said last night in texas. >> what joe biden and pelosi and schumer and congress have done to our country in just one year is a travesty of the highest